Entries from SFist tagged with 'blackfiction'
February 28, 2007
SFist re-runs an interview with John Vanderslice. He's playing at Noise Pop tonight. ...
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January 18, 2007
Starting next Wednesday, we're wishing the Rickshaw Stop a very Happy 3rd Anniversary! In the last three years the venue has presented shows with everyone from Jonathan Richman to Silversun Pickups and has hosted all manner of wacky special events. Our favorite memory was an early show by Phosphorescent, and a pretty fun time on New Year's Eve in '05. They're celebrating their anniversary with a three day festival featuring a different style of......
Continue Reading "When The Lights Go Down In The City"December 7, 2006
We're doing our part for the SFist Holiday Gift Guide this month as well, by bringing you some extra special music giveaways. Barsuk Records is home to a lot of amazing artists, including San Francisco's own John Vanderslice. One of their newest signings is Portland's Menomena, a trio who manage to blend post-rock and pop in a deliciously haunting manner. Download the title track of their newest EP "wet and rusting" and see them......
Continue Reading "When The Lights Go Down In The City"June 15, 2006
Did anyone else get rocked at The Constantines' show last Friday at Cafe Du Nord? The packed and energetic crowd was treated to songs off their last three albums plus a passionate encore of "I'm A Man" by the Spencer Davis Group. After the show singer Steve Lambke was kind enough to let us compliment their set and tell us what he'd been reading (The Old Testament) and what albums influenced The Cons' sound (he......
Continue Reading "When The Lights Go Down In The City"May 12, 2006
SFist interviews Michael Taylor from the Court and Spark...
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Once again the musical offerings in San Francisco are so plentiful and compelling that they force us into stressful choices. The upside is that no matter what you decide this week, you really can't go wrong. Let's get the first difficult choice out of the way by making you decide which giveaway to go after. Two amazing San Francisco acts are headlining shows on Friday night -- The Court and Spark celebrate the release of......
Continue Reading "When The Lights Go Down In The City"October 20, 2005
Free tickets and concert picks for the week of 10/20-10/26. San Francisco's own Oranger is returning home after nearly a month on the road to celebrate the release of their CD New Comes and Goes. Check out their e-card to preview some songs off the CD and enter for your chance to win two tickets to their show at the Independent this Saturday with Sensations, The 88 and Black Fiction. (Contest ends tomorrow at noon!)......
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