SFist re-runs an interview with John Vanderslice. He's playing at Noise Pop tonight. ...

There sure are a lot of fans of The Decemberists, judging by the fact that they're about to play tonight and Friday night here at the relatively giant Warfield Theater. If you haven't heard their new album The Crane Wife, we're giving you a chance to win a copy of it plus a 20"x10" lithograph signed by all 5 members of the band. We'd show you a photo of the lithograph if we had one,......

The June music issue of The Believer will come packaged with a CD compilation of pure indie rock gold. We hear that local do-gooder and author extraordinaire Dave Eggers is behind the compilation, proving his excellent taste and indubitable influence by convincing the persnickety indie rock elite to cover each other's songs. Local duo Two Gallants made the cut, as did Devendra Banhart, Vetiver and Joanna Newsom. The majority of the songs were recorded specifically......

Our concert picks for the week of 5/5-5/11. We can't help but sing Liz Phair's "Cinco De Mayo" in our head every May 5th. The lyrics make no sense, but dang is it a catchy tune. Some of us get Ween stuck in our head today, and how many of us wished someone a Happy Valen-talen-tine's Day on February 14th? Musicians take note: writing a song about a holiday guarantees the kind of longevity of......