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Hey y'all! It's the 10th anniversary of the free concert that Warren Hellman built in Golden Gate Park, and the stars are coming out to celebrate — along with, easily, half of San Francisco. Yes, it's wildly crowded (because it's free), but as Warren pointed out this week, there's never been any violence or strife in the nine previous years, and it's usually just a glorious, tightly packed celebration of music, hardly strictly limited to country and bluegrass more ›

It's already been hailed as an "instant classic," and judging from the immediate internet buzz-a-thon it received upon leaking over the weekend that's probably accurate. The song is called "Fuck You," from Goodie Mob/Gnarls Barkley star Cee-Lo Green, off his upcoming album, and for those of a more delicate nature (or just for shits for the rest of you), here's the radio-friendly version which is called "Forget You" (fast-forward to minute 52) which we're venturing to guess won't achieve "classic" status. more ›

Obviously, we couldn't be everywhere at once at this year's Outside Lands. So now, a couple days after the fact, we give you this awesome new collection of photos from blogger Kata Rokkar of both days of the fest, including the amazing and still very spritely Al Green. See just a few here. more ›

We didn't make it to everything at this year's Outside Lands, but you know what? We had a good time! Especially yesterday, when the sun came out and shined on Chromeo's set in the Speedway Meadow — and right as that gang of industrious youths scaled the double fences and crashed into the show. Even with three times as many people yesterday as there were on Saturday, it remains the most civilized, large-scale fest around (Treasure Island, with its two compact stages, is obviously civilized, but smaller), especially with all that wine and fine food going around. more ›

We'll have some photos for you in a bit, but for now, please enjoy this little clip from 7x7 of the amazing Janelle Monae, who by many accounts was one of the major highlights of this year's festival, despite going on late and doing only a handful of songs. The girl's got talent. more ›

San Francisco's big, multi-stage music fest, Outside Lands, is back this year in Golden Gate Park, in the jolly old month of Fogust, scaled back to two days instead of three and with one fewer stage to run between. The fun starts tomorrow at noon, with The Whigs kicking off an early set at the Speedway Meadow. But allow us to call out a few more things to catch -- and we'll allow you to respond in the comments with all the MUST-SEE bands that we missed. more ›

Phish played the Berkeley Greek Theater last night, and 8500 jam band fanatics from all around the region lost their minds. Tickets sold out in like five seconds and some were going on the scalper black market for $750. more ›

British pop outfit Florence + the Machine were one of the highlights of SFist's Coachella experience, and lead singer Florence Welch has some incredible stage presence. They'll be coming to the Fox in Oakland November 5, and tickets go on sale on Sunday. Above, see their network TV premiere on Letterman last fall. more ›

Due to popular demand, the Flaming Lips have added a second show to their weekend at the Fox, on Saturday, October 2nd. Pre-sale tickets go up tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. (password=summer), and above, their performance of Pink Floyd's "Eclipse," from KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic, recorded last fall -- all part of the Lips' recent revisiting of Dark Side of the Moon, an album which Wayne Coyne calls "a meticulously crafted production." more ›

The lineup for this year's Treasure Island Music Fest was just announced, and once again it looks pretty good! This cozy little fest in the middle of the bay has been touted by many as extremely "well organized," but we think what makes it so special and swell is that there are only two stages, they're right next to each other, and the acts don't overlap. It makes for some very calm, and not so exhausting concert-going, especially for those of us no longer in our twenties. more ›

Another jam packed week of shows with San Diego's excellent droney pop duo Crocodiles at The New Parish Tuesday, Oakland's rising favorites Man/Miracle at Rickshaw Stop Thursday and the previously profiled Ty Segall with last week's highlight Grass Widow at Bottom of the Hill Sunday. more ›

Several shows to choose from this week including Kansas-based garage punks Rooftop Vigilantes at Elbo Room tonight, local pysch-rooted shoegaze quintet LSD and the Search for God at Hemlock Friday and the previously profiled A Place to Bury Strangers alongside local favorite Weekend at Rickshaw Stop Sunday. more ›

An absolutely packed week of live shows with LA's noisy quartet Health at Slims Wednesday, Barcelona's electro-pop outfit Delorean at 330 Ritch Thursday and local shoe-gaze favorites Young Prisms at The Independent Sunday. more ›

While several of the big name shows this week (see: The xx/Phantogram, Local Natives/Suckers, LCD Soundsystem/Holy Ghost, Isis/Tombs) have sadly sold out, there are still plenty of live music options to get you through the week including afro-pop outfit Fool's Gold at New Parish Tuesday, San Diego-based garage rock quartet The Soft Pack at Mezzanine Saturday and Brooklyn's noisy punk duo Japanther at Great American Music Hall Sunday. more ›

Outside Lands organizers have been sitting on the full lineup and waiting to release it on June 1st, but yesterday some eagle-eyed music fans noticed that an ad a sidebar in the new issue of Spin has hit stands ahead of this release date showing the full a partial line-up, which includes headliners Kings of Leon, My Morning Jacket, and Phoenix, with The Gossip, soul legend Al Green, and BlackStar also on the bill. more ›

Plenty of show options this week with local favorites Maus Haus at Hemlock Tuesday, Oakland-based experimental folk act tUnE-yArDs at Rickshaw Stop Thursday and the previously profiled Weekend at Hemlock Sunday. more ›

Music world darlings The National, whose second fifth album just came out following a boatload of buzz, are doing two shows at the Fox on May 26th and 27th. The second show is sold out, but there are still tickets available here for the 26th. See you there? Above, their brand new video for the song "Bloodbuzz Ohio." more ›

Another stacked week of local shows with the previously profiled Weekend at Rickshaw Stop Tuesday, Anticon beat maker Baths at Bottom of the Hill Thursday and local favorite Wallpaper at The Independent Friday. more ›

Jónsi, the lead man from Sigor Ros who's recently been traveling solo, played this little set at Amoeba records in SF on April 17th, just prior to hopping down to Coachella. Please enjoy.
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Yet another jam packed week of shows with local post-punk outfit Tempo No Tempo at Hemlock Tuesday, the previously profiled Mi Ami at Amnesia Thursday and former SF based dance favorites Lemonade at Rickshaw Stop Friday. more ›

Plenty of post-Coachella options this week with the King Khan & The Shrines/Black Lips collaboration The Almighty Defenders at the Great American Music Hall Tuesday, the previously profiled Japandroids at The Independent Friday and indie rock gods Yo La Tengo at the Fillmore all weekend long. more ›

We got over our trauma of getting there and getting in, and started enjoying ourselves more by Day 2, when several of our favorite acts came on, including SF's own Girls and Faith No More, Australia's Temper Trap, Gossip, Tokyo Police Club, Beach House, the xx, and MGMT. We had to get out of there a little early, as the throngs arriving for Muse started giving us flashbacks to Day 1 and we needed to rest our feet. more ›

Unlike in previous years when the enormous desert music fest felt relatively organized, if chaotic, Coachella 2010 feels like an overcrowded nightmare — and it's not just because we're getting older. A lot of the acts sounded great, including She & Him, Passion Pit, La Roux, and LCD Soundsystem. Jay-Z brought down the house with numbers like "99 Problems" and a version of "Forever Young" featuring a surprise guest appearance by Beyoncé. But seriously, though, even the twenty-one-year-olds this year seemed battle-scarred and shell-shocked after a day of fighting through massive, shove-y crowds in the hot desert sun. more ›

A few of this weekend's scheduled UK acts aren't going to make it because of that volcano in Iceland, including the Cribs, a band that recently includes famed Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr. more ›

Just prior to their appearance at Coachella this weekend, hipster wunderkinds MGMT unveiled music from their second album, Congratulations, last night at the Fillmore. NBC Bay Area's Ben Russo draws comparisons to T. Rex and the Zombies, and says, "While Congratulations is a stronger album as a whole, its lack of a certified dance pop hit may lose the majority of audiences." That's one way of putting it... We just heard people grumbling that it sucked. [NBC Bay Area] more ›

This might just be the most packed seven days of live shows of the year, with a plethora of Coachella must-see acts routing through San Francisco before and after their scheduled festival appearances. And while many of the big-name concerts have sadly sold out (see: MGMT, Yeasayer, Miike Snow, Delorean, Hot Chip, Thom York's Atoms for Peace, Flying Lotus, Beach House, Faith No More, Passion Pit, The Dead Weather, Deerhunter, Spoon and La Roux), there are still plenty of great shows to choose from, with San Diego garage rock quartet The Soft Pack at Bottom of the Hill Thursday, local dance-friendly favorites Butterfly Bones at Rickshaw Stop Friday and recently reunited post-punk pioneers Public Image Limited at The Regency Ballroom Saturday. more ›

Los Angeles-based jazz crooner Mayer Hawthorne, whose voice has quite a lot of Mel Tormé loveliness to it, plays his last U.S. date before Coachella and his European tour next week at The Warfield, April 15th. Above, a new video for his version of "I Left My Heart In San Francisco, featuring some skater boys tearing up the Embarcadero. more ›

Yet another packed week of live music with lo-fi punk outfit Dadfag at El Rio tonight, noisy local psychedelic trio Late Young at The Knockout Thursday and the previously profiled Thee Oh Sees at Oakland's Uptown Saturday. more ›

Another stacked week of shows with Pitchfork darlings The Morning Benders at The Independent Tuesday (sadly sold out), rising locals Man/Miracle at the free epicsauce.com party at Milk Thursday and the always enigmatic Nobunny at The New Parish Sunday. more ›