Here's your chance to win a spot on Grand Ole Party's guest list for their upcoming concert with Rogue Wave on Saturday night at the Fillmore. We promised and we never break our promises. (Well, at least we try not to.) This isn't the first time that you've been able to check this band out for free. Back in February, we gave away free tickets plus a prize pack when they were on their headlining......

As noted on Friday, we were super stoked to check out SF Sketchfest's "Fresh Faces of Comedy" show at the Mezzanine on Sunday night, hosted by Jon Benjamin and Eugene Mirman, with performances by Mike Birbiglia, John Lehr, Bob Odenkirk, Michael Showalter, Tim and Eric, and musical guest Zach Rogue of Rogue Wave. It was standing room only at the Mezzanine, and the place was already packed to the gills when we arrived fifteen minutes......

The Coachella 2008 line-up was announced last night. The reason you didn't hear anything about it was because they announced it in Mexico City, something to do with creating international ties. “This is really a way for us to get closer to our fans throughout Latin America who have been supportive of Coachella for the past 10 years,” says Goldenvoice’s Paul Tollett. Super; we just care about the line-up. We instantly checked to see who......

The hilarious Eugene Mirman and Jon Benjamin are hosting SF Sketchfest's "Fresh Faces of Comedy" show on Sunday night at Mezzanine that we can't wait to check out. There will also be a short film contest with Jon Lehr of TBS's 10 Items or Less (he was also Geico's Caveman, whom he looks nothing like, BTW), which had us chuckling aloud the other night. "Five finalists will have their grocery-store themed films showcased and the......

The Sound of Young America Live: Live public radio featuring Jesse Thorn, Morgan Murphy, Merlin Mann, Danny Hoch, and Bucky Sinister perform le stand-up hot. Zach Rogue (of Rogue Wave) provides the music. It's indie rock and comedy all rolled into one. Ta-da! Oh, and it's part of SF Sketchfest, so you know it's good. Show starts at 8 p.m. at the Eureka Theatre; $10.BiFriendly Social: A bisexual coffee klatch for men and women......

Multi-instrumentalist Evan Farrell passed away from smoke inhalation after a space heater in the Oakland apartment he was staying in caught on fire last week. Based in Bloomington, Indiana, Evan had flown to the Bay Area to play with his band Japonize Elephants, who are based in San Francisco/Oakland and originated in Bloomington. Evan also played bass, keys, and vocals for Rogue Wave up until early this year, touring with them in 2005 and......

-- Shadow Circus Vaudeville Theatre: (In)famous night of underground "circus arts, burlesque, music, and puppetry" begins at 9 p.m. at Fat City; $10. -- Rogue Wave: Oakland indie-rock band performs with Port O'Brien at 9 p.m. at Bimbo's; $15. -- Oslo, A Modern Machine, Desole: LA-based Oslo has got serous buzz right now. Which means the place will get crowded with hungry hungry hipsters, so get there early. Music starts at 8:30 p.m. at......

Want to go see Rogue Wave this Friday, 10/12, at Bimbo's? Yes? You do? Well then, four of you can win a pair of tickets (because going out by oneself is sick and depraved.) The first four of you to contact info(at)bimbos365club.com with the subject line "Gimme Rogue Wave Tickets" will win a pair of tickets for Friday night's show, so...hop to it. Image: Rogue Wave's flickr account......

Last week's winner, the deceptive SF Weekly. Letters abound, either outraged by the fake Barry Bonds story or entertained by the elk. Why don't the negative letters have the names of the authors? Are you now questioning all the journalism you read in the Weekly now, or did you just think it was a good joke? Matt Smith says Gavin Newsom is supporting a cult. No, not the cult of Gavin, though no doubt Gavin......

Next Thursday, July 19th, Sonic Youth perform 1988's double album Daydream Nation in its entirety at Berkeley Community Theatre. The acclaimed album is lauded for its artistic vision and flowing dynamics from lulling instrumentals to all-out noise. We have a pair of tickets for one lucky winner to (re)discover the underground masterpiece. Watch the video for "Teen Age Riot" and enter to win. (Contest ends 7/15. Winner will be notified via email.) Tonight catch brazen......

As noted in this week's SF Weekly and SFist Rita's "We Read the Weeklies" column, the Bay Area's (and beyond) beloved Kitchen Sink—the magazine for people who think too much—is calling it quits this spring. Kitchen Sink is the latest of several independent publications to shut down due to the Independent Press Association's failure to fulfill its commitments before going under. Before Kitchen Sink's proverbial well runs dry, they will be producing one last issue. But they need your help to do it! Stop on by Edinburgh Castle this Saturday night for their fundraiser, which will feature lots of bands and a raffle with prizes from Amoeba, the Believer and local artisans....

Special video bonanza! Last night we made it out to the Noise Pop BAGeL Radio happy hour at Thee Parkside just in time to see Peloton. That's right, in case you haven't heard or experienced it yet, Noise Pop is in full swing here in San Francisco. Thee Parkside was packed with festivalgoers and BAGeL fans and DJ Ted couldn't help but beam proudly at the full house. It's good to see music fans supporting......

Hooray! Noise Pop is finally here! Keep that radio dial locked in on SFist as we feature music and movie reviews from the local indie rock scene throughout the weekend. And hey, check this out! Looking for a light buzz before heading out for the evening's musical guests? Diesel and Fader Magazine++ are sponsoring a three-hour happy hour tonight, tomorrow, and Friday night from 6-9 p.m. They've got indie celeb DJs, including Zach Rogue from......

We headed to Cafe Du Nord last Friday to catch the sold-out early show by Emily Haines and The Soft Skeleton. By the 9pm showtime, the band was still soundchecking behind closed curtains and didn't start playing to the crowd until an hour later, but it was worth the wait. Haines crouched behind the keys, bird-skinny and soft-voiced, embodying the delicate yin to her animated Metric persona's yang. Eerie old black and white film clips......

Last week's winner, the Guardian. The SF People's Organization is having a meeting this Saturday. Letters about guns in the Castro. Everything is better with strippers -- union woes, men against women, and a no-fatties proposal at the Lusty Lady. Hating on fixie bikes -- and big ups to SFist Sarah L for pointing out to us how awesomely combative the comments in response have gotten (typical comment: "My god man, do you have an......

Holy crap Noise Pop! We're going, are you? We gave away tickets to Feist, Rogue Wave, and Craig Wedren. We went to see Feist and Rogue Wave. We ran interviews with Aqueduct, John Vanderslice and Bing Ji Ling. And when we were done with all that, we went Noise Pop Shopping.......

SFist reviews Noise Pop 2006 line up at Bimbo's Rogue Wave, Aqueduct, The Octopus Project and Srabbel...

SFist reruns an interview with Dave Terry of Aqueduct, just in time for their Noise Pop performance at Bimbo's, opening for Rogue Wave...

We first heard of Rogue Wave when they opened for Spoon a few years ago, and though we liked them back then, we had no idea they'd make such gorgeous records. Descended Like Vultures, released last October, is a must-own and with airplay on MTV2, a deal with Sub Pop and tours with Nada Surf and The Shins, they're not our hometown secret anymore. Listen to "Publish My Love" or watch the video. Enter to......

Before anyone accuses us of having a soft spot in our hearts for bands from Texas, let us just go ahead and admit we do. That leads us to this week's giveaway featuring Pilotdrift, a band from Texarkana. Don't get any ideas about their sound from their hometown though. Their music is atmospheric, symphonic, theatrical, and the singer even sounds a bit like Bowie. Their debut album is out now on Good Records Recordings, owned......