Arts & Entertainment Hardly Strictly Lineup Announced They've just announced the line-up for this year's fest, taking place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, October 6, 7 & 8 in Golden Gate Park. Highlights include Elvis Costello, Alejandro Escovedo, Linda Ronstadt,
Arts & Entertainment Free We Are Scientists! You might already know that their debut album, With Love & Squalor, will drive you to do strange, angular dances to the stop-start rhythms, alarm clock guitars and addictive melodies. The 'Scientists may
Arts & Entertainment 10th Annual Mission Creek Music & Arts Festival Sunday kicked off the 10th annual Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival featuring over 170 music acts, most of them local but some of them national (Vincent Gallo) and international (Ane Brun). The
Arts & Entertainment Nobody Told Us: Ryan Adams @ 12 Galaxies "Did you guys hear about this? I suppose it's old news by now, but I'm still so thrilled that for $5 the Galaxies packed em in at 12:30am last night, and let
Arts & Entertainment Pretty Girls Make Graves - Secret Show! Just show up to Bottom of the Hill tomorrow (Wednesday April 12th) to pick up a ticket. You might want to get there on the early side, since tickets are being given out
Arts & Entertainment Noise Pop: Craig Wedren tickets! Anyone else a little worn out from all this running around to rock shows? Nothing a little hot coffee and a fresh giveaway can't fix. We highly recommend trekking out to Bernal Heights,
Arts & Entertainment Noise Pop: Rogue Wave tickets! Listen to "Publish My Love" or watch the video. Enter to win two tickets to see Rogue Wave, Aqueduct, Octopus Project, Scrabbel @ Bimbo's on Thursday night. (Contest ends Thursday at 2pm. Winner will
Arts & Entertainment Noise Pop: Feist tickets! Enter to win a pair of tickets. (Contest ends at 3pm today; winner will be notified via email.) Other Noise Pop music tonight: Noise Pop Happy Hour hosted by Fernet Branca & Jackpine
Arts & Entertainment Noise Pop Starts Today We're wishing Noise Pop a happy birthday today, as San Francisco's indie-est music festival kicks off its 14th year. The all-festival badges are sold out, as are tickets to some of the biggest
Arts & Entertainment SFist at SXSW Given the staggering variety of music and mayhem going on at all times, it's impossible for any one person to have the same SXSW experience. So here is ours, in words and photos.
Arts & Entertainment Rock Star Auditions Get your leather pants and best rock caterwaul ready, because Jason Newsted will be attending an open-call audition today here in San Francisco: "Rock Star: The Series" Casting March 21st Rockit Room 406
Arts & Entertainment Green Day at Music for America's Icon Awards On Thursday night, political non-profit organization Music For America presented their inaugural Icon Awards to honor influential musicians, outstanding political achievement, and social responsibility. Honorees included Gavin Newsom, Green Day, Death Cab For
Arts & Entertainment SF Indie Fest: <em>Danielson: A Family Movie</em> Danielson: A Family Movie is a must see for any fan of adventurous music or artistic visionaries. You have two more chances to see it on tonight at 4:30pm at the Roxie
Arts & Entertainment SFist Krissy's Top 12 Albums of 2005 These are my top 12 favorite albums of 2005. That's right, I said "my" not "our." That's because once a year at SFist we get crazy and write a post in the first
Arts & Entertainment SFist Music Coverage = Facts, Opinions <em>and</em> Free Stuff In addition to our show reviews, artist interviews, and weekly concert listings, we added a new dimension to our music coverage this year: giveaways! We know you just love to read us talking
misc SFist Holiday Gift Guide: Terra Bella Aromatherapy We were never lotion divas until we met Terra Bella's hand and foot lotion. It's thick like buttercream frosting, goes on smooth, and soaks into your skin within seconds leaving no greasy residue.
Arts & Entertainment The 'Fisties: Music Gillian Welch and Victoria Williams sat and watched Emmylou Harris perform, the guys from Los Super Seven hung out with some of the Knitters, and Patty Griffin stood by as Buddy Miller performed.
Arts & Entertainment Will Mudhoney sing Happy Birthday? We already mentioned this, but we'll tell you again. Mudhoney is playing at 12 Galaxies on Saturday night (11/19) and it's all part of our friend Dema's birthday party. Maybe getting such
Arts & Entertainment Concert Review: Metallica and The Rolling Stones We got an email from a Noe Valley resident who confirmed they too could "hear every note several miles away in Noe Valley with all [their] windows closed." They called the SFPD who
Arts & Entertainment Concert Review: Metric We have a beef with online ticketing. It should be a convenience right? We can purchase our concert tickets at any time of day or night, without having to trek down to a
Arts & Entertainment Win Tickets to See Negativland The concept of mash-ups is all the rage with marketers and music bloggers these days, but Negativland has been appropriating sounds, images and text and re-arranging them into new works of art since
Arts & Entertainment Win Passes to See Shopgirl Enter to win a pair of passes to a sneak preview screening at the Landmark Embarcadero Cinema at 1 Embarcadero Center on Tuesday the 25th at 7:30pm. We've got several pairs of
Arts & Entertainment Concert Review: Cut Copy at Popscene Cut Copy's CD Bright Like Neon Love makes us smile and dance like no other CD we own. We haven't taken a shine to an upbeat electro-pop band like this since Tahiti 80.
Arts & Entertainment Hardly Strictly Bluegrass How amazing is Dolly Parton? From "9 To 5" to "I Will Always Love You" and beyond, the woman has written a zillion classic songs and has sung them in a voice sweeter
Arts & Entertainment Webzine 2005 + SFist We're giving away 10 passes to Webzine 2005! Enter to win below. Contest ends tomorrow at 5pm.
