Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: One Direction's 'Live While We're Young' We hope it's not too saccharine for your palate cleansing (we don't think so!), but here's the new video from teen pop sensation One Direction, which was released days earlier than expected OMG!
SF News Afternoon Palate Cleanser: A Music Video Featuring S.F., Bare Asses [NSFW] The video for the pop tune "Human Condition" by local band Nova Albion features a couple of attractive twentysomethings, a girl and a guy, walking naked through various parts of town besides but
Arts & Entertainment Girl About Town: Best Coast, Dita Von Teese, Dum Dum Girls by Veronica de la Mora Girl About Town is all about California dreaming this week. Inspired by the hottest star we know, the Sun. We love sitting in the sun listening to good
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Wallpaper's 'Best Song Everr' San Francisco band Wallpaper made their national TV debut last week, on Jimmy Kimmel Live, with their totally fun song "Best Song Everr." They'll be playing at the Rickshaw on March 23, and
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Night by Night' by Chromeo The electro-poppy Canadian duo Chromeo comes to the Fox February 18 (get tix here), but for now, please enjoy this performance of their single "Night by Night" from Letterman last fall, not long
Arts & Entertainment Treasure Island Night Shows Announced, Get Tix Now Three night shows were announced this week, all happening at The Independent, featuring three acts who are performing at the Treasure Island Music Festival. The tickets just went on sale at noon, and
Arts & Entertainment More Awesome Photos From Outside Lands, Including Al Green 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
Arts & Entertainment Scenes From Outside Lands 2010 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
Arts & Entertainment At Outside Lands, Janelle Monae and Phoenix Rocked 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
Arts & Entertainment Flaming Lips and Robyn/Kelis Both Add Second Shows 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=
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts 7/18 - 7/25 A huge week of live shows with rising local shoegaze quintet Young Prisms at Rickshaw Stop Tuesday, the previously profiled Maus Haus at Milk Thursday and the jam-packed All Shook Down Festival with
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts 7/12 - 7/18 Yet another packed week of shows with the previously profiled Ty Segall and Weekend at Milk Thursday, South Africa's tongue-in-cheek "rap-rave" trio Die Antwoord at Rickshaw Stop Friday and Ganglians, Fresh and Onlys,
Arts & Entertainment Treasure Island Music Fest Lineup Announced, Includes LCD Soundsystem, Belle & Sebastian 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
Arts & Entertainment Outside Lands Night Shows Announced For all those of you who don't want to spring for the full weekend We just figured out that these shows are only available to Outside Lands ticket holders... you need a password
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts 7/5 - 7/11 Several solid shows to get you through the short work week with Liar's proteges Fol Chen at Bottom of the Hill Wednesday, Oakland-based art-rock legends Deerhoof at Bottom of the Hill Thursday and
Arts & Entertainment Bill Graham Auditorium About to Get a Lot Busier Via the 'Gate today we learn that Another Planet Entertainment, the folks who do all the programming for the Fox in Oakland, Outside Lands, and Treasure Island, have just signed a deal with
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts 6/28 - 7/4 Plenty of pre-holiday live music options this week with Austin-based garage rock outfit Harlem at the Independent Tuesday, Oakland's trippy one-man act Psychic Handbook at Submission Wednesday and Stones Throw affiliated funk ambassador
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Girls' April Tour Video It's a little on the long side, but please enjoy this video from hometown boys Girls, as they tour around, go bowling, and play Coachella. [via The Bay Bridged]
Arts & Entertainment Coachella 2010 Dispatch: Days 2 & 3 Were Better 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
Arts & Entertainment MGMT Unveils New Material at the Fillmore 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.
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts 4/5 - 4/11 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
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts 3/29 - 4/4 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
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts 3/8 - 3/14 This week's jam packed concert roster includes punk legend Mike Watt at Bottom of the Hill Tuesday, local garage-rock favorites Thee Oh Sees and Ty Segall at El Rio Wednesday and a free
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts 3/1 - 3/7 While we are admittedly a bit exhausted after a long week of Noise Pop shows, there is still plenty to look forward to this week with electro-pop duo Phantogram at The Rickshaw Stop
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews: Memory Tapes' Dayve Hawk While you really can't go wrong with just about any of the Noise Pop weekend options, we are particularly looking forward to catching Memory Tapes as Bottom of the Hill tomorrow night. The
