Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews... Eskimo Joe We featured Eskimo Joe in our weekly column a few weeks ago and stated that "Hands down, one of the best CD's of 2007." We still completely agree with that sentiment - even
Arts & Entertainment New Tunes Tuesday #8 Each Tuesday we will feature new music that should (or whatever) be on your radar. All bands this week featured in our Standout section are from the Bay Area. Arp, the brain-child of
Arts & Entertainment New Tunes Tuesday #7 Each Tuesday we will feature new music that should (or whatever) be on your radar. Win a free copy of Nicole Atkin's debut album release, Neptune City after the jump. Download: "War Torn"
Arts & Entertainment Contest: Minipop @ Rickshaw Stop 11/3/07 Minipop, a San Francisco-based band, is releasing their much anticipated debut album, A New Hope next Tuesday. Lucky for all of us we'll be able to get their new CD this Saturday, a
Arts & Entertainment Emerson String Quartet. We missed some of what he said, coverage was spotty up in the hills north of LA and once Phil starts talking, he's hard to stop. He just won't let a disconnected call
Arts & Entertainment They've Done It Again Instantly the audience responded positively to the well-blended vocals, perfectly crafted pop-hooks and the organic-sounding drums played by NYC Subway musician, Shakerleg. You can not deny that these two Australian brothers, Issac and
Arts & Entertainment New Tunes Tuesday #6 Each Tuesday we will feature new music that should (or whatever) be on your radar. Looking at the fact that Serj Tankian's concert at Slim's on October 28th is already sold out, we
Arts & Entertainment Charlotte Martin at Cafe du Nord Critics have lauded her latest efforts saying, "Stromata follows adventurous suit...reveling in wild time signatures and stark, synthesized percussion, its only constant her unadorned, operatically trained vocals." (Paste Magazine) Collected Sounds wrote
Arts & Entertainment New Tunes Tuesday #4 Each Tuesday we will feature new music that should (or whatever) be on your radar. 2. The Kin - Rise and Fall: The Kin, comprised of Australian brothers Issac and Thorry Koren, delivers
Arts & Entertainment When The Lights Go Down In The City - R.I.P. R.I.P. When The Lights Go Down In The City November 2004 - September 2007 It was SFist's first editor Jackson West who asked me to write a music column back in
Arts & Entertainment New Tunes Tuesday #3 Each Tuesday we will feature new music that should (or whatever) be on your radar. 2. Marjorie de Muynck - In The Key of Earth: Within four epic musical movements named: Pulse, Light,
Arts & Entertainment Mahler Lied, No One Died. MTT's take on Mahler, a forcefully engaged and expressive rendition, has been observed here quite a few times. We expect to be blown away by the orchestra. We actually demand it. But the
Arts & Entertainment New Tunes Tuesday #2 Each Tuesday we will feature new music that should (or whatever) be on your radar. Standouts: 1. Eskimo Joe - Black Fingernails Red Wine (w/ Bonus DVD): Hands down, one of the best
Arts & Entertainment Revisiting 1997: Win Tickets To See The Crystal Method Another one of our favorites (though in a completely different genre,) The Crystal Method dropped their first album in August 1997. Ten years and four studio albums later, we have been inundated with
Arts & Entertainment When The Lights Go Down In The City This week's show recommendations: Hurry up and head over to Amoeba at 6pm for a chance to see Okkervil River perform for free and then get a free, limited edition CD sampler when
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- End of Summer Slam Jam for Teens: Are there words prettier than "back to school"? Maybe. But when we start seeing back-to-school commercials and such, we get ever so giddy. And although
Arts & Entertainment SFist Finds: Passive-Aggressive Note Submit your Bay Area finds to found [at] sfist [dot] com or tag them sfist and found on Flickr! Let us know when and where you found the item and any other helpful
Arts & Entertainment When The Lights Go Down In The City How 'bout them Cardinals? Ryan Adams was in town this week, and he evidently brought two very different moods to the San Francisco and Berkeley shows. We were at the Herbst Theatre show
Arts & Entertainment When The Lights Go Down In The City If we made those stupid charts that indicate what's "in" and what's "out", we'd fill in one of the lines thusly: OUT - filling the set list with your greatest hits and obscure
misc Week Around The Ists What with Paris Hilton's release earlier this week and the upcoming celebration of American Independence (sorry, Londonist!), we've been thinking a lot about freedom. Freedom to vote, freedom to choose, and most importantly,
Arts & Entertainment When The Lights Go Down In The City Our top 5 moments at Feist's Fillmore show on Tuesday, June 26th: 5. Hearing a cash register clang at the back of the venue in the middle of the set, and realizing that
Arts & Entertainment When The Lights Go Down In The City There are a bunch of great shows to see this week, but frankly the pickins are a little slim compared to the embarrassment of riches that we're used to here in SF. Tonight
Arts & Entertainment When The Lights Go Down In The City "Scratch your name into the fabric of this world before you go." - Noisettes Let Noisettes show you the future tonight at 7pm for free when they perform at Amoeba. Singer Shingai Shoniwa's
misc When The Lights Go Down In The City Our friend Will who runs New & Used Records is celebrating a CD release this week for The Passionistas. God's Boat, produced by Kelley Stoltz, may sound lo-fi, but the band isn't afraid
Arts & Entertainment When The Lights Go Down In The City The Mission Creek Music Festival is still going strong and shows continue through Sunday. Although MCMF's press folks hadn't ever heard of SFist ("Is this a radio station? We're only giving tickets to
