Arts & Entertainment BTS Is Coming to Levi's Stadium In April K-Pop phenom BTS is making a return trip to the Bay Area in April, and the BTS Army is presumably already losing its collective mind.
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Capital Cities' 'Kangaroo Court' We predicted back in April that Capital Cities' hit single "Safe and Sound" was destined to be your summer jam. It was definitely one of ours. But the rest of the country has
Arts & Entertainment 17 Signs You're Too Old For Music Festivals It's music festival season right now all over the country, and all you pros out there are probably debating how excited you are to go to, like, every day of Lollapalooza/Outside Lands/
Arts & Entertainment 2013 Treasure Island Music Fest Lineup Announced Today we get the full lineup for this year's Treasure Island Music Festival, the cozy, low-stress event with just two stages that's happening October 19 and 20. Headliners this year are Atoms for
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Brighter Than Gold' By The Cat Empire There are a ton of Aussies in San Francisco, and they all should be pleased to know that Melbourne-based band The Cat Empire is playing The Fillmore tonight. The genre-mixing group are on
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Joy' By Iron & Wine Today of all days you could probably use a little respite from the news. Here's a new and very pleasant video from Iron & Wine for the song "Joy," off the new album
Arts & Entertainment Morrissey Puts Two More S.F. Shows On Calendar, Clearly Will Not Make It to Both Last week, Morrissey fans lamented yet another last-minute cancelation by the singer -- his fourth in three years in the Bay Area. He was supposed to play Davies Symphony Hall on Sunday but
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Take Me Back' by In the Valley Below In the Valley Below is a duo based in Echo Park, in L.A., and consists of Angela Gail and Jeffrey Jacob. We like this dreamy tune, "Take Me Back," which reminds us
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Erykah Badu for NYE There are still tickets available for Erykah Badu's New Year's Eve show at the Fox Theater, and we have to say it will probably be a good show. Yes, she wears funny hats
Arts & Entertainment Mission to Go Mad for LCD Soundsystem Concert Flick This Weekend Back in January we told you about the new concert documentary Shut Up and Play the Hits which follows LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy in the days surrounding the band's final show at Madison
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Postcard From 1952' by Explosions In the Sky This is a cleanser for your news-worn palate if ever we saw one. These guys are playing at Outside Lands on Saturday at 4:40 p.m., and they're pretty cool. They're called
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Rip Tide' by Beirut Take a look at this brand new and lovely video from Beirut, for the tune "The Rip Tide" of the outfit's newest album of the same name. Beirut, and young front man Zach
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Lazuli' by Beach House Have you heard the new Beach House album? It's good. Anyway, this video is more than good. It is rad. We miss videos. Nobody makes awesome videos anymore. Be advised that Beach House
Arts & Entertainment Fleet Foxes Side Project, Poor Moon, Plays Brick & Mortar This Week The band Poor Moon, which comprises two band members from Fleet Foxes and local musician brothers Ian and Peter Murray of The Christmas Cards, is performing Friday, June 1 at Brick & Mortar
Arts & Entertainment Justin Bieber Is Coming To Oakland! OMFG you guys! Justin Bieber just announced his tour dates for this fall AND HE'S COMING TO OAKLAND OMGOMGOMG! No seriously, though we are not enormous fans of Bieber's music, there's no escaping
Arts & Entertainment Sinead O'Connor Cancels Summer Tour, Won't Be Coming To The Fox Due to mental health issues, singer Sinead O'Connor has just announced that she's cancelling her planned North American tour this summer. She was scheduled to play the Mountain Winery and the Fox Theater
Arts & Entertainment Gotye Doesn't Like Being Compared to Sting Gotye (it is pronounced just like Gaultier, btw) is performing tonight at Bill Graham, and there are still tickets available, guys! As you'll recall, they had to postpone his earlier show and move
Arts & Entertainment Local Promoters Seriously Underestimated How Huge Gotye Is; April Show Moved to Bill Graham We first heard "Somebody That I Used to Know" back around the new year, and it was already a hit on YouTube. But Another Planet Entertainment had underestimated the fame that Australian singer
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: Avett Brothers' 'Kick Drum Heart' Today is the pre-sale date for the Avett Brothers at the Berkeley Greek on Saturday, June 23 (get tickets here, and under APE pre-sae type the password: love). So, here's a video of
Arts & Entertainment Kreayshawn Almost Became A Janitor, Once Worked At IKEA Oakland-born rapper Kreayshawn is headlining a New Year's Eve show at the Regency Ballroom (tickets still available), winding a year in which a single YouTube video landed her a record deal and a
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Broken Social Scene's 'Cause = Time' Here's a tune that's a few years old from a band/collective we've always loved, Broken Social Scene. They'll be here in S.F. this weekend performing for free (you may have heard)
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'She's Dope' by Bell Biv Devoe Bell Biv Devoe is here! Yes. They're performing their special brand of "New Jack Swing" at Yoshi's SF tonight and tomorrow. Tickets are $35. Now, please enjoy this classic video from their oeuvre,
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Picking Up V-Nasty From Jail, Plus Kreayshawn's New Song Last month we pointed you to the fashion critiquing being done by Kreayshawn for New York Magazine, following on the success of her song "Gucci Gucci," which is basically a dis of all
Arts & Entertainment Lauryn Hill to Do One-Off Show at Mezzanine Next Week Ok, get your clickers ready: Lauryn Hill is doing a one-off Bob Marley tribute show at Mezzanine next Wednesday, May 18, and there are still early-bird tickets available at $60 apiece plus service
