Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Or, The Whale's "Call and Response" Local band Or, the Whale, who take their name from the sub-/alternate title of Moby Dick, perform at The Independent tonight. Their sound is sort of pop-folky, with an injection of classic
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: New Video from She & Him, "In the Sun" The magical team of Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward, a.k.a. She & Him, are back with Volume 2, and they're taking their retro-pop stylings on tour. They'll be at the Fox
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 Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Vampire Weekend's New Vid (ALSO 2nd Show Added in April!) Attention all ye fans of Vampire Weekend's catchy, preppy, articulate musical stylings: They've added a second show at the Fox in Oakland on April 20th, following on a quick sellout of their April
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
Arts & Entertainment A Procrastinator's Guide to Noise Pop While the festival officially began last night with the previously discussed Deerhoof and Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band performance at The Fox Theater, today marks the start of the conflict-ridden portion of Noise
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews: Deerhoof Drummer Greg Saunier The 18th annual Noise Pop Festival begins with a bang tonight, with local legends Deerhoof opening for the star-studded Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band at The Fox Theater. We had a chance to
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts 2/22 - 2/28 As per uje, this week's concert preview is being brought to you by Kevin Meenan of Epicsauce, providing detailed concert listings for the Bay Area every week. Follow them on Twitter. Noise Pop
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Yoko Ono & the Plastic Ono Band Say what you will about Yoko, she's an artist dammit and she's still making music and art. She comes to town along with son Sean Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band, next week,
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts 2/15 - 2/21 While we were partially tempted to take a Waitmate and hibernate until next week's jam packed Noise Pop Festival, this week is actually shaping up quite nicely with local psych-chillers White Cloud at
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts 2/8 - 2/14 This week's concert preview is being brought to you by Kevin Meenan of Epicsauce, providing detailed concert listings for the Bay Area every week. Follow them on Twitter. There are a plethora of
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts 2/1 - 2/7 This week's concert preview is being brought to you by Kevin Meenan of Epicsauce, providing detailed concert listings for the Bay Area every week. Follow them on Twitter. An absolutely packed week of
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts 1/25 - 1/31 This week's concert preview is being brought to you by Kevin Meenan of Epicsauce, providing detailed concert listings for the Bay Area every week. Follow them on Twitter. This week gets off to
Arts & Entertainment Coachella Lineup Announced! This year's headliners: Jay-Z, Muse, and Gorillaz. Apparently Thom Yorke, as a solo act, is a possibility for Day 3. Other highlights: LCD Soundsystem, MGMT, Passion Pit, Hot Chip, Tiesto, and Pavement. Oh,
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts 1/18 - 1/24 This week's concert preview is being brought to you by Kevin Meenan of Epicsauce, providing detailed concert listings for the Bay Area every week. Follow them on Twitter. Plenty of reasons to venture
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: "Black & Blue" by Miike Snow Miike Snow isn't a guy, but rather a Swedish band whose lead singer's name is Andrew. They've been darlings of the music criticism realm this year, with their song "Animal" landing on Spin's
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts 1/11 - 1/17 This week's concert preview is being brought to you by Kevin Meenan of Epicsauce, providing detailed concert listings for the Bay Area every week. Follow them on Twitter. Your live music cornucopia this
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Vampire Weekend's "Contra" - Whole Album Preview! Hey, check it out! Articulate rock darlings Vampire Weekend have put up their whole sophomore album, "Contra," online for embedding and preview prior to next week's official release. Listen to all the jangly,
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts 1/4 - 1/10 This week's concert preview is being brought to you by Kevin Meenan of Epicsauce, providing detailed concert listings for the Bay Area every week. Follow them on Twitter. Our hungover city's music scene
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts 12/28 - 1/3 This week's concert preview is being brought to you by Kevin Meenan of Epicsauce, providing detailed concert listings for the Bay Area every week. Follow them on Twitter. An absolutely packed week of
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts 12/21 - 12/27 This week's concert preview is being brought to you by Kevin Meenan of Epicsauce, providing detailed concert listings for the Bay Area every week. Follow them on Twitter. Not going to lie to
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews: The Rural Alberta Advantage This interview comes to us via Kevin Meenan of Epicsauce. As previously discussed, we are eagerly anticipating The Rural Alberta Advantage's return to San Francisco tomorrow night. We recently had the chance to
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts 12/14-12/20 This week's concert preview is being brought to you by Kevin Meenan of Epicsauce, providing detailed concert listings for the Bay Area every week. Follow them on Twitter. Yet another jam packed week
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts 12/7 - 12/13 This week's concert preview is being brought to you by Kevin Meenan of Epicsauce, providing detailed concert listings for the Bay Area every week. Follow them on Twitter. First the bad news --
