Arts & Entertainment Post-Punk Legends Wire Bring Their Highly Influential Legacy to Slim’s on 4/17 by Erick Pressman Wire are one of the most influential rock bands of all time. There really isn’t any other way to put it. When the list of bands who have name-checked
Arts & Entertainment The Funeral Pyre Completes Their National Black Metal Campaign at Submission Space Sunday Night by Erick Pressman Spring has sprung, gas prices have risen, the Giants are played their opening series, and one of California’s brutal, up and coming black metal bands, The Funeral Pyre, are
Arts & Entertainment Rise Against, Bad Religion, Four Year Strong Provide SF with a Generational “Who’s Who” of Punk Saturday Night at Bill Graham Civic by Erick Pressman Can you believe that punk rock is heading into it’s fourth decade of existence? Hell, some say it’s already in its forties depending on which “first punk band
SF News Confirmed: Britney Not Performing In Castro After All We still don't have confirmation of this, but rumor has it, among concerned gays on Facebook, that Britney Spears and her people are scrapping plans for a free outdoor mini-concert this Sunday in
Arts & Entertainment Charlie Sheen Bringing His <strike>Sh*t</strike> Road Show to S.F. Would you like to experience a bit of pop cultural history so fleeting, confusing, and mildly gross that you'll walk out of the auditorium unsure what year it is or if you're really
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Something Is Not Right With Me' by Cold War Kids On April 9, Cold War Kids come to the Fox in Oakland, and tickets are on sale now. Above, an "alternate" music video for the song 'Something Is Not Right With Me,'
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: OMD's 'Electricity' Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark, who may be most famous for a certain John Hughes movie anthem, are coming to the Fox on March 26th so that Gen Xers and the younger segment
Arts & Entertainment Oops! Missed One! Judgment Day, Street Eaters, Bam!Bam! Play Amoeba/Noise Pop's Pop N Shop Today At 5PM! by Erick Pressman When you have a fest as vast as Noise Pop, inevitably, even those with trained eyes may miss a killer show when getting their preview for a blog together. Lucky
Arts & Entertainment The Official SFist Noise Pop Preview and Day By Day Festival Planner: Do It Right or Be Bummed by Erick Pressman Ah yes, its the end of February. The weather is awful, the Giants are in Arizona, which means its time for the annual Noise Pop Festival! Now in its nineteenth
Arts & Entertainment Odd Future Make Hip Hop Interesting For The First Time In Years; Prepare To Wreck Slim’s On 2/22 by Erick Pressman For the most part, Jimmy Fallon’s late night television show leaves a lot to be desired, but Wednesday night he may have put himself on the historical map forever
Arts & Entertainment 100+ Musicians To Cover Pixies 'Doolittle' Tuesday, 2/22 The '90s are certainly back. Notice all the flannel and Doc Martens floating around out there? What better way to further celebrate the recently bygone decade than with an epic re-imagining of a
Arts & Entertainment Tomorrow Night: Set Your Goals Set To Turn DNA Lounge Into A Stage Diving Contest by Erick Pressman While San Francisco continues to wage war on all ages shows, a lot of youth-oriented bands and tours seem to pass on playing the city entirely and end up hitting
Arts & Entertainment Tonight Addendum: Bam!Bam! Burst Onto Bay Area Scene And Make First Friday In Oakland Worth Crossing The Bridge For by Erick Pressman (who resides in Oakland) Hey San Francisco, meet Bam!Bam!. This all-female, lo-fi, garagey, pop punk duo are the greatest band in the Bay Area that you haven’t heard
Arts & Entertainment Sebadoh And Quasi Show The Current Boring Indie Bands How It’s Done At Great American 2/8/11 by Erick Pressman These days it’s rare to find an indie rock tour with one band worth watching on it. So when you have two, no-bullshit, ground-breaking bands like Sebadoh and Quasi
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Fleet Foxes' 'White Winter Hymnal' (and Concert Announcement) Indie darlings of 2009 Fleet Foxes have announced some tour dates, and their much anticipated second album Helplessness Blues arrives on May 3rd. (Hear the lovely pre-released title track below, via Soundcloud.) They'll
Arts & Entertainment Next Monday and Tuesday: Against Me! At Slim's Against Me! brings their the neo-folk punk to smaller venue for two nights 1/31 and 2/1 by Erick Pressman Punk rock is a cruel mistress. The kids and the scene can
Arts & Entertainment Tomorrow: Wallpaper Prepares To Turn Slim's Into The Greatest Party You've Ever Been To by Erick Pressman A few years ago, the folks at Noise Pop booked a Saturday night show at Mezzanine that included two faceless electronic/dj asshole type acts, and an opener simply known
Arts & Entertainment Show Of The Week: The Handsome Family at Café Du Nord, 1/26 by Daniel Phifer Don’t you hate January? It’s so anti-climactic after the Holidays. It feels like the most depressing month of the year. Maybe because by that point we’ve already
Arts & Entertainment Janet Jackson Coming to Bill Graham in April, Pre-Sale Tix Still Available Janet Jackson is coming to San Francisco, everyone! She's just announced her latest tour, and fans are going wild. Though some 96% of pre-sale tickets for the announced dates have already sold out,
Arts & Entertainment Tuesday: Moldy Peaches Frontwoman/<em>Juno</em> Soundtrack Superstar Graces Thee Parkside Kimya Dawson, Defiance, Ohio, and Songs For Moms play Thee Parkside tomorrow night. by Erick Pressman Back in college, we got a mixtape that featured a song called “Who’s Got The Crack?
Arts & Entertainment Show Of The Week: The English Beat, 1/14/11 by Daniel Phifer Last week we presented you with a bargain show at the Hemlock assuming that you spent all your money trying to impress some two bit floozy on New Years Eve.
misc Nothing Says Metal Like Halloween: San Francisco Metal Show for (most of) October by Erick Pressman Hey kids, it's October, and what better way to celebrate Halloween and Day of the Dead than by getting your face melted off by the most brutal live music San
