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 SFist Attends: Barn Owl Uses Atmospheric Doom Metal Brutality To Swoop In At KUSF's Defense by Erick Pressman Back in December, there was a bit of a panic attack moment that was had. It turned out that on the same night Wild 94.9 threw their epic Wild
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 SFist Attends: Fu Manchu At Bottom Of The Hill Fu Manchu, Dusted Angel, and a bunch of dudes with beers turned Bottom of the Hill into the ultimate party on 1/22 by Erick Pressman Fu Manchu are one of those bands
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 SFist Interviews: Dave Wakeling of The English Beat by Daniel Phifer SFist sat down to talk with Dave Wakeling of The English Beat shortly before their show at Bimbos 365 in San Francisco on Friday night. The show was exactly what
Arts & Entertainment SFist Attends: Neurosis at Great American Musical Hall A Sun That Never Sets Settled In Over The Tenderloin This Weekend: Neurosis Returned Home For Two Rare Live Performances 1/15 and 1/16 by Erick Pressman Ever purposely leave for a
Arts & Entertainment Show of the Week: The Boneless Children Foundation, 1/4 By Daniel Phifer Did we ever tell you that we’re huge Dead Milkmen fans? Well, we kind of lost track of the discography after Metaphysical Graffiti, but going five albums deep with
Arts & Entertainment SFist Attends: Wild 94.9's Wild Jam A Woman Beater, a Phenom, a Pleasant Surprise, and a One Hit Wonder: SFist's Erick Pressman reports back from Thursday night's Wild 94.9's Wild Jam at HP Pavilion. by Erick Pressman While
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts 11/9 - 11/14 By Kevin Meenan A huge week of shows with dancey Barcelona quartet Delorean at Great American Music Hall Wednesday, Colorado gem Woodsman at Milk Thursday and drum-centric electronic act Publicist at Mezzanine Friday.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Attends: Tricycle Music Fest West The rain didn't stop dozens of families from swarming the library on Sunday afternoon for the fabulous 2nd Annual Tricycle Music Fest West grand finale show. The show, which was originally scheduled to
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts 10/26 - 10/31 By Kevin Meenan A massive week of shows with the previously profiled Lumerians at Cafe Du Nord tonight, Portland-based disco revivalist Jeffrey Jerusalem at Milk Thursday and the previously profiled Mi Ami at
Arts & Entertainment Win a Pair of Tickets to Gorillaz's 10/30 Show at Oakland Arena On October 30th, Gorillaz will hit the stage at Oakland Arena for one magnificent concert. To celebrate, SFist is giving away one pair of tickets to the show. On this post, enter for
Arts & Entertainment Oakland Gay Pride, 9/5 Oakland Pride, forgotten mousy cousin of San Francisco Pride? Maybe a little. But this year's LGBT Pride celebration on the other side of the bridge promises to be worth a BART trip under
misc Heavy September by Erick Pressman San Francisco has been an epicenter of great metal and hard rock throughout the years, and judging by some of the live music coming this month, the earth-shattering, head-splitting madness
Arts & Entertainment Emily Greene at Hotel Utah This Sunday by Taryn Harrington About halfway through her act, with hands performing gymnastics in the air, Emily Greene admits to loving coffee houses and the time she ran around naked as a teenager 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
