Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, In Berkeley... Phish played the Berkeley Greek Theater last night, and 8500 jam band fanatics from all around the region lost their minds. Tickets sold out in like five seconds and some were going on
SF News Second Death After Cow Palace Rave Trung Nguyen, 25, died on Sunday at Washington Hospital in Fremont, making him the second fatality after Memorial Day weekend's infamous Cow Palace rave. Nguyen was a graduate of Overfelt High School and
Arts & Entertainment Coachella Tips Ted of BAGeL Radio posted a list of handy tips for those of you trekking down to Coachella. Some helpful advice while sojourning in the glamorous Coachella Valley? Ted suggests, among other things,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight Addendum Kevin Meenan of Epicsauce, and SFist's music editor, is launching a free/cheap semi-weekly live music party tonight at Milk, former home of legendary Upper Haight live music venue, Club Boomerang. Three of
SF News 40 Years Ago Today, the 60's Died at Altamont Today marks the 40th anniversary of Altamont, the infamous free concert thrown at the the Altamont Speedway, east of Livermore near the junction between 580 and I-5. The concert was billed as Woodstock
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Morrissey @ The Paramount, Oakland Last night old Moz paid a visit to the Bay Area, and he didn't cancel the show or collapse on stage. That's the good news. Also for good news, he played a ton
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts 11/30 - 12/6 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 post-holiday options this
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts 11/2 - 11/8 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. Another packed week with sludge
Arts & Entertainment Treasure Island Music Fest '09: A Gallery - UPDATED Saturday was sunny and electronic; Sunday was chilly and leaned more toward back-to-basics rock. Also thrown in was some gypsy music, hip-hop, and whatever you want to call this new rock operetta thing
Arts & Entertainment This Weekend in Classical Music A few concerts for the week-end: Stanford Lively Arts presents the West Coast premiere of Uri Caine's The Othello Syndrome, based upon Verdi's opera Othello. We have tried to get into Uri's reinterpretation
Arts & Entertainment Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 9: A Gallery We would have taken some more closups of the artists, but you know what? It was pretty goddamn crowded out there at HSB this year! It was especially crowded come around 5:30
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts 10/5 - 10/11 This SFist weekly concert preview is brought to you by Kevin Meenan of Epicsauce. Rely on Epicsauce for concert listing updates, and follow them on Twitter. Excellent week with The Knife's Karin Dreijer
Arts & Entertainment Haiku Contest!: Win a Pair of Tix to 3-Day Phish Fest 8 in Indio Those who have attended Coachella are probably familiar with the Empire Polo Club in Indio. And those who are avid Phish heads (or those who pay attention to our advertisers here on SFist)
Arts & Entertainment A Preview of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 9 It's going to be a semi-warm weekend and just possibly (though we can't promise anything) it will be sunny in Golden Gate Park at least on Friday and Sunday, so the ninth annual
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Kylie Minogue - TIX AVAILABLE Forgive us if her sugary sweetness leaves you wishing for a glass of milk (or some kind of metalcore antidote), but the Australian Madonna is hitting our shores for two shows starting tonight
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts Again this week, our concert preview is being brought to you by Kevin Meenan of Epicsauce, who provides concert listings for Bay Area venues in a neat, easy format each week. Follow Epicsauce
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts This week's SFist concert preview brought to you by Epicsauce, who keep track of the local music scene every week just for you. by Kevin Meenan Great week for Bay Area live music
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Pet Shop Boys Concert Preview The Pet Shop Boys are kind of like the Rolling Stones of the gayische electronic pop scene: they just never stop working and touring. But unlike the Stones, the Boys have been making
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts The week kicks off with Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke and Lenny White playing several just-announced all acoustic sets at Yoshi's Oakland. Then on Thursday, jangly French pop band Phoenix is at The Warfield,
Arts & Entertainment Free San Francisco Symphony Outdoor Concert at Noon Today Bring your lunch and soak up some sun (or find some shade) at Justin Herman Plaza at Noon today, while enjoying the sweet sounds of the San Francisco Symphony. Popular works will be
Arts & Entertainment Local Crooner Spencer Day On <i>The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson</i> Current and/or former San Francisco crooner Spencer Day (his Facebook lists him as living in both San Francisco and Topanga Canyon) will appear on tonight, making this evening's show an explosion of
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts by Moses Namkung What do you get when you mix members of the Smashing Pumpkins, Hanson, Fountains of Wayne and Cheap Trick? Apparently... Tinted Windows. Aidan Vaziri at SFGate has an amusing interview
Arts & Entertainment Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts by Moses Namkung Outside Lands has arrived. Remember last year? Substantial Muni fail, Radiohead's sound cutting out, Mr. Clothezoff, and other freshman-year festival growing pains... this year, we have a gaggle of headliners
Arts & Entertainment The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts by Moses NamkungThis week, the Bay Area plays host to Third Eye Blind, Green Day and the Warped Tour -- quite the triumvirate of throwback California alternative rock. Just wondering, is anybody out
SF News Depeche Mode Cancels Tonight's Shoreline Show Due to Illness Times seem to be tough for aging rockstars scheduled to play in the Bay Area this summer. Depeche Mode has had to cancel tonight's show at Shoreline Amphitheatre because of doctor's orders that
