Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/10: The Red Elvises MUSIC: The Red Elvises will perform two sets tonight, featuring frontman Igor Yuzov's collection of "wildly talented, entertaining musicians to bring into the fold of this increasingly international party band" as a result
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/9: SFIAAFF's Directions In Sound MUSIC: DJ Neil Armstrong headlines the SF International Asian American Film Festival's Directions In Sound 2012, a genre-bending showcase featuring emerging artists and established vets. The show also features Blackbird Blackbird, Hopie, Micropixie,
Arts & Entertainment Video: SF Hipsters + Bikes = Motherf***ing Bike Sons of Science set their humorous ditty "Motherfucking Bike" to video. The result? This comedic amuse-bouche featuring a slew of San Francisco cyclist stereotypes. It could've been more pointed, sure, but it's delightful
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/6: 'The Wrecking Crew' BOOK-SIGNING: Author Kent Hartman will discuss his book, The Wrecking Crew, which sheds light on an uncredited group of Los Angeles musicians who secretly stood in for real bands in the sixties and
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/5: The Driftwood Singers MUSIC: Tonight's edition of the monthly Communion club will feature The Driftwood Singers, who are in their early 20s and sing folk songs "that could have been written ages ago but were more
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/4: Ben Goldberg's Orphic Machine MUSIC: The Jewish Music Festival presents the world premiere of "Orphic Machine," led by clarinetist and composer Ben Goldberg and accompanied by a renowned ensemble in a song-cycle based on the poetical writings
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/3: Roky Erickson With The Night Beats MUSIC: Flavorpill paints an intriguing picture of the come-back of Roky Erickson, '60s psychedelic rocker whose struggles with schizophrenia stalled his music career: "Tonight, revel in Erikson's gravelly, whiskey-soaked voice mingling with Okkervil
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 3/2: Hollywood Before The Code FILM: Roxie Theater kicks off its week-long Hollywood Before the Code series tonight, featuring films produced before 1932 that are filled with "erotically charged images, dangerous, graphic violence, and bizarrely aberrant behavior." Tonight's
Arts & Entertainment Local Singing Treasure Veronica Klaus' Kickstarter Needs Your Eyes, Wallets Not to get all NPR pledge drive on you, but... listen up: It's safe to say that Veronica Klaus' stints at The Rrazz Room have proved to be some of the most searing,
Arts & Entertainment Jeremy Lin, Autotuned Knicks savior and Palo Alto High alum Jeremy Lin has just gotten the Autotune treatment from DJ Steve Porter. It's called "All He Does Is Lin." Let the Lin-sanity Lin-ger on... [via The
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 2/27: Leslie & The LY's MUSIC: SFist is bummed that we can't make it to the funtastic Leslie & The LY's show tonight. Don your best metallic sweater and blue eye shadow, and go in our place, will
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 2/26: Hélène Renaut MUSIC: San Francisco folk/pop gem, Hélène Renaut, who one critic described as, "[i]magine Syd Barret having a musical baby with Francoise Hardy," will take the stage at the intimate Hemlock Tavern
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 2/25: Zina Al-Shukri ART: Artist Zina Al-Shukri's latest exhibition, Rapport, showcases a series of portraits of friends and acquaintances, each of which she completed in a single sitting, resulting in expressions of the subtle shifts in
Arts & Entertainment SFist This Weekend: Musicians Honor Public Radio, Punk Swap Meet There's lots to do this weekend in addition to Noise Pop and the Oscars. Let's take a look! Musicians Pay Tribute To Public Radio: Noise Pop presents a line-up of notable musicians on
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 2/24: Jolie Holland MUSIC: Jazzy, folky, punky, bluesy crooner Jolie Holland, who sounds like, as Flavorpill describes it: "[T]hink Joanna Newsom with a Billie Holiday in her throat," will headline the Swedish American tonight. Also
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 2/23: Peter Ellenby Rock Photography PHOTOGRAPHY: Noise Pop presents DC/JV: Photography by Peter Ellenby, featuring fifteen years' worth of portraits of Death Cab for Cutie and John Vanderslice, which document the musicians' storied careers and "serve as
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 2/22: The Fresh & Onlys MUSIC: One of Noise Pop's stellar shows this evening includes headliners The Fresh & Onlys, "psychedelic garage-pop revivalists," who "have a reputation for being weird." Flavorpill notes that "[w]hen asked about the
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Sad Baby Wolf & Mount Moriah At Noise Pop by Micke Tong SFist headed over to Bottom of the Hill last night for the first night of Noise Pop's 20th anniversary edition. Although we missed headliner Craig Finn and opener Ash Reiter,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 2/21: Celebrate Mardi Gras Parade PARADE: Head over to Place Pigalle at 5 p.m. for the Celebrate Mardi Gras Parade featuring Jazz Mafia, Monophonics, and members of Extra Action Marching Band, followed by a more formal show
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 2/20: Persephone's Bees MUSIC: Oakland-based quartet, Persephone's Bees, who describe themselves as, "an elephant-sized beehive stuffed with Russ Meyers’ Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Double Fantasy, the poetry of
Arts & Entertainment Video: "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" At Warren Hellman Tribute Sunday's Warren Hellman Tribute brought out such aural talent as Gillian Welch, David Rawlings, Emmylou Harris, Buddy Miller, and Old Crow Medicine Show. The latter paid tribute to both Hellman and Whitney Houston
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 2/16: Cut & Paste 2012 DESIGN: Attention Design Geeks: At global digital design competition, Cut&Paste, sixteen 2D, 3D, and motion/animation designers will be putting their skills to the test for a chance to compete in
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 2/15: Don Cornelius Tribute TRIBUTE: Noise Pop and Wax Poetic magazine pay tribute to Don Cornelius at tonight's Pop-Up Shop, featuring a music and visual celebration of the iconic Soul Train host, who introduced generations of viewers
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 2/14: Ali McGraw/'Love Story' FILM: Ali MacGraw will be in person at Marc Huestis' Valentine's Day Celebration, featuring a screening of Love Story and a gala hosted by Katya Smirnoff Skyy, which includes tribute performances, an Ali
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco's Emergency Warning System To Play Tony Bennett At Noon? [Tragic Update] As gooey-romantic-at-heart Andrew Dalton dutifully pointed out, at noon today, Valentine's Day, Tony Bennett will return for a special Valentine's day performance of the city's unofficial theme song under the dome at City
