Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight EROTICA: Get to Orgasmic! early for some tasty free vegan cupcakes (while supplies last), and stay for the tasty erotica by local sexpert, author and editor Violet Blue and New York author, editor
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 SFist Tonight MUSIC: Veteran queer rockers Pansy Division play their first show in SF since 2009, with special guests The Minks, an all-female Kinks cover band, and Bad Backs, a new band formed by a
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 SFist Tonight MUSIC: Classic 70s funk band, WAR, perform their characteristically funky blend of soul, Latin, jazz, blues, reggae, and rock played with "the sunny, laid-back vibe emblematic of their Southern California roots." 8 p.
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 Tonight MUSIC: Roots Reggae masters, Midnite, who combine the cultural lyrics of "old school" roots music with modern sensibilities, bring their "epic musical communion" to San Francisco for two nights at The Independent. SF's
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Over several years, Chinese-Canadian filmmaker Lixin Fan filmed Last Train Home, which follows a couple who make the annual New Year's exodus, along with 130 million other migrant workers, from China's cities
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Need a pick-me-up tonight? Look no further than Kafana Balkan, who provide the biggest, "crazed Gypsy brass band dance party" in town, featuring "hundreds of swarthy men with dangling moustaches and pork-pie
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: See legendary hip hop artist and long-time Will Smith collaborator, DJ Jazzy Jeff, perform in the intimate setting of Mighty. Also on the bill are Apollo, Sake One, and The Whooligan. 9
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 Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Night by Night' by Chromeo The electro-poppy Canadian duo Chromeo comes to the Fox February 18 (get tix here), but for now, please enjoy this performance of their single "Night by Night" from Letterman last fall, not long
Arts & Entertainment Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Launches Record Label Speaking of classical music, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra is celebrating their 30th Anniversary in part by starting a record label, Philharmonia Baroque Productions. The Chronicle reports that the company's first release will showcase the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Viracocha hosts a night of acoustic indie folk with Foxtails Brigade, featuring classically trained duo, vocalist-guitarist Laura Weinbach and violinist Anton Patzner, along with Chloe Makes Music and Jascha Versus Jascha. 8
SF News Photo Du Jour Snoop Dogg stopped by Twitter headquarters yesterday. Nick Fisher snapped this pic of the hip hop crooner in action.
SF News Help Save KUSF Both private school students and classic music lovers are fuming ever since yesterday's KUSF announcement of a drastic change in format. An attempt to save KUSF is currently afoot with this handy Facebook
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
SF News Save Discolandia Sign? The luminous folks at Mission Mission have unwittingly sparked an effort to save the eye-catching Discolandia sign on 24th Street. "Not that I ever went in there or anything, but I think we
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 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 SFist Tonight COMEDY: Moby, Martha Plimpton, and Thao Nguyen of Thao and the Get Down Stay Down will make guest appearances at SF Sketchfest's The Dave Hill Explosion, a variety show in which Dave talks,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Japantown Peace Plaza Outdoor Cinema & Karaoke presents a free screening of Hong Kong comedy classic, Shaolin Soccer. The film stars Stephen Chow as a young shaolin follower who forms a soccer
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Tickets are still available for "indie-rock supergroup' sideshow" Sweet Apple, featuring J. Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.), Tim Parnin and John Petkovic (Cobra Verde), and Dave Sweetapple (Witch). Dead Meadow and Carlton Melton are
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.
