SF News Jonas Brothers Make SurpriOMGJ*(Y( h8o2 hi90t023!@#R@34mk,!!! Theater seats were dampened by stunned teens over at the gay-hating Cinemark theater at the Westfield Mall in San Francisco on Sunday night. Why? Well, alleged virgins and heterosexuals the Jonas Brothers made
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Tonight's Noise Pop Happy Hour boasts Music for Animals, Aim Low Kid, and Audio Out Send. If you haven't checked out any Noise Pop shows, be sure to check out the festival's
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Martha Wainwright at Noise Pop by Moses Namkung Dressed in blue skinny jeans and hot red shoes with high heels, playing in front of an adoring audience at Slim's, Martha Wainwright walked around the stage looking for a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Last Night at Rickshaw Stop by Moses Namkung In case you missed them for free the first time around at the opening night of Noise Pop, Deerhunter was back at Rickshaw Stop last night... for another free concert.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: McCabe & Mrs. Miller by Quinn Miller Unfortunately, we arrived late for "The Fencepost Sessions" at Hotel Utah on Saturday, and didn’t get to see the first act, Mirandaband. Judging from their tracks on MySpace, we
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews: Victor Krummenacher San Francisco-based band McCabe & Mrs. Miller, which features Camper Van Beethoven co-founder and bassist Victor Krummenacher and the Sippy Cups' Alison Faith Levy, will perform at Hotel Utah this Saturday night as
Arts & Entertainment '80s Punk Band Zero Boys to Play 924 Gilman This Weekend Hailing from Indianapolis, old-school punk band Zero Boys will be making their only appearance on the West Coast this weekend with the re-release of their classic album Vicious Circle. When the album was
Arts & Entertainment Noise Pop 2009 Noise Pop 2009 is just around the corner. A few highlights: Anthony & the Johnsons, Goblin Cock, Monument to Masses, A.C. Newman, No Age, Clues, Ryan Auffenberg, Ex-Boyfriends, and Martha Wainwright (Not-Judy's
misc Film du Jour: Bollywood's 'Vaaranam Aayiram' The kids over at The Daily Clog bring to our attention this festive Bollywood film, Vaaranam Aayiram (2008), that was shot in Berkeley, the Cal campus, and San Francisco. While the English dubbing
SF News Lux Interior Dead Cramps frontman Lux Interior (né Erick Purkhiser) died today due to a pre-existing heart condition. He was 52. According to Billboard, "The Cramps formed in 1976 and were part of the now legendary
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight: The Thorns Of Life at 924 Gilman Tonight: The Thorns Of Life will play a show at 924 Gilman in Berkeley. A band at a venue, simple as that. And so much more than that. Blake Schwarzenbach was the front
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight CLUB: Head over to "Special Disco Version" to get your tight groove on. Psycho-disco players Hercules & Love Affair ease you into the night, while LCD Soundsystem's Pat Mahoney keeping you dancing 'til
misc Sarah Dash of LaBelle Photo Credit: Kwaku Alston Sarah Dash is one busy woman. If you can’t catch her at LaBelle’s 30 year reunion show at the Paramount on Friday you could always check out
SF News SFist Tonight FILM: Depression and suicide has never been more amusing ("French fries, French dressing, French bread.") than in Savage Steve Holland's Better Off Dead (1985). The '80s teen comedy / ski competition screens as part
misc Stanford Mobile Phone Orchestra Performs "Stairway To Heaven" Stanford Mobile Phone Orchestra Plays Stairway to Heaven from Scott Beale on Vimeo. Scott Beale goes to all of the adorable geeky things we're too agoraphobic to attend. (Unless said events are at
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Theresa Andersson recorded her latest album, Hummingbird, Go!, in a New Orleans kitchen using everything from soda bottles to homemade water vases to her soulful yet sunny voice. Check out the singing
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: You muse have energy left to "Rickshaw Stop’s 5th Anniversary Bash," don't you? What if we told you LA/Canadian pop-alt band Dengue Fever will headline the Hayes Valley birthday bash?
Arts & Entertainment Video of the Week: DJ Earworm - United State of Pop 2008 (Viva La Pop) SF-based DJ Earworm (aka Jordan Roseman) mashes up the top 25 hits of 2008 -- i.e., Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain - Low, Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love, Alicia Keys - No One,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight What in heaven's name are you thinking going out tonight, the night before New Year's Eve? And unless you're in rehab or hitting the pipe, don't even think about calling it "amateur night,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight KARAOKE: While some of us prefer a ballad or ditty from the American Songbook, many of you might prefer punk- and rock-styled karaoke. If so, head over to SoMa for "Mainroom Mondays Big
misc American Football Spectacular: 49er & Ram Songs for The Holiday Season * San Francisco vs. St. Louis Sunday, December 21, 2008. 10:00 AM, PST. Week 16 The Interim Battle Remember when battles between the 49ers and Rams in the 80s, 90s & 00s would
SF News SFist Tonight MUSIC: If you love when "accordion trills join synthesized, repeating vocals and the boom-boom of a bass kick," and you should, you'll love Tijuana -based Nortec Collective, who are most spectacular. They're muy
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: The Guaraldi Project performs the score from "A Charlie Brown Christmas" at this concert benefiting Raphael House (a shelter that provides family support service and shelter for homeless families and children in
SF News Map du Jour: Concert Info Now in Google Maps View Larger Map Bandloop, a site that allows you to keep in touch with your favorite bands' whereabouts, is now in Google Maps. And it's actually quite helpful: each little blue point reveals
Arts & Entertainment Concert Review: Jason Lytle & Aaron Burtch (formerly of Grandaddy) at San Francisco International Airport(?!) (And now for a pro-SFO story...) Airports simply aren't given to happy surprises. That's the way it is. Gotta go, gotta do, gotta git. It's a funnel, a gilded chute, a holding pen.
