Arts & Entertainment 'Touch Me': The Superior 49ers Song Can this be the theme for today's Super Bowl? Let's. "Touch Me" is a 1990 song by Italian group 49ers -- not to be confused with the other 49ers or, for that matter,
Arts & Entertainment Top 5 Gayest (And Thus Best) Super Bowl Halftime Shows Super Bowl halftime shows make Rob Lowe and Snow White's infamous 1988 Oscar performance look like "Rose's Turn" from Gypsy. And you think that reference is gay, you should see the following Super
Arts & Entertainment 49ers Super Bowl Song Some Kind Of Hit Twerkng, the funky chicken, Alex Smith, Kaepernicking -- this song has it all. Or not. The most requested song on San Francisco's 99.7-FM KMVQ (NOW!) is the station's very own ditty dedicated
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Peer Gynt And Marnie Breckenridge Two reviews from shows last week, Peer Gynt at the SF Symphony, and a recital by soprano Marnie Breckenridge at the Conservatory. Peer Gynt started off as a collaboration between two 19th century
Arts & Entertainment Sting Will Christen S.F.'s First Outdoor Waterfront Concert Venue Multiple Grammy-winning artist Sting is the first act booked to play a lavish, yet temporary, new waterfront concert venue at the America's Cup Pavilion on Pier 27/29. The 9,000 seat venue
Arts & Entertainment A Joyful Noise: SFJAZZ Center Opens To Raves Though often viewed as a dead form of music, jazz had a breath of fresh life pumped into it when the wildly anticipated SFJAZZ Center opened on Wednesday in Hayes Valley. The $64
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews: Rob Crow of Pinback When word broke that Pinback was releasing a new album — the band's first in five years — the relief amongst fans was palpable. We had credible reason for anxiety, given that their last album
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: The Lumineers Do 'Ho Hey' At A Mission Beer Garden Popular Colorado folk-rock outfit the Lumineers had a big year in 2012. The group started off the year as little known critical darlings, but their debut album went on to become Spotify's most
Arts & Entertainment Watch 5-Year-Old Sarah Redden Rap About The 49ers! What your editor knows about football and rap music could fit into the dish of a contact lens. But what we do know is that 5-year-old Sarah Redden, who raps about the San
Arts & Entertainment Listen To An Entire Year Of The Grateful Dead Tuning Up Before Shows While the thought of listening to an entire year of the Grateful Dead tuning their instruments on stage doesn't sound like much, it is (much to our surprise) a fascinating thing to behold.
Arts & Entertainment Behold, The First Ever Music Video Done Entirely On Instagram We are, quite suddenly and without warning, raging Instagram fans. (If the mood should strike, follow your SFist editor here or SFist's nascent account here.) As far as les médias sociaux goes, it's
Arts & Entertainment You Guys, KOIT's 24/7 Holiday Music Barrage Means It's Officially CHRISTMASTIME! To all you soggy blankets, poopers at parties, and veritable drips who bemoan the early arrival of Christmas each year (hi, Jay!), we give unto you this. Drink it in. Soak it up.
Arts & Entertainment Lauryn Hill at The Independent this Sunday When we last caught up with Ms. Lauryn Hill, she was kicking it with Martha Stewart. (Because why not.) This weekend, the noted songstress (who beautifully lost her shit a few years ago
Arts & Entertainment Morrissey Reschedules Davies Appearance for February We know some of you were getting girlfriend-in-a-coma-level bereft the other week when you heard that Morrissey had cancelled yet another SF concert date, his second cancellation in under a year. Well, good
Arts & Entertainment Aretha Franklin, Zooey Deschanel Among Those to Sing National Anthem at World Series Last night, American Idol winner Phillip Phillips sang the nation anthem during Game 1 of the World Series. Other noted singers (songstresses, if you will) will belt out the the "The Star-Spangled Banner"
SF News Market Street Travelodge Falls Under Racism Controversy The Travelodge on Market Street stands accused of racism against a few noted patrons, who are black, after a skirmish over credit cards and incidentals resulted in some pretty astounding behavior from the
Arts & Entertainment The Inevitable SF Giants Gangnam Style Parody Video Yeah, sorry. On the pop-culture spectrum of chortle, this "Gangnam Style" parody, created by viralvince, falls somewhere between "binders full of women" (which, shut up, Facebook and Twitter) and that corporate-driven Ashkon ditty
Arts & Entertainment Adele's New James Bond Theme Leaked The official theme tune for the new James Bond film, Skyfall, has been leaked online. It's by Adel and it lands with a resounding "oh yeah, that sounds like it's from a James
SF News Student's Stolen Cello Found! Yesterday SFist told you about the SF Conservatory of Music student Adam Young's cello that was brazenly stolen from the school on Sunday. Well, according to a source close to said student, the
Arts & Entertainment Treasure Island Announces Night Shows! The Treasure Island Music Festival happens next month. Hurray! But for those of you who cannot bear sunlight, grass stains, or crowds of people who still think it's cool to wear Native American
SF News Help Find SF Conservatory of Music Student's Stolen Cello! Over on Reddit, Travis Young posted an urgent plea, asking people to help bring to justice the people who apparently stole his son's cello at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music on Sunday.
