Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews Thom Moran of Bon Savants Bon Savants are currently on tour and are stopping in SF tonight to play a sold-out show at Cafe Du Nord with Portland band Menomena, who were featured in SF Weekly and SFist
Arts & Entertainment Gavin Shoots Back The folks at NBC 11 gave Gavin Newsom a camera, and asked him to take photos of his life for their "Moving Pictures" series. During the promos, we started cracking up because there
Arts & Entertainment Here's Your Cool Video of the Day We have no idea who did this or how or even why, but it's kind of a neat looking thing. The whole thing is kind of psychadelic, kind of arty, kind of goofy.
Arts & Entertainment Noise Pop: Annuals We always stand in the back at Cafe du Nord because the excellent sound system always sounds best there, plus there's that really bright digital clock at the soundboard so you can check
Arts & Entertainment Noise Pop Interview: Bart Davenport of Honeycut Best show you've ever played MacDonald's at 7 in the morning in Rochester NY. I knew I had finally made it. Favorite venue? The Rickshaw Stop Where are the best fans? Spain Dream
Arts & Entertainment Workin' for the Weekend Friday, March 2, 2007 Earlybird Special: Fukwerk Fridays @ 111 Minna Roll up your sleeves and loosen your tie with loungy beats and discounted booze -- and hey, check out the art of Brazilian
Arts & Entertainment Noise Pop: Matt & Kim It was a show of nonstop manic glee, as cuddle-pop indie couple-duo Matt & Kim returned to San Francisco to play Noise Pop at the Bottom of the Hill Thursday night. So much
Arts & Entertainment NoisePop Film Fest: <i>You're Gonna Miss Me</i> The crowd inside was raucous, befitting a man who's an icon not only to 60s psychedelic fans but also 70s horror-metal ones -- a woman stood up and started shouting something about making
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews Loose Change's Human Nature We liked the staging and we dug some of the music and we got into the dancing and we thought some of the staged sets were pretty innovative and extremely well-done. Yes, it
Arts & Entertainment Interview Redux: John Vanderslice Hopefully you've gotten your ticket to check out John Vanderslice at the Independent tonight as part of the Noise Pop festivities. If not.... get it now. To help remind you of why you
Arts & Entertainment Noise Pop Happy Hour And hey, check this out! Looking for a light buzz before heading out for the evening's musical guests? Diesel and Fader Magazine++ are sponsoring a three-hour happy hour tonight, tomorrow, and Friday night
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Kevin Arnold Noise Pop is here again! Rainy days working for the man mean nothing knowing you are going to be seeing so many awesome bands. This year’s line up includes Cake, Lyrics Born,
SF News Treasure Hunt: Claymate of the Month Tucked away in the Yerba Buena Gardens, the multimedia arts and technology museum with the sweet name of Zeum (pronounced "Zee-uhm") is a heaven of creativity and fun. Its digital studio, music production
SF News Papercut's Jason Quever Papercuts open for Grizzly Bear at GAMH tonight show starts at 8 pm. Best show you've ever played and what made it great? The Independent: really nice sound people. Best venue in the
Arts & Entertainment Noise Pop Film Fest This year's Noise Pop Film Fest runs from Feb. 28 through March 4, and is featuring movies like: a documentary about 924 Gilman, a Sonic Youth concert video shot by concertgoers, a Roky
misc James Kim Memorial Whether you knew him or were just moved by the Kim family tragedy this past December, the Kim family invites you to celebrate his life this Saturday in Golden Gate Park. The gathering
Arts & Entertainment Craftwork Gets Inspired by our Local Magazines ReadyMade, who recently moved its headquarters from Oakland to Berkeley, has had a spot on our bookshelves long before we started seeing copies of it for sale in Urban Outfitters. In classic magazine
Arts & Entertainment Drone, Drone, Pilotless Airplane So the Chron has this spiffy new feature to their web site in which they play phone calls left by readers about various issues and turn them into podcasts. Some are positive things,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews Branford Marsalis SFist recently sat down with Marsalis for our first-ever email interview. Q. First off, did you have anything to do with the fact that the top view of the "Braggtgown" CD looks like
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews Aim Low Kid Since we happen to be engaged to lead singer Daniel Phifer, we get asked what Aim Low Kid sounds like quite a lot. We usually get frustrated because their sound is pretty hard
SF News Insert Bad Beatles Pun Here This whole thing started way back in the '80's when Beatles Corp got a little pissy about the trademark infringement on the use of Apple's apple logo. A deal was struck allowing Apple
Arts & Entertainment Of Montreal Brings Lots o' Fun Unfortunately, Gold Chains' set on Thursday night lacked everything we love about Gold Chains. The bad-ass, masculine beats and lyrics of "I Come From San Francisco" were replaced by what sounded to us
misc Bay Area Wanderer: Diamond Strollin' * Bay Area Wanderer: Diamond near Bosworth, San FranciscoCafes, little music stores, and families out for a stroll.The late afternoon light cut the hillside into squares.More like a small town than a
misc SFist Ticket Giveaway: Closing Night of SF Sketchfest The performers will be the Kids In the Hall's Bruce McCulloch and will feature both music and comedy. Also performing will be Craig Northey, Hard 'n Phirm, and Dragon Boy Suede. Yes, that'll
misc Interview: JL Aronson What is the best thing about the Danielson movie? It’s done. No, just kidding. But seriously, it took a long time and I’m still shocked that it’s completed. The best
