misc Pop in the Weekend: Noise Pop Continues Some things never get easier. You've made it through three nights of hard musical choices thanks to the fine people at Noise Pop, and for what? More chances to do the same. What's
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.
misc Fresh, Hot, Noise Pop! What did you check out last night? Tell us about it in the comments. Tonight, we're going to see the Mountain Goats. There's several other shows that look killer too-- Stepen Malkmus, French
Arts & Entertainment Noise Pop 2009-- Picks and Tickets Tis the season for existential angst to descend on all music loving folk in the area. The Noise pop festival starts tonight, and thehttp://www.noisepop.com/the-2009-festival-schedule about which shows to go
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
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews... Wallpaper Wallpaper has brought back the 90's and in the best possible way. We imagined the crowd to be in a head-bopping frenzy but, in the short thirty minute set, Rickshaw Stop became a
Arts & Entertainment Noise Pop 2008: Tales from the Merch Booth Tuesday: Our first Noise Pop night was on Opening Night at the Rickshaw Stop, which was available to badge-holders, staff, and volunteers. We got there right when the doors opened and went straight
Arts & Entertainment Getting to Know: Wallpaper Full given name: Eric Frederic Hometown: Pinole, CA MAC or PC? MAC for music makin. PC for email checkin. Favorite post-show meal: Mexican food/champagne/taking off sunglasses Pre-show rituals: Mexican food/champange/
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight *MUSIC: Hotel Utah launches a brand spanking new party, YEAR. The night is being labeled as an "innovative branded concept," hosted by KUSF radio personality and creative director for the Mill Valley Film
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight *MUSIC: Kelley Stoltz, Grand Archives, the Morning Benders, and le Weather Underground sing some songs for you over at the Independent. (Part of Noise Pop 2008.) COMEDY: Get ready to hee yourself silly.
misc SFist Tonight *FILM: She Done Him Wrong (1933) screens at the Castro Tonight. What's is about? Well, according to CinemaSource, "Lady Lou works as a singer at the Gay Nineties saloon of Gus Jordan, who
Arts & Entertainment This Week in Le Rock: Feb 27 - Mar 2 Let's start with tonight: Minipop, from San Francisco, will be headlining at Bottom of the Hill starting at 8:30pm. They'll be playing with Trophy Fire, Two Sheds and West Indian Girl. Last
misc SFist Tonight *MUSIC: We've got two tastes for you tonight. First, aging rockers Queensrÿche perform at the Fillmore. They use an umlaut in their name, so you know they're hardcore. Too much? Then, how about
Arts & Entertainment New Tunes Tuesday #19 Each Tuesday we will feature new music that should (or whatever) be on your radar. Other CD's being released today: 1. Nancy LaMott - Ask Me Again 2. Morrissey - Greatest Hits* 3.
misc Bay Area Bands Head to Coachella 2008 We instantly checked to see who was "headlining" the event and the six biggest names are: Jack Johnson, the Verve, Raconteurs, Portishead, Kraftwerk, Death Cab for Cutie, Roger Waters, Love and Rockets and
misc New Tunes Tuesday #16 Each Tuesday we will feature new music that should (or whatever) be on your radar. Take the jump to see what other CD's are coming out today...
misc SFist Reviews... Minipop & Kate Nash As we waited we were treated to some awesome indie tracks by DJ Nako and DJ Aaron Axelson. If we only had a list of songs they played. This kept us sane for
Arts & Entertainment The All-Access Pass Don't delay; Noise Pop is offering a ticket to one of two already sold out Magnetic Fields shows with the purchase of the Noise Pop Badge. Apparently this show was sold-out in minutes!
Arts & Entertainment When The Lights Go Down In The City - R.I.P. R.I.P. When The Lights Go Down In The City November 2004 - September 2007 It was SFist's first editor Jackson West who asked me to write a music column back in
Arts & Entertainment When The Lights Go Down In The City There are no less than three fantastic music festivals all taking place over the weekend of September 14-16. What gives? And how do we choose? Since we live in the bay area, perhaps
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews: Anthony Gordon of Loquat Update!: We got the contest entry form working (we think) -- sorry about the mixup. Go on, enter now! San Francisco pop darlings Loquat are peeking their heads out from inside their studio
Arts & Entertainment When The Lights Go Down In The City There are a bunch of great shows to see this week, but frankly the pickins are a little slim compared to the embarrassment of riches that we're used to here in SF. Tonight
Arts & Entertainment Noise Pop Video Winner Hey, remember a few weeks ago when we mentioned that Noise Pop was sponsoring a one-day make a music video contest a la Iron Chef? Well, here's the winning video! The video's by
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