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 SFist Tonight ART: Visiting "mirror" artist Daniel Rozin has created a dazzling exhibition, "Reflections," in which guests can "multiply your visage into hundreds of kaleidoscopic views, use computers and mirrors to distort your appearance, experiment
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews: Richard Edwards of Margot and the Nuclear So & So's Epic Records' epic, eight-member, chamber, folk-pop band Margot and the Nuclear So & So's will be headlining the Great American Music Hall on Saturday night, with Telekinesis and Everything Now opening. Margot has
Arts & Entertainment The Killers' Concert At The Warfield Tonight Has Been Killed This just in: "The Killers have been forced to cancel their show this evening at San Francisco's Warfield due to illness. The show will be rescheduled for December 12th at The Warfield; all
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
misc SFist Tonight Michael Pollan: Come hear this foodie sensation talk about his latest book, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto, in which he suggests that you should not "eat anything that your great-great grandmother
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 The Onion's Joe Randazzo What is the dumbest thing in the world? I am tempted to say nationalism, for the way in which it rallies people around a symbol they believe to be inextricably linked to their
SF News Day Around the Bay -- Why, it's our very own SFist Rita kicking it in the comfy confines (and breaking down the latest season of Project Runway) over at SFGate. Awesome. [Culture Blog] -- Japantown's J-Pop Center,
Arts & Entertainment New Tunes Tuesday #8 Each Tuesday we will feature new music that should (or whatever) be on your radar. All bands this week featured in our Standout section are from the Bay Area. Arp, the brain-child of
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 SFist Tonight -- The Exorcist: Linda Blair, pea soup, 360-degree head turn, Satan, "the power of Christ compels you...," blah, blah -- whatever, it's still a great movie. And besides, it stars Ellen Burstyn, who
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- "Endless Strummer": It seems like at any moment in San Francisco, a Joe Strummer tribute is taking place. Ok look! Here's one now, featuring Clash City Rockers, La Plebe, David J, Odd