Arts & Entertainment Awkwafina Attached to Film About California's Punk Scene and Its Roots In Asian Restaurants An upcoming movie based on an essay about the California punk scene and its connection to Asian restaurants in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Sacramento will star Awkwafina, and will probably be pretty fun.
Arts & Entertainment Legendary Garage Band The Seeds Set To Plant Pop Punk At DNA Lounge Friday Maybe you became aware of cult-favorite, proto-punk garage rock band the Seeds because of the Ramones 1993 cover of their hit “I Can’t Seem to Make You Mine.” Or maybe it was
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Tonight: Pansy Division At El Rio Pansy Division, they're back! Jumping on the national radar when they opened for Green Day back in the day, Pansy Division forged their own road and diehard fanbase. And with good reason; they
Arts & Entertainment Tony Sly, No Use For A Name Frontman, Dead At Age 41 Tony Sly, singer and principal songwriter for noted San Jose, California hardcore punk outfit No Use for a Name has passed away at age 41. His cause of death has not yet been
Arts & Entertainment Photo: Punk Rock Cat Boards Train, Doesn't Care What You Or Society Think Eugenia at Muni Diaries brightens our day year with this photo of an unapologetic punk rock cat sitting atop its equally rad owner boarding a Muni train. "[T]he cat that looks absolutely
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Has Food Killed San Francisco's Edgy Music Scene? Back in the days of yore, San Francisco concertgoers used to sneak off to the bathroom to do bumps of cocaine or heroin in between sets. That's the way God wanted it. Now
Arts & Entertainment Rise Against, Bad Religion, Four Year Strong Provide SF with a Generational “Who’s Who” of Punk Saturday Night at Bill Graham Civic by Erick Pressman Can you believe that punk rock is heading into it’s fourth decade of existence? Hell, some say it’s already in its forties depending on which “first punk band
misc Video: Final Sex Pistols Concert, Winterland, 1978 SF Weekly's All Shook Down hooked us up with some rare footage of the final Sex Pistols concert, in its entirety, which took place at Bill Graham's Winterland Ballroom in 1978. (The Winterland
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC I: Fulfill your dream of embodying your favorite punk legends live and onstage at American Idle: Live Band Karaoke. The event's house band, the HeeBeeGeeBees, will also perform, along with some surprise
Arts & Entertainment SFist Hears: Shannon & The Clams @ The Hemlock 1/12 by Taryn Harrington Shannon and the Clams would arguably sound their best at a 1960s themed prom; hosted by the Log Lady from Twin Peaks and attended by every DIY kid in the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Hears: Grass Widow at the Knockout, Tuesday 12/29 by Taryn Harrington Grass Widow was just another band, another Myspace Top 8, until I read a recent article in Color Magazine with Shaybe Sartin from the Fresh & Onlys. He considered the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Punk at the library? Who would've thought. As part of their ongoing exhibit, Punk Passage: San Francisco First Wave Punk 1977-1981, the SF Public Library will screen three films celebrating San Francisco's
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
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
misc "'rabbit, rabbit' on the first / I hold my breath" "I wanna remind you that [today] is the first of the month and it's customary to say 'rabbit, rabbit' before you say anything else. Think about that, write yourself a note. Alright, have
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight *CRAFT: Knitters and crocheters come together in harmony tonight over at the (newly remodeled!) Three Dollar Bill Cafe. Don't know how? No worries. Someone will be there to teach you. Happens every Monday.
misc SF Sketchfest Giveaway: Fresh Faces of Comedy We are ecstatic that Tim and Eric will be performing (they really do an awesome show -- great job, guys), along with Bob Odenkirk and Michael Showalter. A comedy-packed night, for sure. Zach
misc SFist Interview: Perfect Machines Name Perfect Machines Sam Chase – Vocals/Guitar Ben Corey – Guitar/Vox Johnny Evil – Bass/Vox Adam Gooseff – Drums/Vox Introduce yourself in one sentence: We are Perfect Machines, you’re welcome. Age and
misc SFist Tonight -- Colors of Christmas: Oh yeah. You know you want to hear this KOIT-ish night of soulful holiday tunes live at Davies, right? Well, we sure do. Peabo Bryson, Oleta Adams, Ben Vereen,
misc SFist Reviews... Vampire Weekend The incredibly crowded space was crawling with an audience that was brimming with excitement. Their excitement had been curtailed while Grand Ole' Party and San Francisco's own, Still Flyin' opened for this seemingly
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- "Punk Rock Karaoke": Damnit all to hell. We can't believe that we have to miss this: members of the Adolescents, Bad Religion, and NOFX perform live while "singers" drunkenly slur along, karaoke-style.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Cinewhores Present Midnight Cowboy (1970): Although tame by today's smut-filled standards -- oh, you heard right! -- Midnight Cowboy has the distinction of being the only X-rated film to have ever snagged
Arts & Entertainment Two Rockumentaries, Both Strange While it's no new thing for rock bands to come out with their own movies, they've definitely gotten more dramatic. Two films (that couldn't be on more opposite ends of the cinematic concert-film
Arts & Entertainment RIP II: J-Church (the Band, Not the Reason You're Late) Frontman Dies Writer, lead singer, guitarist, and founder of J-Church, Lance Hahn, passed away due to kidney disease complications on Saturday. He was 40. Although he formed J-Church in San Francisco during the halcyon days
