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 Hears: Live 105's Not So Silent Night @ Oracle Arena by Moses Namkung Intrigued by the opportunities to photograph Metric frontwoman Emily Haines and to finally see Vampire Weekend live, we headed out to Oracle Arena to experience Live 105's Not So Silent
Arts & Entertainment SFist Hears: Ty Segall at Cafe Du Nord by Taryn Harrington Ty Segall played at Café Du Nord on Saturday night to a small and rain soaked crowd. Still, Segall made up for its low attendance. For even in a smaller
Arts & Entertainment SFist Hears: Paramore @ The Warfield by Moses Namkung Many of those in attendance at the Warfield weren't close to being legal which wasn't much surprise, considering the last time we cared about anything associated with the Warped Tour
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Eats: "Small Bottles / Small Bites" at the Ritz Bar That's right. SFist classed up its act last Friday when we jumped into a cab, threw our hair back, and deadpanned to the driver, "Take us to the Ritz." Yes, we went to
Arts & Entertainment The Rural Alberta Advantage @ Bottom of the Hill by Moses Namkung Having recently kicked off their first major tour in the States and fresh off the official release several days ago of their underground hit Hometowns on Saddle Creek, the Rural
SF News Jan Wahl Slams <i>Bruno</i> Jan Wahl, the greatest wide-brim hat wearing Bay Area on-air talent of all time, gives Sacha Baron Cohen's , the film version of his popular fictional gay Austrian fashion reporter, a dismal review. Claiming
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Monday Munchies: Waterbar 'Monday Munchies' returns. Yay! Also, if you can't afford to eat / be seen at Waterbar, calm down and listen: We have a review of Jollibee's, ready for your reading pleasure later this week.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Porgy & Bess by Emily Cox People seem to either love opera or feel like they should love it. For the would be lovers of operas the inaccessibility of the genre (even when the lyrics are
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Camera Obscura @ the Fillmore by Moses Namkung Clad in a black dress with a black bow pinned in her hair, lead singer Tracyanne Campbell exuded melancholy the entire evening. In fact, much of Camera Obscura, with perhaps
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Jens Lekman @ Bottom of the Hill by Moses Namkung In the middle of his second consecutive sellout show at Bottom of the Hill on Tuesday, Jens Lekman gave his own "gentle response to all the Prop 8 bullshit going
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Jenny Lewis @ the Fillmore by Moses Namkung San Francisco guitarist Johnathan Rice said as he strummed the opening to "See Fernando" to kick off the evening, "it may not be legal for all of us to marry.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: The Vaselines @ Bimbo's by Moses Namkung After the end of "Come As You Are" on Nirvana's MTV Unplugged in New York, Kurt Cobain introduces the next song by saying, "This was written by the Vaselines." Yep.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Iron & Wine @ Swedish American Hall by Moses Namkung Damn, last night's show was delicious. Iron & Wine's mini-tour plugging the release of Around the Well, an album of b-sides and home recordings, was "designed to let fans have
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Thao with the Get Down Stay Down @ the Independent by Moses Namkung There are bands that look like they're having a blast on stage and there are bands that turn into dried fecal matter once they hit the floorboards. We remember the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Vivian Girls @ the Independent by Moses Namkung A couple minutes into the Vivian Girls' set at the Independent on Friday, your friendly SFist correspondent realized that he wasn't really listening to the music. Cassie Ramone kept leaning
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Dan Deacon @ Great American Music Hall by Moses Namkung Right arm clad in a sling ("I dislocated my shoulder today while sweeping oil off the steps of the bus"), Dan Deacon brought his trippy green skull, table full of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Britney @ Oracle Arena by Tiffany Maleshefski Heartbroken about missing the Britney Spears show in Oakland last night? Chin up. Because the only thing you missed was the tramp-y attire on the mob of tweens, teens, and
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SFist Eats: Midi by Tiffany Maleshefski Now is not the time to move to Detroit, invest in a major bank, flip houses, or launch a magazine. And opening a restaurant in one of the most expensive
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Italians Do It Better Showcase - Glass Candy, Desire + Twisted Wires @ Mezzanine by Moses Namkung Sweaty, throbbing dance party until past 1:30am on a Monday night!? Maybe Italians do indeed do it better. Last night at Mezzanine was a showcase of musical acts on
SF News Even More Yelp Drama Another day, another bit of Yelp drama for you to chew on. This most recent morsel comes to us care of Timothy Holt, owner of Weird Fish and The Corner, claims he's "done
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Fleet Foxes and Blitzen Trapper @ the Fillmore by Moses Namkung When discussing West Coast locales with the audience, Fleet Foxes frontman and Seattleite Robin Pecknold jokingly said, "... everybody from Seattle hates us". Excuse me? Baking powder? Your humble SFist correspondent,
SF News Yelp Increases the Drama, Allows Businesses to Respond In what could be the most drama-inducing move to hit the internet in ages -- God willing -- Yelp has agreed to let businesses respond publicly to customers' critiques. Possibly in an effort
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Vetiver @ Great American Music Hall by Moses Namkung While Vetiveris a perennial grass of the Poaceae family, native to India, and is also a magical hedge against erosion, in these here parts Vetiver is better known as that
misc SFist Reviews: OK Go @ Great American Music Hall by Moses Namkung OK Go's music video for "Here It Goes Again" has over 45 million views on youtube. 45 million! That's several million more than Sneezing Panda (33 million)... Ms. Like Such
