Arts & Entertainment Metallica Doing 'Secret' Show at The Independent Thursday Night Bay Area legends Metallica are doing a "secret" show today at The Independent, and as of just before 3 p.m. the line was apparently not too bad.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews: YACHT On Jetpacks, Music, And Whether The Future Is Cool "I don't give a shit about jetpacks," YACHT's Claire Evans tells SFist as the band prepares to release its album "I Thought The Future Would Be Cooler" on Downtown Records this Friday and
Arts & Entertainment Local Nightclub Owners Make Noise At City Hall Over Shutdown Threats From New Condos Lucky 13 and the Elbo Room are currently endangered. Cafe Du Nord, The Lexington, Club Cocomo and others are already gone or counting down the days. Nightclub owners aren’t laying down anymore,
Arts & Entertainment Nine Noise Pop Festival Shows Not To Miss Noise Pop upped the ante for their 23rd annual festival with a new HQ at the Swedish American Hall and a sizable lineup of over 150 acts sprinkled around the Bay. If you
SF News New NoPa Condos and Retail Coming Next Door To The Independent The corner of Divisadero and Grove, the longtime home to Alouis Auto Radiator at 650 Divisadero Street, will soon be turned into condos and retail spaces. Many NoPa residents are concerned, in particular
Arts & Entertainment Air Guitar Is A Competitive Sport And It's Coming To S.F. If you've been a loyal reader of SFist, you already know about the air guitar competitions that annually roll through the city and give shirtless dudes in tights a reason to get out
Arts & Entertainment Dave Chappelle Returns To The Independent Monday Night [Update: Instantly Sold-Out!] Like clockwork, noted comedian Dave Chappelle has announced his latest bi-annual "surprise" shows at the Independent on Monday, March 25th. And tickets go on sale, like right this second. As is Chappelle tradition
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Thing Tonight: Social Studies Record Release At The Independent Tonight at the Independent on Divisadero, local guitar pop rising stars Social Studies will debut their new album Developer for an adoring local crowd in advance of the record's anticipated release next week.
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Or, The Whale's "Call and Response" Local band Or, the Whale, who take their name from the sub-/alternate title of Moby Dick, perform at The Independent tonight. Their sound is sort of pop-folky, with an injection of classic
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: "Black & Blue" by Miike Snow Miike Snow isn't a guy, but rather a Swedish band whose lead singer's name is Andrew. They've been darlings of the music criticism realm this year, with their song "Animal" landing on Spin's
misc Concert Preview: The Gay Blades at The Independent The eye-wrap-sunglass effects or whatever you want to call them are kind of cool in this vid from Brooklyn band The Gay Blades , who'll be opening for The Electric Six (who happen to
Arts & Entertainment Live Musical Interlude: Blonde Redhead's "In Particular" The trio comprising twin brothers and a Japanese girl one of them once dated known as Blonde Redhead is playing their second and last show tonight at The Independent (get tickets here), and
Arts & Entertainment Dorks, "Freebird" Masters Gather at Air Guitar Championship Anna McCarthy at the Weekly's All Shook Down blog has this fun review of Saturday's Air Guitar Championship at The Independent. The event was a two-day regional spectacular in which winners move on
Arts & Entertainment Ticket Giveaway: Air Sex and Air Guitar at The Independent It's Air Week at The Independent, which includes the Air Sex Championships Wednesday night (think air guitar, but with orgasms) and the U.S. Air Guitar Championships on Friday and Saturday. For all
Arts & Entertainment Haiku Contest!: Win a Pair of Free Tickets to See Tiga Tonight at the Independent Before growing into the acclaimed DJ and electronic music producer that he is today, Tiga got his first exposure to music touring the Goa region of India with his DJ father in the
Arts & Entertainment This Week in Le Rock: Mar 3 - 9 Wednesday night is when things get real exciting. Division Day, who released their debut album, Beartrap Island on Eenie Meenie Records (Scissors for Lefty, Wallpaper, Great Northern) at the end of last year
Arts & Entertainment Contest: Nicole Atkins @ Independent Last time, we gave away a copy of her debut release, "Neptune City," but this time, one lucky winner will win a spot (with a +1) on Atkin's guest list for Monday night's
Arts & Entertainment This Week in Le Rock: Feb 18 - 24 Thursday, popscene brings another great act to San Francisco, The Sessions. Hailing from Vancouver, these guys remind us of the Killers, the Bravery, and These Electric Lives. Friday, BAGeL RADIO presents San Francisco's
misc This Week in Le Rock: Feb 11 - 17 Friday, the local music scene takes us by storm with MiGGs over at Red Devil Lounge and Maldroid at Bottom of the Hill. Both bands are from Oakland, though technically Don Miggs just
misc New Tunes Tuesday #17 Each Tuesday we will feature new music that should (or whatever) be on your radar. 2. Shelby Lynne - Just A Little Lovin': If you are looking for some music to accompany your
misc This Week in Le Rock: Jan 28 - Feb 3 Barton Carroll (seen above) will be headlining, on Tuesday, at Hotel Utah. Carroll's new CD, The Lost One, comes out the same day. His genuine, story-telling folk songs creates the perfect North Carolina
misc This Week in Le Rock: Dec 31 - Jan 6 Friday - after the hangover finally lifts and you realize that you already effed up your New Year's resolutions - join us at The Independent where we will be hanging out, bluegrass style,
misc Thanks to This Week's Advertisers We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on SFist. Dewars Repeal Day, because you shouldn't take the right to have a drink for granted. Go Eight, a Hanukkah
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 This Week in Le Rock: December 3-8 Now that the bets are in (okay, so no one really cast any bets - how boring is that?), you can go to Cafe du Nord, tonight, to check out San Francisco's unsigned
