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​The holidays are gonna suck all our wallets dry in due time, but luckily the weekends still offer plenty of cheap options. This week we take the list up to 11 (picks, that is). Art in Storefront...

Jennifer Maerz ​The holidays are gonna suck all our wallets dry in due time, but luckily the weekends still offer plenty of cheap options. This week we take the list up to 11 (picks, that is). Art in Storefront...

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​Them Crooked VulturesNovember 19, 2009Fox Theater Better Than: Listening to Robert Plant shy away from the high notes at Led Zeppelin's 2007 reunion show. It's no accident that the supergroup...

Rossiter Drake ​Them Crooked VulturesNovember 19, 2009Fox Theater Better Than: Listening to Robert Plant shy away from the high notes at Led Zeppelin's 2007 reunion show. It's no accident that the supergroup...

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If you're like us, you've been hitting up the racks at Forever 21 more than you'd like to admit. And maybe after you've shown up wearing the same outfit as your cubicle mate for the third time in ...

Alexia Tsotsis If you're like us, you've been hitting up the racks at Forever 21 more than you'd like to admit. And maybe after you've shown up wearing the same outfit as your cubicle mate for the third time in ...

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​After a five-year run, the weekly 18-and-up drum-and-bass night "Trauma" will throw its last Thursday night party tonight at El Rincon. In an effort to snazz up the image of the Mission dive, the...

Lauren Smiley ​After a five-year run, the weekly 18-and-up drum-and-bass night "Trauma" will throw its last Thursday night party tonight at El Rincon. In an effort to snazz up the image of the Mission dive, the...

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Lars Russell ​King Khan & BBQ November 18, 2009 The Independent Better Than: Kentucky jail After driving 1600 miles and missing five shows, King Khan & BBQ rejoined its US tour Wednesday in San Franc...

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​ Neon Indian @ Rickshaw Stop Mapping out a universe of spongy synth leads and canned beats, Texas tinkerer Alan Palomo has managed an offbeat triumph in Psychic Chasms, the debut of Neon Indian, ...

Doug Wallen ​ Neon Indian @ Rickshaw Stop Mapping out a universe of spongy synth leads and canned beats, Texas tinkerer Alan Palomo has managed an offbeat triumph in Psychic Chasms, the debut of Neon Indian, ...

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​ Yo, Lyrics Born is so funky that he wears a Pamper. That's just one of the boasts he drops on his latest single, "Oh Baby," where the "funkiest man in new media today" mixes 2 Live Crew with m...

Jennifer Maerz ​ Yo, Lyrics Born is so funky that he wears a Pamper. That's just one of the boasts he drops on his latest single, "Oh Baby," where the "funkiest man in new media today" mixes 2 Live Crew with m...

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​The Bay Area's devotion to its homegrown music and food is steadfast. The culinary creativity here is as infectious as our sonic imagination, so it should come as little surprise that there is a...

Tamara Palmer ​The Bay Area's devotion to its homegrown music and food is steadfast. The culinary creativity here is as infectious as our sonic imagination, so it should come as little surprise that there is a...

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​Mission-based indie rock band Upstairs Downstairs juxtaposes dark, atmospheric lyrics with lush folk-pop melodies, crafting the perfect soundtrack for foggy, rainy days in the city. The year-ol...

Jasmine Blocker ​Mission-based indie rock band Upstairs Downstairs juxtaposes dark, atmospheric lyrics with lush folk-pop melodies, crafting the perfect soundtrack for foggy, rainy days in the city. The year-ol...

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​Julian CasablancasTuesday, Nov. 17, 2009The Regency Ballroom(Not) better than: The Strokes, Little Joy, Albert Hammond, Jr.It has to be hard, breaking into the 2000s as the symbol of the hipsters...

Jennifer Maerz ​Julian CasablancasTuesday, Nov. 17, 2009The Regency Ballroom(Not) better than: The Strokes, Little Joy, Albert Hammond, Jr.It has to be hard, breaking into the 2000s as the symbol of the hipsters...

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Tamara Palmer ​Raphael Saadiq @ The FoxOakland native Raphael Saadiq first came to national prominence with his '80s R&B group Tony! Toni! Toné! He found subsequent success as a Grammy-winning solo artist ...

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​I've been taking a lot of road trips this fall--drives out to the ocean, up to the Russian River, basically taking advantage of the sun while we have it and my car while it still has all four whe...

Jennifer Maerz ​I've been taking a lot of road trips this fall--drives out to the ocean, up to the Russian River, basically taking advantage of the sun while we have it and my car while it still has all four whe...

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​Julian Casablancas @ Regency Ballroom Long the Strokes' slurred voice of sleazy cool, Julian Casablancas has become the latest member of that band to indulge in a side project. In his case, it's...

Doug Wallen ​Julian Casablancas @ Regency Ballroom Long the Strokes' slurred voice of sleazy cool, Julian Casablancas has become the latest member of that band to indulge in a side project. In his case, it's...

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Since we've moved up to the Bay Area from Los Angeles, we've noticed a strange phenomenon. Our new friends have an easier time finding each other and the places they've decided to congregate.Suspe...

Alexia Tsotsis Since we've moved up to the Bay Area from Los Angeles, we've noticed a strange phenomenon. Our new friends have an easier time finding each other and the places they've decided to congregate.Suspe...

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While the rest of the country attended more run of the mill night clubs and house parties, S.F. did what it does best this weekend, taking a walk on the weird side. Between the Insane Clown Posse...

Alexia Tsotsis While the rest of the country attended more run of the mill night clubs and house parties, S.F. did what it does best this weekend, taking a walk on the weird side. Between the Insane Clown Posse...

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