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Fall Out Boy Brings a Homecoming Party to the Fox Oakland, 6/16/13

2013-06-17 12:35:28

Fall Out Boy New Politics Sunday, June 16, 2013 Fox Theater Better than: Doing your homework. The Boys were back in town. Clad in grey jean vests, fancy hats and tribal 'tats, Fall Out Boy hi...

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R.I.P. White Girl Mob, 2011 - (Not Quite) 2013

2013-06-14 11:00:54

In Memoriam White Girl Mob May 27, 2011-June 13, 2013 A video interview posted to VladTV.com yesterday put the nail in the coffin of this barely two-year-old entity, formerly comprised of Kreays...

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5 Celebrities Who've Communicated With Dead Musicians

2013-06-14 06:00:00

Earlier this week, the lawsuit against AEG Live over Michael Jackson's premature passing rumbled past the point of weird and drove straight into crazy town. The culprit was AEG CEO Randy Phillips,...

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Rock-Lit Mag Radio Silence Brings Together Greil Marcus, Eleanor Friedberger, and More This Sunday

2013-06-14 04:00:00

As far as new local publications go, Radio Silence is an easy one to root for: It's a nonprofit magazine of "literature and rock 'n' roll" founded last year in Oakland. The project's first two is...

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Here Is A Crazy Video of 2 Chainz Getting Robbed at Gunpoint in San Francisco

2013-06-13 11:38:24

Hey, so remember how Grammy-winning rapper 2 Chainz was robbed at gunpoint in SOMA on Sunday, hours before going onstage at KMEL Summer Jam? Yeah, it really happened. And now, TMZ has posted a nut...

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The Top Five Parties in San Francisco This Weekend

2013-06-13 10:39:09

Get on your glad rags and raise a glass: it's time to celebrate Flag Day. While not as popular on the clubbing circuit as St. Patrick's Day or Cinco De Mayo, June 14 is the patriotic date when Am...

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Slugabed on Joining Ninja Tune and Releasing a Free New EP

2013-06-13 10:11:07

Approaching production as Dr. Frankenstein would a cadaver, U.K. producer/DJ Greg Feldwick, aka Slugabed, rips apart genres only to stitch them back together. Combining elements of hip-hop, dubst...

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R.I.P. Darondo, Forgotten Local '70s Soul Star Who Got One Last Taste of Fame

2013-06-13 09:43:10

Darondo, a once-forgotten hero of Bay Area soul who lived a colorful life and saw a renewed interest in his music in recent years, died yesterday, according to his label, Ubiquity Records. He was...

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Bottle Rock Napa Valley Still Owes $630,000 to More Than 140 Workers

2013-06-12 13:47:41

A month after Bottle Rock Napa Valley finished its first-ever music and food festival with major acts like the Black Keys and Kings of Leon, organizers still owe workers who produced the event mo...

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Cass McCombs on Moving Around, His "Beauty Filter," and Why He Doesn't Like Talking About the Past

2013-06-12 11:11:20

The vagabond. The recluse. The wanderer. The elusive anti-media troubadour. Cass McCombs has been called a lot of things. But in every description of the mystery man, there is always high praise ...

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Converse to Host Free Shows By Hot Chip, Mastodon, Suicidal Tendencies, More

2013-06-12 10:03:27

Behold, another new vista in the world of band-brand intertwining: A shoe company hosting free shows by famous bands and holding a lottery to decide who gets in. Maybe that's not completely unhea...

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5 Musicians Who Wrote Children's Books

2013-06-12 09:42:31

As we all know, the most irritating Beatles song in history is "Yellow Submarine." Well, we learned yesterday that the second most irritating Beatles song in history, "Octopus's Garden," is a...

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SFJAZZ Now Has a Permanent Home -- So What's it Doing With the Annual SFJAZZ Festival?

2013-06-11 11:14:04

For 30 years, the nonprofit organization now known as SFJAZZ has curated the San Francisco Jazz Festival, an annual showcase of live performances by well-known artists, more obscure ones, and loc...

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Sonny and the Sunsets' Sonny Smith Interviews a Psychic About Death and the Afterlife

2013-06-11 09:22:22

By SONNY SMITH [Editor's note: Perhaps you noticed that the new album from Sonny and the Sunsets, which we wrote about in print last week and comes out today, is called Antenna to the Afterworld...

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Yes, 2 Chainz Was Really Robbed at Gunpoint in S.F. Yesterday

2013-06-10 12:33:20

Despite a flurry of conflicting press reports -- spawned by conflicting statements from SFPD -- police have confirmed that Grammy-nominated rapper 2 Chainz himself was robbed at gunpoint in SOMA y...

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Kendrick Lamar, 2 Chainz, and J. Cole Turn Up at KMEL Summer Jam, 6/9/13

2013-06-10 12:02:50

KMEL Summer Jam Sunday, June 9, 2013 Oracle Arena Better than: Listening to the radio. Kendrick Lamar's closing set at KMEL's Summer Jam was fascinating to watch. Artists had whipped the crowd...

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Before Parquet Courts Roar, Pang Says Goodbye at Rickshaw Stop, 6/7/13

2013-06-10 10:28:43

By RAYMOND ROBLES Parquet Courts Cocktails Pang Friday, June 7, 2013 Rickshaw Stop Better than: Birthing pangs. What's it like to witness the death of a band? Its swan song seppuku Silvia Plat...

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My Bloody Valentine Is Going to Deafen San Francisco in August

2013-06-10 10:06:01

What's the loudest thing you've ever heard? If your response isn't "a My Bloody Valentine concert," prepare to have it updated. On the heels of releasing their long-awaited third album, mbv, thi...

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Rufus Wainwright Wins Over Davies Symphony Hall, 6/9/13

2013-06-10 09:37:52

Rufus Wainwright Sunday, June 9, 2013 Davies Symphony Hall Better than: Dwelling on the crumbling notion of privacy in American life. Rufus Wainwright is wearing a really awful suit. Standing,...

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The Field Goes a Little Too Sublime at the Independent, 6/6/13

2013-06-07 11:48:15

The Field Nikola Baytala Thursday, June 6 Better than: Any 20-second clip of The Blair Witch Project played on repeat for 45 minutes. For less than one hour last night at the Independent, Swed...

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