Grass Widow has a great new song and plays for free tonight in Oakland.

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Sadly, the historic Gold Dust Lounge in Union Square is facing eviction. [Inside Scoop]

Hear a great new song from S.F.'s Grass Widow called "Disappearing Industries" (and see them for free tonight at the Uptown in Oakland.) [Positive Destruction]

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Nodzzz' Innings: 24 minutes of fun local fuzz-pop

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S.S. Records celebrates 10 years this weekend. [SF Gate]

Nodzzz talks touring Europe, and its (highly enjoyable) new album, which is only about 24 minutes long. [The Bay Bridged]

Why Apple might have the cloud music thing in the bag already. [Evolver]

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Rosie Droll is one of the 32 singer-songwriters featured on the new Portraits compilation

​New Portraits compilation celebrates local songwriters. [The Bay Bridged]

So there's a cruise ship dedicated to heavy metal, and local longhairs Testament and Death Angel are playing aboard the 70,000 Tons of METAL. [Ear Bud]

Video: Sigur Ros frontman Jonsi plays at Amoeba before heading down to Coachella. [SFist]

Local band Billy & Dolly poured their heart, soul and bank account into a gorgeous album, only to give it away for free. [KQED]

Pitchfork digs local rapper DaVinci, even tho his record "contains almost no aesthetic daring." [Pitchfork]

The National: On May's to-do list of upcoming shows

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Girls' Christopher Owens refutes accusations that he invented his tragic life story. [Pitchfork]

Win tickets to Jazz Mafia's hip-hop symphony, Brass, Bows and Beats, at Yoshi's on Sunday. [The Bay Bridged]

A few of the shows coming up in May you don't want to miss. [7x7]

Video: The Ferocious Four (nee Few) rock out in Dolores Park. [Mission Mission]

A funny run-down of every band on the Coachella bill -- in one sentence each -- says more about music today than the festival. [Yours Truly]

Rykarda Parasol gets noticed by [SF Gate]

Just like Steve Martin, San Francisco's gotta lotta brains.

​San Francisco has an IQ of 165. You know, if your believe in that sort of thing. [City Insider]

Break time video! Kick it with the everybody's favorite dudes who like-to-blow-things-up, the MythBusters. [SFAppeal]

Tom Ammiano heckles Schwarzenegger! [SFist]

Awesome shots of an S.F. abode totally covered in foliage. [Mission Mission]

Do you like music? Do you like comedy? Do you like writers? Then you should probably go to this on Oct. 15. [The Rumpus]

Does alleged police harrassment of youths spur more violence in Oakland? [Public Press]

Stage versions of Blue Velvet, Bride of Frankenstein and Barbarella make their way to the SF stage. Can't wait to see how they re-create the Excessive Machine. [Laughing Squid]

Video of a pretty intense fight on the Muni. Calm down, people! Sheesh. [Muni Diaries]

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​Is SFGate picking on Heather Thomas? (You know! Heather Thomas! From the Fall Guy! Anyway.) She seems to think so. [Politics Blog]

Is a Walnut Creek public school using teen's sex appeal to raise money? [SFist]

Late-night bicycle burrito delivery? Goodbye, waistline. [Mission Mission]

Is gay divorce a good thing? [Sweet Melissa]

It's not just the critics. EMT's hate Trauma, too. [SF Citizen]

"More than half of recent immigrants surveyed in the Mission District keep their money under the mattress, a new study has found." [Mission Loc@l]

Zazie owner takes health care hating patron to task. [SFAppeal]

A eulogy with photos for Ace Junkyard, which will close at the end of the year. [Laughing Squid]

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​Bay Area firm designs futuristic buildings for NYC. [Curbed SF]

"Condescending e-mails, bizarre letters and abusive voice-mail messages..." The life of a San Francisco supervisor aide. [Sweet Melissa]

Headed to the Disney Museum? Don't bring the camera. [BoingBoing]

Is an unhealthy relationship with work causing motor vehicle accidents? [Streetsblog SF]

Things that look like bacon. [Sexpigeon]

Pictures of pictures. [EPA and Around the Bay]

Here's a list of the 38 (why 38?) "essential" San Francisco restaurants. [Eater SF]

Who are you gonna see at Hardly Stictly? Here are some suggestions. [SFAppeal]

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​Noooooooooooooooooooooo! Palace Family Steakhouse closes. [Mission Mission]

Yikes. We weren't the only ones who didn't like Kylie Minogue's U.S. debut. [Merc]

Ruh-roh. Scientologists  suck in an unwitting passerby. [SF Citizen]

Dude behind the Obama "death poll" is from Palo Alto. [Baynewser]

SOMA, meet NOMA, not to be confused with NOPA. [Eye on Blogs]

Baked goods and Obama. [People Reading]

European cyclists poo-poo our grand plans for increasing ridership. [Daily Clog]

Everyone's favorite conference about sex and technology is back. [SFist]

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​Some awesome shots of Sketch Tuesdays at 111 Minna. [Laughing Squid]

Oakland city council giving out prizes for attending meeting. Hint: They know you like to drink.[Transbay Blog]

The Great American Highway was shut down due to "drifting sand." Weird. But it made for some pretty pictures. [SFAppeal]

Kozy Kar negatively reviews negative Yelper. Snake swallows tail. Meaning implodes. [Eater SF]

Don't mind us. We're just hanging out in a BART station. Playing "the original hacky sack." What? [BART Diaries]

"Hardship Loans" for furloughed UCSF employees not so much help. [Public Press]

Pi Bar. Is. Finally. Open. OMG. [Burrito Justice]

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​Look, Ma! No cars. On Market Street. [Streetsblog SF]

Transbay Terminal hit with a dirty (clothes) bomb. [What I'm Seeing]

Why don't you blow all your money on this cocaine table? [Mission Mission]

Will SFMOMA expand? [Curbed SF]

Haven't gotten your fill of the Folsom Street Fair? (And, really, how could you?) Check out this video. [Vids SF]

Whither goest Gavin, so go angry union members. [City Insider]

Questionable wording department: "Fairies With Guns Stalk a Dark San Francisco." [io9]

On the "wild man chef." [Bay Area Bites]