Music Links: Indie Songs About San Francisco, DJ Qbert at SFO, and More

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Courtesy SFO Museum
DJ Qbert performing at SFO's Terminal 2.

A fun list (with art!) of indie songs about San Francisco. [The Bold Italic]

DJ Qbert performed at SFO's Terminal 2 -- and it was apparently awesome. [The Bay Citizen]

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Music Links: Drake and Weezy in the Bay, Loud Talkers at Concerts, and More

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Drake hangin' with Mistah FAB on the set of his video shoot in Oakland. Photo via SoulCulture.

So, Drake and Lil Wayne were in the Bay Area last weekend, shooting a video for "The Motto." [East Bay Express]

A worthy screed about awful loud talkers during a Weakerthans show at the Independent. [Mission Mission/40 going on 28]

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Music Links: Hear the New Wax Idols Record, Kreayshawn Draws the VIPs, and Pondering the Future of Google Music

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Listen to this.

Hear No Future, the new album from SF's Wax Idols, and check out their release show at Vitus in Oakland. [The Bay Bridged]

You didn't sleep through it: Feist didn't actually play "1 2 3 4" at the Warfield on Monday. [SF Gate]

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Music Links: Talking to Noel Gallagher About the Bay Area, Evaluating the City's Entertainment Commission, and More

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Hear Churches' "Save Me," below.

Is SF nightlife safer after the Entertainment Commission? [SF Gate]

Live 105 Music Director Aaron Axelsen interviews Noel Gallagher, gets him telling good old Bay Area rock stories. [Live 105]

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Music Links: Seventeen Evergreen Goes on a Yarn Orgy, the Soft Moon on SF, and More

Reviewing goth girls Chelsea Wolfe and Zola Jesus at the Independent. [SF Gate]

Everyone gets yarn-bombed in the great new video from SF's Seventeen Evergreen. [The Bay Bridged]

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Music Links: The Night 20 Years Ago That Bill Graham Died, Tim Armstrong Working with Jimmy Cliff, and More

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Ken Regan
Bill Graham

A chilling first-person account of the night, 20 years ago, that Bay Area concert promoter Bill Graham died in a helicopter crash. [SF Gate]

Rancid's Tim Armstrong is producing the next Jimmy Cliff EP. [SF Examiner]

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Music Links: Ty Segall (Literally) Kicks Ass, Budget Rock's Final Installment, and More

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Budget Rock!

Ty Segall jumps off a Cleveland stage to kick the ass of some shit-starting bros. [Mission Mission]

Some background on the mind-bending that will take place at Frisco Freakout. [SF Gate]

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Music Links: Is Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Getting Too Big?

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Hardly Strictly is getting pretty big...

Is Hardly Strictly getting too big for its own good? [SF Gate]

"Employees must carve 'Slayer' into forearms before returning to work." [Uptown Almanac]

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Music Links: Secret Alley Show This Weekend, a Chat with Bob Mould, and More

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via The Owl Mag
Shepard Fairey and Bob Mould in conversation.

There's a special show at the Secret Alley this weekend featuring local bands Lilac, Melted Toys, Talk Normal, and a special guest. Who is it? A good local band that's getting attention from around the world. [The Bay Bridged]

Another fest felled by the economy: Sonoma Jazz Festival ends its seven-year run. [The Bay Citizen]

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Music Links: Rock Make This Saturday, How to Think About Thievery Corporation, and More

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S.F. rapper DaVinci's Feast or Famine EP. Even Pitchfork likes it.

Thievery Corporation refuses to be pigeonholed. Just call the duo's work baby-making music. [SF Gate]

Everything you need to know about Saturday's free, all-ages Mission street music festival, Rock Make. [The Bay Bridged]

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