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Del The Funky Homosapien's Deltron 3030 is slated to appear at Rock The Bells.

Deltron 3030 (the trio of Del the Funky Homosapien, Dan the Automator, and Kid Koala), Zion I and the Grouch, and the powerhouse duo of E-40 and Too $hort are the local names representing the Bay Area at this year's hip-hop megafest Rock The Bells, which returns to Shoreline Amphitheatre this August 25-26.

This year's lineup finds a strong balance between the contemporary (J. Cole, A$AP Rocky, Wiz Khalifa, 2 Chainz) and classic (Missy Elliott and Timbaland, Nas, Ice Cube, Big Daddy Kane) in hip-hop -- though in the case of Missy Elliott and Timbaland, who are working on an album, Rock The Bells is likely to be a launchpad for some new material. The same is expected from our Bay Area ambassadors, who are all currently collaborating; in the case of E-40 and Too $hort, this might be the first opportunity to hear some of the work from their long-anticipated joint album.

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We're baaaaack!

Super bummed when the crazysweet electronica festival and dance party in S.F.'s Civic Center -- otherwise known as LovEvolution -- was canceled last year?

Us, too. But the bummer is over. LovEvolution will be coming to the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on Saturday, Sept. 24, just outside the Oracle Arena. The Glitch Mob will be headlining; hit the jump for the rest of the lovely details.

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The time is almost upon us. This week, tens of thousands of beautiful indie kids will descend on a patch of desert in Indio, Calif., and bear witness to some of the finest music the modern world has to offer at the 13th annual Coachella Festival.

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For those of you who didn't manage to get a ticket (because they sold out in one week!), couldn't get the time off, or couldn't wrangle a guest pass from that guy who's friends with that dude you know from work who used to do merch for [insert band name here] back in [insert year here], here's some helpful advice for not turning green with envy once Friday rolls around.

• Remember: It's in the Freakin' Desert, People
  It's a widely known fact that the two most uncomfortable festivals on earth are the Warped Tour and Coachella. Both routinely see temperatures over a hundred degrees every day -- but while Warped lasts a mere ten hours, Coachella goes on for three entire days. Three days! In the desert! What are you? The Doors? Did we mention there's like zero shade at this thing? It's hard to enjoy PJ Harvey when your skin is melting, that's all we're saying.

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Bite, a band to check out at this year's Winter MusicFest

​San Francisco's IndieFest has bcome one of the city's most notable film events each year. Starting last year, IndieFest added Winter MusicFest, a lineup of solid local groups, to the proceedings for a musical accompaniment to the film lineup. Starting tonight, the S.F. Winter MusicFest brings eight shows to Cellspace in Potrero Hill. It runs through Feb. 17.

Primarily featuring Bay Area bands in rock genres like punk and rockabilly, S.F. IndieFest is staying true to its name here by featuring over 50 local bands that are truly independent. Here are a few bills that look especially promising.

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Grayceon on the roof of Idle Hand Tattoo

​If you looked up on Haight Street last Friday night, you might have caught San Francisco's own Grayceon playing a set on the roof of Idle Hand Tattoo, letting their chugging, downtuned splendor waft down to an appreciative cluster of Art Walkers. If you are a local musician with any entrepreneurial sense whatsoever, little gears should have started whirring away in your head.

Cease thy reveries, young scenester, and holler at the good people at Noise Pop for your or your band's chance to play for an hour to a projected 15,000 grass-fed locavores at next Saturday's SF Street Food Festival. Don't get too ambitious, mind you: the New Oxford American Dictionary defines busk as "play music or otherwise perform for voluntary donations in the street or in subways" -- ergo no amplification, no cover charge, no shelter. But a lot can happen with a tuba and some joint compound buckets, right? Right.

[via Ear Bud]

Brian Pritchard

The Fresh & Onlys

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San Francisco suffers no lack of indie-focused music festivals. But the summertime Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival has a particular homegrown charm to it, lining up a good slab of local talent each year.

This year's lineup looks especially solid. The festival runs July 9 - 11 in Oakland and July 14 -18 in S.F. You can see the full festival lineup here, but as usual, it's the free A Day in the Park show on July 17 that has us most excited. There's just something great about chilling in the McLaren Park amphitheater, noshing on locally made food and watching top local bands. Here's the lineup this year:

The Fresh & Onlys
Grass Widow
Ganglians
Brian Glaze and the Nightshift
Miranda Lee Richards
Thorny Brocky
Grand Lake
William Winant Percussion Group
Teri Gender Bender

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