Circa Waves was formed in Liverpool in May 2013 by guitarist and singer Shudall, who had decided to “knuckle down” and commit fully to music after spending years in a succession of no-hope garage bands. Known for their nervy, melodic indie rock, Britain’s Circa Waves first gained buzz in the

“I turned thirty and I was like, ‘What do I want the rest of my life to look like?,’ “ says Brittany Howard. “Do I want to play the same songs until I’m fifty and then retire, or do I do something that’s scarier for me? Do I want people

Muni may have those cornball dad-joke signs about proper backpack etiquette and standing away from the doors to facilitate ingress and egress, but it’s BART’s rules and regs that have made the news since last Friday. The saga began last Monday, when a BART police officer with the badge name

Did you know that the Oakland Museum of California has a really bad-ass exhibit right now call No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man? Well they do! And what makes it even cooler is that, on select Thursdays, they are staying open late and turning it into a party! There will be food, drink, and much more.

Over the weekend I got to read at the SF Leonard Cohen Festival. I recited a few different things including my poem Italian Girl in Dublin. But I also put together something new for it! If you’re a Leonard Cohen fan, then you know the song “Famous Blue Raincoat” but

DNA tests—like those offered by companies 23andMe, Ancestry.com, and FamilyTreeDNA—come with a simple promise. In exchange for cash and some spit in a tube, you can learn your deepest, most ancestral secrets.

“The city is cruel to the weak, deaf to those who love it, and subservient only to those who are wrecking it. Like all neurotics, the city hates its friends, and loves its enemies.”

Kindness is an Asian British producer, DJ, documentary maker, radio host and recording artist. Their solo works include albums ‘World You Need A Change of Mind’, 2012 and ‘Otherness’, 2014. Kindness returns in 2019 with a string of new singles including a wide range of collaborations.   Friday, November 15, 2019 |