Arts and Culture

How to Actually Get Fans for Your Band
You’re finally in a band that can get through a rehearsal without someone strangling someone with an amp cord over creative differences. No one’s in jail, rehab, or MIA from a multi-day booze binge. The group has laid down a few quality tracks that don’t sound as if it was

Here’s your chance to win free tickets to Yuck @ Great American Music Hall!
Though Yuck has been a band for less than a decade, the London-based garage-pop outfit has already managed to cram what feels like a lifetime of Behind The Music-worthy experiences into their backstory. Recorded in London over the course of several months at the band’s own pace, Stranger Things

The Last Cafe in San Francisco
“Are we creating a culture,” I asked Ty over coffee at the Sea Biscuit Café, “or are we holding its hand as it dies? Right now I honestly can’t tell.” She shook her head. “That’s a really interesting question.” We usually meet in the Mission, where Ty keeps a small

A History of Anti-Irish Racism in the US
Irish people have it pretty good in America these days, but this was not always the case. White privilege was not extended to Irish Americans in the US from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s, and Irish people were not considered white people back then — despite their fair complexion.

Artists Taking Over Bus Benches in Oakland
Art instead of empty advertising. Check out the artwork on our public benches & roadways in Oakland

We’ve got the hookup on your tickets to see Brian Posehn @ Cobb’s Comedy Club!
Comedian/actor/writer Brian Posehn always has a full plate in front of him. He is constantly touring as a stand-up comedian in the best comedy clubs and rock venues in the country. 2013 marked the release of his first hour long special, The Fartist, through Netflix. He has a popular

Top 9 Irish Bars in San Francisco
OFF MENU IS SPONSORED BY BENDER’S BECAUSE THEY ARE BADASS. DROP BY AND MAKE SOME BAD DECISIONS WITH SOME GOOD PEOPLE! The Irish have a knack for storytelling. And according to my mobster ex-boyfriend, fighting as well. They never give up. Combined, if they do it right, it’s like a reassuring family.

Enter for your chance to win tickets to see Poliça @ The Fillmore!
Poliça is an American synthpop and alternative rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota that has a pair of dual drummers! If the opening moments of POLIÇA’s new album, United Crushers, leave you feeling unsettled, then Channy Leaneagh has done her job. With her voice pitch-shifted down into an ominous, nearly unrecognizable register, she