Lee Ranaldo is performing at the Swedish American Hall in San Francisco! Ranaldo – composer/visual artist/writer etc – is a founding member of Sonic Youth, now in its 32nd year. Although songwriting and performing with his band The Dust (Steve Shelley, Alan Licht, Tim Lüntzel) is his current focus, Lee

  Kool Keith comes in many forms and many incarnations, but his style is distinctly his own. Just as there’s no mistaking his smooth lyrical delivery and searing hip-hop prose with its underlying edgy beats, there’s no denying the incredible force of power that is Kool Keith. Whether as a foundingmember

Rad Upcoming SF Events     Maggie Battista, FoodGiftLove: More than 100 Recipes to Make and Share THU. 10/22 | 6:30PM @ OMNIVORE BOOKS In her new book, Food Gift Love, Maggie Battista celebrates her expertise and enthusiasm for small-batch, hand-crafted foods. She features 100 memorable, edible gifts for any

  Hailing from Athens, GA., of Montreal have carved their own niche – establishing themselves as a band that thrills fans with compelling live performances, delights critics with their constant innovations, and continually showcases their musical evolution by drawing from a different set of influences for each album. Primary songwriter

    Greg and Inara met a few years ago. They discovered a common love of jazz standards…nerded out for a couple of hours playing every song they knew…and then wrote and recorded a record together. With all of these elements you have what we now know as The Bird

The Chapel, Halloween Night – The Candy Butchers Bash… A three ring evil circus featuring The Sam Chase, Royal Jelly Jive, and The Crux. The Bash also features marching band shenanigans from Mission Delirium, daring onstage feats by Circus Automatic, and aerial performances by Levity. Run away with the circus

Rad Upcoming SF Events     ArtSpan THU. 10/15 | 7:00PM @ SOMARTS CULTURAL CENTER Join us for a taste of art, games, wine, and stimulating discussion at the SF Open Studios Exhibition, featuring over 400 artworks from SF Open Studios Artists in diverse mediums. Please your palette with wine

Indulging every whim, Halestorm wrote songs that pulsate, pound and soar, as well as confessional, heartstring-tugging tunes and everything between. “Amen,” grooves to a chaingang shuffle and sparse keyboards, featuring a verse reminiscent of Fleetwood Mac and a chorus that has more in common with Joan Jett. Then there’s “Mayhem,”