Music

Will Hermes – “Love Goes to Buildings on Fire” Panel
Major cultural shifts are not always easy to recognize, particularly when it comes to music. This is likely because there’s a natural evolution to music – trends sort of blend into each other seamlessly. Every now and then something really new comes along and shifts paradigms. I remember when Grunge

Broke-Ass Band Interview: Shenandoah Davis (Sat @ SFCMC)
I’m a musician and a music journalist. I make judgment calls in the first 30 seconds of listening to something because I don’t get paid enough to spend more time than that. Also, I hate 99% of all music I hear. I might sound like an asshole right now but

NYC Restaurant Review: Tillman’s
Only in New York City can you pay $14 for a single grilled cheese sandwich, but then at the same establishment hear an intimate concert with Talib Kweli for FREE. Such contradictions make up Tillman’s, where expensive comfort food is balanced out by the pricelessness of your experience. A hidden

Broke Ass Nostalgia: You Won’t Believe That These Albums are Twenty Years Old
The 20th anniversary of the release of Nirvana’s Nevermind has been given a lot of attention in the last few months, deservedly so. It was a total game-changer; not only did it revolutionize alternative music but also the way in which people relate to music. Just listening to those opening

Decompression Confession: To Burn or Not to Burn?
The sun had already set and the lavender sky lingered behind the dark mountains to the West. I stood on the dock of a half-mile long pier in the middle of the desert that led to nowhere. I walked the length of the pier and stopped at the end to

Broke-Ass Band Interview: The Bins (FREE show tonight!)
Here are BrokeAssStuart.com, we love music and we love FREE shit, and we especially love FREE music. Tonight (Wednesday, October 5th) 1320 Records (founded by live electronic pioneers STS9–Sound Tribe Sector 9) presents a FREE showcase at Temple SF featuring “the San Francisco debut of UK producer Little People, along

Can Hardly Wait Until Hardly Strictly!
For those of you who don’t already know about the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival happening in Golden Gate Park this weekend, where the heck have you been? Hiding under a rock? This is only the biggest, and not to mention FREE Bluegrass Festival in the entire country! From Friday, September 30th until

Tonight! Totally Rad Epicsauce Show!
If the neologism “epicsauce” is not enough to get your attention, then you are clearly out of touch with the modern world. Luckily, epicsauce.com can help you get with it tonight at this super-cheap show featuring three summery indie bands and DJs galore at Public Works. Public Works is an