The version of Deerhoof you hear on The Magic is a most punch-drunk proposition. Everyone showed up in the mood to sing. Satomi, Greg, John and Ed dream up alchemies of punk, pop, glam, hair metal, doo-wop, hip hop, and R&B, late-night car rides, long days, attitude and spandex.

I collect muni transfers. These elongated multicolored pieces of paper adorn the cork-boards on my walls, sit in piles on my writing desk and are just generally strewn about throughout my house; some date all the way back to 2004, the year I moved to SF. I’ve incorporated them into

My mother had called me this past Sunday morning to inform me of the incomprehensible horror we all woke up to: 49 people had been mowed down in a gay bar in Orlando, with 53 brutally injured. In the hours that followed, as I read updates and watched report after

Plants and Animals, a Montreal-based trio that began playing together as kids, emerged on the international scene in 2008 and have developed a varied cult following ever since. They built this following on the shoulders of their self-produced records and their intense live shows. They have been nominated for big awards. They

  León Larregui  is an indie rock singer-songwriter from the capital city of Cuernavaca, in the state of Morelos, Mexico.  Currently he is a composer, singer and leader of the Mexican band Zoé and additionally performs a solo project since early 2012. At age 21 he began studying the Bachelor of

  Several years ago k.d. lang sent an email to Neko Case and Laura Veirs on a whim. It read simply, “I think we should make a record together.” Though the three musicians were barely more than acquaintances “Laura and I both responded immediately,” recalls Case. “There was no question.”

Looking for a place to watch the election numbers come in? Come hang with me and the League of Pissed Off Voters tonight at Oasis. Here is the info from the FB invite: After the polls close at 8pm, join us to celebrate, decompress, and watch the results! Oasis is

This week in ‘Shameless Elitest’ news: Bonhams Auction House in Potrero Hill set up a kind of sprinkler system to rain down on homeless people who get too close to their building. Bonhams Auction House sells jewels & Ferrari’s to multi-millionaires globally, they took some of their profits and invested in an anti-homeless sprinkler system on their building in Potrero Hill.