Cal State East Bay Grad Student Wins Grammy
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Cal State East Bay Grad Student Wins Grammy

A California State East Bay graduate student has won a Grammy for his work on a reggae album, according to university officials. Trumpet player Mario…

City Attorney Sends Letter To Record Company For Justin Bieber Graffiti
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City Attorney Sends Letter To Record Company For Justin Bieber Graffiti

International pop star Justin Bieber and his record label are under fire from San Francisco’s city attorney for their guerilla marketing campaign, which includes illegal…

President Obama To Attend Political Fundraiser, Kanye West Concert At Warfield Theater October 10
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President Obama To Attend Political Fundraiser, Kanye West Concert At Warfield Theater October 10

On October 10, President Barack Obama is scheduled to appear at a Democratic National Committee fundraising concert featuring a musical performance by Kanye West at…

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival Descends On Golden Gate Park For 15th Year
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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival Descends On Golden Gate Park For 15th Year

With seven stages and over 100 musical acts, San Francisco’s admission-free Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival will again take over Golden Gate Park this weekend for…

Man Who Stormed Outside Lands Gates Carrying Wrong ID Misidentified By Police
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Man Who Stormed Outside Lands Gates Carrying Wrong ID Misidentified By Police

San Francisco police misidentified a man who allegedly stormed the Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival gates and knocked a police officer unconscious Sunday because…

Outside Lands 2015 Day 3: The Big Got No Chill

Be sure to check out our day one and day two coverage of Outside Lands 2015 right here on SF Appeal! The event staff near…

Outside Lands 2015 Day 2: Edgy, Gritty, Dark, Goth, Psychedelic

"edgy, gritty, dark, goth, psychedelic." – Someone on this bus must be thinking of rebooting Small Wonder for television. #outsidelands — SFAppealOutsideLands (@SFAppealOL) August 8,…

Outside Lands 2015 Day 1: Positive Vibes Only

It’s that time of year to hold your wine glass up and wave it in the air as you talk into your phone as you…

Outside Lands 2015 Night Show Picks
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Outside Lands 2015 Night Show Picks

No Outside Lands experience is complete without a little night show action. Here’s our picks. Thursday: California Academy of Sciences’ after-hours Nightlife party has joined…

Outside Lands 2015 Music and Comedy Must-Sees
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Outside Lands 2015 Music and Comedy Must-Sees

The seventh annual Outside Lands is unleashing its hedonistic self upon Golden Gate Park this weekend. If you don’t feel old or at least somewhat…

Thousands Expected for Outside Lands Festival This Weekend
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Thousands Expected for Outside Lands Festival This Weekend

Tens of thousands of concertgoers are expected to flock to San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park this coming weekend for the eighth annual Outside Lands Music…

Here’s Your Weekend: Go See The Motels, Death Grips, and Kehlani

Outside Lands is just three weeks away so mark your calendars and prep with awesome, entirely unrelated to the festival live music. There is still…

Here’s Your Weekend: Go See Kitten, Phono del Sol, and Macy Gray

Have you recovered from a jam-packed 4th of July weekend? Maybe? Good. Here’s your weekend: Friday: With a sophomore LP on the horizon and a…

Here’s Your Weekend: Go See Bootsy Collins, Bhi Bhiman, and Tender Gents

Ah, what a week. Better yet, what a weekend for music. Hit it: Friday: Funkify your life as Bootsy Collins takes over the Fillmore tonight…

Here’s Your Weekend: Go See The Growlers, Los Rakas, and Blood Drugs

It almost feels wrong to be recommending a show on the day of the Warriors’ parade but I know you have it in you to…

Here’s Your Weekend: Go See Amen Dunes, The Campbell Apartment, and No Joy

It’s probably the Warriors’ lethargy in Game 2 but this week wasn’t something to write home about. This weekend’s music, however, is stellar. Check it…

Teen Cellist is First SFian to Win Local International String Competition
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Teen Cellist is First SFian to Win Local International String Competition

A 17-year-old cellist won the Irving M. Klein International String Competition this weekend in San Francisco, the first San Francisco resident ever to win the…

Here’s Your Weekend: Go See XXYYXX, The Stone Foxes, and D’Angelo

The Warriors are in the NBA finals! Up until the weekend, Game 1 is the only thing that matters in the Bay Area. Lucky for…

Here’s Your Weekend: Go See The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, TMBG, Ministry

I’m exhausted. Here’s some music. May it energize you exponentially more than how slow-moving I feel. Ugh. Friday: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion have been…

Here’s Your Weekend: Go See Esperanza Spalding, Matt and Kim, and Sleater-Kinney

What a weird week for old school SF shit. We’ve reopened the conversation of city nicknames and Barry Bonds is once again becoming a topic…

Here’s Your Weekend: Go See MIRA, Lydia Loveless, and Nick Offerman

What is there to say about this week except that the Giants swept the Dodgers and that Uber dude surrendered his driver’s license? Helping to…

Here’s Your Weekend: Go See Father John Misty, Linda Perhacs, and Faith No More

Welcome back, whoever trekked down to Coachella weekend one to see Madonna give Drake the kiss of death and watch celebrities pretend to give a…

Here’s Your Weekend: Go See Icona Pop, Alabama Shakes, and Cloud Nothings

Half the city (or less, who knows what the cool kids do anymore?) is gone to Coachella and savvy SFians are reaping the rewards. Welcome…

Here’s Your Weekend: Go See Punch Brothers, Kimya Dawson, and Shabazz Palaces

I survived Wrestlemania and I got a t-shirt out of the whole deal. This weekend is made for chilling out and decompressing after three days…

Here’s Your Weekend: Go See Rubblebucket, Toro y Moi, and Travis Scott

Truly, the most important thing to happen this weekend is Wrestlemania, which SFAppeal TV critic and all-around rad dude Paolo (and myself) will be covering….

Outside Lands 2015 Announces Line-Up: Elton John, Kendrick Lamar, and (Hopefully) D’Angelo
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Outside Lands 2015 Announces Line-Up: Elton John, Kendrick Lamar, and (Hopefully) D’Angelo

Looking for the Outside Lands line-up via their website? Well, it’s crashed because of that many people doing the same damn thing in the face…

Here’s Your Weekend: Go See Be Calm Honcho, The Donkeys, and Immortal Technique

The weather has been beautiful as of late (sorry, drought) and a constant stream of music is returning to the City faster than a Bernal…

Here’s Your Weekend: Go see Goldfish, COCKBLOCK, and Metal Mother

Pretend these weekend picks are all dipped in green, covered in clovers, and chugging viridescent beer because St Patrick’s Day is almost upon us and…

Here’s Your Weekend: Go See TRAVISWILD, B. Dolan, and Hey Rosetta!

Has everyone recovered from their Noise Pop hangover? No? Cool. Though this week saw the tail end of NP2K15 slowly making its exit like a…

Here’s Your Weekend: Go See No Joy, Dan Deacon, and Caribou

It’s Noise Pop! Everybody check under your seats! Just kidding, but seriously, rad music is all around SF to begin with, but this week-plus long…

Here’s Your Weekend: Go See Lotus, Screaming Females, and the Suffers

What a mild, wonderful week that hopefully brought about enough restfulness to survive the multi-night music jaunt that is Noise Pop. This year’s iteration features…

Here’s Your Weekend: Go See the Crystal Method, Basement Jaxx, Amoebapalooza

Hey, how do you feel about Valentine’s Day? I’ll wait. Ditch the Hallmark cards and misshapen flower arrangements and go see some music. While you…

Here’s Your Weekend: Go See G-Eazy, Saint Motel, and Dax Riggs

Remember when SFians didn’t really care about rain? You know, back when there wasn’t a drought. Those were the days and I’d suggest we recapture…

Here’s Your Weekend: Go See Ty Segall, Chuck Prophet, Ghost Parade

San Francisco is in a weird, shitty place right now. A body (well, parts) were found in a suitcase and dozens of people just lost…

Here’s Your Weekend: Go See Mates of State, Patti Smith, and Dark Tranquility

A smattering of good music is rolling into San Francisco and I’ve got picks that are just as diverse. Want to see metal, singer-songwriters, and…

Here’s Your Weekend: Go See Cold War Kids, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Ben Miller Band

To quote the humorous faux twitter character Karl Welzein, I can’t wait for the weekend. For one, it’s longer than normal and secondly, it’s also…

Here’s Your Weekend: Go See We Will Be Lions, Synchronized Watches, Trade Wind

Happy New Year, everyone. This year is set to be a great one for live music: BottleRock announced their stellar lineup and Coachella gave us…

Here’s Your Weekend: Go See Joyce Manor, Jason Webley, Talib Kweli

Another week jam-packed with stupid shit in the world. Wipe up those tiny Kim Jong-un-sized tears over not being able to see the Interview and…

Here’s Your Weekend: Go See Yusuf Islam, Stanton Moore, Ryan Adams

Here we are, another weekend approaching with the promise of great music. You’ve survived Rainocalpyse, the storm that rivals storms that I don’t even remember…

Here’s Your Weekend: Rockin’ Shows to See Friday Through Sunday

In lieu of artist interviews, (at least for now) I’m starting a weekly column for show recommendations that should get you through your weekend and…