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 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 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…

Appealing Events: Cloud Nothings at the Great American Music Hall

Appealing Events: Cloud Nothings at the Great American Music Hall

Cleveland rockers Cloud Nothings are at the top of their game with a critically acclaimed new album and a tour that’s taken them to Bonnaroo…

Setting the Scene: Failure Plays the Great American Music Hall

Setting the Scene: Failure Plays the Great American Music Hall

While you were ordering flowers (or edible arrangements) and setting those Mother’s Day plans in motion, the prolific and misunderstood Maynard James Keenan was celebrating…

Appealing Events: Delta Rae at the Great American Music Hall

Appealing Events: Delta Rae at the Great American Music Hall

Touring workhorses Delta Rae have been honing their sound since their breakout single “Bottom of the River” sent a collective chill down the spine of…

Appealing Events: Black Lips Play the Great American Music Hall

Appealing Events: Black Lips Play the Great American Music Hall

Once known for their provocative live shows, Black Lips have matured into a garage rock band that’s as recognized for their music as they are…

Ring In The New Year Right: Five Shows That’ll End 2013 With A Bang

Ring In The New Year Right: Five Shows That’ll End 2013 With A Bang

It’s that time of the year again. You know, where the year ends. Maybe you’re unwilling to brave the hypergentrification of Oakland to get your…

Appealing Events: Dylan Fest at the Great American Music Hall

Appealing Events: Dylan Fest at the Great American Music Hall

Support a good cause and celebrate the music of the legendary Bob Dylan at SF’s first Dylan Fest this Wednesday. Originally launched on the East…

Circling Back: of Montreal Plays The Great American Music Hall

Circling Back: of Montreal Plays The Great American Music Hall

You can thank the city of San Francisco for of Montreal‘s latest critically acclaimed album, Lousy with Syvlianbriar. Of Montreal mastermind Kevin Barnes holed up…

Power Play: Chelsea Wolfe Plays the Great American Music Hall

Power Play: Chelsea Wolfe Plays the Great American Music Hall

San Francisco is not quite a homecoming for Chelsea Wolfe but not quite as strange a land as, say, the Portuguese festival show she’ll be…

SF Roots: Hanni El Khatib Plays the Great American Music Hall

SF Roots: Hanni El Khatib Plays the Great American Music Hall

Long before start up bros had taken up scooters and skateboards for their minimal commutes, actual children skated through the streets of San Francisco. One…

Appealing Events: Charles Bradley Plays the Great American Music Hall

Appealing Events: Charles Bradley Plays the Great American Music Hall

The Screamin’ Eagle of Soul has landed in San Francisco. Charles Bradley‘s soul Cinderella story has been told by the man himself in countless interviews…

Appealing Events: Deerhunter Plays the Great American Music Hall

Appealing Events: Deerhunter Plays the Great American Music Hall

If the chaos of Monomania is your cup of tea, then you’ll be overjoyed to see Deerhunter this Monday at the Great American Music Hall….

Exploring Wanderlust: Heartless Bastards Plays Great American Music Hall

Exploring Wanderlust: Heartless Bastards Plays Great American Music Hall

Wanderlust can inspire much more than a desperate urge to travel. For many, it’s the sheer act of simply leaving familiarity behind that brings forth…