We look back on our favorite sets from the annual SF musical festival that happened last weekend. Ty Segall Overly distorted guitars, thrashing vocals and mops of hair flying all over the place. This was Ty Segall’s performance at the Tunnel Stage, with the view of his hometown San Francisco Read More…
Arts This Friday is the second week of San Francisco’s 2 Blocks of Art event, which takes place around Market and 6th streets. First and foremost, 2 Blocks of Art is an art walk featuring local artists showing their works in 25 different locations. Since last year, though, the event Read More…
Our lead critics recommend the latest and greatest in culture. MUSIC: We all know what week this is. It’s Treasure Island week! The Treasure Island Music Festival this coming weekend includes the likes of M83, Girl Talk, Best Coast, Public Enemy and the Gossip. The highly anticipated London indie pop Read More…
During the last cold, bitter weeks of December and January, you know the number one thought on your mind was this: How will I ever hear about any local bands? Fear not, as Local Limelight is back, kicking off this week with a local band that has resurfaced in the Read More…
Our lead critics recommend the latest and greatest in culture. MUSIC: A wide variety of albums await your ears this week — at least for those who haven’t already started torrenting them. Both the Berkeley-based hip-hop indie rock group Why? and Oakland’s own Zion-I will be releasing albums this Tuesday. Read More…
What happens when musicians from all over the U.S., a guitarist from London and a painter from San Francisco all meet together? Besides a melting pot of cultures and backgrounds, you also get an eccentric rock band combining styles ranging from electronica to folk and funk. Grouplove broke out last Read More…
VISUAL ART Beginning next week, artists and art groups will fill public spaces in San Francisco’s Central Market neighborhood with their latest artwork, crafts, and performances as they collaborate in the 24 Days of Central Market Arts Festival. With special events and activities running through the entire few weeks concentrated Read More…
VISUAL ART If there was one Bay Area show this fall that could best capture what is currently happening in contemporary art, it would be “Stand Tall Pt. III” opening on Saturday night at Old Crow Tattoo and Gallery. This week, 38 artists are coming from near and far to Read More…
It’s been a while since the U.S. got hooked on an Australian band. There was the Jet phase — how can you still not bob your head to “Are You Gonna Be My Girl?” — and even Powderfinger made some noise for a while. There seems to have been a Read More…
Our lead critics recommend the latest and greatest in culture: VISUAL ARTS While choice in media is generally widely varied in the Bay Area, art openings next weekend seem to favor photography. Photo-related exhibits have been popping up all over, especially related to manipulating images through technology. On Thursday, the Read More…
