AltWeeklies Wire
Underworld Meets Undergroundnew
William E. Jones uncovers hidden stories in porn's dark edges.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
02-15-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: v.o., William E. Jones
2007: A Disco Odysseynew
Lindstrom expands the dance floor -- and the space between your ears.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
02-07-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Lindstrom
Girls and Monstersnew
Pan's Labyrinth is almost as fantastic as it is fantastical.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
12-20-2006 |
Reviews
Spectres of Spectornew
Camera Obscura, The Pipettes, and El Perro del Mar are all under the creepy producer's influence.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
12-06-2006 |
Music
Mexico City, Mi Amornew
Hernandez charts a broken sky -- and the streets below it.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
11-29-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Broken Sky, Julian Hernandez
Feeling Spooky, Yeah Yeahnew
ESG, the queens of Soul Jazz -- and of post-punk funk -- face SF's vampire's kiss.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
10-25-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: ESG
Oh TV, Up Yours!new
Animal Charm, Bryan Boyce, and TV Carnage chart the outer limits of piracy.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
09-27-2006 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Back From the Countrynew
Vashti Bunyan returns to dispel myths and make more great music.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
09-06-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Vashti Bunyan
The World Has Eyesnew
Can the US horror film be saved?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
08-02-2006 |
Movies
Berlin and Beyondnew
An icon of sex -- and the biggest Peter in San Francisco -- reemerges from the shadows.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
02-16-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jim Tushinski, That Man
Psychedelic Savantnew
San Francisco's Kelley Stoltz unveils Below the Branches, his great full-length debut on Sub Pop and a long-awaited follow-up to the home-recorded Antique Glow.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
02-01-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kelley Stoltz, Below the Branches
The Case of the Closetnew
R. Kelly gets crazy in his longest sonic soap opera yet.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
07-13-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: R. Kelly, TP.3 Reloaded
Mighty Oceansnew
Well-read and back from the dead, the Go-Betweens opt for the lush life.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
06-15-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Go-Betweens, Oceans Apart
Electric Lady Bandnew

Sleater-Kinney let loose the classic rock beast within.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
05-25-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sleater-Kinney, The Woods
Where the Wild Things Arenew
Sleater-Kinney's Carrie and Corin blaze their way out of The Woods.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
05-25-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sleater-Kinney, The Woods