AltWeeklies Wire
Jarvis Cocker Takes Delight in 'Knowing All This is Crap'new
I could talk to Cocker on a plane, I could talk to him on a train, and I could talk to him about blues music being "used to sell a hell of a lot of cars" in the passenger seat of an Audi tearing back to SF from Point Reyes, via iPhone and earplugs, while tapping on the trusty laptop. He's that good, that much of a closet mensch keeping it as real as a man of style and taste can.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
07-22-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Thrills and Chills and Disco Ball Spills — That's What the Horrors Are Made Ofnew
In contrast to the easy-sleazy comic-book corn of today's prominent goth-punk purveyors, Primary Colours boasts driving tunes carved from silvery synth textures and Jesus and Mary Chain-like buzz-saw pop that thumps with creative negativity.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
05-20-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Taking Apart Rock Journalism and Loving Country with David Berman of Silver Jewsnew
Berman is a really fun -- gabby, even -- intelligent, well-read, and eminently likable dude, willing to break it down with sincere, self-effacing erudition and venture off on thoughtful tangents.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
09-24-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tilly and the Wall Enjoy the Ridenew
The wild children of the Midwest are attempting to hold their fans' attention offstage as well with their latest, third full-length, a multitextured affair enigmatically titled O, after the oval frame that will surround the various, limited-edition, handmade prints created by friends.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
07-02-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: O, Tilly and the Wall
Eye-Yi-Yi!new
We winced big-time hearing about Mark Osegueda's recent gouge.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
07-05-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mark Osegueda
The Rise and Fall of the Donnasnew
Don't count out the all-girl band yet.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
02-21-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Donnas
High Tidenew
Wooden Shjips ride waves of blogoscopic acclaim with lo-fi psychedelia.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
01-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Wooden Shjips
Sunny Side of the Screamnew
In a world of disappearing all-female bands, Erase Errata turn in their strongest recording to date.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
07-19-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Erase Errata
Brass in Pocketnew
The Extra Action Marching Band puts the chaos and cool in your halftime music collective.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
05-10-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
They Did Itnew
The Cuts are chaotic, crazy, and making a great noise -- could they be the Bay Area's last rock band?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
03-22-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Cuts
True Gritsnew
The Gossip's Beth Ditto is cooking with meat -- and mixing riot grrrl gospel with punk rock panache.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
01-18-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Duck, Duck, Foxnew
Boys, girls, love songs -- how do Sleater-Kinney pull it off?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
05-25-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sleater-Kinney, The Woods
Queen of Queensnew
The newest member of Queens of the Stone Age, Natasha Shneider, reports from the front.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
04-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Queens of the Stone Age
No Easy Way Outnew
Amid the lingering doubts about Elliott Smith's cause of death and the release of new merchandise, the question remains: would he have signed off on his long-awaited album?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
10-13-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
