AltWeeklies Wire
Snap Sounds: Elephant9's 'Walk the Nile'new
Norwegian power trio Elephant9 lays on the acid-laced, "wildly cavorting in fields of fusion" prog (light on the kraut and pop, more in tune with the jazz) on their second long-player, Walk the Nile.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
02-24-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Elephant9, Walk the Nile
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
Beyonce: How Much is Enough?new
Entertain a morbid thought: If Knowles were to crash and burn her Thierry Mugler motorcycle breastplate during her current "I Am ... Tour" -- said to out-razzle-dazzle all predecessors with its aerial flips and 70-some costumes -- would she be revered like Michael Jackson?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
07-08-2009 |
Music
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
Two Queer Legends of Indie Rock and Queercore Look Backnew
Pansy Division's Jon Ginoli and Camper Van Beethoven's Victor Krummenacher got together recently to talk about the way it was, coming out in the repressed 1980s and coming into their own experientially, politically, and musically in 1990s San Francisco -- each, as Krummenacher puts it, a "gay guy suddenly in Candyland."
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
06-25-2008 |
Music
How Green is My Music?new
We won't even get into the acres of paper, publications, and CDs surrounding this red-faced, would-be greenster. I'm downloading as fast as I can, but I wonder whether my hard drive can keep up: hells, even MP3s add to my huge, honking footprint. Must I resign myself to daytime acoustic throw-downs within a walkable radius from my berth? Can I get a hand-crank laptop?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
04-16-2008 |
Music
South by Cynicnew
South by Southwest underwhelmed -- again -- but a few fab moments shined through the product placement.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
03-19-2008 |
Music
Parsing the Homophobia of 'UR So Gay'new
It's hard to know what to think or feel or which cheek to plunge one's tongue into while listening to Katy Perry's "UR So Gay" -- amazement or repulsion?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
01-03-2008 |
Music
Tags: Katy Perry
Class of 2007: San Fran's Up and Coming Bandsnew
The most talented unusual suspects the Bay Guardian suspects will bust out with great things this year and next. Includes The White Barons, The Dry Spells, J. Nash, The Passionistas, Carletta Sue Kay, Jimmy Roses, Kira Lynn Cain, King City and Ship.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
08-29-2007 |
Music
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
Hot, Sexy and Dead?new
Combing music's back catalogs for the next cult star with a distro called Runt.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
06-27-2007 |
Music
Does Pop Clash With Green?new
So you wanna live clean, go green, and leave a low-impact footprint on this embattled Earth -- yet you also want to bring the noise, bust a move, and get the rock out? Here's how.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
04-18-2007 |
Music
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
