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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

Oakland Art and Soul Festival is Labor Day Weekendnew

Three days with nearly 100 musical acts from all over the sonic spectrum, like Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Against Me, Lucinda Williams, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, the Zydeco Flames, Jeffrey Osborne, the Lovemakers, and Fillmore Slim.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Aaron Sankin  |  08-29-2007  |  Music

Hyphy and its Discontentsnew

Rumors of the genre's death have been greatly exaggerated.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Garrett Caples  |  07-11-2007  |  Music

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

Gimme My Princenew

Looking for a real rock star experience in a purple fog.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Chris Sabbath  |  05-16-2007  |  Music

Fab Gadgetsnew

The Bay Area Beatdrop crew rides the techno comeback -- and the latest DJ craze ... WiiJing!
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Marke B.  |  05-10-2007  |  Music

UK Pop Starlets Vie for America's Heart of Darknessnew

Call them the new British bitch pack: barefoot soul shouter Joss Stone and her ascendant sistren, skankin' Lily Allen and torchy Amy Winehouse (Corinne Bailey Rae's exempted due to being a queen of nice and hazy sentiment and, well, yes, color).
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Kandia Crazy Horse  |  05-10-2007  |  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

P&J Jamnew

The Village Voice's famous Pazz and Jop poll -- minus Christgau.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Kimberly Chun  |  01-04-2007  |  Music

Girl talknew

Did the ladies take control in 2006?
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Kimberly Chun  |  12-13-2006  |  Music

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

The Other Home of Bay Hip-Hopnew

Move over, Oakland and exurbia hyphy -- San Francisco's Fillmore District unleashes its own fresh wave of rappers.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Garrett Caples  |  11-22-2006  |  Music

Dope, Rap and Religionnew

With two hot collaborations, one new solo joint, and an upcoming reunion with Mob Figaz in the works, Husalah should be on top of the world -- instead, he's spending the next four and a half years behind bars.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Garrett Caples  |  07-12-2006  |  Music

Singles Going Steadynew

California's Isota Records feeds the vinyl evolution.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Ari Messer  |  01-06-2006  |  Music

Burning Brightlynew

From the center of the Montreal indie rock firmament, Stars issue a fiery imperative.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Jimmy Draper  |  03-23-2005  |  Music

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