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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
Tags: indie rock, The Smiths
Solid Statenew
M. Ward looks back to the eclectic days of free-form programming with his latest album, Transistor Radio -- and makes a case for authenticity.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Leah Freeman |
03-23-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: M. Ward, Transistor Radio
The Real Dirty Miaminew
S.F. house label Dirtybird Records gets off the ground and heads to the Winter Music Conference.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Peter Nicholson |
03-23-2005 |
Music
The Post-2Pac Packnew
Did the death of Tupac Shakur throw Bay Area hip-hop into a tailspin? And is there really a "New Bay" rising?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Garrett Caples |
03-16-2005 |
Music
Act Like You Knownew
Visitors to Bay Area rap clubs need to get hip to "slump," which is characterized by heavy, rolling bass lines and rhythmic MCing.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Krishtine de Leon |
03-15-2005 |
Music
West Is the Bestnew
Bay Area hip-hop survivor E-40 has left Jive Records and signed with BME, a label founded by Lil' Jon, one of the hottest of today's young rappers.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
J. H. Tompkins |
03-15-2005 |
Music
Hit Itnew
One of the hip-hop bands emerging in the Bay Area is The Team, whose strong debut album The Negro League shows potential for greatness. Also reviewed are The Federation's The Album and The Frontline's Who R You?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Johnny Ray Huston |
03-15-2005 |
Music
American Gothicnew
Country singer-songwriter Allison Moorer picks herself up and grows grittier.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Jimmy Draper |
02-09-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Allison Moorer, The Duel
Smart Cardsnew
Cutting through the moss and soot with beer drinking, braininess, and sharp, Wire-y sounds, the Intelligence launch an attack on Boredom and Terror.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Jennifer Maerz |
01-26-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Intelligence
Americana Idolnew
Dave Alvin maps the byways, wild lands, and roots rock of working-class L.A.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
J. H. Tompkins |
01-26-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Share and Share Alikenew
A file-sharing advocate predicts an end to lawsuits and money in artists' pockets by year's end.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Ren Bucholz |
01-19-2005 |
Music
The Future of Music 2005new
More competition, more MP3s, more gigs and more gigabytes, more free-agent artists, more great sounds – expect 2005 to be a hell of a year for music.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
01-19-2005 |
Music
Tags: Joanna Newsom, comets on fire
No Choicenew
Early "out of the closet and into the pit" queercore statesmen Limpwrist return to the trenches, and Latino punk vet Martin Sorrondeguy relocates to the Bay Area.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
George Chen |
01-12-2005 |
Music
Beat a Retreat?new
While Kanye West looks within and Mos Def styles himself as a quasi-jihadist, a head wonders, what happened to the rage, urgency, and political direction in hip-hop?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Oliver Wang |
01-12-2005 |
Music
Strength in Differencesnew
And now, music fans, relax and welcome to the "Sound of Strange America." We don't have a particular sound in the Bay Area – we've got dozens of them.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
J. H. Tompkins |
12-01-2004 |
Music
