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Hot Alien Ammunitionnew

Bay area selectas confront dancehall's gray-market economy.
East Bay Express  |  Eric K. Arnold  |  01-25-2007  |  Music

Metal's Hard. Get a Helmet.new

Oakland's Totimoshi scores a record deal and a tour with Helmet.
East Bay Express  |  David Downs  |  01-18-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

Orinda's Noise Vomitoriumnew

Ipecac -- the sickening empire founded by Faith No More's Mike Patton and Alternative Tentacles' Greg Werckman -- resides in a sleepy, small-town cottage.
East Bay Express  |  David Downs  |  01-18-2007  |  Music

Major Labels' Hyphy 2.0new

Is the upstart youth movement finally growing up?
East Bay Express  |  Eric K. Arnold  |  01-11-2007  |  Music

Riottt's Girl Is Back in SFnew

Armed with little more than a laptop, Girl Talk provokes crowd raucousness.
East Bay Express  |  David Downs  |  01-11-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

Ungrateful Living Deadnew

In a case that makes Clear Channel look decent, aging rockers go after the late Bill Graham's memorabilia vault.
East Bay Express  |  David Downs  |  01-11-2007  |  Music

Turning the Turntablesnew

Two years on, after selling 300,000 CDs, Oakland rap group Flipsyde seeks local credentials and airplay with a new album.
East Bay Express  |  Rachel Swan  |  01-04-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

Public Enemy 2.0new

Chuck D's stunning live show with Flavor Flav is just another element of his ever-growing portfolio.
East Bay Express  |  David Downs  |  12-28-2006  |  Profiles & Interviews

Dodging Gnarls Berkeleynew

Both Honeycut and Gnarls Barkley make experimental pop that spans numerous genres, but in the end, Cee-Lo is a huge black Southern gangsta, and Bart Davenport is a skinny white East Bay folker.
East Bay Express  |  David Downs  |  12-21-2006  |  Profiles & Interviews

BARS Ruckus Blame Gamenew

One has to wonder: Is the hyphy movement too hyphy for its own good?
East Bay Express  |  Eric K. Arnold  |  12-14-2006  |  Music

Oakland's Merry Prankstersnew

What if Jim Henson and Ween spawned quadruplets? Meet Zoopy, the puppet-faced Oakland quartet.
East Bay Express  |  David Downs  |  12-14-2006  |  Profiles & Interviews

World Wide Headachenew

Halou's Albatross EP goes all-digital in a frustratingly analog world.
East Bay Express  |  David Downs  |  12-08-2006  |  Profiles & Interviews

Revenge of a 'King Dork'new

Veteran Oakland punker Frank Portman "overwhelmed" at news of Hollywood option for his sleeper hit novel.
East Bay Express  |  David Downs  |  12-08-2006  |  Music

'Something About God'new

Who would want to pass on the first competent female rapper to blow up without dropping her pants?
East Bay Express  |  David Downs  |  11-30-2006  |  Reviews

The Player and the Pilgrimnew

From an emcee past to an Islamic future -- what caused the transition of rapper Saafir?
East Bay Express  |  Rachel Swan  |  11-27-2006  |  Profiles & Interviews

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