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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

Kaskade Still Commands Big Room Housenew

From the rich gospel singing of the first track, Axwell's "I Found You," and the piano arrangements of Joslyn's "Funk 2 Night," the affable producer delivers mainstream house at its most radio-friendly — and that's a good thing

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Peter Nicholson | 08-29-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Bring the Night, Kaskade

Sorcerer Shows His Magicnew

The 11 tracks feature fluorescent glimmers and surprising melodic nuances signal a major album-of-the-year contender at a time when such claims aren't just Baby New Year gibberish.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Johnny Ray Huston | 08-29-2007 | Reviews

Tags: White Magic, Sorcerer

Liars Release Most Approachable Album Yetnew

Liars may be the group's first disc on which the disparate elements that have defined their sound are allowed to gel.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Sean Manning | 08-29-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Liars

Dead C Still Roars and Shrieksnew

The five-song disc's hourlong listen sounds like one colossal field recording, as if the band flipped on the studio mics and went to town without a thought of composition or substance in mind.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Chris Sabbath | 08-29-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Dead C, Future Artists

'Love is the Song We Sing': All San Fran Includednew

The four-disc box features just about every musician around for the Summer of Love, plus pieces by Rock Scully, Ben Fong-Torres, and others.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | J. H. Tomkins | 08-29-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Various Artists, Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970

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

Tags: Oakland Art and Soul Festival

The Chromatics: Between Post-Punk and Italo Disconew

Italians Do It Better, a Troubleman Unlimited subimprint, and lo-fi producer extraordinaire and Chromatics and Glass Candy keyboardist Johnny Jewel are responsible for exposing disco's newest incarnation.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Fred Miketa | 08-29-2007 | Concerts

Tags: The Chromatics, concerts