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How Trikont is Saving the World, One Compilation at a Time

San Francisco Bay Guardian | September 22, 2009

It's safe to say that Achim Bergmann of Trikont, Germany's oldest independent record label, has an affinity for the underdog. The label's eclectic catalog has been transcending language boundaries and international borders long before "world music" became a Billboard buzzword.

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Tags: Trikont, Achim Bergmann, independent record labels, music industry

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Joyous Bluesnew

New doc spotlights the musical wanderings of Arhoolie Records founder Chris Strachwitz.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Nicole Gluckstern | 09-22-2014 | Profiles & Interviews

Bee True: the documentaries of Berlin and Beyondnew

Three German-language documentaries (More Than Honey, Miles and War, and Redemption Impossible) stand out in San Francisco's annual Berlin and Beyond film festival.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Nicole Gluckstern | 01-17-2014 | Movies

Tags: Austrian film, Berlin and Beyond, German film, German-language film, Marcus Imhoof, Anna Thoma, Christian Rost, Claus Strigel, More Than Honey, Miles and War, Redeption Impossible, Swiss film

Divining the Entrailsnew

Two new Last Gasp Books releases (The Drawings of Laurie Lipton and Incurable Disease) explore the unsettling art of Laurie Lipton and Elizabeth McGrath.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Nicole Gluckstern | 01-17-2014 | Books

Tags: pop art, art, Incurable Disease, Last Gasp Books, Laurie Lipton, Elizabeth McGrath, line drawings, The Drawings of Laurie Lipton

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Hear Me Howling!new

Arhoolie Records looks forward by preserving the past.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Nicole Gluckstern | 05-31-2011 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Frontera collection, Guillermo Hernandez, Antonio Cuellar, Arhoolie Records, Chris Strachwitz

Laura Veirs Gets Excited for Summernew

Classic finger-picking and Laura Veirs' girly vocals characterize the feather-light songs she's written about sweet summer days on her seventh album, July Flame.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Amber Schadewald | 03-10-2010 | Reviews

Tags: July Flame, laura veirs

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

Who the Hell is Esinchill?new

East Oakland's best kept hip-hop secret finally gets a deal -- will he get the respect he deserves?

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Garrett Caples | 10-21-2009 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Esinchill, hip-hop

The Mantles Keep it in the Family and Create a Cali Pop Classicnew

Fueled by friendship and romance, the Mantles are relaxed enough to enjoy absurdity, whether it arrives in the form of a shirtless dude in a Yoda mask or entails playing the role of "psychedelic band" and "mid-tempo downer" at a sweltering garage rock party where people are doing cannonballs into a pool.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Johnny Ray Huston | 09-16-2009 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: The Mantles, indie pop

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