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An SF Band That Likes To Fuck Around
The Fucking Ocean should be easy to sum up in a quick paragraph, but the San Francisco-based band is kind of complicated -- in a homegrown, post-punk, work-all-day-rock-all-night kind of way, of course. Two members of the current three-member lineup -- Marcella Gries and Matt Swagler -- live in the Bay Area while John Nguyen resides on the East Coast. More
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SF Station Blows It Up
Australian rockers Silverchair played a very sold-out show at The Independent last Sunday night. It surprised me how dedicated all of the fans were; some showed up as early as 8am to reserve a good spot. Daniel and the boys blew me away performing some amazing metal sounding songs, which is a refreshing change from their usual radio-friendly singles. More
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Good Excuse North America Tour
Call him what you will -- musician, advocate, educator, guru, family man -- John Butler and the rest of his Trio are taking the roots music genre to a whole new level. Touted as revolutionary in effortlessly blending blues, jazz, rock, reggae and soul, John Butler spoke to SF Station about his US tour and what he’d like the fans to take away from each concert. More
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Released by Tomlab, 10/23/07
The first question that comes to mind when you open this CD is “Who the heck is David Shrigley?” The second is “How did he get so many famous friends?” Folks like Deerhoof, David Byrne, Franz Ferdinand, R. Stevie Moore, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone and dozens of other musicians and bands contribute music for the lyrics that Shrigley has written. More
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Released on Columbia Records, 10/30/07
Even at a glance, Bob Dylan will mean different things to different people. This seems to be the theme of the new Dylan film, I'm Not There. In the film, which was co-written and directed by Todd Haynes, six actors play different Dylan identities. Those actors include Richard Gere, Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Cate Blanchett, and others. More
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Released on Columbia/Red Ink Records, 10/16/07
It’s Not How Far You Fall, It’s The Way You Land is like a delicious, bottomless mudslide of the finest blend of elixirs that even the devout can’t renounce or get enough of. So wouldn’t that make British production rascals, Rich Machin and Ian Glover your relentless Soulsavers? More
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SF Station Blows It Up
Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals hit Oakland’s Paramount Theater to promote Lifeline their new album to a sold out crowd. As always, with amazing guitar riffs and a beautiful voice, Mr. Harper and the boys drove the crowd to get out of their seats and dance, dance, dance. More
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By the Beat of Their Strum
With a sparse arrangement of three stringed acoustic instruments, The Devil Makes Three channel bluegrass, folk and country styles of yesteryear with narratives about whiskey, heartache and bloodshed, among other topics. The trio, that formed in Santa Cruz in the early ’00s after childhood friends Pete Bernard (guitar, banjo, harmonica) and Cooper McBean (guitar, banjo, musical saw) linked with aspiring standup bassist Lucia Turnio, returns to San Francisco to celebrate the re-release of the self-titled debut that was originally released in 2002. More
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SF Station Blows It Up
The 3rd Annual Icer Air graced AT&T ballpark and brought the mayhem that is the Big Air Ski and Snowboard competition. With lots of things to watch like BMX, FMX, Skate and Vert races plus amazing ski and snowboard jumps as well as the Likes of TJ Schiller, Simon Dumont, Andreas Wiig and the winners Jon Olsson and Travis Rice this was hell of a day and the cherry on top was amazing performances from Talib Kweli, Mos Def and The Dirty Heads. More
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Folksy for the Folks -- at Great American Music Hall
Both Loudon Wainwright III and The Roches (the co-headliners) make the kind of music that will make your folks want to get out the folding lawn chairs, don straw hats and attend an expensive music festival. Or, put another way, if you are the folks, your kids would probably jam pens into their eardrums before they’d accompany you to this show without at least a wig and a pair of large sunglasses. Bottom line: Wainwright and The Roches represent foagie folk music at its finest. You either really do not want to miss this -- or you really do. More
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