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SF Station Blows It Up
Breakout star Katy Perry opened the Disco 2008 show at Mezzanine with a sharp voice and some great rhythms; even faced with crazed Blaqk Audio fans who didn’t move a muscle or even crack a smile for the first few songs of the set. With a great stage presence and a gleaming wit, this girl made even Audioheads dance a little… More
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Can you Kwassa Kwassa?
After two U.S. tours, sold out shows overseas and national media coverage, including write-ups in The New York Times and Rolling Stone, Vampire Weekend are final ready to release their self-titled debut album on January 29th. The Brooklyn-based indie quartet returns to San Francisco with its “Upper West Side Soweto” -- a style that has earned comparisons to Paul Simon’s album Graceland and other 80s rock-afropop fusions -- for a show at Popscene on January 31st. Bassist Cris Baio spoke with SF Station during a phone interview from Brooklyn. More
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Reincarnation
bacar’s latest incarnation, under chef Robbie Lewis (formerly of Boulevard, 42 Degrees, Chez Panisse and, mostly recently, Jardiničre) has been one of San Francisco's buzz food topics since mid-2007. We decided to revisit this SOMA foodie mainstay to see what's new. More
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The Best Shows for January
Welcome to the New Year! With the all the advances of the world wide interweb, it has been said that as our world incrementally increases its rate of information digestion, our ability to appreciate and experience life is gradually diminishing. Well ain’t that a kick in the head or at the very least a Facebook super poke? So where does that leave us? In the end, all we have are our personal songs of freedom, these become our redemption songs. So here are few of the great acts transmitting that live vibe across the city with real music made by real people that allows us to break out of our everyday cage and experience life live. More
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Keyboard Trio Perform in SF Before Winter Hibernation
After a year of extensive touring around the world, Brooklyn keyboard trio Au Revoir Simone return to San Francisco for one last performance before taking a break for the first half of 2008 to write and record their third album. Heather D’Angelo spoke with SF Station during a phone interview from Los Angeles, where she was vacationing with her boyfriend. More
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The Top of the Class
2007 was a year marked by rock geezer reunions (Van Halen, The Police, Led Zeppelin), pop starlet meltdowns (Britney Spears, Amy Winehouse), and general turmoil and strain as major record labels continued to suffer from massive loses caused by declining sales and an ancient business model. But among the chaos and despair, a few artists gave us a reason to stay plugged in and tuned out the almost overwhelming mediocrity. Here are our picks for the top of the class of 2007. More
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SF Station Blows It Up
Chi-Town hit San Francisco last Thursday night with Office and made Popscene dance. With glam infused rock that resembles ELO and Queen (without Mr. Mercury) but still with solid music and great hooks, their infectious sound made everyone around me sing. It was a great show. More
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Twisted, Bent & Confused…in a Good Way
Kapakahi formed two years ago in the Mission District of San Francisco. And as one band member noted, "you can hear a lot of SF in our playing. The music scene in San Francisco really lets new and different music thrive. We are also doing a lot more hip hop, which is huge in the Bay Area. I really think that SF is one of the only places that you could find the mixture of musicians and attitudes that it takes to make Kapakahi a successful band." More
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Released by Rough Traders, 12/04/07
Please forget the hype and just listen to the music -- this is what Geoff Travis and Jeanette Lee from Rough Traders said of The Libertines recently released "best of" album. Truer words have not been spoken. If you push Pete Doherty’s drug-induced, modelizing antics and media faux pas to the very back of your memory, the guy who looks like he has used up all of his nine lives puts on a stellar performance as Libertine front-man and proves that good British punk has a future. More
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Released on International Hits, 1/22/08
On her MySpace page, Anna Kramer’s music (which is sometimes a solo project, sometimes a collaboration) is described as a “frayed jangle and twang meets country and rock and roll,” and it’s claimed she “struts a distinctive rock walk that transcends the singer/songwriter ghetto.” All of these claims are true, though they are somewhat misleading. Yes, the sounds are at once rustic and contemporary, but unfortunately, no freshness is brought to the table with the combination. More
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