	Music Wale Hoping to Make History in D.C. By Matt Crawford (Jan 22, 2009) As Barack Obama makes history with his first term in the White House, D.C. rapper Wale is hoping to do the same. After lighting up the internet with a couple of free mixtapes that had many proclaiming him the "next best thing" in hip hop, the rapper is aiming to put his hometown on the map with his debut LP this spring. He’s already caught the attention of Jay Z, Lil Wayne and producer Mark Ronson, who helped him land a deal with Interscope Records through his Allido imprint label. Wale performs with his band at Mezzanine on January 31st. He spoke with SF Station during a phone interview from Washington the day after Obama’s inauguration. More
	Music Curumin Genre-Bending Brazilian Returns to SF By Matt Crawford (Jan 15, 2009) Brazilian multi-instrumentalist Curumin brings his eclectic mix of soul samba, funk and other genres back to U.S. soil this month with a tour that stops January 22nd at Slim’s, where he will be joined by label mates Blackalicious, Tommy Guerrero and Lateef. The São Paulo resident released his second album JapanPopShow with Bay Area record company Quannum Projects last year. More
	Music Sune Rose Wagner of The Raveonettes Birds of a Feather By Matt Crawford (Jan 9, 2009) The Raveonettes had a banner year in 2008: The duo’s third LP Lust Lust Lust was released in the U.S. with positive reviews across the board, Sharin Foo had a child, Sune Rose Wagner released his first solo album, and they both closed the year with a series of four EPs. The band greets 2009 with a brief tour before retreating to plot their next release. They stop in San Francisco for a show at Bimbo’s on January 23rd. Wagner spoke with SF Station during a phone interview from New York. More
	Music Fred Nicolaus of Department of Eagles The Eagle Has Landed By Matt Crawford (Jan 2, 2009) Like the thick fog that swallows San Francisco on winter mornings, In Ear Park, the second LP from New York duo Department of Eagles, is comforting and unsettling all at once. Recorded in a New York church, the album meanders from flowering guitar arrangements to light-footed folk stomp in a reverb-drenched haze. Fred Nicolaus, one half of the duo that includes Daniel Rossen (also a member of Grizzly Bear), spoke about the album and the band’s first extensive tour during a phone interview from Manhattan. The band performs at Café du Nord on January 25th. More
	Music The Best Albums of 2008 The Top of the Class By SFS Staff (Dec 26, 2008) The Bay Area was a good place to be for music fans in 2008. San Francisco was ripe with high-profile music festivals and a nearly endless stream of quality performances at local venues. Outside Lands made history with three days of music in Golden Gate Park, and the Treasure Island Music Festival came of age in its second year with a lineup that couldn’t be topped. Nationally, there was also no shortage of music as bands jumped from obscurity to international stardom in a matter of months (see: Vampire Weekend, MGMT, etc.). Here are our music writers' picks for the class of 2008: More
	Music Adam Stephens of Two Gallants Two Native Sons By Matt Crawford (Dec 19, 2008) San Francisco’s native sons Two Gallants will share their last performance of the year -- and likely their last show together for several months -- with local fans on December 26th at The Fillmore. After recording and touring behind their self-titled third LP, released September 2007 on Conor Oberst’s Saddle Creek label, the duo is ready for a break to work on other projects, according to singer/guitarist Adam Stephens, who spoke with SF Station during a phone interview. More
	Music Eric Frederic of Wallpaper Goin’ Big With Mr. Ricky Reed By Matt Crawford (Dec 12, 2008) Armed with a gold dookie chain and an 80s thrift store wardrobe, those nifty sunglasses with the green arm bands that you see everywhere these days, and vicious auto-tune vocals, Wallpaper’s Eric Frederic embodies the 'me generation' with his alter ego Ricky Reed. The singer doesn’t start the party with jams about going big on the weekends and textual romance -- he is the party. Frederic spoke with SF Station during a break from working on the Bay Area-based group’s debut LP, which he says will build off of the electro funk of the recent T Rex EP, with a more expansive, band-oriented sound. More
	Music Luiza Sa of CSS Do Your Little Dance on the Catwalk By Matt Crawford (Dec 8, 2008) If CSS doesn’t make you dance, you might need to see a doctor. The band from Sao Paulo has been doing laps around the globe nearly nonstop since its 2006 debut on Sup Pop. It stops in San Francisco in support of its second LP on the label Donkey for a Show at Bimbo’s on December 12th. Luiza Sa (guitar/keyboards) spoke with SF Station during a phone interview from London between the European and Japanese legs of the tour. More
	Music The 12 Nights of Christmas Many Gays a Singin’, a Vampire Weekend and George Clinton Brings in 2009 By Matt Crawford (Dec 5, 2008) Christmas is almost here. It’s cold and dreary and the economy sucks. Not the best combination for peace and happiness, right? But there’s at least one silver lining for the Bay Area holiday season: an end-of-year concert lineup that offers plenty of opportunity for at least a few hours of holiday cheer. Check out the highlights. More
	Music Sebastien Tellier Let’s Talk About Sex By Matt Crawford (Nov 28, 2008) Sebastien Tellier could very well be France’s new sexual ambassador to the United States. For his third LP Sexuality, the Parisian enlisted Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, one half of Daft Punk, for production help and a willing girlfriend to provide the requisite moans over his musical interpretation of sexual bliss. Tellier spoke with SF Station during a phone interview from his Los Angeles hotel on a rainy morning before starting his North American tour. He performs at Mezzanine on December 4th. More

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