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NOISE: Ka-Chingy! For free, actually

10.10.06 - 2:35 pm | Music Blogger |

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Who doesn't love free music? Read more »

The biggest star in the world!

10.10.06 - 7:50 am | Johnny Ray Huston |

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Check out Ron Dorfman and Peter Nevard's 1970 documentary Groupies, a fave amongst employees at at least one adventurous record shop that ain't afraid of soul.

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Back from Berlin...

10.10.06 - 5:03 am | sfbg |

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By Mirissa Neff

In the midst of excursions to NYC, Reykjavik and Paris I spent last week in Berlin... here are some posts from the experience:

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Generally Berlin reminds me a lot of SF/Oakland... the thrift-store aesthetic, the experimental vibe, people are very willing to go out on artistic limbs here. The city is quite sprawling and real estate is cheap... e.g., anyone with a creative idea can afford to set up a storefront. This doesn't mean that they will be successful... things seems to be in constant renewal. Read more »

NOISE: Last Alcoholocaust at Golden Bull?

10.08.06 - 4:54 pm | Music Blogger |

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Tonight's your last chance to catch hard rock courtesy of Alcoholocaust at the Golden Bull, 412 14th St., Oakland. Scott Alcoholocaust is throwing a last shindig before the joint closes Tuesday, Oct. 10. Alas - and it was so fun last night, dancing to Jay-Z and Michael Jackson in the shadows. Tonight, Oct. 8, the last Alcky show at GB includes Decry, La Plebe, Infect, Troublemaker, and Snatch and the Fingers. 7 p.m. $7. Rock it and weep.

Weekend clupdate: Sorry Mona!

10.04.06 - 11:58 am | Marke B. |

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I'm a bad clubkid -- I was supposed to pump my girl Monastat's Tuesday Trannyshack island birthday extravaganza, but with all the horridly yummy Mark Foley scandal unfolding, I plum forgot. Sorry Mona -- don't scratch my eyes out! Luckily, I heard it was packed and peeps loved it. Mona rules (she's everywhere these days) -- and you better watch out for her ...

Happy birthday lady!!! Read more »

NOISE: BENEFIT

10.02.06 - 3:58 pm | Music Blogger |

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Hey friends,
We're playing a show at thee Parkside this Wednesday to help raise funds for Bordertown Skate Park. In case you're unfamiliar with the park and its story, it started in '04 with local skaters pouring concrete under the 580 in West Oakland and is now a fully legit nonprofit organization. It's on it's way to becoming a truly epic park has been a hugely positive influence on the community, but they need help to see it through.

We'll be joined by Clay Wheels and River of Rust, so, yeah, we're keepin' it real with a full-on skate rock bill. Hope you can join us. Read more »

NOISE: Kingdom come

09.28.06 - 2:33 pm | Music Blogger |

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Oh, the places we'll go, the shows we'll see, the drinks that will send us under tables at all the finest dive bars in the Bay Area. Read more »

Talking with Girl Talk

09.26.06 - 11:05 am | Johnny Ray Huston |

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Gregg Gillis, aka Girl Talk, is coming to SF in November. In conjunction with this week's cover stories on audiovisual hijacking, I recently had a phone conversation with him that included a mention of CeCe Peniston. Read more »

NOISE: Oh boy, Junior Boys

09.25.06 - 2:13 pm | Music Blogger |

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Bay Guardian contributor Chris Sabbath recently talked to Junior Boys in anticipation of their Sept. 26 show at Bottom of the Hill.

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So This Is Goodbye (Domino), the new album from Jeremy Greenspan and Matt Didemus of the Junior Boys, finds the duo getting their signature blend of seductive pop and bubbling electronica that started on 2004’s Last Exit (Domino) down to a science. Read more »

NOISE: Winning Tortoise

09.20.06 - 9:01 pm | sfbg |

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Guardian contributor Chris Sabbath weighs in on the recent Tortoise show on Sept. 14 at Great American Music Hall:

Being a late bloomer in the whole Chicago post-rock department, I didn’t actually get around to hearing Tortoise’s eclectic jazz-prog-electronic post-whatevers until my early 20s. That being said, I went Thrill Jockey crazy for a summer -- endlessly stockpiling my college apartment with albums by such label staples as Mouse on Mars, Trains Am, and Oval. Read more »