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Which Noise Pop show is right for you?
It’s all about choice, people. Noise Pop is a well-oiled festival machine at this point — now in its 21st year — cranking out dozens of concerts, nightlife happenings, film screenings, culture club...
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Gary Numan: dark music done right at the Oakland Metro
Gary Numan, a study in restraint.PHOTO BY TAYLOR KAPLAN.From Metallica to This Mortal Coil, there's a sense of canned melodrama about most "dark" music that I've long found goofy and unconvincing. On...
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Heads Up: 7 must-see concerts this week
The Coup is ready.PHOTO BY TODD COOPER.This week’s must-sees include a riot grrl legend with a shiny new project, a crew of gritty Brooklyn punks, an Oakland music fest (the Oakland Music Festival), a...
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An evening with Herbie Hancock and Nancy Pelosi at the SFJAZZ Gala
Herbie Hancock with the SFJAZZ Collective, Fri/16.ALL PHOTOS BY SCOTT CHERNISBy Micah DubreuilIf you were driving down Fell street last Friday, you might have come upon an unexpected detour. This would...
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LA siren BANKS enchants The Independent
BANKS at The Independent, Wed/28.ALL PHOTOS BY LAURA B. CHILDSOn Wednesday night at The Independent, a sold-out crowd anxiously awaits the mysterious creature known as BANKS. Cloaked in layers of black...
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Middle fingers to the sky, Lady Gaga takes San Jose for an artRAVEy ride
Lady Gaga, being Lady Gaga.There are a lot of critiques that I can make about Lady Gaga’s Tuesday night performance in San Jose — the sports arena acoustics, the horrifically boring opening acts, the...
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Happy Hour: The week in music
Sharon Van Etten at The Chapel July 29.GETTY FOR PANDORAHappy Friday, friends, and welcome to August. We're only about a month away from summer weather!As happy hour draws closer, here's a look back at...
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Viracocha is legit! Here are five things from the past five years that we...
Ezza Rose performs at Viracocha in less-legal times.PHOTO BY PETE LEEAs you may have heard by now, Viracocha— everyone's favorite Never-Never Land of a music venue/spoken word performance...
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Live shots: Beck christens the new Masonic
Beck at the new Masonic, Fri/19.ALL PHOTOS BY ERIN CONGERIt's not often that you get to see a new venue on opening night — so yeah, even if Beck hadn't been part of the deal, we would've been stoked to...
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