Reviews

Britney Spears’s eighth studio album Britney Jean was available on iTunes for streaming this past week, just before its official December 3rd release date. And although some may dismiss her as a pop queen of ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa8v7VsH0IM Black Joe Lewis is having a party, and he wants you to come. The Austin-based musician and his backing band are bringing their funky brand of blues rock to the Bay at...

There are far too many DJs in this world, but DJ Rashad's Double Cup is worth sharing, doubly much. The Chicago-based producer has just released his second album on London's Hyperdub, the dubstep label resp...

English instrumental rockers 65daysofstatic are a bit shy, but their sound certainly isn’t. Last Thursday at San Francisco’s Bottom of the Hill, the quartet played a sold out show with Massachusetts-bas...

If you’ve heard of Death Grips by now, there’s likely one thing about them you’ve realized: beyond a shadow of a doubt, they don’t really give a fuck—about anything. They want you to know this. In ...

Every once in a while, a gem of an album appears out of thin air and encapsulates the space around you. Through its brutal honesty, time freezes and enables you to empty your mind in a vacuum of wonder. You b...

Even if you’re not an everyday fan of the almighty Slim Shady, you might want to take a moment to indulge in a new spin on the Marshall Mathers experience. The sequel to Eminem’s third studio effort and h...

Since moving to the Bay Area several months ago, I’ve really come to appreciate the musical diversity here. Between the sold-out rap concerts, symphony orchestras, and conceptual listening projects, there is ...

A salsa club other nights of the week, Los Globos in Los Angeles became the church of label Hessle Audio on a Thursday night in late September on behalf of the venue and its partner bar, The Melt. The easy, bl...

Photo by Marc Lecureuil/Getty Images Haven’t heard of Jake Bugg? Well, it’s time to give him a listen. This British indie singer-songwriter busted onto the music scene in 2011, making his debut on BBC�...

Wayne Coyne from The Flaming Lips dressed as "Carrie" for Halloween. Halfway through his set last Thursday, Flaming Lips front man Wayne Coyne declared it was “the greatest Halloween party San Francisco had...

Gov’t Mule’s newest album Shout, was released September 24. While this is Gov’t Mule’s first release in four years, Shout continually delivers the sultry sizzle of Southern-inspired rock.In the past, Go...

Flatbush Zombies. Photo by Loren Wohl Tuesdays are rough for me. I have class pretty much straight from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. So when I stumbled off the bus in Oakland October 29, I was wondering if I’d be a...

Psychedelic funk-rock, blue-house and lo-fi kaleidescopism (and any other vague hyphenation, for that matter), cannot even begin to characterize Darkside’s new release.Following their midsummer re-work of D...

On October 23rd, just two days after his engagement to girlfriend Kim Kardashian, Kanye West performed the third concert of his Yeezus Tour at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California. The tour comes several mon...