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When I was living in Russia, I frequently came across the opinion that art made by women is inherently subpar. And not only art–there is a woeful tendency, even by educated people (including educated women, no less), to use the words “female” or “feminine” as an indelible stamp of lower quality–a stigma, in other words. [...]
Friday, May 4, 2012
Adam Yauch died today at the age of 47. One third of the Beastie Boys, Yauch is better known to his fans wordwide as MCA. Mike Diamond (Mike D), Adam Horowitz (Ad-Rock) and Yauch formed the Beastie Boys in New York in the late 1970s. The group first started as a hardcore band. At the [...]
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
The Mezzanine show on April 6 was the third time I saw the hip-hop duo dead prez. The first time was at a “solar-powered hip-hop concert” at the Yerba Buena Gardens, where a young man gave me a Communist party pamphlet during the show. That was no coincidence, since the name dead prez is synonymous [...]
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
“Short but sweet” would probably be the most apt description of Cults‘ performance at Slim’s last Thursday night—the band’s second of two straight San Francisco shows. Still riding the coattails of the positive reception earned from its self-titled 2011 debut, the Manhattan-based indie pop duo charmed the sold-out crowd with its agreeable blend of 1960s pop [...]
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
North Carolina’s Bowerbirds rolled through San Francisco last Friday evening, and the freak folk five-piece delivered a stellar performance at The Independent. The majority of the tracks that Bowerbirds performed were off its newest album, The Clearing. As we had previously noted, the album is a culmination of a very challenging last few years for [...]
Friday, April 6, 2012
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It’s another Friday, so that means another round-up of some of the top tour news that we think you should definitely know about. For you Coachella-goers that are headed to Indio, CA next week and/or the week after, take another look at our 5 Tips in Coachella Prepared-ness to make sure you are as prepared [...]
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Whoever was able to spare $40 for a ticket to either show at the Warfield on the 23rd or the 24th of March could say they witnessed a historic moment in punk rock history. Rancid and Cock Sparrer, two of the genre’s real gems from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, came together to give [...]
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
This week San Francisco gets a double dose of New York’s Cults. On April 4th Cults will headline the Great American Music Hall, and then take over Slim’s the following night on April 5th. The indie-rockers mainly consist of Brian Oblivion and Madeline Follin, but expand to a five-piece band for live shows. Cults first [...]
Friday, March 30, 2012
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Welcome back to eventseekr’s Best News Ever! Can you believe it’s already the end of March? 2012 is flying right on by. With the shift into April, that means Coachella is coming up fast. Real fast. Wristbands to the big party in Indio, CA have long since sold out. But honestly, if you’ve got the [...]
Friday, March 23, 2012
We’ve already told you a little bit about what’s happening this weekend in Miami and South Beach in our new Best Week Ever column, but we’d also like to highlight some interesting insights by San Francisco dance-music label and promoter Our House Records. The label, home to Realboy and Niteppl, has put together a pretty [...]
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