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Before Outside Lands: death and train-tripping with Wavves
Wavves chills out.PHOTO BY CAT ROIF.As we collectively await Outside Lands 2013 (August 9-11, Golden Gate Park) and attempt to enjoy summer -- the sun’s actually here, in the city! -- I decided to get...
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Q&A: Dita Von Teese on gaining sexual confidence, creating beauty on her own...
Dita Von Teese is headed this way.PHOTO BY SCOTT NATHAN.She is classy, beautiful, and sexually poised. She’s seductive, creative, and ambitious. She is world-famous burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese, and...
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Before Outside Lands: Youth Lagoon on Art Garfunkel, the spiritual...
Youth Lagoon in nature.Youth Lagoon, the aloof youth that is Trevor Powers, has explored new land in latest album Wondrous Bughouse (Fat Possum). Revealing, yet withholding, the album proved his...
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Lia Rose lets go on new album ‘Bricks and Bones’
The local singer-songwriter is gentle, but she will bite.PHOTO BY RIKI FELDMANNBay Area country-folk artist Lia Rose is a ball of sunshine both on stage and off. But if you listened to her songs, you’d...
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Before Outside Lands: the Easy Leaves prep for summer fests, hope to catch...
The Easy Leaves in their natural environment.PHOTO MY MIKE SHERWOOD.Kevin Carducci and Sage Fifield of the Easy Leaves really are pretty easy-going. But take away their opportunity to do what they love...
View ArticleVideo Q&A: Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown
Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown are tearing up the stage, and people are taking notice. The Nashville-based country and blues-rock group released its well-crafted, guitar-heavy, debut album Wild Child...
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Before Outside Lands: Midi Matilda on its favorite live shows and OSL fantasies
Midi Matilda is not quite a DJ duo, not entirely a live band.DOVE SHORE.San Francisco based duo Midi Matilda has managed to worm its way into a corner of electro-pop music that is highly accessible. As...
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Pre-park quickies
Spitballing with Outside Lands artistsWaavesCAT ROIFarts@sfbg.comMUSIC Unless you've been living under a gemstone, you know that Outside Lands is this weekend, Fri/9-Sun/11 in Golden Gate Park...
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Celebrating food (and the food biz) at La Cocina's Food and Entrepreneurship...
La Cocina— known for its ability to break down cultural barriers through food and for aiding low-income food entrepreneurs in their journey to sustainability — drew many fresh faces to its fourth...
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The Moondoggies croon sweetly at Brick and Mortar Music Hall
Moondoggies at Brick and Mortar Music Hall.PHOTO BY HILLARY SMITH.I've yet to be disappointed with a Brick and Mortar show, and the Moondoggies concert was no exception. When the Seattle rockers came...
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