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Lou Barlow Brace The Wave (Joyful Noise) I can’t deny it (nor would I want to): I am a Lou Barlow fan. To date, there hasn’t been a musical project of which he was a part that I haven’t loved; Sebadoh, Sentridoh, Dinosaur Jr., Folk Implosion and the...

Neil Young and Bluenote Cafe Bluenote Cafe 2CD (Reprise/Warner) Many things could be said for and about Neil Young but, without a doubt, that he was never brash enough to follow a questionable artistic lede through to its conclusion is not one of them. One of the best...

By Jim Harrington [email protected] Van Morrison seemed intent on proving a point. It began when he first took the stage on Monday night at the Fox Theater, promptly — as is his wont — at the scheduled set time of 8 p.m. His first notes of...

Shout-outs to the First Church of the Sacred Silversexual, San Francisco, Reverent Father Lysol Tony-Romeo, Peter… Posted by Lysol Tony-Romeo on Friday, January 15, 2016 REMEMBERING BOWIE (The following is the complete text of the San Francisco Chronicle...

Sting and Peter Gabriel are doing something new and exciting, they are joining forces this summer for a month long co-headlining tour of North America titled The Rock Paper Scissors Tour. Instead of just performing their own songs, they will also explore each...

Earlier this month, Explosions in the Sky announced The Wilderness, their first studio album since 2011’s Take Care, Take Care, Take Care. Today, they’ve announced a tour in support of the album that includes dates in the U.S. and in Europe....

New article from our Finnish Correspondent, Suvi Jyrinki This time I´d like to go a little step further representing bands from my country and chose one from probably the craziest part of Finnish metal. I discovered Kotiteollisuus for the very first time, when I was...

The Flaming Lips Heady Nuggs 1994-1997 – 20 Years After Clouds Taste Metallic (Warner Brothers Records) As most fans know, The Flaming Lips had already gone through a few semi-seamless transitions by the time they were ready to begin making Clouds Taste Metallic....

Live at the Fillmore San Francisco, CA Friday, January 14, 2016 Review by Ted Silverman On Friday night, January 14, I headed over to the Fillmore from my house in the hills of San Francisco in order to attend the 50th Anniversary of Bill Graham Presents and the 85th...

A critical evaluation of Feminist Theory from Margin to Center by Bell Hooks. Without knowing the context in which Feminist Theory was written, it’s hard to distinguish whether it was written as a response to feminism today or thirty years ago – but that...