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Under the Stars: Ron Trent convenes boogie royalty for ‘Lift Off’

Plus: A Juneteenth punk party? Third annual Bliss Fest at Presidio Theatre? Plan accordingly.
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Feeling bleak, yet dance-y this Pride? Consider gloomy june your parade marshals

Local band celebrates release of debut album at El Rio's Queer Emo Night.
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Remembering Sly Stone: Unreleased album to provide mourners with time capsule of genius

'The First Family: Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967' shows what we've lost.
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Under the Stars: gyrofield’s drill-adjacent punch is legit

Ali Shaheed Muhammad gets in his bag, musical folklorist Ben Lamar Gay connects to ancestors—and Dead and Co. line up three nights in GGP.
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Review: Laraaji and Prekop emerged from phaser clouds at Grace Cathedral

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Two new age greats lock in—could a collab be upcoming?
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Live Shots: Over 60 open-air SF Porchfest acts dispelled the June gloom

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Personable flute, Jolie Holland-reminiscent vocals, and tight-knit punkabilly made for quite the Mission District afternoon.
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Win a pair of tickets to see Grace Jones this Friday

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See the legend in all her fierce glory, this Fri/13 at Blue Note Napa!
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Win tickets to Nekrogoblikon, Anuhea, Silversun Pickups

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We're teaming up with some of SF's best music venues to get you to some shows. Here's how to enter.
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Tune-Yards’ ticket sales support East Bay houselessness pub ‘Street Spirit’

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Duo's kaleidoscopic new album is called 'Better Dreaming'—quite the imperative.
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Under the Stars: With Tiny Desk triumph, hometown hip-hop hero Ruby Ibarra returns

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Plus: Mourning [A] BLKstar refuses to let Black music be boxed in, Destroy Boys get their national shine.
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Win a pair of tickets for Röyksopp, Indo Warehouse, Ministry

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Enter to see a show at one of SF's premiere venues.
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Under the Stars: What is San Francisco cool in 2025? Mae Powell’s language of love

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Plus: An early warning for Pachyman and MNDSGN's October linkup and Deltron's July trip down memory lane.
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Live Shots: Lauren Mayberry’s pop power glinted at The Fillmore

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CHVRCHES frontperson was back in full force after illness delayed her solo debut at the venue.
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Portraits of Past has risen—or perhaps the Bay Area hardcore act never truly died?

Joshua Rotter -
An unlikely tale that rages from Half Moon Bay and Gilman Street to the Lower East Side's grimy dance floors.
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Arts + Culture

Raven’s R&B science fiction evokes a San Francisco that still could be

Leah Isobel -
Album 'Gnosis' calls upon our shared memories of dance floors past.
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Live Shots: Woe to those who missed Matt Berninger’s introspective solo set at Bimbo’s

Jon Bauer and Patty Riek -
The National frontman seemed to loose a more brooding—yet grateful—side.
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Under the Stars: Madison McFerrin brings free soul back to SF, alongside The Seshen

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Plus: Space Ghost and Teddy Bryant's R&B magic provides positivity, Bowie hits the symphony, a B-52's throwback, and more.
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Review: A masterful James Taylor invoked familial love at Frost Amphitheater

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Delivering his greatest hits alongside Carole King and Marvin Gaye covers, it was clear: the singer still has chops.
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Win a pair of tickets to Underworld | Your Neighbors | Grace VanderWaal 

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