Stories about 1015 Folsom
New Music: Kamaal Williams’ latest showcases London jazz agility
Kamaal Williams rolled through San Francisco last December for a whirlybird DJ set at 1015 Folsom in support of the latest edition of his DJ-Kicks album series. Yes, he's...
Techno-arts fest Mutek.SF recreates a trippy rave blueprint online
Last year's iteration of MUTEK.SF, the off-shoot of the the original MUTEK festival—an event dedicated to electronic music and the digital arts that began 20 years ago in Montreal—was...
Arts Forecast: We can do this!
We may be going through tough times, but we're still producing the art, music, culture, deep inquiry, and joy that continue to sustain us. It feels like organizations are...
Kamaal Williams brings London’s nightlife jazz explosion to SF
When the South London artist Kamaal Williams, aka Henry Wu, comes to 1015 Folsom on Fri/13 (with Jazzy Jeff as part of the Motown on Mondays 10th anniversary), expect his DJ...
Goldie returns to revive SF’s golden age of drum and bass
If the early 1990s are regarded as the golden age of European techno, a theory recently put forth by British electronic music royalty Kirk Degiorgio, for San Francisco in...
Arts Forecast: Day of the Dead in the City of Souls
Ready to shed the rotting pumpkin skin of Halloween and sniff the sweet spice of the afterlife? OK that question is a lot, but after this year's All Hallow's...
Party Radar: A monster mash of Halloween bashes
While hardly as wild as it used to be, Halloween is still a hoot in this devilish town. Let us never forget the  year (1982) when the Bay Guardian...
Techno legend Doc Martin drops in for 1015’s 30th anniversary
For decades now, legendary house DJ, remix master, and Sublevel label head Doc Martin (spinning Fri/11 at 1015 Folsom) has wielded his unique mix of deep house, funky...
Party Radar: ULTIMATE PRIDE GUIDE 2019
PRIDE Heeeeeeey, Happy GIANT PRODE, everybody! Party Radar's been on a wee hiatus while I finish this crazy book, sorry. I miss getting nuts on the dance floor and/or...
A stellar Mutek.SF refreshed spirits weary of tech’s cynical slide
We descended on last weekend's MUTEK San Francisco festival drifting through a massive digital space station, orbiting weightless above a radiant earth, which soon dissolved, revealing something underneath: structures even more...
