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Out of the Crate: When ‘Bitches Brew’ put us all on notice

John-Paul Shiver - August 19, 2020

Miles Davis entered Columbia Records Studio B in Manhattan on Tuesday, August 19, 1969—one day after the Woodstock Music festival ended. There, his explorations...

Music

New Music: Five great local artists to support

John-Paul Shiver - August 5, 2020

Local music platform Bandcamp will continue its special "Bandcamp Friday" series for the rest of the year, waiving its revenue share on all sales...

Music

Out of the Crate: The proper tools

John-Paul Shiver - July 29, 2020

Out of the Crate is our monthly column that takes a look into the fluid world of new vinyl releases, including reissues, compilations, and...

Music

10 artists centering Latinidad in the sound of the Bay today

Richard Villegas - July 28, 2020

For over 50 years, the Bay Area has been a crucial intersection of global music. Everything from psych rock to funk, hip hop, and...

Party Radar

Party Radar: Change finally comes to dance music

Marke B. - July 23, 2020

Superstar DJ The Black Madonna has changed her name to The Blessed Madonna. Beloved disco-house DJ Joey Negro has dropped his stage name and...

New Music: A classic Oneness of Juju re-release jolts consciousness

John-Paul Shiver - July 21, 2020

Witness the rhythmic agency of soundtracking a movement. Prudent is the beat that moves your feet and mind simultaneously, jolting up new pathways of...

Arts + Culture

Purpose in precarity: SF arts orgs share COVID-era gameplans

Caitlin Donohue - July 17, 2020

The COVID crisis has hit us all differently, and that variance certainly applies to local arts organizations. While the virus refuses to give a...

New Music: Compilation recalls the greatness of Om Records’ city synthesis

John-Paul Shiver - July 17, 2020

Better go grab yourself a burrito and Jarritos before you sit down to assess the money behind today's electronic music. According to the Ibiza...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: ’90s UK rave scene springs back to life in ‘Beats’

Dennis Harvey - June 26, 2020

The SF International Film Festival that wasn’t a couple months ago—one of COVID-19’s earliest cultural casualties—would have included a 20th-anniversary screening of Greg Harrison’s...

Culture

Score new music on Juneteenth—and support NAACP Legal Fund

John-Paul Shiver - June 17, 2020

Once again leaping to action when leaders, politicians, and other music platforms continually remain tone-deaf and tardy in response, Bandcamp will be donating 100...

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Out of the Crate: When ‘Bitches Brew’ put us all on notice

New Music: Five great local artists to support

Out of the Crate: The proper tools

10 artists centering Latinidad in the sound of the Bay today

Party Radar: Change finally comes to dance music

New Music: A classic Oneness of Juju re-release jolts consciousness

Purpose in precarity: SF arts orgs share COVID-era gameplans

New Music: Compilation recalls the greatness of Om Records’ city synthesis

Screen Grabs: ’90s UK rave scene springs back to life in ‘Beats’

Score new music on Juneteenth—and support NAACP Legal Fund

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