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Music

Local Listen: The rise of Xyla—and even more new Bay sounds to defy October’s gloom

John-Paul Shiver - October 20, 2020

Sunset-based Xyla explores footwork, R&B, club, and orchestral music, while Eki Shola and Yehu Salah tap the head-nod chakra in their new track "Jubilee."

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: New films storm the barricades, in myriad ways

Dennis Harvey - October 8, 2020

New movies embody the spirit of activism—and different spirits, too. Plus: American Indian and Filipino flicks, and a Woody Allen stinker.

Nightlife

Club mogul accused of vigilante homeless sweep says he did nothing wrong

Marke B. - September 23, 2020

Peter Glikshtern says he called private trash crew to encampment, insists he was justified by city inaction.

News + Politics

RIP, the Notorious RBG

Rebecca Young - September 21, 2020

How one woman, one petite woman with a mighty intellect and a grit true to her Brooklyn roots, became not just a role model, but a revered symbol of the struggle for women’s equality.

Music

All Ears: 25 new albums for fall survival

John-Paul Shiver - September 10, 2020

From Sade and Róisín Murphy to Hot Chip and the Flaming Lips, here are the sounds you'll need to keep your own world spinning.

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...

Out of the Crate: Revolutionary records to spin you into summer

John-Paul Shiver - July 6, 2020

With this past weekend, summer's officially here—and while that may not mean dancing in the streets, you can certainly use some new protest and...

Party Radar

ULTIMATE PRIDE GUIDE 2020: The protests, the parties (online), the poignant posters

Marke B. - June 25, 2020

I've stayed in all Pride Week so far—and I'm already exhausted! Well, I was, until putting together this list of recommendations. Most of them...

Boy bands to bomba: Fresh Meat Fest shines with trans & queer performance

Marke B. - June 15, 2020

I'm writing this as I'm taking in the Supreme Court decision that people cannot be legally fired for being LGBTQ, a momentous act that...

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: How Weird (that everything is virtual now)

Marke B. - April 30, 2020

As we move farther toward festival season, it's really dawning that our hugest events will take place on our screens. It's not like we...

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