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Looking back on Noise Pop 2023’s hits and misses

John-Paul Shiver - March 15, 2023

The fest showcased a local scene beyond compare—however, there's always room for improvement.

Contest

Win a pair of tickets to see Los Amigos Invisibles!

48 Hills - March 14, 2023

The Venezuelan faves come to Sweetwater Music Hall on Friday, March 24

Art

Herb Greene’s ’60s Haight-Ashbury shots immortalize era, Grace Slick’s bird

Leticia Lopez - March 2, 2023

Legendary rock scene photographer's retrospective at Haight Street Art Center glittered with familiar faces.

Performance

Radio play ‘The Forever Wave’ imagines a climate-drowned SF of 2070

Marke B. - March 1, 2023

Writer Nicole Gluckstern and a diverse cast take to the airwaves to ask, What will emerge when our systems collapse?

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: ‘Headlands’ is a whodunnit steeped in SF nostalgia

Marke B. - February 23, 2023

Many authors have used tales of mystery to dissect society and the self. Agatha Christie took a scalpel to the British upper crust's hypocritical...

Music

30 years of wild Noise Pop nights and ‘talent beyond genre’

Joshua Rotter - February 21, 2023

Festival co-owner Jordan Kurland on filling the city with independent music and his favorite live moments

Onstage

Shifting gender: Kitka gives voice to a Balkan ‘sworn virgin’

Lou Fancher - February 19, 2023

The womens' vocal ensemble uses innovative techniques to tell a unique tale of ancient Eastern European social codes.

Music

3 new, deeply rooted sounds for Black History Month

John-Paul Shiver - February 19, 2023

Kelela, J.Rocc, and 180 Proof Records polish up sounds from gospel's heyday, '90s R&B, and Detroit jazz.

Music Review

With audience assist, the Grammys did right by hip-hop and (almost) Beyoncé

John-Paul Shiver - February 8, 2023

65th edition of the awards was actually good, celebrating global and essential roots forms.

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: OK, how about a Valentine’s dance and roller-disco block party?

Marke B. - February 8, 2023

Plus: SF Beer Week, Ritual of Myth Making, Black Choreographers Festival, Valentechno, Blackwater Holylight, more

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Looking back on Noise Pop 2023’s hits and misses

Win a pair of tickets to see Los Amigos Invisibles!

Herb Greene’s ’60s Haight-Ashbury shots immortalize era, Grace Slick’s bird

Radio play ‘The Forever Wave’ imagines a climate-drowned SF of 2070

Arts Forecast: ‘Headlands’ is a whodunnit steeped in SF nostalgia

30 years of wild Noise Pop nights and ‘talent beyond genre’

Shifting gender: Kitka gives voice to a Balkan ‘sworn virgin’

3 new, deeply rooted sounds for Black History Month

With audience assist, the Grammys did right by hip-hop and (almost) Beyoncé

Arts Forecast: OK, how about a Valentine’s dance and roller-disco block party?

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