January 31st, 2007 07:44pm
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Bay Area concerts sell out way too fast. We all know this. It’s a given when a region packed with over 7 million people tries to cram into intimate venues like the Fillmore (1250), or better yet the Phoenix Theater (911) or the Bottom of the Hill (275) or Studio E (100).
Shows sell out in minutes. That’s never gonna change. But if you have no idea your favorite band is …
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January 30th, 2007 06:25pm
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Take a listen to Only Crime’s latest release, “Virulence,” and you won’t be disappointed.
It won’t blow you away. It’s one of those middle-of-the-road punk releases that comes and goes in a furious blur, but hardly leaves a stain.
The repetitive chant “Your words are not my life!” breaks up the opening song “Take Me” and hints at more political venom to come. But, unlike singer Russ Rankin’s other band, Good Riddance, …
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January 26th, 2007 06:32pm
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“I’m glad to be out of the car sales business once and for all,” Tom Waits said this week after settling a lawsuit with Adam Opel AG and a German advertising agency. The bone of contention: a round of dreamy car commercials that featured a raspy lullaby singer who sounded exactly like him.
You be the judge: Click here to see one of the Opel ads.
It’s not the first time, and …
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January 24th, 2007 09:04pm
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The last time the Chippendales flossed their way through town, I chatted up a few diehard fans. Women who traveled far and wide for the beefcake. Women who’d barely survived an on-stage lap dance or two. Women who remembered every word of every phrase whispered in their ear throughout the night.
I even tried to taunt Last Day Saloon owner Dave Daher for booking the calendar boys at least twice a …
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January 23rd, 2007 07:24pm
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Maybe it’s a total coincidence. Maybe Coachella founder Paul Tollett has a daughter with the same name. Maybe it’s true: You don’t have to sell your body to the night.
But for whatever reason, the pre-sale Coachella password is “Roxanne.”
No, the Police are not in the lineup (see below). Yes, a reunion has been rumored for ages.
Tix for the April 27-29 desert festival – easily one of the best in the …
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January 23rd, 2007 06:13pm
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Josh Staples loves his wife. Very much. So much, he wants to tell you all about it.
“Sara Sanger you’ve sang/My one true siren’s song/You saved my life” he sings on “The Life of the Infidel Comes Crashing Down” on The New Trust’s first full-length, “Dark is the Path Which Lies Before Us,” due out today.
It sounds lame. It’s not. At all.
It’s just damn good music. Sanger happens to be in …
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January 20th, 2007 04:36pm
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As obtuse and noise-arty as they wanna be, Deerhoof is easily one of the most widely name-dropped (and exportable) Bay Area bands at the moment. They opened for Radiohead at the Greek last summer. They turned heads at the CMJ marathon in New York. A quick tour with the Flaming Lips took them across the UK (witness pix of them playing with massive Lips props).
Whether you dig the Deerhoof sound …
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January 20th, 2007 04:04am
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Three hours after David Lynch premiered his new film, Inland Empire, Friday night at the Rafael Film Center, the best review came from Chris Isaak (aka Special Agent Chester Desmond), who said, “I wanna see a show of hands, how many people liked the movie?”
The entire sold-out room raised their hands.
“Now how many people understood the movie?”
Maybe five hands went up.
That’s right folks, prepare to be mesmerized and baffled by …
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January 18th, 2007 04:22pm
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No way. You’re out there living large, slogging through the snow with 60,000 L.A. industry swingers in spray-on jeans and pink Uggs. You’re cozying up to Jack Mormons and getting “sponsored” so you can get a drink in a bar. And what’s with all the smelly unshowered filmmakers handing out flyers on the streets? Are they homeless?
Come to think of it. Why stand in line, when you can sit in …
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January 16th, 2007 08:53pm
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Before they play Slim’s in San Francisco, Bowling for Soup drops by for a pop-punk nooner at the Last Day Saloon next Wednesday.
True, the song High School Never Ends is cheezy as hell. But it’s also depressingly true: “Reese Witherspoon – she’s the prom queen. Bill Gates, captain of the chess team. Jack Black, the clown. Brad Pitt, the quarterback. I’ve seen it all before. I want my money back.”
Did …
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Your Daily Dose. Whenever. Whatever. Wherever. Trolling Sonoma County and beyond, John Beck looks for cracks in the pop facade.
