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On the Rise: Annie Girl & the Flight
Guardian photo by Keeney + Law PhotographyThe first time I saw Annie Girl & the Flight play, I started thinking about what it is, exactly, that makes a frontwoman: Annie Girl's voice is a...
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On the Rise: Tony Molina
Guardian photo by Keeney + Law PhotographyHedonistic breakdowns and riffs similar to Thin Lizzy? Check. Songwriting and vocal delivery similar to the likes of Guided by Voices and Weezer? Double check....
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On the Rise: Nu Dekades
Guardian photo by Keeney + Law Photography"If Rakim and MC Lyte had a baby" is the short version, when you ask the Oakland duo Nu Dekades — made up of writer-emcees RyanNicole and K.E.V. — for a...
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On the Rise: Astronauts, etc.
Guardian photo by Keeney + Law PhotographyIt'd be easy to resent Anthony Ferraro, the force behind Astronauts, etc., if he didn't seem like such an agreeable guy. In the months following his graduation...
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On the Rise: Rocky Rivera
Take it from this one: Most music journalists are not secretly very talented musicians, toiling away in writers' clothes. Most emcees, of course, are not Rocky Rivera — a San Francisco-born rapper...
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On the Rise: Friction Quartet
Guardian photo by Keeney + Law PhotographyOpening for infamously iconoclastic, 40-year-old Bay Area contemporary music heroes Kronos Quartet, as the young Friction Quartet did earlier this year, might...
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On the Rise: Major Powers & the Lo-Fi Symphony
Guardian photo by Keeney + Law Photography Surefire way to stand out in the musical landscape right now: Have an obviously playful, self-aware, lyrical sense of humor about your music, and also be...
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On the Rise: Avalon Emerson
Guardian photo by Keeney + Law PhotographyThat delectable boom you hear on dance floors across the city and Soundcloud mixes throughout the cloud-cosmos, overlayed with an earworm diced-diva sample and...
View ArticleFilm Listings: March 19 - 25, 2014
Film listings are edited by Cheryl Eddy. Reviewers are Kimberly Chun, Dennis Harvey, Lynn Rapoport, Sam Stander, and Sara Maria Vizcarrondo. For rep house showtimes, see Rep Clock.OPENINGRead more »
View ArticleTheater Listings: March 19 - 25, 2014
Stage listings are compiled by Guardian staff. Performance times may change; call venues to confirm. Reviewers are Robert Avila, Rita Felciano, and Nicole Gluckstern. Submit items for the listings at...
View ArticlePsychic Dream Astrology: March 19 - 25, 2014
March 19-25, 2014ARIESMarch 21-April 19The way to it is through it, Aries. Instead of trying to sidestep your problems this week you should to treat them with loving care and compassion. What are you...
View ArticleRep Clock: March 19 - 25, 2014
Schedules are for Wed/19-Tue/25 except where noted. Director and year are given when available. Double and triple features marked with a •. All times pm unless otherwise specified.ABCO ARTSPACE 3135...
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Brunch me
Pure evil: the bacon brittle doughnut by A Spoonful of Sugar at Marla Bakery Kitchen CommunalPHOTO BY TABLEHOPPERTABLEHOPPER New spots to hop out of bed for, Monday pizza at The Mill, and Off the...
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Last laugh
Comedian Paco Romane bids farewell to his Romane Event — for nowCOMEDYSeems like we've been facing a lot of "end of an era"-type announcements around San Francisco lately, but the popular Romane Event...
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On the Rise: Rocky Rivera
"Golden Gate gangster of love"Rocky RiveraGuardian Photo by Keeney + Law PhotographyTake it from this one: Most music journalists are not secretly very talented musicians, toiling away in writers'...
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On the Rise: Friction Quartet
Post-classical determinationFriction QuartetGuardian photo by Keeney + Law PhotographyOpening for infamously iconoclastic, 40-year-old Bay Area contemporary music heroes Kronos Quartet, as the young...
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On the Rise: Major Powers & the Lo-Fi Symphony
"Freddie Mercury and Tom Waits in a cliff-diving competition"Major Powers & the Lo-Fi SymphonyGuardian photo by Keeney + Law PhotographySurefire way to stand out in the musical landscape right now:...
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On the Rise: Avalon Emerson
A playful combination of house and techno, preferably listened to on a big club sound systemAvalon EmersonGuardian photo by Keeney + Law PhotographyThat delectable boom you hear on dance floors across...
View ArticleFilm Listings: March 19 - 25, 2014
Film listings are edited by Cheryl Eddy. Reviewers are Kimberly Chun, Dennis Harvey, Lynn Rapoport, Sam Stander, and Sara Maria Vizcarrondo. For rep house showtimes, see Rep Clock.OPENINGRead more »
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