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Purple lighting shines upon Banana Bred as they perform at 650 Mayfield in front of a crowd of students during Lover's Rock.

Banana Bred cooks up spontaneous student music

Srithanya Satish
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Feb. 29, 2024
Music
"Beandon's Musical Corner: God Saves The Animals, Alex G" in text with a picture of parrots sitting on branches.

Beandon’s Musical Corner: ‘God Save the Animals’ by Alex G

Brandon Rupp
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Nov. 9, 2022
Music
A graphic with a purple background, light blue text reading "Beandon's Musical Corner: Hellfire black midi" and a photo of the abstract album cover

Beandon’s Musical Corner: ‘Hellfire’ by black midi

Brandon Rupp
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Oct. 11, 2022
Arts & Life
Walllows' lead Dylan Minette performing at The Warfield

Wallows delivers indie rock perfection in San Francisco

Cameron Duran
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April 10, 2022
Arts & Life
Illuminati Hotties lead singer Sarah Tudzin performing a song

Illuminati Hotties and French Cassettes bring spunk and softness to Bing Studio

Sofia Gonzalez-Rodriguez
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Feb. 13, 2022
Arts & Life
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The music of U.S. Girls: Radical feminism, LINGUA IGNOTA and sexual violence

Young Fenimore Lee
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April 20, 2021
Arts & Life
two-panel shots of eisenach with a guitar

How eisenach is making college a music genre

Valerie Trapp
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Nov. 5, 2020
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The hyper-connected brilliance of Sidney Gish’s ‘No Dogs Allowed’

Jacob Kuppermann
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Feb. 22, 2018
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Poet’s work: Destroyer brings wry, thoughtful indie rock to the Fillmore

Nick Burns
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Feb. 11, 2018
Death Cab for Cutie performing at TURF Fest 2016. (Courtesy of Freedonn)

Sick late-century dream: Fiction, ’90s rock and the end of American innocence

Nick Burns
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Nov. 16, 2017
Jay Som at the Green Music Fest in Chicago, July 11, 2017. (PAUL K/Flickr)

Introspection, empathy and bedroom pop: Jay Som in concert

Paulina Campos
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Oct. 26, 2017
Arts & Life
John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats. (Visions of Domino via Wikimedia Commons)

The Mountain Goats’ ‘Goths’ ditches the guitar and finds light in dark places

Nick Burns
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June 1, 2017
Pixies perform at Electric Brixton in 2013 (Wikimedia Commons, Paul Hudson).

Pixies’ ‘Head Carrier’ makes messy progress

Dylan Grosz
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Oct. 18, 2016
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From Bandcamp to Matador: Car Seat Headrest’s cathartic ‘Teens of Denial’

Tyler Dunston
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May 30, 2016
Kurt Vile, live in concert. (Courtesy of Bill Ebbessen, Wikimedia Commons)

Enter the haze of Kurt Vile’s newest record

Tyler Dunston
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Sept. 29, 2015
Photo by Gabriela Groth.

San Francisco’s Geographer enthralls at the Fox Theater

Gabriela Groth
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March 6, 2015
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Camp Youth rocks White Plaza in support of global health initiatives

Tyler Dunston
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Feb. 7, 2015
Photo by Gabriel Green Courtesy of Treasure Island Music Festival, alt-J will be promoting their new album This Is All Yours Sunday at TIMF

The 5 best reasons to go to Treasure Island Music Festival this weekend

Gabriela Groth
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Oct. 16, 2014
Courtesy of Outside Lands.

How to navigate Outside Lands music festival in Golden Gate Park this weekend

Roxanna Reaves
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Aug. 9, 2013
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