Power rock quintet crunches out strong, upbeat, intelligent melodies featuring tight harmonies and innovative keyboard riffs waltzing over the cloud of distortion laid down by three rippin' guitarists
The "gastro pub" gets more popular each week. And as Magnolia opens the Haight's doors to visitors of all kinds, it's great to sneak in when a few stools are empty. Being locals, we enjoy noticing differences between batches of our favorite Magnolia brews.
1707 Haight St. has a new tenant, and the Upper Haight has (yet) another Tibetan import store (at least the 4th by our count).
Radiohead's performance and stage light show blew away the competition at the first ever Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival in Golden Gate Park on Friday, August 22, 2008. adambrody(at)haightashburybeat.com
If you weren't here, you can't complain about any typos in the paper :-P
Bucket drummers and other street musicians are a common sight throughout San Francisco.
re: Tommy Decker, the Fair, life & death. Interview conducted Nov. '06, a month before Pablo Heising died of a heart attack at his beloved Cafe Cole--which is also where the interview took place. Interview by Adam Brody. Video mostly by Susan Strollis
Bettye Lavette sang her lungs out to open for Booker T, and Nancy Pelosi was on hand, as the 71st Stern Grove season began.
While not in top form, Loquat nonetheless highlighted its upcoming album thoroughly, revealing some gems at Cafe du Nord. Lovelikefire opened for Loquat (there was a band at the very beginning, Union Trade, but they sounded quite off) & showed talent.
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The Kooks kicked off the holiday season with a stellar performance at Bimbo’s on Sunday night, December 16, as part of the Alice in Winterland celebration hosted by Alice 97.3 FM
N Judah stuck and crowded
The Crucible, an Oakland-based non-profit fire and industrial arts education center, put on their annual display of pyro-creations this past weekend July 9-12, 2008 at the 8th Fire Arts Festival. adambrody(at)haightashburybeat.com
The 2008 Burning Man Decompression heated up the streets of San Francisco on October 12.
The Haight Ashbury is known as a shopping district nowadays, but the first weekend in December was S L O W ...
Cliche guide to commercialism in SF
AT&T Park hosted the Emerald Bow on Dec. 28, and it was odd to see a football game in a dedicated baseball stadium. Oregon State beat Maryland (Beat publisher's alum) 21-14 in a wet, cold & sloppy game.
Free Dubstep and Grime party is SF's best monthly music event. It's been around for 3 years, and shows no signs of slowing down.
UK band rocks the rabbit at Playboy event in SF
USA took the cup, beating Marseilles 3-2 in a dramatic overtime shootout at the Treasure Island. Trailing 1-0 at the half, the French team controlled the ball for most of the second period, tying the score in the first few minutes of the back half.
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