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They Were There: Two Legendary Rock Writers Sitting Around Talking, Part One

May 19, 2022May 20, 2022 Jim Allen 0 Comments Big Brother and the Holding Company, CBGB, Crawdaddy!, Creem, Gene Sculatti, Hit Parader, Ira Robbins, Melody Maker, Mojo Navigator, Music Journalism, New York City, San Francisco, Talking Heads, Television, The Beach Boys, The Ramones, The Who Sell Out, Trouser Press

A candid conversation with Ira Robbins and Gene Sculatti

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WATCH: Moxxy Jones Asks Us To Leave The Room

March 23, 2022March 23, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2022, Daft Punk, Justin Timberlake, Leave The Room, Moby, Moxxy Jones, San Francisco, Synthpop, Trent Park

The San Francisco synthpop duo Moxxy Jones releases the first single off their forthcoming debut LP

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Bluegrass Blues Country and/or Western Dead Folk Psychedelics Remembrance Rock Rockabilly

Commander Cody, a True Original, Breaks the Bonds of Earth

September 30, 2021September 30, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Commander Cody, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, George Frayne IV, San Francisco, The Grateful Dead

The San Francisco mainstay and trucker rock icon who defied categorization was 77 years old

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Folk Noise Rock

Bob Hillman: Making Noise With Ghosts

December 30, 2020December 30, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments Bob Hillman, Bob Hillman & Spooky Ghost, Gerry Leonard, Inside and Terrified, San Francisco, Suzanne Vega

He may be Inside and Terrified, but he remains one of San Francisco’s most prolific songwriters

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Amoeba Music: America’s Biggest Independent Record Store Faces the Future

May 6, 2020August 3, 2022 j. poet 0 Comments Amoeba Gig, Amoeba Music, Berkeley, Black Flag, Bobby Womack, California, Los Angeles, Marc Weinstein, Patti Smith, Paul McCartney, record stores, Records, San Francisco, Solomon Burke, Thelma Houston, Todd Rundgren

As the embattled California chain loses its Hollywood hub, its important to remember how important this mecca is to music fans

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“You can practically smell the urine cakes wafting from the bathrooms.”

January 3, 2020January 3, 2020 Eric Davidson 1 Comment 1977, Crime, Hal Robbins, Henry Rosenthal, Johnny Strike, San Francisco, San Francisco's Doomed, San Quentin, Superior Viaduct

An incredible 1978 live film of original San Francisco punk legends, Crime, is unearthed, and released with a double-7”

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Hiss Golden Messenger: The Diary of a Road Warrior and Family Man

November 1, 2019November 1, 2019 j. poet 0 Comments Durham, Hiss Golden Messenger, M.C. Taylor, Merge Records, North Carolina, San Francisco, The Court and Spark, Waylon Jennings

M.C. Taylor discusses his longtime band’s 11th LP, Terms of Surrender

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North Americana Rock

Video Premiere: Travis Hayes

March 22, 2019March 22, 2019 Jason Scott 0 Comments San Francisco, Travis Hayes, Video Premiere

Grief is a nightmarish blood-sucker that creeps upon you when you least expect it. Such was the case for indie-rock god Travis Hayes two years ago, and through making his new album, Sleepless, he comes closer to soothing that pain.

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