Why Is Everyone in SF Obsessed with Stevie Nicks? — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
By Peter Lawrence Kane Stevie Nicks turned 66 years old not long ago, and she’s everywhere. She sang a...
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Game of Thrones Names = Totally Believable Metal Bands — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
By Helen Tseng A couple of seasons ago, it hit me that so many of the proper nouns in Game...
Scalped Outside Lands Ticket Prices Now Rival Rent in SF — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
By George McIntire By George McIntire It might be time to rally some gentrification protesters to vomit on Outside Lands...
The 6 Types of Coachella Haters
By Cecilia Rabess Coachella is this weekend, folks, which means you’re either gathering up your crop tops and neon...
Hand Job Academy and the Taboo of Women’s Bodies — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
By Peter Lawrence Kane When Pussy Riot’s three members went to prison for “hooliganism and religious hatred” — and two of them languish in the gulag yet — it was a defiant gesture in the face of...
Ikea Furniture or Death Metal Band? — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
By Sarah Han Quick! Is Vittsjö a shelving unit carried by IKEA or a Swedish death metal band? If you...
Don’t Be an Ass at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
Going to Hardly Strictly? Me too, and like all other festivals, I’m going to wander around in a contemptuous...
Oakland Just Threw the Best Party (In a Train Station) — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
There’s really nothing like when a show transcends being about a band you like and becomes an experience you’...
San Francisco’s Classic Hip-Hop Tracks
By Charles Hurbert While most people know at least something about Bay Area hip-hop artists like Too $hort, Digital Underground,...
San Francisco’s Best Kid Bands
The Bay Area has such a vibrant music scene that it’s no surprise that we are home to more...
This is How Not to Get Your Band a Gig
By Anthony Bedard I’ve been booking bands at a San Francisco live music venue, the Hemlock Tavern, for the...
Holy Capp — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
I became a Lost Church disciple back in January, when an invitation to see local alt-country idol Paula Frazer came...