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• The Vaselines: May 11th at Bimbos and Destroyer: May 9th at Swedish American Hall, SF

  by Michael Harkin•May 14, 2009•Comments (0)

  When you show up to a gig on a reunion tour, you’re potentially risking how you feel about the band in question. Any trepidation or hesitance among those who attended the Vaselines’ first-ever San Francisco show on Monday night was quickly wiped away, however, by how incredible the Edinburgh, Scotland group sounded right off the bat (read more)

• Dengue Fever and The Lost World: May 5th at the Castro Theatre, SF

  by Jim Welte•May 8, 2009•Comments (0)

  With funky basslines, surf guitar, stout brass, and a Cambodian pop princess as its singer, the sound of Dengue Fever is otherworldly. So it was little surprise that the LA-based band proved a perfect match as the live soundtrack to a screening of The Lost World, a 1925 silent film that depicts dinosaurs, intrepid explorers, and more than a few moments of unintentional comedy. (read more)

• Thao and the Get Down Stay Down: April 30th at the Independent, SF

  by Angela Zimmerman•May 5, 2009•Comments (0)

  Songwriter Thao Nguyen is just about the most charming musician in indie rock today, a pixie-sized cutie who wears short dresses and cowboy boots and plays quirky, guitar-driven tunes on an acoustic guitar that practically dwarves her slight size. (read more)

• Mayyors: April 19th at El Rincon, San Francisco

  by Michael Harkin•May 4, 2009•Comments (0)

  It’s hard to describe Mayyors without sounding like a total moron—my go-to phrase has been “they’re sorta like the Melvins if the Melvins were a party band,” but that isn’t very helpful or accurate, really. (read more)

• The Unifying Elements of Chicano Rock

  by Denise Sullivan•April 8, 2009•Comments (2)

  "Los Lobos brought Spanish language to LA punks with “Anselma” in the early ’80s and to the masses in 1987 with a remake of “La Bamba.” (read more)

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