Parker Woodland, Good Looks, and More Crucial Concerts

Album releases, artist departures, and more recommended shows

"...Gore Metal, debut full-length from Bay Area grindcore fiends Exhumed, rolling into Decibel Magazine’s Hall..."

June 7, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

Shortcomings

Randall Park's social satire centers on self-sabotaging hypocrisy

"...of the film’s settings. Taking place primarily in the Bay Area and New York, there’s a warm sense of..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Bridge Farmers, Sue Foley, and Caelin top our list of recommended shows

"...Caelin on her Bandcamp bio. Belting through heartbreak, the Bay Area native walks the talk in power ballad "look..."

May 19, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Easter Sunday

Jo Koy's family comedy feels more like a TV pilot than a movie

"...has asked him to come back home to the Bay Area community of Daly City for Easter Sunday. He..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

Blindspotting

Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal astound in this perfect state of the union story

"...destination on that map, a film soaked in the Bay Area city of Oakland, but of universal relevance and..."

July 27, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Kaiser, Cogburn, Hoffnar & Håker Flaten Rock Free and Lovecraftian

A track premiere from the Mountains of Excess

"...The premise behind the veteran Bay Area guitar wizard’s next release pivots on collaborating with..."

March 26, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Why I Left Austin

Alejandro Escovedo's first-person account of leaving Austin last year after 35 years

"...Dolly. I saw a highly regarded neurologist in the Bay Area, who found nothing. As we were about to..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

San Andreas

This is how the world ends, not with a bang, but with a guffaw

"...actual characters go. Wait, no, there’s one more: a Bay Area Rapid Transit train that makes a spectacular, momentary..."

May 29, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shout OUT: Jorge Peña

These are the people in our gayborhood: Deep House diva

"...he still enjoys how Austin reminds him of the bay area, and how “when you’re in the scene, you..."

Feb. 13, 2015 Qmmunity Post by Blake McCoy

Star of Texas Preview: Gotham Girls Play a Game of Thrones

NY bruisers could set new record this weekend

"...to us and they bring a really heavy-hitting team. Bay Area, they're a really scrappy team. Every year, they..."

July 21, 2012 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Heart and Soul

Lengthy Q&A with Huey Lewis

"...have seen some mindblowing gigs growing up in the Bay Area...."

Oct. 25, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Urban Tejano

Tortilla Factory pulls down a Grammy nomination as Best Tejano Band as the almost four-decade-old local institution gets ready to reinvent the genre

"...quickly left while the other half relocated to the Bay Area with Guerrero. The bandleader rounded up a new..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Thursday Picks

"...his 2005 release, Achados e Perdidos, perfectly fit the Bay Area vibe. – Thomas Fawcett Geno Delafose & French..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

Bay Area Rap Showcase

Trolling South by Southwest 2007

"...Bay Area Rap Showcase..."

March 23, 2007 Music Review by Robert Gabriel

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...and Darkness [Aug. 18]: I myself tangled with Austin Bay almost three years ago, in the editorial pages of..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Column

Beatbox

Beatbox

"...Hogg has over time converted himself into a successful Bay area DJ specializing in dancehall reggae. Equally interested in..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Music Review by Robert Gabriel

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Motherbug 10:15pm, Elephant Room An accomplished jazz-funk guitarist with Bay area roots, Will Bernard studied composition at UC Berkeley..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Film Alien Craig Baldwin

"...plays at 8pm and is a "best of the Bay Area show" featuring works by Greta Snider, J.X. Williams,..."

April 17, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dirty Words

Roger Gathman delves into local bookstores' shelves of smut to investigate the collective Gestalt of erotica.

"...is a writer and artist who lives in the Bay Area. Among her books are Black Tongue, Maya 22,..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...AMERICAN STEEL: The Bay Area fourpiece is reminiscent of Rancid, only a little..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

The Other Sister

"...and shot against an exquisitely beautiful backdrop of Frisco Bay-area scenery. Daniel, needless to say, is the most benign..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Signal to Noise

An Interview With Netchick Carla Sinclair

"...sister, porn star Christy Canyon. She used the South Park/Bay Area/Wired milieu as background for Signal to Noise. Some..."

April 10, 1998 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Inevitably Texan

Left-Winging It with Cornell Hurd

"...loved country music (hmm, that sounds familiar). In the Bay area, he found a like-minded crowd, including then-unknowns Ray..."

June 21, 1996 Music Feature by Lee Nichols

Music Reviews

"...For about the last five years, the San Francisco Bay Area has been experiencing a rebirth of country music...."

Nov. 3, 1995 Music Review

7 and 7 is

"...have a new two-song slab on Rip-Off Greg Lowery's Bay Area label Rip Off Records (get it?). Production minimal,..."

July 21, 1995 Music Feature

We Are the Champions!

Aztex win PDL title, set attendance record

"...Premier Development League championship Sunday night, beating the Thunder Bay Chill, 3-1, in a wild game in front of..."

Aug. 5, 2013 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Trench Warfare

Federal judge rules for LCRA on the Dripping Springs pipeline project, but the SOS lawsuit proceeds

"...III would allow the importation of water to the area from Lake Travis. (See map, p.30.)..."

May 11, 2001 News Feature by Rob Curran

Scanlines

"...you can pretty much visit the city by the bay without having to go further than your local video..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Screens Feature

Scanlines

Cold Comfort Farm

"...The Rock D: Michael Bay; with Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, Michael Biehn,..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Screens Feature

It's a Vision Thing

What's up with regional planning?

"...Metro Austin's official transportation plan, produced by the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, only covers Travis, Northern Hays, and..."

Oct. 26, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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