Music

18 Oct 2011

Broke-Ass Band Interview: Jake Mann + the Upper Hand (Thursday @ Amnesia)

Crossbill Records has introduced me to handful of amazing musicians who now make up my most-played list on iTunes: Matt Bauer, Sea of Bees, and now I can add Jake Mann + the Upper Hand to the rotation. This Thursday, October 20, you can catch Jake Mann + the Upper

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14 Oct 2011

Broke-Ass Band Interview: Victoire

Victoire’s debut full-length album, Cathedral City, received a 7.8 from Pitchfork, but listen for yourself and fall in love with the classical/electro-pop hybrid that this all-female quintet creates. Comprised of founder/composer/keyboardist Missy Mazzoli, violinist Olivia De Prato, clarinetist Eileen Mack, keyboardist Lorna Krier, and double bassist Eleonore Oppenheim, the group

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13 Oct 2011

Free Drinks, Music and 20% off at Brooklyn Industries TONIGHT!

  You’re either into free music, free drinks, free music, and a 20% off discount at one of the coolest stores around or you’re not.  If you’re not, then you probably found your way to our site by accident but let’s be honest, Googling “ass” can bring you a lot

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12 Oct 2011

FREE Broke-Ass Stuart Party TONIGHT at Fat Baby in NYC!

Well, NYC, it’s finally here. The Broke-Ass Stuart “Broke As Hell” book tour has made its way to our sticky streets, and it’s ready to party. So defog your reading glasses and dig out those dancing shoes* for the FREE Broke-Ass Stuart book bash tonight at Fat Baby on the

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11 Oct 2011

Broke-Ass Band Interview: Whiskerman (Tonight @ Amnesia)

If you’ve ever gone to a show in San Francisco or the East Bay and seen an excellent violinist or cellist in the band, it was probably one of the inimitable Patzner brothers. Graham, Anton, and Lewis Patzner are go-to string players for every Bay Area band that knows what’s

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10 Oct 2011

Monday’s Bargain Basement at Bottom Of The Hill

Bottom of the Hill is one of the premier music venues in San Francisco. It’s pretty damn sweet. You can catch everything here from Dear and the Headlights to Kinch to folk and funk. Now certain Mondays are just another reason to dig this place. Bottom of the Hill plays

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10 Oct 2011

Decompression Confession: To Burn or Not to Burn?

The sun had already set and the lavender sky lingered behind the dark mountains to the West. I stood on the dock of a half-mile long pier in the middle of the desert that led to nowhere. I walked the length of the pier and stopped at the end to

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07 Oct 2011

4th Annual Frisco Freakout!

After the FREE, sun-drenched, mimosa-warped glory that was Hardly Strictly, 15 bucks may seem a lot to pay for a concert. But unlike Hardly Strictly, the fourth annual Frisco Freakout is not thrown by a billionaire. It’s thrown by my downstairs neighbor, and is by all accounts awesome. The all-day,

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