When you go to college in the town that made Dave Matthews popular you start to associate the term “local music” with shitty cover bands and impressively mediocre acts that might not ever release anything more substantial than xeroxed fliers to their show at a friend’s house. San Francisco, on

Hey look, there’s a free show tonight at the Independent! And I’m not even talking about their free movie night (that’s on Mondays). This is a legit concert with a real band that I’ve actually heard of. Deer Tick makes some pretty damned pleasant Americana music. Are you down with

Such a versatile venue Dolores Park is.  Though the city is awfully good about providing and utilizing public spaces, Dolores has the accessibility, beauty and ease of the best of town squares.  Whether it be a naked, divinely-inspired pageant, a derby or just lying in the sun, Dolores has something