Music & Nightlife
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| Singer Jack Jones, who for five decades has been among the biggest names in the world of romantic balladeering, is coming to Yoshi's for a two-night stand. |
Summer Sounds
The Chronicle's awesome summer concert guide | 2009: songs of the summer | The season's biggest albums.
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Bay Area Bandwidth Into the local music scene? Join the Bay Area Bandwidth page, post your photos and connect with other fans. |
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Intergalactic hip hop N.A.S.A.'s Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon are thinking as big as the milky way. |
Bandwidth
Trio Garufa is stepping into electro tango.
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Remembering Woodstock Country Joe McDonald, Michael Carabello and Paul Kantner reminisce about what happened at the fest. |
How many out of 666?
We compare Black Sabbath's classic records to the reconstituted band's newest release, "The Devil You Know."
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Pop Quiz Time to check in with Depeche Mode's keyboardist, Andy Fletcher. |
Calling it quits
Ambitious East Bay pop-punk band the Matches is going away for now - maybe forever.
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Oasis of Punk American Steel plays musically complex, often adventurous punk rock. |
Grupo Falso Baiano
Ana Carbatti didn't set out to become the most enticing new Brazilian singer in the Bay Area.
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Bring on the pain Former House of Pain members are back with a vengeance as La Coka Nostra. |
Pop Quiz
Is love really a battlefield for pop sensation Jordin Sparks?
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DIY music Clipse has a reputation as one of the best mainstream hip-hop groups of the decade. |
One rockin' SF supe
Supervisor David Chiu, a classically trained violinist, plays with an alternative rock band.
Totally lackluster
Time is running out for the Jonas Brothers. You could see it on their faces at San Jose's HP Pavilion.
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Stellar showing La Roux navigates through a thrilling 40-minute set at Cafe Du Nord. |
Festival celebrates Mendelssohn
Music@Menlo focuses on the composer in a compelling, if slightly pedantic, manner.
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No gimmicks here The latest American Idols Live concert offered a gimmick-free showcase. |
Brings the bling
Beyoncé's concert was as delightful as you might expect, but you'd think she'd have more recognizable tunes.
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So 1984 Duran Duran thundered through nearly two hours of hits at the Fillmore. |
Elvis is in the building
Elvis Costello performs at the S.F. Amoeba store to push his new country album, "Secret, Profane & Sugarcane."
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Loud and blurry S.F. Symphony's semi-staged "Iolanthe" came off as misguided. |
Beguilingly teeters
Amy X. Neuburg delivered shapely, unpredictable art songs at the Great American Music Hall.
New CDs
Cobra Starship, 'Hot Mess'
