Singles- Holy Ghost! - Static on the Wire
Easily one of my favorite electro-pop groups from easily one of my favorite electro-pop albums.
Read MoreSingles - Sleater-Kinney - Surface Envy
These three women in their 40s and 50s are rocking harder than everyone else.
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5 Faves - Best Coast
In light of the speculation that a new album is coming out somewhat soon (UPDATE: May 5!), I thought I'd highlight five of my favorite tracks by Bethany Cosentino and Bobb Bruno's duo Best Coast. I've seen them live a couple times, the most recent being at The Fillmore in SF, and I was really blown away by Cosentino's voice. It's a bit reminiscent of Stevie Nicks, and I don't think any band encapsulates the SoCal beach vibe better. Cosentino's ability to turn three to five chord songs into catchy tracks is all based on her melodies. Love that voice.
Read MoreSingles - Belle & Sebastian - Perfect Couples
My favorite track from Belle & Sebastian's new album. What an intro!!
Vic De Leon "The Royal Tenenbaums" - $2,000
Spoke Art's Annual Wes Anderson Exhibit (multiple pics)
Spoke Art on Sutter St in SF has an annual Wes Anderson exhibit that I've had the luck of seeing the past two years. There are paintings, sculptures, tennis shoes (and for the record, I did not buy them - they were already sold out!), dioramas, portraits, and so much more spanning the life of Wes Anderson's filmography. Each piece of art was for sale, but I apologize that I'm posting this so late as the Exhibit is no longer there. Nonetheless, I still thought people would enjoy the art and the artists!
Maria Suarez-Inclan "Wes Anderson Family" -$50
Both: VanOrton Design - $40 each
Robert Wilson IV "Heaven and Hell" - $35
Paul Ainsworth "Royal and Pagoda" - $40
Fernando Reza "You see, there are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity" - $45
Matt Chase "The Whole Family" - $30
Team Zissou!
Poets & Passages - Girls and Broad City
"The New York of Girls is a kind of gray cloud in which to explore the low-level depression and self-absorption of millennials; the New York of Broad City is a Choose Your Own Adventure, a colorful circus of multicultural weirdos. It is the New York I remember from my twenties."
- Rachel Syme, The Broad Strokes, January 14, 2015
Read MoreSingles - Lupe Fiasco - Mural
It's a 1,600 word, 9 minute rap song that's propelled with a beat from The Buchanans who sampled the track Chanson D'un Jour D'hiver from the album Troupeau Bleu released in 1975 by a group called Cortex.
The most amazing thing about this song is the thought that Lupe could perform it live. Baffling with his wordplay and lyrical layers.
"My rap position was black condition and activism / Ammunition for abolition, missions attacking systems / But they're not apt to listen / unless it's dropping on Activision / Are we apps or are we bodies filled with apparitions? / Operating applications, stuck inside an Apple prison / Chicken hack and download updates that lack religion / Or...are we more?"
And that's only about 4% of the lyrics from that track...
Read MorePoets & Passages - Donald Glover Interview
Donald Glover, aka Childish Gambino, aka Troy from the TV show Community, aka former writer for 30 Rock, aka this is one talented dude, had a very interesting interview with Rembert Browne from Grantland recently. I've followed both these guys for a while, and Browne comes off as a very personable guy who asks the right (and interesting) questions and connects with his interviewees, which in turn gets the interviewee to open up. Gambino was surprisingly honest, and I thought this interview was refreshing because it felt like a true dialogue between two human beings - not interviewer vs interviewee, but two people talking.
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The San Francisco Women's Building (multiple pics)
The Women's Building provides contemporary and affordable meeting and event space supporting cultural events, educational forums, advocacy meetings, and support groups. It's located on 18th St in the Mission, and this mural is astounding.
