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Noise Pop | May 24, 2013
Indie Songs to Set the Mood
Listen to the newest Noise Pop picks for you and your partner's listening pleasure, featuring Liars, Future Islands, Beach House, Jessie Ware, and The Weeknd. Note: this episode contains adult language and situations.
Event | May 20, 2013
Björk Brings 'Biophilia' to Richmond
Björk performs Biophilia and pieces from other albums at Craneway Pavilion in Richmond, a former Ford assembly plant and a fitting otherworldly setting for the artist's expansive stage productions. By Ben Marks
The Bay Bridged | May 16, 2013
Mixtape: San Francisco's Newest Psychedelic Sounds
Listen to the new Bay Bridged mix of Bay Area psych-rock, featuring Lumerians, Disappearing People, Golden Void, Coo Coo Birds, Barn Owl, and more.
Music Review | May 15, 2013
Jay Nash 'Letters from the Lost'
For his tenth record, Americana artist Jay Nash creates a contemplative and uplifting set of new songs. By Amanda Roscoe Mayo
Festival Report | May 14, 2013
BottleRock Napa: A Music Festival in Wine Country
A recap of last weekend's rollicking wine-country music festival, from the overheated trenches. By Amanda Roscoe Mayo
Noise Pop | May 08, 2013
May 2013
Listen to the Noise Pop mix of red-hot tunes for May, featuring Twigs, Cayucas, Chance The Rapper, King Tuff, Deafheaven and more.
Music | May 07, 2013
A BottleRock 2013 Wish List
Five days of must-see music from the Napa Valley music, comedy, food and drink festival, BottleRock. By Amanda Roscoe Mayo
The Bay Bridged | May 03, 2013
Live This Month: May 2013
Listen to the newest Bay Bridged mix of great local and out-of-town bands performing in the coming month in the San Francisco Bay Area, featuring Kurt Vile, Tera Melos, Clinic, Shout Out Louds, Suuns and more.
Noise Pop | Apr 25, 2013
Best Songs In Odd Time
Listen to the new Noise Pop mix of songs with uniquely odd time signatures, featuring Elliott Smith, Broken Social Scene, Peter Gabriel, Radiohead, Sufjan Stevens, Pink Floyd, and more!
Pop Culture | Apr 23, 2013
Watsky, a Hopeful Rapper on a Shining Trajectory
A local rapper evolves from high school talent to YouTube sensation, becoming the voice of a generation. By Emily Eifler
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Clairy Browne's Rock 'N' Soul Bus Rolls To The U.S.
Browne and her band, The Bangin' Rackettes, are a flamboyant retro ensemble from Australia. The group's new album is called Baby Caught the Bus.
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Then The Curtain Opened: The Bracing Impact Of Stravinsky's 'Rite'
The aggressively modern ballet premiered in Paris in 1913, and provoked a response just as striking as the music and dance.
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Leonard Bernstein's 'Rite of Spring' Thrill Ride
Watch the energetic conductor take flight conducting the London Symphony Orchestra in Stravinsky's iconic score. A recently released DVD of a 1966 performance includes an interview with Bernstein, in which he says the famously brutal music "makes a marvelous kind of savage sound."
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First Listen Live: Queens Of The Stone Age, '...Like Clockwork'
Josh Homme presides over a dense, textured, unpredictable sound that's equal parts mystery, intensity, beauty and bluster. QOTSA performed ...Like Clockwork in its entirety, plus an assortment of older material, in a sold-out show at The Wiltern in Los Angeles.
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KQED Art Event Picks
- Sat, May 25, 2013 - China's Terracotta Warriors: The First Emperor's Legacy
- Sat, May 25, 2013 - Reverse Rehearsals at Southern Exposure
- Sat, May 25, 2013 - Auerbach World Premiere
- Sat, May 25, 2013 - San Jose Repertory Theatre presents The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
- Sat, May 25, 2013 - The Beauty Queen of Leenane at Marin Theatre Company
- Thu, May 30, 2013 - SFMOMA Future Countdown Live
- Thu, May 30, 2013 - Behind-the-Scenes of Joe Goode Performance Group's Hush
- Sat, June 1, 2013 - CityCamp Palo Alto: National Day of Civic Hacking
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