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Music Review | Apr 22, 2013
Ten to Hear: Exciting New Releases
April unleashed a healthy amount of new releases into the indie music realm. Check out new music from The Knife, Thee Oh Sees, Tumbleweed Wanderers, Flaming Lips, James Blake, and more. By Amanda Roscoe Mayo
The Bay Bridged | Apr 21, 2013
Mixtape: Bay Area Artists, Remixing and Remixed
Listen to The Bay Bridged podcast of "truly great" remixes of or by Bay Area artists.
Music | Apr 17, 2013
With A Tribe Called Red, Native American Music Gets a Dramatic Makeover
The group, which performs Friday, April 19, 2013 in San Francisco, uses electronic beats to push the boundaries of an ancient art form. By Jonathan Curiel
Noise Pop | Apr 11, 2012
April 2013
Listen to the Noise Pop mix of the 10 best April tunes, featuring Chvrches, Har Mar Superstar, Danny Brown, Majical Cloudz, and more.
Music Review | Apr 10, 2013
Jessie Ware's 'Devotion' is One of Style and Grace
Jessie Ware turns personal lyrics into gusty croons, explosive singles, and emotive electronica in her debut album Devotion. By Amanda Roscoe Mayo
The Bay Bridged | Apr 04, 2013
Live This Month: April 2013
Listen to The Bay Bridged mix of bands playing the Bay Area this month, including: Beach Fossils, Life Coach, Marnie Stern, Vacationer, Sonny Smith, Shannon and the Clams, and more.
Music Review | Mar 28, 2013
Spirit Animal: 'This is a Test' of the Emergency Rock 'n' Roll System
New York City band Spirit Animal takes San Francisco by storm for the first time ever on Friday. Dances will be taught and whammal unleashed. By Amanda Roscoe Mayo
Noise Pop | Mar 27, 2013
Fauxchella
Listen to the Noise Pop mix of music from the influx of bands playing San Francisco before they descend on Coachella. Featuring Vampire Weekend, Modest Mouse, Yeasayer, Bat for Lashes, Japandroids, and more.
The Bay Bridged | Mar 24, 2013
Mixtape: Fifteen Highlights from South by Southwest 2013
Listen to The Bay Bridged's recap of the best rock, punk, psych, and electronic pop from South by Southwest 2013. Featuring Parquet Courts, Teen, Blue Hawaii, Slow Magic, and PAWS.
Music | Mar 21, 2013
Ivan & Alyosha's 'All the Times We Had' is Really Easy to Love
The Seattle-based band just released their first full-length album, finished up at SXSW, and headed west to bring their melodic hooks, rich talent, and energetic emotion to the Bay Area. By Amanda Roscoe Mayo
Music
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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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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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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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