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‘Tax Dollars Kill’: Spie One’s Decades of Bay Area Graffiti Activism

How Filipinos in the Mission Recorded the First Asian American Rock Album

A man with wild black hair back-combed into a frizz, plays guitar and sings into a microphone on stage. He is dressed in black.

Robert Smith of The Cure Convinces Ticketmaster to Give Partial Refunds, Lower Fees

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Friendship Over Fame: Hip-Hop Crew UglyFace Highlights the Power of a Collective

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At 82, an Experimental Musician Returns to Her Roots With a Little Help from Google Translate

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Meet the Artist Behind ‘Short Dog’s In The House’

a young Japanese girl with a short haircut in a white sweatshirt smiles while seated at a drum kit in front of a purple acoustic panel in a home studio

At 13, Drummer Yoyoka Soma Speaks the Universal Language of Rock ‘n’ Roll

A crowd of screaming children run under a sky darkened by swooping crows. A school house stands in the distance.

‘The Birds’ Is Turning 60 — What’s That Creepy-Ass Song the Kids Were Singing Anyway?

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How the Bay Area and the South Became Hip-Hop Family

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