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Q&A: Alison Brie on her music ‘career,’ Childish Gambino and a ‘Community’ movie
The Girls, featuring Alison Brie. Courtesy. Actress Alison Brie has been busy. The current season of “Community” has already been filmed and is airing now. She’s got a new film opening in a couple of weeks (The Lego Movie), and she’s bringing her harmonizing trio, The Girls, to SF…
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Diverse group of Bay Area Grammy Award nominees honored
The Pacific Mambo Orchestra. Courtesy: Steve Jennings/Recording Academy/Wireimage.com San Francisco — Nearly two dozen local Grammy Award nominees looking forward to this year’s Jan. 26 ceremony received early honors at a gala Tuesday night in The City. Hosted by the San Francisco chapter of the Recording Academy, the party…
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Interview: Magik*Magik Orchestra finally gets top billing
Minna Choi (left) and Magik*Magik Orchestra, Courtesy: 7X7. For five years, Magik*Magik Orchestra has played the role of sidekick to artists from San Francisco’s The Dodos to singer-songwriter John Vanderslice to Sting. When We Were Young: Magik*Magik Orchestra with The Dodos, Geographer, Rogue Wave and more 8 p.m., Tuesday,…
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Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne on making songs for movies, working with Moby and Halloween costumes
The Flaming Lips have been constantly occupied lately. “We’re in the just in the last phase of doing a final mix on this little six-song that is being released with the ‘Ender’s Game’ movie at the beginning of November,” singer and frontman Wayne Coyne said. “Just got back from playing a…
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U2 at Outside Lands? Not impossible
Last week I spoke to Allen Scott, an executive vice president at Berkeley concert promoter Another Planet Entertainment. Another Planet is largely responsible for putting on the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival at Golden Gate Park, (Aug. 9 through 11). As you’ll see in my story, I was lucky…
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Remember SF’s Thriving Ivory? They’re Midnight Cinema now.
The last time I saw San Francisco band Thriving Ivory, it was at Outside Lands in 2008. That year their debut album reached No. 1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, and single “Angels on the Moon” was certified Gold (sold 500,000 copies). A second album followed in 2010, but didn’t…
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Stern Grove announces 2013 concert lineup
The admission-free festival has announced the lineup of its 76th season. All of the shows begin at 2 p.m. on Sundays, from June 16 to Aug. 18 at Sigmund Stern Grove, at 19th Avenue and Sloat Boulevard in San Francisco. June 16 – The Big Picnic Benefit and Concert Starring Michael McDonald…
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Country artists respond to the passing of George Jones
Courtesy of Schmidt PR: Alan Jackson: Well, heaven better get ready for some great country music. While George was known for his wild and crazy days, I’ve known him for 25 years as a friend. He had grown into a real good man. Of course, he will always be…
