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How Streaming Services Have Devalued Songwriting
Listening to pop, electronica, rap, new country — any popular format, really — on a streaming service is an exercise in repetition. Once the algorithms kick in, the groove becomes a rut. As the
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SFBA Live Music Venues Emerge from Lockdown
Most of San Francisco’s live music venues are up and running. Slim’s, Amnesia and the Revolution Cafe all changed for the worse, while new venues blossomed in Benecia, Sonoma, Pleasanton and beyond. Slim’s has
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Podcast from Hicks with Sticks on KALW 6-19-21
Here’s the podcast and playlist from Hicks with Sticks’ recent radio show. It starts with new releases and tunes from bands that had gigs during the last few weeks of June. The new release
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A Covid-Dodger’s Guide to San Francisco’s Live Music
As we bid farewell to Covid, we say hello to live music. Here’s where to find it. Every Friday Nashville Honeymoon plays their boppin’ brand of western music at The Lunar Lot, an outdoor
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