St. Luke’s Episcopal Church hosts weekly Sunday Night Mic event
On Sunday mornings, the large wooden doors of the St. Luke’s Espiscopal Church open for their Holy Eucharist and worship with Rector Dana Corsello. But, on Sunday nights, they open for a different reason:…
VIDEO: 82-year-old SFSU Wind Ensemble member shares his wisdom
Born during the Depression, Hank Niebolt has been dedicated to music since before the current SF State campus opened its doors. After graduating in the mid-50s, Niebolt began a career in teaching elementary…
VIDEO: Dustin Musser of K Theory finds his niche in dubstep music
Riding the wave of dubstep’s rising popularity, K Theory has found its niche in the Bay Area electronic scene. They frequent small clubs such as EPR, but found their way to the Annex…
VIDEO: An interview with Toro Y Moi
Xpress news sat down with Chazwick Bundick, better known as Toro Y Moi, after he performed at the Rhythms Music Festival last Thursday at San Francisco State University. Bundick graduated from the University…
VIDEO: An interview with Grieves and Budo at the Rhythms Music Festival at SF State
They don’t always work together, but the combination is working out nicely. Grieves is a quick-spitting storyteller, while Budo paints a soundscape with an array of beats and instruments. They’re both from Seattle,…
ASI organizes Rhythms Music Festival despite venue, cost challenges
This time last year, the Annex served as a temporary library while the current one was under construction. But Thursday and Friday, April 26 and 27, a stage will take the place of…
Rhythms Music Festival schedule
Thursday, April 26 1:00 p.m. – Team Backpack 1:55 – Talk of Shamans 2:35 – Bang Data 3:30 – Grieves and Budo 4:35 – So Timeless 5:30 – Battle of the Bands winner…
Key players in San Francisco music scene to host panel at Jack Adams Hall
Several key players in the San Francisco music scene and from SF State’s Music/Recording Industry school will host a panel Friday, April 27 at Jack Adams Hall in Cesar Chavez Student Center from 1…
ASI-sponsored Rhythms Music Festival kicks off tomorrow in the Annex
It all started as a joke three years ago. When one SF State student should have been studying, he instead made a Facebook group titled “If 15,000 people join this group then the…
Rhythms Music Festival: More about the performers
Grieves and Budo This rapper and producer pair will be fresh off the plane from a European tour when they arrive to campus. They’re talented in separate ventures, but together they bring a…
Music lovers celebrate legacy of vinyl records on Record Store Day
With a renewed appreciation for tangible tunes, music fans are dusting off their old turntables and boomboxes for another spin. It can be hard to believe that vinyl records and cassette tapes are…
PHOTOS: San Bruno elementary school instructor teaches math through music
A classroom full of third-graders stare at instructor Endre Balogh, drumsticks in hand, ready for the lesson to begin. Within minutes, 60 small sticks lightly tap in rhythmic unison, imitating his every instruction….
PHOTOS: Conductor helps preserve legacy of SFSU Wind Ensemble
Fifty musicians wielding saxophones, clarinets and bassoons bustled around the stage of McKenna Theater finding their places. Within a few minutes of beginning the concert, they were in perfect harmony, pumping out exuberant…
Tre Burt and a Big Gust of Wind breaks into San Francisco music scene
Deadlines and self-promotion may not be his strong suit, but acoustic crooner Tre Burt is networking his way to becoming a musical staple of San Francisco. Burt, a self-taught multi-instrumentalist, has played on…
Creators Project festival a successful experiment at Fort Mason
Two of the most definitive words of this generation are globalization and technology – and many times they’re not always used in the most positive way. But over the weekend, the two were…
Local indie band Owl Paws signs record label deal, hopes to expand audience
Fresh out of the recording studio, the local indie band Owl Paws is setting itself up for a summer breakthrough. The five musicians, who bonded over a love of the local indie scene,…
SF State interactive art exhibit opens in memory of late professor Stephen Wilson
A robotic hand welcomed guests to the SmART Space opening reception, deciding which of its three grip strengths to use based on each person’s heartbeat and touch. The interactive exhibit, which explores the…
VIDEO: The Growlers perform at The Depot in Cesar Chavez Student Center
More than 500 people packed The Depot in the Cesar Chavez Student Center Friday night as sweaty bodies cornered The Growlers on a stage that barely fit their musical equipment. “Beach goth” rock…
Recording industry has its eye on illegal downloads
The time-consuming process of browsing the internet for cheaper alternatives to iTunes and Amazon might be worth it to the cash-strapped student, but only until the recording industry finds out. Internet users have…
Student-run blog Techibeats promotes electronic music scene to college demographic
When Richard Zona created a music blog as an assignment for his elective blogging class, he didn’t expect for it to turn into a corporation that now spans across the country, garnering more…
Persistence pays off for indie band Rin Tin Tiger
Through their own initiative, the organic, alternative-folk tunes of Rin Tin Tiger have reached listeners across the world. The band itself, however, has managed to keep its roots firmly planted in the Bay…
VIDEO: Using music as therapy
Story by Barbara Szabo, video by Nelson Estrada The Community Music Center appears as just another residential Victorian building on the 500 block of Capp St., distinguishable only by the unsynchronized sounds of…
Songstress Lana Del Rey performs in the Haight District
A short Brazilian man was browsing through the “country rockabilly” section of Amoeba Records on Haight Street in San Francisco, within minutes he found himself engulfed in a sea of hundreds of people….
Indie-pop group French Cassettes returns to San Francisco
It is largely through trial and error that the French Cassettes have become the band they are today. The indie pop quartet, consisting of Scott Huerta on lead vocals and guitar, his brother…
Noise Pop artists to participate in Musical Yearbook Project
A yearbook is normally a bound publication of photographs, documenting memories to look back on years down the road. But the Musical Yearbook captures memories in a different way. This new online venture is…
SF State alumni-produced hip-hop show comes to an end
Musicians today rely heavily on the Internet to become the next big thing, but think back to a time when YouTube stars didn’t exist and blogging seemed like a foreign language. In 2002,…
SF State gospel choir hosts end-of-semester concert at Yoshi’s jazz club
The Fillmore district is known for giving San Francisco a bit of soul. But the night of Dec. 9 it got a taste of its own medicine. That’s because SF State’s gospel choir…
Stone Foxes taking blues rock to the top
A few years ago, The Stone Foxes were falling asleep in 8 a.m. statistics classes at SF State and getting busted for smoking pot on campus. Now, the four man bluesy rock band…
SF State students create concert-hosting company
Organizing a concert is no easy business – especially for a student. There are time constraints, money problems, fussy public relations people and way too many venues to get banned from. On the…
