Email Author Ian S. Port

Awards

• 2012 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published February 23, 2011

  "The Pomplamoose Revolution"

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2013 Stories by Ian S. Port

• Goldenvoice Announces First City Festival in Monterey With Modest Mouse, Passion Pit, MGMT, Beach House, More

  published May 20, 2013

  Every year seems to bring more entrants to the Northern California music festival scene. The latest is First City, a two-day festival this Aug. 24-25 at the Monterey fairgrounds that will bring out bi... More >>

• S.F. Collector and DJ Offers $1,000 Reward For Lost Jamaican Records

  published May 17, 2013

  "I've had my moments where I've left my phone in a cab. But I could care less about that," says a distraught San Francisco record collector. A bag of rare old Jamaican 45s, thoughr Those he wants back... More >>

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  Chipotle's New Festival: Free Sets By Mayer Hawthorne and the Walkmen For You to Ignore

  published May 15, 2013

  Now Chipotle's throwing a music festival. Well, it's not a music festival, exactly; more like one an awkward mix of a music/food/drinking/corporate indoctrination event. Seriously, they're calling i... More >>

• Google To Announce New Streaming Music Service Wednesday, and It Won't Be Free

  published May 14, 2013

  Tomorrow, Wednesday, May 15, Google's annual I/O conference kicks off at the Moscone Center here in San Francisco. And according to tech site the Verge, the Internet giant will use the occasion to ann... More >>

• Janelle Monae: Show Preview

  published May 15, 2013

  There are few rising R&B stars as stylishly ambitious — and consistently satisfying — as Janelle Monae. Her 2010 album... More >>

• Change of Oldies: Shannon and the Clams Sharpen Vintage Pop to a Raw Edge

  published May 15, 2013

  If there is a playbook of rock band moves, the plan to "go somewhere weird and faraway to write and record new songs" would be on one of its... More >>

• How Do Electric Guitars Workr The Exploratorium Gets Ava Mendoza and Fat Dog to Explain

  published May 14, 2013

  How do electric guitars work, anywayr Why do they all look and sound so differentr What do those switches and knobs even dor If you've ever wondered about these and other mysteries regarding the elec... More >>

• The Bay Bridged Announces Phono Del Sol 2013 Lineup: YACHT, Bleached, Marnie Stern, Thee Oh Sees, and More

  published May 14, 2013

  Looks like 2013 will bring another day worth raving about at Potrero Del Sol park. The Bay Bridged and Tiny Telephone just announced the lineup for their annual single-day, outdoor music gathering in ... More >>

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  Bottle Rock: The Black Keys and Flaming Lips Can't Break Through Distractions at Napa Valley's New Fest, 5/10/13

  published May 13, 2013

  The Black Keys, the Flaming Lips, Andrew Bird, Alabama Shakes, the Dirty Projectors, Vintage Trouble and more Friday, May 10, 2013 Bottle Rock Napa Valley Better than: Bob's Hot Rods cover band, Crai... More >>

• Watch: Yours Truly Looks at SF Rocker Mikal Cronin on the Release of New Album MCII

  published May 07, 2013

  After releasing a stunning debut album and signing with vaunted indie label Merge Records, San Francisco rocker Mikal Cronin today releases his second album, MCII. The 10-song collection continues whe... More >>

• Hey Local Musicians, Converse Wants to Give You Free Recording Studio Time

  published May 07, 2013

  If you're new to the Converse Rubber Tracks situation, let us sum it up for you: Later this month, a shoe company is going to give local musicians studio time. For free. It's already happened in New ... More >>

• Yo La Tengo: Show Preview

  published May 8, 2013

  With Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon separated, there's no one close to matching Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley's status as the first couple of... More >>

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  Top 8 Ways Going To a Rolling Stones Concert Is Like Living in San Francisco

  published May 07, 2013

  The Rolling Stones are in the Bay Area this week, biding time between their show at the Oracle Arena and Wednesday's at HP Pavilion. Since Sunday's disappointing performance is still fresh in our mind... More >>

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  The Rolling Stones Overcharge For Imperfection at Oracle Arena, 5/5/13

  published May 06, 2013

  The Rolling Stones Sunday, May 5, 2013 Oracle Arena, Oakland Better than: Bands that don't bother building an aura in the first place. The World's Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band is fallible. In theor... More >>

• Watch: Helado Negro's Humid, Solitary Trip Through Miami in "Dance Ghost"

  published May 03, 2013

  You can feel the humidity in the music of Helado Negro. Every spare electronic beat hits inside a languid haze. Florida-via-Brooklyn musician Roberto Lange, singing in Spanish and English, sounds weig... More >>

• R.I.P. Mac Daddy: Kris Kross' Totally Krossed Out Was My Very First Hip-Hop Tape

  published May 02, 2013

  Chris "Mac Daddy" Kelly, one half-of the '90s hip-hop duo Kris Kross, died of a possible drug overdose in Atlanta yesterday. Kris Kross, you may remember, was the duo responsible for 1992 crossover ra... More >>

• Colin Meloy on the Work of Robyn Hitchcock and His 60th Birthday Show at the Fillmore

  published May 01, 2013

  Robyn Hitchcock, former frontman of British psych-pop band the Soft Boys and purveyor of his own rich, brilliant, and deeply weird universe of solo songs, turned 60 this March 3. And while Hitchcock w... More >>

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  Stern Grove Fest 2013 Lineup: Deltron 3030, Shuggie Otis, SF Symphony, and More

  published May 01, 2013

  Warm(er) nights and light evenings mean a number of things in San Francisco, and one of them is that it will soon be time to spend your Sunday afternoons relaxing on a lawn in Stern Grove, enjoying go... More >>

• Furthur Cancels Bottle Rock Napa Valley Set After Bob Weir Collapses Onstage

  published Apr 30, 2013

  Bay Area jam outfitFurthur just announced that it will cancel its set at next week's Bottle Rock Napa Valley music festival in the wake of frontman Bob Weir's onstage collapse. The band, which feature... More >>

• Carletta Sue Kay: Music Preview

  published May 1, 2013

  Carletta Sue Kay is a creation of Randy Walker, a large man who puts on wigs and dresses and, backed by a rock band, sings beautiful,... More >>

• Dawn Oberg: Show Preview

  published May 1, 2013

  Behold the pleasures of literate songwriting: In case it wasn't clear from the first song — entitled "The Girl Who Sleeps With... More >>

• John Vanderslice, Foxtails Brigade, and More Contribute To 40-Song Save the Amanda! Benefit Compilation

  published Apr 30, 2013

  Here's a worthy cause for a new compilation: Helping Amanda McCabe, a local music scene stalwart who was a resident DJ at Hemlock Tavern, made cover art for bands like Birds & Batteries and Garrett Pi... More >>

• Beautifully Wicked: Caitlin Rose Makes Heartache Sound Lovely

  published May 1, 2013

  Life request: Can we somehow have every piece of bad news henceforth delivered in a song by Caitlin Rose? To hear this Nashville country-rocker... More >>

• Mount Tam Jam Books Galactic, Cake, and Others to Benefit Marin State Parks

  published Apr 29, 2013

  There hasn't been a rock concert on top of Mount Tamalpais in decades. But there will be this year, when the first-ever Mount Tam Jam brings Galactic, Cake, Taj Mahal, and others to play a benefit sho... More >>

• Why Is San Francisco on the Cover of the New Boards of Canada Albumr

  published Apr 29, 2013

  Sorry, but we found the scavenger hunt/nerd labyrinth/Fibonacci sequence or whatever it was that would reveal news about the much-anticipated new Boards of Canada album too tedious to follow. Details ... More >>