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Awards

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

  "The Pomplamoose Revolution"

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2008 Stories by Ian S. Port

• Saturday night: Get Earthless

  published Apr 04, 2008

  Looking for a way to spend Saturday night dazed and confusedr San Diego's Earthless hits our 12 Galaxies this weekend, spreading their heavy rock haze to San Francisco. The masters of "cosmic noodlin... More >>

• Another Planet expands booking reach to the Civic, the Fox

  published Apr 03, 2008

  Another Planet Entertainment, the promoters behind the Independent and the Greek Theatre among other venues, has taken over the Bill Graham Civic, and will book the 3,000 capacity Fox Oakland Theate... More >>

• (((folkYEAH!))) brings Cluster up the coast

  published Apr 03, 2008

  (Cluster's Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Moebius) (((folkYEAH!))) consistently books cool shows in memorable locations, from Entrance at the Fernwood Lodge in Big Sur to Om at the "haunted" Bro... More >>

• Jay Reatard: tonight and on vinyl

  published Apr 02, 2008

  It's crazy that Jay Reatard's gonna be at the Warfield tonight. The spastic, lightning-speed garage punk seems best suited for small clubs where he can smash things. But hey, the dude got set up on a... More >>

• Mission Creek Music & Arts Festival slated for July 17th - 20th

  published Apr 01, 2008

  The organizer behind the 12th annual Mission Creek Music & Arts Fest today announced that this year's event is being pushed back time-wise and scaling down size-wise. MCMF in the past has hosted in... More >>

• The Dodos pick up steam with their new Visiter

  published Mar 31, 2008

  The Dodos by Jeremy Harris It's kind of exciting watching the Dodos hit their stride this year. After gigging incessantly for as long as I can remember, the band has released a record, Visiter, tha... More >>

• SXSW: The Big Finale

  published Mar 16, 2008

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• SXSW last day: David Banner kills it

  published Mar 15, 2008

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• Day 3: Dizzee, sick, and talking shit on Vampire Weekend

  published Mar 15, 2008

  Today's entry's a short one...I'm still sick damnit, only today I couldn't pretend to be feeling better. Sleeping won out over checking out all the bands I want to see (although I've got to see Monoto... More >>

• Booger Sugar, Dark Meat, and Moby: SXSW Day 2 pt. 2

  published Mar 14, 2008

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• Day 2 pt 1: Fucked Up, Hippies and Confetti, MGMT & Moby

  published Mar 14, 2008

  (Fucked Up) 3 a.m. Back at the hotel room bleary eyed and ears ringing from a DJ set by Moby (rrr) at an afterparty for Playboy. Full report on the day after a good night's sleep but favorites of th... More >>

• Bon Iver, Yeasayer, Lou Reed no show: Day 1 at SXSW

  published Mar 13, 2008

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• Hamburger Eyes' photo book out now!

  published Mar 04, 2008

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• Open Letter to Magnetic Fields Audience

  published Mar 03, 2008

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• Sausage party slow-jam

  published Mar 03, 2008

  "Hot Tubbin' On the Late Night" by Grad School Music. Hilarious.... More >>

• San Francisco by SXSW kicks off next week

  published Mar 03, 2008

  Scissors For Lefty by Jason Odell Next week most of the country's bloggers, bands, booking agents, party promoters, and coke dealers will book into every last Austin hotel room and hunker down for S... More >>

• Oakland noise-rockers Replicator call it quits

  published Mar 03, 2008

  (photo of Replicator courtesy of the band's website) After nearly a decade together, Oakland's Replicator has decided to quit the game while they're on top--and more importantly, while its members a... More >>

• Tom Petty, Radiohead, Jack Johnson, Five Stages, Golden Gate Park

  published Mar 03, 2008

  As reported before on All Shook Down, this summer in San Francisco is gonna be plenty festival-heavy. That three-day concert in Golden Gate Park now has a name ("Outside Lands"), a website, and a da... More >>

• Fag Fridays ends this week

  published Feb 28, 2008

  (photo courtesy of http://www.fagfridays.com) After a dozen years of disco & debauchery, the longtime gay dance institution known as Fag Fridays is dropping its weekly needle on the house records fo... More >>

• Treasure Island Music Fest returns in September

  published Feb 26, 2008

  Everyone who trekked out to Treasure Island Music Festival last year knows what a blast it was to see a bunch of bands (Spoon, M.I.A., Modest Mouse) at such a breathtaking locale...while, say, riding ... More >>

• Birdmonster sign to Fader mag's record label

  published Feb 25, 2008

  Local indie rockers Birdmonster are the new recruits to Fader magazine's little record label. Expect a new release from the band towards the end of this year--and, hmmm, mabye some ink in the magazi... More >>

• Happy Valentine's Day for all you disco lovers

  published Feb 14, 2008

  -- xo, Jennifer Maerz... More >>

• Stanford has "Beatles on the Brain" Despite Lack of Hallucinogens

  published Feb 08, 2008

  Some smarty pants professors down at Stanford are trying to understand exactly why the human brain likes the Beatles catalog so much. Specifically they want to know what is so damn attractive about th... More >>

• James Blackshaw tonight, 6pm, free

  published Feb 05, 2008

  James Blackshaw's acoustic guitar work is pretty magical. The young UK musician comes from the John Fahey school of sublime melody. Blackshaw's in town this week to play with another Fahey follower,... More >>

• Sarah Silverman's F*cking Matt Damon

  published Feb 05, 2008

  This clip needs little introduction. It's f*cking hilarious. It'll make you want to "go put that guitar down and f*ck Matt Damon." -- Jennifer Maerz... More >>