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

  "The Pomplamoose Revolution"

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2010 Stories by Ian S. Port

• Porto Franco the Label Expands to Porto Franco the Venue

  published Mar 03, 2010

  Necessity is the mother of invention, and father/son team Sergei and Peter Varshavsky are filling a void for Mission musicians who deserve to be heard. First they established the Porto Franco label, w... More >>

• Track of the Day: DJ D-Sharp is the "Definition of a Star"

  published Mar 03, 2010

  Local DJ D-Sharp has long sweated it out behind the scenes, spinning beats for Lauryn Hill, producing tracks for Lyrics Born, Lateef the Truthspeaker, and Digital Underground's Shock G, among others. ... More >>

• Bay Area Music Links: Shut Up, Jazz-Out, and One Night Stands

  published Mar 03, 2010

  On the outer limits of S.F. jazz. You can't even see Yoshi's from here. [The Bold Italic] Stream The Morning Benders' new album, Big Echo. Now. [Yours Truly] Video: Honeycomb play haunting chamber-... More >>

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  EpiscoDisco is ON, Grace Cathedral Keeps Its Cool Club Night

  published Mar 03, 2010

  I've been reporting on the aimless graffiti that almost shut down Rev. Bertie Pearson's amazing monthly, EpiscoDisco. (Quick recap, at the last event, a young girl tagged up the place, threatening a r... More >>

• This Week's Issue: Tegan and Sara Find Leonard Cohen

  published Mar 03, 2010

  Just out, in this week's music section...Tegan and Sara's Sara Quin on being inspired by Leonard Cohen's romantic frustrations: "Tegan ended up getting what she wanted and what she was practicing... More >>

• Video: The Splinters Get Mysterious in Black & White

  published Mar 02, 2010

  The Splinters - "Mysterious" (Music Video) from The Splinters on Vimeo.In tomorrow's edition of SF Weekly, All Shook Down regular Ian S. Port profiles Oakland's rioutous garrrage rockers The Splinter... More >>

• Track of the Day Pt. 2: Sonny Smith Gets Hypnotized

  published Mar 02, 2010

  Local artist Sonny Smith has long been more than just a songwriter. Over the years he's written and shot a short film, a CD of one-act plays, and elegant works of fiction for both the page and the rec... More >>

• Tracks of the Day: Elliott Smith's "Last Call" and "Twilight"

  published Mar 02, 2010

  I'm a sucker for anything Elliott Smith related. From his stripped-to-the-marrow early recordings through the wall-of-sound arrangements that surrounded his intrepid melancholy on later albums, Smith ... More >>

• Openers: Get There Early For High Castle

  published Mar 02, 2010

  We've had it with pretty. We've had it with cute. We've had it with autoharp, vocal harmonies, and the acoustic guitar.This week, we're arriving early for punk -- the fuzzed-out, gutter-pitched mayhem... More >>

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  Video of the Day: Ty Segall + Mikal Cronin = Badasses in Black

  published Mar 01, 2010

  Ty Segall & Mikal Cronin "I Wear Black" from Claire Marie Films on Vimeo.In  person, Ty Segall comes off like a sweet guy. At last weekend's sardine-packed ruckus at the Elbo Room, the garag... More >>

• Noise Pop Slideshows: Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros and Dizzy Balloon

  published Mar 01, 2010

  I don't know you y'all, but we're feeling a heavy Noise Pop hangover from so much back-to-back entertainment over the last week (or, perhaps it's really just tied to that last whiskey we downed during... More >>

• Track of the Day: Josiah Wolf of WHYr

  published Mar 01, 2010

  Josiah Wolf has found inspiration in a couple different Jews as it were during his musical coming of age. His dad was a rabbi who encouraged he and his brother Yoni (his cohort in the local artsy abst... More >>

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  'In a Cloud' Captures SF's Best Folk Pop Freaks. We Q&A its Mastermind.

  published Mar 01, 2010

  Man, San Francisco is so strong on the indie music front these days. And that's not just empty cheerleading. Our pop bands (Girls, The Dodos) are getting prime festival slots and lots of press love, w... More >>

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  Last Night: The Magnetic Fields, Mark Eitzel at the Fox (Noise Pop)

  published Feb 28, 2010

  The Magnetic Fields, Mark Eitzel (Noise Pop) Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010 The Fox Theater Better than: What delicate, acoustic pop would sound like without a band as relentlessly clever as The Magnetic Fi... More >>

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  Last Night: Atlas Sound, Geographer, Magic Wands, and Nice Nice (Noise Pop)

  published Feb 27, 2010

  Atlas Sound, Geographer, Magic Wands, and Nice Nice (Noise Pop) Friday, Feb. 26, 2010 Great American Music Hall Better than: What usually happens when a guy takes the stage alone with only an acousti... More >>

• The Splinters: Riotous Grrrls

  published March 3, 2010

  It's easy to picture Oakland foursome the Splinters as a gang of boisterous broads out to fuck shit up. The band's anthem, a fist-pounding riot... More >>

• In Store: Force of Habit Records Makes Granny Nuts

  published Feb 26, 2010

  In Store spotlights San Francisco's quirkiest, most beloved, weirdest, and/or otherwise-most-interesting record stores. Our city's unmistakable friskiness and cultural capital emanate from those dusty... More >>

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  Last Night: The Dodos with Magik*Magik Orchestra at Palace of Fine Arts

  published Feb 26, 2010

  The Dodos with Magik*Magik Orchestra @ Noise PopThursday, Feb. 25, 2010Palace of Fine ArtsWatch a slideshow of the Dodos performance here. Better than: A stuffy orchestral performance where the main a... More >>

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  Hey DJ! Friday Q&A w/ Steve "DJ Purple" Hays

  published Feb 26, 2010

  rFor this week's interview, we're focusing on a different sort of DJ. Steve "DJ Purple" Hays hosts wild parties and plays songs that cause people to get up and dance, yes, but they also sing. Lo... More >>

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  10 Things to Do This Weekend for Under $10

  published Feb 26, 2010

  It's time to shake the work week like a bad spring cold. There is so much to do this weekend, we need an extra week to fit in all the cheap 'n' awesome garage rock, homages to Holgas, bro parties with... More >>

• EpiscoDisco Still in Limbo After Lame Chick's Graffiti Bender

  published Feb 25, 2010

  Almost a week after some girl took out her teen angst on the free music 'n' visuals party EpiscoDisco, the future of the city's best arty cathedral soiree is still up in the air. Last Saturday night, ... More >>

• Noise Pop Slideshow: Rogue Wave at Bottom of the Hill

  published Feb 25, 2010

  Since we can't be everywhere at once--especially during Noise Pop's packed schedule--we're offering a mix of live reviews and slideshows from this week's concerts. Up now, a slideshow from Rogue Wave'... More >>

• Deer Tick Plays Free Show at the Independent on Wednesday

  published Feb 25, 2010

  Dear Deer Tick fans: there's good news, and there's bad news. First, the good. The group is coming back to the Independent, where it started a show with a stage dive back in July, and the boys ar... More >>

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  Last Night: Foreign Born, The Fresh & Onlys, Free Energy, and The Splinters at Rickshaw Stop

  published Feb 25, 2010

  Foreign Born, The Fresh & Onlys, Free Energy, and The Splinters at Noise Pop Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010 Rickshaw Stop Better than: Watching middle-aged people in tuxedoes and gowns dance to tinny s... More >>

• Howlin Rain Responds to Being Used by Dick Cheney

  published Feb 24, 2010

   Arthur magazine's Jay Babcock hipped me to the fact that when former VP Dick Cheney spoke to the Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 18, he used as his rile-up-the-troops entrance s... More >>