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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

• Bouncer: Katy St. Clair Tickles a Lil Thuggie

  published Feb 24, 2010

  Web highlight from this week's paper: Bouncer's Katy St. Clair finds the ticklish spot on a little 22 Fillmore thuggie. When you're a kid, you keep hearing the refrain, "Just be yourself!" ... More >>

• Bay Music Links Roundup: San Francisco Ditties, Noise Pop Mixes, Dead Jukeboxes

  published Feb 24, 2010

  Do the Grateful Dead belong in a Haight St. jukeboxr [SF Appeal] Does Deerhoof look forward to big local showsr [SFist/Epicsauce]  Have you heard all these songs about San Franciscor [Broke-Ass... More >>

• Track of the Day: Visqueen Hands Down Noise Pop Love

  published Feb 24, 2010

  How 'bout some old-fashioned power popr The kind with a horn section, a strong female singer who can belt out the hooks, a chorus that calls out to "come and get your love," and guest backing vocals b... More >>

• Free Show With Aussie Rockers Jet at 330 Ritch Next Week

  published Feb 23, 2010

  There was a time when Australian rock act Jet could pack the Fillmore. Back in 2003, the band of Zeppelin-worshipers released Get Born, which unleashed the inescapable single "Are You Gona Be My Girlr... More >>

• New Tegan and Sara Video: "Alligator"

  published Feb 23, 2010

  Twin sisters Tegan and Sara spend much of their songwriting obsessing on the nuances of love lost and found. The duo's latest video, "Alligator," brings levity to the lyrics about crying big alligato... More >>

• Track of the Day Pt. 2: SF's Ring Trick Remixes Beach House

  published Feb 23, 2010

  I'm not sure it's possible to talk about favorite indie records of 2010 without having someone in the room bring up Baltimore duo Beach House. Whether I'm listening to KUSF or chatting with a staffer ... More >>

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  Openers: Arrive Early For Nice Nice

  published Feb 23, 2010

  Not that we're complaining, but the annual Noise Pop festival, which officially kicks off tonight, brings good bands to a city that sees a quite a few good bands on a regular basis. Perhaps a more uni... More >>

• 13th Floor Elevators' Tommy Hall in the Hospital

  published Feb 23, 2010

  Tommy Hall is one of the most fascinating music legends I've been lucky enough to interview. The founder, jug player, and psychedelic visionary behind Texas psych band 13th Floor Elevators was the sub... More >>

• Track of the Day: Art Museums Dream of Sculpture

  published Feb 22, 2010

  One of my current favorite labels, New York's Woodsist (home to Woods and Real Estate) has been showing the Bay Area a lotta love.  After releasing 7"s and full-lengths by the Fresh & Onlys, ... More >>

• Oxbow's Eugene S. Robinson Offers 'A Long Slow Screw'

  published Feb 22, 2010

  Noise-rocking and ass-kicking expert Eugene S. Robinson can now add another published book to his list of accomplishments. Oxbow's burly frontman recently released a new bit of fiction--A Long Slow S... More >>

• Watch this: New Beachy Video from The Invisible Cities

  published Feb 22, 2010

  The Invisible Cities are a promising S.F. outfit with catchy indie-pop tunes that'd please fans of The Shins and The New Pornographers. Their new animated video for "Bulldozer" pretty much defines ado... More >>

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  Last Night: Nodzzz at EpiscoDisco, Grace Cathedral

  published Feb 21, 2010

  NodzzzSaturday, Feb. 20, 2010Grace CathedralBetter than: Going to church for church stuff.San Franciscans complain about the "war on fun," but sometimes it isn't The Man, or the ABC, or even a rogue p... More >>

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  Updated: Blow Up Club Night RIP, S.F. Acts Lose Valuable Break

  published Feb 19, 2010

  You rarely think that popularity will come around and bite you in the ass, but it seems that's just what happened with Blow Up, the wildly successful club night that super-DJ duo Jeffrey Paradise and ... More >>

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  Last Night: Rykarda Parasol, Chambers, Summer Blondes at Hemlock Tavern

  published Feb 19, 2010

  Rykarda Parasol, Chambers and Summer Blondes Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010 Hemlock Tavern Better than: Listening to Rykarda Parasol's records (not that those are bad) Rykarda Parasol cannot possibly own p... More >>

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  10 Things to Do This Weekend For Under $10

  published Feb 19, 2010

  Whether you're craving ice cream and beats, grilled cheese and books, drone and dive bar basements, or poppy garage and Grace Cathedral, there's lots of cheap combo options for entertainment this week... More >>

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  Hey DJ! Friday Q&A w/ Pleasuremaker of Afrolicious

  published Feb 19, 2010

  DJ Pleasuremaker has helped turn the Elbo Room into a hotspot for African and Latin rhythms every Thursday for over two years. As we learned back when his brother Senor OZ was our Hey DJ! dude, their ... More >>

• In This Week's Issue: Noise Pop Picks, D-Lo's 'No Hoe,' & Vitalic Paranoia

  published Feb 18, 2010

  In case you've yet to pick up this week's issue of SF Weekly, a couple music highlights for you here:Emily Savage looks at what makes Noise Pop different from every other local music fest/good week in... More >>

• Track of the Day: Best Coast Hates Sleeping Alone

  published Feb 18, 2010

  She recently swung through on tour with Vivian Girls, and Best Coast is making her way back to town next week for Noise Pop (she plays Cafe du Nord on Feb. 24). The one-woman project of LA's Bethany C... More >>

• Video of the Day Pt. 2: Raaaaaaaandy-Dave Sitek Mixtape

  published Feb 18, 2010

  The best parts of Aziz Ansari's SF performance at the Punch Line last year were his Raaaaaandy sketches. Those bits fleshed out the small part he had in Funny People, where he's a prick DJ with a ... More >>

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  In Store: Grooves Still Gets Goosebumps Over Vinyl

  published Feb 18, 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 dus... More >>

• Bay Music Links Roundup: Free Shows, Stealing Vinyl, Breaking Up

  published Feb 17, 2010

  New Secret Seven sampler with unreleased tracks by Thee Oh Sees, Sonny & The Sunsets, Kelley Stoltz, Fresh & Onlys and more. [The Bay Bridged] Noisepop is next week. Get lucky and go for fre... More >>

• Track of the Day: From Joyo Velarde's Quannum Debut

  published Feb 17, 2010

  Soulful singer Joyo Velarde has long been part of the Quannum family, lending her honeyed delivery to top names on the local label's roster, including music by husband Lyrics Born (she's given co-wri... More >>

• Like Free Energyr Win Free Tickets to Their Studio Taping Next Week

  published Feb 17, 2010

  Philly act Free Energy indulges its upbeat classic rock influences, down to the cowbells, sax solos, and hand claps. The band definitely shows a different side to label DFA Records, which signed this ... More >>

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  What To Dor Wednesday's Pick: Artopia Celebrates Local Artists

  published Feb 17, 2010

  Support your fellow Bay Area artists tonight as SF Weekly hosts Artopia 2010, a party celebrating local art, music, and culture at Project One. We'll have pieces on display from all 12 finalists for o... More >>

• Video of the Day: Golden Triangle Conjures Warhol's Ghost

  published Feb 16, 2010

  Last fall I went to Portland for a big garage rock fest and got a chance to check out Brooklyn's Golden Triangle, a motley six-piece artist collective who perform fuzzed out art rock dressed in a col... More >>