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

  "The Pomplamoose Revolution"

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2011 Stories by Ian S. Port

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  Album of the Year: Handicapping the Race for the Best Record of 2011

  published Oct 27, 2011

  It's almost November -- the month when music scribes pull their ears out of whatever Sonic Youth/Public Enemy/Kate Bush playlist they normally exist to and begin cramming for that all-important profes... More >>

• Performance Artist Ann Magnuson Will Perform as David Bowie Tomorrow Night

  published Oct 26, 2011

  Blame it on Halloween, we s'pose, but this is quite a week for artists performing as other artists here in S.F. Obvs there's that iPort-wet-dream of a garage/punk show Friday at Brick and Mortar, but ... More >>

• Yoshi's Is Holding a Benefit for Beaten Giants Fan Bryan Stow Featuring Tim Flannery

  published Oct 26, 2011

  Yoshi's S.F. is holding a benefit concert next month for 42-year-old Bryan Stow, the Giants fan who was savagely attacked outside a baseball game in Los Angeles this March and suffered a severe skull ... More >>

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  Gold Panda Makes His Machines Sound Human at the Independent

  published Oct 26, 2011

  Gold Panda Oct. 25, 2011 The Independent Better than: Getting pelted with tear gas by Oakland police officers. If the subtext of Gold Panda's organic, melancholy electronica wasn't already clear en... More >>

• In Print: Extra Classic Gives White Reggae a Good Name, and More

  published Oct 26, 2011

  Extra Classic: If the idea of white kids in San Francisco appropriating authentic Jamaican music makes you a little squeamish, you're not alone. But after spending a couple of hours with Extra Classic... More >>

• A Halloween Show We Can Get Behind: Nobunny, Ty Segall, Uzi Rash, and More to Play as Long-Gone Greats This Friday

  published Oct 25, 2011

  On Friday, Brick and Mortar Music Hall will present a Halloween show that we're truly excited about. Naturally, it consists of some of our favorite local artists -- Nobunny and Ty Segall among them --... More >>

• Guess What Beatles Song the Flaming Lips Will Play in Tribute to Steve Jobs

  published Oct 25, 2011

  The O Music Awards -- MTV's online-streaming attempt to honor the world where music in 2011 lives and dies -- are Monday. Did you previously carer Nor Well perhaps you will upon hearing that the Flam... More >>

• MC Hammer Lines Up for Ed Lee in Ridiculous Music Video Featuring Ashkon, Will.i.am, Brian Wilson, and Willie Brown

  published Oct 25, 2011

  Well, "Too legit to quit" was a perfect out-of-the-box slogan for mayoral candidate Ed Lee, and apparently Bay Area rapper MC Hammer was happy to lend it to him. Hammer himself appears in this ridicu... More >>

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  Things Music Critics Hate: Coldplay

  published Oct 25, 2011

  Music criticism is as much an affliction as an occupation -- especially these days, it's far more reliable as a sickness than a paycheck. While critics vary in their particulars of taste, most share ... More >>

• A Roving Rock Band Called the Violators Came to Terrorize Haight Street Last Night

  published Oct 25, 2011

  The Violators (r) Haight Street between Fillmore and Steiner Oct. 24, 2011 Better than: A Frasier rerun. Last night I was sitting at home, finishing my dessert of fresh raspberries soaked in the bl... More >>

• The Strange Boys: Show Preview

  published October 26, 2011

  The Strange Boys will sow at least some confusion — and probably a lot of it — by naming their third studio album Live... More >>

• The Soft Moon: Show Preview

  published October 26, 2011

  Performing as the Soft Moon, Luis Vasquez made an impression almost immediately after the release of his captivating, occasionally... More >>

• Here Is Video of Arcade Fire's Entire Set from the Bridge School Benefit

  published Oct 24, 2011

  Missed Bridge Schoolr We did, too. But now, instead of sighing deeply and conjuring overly rosy daydreams of what we missed by skipping the trek down to Mountain View this past weekend, we have YouTu... More >>

• Tom Morello Is Playing Occupy SF This Afternoon and Great American Music Hall Tonight

  published Oct 21, 2011

  Apologies for the late notice, but those you political rock/Rage Against the Machine/protest-folk fans will appreciate knowing that Tom Morello will be performing twice in S.F. today. First up, Morell... More >>

• Too Legit to Google: MC Hammer Is Starting a Search Engine

  published Oct 20, 2011

  In perhaps the greatest gift to headline writers unleashed on the blogosphere this minute, Bay Area hip-hop figurehead, ordained Christian minister, and Hardly Strictly Bluegrass regular MC Hammer ann... More >>

• Metallica and Lou Reed's Lulu Is Streaming in Full Right Now

  published Oct 20, 2011

  After months of waiting, a big thud came: The Great Hyperbole Engine of 2011, aka Lou Reed and Metallica's collaborative album Lulu, is streaming on the project's website right now. As we've written ... More >>

• Watch: A Day in the Life KMEL's Record-Buying, Star-Discovering DJ Amen

  published Oct 19, 2011

  Ever wonder what a day in the life of a local radio DJ is liker Well now you can know: Bay Area hip-hop website Thizzler on the Roof recently put together this short clip that follows KMEL's DJ Amen ... More >>

• In Print: DJ Shadow's Amoeba Shopping Spree, Recommended Shows This Week, and More

  published Oct 19, 2011

  From SF Weekly's latest print music section: DJ Shadow's Store-Bought Inspiration: Two years ago, Josh Davis realized he had accumulated a whopping $800 of store credit for Amoeba Music. Davis had bu... More >>

• Promising Local Outfit Pancho-San Lets Its Psych-Folk Horses Run Free in "Kick the Fences Down"

  published Oct 18, 2011

  Pancho-san is a newish Bay Area band consisting of former Beulah and Rogue Wave members Patrick Abernethy, Eli Crews, and Pat Spurgeon. With a pedigree like that -- Beulah was ludicrously good, and C... More >>

• Your Post-Bridge School Comedown Party: Watch a Film About the Benefit's First 25 Years

  published Oct 18, 2011

  We already told you about the plans to release a new, three-DVD, two-CD box set celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the now-legendary Bridge School Benefit concerts. The set will feature some stunnin... More >>

• Budget Rock 10: Show Preview

  published October 19, 2011

  Now in its 10th year, the 2011 edition of the Bay Area's Budget Rock Festival will be its last — it's fittingly billed as "the... More >>

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  Fiona Ma's Quest to Ban Raves Ends with Discovery That You Can't Ban a Type of Music

  published Oct 14, 2011

  Last year, we told you that S.F. Assemblywoman Fiona Ma was on a quest to ban raves in the wake of the death of a 15-year-old girl at Electric Daisy Carnival in L.A. Turns out Ma failed -- at least t... More >>

• The Coup's Boots Riley Will Perform for the Occupy Oakland Crowd This Evening

  published Oct 13, 2011

  So, so fitting: On a day when his bandmate in Street Sweeper Social Club, Tom Morello, performed at Occupy Wall Street, politically conscious Oakland rapper Boots Riley of the Coup is bringing his bo... More >>

• Swoon: Wilco Is Playing Three Bay Area Shows Early Next Year

  published Oct 13, 2011

  A proposition: The best part about Wilco putting out a new album is that it means the band will be touring behind it. Yesr Nor Mayber Whatever you think of The Whole Love, Wilco's latest album (and... More >>

• The Jealous Guys Deliver a Moody Ode to Their Native City in "Miss San Francisco"

  published Oct 13, 2011

  We rambled earlier this week about that spooky new four-song Audiobook EP from rising S.F. rap duo the Jealous Guys. But here they've gone and done something we just can't ignore. Check out this gorg... More >>