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

  "The Pomplamoose Revolution"

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2012 Stories by Ian S. Port

• Yeah So Pulp Sold Out the Warfield in Less Than 10 Minutes

  published Jan 27, 2012

  Crushed. Crestfallen. Epically disappointed. Start brainstorming adjectives now for your Tweets and Facebook status updates, 'cause there ain't no more tickets left to see Pulp at the Warfield, peop... More >>

• Tonight: Live Electronic Project Magic Touch Headlines a Free New Party at SF Underground

  published Jan 26, 2012

  If you didn't lose your fucking mind amid the flurry of end-of-year lists clogging the Internet last month, you might remember our wrap-up of the best Bay Area electronic records of 2011. Tonight, one... More >>

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  Live Review, 1/25/12: "Siri, Did the iCrowd Enjoy Seeing Modest Mouse at the Warfieldr"

  published Jan 26, 2012

  Modest Mouse Talkdemonic Jan. 25, 2012 The Warfield Better than: Working in an Apple factory. Barker-in-chief Issac Brock's band Modest Mouse played at the Warfield last night, some special event r... More >>

• V-Nasty Cancels Upcoming Tour Dates Due to Probation Issues

  published Jan 25, 2012

  If anyone still thinks that Kreayshawn associate, Gucci Mane collaborator, and Oakland A's fan V-Nasty was just fronting about her rough-and-tumble background and years spent in and out of juvie and ... More >>

• Wilco's Nels Cline on Working with Jeff Tweedy and His Reputation for Weird Sounds

  published Jan 25, 2012

  From SF Weekly's latest print music section: The Wizard of Wilco: Nels Cline is extremely lucky, and he knows it. Widely regarded as one of the world's finest living guitarists, Cline came up playing... More >>

• The Family Folk Explosion at Amnesia: Free Last Waltz-Style Americana from S.F. Locals

  published Jan 24, 2012

  January can be an interesting month for live music in San Francisco. With many large tours still in holiday hiatus mode, the local weirdos get to take over the city's venues and conduct all sorts of ... More >>

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  Warren Hellman Tribute Concert Will Feature Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Buddy Miller, Gillian Welch, and More

  published Jan 24, 2012

  Hardly Strictly Bluegrass founder Warren Hellman passed away at the end of last year, but the sprawling free music festival he started will continue. And on Feb. 19, Hellman's family and the festival... More >>

• The Wizard of Wilco: A Conversation with Guitarist Nels Cline

  published January 25, 2012

  Nels Cline is extremely lucky, and he knows it. Widely regarded as one of the world's finest living guitarists, Cline came up playing styles of... More >>

• Do As Catherine Hill Says in This Song and "Save The Gold Dust Lounge"

  published Jan 23, 2012

  Have you heardr San Francisco's classic Gold Dust Lounge -- a 1933 watering hole that was a regular haunt of legendary local columnist Herb Caen, and hosts a regular live rock 'n' roll band -- is in t... More >>

• Artists and Performers: Win a Grant in SF Weekly's Masterminds Contest

  published Jan 20, 2012

  Update: Deadline extended! It's that time of year again: Not ski season (sadly!) but Masterminds, an annual competition held by SF Weekly to give leading local artists, designers, filmmakers, and per... More >>

• New Lawsuit Says Neil Young's Fire-Starting Lincoln Continental Hybrid Was Unsafe

  published Jan 20, 2012

  Only a crazy (read: legally negligent) person would convert a 1959 Lincoln Continental to run on a hybrid of gasoline and electricity. That's the argument in a new lawsuit filed against a firm owned... More >>

• Artists and Performers: Win Grant Money in SF Weekly's Masterminds Contest

  published Jan 20, 2012

  Updated with new extended deadline! It's that time of year again: Not ski season (sadly!) but Masterminds, an annual competition held by SF Weekly to give leading local artists, designers, filmmakers... More >>

• Live Review, 1/19/12: Katy B Soars Over the Bass at Her First S.F. Show

  published Jan 20, 2012

  Katy B Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012 Rickshaw Stop Better than: The club music bandwagon. For all the pop singers building hits out of electronic dance music these days -- which is pretty much everyone u... More >>

• Hear Ashkon's Awesome 49ers Anthem, "Niners in Paris"

  published Jan 19, 2012

  You almost certainly remember "Don't Stop Believing," Ashkon Davaran's Journey-flipping S.F. Giants anthem from 2010. Well, the master of S.F. sports remixes is at it again: He just dropped "That Sm... More >>

• R.I.P. Johnny Otis, R&B Pioneer

  published Jan 19, 2012

  Johnny Otis, the Vallejo-born musician who helped coalesce jazz, blues, and gospel into rock 'n' roll and rhythm and blues, died Tuesday at his home in Altadena, California. He was 90. Best known for... More >>

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  NOFX's Fat Mike on Taking Drugs, Being a Father, and Joining the Mile High Club

  published Jan 19, 2012

  You may not have been alive in 1983, when punk rock icon NOFX was started in Berkeley. That was nearly 30 years ago, after all, and the world was a very different place: Ronald Reagan was president, ... More >>

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  Oakland's tUnE-yArDs Wins The Village Voice's Annual Pazz & Jop Critics Poll

  published Jan 18, 2012

  Let the Bay Area pride fly: According to the the Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop critics poll, whose results were released late yesterday, the best album of 2011 was made by none other than Oakland... More >>

• Saturday: Sonny Smith Debuts New Live Show 'Sees All Knows All' at the Lost Church

  published Jan 17, 2012

  Sonny Smith Alexi Glickman Jan. 14, 2012 The Lost Church Better than: That paranoid monologue that finally convinces the man to lock you up forever. Between issuing unadorned pop-rock with his band... More >>

• How Oakland's Wallpaper. Graduated to a Major Label

  published January 18, 2012

  It was around 10 o'clock on a Friday night in December when Ricky Reed walked into a meeting at the Sony Music building in Beverly Hills with... More >>

• The Rock 'n' Sock Hop for Jonathan Toubin: Show Preview

  published January 18, 2012

  Late last year, celebrated New York DJ Jonathan Toubin suffered a freak car accident — in his hotel room. While pulling into Portland's... More >>

• Music Video Roundup: New Clips From Dominant Legs, Bhi Bhiman, and More

  published Jan 13, 2012

  It's a new year, and with a new year comes a new crop of music videos. Less than two weeks into 2012, we already found a bunch from (mostly) local artists that we dig. So instead of posting each one ... More >>

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  Things Music Critics Hate: Skrillex

  published Jan 13, 2012

  Music criticism is as much an affliction as an occupation -- especially these days, it's far more reliable as a sickness than a paycheck. Things Music Critics Hate is an occasional series that will a... More >>

• Local Rappers Make a 49ers Anthem Out of Journey Power Ballad 'Faithfully'

  published Jan 12, 2012

  The 49ers are doing well -- the team's first playoff game in nine years is happening in two days -- so naturally, Bay Area musicians are in the mood to celebrate. And as with the Giants' World Serie... More >>

• The Bay Area Has Only One Club in the World's Top 100, According to Pollstar. Huhr

  published Jan 12, 2012

  Update: Aaron Siuda, vice president of marketing at Live Nation Northern California, says that his firm generally does not report ticket sales to Pollstar. But he said if it had provided numbers, th... More >>

• DJ Toph One: Drink and Dance to Help Hit-And-Run-Injured Christopher Evans

  published Jan 11, 2012

  This past Sunday, San Francisco DJ and cyclist Christopher Evans, best known as DJ Toph One, was struck by a car while riding his bike at the corner of Ocean and Geneva in the Ingleside neighorhood. T... More >>