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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

• Noise Pop 2012 Lineup: The Flaming Lips, Sleigh Bells, Bob Mould, and More Added

  published Jan 11, 2012

  The final More additions to the lineup for Noise Pop's 20th Anniversary festival were released moments ago, and they were worth the wait: Topping the 2012 bill are the Flaming Lips -- who also playe... More >>

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  Fauxchella: How to See Your Favorite Coachella Bands Without Leaving the Bay

  published Jan 10, 2012

  Maybe you hate traveling. Maybe you're broke. Or maybe you're allergic to waiting in long lines under the hot sun while privileged pre-teens gyrate to David Guetta. There are many, many good reasons... More >>

• Coachella 2012 Lineup: Radiohead, The Black Keys, Dr. Dre and Snoop, Pulp, The Weeknd, and More

  published Jan 09, 2012

  See also: * Fauxchella: How to See Your Favorite Coachella Bands Without Leaving S.F. It's here: The lineup for the biggest music festival in the west, Coachella, and the first year in which the ... More >>

• Musical Art Quintet: Show Preview

  published January 11, 2012

  Plenty of local bands are ambitious; San Francisco's Musical Art Quintet is trailblazing its own genre. The group, led by bassist and... More >>

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  Oakland's Wallpaper. Inks Deal with Epic Records

  published Jan 09, 2012

  Wallpaper., the thumping crunk-pop outfit led by Oakland's Ricky Reed, signed a record deal late last year with Sony Music imprint Epic, making it the latest Bay Area group to jump to a major label. ... More >>

• Music Links: Gold Dust Lounge Faces Eviction, New Grass Widow Single, and More

  published Jan 06, 2012

  Sadly, the historic Gold Dust Lounge in Union Square is facing eviction. [Inside Scoop] Hear a great new song from S.F.'s Grass Widow called "Disappearing Industries" (and see them for free tonight ... More >>

• Naturally, There's Now a Funny Song About the Telegraph Hill Burglar

  published Jan 06, 2012

  It was certainly one of the weirdest local news stories of this week: Around 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, a man was seen purloining a ring from an apartment atop Telegraph Hill. The apartment manager chased... More >>

• Take a Fuzzed-Out 'Tumble Down' With S.F.'s Terry Malts

  published Jan 05, 2012

  Terry Malts is among the local rock bands whose full-length debuts we're most excited about in 2012, and the album's first single, "Tumble Down" oughta show why: With sizzling guitars playing atop a ... More >>

• The Full-Length Jerry Garcia Doc Is Go

  published Jan 05, 2012

  Jerry Garcia, the San Francisco-born guitarist of the Grateful Dead, will be the subject of a new feature-length documentary film released this spring, according to a report today in Deadline Hollywoo... More >>

• Sonny Smith's 'Sees All Knows All' Project: Live Storytelling, With a Band

  published Jan 05, 2012

  It often seems that San Francisco's Sonny Smith is on a quest to leave his creative mark on as many different mediums as possible. Best known as the leader of Fat Possum-signed rock band Sonny and the... More >>

• Hey Upstart Bands, Noise Pop Wants YOU to Play Next Month's Festival

  published Jan 04, 2012

  As part of its world-shaking, time-exploding, two-decade-ringing-in confab and music festival next month, S.F.'s own Noise Pop is offering up no fewer than five gig slots to bands who apply through So... More >>

• The Steve Jobs Action Figure Is a Creepy, Plasticky Abomination

  published Jan 04, 2012

  He made your computer, your phone, your TV entertainment system, your music player, and he created the store where you buy most of your music. But just in case you think your screen-circumscribed lif... More >>

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  R.I.P. Jennifer 'Miro' Anderson, Singer of S.F. Punk Pioneers the Nuns

  published Jan 04, 2012

  See also: *The Nuns' Jennifer Miro: An Appreciation By Gimme Something Better Author Jack Boulware Jennifer Anderson, a musician, writer, and model whose doll-like looks and seductive voice helped... More >>

• Watch: Carrie Brownstein, Fred Armisen, Thao Nguyen, and Mirah Cover 'Push It' on Portlandia's S.F. Live Tour Stop

  published Jan 03, 2012

  No, dammit, we didn't get to go to the S.F. stop of the live Portlandia, either, and in case we all need any evidence that missing it was a huge bummer, here it is: A sizzling clip of the show's co-c... More >>

• The Well-Named Heart Break Gang Wants To Steal Your Woman with 'She Ready'

  published Jan 03, 2012

  "Your girl, she ready," goes the titular refrain here, and after hearing this new track from the Bay Area's Heart Break Gang, well, yours may not be the only lady running out to grind (or worse) wit... More >>

• Better, Later, and on the Air: A Wish list for S.F. Music in 2012

  published January 4, 2012

  Optimists say that if you want to have your dreams come true, you should write them down. We frankly doubt that elucidating the things we want... More >>