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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

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  Yoshi's S.F. Files for Bankruptcy, But Says It's Not in Peril

  published Dec 04, 2012

  Yoshi's S.F., the swanky Fillmore District jazz club and Japanese restaurant that opened in 2007, filed for bankruptcy last week, SF Weekly has learned. Yoshi's representatives say the move is intend... More >>

• John Cale: Show Preview

  published December 5, 2012

  You don't really think of John Cale as just one of the other guys in the Velvet Underground, do you? Because it turns out that while,... More >>

• S.F.'s Karmacoda Turns "Baby It's Cold Outside" into a Trip-Hop Mood Setter

  published Dec 03, 2012

  Call us grouches all you want, but "Baby It's Cold Outside" has always been one of our least-favorite holiday songs. Until today, that is, when we heard the downtempo/trip-hop version just released by... More >>

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  Bruce Springsteen Makes Oracle Arena Swoon, 11/30/12

  published Dec 02, 2012

  Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Oracle Arena Friday, Nov. 30, 2012 See our full slideshow from Friday's Springsteen concert. Better than: Anyone else singing "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town."... More >>

• Five Excellent Albums From 2012 to Play This Rainy Weekend

  published Nov 30, 2012

  So, it's pretty much going to rain all weekend here in the Bay Area. Which means that instead of listening to whatever the closest boom-box at Dolores Park is blasting, you'll be cooped up at home (or... More >>

• Metallica Goes Indie (Sort of) with Launch of Blackened Records

  published Nov 30, 2012

  After decades of affiliation with Warner Music Group, Bay Area metal giant Metallica is stepping out on its own. Today, the band takes ownership of all of its old masters, and launches its own label, ... More >>

• Here Are Some Pugs Screaming Death Metal

  published Nov 30, 2012

  Well this is pretty funny: It turns out pugs -- those wrinkly little dogs you see everywhere in San Francisco -- have a metal streak. These little canine buggers can howl and scream louder than Dave M... More >>

• Trade Winter-Themed Cassettes With the S.F. Mixtape Society This Weekend

  published Nov 29, 2012

  We are now three years into the loud history of the S.F Mixtape Society, a quarterly gathering where cassette aficionados trade tapes, sip drinks, and give each other awards for doing things that peop... More >>

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  Richmond Club the Rockit Room Will Rename Itself Neck of the Woods This Weekend

  published Nov 29, 2012

  For years the Rockit Room at 406 Clement has been the capital of live music in the Richmond District, hosting, among other things, lots of local rock and hip-hop, including such luminaries as Etta Jam... More >>

• S.F. Rocker Mikal Cronin Signs with Merge Records

  published Nov 29, 2012

  One of the breakout stories in San Francisco rock last year was that of Mikal Cronin, a longtime pal of local garage-rocker Ty Segall, whose debut album blew us -- and lots of others -- away. Well, it... More >>

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  'I'm Extremely Uncool': 9 Lively Bassnectar Quotes That Didn't Make Our Cover Story

  published Nov 28, 2012

  Our cover feature this week is on Bassnectar, the dance music behemoth that hails from right here in the Bay Area. The man behind Bassnectar is Lorin Ashton, who said a lot of interesting things in in... More >>

• Top Five Excellent Jimi Hendrix Songs You Might Not Know

  published Nov 27, 2012

  There aren't a lot of undiscovered gems in the catalog of an artist as widely admired (and repackaged for commercial gain) as Jimi Hendrix. But there are some remarkably good songs outside of the five... More >>

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  Alice Cooper: Rock Bands Need More Testosterone and Fewer Beards

  published Nov 27, 2012

  Alice Cooper is arguably the original shock-rocker. The career of the rock 'n' roller born Vincent Furnier spans from the late '60s -- when he was drinking nightly with John Lennon and Jim Morrison in... More >>

• Jimi Hendrix's 70th Birthday: 13 Revealing Quotes From the Man Himself

  published Nov 27, 2012

  Jimi Hendrix, the greatest rock guitar player who ever lived, was born on Nov. 27, 1942. Today, honor of what would have been his 70th birthday, we present 13 amazing quotes from the man himself, all ... More >>

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  Bass Instincts: How Bassnectar Came to Rule American Dance Music

  published November 28, 2012

  Inside San Francisco's Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, the atmosphere is bass. The bass rips through you, pressing against your throat,... More >>

• Sean Hayes Follows the Groove on His First Post-Fatherhood Album

  published November 28, 2012

  Singer-songwriter Sean Hayes has been on the San Francisco scene for nearly two decades, self-releasing albums of plaintive, intimate folk and... More >>

• S.F. Club Monarch Named Among Top 10 Soundsystems in the U.S.

  published Nov 26, 2012

  Regular readers of this blog will know that we're huge fans of the soundsystem over at newish S.F. club Monarch. The huge, gold-plated horns of the Void Acoustics system look incredible -- and they so... More >>

• Wayne Coyne Brings Grenade to Airport, Continuing Year of Bad Decisions

  published Nov 21, 2012

  So the Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne brought a gold-painted, disarmed grenade to the airport in Oklahoma City earlier this week, pretty much ruining the day for a lot of fellow travelers. Apparently it wa... More >>

• MC Hopie: Show Preview

  published November 21, 2012

  There are lots of ambitious, up-and-coming rappers in the San Francisco Bay Area. Few of them were born in the Phillippines, can play a host of... More >>

• Golden Void: Show Preview

  published November 21, 2012

  Behold San Francisco, where the threads of psych-rock never wear out. The latest arrival on the local scene is Golden Void, a supergroup... More >>

• The Greatest Band Press Release in the Long and Mediocre History of Band Press Releases

  published Nov 19, 2012

  Even awful bands do things right sometimes. We're wholly disinclined to say anything nice about the "crunk-core" cartoon outfit BrokeNCYDE, because, well, BrokeNCYDE is terrible. They're so terrible t... More >>

• 12 Years of Jazz Mafia: Adam Theis on the Group's Rise and Anniversary Concert

  published Nov 16, 2012

  They wrote the world's first hip-hop symphony (Brass, Bows, and Beats) and performed it at the Monterey Jazz Festival. They held a regular Tuesday night gig at an S.F. club for a decade. They formed a... More >>

• Watch: A-1 and Roach Gigz Rap in the Tour Van for "Speaker"

  published Nov 15, 2012

  What happens when you decide to shoot an entire rap video inside a moving tour van filled with people and a bottle of Bombay Sapphirer This fun new clip for "Speaker," by local MC A-1 and featuring Ro... More >>

• Outside Lands Festival Wants to Expand, Stay Through 2021

  published Nov 15, 2012

  Good news for fans of Outside Lands: The city of S.F. is considering a contract extension that would keep the music festival in Golden Gate Park until 2021, and would allow even more people to attend.... More >>

• Top Five Things Oakland Spokesman MC Hammer Could Do To Improve His Hometown

  published Nov 14, 2012

  Oakland, meet your new tourism ambassador: MC Hammer, famous rapper, man of Christ, former A's exec, and purveyor of some very goofy pantaloons. The man born Stanley Burrell was born and raised in Eas... More >>