Email Author Ian S. Port

Awards

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

  "The Pomplamoose Revolution"

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2013 Stories by Ian S. Port

• Rock the Wine Country: Bottle Rock Festival Is an Odd New Addition to the Bay Area

  published April 10, 2013

  To date, the words "music festival" and "Napa Valley" do not go together naturally — unless your idea of a music festival is Craig... More >>

• Outside Lands 2013: Five Bands To Expect on the Lineup

  published Apr 09, 2013

  Update, 4/10/13: Outside Lands has started dropping clues about the lineup on Instagram, and so far it looks like Grizzly Bear and Chromatics are also playing this year. It's official: The Outside La... More >>

• Mudhoney: Show Preview

  published April 10, 2013

  Who'd have thought the Superfuzz Bigmuff buzz would last so long? Twenty-five years after Mudhoney's sludgy sarcasm set the tone for a... More >>

• White Fence Wrote a Song About Getting in a Fight in San Francisco

  published Apr 08, 2013

  And, no surprise, it's good. We're basically just assuming that with "To the Boy I Jumped in Hemlock Alley," White Fence's Tim Presley is referring to San Francisco's Hemlock Alley. (Y'know, that sket... More >>

• Snoop Dogg Doubts Gays Will Ever Be Accepted in Rap

  published Apr 08, 2013

  In a new interview with the UK Guardian, Snoop Dogg dishes on a huge range of subjects: his metamorphosis into Snoop Lion, how many joints he smokes per day, and whether he'd ever consider going into ... More >>

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  We Are The Rolling Stones, and We Are Here For Your Every Last Dollar

  published Apr 08, 2013

  How much will you pay to say you've seen the Rolling Stonesr In 30 years, when Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are either dead and buried, or are liquid-preserved human heads running a cybernetic body... More >>

• Ty Segall Has Inspired a New Guitar Pedal From Death By Audio

  published Apr 05, 2013

  You know you're a guitar hero when effects makers look to you for new effects pedal ideas. And while we've (all) known for a long time that former S.F. rocker Ty Segall* was a legit six-string slayer,... More >>

• Watch: Huey Lewis Goes American Psycho on Weird Al as Sports Gets Reissued

  published Apr 05, 2013

  Remember that scene in American Psycho where Patrick Bateman extolls the virtues of the Bay Area's Huey Lewis and the News, just before pounding an axe through the cranium of Jared Letor Yeah, of cour... More >>

• Mac DeMarco as Opener Vs. Mac DeMarco as Headliner: A Study in Contrasts

  published Apr 04, 2013

  Mac DeMarco Monday, April 1 // Wednesday, April 3, 2013 The Independent // Rickshaw Stop Even Mac DeMarco -- the grinning, beatific, 22-year-old rocker who sings about Canadian cigarettes and cooking... More >>

• The Warren Hellman Museum Is Now Open Evenings; Meet the Man Who Volunteers to Run It

  published Apr 03, 2013

  In an old brick building off Folsom street, down a narrow alley that runs behind Slim's 333 Club, lies the Warren Hellman Museum, a tribute to the late founder of San Francisco's Hardly Strictly Blueg... More >>

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  The Rolling Stones Announce Two Bay Area Concerts in May

  published Apr 03, 2013

  Just as we were expecting, the Rolling Stones this morning announced a U.S. leg of their ongoing 50 and Counting Tour for this spring. And just as expected, it includes two dates in the Bay Area next ... More >>

• Barn Owl: Show Preview

  published April 3, 2013

  Barn Owl has long been known among fans of drone and ambient music for serene, towering textures of electric guitar and synthesizer, as... More >>

• Here Is the Billboard That Proves the Rolling Stones Are Playing San Francisco This Year

  published Apr 02, 2013

  So the Rolling Stones have been making a rather large, um, bang on Twitter all week about some big announcement coming tomorrow, April 3. Yes, it is almost certainly going to be U.S. tour dates for th... More >>

• Rolling Stone Names Great American Music Hall the Sixth Best Club in America

  published Apr 02, 2013

  Hey, look! Another exercise in presumptive list-making! This edition comes from your rock godfathers at Rolling Stone, who have just declared San Francisco's Great American Music Hall the No. 6 club i... More >>

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  Phoenix Shows Off New Songs For an Elated Crowd at the Independent, 4/1/13

  published Apr 02, 2013

  Phoenix Mac DeMarco Monday, April 1, 2013 The Independent Better than: Watching Phoenix play on a giant LCD screen from a mile away. Later this month, Phoenix will headline the second night of Coach... More >>

• America's Cup Pavilion Pulls Back on Concert Plans After Neighbor Complaints

  published Apr 01, 2013

  The series of major concerts at a new, temporary arena on the Embarcadero this summer won't be as big as organizers initially hoped. After coming under fire from neighbors, the America's Cup Pavilion... More >>

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  Apologetic Morrissey Announces Month-Long S.F. Residency, With Ticket Insurance

  published Apr 01, 2013

  Perhaps, as Morrissey once sang, "Sorry Doesn't Help" -- but the singer is going to try anyway. Acknowledging for the first time the six Bay Area concerts he's cancelled in a row, Morrissey today anno... More >>

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  Michelle Shocked Shows Up to Cancelled Santa Cruz Gig, Plays Sadly on Doorstep

  published Mar 29, 2013

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• Phoenix Sells Out the Independent "Instantly," Tickets on Craigslist for $2,000 Each

  published Mar 28, 2013

  Today, at about 11 a.m., the folks at the the Independent announced that French electro-rockers Phoenix will be playing the venue this Monday, April 1 -- and that the $45 tickets were going on sale at... More >>

• Dave Chappelle Announces Three More Shows This Week, at the Chapel

  published Mar 27, 2013

  Update, 12:26 p.m.: And, as expected, the shows are all sold-out. Original post: Fresh from his Monday night appearance at the Independent, Dave Chappelle is putting on three more shows in San Franc... More >>

• Veronica Falls Sweetly Pound Through Rickshaw Stop, 3/26/13

  published Mar 27, 2013

  Veronica Falls Brilliant Colors Golden Grrrls Tuesday, March 26, 2013 Rickshaw Stop Better than: Being a punchline in a nasty Jello Biafra song. When they aren't flirting with a death over some unre... More >>

• Lou Reed Cancels San Francisco, Coachella Shows

  published Mar 26, 2013

  Lou Reed, well-known jerkface and former headmaster of the Velvet Underground, has canceled his April 14 show at the Warfield in San Francisco as well as his two Coachella appearances, according to Th... More >>

• SOMA Club 330 Ritch Closes After Weekend Shooting

  published Mar 26, 2013

  330 Ritch, a SOMA nightclub that often hosted live hip-hop shows and DJs, closed indefinitely yesterday after three people were shot in and around the club early Sunday morning. The shooting victims ... More >>

• Smooth Pride: The Legacy of Malo's "Suavecito"

  published March 27, 2013

  Little about the first few moments of "Suavecito" suggests that it's a cultural touchstone: The electric guitar drizzles watery chords over a... More >>

• R.I.P. Steve Brodsky, Beloved S.F. Music Manager and Promoter

  published Mar 26, 2013

  Steve Brodsky, an artist manager, show promoter, and executive who left his mark on many aspects of the San Francisco music scene, passed away Friday night of complications from leukemia. He was 34. ... More >>