Email Author Ian S. Port

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• 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

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  FEATURED STORY

  Petty Fest Brings Out Boz Scaggs, Lucinda Williams, Chuck Prophet, and More at the Fillmore, 2/27/13

  published Feb 28, 2013

  Petty Fest SF, with Boz Scaggs, Lucinda Williams, Nick Valensi, Har Mar Superstar, Butch Walker, Two Gallants, and (Many) More Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013 The Fillmore Better than: Singing along to clas... More >>

• Green Day Returns, Billie Joe Opens Up About Substance Problems and Rehab

  published Feb 27, 2013

  You know how every VH1 Behind the Music episode has a part where, after hitting rock bottom and going to rehab, the artist/band has to reappear, mend their public image, and get back onstage againr T... More >>

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  Kim Gordon's Body/Head Puts the Noise in Noise Pop's Opening Night

  published Feb 27, 2013

  Body/Head, Horsebladder, Burmese @ Rickshaw Stop Jason Lytle @ Brick and Mortar Music Hall Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013 // Noise Pop Festival Opening Night Better than: The ambient soundtrack at your local... More >>

• Petty Fest: Show Preview

  published February 27, 2013

  Is there an American classic rocker so uniformly beloved as Tom Petty? We'd argue that there isn't — songs like "American Girl"... More >>

• Intermission: Noise Pop Turns Down the Volume

  published February 27, 2013

  What happened to the Noise Pop festival in 2013? This is the question of the season among music nerds and fans. Last year, for its 20th... More >>

• Watch: Antwon's "3rd World Grrl" Is the Bay Area Party-Rap Song of the Year So Far

  published Feb 26, 2013

  Behold, Antwon. The San Jose rapper's End of Earth mixtape made our list of the best local rap releases of 2012, and his latest tape, last week's In Dark Denim, is even better. (Grab it here.) The hig... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Toro y Moi Thaws Out: Chaz Bundick puts a New Fire Under His Cool Electronic Funk

  published February 27, 2013

  Photograph by Misha Vladimirskiy/Butchershop... More >>

• Five Excellent Noise Pop 2013 Shows That Aren't Sold Out (Yet)

  published Feb 26, 2013

  Hey, so Noise Pop 2013 starts today! And if you don't have tickets or a badge to this year's most-anticipated shows by this point, you probably aren't getting in. (Sorry!) That doesn't mean, however, ... More >>

• Morrissey Pretends He'll Play San Francisco One Day, Adds April Show

  published Feb 26, 2013

  Last week, Morrissey canceled his fourth S.F. show in a row, leading to anger, exasperation, and further abandonment of all hope for Moz fans. He's still got one more local date on the calendar -- the... More >>

• Icee Hot Announces Free Farewell Party at 222 Hyde Tonight

  published Feb 25, 2013

  Beloved Tenderloin club 222 Hyde is closing next week, as we reported this morning. And Icee Hot -- the crew responsible for some of the most forward-looking dance parties in the city, and which began... More >>

• Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake's 'Legends of the Summer' Tour Is Coming to San Francisco

  published Feb 25, 2013

  So that Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake collabo on "Suit & Tie" wasn't a one-off -- and neither was their joint performance at the Grammys. The famed New York rapper and the ex-boy-band leader (who's now ... More >>

• Morrissey Has Canceled This Sunday's Show at Davies Symphony Hall, Of Course

  published Feb 21, 2013

  Update, Feb. 22: Yesterday, Morrissey's official position on the Feb. 24 S.F. show was that it was being "postponed" and would be rescheduled soon. Today, it's simply canceled, per a notice from show ... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  SF MusicTech: Dead Kennedys' East Bay Ray Lashes Out at Internet "Pimps"

  published Feb 20, 2013

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• Smoked Out: Will Puffing Pot at Concerts Get You in Trouble?

  published February 20, 2013

  Friday, Feb. 1, was going to be a great night for Jack Reynolds. He and his wife (whose real names will not be used here) had tickets to see... More >>

• Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Foxygen Filter the Past

  published February 13, 2013

  You like Instagram, right? And what you like about Instagram, aside from the appetite stimulation and cat photos, are those nifty little... More >>

• Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Announce San Francisco Show in April

  published Feb 12, 2013

  Behold the lovely largesse of Coachella: Before the ever-dapper Australian rocker Nick Cave and his band the Bad Seeds hit Indio, they'll be playing a show -- just one -- here in San Francisco. The gi... More >>

• Thee Parkside and Noise Pop's Travis Hayes Busse Is the Star of a New Scion Ad

  published Feb 12, 2013

  The new poster boy for the Scion car company is someone you've probably seen at a local show. Travis Hayes Busse helps book bands at S.F. club Thee Parkside as well as at the Noise Pop and Treasure Is... More >>

• The 2013 Grammy Awards: Few Surprises, Lots of Drudgery, a Little Fun.

  published Feb 11, 2013

  The Grammy Awards are dull and insipid every year, but at least for the last two years the Recording Academy managed a few surprises: In 2011, Arcade Fire won Album of the Year, providing a climactic ... More >>

• OFF! Cancels Great American Music Hall Show This Saturday

  published Feb 08, 2013

  Update, 12:18 p.m.: Since no make-up date has been set, all OFF! ticketholders will be refunded at their place of purchase. This Saturday's show at Great American Music Hall will feature Negative Appr... More >>

• Jackson Browne Takes Requests at Nob Hill Masonic, 2/6/13

  published Feb 07, 2013

  Jackson Browne Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium Jackson Browne did not write a setlist for his show in San Francisco last night. Instead, the venerable L.A. singer-songwriter ran ... More >>

• Hear Mikal Cronin's "Shout It Out," the First Single Off His New Album MCII

  published Feb 05, 2013

  So Mikal Cronin -- the S.F. rocker whose 2011 debut proved way more hooky than its modest garage trappings suggested -- has a new album coming out May 7 on Merge Records. "Shout It Out," the first sin... More >>

• Black Keys, Furthur, Kings of Leon to Headline BottleRock Festival in Napa

  published Feb 01, 2013

  Since the Bay Area obviously doesn't have enough music festivals already, there's a new one coming -- to Napa, of all places. The inaugural BottleRock Napa Valley festival will run May 9 to 12 and has... More >>

• Bagel Radio Celebrates 10 Years of Streaming Indie Rock Tonight at Bottom of the Hill

  published Feb 01, 2013

  On February 1, 2003, Ted Leibowitz started Bagel Radio, an indie rock station streaming online from a laptop. Ten years later, he's still at it -- and still broadcasting from an aged MacBook in his Gl... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  GZA Plays the Master at the Independent, 1/30/13

  published Jan 31, 2013

  GZA Equipto DJ Apollo Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013 The Independent GZA has absolutely nothing to prove to you, and he performs accordingly. Last night, the smoky-voiced, smooth-rhymin' Genius of the Wu-... More >>

• Local Song of the Day: The Easygoing Disco of Glenn Jackson's "Morning Swim"

  published Jan 30, 2013

  As we noted today for SFist, one of the Bay Area groups we're most excited to watch in 2013 is the Oakland duo James & Evander, who make synth-pop that's both affecting and danceable. Glenn Jackson is... More >>