Subject: John Vanderslice

• ASD's SF Sketchfest Event Preview

  January 8, 2008

• The Daily Show, The State, and Vagina Dentata — It's Your Monday Morning Hangover

  January 21, 2008

• Local Music Blogs to Host BeatBeat Whisper, Or, The Whale and Emily Jane White This Saturday

  February 5, 2008

• Justice, Hot Chip, Spiritualized, Raconteurs at Treasure Island

  May 21, 2008

• American Apparel Protest, Comedy Death Ray, John Vanderslice and the Really Really Free Market: Your Monday Morning Hangover

  Saturday's much blogged-about American Apparel protest outside the storefront the chain plans to move into on Valencia Street had a sadly low turnout. Perhaps they were asking a bit much (10 a.m. on a Saturday morning?). Photographer Gretchen Robinette arrived at 10 on the dot and says that protesters started trickling in past 11. Click here for her photo set. Meanwhile, at nearby Mission and 18th, Hanna Quevedo (the latest photog. to join our All Shook Down family) and her well-traveled lens do

  February 2, 2009

• Countdown to Noise Pop: 22 Days

  Courtesy of Noise Pop The Closer: Les Savy Fav Get ready, San Francisco. That annual extravaganza of musical zanyness, alt./indie hiptitude, and overall sub-mainstream coolness known as Noise Pop is only three short weeks away! As always, attending a festival with so many performances in so many different venues requires plenty of pre-planning, so it's not too early to save your pennies, mark your calendars, and begin mapping out your N-Pop strategy.  This year's festival looks

  February 2, 2009

• Track of the Day: John Vanderslice

  Autumn deWildeAfter recently pulling off a big celebration for his Tiny Telephone Studios' tenth birthday, local music man John Vanderslice is returning to the spotlight with a new record, Romanian Names. Vanderslice stepped away from the official studio for this one and went into his basement to sketch out the material that would become the 12 songs on the upcoming LP. The first single off Romanian Names, "Fetal Horses," comes with a kinda gruesome title (I picture those carnival fetuses in jar

  April 2, 2009

• Samples

  March 13, 1996

• Outside Lands Announces Ace Lineup: Beasties, Ween, Tom Jones, Dirtbombs, and More

  Soren Solkaer StarbirdSan Francisco's giant music marathon, Outside Lands, announced its lineup this morning, capping its press release with headliners like Pearl Jam, Beastie Boys, Black Eyed Peas, Modest Mouse, and, yes, Dave Matthews Band hitting Golden Gate Park between August 28-30. Also in there--Tom freakin' Jones! So far we're impressed with the artistic spread. Any festival that includes Lila Downs, Mars Volta, TV on the Radio, Mastodon, and one of our favorites, the Dirtbombs, on one b

  April 13, 2009

• Tiny Telephone celebrates a decade in indie rock

  January 28, 2009

• Tiny Telephone, Big Decade

  January 21, 2009

• The Big Studio Slump

  The body count of legendary recording studios that have gone silent is undeniable.

  October 15, 2008

• Treasure Island picks: in haiku form!

  September 17, 2008

• Sketchfest stokes the musician-comedian love affair

  January 16, 2008

• Ten Things to Do This Weekend For Under $10

  Kelly O.Intelligence: Get smart Friday nightWe don't have to give you the news that today's Friday. We can tell by the way you're counting the minutes until lunchtime, after which you'll be counting the minutes until quittin' time, after which you'll be...yeah, who knows? But here's a couple recommendations for doing up the weekend on a budget.1. Intelligence, Oh Sees, Ty Segall at Annie's (Friday) One man's junky noise is another's post-punk treasure, and this show, friends, is our tippy t

  April 17, 2009

• John Vanderslice

  August 8, 2007

• Worshiping St. Vincent

  Annie Clark is an indie star two decades in the making

  August 1, 2007

• Requiem on Natoma

  November 1, 2006

• Rogue Wave asks for a little help from its friends

  September 27, 2006

• Hear This

  Billy Idol's rebel yell, Seu Jorge's Brazilian croon, and Portastatic's maudlin moan

  September 21, 2005

• John Vanderslice

  August 24, 2005

• Spoon

  Gimme Fiction

  May 18, 2005

• Music Awards Nominees

  October 20, 2004

• Sound Works?

  Tony Espinoza poured his dot-com millions into the fanciest music studio in town. With balls like that, who needs street cred?

  June 9, 2004

• John Vanderslice

  Cellar Door

  April 14, 2004

• A Jury of Their Peers

  We asked two local musicians to sound off on the latest and greatest from their fellow practitioners.

  March 17, 2004

• Sounding Out the New Year

  S.F.'s musicians resolve to be as eclectic as S.F. musicians ought

  January 21, 2004

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  June 11, 2003

• Pop Philosophy

  October 25, 2000

• Scene Not Heard

  August 30, 2000

• Riff Raff

  This Column Is Brought to You by the Letter M, the Letter P, the Number 3, and the Concept "Death of the Artist"; On That Note ...

  July 26, 2000

• Riff Raff

  After Hours Clubs, John Vanderslice, Missing Apples at the Fillmore, and Jello Biafra

  February 9, 2000

• House Of Tudor

  Fortune Cookie Compilations, "Stinky's Peep Show," Artists Ball, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Sergio and Odair Assad

  January 26, 2000

• Riff Raff

  December 15, 1999

• Little Voice

  In two years, John Vanderslice and his studio, Tiny Telephone, have become unlikely focal points of the local pop-rock scene

  October 6, 1999

• Riff Raff

  June 23, 1999

• Riff Raff

  August 12, 1998

• Riff Raff

  October 22, 1997

• Riff Raff

  June 4, 1997

• John Vanderslice

  May 13, 2009

• Free CD Giveaway: John Vanderslice

  Writer Jonathan Kiefer says the new John Vanderslice record, Romanian Names, contains the studio owner/songwriter's "requisite harmonic warmth, adventurous hooks, and halfway-private lyrics evincing irony and introspection." Want a copy of either the CD or vinyl recording of Romanian Names? Be the first commenter to post a "halfway private lyric" about Vanderslice's music and the prize is yours.

  May 13, 2009

• Outside Lands Post-Script

  EKAphotographyVinyl Vamp: Zap Mama​ Fickle weather and last-minute headliner replacements aside, Outside Lands was a success, by most yard sticks. Here's what folks are saying about the three-day extravaganza, which drew more than 100,000 people to Golden Gate Park: Local reaction: The Chron's Aidin Vaziri noted the lack of "urgency in the air" for big-ticket headliners, but added that the event itself was the event: "unlike last time, when people stampeded for hot commodities like Radio

  September 1, 2009

• Rogue Wave Gains Strength

  September 2, 2009

• Indie Rock Parody o' the Day: Help 30somethings Pick Hipster Faves

  ​How does an "over-educated 32-year old" decide between so many "cute indie girls with ugly indie guys" bands and hyped festivals? According to the smart-asses at Cracked.com, being able to say you've seen a certain hipster act live "feels like 100 orgasms covered in chocolate set to a Radiohead soundtrack." Make your way towards those oceans of cocoa and sonic rainbows by checking out the all-important Indie Music charticle. There's a local hook here too: John Vanderslice and what looks like

  September 2, 2009

• No Slack

  October 17, 2007

• SF Weekly Music Awards 2007 Program

  October 17, 2007

• High on Fire, SMC Recordings, and John Vanderslice Make History Now

  October 17, 2007

• The Bay Bridged Offers Local Musicians Recording Grants

  Image from thebaybridged.com​While other industries have been offered stimulus packages to help buffer this difficult economy, musicians have been left in the dust. But leave it to a non-profit to squeeze out some cash for a community typically living from one ramen package to the next. S.F. indie music site The Bay Bridged announced it will be giving away grants for local acts to use at John Vanderslice's Tiny Telephone studio. Applicants can apply here in hopes of earning three days worth of

  October 5, 2009

• D Tour

  October 28, 2009