Contest: Win Tickets to Noise Pop

Just because we’re not heading to Noise Pop doesn’t mean that should stop you from going. So if you’re hanging around the Bay or if you have a really good means of getting there (take us with you), we have some tickets to give away (take us with you, it won’t be weird to drive us across the country. We’ll pick out snacks). Regardless of whether you take us with you or not (take us with you), you can still win some tickets, just tell us who you want to see most this year in the comments and make sure to use a real email address so we can let you know if you won.

SF: Diesel: U: Music & The FADER Present Happy Hour at the Diesel Post Street Store

San Franciscoians! We’ve returned to your city for the next round of our Happy Hour series at the Diesel Post Street Store. Running from Wednesday February 25th through Friday February 27th, we’ve got DJ sets from Or the Whale, Papercuts, Les Savy Fav and a whole bunch more (seriously, check out how many names there are on that flyer!). Also included are acoustic performances from Girls, Birdmonster, Ra Ra Riot and Loch Lomond, and because we’re cool like that our happy hour goes from 5pm-9pm and includes free pizza. RSVP here and check out the full flyer after the jump.

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Noise Pop 2008

Noise Pop has always seemed kinda appealing from afar. It’s like Dudes isn’t San Francisco the home of Free Love or whatever? Was that only a long time ago? WHO KNOWS! Either way, the musical landscape is sorta different these days so we got some reporting from the field by Noah Blumberg aka Quarby of the SF based blog Sneakmove, and photos by Mike Senese. Also, we snapped a couple pictures of our daily happy hour, hosted with the help of Diesel and featuring complimentary beverages from Bass and Black Swan Wine to accompany tunes by Two Gallants and The Virgins among a whole bunch more. Check out Blumberg’s recap after the jump, and scroll down to the bottom for a couple snaps from our happy hour.

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