Music Events 2012: 94

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Rupa & The Fishes have an all age free show on at Amoeba in Berkeley, starting at 4. The Hemlock offers you a 6pm show for $6 with music from Fake Your Own Death, The Trims and Spanish Cannons. Gappy Ranks, Bobby Hustle, Blessed Coast Sound and DJ Smoky play a 9pm show at Oakland's New Parish.

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At 6, you could catch The Independent's show from Sea Wolf, Hey Marseilles and The Donnies the Amys. Deathface, Sleazemore and DJ Ryury play The Elbo Room, in a 21+ show at 9pm. BOTH gives you Canadian band Metz, along with Tiger High and One Hundred Percent at 9.

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Spanish band Belgrado play with Bellicose Minds, Ruleta Rusa, Die Hard and DJ The Wizard in an $8/8pm show at The Knockout. The El Rio gives you Bang Bang, Mental 99 and Coles Whalen for $5 at 8. Thee Parkside has an $8/8pm show on from Mr. Gnome, Eighteen Individual Eyes and The Bruises.

Music Events 2012: 93

NOVEMBER

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Rare Monk, Horrorscopes, Coast Jumper and Roosevelt Radio play Brick & Mortar Music Hall tonight at 9 in an 18+ show. At 9, you might want to catch a show from Nova Albion, Hyena and The Trims at The Rickshaw Stop. BOTH offers another 9pm show with covers from Mr Kind and a CD release from River Shiver along with music from Marqiss - DETAILS

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At 9, you might want to hear from Judgment Day, Religious Girls and San Francesca at The Uptown, OR Mark Eitzel, Paula Frazer and Goldring and Thomson at BOTH, OR White Fence, Twerps and The Mallard at The Rickshaw Stop.

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The Knockout has a 3-30 show on from Big Eyes, Swiftumz, Bad Liar and Courtney and the Crushers. At 9, The Rickshaw Stop gives you Maus Haus, Sister Crayon and Radiation City. Another option is to catch the 9-30pm show from Walken, Asada Messiah and Fear The Fiasco playing The Hemlock Tavern.

Music Events 2012: 92

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At 2pm, you could catch Medicine Cabinet, Lycanthropic Legions of Noise, Arachnid Arcade and Omer Gal playing The Lab. At 8pm, you could catch Casy and Brian - who have a record release tonight -, Future Twin and Deep Teens playing Thee Parkside for $7 - the early show is on at 4, is free, and gives you Bar Fight and The Tough Brothers. More all age/free music comes to you from Brian Stevens at Coffee Adventures - 1331 Columbus - 11am thru 1pm. Brad Brooks, Felsen and The Corner Laughers play a 6-30pm Benefit for the Piedmont Yoga Community at Oakland's New Parish. If you want a free BBQ, try catching Unmanned Pilots and The Satisfactions playing The Uptown, Oakland for 21+ peeps with $7 from 2pm til 5pm.

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Negative Standards, Your Enemy, Crypt Keeper and Deadpressure have a $3 show on at 1530 East 12th Street, Oakland starting 8pm. The New Parish gives you Hopsin, Dizzy Wright, DJ Hoppa and Swizzz from 9 tonight. The El Rio has a 21+ show from One F, NVS and Mean Faces. Tix are $5 unless you come in costume, in which case they are $3. MANIC MONDAYS Grease the movie Halloween Oct 29th with Miles Medina DETAILS

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At 8pm, Brandon Nickell, Black Jeans, Believe and SURVIVE play Rec Center Studios. At 9, Dysrhythmia, Dog Shredder, Burmese and Dimesland have a show at The Elbo Room. Between the two at 8-30, you might prefer to catch Sweat Lodge, No Bone and Standard Poodle playing The Knockout - along with DJ's Thaddeus Reginald III and Crackerjacks.

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At 9, Rock and Roll Adventure Kids, Sir Lord Von Raven, Cum Stain and Hambones have a show on at The Stork Club. Also at 9, there is a show from Nobunny, Shannon and the Clams, POW! and The Eeries at The Brick and Mortar Music Hall. Yet another 9pm option comes from Trainwreck Riders - who have a record release -, Tiny Television and Rare Animals at BOTH.

Music Events 2012: 91

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The El Rio has an 8pm show on from Brother Pacific, Cool Ghouls and Troubadour Dali tonight. An alternative is the 9pm show from The Dig, French Cassettes, The We Shared Milk and The Wild Kindness at CDN. You might prefer to catch the 9pm show from Conspiracy of Beards, Beauty Operators String Band and Condorosa at The Brick and Mortar Music Hall.

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At 8-30, you could catch Orange Jews, The Flaming Telepaths and Luther Monday and Karry Walker playing The Starry Plough. An hour later, you might want to catch Slough Feg, Skelator and Midnight Chaser at The Hemlock Tavern. TEENAGE DANCE CRAZE GROOVY MONSTER PARTY OCT 26 10PM $5 DETAILS

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There is a 5pm show on from Ambersmoke, Amethyst Falls, Minenwerfer, Rotten Funeral and Chronaexus ay a place called Dude's Garage - I haven't heard of this venue before, but assume it exists. At 9, you might want to catch Rin Tin Tiger, Doe Eye, Steelwells and Wes Lesley and His Deadly Medley playing BOTH. CLUB 1994 Halloween Bash DETAILS Temptation v Fringe 'Fright night' Halloween edition DETAILS  120 MINUTES: PRESENTS SALEM (JACK-DJ SET) BROOKE CANDY (LIVE) at Elbo Room DETAILS

Music Events 2012: 90 & The Frail

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At 8pm, you could catch Crystal Castles playing The Fox Theater along with Health and Kontravoi. Violent Change have a record release show on tonight along with Pow!, Scrapers and Die Hard at The New Parish, for 18+ peeps at 9.

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There is an 8-30pm show on from Moonbell, Golden Awesome and Cruel Summer at The Knockout. Bitch Magnet reunite for a show with Life Coach and Gold Medalists at The Rickshaw Stop at 7-30. Two Door Cinema Club, Friends and Brooklyn band St. Lucia play The Fox Theater, in an all age show at 8. 

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The Uptown gives you a 9pm show from Civil War Rust, They Stay Dead, Weekender and Get Dead. Lost In The Trees, Midtown Dickens and Dana Buoy play BOTH for $12 at 8. Slim's gives you Crime And The City Solution, Cairo Gang and Omar Perez at 8 – but be warned – tix cost $28.

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Music Events 2012: 89

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Stolen Babies have a CD release at BOTH tonight, playing along with The Fuxedos and Darling Freakhead at 9. Amnesia gives you Night Hikes, Correspondence School and House Of Light for $5 at 6-30. You could catch Stomacher, Via Coma, The Bruises and The Dandelion War playing The Uptown at 9 if you prefer.

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Wax Idols, Wymond Miles and Evil Eyes re playing an 8pm show at The Brick & Mortar for 18+ peeps tonight. You might prefer to catch The Hemlock's offering of Cheap Time, Unnatural Helpers and Warm Soda for $10. Clarion Alley Block Party is an all age free event going on from noon thru 9 – you can catch bands such as Black Swans, Night Call, Rabbles, Apogee Sound Club, Grandma's Boyfriend, Severance Package, Empty Rooms and Still Suit. Fringe, the indie music video dance party! DETAILS

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The Hemlock gives you a $6 6pm show from Mako Sica, Brandon Nickel and Jeff Zittrain Band. Slim's offers you Mike Stud, Candlespit Collective and J. Lately at 8-30. Warm Soda, Cheap Time, Unnatural Helpers, Gnarboots, Matthew Joseph Payne and DJ's Zack Sabbath and Coco are playing a 5pm all age show at 924 Gilman Street for $10.

Music Events 2012: 88

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Exitmusic, Sun Airway and Pure Bathing Culture play an 8pm show at The Rickshaw Stop for $10. Amnesia gives you a 9-15pm show from Dominique Leone, 3 Leafs and T.I.T.S.. At 9, you can catch Old Crow, Old Iron and Hellbeard playing The Hemlock Tavern.

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At 9pm, The Uptown gives you Buzzmutt, Coast Jumper, Lectric Was House and The Whirlybird. You might prefer to catch Minus Gravity, Headlines and James Cavern playing a 9pm show at The Brick & Mortar if you are 18+. Imperative Reaction, Everything Goes Cold, The Ludovico Technique, The Witch Was Right and DJ Decay play The DNA Lounge in an all ager at 9.

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The Mezzanine has a 9pm show on tonight from Freelance Whales and Geographer. Another 9pm option is to catch Chris Cohen, Ashley Eriksson and Coconut playing The Hemlock Tavern. Also at 9, The Soft Pack, Crocodiles and Heavy Hawaii play Slim's for $16. At 9-30, you could catch Iron Lung, The Process, Effluxus and Hunting Party playing a show at The Knockout.

Music Events 2012: 87 & Blame Sally

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At 3pm, you can catch a show from Abyss of Fathomless Light, Jeweled Snakes, Starbeast Ii, Idaho Joe Windslow and Seven Lies About Girls at Bay Area 51. A later show is on at 9 from La Plebe, The Hooks and PROBLEMS at The El Rio. Another 9pm show can be heard from Books on Fate, City of Women and Tomihira at BOTH.

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There is a 7-30pm show from Helene Renaut, The Moore Bros and Eight Belles at The Make-Out Room tonight. Versions, Slag, They Are All Dead, DeadPressure and Your Enemy play a 5pm show at 924 Gilman Street for $7.

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At 8, you can catch Jeweled Snakes, Crank Sturgeon, Styrofoam Sanchez and Laetitia Sonami playing Life Changing Ministries - 1629 8th Street in Oakland. Molly Nilsson, Lost Lockets and Teen have a 9pm show at The Brick & Mortar for 18+ peeps.

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Music Events 2012: 86 & The Frail

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Sleepy Sun, Some Ember and Mahgeetah play a free show at The New Parish strting 9pm. The Rickshaw Stop offrs you an album release from Il Gato along with more music from Wolf & Crow for $10 whatever your age starting at 8 tonight. Commissure, Adventure Playground, The Hague, Ocelot and Froadz play a 7-30 pm show for $6 at Sub-Mission Gallery. Com Truise, Poolside, Bonde Do Role and Jeffrey Paradise - DETAILS

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At 9pm, you can catch Sunfighter, Dirty Clergy, Stars At Dusk and Atomic Lucy at The Stork Club. Anders Osborne, Robert Walter's 20th Congress and DJ Harry Duncan play a 9pm show at The Independent for 21+ peeps. Lords Of Altamont and Winter Teeth play The Knockout tonight - along with new band Alucarda - all for $8 at 9-30.

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The Hemlock has a 9pm show on tonight from Disappearing People, Bloom and Fuxa. There is another 9pm offering from Fnl, Headboggle, Black Spirituals, Orbless and DJ Meta Wave at The Cave - 3201 3rd Street. BOTH gives you another 9pm option - from Blisses B, Tyler Matthew Smith and Dad's LP. Tomorrows World, Housse De Racket, Citizens! and Lescop play a $15 show from 9 at The Rickshaw Stop.

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Music Events 2012: 85

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There is a 6pm show on from Li Xi, Rubedo, Mosshead and Oiler at The Hemlock Tavern tonight. You might prefer to spend $10 in order to catch Stepdad, Rich Aucoin and Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt playing The Rickshaw Stop in an all age show staring 8pm. Another option is to hear from Handguns, Forever Came Calling, State Champs, The American Scene and Allison Weiss who play an all age show for $10 starting 5pm at 924 Gilman Street.

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The Blank Tapes, The Lawlands and Cafe Cabana have an 8pm show on at CDN for $10 tonight. If that doesn't take your fancy - try DJ Mei-Lwun's MANIC MONDAYS with DJ Method DETAILS

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Gliss have an EP release and play a show along with Cruel Summer and Io Echo at The Rickshaw Stop at 8. You might prefer Oakland's donation-entry 9pm show at The Uptown from Seems An Eternity, Horaflora and Key West. Another option is to catch Grizzly Bear and Lower Dens, also in Oakland, at The Fox Theater, in an all ager starting 8pm. Check out CDN's offering - Thrillcall Presents Pop Etc (The Morning Benders) -The Frail-Doe Eye DETAILS