Music Events 2012: 104

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At 8-30, Meathook and the Vital Organs, Jackal Fleece and Belligerator play The Knockout. At 9, you could catch a show from Moon Duo, Life/Coach and Disappearing People at BOTH. The Hemlock gives you an 8-30pm show from Bad Weather California, Jason Anderson and Dyllan Hersey if you prefer.

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At 8, Electric Chair Repair Co, Satya Sena and Surplus 1980 play BOTH. How To Dress Well and Brooklyn band Beacon play an all age 8pm show at The Rickshaw Stop. If you fancy some ska - head on over to catch Franco Nero, The Tritonics and DJ Adam playing an $8 show at 9pm at The Elbo Room. Mr Kind plays The Lost Church - DETAILS

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BOTH has a 9pm show from Grass Widow, The Babies and Scrapers tonight. Slam Dunk, Happy, Mud Mouth and Mr. Manager play an all age show for $5 at The Rock Loft - 471 Broadway Street. The Mezzanine and Live 105 offer you a DJ set from Foster The People, music from Walk The Moon and Atlas Genius, and DJ's Aaron and Miles - if you are 21+ at 8pm.

Music Events 2012: 103

DECEMBER

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At 9, Sean Hayes and Michael Musika play The Independent. A half hour later, the show from The Niners, The Hoot Hoots and Future Space and Time starts at The Hemlock Tavern. Scissors For Lefty, The Trims and Books On Fate have a 9pm show for $10 at The Uptown. You could catch Bear In Heaven, Sonny & The Sunsets, Born Gold, Blasted Canyons, James & Evander and Trails And Ways playing The Public Works - 161 Erie Street at 12-30 as part of a 21+ event - Bay Brewed Rock & Roll Beer Festival - with unlimited beer tasting. (Warning - tix are a minimum of $50.) oOoOO / Metal Mother / WiToWMaKeR / The Milk Bar - Saturday December 1st 2012 DETAILS

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There is a 6pm show from Virgil Shaw, Matty Charles and The Lady Crooners at The Hemlock Tavern tonight. If you are in Oakland, you might prefer to catch Apocryphon, Dog Shredder and Burning Monk playing an 8pm show at Merchants Saloon - 401 2nd Street. CDN gives you The Fling, Strange Vine, Highlands and Loomers for $8 at 8-30 tonight, if you prefer.

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AxeWound, At Our Heels, Bottom and DJ Rob Metal play BOTH in an 8pm show for $14. Luke Sweeney & Wet Dreams Dry Magic, Upstairs Downstairs, Matt Baldwin, Michael Shaw and DJ Neil Martinson give you a free show if you are 18+ from 8pm at The Brick & Mortar.

Music Events 2012: 102

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Math The Band, Death Ray, Hurricane ruPaul and Nervous Energy play Oakland's Uptown for 21+ peeps with $7 at 9. The Hotel Utah gives you Third Date and Alibaster And The Original Bastards for $8 at 8. You could catch French Cassettes, Brolly and Black Cobra Vipers playing The Elbo Room for $10 at 10 if you prefer.

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Cool Ghouls, Prism Tats and Fronds have an 8-30pm show on at The Hemlock for $6. CDN gives you Branches, Before The Brave and Flying Childers for $10 at 8-30. These Old Wounds have a record release, along with music from The Bye Bye Blackbirds and Becky White & The Secret Mission in a 9pm show at BOTH.

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Rock N Roll Adventure Kids, Midnite Snaxxx, Courtney & The Crushers and Dark Beach play a 21+ show at Eli's Mile High Club as a Benefit for Matteo Chiesara. The Rickshaw Stop gives you an all age album release show at 9 from Ash Reiter, with music also coming from Cannons And Clouds and Drms. Dirty Ghosts, Zig Zags and Glitz play an $8 show at 9-30 at The Elbo Room.

Music Events 2012: 101 & voting opp

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There is a 4pm show on from Young Lions, Young Hunter, Lady of the Lake and 2084 at Eli's Mile High Club. The El Rio offers you an 8pm show from Marine, Big Bugs, Believe and Dreamboat Crusaderz. Black Sparrow Press, Benny The Jet Rodriquez and Nasty Christmas play a $6 show at The Hemlock from 6pm.

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At 9pm, you could catch Loomers, Commissure, Permanent Collection and Creepers playing The Elbo Room. Dethklok, Machine Head, All That Remains and The Black Dahlia Murder have a 6-30pm show on at The Fox Theater - if you have $35 spare.

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The Hemlock gives you an 8-30pm show from BAUS, Pleasure Gallows and Life Stinks. Talk Of Shamans, Sheepeaters, The Serfs, Ari Tibi, Quinn, Jason Richard, Brother Pacific, Black Cobra Vipers and Cool Ghouls share the stage at Brick & Mortar from 9pm. Agata, Brainwash, GutterShark and Ruleta Rusa play a $5 show from 9pm at F8 -1192 Folsom at 8th.

Time to vote - HERE - for yr fav band 2012. (I voted for King Loses Crown.)

Music Events 2012: 100

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DJ Lebowitz plays piano at Disco Volante in Oakland from5pm thru 7-30pm. Dark Sparkle play a 21+ show at CDN for $5 at 9pm. Not a lot else going on tonight, it seems - must be Thanksgiving.

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Golden Void have a record release show on tonight, playing along with Joel Robinow Band and Phil Manley at The Hemlock for $7 at 9-30. Wallpaper, Midi Matilda and one of my top 20 bands The Frail have a show on tonight at Slim's for 6+ peeps with $16 at 9 - doors from 8.

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Off With Their Heads, French Exit, Civil War Rust, The Criminals, Love Songs and Bobby Joe Ebola And The Children MacNuggits share an 8pm show at 924 Gilman Street for $8 tonight. Another option is to catch The Disposition, Waiting Room and New Cadence also playing in Berkeley at The Starry Plough. This is a 21+ show starting 9-30. White Barons, Tiger Honey Pot and Winter Teeth are in a 9-30 show at The Hemlock for $7 if you prefer.

Music Events 2012: 99

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Lecherous Gaze and Surprise Vacation share a 6pm show at The Hemlock for $5. Wintersleep and Elliott Brood have a 9pm show on at The New Parish for 18+ peeps. Dj Mei-Lwun's MANIC MONDAYS gives you DJ J Espinosa this week - DETAILS

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Unko Atama, Pleasure Kills, The Atom Age and DJ Alberto play a $7 show at The Knockout starting 9-30. BOTH gives you Slow Motion Cowboys, Lia Rose and The Lady Crooners for $8 at 9. The Hemlock's offering is from Snow Wite, Cruel Summer, CCR Headcleaner and Breakarts starting 8-30.

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Solwave, Major Powers & The Lo-Fi Symphony and The Resurrection Men play a 9pm show at CDN tonight for $10. The Rickshaw offers you a $13 show from Gold Fields, Electric Youth and DJ's from 9-30.

Music Events 2012: 98

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At 9pm, The Dandelion War, Ghost Parade and High Cliffs play The Hotel Utah Saloon. Nvo have an EP release at The Elbo Room tonight, along with Subreactor, Slayers Club and DJ's from 9pm for $10. At 9-30, The Hemlock gives you a record release from Glitter Wizard plus music from Hot Lunch and Pork Torta.

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Thee Parkside has a pair of shows for you today - The Coppertones and Chuckleberries play an all age free show at 3 - doors at noon, and Goldenboy, The Pharmacy and Warm Soda have a 21+ show for $8 at 9. Also at 9, He Who Cannot Be Named have a vinyl release at Benders, playing along with Blank Spots and Skin Affect. Fringe, the indie music video dance party! DETAILS

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No Expectations, Mallory, Extirpate, Lance Burden, Victim Of Faith, Asyst, Avida Ameros, Table Forty Five, Death Yodel and Suicidal Justice play a 5-30 battle of the bands show at The DNA Lounge for a max of $12 tonight. At 8, you might want to catch Sunfighter, Chingadero, Spider Heart and James Conner playing Brick and Mortar Music Hall. There is a 7-30 show on from Cradle Duende, Shake Your Peace! and Heather Normandale at The Make-Out Room.

Music Events 2012: 97

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At 8-30, Mark Sultan, King Lollipop and Bad Backs play The Knockout. At 7, Tom's Place gives you a show from CBD Trio, Black Thread and Jeff Surak. Sera Cahoone, Magic Magic Roses and TV Mike And The Scarecrows play a 9pm show at The Brick & Mortar for 18+ peeps.

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My second fav band Astral have a show on at Brick & Mortar tonight, along with Tracing Figures, In Letter Form and Blue Light Curtain. DETAILS  (I would be there if I could...) At 7, you might want to catch Sadhorse, A White Hunter and Stillsuit playing Casa Sanchez. At 8-30, Gentleman Jesse and His Men, Midnite Snaxxx and Cocktails have a show at The Hemlock Tavern.

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At 8-30, you could catch Blasted Canyons, Nothing People and Lorelle Meets The Obsolete playing The Hemlock Tavern. At 9, The Blank Tapes play BOTH along with Brand New Trash and Jonny Cat and the Coo Coo Birds - which would be my choice if in town tonight. Another option is to catch Brazillian band O Inimigo along with Permanent Ruin, Wild Moth and The Light all playing a free 7pm show at Thrillhouse Records. Another choice is to catch the 7-30pm show from Fashawn, Strong Arm Steady and Thurz at Oakland's New Parish for $15.

Music Events 2012: 96 & King Loses Crown photos

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There is a 4-30pm show on at The Knockout - doors an hour earlier - from No Alternative, Freedom Club, Bad Coyotes and The Rinds. At 9-30, you might want to catch Black Skies, Caltrop and Prizehog playing The Hemlock Tavern. Get Dead has a record release show on tonight, along with The City and The Criminals, all playing from 10pm at The El Rio for $8. Berkeley's 924 Gilman Street has an all age show on at 8 from Teenage Bottle Rocket, Hear The Sirens and No Limbs.

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The Lab has an 8pm show from Jeff Surak, Scott Arford, Relay for Death and Tralphaz tonight. The Knockout has a 4-30pm show from Rock Bottom, Tigon, Standard Poodle and Big Long Now. At 6, The Hemlock gives you an $8 show from Onuinu, Seatraffic and All Your Sisters.

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King Dude, Malditos and Emily Jane White, along with DJ's S4nta Mu3rte and Crackwhore have an $8 show on at The Elbo Room from 9 tonight. Thee Parkside gives you The Spittin' Cobras, Abatis and The Breaks at 8 for $7.

King Loses Crown PHOTOS

Music Events 2012: 95 & Jessie Evans/Persephone's Bees videos

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Twin Sister, Melted Toys and Some Ember play a $10 show at 8pm at The Rickshaw Stop. The Dunwells, Magic Magic Roses, Chelsea TK And The Tzigane Society, The Redlight District and Lauren Barth share an 8pm show at The Brick & Mortar for 18+ peeps. BOTH gives you Mike Watt & The Missingmen, Victory And Associates and Jokes For Feelings at 9 tonight.

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Lovely Bad Things, Cosmonauts and Vacant Lots have an 8-30 show on tonight at The Hemlock, costing $10. BOTH gives you an all age show from Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Andrew Blair and Owl Paws at 9. You could hear from Go Van Gogh and Sunflowers at The Red Poppy Art House - 2698 Folsom Street - for $5 at 7 tonight.

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Those Darlins, Pangea and Heavy Cream have a $12 show on at The Rickshaw Stop that starts at 9. Thee Parkside gives you a 21+ concert from Two Cow Garage, The Copyrights, Civil War Rust and Great Apes for $8 at 9. The Chop Tops, The Rev Tones, burlesque dancers and DJ Tanoa Samoa Boy can entertain you at The Elbo Room if you are 21+ and like rockabilly tonight at 9. #Y3K: KITTY PRYDE!!! MAIN ATTRAKIONZ, HOTTUB, FRIENDZONE, & MATRIXXMAN! DETAILS

Jessie Evans VIDEO

Persephone's Bees VIDEO