Sunday, February 24, 2013

SF SHOWS 2013: 17 & contest results

MARCH

1
Mindset, Living Eyes, Counter, Step Aside and New Deal play a $10 show from 7-30 at 924 Gilman Street. For a free show, head on over to catch Family Of The Year play an all ager at Amoeba Music from 6. For a Noise Pop event, try Psychic Ills, Mike Donovan and Follakzoid playing an 8pm show at The Hemlock. Mr Kind play their first show in Oakland at Farley's East with Girl Named T tonight.

2
Pins Of Light, White Barons, Wild Eyes and Owl play a 5-8pm Noise Pop show at Bender's for free. The Hemlock gives you Bronze, Aussie band Holy Balm and Screature if you are 21+ with $7 tonight. Another Noise Pop event is on from Jukebox The Ghost, Matt Pond, The Lighthouse And The Whaler and French Cassettes at The Rickshaw Stop listed as all age and starting at 8. Yet another Noise pop event is on at BOTH from 9 tonight - where you can catch Sonny & The Sunsets, Magic Trick, Cool Ghouls and Dune Rats for $12.

3
Mustard Plug, Dan P. And The Bricks, The Interrupters, 132, Monkey and Violation play a 4-30pm show at 924 Gilman, Berkeley for $10. The Brick & Mortar gives you Minor Birds, Kat Jones, The Parmesans and Misisipi Mike tonight at 9. BOTH offers some Noise Pop in the form of Caspian, Native and The Dandelion War at 6 for $12. Exhausted Pipes, Jurimiko, Ragz The King, Thedevil'sco, Direction, First Contact, Rafa's One Man Band, Kingdom Scorned, Silent Giant and Really Realtors all play a 4pm show at The Metro in Oakland for $10 as part of Battle of the Bands.

4
Maserati, Minot and Silian Rail play Noise Pop at BOTH from 9 tonight. CDN offers you The Family Crest, The Horde And The Harem and Vandella for $10 at 8. The Elbo Room gives you a 9-30pm show from Shannon & The Clams, Meat Market and Pang! For $8.

& the contest is over - find out the results HERE

Monday, February 18, 2013

SF SHOWS 2013: 15 & Keith Varon

23
Thee Parkside has two shows on tonight - Middle Class Murder and Imperial Pints
play an all ager for free at 4 - doors at 3 and Burn River Burn, Disastroid and Fortress
play for 21+ peeps with $8 at 9. My second fav band Astral play a show along with Foxtail Somersault, Tomihra and United Ghosts at BOTH from 9 tonight for $10. DETAILS.  This is for sure where I would be headed if I were in town tonight - advance tickets available HERE.  120 MINUTES PRESENTS: VENUS X (GHE20G0TH1K) and ANTWON DETAILS

24
Velvet Acid Christ, The Twilight Garden, The Vile Augury and DJs Decay, Melting Girl and Unit 77 have a 9pm show on at The DNA Lounge. The Hemlock offers Judgement Day, Satya Sena, Iron Moutain and Armed For Apocalypse to 21+ peeps for $8 from 7.

25
Seven Lies About Girls, Black Leather Jesus, Striations, Struggle Session, White Gloves and Party Manners have a $6 show on from 7 at The Metro. There is a Live 105 show on from Surfer Blood, Grand Rapids Live and Aaron Axelsen at The Brick & Mortar for 18+ peeps from 8pm. The Elbo Room offers you a 9pm show from Down Dirty Shake, Mean Steets, Han Cholo and The Broonies.

For those interested in catching up with Keith Varon - former local muso - you can catch his new band's video: HERE.

Saturday, February 16, 2013

SF SHOWS 2013: 14, & KILL MOI, & SF ratings

20
The Spell, Rosa Grande and Future Space And Time play a $6 show from 9 at The Elbo Room. The Knockout gives you a $6 show at 8 from The Nerv, Burning Monk and Culo A Boca.

21
Steven Bernstein, Sex Mob, Seep Space Quartet and Klaxon Mutant Allstars can be heard at Brick & Mortar if you are 18+ and got along at 9. CDN offers The Night Marchers, The Intelligence and Mrs. Magician from 8-30 tonight. FREE PARTY-rsvp@ybrpromotions.com-The Frail at John Colins - DETAILS

22
Replica and Effluxus both have record releases on tonight, along with Hunting Party, Caged Animal and Deras Krig they play The Swamp in Oakland for $4 starting at 7pm. The Brick & Mortar gives you a $12 show from Indians, Night Beds and Cat Martino that starts at 9.

Some KILL MOI vids HERE


LINK to SF ratings - oooh, my third fav band is #24!

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

SF SHOWS 2013: 13

16
Undergang, Mortuous, Scolex and Necrot play from 5-30 thru 8-30 at The Elbo Room for 21+ peeps with $7. The Hemlock gives you The Ian Fays, Johnny Render and Brett Shady playing a $7 show from 9-30. Fringe, the indie music video dance party! DETAILS  Date Nite, Warbler, Eliquate, & Worth DETAILS

17
Noothgrush, Lidtoker, Swamp Witch, Connoisseur, War Trash and Right share a show at Oakland's Metro for $7 at 7pm, listed as Jayson Stormcrow's 35th Birthday. The Hemlock offers you a $7 show from Apogee Sound Club, Future Twin and Mulch.

18
Billy Cramer And Share The Land, Spiral Electric and Buzzmutt play The Elbo Room for 21+ peeps with $6, tonight. Dj Mei-Lwun's B-DAY @ MANIC MONDAYS w/Djs Shortkut and J Espinosa DETAILS

19
Dave Brogan, Garrin Benfield, Kate Gaffney and Tom Freund share the show at The Brick & Mortar that is listed as free and starting at 7-30. You might prefer to catch Wild Eyes, Twin Trilogy and Sketches Of Pain playing Amnesia - 853 Valencia - for $7 at 9pm. The Hemlock offers you an 8-30 show from Fox & Woman, Terrible Buttons and Split Screens if you are 21+ with $7 tonight.

Friday, February 8, 2013

SF SHOWS 2013: 12

12
White Barons, Owl, Winter Teeth and DJ Love Gun have a 9-30pm show on at The Knockout for 21+ peeps with $7. The Stone Foxes play an all age free show starting at 6 at Amoeba Music - 1855 Haight. King Loses Crown (EP release!) + Drop Dead Sixty + TBA DETAILS

13
The Stone Foxes, Mahgeetah and Black Cobra Vipers have a 9pm show on at The New Parish listed as free! Dylan Ryan Sand and Joao Erbetta Trio can be heard at The Hemlock if you are 21+ and have $7 tonight.

14
Sean Hayes and Fog Dub play a 9pm show at Oakland's New Parish for 18+ peeps. War Party, Black Market Prophets and Fault Lines, accompany an art showcase at Sub-Mission Gallery - doors at 8/show at 10, costs $4.

15
Terror, Bane, Backtrack and Code Orange Kids are the 9pm offering from Thee Parkside. BOTH offers French Cassettes and Black Cobra Vipers whatever your age for $10 if you prefer.

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

SF SHOWS 2013: 11

9
Enslaved, Pallbearer, Royal Thunder and Ancient Wisdom share an 8pm show at Slim's. 924 Gilman Street gives you Potential Threat, Kill The Messenger, Megaton, Karusoh and Arsa for $10 starting at 7. Another $10 option is to catch BroFX, Dance Party Boys and Commonwealth at The Hotel Utah from 9. Back To The 90s w DJ Neil Armstrong & Celebrating Mei-Lwun's Birthday DETAILS

10
Big Tree, Idea The Artist and Waiting Room play an $8 show at 9 - doors from 8 - at CDN. Thee Parkside gives you a free all age show from The Better Haves and Dirty Shakers.

11
Scrapers, Hatchet, Pow! and Mane play The Elbo Room for 21+ peeps with $6 at 9 tonight. CDN gives you What Made Milwaukee Famous at 8-30 for a max of $12.


Saturday, February 2, 2013

SF SHOWS 2013: 10 & Leopold and his Fiction news

5
Choirs & Mr. Kind play Cafe Du Nord - DETAILS Benjamin Francis Leftwich, We Became Owls and Owl Paws play a 9pm show at BOTH.

6
Sandy's, The She's and Farallons have a 9pm show on at The Brick & Mortar for 18+ peeps. Thee Parkside gives you The Toasters, Mrs. Skannotto and Monkey for $12 at 8. There is a free show from Thao & The Get Down Stay Down at Amoeba Music - 1855 Haight - starting at 6pm.

7
Elaine Romanelli and The Lemon Hammer play The Starry Plough in Berkeley for 21+ peeps at 8. CDN gives you Not To Reason Why, Amonie and Commissure for $8 at 8-30.
8
Dewey & The Peoples, Simple Creation, The Stu Tails and Randy Marsh share a 7pm show costing $10 at 924 Gilman Street. Oakland's New Parish gives you Trails And Ways, Incan Abraham, Bells and Cuckoo Chaos at 9. Ghost Parade, The Soonest and The Chaw have a 9pm show on at The DNA Lounge, tonight.

NEW ALBUM link for Leopold and his Fiction