SF SHOWS 2014: 19

4

The Casket Girls, The Stargazer Lilies, Dott and Dreamend play an 8pm show for $10 at BOTH tonight. The El Rio gives you music from Andre Thierry & Zydeco Magic for $5 from 10pm, doors from 9.

5

Ritual Control have a record release and play along with Punch and Quaaludes at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records in Oakland for $8 from 7pm in an all age show. The Chjapel offers you A Salute to John Fahey for $12 from Sean Smith, Chuck Johnson, Henry Kaiser, Dibson Hoffweiler, Andrew Weathers, Adam Snider, Danny Paul Grody and Richard Osborn from 9pm.

6

Joshua Cook, No Lovely Thing, Urban Theory and Mystic Man Reggae play live, along with dance, visuals and DJs from 7pm tonight in an all age show at Sub-Mission Gallery. In Oakland, you can catch Signal Flow - student composers, performers, artists - playing and all age free show from 8pm at Mills College, Littlefield Hall, Richards Road. Performers listed to appear are: Bill Baird, Ben Salomon, Peter Sloan, Khalil Doak-Anthony and Brett Carson.

SF SHOWS 2014: 18

MARCH

1

Winter Teeth and Tiger Honey Pot play Noise pop at Bender's for free starting 5pm. Creative Adult have a record release show at The Hemlock and play along with The Vibrating Antennas, Culture Abuse and Buffalo Tooth for $8 from 9pm. It is Indigenous Revolution Benefit night at 924 Gilman Street tonight and you can catch Diatribe, Digma, ExSxJx, Desmadre en Krisis, Monte, The Last Refuge and Sharkfin from 6pm for $7 in an all age show.

2

Warm Soda has a record release show on at The Hemlock, where you can also hear from Dimples and Big Tits if you are 21+ and have $6. Oakland offers an all age show from The Body, Negative Standards, Abnutivum, Terror Cell Unit, Akatharsia and Heathen Plague at Life Changing Ministries ~1629 8th Street ~ for $8 from 7pm.

3

We Butter The Bread With Butter, King Loses Crown, Honour Crest and Lions Lions play The DNA Lounge in an all age show from 7.30pm. Slims gives you an 8pm show from Nicole Atkins, Arc Iris and Davey Horne for $15 tonight.

SF SHOWS 2014: 17

25

Blackstone Rngrs, Carta and Powwoww play a 21+ show at Oakland's Night Light for $5 tonight. The Knockout gives you Badr Vogu, Femacoffin, Tomes and DJ Clza in a Benefit for Badr Vogu from 9.30pm if you are 21+.

26

CCR Headcleaner, Skate Laws and Bicycle Day play a free show at Bender's from 5pm with doors from 4. If you want to catch some Noise Pop action, try The Chapel from 8pm, where you can catch an all age show from Papercuts, Vetiver, The Donkeys and Eric D. Johnson.

27

Mother Falcon, Foxtails Brigade and Ken Wakan play a $15 Noise pop show from 8pm at The Chapel tonight. BOTH lso have a NP show on from Bottomless Pit, Kinski and Vir that starts at 8pm. Shabazz Palaces, Cities Aviv and Extra Classic play Noise Pop at Slim's for the 6+ crowd from 8.

28

Black Bones, Dope Collective, The Invisible Sundial, Crimes Of Pasion, The Broke Project and Girlfriend play an 8pm offering at 924 Gilman Street for $10 whatever your age. Slim's gives you NP action from Cold Cave, Painted Palms, Dirty Ghosts and Happy Fangs for a max of $18.
The Soft White Sixties, No, The She's and Cannons And Clouds play The Chapel from 8 in an all age NP show.

SF SHOWS 2014: 16

22

Day Labor, Oceanside Sound System, Skandalism, Loose Nutts and Skank Bank play Ska Night at 924 Gilman Street for $10, tonight. Active Music Festival Night 3 is on at Duende, 468 19th St. in Oakland, where you can hear from Moe! Staiano And Ensemble and Black Spirituals if you are 21+. The Bitter Diamonds, Moonshine Maybelline and Dear County play a 9pm show at The Starry Plough. The Hemlock gives you Synthetic ID, Airfix Kits, Pow! and The Riflemen for $6 from 9.

23

The Pullmen, Joshual Powell & The Great Train Robbery and Bonnie Sun play a free show from 4pm at Thee Parkside, listed as all age and with doors from 11am. Berkeley's Starry Plough offers a 4pm donation~entry all age show from Into The Pacific, The Christopher Youmans Band and Janeen Leah. The Hemlock gives you Kowloon Walled City, Drunk Dad, Gaytheist and Hornss for $10 starting 6.30.

24

Waters and The Tambo Rays have an 18+ show on from 9pm at The Brick and Mortar for $6. The Rickshaw Stop offers an 18+ show from Courtney Bamett, Rich Girls, Kins and Fever The Ghost starting 8.30.

SF SHOWS 2014: 15

19

Peace Creep have a record release show to play along with Future Twin, Buffalo Tooth and DJ Jello Biafra. there is also comedy from George Chen on the agenda at The Elbo Room for 21+ peeps with $5 tonight from 9. The Brick & Mortar gives you a 9pm show from Lou Evans, Robin Applewood, Kenny Crowley and Melted State if you are 18+. Shareef Ali has a record release show on at BOTH along with Whiskerman and Sparkbox for $8 tonight from 9.

20

The Uptown offers 21+ peeps Active Music Festival Night 1 for $10 from 9 tonight, giving you music from Oakland Active Orchestra, Benjamin Tinker, Tastyville and Horaflora. Wild Eyes, Ovvl, Buffalo Tooth and Chrome Eagle play Legionnaire Saloon in Oakland for $7 starting 8.30. The Hemlock offers you Idea the Artist, Terrible Buttons and City Tribe for $6 tonight.

21

Pure Powers, Nihilistic Elements, Middle Name Danger, Hella Deer, Lucid Optics and Stone play hip hop night at 924 Gilman Street in an all age show starting 9pm. Berkeley's Starry Plough gives you Drew Southern, Hibbity Dibbity and Karmin Line for a max of $12 from 9 tonight. King Lollipop, Santoros, Gravys Drop, Levitation Room and DJ Al Lover have a 9pm show on at The Brick and Mortar for 18+ peeps.

SF SHOWS 2014: 14

15

Terry Malts, Street Eaters, Yi, Baus and Manatee play an 8pm show for $7 at 924 Gilman Street tonight. It is Ska Night in Oakland, with an $8 show from Hella Jalapenos, Midnight Raid and Day Labor for 21+ peeps at The Uptown. Thee Parkside is active from noon onward today giving you a free noon thru 5pm record & music sale called Bay Area Record Label Fair - B.A.R.F., along with a show from Dog Party, Twin Steps, Cocktails, Al Lover and DJs. Later on, you can catch a $13 show from Big Jugs, Wolf Hamlin & The Front Porch Drifters, Kemo Sabe and Three Times Bad starting 8.30.

16

Violent Change, Turner and Reds Pinks & Purples play a $3 show at The El Rio from 9pm. Battle of the Bands gives you Mythra, Nightrail, They Went Ghost, As Small As Giants, Flip And The European Mutts, Pyrite Sidewalk, Wonderland Syndrome, The Guverment, Vulturegeist and Maxwell Powers from 5.30pm for a max of $12 whatever your age.

17

Waters, Farallons and Mornings play a $6 show from 9 at The Brick and Mortar.

18

Fly Moon Rolyalty and Mad Lines play an 8pm show for $7 at Oakland's Legionnaire Saloon. The Knockout offers A Million Billion Dying Suns, The Tropics and Buzzmutt for $6 from 9.30, with doors at 8.30.

The Common Men - Four - album review

After a couple of line-up changes, The Common Men are currently a 4-piece band based in San Francisco and this is their fourth album to date. I have been awaiting this promised release of the latest music with anticipation and eagerness - having enjoyed all three of the previous TCM offerings. Officially due for online release in a few days time, you can follow the progress and hear a couple of tracks from the new album for yourself HERE.

Individually:

Some Sunrise - sci-fi style intro/backing, typical/much loved TCM styled vox.

Seasons Revolt - spacey tinted music, guitar cycles, trilling sounds.

I Hope Your'e Alone - boomphy beat intro, circling music with accompanying regular TCM vox.

Nihilistic Young Love - low doze-vibe intro with twang, catchy tune, held together by the vox.

Over My Body - drummy-wheeeeeeze intro, powers into a spiraling under the strong vox, build-up interlude, making music of noise, the longest track at over 7 minutes.

Shoot The Night - wobble on stereo intro, the familiar and talented TCM vox trembles along with resonant sounds, less than 3 minutes long.

Whirl - literally whirls in with a host of sound and melody to which the typical TCM vox join before it whirls to a guitarry close.

The Same Ground As Me - bouncy guitar-based intro, this 6-minute track gives you melody, thrum, musical circlings and TCM style vox.

Lovers By Name Only - zoom-stick intro, a swirl of sounds coupled with distinctive TCM vocalization, fading out...

Overall, this album comes across as quite typical of TCM vocally, but mixed with new features in the form of experimental soundscapes under the catchy drum-play. Fans old and new should find these 9 tracks give mood and melody, rhythm and pace, zoom and zone. There is plenty to listen to inside the lyrics, but without loss of sway and dance-ability. Yes, this new album definitely gets my THUMBS UP!!

SF SHOWS 2014: 13

11

Kid Congo Powers And The Pink Monkey Birds, Wax Idols, Dancer and DJ Omar Perez play an 8pm show at Slim's for $15. Oakland's Metro offers you Abigall Williams, Erimha, The Zenith Passage and Apothecary for $10 from 7pm.

12

Commune Bonnie And The Bang Bang, Owl Paws and DJs play for free at The Elbo Room for 21+ peeps from 9pm. Slim's give you Touche Amore, Mewithoutyou, Seahaven and Drug Church from 7.30pm tonight.
Oakland offers you a 9pm show from The Surgeon Generals, Spider Heart, Moon Fox and Blue Oaks at The New Parish.

13

Sandy's, Elle Bell and Rustangs play The Hemlock for $6 from 8.30. Slim's gives you an 8pm show from Breathe Carolina, Mod Sun, Ghost Town and Lionfight. Mr Kind play The Family Crest's album release show at The GAMH ~ details!

14

The Soundwaves, Between Your Teeth, Posers, F.U.X., Coar and H2D have an all age 8pm show on at 924 Gilman Street costing $7. The Warlocks have a record release and play along with The Shivas, Cellar Doors and Denney Joints at The DNA Lounge on an all age show from 8.30. High Anxiety also have a record release on tonight so are playing with Secret Secretaries and Horrible Adorable at The Ouija Club ~ 214 Clara Street from 7pm in an all age show. Sean Hayes fans, click HERE.

SF SHOWS 2014: 12

8

Feral Depravity, Twat, Hemorage, Protest Authority, Catalyst and Spu play Jake's Birthday show at B.R.S., Richmond from 7pm tonight. Berkeley offers you Peggy Sue, Mandolin Orange and The Mariner's Children from 9pm if you are over 21 at The Starry Plough. There is 9pm show for $10 from Before The Brave, Rio Rio, Girls In Suede and 1955 at Thee Parkside. Poolside brings Jeffrey back to town ~ details   HERE.

9

Black Bones and Rundown Radio play a 4pm all age show at The Starry Plough for a donation. The Brick and Mortar offer an 18+ show from The Sour Notes, The Tropics, Upstairs Downstairs and Dreadnought from 7.30 tonight.

10

Bit Brigade, Mega Ran, Crashfaster, Danimal Cannon and Gnar Boots can be caught playing an all age show at BOTH tonight from 9. Another 9pm offering comes from Waters at The Brick and Mortar for 18+ peeps with $6 spare.

SF SHOWS 2014: 11

5

Death Valley High, Sorrow Church, Roadside Memorial, Limnus and DJs Grimmy and C-Death play a 9pm show at The New Parish in Oakland. The Hemlock offers you a $6 show from Man Forever, Life Coach, Brian Chase and Death Cheetah if you are 21+. Emotional, Zanna Nera, Sophie Ginou and DJ Rachel Aillo play a $5 show from 9pm at The Elbo Room.

6

Bite, Filthy Mudbloods and Coffee Shop Dropout play a Benefit for Maya Love show for $10 from 9 tonight at The Uptown. The Hemlock offers a $5 show from Nasty Christmas, Can Of Beans and Courtney & The Crushers for the 21+ crowd from 8.30pm.

7

Venus Beltran, El Terrible and I Am Animal can be caught for $6 tonight at The Hemlock from 9pm. You could catch Psychotic Pineapple, Rock N' Roll Adventure Kids, Bobby Joe Ebola And The Children McNuggets and The Gregors playing 924 Gilman Street for $10 from 8pm. Steep Ravine has a CD release and plays along with McCoy Tyler Band and Windy Hill at Berkeley's Starry Plough from 9pm for 21+ peeps.

POOLSIDE  coming to town shortly.... see next post for details!