SF RECOMMENDED SHOWS 2014: OCTOBER 1

1. Dominion, Crimson Scarlet and Mane play an $8 show from 9pm at The El Rio.

2. Steakhouse and The Black Marshmallows both have an album to release tonight, and play a show along with The Verms at the BOTH for 21+ peeps with $8 starting 9pm.

3. Ice Cream have an EP release show for $6 tonight, playing along with The Green Door and Sweet Plot at Thee Parkside for 21+ peeps from 9pm.

4. La Plebe, The Gr'ups, Bobby Joe Ebola & The Children MacNuggits, Love Songs and Bhangra Dance Performance & Lesson play Kamala's and Frank Marriage Celebration from 8pm in an all age show costing $10.

4. Everybody Row, Sleep Spindles, Alaska, Twin Cities and Trust Club play a $10 show from 7pm at Honey Hive Gallery - 4117 Judah Street.

4. Cruel Summer, Literature and Smiles have a 21+ show at The Hemlock costing $8 tonight.

3-4-5. Hardly Strictly Bluegrass is on at Golden Gate Park, offering all age free music from 11am. Bands include: Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun, The Good Life, Chris Isaak, The Waybacks, Lucinda Williams, Willie Watson, The Apache Relay, Emmylou Harris, Caitlin Rose, Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds, Holler Down The Hollow, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Kate York, Striking Matches, Sun Kil Moon, Carlene Carter and Blue Rodeo.

7. The Body (Portland), Sandworm (Providence), Burmese, Striations
at the Night Light, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm

9. Vaniish are at The Knockout, playing tracks from their debut album in a show with Heaven and Blood Sister. (You can grab their album on vinyl, CD, or iTunes from www.vaniish.com/merch/

SF RECOMMENDED SHOWS 2014: SEPTEMBER

23 - Kopecky Family Band and Avid Dancer play an 8pm show at The Independent, costing $12.

24 - Two Sheds, Spooky Mansions and Caleb Nichols share a $7 show at The Hemlock for 21+ peeps.

26 - Wag, Sister Grizzley and Babewatch play for 21+ peeps from 9pm at Oakland's Legionnaire Saloon.

27 - Three O'Clock Rock, Wild Moth, Hot Flash Heat Wave and a bunch of DJs play an all age show from noon for free as Bay Area Record Fair at Thee Parkside.

28 - Manzo Rally, Afrofunk Experience, Crosscut, Pulse and Caesar Myles & The Dreaded Truth play a non thru 7pm all age show at Cesar Chavez Park in Berkeley for free.

30 - Slothrust, Void Boys and Baus share a 21+ show at BOTH for $10.

SF SHOWS 2014: 76

19

Girls With Guns, Mom Jeans, The Porno Riots, Beast Fiend and Long Knives play an all age show for $7 at 924 Gilman from 8pm. El Terrible have an EP release and play along with Hungry Skinny, Lemme Adams and Talk Of Shamans in a 9pm show for $10 at The Elbo Room.

20

Wild Hunt, Old Iron and The Helm play a $7 show from 4-30 with doors at 4, and Moira Scar has a record release, playing along with Mane, Mansion and DJ Grimmy Grumm from 9pm for $6 at The Hemlock. Split Screens have an LP release tonight, playing along with Yassou Benedict and New Spell in a 21+ show from 9-30 at BOTH. Benders gives you two CD releases tonight - from The Rinds and The 100 Keens - who play a 10pm show for $5 with Zipper Lips.

21

924 Gilman Street gives you Gurschach, Precambrian, The Institution, Of Ardent Resolve and Wizzz for $8 in an all age show starting 5-30. Oakland Music Festival in downtown Oakland is an all age event going on from 11am today - including the following bands: Sweater Funk, Bang Data, Kev Choice Ensemble, J-Boogies Dubtronic Science, Suns Of Temple and Dead Klown Society. BOTH gives you a 7pm show from Walrus, Hot Lunch, Brubaker, Garth's Rory Gallagher Tribute Band and DJ's Sasquatch Borracho and Blake Davis in an all ager.

SF SHOWS 2014: 75

15

Poikkeus, Reactor, Ruleta Rusa, Apriori and Korrosive have a $10 all age show on tonight at Sub-Mission Gallery. The Hemlock gives you Richard Buckner and Odawas for $12 from 8pm.

16

Molly Wops have an EP release at The Knockout for $7 tonight, playing along with Rockfight, Kick Puppy and DJ Dissentsean from 9-30 for 21+ peeps. Mark Ford and Elijah Ford play an 18+ show at The Brick and Mortar from 9pm.

17

Modern Kicks, Hammered Satin, The Saint Ides and The Sweet Bones share a 9pm show for $8 at Oakland's Night Light. Thee Parkside offers a $15 show from The Real McKenzies, A. Tom Collins and Bum City Saints starting 8pm.

18

Dancer, Hammered Satin and Modern Kicks play The Hemlock in a $7 show from 8-30. Oakland's Metro gives you an all age show from You Me At Six, Young Guns and Stars In Stereo starting 7pm. Quaaludes have an EP release going on tonight at The Knockout, playing along with Man Hands, Generation Loss and Bad Daddies for $7 from 9-30, with doors at 9.

SF SHOWS 2014: 74

12

Berkeley Balkan Bacchanal, Fanfare Zambaleta and Radio Istanbul play 'Mission Creek Oakland' at The Starry Plough in Berkeley for $10 from 9pm - apparently - though why an Oakland festival is happening in Berkeley leaves me wondering. Once And Future Band, Mondo Drag and Planes Of Satori play a $7 show at Leo's Music Club - 5447 Telegraph in Oakland - for 18+ peeps from 9pm. The Hemlock gives you a 21+ show from Meercaz, Universe People and Fleece for $7 tonight from 9.

13

White Wards, The Lowest Form, Interior 27, Pig DNA and The Light [play a $7 from 7pm at First Church of the Buzzard in Oakland. There is a 9pm show for $8 from Slowness, Dead Leaf Echo, Cruel Summer and Moonbeams at The Hemlock. Sub-Mission Gallery gives you an 8pm show from Embryonic Devourment, Illuminegra, Evisceration and Viral for $10. Bender's offers you Kowloon Walled City, Gaytheist and Whatfunlifewas playing Bender's 11th Anniversary from 10pm, with doors at 9, for $5.

14

Pale Ape, Deep Sea Thunder Beast and Hellbeard play a $5 show from 7pm at Eli's Mile High Club. Thee Parkside offers a 4pm show - with doors from 11am - from The Motor Boaters and The Silver Threads that is listed as all age.

SF SHOWS 2014: 73

8

The Baseball Project and Dressy Bessy play an all age 8pm show at The Chapel. The Hemlock offers you a 21+ free show from Razz and Big Surr from 8-30pm.

9

Buttons, Horrible Adorable, The Rabbles and Spidermeow play Mission Creek Oakland at The Stork Club for 21+ peeps with $5 from 9. Cookie Tongue have an album release at BOTH tonight, playing along with Kingdom Of Not and Raven Marcus for 21+ peeps with $8. The Hemlock gives you a $6 show from 8-30 from Pow!, Turner and Legs.

10

Nwahaha, Our Brother The Native, Wawa and DJs are on the agenda at The Elbo Room for 21+ peeps at 9pm in a free show. Oakland's New Parish gives you Kyrsten Bean, Medicine Moon and Moonfox from 7-30, doors at 7, for a max of $10.

11

Code Orange Kids, Twitching Tongues and War Hungry play a 9pm show for $10 at Thee Parkside, that is listed as all age. The Hemlock gives you a $6 show from The Shape, Buzzmutt and Wild Pack Of Canaries from 8-30.

SF SHOWS 2014: 72

5

French Cassettes, Yassou Benedict and Emily Moldy play an all age free show at 23rd & Telegraph in Oakland from 5pm. Another all age free show is going on from 9pm, with doors at 6, at Oakland's Uptown from The Sam Chase, Rin Tin Tiger, TV Mike & The Scarecrows and The Heather Jovanelli Band. Everyone Is Dirty have a record release and will be playing along with Sister Crayon and Yi Xi at The Rickshaw Stop in an all age show from 9pm.

6

Noothgrush, Fema Coffin and Korrosik play a 9pm show for $7 at Eli's Mile High Club. Slim's gives you a hip hop show from San Quinn, The Jacka, Equipto and DJ Traxamillion from 9pm. Mission Creek Oakland seem to have a few events this weekend - including Bart Davenport, The Blank Tapes, Foxtails Brigade, Scary Little Friends, B. Hamilton, Deep Ellum, Mount Whateverest, Easy Living and Super Natural all listed to play at Block Party - Washington between 9th and 10th - Oakland for free from noon.

7

Continuing the Mission Creek Oakland festivities, Eight Belles, Billy Manzik, The Sean Mcardle Band, Laura Benitez & The Heartache and Three Times Bad can be caught at Pacific Coast Brewing in Oakland for free from 11am today. Couches have an EP release and will be playing along with Pink Slime, Basil and Modern Man in an $8 show from 9pm at Oakland's Nitelight. The Hemlock offers you Roland, Panther Attack and Twin Trilogy for $7 from 8-30. You can catch Sunbeam Rd., Saint Anne's Place and Marcus Pone playing The Hotel Utah for $7 from 8pm.