NEW year and NEW music...

The NYE 2016 Island Reggae Bash is on at NOTH on Dec 31 - from 9pm for 21+ peeps.

The Stone Foxes, Tumbleweed Wanderers and Coo Coo Birds have a $40 show on at Slim's from 9 - doors at 8.

Trails And Ways, Crashing Hotels and Breakdown Valentine play BOTH for a max of $25 from 10pm.

NYE at The Elbo Room = Hella Saucey With Bay Area DJs Andre, Jibbz and Lady Fingaz with a Special Performance by Kimi Lundie - starts 9pm - grab your tix HERE.

Luna, Papercuts and Extra Classic play The Starline Social Club - 2232 MLK - in Oakland for 21+ peepes from 8-30pm.

'Endless Motion' EP Out Now! Details HERE.

Oakland-based conscious hip-hop artist Zion I has released a thought-provoking new video for the song "Unity," featuring fellow rappers Bambu and  D.U.S.T. and confronting current issues, such as police shootings, protest marches and racial inequality. See it HERE. 

Coming up soon...

HERE is an interview with Techung for your enjoyment. 

WEDS 2 DEC: The Elbo Room offers you Stranger Than Fact, Unlikely Heroes and The Jerfs for $6 starting 9pm.

FRIDAY 4 December - Neck of the Woods - The Nest, Mango Bus, Afterglow and Anthony Presti Trio. Details HERE.

FRIDAY December 11 - at The Elbo Room - Handsome Hawk Valentine presents 'The Holiday Hop' Featuring Big Sandy And His Fly-Rite Boys and The Rumble Strippers, Vintage Vinyl spun by DJ Tom LG, Classic Burlesque by Miss Savvy plus lots more. Tix are $13 ns the show is on from 9.

SATURDAY December 13th at The Hemlock Tavern - Personal & the Pizzas, Barreracudas and Apache - details HERE.

On January 2, try THIS SHOW if you are starved of Astral.

HERE is an SF concert clip from The Common Men. 

NOVEMBER Stuff

THE COMMON MEN in Oakland - HERE.

WHERE WERE YOU FOR HALLOWEEN - HERE perhaps? 

FREE 17-track collection of Bay Area indie music from Tricycle Records - grab your copy of Friends of Tricycle Records
Compilation Vol. 5 HERE

Want to have a shot yourself? Try Open Mic Night at Neck of the Woods - 7pm - Wednesday, November 25, 2015. QUOTE: Please join us at Neck of the Woods in San Francisco for our weekly Wednesday night open mic and showcase. Your hosts and bartenders Kanoa and Travis Hayes will welcome all to the stage; whether it's acoustic singer/songwriter, spoken word, rap, Appalachian zither... whatever you like! The mic is yours for at least 2 songs or 10 minutes, whichever comes first. We offer free WIFI, awesome drink deals, a welcoming crowd and an awesome sound / stage setup with mics, a house guitar and keyboard. Our artist sign-up begins at 7pm and the show begins at around 8pm. We have a featured performer who plays for 30 mins around 9pm. To become a feature join us as an open mic performer first.

On Monday, November 16 at 9pm, you can catch Pardoner, Hearders, Old World and Soar at The Elbo Room for $5.

The Bay Bridged presents: The Fresh & Onlys, Apprentice Destroyer, and Fronds at The Hemlock Tavern (1131 Polk St.) 9:00 pm - 11:55 pm DETAILS HERE. 

HALLOWEEN

DETAILS HERE.

The Elbo Room:  Saturday Night Soul Party - DETAILS HERE. 

NECK OF THE WOODS: Russian Halloween 2015! Starts 9pm. DETAILS HERE.

Astral news & more...

ASTRAL play with The Common Men and I Am Animal - details HERE.

 

QUOTE: A great night of Post-Punk, Shoegaze, and Alternative!
The Common Men are set to release their "Revenant EP" at this event! 

Thursday October 15 at 9:00 pm, catch The Lovemakers plus comedians

Drennon Davis & Karen Kilgariff and Omar (Popscene)Tickets $10 advance/$12 door @ The Elbo Room.

El Terrible, Bellavista, In Letter Form play The Hemlock Tavern on Friday, October 23 @ 9:00 pm. Details HERE. 

Catch Scissors For Lefty - on Oct 30at BOTH. Grab your tix HERE.

 

2 things...

Attention Bay Area bands:

The Friends of Tricycle Records Compilation is a spotlight on the Bay Area music scene and supports local artists. If you would like to submit music, and you reside in the Bay Area, please fill our this online entry form HERE. All genres are excepted. We must receive a rough mix by October 2nd, and if you are selected, we'll need a final master by October 23rd.

4 shows...

Event Details: August 22nd at Slim's -all age show, doors at 8, show at 9. The Union Trade, Eyes on the Shore, Sunrunners and Belle Noire. 

Event Details:  August 29th at The Hemlock - California, Toy Guitar, The New Trust, Dialectics - 8:30 pm - 11:55 pm. Tix are $10.

Event Details: September 3 at The Hemlock - Midday Veil (PDX), Breakarts, White Cloud, Hiss & Hum - 8:30 pm - 11:55 pm.

Event Details: September 5 - at Neck Of The Woods - Field Division, Phosphene, Oceanography. Doors: 9:00 pm / Show: 9:30 pm - 21+ show.

Dave and Jeffrey...

Dave Han will be performing solo on Saturday: 1pm at Union Square for the 23rd annual SF Korean Independence Day Celebration.

QUOTE: This will be the last regular edition of Club 1994 of the year so we’re bring out the biggest guns around to party hard 90s style. Crossfire has been rescheduled to perform amazing 90s grunge, pop punk, alt rock covers live! DJ Vin Sol is preparing a special back to school mega-mix of 90s party rocking sing along anthems. Jeffrey Paradise will be dropping the Boy Band vs Girl Group heat along with special guest selectors from Crossfire causing trouble behind the decks in between the real DJs.

So get out that amazing little 90's dress and choker, crimp up your hair, dust off your hammer pants and let's get ready to party.

DETAILS: HERE.

More AUGUST goodies

* Chuckleberries, Warren Teagarden and the Good Grief and Unknown Jordans play The Hemlock TONIGHT! Details HERE.

* HERE is a new The Common Men video.

* Matt Jaffe & The Distractions, Sugar Ponies and Tom Rhodes share a show at Neck of the Woods on the 15th. You can grab your tix HERE.

* The Rapture: Live from Oaklandia - grab it HERE.

July/August odds and ends

1. Catch BEN BROWNING's (of Cut Copy) US SOLO TOUR at NOTW on August first. DETAILS & TIX HERE.  For a sample Youtube - click HERE. 

2. HERE are the details.

3. Check this new music out - Himålayas - HERE. 

 

4. Another August 1 show - HERE.  

July stuff to watch out for

JULY 11:

JULY 18/9: DETAILS HERE. 

QUOTE: Cut Copy DJs are Dan Whitford and Tim Hoey, the frontman and guitarist of Cut Copy. DJing has always been an essential part of their career as Dan began his as a hip-hop scratch DJ, and the duo have since moved on to DJing globally as a main stage attraction, underground dance parties and fashion events. They've even put out a legendary Fabric Live mix album. DJing is a constant source of inspiration for Cut Copy, generating both song and remix ideas while providing a setting to get close to their fans.

JULY 23: DETAILS HERE.

QUOTE: VANIISH
https://soundcloud.com/vaniish/sets/memory-work-album-sampler

The San Francisco 4-piece VANIISH began when singer/guitarist Keven Tecon (ex Wax Idols, The Soft Moon, Veil Veil Vanish) left his previous bands after his mother’s death in early 2013. After returning home, Tecon decided to focus entirely on a new project along with fellow Wax Idols and Veil Veil Vanish member Amy Rosenoff (bass) and SF music-scene luminaries Adam Beck (guitar/keyboards) and Nick Ott (drums). The album Memory Work is both dense and spacious, combining the atmosphere of early 4AD with the psychedelic shoegaze of Creation Records.

PLUS ALL YOUR SISTERS & Them Are Us Too

JULY 24: 

QUOTE:Friday, July 24 Red Devil Presents:
The Motels with Rich Girls
at The Chapel
Doors: 7PM | $25.00 - $30.00 | All Ages
For fans of: suits and reverb 

 

JULY 25: DETAILS HERE.

QUOTE: Club 1994 gives you all of the best and worst of the 90's: music, videos, styles, and more so let's party together at The Rickshaw Stop 90s style.
This one special night is packed with Classic Hip Hop + Cheesy Pop + RnB Slow Jams + and all the Boy Bands & Girl Groups you can handle.
We'll have Slap Bracelets, Yo MTV Raps cards, a 90s themed Photo Booth, and plenty of surprises to keep you entertained throughout the night.
Get your hair did by our in house 90s stylist Alexandra Mcgregor

July the first

Just a note to let readers know of an event going on at The Elbo Room on July 1 - HERE is the link to the event page at Facebook.

Line-up:
Cruel Summer (12am)
Au.Ra (11pm)
Sextile (10pm)
Keven Tecon of Vaniish (DJ) + Justin Anastasi (DJ) 

SF RECOMMENDED SHOWS 2015: JUNE 4

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The Pallet Jacks, Nathan Payne And The Wild Bores, The Total Bettys and Emily Yates play a 21+ show at Oakland's Stork Club for $3 tonight.

24

Wag, Vacationeer, Winnebago and Sea Knight play an 8-30pm show costing $7 at The Hemlock. BOTH offers you an $8 show from Diamond Heights, Daytime Nightlife and Crooked Flower starting 9pm.

25

Beta Play, The Tragic Thrills and Half Past June play a 9pm show at BOTH for all ages. The Hemlock gives you Kayo Dot, Kowloon Walled City and Dust Moth in an 8-30pm show for a max of $10. Thee Parkside gives you a show from Three Day Stubble, Hogwind, Merchants Of The New Bizarre, Matt & Paul Magic and DJ Pusser if you are 21+ and have $8.

26

Mads Tolling Trio play a free all age show starting noon at Kaiser Center Rooftop Garden - 300 Lakeside in Oakland. The Hemlock gives you a $10 show from Three Day Stubble, The White Shark and DJ Pusser starting 7-30 tonight. You can celebrate Georgia & Josh's Going Away Party with free music from Ruleta Rusa, Sterile Mind, No Business and DJs Baby Love and Demon Semon at Thee Parkside if you are 21+ from 9pm. CHECK THIS.    and this.

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Toner, Hemingway, Braceface, Imaginary Hockey League and Koi play an all age show at 924 Gilman Street costing $7. The Beerman Benefit offers you the chance to catch an all age show from Self Inflected Wounds, Condition Zero, Papercut, Feral Depravity, Mohicans, Enemigo, Antagonizer, Invertebrate, Concussive, Limbs, Bob Plant, Empty Vessels, Venkman, Ominous Ruin and Aberration at B.R.S. Richmond starting 7pm. Berkeley's Starry Plough has a 9pm show from Brian Kenney Fresno, Jack-O-The-Clock and Reconnaissance Fly for 21+ peeps. Thee Parkside offers you a 9pm show costing $8 from Golden Void, Sacri Monti and Psychic Mind.

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Dirty Kid Discount, Generation Decline, De Nalgas and Baja Sociedad play an all age show for $10 at 924 Gilman Street in Berkeley, starting 5-30pm.

30

Mitski, Elvis Depressedly and Eskimeaux have an all age show on from 9pm tonight costing $12 at BOTH. The Hemlock gives you an 8-30pm show from Tino Drima, Oh Rose and Travis Vick if you are 21+ and have $7 tonight.

One of the two lists that I generally follow in order to gain concert information to post in my blog has closed down - leaving me only ONE list PLUS band connection emails/websites. For this reason, I will be posting show suggestions less often and focusing on music reviews and musician interviews in a less regular fashion. I may continue to recommend a show here and there or add a concert flyer, however there will no longer be regular suggestions.

SF RECOMMENDED SHOWS 2015: JUNE 3 & S.F.L. videos

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Goatwhore, Black Breath, Ringworm, Theories and Your Enemy play an all age show from 7-30 at Oakland's Metro.

17

Quaaludes, Cyclops and Sirena Victima are playing a free show from 8-30 tonight at The Hemlock. The Elbo Room offers you Wakizashi Cerf Volant and Small Skies in a 21+ show costing $7.

18

Justice Skolnik, Moon Man and Benjamin have a $15 show starting 9pm on at Slim's. The Elbo Room offers you a $7 show from High-Functioning Flesh, Vandalaze and DJs Blk Rainbow and Crackwhore tonight from 9pm.

19

Mondo Drag, Pins Of Light, Hornss and Love Moon play Oakland's Golden Bull in a 21+ show costing $10 tonight from 9pm. Slim's gives you Black Map, Picture Atlantic, Ghost Parade and Be Quiet from 8pm if you are 6+. SF City Hall Centennial Celebration: 100 Years of SF Music is on at Civic Center Plaza - catch the details HERE. (Featuring - Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express and Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers with multiple guests including appearances from Brad Brooks, Kelley Stoltz, Prairie Prince and Tim Bluhm. FREE with added entertainment from SF Symphony, SF Opera, DJs and Circus Performers.)

20

The Real Numbers, Altre di B and Hanley play a 21+ show from 9pm at Berkeley's Starry Plough. Record releases from Acid King and Carlton Melton join performances from Donovan's Lights and DJ Naked Rob at The Chapel from 9pm - listed as all age. The Hemlock offers you The Grannies, Pat Todd And the Rank Outsiders and Sleeptalker for $8 starting at 9pm.

21

Apothesary, Megaton, Get Out, Kairosphere and Theplague play an all age Benefit S.F. LGBTQ Youth Group show at 924 Gilman Street listed to start at 6-30pm. The DNA Lounge gives you The Vile Augury, Slave Unit, Striplicker and DJ Decay in an all age show from 8-30, with doors at 8.

S.F.L. videos HERE & HERE. 

SF RECOMMENDED SHOWS 2015: JUNE 2

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William Control & The Neuromantic Boys, Requlem and Justin Symbol play an all age show from 6-30pm at Oakland's Metro.

10

Creative Adult, White Bike, Drab Majesty, Balms and DJs can entertain you in a free show from 9m at The Elbo Room tonight if you are 21+.

11

Scissors For Lefty, Pamela Parker and Kat Robichaud And The Darling Misfits play a 9pm show for 18+ peeps at The Brick and Mortar.

12

Everymen, The Sour Mash Hug Band and Navigator play an all age 'East Bay Food Not Bombs Fundraiser ' show starting 7pm at Omni Commons - 48th and Shattuck in Oakland. Thee Parkside offers you a $15 show from H2O, Cruel Hand, No Limbs and Bastards Of Young starting 9pm tonight. The Hemlock gives you a 21+ show from Sister Grizzly, Tet Holiday and Trendy Dad costing $7 that starts at 7-30.

13

Dao Strom, The Sea And The Mother, Underwoman And The Believers, Wayne Watch and Whippoorwill play a $10 show at Oakland's Stork Club for 21+peeps. Thee Parkside offers a $13 show for all ages from Stellar Corpses, Plan 9, Sandbox Bullies and Hollywood Hotel from 9 tonight.

14

The Badmen, Sandbox Bullies, Blacktop Tragedy and Flak-Bait play a $10 show at Oakland's Night Light for 21+ peeps tonight. There is a free 2pm show suited to all ages from The Doobie Brothers and The California Honeydrops at Stern Grove - 19th Avenue & SLoat Blvd. today.

15

The Life And Times and The Silhouette Era share a 9pm show at BOTH suited to all ages.

SF RECOMMENDED SHOWS 2015: JUNE 1

1

Fowler, Clumsy and Air surgeon play an 8-30pm show at BOTH for $8 tonight. The El Rio gives you Los Cripis, Fungi Girls and The Cherries for $5 tonight if you are 21+.

2

Teenage Bottlerocket, The Copyrights and The Started-Its have an all age show from 9pm at BOTH tonight.

3

The She's, Union Pacific and Dazeys play for $10 and an all age audience tonight at The Rickshaw Stop starting 8pm.

5

Aja Void, V.E.X., Faith Twain, Ron Spoons and DJs Dead Daisy and Julia Mazawa play an all age offering at LCM - 1629 8th St. at Peralta in Oakland for $5 from 8pm. The Hemlock offers you SF Popfest in the form of a 21+ show from Still Flyin, Red Pony Clock, Beanpole and The Legendary House Cats starting 7-30 tonight.

6

Secrets Of The Sky have a record release show going on in Oakland tonight, where they will play along with Cormorant, Teeph and Lament Cityscape at The Golden Bull in a 9pm show costing $8. The Hemlocks gives you a 21+ show from Kinski, Heron Oblivion and Mall Walk for $10 tonight.

7

Mischief Brew have a record release show tonight at 924 Gilman Street, where you can catch them playing along with Ramshackle Glory, Kevin Seconds, Clipcord, Zebu! and Rizzy Ukelele from 5-30pm - tix and $10. Oakland offers you an all age show from Crowbar, Battlecross and Lord Dyling starting 7pm.

SF RECOMMENDED SHOWS 2015: MAY 4

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Alex G, Happy Diving and Wild Moth share an all age 9pm show at BOTH. Thee Parkside offers you Brothers Of The Sonic Cloth, Hazzard's Cure and Tomes in a $10 show from 8pm.

25

Smallpools, Grizfolk and Hunter Hunted play a 21+ show tonight at The Independent. The Hemlock gives you Rich Girls and The Mozzies if you are 21+ and have $6 from 6.

26

Black Rainbow, Syndicate, Schleim, Three Moons and Yves St. Croissant play a $6 show from 9 tonight at The Knockout. The Elbo Room gives you a 21+ show from Perfect Loss, Feed Me Jack and Effortless Good Looks starting 9pm.

27

Hume, Simon Hochberg and Funktopus play Oakland's Stork Club for 21+ peeps with $5 at 9pm. Catch Lemme Adams with a tape release playing along with Hibbity Dibbity and Tino Drima from 9pm in an all age show at The Chapel. Jessie Evans & Otto Nervous, The Judy Experience and Ohligans can be caught at The Hemlock if you are 21+and have $10 tonight.

28

Jennifer Johns, Waterstrider and Nyx play a 9pm show for 21+ peeps at Leo's Music Club in Oakland. Trance To The Sun, Pandemoneon and The Razor Skyline share an all age show at The DNA Lounge starting 8-30pm.

29

Superheaven, Diamond Youth, Rozwell Kid and Long Knives play an all age show at 924 Gilman Street for $12 tonight from 7pm. Berkeley offers you a 21+ show from Felsen, Brad Brooks and Rough Church at The Starry Plough from 9. Thee Parkside offers you Discourse, Blistered, These Streets and Worse for $10 at 9 tonight. Black English, Vela Eyes and Meet Me In Orbit have a 9pm all age show on at The DNA Lounge. Hits, Pores and Sirena Victima are to play a 21+ show for $5 tonight at The El Rio.

30

Astral share a show with California and El Terrible for 21+ peeps tonight for $8 at The Hemlock. The El Rio offers you La Plebe, Love Songs, Bang Data and The Atom Age from 4pm as a Benefit for Iolani Azul - daughter of La Plebe drummer Mark. Mystic Braves, Mr. Elevator & The Brain Hotel, The Abigails and Creation Factory play an all age show at The Chapel starting 9pm.

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Never Young, Cursed Graves, Crush, Sleep Spindles and Trust Club play a 7pm show for $10 tonight at 924 Gilman Street. Also in Berkeley, El Gato Dice offers a free 4pm show listed as all age at The Starry Plough. The California Suns also play an all age free show starting at 4 at Thee Parkside. For $8 at 8pm, you can catch Viira, Amaris and Chad Bandit playing a 21+ show at The Hotel Utah.

SF RECOMMENDED SHOWS 2015: MAY 3

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Ex-Cult, Useless Eaters, Scraper and free show, try Vitriol, Vice Minded and Das Wasser at 787 38th Avenue in an all age offering from 6-30. Satori Ensemble, Laked, PxMx and Humboldt play an all age show from 6pm at Submission Art Space.

17

Hazel's Wart, Bod and Sirena Victima can be caught from 4pm - doors at 3 - in $5 show at The Knockout if you are 21+. For free music, try The Black Ryder at Amoeba Music playing from 2pm for an all age crowd.

18

Couches, Wag, Magpies and Debartolo play a $6 show for 21+ peeps at The Elbo Room, tonight. The Hemlock offers you a $7 show from Decent Criminal, Needs, Brick Break and Pardoner starting 8-30pm.

19

Pretty Alright, High Cliffs and The Arabs play an $8 from 8-30 at BOTH. Bad Bad have a CD/cassette release show on tonight, where you can also catch Straight Crimes, B-Lines and Acrylics playing for $7 at The Knockout for 21+ peeps. More new music comes your way at The Brick and Mortar where Dinosaurs have an album release and will play along with Sexless and Dirty Denim for the 18+ peeps from 9pm.

20

Aurelio Voltaire and Ego Likeness share the 9pm show at The Elbo Room for $12 tonight. The El Rio gives you Hot Lunch, Slow Season and Blackout if you are 21+ and have $8. The Hemlock offers a $7 show from White Cloud, Drab Majesty, Tempo House and Weed Alien for 21+ peeps tonight.

21

Cool Ghouls, Grmln, Meat Market and Edwards Crossing play an all age show at The Chapel from 9pm.

22

Walken, Burning Curtains, Old Pal and Rare Parts can be caught at 9, playing a $10 show at BOTH. The Hundred Days, Beautiful Machines and Name The Band share an all ager at The DNA Lounge starting 9pm tonight. In Berkeley, you can catch Rahan Boxley Band, Adrian West Trio and Rob Bayne Band playing a 9pm show for 21+ peeps at The Starry Plough. Oakland gives you Connoisseur, Negative Standards, The Helm, Venkman and Slow Meth at The Metro in an all ager costing $7.

23

Quintron And Miss Pussycat, Nots, Tony Molina and First! play a 21+ show for $12 at The Elbo Room starting 9pm. Miller Carr has an album release show on tonight and can be caught along with Bart Davenport and Matt Baldwin at The Starry Plough from 9. BOTH gives metal fans a show for $12 from Giant Squid, Botanist, Wild Hunt and DJ Rob Metal listed as all age.

SF RECOMMENDED SHOWS 2015: MAY 1 & petition

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Plane Without A Pilot, Skank Bank, Baja Sociedad, TV Static, Black Bones and Blackbird En Route play an all age show from 7pm at 924 Gilman Street. Slim's offers you a 9pm show for peeps 6+ years of age from Los Rakas, HBK Skipper, Rey Res and DJ Ame tonight. El Terrible have a record release show at BOTH, where you will also be able to catch Bellavista and The Lower 48 if you are 21+ from 9-30pm.

9

Vanwave, Tomten, Sunhaze and Magic Magic Roses play an $8 show from 9pm at The Hemlock. The Orange Peels have a record release tonight and will play along with Curious Quail and Arts & Leisure in a $10 show for 21+ peeps at BOTH.

10

Busdriver, Jel, The Genie, Paulie Rhyme, Bottled Water and Wisecrack The Scribe play hip hop night at 924 Gilman Street in Berkeley for $12 from 6pm. The Lovemakers, The Union Trade, Brasil and Paisano play a benefit show at BOTH for Sivan of Everyone Is Dirty listed as all age, starting at either 5-30 or 6, and with a BBQ.

11

Today Is The Day, Lazer Wulf, Your Enemy, Infinite Waste and Ion share an all age show from 7pm costing $10 at Oakland's Metro.

13

Torres, Aero Flynn and Cave Clove share a $12 show at BOTH tonight from 9. The Hemlock offers you an 8-30pm show for $8 from Howardian, Ben Katzman's Degreaser and Montana de Oro.

14

Conan, Samothrace, Mantar, Augurs and Worship play a $15 show from 7pm at The Metro. Greg Ashley, Scott Yonder and Michael Beach can be caught in a $7 show for 21+ peeps at The Hemlock.

15

Swimmers, Dog Party, M.F.B., Sarchasm, Decent Criminal and Heartless Folk are playing an ll age show for $10 at 924 Gilman Street tonight from 8pm. The Hemlock gives you a 21+ show from Nothington, Dialectics and Red Wood from 7-30pm. You can catch B-Stars, Jitterbug Riot, Sin Sisters Burlesque and DJs El Gallo Negro and Miss K playing Rockabilly Prom at the Elbo Room for $12 from 9pm if you are 21+.

For those of you who care about music and musicians - please consider signing a recent petition to free an imprisoned Tibetan singer who is in poor health HERE.

SF RECOMMENDED SHOWS 2015: MAY

1

The Flex, Red Death, No Sir, Torso and Whips play am 8pm show at 924 Gilman Street for $10. BOTH gives you La Plebe, Get Dead, Oc45 and Neutralboy! in an all age show for $12. Fronds, Shana Falana and Emotional can be caught at The Hemlock if you are 21+ and have $7 tonight from 7-30.

2

Septicflesh, Moonspell and Deathstars play Oakland's Metro from 7pm in an all age show. Hard Left have a record release show on tonight from 9pm and will play along with Suede Razors and Dirty Denim at The Night Light in Oakland for 21+ peeps with $6. The Milk Bar gives you What Fun Life Was, Crisis Arm, Airs and Mother Room for $7 from 8.

3

Spoonboy, Eric Freas, Rymodee and Rosanonymous play a $7 show from 7pm at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records in Oakland. Thee Parkside offers you an all age free show from Maurice Tani, 77 El Deora and Grant Langston & Friends starting 4pm - doors from 11am.

5

Neil Michael Hagerty and Musk play an all age show at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records tonight from 7pm.

6

Junk Parlor, Cyclub and Kugelplex play from 9pm at The Elbo Roomfor $7. The Hemlock offers a $6 show to 21+ peeps from Parae, Auma, Little Sister and Niveles.

7

Bob Frank, Jerry David Decicca and Odawas share a $10 show starting 8-30 at The Hemlock. BOTH offers Wander, Void Boys, Plush and Pardoner from 9pm in an all age show.

SF RECOMMENDED SHOWS 2015: APRIL 4

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Void Boys, Baus, The Peels and Jesus Tape play Thee Parkside in a 21+ peeps show for $7 tonight. The Ten Twenties, Butterfly Knives and James Conner can be caught for $5 at Eli's Mile High Club in Oakland if you are 21+.

24

Birdmonster, Miss Lightning and Cash For Gold can be caught for $10 at BOTH tonight from 9-30pm. Long Knives have a record release and will be playing along with Prawn, Frameworks, Unconditional Arms and Crush at Thee Parkside in an all age show starting 9pm.

25

Heartless Breakers, Pardoner, Sundressed, Paper Thin, Earth Anchor and Mouthbreather have a 21+ peeps show on at The Milk Bar costing $8 from 8pm tonight. Oakland gives you Electric Chair Repair, Co., The Esses and Robbery at The Golden Bull if you have $5 and are 21+ from 9. There is a free show from Swiftumz at Amoeba Music at 2pm. The Hemlock gives you a $7 show from Roses, Night School and Moaning that starts at 9pm.

26

Ghost Town Gospel, Gabriella Santi and Diana Regan play an all age show at 924 Gilman Street in Berkeley starting 5pm. An hour earlier, The Silver Threads and The Muddy Roses offer an all age free show at Thee Parkside.

27

Shreddy Murphy, Blue Sheiks and 87 play The Elbo Room in a 21+ show starting 9pm.

28

Trans Van Santos and Sugar Candy Mountain play a 21+ show at Amnesia - 853 Valencia. The Chapel offers you The Soft Moon, Girl Tears, Skull Katalog and DJ Omar Perez in an all age show for $15 tonight. You can catch Quaaludes, Unity and Fish Breath playing a 9pm show at The Knockout for $7 if you are 21+.

29

Acid Ghost have an album release tonight and will be playing along with Sesos and Death Cheetah in a 9pm all age show at BOTH. The Knockout gives you Parachute On Fire, Elegant Trash, Girls With Guns and Butt Problems from8pm if you are 21+. The Elbo Room offers a $6 show from Anaura, The Stereo Eclipse, Clamhawk Manor and Books On Fate for 21+ peeps.

30

Buzz Buzz, The Brankas, Little Child Man and Pale Rider are playing The Stork Club for 21+ peeps with $5. Hard Left, Bad Daddies, Voided Social Contract and Schleim share the show at The Hemlock tonight for 21+ peeps with $7.

SF RECOMMENDED SHOWS 2015: APRIL 3

15

Guillaume and Ash Williams play an all age free show at the Chapel starting 8pm tonight. The Elbo Room offers you Micky & The Motorcars, Highway Poets and Graveside Quartet in a 21+ show starting 9pm.

16

The Union Trade and Wander and Pharaohs play BOTH in a 9pm 21+ show tonight as the first stage of TUT's Southern California tour. Karina Denike, Lily Taylor and Aaron Novik's Cosimo Lissy play a $10 show from 8pm at Amnesia - 853 Valencia at 20th. The Hemlock gives you Paint The Trees White and Bill Baird if you are 21+ with $7 tonight.

17

The Flaming Groovies perform "Shake Some Action" along with Kelley Stoltz and DJ Foodcourt at The Chapel in an all age show starting 9pm. In Oakland, you can catch Little Sister, The Truants and Parae playing a $5 show at The Legionnaire Saloon from 9pm. Cold Blue Mountain, Rats In The Wall, Leucrota, Sass, The Sorority and Devoid share an all age show starting 7pm at 924 Gilman Street in Berkeley.

18

Hot Lunch, Planes Of Satori and Queen Crescent play an $8 show at The Hemlock from 9pm. Oakland offers you Western Setting, Weekender and Long Knives playing a 21+ show from 8pm at The Golden Bull.

19

Flying Hair, David Novick and Creep Beat play The Hemlock tonight for 21+ peeps with $7.

20

Mean Beans, I'd Die For Lo-Fi and Cutty Holly share a $6 show at The Hemlock starting 8-30 tonight.

21

White Barons have a record release and will play along with Black Cobra and Disastroid at The Knockout for 21+ peeps with $8 tonight. BOTH gives you Daytime Nightlife, Fast Piece Of Furniture and The Wyatt Act from 9pm for $8.

22

Murder Murder, Master Class and Magic Death Ride share a $6 show at The Hemlock from 8-30pm tonight. Sea Lioness, Mosaics and Powwoww play The Elbo Room for 21+ peeps with $10 from 9.

SF RECOMMENDED SHOWS 2015: APRIL 2

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Disastroid, Mothers Whiskey and Pale Ape play an 8-30pm show for $7 at The Hemlock. BOTH gives you an all age show for $10 from Elliott Brood, Shelby Earl and Benjamin Winter And The Make Believe tonight.

10

Badstrip, Older Sun, El Diablitos and DJ Orb share the $7 show at 8pm at The Hemlock, tonight. Oakland offers you Harrington Saints, Custom Fit and Cornelius Asperger playing a 21+ show at The Night Light costing $8.

11

Slouching Stars, Rabbles and Raygun share the 9pm show for $7 at The Hemlock. Oakland offers Badr Vogu, Larvae, Barren Altar and Cura Cochino in a 9pm show for $5 at The Golden Bull and Noothgrush, Repacted and Exhaaust
at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records in an all age show from 7pm.

12

Smiles, Strange Wilds and Kiss Cam are in the 8-30 lineup for 21+ peeps at The Hemlock tonight.

13

Cashmere Cat, The Whooligan and Mikos Da Gawd play a 21+ show at The Independent.

14

Asthma, Gimmie Kisses, Jerks and Bad Breath share a 9pm show for 21+ peeps costing $6 at The Knockout, tonight.

SF RECOMMENDED SHOWS 2015: APRIL 1 & Geographer

1

Tomorrow's Tulips, The She's and Tarek Wegner play an all age show at The Chapel for $15 starting 9pm tonight. The Elbo Room offers you a $6 show from Tiaras, Swiftumz and Stalls also starting at 9.

2

Bachaco, La Sonora Dinamita and Las Bomberas De La Bahia play Latin music for you at Leo's Music Club in Oakland tonight if you are 18+ with doors at 8 and show from 9. The Hemlock offers an 8-30pm show for 21+ peeps with $7 tonight from Pile, Couches, Wag and Friends w/o Benefits. The Chapel gives you an all age show from Bronze Radio Return and Swear And Shake at 9 for $15.

3

Bad Liar, Everybody Row, The Down House and Long Knives play an 8pm show 'Benefit Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation' at 924 Gilman Street in Berkeley listed as all age and with tix a max of $10. Wait What have an album release show on tonight at Slim's, and will be playing along with Shane Vac for the 6+ crowd from 9pm. Thee Parkside also hosts a release tonight - Sonic Love Affair have a record release, and will play along with Modern Kicks, Wild Honey and Razz for the 21+ peeps with $8 from 9. 

4

In Oakland, 4 Pile, Never Young and Crush share an all age show starting 7pm at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records. The Tubes play The Chapel in an all age show from 9 - but tix are up to $35 in cost. BOTH gives you Cherry Glazerr, Sunflower Bean and The Buttertones in an all age show from 9-30.

5

NoBunny, Shannon And The Clams, Moira Scar, Pookie And The Poodlez, Jet Stars and DJs can entertain you as well as an easter egg hunt and the easter bunny at 924 Gilman Street in Berkeley in a 2-5pm show for all ages costing $8 today.

6

Coo Coo Birds, Caddywhompus and Native America play The Hemlock for 21+ peps with $6 from 8-30. The Elbo Room offers 21+ peeps a $6 show from Daylight Nightlife, Sayers and Desert Island Friend starting 9pm tonight.

Geographer's new record is out! Catch it HERE.

SF RECOMMENDED SHOWS 2015: MAR part 4

24

The 8 Slopes play their 1st show along with Beast Fiend and Unmanned Piots for $6 at The Knockout starting 9pm. Also at 9, BOTH gives you Name Parade, Into Weather and Mosaics if you are 21+ and have $8.

25

Upstairs/Downstairs, Pony Village and Mosshead share an 8-30pm show for $6 at The Hemlock tonight. From 9, you can catch Never Young, Trust Club, Pardoner and First Ladies Of The United States playing a $6 show at The Elbo Room.

26

Magic Man, Great Good Fine OK and Vinyl Theatre are playing an 8pm show at Slim's for $18 tonight. For $8, you could catch Wild Moth, Chasms, Hollow Sunshine and Cruel Summer in an all age show from 9 at Thee Parkside.

27

Pretty Alright, The Insufferables, Making Dinner and Ominous play Battle of the Bands - Benefit Haight St. Faire at Lennon Studios - 271 Dore Street in an all age show costing a max of $10 and starting 9-30.

28

Ruleta Rusa, Dfmk, Suffer Along and Reckless play a $7 show in Oakland's Golden Bull for 21+ peeps from 9. One Last Caress play along with DJs Deecoffinated, Jade Siegfried, Lori Messenger and Dimitri Slithers at Sub-Mission Art Space in an all ager tonight costing a max of $6 and starting 10-30. Pistachio, They Run By Night, Le Vice, Apollo Tweed and Half True share a show at Neck of the Woods costing $10 and starting 8pm.

29

Hungry Ghost, Martha's Vineyard Ferries and Meercatz play an $8 show at The Hemlock starting 8-30. Thee Parkside give you an all age free show from Fernando, Dead Volts, American Dirt and Jack Parkder starting 4pm - with doors from 11am.

30

Oakland offers Sheer Mag, Creep Beat and Uffizi from 4pm at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records in an all age show costing $7.

31

Violent Party, The Light, Sterile Mind and Cudgel share an all age show at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records in Oakland starting 7pm tonight. The Hemlock offers you Peach Kelli Pop, Pookie And The Poodlez, Cocktails and Dancer for $8 from 8-30.

Fans of former resident Peter Kasen can catch him live on 89.7FM - Radio Valencia - at some point today/tonight - check his site updates for the exact time: peterkasen.com/tour

SF RECOMMENDED SHOWS 2015: MAR part 3

16

Naomi Punk, PC Worship and Wild Moth play a 7pm all age show at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records in Oakland for $10 tonight. If you like funk, Alphabet Soup have an album release going on at The Elbo Room, where they will be playing along with The Stachel Quintet from 9pm for $10.

18

Sea Knight, No Body, Night Shapes and Balms can entertain you tonight at The Hemlock for $6 from 8-30 if you are 21+.

19

Alisa Hair, Tommy Near and The Bayonettes share a free all age show in Oakland at Farley's East - 33 Grand Avenue - starting 7pm. Also in Oakland, you could catch Pistachio, Desmadre, The Gentleman Amateurs and Tiger Tiger
playing The Stork Club for 21+ peeps with $5.

20

Black Fork, Abrupt, Quaaludes and Self Inflicted Wounds are lined up to entertain you if you are 21+ and have $7 tonight at Eli's Mile High Club. The Honey Hive - 4117 Judah Street - offers an all age show from Great Apes, Dearly Divided, Merit, Long Knives and Ordinary Neighbors at 7pm. Ghost Parade, Idlehands, Belle Noire and Docks play an all age $10 show at BOTH, if you prefer.

21

If you like ska - Day Labor have a CD release and will be playing an all ager along with No Flow, The E-Reulars, Skandalism and Waterfly Spigot at The Metro in Oakland for $10 from 8pm. The Hemlock offers you Pharaohs, Oblio and Ghost Pines for $7 from 9pm. Another option is to catch a 21+ show from Desert Island Friend, Tangerine Ovrglo, Halsted and Bigleaf at 50 Mason Social House for $5 from 8pm.

22

Mod Sun, Dillon Cooper, Blackbear, KR, Karizma and DJ Gnash play an 8pm show at Slim's tonight. Thee Parkside gives you The California Sons and Cattitude for free whatever your age with the show starting 4pm.

23

James The Fang, Serious Sam Barrett and Slow Motion Cowboy play a $6 show at The Hemlock for 21+ peeps from 8-30 tonight.

SF RECOMMENDED SHOWS 2015: MAR part 2

9

Retox, Whores, Volatile Substance and Burmese play an all ager at The Metro in Oakland for $10 from 8pm tonight.

10

The Velvet Teen and Slow Birds share an all age show from 7pm at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records for $10. The Chapel gives you an all age show starting 8pm from Blood Sister who have a 7" release, Sarah Bethe Nelson, Vision and Max Pain And The Groovies.

11

Phedre, Tiaras, Manics and DJs offer you a 21+ show at The Elbo Room - for free - starting 9pm. The Hemlock gives you a $7 show from Sporting Life, Drgn King and Post Men from 8-30pm.

12

The Generators, The Sorority and The Lower Cases play Thee Parkside in an $8 show from 9pm tonight.

13

Inferno Of Joy and The Vans share a 21+ show at The Hemlock for $5.

14

The Grannies, Bite, Blank Spots and The Mud Lords play a 4pm show at The Knockout for $6 with doors at 3. Pistachio have an EP release in Berkeley tonight - and will be playing along with The Exhausted Pipes, The Straight Ups and Cloudsurfing at The Starry Plough in an all age performance starting 8pm. Sabertooth Zombie have a record release tonight, and will be playing with Creative Adult, Buffalo Tooth, Culture Abuse and I Wanna Die at Thee Parkside in an all age show starting 9pm.

15

Try The Pie, Joyride!, Wizard Apprentice and The Call Up play an all age show from 7pm at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records in Oakland. The Metro - also in Oakland - gives you an all age show for $13 from Comeback Kid, No Bragging Rights and

The Greenery.