Top Picks 09/04/12
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Future Islands
Tue. 09/04 | 5:00PM @ Amoeba Music SF
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The Heavy, with The Silent Comedy
Tue. 09/04 | 7:00PM @ Slim's (map)
"What the hell were we thinking?," exclaims Dan Taylor, guitarist for U.K. indie soul-rock titans The Heavy, of the band’s audacious new album, "The Glorious Dead," to be released on Counter/N…more»
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Kishi Bashi plus The Last Bison
Tue. 09/04 | 7:30PM @ Café Du Nord (map)
A lush array of looping and vocal/violin gymnastics... Kishi Bashi's debut full-length, 151a, is a bright and soaring avant-pop record written primarily on violin - Kishi Bashi's main instrume…more»
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Featured Review from SFStation
August 29, 2012A lush array of looping and vocal/violin gymnastics… Kishi Bashi’s debut full-length, 151a, is a bright and soaring avant-pop record written primarily on violin…more at sfstation.com
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LIGHTNING BOLT, No Babies, Future Twin
Tue. 09/04 | 8:00PM @ Rickshaw Stop (map)
$12 adv/$14 doors. There's a 6 ticket limit for this event per household, customer, credit card number and email address. Patrons who exceed the ticket limit can have their order cancelled aut…more»
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Featured Review from SFStation
August 29, 2012Lightning Bolt emerged from Providence in 1995 as a three-piece art school project. Initially there was Brian Chippendale’s explosive, non-stop drumming…more at sfstation.com
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Lypsinka
Tue. 09/04 | 8:00PM - Sun. 09/09 @ The Rrazz Room at Hotel Nikko (map)
Showtimes:Tuesday 09/04 - 08:09PMWednesday 09/05 - 08:09PMThursday 09/06 - 08:09PMFriday 09/07 - 09:09PMSaturday 09/08 - 09:09PMSunday 09/09 - 07:09PM
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Wood Shoppe - a free monthly... The Ferocious Few
Tue. 09/04 | 9:00PM @ Brick & Mortar Music Hall (map)
These true vagabonds of American music have honed their skills at the edge of the night, and sharpened their knife sharp teeth on the depraved mouth of a society dying, but dying to party. Th…more»
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Big Business, Federation X, Pins Of Light
Tue. 09/04 | 9:00PM @ Bottom Of The Hill (map)
Tuesday September 4 2012 9:00 PM (doors at 8:30pm) 21 AND OVER on sale 7/20 $12 Big Business stoner metal/sludge metal Federation X Rock - Folk / Comedy Pins Of Light Rock
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Featured Review from flavorpill
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“For a sludgy good time, roll over to Bottom of the Hill with Big Business. You may not have heard of these guys yet, but two of their three… more at flavorpill.com
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Something Fierce (Dirtnap), Occult Detective Club (Alive/Dirtnap)
Tue. 09/04 | 9:00PM @ Hemlock Tavern (map)
Something Fierce (Dirtnap) "This is a gem of a record from start to finish - an adrenaline rush of hooks, choruses, and some of the cleverest pop writing since those BUZZCOCKS fellas picked u…more»
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Debo Band
Tue. 09/04 | 8:00PM @ Yoshi's San Francisco (map)
A different archival impulse paid off for Debo Band, a Boston group devoted to the Ethiopian funk of the late 1960s and 70s: fierce, jagged, complex and galvanizing music. With a beefy horn se…more»
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The News: Fresh, Queer Performance
Tue. 09/04 | 7:30PM @ SOMArts Cultural Center (map)
The News is a monthly offering of performance featuring new queer work. On the first Tuesday of each month The News casts a spotlight on performance pieces, experiments, debut works, and works…more»
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Featured Review from San Francisco Bay Guardian
August 29, 2012A monthly display of the wisest and wackiest of queer stage art, a typical edition of the News can include trash fashion, passionate odes to… more at sfbg.com
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Crossing Delancey
Tue. 09/04 | 2:00PM @ Contemporary Jewish Museum (map)
In this 1988 film, Amy Irving plays Izzy, a Manhattan bookstore clerk who spends her time hobnobbing with the modern literati. Izzy’s bubbie sets her up with a man whose hand is literally caug…more»
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Julie Lazar on John Cage
Tue. 09/04 | 7:00PM @ SFMOMA (map)
Phyllis Wattis Theater noon Lazar screens Circle of Circuses (1994), a video inspired by Cage's use of chance operations and drawn from source materials associated with the large-scale compo…more»
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Featured Review from SF Weekly
August 30, 2012San Francisco recently surpassed New York as the most expensive place to live in the U.S. This should not come as a shock to anyone who’s ever paid $72 for a parking ticket or $7 for a bottle of… more at voiceplaces.com
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Cahalen and Eli, Alto
Tue. 09/04 | 8:00PM @ The Hotel Utah Saloon (map)
With a handful of acoustic instruments and the clear harmonies of bluegrass song traditions, Cahalen and Eli have created an entirely new strain of roots music. Their sound crosses the warmth …more»
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Wine and Movies at The Mark - The Wizard of Oz
Tue. 09/04 | 5:30PM @ Top Of The Mark (map)
september 4, 20125:30pm-7:30pm :: spellbound petite sirah & chardonnay7:30pm :: the wizard of ozBack by popular demand, the Top of the Mark presents“Wind Down with Wine and a Movie 2”, the…more»
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Book Discussion: "The Warmth of Other Suns" by Isabel Wilkerson
Tue. 09/04 | 5:30PM @ The Commonwealth Club of California (map)
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson In this epic masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winner Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of U.S. history: the decades-long migration of…more»
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Lost & Found-Deep & Sweet 60s Soul, POWERPEARLS
Tue. 09/04 | 5:55PM @ Make-Out Room (map)
"Northern Movers & Sweet Soul Melodies"
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UNITED FILM FEST: Supporting Characters
Tue. 09/04 | 7:00PM @ Roxie Theater (map)
Rated: NR Runtime: 104 mins. Supporting Characters (89 min) Two New York film editors balance their personal relationships while reworking a movie in crisis. Starring Alex Karpovsky, Tar…more»
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UNITED FILM FEST: Act Naturally
Tue. 09/04 | 9:30PM @ Roxie Theater (map)
Rated: NR Runtime: 97 mins. Act Naturally (90 min) When two estranged step-sisters learn of their father’s untimely death on a business trip, they must travel cross-country to claim his …more»
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*A-2-DA-ZKI & U.T.N.G. Ent.*
Tue. 09/04 | 9:00PM @ Boom Boom Room (map)
A full night of kick-ass up-and-coming local acts for only $5! featuring: *A-2-DA-ZKI & U.T.N.G. Ent.* An independent label representing real life original music, the struggle and makin…more»
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Soundpieces
Tue. 09/04 | 10:00PM @ Monarch (map)
SOUNDPIECES is pleased to have taken over Tuesday Nights in the basement at Monarch to give you the sexiest possible bass heavy experience in San Francisco on Tuesdays!! ✦ MONARCH ✦ 21+ (ID …more»
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Roger Naylor Book-Signing
Tue. 09/04 | 7:00PM @ Palace of Fine Arts (map)
Arizona Highways contributor Roger Naylor visits with his new book Arizona Kicks on Route 66.
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Seisiún, Suzanne Cronin
Tue. 09/04 | 7:00PM @ The Plough and Stars (map)
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Fat Tuesday Band
Tue. 09/04 | 8:00PM @ Biscuits and Blues (map)
