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Aventine Alley Block Party St. Patty's Weekend
Fri. 03/15 | 4:00PM @ Taverna Aventine (map)
Aventine's first Alley Party of the year is going off FRIDAY, MARCH 15TH starting at 4PM - just in time to kick-off St. Patty's weekend!Past alley party goers know how fun this event is,…more»
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Youth Lagoon, Porcelain Raft
Fri. 04/13 | 9:00PM @ The Independent (map)
Youth Lagoon Twenty-two year old Trevor Powers, whose musical venture is called Youth Lagoon, has had a long year. Not because he's been endlessly touring or pursuing some wild dream, but beca…more»
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Bear In Heaven, Blouse, Doldrums
Sun. 04/08 | 8:00PM @ The Independent (map)
Bear In Heaven After months of testing their limits and trusting their instincts, Bear in Heaven will emerge in April 2012 with I Love You, It’s Cool, an album so vivid and visionary that it m…more»
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Thee Oh Sees, Magnetix, Pets With Pets, The Mallard
Tue. 03/06 | 8:00PM @ The Independent (map)
Thee Oh Sees The ridiculously prolific Bay Area band Thee Oh Sees are back with another full-length long-player. Warm Slime is guaranteed to please fans of their whacked-out garage / psych / p…more»
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Geographer, Miniature Tigers, The Chain Gang of 1974, Pretty & Nice
Sat. 03/03 | 8:00PM @ The Independent (map)
Geographer In the summer of 2005, after a series of deaths in the family, Michael Deni left his hometown in New Jersey for San Francisco. He spent the next several months with his guitar and a…more»
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Featured Review from SF Weekly
March 01, 2012While Geographer’s Mike Deni isn’t given to pretense, he’s been known to wax a little philosophical from time to time. One such pearl of wisdom: “You never want to accomplish what you set out to do. That’s when you’ve really failed.” Granted, the Jersey transplant was referring to… more at voiceplaces.com
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Surfer Blood, The Lonely Forest, Cate Le Bon, The She's
Sat. 02/25 | 8:00PM @ The Independent (map)
NOISE POP 2012! When you think of Palm Beach, Florida, what comes to mind? Palm trees swaying gently in the balmy breeze? Scantily-clad bikini buxom babes rollerblading down an infinite…more»
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Noise Pop 2012: Wye Oak, Sea of Bees, Social Studies, 21st Century
Fri. 02/24 | 8:00PM @ The Independent (map)
Wye Oak On March 8, Merge will release Wye Oak's third album, Civilian on CD, LP and digital download (March 7 on City Slang in Europe). Wye Oak wrote what became Civilian between December o…more»
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The Budos Band, Allah-Las, Pickwick, Big Tree
Thu. 02/23 | 8:00PM @ The Independent (map)
NOISE POP 2012! The Budos Band Having scalded listeners’ ears with sonic lava on Budos I and stung them with venomous frequencies on Budos II, The Budos Band delivers on their promise …more»
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Featured Review from flavorpill
February 20, 2012Gourmands of multifarious and eclectic tunes, take note: this week’s Noise Pop offering at the Independent brings all tints, tones, and shades of the stuff. May we interest you in a 10-piece Afro-Soul outfit? Try that with some… more at flavorpill.com
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Papercuts, Sonny and the Sunsets, Princeton, Tortured Genies
Wed. 02/22 | 8:00PM @ The Independent (map)
Papercuts Subtlety is often an underrated quality. That’s partly why Papercuts’ new album, Fading Parade band’s fourth overall, and first for Sub Pop—is such a breath of fresh air. Papercuts …more»
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Howlin Rain, The Soft White Sixties, Zodiac Death Valley, DJ Britt Govea
Sat. 02/18 | 9:00PM @ The Independent (map)
Howlin Rain San Francisco Bay Area-based power quintet Howlin Rain's third album The Russian Wilds passionately protests the currently popular notion that heroically conceived and executed roc…more»
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Featured Review from SF Weekly
February 11, 2012In the four years since its last full-length, 2008’s Magnificent Fiend, Bay Area blooze-psych quintet Howlin Rain hooked up with famous admirer Rick Rubin, who helped midwife new album The Russian Wilds. While guitar-playing frontman Ethan Miller has… more at voiceplaces.com
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Featured Review from TheBoldItalic
February 10, 2012San Francisco Bay Area-based power quintet Howlin Rain’s third album The Russian Wilds passionately protests the currently popular notion that heroically conceived and executed rock music is a thing of golden ages passed… more at thebolditalic.com
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Do415 Launch Party, Presented by Stoli and Ticketfly
Tue. 02/07 | 8:00PM - Wed. 02/08 | 2:00AM @ Monarch (map)
Come celebrate the launch of Do415! We're taking over one of the hottest new spaces in the city, Monarch, with a lineup of DJs that represents the variety and energy of the Bay Area's thr…more»
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Fujiya & Miyagi, The Frail
Mon. 01/30 | 8:00PM @ The Independent (map)
Fujiya & Miyagi Formed in 2000 as an electronic duo of David Best (guitars and vocals) and Steve Lewis (synths, beats, programming), they released Electro Karaoke In The Negative Style two ye…more»
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