The Independent
628 Divisadero Street (map) 415.771.1422
The Independent is a premier live music venue in San Francisco that opened its doors to Bay Area music lovers in February 2004.
Centrally located in the NOPA/Western Addition neighborhood, The Independent has state-of-the-art sound and light systems and the best venue staff in the city. Celebrating its 1000th show in August 2009, The Independent is an appealing live music environment for the audience and musicians alike.
Having recently celebrated its 7-year anniversary, The Independent has played host to many of the best up and coming and diverse bands from around the world. SF Weekly’s Best of 2010 issue voted The Independent as the Best Sound System (Live) in the Bay Area.
All events at the Independent are 21 and over.
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- Shatterday (Album Version) - Vendetta Red
- Just Breathe - Pearl Jam
- Air - Sparta
- The Son of Flynn - KI:Theory
- Shaking Down The Old Bones - The Darcys
- The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth - Clap Yo...
- Immigrant - Sporting Life
- Another Volunteer - Oh Minnows
- Coastline Journey - Mishka
- Simple Love Song - Anuhea
- The Stranger - Lord Huron
- Hanging On - Active Child
- Dictaphone's Lament - Tycho
- Already Yours - Bahamas
- The Wolves - Ben Howard
- The Rythm Of The Night - Chris Garcia
- A Future In The Future - Reggie Watts
- Finch on Saturday - Horse Feathers
- Let This Body Go - Death Songs
- Politics Inside You - Garrett Pierce
- Attitude Adjustment - Attitude Adjustment
- Plage - Crystal Fighters
- The Greeks - Is Tropical
- Tiny Spark - Brendan Benson
- Honeypot - Bob Schneider
- Sweet 17 - Laura Warshauer
- Guttersnipe - Bhi Bhiman
- Free - Donavon Frankenreiter
- I Ain't Afraid of Your Husband - Unknown Hinson
- Collector - Here We Go Magic
- Brunch - Action Bronson
- House Music - Cadence Weapon
- The Boys Are Leaving Town - Japandroids
- Time We Had - The Mother Hips
- Callin' Out - Lyrics Born
- Brand New Day (original version) - Ryan Star
- Push Me To The Floor - The Parlotones
- The Well - The Silent Comedy
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Black Sabbath's Paranoid, A cast of 50 Bay Area musicians create diverse reinterpr...
Sat. 05/19 | 8:30PM @ The Independent (map)
Black Sabbath's Paranoid Faultline Studios and UnderCover Presents is thrilled to announce that Black Sabbath's Paranoid is the next album getting a Bay Area stamp. This time around the proje…more»
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Featured Review from TheBoldItalic
May 07, 2012UnderCoverPresents, Faultline Studios, and KALX 90.7 FM are thrilled to announce Black Sabbath’s Paranoid as the next album getting a Bay Area stamp. This time around, UnderCover has selected… more at thebolditalic.com
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Flight To Mars, Feat. Pearl Jam's Mike McCready & Special Guests, Vendetta Red, Hy...
Sun. 05/20 | 7:30PM @ The Independent (map)
Flight To Mars Flight to Mars, a tribute to 1970s English heavy rockers UFO featuring Pearl Jam lead guitarist Mike McCready, hits the road this May in celebration of the band's 10th anniversa…more»
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Sparta, Ki:Theory
Mon. 05/21 | 7:30PM @ The Independent (map)
Sparta "Wake up! Can you hear me?" So begins "Cut Your Ribbon," the lead track on Wiretap Scars, the first full-length offering from El Paso, Texas' Sparta. Set for release Aug. 13, 2002, on D…more»
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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Darcys, Sporting Life
Tue. 05/22 | 7:30PM @ The Independent (map)
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Clap Your Hands Say Yeah was conceived in the belly of the Great Whale. Upon departure, its members floated to shore. Five arrived alive: Alec Ounsworth, Sean Greenhal…more»
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We Are Serenades, Oh Minnows
Thu. 05/24 | 7:30PM @ The Independent (map)
We Are Serenades It started like a bit of a love affair. A chance meeting between two sultry leaders of two travelling packs of musicians, stealing glances on the sly at a truck stop somewher…more»
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Mishka, Anuhea, Micah Brown
Fri. 05/25 | 8:30PM @ The Independent (map)
Mishka Mishka’s biography has an almost cinematic sweep. He spent most of his early life on a boat in the Caribbean, sailing from island to island with his seafaring parents and older sisters.…more»
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Active Child, Lord Huron
Tue. 05/29 | 7:30PM @ The Independent (map)
Active Child For Pat Grossi of Active Child, the last two years have been nothing short of enriching. Musically, Pat has worked within and appropriated a number of styles into his sound, from …more»
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Tycho
Wed. 05/30 | 8:30PM @ The Independent (map)
Tycho While his formative years were spent listening to everything from Yes to Photek, Scott Hansen didn’t get his hands on an actual guitar or drum machine until he left his native Sacramento…more»
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Featured Review from thebaybridged
April 26, 2012First, it was current indie darlings Keep Shelly in Athens who remixed the title track off Tycho‘s new, highly-praised album Dive. Now Memoryhouse gets in on the action, offering up… more at thebaybridged.com
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Ben Howard, Bahamas
Thu. 05/31 | 7:30PM @ The Independent (map)
Ben Howard Ben Howard is a highly praised British singer-songwriter poised for breakthrough in the U.S. His impressive live shows have lead to sellout tours across the U.K and throughout Euro…more»
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Reggie Watts, Chris Garcia
Fri. 06/01 | 8:30PM @ The Independent (map)
Reggie Watts Hilarious, brilliant, unpredictable – comedian/musician Reggie Watts is a staple of the international performance scene. Reggie's improvised musical sets are created on-the-spot u…more»
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Horse Feathers, Death Songs, Garrett Pierce
Sat. 06/02 | 8:30PM @ The Independent (map)
Horse Feathers Justin Ringle has turned out to be a songwriter strongly influenced by the seasons. His Portland, Oregon-based band’s last record, the critically acclaimed House With No Home, w…more»
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G.B.H., Far From Finished, Attitude Adjustment
Sun. 06/03 | 7:30PM @ The Independent (map)
G.B.H. 25 years. A lot of marriages don’t last that long. Almost no bands do. You can name them easily, they are so few: The Rolling Stones, Motorhead, Iron Maiden…and GBH. These bands share s…more»
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Crystal Fighters, Is Tropical, Blackout Make Out
Mon. 06/04 | 7:30PM @ The Independent (map)
Crystal Fighters Crystal Fighters juxtapose the eerie flavour of traditional Basque folk music with churning basslines and catchy energetic vocals, resulting in a jubilant and uplifting sound …more»
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Brendan Benson, Young Hines, The Howling Brothers
Wed. 06/06 | 7:30PM @ The Independent (map)
Brendan Benson As much as the story behind Brendan Benson’s fifth solo album is the story of making a record, it is also a story of finding a family — of love, marriage, the birth of a son, an…more»
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Bob Schneider, Laura Warshauer
Fri. 06/08 | 8:30PM @ The Independent (map)
Bob Schneider Bob Schneider is not new to this game. He has built his career as a working class musician and as a result has an institution of faithful followers all across the country with a …more»
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Donavon Frankenreiter, Goodnight Texas
Sat. 06/09 | 8:30PM @ The Independent (map)
Donavon Frankenreiter When Donavon Frankenreiter was 10 years old, he got his first surfboard. Six years later, he picked up his first guitar. It was the beginning of a wildly creative journey…more»
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Unknown Hinson
Sun. 06/10 | 7:30PM @ The Independent (map)
Unknown Hinson Looking somewhat like Dracula's nasty little brother who spent some hard years drinking and working as a carnival barker for a second-rate freak show, Unknown Hinson translates …more»
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Here We Go Magic
Tue. 06/12 | 7:30PM @ The Independent (map)
Here We Go Magic We like the way the name sounds so we set it to music. Our own Luke made a beautiful record and we joined him to make something together. We are creating songs from melodies t…more»
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Action Bronson
Wed. 06/13 | 8:30PM @ The Independent (map)
Action Bronson Action was born and raised in Flushing, Queens. He is of Albanian descent. He used to be a respected fire-flame gourmet chef in New York City, and frequently raps about food in …more»
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Japandroids, Cadence Weapon
Thu. 06/14 | 7:30PM @ The Independent (map)
Japandroids Japandroids (aka JPNDRDS) is a two piece band from Vancouver, BC. This 'band' started in 2006 as a creative outlet for the post-teenage angst of Brian King and David Prowse. Origin…more»
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The Mother Hips, DJ Kelley Stoltz
Fri. 06/15 | 8:30PM @ The Independent (map)
The Mother Hips In between tour dates, The Mother Hips have been in their San Francisco studio, putting finishing touches on their seventh full-length album, due for Fall 2009 release. A recen…more»
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Lyrics Born, Bayonics, Adam Mansbach, Hosted by Joey Guila
Sat. 06/16 | 8:30PM @ The Independent (map)
Lyrics Born Amongst the dusty records of UC Davis’ KDVS college radio station, Tom Shimura, who currently makes records as Lyrics Born, found too much to love. Sandwiched between gatefold LPs,…more»
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Celso Piña
Sun. 06/17 | 7:30PM @ The Independent (map)
Celso Piña Celso Piña (Born 6 April 1953 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, méxico) is a notable mexican singer, composer and accordionist. In 2002, Pina was nominated for two latin grammy Awards: “Bes…more»
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Rhett Miller & the Serial Lady Killers, The Spring Standards
Tue. 06/19 | 7:30PM @ The Independent (map)
Rhett Miller & the Serial Lady Killers For almost ten years now, Rhett Miller has balanced a solo career with a band career, as both the leader of the rock band Old 97's and as an acclaimed si…more»
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The Parlotones, Ryan Star, The Silent Comedy
Wed. 06/20 | 7:30PM @ The Independent (map)
The Parlotones The Parlotones will release their fourth studio album, Journey Through the Shadows, on May 8th via Sovereign Entertainment USA. The new album was recorded in Johannesburg and Ca…more»
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