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WEDNESDAY 14
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Damir Johnny Foley’s Irish House. 9pm, free.
David Landon Band Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $15.
Fulton and the 44th, Threat Level Orange Rickshaw Stop. 6pm, $12. Benefits Boys Hope Girls Hope.
Knux, Vibrant Sound, Cuss Cafe Du Nord. 9:30pm, $10-12.
Movine Company Revolution Café. 8:30pm, free.
Mt Hammer, Juanita and the Rabbit El Rio. 9pm, $5.
Raincoats, Grass Widow Great American Music Hall. 9pm, $20-22.
RedCardiacs Fly, PG13, Surplus 1980 Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $7.
Tambo Rays, Poor Sons, Cool Ghouls Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $5-8.
Y Axes, Snipers!, Maere, New Year Sun Bear Bottom of the Hill. 8:30pm, $8.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Cosmo AlleyCats Le Colonial, 20 Cosmo Place, SF; www.lecolonialsf.com. 7-10pm.
Dink Dink Dink, Gaucho, Michael Abraham Amnesia. 7pm, free.
Greg Gotelli Quartet Medjool, 2522 Mission, SF; www.medjoolsf.com. 6-9pm, free.
Ricardo Scales Top of the Mark, 999 California, SF; www.topofthemark.com. 6:30pm, $5.
Pamela Z Meridian Gallery, 535 Powell, SF; (415) 398-7229. 7:30pm.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Carla Selvin 50 Mason Social House, SF; www.50masonsocialhouse.com. 7pm.
DANCE CLUBS
Aisle 45 Elbo Room. 9pm, $5. With DJs Mauby, Mo-Luxx, and Sureshot spinning vinyl soul, funk, disco, and boogie.
Booty Call Q-Bar, 456 Castro, SF; www.bootycallwednesdays.com. 9pm. Juanita MORE! and Joshua J host this dance party.
Coo-Yah! Som., 2925 16th St, SF; (415) 558-8521. 10pm, free. DJs Daneekah and Green B spin reggae and dancehall with weekly guests.
Mary Go Round Lookout, 3600 16th St, SF; www.lookoutsf.com. 10pm, $5. Drag with Suppositori Spelling, Mercedez Munro, and Ginger Snap.
Megatallica Fiddler’s Green, 1333 Columbus, SF; www.megatallica.com. 7pm, free. Heavy metal hangout.
Vespa Beat Bliss Bar, 4026 24th St., SF; www.blissbarsf.com. 9pm, free. MSK.fm spins raregrooves, electroswing, and boogie.
THURSDAY 15
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Balkan Beat Box Fillmore. 8pm, $22.50.
Michael Gira (Swans), Sir Richard Bishop Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $19-23.
Gunshy Johnny Foley’s Irish House. 9pm, free.
Jenni and the Jerks, Whoa Nellies Thee Parkside. 9pm, $7.
Laurie Morvan Band Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $18.
Nightgowns, Standard Poodle, Bad Boys, Big No El Rio. 8pm, $6.
Earston Pearcy Revolution Café. 8:30pm, free.
Pretty Reckless, Parlor Mob, Hollywood Kills Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $15.
San Cha Black Glitter 50 Mason Social House, SF; www.50masonsocialhouse.com. 9pm.
Robert Schwartzman, Relationship, Jamestown Revival Cafe Du Nord. 8pm, $10.
Tied to the Branches, Yes Go’s, Der Spazm Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $6.
Jody Watley Rrazz Room. 8pm, $40-45.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Tom Lander and Friends Medjool, 2522 Mission, SF; www.medjoolsf.com. 6-9pm, free.
Stompy Jones Top of the Mark, 999 California, SF; www.topofthemark.com. 7:30pm, $10.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Karan Casey and John Doyle Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $15-20.
Gayle Lynn and the Hired Hands Atlas Café. 8-10pm, free.
Twang! Honky Tonk Fiddler’s Green, 1330 Columbus, SF; www.twanghonkytonk.com. 5pm. Live country music, dancing, and giveaways.
DANCE CLUBS
Afrolicious Elbo Room. 9:30pm, $5. With DJ-host Pleasuremaker and special guest DJ Nappy.
Get Low Som., 2925 16th St, SF; (415) 558-8521. 10pm, free. Jerry Nice and Ant-1 spin Hip-Hop, 80’s and Soul with weekly guests.
O.K. Hole Amnesia. 9pm, $5-17. Live music, DJs, and visuals.
Popscene Rickshaw Stop. 10pm, $7. With DJs Omar, Miles, and guest DJ Party Ben.
Thursdays at the Cat Club Cat Club. 9pm, $6 (free before 9:30pm). Two dance floors bumpin’ with the best of 80s mainstream and underground with DJ’s Damon, Steve Washington, Dangerous Dan, and guests.
Tropicana Madrone Art Bar. 9pm, free. Salsa, cumbia, reggaeton, and more with DJs Don Bustamante, Apocolypto, Sr. Saen, Santero, and Mr. E.
FRIDAY 16
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Congress Hotel Utah. 9pm, $10.
Hugh Cornwall and Clem Burke, Glen Matlock Red Devil Lounge. 8pm, $20.
Keith Crossan Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Diabla 50 Mason Social House, SF; www.50masonsocialhouse.com. 7pm.
Drive By Truckers, Robert Ellis Fillmore. 9pm, $25.
Ed Schrader’s Music Beat, Preteen, Re-Volts Thee Parkside. 9pm, $7.
Feed Me With Teeth, AC Slater Regency Ballroom. 9pm, $32.
Hot Buttered Rum, Cornmeal Great American Music Hall. 9pm, $21.
Native Elements, My Peoples Elbo Room. 10pm, $10.
Puscifer, Carina Round Palace of Fine Arts. 8pm, $55.
DJ Questlove, DJ Mark Divita Independent. 9pm, $30.
Shrouded Strangers, Range of Light Wilderness, Sad Vicious Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $6.
Street Dogs, Devil’s Brigade, Old Man Markley, Murder the Stout Slim’s. 8pm, $16.
Top Secret Band Johnny Foley’s Irish House. 9pm, free.
Jody Watley Rrazz Room. 8pm, $40-45.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Audium 1616 Bush, SF; www.audium.org. 8:30pm, $20. Theater of sound-sculptured space.
Black Market Jazz Orchestra Top of the Mark, 999 California, SF; www.topofthemark.com. 9pm, $10.
Emily Anne Revolution Café. 9pm, free.
MegaFlame Big Band and Cabaret, Gomorran Social Aid and Pleasure Club, Nice Guy Trio Bottom of the Hill. 9:30pm, $12.
West Coast Ramblers 50 Mason Social House, SF; www.50masonsocialhouse.com. 10pm.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Eoin Harrington Irish Session Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $15-20.
Fall Risk, Belle Monroe and Her Brewglass Boys, Courtney Jeans Cafe Du Nord. 9pm, $12-15.
Going-Away Party, Old Jawbone Plough and Stars. 9:30pm, $6-10.
Matt Lax and Nearly Beloved, Bootcuts Make-Out Room. 7:30pm, $8.
DANCE CLUBS
Blow Up vs Adult Dance Party DNA Lounge. 10pm, $10. Hosted by Ava Berlin and guest host Eric Belladonna, with Jefferey Paradise vs Basura, and more.
Hella Tight Amnesia. 10pm, $5. With Mr. December.
Layo and Bushwacka, Voodoo Loft with Brandt Brauer Frick and Ripperton Public Works. 9:30pm, $20.
Lindstrøm, Magic Touch, Conor, Sonar Mezzanine. 9pm, $18.
Old School JAMZ El Rio. 9pm. Fruit Stand DJs spinning old school funk, hip-hop, and R&B.
Paris to Dakar Little Baobab, 3388 19th St, SF; (415) 643-3558. 10pm, $5. Afro and world music with rotating DJs including Stepwise, Steve, Claude, Santero, and Elembe.
Three Kinds of Stupid Dance Party Rickshaw Stop. 9pm, $7. With DJ Brother "Birthday Boy" Grim and Senor BAS, and German-style ping pong hosted by American Tripps.
DJ What’s His Fuck Riptide Tavern. 9pm, free. Old-school punk rock and other gems.
SATURDAY 17
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Alabaster Choad, Soda Machine, Rabbles Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $6.
Axe Wound, Fucktard, Lost Puppy Thee Parkside. 3pm, free.
Culann’s Hounds, Victim’s Family, Shana Morrison Slim’s. 9pm, $20.
Sage Francis, Metermaids Independent. 9pm, $20.
Get Dead, Toyboat Toyboat Toyboat, Jonny Mac and the Downtown Hawks Hemlock Tavern. 5pm, $5.
Go Time!, Ruleta Rusa, Side Effects, Nerv, Let It Bleed Knockout. 4pm, $6.
La Plebe, Snake Cranium, Fucking Buckaroos El Rio. 10pm, $8.
Mama Crow Viracocha, 998 Valencia, SF; www.mamacrowmusic.com. 10pm.
Mandatory Merle 50 Mason Social House, SF; www.50masonsocialhouse.com. 9pm.
Peter Murphy Yoshi’s San Francisco. 8 and 10pm, $30-35.
Obo Martin, Barbary Ghosts, Freddi Price, Kelly McFarling Amnesia. 8pm, $10.
Royal Deuces Riptide Tavern. 9pm, free.
Skin Divers Johnny Foley’s Irish House. 9pm, free.
Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Swingin’ Utters, Struts, Sharp Objects Thee Parkside. 9pm, $15.
Waterstrider, Drms, Buttercream Gang Bottom of the Hill. 10pm, $10.
Jody Watley Rrazz Room. 7 and 9:30pm, $40-45.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Audium 1616 Bush, SF; www.audium.org. 8:30pm, $20. Theater of sound-sculptured space.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Lucia Comnes, Gasmen, Jaunting Martyrs Cafe Du Nord. 9pm, $17-20.
Eoin Harrington Irish Session Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $15-20.
Go Van Gogh Revolution Café. 9pm, free.
Kafana Balkan, Brass Menazeri, DJ Zeljko Rickshaw Stop. 9pm, $10.
Saturday Night Salsa Ramp, 855 Francois, SF; www.facebook.com/therampsf. 5:30pm, $10.
Craig Ventresco and Meredith Axelrod Atlas Café. 4-6pm, free.
DANCE CLUBS
Bootie SF: St. Paddy’s Mashup Party DNA Lounge. 9pm, $10-20. With Hubba Hubba Review, DJs Tripp and Ajax, and more.
Lee Burridge Public Works. 9:30pm, $25.
Fringe Madrone Art Bar. 9pm, $5. Indie music video dance party with DJ Blondie K and subOctave.
MartyParty: Six Shots Tour Mighty. 9pm. Dubstep, hip-hop, and big-bass bangers.
Paris to Dakar Little Baobab, 3388 19th St, SF; (415) 643-3558. 10pm, $5. Afro and world music with rotating DJs including Stepwise, Steve, Claude, Santero, and Elembe.
Smiths Night SF Rock-It Room. 9pm, free. Revel in 80s music from the Smiths, Joy Division, New Order, and more.
Radio Franco Bissap, 3372 19th St, SF; (415) 826 9287. 6 pm. Rock, Chanson Francaise, Blues. Senegalese food and live music.
Saturday Night Soul Party Elbo Room. 10pm, $5-10. With DJs Lucky, Paul Paul, and Phengren Oswald spinning ’60s soul 45s.
Wild Nights Kok BarSF, 1225 Folsom, SF; www.kokbarsf.com. 9pm, $3. With DJ Frank Wild.
SUNDAY 18
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Amazing Embarassonic Human Karaoke Machine, Metal Circus Bottom of the Hill. 3pm, $12.
Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine, Black Cobra, Pins of Light Thee Parkside. 8pm, $10.
Feedtime, Dead Meat, MUSK Hemlock Tavern. 6pm, $10.
HowellDevine Revolution Café. 8:30pm, free.
Hungry, Hungry Ghost, Collin Ludlow-Mattson and the Folks, Grand Lodge Viracocha, 998 Valencia, SF; www.viracochasf.com. 8pm.
Hypnotist Collectors, Gypsy Moonlight Band, Assateague Amnesia. 9pm, $7.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Uri Caine with John Hébert and Ben Perowsky SF Conservatory of Music, 50 Oak, SF; www.sfjazz.org. 8pm, $20-35.
Sandy Cressman and Homenagem Brasileira Bliss Bar, 4026 24th St, SF; www.blissbarsf.com. 4:30pm, $10.
Robert Glasper Experiment Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $20-25.
ScubaCat 50 Mason Social House, SF; www.50masonsocialhouse.com. 9pm.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Twang Sundays Thee Parkside. 4pm, free. With Roland Finn and the Corburns.
DANCE CLUBS
Batcave Club 93, 93 9th St, SF 10pm, $5. Death rock, goth, and post-punk with Steeplerot, XChrisT, Necromos and c_death.
Daytime Realness El Rio. 3pm, free. Drag, dancing, and disorder with Heklina, Stanley Frank, and DJ Carnita, and more.
Death Guild Nineteenth Anniversary: Stromkern DNA Lounge. 9pm, $17. Industrial with Stromkern and Inure performing live, DJs Decay, Melting Girl, and more.
Dub Mission Elbo Room. 9pm, $6. DJs Sep, Ludichris, and guest Widsom spin dub, dubstep, roots, and dancehall.
Jock Lookout, 3600 16th St, SF; www.lookoutsf.com. 3pm, $2. Raise money for LGBT sports teams while enjoying DJs and drink specials.
La Pachanga Blue Macaw, 2565 Mission, SF; www.thebluemacawsf.com. 6pm, $10. Salsa dance party with live Afro-Cuban salsa bands.
MONDAY 19
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Dan Bern Cafe Du Nord. 8pm, $20.
Damir Johnny Foley’s Irish House. 9pm, free.
Arnold McCuller Yoshi’s San Francisco. 8pm, $22.
Needtobreathe, Ben Rector Fillmore. 8pm, $25.
Skream and Benga, Alvin Risk, Sgt Pokes, Artwork and Hijak Regency Ballroom. 8pm, $27.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Bossa Nova Tunnel Top, 601 Bush, SF; (415) 722-6620. 8-11:30pm, free. Live acoustic Bossa Nova.
DANCE CLUBS
Death Guild 19th Anniversary: DJ Night DNA Lounge. 9pm, $5-10. Industrial with DJs Decay, Melting Girl, Sage, and Lexor.
Krazy Mondays Beauty Bar, 2299 Mission, SF; www.thebeautybar.com. 10pm, free. Hip-hop and other stuff.
M.O.M. Madrone Art Bar. 6pm, free. DJs Timoteo Gigante, Gordo Cabeza, and Chris Phlek playing all Motown every Monday.
Sausage Party Rosamunde Sausage Grill, 2832 Mission, SF; (415) 970-9015. 6:30-9:30pm, free. DJ Dandy Dixon spins vintage rock, R&B, global beats, funk, and disco at this happy hour sausage-shack gig.
Vibes’N’Stuff El Amigo Bar, 3355 Mission, SF; (415) 852-0092. 10pm, free. Conscious jazz and hip-hop from 1960s-early ’90s with DJs Luce Lucy, Vinnie Esparza, and more.
TUESDAY 20
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Adoration 50 Mason Social House, SF; www.50masonsocialhouse.com. 7pm.
Jeff Bergey 50 Mason Social House, SF; www.50masonsocialhouse.com. 10pm.
Deicide, Jungle Rot, Abigail Williams, Lecherous Nocturne Regency Ballroom. 8pm, $28.
Kate Fiano, Endoxi El Rio. 7pm, free.
Great Apes, Daikon, Know Your Saints, Mud Mouth, DJ Space Hunter Knockout. 9:30pm, $6.
John Lawton Trio Johnny Foley’s Irish House. 9pm, free.
Kaiser Chiefs, Walk the Moon, Transfer Fillmore. 8pm, $25.
Loney Dear, Yesway, Will Sprott Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $12.
Nokies!, Akabane Vulgars on Strong Bypass, ZZZs Independent. 8pm, $15.
Only You, Red Mars Sky Brick and Mortar Music Hall. 9pm, $8-10.
Dustin Wong, Woodsman, Moonbell Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $7.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Ettrick, Horaflora, Blood Wedding, William Winant Percussion Group Amnesia. 9:45pm, $6.
Manny Moka and the Band on Fire Yoshi’s San Francisco. 8pm, $16.
Panique Revolution Café. 8:30pm, free.
DANCE CLUBS
Brazilian Wax Elbo Room. 9pm, $7. With resident DJs Carioca and P-Shot.
Death Guild Nineteenth Anniversary: Everything Goes Cold DNA Lounge. 9pm, $10. Industrial with Everything Goes Cold, Cynical Mass, Chapter One, and Limnus performing live, DJs Decay, Melting Girl, and more.
Eclectic Company Skylark, 9pm, free. DJs Tones and Jaybee spin old school hip hop, bass, dub, glitch, and electro.
Post-Dubstep Tuesdays Som., 2925 16th St, SF; (415) 558-8521.10pm, free. DJs Dnae Beats, Epcot, Footwerks spin UK Funky, Bass Music.
Study Hall John Colins Lounge, 138 Minna, SF; www.johncolins.com. 9pm. Hip-hop, dancehall, and Bay slaps with DJ Left Lane.