Sept. 21
Music
Gargantula
With a lineup boasting former members of Bl’ast!, Spaceboy, Comets on Fire, the Exploding Crustaceans, and the Unknown, Santa Cruz’s Gargantula is a musical beast to be reckoned with. First brought to life on the 2004 album Infinitasm (self-released), the band makes an ultraheavy sound that combines the detuned tones of death metal with the sludgy dirge of stoner rock and adds a deeper and throatier version of the tendon-tearing vocals of old-school hardcore punk – all brought together like a Frankenstein monster determined to once again deliver balls-out rock ’n’ roll to the masses. (Sean McCourt)
With USA Is a Monster and SIXES
9:30 p.m.
Hemlock Tavern
1131 Polk, SF
$7
(415) 923-0923
www.hemlocktavern.com
Music
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
Let’s face it: there are two kinds of shows out there in clubland. In one corner is the concert, which asks nothing more of you than to stand and listen and cheer in the right places, perhaps folding the arms if hipster appropriate. A fine time, to be sure, but who’s that over in the other corner? It’s Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings. Jones and her band will command your inner funk demon to shake everything it’s got. Thanks to the sassiest vocals since Lyn Collins and Chaka Khan, as well as a band that would make James Brown himself weep tears of joy, this is the finest workout you’ll get all month. (Todd Lavoie)
With Binky Griptite and the Dee-Kays
8 p.m.
Bimbo’s 365 Club
1025 Columbus, SF
$18
(415) 474-0365
www.bimbos365club.com