Oneida, Kinski, Terry Gross at Kilowatt
Mar
20
8:00 PM20:00

Oneida, Kinski, Terry Gross at Kilowatt

A song is a song until it isn’t, until it’s pushed to its limits and beyond to become harder, faster and more dissonant. The music on Oneida’s 17thfull-length album, Expensive Air, all started as tightly structured, melodic rock songs then broke open these structures through the instinctual, improvisatory interplay, honed to razor sharpness in two years of live performance. “Successis like laughing in a car gunning carelessly through an ice storm,” says Bobby Matador, “and Expensive Airis how you laugh at yourself as the car spins into the ditch, or a tree. Same trip, but a little closer to the bone.”

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The Ladybug Transistor w/ Tony Molina + Telephone Numbers at Rickshaw Stop SF
Dec
12
7:00 PM19:00

The Ladybug Transistor w/ Tony Molina + Telephone Numbers at Rickshaw Stop SF

This fall, Brooklyn NY's, The Ladybug Transistor, will embark on a tour in celebration of the 25th anniversary of The Albemarle Sound. Originally released in 1999 on Merge Records, the band's third full-length LP exists just outside its fixed point in time and space. Perhaps the last great pop album of the 20th century, The Albemarle Sound is like few records from the turn of the millennium, its attention turned to the intricate arrangements of late 1960s pop and the strange and familiar environs of home. 

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Prison (NY, Drag City) west coast tour - Nov. 14-18
Nov
14
to Nov 19

Prison (NY, Drag City) west coast tour - Nov. 14-18

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PRISON (NY, Drag City): punk-inspired outlaw psychedelia featuring guitarist Paul Major of Endless Boogie. A wicked brew for lovers of everything from The Stooges and Spaceman 3, to those Grateful Dead lost souls who have spent the last 50 years scouring the ends of the earth for the ‘vibe’. An off-kilter, out-of-body experience through the portal of acid-mangled punk.

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100 Flowers, Narrow Adventure, Now at Golden Bull
Oct
19
8:00 PM20:00

100 Flowers, Narrow Adventure, Now at Golden Bull

"100 Flowers (previously known as the Urinals are a power trio whose sole 1983 album is an enduring document of the Southern California underground. Based in crime-ridden '80s Los Angeles against the backdrop of juvenile hardcore and vapid hard rock, 100 Flowers crafted a sound that rests between the inspired bursts of The Minutemen and the pastoral jangle of The Dream Syndicate with similarities to the equally oblique Monitor and The Gun Club (who even included a Urinals cover in their set).

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Free Salamander Exhibit, Uz Jsme Doma, Darling Freakhead at Bottom of the Hill
Oct
17
8:00 PM20:00

Free Salamander Exhibit, Uz Jsme Doma, Darling Freakhead at Bottom of the Hill

Currently based in Oakland, CA, Free Salamander Exhibit continues to shed its dead skin cells, casting off an accumulated detritus of metal, prog-rock, and art-rock influences.

"Half a dozen LPs in, the 22-year Czech band, Uz Jsme Doma, is free of its remarkable founding narrative as a band banned by the former Communist Czechoslovakian regime just for existing...What remains is the fierce commitment to the freedom inherent in Western art-damaged music. Uz embody the absolute unpredictability in Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention primarily, but also the multi-influence, anti-pop clatter of the Residents, Captain Beefheart, Pere Ubu, 1977 punk, and...prog. You won't know what they're singing about in Czech, but the limitless hyper-energy and collision of styles piling on each other with remarkable precision, always turns ears....It's glorious..." – Jack Rabid

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BASIC, Bill Orcutt at Stork Club
Oct
10
8:00 PM20:00

BASIC, Bill Orcutt at Stork Club

BASIC is a mind-meld between noted Philadelphia guitarist Chris ForsythDouglas  McCombs (Tortoise), and Mikel Patrick Avery (Natural Information Society). "This Is BASIC", their debut album, is a complex and entrancing instrumental LP recasting forgotten scraps of guitar history into a moving mosaic of strings, skins and electronics.

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Psychic Graveyard, Upper Wilds, Suboptics at Stork Club
Oct
6
7:30 PM19:30

Psychic Graveyard, Upper Wilds, Suboptics at Stork Club

Simply checking the pedigrees (ex-Arab On Radar, Chinese Stars, Some Girls, Doomsday Student, and Hot Nerdz) will only get you so far with Psychic Graveyard. With a manic output of four full-length albums—Loud As Laughter, A Bluebird Vacation, Veins Feel Strange, and now the brilliant Wilting–in nearly as many years, Psychic Graveyard makes consistently thrilling and unsettled sonic artifacts for a world emptied out and flattened by a joyless and sociopathic mediascape.

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Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. w/ special guests Spirit Mother at Stork Clubs
Sep
30
8:00 PM20:00

Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. w/ special guests Spirit Mother at Stork Clubs

Formed in 1995 by Makoto Kawabata at the same time as the Acid Mothers Temple Soul
Collective. The group released its debut album in 1997 on PSF Records (Japan), and it was
selected as one of the year's best albums in The Wire magazine (UK). In 1998 the group played their first tours of the US and Europe. Since then the group has released a huge number of albums on labels from many different countries. As of 2017, the group has
released around 80 albums. Every year since 1998, they have toured extensively in the US
and Europe, and more recently have started performing around Asia and in Japan too. The
group has performed in collaboration with many musicians including psychedelic originators Gong and Guru Guru, Simeon (Silver Apples), Nik Turner (Hawkwind), and more.

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Wolf Eyes, Trigger Object, Death Sentence: PANDA! at Stork Club
Aug
30
8:00 PM20:00

Wolf Eyes, Trigger Object, Death Sentence: PANDA! at Stork Club

WOLF EYES is a band from Michigan. Formed in the fall of 1996 by N. Young. They are known for their bizarre and otherworldly approach to music. Creating a sound that is both disturbing and hypnotic. The band has released numerous albums and EPs on various labels. With their intense and bizarre live performances, Wolf Eyes has garnered a reputation as one of the most frightening and weird bands in the world. Wolf Eyes is currently John Olson and Nate Young. They have performed together for over 20 years.

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Chloe Troast (SNL) at Verdi Club SF w/ special guests Michael Hirsch (NYC) and Sean Keane
Aug
23
7:30 PM19:30

Chloe Troast (SNL) at Verdi Club SF w/ special guests Michael Hirsch (NYC) and Sean Keane

Chloe Troast is the only new SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE cast member to join season 49 and was named a NEW FACE at Just for Laughs 2023. Previously, she landed the Amy Pascal Feature Film GOODRICH starring Michael Keaton and shot a recurring role on Paul Feig's ABC pilot DROP OFF, opposite Ellie Kemper. Chloe can next be seen in HBO Max’s Feature Film SWEETHEARTS, starring Kieran Shipka, and Judd Apatow’s Feature Film, PLEASE DON’T DESTROY: THE TREASURE OF FOGGY MOUNTAIN, opposite Conan O’Brien, Bowen Yang and Megan Stalter.

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Quintron and Miss Pussycat - west coast Talent Moat dates in Oakland, Portland, Seattle
Jun
14
to Jun 18

Quintron and Miss Pussycat - west coast Talent Moat dates in Oakland, Portland, Seattle

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Quintron and Miss Pussycat have been making genre-defying noise and hard rocking dance music in New Orleans for over fifteen years. The majority of their 14 full-length albums (Including ones for Goner Records and Third Man Records) have the psychedelic soul of traditional New Orleans party music filtered through a tough distorted Hammond B-3 and a cache of self-made electronic instruments.

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Aquarian Blood (Memphis) - June 2024 "Counting Backwards Again" tour
Jun
5
to Jun 22

Aquarian Blood (Memphis) - June 2024 "Counting Backwards Again" tour

“Aquarian Blood play country and folk with a heavy mind-altering dose of psychedelia.” - Rolling Stone

"Aquarian Blood has taken a surprising turn over the last half decade, moving away from the raving punk rock of their previous bands (Ex-Cult and NOTs, respectively) and their first couple of records, into a haunted, elemental goth blues. This combination of fluid, pretty folk guitar with woozy vocals and a sense of stark, rhythmic urgency persists in various combinations and various shades of light and darkness.” - Dusted

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Tyvek, Spiral Dub, Sutros at Make-Out Room SF
May
29
6:30 PM18:30

Tyvek, Spiral Dub, Sutros at Make-Out Room SF

"Detroit’s Tvyek are revered DIY lifers, still flying the lo-fi flag nearly 20 years into their existence, laying it all on the line via cheaply recorded two-minute punk blasts informed by the Ramones, The Fall, Television Personalities, etc, but shot through their distinctive Midwest Michigan worldview. Overground is Tyvek’s first album in six years and is a welcome return — 11 bleaty jams flecked with skronky sax, frontman Kevin Boyer’s free association (but thoughtful) lyrics and more musical finesse than the hissy recordings may suggest.” - Brooklyn Vegan

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6 Organs of Admittance, Low Plateau at Golden Bull
May
28
8:00 PM20:00

6 Organs of Admittance, Low Plateau at Golden Bull

Once again, Six Organs of Admittance showcases the intricate tangle of fingers on the fretboard and flash of lens flare slicing the air, as the future arcs 360 degrees around to become a part of the past as well. Oscillations in this glass bowl ripple outward eternally, but are rooted on the ground where all the creatures are moving and communing; humans too. An intimate cosmic expression, file under: rural-industrial psych, ecosystem goth.

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TYVEK west coast tour - May 21st - June 1st
May
21
to Jun 1

TYVEK west coast tour - May 21st - June 1st

"Detroit’s TYVEK are revered DIY lifers, still flying the lo-fi flag nearly 20 years into their existence, laying it all on the line via cheaply recorded two-minute punk blasts informed by the Ramones, The Fall, Television Personalities, etc, but shot through their distinctive Midwest Michigan worldview. Overground is Tyvek’s first album in six years and is a welcome return — 11 bleaty jams flecked with skronky sax, frontman Kevin Boyer’s free association (but thoughtful) lyrics and more musical finesse than the hissy recordings may suggest.”

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Talent Moat present Noise Pop Happy Hour at Bender's w/ The Losers, Croissant, Fog Lamp - FREE SHOW!
Mar
1
5:00 PM17:00

Talent Moat present Noise Pop Happy Hour at Bender's w/ The Losers, Croissant, Fog Lamp - FREE SHOW!

Talent Moat is once again teaming up with the Noise Pop festival to present a FREE HAPPY HOUR SHOW at Bender’s Bar & Grill featuring top-shelf IRL entertainment from three of the best bands in the SF/Oakland sub-underground: THE LOSERS, CROISSANT, AND FOG LAMP.

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Bill Orcutt, Emily Robb, Famous Mammals, DJ Tom Lax (Siltbreeze) at Make-Out Room SF
Feb
24
6:00 PM18:00

Bill Orcutt, Emily Robb, Famous Mammals, DJ Tom Lax (Siltbreeze) at Make-Out Room SF

"There’s no shortage of squall on Emily Robb’s new album, If I Am Misery Then Give Me Affection. It’s a guitar pageant! One listen and you’ll hear Charley Patton amidst the buzz, his primitive blues lurking in the cacophony. Pull those impulses forward 40 years and you’ll hear familiar sounds that take you right to the early Velvets.”

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Emily Robb west coast tour
Feb
22
to Mar 1

Emily Robb west coast tour

"There’s no shortage of squall on Emily Robb’s new album, If I Am Misery Then Give Me Affection. It’s a guitar pageant! One listen and you’ll hear Charley Patton amidst the buzz, his primitive blues lurking in the cacophony. Pull those impulses forward 40 years and you’ll hear familiar sounds that take you right to the early Velvets. - Dusted Magazine

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Hammered Hulls (Wash., DC, Dischord), Strangelight, Culture Spy at Stork Club
Feb
8
8:00 PM20:00

Hammered Hulls (Wash., DC, Dischord), Strangelight, Culture Spy at Stork Club

Hammered Hulls are a band from Washington D.C. A new band of long-time players, Hammered Hulls’ music hews close to some of their early influences. Alec MacKaye is the voice, Mark Cisneros is the guitarist, Brendan Canty of Fugazi is the bassist, and Chris Wilson commands the drums. Each of them brings their individual imprint to the total sound. This concussion of strength upon strength, unified by vulnerable songs, only barely contained, is the signature sound of Hammered Hulls.

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Chris Corsano/Bill Orcutt Duo, Evelyn Davis (Chiromancer), Expires at Stork Club
Feb
3
6:00 PM18:00

Chris Corsano/Bill Orcutt Duo, Evelyn Davis (Chiromancer), Expires at Stork Club

"Bay Area guitarist Bill Orcutt and New York drummer Chris Corsano are one of the great improvising duos of our time. Orcutt has forged a powerful amalgam of blues phrasing, stabbing noise, and spindly hypnosis, extracting a titanic flow of sound that holds on to some abstract vestige of the past as it rockets into the void.”

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Grace Kuhlenschmidt (NYC, Daily Show, Search Party) at Make-Out Room
Jan
11
7:00 PM19:00

Grace Kuhlenschmidt (NYC, Daily Show, Search Party) at Make-Out Room

Grace Kuhlenschmidt is an NYC based stand-up comedian, actress and writer who was recognized by the New York Times as one of the top 7 Comedians to Watch. Last year she was also recognized as a New Faces: Creators by Just For Laughs Montreal Comedy Festival. Grace recurred in the final season of SEARCH PARTY (HBO Max) and can be seen in the first season of KILLING IT (Peacock). She also appeared in the first season of ZIWE on Showtime. She wrote for the Audible Original series HOT WHITE HEIST which was directed by Alan Cumming and produced by Broadway Video.

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