We're shipping off to SXSW on Saturday, and even though we're in for a ton of music in Austin we're really sad about what we'll be missing here in San Francisco. For instance, this weekend we're missing some of our favorite bands including Silversun Pickups, Virgil Shaw, and Electric Six at the Independent (say hello to our buddy John R. Dequindre for us). We're sending one of you to a show we wish we could catch, with Nine Black Alps, Silversun Pickups and Amusement Parks on Fire. Enter to win a pair of tickets plus a prize pack with a Nine Black Alps beanie and a copy of their brand new Everything Is CD! Listen (WM/Real /iTunes) and enter to win. (Contest ends 3/10; winner will be notified via email.)

Thursday 3/9
Music For America Icon Awards afterparty @ Terra [get tickets]
Etienne De Rocher, Bart Davenport, Moore Brothers, DJ Roscoe2000 @ Rickshaw Stop
Aquarius Records presents Burmese, The Grey Daturas, Die Die Die with DJs Tiny Blade (Andee) and The Corpse Glide (Jason) @ 12 Galaxies
Saves The Day, Circa Survive, Moneen, Pistolita @ Great American
Thomas Dolby with Bochum Welt, Safety Scissors @ Mighty
Popscene presents a release party for Blondie's Greatest Hits - Sound & Vision CD/DVD @ 330 Ritch
Scout Niblett @ Cafe Du Nord

Friday 3/10
Pink Mountaintops, Skygreen Leopards, The Roots Of Orchis @ Bottom of the Hill
Live 105 Presents She Wants Revenge, Astra Heights, Send For Help @ Great American
Rapid Ric @ Studio Z
Goblin Cock, Sleeping People, Okay @ Mezzanine
Joe Ely (solo), Jesse Denatale @ Swedish Hall

Saturday 3/11
2 pm Free! Nine Black Alps @ Amoeba
Nine Black Alps, Silversun Pickups, Amusement Parks On Fire @ Cafe Du Nord
Popscene presents Controller.Controller, Scissors For Lefty, You Say Party We Say Die @ Rickshaw Stop
Voxtrot, Kiss Me Deadly, Joggers, Seiko And Salome @ Bottom of the Hill
Electric Six, Every Move A Picture, Rock Kills Kid @ The Independent
Dengue Fever, Black Fiction, Future Pigeon @ 12 Galaxies
Ben Taylor, Tristan Prettyman, Eoin Harrington @ Slim's
Punk Rumble with DJs Mike Lavella (Gearhead) and Chrisser (Lookout!) @ Annie's Social Club

Sunday 3/12
2 pm FREE! Spinto Band @ Amoeba
Virgil Shaw & his band @ The Hemlock
Oneida, Crime In Choir, Weasel Walter Sextet @ Bottom of the Hill
Spinto Band, Minipop @ Cafe Du Nord

Monday 3/13
Teddy Geiger @ Hotel Utah
Arctic Monkeys, Spinto Band @ Great American

Tuesday 3/14
Frank Black (solo) @ Cafe Du Nord

Wednesday 3/15
Frank Black (solo) @ Cafe Du Nord
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club with Elefant & The Morning After Girls @ The Fillmore
The Harbours, Leyna Noel, The Lonelyhearts @ Hotel Utah