When The Lights Go Down In The City

This week we're giving away a night of rock n' roll debauchery.

Fans of good, old-fashioned, muscular rock like T. Rex and Thin Lizzy should listen up: there's a show at Cafe Du Nord next Friday (4/21) that's right up your alley. Living Things is a band of brothers out of St Louis who really have it all: lyrics with social awareness, grimy riffs that make you move and last but not least, swagger and sex appeal. Check out the gorgeous, mesmerizing video for their expertly disguised protest song "Bom Bom Bom" (just add your own b's at the end). The opener, Diamond Nights, rocked us last summer like The Darkness, without the piercing falsetto, Freddie Mercury unitards and campy excess.

We've teamed up with addVice Marketing to put together a prize pack starting with two tickets to see Living Things and Diamond Nights at Cafe Du Nord and ending with a night's stay at the Phoenix Hotel, the top choice for your favorite bands when they tour through San Francisco. We'll also throw in an SFist t-shirt in men's size small, the perfect fit for your rock diet of beer and cigarettes, and some SFist buttons to wear on your perfectly weathered jacket or messenger bag.

Enter to win the Living Things tickets, one night's stay at the Phoenix Hotel on 4/21 and the SFist swag below. (Contest ends 4/20; winner will be notified via email.)

Thurs 4/13
6pm FREE show: Pretty Girls Make Graves @ Amoeba
Rykarda Parasol, Field Notes, Tank Engine @ Make-Out Room
Popscene presents a Morrissey record release party plus This Charming Band playing Morrissey and Smiths covers @ 330 Ritch