This Week in Le Rock: April 14 - 20

Now, let's talk about the "real" music that is happening throughout the week. Tonight Red Devil Lounge delivers The Paper Sons, one of our favorite local bands. Tuesday, Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek will be performing solo at Great American Music Hall with Tift Merritt. We've always loved Sara but are very curious to see how her solo career will turn out. We definitely think she's talented, but is she star/solo material? We'll just have to wait and see. We predict: no.

Rilo Kiley, pictured above, is an indie-rock band from Los Angeles. We really hope you are already familiar with this band because we love them. Rilo Kiley features Jenny Lewis on the vocals (Lewis sang backup on Ben Gibbard's indie-electronic side project, The Postal Service) and Blake Sennett on the guitars. Their newest album, "Under the Black Light" received a solid four out of five stars by Rolling Stones and their off to Coachella later this summer. Win a spot on Rilo Kiley's guest list (with a +1), by entering below; you'll find out Wednesday morning if you win.

If you don't win tickets to Rilo Kiley, then head over to Bottom of the Hill where The Bay Bridged and Playing In Fog co-present The Ian Fays' CD release party on Thursday night. The Bay Bridged says, "...their newest work places the band’s signature heartfelt and intimate storytelling into a more mature musical framework." We're looking forward to hearing songs of their new record, "Dylan’s Lost Days."

Weekly Listings:

Monday, April 14th:
eels @ Palace of Fine Arts, $32.50*
The Shackeltons and The Paper Sons @ Red Devil Lounge, $8*
Dezarie and DJ Daneekah @ The Independent, $22
Dimmu Borgir with Behemoth and Keep of Kalessin @ Warfield, $25

Tuesday, April 15th:
Tift Merritt and Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek @ Great American Music Hall, $16*
Cat Power with Appaloosa @ Warfield, $32.50*
Handsome Furs and DJ Bagel Ted @ Bottom of the Hill, $12*
3 Doors Down @ Fillmore, $42
Stars of the Lid @ Independent, $15
Brent Newcomb @ Hotel Utah, $6
Jenny Hoyston @ Hemlock Tavern, $6
Banyan featuring Stephen Perkins (Jane's Addiction), Mike Watt (The Minutemen) and Willie Waldman w/ Skybombers @ Red Devil Lounge, $17

Wednesday, April 16th:
Live 105 presents: Apocalyptica and DJ De La Force @ Slim's, $18
Battle of the Bands: Pleasuremaker, The Hot Toddies, The Crazies Will Destroy You, Young Has Beens @ Independent, $15
Mudcrutch @ Fillmore, $55
Seether/Flyleaf @ Warfield, $35
Charlee Horse @ Hotel Utah, $6
The Mumlers @ Rickshaw Stop, $8
Zodiac Death Valley @ Hemlock Tavern, $5
Scott H Biram @ Bottom of the Hill, $10
Halou @ Cafe du Nord, $10

Thursday, April 17th:
Rilo Kiley @ Concourse at SF Design Center, $31.50
The Bay Bridged and Playing In Fog co-present...The Ian Fays (CD release party) with The Catholic Come and Here Here @ Bottom of the Hill, $8
C-mon & Kypski @ popscene, $10
Ghostland Observatory @ Mezzanine, $20
The Beautiful Girls @ Independent, $13
Mudcrutch @ Fillmore, $55
Nekromantix @ Slim's, $15
Leilujh @ Hotel Utah, $6
Jay Nash @ Cafe du Nord, $10
Black Diamond Heavies @ Hemlock Tavern, $7

Friday, April 18th:
Papercuts @ Cafe du Nord, $10*
KFJC presents Dengue Fever @ Independent, $15
Symphony X @ Slim's, $23
Thriving Ivory @ Great American Music Hall, $15
Yonder Mountain String Band with special guest Jon Fishman @ Warfield, $25
Stitchcraft @ Hotel Utah, $7
Buzzer @ Hemlock Tavern, $6
Elf Power @ Bottom of the Hill, $10

Saturday, April 19th:
The Sword @ Slim's, $14*
Facing New York and Built For The Sea @ Bottom of the Hill, $10*
Kanye West Glow In the Dark Tour @ HP Pavilion (San Jose), $75, 39.50*
The Waifs @ Independent, SOLD OUT
Hot Buttered Rum with Poor Man's Whiskey @ Fillmore, $22.50
Lotus @ Great American Music Hall, $15
Roger Rocha & the Goldenhearts @ Hotel Utah, $6
Poproxx with DJs Omar and Miles @ DNA Lounge, $10
Telephone Jim Jesus @ Hemlock Tavern, $6

Sunday, April 20th:
Dredg with The Limousines and The Trophy Fire @ Great American Music Hall, SOLD OUT
The Waifs @ Independent, $25
Cypress Hill @ Fillore, $41.50
The Interchangeable Hearts @ Hotel Utah, $6
Anxious Me @ Bottom of the Hill, $10