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Too many choices are always better than not enough, and this week won't disappoint, concert-wise. Bay Area favorites Religious Girls and The Fresh & Only's play the Elbo Room tonight, supergroup-to-end-all-supergroups Them Crooked Vultures are at the Fox Theater Thursday and San Francisco transplants Thao With The Get Down Stay Down hit The Independent on Saturday, just to name a few.
Bad news for the non-proactive -- Sunday's Friendly Fires/The xx show and the two homecoming Girls appearances this week are both completely sold out. You still have a chance, however, to snag tickets to Neon Indian's (pictured above) highly anticipated SF debut this Thursday at the Rickshaw Stop. Hype aside, the chillwave-bros nostalgic sample and synth heavy debut Psychic Chasms will have a well deserved spot on endless best of the year list come December. It is a downright enjoyable album, and rumor has it that the bedroom production -- backed with a four-piece live band -- translates well to the stage.
On a more solemn note, DFA's Juan MacLean will be holding a benefit at Mezzanine Friday in honor of the late drummer Gerhardt Fuchs (!!!, The Juan Maclean, Holy Ghost!). All proceeds from the event will be donated to Fuch's family.
Monday, November 16th
DJ Spooky, Mochipet @ Independent $15
Lovvers, The Fresh & Onlys, Religious Girls @ Elbo Room $8
A Special Performance of Terry Riley's In C, The Lickets, Juliann Barwick @ Cafe Du Nord $10
Wet Hair, Talk Normal, Wheel @ 21 Grand
Tuesday, November 17th
The Whigs, The Features, The Dead Trees @ Independent $12
Julian Casablancas @ Regency Ballroom $39.50
Lovvers, Triclops!, Hightower @ LoBot Gallery
Wednesday, November 18th
The King Khan & BBQ Show, Those Darlins @ Independent $15
Raphael Saadiq, Anjulie @ Fox Theater $39.50
Julian Plenti, I'm in You @ Great American Music Hall $16
Thursday, November 19th
Neon Indian, The Love X Nowhere @ Rickshaw Stop $10
Them Crooked Vultures @ Fox Theater $49.50
Royksopp, Jon Hopkins @ Regency $30
Peter Bjorn & John, El Perro Del Mar @ Great American Music Hall $21
Judgement Day, Grayceon, La Fin Du Monde @ Annie's Social Club $7
Kap Bambino @ 330 Ritch $10
Friday, November 20th
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Faun Fables @ Independent $16
The Juan Maclean, Parallels @ Mezzanine
Pregnant, Vichy Water, Italic Indian @ Adobe Books
The Fiery Furnaces, Cryptacize, Dent May @ Slims $16
Barn Owl, Eternal Tapestry, Moon Duo, Real Estate @ Hemlock
Peter Bjorn & John, El Perro Del Mar @ Great American Music Hall $21
Antipop Consortium @ Mojito
Disco Biscuits, BLVD @ Fillmore $25
The Swell Season @ Paramount Theater $35
Girls, Dominant Legs @ Swedish American Hall $15
Forro In The Dark, Nneka @ Cafe Du Nord $15
Saturday, November 21st
Snoop Dogg @ The Warfield, $46
Thao With The Get Down Stay Down, The Portland Cello Project, David Schultz @ Independent $17
Keller Williams @ Great American Music Hall $25
Café Tacvba @ Fox Theater $39.50
Disco Biscuits @ Fillmore $25
Forro in the Dark, Boca Do Rio @ Cafe Du Nord
Shuteye Unison, The New Trust, Grandchildren @ Hemlock $7
Sunday, November 22nd
Friendly Fires, The xx, Holly Miranda @ Independent (Sold Out)
Lake, Karl Blau, Half Handed Cloud @ Hemlock $8
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re: Wednesday, November 18th
The King Khan & BBQ Show, Those Darlins @ Independent $15
This show may or may not happen, depending on the current fate of King Khan. Apparently, the band was arrested in Hopkinsville, Kentucky on its way to St. Louis. I've read a few reports that it was the tour manager who was arrested for some sort of drug-related incident.
The box office person at the Independent said to "check back in" on Monday or Tuesday to see if King Khan will indeed make it to the show (they've already canceled two shows on the current tour).
kk & bbq show are driving through the night to make their LA show tomorrow ... tonight's show in phoenix is cancelled, but all further west coast dates are on.