The Week Ahead: Bay Area Concerts 3/8 - 3/14
A Place to Bury Strangers
This week's jam packed concert roster includes punk legend Mike Watt at Bottom of the Hill Tuesday, local garage-rock favorites Thee Oh Sees and Ty Segall at El Rio Wednesday and a free epicsauce.com sponsored party with French Miami at Milk Thursday.
Our featured act this week is Brooklyn based shoegaze revivalist A Place to Bury Strangers, who play The Great American Music Hall Wednesday. Taking a clear cue from Jesus And Mary Chain and My Bloody Valentine, the so-called "loudest band in New York" blends layer upon layer of near-deafening guitar, droning bass and reverb-drenched vocals together to create an absolutely thunderous wall of sound. Yet like the aforementioned shoegaze pioneers, beneath the ever-present noise are glimpses of pure pop bliss -- dreamy melodies, dance-worthy beats and those romantic hooks you just can't help but hum along with. With the much hyped electro-rock duo The Big Pink rounding out the bill, this one is sure to be a memorable night -- just remember to bring your ear plugs.
There are plenty of other great options this week, including electro-pop star Little Boots at the Fillmore Tuesday, rising local trio Geographer at Rickshaw Stop Thursday and ever-so-elusive UK producer Fake Blood at Mezzanine Friday. As always, be sure to consult the full showlist.
Monday, March 8th
Delta Spirit, We Barbarians, Elephant Micah @ Bottom of the Hill (Sold Out)
The Blank Tapes, The Mystery Lights, Nectarine Pie @ Elbo Room $5
Tuesday, March 9th
The Cave Singers, The Dutchess and the Duke, The Moondoggies @ Independent $12
Mike Watt + the missingmen, Lite, Low Red Land @ Bottom of the Hill $12
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Whigs @ Slims $30 (Also 3/10)
Holly Miranda, Foxtail Somersault, Tortured Genies @ Cafe Du Nord $10
Little Boots, Dragonette, Class Actress @ Fillmore $20
Wednesday, March 10th
The Big Pink, A Place to Bury Strangers, IO Echo @ Great American Music Hall $17
Thee Oh Sees, The Fresh & Onlys, Ty Segall, the Baths @ El Rio $7
So Cow, Bare Wires, Dreamdate @ Hemlock
The Pack A.D., Complaints, The Choke @ Thee Parkside
Quasi, Explode Into Colors @ Independent $12
Thursday, March 11th
French Miami, White Cloud, Silian Rail @ Milk (Free)
LoveLikeFire, Geographer, Altars @ Rickshaw Stop
Manchester Orchestra, The Features, Biffy Clyro, O'Brother @ Great American Music Hall $16
Le Vice, Red Blue Yellow, Fuck I'm a Ghost @ El Rio $5
A Sunny Day in Glasgow, The Gold Medalists, Apopka Darkroom @ Hemlock $8
Friday, March 12th
You Say Party! We Say Die!, Fake Your Own Death, Nylon Heart Attack @ Bottom of the Hill $10
Fake Blood, Boy 8 Bit, Nisus @ Mezzanine $15
TV Mike and the Scarecrowes, Odawas, Donovan Quinn and the 13th Month, Dameon Lee @ Hotel Utah $8
The Temper Trap, West Indian Girl @ Fillmore $22.50
Trainwreck Riders, The Brother Comatose, Kemo Sabe, Dead Westerns @ Cafe Du Nord $10
Saturday, March 13th
The Adolescents, Youth Brigade, The Departed @ Slims $18
Organ Trail, The Mallard, Wanda And Wonder, Wise Wife, Chucha Santomaria y Usted @ Kimos
Cromags, H2O, Alpha And Omega, Never Healed @ Thee Parkside $15
Audrye Sessions, Dave Smallen, Poor Bailey @ Bottom of the Hill $12
The Titan Ups, Sonny & the Sunsets, Beaches, Kelley Stoltz @ Amnesia
Sunday, March 14th
Scrabbel, Surf City, The Art Museums @ Rickshaw Stop $10
Cro-Mags, H20, Alpha and Omega, Wolves and Thieves @ Thee Parkside $15