REM tribute band Chronic Town plays their first San Francisco show this summer, at the Blackthorn Tavern (834 Irving Street, between 9th and 10th Avenues). As they say on their site, " If you wish you could have seen R.E.M. back in the day when they played small clubs, come check out Chronic Town at their next show." Well, we don't know about that, but we do know that they always show us a brilliantly......

Saturday: Our favorite REM tribute band, Chronic Town, is back at the Sunset's Blackthorn Tavern for another night of REM flavored fun. Doors open at 9:30, and it's free! Sunday: It's the Super Bowl! Join the Fun Cheap SF Yahoo group to download the disturbingly comprehensive list of where to go to watch all the good commercials and that damn game.......

Saturday: There are a disturbing number of options for New Year's Eve, but we're going with Friends of SFist and R.E.M. tribute band Chronic Town, which is playing a cover free show at Ireland's 32. It all gets started at around 9 p.m., and we hear there'll be free champagne at midnight. Sunday: Are you kidding? If we leave the house at all on Sunday, we'll consider it a major accomplishment. If we do......

Our fondness for tribute bands has been well documented in the past, so we're pretty psyched to have tickets to giveaway to the Chronic Town and Zoo Station show at the Last Day Saloon this Saturday at 9 p.m. REM tribute band Chronic Town and U2 cover band Zoo Station have gotten some attention lately, so expect the show to be packed. Enter to win now for a ticket for you and your guest......

Saturday, our favorite cover band, Chronic Town has a totally hectic schedule, with a 10 a.m. performance at Alameda's Peanut Butter Jam outdoor stage. That night they join Mandonna (that is the best Flash intro we've seen in a long time) at Slim's for even more REM-inspired mayhem. Sunday at 3 p.m. we're gong over to the Thee Parkside for It's a Free Country Sunday, which is, (you're so smart) no-cover Country, Bluegrass, and......

Tonight is official Cover Band Night. At Last Day Saloon we have Who Two (they cover CSI theme songs) and Chronic Town, the Bay Area's own R.E.M. cover band. Or, there's Devo cover band Mongoloid, (The Evolution Control Committee) at the 12 Galaxies . Both shows begin at 9, and are sure offer an undergrad flashback for all relevant legally-drinking generations. So, you're going to the Skinny party Saturday night, what to do all......