A plethora of solid shows to choose from this week including Baths at Bottom of the Hill tonight, San Francisco favorite Girls at Fillmore Friday and the previously profiled Cults at the Fillmore Saturday. more ›

Yet another packed week of shows with the previously profiled Caribou at Regency Ballroom Tuesday, the previously profiled Glass Candy at Rickshaw Stop Thursday and droney psych act Moon Duo at Amnesia Sunday. more ›

An absolutely stacked week of shows with recent San Francisco transplant Electric Sunset at Milk Wednesday, the previously profiled Neon Indian at Mezzanine Thursday, San Diego-based garage rock quartet The Soft Pack The Depot Friday and local favorite Boyz IV Men at El Rio Sunday. more ›

Plenty of shows to choose from this week with indie favorites Local Natives at the Fillmore Wednesday, local electronic trio Pixel Memory at Milk Thursday and the unstoppable Party Effects crew at Public Works Sunday. more ›

A packed week of shows with Suckers at Great American Music Hall Tuesday, psych-rock quartet Sunbeam Rd. at Milk Thursday and drum-heavy trio Religious Girls at Thee Parkside Saturday. more ›

Plenty of post-Labor Day show options with lo-fi southern trio Futurebirds at Rickshaw Stop tonight, the previously profiled Ty Segall at Mezzanine Friday and rising local favorites Magic Bullets at Bottom of the Hill Saturday. more ›

Plenty of shows to get you through your Outside Lands hangover with lo-fi Pitchfork favorite Wavves at Rickshaw Stop Wednesday, Smiths-inspired locals The Magic Bullets at the California Academy of Sciences Thursday night and the previously profiled Man/Miracle at Hemlock Saturday. more ›

Yet another stacked week of shows with Vancouver-based chiller Teen Daze at Milk Thursday, hawt electronic act Party Effects at Mighty Friday and excellent local garage-rock favorites The Splinters at Amnesia Saturday. more ›

A jam packed week of shows with Battlehooch at Rickshaw Stop Tuesday, the previously profiled Mi Ami at the Knockout Thursday (last show as a trio) and the previously profiled Thee Oh Sees at the Independent Saturday. more ›

An absolutely packed week of shows with Twin Sister at Rickshaw Stop tonight, the previously profiled Ty Segall at Amnesia Friday and Los Angeles-based beat wizard Baths with chillers Memoryhouse at Rickshaw Stop Saturday. more ›

A huge week of live shows with rising local shoegaze quintet Young Prisms at Rickshaw Stop Tuesday, the previously profiled Maus Haus at Milk Thursday and the jam-packed All Shook Down Festival with SFist favorites Neon Indian, Ty Segall, Grass Widow and more Sunday. more ›

Yet another packed week of shows with the previously profiled Ty Segall and Weekend at Milk Thursday, South Africa's tongue-in-cheek "rap-rave" trio Die Antwoord at Rickshaw Stop Friday and Ganglians, Fresh and Onlys, Grass Widow and more at the Mission Creek Festival's free all-ages rager at McLaren Park Saturday afternoon. more ›

Several solid shows to get you through the short work week with Liar's proteges Fol Chen at Bottom of the Hill Wednesday, Oakland-based art-rock legends Deerhoof at Bottom of the Hill Thursday and rising local favorites Magic Bullets at Amnesia Friday. more ›

Plenty of pre-holiday live music options this week with Austin-based garage rock outfit Harlem at the Independent Tuesday, Oakland's trippy one-man act Psychic Handbook at Submission Wednesday and Stones Throw affiliated funk ambassador Dam-Funk at Mezzanine Thursday. more ›

San Francisco remains the beating heart of the international LGBT community, and though our gay nightlife scene might not be as crazy and full as other, bigger cities (especially in these Depression days), Pride season is our time to shine. New York and L.A. Pride are like sad backyard barbecues compared to the weekend-long gayapalooza here in the city by the Bay, and since among gays the weekend begins on Wednesday, the party's already started. more ›

Several shows to choose from this week including Kansas-based garage punks Rooftop Vigilantes at Elbo Room tonight, local pysch-rooted shoegaze quintet LSD and the Search for God at Hemlock Friday and the previously profiled A Place to Bury Strangers alongside local favorite Weekend at Rickshaw Stop Sunday. more ›

An absolutely packed week of live shows with LA's noisy quartet Health at Slims Wednesday, Barcelona's electro-pop outfit Delorean at 330 Ritch Thursday and local shoe-gaze favorites Young Prisms at The Independent Sunday. more ›

While several of the big name shows this week (see: The xx/Phantogram, Local Natives/Suckers, LCD Soundsystem/Holy Ghost, Isis/Tombs) have sadly sold out, there are still plenty of live music options to get you through the week including afro-pop outfit Fool's Gold at New Parish Tuesday, San Diego-based garage rock quartet The Soft Pack at Mezzanine Saturday and Brooklyn's noisy punk duo Japanther at Great American Music Hall Sunday. more ›

Plenty of show options this week with local favorites Maus Haus at Hemlock Tuesday, Oakland-based experimental folk act tUnE-yArDs at Rickshaw Stop Thursday and the previously profiled Weekend at Hemlock Sunday. more ›

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Another stacked week of local shows with the previously profiled Weekend at Rickshaw Stop Tuesday, Anticon beat maker Baths at Bottom of the Hill Thursday and local favorite Wallpaper at The Independent Friday. more ›

Yet another jam packed week of shows with local post-punk outfit Tempo No Tempo at Hemlock Tuesday, the previously profiled Mi Ami at Amnesia Thursday and former SF based dance favorites Lemonade at Rickshaw Stop Friday. more ›

Plenty of post-Coachella options this week with the King Khan & The Shrines/Black Lips collaboration The Almighty Defenders at the Great American Music Hall Tuesday, the previously profiled Japandroids at The Independent Friday and indie rock gods Yo La Tengo at the Fillmore all weekend long. more ›

This might just be the most packed seven days of live shows of the year, with a plethora of Coachella must-see acts routing through San Francisco before and after their scheduled festival appearances. And while many of the big-name concerts have sadly sold out (see: MGMT, Yeasayer, Miike Snow, Delorean, Hot Chip, Thom York's Atoms for Peace, Flying Lotus, Beach House, Faith No More, Passion Pit, The Dead Weather, Deerhunter, Spoon and La Roux), there are still plenty of great shows to choose from, with San Diego garage rock quartet The Soft Pack at Bottom of the Hill Thursday, local dance-friendly favorites Butterfly Bones at Rickshaw Stop Friday and recently reunited post-punk pioneers Public Image Limited at The Regency Ballroom Saturday. more ›

Yet another packed week of live music with lo-fi punk outfit Dadfag at El Rio tonight, noisy local psychedelic trio Late Young at The Knockout Thursday and the previously profiled Thee Oh Sees at Oakland's Uptown Saturday. more ›

Another stacked week of shows with Pitchfork darlings The Morning Benders at The Independent Tuesday (sadly sold out), rising locals Man/Miracle at the free epicsauce.com party at Milk Thursday and the always enigmatic Nobunny at The New Parish Sunday. more ›

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. more ›

While we are admittedly a bit exhausted after a long week of Noise Pop shows, there is still plenty to look forward to this week with electro-pop duo Phantogram at The Rickshaw Stop Wednesday, the ever so enigmatic Nobunny at Thee Parkside Friday and indie-approved hip hop act The Cool Kids at 330 Ritch Saturday. more ›

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While we were partially tempted to take a Waitmate and hibernate until next week's jam packed Noise Pop Festival, this week is actually shaping up quite nicely with local psych-chillers White Cloud at Rickshaw Stop Wednesday, the previously profiled Clipd Beaks at 21 Grand Thursday and Bay Area based noise-pop trio Nodzzz at Grace Cathedral (yes, that Grace Cathedral) Saturday. more ›