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Terrorbird co-presents The Strange Boys
Austin, TX's The Strange Boys evoke a wild-eyed, porcelain-skinned innocence that is capable of summoning the wayward spirit of Brian Jones. The mystery of the South couples with the mastery of rhythm to create a sound completely timeless and familiar, yet absolutely raw and avant-garde. (bio)
"An impressive pastiche of all the right noise: early Stones and Kinks stomp, 13th-Floor-Elevators-by-Black-Angels psych, fractured Gun Club–style blues, the Oblivians' primal thump, and the Black Lips' new-school raunch. The Strange Boys are worth loving for that alone. But Sambol's lyrics really separate the band from the pack. Beneath the ruckus lie words of considerable heft, albeit in missives that largely clock in at under two minutes. Highly personal, politically charged, and socially astute observations line up alongside stream-of-consciousness pieces and playful goofs." - John O'Neill, SF Weekly
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 The Coathangers
Atlanta's The Coathangers: "a sound that pulls from the tongue-in-cheek playfulness of early Beastie Boys, the screeching noise of Erase Errata and the confrontational pro-girl attitude defined by Bikini Kill." - Creative Loafing
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9:30pm, $6 |
 Hospitals
"If the current San Francisco punk-rock scene can be described as a tsunami wave of distortion-pedal–enthused, home-recorded garage, then the Hospitals are a little tugboat just past the horizon, flipping out on ferocious sounds outside the flux of the tide. A Hospitals gig reliably includes Adam Stonehouse howling over an abused drum set while Chris Gunn adds a wall of obtuse shrieks from a pedal-heavy electric guitar. Stonehouse also recently added to the traditionally duo-sized outfit Long Legged Woman’s Justin Flowers on an extra drum kit and Alex Cargyle on guitar. After two full-lengths on In the Red Records (where a gaggle of bands directly and indirectly Hospitals-derived hide out), the band recently self-released Hairdryer Peace, which effortlessly melted the expectations of noise enthusiasts as it actually delivered on its promise of “unlistenable,” if premeditated, swirling chaos." - SF Weekly
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The Baths
new band from the ashes of the Tea Elles. |
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early 6pm show FREE // 9:30pm Heavy Hindenburg show $6 |
early 6pm FREE SHOW with Cerebral BallzyCerebral Ballzy
"Cerebral Ballzy is unbeatable skate-punk splatter at a million miles an hour. There will be sweat."- Village Voice
"Bad Brains on crystal meth."- NY Press |
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LATER -- 9:30pm show with Heavy Hindenburg and Wicked MerciesHeavy Hindenburg
The non plus ultra of Led Zeppelin tribute acts. |
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9:00pm, $7 |
 Reverend Beat-Man
A must-be-seen-live performance for fans of surreal folk blues gospel trash! From Switzerland!
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 Shannon & the Clams
Shannon is a peroxide-haired, punk-rock pin-up who gets real mean on her Danelectro bass. A few months earlier, I saw Shannon and her Clams doin' their thing for the hometown crowd at Oakland's Stork Club. For sure, the highlight of the night was their rendition of Del Shannon's "Runaway." I can't get enough of that song. Anytime I hear it, it's embedded in my brain for days. I enjoyed the guitarist's mimicry of whatever high-pitched instrument is used in the bridge of the original recording. Surf rock interpretation at its finest. Shannon's gnarly, gruff-sounding wail conveys the angst of an exhausted teenage wreck (see "Cry Aye Aye"). She's somewhere between a woman possessed by Little Richard and the vocal huskiness of the Gossip's Beth Ditto." - SF Bay Guardian
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7:00pm, $6 |
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9:00pm, $9 |
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