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"Fog Rising" Broadway Studios	Sat., November 7, 2:00pm	North Beach/ Chinatown	Indie Metal Psychedelic Rock
Oakland metal juggernaut Saviours put in so much dogged road work since the release of 2008's Into Abbadon — logging time on both sides of the Atlantic with the likes of Skeletonwitch, the Sword, Clutch, and Saint Vitus — it's a small wonder the band found time to track its latest... More >>

Alternative Tentacles 30th Anniversary Incest-A-Thon Great American Music Hall	Sat., November 7, 8:00pm	Nob Hill/ Russian Hill	All Ages Gothic Punk Rock
For three decades, Alternative Tentacles has been middle-fingering the thieves, hypocrites, warmongers, and lapdogs in government, religion, the media, mainstream music, and corporate America. The indie label is still run by original Dead Kennedys visionary Jello Biafra, who now fronts the... More >>

Devo, Reggie Watts The Regency Ballroom	Sat., November 7, 9:00pm	Nob Hill/ Russian Hill	All Ages Electronica Rock
Vinyl is an unusually stunted medium. It hasn't grown much beyond Brian Wilson's quaint ambition nearly 45 years ago to record an entire LP — the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds — without clunkers. In 2009, with CD sales plummeting and death-of-the-album talk reaching new levels of hysteria,... More >>

The Pixies, Rain Machine Fox Theater - Oakland	Sun., November 8, 8:00pm	Downtown Oakland	All Ages Indie Rock
Pixies' influence on modern rock is well documented, but the fact remains that no other band has been able to match its exquisite mix of pop hooks and unabashed weirdness. The bigger and balder version of the band took several long-awaited victory laps a few years ago. Now Pixies have boarded... More >>

The Dutchess & the Duke, Greg Ashley, El Olio Wolof Bottom of the Hill	Sun., November 8, 9:00pm	Potrero Hill	Acoustic All Ages Indie Rock
Breakups can be brutal, but the worst part is the dread before the expected split. Once you're single, your slate is nearly clean. It's when you haven't yet left the comforts of a relationship that a chilling sort of isolation sets in. The Dutchess and the Duke's latest record, Sunset/Sunrise,... More >>

The Pixies, No Age Fox Theater - Oakland	Mon., November 9, 8:00pm	Downtown Oakland	All Ages Indie Rock
Pixies' influence on modern rock is well documented, but the fact remains that no other band has been able to match its exquisite mix of pop hooks and unabashed weirdness. The bigger and balder version of the band took several long-awaited victory laps a few years ago. Now Pixies have boarded... More >>

The Pixies, Black Gold Fox Theater - Oakland	Tue., November 10, 8:00pm	Downtown Oakland	All Ages Indie Rock
Pixies' influence on modern rock is well documented, but the fact remains that no other band has been able to match its exquisite mix of pop hooks and unabashed weirdness. The bigger and balder version of the band took several long-awaited victory laps a few years ago. Now Pixies have boarded... More >>

Javelin and Lucky Dragons The Knockout	Wed., November 11, 9:00pm	Mission/ Bernal Heights	Electronica Indie Rock
Tom Van Buskirk and George Langford are big on recycling. As Javelin, the Rhode Island cousins make jumpy electronic pop that mines old sounds for new ones. Limited to 500 copies, their debut 12-inch on Thrill Jockey features unique art screen-printed by hand onto used sleeves. And when playing... More >>

Fuck Buttons, Growing, Chen Santa Maria Bottom of the Hill	Fri., November 13, 10:00pm	Potrero Hill	All Ages Electronica Indie Noise Rock
Despite using a name you wouldn’t repeat in polite company, the London instrumental duo Fuck Buttons really isn’t that unpalatable. This month’s Tarot Sport even ditches the background screams and most of the fevered tribal rhythms of last year’s debut, Street Horrrsing.... More >>

Russian Circles, Young Widows, Helms Alee Bottom of the Hill	Sun., November 15, 9:00pm	Potrero Hill	All Ages Rock
The Young Widows drop some of the deepest, meatiest bass guitar sounds since the heyday of '90s post-punk, when lead-heavy noise rock bands ruled much of the scene (and ruined even more of the scene's hearing). This Louisville power trio combines menace and melody like a new re-imagining of the... More >>

Mark Matos & Os Beaches, Umka & Bro Make-Out Room	Mon., November 16, 8:30pm	Mission/ Bernal Heights	Indie Rock
Porto Franco Records is devoted to chronicling the Mission District's interwoven underground music scene. The label is the brainchild of father-and-son team Sergei and Peter Varshavsky, who hail from far outside that neighborhood — their family arrived here from Russia in 1999 — but... More >>

Julian Casablancas The Regency Ballroom	Tue., November 17, 8:00pm	Nob Hill/ Russian Hill	All Ages Hipster Rock
Long the Strokes' slurred voice of sleazy cool, Julian Casablancas has become the latest member of that band to indulge in a side project. In his case, it's an eight-song solo album, Phrazes for the Young. Swimming in retro synths and elastic guitar lines, it's a clear love letter to his '80s... More >>

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"Punk Rock Sideshow" Hemlock Tavern	Every week Monday, 10:00pm	Nob Hill/ Russian Hill	DJ Free Hardcore Punk Rock

Joe Goldmark & the Seducers The Riptide	Second Sunday of every month, 7:00pm	Parkside/ Forest Hill	Americana Country Free Rock

Browntown West, Starlene, DJ Tony Bottom of the Hill	Sat., November 7, 2:00pm	Potrero Hill	Acoustic All Ages Americana Rock

Frankenstein L.I.V.S., Curmudgeon, Cheapskate Thee Parkside	Sat., November 7, 3:00pm	Potrero Hill	All Ages Free Punk Rock

Rain Machine, Arrington de Dionyso Blank Club	Sat., November 7, 7:00pm	San Jose	Indie Rock

Ernie Cortez Memorial Show: Powerhouse, Doomsday Device, Alcatraz, Crucified, Boundaries 924 Gilman	Sat., November 7, 7:30pm	West Berkeley	All Ages Metal Rock

Turbonegra, The Scrawnies, The Formaldebrides, The Last Gang John Patrick's	Sat., November 7, 8:00pm	Alameda	Rock

Turbonegra, The Scrawnies, The Formaldebrides, The Last Gang John Patrick's	Sat., November 7, 8:00pm	Alameda	Rock

Vir, Straggler, Cleve-Land, The Daredevil Christopher Wright Stork Club	Sat., November 7, 8:00pm	Downtown Oakland	Rock

Wonder Bread 5 Red Devil Lounge	Sat., November 7, 8:00pm	Nob Hill/ Russian Hill	Covers Funk Rock

Tyrone Wells, Stephen Kellogg & the Sixers, Matt Hires Slim's	Sat., November 7, 8:30pm	South of Market	All Ages Rock

Dammit!, The Dust The Stud	Sat., November 7, 9:00pm	South of Market	Rock

"Fourth Annual ARTasting Party: Benefit for Slow Food S.F. and Women’s Initiative" 111 Minna Gallery	Sat., November 7, 9:00pm	Union Square/ Financial District	DJ Rock