All Music events
- Music: Rock/Pop
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Santogold
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Tuesday Oct 7 (8pm) @ The Fillmore
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Just a year ago, Santi White (aka Santogold) was chillin' in Bed-Stuy, happy to hustle her way onto the opening slot at a Spank Rock... View details »
- Music: Experimental
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Nadja
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Tuesday Oct 7 (9pm) @ Hemlock Tavern
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Like the paintings of William Turner and Thomas Cole, Nadja make humans feel like specks of dust in a vast, chaotic universe. The Toronto duo... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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Awesome Color
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Wednesday Oct 8 (9pm) @ Hemlock Tavern
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Though their militant rock anthems seem ready-made for a hall packed with drunken rebels, Awesome Color are also well-suited to the cozy confines of the... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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High Places
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Wednesday Oct 8 (9pm) @ Bottom of the Hill
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Awash in naïve, girl group-style croons and minimalist electronics, lo-fi duo High Places toe the line between Animal Collective's layered complexity and Beat Happening's cozy... View details »
- Music: Global
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Cesária Évora
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Thursday Oct 9 (8pm) @ Zellerbach Hall
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Cesária Évora brings her majestic voice from the Cape Verde Islands to Cali tonight. Évora sings in the morna tradition, which incorporates elements of Portuguese... View details »
- Music: Festival
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Frisco Freak Out
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Saturday Oct 11 (2:30pm) @ Thee Parkside
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Sure, the summer of love may be long gone, but a day full of smoldering grooves, shared eats, and all manner of beads and beards... View details »
- Music: Jazz/Blues
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The Nice Guy Trio
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Sunday Oct 12 (2:30pm) @ de Young Museum
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Dangerous is the aural terrain traversed by the Nice Guy Trio: in pulling from globe-spanning musical genres, the group tiptoes around the all-consuming chasm known... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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Weezer
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Monday Oct 13 (7:30pm) @ San Jose State Event Center Arena
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Though many critics have written off Weezer, the band's still alive and rocking — if not quite like it's 1994. Old-school fans rejoiced last year... View details »
- Music: Soul/R&B
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Mavis Staples
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Wednesday Oct 15 (7:30pm) @ Palace of Fine Arts Theatre
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Renowned for her heart-wrenching rasp and unassailable take on Chicago soul, Mavis Staples was a Stax institution by the early '70s. Of course, even before... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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Jolie Holland
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Wednesday Oct 15 (8pm) @ Bimbo's
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Jolie Holland's songs are at once old and new — too freaky for blues, too jazzy for folk, and too punky for country. The title... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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Born Ruffians
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Wednesday Oct 15 (9pm) @ Bottom of the Hill
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Sure, the Canadian springs have just about run dry, but when an incredible label like Warp starts dropping pail, there must be at least one... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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Dengue Fever
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Friday Oct 17 (9pm) @ Bimbo's
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Fronted by the dazzling Chhom Nimol, Dengue Fever grind up retro Cambodian rock, Ethiopian jazz, and driving surf-guitar riffs, then mix the ingredients into a... View details »
- Music: DJ
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UNKLE
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Friday Oct 17 (10pm) @ Mighty
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Everyone has an opinion about James Lavelle. He's variously described as a collaborative virtuoso — capable of bringing together established stars alongside lesser-known up-and-comers —... View details »
- Music: Jazz/Blues
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Max Raabe
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Saturday Oct 18 (8pm) @ Paramount Theatre
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Max Raabe's immaculate, stately appearance recalls the male fashions of Weimar Germany, and when he opens his mouth, audiences are instantly transported 80 years into... View details »
- Music: Experimental
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USAISAMONSTER
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Friday Oct 24 (9:30pm) @ Hemlock Tavern
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Brooklyn duo USAISAMONSTER (pronounced as if spaces exist between the words) are seasoned veterans of the global basement/warehouse scene. More adventurous than many of their... View details »
- Music: DJ
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Girl Talk
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Monday Oct 27 (8pm) @ The Fillmore
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It's likely that Pittsburgh never thought it would have a citizen described as a pioneer of "laptop rock," but Gregg Gillis (aka Girl Talk) has... View details »
- Music: Electronic
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Yelle
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Friday Oct 31 (9pm) @ Mezzanine
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Yelle's timing couldn't be better. Hot on the heels of fellow Frenchies Justice and the Ed Banger crew, she's riding waves kicked up by a... View details »
- Music: Global
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Toumani Diabaté
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Wednesday Nov 5 (7:30pm) @ Herbst Theatre
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Toumani Diabaté may be the preeminent keeper of Mali's rich history of kora music, but he's hardly a classicist. The 71st-generation griot searches out fertile... View details »
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