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Friendly Fires, The xx, Holly Miranda The Independent	Sun., November 22, 9:00pm	Haight/ Fillmore	Indie Rock
Erasing the gap between industrial postpunk and minimal R&B, England's hotly tipped quartet, the xx, recognizes the power of a riled-up whisper against a nearly blank slate. Factor in hazy keyboards, flickering percussion, and the scanning guitar and bass of singers Romy Madley Croft and Oliver... More >>

Karl Blau and LAKE Hemlock Tavern	Sun., November 22, 9:00pm	Nob Hill/ Russian Hill	Indie Rock
On his third album for K Records, quirky Pacific Northwest troubadour Karl Blau further feels out the African-inspired sounds he has flirted with in the past. Zebra is full of languid guitar sprawl, entrenched basslines, and stuttered drums, never heading in a direction you’d expect but... More >>

Friendly Fires, The xx, Holly Miranda The Independent	Mon., November 23, 9:00pm	Haight/ Fillmore	Indie Rock
Erasing the gap between industrial postpunk and minimal R&B, England's hotly tipped quartet, the xx, recognizes the power of a riled-up whisper against a nearly blank slate. Factor in hazy keyboards, flickering percussion, and the scanning guitar and bass of singers Romy Madley Croft and Oliver... More >>

mr. Gnome, Songs for Snakes, Disastroid Elbo Room	Mon., November 23, 9:00pm	Mission/ Bernal Heights	Indie Rock
The new album by Cleveland duo mr. Gnome, Heave Yer Skeleton, is a surreal rock listen. Largely recorded at the Los Angeles studio of Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme, the band's sophomore full-length contains layers of echoey, keening vocals and effects-slathered guitar courtesy of... More >>

Deastro, Max Tundra, White Cloud Bottom of the Hill	Wed., November 25, 10:00pm	Potrero Hill	All Ages Dance Electronica Indie Rock
British pop composer Ben Jacobs becomes Max Tundra from the moment his "knees and arms start quivering in time to the curious rhythms," he explained in a recent interview. Tundra explores the flickers between fiction and realism, crooning vaguely pessimistic, perversely absurd lyrics atop... More >>

Simian Mobile Disco, J.D.H. & Dave P, Tenderlions Mezzanine	Fri., November 27, 9:00pm	South of Market	Dance Electro Electronica Indie
Simian Mobile Disco's James Ford and James Shaw tweak their throbbing electronic assemblage into a mass of pastiche moments. The British duo's latest full-length, Temporary Pleasure, nods to acid's undulating squelches, freestyle's syncopation, machine soul's compressed bleep-beats, and... More >>

Vic Chesnutt Band, Warpaint, Liz Durrett Great American Music Hall	Mon., November 30, 8:00pm	Nob Hill/ Russian Hill	Acoustic All Ages Indie Singer-Songwriter
Vic Chesnutt's sense of self is as unsteady as a drunk on Sunday morning. In his songs, the Southern singer-songwriter veers rambunctiously from searing declarations ("I am not a victim … I'm an atheist!") to dismal self-reflection ("I'm a cheap, spent shell/And a biohazard"). Joined by Guy... More >>

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Fanfarlo Amoeba Music	Sun., November 22, 2:00pm	Haight/ Fillmore	All Ages Free Indie Rock

Mummyshots Amnesia	Sun., November 22, 5:00pm	Mission/ Bernal Heights	Acoustic Free Indie

The Distraction Fit, Jack Ruby Presents Make-Out Room	Sun., November 22, 8:00pm	Mission/ Bernal Heights	Acoustic Indie Rock

Fanfarlo, Freelance Whales, The Mumlers, DJ Miles, DJ BAGeL Ted Rickshaw Stop	Sun., November 22, 8:00pm	Hayes Valley/ Tenderloin	Indie Rock

Il Gato, El Radio Fantastique, Gerardo Balestrieri Amnesia	Sun., November 22, 9:00pm	Mission/ Bernal Heights	Acoustic Indie Jazz

Lake, Karl Blau, Half Handed Cloud Hemlock Tavern	Sun., November 22, 9:00pm	Nob Hill/ Russian Hill	Indie Rock

Holy Shit, Sleeptalks, Quite Polite, DJ Neil Martinson The Knockout	Mon., November 23, 9:00pm	Mission/ Bernal Heights	Indie Rock

The Margins, Sad Bastard Book Club, Excited States El Rio	Tue., November 24, 7:00pm	Mission/ Bernal Heights	Indie Rock

Lilys, Astral, LSD & the Search for God Bottom of the Hill	Tue., November 24, 9:00pm	Potrero Hill	Indie Psychedelic Rock

Soft Shells, Them Hills, Neal Morgan Hemlock Tavern	Tue., November 24, 9:00pm	Nob Hill/ Russian Hill	Indie Rock

Pale Hoarse, Kathryn Anne Davis, Sweet Chariot, DJ Donnelle The Knockout	Tue., November 24, 10:00pm	Mission/ Bernal Heights	Acoustic Indie

"Dig This" Uptown Nightclub	Wed., November 25, 9:00pm	Downtown Oakland	Acoustic Free Indie

Psychic Reality, Sex Worker, Jealousy, Jaws Hemlock Tavern	Wed., November 25, 9:30pm	Nob Hill/ Russian Hill	Indie Rock

"Dark Sparkle: 10-Year Anniversary" Cafe Du Nord	Wed., November 25, 10:00pm	Castro/ Noe Valley	Dance DJ Gothic Indie

"Popscene: 10th Annual Meat Is Murder Thanksgiving Tribute to the Smiths" 330 Ritch	Thu., November 26, 10:00pm	South of Market	Dance Holiday Indie Rock

The Lovemakers, Silver Swans, Chambers Uptown Nightclub	Fri., November 27, 9:00pm	Downtown Oakland	Electronica Indie Rock

Lilofee, Danny James & Pear, The Ferocious Few Hemlock Tavern	Fri., November 27, 9:30pm	Nob Hill/ Russian Hill	Indie Rock

Colossal Yes, The Bye Bye Blackbirds Make-Out Room	Sat., November 28, 7:30pm	Mission/ Bernal Heights	Indie Rock