It’s a stacked week of live music here in the Bay Area, with the bulk of shows falling in the categories of rock and electronic music.
Pretty much every rock subgenre is represented, so take your pick. Like alternative-rock? Then catch Biffy Clyro at the Fillmore. Prefer indie-rock? Then see Kane Strang at Swedish American Music Hall. For prog-rock, there’s Tauk at GAMH, and for hardcore there’s Nails at New Parish and Envy on the Coast at Slim’s.
Electronic music lovers also have a lot of acts to choose from. A particularly heavy week for tech-house, don’t miss seeing Exicision, G Jones, Thomas Gold, or Will Clarke.
Perhaps the biggest name on this week’s list is pop singer Charli XCX who will be bringing her bubbly anthems to Rickshaw Stop on Sunday.
Check out the list below and listen to our playlist to discover some new acts.
Monday, March 27
Folk, Dance: Crystal Fighters at Mezzanine (Read our show preview here)
Rock: Strand of Oaks at the Independent
Indie Rock: Potty Mouth at Rickshaw Stop
Tuesday, March 28
UK Garage, Bassline: Flava D at Monarch
Alt-Rock: Biffy Clyro at the Fillmore
Indie-Rock: Colony House at the Chapel
Singer-Songwriter: Dead Man Winter at Slim’s
Wednesday, March 29
Singer-Songwriter: Allan Rayman at Rickshaw Stop
Hip-Hop: Mickey Avalon at Slim’s
Indie-Rock: Kane Strang at Swedish American Music Hall
Indie-Rock: Why? at the UC Theatre in Berkeley
Hip-Hop: Jose James at the Independent
Rock: The Orwells at Great American Music Hall
Psych-Rock: Dead Meadow at the Chapel
Rock: The Buttertones at Bottom of the Hill
Thursday, March 30
Hip-Hop: Metro Boomin at 1015 Folsom
Americana: Delicate Steve at the Independent
Tech-House: Andreas Henneberg at Monarch
Soft Pop: Passenger at the Fox Theater
Singer-Songwriter: Gaby Moreno at New Parish
Prog-Rock: Tauk at Great American Music Hall
Rock: The Shrine at Slim’s
Friday, March 31
Indie Rock: The Growlers at the Warfield (Read our interview with frontman Brooks Nielsen here)
EDM: Excision at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
Singer-Songwriter: Gnash at Regency Ballroom
Pop: Elohim at Rickshaw Stop
Soul, Funk: Robert Randolph and The Family Band at the Fillmore
Dance: Hotel Garuda at 1015 Folsom
Indie Rock: Alex Cameron at Swedish American Music Hall
Electronic: G Jones at the Independent
House: Weiss at Halcyon
Hardcore: Nails at New Parish
Country, Folk: The Brothers Comatose at the UC Theatre in Berkeley
House: Thomas Gold at Temple
Minimal Techno: Max Cooper at Public Works
Americana: Mandolin Orange at Slim’s
Dance: Alina Baraz at Great American Music Hall
New Wave: Nouvelle Vague at Bimbo’s 365 Club
Hardcore: Envy on the Coast at Bottom of the Hill
Tech-House: Solardo at Audio
Saturday, April 1
Funk: Con Brio at the Fillmore
Indie-Rock: Methyl Ethel at Swedish American Music Hall
African, Desert Blues: Tinariwen at the UC Theatre in Berkeley
Deep House: Acid Pauli at Public Works
House: Bakermat at 1015 Folsom
Dance: Alina Baraz at Great American Music Hall
Bluegrass: Yonder Mountain String Band at the Independent
EDM: Ummet Ozcan at Temple
Tech-House: Will Clarke at Halcyon
Dance: Chris Malinchak at Audio
Minimal House: Moscoman at Monarch
Metal: Katatonia at Slim’s
Punk-Rock: Pansy Division at Bottom of the Hill
Sunday, April 2
Pop: Charli XCX at Rickshaw Stop
Bluegrass: Yonder Mountain String Band at the Independent
Rock: Electric Six at Slim’s
