San Francisco Weekly April 4, 2012 : Page 25

20A/P.25 MUSIC LISTINGS Club listings are offered as a free service to SF Weekly readers and are subject to space restrictions. To have a listing added, contact Clubs Editor John Graham by e-mail (John. Graham@sfweekly.com), fax (777-1839), or mail (55 Francisco St., Suite 710, San Francisco, CA 94133). To change an existing listing, call 536-8147. Deadline is noon Tuesday for the following week’s issue. Our Concerts section lists major shows and special events. Call individual clubs for show details. Except as noted, all phone numbers are in the 415 area code. Listings rotate regularly, as space allows. Our complete listings of local clubs — searchable by keyword, date, and genre — are available online. 20B/P.26 [HEAR THIS] Elbo Room: 647 Valencia (at 18th St.), 552-7788. Owl Paws, Follow The Fillmore Keaton Collective, Matt Dorrien, 9 p.m., $6. Twitter: twitter.com/FillmoreSF Slim’s: 333 11th St. (at SF Folsom), 255-0333. The Black Dahlia Facebook: The Fillmore Murder, Nile, Skeletonwitch, Hour of Penance, 7:30 p.m., $21, all ages. TOMORROW THURSDAY, APRIL 5 DANCE Rock Brute Hanni El Khatib Fresh Chocolate sfweekly.com [HEAR THIS] CONCERTS WED., APRIL 4 Cults: W/ Spectrals, Mrs. Magician, 8 p.m., $21, all ages. Great American Music Hall, 859 O’Farrell (at Polk), 885-0750. Matt Nathanson: 8 p.m., $35, all ages. The Fillmore, 1805 Geary (at Fillmore), 346-6000. Sierra Maestra: 7:30 p.m., $25-$40, all ages. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission (at Third St.), 978-2787. H THU., APRIL 5 Dark Star Orchestra: 9 p.m., $30-$35, all ages. Great American Music Hall, 859 O’Farrell (at Polk), 885-0750. Heartless Bastards: W/ David Vandervelde, Brian Lopez, 8 p.m., $29, all ages. The Fillmore, 1805 Geary (at Fillmore), 346-6000. Sleigh Bells: 9 p.m., $25-$27, all ages. Warfield Theatre, 982 Market (at Sixth St.), 345-0900. Soweto Gospel Choir: 8 p.m., $25-$75, 392-4400. Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness (at Grove), 392-4400. Tin Hat: Carla Kihlstedt, Mark Orton, Ben Gold-berg, & Rob Reich: 7:30 p.m., $20-$35, all ages. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission (at Third St.), 978-2787. anni El Khatib takes great interest in violence and carnage. On his Facebook page, the S.F.-bred, L.A.-based specialist in R&B and garage rock points to “knife fights and train wrecks” as influences. Over on his own site, he dedicates his music to “anyone who’s ever been shot or hit by a train.” One of Khatib’s most popular tracks on YouTube is “You Rascal You,” a much-covered, decades-old gem that finds its narrator making devil-ish death threats toward a man who’s been running around with his wife. (Khatib’s coup de grâce: “I’ll be standing on a corner, full of gin/ When they bring your dead body in.”) In keeping with this theme, the rocker’s debut album is called Will the Guns Come Out , and the songs on it sound as threatening as the title implies. Hanni El Khatib performs Satur-day, April 7, at Cafe Du Nord. 9:30 p.m., $12; www.cafedunord.com. REYAN ALI DOORS 7/ SHOW 8 • $20.00 Cafe Du Nord: 2170 Market (at Sanchez), 861-5016. Anti/ Life, 9:30 p.m., $8, 18+. The Cafe: 2369 Market (at Castro), 621-4434. iCandy, w/ DJ Madd Mike, 9:30 p.m., free. Cat Club: 1190 Folsom (at Eighth St.), 703-8964. Bondage-A-DAVID VANDERVELDE Go-Go, w/ DJs Damon, Tomas Diablo, & guests, 9:30 p.m. BRIAN LOPEZ Club X: 715 Harrison (at Third St.), 339-8686. Electro Pop Rocks, 9 p.m. FRIDAY, APRIL 6 Deco Lounge: 510 Larkin (at Turk), 346-2025. D’Lysh, 10 p.m. DOORS 7/ SHOW 8 • $30.00 Delirium Cocktails: 3139 16th St. (at Albion), 552-5525. Whatever Wednesdays, w/ Rogue:Science, 10 p.m., free. Icon Ultra Lounge: 1192 Folsom (at Eighth St.), 626-4800. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11 Housepitality, 9 p.m., $5-$10. DOORS SHOW 8 •$30.00 The Independent: 628 7/ Divisadero (at Hayes), 771-1420. Sam Sparro, Polaris at Noon, 8 p.m., $15. Infusion Lounge: 124 Ellis (at Powell), 421-8700. Rock-It! Wednesdays, 10 p.m. JONATHAN RICHMAN Laszlo: 2532 Mission (at 21st St.), 648-7000. The Good Life, THURSDAY, APRIL 12 w/ DJs Ts & Steady B, 9 7/ p.m. DOORS SHOW 8 •$19.50 MatrixFillmore: 3138 Fillmore (at Greenwich), 563-4180. BPM, w/ DJ G-Stav, 9 p.m. Q Bar: 456 Castro (at Market), 864-2877. Booty Call, w/ Juanita More, Joshua J, & guests, 9 p.m., $3. Underground SF: 424 Haight (at Webster), 864-7386. Nite WE ARE AUGUSTINES Owl, w/ DJ Ol’ Cus, 10 p.m., free. Vessel: 85 Campton (at Stockton), 433-8585. Obey the Kitty, FRIDAY, APRIL 13 10 p.m., free. SATURDAY, APRIL 14 DOORS 8/ SHOW 9 • $25.00 OPHIDIAN TREK 2012 Drops HEARTLESS THE MESHUGGAH BASTARDS BARONESS • DECAPITATED ON SALE NIGHT! DOORS 7/ SHOW 8 • $29.50 Chocolate SUNDAY, MAY 6 Carolina | Contents NOW! WEDNESDAY, MAY 9 STEVEN WILSON M. WARD BAND OF SKULLS T HIP-HOP Grizzly Beat B FRI., APRIL 6 Gwar: W/ Municipal Waste, Ghoul, Legacy of Disorder, 8 p.m., $22.50-$25, all ages. The Regency Ballroom, 1290 Sutter (at Van Ness), 673-5716. Dan Hicks: 8 p.m., $25-$65, all ages. Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness (at Grove), 864-6000. Steven Wilson: 9 p.m., $42, all ages. The Fillmore, 1805 Geary (at Fillmore), 346-6000. SAT., APRIL 7 Hermeto Pascoal: 8 p.m., $25-$65, all ages. Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon (at Bay), 567-6642. Slaughterhouse: W/ Crooked I, Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz, and Royce da 5’9, 8 p.m., $27.50-$100, all ages. The Re-gency Ballroom, 1290 Sutter (at Van Ness), 673-5716. rooklyn trio Bear in Heaven exists in a cul-de-sac where krautrock, shoegaze, electro-pop, and cosmic disco govern the neighborhood association; when this band holds a block party, it’s a welcoming pocket of resolute percussion and hazy melodies. The group’s new full-length, I Love You, It’s Cool is a more social, almost anthemic experience, compared to the inward-looking drone of pre-vious release Beast Rest Fourth Mouth . There’s a tribal insistence to I Love You ’s 10 tracks, most of which feel like elongated crescen-dos, and seemingly every tone is treated with some sort of reverberant effect. Somehow, though, the cascading arrangements don’t leech the band’s momentum. Steady rhythms and woozy dynamics have long made for good companions. Bear in Heaven demonstrates its command of retro-futuristic bliss on Sunday, April 8, at The Independent. 8 p.m., $15; www.theindependentsf.com. TONY WARE Beauty Bar: 2299 Mission (at 19th St.), 285-0323. Fresh, w/ DJ Razo, 10 p.m. Cafe Du Nord: 2170 Market (at Sanchez), 861-5016. Brother Ali, 9 p.m., $10, all ages, 861-5016. John Colins: 138 Minna (at New Montgomery), 512-7493. BROWN BIRD Crush, w/ DJs Cocheze, Umami, & Lady Ryan, 10 p.m., free. MONDAY, APRIL 16 Rockit Room: 406 Clement (at Sixth Ave.), 387-6343. Sk-DOORS ratchpad, 10 p.m., free. 7/ SHOW 8 • $22.50 Skylark Bar: 3089 16th St. (at Valencia), 621-9294. Mixtape Wednesday, w/ DJs Strategy, Junot, Herb Digs, & guests, HACIENDA 9 p.m., $5. YONDER THE DANDY MOUNTAIN WARHOLS STRING BAND KINA GRANNIS KASABIAN FRIDAY, MAY 18 SAM PRESTIANNI here’s plenty of interest in American roots WATERS • TIJUANA PANTHERS music these days, and Carolina Choco-MAY 11 late FRIDAY, Drops are the scene’s wildly popular DOORS 7/ SHOW 8 • $22.50 black sheep. One of only a handful of African-American groups reviving old-time string-band songs, the Chocolate Drops stomp and jive and pick up a storm on Leaving Eden , the combo’s first album with new banjoist/gui-tarist Hubby Jenkins. The recording features BLUE ANGEL the THE down-home strings, LOUNGE vocals, and found MAY 16 percussion (jug, bones) that fans have grown ON SALE SUNDAY WEDNESDAY, AT 10AM! DOORS 7/ SHOW 8 • $25.00 to love on classic tunes like Etta Baker’s “West End Blues,” Ethel Waters’ “No Man’s Mama,” and “Read ‘em John,” a traditional ring-shout from the Georgia Sea Islands. But contributions from cellist Leyla McCalla give the new Buddy THURSDAY, MAY 17 DOORS 7/ record SHOW • $19.50 Miller-produced a 8 bolder, more contem-porary feel. Experience the ever-evolving Caro-lina Chocolate Drops on Saturday, April 7, at IMAGINARY FRIEND Slim’s. 9 p.m., $21; www.slimspresents.com. DELTA SPIRIT BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE DOORS 7/ SHOW 8 • $20.00 THURSDAY, MAY 10 CHINO Y NACHO DOORS 7/ SHOW 8 • $42.50 | Letters | suCka Free City | night+Day | Books | Crackerfarm WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18 INTERNATIONAL DOORS 7/ SHOW 8 • $20.00 DOORS 8/ SHOW 9 • $25.00 Schrobi-Girl, 10 p.m. Aunt Charlie’s Lounge: 133 Turk (at Taylor), 441-2922. Tubesteak Connection, w/ DJ Bus Station John, 9 p.m. California Academy of Sciences: 55 Music Concourse (at Martin Luther King Jr., in MAY Golden Gate Park), 379-8000. MONDAY, 21 NightLife, 6-10 p.m., $12. TUESDAY, MAY 22 The Cellar: 685 Sutter (at Taylor), 441-5678. 4Bidden: Ladies DOORS 6/ SHOW 7 • $35.00 Love Ladies Thursdays, 10 p.m., $4-$10. BURLESQUE: STRIP STRIP Club X: 715 Harrison (at Third St.), 339-8686. The Crib, teen-age gay video club, VARIETY 9:30 p.m., $10, 18+. SHOW HOORAY! Danzhaus: 1275 Connecticut (at Cesar Chavez), 970-0222. Alt.Dance, 7:30 p.m., $7, 18+. Elbo Room: 647 Valencia (at 18th St.), 552-7788. Afrolicious, WEDNESDAY, w/ DJ Pleasuremaker & guests, MAY 9:30 p.m., 23 $5-$7. DOORS 7/ (at SHOW 8 646-0999. • $30.00 Endup: 401 Sixth St. Harrison), Trend, w/ DJs Cuervo & Mix Maddness, 10 p.m., $10. Icon Ultra Lounge: 1192 Folsom (at Eighth St.), 626-4800. Beat WEDNESDAY, Church, w/ DJs Neptune & Kitty-D, 9 p.m. MAY 30 Infusion Lounge: 124 Ellis (at Powell), 421-8700. I Love DOORS 7/ SHOW 8 • $22.50 Thursdays, 10 p.m., $10. LookOut: 3600 16th St. (at Noe), 703-9751. Supersonic, w/ DJs Diagnosis, Jaybee, & B-Haul, 9 p.m., free. MatrixFillmore: 3138 Fillmore (at Greenwich), 563-4180. Fusion, w/ DJ Big Bad Bruce, 9 p.m. BLACK BANANAS • TRUE WIDOW Monarch: 101 6th St., 284-9774. Future|Perfect, w/ DJs Marco de la Vega & Christian Martin, 9 p.m., $5-$10. TUESDAY, JUNE 5 Q Bar: DOORS 456 Castro 8/ (at Market), 864-2877. Throwback Thurs-SHOW 9 • $25.00 day, w/ DJ Jay-R, 9 p.m., free. Temple: 540 Howard (at First St.), 978-9942. Ritual, 10 p.m., $5. Vessel: 85 Campton (at Stockton), 433-8585. Base, w/ Mi-WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6 chael Woods, 10 p.m., $10 advance. SATURDAY, MAY 19 FiLm Bissap Diaspora (Bollyhood Cafe): 3372 19th St. (at Mission), 970-0362. Timba night with DJ WaltDigz, 10 p.m. EMA Cafe Cocomo: 650 Indiana (at 18th St.), 824-6910. Wednes-day Night Salsa, 7 p.m., $5-$10. APRIL 19 THURSDAY, 7/ SHOW 8 • $35.00 CELLspace: DOORS 2050 Bryant (at 18th St.), 648-7562. Alternative Milonga, 8 p.m. Little Baobab: 3388 19th St. (at Mission), 643-3558. Home-grown, 10 p.m., free. WILD FLAG SOULIVE LETTUCE | eat SQUEEZE FRIDAY, APRIL 20 | Music REGGAE DOORS 8/ SHOW 9 • $30.00 Rasselas Ethiopian Cuisine & Jazz Club: 1534 Fill-more (at O’Farrell), 346-8696. Reggae Salute, w/ DJ Polo & SATURDAY, APRIL 21 guests, 9 p.m., free. 8/ SHOW 9 • $25.00 DOORS Som Bar: 2925 16th St. (at S. Van Ness), 558-8521. Coo-Yah!, Get irie for free with DJs Daneekah & Green B, 10 p.m., free. OV7 DITA VON TEESE | LOTUS NVO SPIRITUALIZED SF Weekly DOORS 7/ SHOW THURSDAY 5 8 • $25.00 ROCK TUE., APRIL 10 Jeff Mangum: 8 p.m., $36, all ages. Fox Theater, 1807 Tele-graph (at 19th St.), Oakland, (510) 548-3010. SUN., APRIL 8 Chris Thile: 7 p.m., $35-$55, all ages. Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness (at Grove), 392-4400. CLUBS WEDNESDAY 4 ROCK Boom Boom Room: 1601 Fillmore (at Geary), 673-8000. One Way Station, 8 p.m., $5, 673-8000. MON., APRIL 9 Jeff Mangum: 8 p.m., $36 advance, all ages. Fox Theater , 1807 Telegraph (at 19th St.), Oakland, (510) 548-3010. Odd Future: 8 p.m., $30, all ages. Warfield Theatre, 982 Market (at Sixth St.), 345-0900. SATURDAY, APRIL 28 Bottom of the Hill: 1233 17th St. (at Missouri), 621-4455. DOORS 8/ SHOW 9 • $25.00 Ancient Mariner, Attik Door, Hell Fire, 9 p.m., $10. Cafe Du Nord: 2170 Market (at Sanchez), 861-5016. Il Gato, Passenger & Pilot, Red Weather, Drew Victor, 8 p.m., $10. WEDNESDAY, MAY 2 Metal DNA Lounge: 375 11th St. (at Folsom), 626-1409. The DOORS 7/ SHOW 8 • $25.00 Alliance Festival: DevilDriver, The Faceless, Dying Fetus, THE AWAKENING TOUR Job for a Cowboy, 3 Inches of Blood, Impending Doom, Wretched, 6 p.m., $22-$25, all ages. The Knockout: 3223 Mission (at Valencia), 550-6994. Lenz, Permanent Collection, Tint, 9:30 p.m.-2 a.m., $6, 550-6994. Slim’s: 333 11th HONEYHONEY St. (at Folsom), 255-0333. Cults, Spectrals, Mrs. Magician, 8 p.m., $21, all ages. KURT VILE AND NEON INDIAN THE VIOLATORS LEMONADE TIPPER TUESDAY, APRIL 24 DESTROYER A pril 4-A pril 10, 2012 Boom Boom Room: 1601 Fillmore (at Geary), 673-8000. 40 LYDIA Watt Hype, Sole Jive, 8 p.m., $5-$7, 673-800. Raven: 1151 Folsom St., 431-1151. Elevate, 9 p.m., free. DANCE Rickshaw Stop: 155 Fell (at Van Ness), 861-2011. Popscene presents K.Flay, 10 p.m., $13, 861-2011. 222 Hyde: 222 Hyde (at Turk), 345-8222. Bangers & Mash, Skylark Bar: 3089 16th St. (at Valencia), 621-9294. Peaches, Limit 8 tickets per Oh person. All & dates, acts 10 and p.m. ticket prices are subject to change without notice. All tickets are subject to applicable service Similak charges. *Advance tickets Girl, will still w/ DJs A+, My!, Furan, w/ DJs DeeAndroid, Lady Fingaz, Chyld, That & be available with NO 4100 SERVICE CHARGE on Sunday 10:00am to 4:00pm at the Fillmore box Umami, office only. 10 Charge by phone Abbey Tavern: Geary (at Fifth Ave.), 221-7767. DJ p.m., free. at (877) LYV-ONLY. Buy tickets at livenation.com. JAMES MORRISON HIP-HOP THE MAINE DOORS 6/ SHOW 7 • $20.00 25

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Rock Brute<br /> <br /> Hanni El Khatib takes great interest in violence and carnage. On his Facebook page, the S.F.-bred, L.A.-based specialist in R&B and garage rock points to “knife fights and train wrecks” as influences. Over on his own site, he dedicates his music to “anyone who’s ever been shot or hit by a train.” One of Khatib’s most popular tracks on YouTube is “You Rascal You,” a much-covered, decadesold gem that finds its narrator making devilish death threats toward a man who’s been running around with his wife. (Khatib’s coup de grâce: “I’ll be standing on a corner, full of gin/ When they bring your dead body in.”) In keeping with this theme, the rocker’s debut album is called Will the Guns Come Out, and the songs on it sound as threatening as the title implies. Hanni El Khatib performs Saturday, April 7, at Cafe Du Nord. 9:30 p.m., $12; www.cafedunord.com. REYAN ALI<br /> <br /> Grizzly Beat <br /> <br /> Brooklyn trio Bear in Heaven exists in a cul-de-sac where krautrock, shoegaze, electro-pop, and cosmic disco govern the neighborhood association; when this band holds a block party, it’s a welcoming pocket of resolute percussion and hazy melodies. The group’s new full-length, I Love You, It’s Cool is a more social, almost anthemic experience, compared to the inward-looking drone of previous release Beast Rest Fourth Mouth. There’s a tribal insistence to I Love You’s 10 tracks, most of which feel like elongated crescendos, and seemingly every tone is treated with some sort of reverberant effect. Somehow, though, the cascading arrangements don’t leech the band’s momentum. Steady rhythms and woozy dynamics have long made for good companions. Bear in Heaven demonstrates its command of retro-futuristic bliss on Sunday, April 8, at The Independent. 8 p.m., $15; www.theindependentsf.com. TONY WARE<br /> <br /> Fresh Chocolate<br /> <br /> There’s plenty of interest in American roots music these days, and Carolina Chocolate Drops are the scene’s wildly popular black sheep. One of only a handful of African- American groups reviving old-time string-band songs, the Chocolate Drops stomp and jive and pick up a storm on Leaving Eden, the combo’s first album with new banjoist/guitarist Hubby Jenkins. The recording features the down-home strings, vocals, and found percussion (jug, bones) that fans have grown to love on classic tunes like Etta Baker’s “West End Blues,” Ethel Waters’ “No Man’s Mama,” and “Read ‘em John,” a traditional ring-shout from the Georgia Sea Islands. But contributions from cellist Leyla McCalla give the new Buddy Miller-produced record a bolder, more contemporary feel. Experience the ever-evolving Carolina Chocolate Drops on Saturday, April 7, at Slim’s. 9 p.m., $21; www.slimspresents.com. SAM PRESTIANNI

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