What’s going on this week?

Sic Alps @ Death By Audio

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Monday
Foster the People // Amoeba SF, 6pm $FREE

Tuesday
Social Studies, Royal Baths, Carletta Sue Kay, Art Museums, The Sandwitches* // The Independent, 8pm $15/$50 (VIP)
Dirty Cupcakes, Paper Bags, Basements // The Knockout, 8:30pm $5

Wednesday
Friendly Fires, Wise Blood // The Independent, 8pm $SOLD OUT
Friendly Fires (DJ Set) // Public Works, 10pm $7/10
Sister Crayon, Excuses for Skipping, White Arrows // Milk Bar, 8pm $FREE (w RSVP)/$5
My First Earthquake, Le Vice // Cafe Du Nord, 9:30pm $10/$12

Thursday
Sic Alps, Bare Wires, The Younger Lovers** // Cafe Du Nord, 8pm? $FREE (w RSVP)
Death Cab For Cutie, Lonely Forest // Fillmore, 9pm $35
Grouplove, Death Cab For Cute (DJ Set) // Rickshaw Stop, 9pm $10/$12

Friday
Buzzcocks, Images // Slim*s, 9pm $35
Shabazz Palaces Plus Special Guest // Brick & Mortar Music Hall, 9:30pm $12/$15

Saturday
Black Lips, Cerebral Ballzy, Personal & the Pizzas // Great American Music Hall, 9pm $16
Shannon and the Clams, Rank/Xerox, Outdoorsmen // The Knockout, 9pm $8

Sunday
The Black Ryder // Public Works, 7pm $10
Black Lips, Cerebral Ballzy, Personal & the Pizzas // Great American Music Hall, 9pm $16 CANCELLED

*This is a benefit show for Kelly Mallone, co-founder of DIY space Workshop SF and hostess of The Indie Mart. From Indie Mart: “This past April, Kelly was diagnosed with an advanced stage of cancer that had spread to non-localized areas as a result of previous battles. This latest diagnosis requires a treatment path that will far exceed her financial abilities and lack of insurance, and most likely require her to take a hiatus from her businesses.” There are VIP tickets for $50 that come with food from some of my favorite restaurants along the Divis corridor, Little Star and Bar Crudo.

**VICELAND Party curated by the Thermals. RSVP required, 21+.

//Christopher Owens talks to FADER about Twitter essays and Emma Forrest.

//Royal Baths make Night Fog Reader a mix. Digging the Zombies track. Check it out here.

//”When the reckoning comes, there will be few musicians who will compare as commentators on social strife, racism and the lot of American ghetto dwellers.” R.I.P. Gil-Scott Heron.