[Wax Idols @ Cake Shop by Phil Maier]

Tuesday
Thee Cormans, Uzi Rash, Sweat Lodge @ Vitus, 9pm

Wednesday
Bare Wires, Meat Market, Big Drag @ The Knockout, 9pm
King Lollipop, Wild Ones, Up All Night @ 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, 7pm [all ages]
Religious to Damn, Wax Idols, Alexis Blair Penney @ Elbo Room, 9pm
Ty Segall, Shannon and the Clams, Hank IV, Lenz, DJ Primo @ Mezzanine, 9pm [jonathan toubin benefit]

Thursday
Dirty Ghosts, Swiftumz, City Deluxe @ The Knockout, 9pm
Deep Teens, Jealousy, Dadfag, Nathan Grice @ Amnesia, 9pm
The Soft Moon, Blouse, Blank Dogs DJ Set @ Cafe Du Nord, 9pm [captured tracks showcase]
White Cloud, Jeffertitti’s Nile, Moccreto, Arms N Legs @ Thee Parkside, 9pm
Zodiac Death Valley, Mister Loveless, The Spyrals, Baby Talk @ Brick and Mortar Music Hall, 8pm

Friday
Fleshies, Big Eyes, Wild Assumptions @ 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, 7pm [all ages]

Saturday
Terry Malts, Balaclavas, Rat Columns, Yi @ 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, 7pm [all ages]

Sunday
Bare Wires, Unko Atama, Deadbeats, Adults, Glitz, Shop Talk @ Eli’s Mile High Club, 6pm [day 1 of Rock 'N' Roll Madness Fest]
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Anything else?

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February’s Bruise Cruise Festival, which will be hosting SF rockers Mikal Cronin, Thee Oh Sees, and The Togas - a supergroup cover band consisting of Ty Segall, Shannon Shaw, and Ryan Sambol among others- is releasing a 7″ to mark the event’s second year of existence. Mikal and King Khan and the Shrines appear on the split; listen to Mikal’s contribution, entitled “Am I Wrong” below.

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And here’s a promo/teaser clip for The Togas:

Monday
King Lollipop, Peach Kelli Pop, Swiftumz @ 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, 7pm

Tuesday
Iggy and the Stooges @ Warfield, 8pm
Broken Cities, Moonbell, Atlas @ Elbo Room, 8:30pm

Wednesday
Jonathan Richman @ Great American Music Hall, 8pm
Thee Oh Sees, Twin Steps, Cool Ghouls @ The Depot, 6:30pm [free sfsu show]

Thursday
Ganglians, Young Prisms @ Milk Bar, 8pm
The Fleshtones, Dukes of Hamburg, Teutonics @ The Knockout, 9pm [night one of two]

Friday
The Donkeys, Lilac, Buxton @ Bottom of the Hill, 9:30pm [co-headliners]
The Fleshtones, Top Ten, Chuckleberries @ The Knockout, 9pm [night two of two]

Saturday
Music for Animals, Kishi Bashi @ Engine Works, 9pm [+ special guest]
Tennis, Miniature Tigers, Devon Williams @ Bottom of the Hill, 10pm
Twin Steps, TRMRS, Uzi Rash, Yi @ Sugar Mountain, 8pm [TS record-release]
Nectarine Pie, The Love Dimension, Primitive Hearts @ 924 Gilman, 9pm [east bay psychedelic disaster]

Sunday
Shannon and the Clams, Buffalo Tooth, Primitive Hearts @ ATA, 3pm [ATA fundraiser/winter beach formal]
Grass Widow, Erase Errata @924 Gilman [girls rock camp showcase]

[Tijuana Panthers @ KSCR Fest]

Tuesday
Lady Lazarus, Pregnant, Jib Kidder @ Hemlock Tavern, 9pm

Wednesday
Water Borders, King Dude @ Elbo Room, 9pm
Violent Vickie, Primary Colors, San Cha, Hungry Ghosts @ The Uptown (Oakland), 9pm
The Tambo Rays, Little Hurricane, Musical Chairs @ Hotel Utah, 9pm

Thursday
Too Short @ The New Parish, 10pm [rescheduled]

Friday
The Entrance Band, Matt Baldwin @ The New Parish, 9pm

Saturday
Mikal Cronin, Shannon and the Clams, Pangea @ El Rio, 9pm [mikal cronin on tour]
The Papercuts, Dominant Legs, Tim Cohen @ Rickshaw Stop, 9pm
Tijuana Panthers, The She’s, Melted Toys @ Bottom of the Hill, 10pm [the she's record release]
Wax Idols, Burnt Ones, Manatee, Cruel Summer @ Vitus (Oakland), 9pm [wax idols' record release]
Weekend, Terry Malts, Extra Classic, Sleepy Sun @ Verdi Club, 2pm [the bay brewed]

Sunday
Cass McCombs, White Magic, Liza Thorn @ Great American Music Hall, 7pm
Peach Kelli Pop, The Wrong Words, PreTeen @ The Knockout, 6pm [early show]
Thee Oh Sees, Total Control, Bronze, The Mallard @ Verdi Club, 9pm

Monday (Halloween)
The Soft Moon, Led Er Est, Michael Stock @ The Independent, 9pm

Tuesday
Ty Segall, Kut U Up @ The Mezzanine, 9pm

Wednesday
King Tuff, Audacity @ 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, 7pm

Thursday
El Ten Eleven, No Fires, Noys Annoise, Talk of Shamans @ The Depot [SF State], 6pm
Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Gauntlet Hair @ Rickshaw Stop, 9pm

Friday
Sic Alps, Lilac, Sourpatch, Meridians @ Verdi Club, 8:30pm
Still Corners, Ganglians, Silver Swans @ Rickshaw Stop, 9pm
Shonen Knife, Shannon and the Clams, The Pleasure Kills @ Bottom of the Hill, 9pm
Wild Flag, Drew Grow & The Pastor’s Wives @ Great American Music Hall, 9pm

Saturday
Wild Flag, Drew Grow & The Pastor’s Wives @ Great American Music Hall, 9pm
Zodiac Death Valley, The Icarus Line, The Tambo Rays @ Cafe Du Nord, 8:30pm

Sunday
Zodiac Death Valley, The Icarus Line, The Tambo Rays @ Cafe Du Nord, 8:30pm

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Mikal Cronin has literally been playing double-time this year: his band opened for Ty Segall on their recent national tour while Mikal continued to play bass in the Ty Segall band. Cronin’s band co-headlines with Thee Oh Sees this Thursday (tix) at the New Parish in Oakland this Thursday, but if you can’t make that his band will be playing with Shannon and the Clams and Pangea December 3rd @ El Rio. Read our interview with Mikal here. Listen to a track from his stunningly-good debut album here if you haven’t already. Tickets for the El Rio show are not on sale yet. Full dates below:

Wednesday
Japanther, The Unstopable Death Machines @ SUB-mission Gallery, 8pm
Teenage Fanclub, Radar Brothers @ Great American Music Hall, 9pm

Thursday
Thee Oh Sees @ Brick and Mortar Music Hall, 8pm $free
Melted Toys, Pure X, White Fang @ Brick and Mortar Music Hall, 9:30pm
The Mallard, Salad Days, Public Dims, The Spyrals @ SUB-mission Gallery, 8:30pm
Shannon and the Clams, Uzi Rash, Younger Lovers, Primary Colors @ Lobot Gallery (Oakland), 8pm

Friday
Cults @ Sproul Plaza (Berkeley), 12pm $free
Trainwreck Riders, Rose Grande, Ape Machine, Gems @ Thee Parkside, 9pm

Saturday
Sandy Pussy, Creepers @ RVCA, 7pm
High Castle, Street Eaters, Birthday Suits, Ginga @ Thee Parkside, 9pm

Sunday
Thee Oh Sees, Weekend @ Treasure Island Music Festival, 12pm

[photos by Alex Coulter]

More photos over on our facebook page.

When it comes to Total Trash Fest things tend to get messy: some previously unannounced shows have appeared on the Total Trash Booking facebook, including a Ty Segall/Shannon and the Clams show at the Knockout this Thursday (8/25) presented by Panache and Total Trash, starting at 9pm for 5 bucks, 21+.

The Hemlock show on Saturday shows that the Cosmonauts will be playing too. More to look forward to. Find out what else is happening this week.

More info about the close-out to TTF.