What’s going on this week?
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The Glad Birth of Love, out via (regular release August 23rd), features oboe and flute performances by Amber Lamprecht (Honey Dew) and John Dwyer (Thee Oh Sees) and contributions from other local artists including The Sandwitches and Citay. Play a clip of “Daylight Moon” below. Cohen recently told from , ”I’m hoping to tour with ‘Magic Trick’ later in the year, but my touring schedule with the Fresh & Onlys is getting crazy - so fingers crossed.”
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Monday
// Sub-Mission Gallery, 7pm $6
Tuesday
// Rickshaw Stop, 8pm $12/$14
// Amnesia, 9pm $10 ()
Wednesday
// Great American Music Hall, 8pm $31
// Hemlock Tavern, 9pm $6
// Thee Parkside, 8pm $10
Thursday
// Eli’s Mile High Club (Oakland), 6pm
Friday
// Make-Out Room, 8pm $8
// Milk Bar, 8pm $10
// The Independent, 9pm $20
// Uptown (Oakland), 9pm $10
Saturday
// El Rio, 4pm $8
// The Independent, 9pm $20
// Brick and Mortar Music Hall, 8pm $7
// Slim*s, 9pm $18/$20
// 986 Mission, 7pm $2-5
Sunday
// The New Parish, 9:30pm $8/$10
Ty Segall‘s new LP, Goodbye Bread, has scored some so far. Not that it matters. Listen to a track off the new record below, in 3D.
Asian Man Records turns 15. They are celebrating by throwing .
Anything else?
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Monday
// Amoeba SF, 6pm $FREE
Tuesday
* // The Independent, 8pm $15/$50 (VIP)
// The Knockout, 8:30pm $5
Wednesday
// The Independent, 8pm $SOLD OUT
// Public Works, 10pm $7/10
// Milk Bar, 8pm $FREE (w RSVP)/$5
// Cafe Du Nord, 9:30pm $10/$12
Thursday
** // Cafe Du Nord, 8pm? $FREE (w RSVP)
// Fillmore, 9pm $35
// Rickshaw Stop, 9pm $10/$12
Friday
// Slim*s, 9pm $35
// Brick & Mortar Music Hall, 9:30pm $12/$15
Saturday
// Great American Music Hall, 9pm $16
// The Knockout, 9pm $8
Sunday
// Public Works, 7pm $10
// Great American Music Hall, 9pm $16 CANCELLED
*This is a benefit show for Kelly Mallone, co-founder of DIY space and hostess of . 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 about Twitter essays and Emma Forrest.
// make Night Fog Reader a mix. Digging the Zombies track. Check it out .
//”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.”
Tuesday
// Slim’s, 8pm $14/$16
Wednesday
// The New Parish (Oakland), 9pm $20
// Rickshaw Stop, 8pm $12
Thursday
// Hemlock Tavern, 9pm $7
// Cafe Du Nord, 8pm $12
// Bottom of the Hill, 9pm $13
Friday
// Rickshaw Stop, 8pm $15/$17**
Saturday
// Thee Parkside, 9pm $8
// Rickshaw Stop, 5pm $15/$17
// Hemlock Tavern, 9:30pm $7
Sunday
// The New Parish (Oakland), 9pm $15/$20
// Hemlock Tavern, 8pm $12
// Dolores Park, 2pm $FREE
**Allo’ Darlin (UK) had to cancel the first half of their tour due to visa problems. Melted Toys will be replacing them at the Popfest show Friday.
//SF Popfest starts this Thursday, with Dominant Legs playing at Cafe Du Nord.
//City Limits, a new label started by local bloggers and , are releasing the first installment of a series designed to capsulize the sounds of a city featuring only artists from that given locale. Their first “time capsule” is the City by the Bay, with a track-list that includes The Sandwitches, Young Prisms, and Magic Bullets. City Limits Presents: San Francisco is out digitally May 31 with a vinyl following up mid-June. . []
//The Tambo Rays today — watch the video for “Draggin Our Bones” on Vimeo, recorded by Katelin Hull-Nye, .
In addition to the saveKUSF/Eagle Tavern night tonight and the at Great American Music Hall, Cambodian psych-rock outfit — who fittingly played the Fillmore on National Weed Day last week — is playing a set at the seminal record store at 6PM today. Which I realize is in 90 minutes. Which is just about as long as anyone in this city needs to dig their Chucks out of their closet and ride the 71 over to the Haight in time. If you’re in the area, you should definitely stop by and check them out.

Two SF institutions under attack converge for the latest benefit show, Tuesday, April 26th, at the (8pm, $tba). The show is topped by and , two acts that are consistently awesome live like few others. Get there early for and .
A former DJ for the radio station-in-exile, Ty a very passionate on the saveKUSF front. Together with Thee Oh Sees and The Sandwitches, this is the benefit show the trio has played this year.
8pm tomorrow, price not yet announced.