Ilyas Ahmed @ Stranded, Oakland (5/25) 6:30 PM
Pang, Ruby Pins, Psilovision @ The Night Light, Oakland (5/25)
Atriarch, Worm Ouroboros, Sutekh Hexen, Gloam @ 924 Gilman, Berkeley (5/25)
Milk Music, Gag, Cold Circuits @ 1-2-3-4 Go Records, Oakland (5/25)
Rvivr, Crabapple, Quitters @ Jam City, Oakland (5/26)
Grouper (with Ilyas Ahmed), Danny Paul Grody, Irwin Swirnoff @ Hemlock, SF (5/28)
Akron/Family, Avi Buffalo, M. Geddes Gengras @ The Independent, SF (5/29)
Blank Realm, Hank IV @ Hemlock, SF (6/1)
Cynic Cave @ Lost Weekend Video, SF (6/1)
24 Hour Countdown @ SFMoMA, SF (6/1-2)
The Thing That Ate Temescal: Comedy with George Chen, Jesse Elias, Jon Schabl, Jessica Sele, Kyle Mizono, Ron Chapman, Chad Opitz, Erik Krasner, music by Karen @ Good Bellies, Oakland (6/5) Cut Hands, Black Jeans, S4NtA_MU3rTE @ Public Works, SF (6/6)
Rhys Chatham Guitar Trio @ The Lab, SF (6/7)
Wet Illustrated, Pure Bliss @ Hemlock, SF (6/8)
Lumerians, Wax Idols @ The Chapel, SF (6/8)
Muscle Drum, Some Ember, Xander Harris @ The Night Light, Oakland (6/13)
Division of Labor Festival: artist reception for Temporary Services, Bad News, DJ sets from Nihar and Chasms @ The Lab, SF (6/13)
Division of Labor Festival: Malcolm Mooney and the Tenth Planet, Fairlight Empress, Allegory Chapel LTD, Ava Mendoza’s Unnatural Ways (with Carla Bozulich), DJs Dominique Leone and Geeta Dayal @ The Lab, SF (6/14)
The Bats @ Rickshaw Stop, SF (6/14)
Jackie O Motherfucker, Date Palms, Soft Shells, Lady Freemountain @ The Night Light, Oakland (6/14)
Peter Tork @ Great American Music Hall, SF (6/14)
Cold Cave, Brenmar, Boyd Rice, Jokers Of The Scene @ Public Works, SF (6/15)
The Moore Brothers, Winfred E. Eye, MAston @ The Night Light, Oakland (6/15)
Division of Labor Festival: Half of Half, Freddy McGuire, Zeek Sheck, DJ That Hideous Strength @ The Lab, SF (6/15)
Thermals, Victory and Associates @ New Parish, Oakland (6/15)
Come, Tara Jane O'Neil @ The Independent, SF (6/20)
Division of Labor Festival: Lucky Dragons, Jeweled Snakes, Bulbs, DJ Joshua Kit Clayton @ The Lab, SF (6/20)
Divison of Labor Festival: Pharmakon, O.P.P., Gerritt Wittmer, DJs Rachel Aiello and Kerri LeBon @ The Lab, SF (6/21)
Division of Labor Festival: Denis Kolokol, ID M Theft Able, Glochids, Christina Stanley, DJ Loachfillet @ The Lab, SF (6/22)
Division of Labor Festival: Russian Tsarlag, Humanbeast, Ennnnnnn @ The Lab, SF (6/23)
Conquest For Death, Naked Lights, Wet The Rope, Dead Seeds @ 1234 Go!, Oakland (6/27)
Little Queenie, G Green, Fine Steps @ The Night Light, Oakland (6/27)
Punch, Constatine Sankathi, Fred Thomas, Big Crux, Holy, The Exquisites, Sourpatch, Street Eaters @ 924 Gilman, Berkeley (6/28)
Division of Labor Festival: Faxed Head, Jean Street, Bran(…)Pos, DJ Different Dentist @ The Lab, SF (6/28)
Los Crudos, Talk Is Poison, No Statik, Coke Bust, Hysterics, Pillage, Permanent Ruin, Hunting Party @ 924 Gilman, Berkeley (6/29)
Iron Lung, The Body, Neon Piss, Subservient Fuck, Replica, Reivers @ 924 Gilman, Berkeley (6/30)
Benoît Pioulard, logreybeam, Zachary Gray @ Hotel Utah, SF (7/6)
Mammatus, Residual Echoes, Peace @ The Chapel, SF (7/13)
Common Eider King Eider, Powerdove, Windchimes @ Hemlock, SF (7/21)
W. Kamau Bell, Kevin Avery, Dwayne Kennedy, Hari Kondabolu @ The Chapel, SF (7/21)
El-P, Killer Mike, Despot, Kool AD @ Independent, SF (7/30)
Scout Niblett, PG Six @ Cafe du Nord, SF (8/29)
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