SF Bay Weekly Picks
May 2 - May 8, 2016

Every week we listen to over 200 bands playing in the SF Bay area in order to compile our Weekly Picks. Stream the selected bands below.

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Mon, May 2 [fwaudio id=’4339′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Bleached and No Parents Bottom of the Hill [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.bottomofthehill.com/stubmatic/event20160502.html’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2016-5-2 ‘ dateend=’2016-5-2 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Bleached and No Parents at Bottom of the Hill’ description=’Bleached (https://www.facebook.com/hellobleached/) No Parents (http://www.noparents.la/)’ locationaddress=’1233 17th Street, San Francisco, CA’]
Tue, May 3 [fwaudio id=’4342′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Hippo Campus, Riothorse Royale, and Reisender Bottom of the Hill [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.bottomofthehill.com/stubmatic/event20160503.html’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2016-5-3 ‘ dateend=’2016-5-3 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Hippo Campus, Riothorse Royale, and Reisender at Bottom of the Hill’ description=’Hippo Campus (http://twitter.com/thehalocline) Riothorse Royale (https://www.facebook.com/riothorseroyale) Reisender (https://www.facebook.com/reisendermusic)’ locationaddress=’1233 17th Street, San Francisco, CA’]
Wed, May 4 [fwaudio id=’4346′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Banta, Andrew St. James, and Madi Sipes and the Painted Blue Rickshaw Stop [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?B=234786&U=972260&M=27601&urllink=https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1150053?_ga=1.11649020.931234340.1462210995′] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2016-5-4 ‘ dateend=’2016-5-4 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Banta, Andrew St. James, and Madi Sipes and the Painted Blue at Rickshaw Stop’ description=’Banta (https://www.facebook.com/bantamusic) Andrew St. James (https://www.facebook.com/andrewsaintjames) Madi Sipes and the Painted Blue (https://soundcloud.com/madisonsipes)’ locationaddress=’155 Fell Street, San Francisco, CA’]
Thu, May 5 [fwaudio id=’4350′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Kid Congo and The Pink Monkeybirds, Cruel Summer, and Silver Shadows Thee Parkside [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://holdmyticket.com/tickets/234440?tc=theeparkside&_ga=1.154669937.813462720.1462211044′] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2016-5-5 ‘ dateend=’2016-5-5 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Kid Congo and The Pink Monkeybirds, Cruel Summer, and Silver Shadows at Thee Parkside’ description=’Kid Congo and The Pink Monkeybirds (https://www.facebook.com/kid-congo-and-the-pink-monkey-birds-115221445167439/) Cruel Summer (https://www.facebook.com/cruelsummersf) Silver Shadows (http://silvershadows1.bandcamp.com/)’ locationaddress=’1600 17th St, San Francisco, CA’]
Fri, May 6 [fwaudio id=’4354′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Peter Bjorn And John and Okay Kaya Rickshaw Stop [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’https://www.snagtickets.com/54048/PETER_BJORN_AND_JOHN’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2016-5-6 ‘ dateend=’2016-5-6 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Peter Bjorn And John and Okay Kaya at Rickshaw Stop’ description=’Peter Bjorn And John (http://peterbjornandjohn.com/) Okay Kaya (https://soundcloud.com/okaykaya)’ locationaddress=’155 Fell Street, San Francisco, CA’]
Sat, May 7 [fwaudio id=’4357′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Rogue Wave and White Cloud The Independent [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?B=234786&U=972260&M=27601&urllink=https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1091083?_ga=1.23252154.1045606268.1462211019′] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2016-5-7 ‘ dateend=’2016-5-7 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Rogue Wave and White Cloud at The Independent’ description=’Rogue Wave (http://roguewavemusic.com/) White Cloud (http://whitecloud.bandcamp.com)’ locationaddress=’628 Divisadero, San Francisco, CA’]
Sun, May 8 [fwaudio id=’4360′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Givers and Anna Wise The Independent [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?B=234786&U=972260&M=27601&urllink=https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1129921?_ga=1.23252154.1045606268.1462211019′] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2016-5-8 ‘ dateend=’2016-5-8 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Givers and Anna Wise at The Independent’ description=’Givers (https://www.facebook.com/giversmusic) Anna Wise (http://twitter.com/annathewise)’ locationaddress=’628 Divisadero, San Francisco, CA’]
Bleached and No Parents
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Monday, May 2 at Bottom of the Hill
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1233 17th Street, San Francisco, CA
Bleached
Los Angeles, CA
[fwaudio id=’4340′ type=’2′ titleoverride=’Listen to band’ size=’large’]
Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/hellobleached/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://hellobleached.tumblr.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://instagram.com/hellobleached’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.twitter.com/hellobleached’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.hellobleached.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://bleached.inktankmerch.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://bleached.bandcamp.com/’]
No Parents
Los Angeles, CA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.noparents.la/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://yesnoparents.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/noparentss’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/noparentss’]
Hippo Campus, Riothorse Royale, and Reisender
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Tuesday, May 3 at Bottom of the Hill
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1233 17th Street, San Francisco, CA
Hippo Campus
Woodbury, MN
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/thehalocline’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/thehalocline’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.hippocampusband.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/hippo-campus’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://smarturl.it/southep’]
Riothorse Royale
Los Angeles, CA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/riothorseroyale’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.riothorseroyale.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/riothorseroyale’]
Reisender
San Francisco, CA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/reisendermusic’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://soundcloud.com/reisendermusic’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://reisender.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.reisendermusic.com/’]
Banta, Andrew St. James, and Madi Sipes and the Painted Blue
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Wednesday, May 4 at Rickshaw Stop
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155 Fell Street, San Francisco, CA
Banta
Echo Park, CA
Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/bantamusic’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://bantaband.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/bantatheband’]
Andrew St. James
San Francisco, CA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/andrewsaintjames’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/andrewstjames’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/_andrewstjames_’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.andrewstjames.com/’]
Madi Sipes and the Painted Blue
San Francisco, CA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/madisonsipes’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/madisipes’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/madisipesmusic’]
Kid Congo and The Pink Monkeybirds, Cruel Summer, and Silver Shadows
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Thursday, May 5 at Thee Parkside
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1600 17th St, San Francisco, CA
Kid Congo and The Pink Monkeybirds
Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/kid-congo-and-the-pink-monkey-birds-115221445167439/’]
Cruel Summer
San Francisco, CA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/cruelsummersf’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://cruelsummersf.tumblr.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://cruelsummmer.bandcamp.com/’]
Silver Shadows
Bay Area, CA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://silvershadows1.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/silvershadowworker’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/silvershadows’]
Peter Bjorn And John and Okay Kaya
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Friday, May 6 at Rickshaw Stop
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155 Fell Street, San Francisco, CA
Peter Bjorn And John
Sweden
Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://peterbjornandjohn.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/peterbjornjohn/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/peterbjornandjohn’]
Okay Kaya
New York, NY
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/okaykaya’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.okay-kaya.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/xokaykayax’]
Rogue Wave and White Cloud
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Saturday, May 7 at The Independent
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628 Divisadero, San Francisco, CA
Rogue Wave
Oakland, CA
Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://roguewavemusic.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/roguewave’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/roguewaveband’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.roguewavemusic.com/#home?filter=all’]
White Cloud
San Francisco, CA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://whitecloud.bandcamp.com’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/whitecloudband’]
Givers and Anna Wise
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Sunday, May 8 at The Independent
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628 Divisadero, San Francisco, CA
Givers
Lafayette, LA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/giversmusic’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/giversmusic’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://giversband.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/givers’]
Anna Wise
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/annathewise’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/annathewise/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://annathewise.com’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/annathewise’]