SF Bay Weekly Picks
May 16 - May 22, 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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Tue, May 17 [fwaudio id=’4478′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Charles Bradley And His Extraordinaires and MOTHXR The Fillmore [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.livenation.com/events/534564-may-17-2016-charles-bradley-and-his-extraordinaires’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2016-5-17 ‘ dateend=’2016-5-17 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Charles Bradley And His Extraordinaires and MOTHXR at The Fillmore’ description=’Charles Bradley And His Extraordinaires (http://thecharlesbradley.com/) MOTHXR (http://mothxr.tumblr.com/)’ locationaddress=’1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA’]
Wed, May 18 [fwaudio id=’4481′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Alberta Cross, Surf Bored, and Sky White Tiger Milk Bar [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’https://www.eventbrite.com/e/alberta-cross-with-surf-bored-sky-white-tiger-and-grand-canyon-at-milk-bar-may-18th-tickets-24462635401#’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2016-5-18 ‘ dateend=’2016-5-18 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Alberta Cross, Surf Bored, and Sky White Tiger at Milk Bar’ description=’Alberta Cross (https://www.facebook.com/albertacross/) Surf Bored (https://www.facebook.com/tooboredtosurf) Sky White Tiger (https://www.facebook.com/skywhitetiger4eva/)’ locationaddress=’1840 Haight St, San Francisco, CA’]
Thu, May 19 [fwaudio id=’4485′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Fruit Bats and Kyle Craft 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/1092503?_ga=1.34238433.1567677847.1463367885′] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2016-5-19 ‘ dateend=’2016-5-19 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Fruit Bats and Kyle Craft at The Independent’ description=’Fruit Bats (http://fruitbatsmusic.com/) Kyle Craft (http://twitter.com/kylecraftmusic)’ locationaddress=’628 Divisadero, San Francisco, CA’]
Fri, May 20 [fwaudio id=’4488′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Nada Surf and Prism Tats Great American Music Hall [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.eventbrite.com/event/19790917166?ref=ebtn#_ga=1.104917578.870682414.1463367936′] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2016-5-20 ‘ dateend=’2016-5-20 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Nada Surf and Prism Tats at Great American Music Hall’ description=’Nada Surf (http://nadasurf.com/) Prism Tats (https://www.facebook.com/prismtats/)’ locationaddress=’859 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA’]
Sat, May 21 [fwaudio id=’4491′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Monophonics Bottom of the Hill [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.bottomofthehill.com/stubmatic/event20160521.html’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2016-5-21 ‘ dateend=’2016-5-21 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Monophonics at Bottom of the Hill’ description=’Monophonics (https://www.facebook.com/monophonics/)’ locationaddress=’1233 17th Street, San Francisco, CA’]
Charles Bradley And His Extraordinaires and MOTHXR
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Tuesday, May 17 at The Fillmore
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1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA
Charles Bradley And His Extraordinaires
Brooklyn, NY
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://thecharlesbradley.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/thecharlesbradley/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/charles_bradley/’]
MOTHXR
Brooklyn, NY
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://mothxr.tumblr.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://mothxr.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/mothxr’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://mothxr.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/mothxr’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.instagram.com/mothxr/’]
Alberta Cross, Surf Bored, and Sky White Tiger
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Wednesday, May 18 at Milk Bar
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1840 Haight St, San Francisco, CA
Alberta Cross
Brooklyn, NY
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/albertacross/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://albertacross.net/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://albertacross.net/store/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/albertacross’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://instagram.com/albertacross’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://albertacross.bandcamp.com/’]
Surf Bored
San Francisco, CA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/tooboredtosurf’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://surfbored.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/tooboredtosurf’]
Sky White Tiger
Brooklyn, NY
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/skywhitetiger4eva/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://skywhitetiger.bandcamp.com/’]
Fruit Bats and Kyle Craft
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Thursday, May 19 at The Independent
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628 Divisadero, San Francisco, CA
Fruit Bats
Chicago, IL
Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://fruitbatsmusic.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/fruitbatsmusic’]
Kyle Craft
Portland, OR
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/kylecraftmusic’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/kylecraftmusic’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.subpop.com/artists/kyle_craft’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://kylecraft.bandcamp.com/’]
Nada Surf and Prism Tats
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Friday, May 20 at Great American Music Hall
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859 O’Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA
Nada Surf
Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://nadasurf.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/nadasurf/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.nadasurf.portmerch.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://instagram.com/matthewcaws/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/nadasurf’]
Prism Tats
Los Angeles, CA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/prismtats/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://prismtats.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://prismtats.bandcamp.com/’]
Monophonics
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Saturday, May 21 at Bottom of the Hill
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1233 17th Street, San Francisco, CA
Monophonics
San Francisco, CA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/monophonics/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://monophonics.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/monophonicsfunk’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://monophonics.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/monophonics’]