SF Bay Weekly Picks
Feb 16 - Feb 22, 2015

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, Feb 17 [fwaudio id=’725′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0”] Cursive, Beach Slang, and Twinsmith Great American Music Hall [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-2-17 ‘ dateend=’2015-2-17 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Cursive, Beach Slang, and Twinsmith at Great American Music Hall’ description=’Cursive (http://cursivearmy.com/) Beach Slang (http://beachslang.bandcamp.com/) Twinsmith (https://www.facebook.com/twinsmithband)’ locationaddress=’859 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA’]
Wed, Feb 18 [fwaudio id=’729′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0”] Assateague Bottom of the Hill [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.bottomofthehill.com/stubmatic/event20150218.html’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-2-18 ‘ dateend=’2015-2-18 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Assateague at Bottom of the Hill’ description=’Assateague (https://www.facebook.com/pages/assateague/132979183423689)’ locationaddress=’1233 17th Street, San Francisco, CA’]
Wed, Feb 18 [fwaudio id=’731′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0”] Capsula and The Love Me Nots Elbo Room [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.elbo.com/tickets.php?source=web&id=2015-02-18′] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-2-18 ‘ dateend=’2015-2-18 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Capsula and The Love Me Nots at Elbo Room’ description=’Capsula (https://www.facebook.com/capsulamusic/) The Love Me Nots (http://www.thelovemenots.com/)’ locationaddress=’ 647 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA’]
Thu, Feb 19 [fwaudio id=’734′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0”] Night Riots and Hayley Kiyoko Rickshaw Stop [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’https://www.snagtickets.com/53941/NIGHT_RIOTS_and_HAYLEY_KIYOKO’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-2-19 ‘ dateend=’2015-2-19 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Night Riots and Hayley Kiyoko at Rickshaw Stop’ description=’Night Riots (https://www.facebook.com/nightriots) Hayley Kiyoko (https://www.facebook.com/hayleykiyoko)’ locationaddress=’155 Fell Street, San Francisco, CA’]
Thu, Feb 19 [fwaudio id=’737′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0”] The Parlor Mob, Gods, and Spider Heart Bottom of the Hill [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.bottomofthehill.com/stubmatic/event20150219.html’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-2-19 ‘ dateend=’2015-2-19 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’The Parlor Mob, Gods, and Spider Heart at Bottom of the Hill’ description=’The Parlor Mob (http://theparlormob.com/) Gods (https://www.facebook.com/listentogods) Spider Heart (https://www.facebook.com/spiderheart)’ locationaddress=’1233 17th Street, San Francisco, CA’]
Fri, Feb 20 [fwaudio id=’741′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0”] The Mary Onettes, Li Xi, and Tiaras Rickshaw Stop [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/742145′] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-2-20 ‘ dateend=’2015-2-20 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’The Mary Onettes, Li Xi, and Tiaras at Rickshaw Stop’ description=’The Mary Onettes (https://myspace.com/themaryonettes/) Li Xi (https://www.facebook.com/lixisound) Tiaras (https://www.facebook.com/tiarasxo)’ locationaddress=’155 Fell Street, San Francisco, CA’]
Fri, Feb 20 [fwaudio id=’745′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0”] Body Language and Sego Bottom of the Hill [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.bottomofthehill.com/stubmatic/event20150220.html’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-2-20 ‘ dateend=’2015-2-20 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Body Language and Sego at Bottom of the Hill’ description=’Body Language (https://myspace.com/bodylanguage/) Sego (https://www.facebook.com/segomusic)’ locationaddress=’1233 17th Street, San Francisco, CA’]
Sat, Feb 21 [fwaudio id=’748′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0”] Extra Classic, Sandy’s, Ezra Furman, and Talk of Shamans Great American Music Hall [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://tickets.gamh.com/events/477504/extra-classic-sandy-s/’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-2-21 ‘ dateend=’2015-2-21 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Extra Classic, Sandy's, Ezra Furman, and Talk of Shamans at Great American Music Hall’ description=’Extra Classic (http://twitter.com/extraclassic) Sandy's (http://sandys.bandcamp.com/) Ezra Furman (https://myspace.com/ezrafurman/) Talk of Shamans (https://www.facebook.com/pages/talk-of-shamans/149523341779494)’ locationaddress=’859 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA’]
Sat, Feb 21 [fwaudio id=’753′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0”] Screaming Females Hemlock Tavern [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-2-21 ‘ dateend=’2015-2-21 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Screaming Females at Hemlock Tavern’ description=’Screaming Females (https://myspace.com/screamingfemales/)’ locationaddress=’1131 Polk St, San Francisco, CA’]
Cursive, Beach Slang, and Twinsmith
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Tuesday, Feb 17 at Great American Music Hall
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859 O’Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA
Cursive
Omaha, NE
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://cursivearmy.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/cursive/’]
Beach Slang
Philadelphia, PA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://beachslang.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/beachslang’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://beachslang.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://beachslangwashere.tumblr.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://soundcloud.com/beach-slang’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://instagram.com/beachslang’]
Twinsmith
Omaha, NE
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/twinsmithband’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://instagram.com/twinsmithband’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://soundcloud.com/twinsmithband’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/twinsmithmusic’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.radiok.org/instudios/twinsmith-instudio/’]
Assateague
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Wednesday, Feb 18 at Bottom of the Hill
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1233 17th Street, San Francisco, CA
Assateague
San Francisco, CA
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Band Websites
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Capsula and The Love Me Nots
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Wednesday, Feb 18 at Elbo Room
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 647 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA
Capsula
Buenos Aires, Argentina (hometown) / Bilbao, Spain (currently based)
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/capsulamusic/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://capsulacapsula.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://youtube.com/capsula/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/capsula_band/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://myspace.com/capsulaorg/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/solar’]
The Love Me Nots
Phoenix, AZ
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.thelovemenots.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/thelovemenotsofficial’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofileandfriendid=80710763′]
Night Riots and Hayley Kiyoko
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Thursday, Feb 19 at Rickshaw Stop
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155 Fell Street, San Francisco, CA
Night Riots
San Luis Obispo, CA
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Free Downloads
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Band Websites
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Hayley Kiyoko
Los Angeles, CA
Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/hayleykiyoko’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.hayleykiyokoofficial.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/hayleykiyoko’]
The Parlor Mob, Gods, and Spider Heart
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Thursday, Feb 19 at Bottom of the Hill
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1233 17th Street, San Francisco, CA
The Parlor Mob
Asbury Park, NJ
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://theparlormob.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/theparlormob/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://theparlormob.tumblr.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/theparlormob/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://myspace.com/theparlormob/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.parlormob.com/’]
Gods
Asbury Park, NJ
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/listentogods’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://listentogods.com/’]
Spider Heart
Oakland, CA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/spiderheart’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://instagram.com/spiderheartband’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/spiderheart’]
The Mary Onettes, Li Xi, and Tiaras
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Friday, Feb 20 at Rickshaw Stop
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155 Fell Street, San Francisco, CA
The Mary Onettes
Jönköping, Sweden
Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://myspace.com/themaryonettes/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://themaryonettes.net/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/themaryonettes’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.labrador.se/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/themaryonettes’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/pages/the-mary-onettes/224584554855′]
Li Xi
San Francisco, CA
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Free Downloads
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/lixisound’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.lixiband.com’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://lixi.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/lixisound’]
Tiaras
San Francisco, CA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/tiarasxo’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://mtstmtn.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://mtstmtn.com/audio.html’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/mt-st-mtn/tiaras-thought-i-could-know’]
Body Language and Sego
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Friday, Feb 20 at Bottom of the Hill
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1233 17th Street, San Francisco, CA
Body Language
Brooklyn, NY
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://myspace.com/bodylanguage/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/bodylanguagemusic/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://last.fm/music/bodylanguage/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://youtube.com/bodylanguagemusic/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/body__language/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.ilike.com/artist/body+language’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.last.fm/music/body+language’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.bodylanguagemusic.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://soundcloud.com/bodylanguage’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://smarturl.it/blgrammar’]
Sego
Mapleton, UT (hometown) Los Angeles, CA (currently based).
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Free Downloads
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/segomusic’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.segoband.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/sego-music’]
Extra Classic, Sandy’s, Ezra Furman, and Talk of Shamans
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Saturday, Feb 21 at Great American Music Hall
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859 O’Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA
Extra Classic
San Francisco, CA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/extraclassic’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/pages/extra-classic/152441987319′] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://extraclassic.blogspot.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.nopalrecords.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://extraclassic.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.inlandempiretouring.com/’]
Sandy’s
San Francisco, CA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://sandys.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/sandyscastle’]
Ezra Furman
Evanston, IL (hometown) / Oakland, CA (currently based)
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://myspace.com/ezrafurman/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://ezrafurman.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://ezrafurman.bandcamp.com/’]
Talk of Shamans
San Francisco, CA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/pages/talk-of-shamans/149523341779494′] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://soundcloud.com/talk-of-shamans’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://tacoshamans.bandcamp.com/’]
Screaming Females
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Saturday, Feb 21 at Hemlock Tavern
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1131 Polk St, San Francisco, CA
Screaming Females
New Brunswick, NJ
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://myspace.com/screamingfemales/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://screamingfemales.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://screamingfemales.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/screamingfemales’]