SF Bay Weekly Picks
Apr 20 - Apr 26, 2015

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

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Mon, Apr 20 [fwaudio id=’1814′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Mac Demarco and Dinner The Independent [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-4-20 ‘ dateend=’2015-4-20 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Mac Demarco and Dinner at The Independent’ description=’Mac Demarco (http://capturedtracks.com/artists/mac-demarco-2/) Dinner (https://soundcloud.com/dinnerdinnerdinnerdinner)’ locationaddress=’628 Divisadero, San Francisco, CA’]
Wed, Apr 22 [fwaudio id=’1817′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Mikal Cronin 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/770179′] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-4-22 ‘ dateend=’2015-4-22 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Mikal Cronin at The Independent’ description=’Mikal Cronin (http://mikalcronin.bandcamp.com/)’ locationaddress=’628 Divisadero, San Francisco, CA’]
Wed, Apr 22 [fwaudio id=’1819′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Sea Lioness and Emily Neveu Elbo Room [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-4-22 ‘ dateend=’2015-4-22 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Sea Lioness and Emily Neveu at Elbo Room’ description=’Sea Lioness (http://www.sealioness.com/) Emily Neveu (https://www.facebook.com/emilyneveumusic)’ locationaddress=’ 647 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA’]
Thu, Apr 23 [fwaudio id=’1822′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Upset and Colleen Green 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/807961′] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-4-23 ‘ dateend=’2015-4-23 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Upset and Colleen Green at Rickshaw Stop’ description=’Upset (http://twitter.com/weareupset) Colleen Green (https://myspace.com/c0lleen1/)’ locationaddress=’155 Fell Street, San Francisco, CA’]
Thu, Apr 23 [fwaudio id=’1825′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] New Diplomat and Happy Fangs Great American Music Hall [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://tickets.gamh.com/events/496730/new-diplomat/’] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-4-23 ‘ dateend=’2015-4-23 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’New Diplomat and Happy Fangs at Great American Music Hall’ description=’New Diplomat (https://www.facebook.com/newdiplomat) Happy Fangs (http://www.happyfangsmusic.com/)’ locationaddress=’859 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA’]
Fri, Apr 24 [fwaudio id=’1828′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Reptar and Sandy’s 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/762207′] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-4-24 ‘ dateend=’2015-4-24 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Reptar and Sandy's at The Independent’ description=’Reptar (https://myspace.com/reptarathens/) Sandy's (http://sandys.bandcamp.com/)’ locationaddress=’628 Divisadero, San Francisco, CA’]
Fri, Apr 24 [fwaudio id=’1831′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Fritz Montana Milk Bar [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-4-24 ‘ dateend=’2015-4-24 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Fritz Montana at Milk Bar’ description=’Fritz Montana (http://twitter.com/thefritzmontana)’ locationaddress=’1840 Haight St, San Francisco, CA’]
Sat, Apr 25 [fwaudio id=’1833′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Lady Lamb and Rathborne 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/769791′] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-4-25 ‘ dateend=’2015-4-25 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Lady Lamb and Rathborne at Rickshaw Stop’ description=’Lady Lamb (http://twitter.com/ladylambjams) Rathborne (http://lukerathborne.com/)’ locationaddress=’155 Fell Street, San Francisco, CA’]
Sat, Apr 25 [fwaudio id=’1836′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Roses Hemlock Tavern [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2015-4-25 ‘ dateend=’2015-4-25 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Roses at Hemlock Tavern’ description=’Roses (http://twitter.com/juan_vigoda)’ locationaddress=’1131 Polk St, San Francisco, CA’]
Mac Demarco and Dinner
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Monday, Apr 20 at The Independent
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628 Divisadero, San Francisco, CA
Mac Demarco
Edmonton
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://capturedtracks.com/artists/mac-demarco-2/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/pages/mac-demarco/301768729858252/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://macdemarco.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://macdemarco.bandcamp.com/track/my-kind-of-woman’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/msldemarco’]
Dinner
Los Angeles, CA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/dinnerdinnerdinnerdinner’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://twitter.com/dinnerxdinner’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/dinnerveryofficial’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://instagram.com/dinnertheband’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.capturedtracks.com/?ct_artist_page=dinner-5′] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://panacherock.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://capturedtracks.com/’]
Mikal Cronin
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Wednesday, Apr 22 at The Independent
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628 Divisadero, San Francisco, CA
Mikal Cronin
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://mikalcronin.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/mikalcroninmusic’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://mikalcronin.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/mikal-cronin’]
Sea Lioness and Emily Neveu
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Wednesday, Apr 22 at Elbo Room
[fwaddtocalendar size=’large’ datestart=’2015-4-22 ‘ dateend=’2015-4-22 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Sea Lioness and Emily Neveu at Elbo Room’ description=’Sea Lioness (http://www.sealioness.com/) Emily Neveu (https://www.facebook.com/emilyneveumusic)’ locationaddress=’ 647 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA’]
 647 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA
Sea Lioness
San Francisco, CA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.sealioness.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/pages/sea-lioness/313841972078794′] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/sea-lioness-sf’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://sealioness.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.reverbnation.com/sealioness’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://thebaybridged.com/2013/05/29/sea-lioness-elmira-new-side-project-from-members-of-cannons-and-clouds/#.vqmn0eyqhrg’]
Emily Neveu
San Francisco, CA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/emilyneveumusic’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.emilyneveumusic.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/emily.neveu.7′] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://emilyneveu.com/home/learn-2/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://emilyneveu.com/home/music/music-emilyneveu’]
Upset and Colleen Green
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Thursday, Apr 23 at Rickshaw Stop
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155 Fell Street, San Francisco, CA
Upset
Los Angeles, CA
Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/weareupset’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/weareupset’]
Colleen Green
Los Angeles, CA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://myspace.com/c0lleen1/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/colleengreen420/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://colleengreen.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://happybirfdayjeff.blogspot.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.midheaven.com/item/cujo-by-green-colleen-12′] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.midheaven.com/item/milo-goes-to-compton-by-green-colleen-lp’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.hardlyart.com/shop/colleengreen.html’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/colleengreen420′] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://hardlyart.com/colleengreen.html’]
New Diplomat and Happy Fangs
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Thursday, Apr 23 at Great American Music Hall
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859 O’Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA
New Diplomat
San Francisco, CA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/newdiplomat’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.newdiplomat.us/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/newdiplomat’]
Happy Fangs
San Francisco, CA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.happyfangsmusic.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/happyfangs’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://happyfangs.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/happyfangs’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.soundcloud.com/happyfangsmusic’]
Reptar and Sandy’s
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Friday, Apr 24 at The Independent
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628 Divisadero, San Francisco, CA
Reptar
Athens, GA
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Free Downloads
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://myspace.com/reptarathens/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://reptarathens.blogspot.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://reptarmusic.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/reptarmusic/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/reptarathens’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://reptarmusic.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwuqw0cuosq’]
Sandy’s
San Francisco, CA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://sandys.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/sandyscastle’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://sandysband.com/’]
Fritz Montana
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Friday, Apr 24 at Milk Bar
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1840 Haight St, San Francisco, CA
Fritz Montana
San Francisco, CA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/thefritzmontana’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/fritzmontanaband’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/fritzmontanaband’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://fritzmontana.wordpress.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://live105.cbslocal.com/vote-on-live-105s-not-so-silent-night-local-band-search/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://deliradio.com/fritz-montana’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://open.spotify.com/album/0axkifs8e9aiy36zywwaun’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.amazon.com/scaredy-cat-fritz-montana/dp/b00m4ludku/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/scaredy-cat/id903145255′] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.sonicbids.com/fritzmontana’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.reverbnation.com/fritzmontana’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://instagram.com/thefritzmontana’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.fritzmontanamusic.com/’]
Lady Lamb and Rathborne
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Saturday, Apr 25 at Rickshaw Stop
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155 Fell Street, San Francisco, CA
Lady Lamb
ME
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/ladylambjams’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/ladylambthebeekeeper/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://ladylambthebeekeeper.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://soundcloud.com/ladylambjams’]
Rathborne
New York, NY
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://lukerathborne.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://lukerathborne.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://billions.com/rathborne’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.igetsoft.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/lukerathborne’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://bit.ly/14eozyh’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/luke-rathborne’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/lukerathborne’]
Roses
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Saturday, Apr 25 at Hemlock Tavern
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1131 Polk St, San Francisco, CA
Roses
Los Angeles, CA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/juan_vigoda’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/roseslosangeles’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/rosesla’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://rosesla.bandcamp.com/album/its-over-ep’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://twitter.com/roseslosangeles’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.stereogum.com/1681674/roses-ex-abe-vigoda-florence-girls-stereogum-premiere/mp3s/’]