SF Bay Weekly Picks
Apr 25 - May 1, 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, Apr 25 [fwaudio id=’4304′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Day Wave and Hot Flash Heat Wave 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/1114645?_ga=1.25797758.2141461481.1461516647′] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2016-4-25 ‘ dateend=’2016-4-25 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Day Wave and Hot Flash Heat Wave at The Independent’ description=’Day Wave (http://twitter.com/daywavemusic) Hot Flash Heat Wave (https://www.facebook.com/hotflashheatwave)’ locationaddress=’628 Divisadero, San Francisco, CA’]
Wed, Apr 27 [fwaudio id=’4307′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Gardens And Villa and Dick Stusso Brick & Mortar Music Hall [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://brickandmortarmusic.com/show.cfm?id=234815′] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2016-4-27 ‘ dateend=’2016-4-27 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Gardens And Villa and Dick Stusso at Brick & Mortar Music Hall’ description=’Gardens And Villa (http://gardensandvilla.bandcamp.com/) Dick Stusso (https://soundcloud.com/vacant-stare-records/sets/dick-stusso-nashville-dreamssings-the-blues)’ locationaddress=’1710 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA’]
Fri, Apr 29 [fwaudio id=’4310′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] Black Mountain 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/1051665?_ga=1.25797758.2141461481.1461516647′] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2016-4-29 ‘ dateend=’2016-4-29 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Black Mountain at The Independent’ description=’Black Mountain (http://blackmountainarmy.com/)’ locationaddress=’628 Divisadero, San Francisco, CA’]
Sat, Apr 30 [fwaudio id=’4312′ type=’2′ size=’medium’ showtitleaudio=’0′ showtitleband=’0′] The Subways and Pins The Chapel [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?B=234786&U=972260&M=27601&urllink=https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1071849?_ga=1.122156174.421249814.1461516637′] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2016-4-30 ‘ dateend=’2016-4-30 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’The Subways and Pins at The Chapel’ description=’The Subways (https://www.facebook.com/thesubways/) Pins (https://www.facebook.com/wearepins)’ locationaddress=’777 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA’]
Sun, May 1 Tortoise Great American Music Hall [fwticketbutton size=’medium’ url=’http://www.eventbrite.com/event/20792613266?ref=ebtn#_ga=1.30652859.547722832.1461516672′] [fwaddtocalendar size=’medium’ datestart=’2016-5-1 ‘ dateend=’2016-5-1 23:59:00′ utc=” summary=’Tortoise at Great American Music Hall’ description=’Tortoise (http://trts.com/)’ locationaddress=’859 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA’]
Day Wave and Hot Flash Heat Wave
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Monday, Apr 25 at The Independent
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628 Divisadero, San Francisco, CA
Day Wave
Oakland, CA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/daywavemusic’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/daywavemusic’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/day-wave’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://daywavemusic.tumblr.com/’]
Hot Flash Heat Wave
San Francisco, CA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/hotflashheatwave’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://hotflashheatwave.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://twitter.com/hotflashheatwav’]
Gardens And Villa and Dick Stusso
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Wednesday, Apr 27 at Brick & Mortar Music Hall
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1710 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA
Gardens And Villa
Santa Barbara, CA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://gardensandvilla.bandcamp.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://gardensandvilla.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.facebook.com/gardensandvilla’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/gardensandvilla’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.instagram.com/gardensandvilla’]
Dick Stusso
Oakland, CA
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/vacant-stare-records/sets/dick-stusso-nashville-dreamssings-the-blues’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://vacantstarerecords.bandcamp.com/album/nashville-dreams-sings-the-blues’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/dickystuss/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.instagram.com/dickstusso/’]
Black Mountain
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Friday, Apr 29 at The Independent
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628 Divisadero, San Francisco, CA
Black Mountain
Vancouver, Canada
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://blackmountainarmy.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/_blackmountain_’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/blackmountainofficial’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://blackmountain.bandcamp.com/’]
The Subways and Pins
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Saturday, Apr 30 at The Chapel
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777 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA
The Subways
Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/thesubways/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.thesubways.net/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/thesubways’]
Pins
Manchester, England
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Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/wearepins’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://wearepins.tumblr.com’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://www.wearepins.co.uk/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://soundcloud.com/pinsmusic’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/wearepins’]
Tortoise
Sunday, May 1 at Great American Music Hall
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859 O’Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA
Tortoise
Chicago, IL
Band Websites
[fwlinkbutton url=’http://trts.com/’] [fwlinkbutton url=’https://www.facebook.com/trtsband’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://twitter.com/trts’] [fwlinkbutton url=’http://tortoise.bandcamp.com/’]