Touring Los Angeles post-punk / darkwave bands Cold Showers and Second Still are joined by energetic Oakland post-punk outfit Wax Idols. KALX DJ Fernando spinning vinyl between sets. $8 Advance | $10 Doors.
April's free First Friday showcase features Oakland doo-wop jangly garage pop trio Night School, Oakland ethereal post-punk band Silence In The Snow, San Francisco dark indiepop duo New Spell, and Oakland experimental dream-noise outfit The Acharis! + DJ Matokie (KALX) between sets. First Fridays are FREE!
Ian Curtis Memorial Show with Dead Souls - A tribute to Joy Division, Voodoo Dolly, and The Reptile House, + DJ Sage.
Touring New York DJ Jonathan Toubin's New York Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off party! Spinning raw, wild, and uncommon original 7-inch vinyl by unsung artists of the '50s and '60s on the beat of today's dance floor. With live performances by New York '60s girl group-inspired garage rock outfit Baby Shakes and Oakland post-punk / no wave band The World! Guest selector and dance contest panel of judges include members of The Younger Lovers, Hunx and His Punx, Kids On A Crime Spree, B-Side Brujas, KALX & WFMU DJs! Come wiggle your hips and take home that $100 dance contest winner's prize!
Oakland-based singer-songwriter Thadeus Gonzalez, Oakland post-punk / power pop outfit Matadore, Oakland melodic guitar-driven power pop band Dead Sound, and hardcore Oakland punk en Espanol band Deseos Primitivos!
On the first Friday of every month, The Uptown presents a FREE live music showcase that celebrates bands we believe deserve your attention. This month's free First Friday show features Oakland art punks Night Shapes, Los Angeles dreamy indiepop band The Pantones, Oakland shoegaze / post-punk outfit Topographies, and melodic San Francisco dream pop / garage rock band Moon Daze!
Petaluma indie / post-punk band Akes, San Francisco dreampop duo Love Jerks, and woozy Americana-psych outfit Fleeting Trance.
Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirt formed a new covers band with their tech/manager Bill Schneider, audio engineer Chris Dugan and guitarist Jason White. Their past set lists have included songs by The Replacements, Generation X, Psychedelic Furs, Bowie, The Who, The Ramones, and more.
First Fridays are Free! On the first Friday of every month, The Uptown presents a free live music showcase that celebrates mostly Bay Area artists and musicians. This 11-year-old event highlights bands who we believe deserve your attention. October's showcase features Benzai Cliff, Melba Cults, Maniac, Talkies. + DJ Stand-In spinning records between/after sets. Doors 5PM | Show 9PM.
Unfortunately Hocico was unable to obtain their Visas in time to play this show. We very much hope to reschedule once their Visas come through. If you already purchased a ticket, it will be refunded.
Oakland's jangly doo-wop-inspired garage pop outfit Night School, dream-punk solo project of San Jose's Bean Tupou (Sourpatch) Try the Pie, and Oakland creamsicle indiepop duo Horrible/Adorable. Fernando from KALX will be spinning records between sets. $8 Advance, $10 At the Door.
For the past 11 years, The Uptown has hosted a free showcase of bands we feel deserve your attention. This month includes Shark Punch, Lucky Eejits, and Elderly Abuse. Doors open at 5pm for Happy Hour; first band goes on at 9pm.
Burger Boogaloo Presents: Camp Fire & Punks With Lunch Benefit Show, with SHANNON SHAW, BANANAS, TROUBLE MAKERS, and TROX & THE TERRIBLES. All proceeds from ticket sales go to charity. Come support a great cause while watching a stellar show. Click photo icon for more information.
Touring New York DJ Jonathan Toubin's New York Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off party! Spinning raw, wild, and uncommon original 7-inch vinyl by unsung artists of the '50s and '60s on the beat of today's dance floor. With Oakland post-punk / no-wave trio BAUS, Sacramento garage punk ruffians TH' LOSIN STREAKS, soul-slingers DJ Martha Queen and Abrilita (B-Side Brujas), and guest selector RUSSELL QUAN (The Mummies). Plus a panel of judges that includes SONNY SMITH (Sonny & The Sunsets), TIGER LILY (KALX / JetLag RnR), and more! Come wiggle your hips and take home that $100 dance contest winner's prize!
Near Dark Presents French post-punk band Trisomie 21, Bay Area post-punk / shoegaze outfit Houses of Heaven, and Los Angeles synth pop duo Riki. Click photo icon for ticket link and more info.
Camp Cope is a feminist indie-punk trio from Melbourne, Australia. Brooklyn Vegan named their sophomore LP "How To Socialize and Make Friends" Best Album of 2018. They are joined by Australian indiepop duo An Horse and NY post-grunge solo act Oceanator.
Doors 8pm | Show 9pm.
San Francisco dreamy synth-glossed indie pop outfit The Y Axes, San Jose dancey post-punk band The Trims, and Boston's dreamy guitar pop trio Honey Cutt! Ticket information coming soon.
Cindy is a tender indie dreampop band from San Francisco who recently self-released their debut LP. Blades of Joy is also from SF, getting nice comparisons to Felt and Durutti Column. Al Harper is a dreamy indiepop band from Oakland. Come support these cool local independent artists.
Bay Area post-punk / shoegaze band Topographies, Portland goth outfit Vacant Stares, and Bakersfield dreampop duo Fawns of Love.
Featuring DJ Sage, DJ Chat Noir and Davey Bones! Plus live visuals on stage and the Dark Market in the upstairs mezzanine. $8 advance | $10 at door.
*** TICKETS ON SALE MARCH 15th at 10am***
Deathguild Presents: Grendel. The industrial / EBM outfit from London is touring the US and stopping in Oakland. Joining Grendel is SF minimal electro band Striplicker, Toronto synth wave duo Glass Apple Bonzai, and Oklahoma City darkwave duo Esoterik.
Philadelphia pop-punk band Radiator Hospital, Baltimore indie folk outfit Outer Spaces, and San Jose twee-punk artist Try The Pie.
Surplus 1980 is a Bay Area post-punk band founded in 2009 by former Sleepytime Gorilla Museum multi-instrumentalist Moe Staiano, who will be conducting everyone including Dutch vocalist G.W. Sok of The Ex. Oakland post-punk / dark wave bands Esses and Hazel Atlas are also on the bill.
Only Theatre Of Pain is a goth band featuring legendary Christian Death vocalists Rikk Agnew and Gitane Demone. The band performs the first Christian Death album in its entirety (plus early singles & covers). Mystic Priestess is an anarcho darkwave band from Oakland.
Near Dark Fest Presents: Italian darkwave band Ash Code, Chicago synth pop duo Wingtips, and Sacramento goth band Creux Lies. Click photo icon for ticket information.
Near Dark Fest Presents: The Vanishing - 20 year anniversary show! with Cemetery (Chicago), Over (Portland), Vice Device (Portland), and Esses (Oakland), + DJ Pockets Macabre. Click photo icon for ticket information.
Near Dark Fest Presents: Pink Turns Blue. The legendary post-punk / new wave outfit from Germany are an influential band that formed in 1985. Joining them, Los Angeles dreampop band Second Still, Berlin goth trio Totenwald, Philadelphia's The Ire, and darkwave solo artist Yama Uba (Akiko of Otzi). Click event photo icon for ticket info.
Mexico City's aggressive electro-industrial duo Hocico was officially formed in 1993 when they were 15 years old. They have since released 19 albums. Also on the bill, Oakland industrial metal band Suicide Queen, plus Xorcist.
Los Angeles synth pop / darkwave artist CARESS (Tara Jane from Blood Candy), Oakland post-punk / dreampop duo THE ACHARIS, Portland gothy post-punk DEATHLIST (Jenny of Summer Cannibals) , and Oakland ethereal dreampop band FAWNING (Cheyenne of Night School).
Los Angeles twee-punk band SUZIE TRUE (ex-Bearcats), San Francisco DIY indiepop / jangle-punk outfit GALORE, Seaside fuzz pop super group ARTSICK (members of Burnt Palms, Kids On A Crime Spree, Lunchbox), and Oakland indiepop duo HORRIBLE/ADORABLE, + KALX DJ Fernando between sets.
Post-genre power trio comprised of guitarist Mike Baggetta, bassist Mike Watt (MINUTEMEN, fIREHOSE, The Stooges) and drummer Stephen Hodges (Mavis Staples, Tom Waits, David Lynch).
SHOW POSTPONED - FEELS is a Los Angeles based post-punk / glam-grunge / krautpop indie band fronted by Laena Geronimo of The Like. They combine punk rock intensity with lush layers of dreampop. They are joined by SF melodic dream-gaze popsters Seablite and diy jangle-punk band Galore! + DJ Fernando (KALX) between sets.
