Mission Mission

This was pretty damn fun last time, and now it’s happening again!  In FIVE HOURS!!!

Invite your friends here!

I got tipped off to see John Moreland last night at Thee Parkside by a friend who saw him at Stagecoach last weekend. My friend had to see him again. I’m glad I came along. His powerful and beautifully poetic lyrics melted out of him. Watching John Moreland was mesmerizing. He sang of his truths and sadness and Tulsa, OK, and of a home he no longer called home. An exciting discovery, and hopefully a musician who will continue to glow in the limelight he deserves (but doesn’t seem to want or care about). Listen to his whole new album, High on Tulsa Heat, and hear it for yourself.

[Photo by Michelle Crosby]

Remember Andy from the Cuts and the Time Flys? If so, you’ve been hanging out at the Knockout for a looooong time now, man.

Anyway his new stuff is still retro, but a little more ’80s than ’60s or ’70s. The press release contains the phrase “faded VHS glam punk hangover.” Give it a listen:

The album is out in late May on Ss Records out of Sacramento, and the band is playing a couple dates in SF in the coming weeks:

05/23 – Parkside with Violence Creeps, tbd
06/04 – Record release at Knockout with MUSK, Stalls, and The Rays

[Photo by Danny Goldshtein]

I was at Pop’s late last night and the bartender was playing this EP by a friend’s band. I was super into it at the time, and now, in the sober light of day, I’m still really into it:

Every Tuesday Night at Pops, get a free Salsa Lesson at Tropicana! Stick around for an evening of quality latin bass with the best of Salsa, LatinHouse, Latin HipHop, Moombahton, DubCumbia, Merengue, Bachata, Dancehall, LatinReggae and more. Tropicana Nights strives to create a space for cultural diversity and environmental awareness. Jump in for the celebration of community, music and dance!

See what else is in store this week at POPS:

4/20/15 MONDAY

Motown on Mondays

It’s only Monday if you treat it like one.

M.O.M

9PM START, 1:30AM end

Hey!

Check out my

M.O.M.

Mondays at Pops

DJ GORDO CABEZA, TIMOTEO GIGANTE, THE CAPTAIN AND WEEKLY GUESTS

PLAY ORIGINALS, EXCLUSIVE REMIXES

AND CLOSE RELATIVES OF YOUR FAVORITE

MOTOWN SONGS…

4/21/15 TUESDAY

Tropicana Tuesdays

“Quality Latin BASS”

Every Tuesday at POPS BAR

Music: FREE (Local BayArea DJ`s)

Salsa Lesson: FREE (Instructor La Muerte)

Time: 9pm – 2am

Tropicana is BACK in town! Every TUESDAY night for the WINTER season. Bringing “Quality Latin BASS”, by playing some of the latest – up to date latino music genres.. of course respecting the classics…

Music by local BayArea DJ`s, such as Stepwise, El Kool Kyle, Mr. Lucky, Mr. E, J Boogie and more…

Salsa I LatinHouse I Latin HipHop I Moombahton I DubCumbia I Merengue I Bachata I Dancehall I LatinReggae I and more…

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Have you checked out M.O.M at POPS? Your number #1 reason to love Mondays is taking San Francisco by storm with 2 locations every Monday night. Motown on Mondays invites you to party hop between Madrone Art Bar & Pops Bar! M.O.M is a family of DJs, producers, musicians and music enthusiasts that all share a passion for the convergence of soul music and dancing. MOM DJs represent the most spirited soul parties with a unique vibration. Gathering their musical inspiration from Motown, soul, funk and disco with an emphasis on new and classic remixes/edits. Join the movement!

4/13/15 MONDAY

MOM at POPS: Motown on Mondays

It’s only Monday if you treat it like one.

M.O.M

9PM START, 1:30AM end

Hey!

Check out my

M.O.M.

Mondays at Pops

DJ GORDO CABEZA, TIMOTEO GIGANTE, THE CAPTAIN AND WEEKLY GUESTS

PLAY ORIGINALS, EXCLUSIVE REMIXES

AND CLOSE RELATIVES OF YOUR FAVORITE

MOTOWN SONGS…

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Our pal Nattles got to do it, last year at a Karaoke Underground show in Austin:

A video posted by Allan Hough (@punkgirls) on Mar 15, 2014 at 10:19pm PDT

The Karaoke Underground is in SF for the very first time this Sunday night at Rickshaw Stop!

We originally reported that they were opening on Record Store Day (April 18th) — but in fact they are softly opened right now! And chock full of good stuff!

(I won $100 in a music-related bet last night, and spent every last cent of it at 1-2-3-4 Go! this morning.) (Also, if you spend $100 you get a free t-shirt.)

Tonight at Brick and Mortar check out their monthly FREE party Wood Shoppe featuring three pretty cool Bay Area punk bands Culture Abuse, Scraper, and Never Young!

And it’s all ages!