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[Editor's note: Pop's has something happening every single night of the week. If you're browsing the Mission Mission homepage right now, be sure to click the "more" link at the bottom of this post to see the full calendar. Pop's rules!]

Be sure to stop by Pops Bar on Friday 4/10 for 24&York, a dance party for the neighborhood! Brought to you by Shane King and Uh Huh Heard, and featuring local DJs…, rap music, cheap bear and good company! Shane says, “The idea behind 24&YORK was to keep things simple, just a place where folks could go on a Friday night to drink, talk, and listen to rap music. Pop’s was my first local when I moved to the neighborhood in 2004, and when I heard it was reopening, with a sound system, it was immediately clear the idea had a found a home.”

4/6/15 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

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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…

4/7/15 TUESDAY

Happy Hour Entertainment 6-9pm with singer songwriter Kevin Conness

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…

With Tropicana Nights, our purpose is to create space for cultural diversity and environmental awareness. Community and music can do a lot of great positive impact in society.

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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It’s Debaser’s 7-year anniversary! Can you believe it? It’s 2015 now, the ’90s are just finally far enough away that you could start folding some of those hits into Oldies Night (tonight at the Knockout), and yet Debaser has been going strong for seven tenths of a decade! Congrats, boys!

Still only $5. (Dig those crazy ’08 prices!) Or free with a flannel before 11, as always.

RSVP and invite your friends.

We know how much you miss Diary, the original Mission emo night at Pop’s that sadly is no more, but rather than get all emo about it, now you’ve got another chance to sing along too loudly to Understanding in a Car Crash at the Knockout every month with Make Me a Mixtape!

Come and party like it’s 1997!

Playing the best 90s/00s old school emo,punk and post-hardcore tunes. All vinyl!

Friday 6-9pm

And the best part is they’re not even trying to trademark the term “Emo Night” like those doofuses down in LA.

Also, after the last American Football tune drowns out, go grab a couple tacos at Cancun and then pop back to the Knockout for Primo’s Oldies Night!  Look at that, I just planned out your whole Friday night.  Now do it to it!

First, for happy hour, there’s Eighty-Five Song Happy Hour:

And later on, Lil’ Raps Night:

What the heck?

Hop on Pops! Check out this week’s music line up at Pop’s Bar:

3/30/15 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…

3/31/15 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…

With Tropicana Nights, our purpose is to create space for cultural diversity and environmental awareness. Community and music can do a lot of great positive impact in society.

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…

4/1/15 WEDNESDAY

Happy Hour Entertainment 6-9PM

85 Song Happy Hour

Nick Pal spins short songs because life is short. Hard Rock, Power Pop, Punk & Pop Vinyl!

Whatever Wednesdays

9PM-1:30AM

Whatever Wednesday is YOUR PARTY, literally. You got DJ skills? Have you been itching to show ALL your friends? Its your turn to take over the night and mix it up. Send us your request, your best mix and we’ll see what we can do to get you your turn.

Email: tom@popssf.com

No Cover

21 UP

4/2/15 THURSDAY

6-9PM Happy Hour Entertainment

Alabaster’s Record Collection.

ALL VINYL ALL THE TIME.

Electic, Rock & Roll, Punk, Indie, 80s & Whatever.

BFF.FM Night

Rotating DJs from BFF.fm radio! This week: Pro Fans – Katie & Marisa spin goddamn every danceable jam!

9PM-1:30am

No Cover!

4/3/15 FRIDAY

Happy Hour Entertainment 6-9PM

Uncle Rifkin is a 4 piece, mostly acoustic, homegrown San Francisco band. Their style ranges from stripped down country to blues, rock & folk, all with a funky edge and storytelling vibe.

Too Many Records

with DJs Jamie Jams & Chris Orr the Vinyl Whore

9PM-1:30AM

No Cover

4/4/15 SATURDAY

Happy Hour Entertainment 6-9PM with Tyler

DJ Sweet Lou
Top 40, 80s, Funk & Soul

Rocking the dance floor with an eclectic mix of dance hits from way back to today!

9pm-1:30am / No Cover

4/5/15 SUNDAY

Spill the Wine

CUMBIA * CHICANO ROCK * LATIN SOUL * BOOGALOO

5-10PM

No Cover

POPS BAR

2800 24th Street @ York

San Francisco, CA 94110

www.popssf.com

The Karaoke Underground is coming to San Francisco for the first time on April 12th. Their karaoke songbook is like nothing you’ve ever seen. Here are 20 songs you can sing at karaoke on April 12th at Rickshaw Stop if you want to:

1. “My Heart Is A Drummer” by Allo Darlin’
2. “Emily Kane” by Art Brut
3. “Bad Kids” by the Black Lips
4. “Drivin’ on 9″ by the Breeders
5. “Lloyd I’m Ready to Be Heartbroken” by Camera Obscura
6. “Girl Anachronism” by the Dresden Dolls
7. “San Francisco” by Foxygen
8. “Arming Eritrea” by Future of the Left
9. “Love Comes in Spurts” by Richard Hell and the Voidoids
10. “The House that Heaven Built” by Japandroids
11. “Boxcar” by Jawbreaker
12. “Mr Your on Fire Mr” by Liars
13. “Strange Powers” by Magnetic Fields
14. “Sackcloth and Ashes” by the Mr. T Experience
15. “Liza & Louise” by NOFX
16. “Hey Suburbia” by Screeching Weasel
17. “Teenage Riot” by Sonic Youth
18. “Dr. Worm” by They Might Be Giants
19. “After Hours” by the Velvet Underground
20. “Art Star” by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

And that’s just a taste. Browse the whole songbook.

RSVP and invite your friends!

Well, this is some GRAND news!  Instead of having to close their doors for good in May as they previously feared, they’re going full Voltron:

First, Lost Weekend, in partnership with Oakland’s 1234Go! Records, will be relaunching the Valencia Street location on April 18th (Record Store Day 2015) as a new video store/record store hybrid, ready to serve all of your physical media needs. VHS, DVD, cassettes & vinyl – all in one place – with an expanded staff of enthusiastic fans ready to recommend the best in new or classic music & film.

A little bit of Oakland is just what the Mission needs right now!

Read on for the rest of the plot.

(Thanks Andy!)

I first stumbled upon The Karaoke Underground doing a Google search for “replacements can’t hardly wait karaoke,” because no karaoke place seems to have that song even though it’s like the best song.

As I scrolled through their songbook, seeing songs by Jay Reatard and Cock Sparrer and the Detroit Cobras and the Thermals and NOFX, I was stupefied. I was sure it was some kind of prank, that it was too good to be true.

But it’s true.

A few months later I dragged a couple of my best friends to Austin to see for ourselves, and I had one of the best nights of my life, singing “Always Wanting More,” “Take ‘Em All,” “Pillar of Salt,” “Bad Girl,” and “Lori Meyers” — each and every one a song I’d never in my wildest dreams dreamed I’d get to sing at karaoke.

And it’s not just some jerk playing YouTube videos. Creators and hosts Kaleb and Hannah have made every single one of their 900+ karaoke tracks from scratch, and they’ve even gotten the blessings of certain punk rock superstars along the way. It’s a labor of love and it shows, and it will probably be one of the best nights of your life too.

One month from today, on Sunday, April 12th, 2015, KU is coming to SF for the very first time. And it’s at Rickshaw Stop, so you get to perform on a stage the actual Thermals performed on! And THE SONICS performed there last year for goodness sake! I’m gonna pass out.

Browse the (completely mind-blowing) songbook and then RSVP and invite your friends.

(I’m helping out with some promo and logistics, and I’m tremendously excited about it, so don’t be surprised if I write about it a bunch more in the coming weeks.)

See what we have in store this week at POPS BAR. Be sure not to miss out on DJs Six & Candy, headliner DJs for SF Pride 2015′s popular Indie Oasis Stage, spinning at Pops on Saturday at Get Lucky! “I think to say the vibe at the Indie Oasis stage is infectious is really an understatement. It is a gathering of friends, family, and fans of awesome indie dance music. As a DJ, to look out and see full city blocks of people freaking out to your music is something truly special. We have just as much fun as the crowd; if not more. It’s a magical combination of all walks of life having an absolute blast.” – DJ Candy. Come sample the magic at Pops!

3/9/15 MONDAY

BLUES HAPPY HOUR 6-9PM with U9Lift & Timo

MOM at POPS:

Motown on Mondays

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

M.O.M

9PM START, 1:30AM end

The most talked about night in town.

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…

3/10/15 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…

With Tropicana Nights, our purpose is to create space for cultural diversity and environmental awareness. Community and music can do a lot of great positive impact in society.

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…

3/11/15 WEDNESDAY

Happy Hour Entertainment 6-9PM

Rude Awakenings

Forgotten underground classics of the 60s, 70s, and 80s with DJ Cathy 2-Tone & Scooter Stalin.

Wu Tang Wednesdays

9PM-1:30AM

Every Wednesday Night at POPS BAR

Razor Sharp Sounds sliced by DJ Kevvy Kev

Classic 90s Hip Hop

No Cover

3/12/15 THURSDAY

6-9PM Happy Hour Entertainment

Drew Smith, singer/songwriter plays popular songs from the 70s-00s with a few originals. Your favorite beach campfire jams whll have you singing along in no time!

BFF.FM Night

9PM-1:30AM

Rotating DJs from BFF.fm radio! This week: Steve Foxx & NITEPPL. Best of all, you’re supporting community radio!

No Cover!

3/13/15 FRIDAY

Happy Hour Entertainment 6-9pm with Kid Gorgeous: Rare Grooves, Deep Cuts; Soul, Funk, Psychedelic, Cumbia, Reggae and Beyond with Your Boy Kid Gorgeous!

24 & YORK

A new dance party for the neighborhood! Music from Shane King.

9pm-1:30am / free

3/14/15 SATURDAY

GET LUCKY!

DJs Six & Candy spinning indie dance & electro music videos.

Dance to the underground!

9pm-1:30am / No Cover

3/15/15 SUNDAY

Bushman’s Bash Open Jam

Join us for an open Jam at Pop’s!

6-10PM

No Cover

POPS BAR

2800 24th Street @ York

San Francisco, CA 94110

www.popssf.com