Our weekly picks for some great live local music. Take a listen to some of these bands in our streaming audio player…

Thursday:

- The Cave Singers (Seattle), The Botticellis (Feature Podcast) and Triumph of Lethargy Skinned Alive to Death (Seattle) at The Independent. 8pm, $12.

- Mates Of State and LoveLikeFire (Feature Podcast) at Slim's. 9pm, $17/$19.

Friday:

- Boy in the Bubble and Seaquencer at The Uptown. 9pm, $8.

- Von Iva (Feature Podcast), The Blacks (Feature Podcast), The Bruises and Astra Heights (LA) at Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $10, all ages.

- Tempo No Tempo, Lets (featuring members of Deerhoof and Tussle), The Splinters and DJ Disco Shawn at The Knockout. 9:30pm, $5, 21+.

Saturday:

- Le Heat Dance Party, featuring: Sugar & Gold (Feature Podcast) at The Uptown. 9pm, $8. Women free before midnight.

- Last of the Blacksmiths (Record Release), The Fresh and Only's (featuring Tim Cohen of Black Fiction) and El Capitan at Cafe du Nord. 9:30pm, $10.

- The New Centuries (EP Release), The Dont's (Feature Podcast) and Man/Miracle (Feature Podcast) at Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $6.

Sunday:

- Master/Slave (Feature Podcast) and Boy in the Bubble at Fort Gallery. 2pm, $tba. (Update: word on the MySpace is that this show has been cancelled.)

- Parker Street Cinema (Feature Podcast) and La Fin Du Monde (Chico) at Make-Out Room. 8pm, $7.

- The Pirate Band and Tippy Canoe at Hemlock Tavern. 8pm, $tba.

- Actionslacks, Parker Brothers and Brad Brooks at Cafe du Nord. 9pm, $8.

- Ariel Pink, Cloud Archive and French Disco at Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $10, all ages.