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

Friday

– The Actors and Better Than Aliens at The Make-Out Room. 7:30pm, $7.

– Pacific Noise‘s Two Year Anniversary, featuring Disgust of Us, Sister Grizzly, Project Alpha and The Union Trade at the Balazo Gallery. 8pm, $5.

– Birdmonster (Feature Podcast), The May Fire and Into The Presence at Bottom of the Hill. 10pm, $10, all ages.

– Colossal Yes, Leigh Gregory & Memory’s Mystic Band and Puce Moment at the Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $7.

Saturday

– The Deli SF presents 20 Minute Loop, The New Up and Silver Griffin at the Starry Plough. 9pm, $8.

– Xiu Xiu, Thao With The Get Down Stay Down and VC4 at Bottom of the Hill. 10pm, $12, all ages.

Sunday

– Georgie James, Tempo No Tempo (Feature Podcast) and The Old-Fashioned Way at Cafe du Nord. 8pm, $10.

– Donuts! presents Enon and The Blacks (Feature Podcast), with DJs Pickpocket and special guest, at Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $10.