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

Thursday:

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Friday:

– Dreamdate, Apache and East Bay Grease at 12 Galaxies. 9pm, $8/10.

– Silent Fidelity, Silian Rail, Settler and Schande at The Bronco at Santa Clara University. Free ($3 requested donation), 9pm.

– KUSF Birthday Celebration Featuring: Wooden Shjips (Feature Podcast), Citay (Feature Podcast) and Jenny Hoyston (of Erase Errata) at Cafe du Nord. $10 in advance/$10-$20 Sliding Scale at the Door, 9:30pm.

Saturday:

– Black Fiction (Feature Podcast), Dame Satan (Record Release) and The Chapin Sisters at El Rio. 9pm, $7.

– The Gris Gris, The Night Shift, Curious Mystery (Seattle) and Brad Dunn (Seattle) at Ghost Town Gallery. 10pm, $?.

– The Heavenly States (Feature Podcast), Throw Me The Statue (Seattle) and Siberian (Seattle) at Bottom of the Hill. 10pm, $10, all ages.

Sunday:

– Les Savy Fav (NY) and The Dodos (Feature Podcast) at Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $16/$18.

– Pre (UK), The Mae Shi (LA), XBXRX and Tempo No Tempo (Feature Podcast) at Bottom of the Hill. 8:30pm, $8.