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

Thursday:

– The Bay Bridged Presents: Tartufi (CD Release), Built for the Sea (EP Release) and Low Red Land (CD Release) plus Thread Productions‘ Dragon Slayer’s Volume 3 Release at Slim’s. 8pm, $12.

Apache, Buzzer and The Impediments at Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $8.

Better Than Aliens, Smile Brigade (Seattle) and Mister Loveless at Rockit Room. 9pm, $6.

Geographer (Feature Podcast), Nick Shattell and Blisses B at Amnesia. 9pm, $7.

Friday:

Astral, The Dandelion War and Primary at The Uptown. 9pm, $8.

RubberSideDown, Campo Bravo (Feature Podcast), The Gun and Doll Show and Mobile Estate at Slim’s. 9pm, $12/$14.

Carta, Odessa Chen and John Vecchiarelli (Portland) at Hotel Utah. 9pm, $7.

Bart Davenport (CD Release), Sugar and Gold and Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson (Oregon) at Cafe du Nord. 9:30pm, $12.

God Of Shamisen, We Be The Echo and Headshear at Bottom of the Hill. 10pm, $8, all ages.

Saturday:

Treasure Island Music Festival (The Bay Bridged will be live blogging! Details Here)

Sunday:

Treasure Island Music Festival (The Bay Bridged will be live blogging! Details Here)

Sean Smith, Helene Renaut and Chloe Makes Music at Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $6.