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

Thursday:

– Parker Street Cinema, March of the Mannequins (Chico) and Aim Low Kid at Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $6.

Friday:

– The Knockout Presents “SMILE” with: The Hot Toddies, Tinkture, Agent Ribbons (Sacto) and Excuses for Skipping at The Knockout. 9pm, $?.

– Magic Bullets (CD release), The Passionistas and Airfix Kits at Bottom of the Hill. 10pm, $10.

– Leopold and His Fiction, The Healing Curse and Candy Apple at the Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $7, 21+.

Saturday:

– Low Red Land, Finn Riggins (ID), Caves and By Sunlight (Seattle) at El Rio. 9pm, $8.

– Goodbye Nautilus, Sexrat (Sacto) and Photons at Kimo’s. 9pm, $?.

– American Steel, Nothington and The New Trust (Santa Rosa) at The Uptown. 9pm, $12/$15.

– The New Centuries, Midnight Strangers and Paranoids at Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $6.

Sunday:

– Astral, Tomihira, Tracing Figures and Du*ds at Cafe du Nord. 8pm, $10.