Don’t miss these great Bay Area events! The Desert Stars Festival is around the corner and the Bay Area is celebrating this massive fest with pre parties in San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose. All of the pre parties are on the same night, October 1st, so you’ll just have to choose which line up you want to see the most:

Kymberli’s Music Box & Innerlight Presents: Desert Stars Pre Party at Elbo Room in San Francisco:

Cellar Doors
The Spiral Electric
Ancient River
The Shivas

Dj Vikki Vaden
Visuals by Mad Alchemy

The Shivas

Cellar Doors

Ancient River

The Spiral Electric

San Jose Desert Stars Pre Party:

​Cafe Stitch – Doors Start at 8 pm

SLOWNESS
Silent Pictures
The Soft Bombs
DJs Jafar Green & Jeff Jagged

Oakland Desert Stars Pre Party:

​At Leo’s Music Club – Doors at 9 pm:

The Telescopes
LSD and the Search for God
Disappearing People
Magic Castles

Chromespider Presents a full day of music at the Oakland based music venue, Stork Club today. The show extends from 4pm to 9 pm tonight and we’re always excited to share the news about unique events that will keep you busy and drenched in local independent music for hours on end. The show features Bay Area based bands and solo artists:

Vollmer
Mito
Sophie Vogel
Linda Ann Xyz-Anderson
Civilized Savage
Bobby Quaalude
Paintswithfire
Guido Ayala
Nic Burrose

If you’re looking for something to do and a reason to be able to drink before 4 pm, grad some friends and make your way over to the East Bay and have a blast!

The Oakland based indie folk music project, Empty Moon has released a new music video entitled 75 Degrees. This track is reminiscent of Bright Eyes and exudes a laid back California folk vibe that flows slowly while expressing lyrics that are simplistic but potent and emotive. Check out the new video and support new Bay Area artists.

San Francisco based gypsy blues rock band, The Jaunting Martyrs have recently re-emerged and are playing a show TONIGHT at Bottom of the Hill. The bill also includes the popular Bay Area based bands Fritz Montana and Thunderegg. This eclectic line up will have you moving and shaking on the dance floor, so spend your Thursday night at Bottom of the Hill!

By the way, The Jaunting Martyrs have also announced that they will disband at the end of the year, so if you haven’t seen them play in a while or haven’t had the pleasure, don’t miss this opportunity.

San Francisco based punk band, Beast Fiend is putting on an event geared towards the Bay Area community. The band has organized a suicide prevention and awareness benefit show that will take place at SUB/Mission this Sunday, September 28th. This all ages show is going to feature a raffle, a speaker from SF Suicide Prevention and a line up of local bands including: Silver Shadows, Bitter Fruit and Void Boys.

We like it when bands take it upon themselves to do things that are for a great cause. Make sure you support bands who do good things for others and the local community at large, and head out to this show on Sunday!

Two Bay Area based bands are set to support the Australian Sup Pop Records band, Deaf Wish on October 7th at the Hemlock Tavern in San Francisco. San Francisco based heavy garage punk band, Life Stinks is on the bill and will be pounding the stage with their heavy and vivacious punk rock music, and the Oakland based pure punk band, MUSK will be opening the show and setting the tone of the night. Both bands are fully equipped to help Deaf Wish tear the house down!

We’re excited to plug this gig because this International band will be playing such an intimate venue. We should not take what we have for granted in regards to being able to attend a number of hardworking smaller live music venues who survive and book cool acts from all over the world.

With all that said, we encourage you to check out Deaf Wish, Life Stinks and MUSK at the Hemlock Tavern on October 7th. It’s going to be a cool and insanely heavy show.

This does not happen often, but this month we have come across and occasion where we must congratulate TWO winners of The Deli Magazine San Francisco Artist of the Month Poll! The votes were so close that it has been decided that Peachelope and Travis Hayes should both be celebrated for obtaining the most votes!

Hayes is a hardworking singer/songwriter and avid supporter of the Bay Area music scene as he works as a promoter and booker for Neck of the Woods, a music venue in inner Richmond area of San Francisco. His smooth mix of indie rock and acoustic jams swoon us to no end.

Peachelope is an experimental avant indie duo whose sultry sounds and innovative live electro-acoustic performances are entrancing and always leaving audiences wanting more. These great local artists are both super deserving of this honor.  We wish them the best of luck in their future endeavors!

San Francisco heavy garage rock band, Down and Outlaws are playing a show with influential San Diego based rock/folk band, The Silent Comedy and the Fresno based band, Strange Vine. This strong line up promises to be a show that will totally be worth your while. This is going to be a great California drenched rock and roll event, so head out and have a great time!

WIN TWO TICKETS to the San Francisco based avant indie rock band, Split Screens album release show at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco on September 20th!

Yassou Benedict​ and New Spell​ will be sharing the bill with this new local band who has been growing very quickly within the local Bay Area music scene. We’re always into supporting great bands in the underground scene and Split Screens is a band who is a quintessential example of artists who do their best to put out great music and promotes their music well. We totally think you should attend this show. We’d like you to support this event so much so that we are giving away free tix!

​Email: sfeditor@thedelimagazine.com to submit your name to win! ​​We will announce the recipient of the tix on September 19th!

WIN TWO TICKETS to the San Francisco based avant indie rock band, Split Screens album release at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco on September 20th!

Yassou Benedict​ and New Spell​ will be sharing the bill with this new local band who has been growing very quickly within the local Bay Area music scene. We’re always into supporting great bands in the underground scene and Split Screens is a band who is a quintessential example of artists who do their best to put out great music and promotes their music well. We totally think you should attend this show. We’d like you to support this event so much so that we are giving away free tix!

​Email: sfeditor@thedelimagazine.com to submit your name to win! ​​We will announce the recipient of the tix on September 19th!

The bi-coastal shoegaze band, Slowness has always made amazing ethereal music, and they will be accompanied by the hardworking, brilliant NYC based shoegaze band, Dead Leaf Echo tonight at Hemlock Tavern! The bill will be rounded out by Moonbeams who are a noise psych pop band currently based in San Francisco from San Diego. Cruel Summer is also a psych dream pop band whose music is steamy and will blend well with the entire line up.

We love it when shows can have a great mix of east coast and west coast bands. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear some music that you wouldn’t otherwise be able to experience unless you were 3,000 miles east!

​This show is going to be a lovely washed out, psyched out night of music. We recommend you expend some time and energy to make it out.​

San Francisco based experimental post punk band, Buzzmutt has released a new album entitled, Strange Planes of Surveillance. Their music is loud and untamed, but their song’s composition is structurally coherent. Buzzmutt’s  brand of noise music has a danceable element that is really fun but doesn’t take away from their punk integrity.

If you’re into Sonic Youth and New Order, you’ll be into Buzzmutt. They certainly standout and you should check out their show and pick up an album just to make sure you keep your music taste diverse.

Head out to the Hemlock Tavern TONIGHT to see Buzzmutt share a bill with Wild Pack of Canaries and The Shape.