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Lagunitas Tap Room
River Theatre
Toad in the Hole Pub
Peri’s Silver Dollar
Thurs, Thugz. 16135 Main St, Guerneville. 707.869.3194.
Jun 22, the Nervous, Days like Nights. 116 Fifth St, Santa Rosa. 707.544.8623.
Jun 19, Elvis Johnson Soul Review. Jun 21, Swoop Unit. Jun 22, Zydeco Flames. Jun 23, the Bamboozlers. Jun 26, Bedrock. 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 415.459.9910.
Jun 19, Grandpa Banana. Jun 20, the Rivereens. Jun 21, Staggerwing. Jun 23, Americano Social Club. Jun 26, Royal Deuces. 1280 N McDowell Blvd, Petaluma. 707.778.8776.
Rodney Strong Vineyards
Mavericks
Jun 23, Moonlight Trio. 725 Fourth St, Santa Rosa. 707.545.BEER.
Jun 21, Clear Conscience, Stranger, Kingsborough. Jun 23, Stax City. 397 Aviation Blvd, Santa Rosa. 707.765.2515.
Mystic Theatre Jun 20, Vagabond Opera. Jun 21, the Everyone Orchestra. 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma. 707.765.2121.
Occidental Center for the Arts Jun 22, Greg Abel and David Luning. 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental. 707.874.9392.
Phoenix Theater Jun 21, Finit, the Grain, Liquid Kactus. Jun 22, Boogie the Mann, West-One, LOP, Solheen, When I’m Sleeping. Jun 23, Psychosomatic, Vicious Circle, Puke N Rally, Condemned. 201 Washington St, Petaluma. 707.762.3565.
Jun 22, Michael McDonald. 11455 Old Redwood Hwy, Healdsburg. 707.431.1533.
Russian River Brewing Co
Ruth McGowan’s Brewpub
Tradewinds Jun 19, Barnyard Stompers. Jun 21, Stax City. Jun 22, Blues Defenders. Jun 26, Down with May. 8210 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. 707.795.7878.
MARIN COUNTY 142 Throckmorton Theatre
Jun 22, Over Easy. 131 E First St, Cloverdale. 707.894.9610.
Jun 21, 3 Leg Torso. 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley. 415.383.9600.
Society: Culture House
Dance Palace
Thurs, Casa Rasta. Sun, Church on Sundays. Jun 19, Nate Lopez. Wed, North Bay Blues Revue. Jun 26, Linda Ferro. 528 Seventh St, Santa Rosa, No phone.
Songbird Community Healing Center Jun 21, Solstice Sound Celebration. 8297 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati. 707.795.2398.
Sprenger’s Tap Room Jun 21, Jeff Walters Band. 446 B St, Santa Rosa. 707.544.8277.
Jun 22, Debra Henson-Conant. Fifth and B streets, Pt Reyes Station. 415.663.1075.
Fenix Wed, Blues Night. Jun 20, Groovality. Jun 21, Tony Lindsay. Jun 22, Morris LeGrande. Jun 23, Andre Thierry & Zydeco Magic. 919 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.813.5600.
George’s Nightclub Jun 21, Paula West. Thurs and Fri, DJ Rick Vegaz. 842 Fourth St, San Rafael. 415.226.0262.
Hopmonk Novato Jun 21, Matt Jaffe & the Distractions, One of Many, Blood & Dust, Alan Monasch, Shelby Lanterman. 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 415.892.6200.
19 Broadway Club
San Francisco’s City Guide
Anya Kvita & the GetDown Voted best band at Silicon Valley Sound eXperience, with the sublime “Runnin.” Jun 20 at Great American Music Hall.
Father John Misty Prolific musician has played with Fleet Foxes, Damien Jurado, David Bazan and Kid Cudi. Jun 21 at the Fillmore.
The New Trust Record-release show for piercing new album “Keep Dreaming.” With Creative Adult. Jun 21 at Bottom of the Hill.
L. Subramaniam Indian violinist appears with Larry Coryell, Corky Siegel in show of global fusion. Jun 20 at Yoshi’s SF.
A Wilhelm Scream Long-running Massachusetts post-hardcore troubadors play with the Flatliners. June 23 at Thee Parkside.
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Jun 19, Maka Roots, Stevie Culture. Jun 20, Peach Street, IrieFuse. Jun 21, Vokab Kompany, Crush Effect, Radioactive. Jun 22, Cathy Cottens Summer Solstice Party. Jun 23, Judy Hall and Bill Vitt. Jun 26, Dirty Hand Family Band. 19 Broadway, Fairfax. 415.459.1091.
Old Western Saloon Jun 21, Merchants of Moonshine. Main Street, Pt Reyes Station. 415.663.1661.
Osteria Divino Jun 19, Jonathan Poretz. Jun 20, Groupo Buongiorno. Jun 21, Eric Markowitz Trio. Jun 22, Ken Cook Trio. Jun 23, MCH Trio. Jun 25, Chris Huson. Jun 26, Noel Jewkes Duo. 37 Caledonia St, Sausalito.
Panama Hotel Restaurant Jun 19, Dale Polissar Trio with Si Perkoff. Jun 20, Deborah Winters. Jun 25, Lorin Rowan. Jun 26, Dave Getz Trio. 4 Bayview St, San Rafael. 415.457.3993.
CRITIC’S CHOICE
Rancho Nicasio Jun 21, Mike Lipskin and Dinah Lee. Jun 22, Frobeck. Jun 23, Hobo Paradise. Town Square, Nicasio. 415.662.2219.
Sausalito Seahorse Jun 20, Curtis Woodman Trio. Jun 21, Beautiful Losers. Jun 22, Jamie Clark Acoustic Trio. Jun 23, Candela. 305 Harbor View Dr, Sausalito.
Sleeping Lady Jun 21, David Luning. Jun 26, Kathryn Claire and Hanz Araki. 23 Broadway, Fairfax. 415.485.1182.
Smiley’s Jun 20, Hogs of Change. Jun 21, High Tide Blues. Jun 22, Stages of Sleep. 41 Wharf Rd, Bolinas. 415.868.1311.
Studio 55 Marin Jun 23, Jeana Leslie and Siobhan Miller. 1455 E Francisco Blvd, San Rafael. 415.453.3161.
Sweetwater Music Hall Jun 20, JD McPherson. Jun 22, Galactic. Jun 23, Austin & Caroline DeLone, Jimmy Dillon Band with Narada Michael Walden. Jun 26, James Moseley Band. 19 Corte Madera Ave, Mill Valley. 415.388.3850.
Terrapin Crossroads Sun, Terrapin Family Band. Wed, Terrapin Family Band Bar Show. Thurs, Stu Allen & the Terrapin All Stars. Fri, 4:20 Happy Hour with live music. 100 Yacht Club Dr, San Rafael.
NAPA COUNTY Downtown Joe’s Brewery & Restaurant Jun 20, Audio Farm. Jun 21, Kerouac. Jun 22, the Voltones. Jun 26, Jumpstart. 902 Main St, Napa. 707.258.2337.
Lincoln Theater Jun 21, Tim Hockenberry. 100 California Dr, Yountville. 707.226.8742.
Napa Valley Opera House Jun 20, Fatoumata Diawara. 1030 Main St, Napa. 707.226.7372.
Silo’s Jun 21, Close to You. Jun 22, Pete Escovedo & His Orchestra. 530 Main St, Napa. 707.251.5833.
‘Yeezus’ Season Kanye West’s new album Kanye, Kanye—petulant child, Kanye. By now we’ve sent Kanye West to his room so many times that he’d have to eventually emerge with the album of his career, right? Yeezus, out this week, is just that masterwork: abrasive, clever, narcissistic, at times repulsive, frequently silly. Making a case for the elimination of musical genres altogether, Yeezus combines raw industrial clatter (KMFDM and Nitzer Ebb come immediately to mind) with touchstones of West’s native Chicago: acid house, drill, trap. Sonically, it is gnarly and messy, and producer Rick Rubin’s job of stripping away most of the noise leaves a sharp, snarling stab in the gut. The angelic voice of Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon is slathered on top, dancehall vocal samples abound, and the guy from the Gap Band sings a few lines. Drums, hip-hop’s root ingredient, barely make an appearance at all. Lyrically, Kanye is in full sexual self-serving mode, with the hope of black nationalism hinted at in teaser singles “New Slaves” and “Black Skinhead” reduced to a line about fisting. Amid the dumb blowjob punchlines and full-speed-ahead grandeur (“I Am a God” is a real song title), though, the album’s blissful centerpiece, “Hold My Liquor,” finds Kanye in somber contemplation with a pensive hook from Chicago’s Chief Keef and a guitar solo that sounds like a billion dollars. The best storytelling comes via “Blood on the Leaves,” relating the swinging dead bodies in a Nina Simone sample of “Strange Fruit” to wealthy rappers mined by groupies for child support—a stretch, to be sure. But as with the rest of Yeezus, the visionary production saves it, turning a rant into a saga. It’s the bizarre transformation of the Swiftian interrupter: you might not like Kanye’s ego, but it’s foolish to fuck with his id. God help his newborn daughter.—Gabe Meline