upcoming concerts
concerts I’ll attend in bold
concerts I otherwise recommend in italics
+ means I think it’ll probably sell out (or already is—start looking on craigslist!)
(note: this list is purposefully, not comprehensive. it’s events I think my readers will like or that I’m considering going to. I compile it by reading the full calendars of many SF venues and tour schedules for bands and labels and booking agents that I like. sorry, emailing me asking for your event to be added to this list won’t get it added, unless it’s for a band I like and it’s at a venue that I somehow missed.)
In general, I recommend against going to events at the Warfield or the Design Concourse as they’re extremely bad venues from an audience perspective.
June 2009:
- 6/28 Telekinesis @ Bottom of the Hill, 9pm, $8, 21+
- 6/30 Bill Callahan @ Bimbo’s, 8pm, $16, 18+
- 6/30 Geographer, Photons @ the Hemlock, 9pm, $6, 21+
July 2009:
- 7/1 Red Cortez @ the Hemlock, 9pm, $7, 21+
- 7/2 The Tallest Man On Earth @ the Independent, 8pm, $14, 21+
- 7/4 Birdmonster, Two Sheds, Low Red Land @ El Rio, 2pm, $8, 21+
- 7/9 the Rural Alberta, Okay, Half-handed Cloud, 9pm, $10, a/a (ipickmynose presents…)
- 7/11 Death Cab for Cutie, Andrew Bird, Ra Ra Riot @ Greek Theater, 6:30pm, $42.50, a/a
- 7/15 So Many Dynamos @ the Hemlock, 9pm, $8, 21+
- 7/15 Laura Veirs @ Cafe du Nord, 8:30pm, $12, 21+
- 7/21 Casiotone For The Painfully Alone @ the Bottom of the Hill, 9pm, $10, a/a
- 7/23 The Weakerthans @ the Great American, 9pm, $16, a/a
- 7/29 Magnolia Electric Co. @ the Bottom of the Hill, 9pm, $12, 21+
August 2009:
- 8/1 The Heavenly States, French Miami, Railcars @ Cafe du Nord, 7:30pm, $12, 21+
- 8/23, 8/24 Ted Leo + the Pharmacists @ Bottom of the Hill, 9pm, $15, a/a
September 2009:
- 9/18 Frightened Rabbit, The Twilight Sad @ the Independent, 9pm, $15, 21+
- 9/24 Bon Iver @ Fox Theater, 8pm, $22.50, a/a
[more to be added soon]
If you want to add this to your google calendar, copy this xml calendar link and go your calendar. Go to “other calendars”->”add”->”by URL” and paste that link. Then you should have the ipickmynose concerts calendar in your calendar.
If you have other calendar programs, try the above xml link or this iCal link. If you want to add it to your RSS feed, use the xml link.




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…and The Rentals, 8/1, @ GAMH (arrgh!!! same day as Bishop Allen! $#!+!!!)
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