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Sunn O))) does not play songs so much as generate pressure fronts, and a room like El Rey, with its low ceiling and decent acoustics, is going to make this physical in ways that will surprise people who only know the records. Gentry Densley, the Utah guitarist behind Iceburn and Eagles of Death Metal's early...
Tokyo Machine is the masked, robot-character project known for high-energy dubstep sets built around a running visual gimmick that somehow stays fun longer than it has any right to. Effex is a compact room on Central, and for an act this reliant on synchronized production, that tight space tends to amplify the effect rather than...
The Lobo Sports Vault, tucked inside the old theater on Central, runs the full NCAA Saturday slate across its screens with a buffet available through the early afternoon. Lobos games get the big screen when the room is theirs, which matters on a game day in Nob Hill. Bring a physical ID if you're staying...
Painted Lady is screening The Craft (1996) as part of its Brews & Boos series, pairing the Halloween classic with bingo cards and the debut pour of a seasonal beer. The B&B format means the crowd skews more cozy-night-out than rowdy bar, which honestly suits a 1996 teen-witch movie better than a dive would. Tickets...
Almost Monday, the San Diego indie-pop trio known for bright guitar hooks and a sound that splits the difference between surf rock and bedroom pop, brings their live show to the Sunshine Theatre. The Sunshine holds around 750 and has a wide open floor, so arriving early puts you closer to a stage that can...
A seated tablao-format flamenco show at Hotel Albuquerque, with live guitar, cante, and baile performed in close quarters where you will feel every stomp through the floor. The Old Town-adjacent Hotel Albuquerque ballroom is a legitimately good room for this, better acoustically than you might expect from a hotel venue. Performers are still being confirmed,...
Seven local bands each take on a single artist for one night, running from System of a Down and Korn through Turnstile, My Chemical Romance, and the punk institution X, with a Hall and Oates set dropped in the middle of all that aggression. Launchpad's stage and PA are genuinely built for this kind of...
Every NFL game of the day goes up on the screens inside the Lobo Sports Vault, the dedicated sports room tucked inside one of Nob Hill's most storied buildings, with brunch service from 11 AM to 2 PM. Each game day you attend this season earns a drawing entry for the Super Bowl LXI VIP...
A live flamenco matinee in the tablao format, meaning dancers, a singer, and a guitarist performing together in close quarters rather than on a distant stage. Hotel Albuquerque's space suits this well, the room is small enough that you'll hear the footwork the way it's meant to be heard, percussive and immediate. Performers are still...