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The Independent628 Divisadero St.San Francisco, CA 94117 map cross street: Grove district: Western Addition/Alamo Square Tel. 415.771.1421 Website |
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| Fri Sep 05 "L.A.’s Orgone keeps the hotness of the recent retro-soul revival coming; lead singer Fanny Franklin fits in very nicely between Sharon Jones and Amy Winehouse. As befits the band’s name, Orgone’s sound is quite organic, rooted in soul, funk, boogalo... More |  |
 | Sat Sep 06 For lovers of Brazilian music, Brazilian Independence Day Party provides you with an evening that spans the breadth and diversity that only Brazil can offer. Giving you a taste of such diversity, Sambada, Bak Makumba and Sambamora Dance Company with ... More | |
| Tue Sep 09 "Sparro's first single, Cottonmouth, was released in 2007. His second single, Black and Gold, debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number 23 on March 24 2008, and then climbed 19 places to number four on March 31 due to heavy download sales. On 13 Apri... More |
 | Wed Sep 10 "'Caught In the Trees' marks the dawn of a new era for Damien Jurado. It may not be a huge departure from some of his past albums musically, but lyrically Jurado has taken a giant leap forward and there is no turning back. Best known for his dark yet... More | |
| Thu Sep 11 Sister Hazel is a musical group from Gainesville, Florida, whose style blends elements of alternative rock, folk, and southern rock. Come see them live at The Independent.
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| Fri Sep 12 - Sat Sep 13 "JJ Grey and his band MOFRO exude rocking, funky, melodic, front porch realism in every song they play. Grey comes from a long tradition of Southern storytellers, and his songs oftentimes use the loss of his natural surroundings and the marginalizati... More | |
 | Sun Sep 14 Tricky's "present album is 'Knowle West Boy'. It took Tricky 5 years to release this album. There may be different reasons for this long break: in one interview he said he was burnt out and needed some time for himself (before he released one album a... More | |
| Tue Sep 16 Join singer, songwriter Michelle Shocked along with bass player and Grammy Award winning record producer Don Was (of “Was Not Was”) for a special evening of great music to benefit the Haight Ashbury Free Clinics. The concert will open with Oakland’s... More | |
 | Fri Sep 19 "Not long ago, Fleet Foxes had a change of heart. 'We all started getting discouraged by the direction the band was taking, and frustrated with the songs I was writing,' Robin Pecknold, 21, the frontman for the group, recently wrote. 'With the new mu... More | |
 | Sat Sep 20 "Portland, OR-based experimental rock group Menomena is a trio that consists of multi-instrumentalists Justin Harris, Brent Knopf, and Danny Seim. They assembled much of their debut album, I Am the Fun Blame Monster!, by using a computer program dubb... More | |
 | Mon Sep 22 "Federico Aubele, an Argentine singer/songwriter with an international following, creates music that incorporates a variety of styles, chief among them downtempo electronica, dub reggae, tango, and bolero."
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 | Tue Sep 23 "Best-known for injecting former porn star Traci Lords with some hi-NRG trance on her 1995 solo album, Ben Watkins and co. have pursued a fusion of Goa trance and techno on their own recordings as Juno Reactor."
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| Wed Sep 24 "It is not only Eek-A-Mouse's 6 foot 6 inche height that makes him one of Jamaica's most individual talents. He has created a style all his own, and gone on to become something of an international phenomenon quite apart from the rest of the world of ... More | |
| Thu Sep 25 "Laibach is an industrial group whose members prefer to be known as a collective rather than reveal individual names; they've been seen as fascists and of practicing Germanophilia because of their music's Wagnerian thunder and their military attire. ... More | |
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 | Sun Sep 28 "Almost 5 years ago to the day Guy Blakeslee was playing this set as one of his first under his new Entrance moniker. It’s a killer set with some great covers and originals alike. Listen to those vocals and guitar, I can’t help but feel that he doesn... More | |
| Tue Sep 30 "Sloan was one of the most successful Canadian bands of the '90s, which was both a blessing and a curse. While they were well known in their homeland, where their Beatlesque power pop became a radio staple, they had a difficult time breaking into the... More | |
 | Wed Oct 01 "We wanted to get the ambiance of the dudes playing dominoes, the meat sizzling on the grill, the planes flying by. We just said, 'Let's try to get what our Saturday is like onto a record. Instead of making a record about Saturday, let's actually go ... More | |
| Thu Oct 02 - Fri Oct 03 "Jamaica's #1 singer of all time, Barrington Levy is a driving force in reggae music and remains the perennial favourite of audiences in Jamaica - and throughout the world. Always a solid voice and a uniquely expressive song style, Barrington is cons... More | |
 | Sat Oct 04 "Pebble To A Pearl -- the latest radiant gem by the gifted singer-songwriter and performer Nikka Costa -- is far and away her most direct and convincing musical statement yet. If this is Costa’s most pleasing album to date -- and it clearly is -- the... More | |
 | Tue Oct 07 "A longtime friend of Definitive Jux leader El-P, rapper Murs first appeared as a solo artist in 2003, after nearly a decade of working with various groups in the underground. Based in Los Angeles, his first single was released in 1993, and came from... More | |
| Fri Oct 17 "Austin-based Latin funk jam band Grupo Fantasma formed in 2000, and quickly established a reputation for their high-energy live shows. Comprised of musicians hailing from all over Latin America, Fantasma's players were brought together by Austin's b... More | |
| Sat Oct 18 "Arguably the prime innovator in the development of jungle from its early status as an offshoot of hardcore techno into the respected, stylistic genre it became by the end of the 1990s, L.T.J Bukem gained fame as an auteur in all fields of the drum'n... More | |
 | Tue Oct 28 "Imagine that Fujiya & Miyagi are mask-wearing technicians dissecting music, keen to magnify particles of sound to create a pulsing antidote to the ordinary. They speak in tongues, using language as a rhythm, picking words that sound good, rhyming ‘j... More | |
 | Wed Oct 29 - Thu Oct 30 "Crystal Castles sound like a whisk full of electro-punk splattered with Mario Brothers’ video game music and 'anti-this, anti-that' rhymes. Their moniker was tagged after She-Ra’s castle, her place of power, from the 80s cartoon, He-Man, Masters of ... More | |
| Fri Oct 31 "Albino! is more than a band, Albino! is a community. Wherever Albino goes, our sense of community and interconnectedness radiates throughout our audience. It may sound like a bunch of lightweight hippy shit but the equation is very simple, and it's ... More | |
 | Sat Nov 01 Lykke Li will coming to San Francisco for the second time, performing at the Independent. Make sure to get tickets, this event will sell out!
Lykee Li released her first album, Youth Novels on LL Recordings in the Nordic region on February 4, 2008... More |
| About The Independent The Independent is a premier live music venue in San Francisco that opened its doors to Bay Area music lovers in February 2004. Centrally located, The Independent has undergone a complete renovation with new, state-of-the-art sound and light systems. The majority of the structural and technical improvements within the club create an aesthetically appealing live music environment for the audience and musicians alike. |
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Editorial Review  Wolf Parade The Next Big Thing -- 1/4 & 1/5 @ The Independent By sidra durst (12/23/2005)" People who know anything at all about Wolf Parade tend to fall into one of two categories: the irrepressible enthusiasts or the jaded cynics. " |
Editorial Review  Loud*Live*Local April 17th to April 30th By matthew thayer (04/15/2005)" Lots and lots of great bands are heading into town on the coattails of Coachella. Plenty of great bands call the Bay Area home. Many are performing to help you spread the wealth of your refund. I will let the music speak for itself. " |
Editorial Review  Loud*Live*Local October 15th to 30th By matthew thayer (10/15/2004)" A varied mix of live music leads up to two of San Francisco's biggest holiday's: Halloween and the national elections. Please... party and then vote. On a musical note, I always look forward to FREE shows at Amoeba Records and the Union Square Virgin Megastore. They are quick, easy and cost nothing at all. You will read of many in this and future L*L*L previews. " |
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