The Long Winters try on a nouvelle vague guise.
What to do, when not sailing down a Mission Creek or taking a shine to Diamond Days? A few more shows for you...
The Buckets
'Member alt-country? Well, it remembers you. And one of SF's '90s-era main proponents the Buckets returns with a double CD to celebrate. With the Great Auk and Sister Exister. Thurs/17, 8:30 p.m., $10. Cafe du Nord, 2170 Market St., SF. (415) 861-5016.
The Long Winters
The new Putting the Days to Bed (Barsuk) dares to reach for the epic amid country-rock guitars. Thurs/17, 9 p.m., $15. Independent, 628 Divisadero, SF. (415) 771-1422.
Joseph Arthur
Author, Arthur! You can’t stop the music: the singer-songwriter has unleashed four EPs leading up to the forthcoming album, Temporary People (Lonely Astronaut). Fri/18, 9 p.m., $20. Great American Music Hall, 859 O’Farrell, SF. (415) 885-0750.
Edgetone Music Summit
"Touch the Gear" and learn the ins and outs of a pirate radio station - and check out such noise, industrial, and experimental music makers as Mute Socialite, Say Bok Gwai, COMA, Thickness/Mono-Layer, Birgit Ulher Trio with Gino Robair and Tim Perkis. Sun/20-July 26. San Francisco Community Music Center, 544 Capp, SF, and other locations. For more info, go to www.edgetonemusicsummit.org
Cody Chestnutt by way of Michel Gondry.
Rebel Soul Summer Music Fest
The label gets up a stellar lineup at this benefit for the Omega Boys Club: Martin Luther, Cody Chestnutt, Res, and the Kev Choice Ensemble. Sun/20, 8 p.m., $15-$20. DNA Lounge, 375 11th St., SF. (415) 626-1409.
Pacifika
Smooth, beat-driven global pop is the sound of Peruvian native Silvana Kane's trio - their new Asunción arrives from Six Degrees. Mon/21, 8 and 10 p.m., $10-$16. Yoshi's, 1330 Fillmore, SF. (415) 655-5600.
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