Take the wheel: Vivian Girls' "Tell the World."
How to destroy a weekend - or, for that matter, a weeknight? Sticky, sweaty, and sill up for fun - SF knows how it's done. Telling ya, there's so much more to see and hear than we could fit into print.
Dry Spells
Folk rock gets another angelic kick upstairs when the Bay Area band gets onstage. With Pillow Queens and Vultures. Wed/22, 9 p.m., $6. Hemlock Tavern, 1131 Polk, SF. (415) 923-0923.
The Pets
The Oaktown garage-rock threesome preps for its European journey. With International Espionage and Master Volume. Wed/22, 9 p.m., $5. Kimo's, 1351 Polk, SF. (415) 885-4535.
Spinal Tap
"Unwigged and Unplugged" is the tour handle - Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shear break like the wind for your listening pleasure. Wed/22, 8 p.m., $35-$55. Paramount, 2025 Broadway, Oakl. (415) 4218497.
Dryer/Heule/Lindsay
Homegrown experimental sounds - just the way Mama likes it. Thurs/23, 6 p.m., free. Amoeba Music, 2455 Telegraph, Berk. (510) 549-1125.
Plugged in: Nommo Ogo.
How to Destroy the Universe: Part 6
The organizers promise a "four-day gluttonous rampage of transgressive 'Industrial Culture' to celebrate the impact of Throbbing Gristle" - complete with post-punk bands, performance artists, fire-machine art, films, panel discussions, and "chaos, mayhem." Closing the festivities: a May 23 live broadcast of a 24-hour special on Throbbing Gristle on KFJC 89.7 FM. Performers include Sixteens, the Deletist, Swords of Fatima, Nommo Ogo, Toiling Midgets, Ezra Buchla, and Vienna Noise Choir. Thurs/23-Sun/26, various times and prices. Venues include Project One SF, Space Gallery, Ghost Town Gallery, Compound, Artists' Television Access, and 5flowershop. For the complete schedule to go www.mobilization.com.
Vivian Girls
Run, don't walk to catch these garage rockin' ladies, fresh from recording a clutch of songs for their first all-analog release. With Abe Vigoda and Hunx and His Punx. Fri/24, 9 p.m., $12. Independent, 628 Divisadero, SF. (415) 771-1422.
Sic Alps
Dudes - now with Ty Segall in the ranks on drums and guitars - have exciting happenings on the horizon: Drag City is releasing a Matt Hartman-designed double-LP composed of A Long Way Around to a Shortcut and United this summer. With Grouper, Portraits, and Barn Owl. Sat/25, 9 p.m., $7. Hemlock Tavern, 1131 Polk, SF. (415) 923-0923.
Don Carlos and Dub Vision
The Black Uhuru original from West Kingston, Jamaica, puts a root down with that Love Crisis sound. With Reggae Angels. Sun/26, 9 p.m., $22-$25. Independent, 628 Divisadero, SF. (415) 771-1422.
Crystal Antlers - "Andrew" from Touch and Go/Quarterstick on Vimeo
Cold War Kids and Crystal Antlers
Loyal to the grown Kids who made Loyalty to Loyalty? The popular SoCal band is joined by kindred Cali psych-rock group Crystal Antlers, who return the scene of Tentacles' (Touch and Go) inception. Tues/28, 8 p.m., $20. Fillmore, 1805 Geary, SF. (415) 421-8497.
Ghost
Haunted by stirring past performances by the Japanese psychedelicists? The combo follows up 2008's Ghost Overture: Live in Nippon DVD-CD with a turn through the states in honor of Dubya's departure. With Barn Owl including films by Paul Clipson. Tues/28, 8 p.m., $15. Independent, 628 Divisadero, SF. (415) 771-1422.
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