On OzcatRadio.com, 89.5 FM KZCT, with a listener audience in the thousands across the Northbay and worldwide...
Saturdays, 5 to 6pm, and Thursdays, 5:30pm, Pacific Time
Thee Mothership Connection is your ticket to
HARD ROCK, PUNK, AMERICANA, PSYCHE & LoFi
Broadcasting from the upper east-side of the San Pablo bay, featuring bands from the Greater Bay Area, NorCal (707), and Central Valley (209 & 916), performing at venues in the Northbay counties of Sonoma, Solano, Napa, Contra Costa, and in neighboring Oakland and Berkeley.
[facebook.com/The-Mothership-Connection-Ozcat-Radio-895-FM-KZCT-1441733309389969/]
Produced by the Northbay Uprising Media Collective (northbayuprising@)gmx.com)
Free shows are noted. If the event doesn't have a price, bring $12 with you anyway.
Tracks listed with bands are played on the live broadcast, and / or are recommended listening to.
Events databases:
- The LIST [is.gd/VpdB9G] of funk-punk-thrash-ska shows, alongside anything else.
- KZSU's Lively List of Live Music Happenings [kzsu.stanford.edu/concertcalendar]
- Sacramento Area Shows [undietacos.org]
- Bay Area Punk [bayareapunk.com]
- The Bay Bridged [thebaybridged.com]
- Solidarity with your community radio stations, KWTF [kwtf.net] in Sonoma County, & KDVS in Yolo County!
- Vallejo downtown events and entertainment [artvallejo.org/events]
Listings with NOTAFLOF are donation-based. "No One Turned Away For Lack Of Funds".
REWARD! $300 for info leading to a 10' X 10' studio space indoors or outside with access to bathroom, internet, and power. Free Radio Santa Cruz is also seeking a transmitter space where we can put up an antenna--a backyard, a multistory home, a high tree--help us spread the word. Help us so we can help you! at [freakradio.org]
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At Vallejo Vinyl & Pinball
All-Ages // 336 Georgia St. in Vallejo // (707) 557-5480 // [instagram.com/vallejovinylandpinball]
Friday, August 9th, 6pm (open mic), 7pm (bands), Free
- Kilroy
- Dirty Boiz [dirtyboiz.bandcamp.com/album/junk-dog]
- Paper Airplanes
- Jesus & The Dinosaurs [facebook.com/JesusAndTheDinosaurs] [jesusandthedinosaurs.bandcamp.com]
- Josh Icban & the Nomadic Architect (hip-hop, opening act) [soundcloud.com/jicban/sets/icban-meets-the-nomadic-architect]
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Friday, Oct 11th, 7pm, Free
- Something Winona
- Boos
- Underego
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At Kesler’s Cocktail Lounge
21+ // 125 Couch Street in Vallejo // [keslerslounge.com/events.html] // [facebook.com/keslerslounge/events]
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At Chris' Club
21+ // 656 Benicia rd. in Vallejo // [facebook.com/chrisclubvallejo] // Bookings: Nanette (707) 319-6405
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At Toot's Tavern
21+ // 627 2nd Ave., in Crockett // [tootstavern.com] [facebook.com/pg/tootstavern/events] // (510) 787-9860 // [tootstavern@)gmail.com]
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At The Red Hat
21+ // 1860 Monument Blvd, in Concord // [facebook.com/redhatsportsbar] // [reverbnation.com/venue/redhatsportsbar] // Also see [facebook.com/TonyKrollBooking]
Friday, July 26th, 9pm, $7
Event page [facebook.com/events/2042346452741082]
Chromespider Presents...
- Black Dream
- Tall Boys
- Pleasure Parade
[facebook.com/chromespider.presents]
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Saturday, July 27th, 8pm 'til 1:15am, $7
Event page [facebook.com/events/350141502345152]
- At This Point
- Jackie Clementine
- Midnight Track (Punk Ska, from San Diego) [facebook.com/midnighttrack]
- King Nexus [facebook.com/KingNexusBayAreaProg]
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Up The Creek
All-Ages // 1840 Tice Valley Blvd. in Walnut Creek // [upthecreekrecords.com/events-and-live-music]
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At The Press Club21+ // [facebook.com/thepressclub] // 2030 P St, Sacramento, California 95811
Sunday, July 28th, 6pm 'til 9pm
Event page [facebook.com/events/804678029926833]
Punch and Pie Productions presents...
- Ghoulies (Garage Rock from Denver) [facebook.com/theghouliesband] [theghouliesdenver.bandcamp.com]
- Jesus & The Dinosaurs (Garage Punk from Fairfield) [facebook.com/JesusAndTheDinosaurs] [jesusandthedinosaurs.bandcamp.com], w. "Mugre migra", "Green Door"
- Vinnie & The Dead Birds (Alt/Indie Rock from Sacramento) [facebook.com/vinnieguideramusic] [vgdb.bandcamp.com]
[facebook.com/PunchAndPieProductions]
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At THE PHOENIX THEATER
All-Ages // [thephoenixtheater.com] // 201 Washington St, Petaluma, CA, 94952
Saturday, July 27th, 8pm, $10
Event page [thephoenixtheater.com/event/1866954-heavens-heels-fortress-united-petaluma]
- Heavens Heels [facebook.com/heavensheelsband] [reverbnation.com/heavensheels], w. "30 Pieces of Silver"
- Fortress United [fortressunited.com] [facebook.com/fortressunited]
- Indestructible Blood
- East Bay Soup Kitchen [facebook.com/East-Bay-Soup-Kitchen-163441463731437] [eastbaysoupkitchen.bandcamp.com], w. "Commander Steve"
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At The Arlene Francis Center
All-Ages // 99 6th St, in Santa Rosa // [arlenefranciscenter.org] [facebook.com/arlenefranciscenter]
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At The Orchard House
All-Ages // [facebook.com/theorchardhousesr] // 670 Brittain Ln, Santa Rosa. Don't park on Brittain Ln, park in the corporate center parking lot across the street on Sebastopol road.
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At 924 GILMAN
All-Ages // 924 Gilman St. at 8th, in Berkeley // [924gilman.org] // (510) 524-8180 // Annual club membership is $2 upfront!
Thursday, July 25th, 7pm, $5 sugested donation NOTAFLOF
Event page [facebook.com/events/359493028095811]
Touring/local punk/metal/grind!!
- Machinist! (Georgia crusty hardcore) [machinistga.bandcamp.com]
- Vampirates (Reno crusty ska punx) [vampirates.bandcamp.com]
- Morgue Security (SF grind) [morguesecurity.bandcamp.com]
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Anarchist Gathering 2019!
Featuring speakers, poets, workshops, a fashion show, bands, and more!
Event page [diyzine.com/anarchistgathering2019.html]
Day One: Saturday, July 27th, 3pm 'til 12midnight, $10
BANDS:
- ICONOCLAST (Los Angeles)
[youtube.com/watch?v=mVdJAaMVfQw]
- Headdress (anarcho peace punk from Inland Empire)
[dressyourhead.bandcamp.com/track/hope-for-a-future]
- Mystic Priestess (anarcho post punk / death rock )
[mysticpriestess.bandcamp.com], w. "No Tomorrow, Only Today"
- Aztlan Underground (Los Angeles)
[youtube.com/watch?v=8_BLB2mqsLM]
- Medusa Stare (anarcho goth from Seattle)
[youtube.com/watch?v=HhMoS3I3wgA]
- Otzi (dark post-punk trio from Oakland)
[otzi.bandcamp.com]
- The Revolutionary Eseibio The Automatic
(black power revolutionary hip hop )
[itunes.apple.com/us/album/rap-panther-party/1279976057]
- Graveyard Junkies (queer punx from Orange County)
[graveyardjunkiesnoise.bandcamp.com]
- Bastet (Dark punx from Oakland / S.F.)
[bastet.bandcamp.com/releases], w. "Darkness"
MULTIMEDIA:
+ Feminist Punk Rock fashion show by Audey Thunders Clothing [facebook.com/AudeyThundersClothing]
+ Workshop: "What We Can Learn From Other Movements": Images and stories of the Black Panther Party in South Berkeley by Billy X Jennings from 4pm-5pm
+ Speakers & Poets:
- Sasha LaPointe
- Mariam Ataya
- Jakobe Ares from Beginning Of The End fanzine [facebook.com/events/445911112881274/permalink/484826648989720]
- Shawn McDougal
- Kira Garcia, Paradise
- J.Lee from Orange County Peace Punks
- MC by Chris (from Korrosive) and Mardhavi Sakuntala
Day Two: Sunday, July 28th, 1pm 'til 6pm, $5
BANDS:
- DIATRIBE (Anarcho D-beat crust hardcore crust punk band from San Diego) [youtube.com/watch?v=VzcJTPhSVQ4]
- George Cruatanza (Crusty Punx)
- Rabia Al Sistema (Anarcho Punks from South-Central L.A.)
- B-Ward (Anarcho Punks from Santa Rosa & Oakland) [bward.bandcamp.com], w. "Pattern Recognition"
- Coherence (Oakland) [fuckcorporations.bandcamp.com]
MULTIMEDIA:
- Mental Health Panel workshop with Gabby Falzone, Craig Lewis, Mariam Ataya, and Delphine Brody
- Speakers and Poets: Stacy Russo, West Oakland Punks with Lunch, Rampage (former political prisoner)
- MC by Mardhavi Sakuntala
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At 1234 Go! Records
All-Ages // 420 40th Street #5 in Oakland // [1234gorecords.com] // [facebook.com/pg/1234gorecords/events]
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At Octopus Literary Salon
All-Ages // 2101 Webster st. at 22nd st. in Oakland // [oaklandoctopus.org] [facebook.com/TheOctopusLiterarySalon] // (510) 844-4120
Friday, July 26th, 8pm, $8 - $12
Event page [oaklandoctopus.org/joe-baiza-saccharine-trust-universal-congress-josh-allen-matt-ingalls-8pm-8-12]
Jam sessions with...
- Joe Baiza (Saccharine Trust, Universal Congress Of)
- Josh Allen
- Matt Ingalls
[hangovercentralstation.bandcamp.com/album/two-duos]
[orgmusiclabel.bandcamp.com/album/unwilling-to-explain]
[waterunderthebridgerecords.bandcamp.com/album/water-under-the-bridge-sampler]
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Saturday, July 27, 2019 - 10:00pm, $ 8 - $10
Event page [oaklandoctopus.org/friendless-summer-new-measurement-group-nanami-ozone-phoenix-10pm-8-10]
- Friendless Summer [friendlesssummer.bandcamp.com/album/no-bad-days]
- New Measurement Group [newmeasurementgroup.bandcamp.com/album/the-new-measurement-group]
- Nanami Ozone (from Phoenix) [nanamiozone.bandcamp.com/album/no-2], w. "Alone Too"
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At the Ace of Spades
All-Ages // 1417 R Street, Sacramento // [aceofspadessac.com]
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At the Catalyst Atrium
16+ // 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz // [catalystclub.com] // (831) 423-1338, (831) 423-1336
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'Zine Reviews & News
* Broken Pencil zine reviews & news [brokenpencil.com]
* Syndicated Zine Reviews [facebook.com/SyndicatedZineReviews] [syndicatedzinereviews.blogspot.com]
* East Bay Alternative Book and Zine Fest [facebook.com/EBABZfest]
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Also tune-in on Ozcat for...
* "Talking Schmidt", Sundays 6 'til 9pm, with Rock, Blues, Classics, with new, unsigned, alternative artists! Hosted by Schmidty (of Overland)* "The Red Eye", Mondays 9 'til noon, with Metal & Hard Rock, hosted by Dianne the Great!
* "Spitshine Show", Mondays 6 'til 9pm, Classic Psyche Rock & Indy Americana, hosted by Rick (of 5-Cent Coffee)
* "Grateful Siren and Mose Show", Mondays 9pm 'til midnight, with a special blend of Reggae, Blues, Rock and the Grateful Dead, (@GratefulSirenAndMoseShowOnOzcatRadio) [facebook.com/GratefulSirenAndMoseShowOnOzcatRadio]
* "Rhythms with Rich", Thursdays, 6 'til 9pm, with Classic Rock, New Alternative!
* "The Bay Sess.", Thursdays, 12 midnight 'til 3am, a session of Reggae and Newsound
* "The Irie Radio Show", Fridays 6 'til 9pm, with conscious Roots Reggae and Dancehall, hosted by Big O!
* "All Over the Road", Saturdays, 6 'til 9pm, hosted by Jeremy (classic FM jock spinning Rock wax with stories and context)
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