Thee Mothership Connection for October 31st, 2019

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 at [http://tun.in/seQ5N]

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 regions 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)

On this page:
• 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.
• Listings with NOTAFLOF are donation-based. "No One Turned Away For Lack Of Funds".

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]
• Vallejo downtown events and entertainment [artvallejo.org/events]

• Solidarity with your community radio stations, KWTF [kwtf.net] in Sonoma County, & KDVS in Yolo County!

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] [vallejovinyl.com/vvp-mini-gigs]

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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 Toot's Tavern
21+ // 627 2nd Ave., in Crockett // [tootstavern.com] [facebook.com/pg/tootstavern/events] // (510) 787-9860 // [tootstavern@)gmail.com]


Saturday, November 2nd, 8pm, $30
Event page [facebook.com/events/1110247015825870]
Lommori Productions presents...
• Andre Nickatina [facebook.com/andrenickatinamusic]
• Unlikely Heroes (Psychedelic Hip-Hop Punk Rock, from Oakland) [uheroesband.com][facebook.com/realUnlikelyHeroes] [soundcloud.com/unlikelyheroes], w. "Sun" & "AfroPunk Mixtape #042"
• DJ Swampy Waterz

[facebook.com/lommoriproductions]


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Wednesday, November 6th, 8pm 'til 11pm
Event page [facebook.com/events/698321797353145]
• Johnny Luv and Ihni Sound [facebook.com/johnnyluv13]
& in Napa!
Saturday, November 2nd, 9pm 'til 11pm
At the JaM Cellars // 21+ // 1460 First St., in Napa
Event page [facebook.com/events/1800717546740422]

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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]


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Up The Creek 
All-Ages // 1840 Tice Valley Blvd. in Walnut Creek // [upthecreekrecords.com/events-and-live-music]


Saturday, November 2nd, 6pm, FREE!
Event page [upthecreekrecords.com/events-and-live-music/2019/11/2/matt-xavier]
With deeply personal tunes leaning into self-described “alternative soul,” Matt Xavier cites his musical inspirations as “girls, alcohol, heretics, and general mischief.” Upon listening to his recently released 2019 album, Good Nite, you can hear an interweaving of early 2000’s rock and acoustic grit – as if dancing between acoustic tunes of Sublime, soulful piano ballads reminiscent of Radiohead and Tom Waits, plus sad-boi Gorillaz vibes. Xavier’s sound is soulfully unpredictable, leaving surprises at the turn of every corner. On his writing process, he noted, “My favorite thing about writing music is that there’s no rules – it’s just better leave the blood and tears in your notebook and leave the sweat on stage.” Come see for yourself.
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Saturday, November 9th, 6pm, FREE!
Event page [upthecreekrecords.com/events-and-live-music/2019/11/9/1lin79f4hvqq7wt8okcat581l9arxd]
The Okays are a group of local Walnut Creek dads brought together by the common interest of music, tapping into the sounds of The Oh Sees, The Stooges, and Tom Petty. Member Neel Bhatia explained the name behind the group. He said,“Not too long after our first garage jam, we found that we all had different musical interests, but secretly loved the idea of figuring out a way of putting our influences into something that we can say we created and would want to listen to ourselves. We were all rusty and out practice when we first met, so our goal was to at least sound ‘Okay.’(hence the name)” The band in its entirety is comprised of Neel Bhatia, Chris Chenault, Mike Schnier, and Doug Home. “If you see us play,” concluded Bhatia, “hopefully you’ll think we’re okay.”

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Saturday, November 2nd, 8pm, $12
At the Blue Lamp // 21+  // 1400 Alhambra Blvd. in Sacramento
• HATRIOT
• Cemetery Legacy
• Angerhead
• West Coast Fury 
• Banger

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At The Phoenix Theater
All-Ages // 201 Washington St, in Petaluma // [thephoenixtheater.com]

Saturday, November 2nd, 7:30pm (doors), 8pm (show), $12
Event page [thephoenixtheater.com/e/ghost-army-name-stimuli-zeroclient-event-canceled--70725238091]
• Ghost Army 
• Name
• Stimuli
• Zeroclient
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Friday, November 8th, 7:30pm (doors), 8pm (show), $10
Event page [thephoenixtheater.com/e/frolic-dirty-rice-brain-death-final-show-group-therapy-desmodus-73901028967]
• Frolic 
• Dirty Rice 
• Brain Death 
• Group Therapy [grouptherapyband.bandcamp.com/album/group-therapy]
• Desmodus

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Saturday, November 9th, 7:30pm (doors), 8pm (show), $10
Event page [thephoenixtheater.com/e/lofi-satellites-speed-supernova-seven-days-straight-77952525101]
• LoFi Satellites [lofisatellites.bandcamp.com/track/static-ep-2018], w. "Static" & "Feel The Fire"
• 6 Speed Supernova [6speedsupernova.bandcamp.com], w. "Boom" & "Pinwheel"
• Seven Days Straight


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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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Annual Peacemaker Awards & Fundraiser
Saturday, November 9th, 7pm, $20
At the Redwood Cafe // 18+ // 8240 Old Redwood Hwy, in Cotati
Peace & Justice Center of Sonoma County presents...
• Afrofunk Experience [afrofunkexperience.com] [facebook.com/theafrofunkexperience]

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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!

Saturday, November 2nd, 7:30pm (doors), 'til Midnight, $10
Event page [facebook.com/events/2622077451170783]
• Rosie Tucker [from LA] [newprofessor.bandcamp.com/album/never-not-never-not-never-not]
• Preschool [preschool.bandcamp.com/releases], w. "Understand" & "Ghosts in My Head" off their album "Recess"
• Sucker Crush (Marissa Deitz, of Oakland) [suckercrush.bandcamp.com], available on Hi-bias chrome cassette tape!
• Polkadot [polka-dot.bandcamp.com/album/spring-songs]

Slang Church [facebook.com/slangchurch]
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Sunday, November 3rd, 5:30pm (doors), 'til 10pm, $20
Event page [facebook.com/events/316717649229565]
Autumn Rites Tour 2019
• Argyle Goolsby and the Roving Midnight [argylegoolsby.com] [facebook.com/argylegoolsby]
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• Damnation [damnationpunk.com] [facebook.com/damnationpunk]
+ special guests
• Scurvy Kids [facebook.com/ScurvyKids]
• Octobrists [facebook.com/octobrists]
• Black Coffin [facebook.com/blackcoffinofficial]



Also...
Saturday, November 2nd, 7:30pm (doors)
At The Catalyst Club // 1011 Pacific Ave, in Santa Cruz
Event page [facebook.com/events/2086350948154002]
with
• Zombeast (from Arizona) [facebook.com/Zombeast666]
• The Gutz (from Santa Cruz)
• Damnation (from Massachusetts) [damnationpunk.com] [facebook.com/damnationpunk]


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Friday, November 8th, 6pm, 'til 11:30pm, $15
Event page [facebook.com/events/935655566813523]
Tickets [thedangeroussummer.brownpapertickets.com]
The Hard Times presents...
• The Dangerous Summer performing “Reach For The Sun” in its entirety. Select songs from “Mother Nature”
• Arms Akimbo
• Locket [facebook.com/locketsongs]
• Pity Party (acoustic)
• REX MEANS KING
• PRIZES
• The BRKN [facebook.com/TheBRKN]

[thehardtimes.net/live-events]
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Saturday, November 9th, 7pm (doors), 7:30pm (show), $10
Event page [facebook.com/events/767518053695377]
• Dead End Job are releasing an EP! [facebook.com/deadendjobband]
+ support:
• Infinite Signal (from so-cal) [facebook.com/infinitesignal]
• The Customers [facebook.com/customersoakland]
• Generation Hopeless [facebook.com/generationhopelessbandofficial] [generationhopeless.bandcamp.com]
• High Tech Boys

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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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Bliss Urban Arts Center
3777 Vaca Valley Pkwy, in Vacaville // [facebook.com/BlissUrbanArtsCenter]

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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]

• "iMosaic Mix", with a Chill Ambient music, Thursdays in the morning 7 to 9am, and "The Sunday Service", 1st/3rd Sundays, 10pm 'til beyond midnight!

• "The Plowzone", 1st & 3rd Thursdays, 6 'til 9pm

• "Rhythms with Rich", Thursdays, 6 'til 9pm, with Classic Rock, New Alternative!

• "The Bay Sess.", Thursdays, 12 midnight 'til 3am, an infusion session w. Reggae, Trip-Psyche, Traditional and Knowledge!

• "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)


Also worthy to check out:
• BAGeL Radio (via Soma FM) [somafm.com/bagel] [bagelradio2.blogspot.com], tune-in [radio.net/s/bagelradio] [somafm.com/player/#/now-playing/bagel], hour playlist [somafm.com/bagel/songhistory.html]. Spanning four decades of great alternative, post-punk, indie rock and noise pop, you'll hear artists like Frightened Rabbit, The White Stripes, Metric, The National, Tune-Yards, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Thermals, The Smiths, Blur, Radiohead, Mission of Burma, Chameleons UK, Siouxsie & The Banshees, X, and just about every Slumberland Records band ever. And every Friday is 480 Minutes: Ted plays and discusses the latest and greatest music in real time. For eight hours. Seriously. From 9am-5pm Eastern.

• "Sound Check", Sundays 9pm 'til midnight [alt1053.radio.com/blogs/soundcheck], w. local bands and rarely heard tunes! Hosted by Aaron Axleson on Alt. 105.3 FM, tune-in (via Radio.com) [is.gd/l7JfvJ], 3 'til 6pm Mondays and Wednesdays w. new psyche & rock both international and continental!
Recommended Local Acts featured on the SOUNDCHECK
- Waterstrider - "Way Out" [youtube.com/watch?v=SURR90M71g8]
- SWMRS - "Lose Lose Lose" [youtube.com/watch?v=6JX9lwv5YgA]
- The Happys - "Cut The Rope" [youtube.com/watch?v=WRlAQyBr3jQ]
- The Trims - "Bending Time" [youtube.com/watch?v=7VYP7BW89WM]
- Same Girls - "WAIT" [soundcloud.com/samegirls510/wait]
- Talkie - "Bummer Summerrr" [youtube.com/watch?v=Ud74jE5v6ko]
- Fighter Jets - "Alone in our rooms" [youtube.com/watch?v=-Avx4SGpvHY]
- The Y Axes - "Get Away" [youtube.com/watch?v=7_Gm2UBI570]
- Weekend Youth - "Gotta Be Me" [youtube.com/watch?v=nuCtpUEbW5A]

• FaultRadio [faultradio.com]

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