Thursday, January 9, 2020

Thee Mothership Connection for January 9th, 2020!

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] [sacramentopunkshows.com]
• 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] & KBBF [kbbf.org] in Sonoma County, & KDVS [kdvs.org] in Yolo County!

Free Radio Santa Cruz [freakradio.org] is offering a REWARD! $300 for info leading to a 10' X 10' studio space indoors or outside with access to bathroom, internet, and power. They also seek 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!"

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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]


Thursday, January 9th, 7pm, FREE!
Event page [facebook.com/events/448182155851748]
• Dog Party (@dogparty) (from Sacramento, w. Asian Man Records) [dogparty.bandcamp.com]


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Friday, January 10th, 7pm, FREE!
Event page [facebook.com/events/2230984063870574]
• Yuppie Liberation Front (@yuppieliberationfront )
• Aidan Eljumaily (@aidaneljumaily )
• Jimmy Toor (@jimmy.toor)
• Alex Garcia (@westcoastsaxophone)


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Saturday, January 11th, 7pm (doors), $10
Event page [facebook.com/events/807960892999634]
• (@paperairplanes.ca)
• (@inbetweensband415)
• (@marigold916)



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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, January 18th, 8pm, $15
Event page [facebook.com/events/784956271955453]
Lommori Productions presents...
• Skinlab [acebook.com/skinlab1]
• Monster God [facebook.com/MNSTRGOD]
• Black Water Birth [facebook.com/eastcountygrime]
• Mad at Sam [facebook.com/MadAtSamEBHC]

[facebook.com/lommoriproductions]
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At The Red Hat
21+ // 1860 Monument Blvd, in Concord // [facebook.com/redhatsportsbar]


Saturday, January 11th, 8:30pm (doors), 9pm (show) 'til 11:45pm
Event page [facebook.com/events/536235123692005]
• 9pm: Delta Daze 
• 10pm: The Tortured [thetorturedsf.com] [facebook.com/thetortured1] [thetortured.bandcamp.com]


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Saturday, January 25th, 8:30pm (doors), 9pm (show) 'til 1:30am, $10
Event page [facebook.com/events/2541516732551037]
• 9:05 pm: Riddled With Shade
• 10:00 pm: Dead End Job [deadendjobofficial.bandcamp.com], w. "Pressure" & "Car Battery"
• 10: 55 pm: Freak Tank
• 11:50 pm: Vicious Wishes
• 12:50 am: NostalgiaX (from Fremont) [nostalgiax90.bandcamp.com], w. "Numb"



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


Saturday, January 11th, 7pm (doors), 8pm (show), $10
Event page [thephoenixtheater.com/e/x-method-blessed-curse-ape-shit-shenanigans-sick-of-living-and-more--82131665021]
• X Method 
• Blessed Curse 
• Ape Shit Shenanigans
• Sick of Living
• A Bloody Chasm 



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Friday, January 10th, 7:30pm (doors), NOTAFLOF
at The Morgue // 4400 38th Ave in Sacramento
• The Social Stomach (PDX)
• Body Shame (PDX)
+ More TBA!

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Saturday, January 11th, 8pm 'til 10pm, $12/15
at the Boardwalk // 9426 Greenback Lane in Orangevale (just NE of Sacramento) // all-ages
• NIVIANE 
• POTENTIAL THREAT 
• FROM THE RUINS 
• SONIC PROPHECY

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Saturday, January 18th, 8pm (doors), $10, all ages
at the Red Museum // 212 15th st. in Sacramento // all ages
Event page [facebook.com/events/3095836163779280/3096355750393988]
Outergrid Records presents...
• Makebelief [facebook.com/makebeliefmusic] [soundcloud.com/makebeliefmusic]
• So Much Light 
+ More



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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, January 11th, 7pm (doors), 7:30pm (show), $10
Event page [facebook.com/events/526202847970522]
• Dog Party (from Sacramento, w. Asian Man Records) [dogparty.bandcamp.com], w. "Bad Dream", "In Your Eyes", and "I'd Like To Know" off their album "Hit & Run" 
• Crash 45 (from Santa Barbara) [crash45.bandcamp.com], w. "California's Fallin' "
• The Viles (Chico) [theviles.bandcamp.com], w. "Allegory"
• The Bummers (New Orleans, LA) [facebook.com/thebummersband]  [soundcloud.com/thebummers], w. "Pile Of Little Arms" and "Animal Familiar"
• Mvnch (members of Livewater)


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Sunday, January 12th, 6pm (doors), 6:30pm (show) 'til 10pm
Event page [facebook.com/events/575443359944741]
Spiller (coming back to the bay!) [facebook.com/spillerband] [spillerband.bandcamp.com]
+ support from local guitar tap-tap noodley darlings
• Rex Means King [facebook.com/RexMeansKingCA] [rexmeansking.bandcamp.com]
• Ghosting [facebook.com/ghostingmusic]
• Middle College Band [facebook.com/middlecollegeband] [middlecollege.bandcamp.com]
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Saturday, January 18th, 7:30pm, $10
Event page [facebook.com/events/2882361525148910]
• Dead in Argentina (7” EP Release) [facebook.com/deadinargentina]
 The Throwups [facebook.com/thethrowups]
• Cardboard Boxer (from San Diego) [facebook.com/cardboardboxer]
• Limbics (from San Diego)
• Fat Lizzy [acebook.com/FatLizzyBand]


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Sunday, January 19th, 4:30pm, $14 (advance), $18 (door)
Event page [facebook.com/events/1019300391749446]
Ska Parade 30th Anniversary Tour!

Featuring:
• Los Kung Fu Monkeys (Tijuana, Mexico) [facebook.com/LosKungFuMonkeys]
• MONKEY (SF Bay Area) [facebook.com/Monkeyska]
• The Holophonics (Denton, TX) [facebook.com/theholophonics]
• Hans Gruber and the Die Hards (Austin, TX) [facebook.com/HansGruberAndTheDieHards]
• Joker's Republic (New Jersey) [facebook.com/jokersrepublicband]
• Jokes For Feelings (Eastbay) [facebook.com/jokesforfeelings]

Plus, spinning hot wax: DJ Jr Ska Boss [facebook.com/JrSkaBoss] and DJ Selecta Scream of Viva Ska Radio [facebook.com/VivaSkaRadio],
With ALL AGES MATINEE! Between bands, there will be a director's cut of customized clips of "Pick It Up - Ska in the 90s" [facebook.com/skamovie], the highly acclaimed, award winning documentary narrated by Tim Armstrong of Rancid! And a Blue-ray release show!
And special guests, prizes, and more!

Ska Parade [facebook.com/Ska-Parade-123085751054800]
(poster art by Parker LeGrand Jacobs)


Next show:
Ska Parade 30th Anniversary Tour (Fresno, CA)
Wednesday, January 22nd, 7:30pm 'til 12 midnight
Event page [facebook.com/events/2490345194545163]
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Saturday, January 25th, 7pm 'til 12 midnight, $10
Event page [facebook.com/events/846338299137475]
• The Escape Agency [facebook.com/escapeagents]
• Nam The Giver 
• Baby Got Backtalk [facebook.com/babygotbacktalk]
• Blue, Indeed [facebook.com/blueindeedband]
• Maggie Gently [facebook.com/maggiegently]
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Friday, January 31st, 7pm (doors), $10
Event page [facebook.com/events/2388974184700012]
• Greg Rekus (touring from WINNIPEG with his BOX)
• Sparkle Plenty
• Adult School [facebook.com/adultschoolca]
• No Fiction
• Davis Wagner & Ethan Byxbe



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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 [ThePlowZoneRadioShow.com]


• "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]


• Maximum Rocknroll [maximumrocknroll.com]


• Razorcake [razorcake.org]

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