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]
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At The Rellik Tavern
21+ // 746 First st. in Benicia // [therelliktavern.com/events.php]
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At The Rellik Tavern
21+ // 746 First st. in Benicia // [therelliktavern.com/events.php]
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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 "The Wet Mile" on Mare Island
21+ // [wetmile.com] // map [archive.is/0QB2v] // in Vallejo
Originally home to the first naval base on the West Coast (established 1854), Mare Island now houses "The Wet Mile," a group of new breweries, wineries, distilleries, artists, museums and craftspeople committed to preserving history and providing visitors with incredible memories and tastes. The Wet Mile operates in historical buildings originally used for storing coal, housing officers, or hiding some of the Cold War's most secret documents. Many of the attractions featured on Wet Mile Sundays are free of charge and include tours, tastings, art classes, exhibits, and food trucks.
Participating businesses include:
* Savage & Cooke American Distillery
* Mare Island Brewing Co. - Coal Shed Brewery [mareislandbrewingco.com]
* Mare Island Art Studios [mareislandartstudios.com]
* Vino Godfather Winery [vinogodfather.com/events]
* Ferry Street Wine & Spirits
* Mare Island Museum
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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, February 29th, 8:30pm 'til 1:30am, $12 - $22
Event page [facebook.com/events/188513808924249]
Mr. Hat Presents...
• Professor Jones & The RendezVooDoo (Swampedelic Rock & Soul 6-piece ensemble!) [facebook.com/ProfessorJonesMusic]
• Matt Jaffe (with his full band!) [facebook.com/mattjaffemusic]
• The Circuit Jerks Jamtronica Dance Party [facebook.com/thecircuitjerks]
[facebook.com/mrhatpresents]
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Friday, March 6th, 7:30pm (doors), 8pm (show), $12
Event page [facebook.com/events/533904743899567]
Bandhoppers presents...
• The Hormones (All Girl Tribute to The Ramones) [facebook.com/ramoneshormones]
• The Losing Kind [facebook.com/Losingkindband] [thelosingkind.com], w. "Psycho Ward", "Never Enough" & "Make your Move"
• AbiNoRmaL [facebook.com/Abinormals-188815731712800] [abinormals.bandcamp.com], w. "Psycho"
• The Flesh Hammers [facebook.com/TheFleshHammers] [thefleshhammers.com] [thefleshhammers.bandcamp.com], w. "Death & Taxes" & "Just Like Clockwork"
[facebook.com/bandhoppers] [facebook.com/bandhoppersinthebay]
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Don't Forget! Next Open Mic at Toot's Tavern is Monday, March 9th!
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At The Red Hat
21+ // 1860 Monument Blvd, in Concord // [facebook.com/redhatsportsbar]
Friday, March 6th, 8pm (doors), 8:30pm (show), $10
Event page [facebook.com/events/264181814556115]
Brand New Pack hits the Red Hat stage for the first time in Concord, CA supporting their new album "Sorrow in My Name"!
$10 gets you admission, a free copy of the album, and a digital download!
• Brand New Pack [brandnewpack.bandcamp.com]. Born in the dusty swath of Americana, "Brand New Pack" is a Psychedelic Folk-Rock outfit committed to an evolutionary experience through the magic of live music. They regularly play gigs throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond!
• A Farewell Device [afarewelldevice.com] [facebook.com/justin.vanegas]
• M Jones and the Melee [mjonesandthemelee.com] [facebook.com/margaret.jones.16]
• War Moose
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Up The Creek
All-Ages // 1840 Tice Valley Blvd. in Walnut Creek // [upthecreekrecords.com/events-and-live-music]
Saturday, March 7th, 6pm 'til 7:30pm, FREE!
Event page [upthecreekrecords.com/events-and-live-music/2020/1/18/backwater-ramblers]
• Backwater Ramblers (Rootsy Country Rock, yee haw!!)
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At The Phoenix Theater
All-Ages // 201 Washington St, in Petaluma // [thephoenixtheater.com]
Friday, March 13th, 7:30pm (doors), 8pm (show), $10
Event page [thephoenixtheater.com/e/graves-and-the-cider-boys-with-peachfuzz-fire-in-the-fuselage-weathermen-97017017511]
• Graves and the Cider Boys
• Peachfuzz
• Fire in the Fuselage
• Weathermen
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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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MEANWHILE...
in Sacramento & vicinity
Friday, February 28th, 7:30pm, $donation NOTAFLOF
All-Ages // at The Morgue // 4400 38th Ave in Sacramento
• Bastet (Oak)
• Gamma People (Sac)
• BOMF (Sac)
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Friday, February 28th, 7pm 'til 9pm, $12
All-Ages // at the Colony // 3512 Stockton Blvd. in Sacramento
• Yesterday's Rejects
• William Wallace
• Vulltaras
• Orange Peel
• I Sank Atlantis
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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 February 29th, 6:30pm (doors), 7pm (show), $15 (advance), $17 (door)
Event page [facebook.com/events/1214696485584616]
The Hard Times presents
• sanction [facebook.com/sanction631]
• SeeYouSpaceCowboy [facebook.com/seeyouspacecowboyca]
• Vamachara [facebook.com/vamacharahc]
• Typecaste [facebook.com/typecaste]
• Dying Wish [facebook.com/DyingWish503]
[thehardtimes.net/live-events] [facebook.com/thehardtimesnews]
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Sunday, March 1st, 6pm (doors), 6:30pm (show), $18 (advance), $20 (door)
Event page [facebook.com/events/1842461972720081]
• MADBALL [facebook.com/madballNYC]
• Death Before Dishonor [facebook.com/deathbeforedishonorhc]
• SECTION H8
• Hands Of God [facebook.com/handsofgodhc]
[thehardtimes.net/live-events] [facebook.com/thehardtimesnews]
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Friday, March 6th, 7:30pm (doors), 8pm (show) 'til 10:30pm, $8
Event page [facebook.com/events/531808027313577]
• Red Tailed [facebook.com/redtailedtheband]
• Rad Radical [radradical.bandcamp.com/releases]
• Golf Dads [facebook.com/golfdadsmusic]
• Skunk Funk
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At Thee Parkside
21+ // [facebook.com/parksidepothill] [theeparkside.com]
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Noise Pop
Production crew // [noisepop.com] [facebook.com/noisepop.com] // usually in Oakland
Noise Pop 2020 Music & Arts Festival (Fourth Wave)
[noisepopfest.com]
Monday, February 24th, 'til Sunday, March 1st!
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Book Yourself!
Bliss Urban Arts Center
3777 Vaca Valley Pkwy, in Vacaville // [facebook.com/BlissUrbanArtsCenter]
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Undisclosed locations across the Sacramento region, incl. Davis [undietacos.org/undietacos/locations.html]
Sacramento Booking Contacts [sacramentopunkshows.com/p/sacramento-area-booking-contacts.html]
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Find Comix & Indy Publishing at...
Purple Turtle Comics
in Vallejo at 5201 Sonoma Blvd. // [purpleturtlecomics.com] // (707) 731-2249
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Zeppelin Comics
in Benicia at 929 1st St // [zeppelincomics.com] [facebook.com/ZeppelinComicsBenicia] // (707) 297-6126
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Dear Diary Zine Fest
Saturday, February 15th, 11am 'til 5pm, FREE
at Berkeley City College // 2050 Center
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Slingshot Collective's 32nd Year Anniversary!
Sunday, March 8th, 7pm, FREE
at the Long Haul // 3124 Shattuck ave. in Berkeley // [slingshotcollective.org]
New volunteer meeting, August 16th, 7pm
Article submissions accepted through September 13th for Slingshot newspaper issue #132
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L.A. Zine Fest
May 31st, FREE
at the Helm's Bakery in Los Angeles // [lazinefest.com]
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East Bay Alternative Book and Zine Fest [facebook.com/EBABZfest]
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'Zine Reviews & News
• Broken Pencil zine reviews & news [brokenpencil.com]
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• Syndicated Zine Reviews [facebook.com/SyndicatedZineReviews] [syndicatedzinereviews.blogspot.com]
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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)
• "Mellow Tunin' ", Sundays, 3 'til 6pm, hosted by Adagio, with ambient beats and good vibrations.
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It's worthy!
• 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]
• "Theme Time Radio Hour" [themetimeradio.com/all]. Y'all ain't heard nothing yet! by Bob Dylan.
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