On OzcatRadio.com, 89.5 FM KZCT, with a listener audience in the thousands across the Northbay and worldwide...
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/]
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]
- Solidarity with your community radio stations, including KWTF [kwtf.net] in neighboring Sonoma County!
- Vallejo downtown events and entertainment [artvallejo.org/events]
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At TOOT'S TAVERN, in Crockett
21+ // [tootstavern.com] [facebook.com/pg/tootstavern/events] // 627 2nd Ave., Crockett, CA 94525 // (510) 787-9860, [tootstavern@)gmail.com]
Saturday, December 29th, 8pm (doors), 8:30pm (show), $10
Event page [facebook.com/events/369607810277428]
Liquid Duano Metal Productions presents...
Duane & Lauries Highway to Hell Birthday Bash!
- Short Fuse (1 hour long set!!)
- Cemetery Legacy
- His name is Robert Paulson
- Solanum Thrash
- Carneficina (opener 8:30) [facebook.com/carneficinaofficial] [carneficina.com]
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At THE RED HAT
21+ // [facebook.com/redhatsportsbar] [reverbnation.com/venue/redhatsportsbar] // 1860 Monument Blvd Concord, CA 94518 // [facebook.com/TonyKrollBooking]
Saturday, December 29th, 8pm 'til 2am, $7
Event page [facebook.com/events/1148908635268191]
Tony Kroll Presents...
- Gold band
- The Boogies
- Super Mega Everything (Hard Rock) [facebook.com/SuperMegaEverything] [reverbnation.com/supermegaeverything]
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Friday, January 4th, 8pm (doors), 9pm (show) 'til 2am, $7
Event page [facebook.com/events/732428720466447]
Tony Kroll Presents...
- Mengz [facebook.com/TheRealMengz]
- NMTA (of Sacramento) [nmta.bandcamp.com]
- Durango Dogs [reverbnation.com/durangodogs]
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Saturday, January 5th, 9pm, $7
Tony Kroll Presents...
- Trez Machine
- Dust of Ruin [dustofruin.bandcamp.com/releases]
- Droneyard [droneyard.bandcamp.com/releases], w. "Press Rewind", "Take 9"
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Up The Creek
All-Ages // [upthecreekrecords.com/events-and-live-music] // 1840 Tice Valley Blvd. Walnut Creek
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At THE PHOENIX THEATER
All-Ages // [thephoenixtheater.com] // 201 Washington St, Petaluma, CA, 94952
Saturday, December 29th, 7pm (doors), 7:30 pm (show), 'til 11:30pm, $10
Event page [thephoenixtheater.com/event/1794555-falkoenner-dendra-laguna-petaluma]
- Falkönner (all-original...the best hair metal band)
- Dendra (Crossover thrash metal/ punk, from Santa Rosa)
- Laguna Screech (Two-piece grindpop, masquerading as a rock and roll band. Showcasing sound, vision and texture for your enjoyable consumption.)
- Frolic (East Bay Area Death Thrash)
- Sociopathic Attict (Blackened Industrial)
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Saturday, January 5th, 7:30pm (doors), 8pm (show), 'til 11:30 pm, $10
Event page [thephoenixtheater.com/event/1791778-stone-salad-fourhead-petaluma]
- Stone Salad (of Santa Rosa)
- Fourhead
- The Impressions
- The Sandeens with Remy
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At THE ARLENE FRANCIS CENTER, FOR SPIRIT, ARTS & POLITICS
All-Ages // [arlenefranciscenter.org] [facebook.com/arlenefranciscenter] // 99 6th St, Santa Rosa, CA 95401
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At 924 GILMAN
All-Ages // [924gilman.org] // 924 Gilman St. at 8th, Berkeley // (510) 524-8180 // Annual club membership is $2 upfront!
Saturday, December 29th, 7pm 'til midnight
Event page [facebook.com/events/1059777827539671]
This Year Sucked IV
4th Annual This Year Sucked Fest! This year SUCKED! Let's get together and yell about it! Featuring:
- Sarchasm [facebook.com/Sarchasmband]
- Get Married (on tour! w. wiretaprecords.com) [facebook.com/getmarried408] [getmarried.bandcamp.com/album/into-the-cosmos], w. "Kingpin", "New Neighbor"
- Pity Party [facebook.com/therealpityparty] [therealpityparty.bandcamp.com], w. "Dank Sinatra"
- Danger Inc. [facebook.com/DangerIncMusic]
- Little Debbie and the Crusaders
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Sunday, December 30th, 4pm, $12
Event page [facebook.com/events/2140356796275948]
Punk vs. Emo IV! (+Emerson and Larsen's Birthday Show!)
- GODSTOMPER (SJ old school noiseviolence)
- UNDER 15 SECONDS (Richmond shit-core)
- POOR TIMING (SoCal Alt/Emo) [poortiming.bandcamp.com], w. "Comfier"
- COUNTY FAIR (SoCal Dream Punk)
- PLEXI (Washington noise punk) [plexi206.bandcamp.com/releases], w. "Trick Ripper"
- SHOTGUN BRAINDECTOMY (East Bay tinnituscore)
- SAD LEVY (Acoustic PITY PARTY)
- BLEACH (East Bay D-Beat)
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Friday, January 4th, 7pm, $20
Event page [facebook.com/events/1426795757452387]
We celebrate 6 years of Gilman Conscious Hip Hop Night!
Performances by:
- Grouch & Eligh (of Living Legends)
- OneWerd
- Calioto
- Zeus Lee
- Lo-Fiction
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Saturday, January 5th, 6:30pm (doors), 7pm (show), $10
Event page [facebook.com/events/1936839303072834]
SO MANY BANDS!
- CRASH 45 (santa barbara) [soundcloud.com/crash45band], w. "Skyline", "Colored Hair"
- SWEATERVEST (santa barbara) [sweatervest.bandcamp.com]
- CORRUPT VISION (orange county) [corruptvision.bandcamp.com]
+ Locals:
- Better Left For Tomorrow (Thrashcore Progressive METAL) [soundcloud.com/better-left-for-tomorrow]
- Sleep Fight (light dream music) [sleepfight.bandcamp.com]
- Dirt Parade (Rock) [dirtparade.bandcamp.com], w. "Oxygen"
- Pointless Endings
At 1234 Go!
All-Ages // [1234gorecords.com] [facebook.com/pg/1234gorecords/events] // 420 40th Street #5 Oakland, CA
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At the Octopus Literary Salon
All-Ages // [oaklandoctopus.org] [facebook.com/TheOctopusLiterarySalon] // 2101 Webster st. at 22nd st. // (510) 844-4120
Wednesday, January 2nd, 8pm, $8
Event page [oaklandoctopus.org/shutups-sarchasm-states-nature-rare-forms-seattle-8pm-8]
- Shutups [shutupsoakland.bandcamp.com], w. "Looks Like Lemons", "Broken Bone"
- Sarchasm [sarchasm.bandcamp.com]
- States of Nature [statesofnature.bandcamp.com], w. "Collide-A-Scope", "Move Like A Ghost"
- Rare Forms (from Seattle) [therareforms.bandcamp.com], w. "Under The Sheets"
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Friday, Januaray 4th, 9:30pm
Event page [oaklandoctopus.org/chords-are-dead-yogurt-brain-dont-ask-930pm-7]
- Chords Are Dead [chordsaredead.bandcamp.com], w. "Alice"
- Yogurt Brain [yogurtbrain.bandcamp.com]
- Don't Ask (w. deimosrecords.com) [dontask1.bandcamp.com], w. "Trash Human", "Life", "Here's Another One"
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