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The band in question is called B & Not B, a self-described "nerdy supergroup" from SF with a name inspired by Derrida, or something. Watch as they show up at various Mission locales and entertain the natives. They'll be performing a show at the Makeout Room on December 2nd. Hat tip: Mission Mission.

The eye-wrap-sunglass effects or whatever you want to call them are kind of cool in this vid from Brooklyn band The Gay Blades , who'll be opening for The Electric Six (who happen to sing the song "Gay Bar") at the Independent tonight. Check em out. (8PM, $16)

This week's concert preview is being brought to you by Kevin Meenan of Epicsauce, providing detailed concert listings for the Bay Area every week. Follow them on Twitter.

This week's concert preview is being brought to you by Kevin Meenan of Epicsauce, providing detailed concert listings for the Bay Area every week. Follow them on Twitter.

This week's concert preview is being brought to you by Kevin Meenan of Epicsauce, providing detailed concert listings for the Bay Area every week. Follow them on Twitter.

                                          

Saturday was sunny and electronic; Sunday was chilly and leaned more toward back-to-basics rock. Also thrown in was some gypsy music, hip-hop, and whatever you want to call this new rock operetta thing The Decemberists can't keep themselves from playing, as well as several cupcake hovercrafts, and a steampunk sideshow with old-timey games hosted by Mister Gnogiurzauchshoff's Traveling Midway of Curiosities and Delights. And both days sold out! Weather shifts aside, the Treasure Island Music Fest was once again the swellest and most human-scaled festival we've ever been to -- and as Thao, she of the Get Down Stay Down, put it, it's simply "the bestival."

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NYC-based band The Walkmen will be playing at 6:20 p.m. on Sunday of the Treasure Island Music Fest (see our preview here), and this rather dark song, "On the Water," is off their 2008 release "You and Me," and they are currently working on their sixth studio album. The video was directed by Nir Ben Jacob.

It's the music fest that all the hip kids and true indie and indie-ish music fans have been waiting all year for, and it's finally here. The two-day long Treasure Island Music Festival kicks off on Saturday, and the line-up is pretty swell -- with the likes of Passion Pit, The Streets, Girl Talk, Brazilian Girls and MGMT on Saturday; and Grizzly Bear, Beirut, The Decemberists, The Walkmen, Yo La Tengo, and The Flaming Lips on Sunday. ALSO, the 12-2pm slots both days are filled with fun local acts like Murs, The Limousines, Crown City Rockers, Sleepy Sun, and Thao with the Get Down Stay Down, so show up early and represent.

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We would have taken some more closups of the artists, but you know what? It was pretty goddamn crowded out there at HSB this year! It was especially crowded come around 5:30 p.m. when Neko Case went on in Lindley Meadow, which was perhaps too small a venue for her when the show's free. We think maybe Mr. Hellman should consider just taking over the polo field next year, or not inviting such big names. But it was, if you could stake out a few feet of grass to call your own, a lovely couple of days. (Photos by SFist/Joey DeRuy and Generik11 on Flickr.)

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Those who have attended Coachella are probably familiar with the Empire Polo Club in Indio. And those who are avid Phish heads (or those who pay attention to our advertisers here on SFist) probably know about Phish Festival 8, which is happening on those same hallowed and well-stomped grounds -- this year over the 3-day Halloween weekend.

It's going to be a semi-warm weekend and just possibly (though we can't promise anything) it will be sunny in Golden Gate Park at least on Friday and Sunday, so the ninth annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass promises to be as jammed packed with free music seekers as ever. The annual roots music fest is sponsored by local billionaire and banjo-player Warren Hellman, and once again this year features some big acts that fall into the "hardly strictly" area, like Aimee Mann, MC Hammer, Okkervil River and Marianne Faithfull as well as a whole bunch of down-home American banjoin' and fiddlin'. It takes place in the Speedway and Lindley Meadows (basically the same grounds as Outside Lands, minus the Polo Field). And did we mention it's completely free? Below, a few quick recommendations.

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The week kicks off with Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke and Lenny White playing several just-announced all acoustic sets at Yoshi's Oakland. Then on Thursday, jangly French pop band Phoenix is at The Warfield, and their set will surely include the single "Lisztomania" (video above) from their latest album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. The lyrics are charmingly foreign, including the refrain, "Lisztomania / Think less but see it grow / Like a riot, like a riot, oh ! / I'm not easily offended / It's not hard to let it go / From a mess to the masses." We think it's about socialized medicine, or something. Anyway, it's fun.

In honor of this past weekend's world premiere of Green Day's "American Idiot" musical at Berkeley Rep (the show's still technically in previews, and has recently been extended until November -- we'll have a review for you next week), we give you this video of these hometown boys performing the song "American Idiot" live at Abbey Road studios in London. The 2005 concept album by the same name was the band's response to a post-9/11 America, and the rock musical based on the album will most likely move to Broadway after its run in Berkeley. It's directed and co-written by Michael Mayer, who was a collaborator on the Tony Award-winning "Spring Awakening," and it includes a few tunes off Green Day's newer album, 21st Century Breakdown.

One of the best sets of the weekend at Outside Lands was by the skinny Brooklyn duo known as Matt & Kim. Their energy is infectious, and in this video, shot last February, they wander through Times Square stripping off their clothes, to the many shocked and amused looks of tourists. We give it to you here, both in honor of Outside Lands decompression and in honor of yesterday's February weather.

                            

As many of you probably know, the weather took a turn for the San Franciscan on Sunday and Golden Gate Park remained socked in all day. But that did not deter fans from coming out to Outside Lands to see their beloved M.I.A. (who made a single shout-out to the Beasties and sang a two-song cover medley, and also had two slightly creepy twin redhead backup dancers), Modest Mouse and of course, Tenacious D. Whatever you may say about them not being real musicians, they certainly are entertainers, and from the flat screen TVs in the Winehaven wine tent their set sure did look fun. Band of Horses' late set in Lindley Meadow was mesmerizing and mellow, and Calexico also did a bang-up job with six or seven horns on stage to boot. But the best performance of the day, if we had to choose, came from recently re-issued soul singer Bettye LaVette, who sang a doozy of a number called "Let Me Down Easy" and also covered Sam Cooke's "Change is Gonna Come," which she sang at President Obama's inauguration. See some pics here, also including Slug of Atmosphere fame, the hippie-hunky Avett Brothers, the "brothers" Gene and Dean Ween who constitute Ween, and those joyful and boisterous kids from Brooklyn, Matt & Kim.

                    

The second day of Outside Lands on Saturday was equally as hot (temperature-wise) as the first, and the crowd was estimated at near the festival's capacity of 60,000 -- and it was all probably thanks to Dave Matthews Band and The Black Eyed Peas (and not, as we might have hoped, TV on the Radio, who were nonetheless swell). Other highlights were the Street Sweeper Social Club (featuring Boots Riley of The Coup and Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine), Deerhunter, Bat for Lashes, the ever emotive Conor Oberst, and we got to hand it to Jason Mraz for keeping it breezy with a set of surf music -- not our thing, but the girls seem to like it. Here are some pics by SFist music editor Moses Namkung, and a gallery of Day 3 is here.

                              

It was hotter than anyone could have dreamed possible for August in SF yesterday, and the sun stayed out much of the day for the opening of the Outside Lands Music Festival in Golden Gate Park yesterday. Many fans of all ages showed up, and judging from the crowd on the Polo Field around 8 p.m., Pearl Jam is still huge! Who knew. Here we bring you some pics from the scene, including Akron/Family, Los Campesinos! (who were sort of like The Psychedelic Furs meets Le Tigre), Silversun Pickups, Blind Pilot, The National (who were phenomenal), Thievery Corporation, and of course, the now white-haired but still rocking Tom Jones. Apologies for all ye Eddie Vedder fans -- there were special approvals required to photograph His Highness, and we were not among the chosen.

This track off of Thievery Corporation's lastest album features jazz guitarist Chuck Brown, a.k.a. The Godfather of Go-Go. Check out TC, maybe with Chuck in tow, at Outside Lands tomorrow night, simultaneous with Pearl Jam's set.

The weather for Outside Lands this weekend is looking downright grand, so for those of you with tickets and those still on the fence, SFist brings you this roundup of highlights.

Oakland's own Loop Station! comprises the classically trained duo of Sam Bass and Robin Coomer, and their unique mix of cello and raw, lyrical emotion has earned them a gaggle of Bay Area fans. They perform live, each with a foot-pedal-controlled loop station tool that they use to layer cello and voice tracks over one another. They'll be playing two sets this weekend at Outside Lands, one early on Friday and one on Saturday. Here's a video of them performing "The Last Time I Saw You" at DNA back in '06.

Your cleanser du jour comes to us from one of the bands we're most looking forward to seeing this weekend at Outside Lands, Brooklyn's own The National. They'll be playing on Friday at 5 p.m. (right before Tom Jones (!) on the Sutro Stage), and here for your listening and viewing pleasure is a live studio rendition of "Slow Show."

Yesterday, SFist reported that the Beastie Boys will pull out of this year's Outside Lands Festival. If you recall, doctors discovered a cancerous tumor in Adam Yauch's left parotid (salivary) gland, so the band is taking time off to recover, canceling their tour and postponing their album release. But, according to SF Weekly who keeps track of the OL Twitter feed, the folks at Outside Lands are asking the public for help: "Ranger Dave is diligently working to replace the Beastie Boys. Any suggestions?" Yes. Yes, we do. We would love to see Goldfrapp perform at Outside Lands. Failing that, Leighton Meester would also do nicely. ("Body Control" and Golden Gate Park were made for each other.) But they're probably looking for more male-friendly bands. After all, they have to perform after M.I.A. Be sure to send them worthy candidate names via Twitter.

We volunteered to meet and greet sell Noise Pop merchandise to festival attendees who often ended up spending all their money on band merch (as if) and/or beer (or more specifically in Cafe Du Nord's case -- Fernet Branca and Poppy Jaspers). It was quite a fun experience though, and we highly recommend it. Contact them about volunteering at next year's event!

-- Crime in Choir: CIC rocks it. Hard. For reals. Big time. One of the purest sounds coming out of SF these days, really. Brave the chill and head down to Potrero Hill to check them out. You won't regret it. Pink Mountain and Science of Yarba open at this anniversary party for Frenetic Records. The music starts at 10 p.m. at Bottom of the Hill; $10.

Kids, it's time to get rocking. (Especially before the "Private Party" dry spell that is coming on. Yikes.) This week, the San Francisco music gods are offering a vast array of newbies and veterans - something that we will graciously partake of any day of the week. Now that the bets are in (okay, so no one really cast any bets - how boring is that?), you can go to Cafe du Nord, tonight,...