Hello people,

Rosco here of The Urges - I'm going on holiday to SF in the last week of April and I'm wondering if there are any good garage or surf clubs/nights on there.

Cheers
Ross

It's only $5 too!!

May 4th at the Knockout in the Mission District of SF.

No Bunny
The Guilty Hearts
The Lateenos
The Jinxes
Thee Cormans
The Swiss Family Skiers
The Yabba Dabba Do's (supergroup of Russell Quan, Darin Rafaelli, Michelle Santamaria)

gilman has pretty much been the same musically (yelly, screamy, crusty, unless it's poppy, punky, goofy) since its inception--we just don't notice how much it sucks when we're young and impressionable. and if you're over 23, you might be annoyed by the awkward, sullen, and/or obnoxious teenagers. but anyway, they RARELY have any surf/garage shows, and they definitely won't have any the last weekend of april. that said, you might want to check out Ty Seagall at the Hemlock Tavern on Apr 29. he's one of the members of the Traditional Fools. if you're in town on the 25th, Sic Alps and Crash Normal (france) play the Hemlock. Crash Normal also play a warehouse/backyard party on sunday if you want me to keep you posted. Dance Craze puts on twistin' dance parties all over town, like on mon the 28th at the Casanova Lounge. if all else fails, you'll be pretty safe at the Knockout. or you can trek out to oakland and go to the Conga Lounge, a tiki bar that actually plays surf, hawaiiana, etc. for more info, check out my website: jetlagrnr.com/sf.php!

Um the Gilman sucks now. You might be supporting a volunteer-run club, but it is far from the ultimate ideal punk getaway it used to be. Also, don't give your money to the communist propaganda that is Maximum Rock N Roll just to get Gilman's address. it's 924 Gilman street obviously. The cross street is 8th, which also intersects San Pablo a few blocks above. Pretty close to North Berkeley BART.