Weekend Picks and Links: December 6th-9th

Have a great weekend. Check out some live music and be sure to download the Three Ring Records Mix Tape by clicking above!

Thursday

- Port O’Brien and Or, the Whale at the Rickshaw Stop, with The Cave Singers (Ex-Pretty Girls Make Graves). 8pm, $10.

Click to listen to our feature episode on Or, the Whale!

- Rykarda Parasol at Bottom of the Hill, with bellavista and Off Campus. 9pm, $8.

Click to listen to our feature episode on Rykarda Parasol!

- Michael Zapruder and Sonny Smith at the Hemlock Tavern, with Tom McShane. 9:30pm, $7.

Friday

- French Disco, Finest Dearest, and The Old-Fashioned Way at the Retox Lounge. 8pm, $tba.

Click to listen to our feature episode on Finest Dearest!

- Tempo No Tempo and Battlehooch at the Stork Club, with Wallpaper. 9pm, Free.

Saturday

- Honeycut at The Independent, with Apollo Sunshine and Festival of Rights. 9pm, $15.

Click to listen to our feature episode on Honeycut!

- The Fucking Ocean at the Hemlock Tavern, with Antelope and Mi Ami. 9:30pm, $7.

Click to listen to our feature episode on The Fucking Ocean!

Sunday

- Citay at Cafe du Nord, with Giant Skyflower Band and Coconut. 9pm, $8.

Around the Web:

- Check out the new video from this week’s featured band The Blacks!

- The SF Weekly has a great photo gallery from last Saturday’s The Bay Bridged Presents show.

- This week’s East Bay Express has a look back at Berkeley’s The Rubinoos.

- Over at the Bay Guardian, there’s a review of Etienne de Rocher’s farewell show and an interesting article on Comcast’s policy on filesharing.

- Adrian discusses the new CD from San Francisco’s The Lightning Bug Situation and The Dodos’ recent signing to French Kiss Records.