Picks of the Week: Start your October with popcorn, Pacman and pelagic birds

On Thursday, head into San Francisco for the Castro Art Walk, a free monthly event featuring local businesses.
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On Thursday, head into San Francisco for the Castro Art Walk, a free monthly event featuring local businesses.
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“The past three years, it really was just hustle,” band member and UC Berkeley student Theo Fedronic said in an interview with The Daily Californian.
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On Tuesday, take some time to go to a concert. UC’s Spring Jazz Concert will be happening Tuesday at Freight and Salvage, featuring the three top trios from the UC’s jazz program.
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While the studio versions of the songs embody a laid-back indie rock vibe, the live versions sound like different songs entirely.
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Fans who showed up early to catch two-man band Mapache, the opener for Nicki Bluhm, found a much more subdued, acoustic-forward mood.
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It was a concert wholly for the fans, though the group remained unfazed by the audience’s constant crowd-surfing and stage-diving.
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“Joy In The Wild Unknown” is an apt name for the debut LP by Ripe, a band that posits exuberant dance energy as the foundational basis for its music.
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Assuredly products of Montreal’s DIY music scene, Ought shocked The Independent’s modest crowd into dance the evening of March 20.
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Despite offering a surprisingly eclectic spread of nominees, the 90th Academy Awards proved to be utterly, boringly predictable.
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If that list is indicative of anything, it’s that we are incredibly lucky to live in the Bay Area where great music venues abound.
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