The No. 30 club in the world, according to Pollstar.

Update: Aaron Siuda, vice president of marketing at Live Nation Northern California, says that his firm generally does not report ticket sales to Pollstar. But he said if it had provided numbers, the Fillmore would have been in the Top 10 clubs on the Pollstar list. (Shoreline, also a Live Nation venue, wasn't on the Pollstar list of top amphitheaters. If numbers had been reported, Suida says, it would have been No. 2.) This feels more like the Bay Area music scene we know.

Original story: The concert industry trade site Pollstar released its annual list of the Top 100 clubs in the world today, as ranked by reported ticket sales, and San Francisco -- and indeed the entire Bay Area -- somehow has only one entry.

Since there are six listings in the L.A. area, three in the Twin Cities, seven in New York City, and three in Portland, it's kind of surprising that only the Independent made the list at No. 30, with 87,601 tickets sold in 2011, just behind Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa, Okla.

Joy Orbison is one happy dude.

1. Storm Queen - "It Goes On (Vox)"

The second track by Morgan Geist's (of Metro Area fame) Storm Queen project, "It Goes On" picks up largely where "Look Right Through" left off. The soulful vocals and deep bassline ride a fine line through a dark future-leaning sound, while still maintaining a distinctly retro sensibility. With one foot in the past and one foot in the future, expect this one to light up discerning house dancefloors in the early morning slot.

Kimo's, at 1351 Polk St.

The 34-year-old club, which has hosted shows by the likes of Metallica, as well as countless local bands, is in the process of being sold. And the current owners of Kimo's expect that it won't remain a home for live local music in the hands of its new owners, who will likely take possession in January.

Current co-owner Tony Malson says he's not totally sure of the purchasers' plans, but "my gut feeling is that they're going to make it into a cocktail lounge." (The purchasers declined through a representative to speak to All Shook Down for this story.)

A typical crowd at the Dancing Ghosts darkwave party.

Formerly at the Stud Bar in SOMA, Dancing Ghosts isn't your typical nightlife scene -- along with events like Shutter at the Elbo Room, it's one of San Francisco's several goth parties, billing itself in fliers as a "darkwave dance party."

For the uninitiated, darkwave music is basically goth music -- sorta.

"'Darkwave' describes a certain era and a handful of foundational artists" from the late '70s and early '80s like Bauhaus, Siouxsie and the Banshees, the Cure, and Clan of Xymox, says Alex Westhoff, who organizes Dancing Ghost and spins as DJ Xander. In some ways, Westhoff says, Bauhaus's 1979 song "Bela Lugosi's Dead" started the goth movement.

Good times at The Endup

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Factor in a sizable dancefloor, a great bumping soundsystem, a pool of powerhouse DJs, and a lively schedule of theme nights, and, yeah, you have a club that warrants the honor.