Bob Mould

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And now for something a little different: Later this month, the esteemed Noise Pop organization is teaming up with City Arts and Lectures for what sounds to us like a freaking awesome conversation:

Bob Mould interviewed by Shepard Fairey.

Yep, that's the Bob Mould -- most notably of punk legends Hüsker Dü, but also a DJ, writer, gay icon, and San Francisco resident. And that's Shepard Fairey, OBEY creator, artist, and designer of the indelible Obama Hope poster.

They're getting together for a chat at Herbst Theatre on Sept. 20. And we have two tickets to give away to a lucky All Shook Down reader.

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Note: CLICK HERE for tickets, not the image.

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Holy crap! Our All Shook Down Music Fest -- featuring Crystal Castles, Mistah Fab, Maus Haus, Con Brio, J-Boogie, and more -- is coming up this Saturday night!

The annual local music party goes down at the Regency Ballroom from 7 p.m. until you can keep your eyelids open, and tickets are on sale right now.

It's going to be rad no matter what -- but it's going to be even more rad (radder?) for VIP ticketholders, who will get swank seats on the VIP-only balcony, express entrance, one free drink ticket, a gift bag, and other perks.

Want in? Well, we're giving away two VIP upgrades to lucky ticket buyers this week. Hit the jump for more info.

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Das Racist could be your Friday night date.

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Das Racist is bringing its multiculti mischief-hop to Mezzanine this Friday. Don't you want to go? Yes, you do. Hit the jump for a chance to win a pair of tickets.

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This Friday, local party heroes Corey Sleazemore and Eli Glad of Lights Down return with the pioneer of moombahton, Dave Nada, along with French producer Canblaster, IHEARTCOMIX label owner Franki Chan, and local DJ Deevice.More >>

If you like dancing to rockabilly and bass, and want to start off Bay to Breakers this weekend with a twang, enter to win a free pair of passes to see Drop the Lime at Som this Friday! Categorized as "cowboy surfin' rockabilly Gotham City bass music," the Brooklyn artist is doing a few shows before his debut album, Enter the Night, comes out this fall. More >>

We will be so lonely and forlorn if you do not come see us plaaaaay

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San Francisco blogstraordinaire Ears of the Beholder is putting on a show this Wednesday night at the Rickshaw Stop, featuring the post-Tracy Chapman pop jangle of Dominant Legs, the brand new neo-funk stylings of Dirty Ghosts, and the sultry glitch-pop of L.A.'s Superhumanoids.

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Dom performing in NYC. Pic by Rob Harvilla.

​As far as recent, ecstatic synth-rock anthems go, it's hard to beat Dom's "Living in America." The song sounds more MGMT than MGMT has sounded since, well, Oracular Spectacular. (Just admit it, you kind of miss "Time To Pretend.") "Living In America" grooves along poppingly until the chorus hits, at which point Dom frontman Dom (his first name; he doesn't like to reveal his last) moans with disheveled allure about how "It's so sexy to be living in America." This climax is all square-wave synths and bouncing beats and twinkling keyboards and being in your early 20s and being pretty much elated with everything. It goes extremely well with San Francisco on a beautiful Spring day.

Anyway, this Worchester, Mass., trio (that's "Woosta" to you) is bringing its neon glory to Rickshaw Stop for a show Wednesday with Heavy Hawaii and S.F.'s own Melted Toys. We'd like to give you tickets to the show, so you can see just how sexy it really is to be living in America. To make yourself eligible for this sure-to-be-delightful education, come this way...
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Zion I, the lauded Oakland hip-hop duo, is playing its first show of 2011 at the New Parish in Oakland this Friday. We'd love to send you to experience some of the powerful music put out by MC Zumbi and DJ AmpLive -- especially the new jams off of Atomic Clock, the group's seventh album, which dropped last month. In fact, we will send you! Get details on how to win free tickets to this Friday's Zion I show after the jump.

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Corn Mo will provide you with an education, we'll cover the tuition.

​Let's face it: You have an insufficient appreciation for the accordion. You still think of squeezeboxes as the musical tools of drunken Bulgarians on their second-cousins' wedding nights. You haven't warmed to the instrument's sticky, homely, heartwarming sound, and you certainly haven't realized the immense skill it takes to play one.

We can change that. On Saturday, Slim's will play host to Monsters of Accordion -- a tour of four of the instrument's titans, including Corn Mo, who has been described by Rolling Stone as "the future of rock."

Yes, "the future!" And furthermore, we want to send you to be educated/futurized for free.

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