Hemlock Tavern

Please stop by to have a drink or three, say goodbye, and soak up the last of the atmosphere as we do our best to go out in style.

NOTHINGTON Classic chord-driven punk with a working class, heart on its sleeve aesthetic. At their best, Nothington is powerful and emotional music that’s equally rooted in the Bruce Springsteen or Johnny Cash underbelly of the American working class as much as it owes to the punk rock story of my life. It’s fundamental but with an earnest and undeniable emotion.” – Scene Point Blank GET DEAD is an electric/acoustic punk rock band, forged in the furnace of San Francisco THE…

TERRY MALTS “Kaleidoscopic pop that has a mixture of moods, each song turning to a different sound inspired by the records the band have loved over the years. The driving punk (Buzzcocks, The Undertones) that has been a cornerstone of the group’s sound sits snugly with songs steeped in indie-pop and power-pop (The Chills, Dwight Twilley).” – Slumberland SEABLITE 4-piece odd pop from SF. LOWER SELF Vocally driven primitive post punk.

HOT LUNCH is a punk ‘n’ roll band from the San Francisco/Oakland Bay Area that specializes in getting loud, getting weird and getting rad. The quartet’s unique blend of brown-acid skate-rock and wah-fuzz proto-metal was born in the bowels of skatanic rituals, biker beer busts and wizard staff meetings. With a head-bludgeoning sound that refuses to take sides (and showers), Hot Lunch are on a hell-bent mission to create the best party soundtrack in the history of all music. Their…

CALIFORNIA Rock/power pop from members of Jawbreaker and Pinhead Gunpowder. EVIL LIVIN’ Featuring 2/3rd’s of This Bike is a Pipe Bomb! APOPKA DARKROOM RIYL Hüskers, Moving Targets…

PERSONAL AND THE PIZZAS It’s the Personal and the Pizzas 10th anniversary free show sponsored by our friends at Anchor Brewing! With special guest DJ D.D. Snaxxx on the turntables! These 3 Greasy Goons from Jersey write Rock n Roll songs about Girls, Hanging Around, Startin Trouble, Partying, Beatin Up Nerds, Delinquency, Rockin and Rollin, Eatin Pizza, Drinkin Beer, Fightin, Cars, and Everything Else 3 Greaseballs from the Street might sing about. The Lineup tends to change frequently due to…

PINS OF LIGHT San Francisco’s Pins of Light reside in that murky musical shadow-territory of the nearly unclassifiable. They craft a brutal and intricate mélange of metal, punk and prog that isn’t quite any of those things. Pins of Light’s most progressive moments are more Motörhead than Mothers of Invention; their metal is more Pink Floyd than it is Judas Priest; the elements of punk are a driving fistfight that’s entirely the band’s own. Singer and bassist Shane Baker, guitarists…

WOUNDED LION is a scrappy pop formation with more layers than one might think. The LA-based quintet artfully blends crunchy guitar chug and caveman thud with buoyant pop melody and deceptively simple lyrics, uncovering wonky pop gems along the way. The songs hint at melancholy but simultaneously offer infectious choruses and exuberant grooves. The resulting sound is fresh, despite celebrating everything from the Velvets to the Clean, with some CCR thrown in for good measure. Wounded Lion’s live shows choogle…