!!! - This party band's electronic music, punctuated (get it? Get it?) by a new darker sound, is sure to get asses shaking with a sense of menace.
8pm, $20. Independent, 628 Divisadero, SF. (415) 771-1421, www.independent.com
DNC Live - Perhaps you've heard there's an election this year? Check out speeches by Obama, Biden, and Bill Clinton live on a big screen.
7pm, free. Humanist Hall, 390 27th St., Oakl. www.humanisthall.org
Lee "Scratch" Perry - Enjoy an evening with Heavyweight Dub Champion and Scratch, the reggae pioneer who convinced hard rocker Andrew W.K. to collaborate with him.
9pm, $25. Independent, 628 Divisadero, SF. (415) 771-1422, www.independentsf.com
"Riot on Sunset Strip" - Break out your go-go boots for this four-day film flashback to Los Angeles' 1960s experience hosted by Dominic Priore.
See Rep Clock below for showtimes, through Sept. 31, $8.50. Red Vic Movie House, 1727 Haight, SF. (415) 668-3994, www.redvicmoviehouse.com
Intronaut - Metal creativity and ominous jazz-rock breaks make clear why this LA band is a favorite of the heavy music press.
9pm, $10. Parkside, 1600 17th St., SF. (415) 393-0393, www.theeparkside.com
"Zombies of Eureka" - Local filmmaker Jon Olsen compiles zombie-themed music videos in what is sure to be the ultimate undead musical.
8pm, $6. Artists Television Access, 992 Valencia, SF. (415) 824-3890,www.atasite.org
Slim Cessna's Auto Club - Not just a band, but a bona-fide frenzy of hand-wringing, foot-stomping, invocation-hollering pandemonium (plus banjos, upright bass, and a double-necked gee-tar).
9pm, $14. Great American Music Hall, 859 O'Farrell, SF. (415) 885-0750, www.gamh.com
CONTRA-TIEMPO - The L.A. dance troupe gives a glance at how young Latinos see themselves in a contemporary urban context.
8pm, $25. CounterPULSE, 1310 Mission, SF. (415) 626-2060, www.counterpulse.org
Your Flesh Invitational - You haven't lived until you've heard the Urinals play their punk athems "Salmonella" or "You Piss Me Off." This minifest will make you live.
8pm, $12. Bottom of the Hill, 1233 17th St., SF. (415) 621-4455,www.bottomofthehill.com
Big Top One Year Anniversary - Club Big Top celebrates one year of existence with a three cock-ringed circus, including DJ Juanita More and a carny-hearty drag show.
10pm, $5. The Transfer, 198 Church, SF. (415) 861-7499, www.myspace.com/joshuajcook
Fucked Up - Armed with arguably the best sense of humor in punk rock, Fucked Up holds a mirror up to the face of hardcore.
6pm, $10. Hemlock Tavern, 1131 Polk, SF. (415) 923-0923, www.hemlocktavern.com
Art and Soul - A boundary-breaking buffet of music, dance, and art on six stages, covering more genres than Amazon.
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Noon-6pm, $5. Entrance on 14th St. and Broadway, 11th St. and Jefferson, 16th St. and San Pablo, or the Promenade on Jefferson, Oakl. www.artandsouloakland.com
"Japanese Wolf" - Grrr, baby, grrr. The girl-woman at the center of Yumiko Kayukawa's paintings has an intimate, even seductive, relationship with the animal kingdom.
12-7pm, through Sep.6. Shooting Gallery, 839 Larkin, SF. (415) 931-8035, www.shootinggallerysf.com
Polvo - Celebrate the new dark age! Polvo is reborn! The indie band's dissonant, woozy guitar reveries are as good for pogo-fests as they are for gazing out car windows after bad breakups.
8pm, $16. Bimbo's 365 Club, 1025 Columbus, SF. (415) 474-0365, www.bimbos365club.com
