Who’s Where? East Bay: Places to hear live music in Oakland, Berkley and Alameda for Sept. 2-3, 2011

You’re a music fan in the East Bay. All you need to know is who you can see play this weekend and where to see them. Who’s Where? is your weekly concert listing offering everything you want with nothing you don’t. For locations to all these venues, see the handy-dandy map at the bottom of the page. Got a venue/gig you don’t see listed here? Drop a line to bill [at] billchapin.net.

I get the impression that people avoid scheduling shows for Labor Day Weekend, on account of everybody being out of town. But everybody who leaves town has got to go somewhere, so what about all the folks who come to the East Bay from elsewhere? Don’t they deserve live entertainment?

Sure they do, and despite a schedule that’s a bit sparser than last week, our local concert venues have a big variety of offerings on Friday and Saturday. One of the biggest names to emerge in the contemporary folk scene, Girlyman is returning to the Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse with all its close harmonies and pop sensibilities; fans of shrieking and blast beats can endure more than 30 bands at the grindcore-focused Deathfest! at the Oakland Metro Operahouse; and pioneering East Coast hardcore punk bands Reagan Youth and No Thanks bring their tour through 924 Gilman. Peruse the listings and you’ll find everything from pirate music to another guy named Dave Matthews who has a band.

Friday, Aug. 26, 2011

• 57th Street Gallery, 5701 Telegraph Ave., Oakland: Howard Wiley (SF jazz saxophonist), doors at 7:30 p.m., music at 8:30 p.m., $15 admission plus $5 for dinner. [tickets]
• 924 Gilman, 924 Gilman St., Berkeley: Stellar Corpses, The Sea Wolves, Limnus, Plasma Cannon and Savage Machine (horror punk, punk), 7 p.m., $10, all ages. [details]
• Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave., Berkeley: Moonalice (rock, jam), doors at 8:30 p.m., music at 9 p.m., $10 in advance and students, $13 day of show. [tickets]
• Cafe Van Kleef, 1621 Telegraph Ave., Oakland: Vince Wallace Jazz Ensemble (bop jazz), 8 p.m., cover charge of some sort.
• Disco Volante, 347 14th St., Oakland: MJ’s Brass Boppers (New Orleans-style brass band from SF), 9 p.m., $5.
• Eagles Hall, 2305 Alameda Ave., Alameda: Andre Thierry & Zydeco Magic (zydeco), 8:30 p.m. dance lesson, 9 p.m. dancing, $15.
• Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, 2020 Addison St., Berkeley: Absynth Quintet (gypsy, bluegrass, jam), doors at 7 p.m., music at 8 p.m., $20.50 in advance, $22.50 at the door. [tickets]

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  High Street Station, 1303 High St., Alameda: Deborah Crooks and CRP The Band (Americana, roots rock), 7 p.m., $8.

• Jupiter, 2181 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley: Kat 010 Trio (improvisational electronica, dub jazz, funk), 5 p.m., free; The Park (soul, jazz, rock), 8 p.m., free.
• Speisekammer, 2424 Lincoln Ave., Alameda: Skip Henderson & The Starboard Watch (folk, maritime), 8:30 p.m., free.
• The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley: Angel Island, The Bye Bye Blackbirds, John Craig & The Weekend and Nicole Berke (indie rock, power-pop), doors at 8:30 p.m., music at 9 p.m, $7-$10 sliding scale.
• The Uptown, 1928 Telegraph Ave., Oakland: The Horns of Happiness, Field Trips, White Cloud, MwahHaHa (indie rock, alternative), doors at 6 p.m. music at 9 p.m., free.
• Yoshi’s, 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland: Norman Brown (pop, R&B, jazz), 8 and 10 p.m., $35. [tickets]

Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011

• 57th Street Gallery, 5701 Telegraph Ave., Oakland: MB Hanif and the Sound Voyagers (jazz saxophonist and ensemble), doors at 7:30 p.m., music at 8:30 p.m., $15 admission plus $5 for dinner. [tickets]
• 924 Gilman, 924 Gilman St., Berkeley: Reagan Youth, No Thanks, Zero Bull Shit, Gutwrench, Zero Progress, Guantanamo Dogpile (hardcore punk, punk), 7 p.m., $10, all ages. [details]
• Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave., Berkeley: Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers (East Coast swing, lindy hop), doors at 7:30 p.m., dance lesson at 8 p.m., music at 9 p.m., $15 adults, $12 students. [details]
• Cafe Van Kleef, 1621 Telegraph Ave., Oakland: The Lovelight Blues Band (blues), 8 p.m., cover charge of some sort.
• Disco Volante, 347 14th St., Oakland: Chauncey Evans and Mixed Nuts (jazz), 9:15 p.m., free.
• Eli’s Mile High Club, 3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Oakland: The Authorities, Neighborhood Brats, The Adults (punk), 8:30 p.m., $5. [details]

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  Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, 2020 Addison St., Berkeley: Girlyman (folk-pop), doors at 7 p.m., music at 8 p.m., $26.50 in advance, $28.50 at the door.[tickets]

• High Street Station, 1303 High St., Alameda: Dave Matthews Blues Band (blues), 7 p.m., sliding scale $5 to $15.
• Jazzschool, 2087 Addison St., Berkeley: Kenia (Brazilian jazz vocalist), doors at 7:30 p.m., music at 8 p.m., $15 adults, $12 seniors and students. [tickets]
• Jupiter, 2181 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley: Jinx Jones Trio (rockabilly guitarist’s jazz trio), 8 p.m., free.
• Mama Buzz Cafe, 2318 Telegraph Ave., Oakland: The Goat and the Feather and Buttons (alternative rock, Americana), 7 p.m., donations accepted.
• The New Parish, 579 18th St., Oakland: The Monophonics (psychedelic soul, heavy funk), doors at 8 p.m., music at 9 p.m., $5 in advance, $10 at the door. [tickets]
• Oakland Metro Operahouse, 630 Third St., Oakland: Deadfest! featuring Stapled Shut, Violence of Humanity, Sorrower, Population Reduction and more (grindcore, death metal), 2 p.m., $10, all ages. [tickets]
• Speisekammer, 2424 Lincoln Ave., Alameda: Kit and The Branded Men (classic country), 8:30 p.m., free.
• The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley: O’Possum Family Singers (acoustic, folk), 5 p.m., free; Felsen, Pomegranate and The Tender Mercies (classic pop, indie rock), doors at 8:30 p.m., music at 9:30 p.m., $7-$10 sliding scale.
• Stork Club, 2330 Telegraph Ave., Oakland: Blacklight Revelation and Barstool Saints (rock, punk), 9 p.m., $5.
• Subterranean Arthouse, 2179 Bancroft Way, Berkeley: Jacob Zimmerman/Michael Coleman Duo (saxophone and piano, standards), 8:30 p.m., $10-$15 sliding scale.
• The Uptown, 1928 Telegraph Ave., Oakland: High On Fire, Black Cobra and Embers (metal), 8 p.m., $20. [tickets]
• Yoshi’s, 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland: Norman Brown (pop, R&B, jazz), 8 and 10 p.m., $35. [tickets]

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