Sour Widows headlines our 4th anniversary fest this Saturday 🎂
After the backyard show at El Rio, join us next door at Mothership for a free afterparty featuring Bay Area DJ favorites Charles Hawthorne and Farsight
This Saturday. Two parties. Guitar music by day, club dancing at night. Join us 💙💖
Sour Widows headlines our day party at El Rio, with support from Pocket Full of Crumbs, Tony Jay, Margot James, and DJ Nocean Beach, representing the best in local shoegaze and alt rock.
That same night, we move next door to Mothership for Charles Hawthorne and Farsight for an eclectic evening of dance floor heaters from two of the Bay’s most creative selectors, each given a full two hours to stretch out and play.
Get tickets to Sour Widows at El Rio →
RSVP for Charles Hawthorne & Farsight at Mothership →
— White Crate
SOUR WIDOWS: “If you're starting out as a younger band, take yourself seriously.”
Revival of a Friend, the 2024 debut by Sour Widows, is a moody alt rock hinterland, an extravagant grunge palace assembled from simple pieces of the craft. What sets it apart? Touch. Texture. Co-produced, engineered, and mixed by Tiny Telephone’s Maryam Qudus, the album sounds pristine: each floor tom, snare, guitar string, and crying out voice given its space to breathe separately—and to organically meld into the whole. Traversing these sonic landscapes, one feels cradled by a warm, furious heart. Instead of cruelty or bitterness, there is a grounding gratitude strummed in love.
Read our interview with the band →
CHARLES HAWTHORNE: “Without the community side of my work, DJing would probably be incredibly boring for me.”
Charles Hawthorne is an Oakland-based Black queer DJ. Hot track selection and divinatory crowd reading have made them a force behind the decks and in the nightlife community, with their unique blend of disco, house, club, and RnB ushering a journey through the history and movement of Black queer dance music.
FARSIGHT: “I honestly kind of like how the 2am curfew encourages us to call it a night.”
Based in his native San Francisco, Peruvian-American artist Farsight combines his affinity for the UK hardcore continuum and Latin rhythms with high-impact genres like hard groove techno, jersey club, and reggaeton, demonstrating cutting-edge eclecticism in both productions and DJ sets while always playing for the dancefloor.
SHOW RECS
Our top show recommendations for the coming week:
[exhibit] Opening Reception for Open Ears: Michael Rakowitz & Asha Sheshadri, in collaboration with KADIST — Nov 7 at the Lab
[punk] Discnogirl, Lovespiral, Whine, Vore — Nov 7 at Thee Stork Club
[indie] Prettyboy Chance (album release), Light Chain, Tony Glaser & The Party — Nov 7 at the Great Star Theater
[folk] San Francisco Leonard Cohen Festival — Nov 8-10 at Cafe du Nord and Swedish American Music Hall
[electronic] Suzanne Ciani — Nov 8-9 at the 4 Star Theater
[rock] Crop Top (EP release), Booty Ch33k 3000, The Lost Marakas — Nov 8 at the Knockout
[techno] SQUISH x VITAMIN1000 ft. Reptant, Adam Pits, Baalti, Adware, Vertigo, mothbot — Nov 8 at F8
[experimental] SMARTBOMB ft. Oddity (live), Soul Light Collective (DJ), Billie0cean, Raven, IDHAZ, Marcus Stephens, Heavy Arts Ensemble, Lonely Girl, Musa Bey, Bored Lord, Mike Boo, Mizu & W.A.L.A. — Nov 9 at the Legion of Honor
[club] PROGRAM x ARCANA ft. Farsight, mothbot, DJ Lethargy, sfcowboy, HotGothGF, b0nitababy, EVY, bastiengoat, Taraneh — Nov 9 at the Laundry
[rock] WHITE CRATE 4-YEAR ANNIVERSARY ft. Sour Widows, Tony Jay, Pocket Full of Crumbs, Margot James — Nov 9 at El Rio
[club] WHITE CRATE 4-YEAR ANNIVERSARY FREE AFTERPARTY!!!! ft. Charles Hawthorne, Farsight, ronny ronny ronny — Nov 9 at Mothership
[experimental] Jordan Glenn's BEAK, Grex ft. Lewis Jordan, Voicehandler, Brown / Sam Lefebvre / Cody Putman — Nov 9 at Temescal Art Center
[alterntive] R.E. Seraphin, Silverware, Lawnwacker — Nov 9 at Makeout Room
[rock] FAKE & GAY x AMOR DIGITAL x SQUISH ft. Rosa Pistola, Travieza, Yuca Frita, Mare E Fresh — Nov 9 at the Great Northern
[fest] CREATING QUEER COMMUNITIES ft. Cristina Medrano, Deon Brown, Satchi Thockchom, and many more — Nov 9-10 at Monument SF
[roots] BLACK WOMEN’S ROOTS FESTIVAL ft. The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol, Bobi Céspedes, Bishop Yvette Flunder, Miko Marks, Vicki Randle, Jadayah Malay — Nov 10 at Freight & Salvage
[psych] Brown Dog, Maya Songbird, RIP Florence — Nov 10 at Thee Stork Club
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