San Francisco's Weekend is scheduled to hit up The Independent next Thurs/19, after a spell touring with the legendary post-punk band Wire. With fuzzed-out reverb-laden guitars, pounding rhythms, haunting vocals, and bass melodies that would make Peter Hook blush, this band has been all over the indie radar like white on rice, drawing praises from every corner of the blogosphere. Pitchfork rated the trio's 2010 Slumberland release Sports an 8.2/10, in which friends the Young Prisms twatted -- excuse me, tweeted -- in response, "Weekend was robbed. Should've been an 18.2." Can we get an Amen?<!--break-->
Here's a little taste of what's in store for your eardrums:
WEEKEND
With Clipd Beaks and Jealousy
Thurs/19 8 p.m., $12
Independent
2170 Market, SF
(415) 771-1421
www.independentsf.com