.Tad Malone

Heavy Lemon has been on a roll lately with its billings of complementary local bands in burgeoning Bay Area spaces. This week features bands Windsor Terrace, So Pitted, Miscomings and Juniper at Fremont cafe Tamper Room.

No current punk band makes music for kids living out on the skids quite like Get Dead. The San Francisco based band makes music full of anger, rebellion, activism and joy.

San Jose’s S27 Alehouse is known for gourmet beers and eats in a wide-open space. But increasingly, it’s also becoming known for its growing series of live shows.

When musician Ethan Holtzman was visiting Cambodia, he became enthralled with the country’s psychedelic rock music. By chance or synchronicity, his brother Zac also fell in love with the sound while working at a record store.

Rick Springfield first got his musical sealegs as a member of Australian pop rock band Zoot, scoring some hit singles before breaking out on his own. From there, a string of immortal pop songs emerged, like the 1981 number one hit, “Jessie’s Girl,” as well as “Don’t Talk to Strangers” and “Affair of the Heart”.

San Jose locals 12 Gauge Promise play a high tempo, melodic style of punk rock, like a mix between Bad Religion and Social Distortion. Their style is both immediately familiar yet somehow fresh, due to unique undercurrents throughout their songs.

Though information online is scant on this San Francisco hardcore band, Vial of Tearz say enough musically with their brutal but infectious music. If the band was named in homage to the Megadeth song, it would make sense, as Vial of Tearz puts forth a deathcore-adjacent sound with sludgy metal riffs, great timing and absolutely pissed off vocals.

This weekend, the Guild Theatre will be serving up the classics in a deliciously funky way with the Headhunters. Started by legendary musician Herbie...