Gary Mackender, Karl Hoffmann and Billy Yates, otherwise known as The Carnivaleros Trio, add a few secret herbs and spices (use your imagination) into a savory stockpot of zydeco, polka y Tex-Mex and bring it to a roiling boil at Public Brewhouse. Details here.

They are a little folk, a little country with a Southwestern tan: Eric Schaffer & the Other Troublemakers with JD Loveland & Friendsare at Monterey Court. Details here.

San Francisco doom metalists Castle continue to push the envelope as they await the Flash of the Pentagram. With the power/violence/crust punk of Dayak and Napalm Strike at Club Congress. Details here.