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Music: Rock/Pop
The Dilettantes

When

Thursday May 1 (8pm)

Where
The Independent (628 Divisadero St, 415.771.1422)
Price
$12
Details
http://www.theindependentsf.com/may2008.htm
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Brian Jonestown Massacre tambourine player Joel Gion came off as a bit of a clown in Dig!, the 2004 documentary portrait of the band's slow implosion. Don't believe everything you see at the movies, though — fronting the Dilettantes, Gion reveals himself to be a sure hand with glam and garage rock. The band channels groups like Moby Grape and the New York Dolls on their loose-limbed debut album, 101 Tambourines. Fellow San Franciscans LSD and the Search for God live up to their name with psychedelic rock reminiscent of My Bloody Valentine and Spaceman 3.

Max Goldberg