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On stage

Artists who've played The Independent

Top 6 of 55 acts on record.

Jensen McRae

Jensen McRae

2 appearances

Laura Marling

Laura Marling

2 appearances

Die Spitz

Die Spitz

2 appearances

Benny Sings

Benny Sings

2 appearances

zzzahara

zzzahara

1 appearance

Voxtrot

Voxtrot

1 appearance

Nearby

Other venues in San Francisco

The Warfield

31 shows

The Regency Ballroom

25 shows

Great American Music Hall

24 shows

The Chapel

20 shows

The Fillmore

17 shows

Café du Nord

12 shows

The Midway

11 shows

Bottom of the Hill

6 shows

See the full San Francisco scene.

Walking distance

Other venues nearby

Within 2 km of The Independent.

The Faight Collective

800 m · San Francisco

Panhandle

800 m · San Francisco

Aviator Nation

1.1 km · Austin

University of San Francisco

1.2 km · San Francisco

Swedish American Hall

1.2 km · San Francisco

Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall

1.5 km · San Francisco

Soundtrack

The sound of The Independent

39 tracks from 21 acts who've played here or are coming through soon. Click any track to play it in the player.

Now playing:Such Great·Kerosene Heights

01
Such Great
Kerosene Heights
02
Pop Punk Anthem (Sorry for the Delay)
Die Spitz
03
The Start of Something (Demo)
Voxtrot
04
Roobosh
NewDad
05
Liquorice
Freak Slug
06
Your Friend
Jensen McRae
07
Home at Dawn
Superchunk
08
What's That a Picture Of?
Smallpools
09
Bum My Trip
Superchunk
10
If It Makes You Happy
Michael Cera Palin
11
One More Cowboy
Jensen McRae
12
Over & Over
Smallpools
13
Throw Yourself to the Sword
Die Spitz
14
Strange Companion
Langhorne Slim
15
i'm getting lonely at night
Anna of the North
16
Halo
54 Ultra
17
Stealin' Time
Langhorne Slim
18
Damaged Goods
Post Animal
19
Hospital Bed
Saturdays At Your Place
20
Brooklyn Is Burning
Head Automatica
21
Kicking Cops
Dreamer Isioma
22
Detian
Weval
23
I Shot William H. Macy
Head Automatica
24
Radio
Freak Slug
25
He's My Man - The Anniversary
Luvcat
26
More Than Friends
Aidan Bissett
27
I'll Let You Finish
Finn Wolfhard
28
Just Like Heaven (Live at BBC Maida Vale)
NewDad
29
Ghosting
Biig Piig
30
I Am Going Through Hell (Bittersweet)
Dreamer Isioma
31
Dennis #3
Kerosene Heights
32
Berlin Without Return
Voxtrot
33
Does He Know It
54 Ultra
34
Something
Weval
35
Vampire at the Beach
Luvcat
36
Fitness
Post Animal
37
No One Knows You Better
Anna of the North
38
It's Always Cloudy in Kalamazoo
Saturdays At Your Place
39
Picking Up (feat. Deb Never)
Biig Piig

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