(the) Handbag Factory

Happy New Year. Friday 1/6/12 First Floor (Margo Entrance): Indie Rock/Psych w/ The Whisperlights Third Floor (Grand Ave Entrance): Noise/Harsh/Ambient w/ Andy Ortmann, Pulsating Cyst and Damion Romero. https://www.facebook.com/events/200735553354231/ https://www.facebook.com/events/161588370613874/ $5-$10 Donations. Doors at 8pm

UPCOMING Mountains | Slow Dive | Conscious Summary | Warrior Line PIGS ARE DICKS | insane art show with 3 days of opening celebrations Premonition 13 | 1st floor riff insanity Prizehog (SF) | hepa/titus | Iron MTN | Conscious Summary Halloween comes early. Grind and Pumpkins on the 1st floor w/ Bedlam of Cacophony | Dystrophic | Baseck Don't miss BEND THIS! A long runnin Circuit Bending and perfomance workshop Oct 29th.

Beautiful and mostly dead, 4 artists bring their collection of post mortem photographs. Feat. the works of Martin Depedro and more. Opening Saturday August 20th. 7-11pm. Don't Miss this one! Musical guests: MOAB and The Cathedral Rings ********* Sunday offers another aural perspective for the Codex Necro show: SUNDAY/// cfvs iii (SF), droughter, wrong hole, pedestrian deposit, goth chix Sunday August 21, 9pm

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 3, 2011 3rd floor, Grand Ave Entrance. (surprises and sun-burnt sounds) SUBMISSIONS(members of: Best Coast, Goliath Bird Eater, Polar Goldie Cats) M. GEDDES GENGRAS(members of: Robedoor, Pocahaunted, Dogwiper) MjolniirDXP(Denver) Echo Beds(Denver) **** THURSDAY AUGUST 4, 2011 1st floor Margoe St. Entrance. (black metal from Spain) Proclamation (spain) Sanguis Imperem Vomit Ritual Mutalacion  **** SATURDAY AUGUST 6, 2011 3rd floor Grand Ave Entrance.   (local noise masters +DOG+ bring you a night of top notch sounds. Conscious Summary's first show in a few months) +DOG+ -  www.soundcloud.com/dog-4 Endometrium Cuntplow -  www.soundcloud.com/endomet ​riumcuntplow Obscurer -  www.myspace.com/seagrassre ​cordings Tom Hall -  www.tomhall.com.au Conscious Summary -  www.myspace.com/consciouss ​ummary Modern Concert Sunken Landscapes -  www.sunkenlandscapes.bandc ​amp.com          ...

This weekend we will have our first show on the 1st floor of the Handbag Factory. This is going to be a really intense show w/ many of acts crossing over into realms of extreme grind-core, free jazz and blistering noise. Celebrate grind/jazz virtuoso's CRYPTIC GALLBLADDER SPLATTER's long awaited record release show . NUCLEAR DEATH WISH is coming down from Oakland for this one night only, we are super excited for them to play and also worried they might burn the place down. featuring Dj Cactus from KUSF. not to miss! BEDLAM OF CACOPHONY is ridiculous, and fast. A week later expect to have your mind blown once you finally process what you just heard. far out. ACTUARY needs no introduction. these noise giants will simply crush you. ACTUARY is fucking massive. DYSTROPHIC plays ultra violent tech grind and mind melting noise at light speed. - deep space death grind featuring members of Conscious Summary and Sinister Sadist. More acts TBA (the) HANDBAG FACTORY 1336 S. ...