If you like independent music and underground local culture you may visit those 4 places while staying in São Paulo.
Associação Cecília Cultural
Located in Barra Funda, west zone, it’s a very nice club to listen to original post rock/post punk bands, although sometimes you have bands with other styles performing here. $$
Hotel Bar
Located in baixo Augusta, downtown, it’s the house of obscure noisy projects, it’s unusual to see a conventional band performing here, for instance, duos or trios that use samplers and computers combined with guitar or drums are common here $$
Fauhaus
Located in Lapa, West zone, it’s a nice place where you can listen to original bands from jazz fusion to psychedelic rock. They also offer recording sessions at a fair price $$
Breve
Located in Pompeia, west zone, it makes room for indie in this list. Although you may find bands of different underground music styles. Breve also hosts international artists that are standing out, bands from Canada, Japan and other countries play there often. $$