Web (and searchable) version at http://jon.luini.com/thelist/ T H H EEEEEE L I SSSS TTTTT T H H E L I S T T HHHHHH EEEEE L I SSSS T T H H E L I S T T H H E L I S S T T H H EEEEEE LLLLLLL I SSSS T funk-punk-thrash-ska Upcoming shows of interest Dec 23, 2007 dec 23 sun Dancing With Aspirin, SpaceBag, The Rage, The Overgrown Bunnies, The High Class at Blake's, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm ** dec 23 sun The Mutaytor at Festivus, SomArts Center, 934 Brannan St., S.F. 18+ $70 7pm/7:30pm * (dinner/show/raffle - Green Aid Fundraiser) dec 23 sun Scarab, Butcher, Chola, The Ferocious Few at El Rincon, 2700 16th St. at Harrison, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** dec 25 tue The Fuxedos, Graves Bros Deluxe, Abu Gharib, Hydrogen Pellets, Sassy, Theremin Barney, K-Rob, Brutallo at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** (Karla LaVey's 10th Annual Black X-Mass) dec 26 wed Nashville Pussy, Reverend Horton Heat, Hank III at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # *** dec 26 wed French Miami, Cubik & Origami at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9:30pm * dec 27 thr Conflict, Rubella Ballet at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16 8pm ** @ dec 27 thr La Plebe, Filthy Thieving Bastards, Angry Amputees, Ashtray at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8pm/9pm ** @ dec 27 thr The Finches, The Mantles, RyRock at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** dec 27 thr Wu-Tang Clan, Bayonics, Rec-League, BenFlowz, Ren The Vinyl Archaeologist at Ruby Skye, 420 Mason at Geary, S.F. 21+ $60/$70 ($100 premium) 8pm ** dec 27 thr Inferno Of Joy, Death Valley High at Annie's, Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 ** dec 27 thr Sweetleaf (tribute), Motogruv, Lock Up The Wolves (tribute) at Last Day Saloon, 120 5th St. at Davis St., Santa Rosa 21+ $8 9pm * dec 27/28 Van Morrison, Shana Morrison at Nob Hill Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $200/$90 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** dec 27/28 Cracker, Camper Van Beethoven at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $22 8:30pm/9pm ** dec 28 fri Arise, Oskerei, Eviscerated, Psychosamatic, Wayward Son, Killgasm at 924 Gilman a/a $7 7pm *** @ dec 28 fri La Plebe, Aztlan Underground, Rupert Estanislao, Brass Liberation Orchestra, Bolivar Vive at La Pena Center, 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley a/a $10 8:30pm ** @ dec 28 fri One Hundred Suns, Walken, Savnock at Eli's Mile High Club, 3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm ** dec 28 fri Jackie Greene, Sherman Baker at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** dec 28 fri Jet Boy, FlexXbronco, A Band Called Pain at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8 8:30pm/10pm ** dec 28 fri Rademacher (Fresno - cd release), Battlehooch, Chinese Bookie at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 8:30pm ** dec 28 fri Les Hormones, The Guilty Hearts, Thee Cormans at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** dec 28 fri G.G. Elvis And The T.C.P. (Oxnard), Midnight Bombers Druglords Of The Avenues, Jaded Fucks at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/9:30pm *** @ dec 28 fri The Suppressors, Justifi, The Muckruckers, dj Wally 2-Tone at Grant & Green, 1371 Grant St., S.F. 21+ free 9pm ** dec 28 fri Saigon, dj Big Von at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** dec 28 fri The 88's, Blaming Johnny, Pellica at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 8mp ** dec 28 fri Ambience, Good Hustle at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** dec 28 fri Sweetleaf (tribute), Motogruv, Lock Up The Wolves (tribute) at Pine Street Grill, 875 Rincon Ave., Livermore 21+ $8 9pm * dec 28 fri The Common Men, One Dying Secret, Death And Revenge, Victim Effect at the Upstairs, Country Club Lanes, 2600 Watt Avenue, Sacramento a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm ** dec 28 fri Knights Of The Abyss, Light This City, Suicide Silence, The Faceless at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** @ dec 28/29 X, The Hooks at Slim's, S.F. a/a $30 9pm *** dec 28/29/30/31 The Radiators at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $35 ($100 12/31) 9pm * dec 29 sat Hatchet, Fog Of War, Devastator, Laceration, Zombie Holocaust, Pillager, Oxidation at 924 Gilman a/a $7 7pm *** @ dec 29 sat Chris Brown, Bow Wow, Soulja Boy, Sean Kingston, Shop Boyz, Lil Mama at the Arena, Oakland a/a $80/$60/$40 7:30pm # ** dec 29 sat The Mermen (two sets) at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** dec 29 sat Particle at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** dec 29 sat Dogman Joe, Kapakahi, Pat Jordan Band, Jethro Jeremiah Band at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm * dec 29 sat Kai Kln, Triclops! at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/10pm ** @ dec 29 sat This Charming Band, Spellbound (tribute) at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm * dec 29 sat Hiss Golden Messenger, The Parson Red Heads, Michael Talbott, Banana at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm * dec 29 sat The Psychedelic Furs, Kings & Queens, Skip And Shindog at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $30 8pm *** dec 29 sat Year Of The Wild Cat, Stigma13, Black Dream at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 5pm ** dec 29 sat Officer Down, The Scrawnies, Los Dryheavers, The Hardway at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 ** @ dec 29 sat If Ever, Tomihira, Everything Gone Green, The Common Men at the Rockit Room, S.F. 21+ ** dec 29 sat Sabretooth Zombie, Pressure Point, Whiskey Rebels, Strike 2 Survive, Skin Like Iron- Chronic Condition (lobby) at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 8pm *** @ dec 29 sat Warkrime, Brutal Death, Skull Stomp, Black America, Outlaw Dance Society, Twain Harte at ColorBlind Studios, 1476 Franquette Ave., Concord a/a $8 7pm *** @ dec 29 sat The Privies, Smash-Up Derby, The Seth Chapla at Betty's Rock Bar, 1251 Arroyo Way, Walnut Creek 21+ $10 9pm ** dec 29 sat Jetboy, Flexx Bronco, Dynamite 8 at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** dec 29 sat S.T.D., Flip The Switch, Losing All Pride, Wings Of Innocence, Vamp Le Stat at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $8 6:30pm/7pm ** (tribute to the 80's nite) dec 29 sat Nine Hours North, Smoke at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** dec 29 sat Giant Squid, Earth at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $8/$10 9pm ** dec 30 sun Kevin Camia, Ali Mafi at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10/$15 8pm * dec 30 sun The Germs, The Adolescents, Whiskey Sunday at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $18 9pm *** @ dec 31 mon The Germs, The Adolescents, Switchblade Riot, The Mae Shi at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $18 9pm *** @ dec 31 mon Drunk Horse, Total Bull Shit at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** dec 31 mon Lyrics Born, dJ Zeta, dj Funklor at Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave. at Bancroft, Berkeley 21+ $35 ** dec 31 mon Neurosis, Earth, Saviors at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** dec 31 mon Melvins, Comets On Fire, Triclops! at Slim's, S.F. a/a $40 9pm *** @ dec 31 mon Les Claypool's, 3rd Annual N.Y.E. Hatters Ball Extravaganza, Madame Blavatsky Overdrive at Fillmore, S.F. a/a $59.50 8pm/9pm # *** dec 31 mon Peanut Butter Wolf (3am - dj set), dj Dennis (2am), The Mars Volta (11:30pm - electric), Peanut Butter Wolf (10:30 - video set), The Mars Volta (10pm - acoustic), The Eternals (9pm), dj Nobody (8pm), light show at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a $55 8pm # ** dec 31 mon Cake, The Lovemakers at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $75.50/$69.50 8pm/9pm # ** dec 31 mon Scissors For Lefty, Von Iva, The May Fire at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $19.99/$25 8pm/9pm ** dec 31 mon This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb, The Bananas, dj Tragic at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm *** @ dec 31 mon Wonder Bread 5, Glorified HJ at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $99/$100 (includes 25 drink tickets) 8pm * dec 31 mon Old Grandad at Bender's, 806 South Van Ness Ave., S.F. 21+ $8 ** dec 31 mon Blaqk Audio, Moving Units, dj Junior Boys, Katy Perry, dj Aaron, dj Omar at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $50 8pm ** (Live 105) dec 31 mon The Crystal Method at Ruby Skye, 420 Mason at Geary, S.F. 21+ ** dec 31 mon Thunder Thighs, Pigeons Or Panthers, Forever 21 at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $5 ** dec 31 mon Bill Haley's Original Comets at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $20 * dec 31 mon Dublin Death Patrol, Reignition, Scorched Earth Policy, 3rd Rail at the Time Out, 1822 Grant Street, Concord 21+ $25 8pm *** @ dec 31 mon Broken Iris, Five Second Rule, So Called Tragedy at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** @ dec 31 mon The Zach Institute, Arrogant Hare at the Vista Restaurant, 91 Commercial at 1st., Eureka a/a $5 9pm ** jan 2 wed The Luxury Sweets, Million Dollar Itch at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ * jan 2 wed Defiance (OH), This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb, Vena Cava, Fischer, Prohibition Hearthrob at Balazo Gallery, 2183 Mission, S.F. a/a $5 7pm *** @ (Benefit Prisoner's Literature Project - bring a paperback/new-ish book) jan 3 thr P.A.W.N.S., Ill Gotten Gainz at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** @ jan 3 thr Shantytown, American Drag, The Second Cousins at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** jan 3 thr Ours, Static, April Bauer, Nothing But Ash's at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 ** jan 3 thr This Bike Is A Pipebomb, Vena Cava at someplace in Santa Cruz a/a ** @ jan 4 fri Trainwreck Riders, Stripmall Seizures, Tinkture, DiDi Mao, People Eaters at 924 Gilman a/a $6 8pm *** @ jan 4 fri Everything Must Go, Flexx Bronco, Shooting Lucy, The Immigrants at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** jan 4 fri Maldriod, The Hot Toddies, Royalty at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** jan 4 fri Dan Tyminski Band, Hot Buttered Rum at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $39.50 8pm # ** (was at Palace of Fine Arts, S.F.) jan 4 fri Chords Are Dead, Schande, Japanese Baby (tribute) at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** jan 4 fri Savage Republic at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9:30pm ** jan 4 fri Houndstooth & The Wolfhounds, Meth Teeth, Reptilian Civilian at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jan 4 fri Teenage Cool Kids (TX), Koji Kondo (TX) at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $5 ** jan 4 fri Litany For The Whale, My Parade at Fat City, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** jan 4 fri Left Alone, Cobra Skulls, Black Rose Phantoms, Final Summation at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 9pm ** jan 4 fri Fact On File, Reduced To Ruin, Static Mind-FI at the Retox Lounge, 628 20th Street at 3rd, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** jan 4 fri Conducting From the Grave, In Virtue, Visepera, Hazzard, Discordia at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 8pm *** @ jan 4 fri Graf Orlock, Dangers, Owen Hart, Ghostlimb, Mohoram Atta, Fischer, Nord Mariner at the Oddstad Gallery, 1472 Oddstad Drive, Redwood City a/a $7 ($5 with paperback/new-ish book) 7pm ** @ (Benefit Prisoner's Literature Project) jan 4 fri Impaled at Rasputins Records, Mountain View a/a free 6pm ** jan 4 fri Firme, Disorient Express, Wasted Noise at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** jan 4 fri Medicated Motherfuckers, Johnny And The Pachecos, Law Abiding Citizens at Caravan, 98 South Almaden Ave., San Jose 21+ 10pm ** jan 4 fri Queen Anne's Revenge, Ringer at Johnny V's, 31 East Santa Clara St., San Jose 21+ $5 9pm ** jan 4 fri 66Seven, Curmudgeon, Damnweevil, Soul Broker at Pine Street Grill, 875 Rincon Ave., Livermore 21+ $7 9pm ** jan 4/5/6/8 Social Distortion, American Steel (fri), The Two Tone Junkies (sat), 22 Jacks (sun), Mike Herrera's Tumbledown (tue) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 8pm/9pm (7pm/8pm sun & tue) # *** @ jan 5 sat Dangers (L.A.), Graf Orlock (L.A.), Wait In Vain (WA), Owen Hart (WA), Ghost Limb (L.A.), Mohoram Atta at 924 Gilman a/a $7 8pm *** @ jan 5 sat Firme, Disorient Express, Crypt Orchid at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jan 5 sat Zoo Station (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 9pm * jan 5 sat Lemonade, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm * jan 5 sat The Tubes at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $22 8:30pm/9pm ** jan 5 sat The Cheeseballs at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm * jan 5 sat Bastard Sons Of Apocalypse (McAllen, TX), Needles, Dopecharge, Acephalix at Benders, 800 South Van Ness @ 19th St., S.F. 21+ $6 9pm/10pm *** @ (Mike Peligro's Birthday) jan 5 sat The Floating Corpses, Trannysaurus Sex, Jenny Hoysten's Fantasy Island, dJ's at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** @ jan 5 sat My First Murder, Permanent Black, Civilian, Matsuri at the Art Factory, 742 Park St., San Jose a/a 8pm ** jan 5 sat The Widders, 22 Jacks, Maids Of Honor, Cova at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** @ jan 5 sat Decrepit Birth, Brain Drill, Inherit Disease, Embryonic Devourment at Vet's Hall, 846 Front St., Santa Cruz 16+ $12/$15 7:30pm/8pm ** @ (Benefit Santa Cruz Rollergirls) jan 6 sun Matsuri, Home Is Colored Gold, Permanent Black, Mammoth Grinder at the Bike Kitchen, 1256 Mission Street, S.F. a/a 7pm ** (between 8th and 9th - entrance on Laskie) jan 6 sun Skid Row, Bang Tango at the Saddle Rack, 42011 Boscell Rd., Fremont 21+ ** jan 8 tue Rifle, Charles Gonzalez & The Stereo Glitter, Nicki Bluhm, Uni & Her Ukelele at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm * jan 8 tue Sweet Crude Bill And The Lighthouse Nautical Society, Winsome Griffles, Lariats Of Fire at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm * jan 9 wed Soul Broker, Black Gasoline, Against The Grain at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** jan 9 wed Xavier Rudd, Mishka at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** jan 9 wed Husky Tuffskins, Phillp T Nails, Ibid, Michael Musika, 100 dismembered handbags, Uni & The Ding! Trio, Mariel A La Mode, The Triffles at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $5 8pm * jan 9 wed David Daniell & Tom Carter at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm * jan 9 wed Magnus Hitch at Fat City, S.F. 21+ 8pm * jan 9 wed Year Of The Wild Cat at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm * jan 9 wed Please Do Not Fight, Dangermaker, Papertiger at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jan 10 thr Viva Hate at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jan 10 thr Entrance, Mariee Sioux, Lee Bob Watson at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jan 10 thr The Union Trade, The Aimless Never Miss, Aim Low Kid, dj Elise, dj Rosemary at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** jan 10 thr Raised By Robots (cd release) The Papersons at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 8pm ** jan 10 thr Dead Western, Oaxacan, Woman's Worth at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9:30pm ** jan 10 thr Stormcrow, Man The Conveyors, Laudnum, World Eater at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm/9pm ** @ jan 10 thr Hallowed Ground (TX), Cobra Skulls at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $5 ** jan 10 thr The Head Cat at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20/$22 8:30pm/9pm ** jan 10 thr Plastic Fantastic Lover, Sterilize Stereo at Fat City, S.F. 21+ 9pm * jan 10 thr Back Door Slam (U.K.), Eoin Harrington at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm * (KFOG) jan 11 fri Monster Squad, Whiskey Rebels, Cropnox (reunion), Dcoi, Knucklepuck, Urban Decay (L.A.), at 924 Gilman a/a $6 7:30pm *** @ (Monster Squad tour Benefit) jan 11 fri Nuts And Bolts (record release), The Sore Thumbs, Massacre Time, The Blameshifters at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** jan 11 fri The Uptones, The Forgotten, DekOiZ, The Marones at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9:30pm ** @ jan 11 fri Booker T. Jones Band, Aaron Neville/Linda Ronstadt, Phil Lesh/Jackie Greene, Jackie Green/Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Ray Manzarek/Roy Rogers, Tuck & Patti at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $350/$100 7:30pm/8:30pm # ** (Benefit the Bill Graham Foundation) jan 11 fri Graves At Sea, Grey, Kris Force and Sigrid Shie at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jan 11 fri Wallpaper, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8/$10 9pm * jan 11 fri Recliner (cd release), Smith Point, Pine And Battery at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm * jan 11 fri The Dickies, Count Dante, The B-Cups, Sassy at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm *** jan 11 fri The New Mastersounds, On The One at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** jan 11 fri Audio Out Send, The Lonelyhearts, Leigh Gregory at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** jan 11 fri Grannies, Texas Thieves, Dead Ringers Unko Atama at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm ** @ jan 11 fri Pato Banto And The Mystic Roots Band, Eek-A-Mouse, Sol Horizon at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $25 8pm *** jan 11 fri One Hundred Feet, Sixteen Yards, Death Of A Salesman, Done Deal, Take Everything, Even Heroes Fall, Zeta Jones at Weekes Park, 27182 Patrick Ave, Hayward a/a $7 5pm/5:30pm # *** @ (no ins and outs, no drugs, no alcohol, no fights) jan 11 fri The Adored (L.A.), The Luxury Sweets, The Spurts! at Bronco Bar, Santa Clara University a/a donations 9pm ** jan 11 fri Viva Hate at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** jan 11 fri Stellar Corpses, Last Chordz, S.Y.F., DogBone, The Returners at 418 Project, 418 Front Street, Santa Cruz a/a $7 ** jan 11 fri Pittsburgh Slim, The Pack, Tyga at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** jan 11 fri Candy Apple, The Pink Snowflakes, Mute Witness at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** jan 12 sat Killing The Dream, Ruiner (MD), Ensign (N.J.), Surrounding (MD), The Separation at 924 Gilman a/a $7 8pm *** @ jan 12 sat Banda Newsense, 7.Y.O.B.G (Seattle) at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** jan 12 sat Jandek at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $25 7:30pm * jan 12 sat Stung (tribute), Lou Dog Trio (tribute), Spin Out at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** jan 12 sat Poor Bailey at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/10pm ** jan 12 sat Warkrime, Attack Disarm Takeover (Fresno), Nightstick Justice (record release), Fix My Head, T.V. Evangelists at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $7 9:30pm *** @ jan 12 sat Destroyer (tribute), British Steel, Modern Day Cowboy, Generation Swine at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm ** jan 12 sat The Secretions, Girl Band, Shootin' Lucy, Mel Chappell & The Heavy Swells at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm ** jan 12 sat Thao With The Get Down Stay Down, Ray's Vast Basement, The Dry Spells at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** jan 12 sat Viva Hate, Druglords Of The Avenues, The Memphis Murder Men at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** @ jan 12 wed If Ever, Deathat at House of Shields, S.F. 21+ * jan 12 wed Inverness, Hailthetragedy, Boy In The Bubble, dj's at El Rincon, 2700 16th St. at Harrison, S.F. 18+ 9pm ** jan 12 wed Never Healed, Skin Like Iron, Grace Alley at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** jan 12 sat Zion I at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20/$22 8:30pm/9pm ** jan 12 sat Forrest Day, P.E.A.C.E., Remo Conscious, The Zazous at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $8 10pm * jan 12 sat Burn The Ruin, Jet Black Horror, Return To Exile, Athens, Amongst The Betrayed, By His Stripes (lobby) at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 8pm *** @ jan 12 sat Tear It Down, Dying Cow Floating Down The River, Experience The Golden Dawn Of Ten Thousand Suns, Chingadero, eeeeeeee, Oren Beckman, Dreamgoatz at Community Center 535 Kelly St., Half Moon Bay a/a $4 7pm ** @ jan 12 sat The Start, I Fly Kites, eightfourseven at the Speak Easy Lounge, 117 J Street, Old Sacramento 21+ $10 9pm ** jan 12 sat Bear Hunter, The Proles, Holiday In Spain at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** jan 12/13 Bay Area World Guitar Show at the Marin Civic Center, San Rafael a/a jan 13 sun This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb (FL), This Is My Fist (IL), Love Songs, Vena Cava (S.D.), Max Levine Ensemble (D.C.) at 924 Gilman a/a $7 5pm *** @ jan 13 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap, McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. $3 10am jan 13 sun TheStart, Aarrows, Cast Of Thousands at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8 8:30pm/9pm ** jan 13 sun Lupe Fiasco at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 7pm/8pm # ** jan 13 sun Finch at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jan 13 sun Information Society, Spellbound, dj Decay, dj Skip, dj Shindog at the DNA Lounge, S.F. 21+ ** jan 13 sun Eek-A-Mouse, Pato Banton at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm *** jan 13 sun The Rolando Morales Group at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $20 6:30pm * (Gimme Shelter Clothing Drive) jan 13 sun The Dickies at Fat Cat, 930 11th Street, Modesto 21+ *** jan 14 mon The Reaction, The Dead Westerns, Static Mind-FI at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** jan 14 mon Bart Davenport, Rubies, Dana Jensen at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $5 9:30pm * jan 14 mon Circle Jerks at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a *** @ jan 14 mon Gorgeous Armada, Ice Age Cobra at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9:30pm * jan 15 tue Instant Asshole, Neutral Boy, Fouth Yeer Freshman, White Fudge at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** jan 15 tue Cross Canadian Ragweed at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $14 7:30pm/8pm * jan 15 tue Mary Van Note, Uphill Both Ways, Roy Zimmerman, Mark Silverman at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm * (S.F. Sketchfest) jan 15 tue Rickie Lee Jones at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $30 7:30pm/8:30pm ** jan 16 wed The Barbary Coasters, Helene Renaut, dj Brother Grimm at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 8pm * jan 16 wed Hurt at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jan 16 wed Culann's Hounds, Wilson Gil And The Willful Sinners, Trouble With Monkeys, OL'Cheeky Bastards at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm/8:30pm ** jan 16 wed Third Date, Shaken at Grant & Green, 1371 Grant St., S.F. 21+ free 8pm * jan 16 wed R3turn To Mono, Anon Day, Asonic at Boom Boom Room, 1601 Fillmore, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm * jan 16 wed Book Of Black Earth (Seattle), The Funeral Pyre (L.A.), Apiary, Embers, dj Rob Metal at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm/9pm ** @ jan 17 thr Kofy Brown Band, Shelley Doty X at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $7 9pm ** jan 17 thr moe. at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # ** jan 17 thr Dan Deacon, Ultimate Reality, Health at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jan 17 thr The Gomorran Social Aid And Pleasure Club, Music For Animals, The Attachments, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** jan 17 thr 51717, Pwrflpwr, Jib Kidder at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * jan 17 thr The Cool Kids at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13 8:30pm/9pm ** jan 17 thr An Angle, The Actors, Lost Ocean at Fat City, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** jan 17 thr Melee at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** jan 17 thr Forms In Flux at the Fire Escape, 7431 Madison Avenue, Citrus Heights 21+ $5 9pm * jan 17 thr Lonely H's (Seattle), Henpecker at the Vista Restaurant, 91 Commercial at 1st., Eureka a/a $5 9pm * jan 18 fri Avengers, Pansy Division, Rock N' Roll Adventure Kids Floating Corpses, Kepi Boats! at 924 Gilman a/a 7pm *** @ (Joel Q. Punk's Birthday - Day 1) Jan 18 fri AutomaticAnimal, Counterstep, Soulbroker, Moons Of Cronos at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** jan 18 fri The Hellbillys at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jan 18 fri Cornelius at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** jan 18 fri Melee at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13 8:30pm ** jan 18 fri Om, Lichens at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** jan 18 fri The Turks, Hurry Up Shotgun, Eternal Tapestry at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** jan 18 fri Virulent Death, Zombie Holocaust, Oxidation at the Oddstad Gallery, 1472 Oddstad Drive, Redwood City a/a $6 7:30pm ** @ jan 18 fri High On Fire, A Life Once Lost, Saviours, Intronaut at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $12/$15 9pm *** @ jan 18 fri 12 Steps To Nothing, Permanent Black, Matsuri, Fossil Farm at Johnny V's, 31 East Santa Clara St., San Jose 21+ $5 9pm ** jan 18 fri The Devil Makes 3, Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band at Harlow's, 2708 J Steet, Sacramento 21+ $12.50 9pm ** jan 19 sat Jeffree Star, Von Iva, Bob Weirdos, Robin Williams On Fire at 924 Gilman a/a 7pm *** (Joel Q. Punk's Birthday - Day 2) jan 19 sat Cedric The Entertainer at the Paramount, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a # $76/$56/$36 7pm/8pm # * jan 19 sat Bite, Cobretti, The Inferno Of Joy at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** jan 19 sat J.G.B. (featuring Melvin Seals) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jan 19 sat Anxious Me at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jan 19 sat Lenny Kravitz at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # ** jan 19 sat Empty Rooms, Finest Dearest, Top Critter at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jan 19 sat The Mermen, Grant Washburn's film "Quest for Fear" at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** jan 19 sat Maldroid, The May Fire, French Miami, Astra Heights at Fat City, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** jan 19 sat Plaid at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm ** jan 19 sat The Expendables, The B Foundation, Dirty Heads at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $12/$15 8pm ** jan 19 sat Holy Rolemodel, S.Y.F., Ashtray at Chops Teen Center, West 6th St., Santa Rosa a/a $5 8pm ** @ jan 19 sat Sweet And Tender Hooligans (tribute), The Curse at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $12 9pm ** jan 19 sat One Dying Secret, Hey Hollywood (TX), Gazelles (TX), Into The Ambience at the Speak Easy Lounge, 117 J Street, Old Sacramento 21+ $8 9pm ** jan 20 sun Sweet And Tender Hooligans (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. a/a * jan 20 sun Big Fun, The Pleasure Kills at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** (early show) jan 20 sun Phobia, 100 Suns at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** @ (late show) jan 21 mon Castanets, Sholi, El Olio Wolof at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** jan 22 tue Circle Jerks at Slim's, S.F. a/a $17 8pm *** @ jan 22 tue Ben Kenney, dj Kilmore at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** jan 22 tue Mary Van Note, Something With Genitals, Tossing Alice, Les Milton, Muff'n Tops at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 8:00pm ** jan 22 tue King City at the Argus Lounge, 3187 Mission St., S.F. 21+ free 4pm/8pm * (dj's after 9pm) jan 22 tue Rickie Lee Jones at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $30 7:30pm/8:30pm ** jan 22/23 Mirah, The Blow at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** (co-headlining show) jan 23 wed Beatropolis, The Toy Soldiers, The Buttercream Gang at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 8pm ** jan 23 wed Mountain at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 7:30pm/8pm * jan 23 wed Grabass Charlestons, The Tim Version (FL) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * jan 23 wed Pillowface at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 * jan 23 wed Ryan Adams & The Cardinals at Marin Center, San Rafael a/a $38.50 7pm/8pm # ** jan 24 thr Howard Jones, Robin Boult at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a * (acoustic) jan 24 thr Gallows, This Is Hell, Cancer Bats at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13/$15 7:30pm ** jan 24 thr Tempo No Tempo, The New Up, Man/Miracle at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 8pm ** jan 24 thr Anaura (cd release), Reduced To Ruin at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** jan 24 thr Silian Rail, Parker Street Cinema, White Pine at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * jan 24 thr Aplus & Knobody, Poeticali Distherbd, Saint Motel at Fat City, S.F. 21+ 9pm * jan 24 thr Felonious at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 * jan 25 fri New Thrill Parade, Tulsa, Wyldildlife, Jump Off A Building The Functionelles at 924 Gilman a/a *** @ (People's Park Benefit) jan 25 fri Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys, Tipy Canoe & The Padlemen, Red Meat at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** Jan 25 fri Nancy Fair (cd release) at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ * jan 25 fri Disgust Of Us, Blue Tusk Red Water at Eli's Mile High Club, 3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm ** jan 25 fri The Edwardian World's Faire at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a jan 25 fri Mr. T Experience, The Hi-Fives, The Helper Monkeys at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8pm/9pm *** jan 25 fri Liars, No Age at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jan 25 fri Maldroid, The Uptones, The Mayfire at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $10 8pm ** (SF IndieFest) jan 25 fri Pop Rocks at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm * jan 25 fri The Donnas, The Action Design, Glacier Hiking, Aaron Axelson, Omar at 1015 Folsom Street, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** (live 105) jan 25 fri Rykarda Parasol And The Tower Ravens, Mellowdrone, Excuses For Skipping at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm ** jan 25 fri Sean Hayes, JT & The Clouds at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $17 8:30pm/9pm * jan 25 fri Bug Nasties, Hi Nobles at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jan 25 fri Keak The Sneak, The Federation at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $25 8pm ** (Hyphy New Year) jan 25 fri The Hellbillys at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** jan 25 fri Pat Travers at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** jan 25 fri Angry Samoans, Lab Distaster, Cell Block 5, Drastic Actions, Nation of Idiots, 12 Steps To Nothing, Correction at On The Y, 670 Fulton Ave., Sacramento 21+ $5 9pm *** @ jan 25 fri Egypt Central at the Kennel Club, 5821 Auburn Blvd., Sacramento 21+ ** jan 25 fri Vext Intent, This Calendar Year, Man Automatic at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** jan 26 sat Babyland (L.A.), Sixteens, Replicator, Everything Goes Cold, Dommm (L.A.), Snowsuit at 924 Gilman a/a $7 7:30pm *** @ jan 26 wed The Reaction, The Hi Nobles, The Bug Nasties (Seattle) at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** jan 26 sat Angry Samoans, The Subtle Way, Officer Down, Cell Block 5 at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm *** @ jan 26 sat Phil Lesh & Friends, Dumpstaphunk at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a $45 6pm/7pm # ** jan 26 sat Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, Will Hoge, Jeremy Fisher at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jan 26 sat White Williams, Eats Tapes at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm * jan 26 sat Cambo Bravo, Harbours, Two Sheds at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * jan 26 sat Blind Willies, Crowsong, Joel Streeter at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** jan 26 sat I Yearn 4 Maiden, Embers, Rebel's Advocate at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $5-$15 sliding scale 5pm/5:30pm ** (Benefit for Eco-Prisoners) jan 26 sat Avenger In Blood, Hatchet, Anger As Art, Scarecrow, Scarcoma at Fat City, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** jan 26 sat The Phenomenauts, The Secretions, The Struts, Adventures In A Pancake at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $12 7:30pm/8pm *** @ jan 26 sat Big Sandy And His Fly-Rite Boys, Red Meat, The Careless Hearts at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** jan 26 sat In Liars We Trust, Rusted Anchor, S.Y.F. at Boardwalk Bowl, 115 Cliff Street, Santa Cruz 21+ $2 ** jan 27 sun Poison The Well, The Locust, Dance Gavin Dance, A Girl A Gun A Ghost at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ jan 27 sun Tim Finn, Miranda Lee Richards at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $22 7:30pm/8pm * jan 27 sun Harpeth Trace, Sweetie at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9:30pm * jan 27 sun Pat Travers at Fat Cat, 930 11th Street, Modesto 21+ ** jan 28 mon Ryan Adams & The Cardinals at Zellerbach Hall, U.C. Berkeley a/a $38.50 7pm/8pm # ** jan 28 mon The Bravery at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** jan 28 mon Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit, Jeremy Fisher at Harlow's, 2708 J Steet, Sacramento 21+ $12 8pm ** jan 29 tue Street Radio, The Switch, Sweet Nothing, Shannon And The Clams at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** jan 29 tue Puddle Of Mudd at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jan 29 tue Mr. Lif & The Perceptionists at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16/$18 8:30pm/9pm ** jan 29 tue The Toasters at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 *** jan 29 tue The Phantom Family Halo, La Otracina at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jan 29 tue The Pets, Live Fast Die (N.H.), The Impediments at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm/10pm ** jan 29 tue Rickie Lee Jones at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $30 7:30pm/8:30pm ** jan 30 wed Rocket (L.A.), Willie Wisely (L.A. - cd release), The Fits at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** jan 30 wed Vast, Eastern Conference Champions at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm ** jan 30 wed Josh Fix, Griddle at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm * jan 30 wed Deke Dickerson at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** jan 30 wed Another Day Late, The Audition at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** jan 30/31 Todd Snider at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jan 31 thr Deke Dickerson, Los Hightops, The Slow Poisoner at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jan 31 thr The Phantom Family Halo (Louisville, KY), La Otracina (Brooklyn) at Maxwell's, 341 13th St., Oakland 21+ ** jan 31 thr Samiam, Everything Must Go at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $13 8:30pm/9pm ** @ jan 31 thr Diego's Umbrella, The Cuban Cowboys, The Loyd Family Players at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 8pm ** jan 31 thr Grace Potter And The Nocturnals, Brandi Shearer at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jan 31 thr Autolux at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16 7:30pm/8pm ** jan 31 thr RubberSideDown, Pinpoint Mercy (cd release) at Fat City, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** jan 31 thr Weasel Walter at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm * jan 31 thr Egypt Central at Last Day Saloon, 120 5th St. at Davis St., Santa Rosa 21+ ** jan 31 thr The Matches, Sherwood, We Shot The Moon at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** @ feb 1 fri Kevin Seconds, Ryan Stark, Eric Core, Jesse Morris at 924 Gilman a/a ** (acoustic night) feb 1 fri Third Date at Beckett's Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley 21+ free 10pm * feb 1 fri Jetboy, Flexx Bronco, Dynamite 8 at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** feb 1 fri Mary Gauthier, Mark Olson at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** feb 1 fri Jessie Evans, The Judy Experience at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm * feb 1 fri Hot For Teacher at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 ** feb 1 fri Slough Feg, Lesbian (Seattle), Grayceon, Space Vacation (1st show) at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm/9pm *** @ feb 2 sat Tera Mellos, Planets, Car, Skin Horse at 924 Gilman a/a ** feb 2 sat Foo Fighters, Against Me at the Arena, Oakland a/a $45 floor g/a $45/$38.50/$25 reserved seating 7:30pm # *** @ feb 2 sat Sons Of The Golden West, High Fidels, SlowMotion Red at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** feb 2 sat Nada Surf (acoustic) at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market St., S.F. a/a $20 7:30pm *** feb 2 sat The Black Dahlia Murder, 3 Inches Of Blood, Hate Eternal, Decrepit Birth at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16/$18 8pm *** feb 2 sat Overview, LoveLikeFire, The Hundred Days, The Catholic Comb at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** @ feb 2 sat Social Studies, Old Fashioned Way, Pillows at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm * feb 2 sat The Aimless Never Miss, A Pack Of Wolves at Fat City, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** feb 2 sat La Plebe, The Bar Feeders, Cobra Skulls at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm ** @ (Benefit for Razorcake Magazine's Community Center) feb 2 sat Those Unknown, S.Y.F. at Todd & Stony Point Road, Santa Rosa a/a $5 8pm ** feb 2 sat The Shitkickers, Hayride To Hell, Whiskey Sunday at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** (Barbie Benefit) feb 2 sun The Meteors at Fat Cat, 930 11th Street, Modesto 21+ ** feb 3 sun Jesse Evans (Germany), Swann Danger, Otto Nervous at 924 Gilman a/a 5pm ** feb 3 sun Correatown (LA), Chris Robley at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** feb 4 mon Black Mountain, Howlin' Rain at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $14 7:30pm/8pm ** feb 5 tue Matt Costa at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 8pm * feb 5 tue Robben Ford at Fat Cat, 930 11th Street, Modesto 21+ ** feb 5 tue Rickie Lee Jones at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $30 7:30pm/8:30pm ** feb 5 tue Haste The Day, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Gwen Stacy at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** @ feb 6 wed James Blunt, Sara Bareilles at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $39.50/$35 7pm/8pm # ** feb 6 wed The Union Trade, Aim Low Kid at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a 8pm ** (Benefit Metropolitan High Drama) feb 6 wed The Everybodyfields, I See Hawks In LA at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm/8pm ** feb 7 thr Bella Vista, The Moog (Hungary), The Reverse at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 8pm ** feb 7 thr Prezident Brown, Andrew Diamond, Native Elements at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** feb 7 thr Blue Cheer, Bloomfield Underground at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 ** feb 7 thr Rhett Miller, Jennifer O'Connor at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 7 thr Tempo No Tempo, Battlehooch, Maus Haus at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** feb 7/8 Jill Scott at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a a/a $77.50/$62/$42.50 7pm/8pm # ** (seated show) feb 8 fri A.P.P.L.E. (N.Y.), Resistant Culture, Armistice (L.A.), Surrender at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm ** @ feb 8 fri Finest Dearest, Lona Echo, The New Up, Good City Lie at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** feb 8 fri K.Lloyd (solo), Dominique Banuelos (solo) at Eli's Mile High Club, 3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland 21+ ** feb 8 fri Sugar & Gold, Hot Tub, Somehow At Sea at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** feb 8 fri Black Lips, Pierced Arrows at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** feb 8 fri Tesla, Cinder Road at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 7pm/8pm # ** feb 8 fri Editors, Hot Hot Heat, Louis XIV at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $23 7pm/8pm # ** feb 8 fri HorrorPops, The Pink Spiders at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** feb 8 fri The Bruises (cd release), The Hooks, Ex-Boyfriends at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 8pm ** feb 8/9 North Mississippi Allstars, Alvin Youngblood Hart at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $23/$25 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 9 sat Izzy Osbourne, Everything Must Go, Jewdriver, Blood Brains And Beer (NV) at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** (Jimi Haze Benefit) feb 9 sat 3rd Rail, The Sammus Theory, Breva at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** feb 9 sat Super Furry Animals at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** feb 9 sat New Monsoon, Eoto at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # ** feb 9 sat The Gourds at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** feb 9 sat Legitimate Business, Hippie Grenade, The Scribe Project, dj Phophet at El Rincon, 2700 16th St. at Harrison, S.F. 18+ 8pm * feb 9 sat Terrible Twos at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * feb 9 sat Horrorpops, The Pink Spiders at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** @ feb 9 sat Blue Cheer at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $12 9:30pm ** feb 9 sat Bedouin Soundclash at Zenbu, Squaw Valley ?/? ** feb 10 sun electronics swap meet at 924 Gilman a/a free 10am feb 10 sun Pinback, MC Chris at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** feb 10 sun Bedouin Soundclash, Westbound Train (Boston), Beat Union (U.K.) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 7pm ** feb 10 sun Farewell To Freeway, Aiden, Madina Lake, Schoolyard Heroes at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** feb 11 mon Sourvein at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** feb 11/12 Los Amigos Invisibles, Si*se at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $23 7:30pm/8pm ** feb 12 tue Mika at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $30/$27.50 7pm/8pm # ** feb 12 tue Robin Trower at Fat Cat, 930 11th Street, Modesto 21+ ** feb 12 tue Cobra Starship, Metro Station, The Cab, We The Kings at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** @ feb 13 wed Siouxsie at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $45 7pm/8pm # ** feb 13 wed Cobra Starship, Metro Station, We The Kings, The Cab at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** feb 13 wed Drive By Truckers at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $25 7pm/8pm ** feb 13 wed dj Shadow, Cut Chemist, The Hard Sell at the Grand, Regency Center, 1290 Sutter St., S.F. ?/? $35 9pm # ** feb 13 wed As Cities Burn, Cry Of The Afflicted, Emery, Mayday Parade, Pierce The Veil at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** feb 14 thr The Broun Fellinis at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** feb 14 thr Groundation (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. a/a $20/$22 9pm * feb 14 thr Robin Trower at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # ** feb 14/15 Buckethead, Kid Beyond at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** feb 15 fri Cobretti, Dynamite 8, New Hope For The Dead at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** feb 15 fri Tab Benoit at Slim's, S.F. a/a * feb 15 fri Miggs, Smith Point at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 ** feb 15 fri Barry Manilow at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $175/$129/$79/$39/$9.99 8pm # ** feb 15 fri The Mumlers, Two Sheds at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** feb 15 fri Robin Trower at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** feb 15/16 Stockholm Syndrome at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 15/16/17 Umphrey's McGee, Om Trio (fri and Sat) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm (fri & sat) 7pm/8pm (sun) feb 16 sat Lionheart, Gravemaker (Canada), All Teeth, Maya Over Ice at 924 Gilman a/a *** @ feb 16 sat Steve E. Nix & The Cute Lepers, Modern Action, Nervous Tics, dj Big Nate at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $7 9:30pm ** (Red Devil Records Anniversary) feb 16 sat Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Estradasphere at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** feb 16 sat Grupo Fantasma at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** feb 16 sat Sonata Arctica at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** feb 17 sun Shook Ones (WA), Hour Of The Wolf (AZ), Said Radio at 924 Gilman a/a 5pm ** feb 17 sun St. Vincent at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** feb 17 sun Mighty Six Ninety, The Hundred Days, Little Yellow Perfect at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 7:30pm ** feb 17 sun Filthy Thieving Bastards, Blood On The Saddle (L.A.), King City at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm ** @ feb 18 mon Sonata Arctica, Visions Of Atlantis at Slim's, S.F. a/a $21/$23 8pm ** feb 20 wed Badfish (tribute), Scotty Don't at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16/$18 8pm ** feb 20 wed Sundowner, Mike Park, Kevin Seconds, Kepi Ghoulie at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 20 wed Marilyn Manson at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** @ $ feb 21 thr The U.S. Bombs, Far From Finished (Boston), Everything Must Go at Maxwell's, 341 13th St., Oakland 21+ ** @ feb 21 thr All That Remains, Chimaira, Five Finger Death Punch, Light This City at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ feb 21 thr Perpetual Groove at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 7:30pm/8pm ** feb 21 thr The Common Men at the Fire Escape, 7431 Madison Avenue, Citrus Heights 21+ $5 9pm ** feb 22 fri Stormcrow, Sanctum (WA), Warfair (AZ), Worldeater at 924 Gilman a/a *** @ feb 22 fri Video Games Live 2008 (performed by a full symphony orchestra) at Nob Hill Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $65/$47.50/$38.50 8pm # ** feb 22 fri Digital Underground at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $20/$22 ** feb 22 fri Agent Ribbons, Swallows, The Moral Tourists at Edinburgh Castle, 950 Geary, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** feb 22 fri Lose None, Lionheart, Antagony, Destroy The Colossus, I Shot The Sheriff, Maya Over Eyes, We All Fall Down at Weekes Park, 27182 Patrick Ave, Hayward a/a $7 5pm/5:30pm # *** @ (no ins and outs, no drugs, no alcohol, no fights) feb 22 fri High On Fire, A Life Once Lost, Saviours, Intronaut at the Blue Lamp Lounge, Sacramento 21+ $15 8:30pm *** @ feb 23 sat Ludicra, Giant Squid, Birushanan (Japan), Drain The Sky, OvO (Italy), The Better To See You With (OR) at 924 Gilman a/a 7pm *** @ feb 23 sat High On Fire, A Life Once Lost, Saviours, Intronaut at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12/$15 9pm *** @ $ feb 23 sat Hapa at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** feb 23 sat Adrian Belew at Slim's, S.F. a/a $25 8pm ** feb 23 sat Six Organs Of Admittance at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/10pm ** feb 23 sat Punch Brothers at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $22 6:30pm/7pm show and 9:30pm/10pm show ** feb 24 sun Exodus, Goatwhore, Arsis at Slim's, S.F. a/a $20 7pm *** @ $ feb 24/25 Built To Spill at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** feb 26 tue Billy Joel at Arco Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a # ** feb 26/27 Queensryche, Don Dokken at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $40 7pm/8pm # *** feb 27 wed Fu Manchu at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** feb 27 wed Jay Farrar at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a * feb 27 wed Napalm Death, Devildriver, 36 Crazyfists (Alaska), Walls Of Jericho, Invitro at Fat Cat, 930 11th Street, Modesto 21+ *** @ feb 28 thr Ladysmith Black Mambazo at Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street, S.F. a/a $49.50 8pm # * feb 28 thr Kelley Stoltz, Grand Archives at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $14 7:30pm/8pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 28 thr Napalm Death, Devildriver, 36 Crazyfists (Alaska), Walls Of Jericho, Invitro at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a *** @ feb 28/29 Magnetic Fields at the Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Avenue, S.F. a/a $30 8pm # ** feb 29 fri Scissors For Lefty, The Action Design at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** feb 29 fri Cursive, Darker My Love at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (Noise Pop) feb 29 fri Rykarda Parasol And The Tower Ravens at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 8pm * mar 1 sat AC/DShe at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** mar 1 sat Panther (Portland) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm ** (Noise Pop) mar 1 sat Mountain Goats at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 8:30pm/9pm ** (Noise Pop) mar 1 sat Scissors For Lefty at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** mar 2 sun Tilly & The Wall (Omaha), Capgun Coup at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15 5:30pm ** (Noise Pop) mar 6 thr Balkan Beat Box at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # * mar 6 thr Sole, Telephone Jim Jesus at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 7 fri Verbal Abuse, Fy Fan (Sweden), Nightstick Justice, Socialcide (VA), Warkrime, Crucial Cause at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ mar 7 fri Black 47 at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $17/$20 * mar 8 sat Jim Randy at 924 Gilman a/a * mar 10 mon Angels And Airwaves, Ace Enders, Meg & Dia, The Color Fred at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** mar 10 mon Linkin Park, Chiodos, Coheed And Cambria at Arco Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a # ** @ mar 11 tue Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $75/$55.50/$35.50 7:30pm # ** mar 12 wed Matchbox Twenty, Alanis Morissette, Mute Math at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $75/$60/$40 7pm # ** mar 14 fri Second Opinion, Eskapo, Scheisse Minnelli (Germany), You Die at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ mar 14 fri Matchbox Twenty at Events Center, 300 N. Center St., Reno, NV # ** mar 16 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap, McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. $3 10am mar 16 sun A Day To Remember, Four Letter Lie, Silverstein, The Devil Wears Prada at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # *** mar 17 mon The Presidents Of The United States Of America at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** mar 18 tue The Presidents Of The United States Of America at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** mar 18 tue Boredoms at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** mar 20 thr Blue Oyster Cult at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** mar 21 fri Greckspike at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm * mar 21 fri Steve Earle, Allison Moorer at Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street, S.F. $35 7pm/8pm # ** mar 21 fri Blue Oyster Cult, Hillside Fire at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $30 8pm *** mar 21/22 Explosions in the Sky at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** mar 22 sat Despise You (L.A.), Lack Of Interest (L.A.), Pretty Little Flower (TX), 50/50 (TX), In Disgust, Noisear (NM), Superbad (OR), Thousandswilldie, Self Inflicted at 924 Gilman a/a 7pm *** @ mar 22 sat Nile, Suicide Silence, The Faceless at Slim's, S.F. a/a $26/$30 8pm ** mar 22 sat this Charming Band (tribute) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm * mar 23 sun The Pretty Things, The Amazing World Of Arthur Brown, The Malchicks at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** mar 26 wed Bob Mould Band at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** mar 28 fri Disfear (Sweden), Agenda Of Swine at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm ** @ mar 29 sat Rock n' Roll Adventure Kids, Nobunny, Traditional Fools, Shaners at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ mar 29 sat Toast Machine at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a ** apr 1/2 Ministry, Meshuggah, Hemlock at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # *** @ apr 2 wed Bad Manners, La Plebe at Slim's, S.F. a/a $20 8pm *** @ apr 3 thr Julio Igesias at Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium, S.F. a/a $95.50/$75.50/$55.50 8pm # * (was November 12th) apr 4 fri Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band at Arco Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a # ** apr 5 sat Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # *** apr 5 sat Lou Dog Trio at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm * apr 5 sat Building 429, Sanctus Real at Arco Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a # ** apr 8 tue Ani DiFranco at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** apr 10 thr Loop!Station at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 ** apr 12 sat Wonderbreat 5 at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a 8pm ** (was listed as mar 8th) apr 12 sat Atreyu, Avenged Sevenfold, Blessthefall, Bullet For My Valentine, D'espairsray, Idiot Pilot, Mucc, The Underneath (Japan) at the Event Center, San Jose State a/a # *** @ (Taste of Chaos) apr 13 sun Atreyu, Avenged Sevenfold, Blessthefall, Bullet For My Valentine, D'espairsray, Idiot Pilot, Mucc, The Underneath (Japan), Celine Dion at Arco Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a # *** @ (Taste of Chaos) apr 16 wed Today Is The Day, At All Cost, Complete Failure at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** apr 18 fri Symphony X, Epica, Into Eternity at Slim's, S.F. a/a $20/$23 9pm ** may 10 sat Evolution (tribute) at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 * may 11 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap, McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. $3 10am may 16 fri Juanes at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $85/$60/$40 8pm # * (seated show) may 30 fri Candlemass, Daylight Dies at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** aug 10 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap, McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. $3 10am * recommendable Shows a/a all ages $ will probably sell out @ pit warning ^ under 21 must pay more # no ins/outs Live Radio Shows ---------------- jan 12 wed The Reaction live on UC Berkeley Radio KALX 90.7FM 9pm Radio/TV Shows --------------- Maximum Rock'n'roll Radio www.byofl.org/maximum/radio Pirate Cat Radio 87.9FM www.piratecatradio.com mon Next Big Thing on UC Berkeley Radio KALX 90.7FM 6pm-7pm tue Dead Air with dj Vicious and dj Tanner on Berkeley Liberation Radio 104.1FM 6pm-8pm sat KALX live on UC Berkeley Radio KALX 90.7FM 9pm-midnight sun Rampage Radio on S.F. State Radio KUSF 90.3FM 2am-8am sun NewHotBands on public access TV Comcast Ch 29 12:30pm sun Earwhacks with Paul and Che on Sacramento KRXQ 98.5FM 10pm-11:30pm sun Neonate with Punk Roge and Riot on UC Davis Radio KDVS 90.3FM 12am-2am C L U B I N F O R M A T I O N ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 Galaxies, 2565 Mission St., S.F. 21+ 415-970-9777 Annie's Social Club, 911 Folsom St. at 5th, S.F. 21+ 415-974-1585 Balazo Gallery, 2183 Mission, S.F. a/a 415-255-7227 Blake's, 2367 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a 18+ 510-848-0886 Blank Club, 44 South Almaden Avenue, San Jose 21+ Blue Lamp Lounge, 1400 Alhambra Blvd., Sacramento 21+ 866-575-9405 Boardwalk, 9426 Greenback Lane, Orangevale a/a 916-988-9247 Bottom of the Hill, 1233 17th St., S.F. a/a 21+ 415-621-4455 Bourbon Street, 2765 Clayton Road, Concord 18+ 925-676-7272 Cafe Du Nord, Inc., 2170 Market Street, S.F. 21+ 415-861-5016 Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz a/a book 831-423-1338 831-423-1336 Club Retro, 6521 Hazel Ave., Orangevale a/a DNA Lounge, 375 11th Street at Harrison, S.F. 21+ 415-626-1409 Edinburgh Castle, 950 Geary, S.F. 21+ Elbo Room, 647 Valencia near 17th St., S.F. 21+ 415-552-7788 El Rio, 3158 Mission St., S.F., 21+ 415-282-3325 Empire Events Center, 1417 R Street at 15th, Sacramento a/a Fat City, 314 11th Street at Folsom, S.F. 21+ 415-252-7666 Fillmore, 1805 Geary Blvd., S.F. a/a www.thefillmore.com 415-346-6000 leave soon after the last band for a free poster at the exit Gilman, 924 Gilman St. at 8th, Berkeley a/a book 510-524-8180 510-525-9926 membership meetings 1st and 3rd sat. each month http://www.924gilman.org Grant & Green, 1371 Grant St., S.F. 21+ 415-693-9565 Great American Music Hall, 859 O'Farrell, S.F. a/a 415-885-0750 Hemlock, 1131 Polk at Post, S.F. 21+ 415-923-0923 Hotel Utah Saloon, 500 4th St. at Bryant, S.F. 21+ 415-546-6300 House of Shields, 39 New Montgomery St., S.F. 21+ Independent, 628 Divisadero, S.F. 21+ 415-771-1420 Kimo's Bar, 1351 Polk at Pine, S.F. 21+ 415-885-4535 Knockout, 3223 Mission St., S.F. 21+ 415-550-6994 Konocti Harbor, 8727 Doda Bay Road, Kelseyville a/a 800-660-LAKE Li-Po Lounge, 916 Grant Ave., S.F. 21+ Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd St. at Mission, S.F. 21+ 415-647-2888 Metro Operhouse, 3rd Street, Oakland a/a Mezzanine, 444 Jessie Street at Mint, S.F. 21+ 415-625-8880 Mountain Winery, 14831 Pierce Road, Saratoga a/a 408-741-2822 Nick's Night Club, 1414 Park Ave., Chico 21+ Octopus Lounge, 180 Eureka Square, Pacifica 21+ 650-355-7775 Off Limits, 1414 Park Ave., Chico 21+ Old Ironsides, 1901 10th St., Sacramento 21+ 916-443-9751 Parkside, 1600 17th St., S.F. 21+ 415-503-0393 Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington St., Petaluma a/a 707-762-3565 Pine Street Grill, 875 Rincon Ave., Livermore 21+ Red Devil Lounge, 1695 Polk at Clay, S.F. 21+ 415-921-1695 Red House, 1667 Botelho Drive, Walnut Creek a/a 21+ 925-938-6900 Rickshaw Stop, 155 Fell St. at Van Ness, S.F. a/a Rockit Room, 406 Clement at 5th Avenue, S.F. 21+ 415-387-6343 Rooster's Roadhouse, 1700 Clement Ave., Alameda a/a 21+ ^ Slim's, 333 11th St., S.F. a/a 415-522-0333 Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck, Berkeley 21+ (sometimes a/a) 510-841-2082 Stork Club, 2330 Telegraph, Oakland 21+ 510-444-6174 Warfield, 982 Market St., S.F. a/a 415-775-7722 Willeminas, 1023 Front Street, Old Sacramento 21+ Underground Cafe, 2401 Olympus Drive, Roseville a/a 916-786-7940 Uptown, 1928 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland 21+ 510-451-8100 Verge, 1115 3rd St., San Rafael a/a ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please feel free to copy The List and pass out copies to friends. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The List is e-mailed out each week. 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