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 Apr 30, 2008 apr 30 wed Gutwrench, Dead Ringers at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 ** apr 30 wed Colin Meloy, Laura Gibson at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** apr 30 wed The Breeders at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** apr 30 wed Voodoo Glow Skulls, Mustard Plug, Random Hand, Knock-Out at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8pm/8:30pm *** @ apr 30 wed Akron/Family at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $13/$15 7:30pm ** apr 30 wed Leftover Crack, Instant Asshole, La Grita at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a ** @ apr 30 wed Dark Star Orchestra at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** apr 30 wed Master/Slave, Pants Pants Pants, The Vows at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** apr 30 wed Islands at Bimbo's 365 Club, 1025 Columbus Avenue, S.F. 21+ ** apr 30 wed The Field at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 30 wed Holcombe Waller, Loch Lomond, Garret Pierce at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** apr 30 wed Making Diner, The Thrilionaires, The Atack Plan at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $3 8pm ** apr 30 wed Imagika, Bomb & Scary, Machine Called Man, Echoes Of Fear at Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose 21+ $5 8pm ** apr 30 wed Minus The Bear, Portugal The Man, The Big Sleep at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ *** apr 30 wed VHS Or Beta, Tigercity at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $13.50/$15 9pm ** apr 30 wed The Here, Sapos Muertos (reunion show), Riff Raff (reunion show), My Affair at the Blue Lagoon, Sacramento 21+ ** apr 30 / may 1 Leftover Crack at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ ** may 1 thr Mauricio diaz "El Hueso", Fernando Ferrer at La Pena Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley a/a 7:30pm/8pm may 1 thr Nine Wives, Matthew J Hansen And 33.33, The Devil On Horseback at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 8pm/9pm ** (Eric's Birthday) may 1 thr Peter Mor'n (Peter Bjorn and John), Tobias Froberg at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market St., S.F. a/a $15 7:30pm ** may 1 thr Shelby Lynne, David McMillin at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # * may 1 thr Drone Hooligan, Sean Smith, Tyler Ramsey at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 8pm ** may 1 thr The Breeders at Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F. a/a free 6pm ** may 1 thr Leftover Crack, Deadfall, Blackbird Raum at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a ** @ may 1 thr Mac Lethal, Grieves, Approach at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** may 1 thr Paul Manousos, Jesse DeNatale, Duff Ferguson, Victor Krummenacher, The Viv All-Stars at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** (Benefit for Andrew Griffin) may 1 thr Walken, Hightower, Three Weeks Clean at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** may 1 thr Nina Nastasia, David Karsten Daniels, Lazarus at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** may 1 thr The Dilettantes, LSD And The Search For God, Sky Parade, Club Injection at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm/8pm ** may 1 thr Ill Ease, The Divine Feud, Carlotta Sue Ray at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** may 1 thr Callow, Maurading, Say Bok Gwai, Sabreteeth at the Retox Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5 8:30pm ** may 1 thr Minus The Bear, Portugal The Man, The Big Sleep at U.C. Davis, Davis a/a # *** may 1 thr Vetiver, Dusty Rhodes And The River Band at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $12 9pm ** may 1 thr We Prick You, Holiday In Spain, Flounder at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 9pm ** may 2 fri Antagony, Red Fall, Destroy The Colossus, Fallujah at 924 Gilman a/a 7:30pm *** @ may 2 fri New Earth Creeps, The Dead Beats, Matta Ratta, Common Human Traits at B.R.S., Richmond a/a donation ** @ may 2 fri The Dead Science (Seattle), Sholi, Active Crime Transplant at 21 Grand, 416 25th St., Oakland a/a $6 8pm ** may 2 fri Mirthkon, Research & Development at Ashby Stage, 1901 Ashby Ave., Berkeley a/a 7:30pm/8pm ** may 2 fri Pidgeon, Make Me, The Dashing Suns at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 8pm ** may 2 fri Eugene S. Robinson (reading), John The Baker (accoustic), Dominique Banuelos at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm ** may 2 fri Audrey Sessions, An Angle, Picture Atlantic at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/10pm ** may 2 fri Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers at Slim's, S.F. a/a * may 2 fri Nick Swardson at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $31.50 6:30pm/8pm # ** may 2 fri La Plebe, Nothington, Cobra Skulls, Bent Left (Kansas City, MO) Kemo Sabe at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $7 8pm/8:30pm *** @ may 2 fri Party Shank (U.K.), Blake Miller, Eli Smith, dj Sleazemore, dj Commodore 69 at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 10pm ** may 2 fri Thrones (WA), Subarachnoid Space (OR) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** may 2 fri The Privies, Matadon, The Z-Trane Electric Band, General Jones at Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ $9 9pm ** may 2 fri Lyrics Born at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm ** $ may 2 fri The Cock T's Spring Fling at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm * may 2 fri Primary, Paranoids, The Common Men at the Retox Lounge, S.f. 21+ $7 9pm ** may 2 fri Spandex Tiger, The Missing Teens, TopR The Underground Rock Star, dJ Bootleg at 12 Galaxies, S.F. 21+ $10 ($8 in formal wear) 8pm ** (Mishap Prom) may 2 fri Amber Tamblin, Kami Nixon, Hard Knox, B-Cups at the Make-Out Room, S.F. 21+ 7pm ** may 2 fri Five AM, The New Up, Crowsong, Repeater at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8pm ** may 2 fri Say Bok Gwai, Terato at the Rockit Room, S.F. 21+ 9pm * may 2 fri Resilience, Dcoi , N.F.F.U., Strike To survive, P.M.R.C. at the Phoenix Theater, petaluma a/a $10 ** @ may 2 fri Duran Duran at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $86/$50/$40/$30 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** may 2 fri The Unit Breed at the Gingerbread House, 1151 South 7th at Keyes, San Jose a/a ** may 2 fri Mute Angst Envy, Astral, The Crutch at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** may 2 fri Puke & Spit, Deadites' Revenge, Blame Shifters at Java Lounge, 2416 16th St., Sacramento a/a $5 ** may 2 fri Clay Wheels, Psychosomatic, Death Valley High, The Nowheres at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 9pm ** may 2 fri Minus The Bear, Portugal The Man, The Big Sleep at Bell Memorial Union, Chico a/a # *** may 2/3 Sammy Hagar at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, 15 Hwy 50, Stateline, NV 21+ $35 7:30pm ** may 3 sat Judas, In Disgust, Witchburner, Arctic Choke at 924 Gilman a/a $7 8pm *** @ may 3 sat Dream Theater, Opeth, Between The Buried And Me, 3 at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $43/$53 7pm # *** may 3 sat Good Hustle, Ambience, The Hang at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** may 3 sat Devils Own, Telephone & Telegraph, Young Lost Ones, G String Strangerlers at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 ** may 3 sat The Unit Breed at Thrillhouse Records, Mission at 30th, S.F. a/a ** may 3 sat Cretaceous, Scarecrow, One In The Chamber, Zombie Holocaust, Warriors Of The Snakepit at the Cave, 3201 3rd Street at Marin, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** @ may 3 sat Rogue Wave, Grand Ole Party at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $18.50 8pm/9pm # ** may 3 sat Yo Majesty, Does It Offend You, Yeah? at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 3 sat Dave Nada (Baltimore), dj Sega, Disco Shawn, Oro11 at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 10pm ** may 3 sat Mauricio diaz "El Hueso", Fernando Ferrer at L's Caffe, 2871 24th St., S.F. a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm may 3 sat Kit, Didimao, High Castle, Stripmall Seizures, Micose & The Mau Maus at Art S.F., 16th & Capp, S.F. a/a $5 6pm ** (mix-tape exchange) may 3 sat New Thrill Parade, Naked On The Vague (Siltbreeze, Australia), The Late Young at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** may 3 sat Sean Hayes, The California Honeydrops at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $17 8:30pm/9pm ** may 3 sat Mavalour at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm * may 3 sat Snake Flower 2, Dead Ringers, Buzzer, Bare Wires at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 5pm/5:30pm ** (early show) (was at Bender's) may 3 sat The Heavy dj Vin Sol, dj Omar, playboy bunnies at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm * (Playboy's Rock the Rabbit) may 3 sat Mariposa, Good City Lie Still, The Parade Route, Godiego, Damnage at Marine Youth Center, 1115 3rd Street, San Rafael a/a 7:30pm ** @ may 3 sat Minus The Bear, Portugal The Man, The Big Sleep at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $15/$18 8pm *** may 3 sat Wayward Sway at Brick's, 6 Kentucky Street, Petaluma a/a free 9pm * may 3 sat The Crux, The Simians, Tabaltix, A Pack Of Wolves, Strictly Commercial at Free Mind Media Block Party, 546 Pacific Ave., Santa Rosa a/a free noon til 6pm ** may 3 sat The Vex, The Longway, Touch My Rash, Running On Fumes at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** (Benefit for Trevor G & Juvenile Diabetes) may 3 sat UFO at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ *** may 3 sat Global Grooves at Moes Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz 21+ * may 3 sat The Dead Science (Seattle), Sholi, The Ian Fayes at the Partisan, 432 W Main Street, Merced 21+ ** may 3 sat Jeep Solid (Scotland), Karmada, Counter Intelligence at Java Lounge, 2416 16th St., Sacramento a/a $5 ** may 3 sat A Borrowed Life, Blindfire, A Single Second, Get Dead at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 9pm ** may 3 sat The Used, Straylight Run, Army Of Me, Street Drum Corps at Lawlor Events Center, Reno, NV a/a $22/$25 6pm/6:30pm *** @ may 3 sat deSol at John Ascuaga's Nugget, Sparks, NV ?/? * may 3 sat Floater at the Senator Theater, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a $12/$15 7:30pm/8pm ** may 3 sat Abandon Theory at the Capitol Club, Quincy ?/? * may 4 sun Saros, Thrones (WA), Subarachnoid Space (OR), 100 Suns at 924 Gilman a/a $7 5pm *** @ may 4 sun Hot Toddies, Tea Cozies (Seattle), Daguerreotypes, The Parents at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 ** (4pm BBQ) may 4 sun The Famous, J Byrd & The Tater Trio, Big Spender Hulua Out at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 5pm til 8pm ** may 4 sun Tim And Eric (of the Cartoon network), dj Douggpound at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a 6:30pm and 9:30pm shows ** (sold out) may 4 sun Spiders & Snakes, Jetboy at Fat City, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** may 4 sun UFO, Ruffian at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 7:30pm/8pm ***s may 4 sun Little Wings, Skygreen Leopards, Hotel Alexis at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** may 4 sun The Blank Stares, Amanda Kramer And The Lost Cause at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 7pm ** may 4 sun Jinxes (L.A.), LaTeenos, Der Submarine Racers (L.A.), Swiss And The Family Skiers, Thee Cormans (L.A.), Nobunny, Guilty Hearts (L.A.) at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $5 3pm ** may 4 sun Blind Willies at the Black Cat Bar & Cafe, 10056 Main St., Penngrove 21+ free 5pm ** may 4 sun Rush at the Pavilion, Concord a/a # *** may 4 sun Lewis Black at Civic Auditorium, 307 Church St., Santa Cruz a/a $60/$50/$40 8pm # ** may 4 sun Brian Regan at Golden State Theatre, 417 Alvarado Street, Monterey a/a $39.50 6pm/7pm # ** (seated show) may 4 sun Floater (acoustic) at the El Rey Theatre, 230 West 2nd St., Chico a/a $10/$12 8pm/8:30pm ** may 5 mon Asia (all four original members) at the Grand, Regency Center, 1290 Sutter St., S.F. 21+ a/a ** may 6 tue Old Hack, Blank Tapes, Old And Grey, Telepathik Friend at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 ** may 6 tue Vetiver, Kelley Stoltz Band at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 6 tue Colin Stetson, Darren Johnston, Scott Amendola at the Climate Theater, 285 9th Street @ Folsom, S.F. a/a $10-$15 sliding scale 8pm * may 6 tue Ultraviolet Sound, Electric Valentine, Xrayok at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5/$7 8pm ** may 6 tue Mutators, Modern Creatures, Fun Blood at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9:30pm ** may 6 tue Mitch Stein & His All-Star Band (tribute to Martin Fierro) at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12-$20 sliding scale 7:30pm * (jazz/funk) may 6 tue The Scratchies, Donner Pass, Facts On File at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm/10pm ** may 7 wed The Lonely H, The Maladies, Thunderbird Motel at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 ** may 7 wed KT Tunstall, Paddy Casey at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $30 7pm/8pm # ** may 7 wed Subtle, Facing New York, Clue To Kalo at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 7 wed Belanova at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $29.50 7pm/8pm # ** may 7 wed October Allied, Casey Neill & The Norway Rats, Pink Elephants at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** may 7 wed Dawn Of Ashes, We Got This Far, Cynical Mass at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** may 7 wed Th' Moonlight Sexy, Scarlet Symphony (San Diego) at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** may 7 wed The Wednesday Night Heroes (Edmonton), Pullout, Dynamite 8 at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $7 8:30pm/9pm ** @ may 7 wed 5 Cent Coffee, T&A, J.Byrd Hosch & The Tater Trio at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ 5pm/8pm $5 ** may 7 wed Loop!Station, Two Lons For Tea, Materialized at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5/$8 8pm ** may 7 wed Dimidium, Blessings Of Affliction, No Robot at Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose 21+ ** may 7 wed Avril Lavigne, Boys Like Girls at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $55/$37.50 7pm # ** may 7 wed Ensiferum, Turisas, Tyr, Eluveitie, Suidakra, At Dawn at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $22 ** @ (Paganfest) may 8 thr Slow Motion Red at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 * may 8 thr The Kehoe Nation, Marc "MIRV" Haggard, Slowfinger at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 8 thr Wallpaper (ep release), Sugar & Gold, Hot Tub at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** may 8 thr Ton Of Bricks, Dave Lionelli & The Butter Band, The Highway Robbers at Fat City, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** may 8 thr Recliner, Brittany Shane, Odessa Chen at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm * may 8 thr Delipub, Thunderbird Hotel (Seattle) at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm * may 8 thr Dark Meat (Athens), Maus Haus, Pigeons Or Panthers at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** may 8 thr Makana at Biscuits and Blues, 401 Mason Street, S.F. a/a * may 8 thr Chris Pureka, Jo Boyer at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm * may 8 thr Mandi Perkins, Ona-Dos-Tres, Tifany Randol & Brendan Hines at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5/$8 8pm ** may 8 thr Silent Fidelity, The Go-Buttons at South First St. Billiards, 420 S. First St., San Jose 21+ free 9pm * may 8 thr Blind Willies, Hillstomp at Moes Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz 21+ $7/$10 9pm may 8 thr Volatile, See The Elephant, The Shotgun Effect at the at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 9pm ** may 8 thr Abandon Theory at Chief Crazy Horse Inn, Nevada City ?/? 8pm * may 8/9 Abstract Rude, Atmosphere, dj Rare Groove at the Grand, Regency Center, 1290 Sutter St., S.F. 21+ a/a ** may 8/9 Spam All-Stars (Miami), dj's at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $10 10pm * may 9 fri Judgement Day (record release) Birdmonster, Ninja Academy (L.A.), Desa, Build Us Airplanes at 924 Gilman a/a $7 7:30pm *** @ may 9 fri Never Enough Hope, Edmund Welles, Mariesouix at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** may 9 fri Bloodhag (Seattle), Elk, It's Casual (L.A.), Placenta at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm/9:30pm ** @ may 9 fri Hard Stuff, Mayfield (Australia), Penny Dreadfuls, My Parade at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 ** may 9 fri The Slackers at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 9 fri Nuts And Bolts, Tried And True, Crucial Unicorn, Wardogs at Balazo Gallery, 2183 Mission, S.F. a/a 8pm ** may 9 fri Dolorata (cd release), Middle Class Rut, Punchface at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 10pm ** may 9 fri Northern State, The Trucks at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** may 9 fri The Heroine Shieks, The Dick Dusters (record release) at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** may 9 fri The May Fire, Blammos at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** may 9 fri The B-52's, Eagle Seagull at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $52.50 8:30pm/9pm *** may 9 fri Murder Of Lilies, The Catholic Comb, Ghost To Atom, The Paper Sons at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 8pm ** may 9 fri Lil Grzzly, The Moral Tourists, Chinese Bookie, dj Durt at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** (Benefit for Trans March) may 9 fri Social Circkle (Boston), Fix My Head, Needles, Yellow Eyes, Citizens On Patrol, Social Sickness at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $7 7:30pm/8pm *** @ may 9 fri Bare Knuckle Boxing, Brave Citizens, In Diana Jones, Horizons, The Bunker, The Explorer's Club (lobby) at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a *** @ may 9 fri Ensiferum, Turisas, Tyr, Eluveitie, Suidakra at the Avalon, 777 Lawrance Expressway, Santa Clara a/a $18/$22 # ** @ (Paganfest - was at Fat City) may 9 fri The Uptones at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ ** may 9 fri 12 Steps To Nothing, I.N.F.M. at Johnny V's, 31 East Santa Clara St., San Jose 21+ $5 9pm ** may 9 fri Abandon Theory at Brookdale Lodge, 11570 Highway 9, Brookdale 18+ * may 9 fri Makana at the Attic, 931 Pacific Ave (2nd Floor), Santa Cruz a/a * may 9 sat S.T.D., A Mover A Fighter, Josiah James, 5 Days Dirty at Teen Center, 17 W. Lockeford St., Lodi a/a $5 6:30pm/7pm ** @ may 9 sat 1,2,3...Not It, Deers at Java Lounge, 2416 16th St., Sacramento a/a $5 ** may 9 fri The Botticellis, Helpyourself, Fair Trade at the Fire Escape Bar, Citrus Heights 21+ $7 9pm ** may 9 fri Warren Teagarden, Arrogant Hare at the Vista Restaurant, 91 Commercial at 1st., Eureka a/a 9pm * may 10 sat Knights Of The New Crusade, People Eaters, The Martyr Index (Canada), Break at 924 Gilman a/a $7 ($5 in non-punk costume) 8pm *** @ (punk prom) may 10 sat Bloodhag (Seattle) at Dark Carnival Books, Berkeley a/a (daytime show) ** may 10 sat Girl, Basement Guitar, Poiesis Sounds Signal Rodriguez at 325 Warwick Avenue, Oakland a/a donation 10pm may 10 sat The Uptones at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** may 10 sat High Fidels, Sons Of The Golden West, The Ricky And Del Connection at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 ** may 10 sat Matt Nathanson, Collective Soul, Los Lobos, fireworks at KFOG KaBoom, Piers 30/32, S.F. a/a $15 # *** may 10 sat Tapes N' Tapes, White Denim at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $18.50 8pm/9pm # ** may 10 sat Talons Of Peace, 6:AM, Anthem at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm til 8pm ** may 10 sat Poi Dog Pondering at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 10 sat Chelsea Handler, Heather McDonald at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $29.50 7:30pm/9pm # ** (seated show) may 10 sat Baba Ken & Kotoja at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 10 sat Kids In The Hall at the S.F. War Memorial Opera House, 301 Van Ness Ave., S.F. a/a # ** may 10 sat S.C.A.D., Ex Masheena, Little Sister Band, RattleSnakes at the El Rincon, S.F. 18+ 8pm ** (10pm Skate competition) may 10 sat Evolution (tribute), Beauty & The Beat (tribute) at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8pm * may 10 sat We Be the Echo, Ninja Academy, Hey Three Eyes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** may 10 sat Mike Relm, Vin Sol at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8:30pm/9pm * may 10 sat 400 Blows (L.A.), Bloodhag (Seattle), Impaled, Acephalix at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm *** @ may 10 sat Say Bok Gwai, Hvorslev at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** may 10 sat Felonious at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 10pm ** (hip-hop) may 10 sat Kajillion, Full On Flyhead at House of Shields, 39 New Montgomery St., S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** may 10 sat The Telltale Heartbreakers, Jim Jones Brigade, Misery And Company at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** (Babes & Brews: A Benefit for the Silicon Valley Roller Girls) may 10 sat Kobalt, Borderwar, Currency.357, Dimidium, Exordium at Britannia Arms, 1087 S. De Anza Blvd., San Jose 21+ ** may 10 sat After The Flesh, Promising Tomorrow, At Dawn at the Fire Escape Bar, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 9pm ** may 10 sat Makana at the Odd Fellow Hall, Nevada City a/a * may 10 sat Derringer at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, 15 Hwy 50, Stateline, NV 21+ $35 7:30pm ** may 11 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap, McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. $3 10am may 11 sun Soja at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 11 sun The Better Maker at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 5pm til 8pm * may 11 sun Unit Breed at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 7pm ** may 11 sun Makana at the Little Fox, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City 21+ * may 11 sun The Rocketz, The Jim Rowdy Show, The Infamous Swanks, The Cockfight Kings at the Fire Escape Bar, Citrus Heights a/a $7 ($5 if 21+) 4pm ^ ** may 12 mon Efterklang (Copenhagen), Slaraffenland, Winterbirds at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** may 12 mon Tyrone Wells, Jason Reeves at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm * may 12 mon Harptallica (tribute - Baton Rouge) at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** may 13 tue Cloud Cult, Kid Dakota, Love Is Chemicals at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** may 13 tue Kate Nash, Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** may 13 tue R3turn To Mono, Fun Machine, Anon Day, Excuses For Skipping at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** may 13 tue Geographer, Moshead at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** may 13 tue Makana at the Palms, Davis ?/? * may 13 tue Eisley, The Myriad, Vedera at Empire Events Center, 1417 R St., Sacramento a/a $15/$18 7:30pm ** may 13/14/16/17/18 Phil Lesh & Friends at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $45 (6pm/7pm tue/wed) (7pm/8pm (fri-sat-sun) # ** may 14 wed The Swith, Shannon And The clam, Magnanimous, Foxes at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 ** may 14 wed Fleas And Lice (Groningen, Holland), Mouth Sewn Shut (Boston), Inhaste (Seattle), Stormcrow at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8 8:30pm/9pm *** @ may 14 wed Port O'Brien (cd release), Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin Girls at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** may 14 wed Fontanelle, Ruby Howl, Gilded Rooks at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm * may 14 wed South, The Silver State, Ki: Theory, Johnny Lloyd Rollins at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 7:30pm/8pm ** may 14 wed Magnus Hitch, Monsters Are Not Myths at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 8pm ** may 14 wed Toy Soldiers, Buttercream Gang, Dead Westerns at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm** may 14 wed Railcars, Static Mind-FI, Sleepy Boy Moe at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** may 14 wed Falls Protocol, Case In Theory, Silver Griffin, Explosion Sauce at Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose 21+ ** may 14 wed East Bay Shitbirds, The Crutch, Kick Start Devils, The Singularity at the Blue Lagoon, Sacramento 21+ ** may 14/15 Crowded House, Don McGlashan at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $45 7pm/8pm # ** may 14/15 Foreigner at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, 15 Hwy 50, Stateline, NV 21+ $60 7:30pm ** may 15 thr The Family Curse at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 * may 15 thr The Proclaimers, Jeremy Fisher at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 15 thr The Attachments, Boat (Seattle), Social Studies at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. ?/? 8:30pm ** (KALX) may 15 thr Thesaurus, Ostrichhead, Richie Cunning, Rob Rush at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 8pm ** may 15 thr Langhorne Slim & The War Eagles, Ferraby Lionheart, Willoughby at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 7:30pm/8pm ** may 15 thr The Marshall Tucker Band at Fat Cat, 930 11th Street, Modesto 21+ ** may 15 thr Hey Willpower, Invisible Cities, School For The Dead at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** may 15 thr Electric Dude, Ihabial, South Of Sunshine at the at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $5 9pm ** may 15/16 Hot Tuna at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 16 fri Sabertooth Zombie, Murder Practice, Seize The Night, Skin Like Iron (7" record release), Grace Alley (7" record release), Crucified at 924 Gilman a/a $7 7:30pm *** @ may 16 fri Chris Murray Combo, Justifi, Coup De Ska, Monkey at Blake's, Berkeley 18+ $12 ($10 if 21+) ^ ** may 16 fri Army, David Morrison, Tuff Lion, Luv Fyah at Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley 21+ $12 * may 16 fri The Show Is The Rainbow, Imaad Wassif at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 ** may 16 fri Chronicles Of Lemur Mutation, Maleficia, Cactus at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm ** may 16 fri Murder By Death, Dios, Gasoline Heart at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$13 8:30pm/10pm ** may 16 fri The Dirtbombs, Dan Sartain, Terrible Twos at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** may 16 fri This Charming Band (tribute), Ghost Of Curtis (tribute) at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** may 16 fri The Grannies, East Bay Chasers, Texas Thieves, Barbie And The Hookers (L.A.), U.S. Kings at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm/8:30pm *** @ may 16 fri The Chesebals, Erasure-Esque at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm *** may 16 fri Juanes at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $85/$60/$40 8pm # * (seated show) may 16 fri La Plebe at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** @ may 16 fri Evening Episode, Pets, Willoughby at Java Lounge, 2416 16th St., Sacramento a/a $5 ** may 16 fri Cynic At Best, The Action Design, Allinday at the Fire Escape Bar, Citrus Heights 21+ $7 9pm ** may 17 sat xBxRx, Triclops!, Surrender, rock poster art show with: Paul Imagine, Chuck Sperry, Chris Shaw, John Seabury, Lil Tuffy, Mauz, David d'Andrea, D. King Gallery at 924 Gilman a/a $7 8pm *** @ may 17 sat The Extra Action Marching Band, Apple Pie Hopes at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm ** may 17 sat The Chop, Man/Miracle, Plasterkatz at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 8pm ** may 17 sat The Kills, Child Ballads at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 17 sat Blowfly, AntIseen, Hammerlock at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/10pm ** @ may 17 sat Bassnectar, Zion I, Heavyweight Dub Champion, Apostle, Seasunz, Beats Antique at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # ** may 17 sat Drunken Public, Bad Hand, The Atom Age at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm til 8pm ** may 17 sat Built For The Sea, Overview, Silian Rail, The Hundred Days at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 17 sat Razor Blade Honey at Brainwash, 1122 Folsom St., S.F. a/a * may 17 sat Eskapo, Power Struggle, Say Bok Gwai, Echo Of Bullets at the Retox Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm/8:30pm ** @ may 17 sat The Show Is The Rainbow, Cryptacize, The Pope Of Yes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** may 17 sat Bryan Adams (solo) at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm *** may 17 sat The Bar Feeders, The Dick Dusters, The White Barons at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $10-$20 sliding scale 9pm ** @ (Benefit for Steve K from Ziegiest) may 17 sat La Plebe, Trainwreck Riders, The Fucking Buckaroos at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm ** @ may 17 sat Burn The Ruin, Athens, X-Ray Cat, In The Eyes Of A Mistress, Amongst The Betrayed at Marine Youth Center, 1115 3rd Street, San Rafael a/a 7:30pm ** @ may 17 sat Gomorran Social Aid & Pleasure Club, Bluebellies, Or The Whale at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 8pm ** may 17 sat Charlie Wilson, Brenton Wood, Malo, Lisa-Lisa at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountian View a/a $60/$35/$10 4:30pm/6pm # ** (KISS Old School Fiesta) may 17 sat Mental Stagnation, Iguanadon, Fatal Impulse, No Thanks at Java Lounge, 2416 16th St., Sacramento a/a $5 ** may 17 sat Posiden at the at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 9pm ** may 17 sat Goldmind (reunion), Barebones at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9pm * may 17 sat Abandon Theory at Caspar Inn, 14957 Caspar Rd., Caspar 21+ * may 18 sun Sky Saxon And The Seeds, Powell St. John And The Aliens, Kreamy 'Lectric Ssanta, Saything at 924 Gilman a/a $8 5pm *** @ may 18 sun Raw Power (Italy) at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 ** @ may 18 sun Whoa Nellies, The Lovin 44's at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 5pm til 8pm * may 18 sun Dresden Dolls, Smoosh at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7:30pm/8:30pm # ** may 18 sun El Perro Del Mar, Lykke Li at Bimbo's 365 Club, 1025 Columbus Avenue, S.F. 21+ ** may 18 sun French Kicks, The Weather Underground at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $14 7:30pm/8pm ** may 18 sun The Smithereens at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $30 8pm *** may 18 sun Zephyrs, Backlash, Say Bok Gwai, Punchface at Walnut Park, Petaluma Blvd. and D Street, Petaluma a/a donation 4pm ** (Benefit for American Civil Liberties Union) may 18 sun Crypt Orchid, Red Terrror, L.S.D.A., Escapement at Java Lounge, 2416 16th St., Sacramento a/a $5 ** may 18 sun Dismal Lapse, ForkTung, Mind Furnace, Lethal Injection at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $7 ($5 if 21+) 4pm ** may 18 sun Blowfly, Antiseen, The Show Is The Rainbow, Dr. Becky Sagers Phd, Gorgeous Armada at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 6pm ** may 18/19 Miyavi at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 19 mon Clinic, Shearwater at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $17 8:30pm/9pm ** may 19 mon Megadeth, In Flames, Children Of Bodom, Job For A Cowboy, High On Fire at Event Center, San Jose State a/a $37.50 5:30pm # *** @ $ may 19 mon The French Kicks, The Weather Underground at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $12 8pm ** may 20 tue Adam Green, Tim Fite at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** may 20 tue De Novo Dahl, Tally Hall, Low vs. Diamond at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 20 tue Kathleen Edwards, The Last Town Chorus at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 7:30pm/8pm ** may 20 tue Sudden Oak, Ducktails at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9:30pm ** may 20 tue Andy Kindler, Eugene Mirman, Marc Maron at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $16 8pm/9pm ** may 20 tue Alex Statan (record release), Dani Paige Band, The Sacred Profanities at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** may 20 tue Top Ten, Edison Rocket Train (N.Y.C.), Pink Elephants at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm/10pm ** @ may 20 tue Radar Bros., Le Switch at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $8/$10 8pm * may 20/21 Santana at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $90 7pm/8pm # *** $ may 21 wed Bowfire at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a # $65/$48/$36 7pm/8pm ** may 21 wed M83, Berg Sans Nipple - Wed. May at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a may 21 wed Alan Bishop And Richard Bishop (tribute), Neung Phak at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 21 wed M.I.A. at the Concourse, S.F. Design Center, 620 7th St., S.F. a/a # $35 8pm # ** may 21 wed Arcadio, Mist & Mast, The Definite Articles (cd release) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 8pm ** may 21 wed The Presets, Walter Meego at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** may 21 wed Throw Rag at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** may 21 wed The Black Hollies (N.J.), The Jizz!, The Invasion at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** may 21 wed Destroyer, Devon Williams at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** may 21 wed Barbary Coasters, Middle Class Murder, Hiwatters at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5-$15 sliding scale 9pm ** (Blue Bear Benefit) may 21 wed Blue Rodeo, Luke Doucet at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm * may 21 wed Matt Costa, Delta Spirit at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $15/$18 8pm ** may 21 wed Ceremony, Paint It Black, Life Long Tragedy, Sabertooth Zombie, The Lost boys at 418 Project, 418 Front Street, Santa Cruz a/a $10 9pm *** @ may 22 thr Nuts And Bolts, Orange, Angels With Dirty Faces at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $6 9pm/9:30pm ** @ may 22 thr The Fall Of Troy, The Dear Hunter, Foxy Shazam, Tera Melos at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$13 7:30pm/8pm ** may 22 thr Raheem Devaughn/Chrisette Michele at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # ** may 22 thr Crudo (featuring Mike Patton and Dan the Automator) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 22 thr All Shall Perish, First Blood, Alcatraz, Apiary, Arise, dj Rob Metal at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $12 7pm/8pm ** @ (Anthony's Birthday) may 22 thr Mates Of State at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 22 thr March Fourth Marching Band (Portland), Kid Beyond, Loyd Family Players at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** may 22 thr Thousandnames, Gabe Gonzales, Delipub, Vir at Fat City, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** may 22 thr Third Date at Irelands 32, 3920 Geary Blvd., S.F. 21+ free 9pm may 22 thr Matt Embree at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $12/$15 8pm ** may 22 thr The Cave Singers, The Botticellis, Triumph Of Lethargy Skinned Alive To Death at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm/8pm ** may 22 thr Palms, Eyes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm * may 22 thr The Voodoo Organist, The Vaudevilles, Undertaker & His Pals at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** may 22 thr Nightwish at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** may 22 thr Chemical Angle, Savior, Femme Fatality, Syndika Zero at the at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 9pm ** may 22 thr Candy Apple, The Amblers at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** may 23 fri The Forgotten, Harrington Saints, Violation, Orange, War Dogs at 924 Gilman a/a $7 8pm *** @ may 23 fri 66Seven, Psychosomatic (Sacramento), Orb Of Confustion, Hallow Engine (L.A.) at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 ** may 23 fri Bombshell Betty's Burlesqueteers,l Rock and Roll Show at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm/9:30pm * may 23 fri J.G.B. at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 23 fri Mindless Self Indulgence, London After Midnight, The Birthday Massacre at the Grand Ballroom, 1300 Van Ness Avenue, S.F. a/a ** may 23 fri Lord Loves A Working Man, The Struts, Swoop Unit at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 23 fri Agent Steel, Imagika, Fog Of War at Fat City, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** may 23 fri Fun Blood at the Hemlock Tavern, S.F. 21+ $9 9:30pm * may 23 fri Margot & The Nuclear So And So's, Mike Bloom at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** may 23 fri Snake Flower II at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** may 23 fri Foreigner at Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa a/a # ** may 23 fri Abandon Theory at Old Western Saloon, Point Reyes Station ?/? * may 23 fri Dead Meadow, Hans Keller, The Lumerians at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** may 23 fri LeMaster, The Happy Medium, Ahoy at Java Lounge, 2416 16th St., Sacramento a/a $5 ** may 23 fri A Fear Of Silence, ReZonance, Into The Ambiance at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 9pm ** may 23 fri Drinkin' At Your Funeral at Rythems Cafe, Main Street, Grass Valley a/a $5 8pm * may 23 fri Candy Apple, Belda Beast at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9:30pm * may 24 sat Xome, Blow Up Nihilist, Cerebral Foil, Bleachy Bleachy Bleach, Under Control at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ (Aphotic Noise Fest) may 24 sat Sugar & Gold at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm * may 24 sat Embers, Roanoke, Grayceon, One Hundred Suns at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm * may 24 sat Dead Meadow at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 24 sat The Devil Makes Three at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 24 sat Gunner, Whore Of War, Hukaholix at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm til 8pm ** may 24 sat The Bodies, Everything Must Go (record rlease), The Lowdowns (back together), Jack Saints (re-union) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a 9pm *** @ may 24 sat Mammatus at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm * may 24 sat The New Centuries (cd release), The Dont's, Man/Miracle at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8pm ** may 24 sat My Brightest Diamond, Pedestrian, A Weather at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13 8:30pm/9pm ** may 24 sat Dead Ringers, The Meat Sluts, The Touchie Feelies, Plastic Saints at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** may 24 sat The Phenomenauts, The Aka's, Maldroid at the Phoenix theater, Petaluma a/a ** @ may 24 sat Monkey, See Spot, The Struts at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 ** may 24 sat Red Sunday, Down & Durdy, Silent Treatment, Year One at Britannia Arms, 1087 S. De Anza Blvd., San Jose 21+ ** may 24 sat Ill Imperial, State Cap at Java Lounge, 2416 16th St., Sacramento a/a $5 ** may 24 sat The Midnight Howlers, The Gin Rickys, Needy Eevy at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $7 9pm ** may 24 sat Abandon Theory at the Tradewinds, Kings Beach (Lake Tahoe) ?/? * may 25 sun Blowfly, Antiseen, Devils Son Inlaw at Maxwell's Lounge, 341 13th St. Oakland 21+ $10/$12 9pm/9:30pm ** may 25 sun Cluster, Tussle, White Rainbow at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 25 sun Thrice, Circa Survive, Pelican at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $19.99 6pm/7pm # ** may 25 sun The Wayside State at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 5pm til 8pm ** may 25 sun Glass Candy (Portland), Chromatics, Farah (TX), dj Mike Simonetti, dj Omar at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $12 9pm ** may 25 sun The Von Bondies, Die! Die! Die!, Io Echo at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13 7:30pm/8pm ** may 25 sun Saints Of Ruin, Order Of The Black Elk, Ruber Side Down, D.I.E. at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 7pm ** may 25 sun Abandon Theory at Rivershack, Coloma ?/? * may 25 sun Hookerfight, Trigger Effect (Canada), Drinkin' At Your Funeral, at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $7 ($5 if 21+) 4pm ** may 25 sun Throw Rag, The Heart Attacks at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9pm ** may 26 mon Maze, Chaka Khan, The Whispers, Ledisi, World Famous Rick And Russ Show at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $90/$56/$36 10:30am/noon # ** (KBLX) may 27 tue Teitur, Jessie Baylin at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 27 tue Ladytron, Datarock, The Delta Fiasco at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # ** may 27 tue Flight Of The Conchords (New Zealand) at Nob Hill Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $32.50 7pm/8pm # ** may 27 tue White Rabbits, Love Like Fire at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** may 27 tue Floating Goat, Super Giant, HDR Band at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** @ may 27 tue Penny Dreadfuls at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9:30pm * may 27 tue Tradedy (Portland), Blowback (Japan), Born/Dead, Acephalix, dj Ken Prank at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm/8:30pm *** @ may 27 tue Lizz Wright at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 7:30pm/8pm ** may 27 tue Mindless Self Indulgence, The Birthday Massacre at Empire Events Center, 1417 R Street, Sacramento a/a $20/$25 7:30pm ** may 27/28 Beirut at the Grand, Regency Center, 1290 Sutter St., S.F. 21+ a/a $29.50 8pm ** may 28 wed Green House Effect, Super Giant at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 ** may 28 wed Asteroid #4 (Philadelphia), The Quarter After (L.A.), The Otherside at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 8pm ** may 28 wed Pela, Rock at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** may 28 wed Stephen Marley, Gully Bank Sound at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $30 8:30pm/9pm ** may 28 wed Mother's Anger, Joint Method at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm * may 28 wed The Physics Of Meaning (N.C.) at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm ** may 28 wed Immigrant at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm * may 28 wed Iron Maiden at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $81/$61/$41/$31 6pm/7pm # *** may 28 wed The Cure, 65daysofstatic at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $65/$50/$35 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** $ may 28 wed The Fiery Furnaces, Grand Ole Party at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $15 9pm ** may 28 wed Decry (L.A.), Good Neighbor Policy, Dun Bin Had, Law Abiding Citizens at the Blue Lagoon, Sacramento 21+ ** may 29 thr Arch Enemy at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 29 thr Swervedriver, Film School, Mezzanine Owls at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** may 29 thr The Fiery Furnaces at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 29 thr Sybris (Chicago), Ex-Boyfriends, Unwed Sailor at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** may 29 thr Zodiac Death Valley at Fat City, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** may 29 thr The Junior Panthers, Dora Flood, The Parties at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** may 29 thr Trifles, All-Ages, Spaceblaster at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** may 29 thr Crimson Ghost, The LaTeenos, The Lava Rats at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** may 29 thr Floater at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8pm ** may 29 thr Tragedy, Blowback (Japan), Whiskey Rebels, Kuru, Dance For Destruction at Silk Bar, 1011 Del Paso Blvd., Sacramento 18+ $8 7pm *** @ may 30 fri Kakistocracy (N.C.), One In The Chamber, Outraged, You Die, Threat To The System at 924 Gilman a/a $7 8pm *** @ may 30 fri Shiloe at Rasputin's Music, 2401 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a free 5pm ** may 30 fri The Filthy Thieving Bastards, The Hooks at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** may 30 fri Tear It Down, No Bunny Loves You, So Cow, The Shimmies at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 ** may 30 fri K. Lloyd, Dominique Banuelos at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm * (acoustic nite) may 30 fri Candlemass, Daylight Dies at Slim's, S.F. a/a $21/$23 9pm ** may 30 fri Hank III & Assjack at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 8pm/9pm # ** may 30 fri The Departed, Sore Thumbs, Switchblade Riot, Wardogs at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** may 30 fri Notorious, Glorified HJ, No Quarter (tribute) at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** may 30 fri Anavan, Casy & Brian, Attractive & Popular at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm * may 30 fri Orgone, Darando & Nino Moshella, LoCura, dj Vanka at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $40/$17 8:30pm/9pm ** may 30 fri The Chop Tops, The Widders, The Infamous Swanks at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** may 30 fri Blind Willies at Ace in the Hole, Highway 116 at Graton, Sebastopol a/a free 4:30pm ** may 30 fri Not An Airplane, Tumbleweeds, West Of Next at Java Lounge, 2416 16th St., Sacramento a/a ** may 30 fri Final Summation, Trashed Idols (L.A.), 5 Days Dirty, Social Concern at the at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 9pm ** may 30 fri This Charming Band (tribute), DEVOlutionaries (tribute), Japanese Baby (tribute), Die Darlings (tribute) at the Blue Lagoon, Sacramento 21+ ** may 30/31 New Monsoon, Albino! at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 31 sat Heathen, Hatchet (record release), Virulent Death, Meltdown at 924 Gilman a/a 7:30pm *** @ may 31 sat The Chop Tops, The Badmen, The Infamous Swanks at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** may 31 sat Dave Rude Band, Super Ego at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 * may 31 sat The Dust, Break, Xipper at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm til 8pm ** may 31 sat Bootsy Collins & The Hardest Working Band, Bobby Byrd Band, Escapism, Freekbass, I-Candi, DJizzle, Zionplanet10, Fred Wesley at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $42.50 8pm/9pm # *** may 31 sat Brass Menazeri, dj Brother Grimm, dj Bas, dj Chris Baty at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8/$10 9pm ** may 31 sat 20 Minute Loop, Tartufi, Yes Oh Yes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** may 31 sat Richard Cheese & Lounge Against The Machine at Bimbo's 365 Club, 1025 Columbus Avenue, S.F. 21+ ** may 31 sat Nokturne, Veitus Mortuus, Nuclear Desecration, Vatican at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** may 31 sat Metallica, King Diamond, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm ** (metal tribute nite) may 31 sat The Holy Kiss, Paranoids, The Better Maker, Fast Dragon at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** may 31 sat Blue Turtle Seduction, On The One, Montana Slim at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** may 31 sat Four Tet, art show at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm/10pm ** may 31 sat Dan Lebowitz Group, Forest Sun (cd release), JP Cutler Band at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $14/$16 9pm ** may 31 sat Crosby, Stills & Nash at Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa a/a # ** may 31 sat The Filthy Thieving Bastards, The Hooks, The Saturday Saints at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** may 31 sat Boats!, Ashtray, The Secretions at Java Lounge, 2416 16th St., Sacramento a/a ** @ may 31 sat Tough Luxury, Maldroid, The Broken Poet at the at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 9pm ** may 31 sat The Grannies, The Flesh Hammers at Davidson's Distillery, 275 East Fourth Street, Reno, NV 21+ free ** may 31/jun 1 R.E.M., Modest Mouse, The National at the Greek Theatre, U.C. Berkeley a/a $90/$60/$40 (6pm sat) (5pm sun) # *** $ jun 1 sun The Gold Diggers, Milville Plains at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 5pm til 8pm * jun 1 sun K. Lloyd (acoustic solo), Aerial Ruin, Covetous Woe at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 1 sun La Plebe, Cobra Skulls, Bastards Of Young, Drastic Actions, Isonomy at the at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $7 ($5 if 21+) 4pm ** @ jun 2 mon The Long Blondes, The Young Knives at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jun 2 mon Peter Murphy at the Grand Ballroom, 1300 Van Ness Avenue, S.F. a/a # ** jun 2 mon Chevelle, Sick Puppies at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** jun 3 tue Mr Gnome, The Bad Hand, Sleepy Boy Moe at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 ** jun 3 tue Mad Sin, Koffin Kats, Brigitte Handley at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** jun 3 tue Moe! Staiano, Holly Caust, Pink Canoes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9:30pm ** jun 4 wed Duke Of Windsor, Russell Quan at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 ** jun 4 wed Hatebreed, Type O Negative, 2 Inches Of Blood, Mystic Rage at the Grand Ballroom, 1300 Van Ness Avenue, S.F. a/a *** @ (Jagermeister Music Tour) jun 4 wed Big B And Dirtball, Potluck, Dgaf, F.N.B. at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jun 4 wed Beatropolis, B.I.B. Crew, Return To Mono at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 8pm ** jun 4 wed Schande, Little Teeth, French Miami at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** jun 4 wed The Queers, Lemuria, Bomb The Music Industry, Kepi Ghoulie at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a *** @ jun 4 wed Los Campesinos, Parenthetical Girls at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $12.50/$15 9pm ** jun 5 thr Boats at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 * jun 5 thr Dethklok, Chimaira, Soilent Green at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $26.50 7pm/8pm # *** @ jun 5 thr Joan Of Arc (Chicago), 31 Knots, Maus Haus at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** jun 5 thr The Queers, Lemuria, Bomb The Music Industry, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Kepi Ghoulie at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12/$10 7:30pm/8pm *** @ (Asian Man Records) jun 5 thr Third Date at Grant & Green, S.F. 21+ free 8:30pm * jun 5 thr Vauxhaul Broadcast, Lemon Sun at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm * jun 5 thr Or, The Whale, Pete & J at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 7:30pm/8pm ** jun 5 thr Natural Incense at the at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 9pm * jun 5 thr Hatebreed at the Senator Theatre, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a # ** @ jun 6 fri Tragedy, Blowback (Japan), Attack Disarm Takeover (Fresno) at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ jun 6 fri The Moral Tourists, Steve McQueen For A Day at the Grant Irish Warehouse, 2232 Poplar Street, Oakland a/a 9pm ** jun 6 fri Firewater at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 10pm/8:30 * jun 6 fri Clipd Beaks, Mute Era, Batman vs. Predator at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm * jun 6 fri Honeycut at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $14 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 6 fri Frog Eyes at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** jun 6 fri The Four Tops, The Temptations at Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa a/a # ** jun 6 fri Abandon Theory at the Bistro, 1001 B at Main, Hayward a/a * jun 6 fri Ambience (cd release), Case In Theory, Panthelion at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** jun 6 fri Pennywise, Alkaline Trio, Anti-Flag, MGMT, The Whigs, mc Rut at UC Davis Pavillion, Davis a/a $25 ($20 students with ID) 5pm # *** @ (KWOD 106.5'S Rock the Vote) jun 6 fri The Generals, Goodness Gracious Me, Prieta, Tyler Jakes And The Bootleggers at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $7 9pm ** jun 6/7 Alan Parsons Live Project at John Ascuaga's Nugget, Sparks, NV ?/? ** jun 7 sat Inherit Disease (S.D.), Defeated Insanity (Germany), Dismal Lapse, Mucus Membrane at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ jun 7 sat Kid Beyond, Forrest Day at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 7 sat Curmudgeon, Bullett 66, Frankenstein L.I.V.S. at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm til 8pm ** jun 7 sat Casiotone For The Painfully Alone, Foot Foot, Fox Pause at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** jun 7 sat The Black Angels, The Warlocks at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 7 sat Annuals at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** jun 7 sat Abandon Theory at Irelands 32, 3920 Geary Blvd. S.F. 21+ * jun 7 sat Chicago, The Doobie Brothers at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $65/$45/$35/$25 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** jun 7 sat Cypress Hill, Pennywise, Flogging Molly, Alkaline Trio, The Kooks, Everlast, Anti-Flag, MGMT, Atreyu, Airborne Toxic Event, Flobots, The Whigs, Middle Class Rut, Moby, Mstrkrft, dj AM, Santogold, Steve Aoki, Lyrics Born, Mike Relm, PlayRadioPlay, dj Omar, Richard Oh, Hot Tub, dj Miles, The Phenomenauts, Love Like Fire, Here Here, Magic Bullets, Apside, The Hundred Days, The Federalists, The Action Design at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $10.53 11am/noon # *** @ $ (Live105 BFD) jun 7 sat Murderlicious, Nilshiphter at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 9pm ** jun 7 sat Y & T at Cache Creek Casino Resort, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 18+ ** jun 8 sun Ampere (MA), Baader Brains, Punch, Scaring Sparrows (N.Y.) at 924 Gilman a/a 5pm *** @ jun 8 sun Greg Cross Band, Pork Chop Express at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 5pm til 8pm * jun 8 sun Local H, The Photo Atlas at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13 7:30pm/8pm ** jun 8 sun Shuteye Unison (cd release), Winter Birds at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9:30pm ** jun 8 sun Blame Betty, Bad Flirt, The Lemmies at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $7 ($5 if 21+) 4pm ** jun 8/9 Erykah Badu, The Roots at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $84/$65/$46 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** jun 9 mon Murder Junkies at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 ** jun 9 sun Crosby, Stills & Nash at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a ** jun 10 tue Frenzy (U.K.), The Henchmen at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 10 tue The Dreaming at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8pm ** jun 10 tue Crystal Castles, dd/mm/yyyy at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16 7:30pm/8pm ** jun 10 tue Touched By A Janitor, Silian Rail, Decca Sequence at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** jun 10 tue The Submarines at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 18+ $10 9:30pm ** jun 10 tue The Dreaming at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8pm ** jun 10 tue Panic At The Disco, Motion City Soundtrack, The Hush Sound, Phantom Planet at Grand Sierra Resort Theatre, Reno NV 21+ $35 6pm/7pm ** jun 11 wed Chubby Behemoth, Little Teeth, Pwrfl Power at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 ** jun 11 wed Billy Brag at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $26.50 8pm/9pm # ***g jun 11 wed Neil Hamburger, The Too-Good-For-Neil-Hamburger-Band at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jun 11 wed Misisipi Rider, Eilen Jewell (Boston), Kitty Rose at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm * jun 11 wed Emily Jane White, Molloy Family Album, Joni Davis, Dylan Champagne at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5/$6 8pm ** jun 11 wed Jeremy Enigk, Damien Jurado at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9:30pm ** jun 11/12 Return To Forever, Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White, Al Di Meola at the Grand Ballroom, 1300 Van Ness Avenue, S.F. a/a ** jun 12 thr Singer, Sic Alps at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** jun 12 thr Teddy Geigerk Hilary McRae, Scott Harris at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jun 12 tue Russian Circles, Daughters, Young Widows at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jun 12 thr Bellavista, Leopold & His Fiction, Excuses For Skipping at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $6/$8 8pm ** jun 13 fri Planets at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm ** jun 13 fri Augustana, Wild Sweet Orange at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 8pm/9pm # ** jun 13 fri Poor Man's Whiskey, The Mother Truckers, Four Year Bender at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jun 13 fri Grant-Lee Phillips at Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market St., S.F. a/a $18/$22 7:30pm ** jun 13 fri Avenger Of Blood at the Fat City, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 13 fri Three Stoned Men, The Mantles, Box Elders at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jun 13 fri The Detroit Cobras, Les Sans Culottes, Killola at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $12 9pm ** jun 13 fri Loom, Gods Revolver at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 9pm ** jun 13/14 Rebirth Brass Band at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $22 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 14 sat Rum Rebellion, Thee Hobogobbelins, Atom Age at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm ** @ jun 14 sat De La Soul, Blackalicious, Little Brother, Sage Francis, Hieroglyphics, Supernatural & Scratch, Kidz In The Hall, Braille, B. Dolan at Community Theatre, 2134 Martin Luther King Way, Berkeley a/a $40 4pm/5pm # *** (paid dues) jun 14 sat Amoebapalooza at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $7 9pm ** (Amoeba Music) jun 14 sat The Sundance Kids at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 * jun 14 sat The Detroit Cobras, Les Sans Culottes at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jun 14 sat The Matche at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $18.50 8pm/9pm # ***s jun 14 sat Fetish, Two Timing Hussies, Rob Mishaps at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm til 8pm ** jun 14 sat Atomic Age, Please Do Not Fight, Pending Jokes For Feeling at the El Rincon, S.F. 18+ 8pm * jun 14 sat Ovipositor, Ghost Echoes at Nick's Nicht Club, Chico 21+ 9:30pm * jun 15 sun Dan Electro, Apple Pie Hopes, A.S.P., The Happy Clams, The Bleu Canadians, 5 Cent Coffee, Bunny Numpkins And The Kill Blow-Up Reaction, The Clarences, Plasterkatz, The Lemmies dj's at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $7 4pm *** (BBQ) jun 15 sun The Papersons, The Bruises, Th' Moonlight Sexy at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $8 7:30pm ** jun 15 sun Static Thought, Riot On Rosewood, S.T.D., 5 Days Dirty, The Disgusteens at the at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $7 ($5 if 21+) 4pm *** @ jun 16 mon The Almost, Emery, Envy On The Coast, Army Of Me at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jun 17 tue Wolf Eyes, Rubber O Cement at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** @ jun 17 tue Old 97's, Hayes Carll at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** jun 17 tue The Helio Sequence at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jun 17 tue Styrofoam, Broken Spindles at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 7:30pm ** jun 17 tue Sea Wolf, The Jealous Girlfriends, Patrick Park at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 7:30pm/8pm ** jun 18 wed The Moral Tourists, Static Mind-Fi, Ovipositor at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** (was june 4th) jun 18 wed Ride The Blinds, Radio Moscow, Snakeflower 2 at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 8pm ** jun 18 wed The Resurrection, Stone Foxes, Zodiac Death Valley at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5/$6 8pm ** jun 18 wed Kawabata Makoto at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * jun 18 wed Travis Tritt at Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa a/a # ** jun 19 thr Dirt Nasty, Andre Legacy at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jun 19 tr West Indian Girl, Parson Red Heads, Princeton at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** jun 19 thr Dramarama, The Saddle Tramps, Pedestrian at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 9pm ** jun 19 thr Fink, Jaymay at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** jun 19 thr The Dodos, The Ohsees, Dreamdate at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm/8pm ** jun 19 thr George Michael at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $176/$90/$56 7pm/8pm # *** jun 19 thr Frenzy, The Henchmen, The Jim Rowdy Show, Smash The Glass at the Fire Escape Bar, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 9pm ** jun 20 fri Circle One, Taint, Fukm, Law Abiding Citizens at Your Hauz, Oakland a/a $6 8pm ** @ jun 20 fri Thievery Corporation, Bebel Gilberto, Los Amigos Invisibles, Federico Aubele at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a $45 7pm # ** jun 20 fri Third Date at Beckett's, 2271 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley 21+ free 10pm jun 20 fri Earth, Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jun 20 fri She Wants Revenge, Be Your Own Pet, The Virgins, Switches at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** jun 20 fri Lightspeed Champion, Flowers Forever, dj Aaron Axelsen at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 20 fri Loquat, LoveLikeFire, The Union Trade at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 10pm ** jun 20 fri Abandon Theory (acoustic) at Apple Jack's Inn, 8790 La Honda Road, La Honda 21+ * jun 20 fri Brad Paisley, Jewel, Chuck Wicks, Julianne Hough at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $59/$39/$29 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** jun 20/21/22 The Lettermen at John Ascuaga's Nugget, Sparks, NV ?/? ** jun 21 sat Von Iva at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm ** @ jun 21 sat Death Cab For Cutie at the Greek Theatre, U.C. Berkeley a/a $39.50 8pm # ** jun 21 sat The Aggrolites at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm ** jun 21 sat Blind Willies at Summer Sailstice, Treasure Island, S.F. a/a noon * jun 21 sat The Rubinoos at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jun 21 sat 3oh!3, A Day To Remember (SF only), Against Me!, Aggrolites, Alesana, All Time Low (Shoreline only), Anberlin, Angels And Airwaves, As I Lay Dying (SF only), August Burns Red (30/32 only), Beat Union, Between The Trees (SF only), Bring Me The Horizon (Shoreline only), Broadway Calls, Charlotte Sometimes, Classic Crime (Shoreline only), Cobra Starship, The Color Fred, Confide (Shoreline only), Danger (Shoreline only), Devil Wears Prada, Disaster (SF only), Dr. Manhattan (Shoreline only), Evergreen Terrace, Everytime I Die, Family Force 5, First To Last (Shoreline only), Forever The Sickest Kids, Four Year Strong (Shoreline only), From First To Last (SF only), GBH (Shoreline only), Greeley Estates, Gym Class Heroes, Protest The Hero, Horrorpops, Katy Perry, Ludo (Shoreline only), MC Chris, The Maine, Mayday Parade, Maylene And The Sons Of (SF only), Norma Jean, Oreska, Pierce The Veil, Radio (Shoreline only), Reel Big Fish, Relient K, Rise Against (Shoreline only), Say Anything, Set Your Goals, Shwayze, Sky Eats Airplane (Shoreline only), Spiders (SF only), Stick To Your Guns (SF only), Story Of The Year, Street Dogs, The Academy Is..., The All-American Rejects (SF only), The Audition, The Briggs, The Bronx, The Fabulous Rudies, The Higher (SF only), The Human Abstract (Shoreline only), The Lordz, The Pink (SF only), The Saint Alvia Cartel (Shoreline only), The Vandals (Shoreline only), We The Kings at Warped Tour, Pier 30/32, S.F. a/a $33 10:30am/11am # *** @ (see aug 15/16) jun 21 sat Holy Role Model, Donner Pass, Riders Of The Red Dawn at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm til 8pm ** jun 21 sat La Plebe, M.D.C., Druglords Of The Avenues, The Departed at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm *** @ jun 21 sat Hayden at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9:30pm * jun 21 sat Lou Dog Trio at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm * jun 21 sat Jesse Colin Young at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $30 8pm ** jun 21 sat Firme at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 21 sat Terri Clark at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a # * jun 21 sat A Borrowed Life, A Single Second, Broken October at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 9pm ** jun 21 sat Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, Ha Ha Tonka at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm * jun 21/22 O.A.R., Jeremy Fisher at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 8pm/9pm # ** jun 22 sun M.D.C., Instant Asshole, John The Baker (acoustic), Crucial Cause, No Red Flags at 924 Gilman a/a $7 4pm *** @ jun 22 sun 77 El Deora at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 5pm til 8pm * jun 22 sun Extra Golden, dj Jeremiah at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15 7pm * jun 22 sun The Fourfits at the at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $7 ($5 if 21+) 4pm ** jun 24 tue Mosh Ben Ari, Yossi Fine at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $30/$35 ($50 vip) 7:30pm/8pm ** jun 24 tue Drive-By Truckers, James McMurtry at Empire Events Center, 1417 R Street, Sacramento a/a $22.50/$25 8pm ** jun 25 wed Plants And Animals, Greg Ashley at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** jun 25 wed Les Dudek at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jun 25 wed US Air Guitar Championships at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16/$18 7:30pm/8pm * jun 26 thr The Spill Canvas, Ludo, Steel Train, Liam And Me at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jun 26 thr The Devil-Ettes, dj Raul, dj Delachaux, The Barbary Coasters, The Mini Skirt Mob at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $10 8pm/9pm ** jun 26 thr Pansy Division, The Winsome Griffles, Glen Meadmore (L.A.) at the Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St. S.F. 21+ ** jun 26 thr Dilated Peoples, The Alchemist, Aceyalone, 88-Keys at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm ** jun 26 thr The Chop Tops, No Dice, 12 Steps To Nothing at the Quarter Note, 1214 Apollo Way, Sunnyvale 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 26 sat Universal Language, Radioactive at Trinity Tribal Stomp, Junction City ?/? * jun 27 fri Skarp (WA), Against Empire (L.A.), Thousands Will Die, Self Inflicted at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ jun 27 fri Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, T-Bone Burnett at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a $39.50/$59.50/$89.50 8pm # ** jun 27 fri Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 27 fri Greg Brown at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jun 27 fri AC/DShe at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 8pm ** jun 27 fri Ceremony, Life Long Tragedy, Sabertooth Zombie, Crucified at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 8pm *** @ jun 27 fri The Fourfits, Jonny Manak & The Depressives at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm * jun 27 fri Herman's Hermits, Peter Noone at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a # ** jun 27 fri Abandon Theory at the Capitol Club, Quincy ?/? * jun 27 fri No Dice, 12 Steps To Nothing at Whiskey Dick's, 2660 Lake Tahoe Blvd., Lake Tahoe 21+ $5 9pm ** jun 28 sat Wait In Vain (WA), Crucified at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm ** @ jun 28 sat Mark Knopfler at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a # ** jun 28 sat Prik Flower, Cwachemoe, Lost Puppy at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm til 8pm ** jun 28 sat Grand Archives at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jun 28 sat Dr. Know, D.M.F., You Die!, Miwok Curse, Los Dryheavers, Turbonegra, Septic Shock at the Red Hat, 1860 Monument Blvd., Concord a/a $12 7pm *** @ jun 28 sat Abandon Theory at Old Western Saloon, Point Reyes Station ?/? * jun 28 sat Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 28 sat No Dice, 12 Steps To Nothing, Lonely Kings at the Fire Escape Bar and Grill, Citrus Heights 21+ $5 9pm ** jun 28 sat Weird Al Yankovic at Konocti Harbor, 8727 Doda Bay Road, Kelseyville a/a # *** jun 28 sat B.B. King at Silver Legacy Casino, Silver St. between 4th and 5th, Reno NV 21+ ** jun 28 sat Rock Hounds at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9pm * jun 28/29 Tea Leaf Green at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jun 29 sun Cyndi Lauper, The B-52's, Wanda Sykes at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a # *** jun 29 sun Porch Flies, Johnny Walnut at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 5pm til 8pm * jun 29 sun Crosyb, Stills & Nash at Silver Legacy Casino, Silver St. between 4th and 5th, Reno NV 21+ ** jul 1 tue Say Bok Gwai, Lucabrazzi at the El Rincon, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm * jul 1 tue Reverend Horton Heat, Nashville Pussy, Supersuckers at Empire Events Center, 1417 R St., Sacramento a/a $25/$28 7:30pm # *** jul 2 wed Constantines, Ladyhawk at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jul 2 wed The Jet Age, D.W. Holiday at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * jul 2 wed Styx at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65/$55/$45 # ** jul 2 wed Eddie Mone at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a # ** jul 3 thr Sex Vid, The Freak Accident, Sisters, Gun Outfit at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jul 3 thr Supersuckers, Reverend Horton Heat at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ *** jul 3 thr War at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a # ** jul 3-6 Bob Weir & Ratdog, Gov't Mule, Michael Franti And Spearhead, Built To Spill, Mike Gordon, Railroad Earth, Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet, Neville's Dumpstaphunk, Charlie Hunter Trio, Robben Ford, Emmitt-Nershi Band, New Monsoon, The Slip, Surprise Me Mr. Davis, MarchFourth Marching Band, Critters Buggin, Bassnectar, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Spam Allstars, The Lee Boys, Akron/Family, Blvd and MC Souleye, The Mother Hips, Joe Craven, Blue Turtle Seduction, Scott Amendola Band, The Weather Underground, The Everybodyfields, Buckethead, Nathan Moore, Rotary Downs, Cornmeal, Carolyn Wonderland, Gandalf Murphy And The Slambovian Circus Of Dreams, Stephane Wrembel And Camarade Soleil, Sol'Jibe, Flowmotion, Ryan Montbleau Band, Gamelan X, Oneside, Vida Girls, Soldiers Of Hi Fi at High Sierra Music Festival, Plumas-Sierra Fairgrounds, Quincy a/a $157/$136 (kids $50/$40/$30) 8am # *** (www.highsierramusic.com) jul 4 fri Lid Toker, Thou (L.A.), Leech (OR) at 924 Gilman a/a $7 ** @ jul 4 fri Charlie Hunter Trio at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 4 fri The Modey Lemon at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * jul 4 fri Rare Earth at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a # ** jul 5 sat Die Young (TX), Lie And Wait (TX) at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm ** @ jul 6 sun Limpwrist, Godstomper at 924 Gilman a/a 5pm ** @ jul 5 sat Red Elvises at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jul 5 sat Los Lobos at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a # ** jul 5 sat The Tubes at Cache Creek Casino Resort, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 18+ ** jul 5/6 Exodus, De'tente, Airax, Havok, Psycyosomatic, Zombie Holocaust, Ludicra, Attitude Adjustment, Pillager, Ancient At Birth, Agenda Of Swine at John McLaren Park Amphitheater, S.F. a/a free noon-6pm *** @ (Tidalwave) jul 6 sun The Bodies, The Lowdowns at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a ** jul 6 sun Steve Holy at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a # ** jul 7 mon Yaz at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $75/$55/$40 7:30pm # ** jul 7 mon The Scott Amendola Band, The Jim Campilongo Electric Trio at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** jul 8 tue Retribution Gospel Choir, Parker Brothers at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 8 tue Boston at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $98/$75/$55 # ** jul 8 tue Chris Isaak at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a ** jul 8 tue Red Elvises at Bombay's, 1730 California Street, Redding 21+ 9pm ** jul 9/10 Bob Weir & RatDog, Gov't Mule at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65/$55/$45 # * jul 10 thr Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Jason Webley at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 10 thr Natasha Bedingfield, Veronicas, Kate Voegele at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $21.50 8pm/9pm # ** jul 10 thr Hospitals, Eat Skull at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * jul 11 fri Juke, Rich White Males, Atom Age at 924 Gilman a/a 5pm ** @ jul 11 fri King Khan And the Shrines, Jacuzzi at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 11 fri Beerijuana, Beware Of The Scarecrow, Silent Sinner at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** jul 11 fri Eddie Money at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a # ** jul 11 fri Kathy Griffin at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $90/$75/$65/$50 # * jul 11 fri Lynyrd Skynyrd at Raley Field, West Sacramento a/a # ** jul 11 fri 36 Crazy Fists, Airbourne, Black Tide, Disturbed, Dragonforce, Five Finger Death Punch, Machine Head, Mastodon, Slipknot, Suicide Silence, The Red Chord, Underoath, Walls Of Jericho at the Amphitheatre, Marysvile a/a # *** jul 12 sat Aghast (VA), Coaccion (Mexico), All Systems Fail (UT), Giuda (Italy), Eskapo, DeathXExcess at 924 Gilman a/a 7:30pm *** @ jul 12 sat Rykarda Parasol & The Tower Raven, Candy Aple, Death Of A Party at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 12 sat Surprise Me Mr. Davis at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9:30pm * jul 12 sat 36 Crazy Fists, Airbourne, Black Tide, Disturbed, Dragonforce, Five Finger Death Punch, Machine Head, Mastodon, Slipknot, Suicide Silence, The Red Chord, Underoath, Walls Of Jericho at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # *** jul 12 sat Lynyrd Skynyrd at Konocti, 8727 Doda Bay Road, Kelseyville a/a # ** jul 14 mon Ferron, Bitch And The Exciting Conclusion at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 8pm * jul 14 mon The Police, Elvis Costello & The Imposters at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # $232/$97/$47 6pm/7:30pm # *** jul 15 tue The Black Dahlia Murder, Kataklysm, Vader, Cryptopsy, The Faceless, Despised Icon, Aborted, Born Of Osiris, Psycroptic, White Chapel at Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 3:30pm/4pm # *** @ $ (Summer Slaughter Tour) jul 15 tue Days Do Different at Fat City, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm * jul 15 tue Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountian View a/a $75/$60/$50/$25 5:30pm/7pm # ** jul 15 tue Peter Frampton at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65/$55/$45 # *** jul 16 wed The Police, Elvis Costello & The Imposters at the Pavilion, Concord a/a # $232/$97/$47 6pm/7:30pm # *** jul 16 wed Lynyrd Skynyrd at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $98/$75/$55 # *** jul 17 thr Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $75/$60/$50/$25 5:300m/7pm # ** jul 17 thr The Police, Elvis Costello And The Imposters at the Amphitheatre, Marysvile a/a $232/$97/$47 7:30pm # *** jul 18 fri Guana Batz at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** (new date) jul 18 fri Joseph Arthur at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 18 fri Agent Orange, The Sore Thumbs at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm *** @ jul 18/19/20 Chris Isaak at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85/$75/$55 # *** jul 19 sat Feist at the Greek Theatre, U.C. Berkeley a/a $39.50 8pm # ** (KFOG) jul 19 sat Agent Orange at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm *** @ jul 19 sat Dave Gleason's Wasted Days, Mover (reunion), Elisa Randazzo, The Real Sippin' Whiskeys at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (Parsons tribute) jul 19 sat The Guana Bats (U.K.) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** (new date) jul 19 sat Lynyrd Skynyrd at Salinas Sports Complex, Salinas a/a # ** jul 21 mon George Carlin at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75/$65/$50 # *** jul 21 mon Lynyrd Skynyrd at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a ** jul 22 tue Los Lonely Boys, Los Lobos at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $80/$65/$50 # ** jul 22 tue Clint Black at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a ** jul 23 sed New Riders Of The Purple Sage at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 23 wed Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band, Billy Squier, Colin Hay (of Men At Work), Edgar Winter, Gary Wright, Hamish Stewart at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $125/$100/$80/$55 # *** jul 23 wed The Blasters at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $20 9pm ** jul 24 thr The Blasters at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 8pm ** jul 24/25 The Doobie Brothers at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $73/$60/$50 # ** jul 25 fri Stone Temple Pilots, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a $52.50 8pm # *** jul 25 fri The Broun Fellinis at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 25 fri At The Gates (Sweden), Repulsion, Municipal Waste, Darkest Hour at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # *** @ jul 25 fri Triclops!, Zechs Marquise, Oaks at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** @ jul 25 fri Blue Oyster Cult at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a # ** jul 25 fri Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band, Billy Squier, Colin Hay (of Men At Work), Edgar Winter, Gary Wright, Hamish Stewart at Silver Legacy Casino, Silver St. between 4th and 5th, Reno NV 21+ *** jul 26 sat Steely Dan at the Greek Theatre, U.C. Berkeley a/a $126/$76/$56/$40 8pm # ** jul 26 sat 15 Degrees Below, Zero, Say Bok Gwai, Mute Socialite, The Late Severa Wires at 544 Capp Street at 20th, S.F. a/a 8pm ** @ jul 26 sat Emmylou Harris, Jimmy Gaudreau, Moondi Klein at the Nob Hill Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $75/$45/$35 7pm/8pm # ** jul 26 sat John Mayer, Colbie Caillat, Brett Dennen at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $67/$36 5:30pm/7pm # ** jul 26 sat Billy Ray Cyrus at Cache Creek Casino Resort, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 18+ ** jul 27 sun James Taylor at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a $126/$90/$60/$26 7:30pm # ** (seated show) jul 27 sun Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # *** jul 27 sun Emmylou Harris, Jimmy Gaudreau, Moondi Klein at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $58/$45/$40 # ** jul 28 mon Steely Dan at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $200/$150/$85/$65 5:30pm/7:30pm # ** jul 29 tue George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Buddy Guy at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75/$65/$50 # ** jul 29 tue Floss Anonymous, Hockey at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9pm * jul 30 wed Boz Scaggs at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a ** jul 31 thr The English Beat, The Fixx, The Alarm at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $45 # ** jul 31 thr George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Buddy Guy at Silver Legacy Casino, Silver St. between 4th and 5th, Reno NV 21+ ** aug 1 fri John Waite at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a # ** aug 1/2 Lyle Lovett at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85/$75/$50 # ** aug 2 sat John Mellencamp, Lucinda Williams at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a $100/$70/$60/$40 7:30pm # *** aug 2 sat The Beach Boys at Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa a/a # ** aug 3 sun The Beach Boys at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $70/$60/$45 # ** aug 5 tue UB40 at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** aug 5 tue Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65/$55/$45 # ** aug 6 wed Motley Crue, Buckcherry, Papa Roach, Sixx:AM, Trapt at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $101/$81/$51/$35 4pm/5pm # *** aug 6 wed UB40 at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75/$65/$45 # ** aug 6 wed Tower Of Power at Konocti Harbor, 8727 Doda Bay Road, Kelseyville a/a # ** aug 7 thr Bill Maher at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75/$60/$50 # ** aug 8 fri Third Date at Beckett's, 2271 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley 21+ free 10pm aug 8 sat Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm * aug 8 fri Zero (tribute) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 8pm/9pm # ** aug 8 fri Bill Maher at Davies Symphony Hall, S.F. a/a $66/$58/$46/$40 8pm # ** (seated show) aug 8 fri Gregg Rolie Band at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a # * aug 8 fri Brian Regan at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $53/$45/$40 # ** aug 8/9 The Beach Boys at Silver Legacy Casino, Silver St. between 4th and 5th, Reno NV 21+ ** aug 9 sat Linkin Park, Chris Cornell, The Bravery, Ashes Divide, Atreyu, 10 Years, Hawthorne Heights, Armor For Sleep, Street Drum Corps at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $77/$61/$34 1pm/2pm # *** (Projekt Revolution) aug 9 sat The Brownies, Live Evil at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** aug 10 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap, McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. $3 10am aug 10 sun Boz Scaggs at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $80/$70/$60/$50 # ** aug 11 mon The Human League, Belinda Carlisle, ABC, Dead Or Alive at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85/$69/$50 # ** aug 12 tue The Aggrolites, The Struts at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm ** aug 12 tue Daryl Hall & John Oates at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $78/$65/$50 # ** aug 13 wed Donna Summer at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $98/$80/$65/$55 # ** aug 15 fri Steve Miller Band, Joe Cocker at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $96/$76/$61/$41 6:30pm/8pm # ** aug 15 fri Warped Tour at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $33 11am/noon # *** @ (see june 21 for lineup) aug 15 fri Jonny Lang, Big Head Todd & The Monsters at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65/$55/$50 # ** aug 16 sat Donna Summer at the Paramount, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a # $96/$66/$46 8pm # *** aug 16 sat Michael McDonald at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $70/$55/$45 # * aug 16 sat Warped Tour, Amphitheater, Marysville a/a # *** @ (see june 21 for partial lineup) aug 16 sat BoDeans at John Ascuaga's Nugget, Sparks, NV ?/? ** aug 19 tue Yes at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # ** aug 20 wed Gipsy Kings at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $125/$115/$75 # ** aug 21 thr Dana Carvey at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65/$55/$45 # * aug 22 fri Creedence Clearwater Revisited at Mountain Winery, 14831 Pierce Road, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 22 fri Creedence Clearwater Revisited at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65/$60/$50 # ** aug 22/23/24 Radiohead (fri), Manu Chao (fri), Cold War Kids (fri), Steel Pulse (fri), Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (sat), Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals (sat), Regina Spektor (sat), The Felice Brothers (sat), Steve Winwood (sat), Jack Johnson (sun), Widespread Panic (sun), Animal Liberation Orchestra (sun), M. Ward (sun), Rogue Wave (sun), Beck, Wilco, PRIMUS (@), Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Devendra Banhart, Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings, Black Mountain, Drive-By Truckers, Galactic, Broken Social Scene at Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a $225.50 (3 day ticket / $695 VIP 3 day ticket) # **** aug 23 fri Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm * aug 23 sat Toad The Wet Sprocket, The Bodeans at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $47/$38 # ** aug 26 tue Patty Griffin, Amos Lee at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $47/$37 # ** aug 27 wed Lucinda Williams at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $50/$45 # ** aug 28 thr James Blunt at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $53/$43 # ** aug 29 fri Abandon Theory at Old Western Saloon, Point Reyes Station ?/? * aug 29/30 Chicago at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85/$75/$50 # ** aug 30 sat The Tubes at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a # ** aug 30 sat Night Ranger at John Ascuaga's Nugget, Sparks, NV ?/? *** aug 31 sun Judas Priest, Heaven And Hell, Motorhead, Testament at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $131/$86/$56/$31 (4 pack of ga tickets $75) 6pm # *** sep 4 thr Willie Nelson at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $94/$75/$55 # *** sep 5/6/7 Dave Matthews Band, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a $65 7pm (3pm sun) # ** sep 6 sat Dave Stewart And His 30-Piece Rock Fabulous Orchestra at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $70/$55/$45 # * sep 10 wed Finntroll, Warbringer at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** sep 12 fri Margaret Cho at Mountain Winery, Saratoga ?/? $55/$45 # * sep 13 sat David Allan Coe at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $25 8pm ** sep 13 sat Squeeze at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85/$75/$68/$55 # ** sep 13 sat Abandon Theory at El Dorado County Fairgrounds, Placerville a/a * sep 14 sun Tim Finn at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 14 sun The Neville Brothers, Funky Meters, Dr. John & The Lower 911 at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65/$55/$45 # ** sep 17 wed Augustana, Counting Crows, Maroon 5 at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # ** sep 17 wed Foreigner at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a ** sep 18 thr Foreigner at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $70/$60/$45 # ** sep 19 fri Herbie Hancock at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75/$65/$55 # ** sep 26 fri Third Date at Beckett's, 2271 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley 21+ free 10pm sep 26 fri Chris Botti at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65/$55/$45 # ** sep 27 sat Cheap Trick, Heart, Journey at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # *** sep 28 sun Kenny G at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75/$60/$45 # ** sep 30 tue Blind Willies at Bazaar Cafe, 5927 California Street, S.F. a/a 7pm * oct 3 wed Bonnie Raitt at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95/$75/$55 # *** oct 3 fri REO Speedwagon at Silver Legacy Casino, Silver St. between 4th and 5th, Reno NV 21+ ** oct 7 tue Average White Band at the Grand, Regency Center, 1290 Sutter St., S.F. 21+ a/a ** oct 11 sat Abandon Theory at Gateway Music Festival, Penn Valley a/a * oct 12 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap, McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. $3 10am oct 12 sun Amorphis, Leaves' Eyes, Samael, Virgin Black at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 18 sat Tower Of Power at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # *** oct 21 tue Jimmy Buffett & The Coral Reefer Band at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $127/$37 7pm/8pm # ** oct 25 sat Kamelot, Edguy at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 29 wed Vince Gill at Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa a/a # ** nov 7 fri Third Date at Beckett's, 2271 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley 21+ free 10pm nov 7/8 Issac Delgado at Bimbo's 365 Club, 1025 Columbus Avenue, S.F. 21+ ** * recommendable Shows a/a all ages $ will probably sell out @ pit warning ^ under 21 must pay more # no ins/outs Live Radio Shows ---------------- Radio/TV Shows --------------- Berkeley Liberation Radio 104.1FM www.berkeleyliberationradio.org 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 Betty's Rock Bar, 1251 Arroyo Way, Walnut Creek 21+ 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+ El Rio, 3158 Mission St., S.F., 21+ 415-282-3325 Elbo Room, 647 Valencia near 17th St., S.F. 21+ 415-552-7788 Eli's Mile High Club, 3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland 21+ 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 Fire Escape Bar, 7431 Madison Ave., Citrus Heights 21+ 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 Harlow's, 2708 J Street, Sacramento 21+ 916-441-4693 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 Retox Lounge, 628 20th Street at 3rd, S.F. 21+ 415-626-7386 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 Underground, 555 East 4th St., Reno NV 21+ 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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