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 June 25, 2008 jun 25 wed Dead Thousand Bulls, Fire Whiskey, Feels Like Fire, Tater Famine at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** 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 $20 8pm ** jun 25 wed Joan Jeanrenaud & Friends at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a * jun 25 wed The Sweet Revenge, Air Show Disaster, Solid State Logic at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 25 wed US Air Guitar Championships at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16/$18 7:30pm/8pm * jun 25 wed Jonas Reinhardt, Death Commandox at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9:30pm ** jun 25 wed Removal (Vancouver), Part Time Christians, Olehole at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm ** @ (Chris Kontos' 40th Birthday) jun 25 wed Buxter Hoot'n, Erik Yates, Nicki Bluhm at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm/8:30pm * jun 25/jul 3 the visual arts of Mark Mothersbaugh (of Devo) at SR2 Gallery, 1728 University Ave., Berkeley a/a 6pm-11pm jun 26 thr The Spill Canvas, Ludo, Steel Train at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** jun 26 thr Fleet Foxes, Zouk, The Dutchess And The Duke, Mist And Mast at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** 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 Bad Blood (Brooklyn), Wildlife, Yankee Kamikaze, Emeralds (Seattle) at Thrillhouse Records, S.F. a/a ** @ jun 26 thr The Battle Of Land And Sea (Portland), Jacob Golden (Portland), Ash Reiter at Million Fishes Gallery, 2501 Bryant St., S.F. a/a $5 7:30pm ** jun 26 thr film "Pansy Division: Life In A Gay Rock Band" at the Victoria Theater, S.F. a/a 7pm (see below) jun 26 thr Pansy Division, The Winsome Griffles, Glen Meadmore (L.A.) at the Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St. S.F. 21+ ** (see above) jun 26 thr Dilated Peoples, The Alchemist, Aceyalone, 88-Keys at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm *** jun 26 thr Monophonics, Kapakahi at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 26 thr Amber Asylum, Trees, Drain The Sky at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** jun 26 thr Trifonic at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5/$8 8pm * jun 26 thr Skarp (Seattle), Acephalix, World Eater, Beerijuana (San Jose) at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm *** @ jun 26 thr Flood, Iron Witch (S.C.), Genesis Climber, Pigs at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $6 8pm/9pm ** @ jun 26 thr Three Plus, Aloha Brewed, Mango Kingz at the DNA Lounge, S.F. 21+ $25/$30 8pm ** jun 26 thr People Under The Stairs, Richie Cunning, Ashkon at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 26 thr Young Offenders, Potential Johns at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ 10pm ** jun 26 thr New Thrill Parade, Moira Scar, Nezzy Idy, mc Dragstar Phatima at the Black Cat, 10056 Main St., Penngrove 21+ 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 thr Sick Wolf at Caravan, 98 South Almaden Ave., San Jose 21+ free 10pm * jun 26 thr The Fall Of Autumn, A Legion Of Theives, Azusa, Eyes Like Wolves, Hello Sailor at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $10 7pm ** jun 26 thr White Minorites, Fastest Gun Alive, Sejjeen The Dust (Half Moon Bay) at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 26 sat Universal Language, Radioactive at Trinity Tribal Stomp, Junction City ?/? * jun 26/27 Billy Idol at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $49.50 8pm/9pm # *** $ jun 27 fri Skarp (WA), Population Reduction, In Disgust, Against Empire (L.A.), Thousands Will Die, Self Inflicted at 924 Gilman a/a $7 8pm *** @ jun 27 fri Asunder, Trees (OR), Necrite, Skin Horse, dj Bad Jew at the Metro, 630 3rd Street at MLK, Oakland a/a $8 8pm ** @ jun 27 fri Strip Mall Seizures, Vialka (France), Kit, High Castle, Genesis Climber at 2515 San Pablo Ave., Oakland a/a donation 8pm ** (don't hang out in front) jun 27 fri Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, T-Bone Burnett at the Greek Theatre, UC Berkeley a/a $90/$60/$40 8pm # ** (reserved) jun 27 fri Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys, The Royal Dueces, Texas Steve & The Git-Gone Trio at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 27 Kool Kyle, Santero, Bangdata at Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley 21+ $12 ** (hip hop) jun 27 fri Greg Brown at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jun 27 fri Ours, God Or Julie, Plain Jane Automobile at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** jun 27 fri Deadfall, A.N.S. (Denton, TX), Seasick (New Brunswick, N.J.), Mother Speed, Face The Rail at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $7 9pm/9:30pm *** @ jun 27 fri Panther, The Botticellis, Pickwick (Seattle), Winter's Fall at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 27 fri Potential Johns at Thrillhouse Records, S.F. a/a ** jun 27 fri AC/DShe at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 8pm ** jun 27 fri The Unauthorized Rolling Stones, The Sun Kings, The False Gods at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jun 27 fri Liquorball & Steve MacKay at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 6pm * (early show) jun 27 fri Adam Stephens, Emily Jane White at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm ** (late show) jun 27 fri Jeff Scott Soto, Enchant, Rocket Scientists at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $30 6:30pm/7pm ** jun 27 fri Black Furies, Destroy Everything (Chicago), Dead Ringers (7" record release), Grace Alley at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** jun 27 fri Grandmaster Flash at Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** jun 27 fri Loop!Station, If Ever, The Common Men at the Retox Lounge, S.F. 21+ 9:30pm ** jun 27 fri Ceremony, Life Long Tragedy, Sabertooth Zombie, Crucified at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm # *** @ jun 27 fri Pride & Joy at Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $15 8pm/9pm ** jun 27 fri The Fourfits, Jonny Manak & The Depressives, Guitar Zero's at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** jun 27 fri Clockwork at Johnny V's, 31 East Santa Clara St., San Jose 21+ * jun 27 fri Herman's Hermits, Peter Noone at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a # ** jun 27 fri Rob Schneider (stand-up and sneak preview of "Big Stan") Henry Miller Library, Highway One, Big Sur a/a $25 7:30pm ** $ (Benefit for Henry Miller Library) jun 27 fri Orphans Of Aliens, Letters To Ruin at Pine Street Grill, 875 Rincon Ave., Livermore 21+ $5 9pm ** jun 27 fri The New Trust (Santa Rosa), Build Us Airplanes (Vacaville), Cannons And Clouds at Pure Grain Bakery, 11 Town Sq, Vacaville a/a free 7pm ** jun 27 fri Plan R, Moral Panic, The Lemmies, The Pizzas at Java Lounge, Sacramento a/a $5 ** jun 27 fri Lethal Injection, Face Of Brutality, Stories In Stone, The Uprise Collective, Garrote, The Battle Of Midway at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $8/$10 6:30pm ** @ jun 27 fri The Ricky And Del Connection, WePrickYou, Flounder at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 9pm ** jun 27 fri Abandon Theory at the Capitol Club, Quincy 21+ * jun 27 fri No Dice, 12 Steps To Nothing at Whiskey Dick's, 2660 Lake Tahoe Blvd., Lake Tahoe 21+ $5 9pm ** jun 27 fri Magdalena, Erin Lizardo, Darklighter, Zach Zeller at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9pm ** jun 28 sat Leftover Crack (N.Y.C.), Acts Of Sedition, Devil's Son In Law at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ jun 28 sat Red Dons (Portland), The Estranged (Portland), A.N.S. (TX), Seasick (NJ), Born/Dead at B.R.S., Richmond a/a $6 8pm *** @ (Josh's Birthday) jun 28 sat Gary Panter at Amoeba Music, 2455 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a 2pm ** jun 28 sat Spires, Touch Amore Blues at Mama Buzz Cafe, 2318 Telegraph Ave. at 23rd, Oakland a/a $5 8pm * jun 28 sat Mark Knopfler at the Greek Theatre, UC Berkeley a/a $91/$65/$48 8pm # ** (reserved) jun 28 sat Scissors For Lefty at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** jun 28 sat A.D.D., Jamie Stewart (dj set), dj Tin Cup, Girl In the Green Jacket, Gatsby, dj's at Missouri Lounge, 2600 San Pablo Ave., Berkeley 21+ free 10pm ** (KALX) 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 $13 9pm ** jun 28 sat Camper Van Beethoven, The Cat Heads at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # *** jun 28 sat Chuck Ragan, Kevin Seconds, The City at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/10pm ** (acoustic) jun 28 sat Thousands Will Die, Ordstro, Invisible Arms, Botron (L.A.) at Balazo Gallery, 2183 Mission, S.F. a/a $5 8pm ** @ jun 28 sat Von Iva, Sassy!!! (cd release), Hot Tub, El Fay at 12 Galaxies, S.F. 18+ 8pm ** jun 28 sat Loretta Lynch, Joe Rut, The Vultures at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** jun 28 sat Liquid Tension Experiment, Zero Hour, Darkwater, Sun Caged at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $55 6:30pm/7pm ** jun 28 sat Pop Rocks at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 28 sat Telepathy (2 sets - live recording) at Bluesix, 3043 24th St. @ Treat St., S.F. ?/? $5-$10 sliding 9pm * jun 28 sat Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Tha Jacka at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $30 7pm/8pm # ** jun 28 sat Mystic Knights Of The Cobra, Mommies Friend, Poccos Perro Locos, Girls With Guns at Toot's, 627 Second Avenue, Crockett 21+ $7 8pm ** (Megan's Birthday) 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 Teena Marie, Brick, Zapp, Slave at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $70/$50/$31 1pm/2pm # ** (Old School Funk Fest) jun 28 sat Abandon Theory at Old Western Saloon, 11201 State Rte. 1, Point Reyes Station 21+ $5 * jun 28 sat Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys, The Royal Dueces, Texas Steve & The Git Gone Trio, The Royal Dueces at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 28 sat S.W.S. at Java Lounge, Sacramento a/a (hip hop) jun 28 sat Fair Game, Cynic At Best, Romancer, Starring Morgan Freeman at the Fire Escape Bar and Grill, Citrus Heights 21+ $7 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 Billy Idol at Grand Sierra Resort Theatre, Reno NV 21+ 8pm ** jun 28 sat Rock Hounds at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9pm * jun 28 sat Skarp (Seattle), Magrudergrind, The Makai at Monstros Pizza, 628 W. Sacramento Ave., Chico a/a ** @ 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 Cyndi Lauper, The B-52`s, Wanda Sykes, dj Melvis at Blake's, Berkeley a/a $25 9pm *** (KGE/PFLAG) jun 29 sun Porch Flies, Johnny Walnut at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 5pm til 8pm * jun 29 sun Lucha VaVoom at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # ** jun 29 sun Ralph's World at Bimbo's 365 Club, 1025 Columbus Avenue, S.F. a/a $18 3pm/4pm ** jun 29 sat Fractured Fairytales, Disco Rifle Range, Bottoms Up at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $12-$20 sliding 6:30pm/7:30pm ** (Benefit Blue Bear School of Music) jun 29 sun Jonathan Segel, Victor Krummenacher Band, The Poontang Wranglers at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 7:30pm/8pm ** jun 29 sun Mute Socialite, Wah-Wah Exit Wound (Seattle), Times Of Desperation at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** jun 29 sun Mark Growden, Tinkture, The Felix Dukes, Foxtails Brigade at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** (Pirate Cat Radio 87.9FM) jun 29 sun Wailing Souls at Mystic Theater, Petaluma 18+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm ** jun 29 sun San Kazakgascar, West Swan (Chico), Calling All Monsters at Java Lounge, Sacramento a/a ** @ jun 29 sun Stars n Garters, Motorpunx, Cornell Jimmy & The Blackfish at the Fire Escape Bar, Citrus Heights a/a $7 ($5 if 21+) 5pm ^ ** jun 29 sun Crosyb, Stills & Nash at Silver Legacy Casino, Silver St. between 4th and 5th, Reno NV 21+ ** jun 30 sun Chaos, Wild Bill And The Uppercuts, Obamarama, The New Up at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $12-$20 sliding 6:30pm/7:30pm ** (Benefit Blue Bear School of Music) jun 30 mon Prezident Brown & The Solid Foundation Band, Andrew Diamond at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 30 mon Vomica, Smiles, Rampage at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jun 30 mon Neutral Boy, Jack Saints at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** jun 30 mon Teratism, Fell Voices, Ent at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ ** jul 1 tue Forthmorning, The Subtle Way, Riots Of Eighty at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 1 tue Prairie Dog Mafia, Gush, Momma Got Sauced, Crowsong at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $12-$20 sliding scale 6:30pm/7:30pm ** (Benefit Blue Bear School of Music) jul 1 tue Say Bok Gwai, Lucabrazzi at the El Rincon, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm * jul 1 tue Heavy Winged, Oaxacan, Barn Owl at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9:30pm ** jul 1 tue Alice Russell at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 1 tue Cobra Skulls, Nino Zombie (Mexico City), Krush Klamath (Portland), Banda Newsense at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm/9:30pm ** @ jul 1 tue Country Joe McDonald at Todos Santos Plaza, Willow Pass Road & Grant, Concord a/a free 6pm/6:30pm ** (Bring a guitar for attempt at Guinness Record Largest Guitar Ensemble) 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 Sex-Vid (Olympia), Total Abuse (Austin), S.T.D., Warkrime at 2515 San Pablo Ave., Oakland a/a donation *** (don't hang out in front) jul 2 wed Constantines at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13/$15 9pm ** jul 2 wed Mike Ness & His Band, The Horton Brothers at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 8pm/9pm # *** (Live 105) jul 2 wed Henna And The Temporary Tattoos, The Superdelegates, Full Circle, Guitarmageddon at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $12-$20 sliding scale 6:30pm/7:30pm ** (Benefit Blue Bear School of Music) jul 2 wed The Jet Age, Aim Low Kid, D.W. Holiday at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jul 2 wed The Ferocious Few, The B-Stars, Sneakin' Out (Portland) at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $5 5pm/8pm ** jul 2 wed Orphans Of Aliens at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. ?/? * jul 2 wed Funeral Shock, Ovens, Whores Of War, Bad Touch, Cauldrons at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** @ jul 2 wed Alden, Jo Boyer, Julie Zee at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ free 8pm * (acoustic night) 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 2 wed Jambang, Greg Ginn & The Taylor Texas Corrugators, Trucker's Wife at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9pm ** jul 3 thr Sex Vid, The Freak Accident, Sisters, Gun Outfit at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jul 3 thr The Everybodyfields, Jim Bianco at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm/8pm ** jul 3 thr Still Flyin', Cotillion, Conspiracy Of Venus at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm * jul 3 thr The Brothers Comatose, The Whoreshoes, Tiger Honey Pot at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** jul 3 thr Sonny And The sunsets, AJ Roach, A Decent Animal at Amnesia, 853 Valencia at 20th, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm * jul 3 thr Stone Vengence, Sentinel Beast, Outrage, Invection at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** jul 3 thr Jug Band Revue, Hacksaw Ditch Dwellers, Erstwhile Medicine Show, Skiffle Symphony, Jug Dealers at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a 7:30pm/8pm # ** (bluegrass) 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 thr Shadowbox Theory, Silent Treatment, Echo))Pheen, Rise Of New Audio at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 8pm ** 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 Black Cobra, Times Of Desperation, Lid Toker, Thou (L.A.), Leech (OR) at 924 Gilman a/a $8 *** @ jul 4 fri U-Roy, Cornell Campbell, Sister I-Live at Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck, Berkeley 21+ $18/$22 * (reggae) jul 4 fri The UpTones, Monkey, Coup De SKA, The Agent Deadlies, dj Wally 2-Tone at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9:30pm *** jul 4 fri Charlie Hunter Trio at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 4 fri In Flagranti, Land Shark, Acid Girls at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 10pm * jul 4 fri Tussle, Bronze, Death Sentance: Panda!, Mystic Paradise, Thee Ohsees, No Boss, Sic Alps, The Fresh And Onlys at the Cell Space, 2050 Bryant at 18th, S.F. a/a $7 7pm ** @ jul 4 fri The Modey Lemon, Lou Lou & The Guitarfish, Fauna Valetta at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** jul 4 fri Notorious at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm * jul 4 fri Caves, Low Red Land, Two Sheds, Paper Airplanes (KS), Time & Place, I Was Totally Destroying It (NC), Pope Of Yes at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 2pm til 8pm *** (free BBQ) jul 4 fri The Bruises, The Sundance Kids, The Pentacles, Victory Party at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** jul 4 fri Rare Earth at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a # ** jul 5 sat Die Young (TX), Sabertooth Zombie, Lie And Wait (TX) at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ jul 5 sat The Park, Codany Holiday, dj Haylow, dj Shred One at Blake's, Berkeley 18+ $10 8:30pm * (tribute to Donny Hathaway) jul 5 sat American Professionals, Nitebrite, film 'The Gits Movie', at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** jul 5 sat Exodus (5:15pm), Hirax, Attitude Adjustment, Psychosomatic, Havok (1:45pm), Detente', Zombie Holocaust (12:15pm) at John McLaren Park Amphitheater, S.F. a/a free noon-6pm *** @ (Tidalwave - day 1) jul 5 sat Red Elvises at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** jul 5 sat Lebenden Toten (Portland) at Thrillhouse Records, S.F. a/a ** jul 5 sat Tigon, Romans, My America Is Watching Tigers Die, Spires, Don the Reader at Balazo Gallery, 2183 Mission, S.F. a/a ** jul 5 sat Hapa (Hawaii), Hala, Na Mamo No`eau at Palace of Fine Arts, S.F. a/a $75/$50/$40 # ** (Benefit Nihonmachi Street Fair) jul 5 sat Los Rakas, dj Panik (TX), Disco Shawn, Oro11 at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 10pm * jul 5 sat Battlehooch, Capt. Ahab, Bryan Lewis Saunders at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jul 5 sat Th' Legendary Shack*Shackers, screening of 'Seven Signs' at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 5 sat Newcastle, Badge, The Who's Next, Shred Zeppelin, Come On Now! at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm *** (British band tribute nite) jul 5 sat Better Than Aliens (cd release), Sky Parade, LSD And The Search For God, Eyes at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm/9:30pm ** jul 5 sat The Cheeseballs at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** jul 5 sat Zoo Station (tribute) on Hornblower Cruze, Pier 3, S.F. ?/? 7pm * (Bone 107.7) jul 5 sat Cormorrant, Judgment Day, Flametal, Grayceon at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm # *** jul 5 sat Stevie Wonder at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $141/$106/$66/$36 6pm/7:30pm # *** jul 5 sat Ker Plunk, The Odd Numbers, film 'The Gits Movie' at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $5 9pm ** jul 5 sat Glob, Bad Touch, Cauldrons at Caravan, 98 S. Almaden Ave., San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** jul 5 sat Los Lobos at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a # ** jul 5 sat Hazel And Vine, Picture Atlantic, Push Push Pull at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $10 7pm ** jul 5 sat We Are Scientists, Cut Off Your Hands, The Morning Benders at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $12 9:30pm ** jul 5 sat Coldcokt, M. Arenas at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 8pm * jul 5 sat The Tubes at Cache Creek Casino Resort, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 18+ ** jul 5 sat Abandon Theory at Strawberry Lodge, Strawberry a/a free * jul 6 sun Limp Wrist, Lebenden Toten (OR), Godstomper, Bruise Violet (L.A.) at 924 Gilman a/a $7 5pm *** @ jul 6 sun Elephant Head, Tetragrammatron, Heavy Lies The Crown, To Whom It May Concern at Blake's, Berkeley a/a $10 ($8 if 21+) 7pm ^ ** jul 6 sun Finest Dearest, Dirty Mittens (Portland), The Attachments at Fort Gallery, someplace in Oakland a/a 8pm ** jul 6 sun Ludicra (5:15pm), Saros, Fog Of War, Agenda Of Swine (2:35pm) Devourement, Embryonic, Ancient At Birth, Pillager (12:15pm) at John McLaren Park Amphitheater, S.F. a/a free noon-6pm *** @ (Tidalwave - day 2) jul 6 sun Todd Rundgren at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** jul 6 sun The Kids Of Widney High (L.A.) at Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F. a/a free 2pm ** jul 6 sun We Are Scientists, Cut Off Your Hands at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** jul 6 sun Mutators, Meth Teeth, Christmas Island at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** jul 6 sun Peck The Town Crier, The Greg Scott Band, Oona Garthwaite at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 7pm/7:30pm ** jul 6 sun Abandon Theory at the Rivershack, Coloma a/a free * jul 6 sun Johnny And The Pachecos, Butterface at the Redroom, 1003 Cedar St., Santa Cruz 21+ free * jul 6 sun Steve Holy at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a # ** jul 6 sun Nekrosylum, Politikill, Human Filth, Beneath The Rapture, Internal Conflict at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $7 ($5 if 21+) 5pm ^ ** @ 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 7pm/8pm ** jul 7 mon U.S. Kings, The Ray Gradys (PA) at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** jul 7/8 Boston at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $98/$75/$55 5:30pm/7:30pm # ** (July 8th sold out) jul 8 tue Tilly And The Wall at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 8 tue Retribution Gospel Choir, Parker Brothers, Dame Satan at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 8 tue Patient Zero (solo acoustic) at the Amnesia Bar, 853 Valencia at 20th, S.F. 21+ free 6pm/7pm jul 8 tue Dick Dusters, The Contra (Bellingham), Magic Moments at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm/10pm ** jul 8 tue Stevie Wonder at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $131/$76/$56/$36 7:30pm # *** 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 wed Black Francis at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $17.50/$20 9pm ** (was June 22nd) jul 9 wed Trouble, Danava, Asunder at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16/$18 ** jul 9 wed S.F.N., Brainworm (Richmond VA), Crimewave at Thrillhouse Records, S.F. a/a ** jul 9 wed Hot Challenge, Cold Hot Crash, Framing Everett at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** jul 9 wed Maria Taylor, Johnathan Rice, Nik Freitas at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 9 wed Ad Hawk, My Education (Austin) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jul 9 wed 45 Grave, New Thrill Parade, Vinsantos, Nezzy Idy at the DNA Lounge, S.F. 21+ $9/$13 8pm ** jul 9 wed Israel Vibration, Outlaw Nation at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $23/$25 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 9 wed Apache (record release), Buzzer, Wild Thing at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jul 9 wed Sabertooth Snatch (Tucson), Vanishing Twin (Tucson), Rich White Males (San Diego), Tulsa at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ ** jul 9/10 Bob Weir & RatDog, Gov't Mule at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65/$55/$45 # * jul 10 thr Alan Bishop, Richard Bishop, film by Charles Gocher at Maxwell's, 341 13th St., Oakland 18+ $13/$15 9pm/9:30pm ** (tribute to Sun City Girls and Charles Gocher) 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 Ratatat at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jun 10 thr Setting Sun (N.Y.), The Love X Nowhere, Quitzow (N.Y.) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 10pm ** jul 10 thr The Parlor Mob, Lemon Sun, The Moanin Dove at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 10 thr Eat Skull, Ganglians, Fun Blood at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** jul 10 thr Third Date at Dirty Martini, 2801 Leavenworth St., S.F. 21+ free * jul 10 thr 16 Volt, Bella Morte, Everything Goes Cold, Black Snake Moan at the DNA Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10/$15 8pm ** jul 10 thr Kode 9, Hatcha, dj Collage, Emcee Child at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** jul 10 thr Boy In The Bubble, Leopold And His Fiction at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5/$8 8pm ** jul 10 thr Kira Lynn Cain (record release), Wymond And His Spirit Children, Pillars Of Silence, Jeffrey Luck Lucas at Cafe Du Nord, S.f. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 10 thr Israel Vibration, Rootz Underground, Outlaw Nation, dj Jacques at Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $28/$32 7:30pm/8:30pm ** jul 10 thr Zoo Station (tribute) at Todos Santos Plaza, Willow Pass @ Grant, Concord a/a free 6:30pm ** jul 10 thr Last Night In Town, Bears Doing Human Things, A Legion Of Thieves, The Shotgun Effect at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $10 7pm ** jul 10 thr Nowheres, Sisters (WA), Gun Outfit (WA) at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $6 8pm * jul 10 thr Esoteric, M.M.F.M., Darth Vato, The Melodramatics at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9pm ** jul 11 fri Juke, Rich White Males, Atom Age at 924 Gilman a/a 5pm ** @ jul 11 fri S.F.N. (WI), In Disgust, Verlaten, Thousand Will Die, Life Without at B.R.S., Richmond a/a $5 *** @ jul 11 fri The Uptones, Flipper, Destroyer (tribute), Dyloot, Hottub, dj Malachi, Brandi Shearer, The Whoreshoes, Mike Glendinning, Monarchs at Museum of California, 100 Oak Street, Oakland a/a free 6pm/7pm *** jul 11 fri Scubacat, Wave Array, Nine Wives at Blake's, Berkeley 18+ $10 9pm ** jul 11 fri 45 Grave, The Floating Corpses, Misunderstood Monsters, The Black Widows Gothic Strip Revue at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** @ jul 11 fri Foreign Legion, Psychokentics, Celius 7 at Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley 21+ $10 ** (hip hop) jul 11 fri King Khan And the Shrines, Jacuzzi at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 11 fri Ghost Mice, Heathers, Onion Flavored Rings, N.R.S.Z., Top Critters at Thrillhouse Records, S.F. a/a ** @ jul 11 fri The Mermen at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jul 11 fri Port O'Brien, The Builders And The Butchers at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 18+ $12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jul 11 fri Finest Dearest, Yellow Fever, Sterling Says at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jul 11 fri Saviours, The Roller (Austin), Black Cobra, Tarrakian, dj Rob Metal at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm *** @ jul 11 sat Castles In Spain, Lick, The Passive Aggressives at Broadway Studios, 435 Broadway, S.F. 21+ $2/$15 9pm ** jul 11 fri 20 Minute Loop (cd release), Caves, Man/Miracle at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** jul 11 fri Dolorata, Lucky Jesus, Shelly Doty X-tet at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 8pm/9pm ** jul 11 fri Egyptian Lover, Newcleus, Who Cares at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** jul 11 fri The Passive Aggressives, Castles In Spain, Lick at Broadway Studios, 435 Broadway, S.F. 21+ $17/$12 8pm ** jul 11 fri Billy Bob Thornton, The Boxmasters at Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $25 7:30pm/8:30pm ** jul 11 fri Phoenix Ash, Get In The Van, Farewell Typewriter at the Red House, 1667 Botelho Drive, Walnut Creek a/a 7pm ** 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 Quitzow, Setting Sun at the Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave. 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 Lynus, Bismark, Ashes Ashes, By The Way, A Lovers Plea (cd release) at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $10 7pm ** jul 11 fri Posiden, Static Underground, Simple Creation, The Solidfellaz at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 9pm ** 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 11 fri Candy Apple, Pink Snowflakes, Dr. Yes, Bear Hunter at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9pm ** jul 11/12 The New Mastersounds, Papa Mali (fri), Monophonics (sat) at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 12 sat Aghast (VA), Coaccion (Mexico), All Systems Fail (UT), Giuda (Italy), Eskapo, DeathXExcess at 924 Gilman a/a $8-$10 7:30pm *** @ (Crust Sin Fronteras) jul 12 sat Rykarda Parasol & The Tower Raven, Candy Aple, Swann Danger at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 12 sat Sara Bareilles at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # ** jul 12 sat Surprise Me Mr. Davis, Big Light, Rainmaker at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jul 12 sat Lamps, Haunted George, Wounded Lion at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jul 12 sat Bag Of Toys (cd release), Jimmy 2 Times at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 8pm ** jul 12 sat Triple Cobra, The Kehoe Nation, Jessie Deluxe at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/10pm ** jul 12 sat Cobretti, Dalton, Robocop 3 at Bender's, 806 South Van Ness Ave., S.F. 21+ 9pm ** jul 12 sat M.C. Alex Statan, Rob Owen, Against The Grain, Ex Masheena, Happily Ever, dj Phophet at El Rincon, S.F. 18+ 8pm ** (10pm skate competition) jul 12 sat The Wooblies, Officer Down, Go Like This at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 12 sat Gutwrench, Jack Killed Jill, Whiskey Avengers, Dynamite Expelle at Beale Street Bar & Grill, 133 Beale St., S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jul 12 sat Roy Rogers And The Delta Rhythm Kings, Urban Bushmen at Morrow Cove Lawn, Cal Maritime, 200 Maritime Academy Drive, Vallejo a/a $10 donation 5pm/6pm ** 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 Two Sheds, Indian Valley Line at Red Rock Coffee, Mountian View a/a $5 8pm ** jul 12 sat S.F.N. (WI), Self Inflicted at 1264 Locust St., San Jose a/a $5 7pm ** jul 12 sat 45 Grave, Telltale Heartbreakers, The Floating Corpses at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** @ jul 12 sat Johnny And The Pachecos, The Douche Bag Crew, Get Dead, Crucial Unicorn, Dun Bin Had, Los Dryheavers, Mad Cow Bombers, Law Abiding Citizens, Drastic Actions at Harvey West Park, Harvey West Blvd., Santa Cruz a/a $2 *** (Brochella '08) jul 12 sat Orquesta BaKan at the Burro, 6651 Brisa St., Livermore a/a $25 7pm/8pm (salsa) jul 12 sat Lynyrd Skynyrd at Konocti, 8727 Doda Bay Road, Kelseyville a/a # ** jul 12 sat Aroarah, S.T.D., Wings Of Innocence, 5 Days Dirty, dRive, Vamp Le Stat, Punch The Clock, Dead City Sunday at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a ($5 and two cans of food) 6:30pm/7pm ** @ (food drive - Stephen Innocence's 16th Birthday) jul 12 sat Girl In A Coma, Blame Betty, Von Iva, Panik at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $10 8pm ** jul 12 sat Mike Ness at Grand Sierra Resort Theatre, Reno NV 21+ 8pm ** jul 12 sat March Of The Manequinns, Martyrs Of The Apollo Guild at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** jul 12 sat Quitzow, Setting Sun at Jambalaya, 915 H Street, Arcata 21+ ** jul 13 sun Brave Citizens, The Pinstripe Rebellion, A Cure For The Mondays at Blake's, Berkeley a/a $10 ($8 if 21+) 8pm ^ ** jul 13 sun Here Comes A Big Black Cloud (Portland), Shotwell, Two Dollars Out The Door, Long Legged Woman, G.S.D. (Minneapolis) at Thrillhouse Records, S.F. a/a ** @ jul 13 sun One Republic, Phantom Planet at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8m # ** jul 13 sun Flobots at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jul 13 sun Jonah Smith, Krystle Warren at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 7pm/8pm * jul 13 sun The Death Rays (Vancouver), Inferno Of Joy, Lucabrazzi at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 7pm ** jul 13 sun Doldrums (CO) at 1264 Locust St., San Jose a/a $5 6:30pm ** jul 13 sun Disrepair, Cult Of Sue Todd at Johnny V's, 31 East Santa Clara St., San Jose 21+ 9pm * jul 13 sun The Envelope, Shawn Peter at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $7 ($5 if 21+) 5pm ^ ** jul 14 mon Lyfe Jennings at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # ** jul 14 mon Ferron, Bitch And The Exciting Conclusion, Redhead at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 7pm/8pm ** jul 14 mon Lightning Swords Of Death, Valdur, Horn Of Dagoth at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 14 mon The Police, Elvis Costello & The Imposters at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # $232/$97/$47 6pm/7:30pm # *** jul 14 mon Yellow Fever, Arrangement Of The Ghost, Rett Matthews, Ernesto Alvarado at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9pm ** jul 15 tue Picture Atlantic, In Reverent Fear, Foxes, Hazel & Vine at Blake's, Berkeley a/a $10 ($8 if 21+) 8pm ^ ** jul 15 tue The R & B Free Jazz Gospel Supreme 80 at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $7 9pm * 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 Marabelle, Prairie Dog at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * jul 15 tue Citay, Tall Firs, Sleepy Sun, Corvette Summer at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10-$20 sliding scale 7:30pm/8pm ** (Benefit Rough & Tumble Theater Co.) 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 15 tue The Whiskey Dicks at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** jul 16 wed The Butthole Urfers (tribute) at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 16 wed Future Phones (Seattle) at Thrillhouse Records, S.F. a/a ** jul 16 wed Kepi: The Band, The Copyrights at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 16 wed Scissors For Lefty, Locksley, Elephone (cd release), Murder Of Lilies at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a $13 8pm *** jul 16 wed Master/Slave, Caves (Portland), Flounder at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 8pm ** jul 16 wed Leon Russell, Dani Paige Band at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 7:30pm/8pm ** jul 16 wed The Real Tuesday Weld, Shellac Shack at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 7pm ** jul 16 wed Slowfinger, Coup de Grace at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9:30pm ** 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 Boys Like Girls, Good Charlotte, Metro Station, The Maine at Community Theatre, 2134 Martin Luther King Way, Berkeley a/a $25.50 6pm/7pm # ** jul 17 thr Wolf Parade at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # *** jul 17 thr Blue Highway at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jul 17 thr Mucca Pazza (Chicago), Brass Liberation Orchestra, The Definite Articles at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** jul 17 thr The Long Winters at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 17 thr Lazarus, Tiny Vipers at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jul 17 thr Myka Nyne, BenFlowz, Amad Jamal, Spear Of The Nation at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm ** jul 17 thr Pierced Arrows, Ride The Blinds at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 17 thr The Buckets (cd release), The Great Auk, Sister Exister at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 7:30pm/8:30pm ** jul 17 thr Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $75/$60/$50/$25 5:300m/7pm # ** jul 17 thr Tom Jones at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95/$70/$50 5:30pm/7:30pm # ** jul 17 thr Agent Orange, Del Mar, Syncro at the Fire Escape Bar, Citrus Heights 21+ $12 8pm *** @ jul 17 thr The Police, Elvis Costello And The Imposters at the Amphitheatre, Marysvile a/a $232/$97/$47 7:30pm # *** jul 17 thr Boy George at Grand Sierra Resort Theatre, Reno NV 21+ ** jul 17 thr West By Swan, DT's, The Pets at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** jul 18 fri Babyland (L.A.), The Prids (OR), Swann Danger, Slave Unit, Savior at 924 Gilman a/a 7:30pm *** @ jul 18 fri Third Date at Bay Street Plaza, 5616 Bay Street, Emeryvill a/a free 4pm * jul 18 fri Ill Famed Spirits, Miss Oblivious, Faye (The Tattooed Psychic) at Temescal Arts Center, 511 48th St., Oakland a/a $10 9pm/9:30pm * jul 18 fri Guana Batz (U.K.), The Stellar Corpses, The Tabaltix at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** (new date) jul 18 fri Father Son And Holy Smokes, Punkin Pie, No School Fridays at Thrillhouse Records, S.F. a/a ** @ jul 18 fri Joseph Arthur at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 18 fri Jimmy Eat World, Dear And The Headlights at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 8pm/9pm # *** jul 18 fri Boy George at the Grand Ballroom, 1300 Van Ness Avenue, S.F. a/a # *** jul 18 fri Harry And The Potters, Jason Anderson, Math, the Band, Uncle Monsterface at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 18 fri Melvins at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ jul 18 fri Devon Williams, Starlite Desperation, The Aerosols at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 ** jul 18 fri Percee P & Wildchild, Cec, Wreckelekt, Public Radio at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** jul 18 fri The Pine Box Boys (record release), The Good Luck Thriftstore Outfit, Devine's Jug Band at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $14 8pm/9pm * (country-bluegrass) jul 18 fri The Red Verse at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm * jul 18 fri Coldplay at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $90/$70/$50 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** jul 18 fri Agent Orange, The Sore Thumbs, The Re-Volts at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm *** @ jul 18 fri Sexciety, See The Elephant, Decollate at the Fire Escape Bar, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 9pm ** jul 18 fri Abandon Theory at Chief Crazy Horse Inn, Nevada City 21+ * jul 18 fri People Of The Oaks, Without Tomorrow at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9:30pm * jul 18/19 Lettuce, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 18/19/20 Chris Isaak at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85/$75/$55 # *** jul 19 sat Savior at 924 Gilman a/a *** @ jul 19 sat Feist at the Greek Theatre, U.C. Berkeley a/a $39.50 8pm # ** (KFOG) jul 19 sat Agent Orange, The Sore Thumbs, The Re-Volts 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 Grouch, The Bayliens at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jul 19 sat Harry And The Potters, Jason Anderson, Math, the Band, Uncle Monsterface at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $14 noon/1pm ** (BBQ - early show) jul 19 sat Gravy Train, The Floating Corpses, Nobunny, Bridez at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm *** @ (late show) jul 19 sat Kevin Costner, Modern West at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $39.50 8pm/9pm # ** jul 19 sat David Bromberg, Angel Band, Peter Rowan at Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street, S.F. $45 8pm # ** (acoustic) jul 19 sat Peter Walker, William Hooker Trio at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * (early) jul 19 sat Chris Schlarb Twilight, Ghost Stories at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * (late show) jul 19 sat Earlimart, Audio Out Send, The Parson Red Heads at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $14 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jul 19 sat The Generators (LA), The Naysayers, Thunder City at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** jul 19 sat Semi-Evolved Simians, Fall Is Here, Chronic Conditions, Lines, Shampoodle, Strictly Commercial at the Boogie Room, 663 Todd Rd., Santa Rosa ?/? $5-$10 sliding 5pm ** jul 19 sat The Jesus And Mary Chain, Gang Of Four, Brand New, Mute Math, Yeasayer, M83, Mates Of State, The Whigs, Datarock, RJD2, The Duke Spirit, Tapes n' Tapes, Blitzen Trapper, Louis XIV, The Airborne Toxic Event, Cut///Copy, De Novo Dahl, Vedera, Parlor Mob, William Fitzsimmons, Alberta Cross at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $20 3pm # *** (Download Festival) jul 19 sat Guana Batz (U.K.), The Stellar Corpses at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** (new date) jul 19 sat Justifi, Sick Blue, Ben Benkert & The Burnouts at the Burro, 6651 Brisa St., Livermore a/a $13 7pm/8pm ** jul 19 sat Lynyrd Skynyrd at Salinas Sports Complex, Salinas a/a # ** jul 19 sat Helpyourself, As Yet Untitled, Fair Trade at the Fire Escape Bar, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 9pm ** jun 19 sat Razorblade Monalisa, The Human Value, The Con of Man at Old Ironsides, 1901 10th St., Sacramento 21+ $3 9pm ** jul 19 sat Abandon Theory at the Golden Gecko, Garden Valley ?/? * jul 20 sun This Time Tomorrow (WA), Meltdown (MA), New Lows (MA), Skin Like Iron at 924 Gilman a.a $5 8pm *** @ jul 20 sun Kenny G, Will Downing, Brian Culbertson, The Escovedo Family, Juan & Peter Escovedo at the Greek Theatre, UC Berkeley a/a $90/$70/$56/$46 noon # ** (reserved - Berkeley Jazz festival) jul 20 sun Felonious, Bayonics at Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley 21+ $10 ** (hip hop) jul 20 sun Warrior King at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jul 20 sun Jefferson Starship, The Zombies at the Grand Ballroom, 1300 Van Ness Avenue, S.F. a/a # ** jul 20 sun FlexXBronco, Thee Merry Widows, Death Valley High at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 20 sun Zim Zims, Joe Finkel, Indian Style at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jul 20 sun cancelled: The Yardbirds at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. jul 20 sun Zac Brown Band at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 7pm/8pm * jul 20 sun Broken Needle (L.A.), C.O.P. (L.A.), Hatchet, Witchaven, Crucial Cause, Rat Damage, No Thanks at Java Lounge, 2416 16th St., Sacramento a/a $6 4pm *** @ jul 20 sun UVR, Tough Luxury, The Generals at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $7 ($5 if 21+) 5pm ^ ** jul 21 mon Kill Hannah, The Medic Droid, Innerpartysystem, The White Tie Affair at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $13/$15 7:30pm/8pm ** jul 21 mon Hod Rod Carl at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * jul 21 mon A Hawk And A Hacksaw at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13 7:30pm/8pm * jul 21 mon Jon Rauhouse Sestet at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 7pm/8pm * jul 21 mon Lynyrd Skynyrd at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a ** jul 21 mon cancelled: George Carlin at Mountain Winery, Saratoga jul 22 tue Grand Ole Party, Sugar And Gold, Shannon And The Clams at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 22 tue Whalebones, I'm A Gun, SF's Dirty Stealer at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jul 22 tue The Pleasure Kills, Dead Ringers, Frankenstein L.I.V.S. at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm/10pm ** 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 22 tue cancelled: Low Vs Diamond, Carolina Liar, Monte Negro at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. jul 23 wed New Riders Of The Purple Sage at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 23 wed Reaction, Robocop 3, Binary Sound at Thrillhouse Records, S.F. a/a ** jul 23 wed Magic Bullets, Phil Wilson, The Mantles, dj Mike Slumberland, dj Matt Mantles at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** jul 23 wed The Life & Times, Nueva Vulcano at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * jul 23 wed Chikita Violenta at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 7:30pm/8pm * jul 23 wed Wyclef Jean at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $35/$40 8pm/9pm ** jul 23 wed Dora Flood, The Crazies Will Destroy You at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $6 8pm ** 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, Hellbound Glory at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $20 9pm ** jul 24 thr Jay Brannan, Annie Stela at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/9:30pm * jul 24 thr State Radio, Rose Hill Drive at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 24 thr Darker My Love, Mammatusi, Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a free 8pm ** jul 24 thr The Blasters at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 8pm ** jul 24 thr Mark Matos & Os Beaches, The Scarecrowes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jul 24 thr Raised By Robots, The Papersons, Low Red Land, Parker Street Cinema at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm/8:30pm *** jul 24 thr Convenance, Rattlehead, Reconstruction at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** jul 24 thr New Riders Of The Purple Sage, Plum Crazy at Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $25 7pm/8pm ** jul 24 thr Coldplay at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # ** jul 24 thr I Scream On Sundae, The Onlymen, Foreplay at the Fire Escape Bar, Citrus Heights 21+ $6 8pm ** jul 24/25 The Doobie Brothers at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $73/$60/$50 # ** jul 25 fri Pulling Teeth (MD), The Helm (WA), Coke Bust (DC) at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm ** @ jul 25 fri Stone Temple Pilots, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a $52.50 8pm # *** (ga) jul 25 fri Coldplay at the Arena, Oakland a/a # ** jul 25 fri The Broun Fellinis, Panthelion 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 Less Than Jake, Goldfinger, Big D And The Kids Table, Suburban Legends at the Grand Ballroom, 1300 Van Ness Avenue, S.F. a/a $23 8pm # *** @ jul 25 fri Bitter:Sweet, The Frequency at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 25 fri James McMurtry at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jul 25 fri Triclops!, Zechs Marquise, Oaks at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** @ jul 25 fri Dizzee Rascal at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $18 9pm ** jul 25 fri Triclops!, Zechs Marquise, Future Skullz, Oaks at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** @ jul 25 fri Rob Dickinson at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9:30pm * jul 25 fri Everything Must Go!, Low Point Drains (Netherlands), Bite at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 25 fri Toby Keith, Montgomery Gentry, Carter's Chord, Mica Roberts, Trailer Choir at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountian View a/a $74/$37 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** jul 25 fri Forrest Day at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm * jul 25 fri Blue Oyster Cult at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a # ** jul 25 fri One Dying Secret, Save & Continue, Without Tomorrow at the Fire Escape Bar, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 9pm ** 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 25 fri Junkrod Joe And The Cadillac Hearse, Kosmic Terror, The Hollow Kids at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** jul 26 sat The Ergs (N.J.), Hunchbacks (N.Y.), Nothington, Hear The Sirens at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ jul 26 sat Self Inflicted, Weekend Nachos (IL), Harms Way (IL), Coke Bust (D.C.), Vitamin Piss at B.R.S., Richmond a/a $5 *** @ jul 26 sat Steely Dan at the Greek Theatre, UC Berkeley a/a $126/$76/$56/$40 8pm # *** (reserved) jul 26 sat Persephones Bees, Sixteens, Testicular Manslaughter at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** 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 Cute Is What We Aim For, Ace Enders, Danger Radio, Powerspace at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** jul 26 sat Flipper, The Mutants, The Avengers, Negative Trend, Target Video at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # *** @ $ jul 26 sat 15 Degrees Below Zero, Say Bok Gwai, Mute Socialite, The Late Severa Wires (NM) at 544 Capp Street, S.F. a/a 8pm ** @ jul 26 sat Breakestra, J-Boogie's Dubtronic Science at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 26 sat Hank IV, Pink Reason, Rot Shit at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * jul 26 sat Apache, Buzzer, Welcome Home Walker, Rouge Kids, dj Sugarfix at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** jul 26 sat John Mayer, Colbie Caillat, Brett Dennen at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $67/$36 5:30pm/7pm # ** jul 26 sat 187 Calm (reunion), Veil Veil Vanish, Left Hand Army at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** @ jul 26 sat S.T.D., The Black Rose Phantoms, J.L.B., The Rainman Suite at the Black Water Cafe, 914 N. Yosemite Ave., Stockton a/a $5 8pm ** @ jul 26 sat N2Deep, The Shades Of Grey, Malcontent, Slumlords at the Fire Escape Bar, Citrus Heights 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 26 sat Billy Ray Cyrus at Cache Creek Casino Resort, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 18+ ** jul 26 sat Sleaze Tax, Red Treck Jacket at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9:30pm * jul 26/27 Lucero, Glossary at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 26/27 Guitar Show at the Marin Civic Center, San Rafael a/a jul 27 sun James Taylor at the Greek Theatre, UC Berkeley a/a $126/$90/$60/$26 7:30pm # ** (reserved) jul 27 fri Matthew Hansen & 33.33, The Fancy Dan Band, Pine & Battery at Blake's, Berkeley 18+ $10 9pm ** jul 27 sun Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $50 7pm/8pm # ** jul 27 sun Finch, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Foxy Shazam, Tickle Me Pink at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jul 27 sun Harvey Milk at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 27 sun Aspects Of Physics, Followers, Okay at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jul 27 sun The Republic Tigers at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 7pm/8pm * jul 27 sun Emmylou Harris, Jimmy Gaudreau, Moondi Klein at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $58/$45/$40 # ** jul 27 sun Unless, In Desperation, uncuT:Hunks at Java Lounge, 2416 16th St., Sacramento a/a $7 5pm ** @ jul 27 sun Social Concern, James Hunnicutt & The Revolvers (WA), Deers!, Matsuri at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $7 ($5 if 21+) 5pm ^ ** @ jul 28 mon No Age, Mika Miko, Abe Vigoda at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 28 mon Alkaline Trio, American Steele, The Fashion at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $19.99 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** @ jul 28 mon The Watson Twins, Tim Fite at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm * jul 28 mon El Guincho, Tussle, Lemonade, Disco Shawn And Oro11 at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 7:30pm/8pm ** jul 28 mon Steely Dan at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $200/$150/$85/$65 5:30pm/7:30pm # *** (also aug 24) jul 29 tue Chromeo at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $24 8pm/9pm # ** jul 29 tue Rocky Votolato (solo acoustic), Owen, Piss Pissedofferson at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 29 tue Jon McLaughlin at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 29 tue The Super Vacations, Teeth Mountain, Gary War at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jul 29 tue The Hold Steady, The Loved Ones at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm *** jul 29 tue Jay Reatard, Cheap Time at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 29 tue Emily Bezar (cd release), Monica Pasqual at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $14 7pm/8pm ** jul 29 tue Canadian Rifle (IL), Solid Decline (Germany), Follow Blindly at 1264 Locust St., San Jose a/a $5 6:30pm ** jul 29 tue George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Buddy Guy at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75/$65/$50 # ** jul 29 tue Floss Anonymous, Hockey, Dr. Yes at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9pm ** jul 30 wed Bloc Party, Does It Offend You Yeah? at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 8pm/9pm # *** jul 30 wed El Vez at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jul 30 wed The Subways, The Bruises at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 9:30pm/10pm ** jul 30 wed The Cataracs, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10-$12 9pm * jul 30 wed Bow Ribbons, Meridians at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jul 30 wed Sour Vein (N.C.), Slough Feg, Black Cobra, Walken at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm *** @ jul 30 wed Eef Barzelay at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $14 7pm/8pm * jul 30 wed Boz Scaggs at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a ** jul 30 wed Abandon Theory at the Rivershack, Coloma a/a free * jul 31 thr Sour Vein (N.C.) at Your Hauz, Oakland a/a $8 ** @ jul 31 thr Canadian Rifles (IL), Solid Decline (Germany), Airfix Kits at Thrillhouse Records, S.F. a/a ** jul 31 thr Cavalera Conspiracy, Dillinger Escape Plan, Throwdown, Bury Your Dead, Incite at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # *** @ jul 31 thr Sundowner, Mike Park, Mike Hale (ex Gunmoll) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 31 thr Vin Rouge, The Sundance Kids, My Revolver, dj Ben Abstrakt at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** jul 31 thr Third Date at Dirty Martini, 2801 Leavenworth St., S.F. 21+ free * jul 31 thr Thao, The Get Down Stay Down, Horse Feathers at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 7:30pm/8pm ** jul 31 thr Anna Oxygen, Emily Lacy at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 6pm * (early show) jul 31 thr Buffalo Killers, The Sermon at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 10pm ** (late show) jul 31 thr Faun Fables (cd release!), Bonfire Madigan at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm/9pm ** jul 31 thr The Hangmen, Switchblade Riot at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** 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+ ** jul 31 thr The Animations, Out Of Panic at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** aug 1 fri Slick 46 (Australia), Harrington Saints at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm ** @ aug 1 fri Manic Hispanic, The Crime at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** aug 1 fri Sonny Landreth at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a * aug 1 fri English Beat, The Alarm at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $31.50 8pm/9pm # ** aug 1 fri Saros, Velnias, Exhausted Prayer (L.A.) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** @ aug 1 fri Minipop at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 1 fri Dimitri From Paris, Return To The Playboy Mansion at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $20 10pm ** aug 1 sat Mighty Slim Pickins, The Meat Sluts, Tuff Titties at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $6 ** aug 1 fri John Waite at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a # ** aug 1 fri Wednesday 13, S.T.D. at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $13/$15 7:30pm ** aug 1 fri ShitKickers (San Jose) at the Fire Escape Bar, Citrus Heights 21+ 9pm ** aug 1 fri The Beach Boys at Stanislaus County Fair, Turlock a/a # ** aug 1/2 Lyle Lovett at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85/$75/$50 # ** aug 2 sat Portraits Of Past (reunion), Yaphet Kotto (renuion), La Quiete (Italy), Phoenix Bodies (AZ), Comadre at 924 Gilman a/a $10 8pm *** @ aug 2 sat John Mellencamp, Lucinda Williams at the Greek Theatre, UC Berkeley a/a $100/$70/$60/$40 7:30pm # *** (reserved) aug 2 sat Christina Ortega at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm * aug 2 sat Boris, Torche at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** aug 2 sat The Dan Band at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** aug 2 sat Gentleman at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** aug 2 sat Tara Jane O'Neil, Palms, Katy Davidson at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 2 sat Beres Hammond at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $28 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 2 sat M.D.C. (two sets - electric and unplugged), P.A.W.N.S. (Chico), Abrupt at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm *** @ aug 2 sat Even Elroy (record release), Smith Point at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm * aug 2 sat Red Elvises, The Pyronauts at Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $12 8pm/9pm ** aug 2 sat The ShitKickers (San Jose), Bloomfield Underground at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 2 sat The Beach Boys at Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa a/a # ** aug 2 sat Sammy Hagar & The Wabos, Scorpions at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # *** (Bone Bash) aug 2 sat The Shitkickers, Bloomfield Underground at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 2 sat Savage Ones, Frankenstein L.I.V.S. at Polomoni's Cocktail Lounge, 1845 First Street, Livermore 21+ free 9pm ** (Dusty's 30th Birthday) aug 2 sat Abandon Theory at Woodstock's, Davis a/a free * aug 2 sat Me First & The Gimmie Gimmies at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $15 9:30pm ** aug 2 sat The Americas at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9:30pm * aug 3 sun M.D.C., P.A.W.N.S., Ill Gotten Gainz, John The Baker (acoustic), C.H.T. at B.R.S., Richmond a/a 7pm *** @ aug 3 sun Titus Andronicus, Neighborhood Stars (Portland) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 3 sun Film School at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 9pm ** aug 3 sun The Beach Boys at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $70/$60/$45 # ** aug 3 sun Jay Onyskin & His 3 String San Shin (solo - Japan), Bastards Of Young, Wolves In Thieves, Hear The Sirens at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $7 ($5 if 21+) 6pm ^ ** @ aug 4 mon The Faint at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** aug 4 mon The Hush Sound, The Cab, The Morning Light at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** aug 4 mon battle of the bands at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $10 7:30pm aug 5 tue Dolly Parton at the Greek Theatre, UC Berkeley a/a $125/$80/$60/$40 8pm # *** (reserved) aug 5 tue UB40 at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** aug 5 tue The Faint at the Grand Ballroom, 1300 Van Ness Avenue, S.F. a/a # ** aug 5 tue Nomo at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm * aug 5 tue Darker My Love, The Lumerians, Eulogies at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $9.99 7:30pm/8pm ** aug 5 tue Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65/$55/$45 # ** aug 5 tue Droid at Fat Cat, 930 11th Street, Modesto 21+ ** aug 6 wed Alison Harris (cd release), Jeffrey Luck Lucas, Dave Mulligan at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** aug 6 wed Neung Phak, film at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm ** aug 6 wed Langhorne Slim at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $14 7:30pm/8pm ** aug 6 wed Bad Mitten Orchestra, Tippy Canoe & The Paddlemend at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm * 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 Droid at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** aug 6 wed Tower Of Power at Konocti Harbor, 8727 Doda Bay Road, Kelseyville a/a # ** aug 7 thr Wednesday 13 at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** aug 7 thr Shattered Faith, Everything Must Go, Shootin' Lucy at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 7 thr Future Blondes, C.L.A.W.S. at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 7 thr The Dilettantes, Memory's Mystic Band, Les Sylphides at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 7 thr Droid at 12 Galaxies, S.F. 21+ ** aug 7 thr Bill Maher at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75/$60/$50 # ** aug 7 thr Lonely Kings, Bitchin Summer at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** aug 8 fri La Grita, Say Bok Gwai, Flatbush at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm ** @ aug 8 fri Third Date at Beckett's, 2271 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley 21+ free 10pm * 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 Hacienda Brothers, The Iguanas at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** (tribute to Chris Gaffney) aug 8 fri ArnoCorps at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** @ aug 8 fri Master/Slave, Blue Skies For Black Hearts, The Parties at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 8 fri Boys Gone Wild at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10/$10 8pm ** $ aug 8 fri Wallpaper, Hottub, Vitamin Party, dj Amplive, Aaron Axelsen at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** (Owl Magazine) aug 8 fri Wayne Hancock at Mystic Theater, Petaluma 18+ $15 7pm/8pm ** aug 8 fri The Brownies, Live Evil at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** aug 8 fri Gregg Rolie Band at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a # * aug 8 fri Stellar Corpses, Jim Rowdy Show, Hot Rod Nightmare, The Formaldebrides at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ $6 ** @ aug 8 fri Brian Regan at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $53/$45/$40 # ** aug 8 fri Wednesday 13, The Flesh Hammers at the Tonic, 231 West 2nd Street, Reno NV ?/? $10 ** aug 8/9 The Beach Boys at Silver Legacy Casino, Silver St. between 4th and 5th, Reno NV 21+ ** aug 9 sat Attitude Adjustment, Part Time Christians, Zombie Holocaust, Agenda Of Swine, 2nd class Citizens at 924 Gilman a/a 7pm *** @ aug 9 sat Third Date at Bay Street Plaza, 5616 Bay Street, Emeryvill a/a free 4pm * aug 9 sat Slightly Stoopid, Pepper, Sly & Robbie, The Expendables at the Greek Theatre, UC Berkeley a/a $37.50 6pm # *** (ga) aug 9 sun Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Tippy Canoe & The Paddlemen at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 9 sat Evolution (tribute), Petty Theft, The Terry Lauderdale Band at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** aug 9 sat Universal Figures (reunion) at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** aug 9 sat Papa Grows Funk, The Pimps Of Joytime at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $23/$25 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 9 sat Ex-Boyfriends, Puce Moment, Forever at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 9 sat The Bar Feeders, Texas Thieves, China Creeps (Vancouver) at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7-$20 sliding scale 9pm/10pm ** @ (fundraiser for The Bar Feeders upcoming tour) aug 9 sat Linkin Park, Chris Cornell, The Bravery, Ashes Divide, Busta Rhymes, 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 Wayne Hancock, The Careless Hearts at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $12 9pm ** aug 9 sat Raw Power (Italy), Perdition (N.Y.), Drastic Actions, Flip-Offs! at Java Lounge, 2416 16th St., Sacramento a/a $7 7pm *** @ aug 10 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap, McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. $3 10am aug 10 sun Bart Davenport, Mia Doi Todd at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 10 sun Boz Scaggs at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $80/$70/$60/$50 # ** aug 11 mon Lazarus, Tiny Vipers, Balmorhea at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm ** 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, Damon & The Heathens, The Struts at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm ** aug 12 tue Wolves In The Throne Room, Ludicra, The Better To See You With at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** @ aug 12 Glay at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $40 7pm/8pm # ** aug 12 tue Daryl Hall & John Oates at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $78/$65/$50 # ** aug 12 tue Viva Hate at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9pm ** aug 13 wed The Union Trade (cd release), One Becomes One Hundred (cd release), The Snobs (Sacramento) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 13 wed Strip Mall Architecture, Foxtail Somersault, French Disco at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** aug 13 wed Donna Summer at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $98/$80/$65/$55 # ** aug 13 wed Annihilation Time, Rat Damage, KnifeThruHead, Times Of Desperation at Java Lounge, 2416 16th St., Sacramento a/a $7 8pm *** @ aug 14 thr The Latin Explosion, Pistolera (N.Y.C.), Forro Brazuca at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** aug 14 thr Costa Nova, Big Lion, Cartographer at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** aug 14 thr Zs (N.Y.C.) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 14 thr Alan Jackson at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $76/$60/$40 8pm # ** aug 14 thr Viva Hate at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $10 8pm ** aug 15 fri Viva Hate at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 15 fri Reckless Kelly at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** aug 15 fri Bow Wow at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $39.50 7pm/8pm # ** aug 15 fri Or The Whale, The Federalists, Emily Jane White at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** aug 15 fri Zepparella (tribute), Hot Fog, Francis Bakin at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8:30pm/10pm ** aug 15 fri Sonny Smith & The Sunsets at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * aug 15 fri The Impalers, The Par-Tays, Coup De Ska at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** aug 15 fri Sound Tribe Sector Nine at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $30 8:30pm/9pm *** (sold out - see aug 16th) aug 15 fri Radio Reelers (reunion), Thee Double D's, Buzzer, Pink Elephants, dj Carolyn Keddy, dj Ryan Wells, dj Floyd at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $5 7pm/9pm ** @ aug 15 fri Steve Miller Band, Joe Cocker at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $96/$76/$61/$41 6:30pm/8pm # ** aug 15 fri Pennywise, 3oh!3, Against Me!, Aggrolites, Alesana, All Time Low, Anberlin, Angels And Airwaves, Beat Union, Bring Me The Horizon, Broadway Calls, Charlotte Sometimes, Classic Crime, Cobra Starship, The Color Fred, Confide, Danger Devil Wears Prada, Dr. Manhattan, Evergreen Terrace, Everytime I Die, Family Force 5, First To Last, Forever The Sickest Kids, Four Year Strong, From First To Last, GBH, Greeley Estates, Gym Class Heroes, Protest The Hero, Horrorpops, Katy Perry, Ludo, MC Chris, The Maine, Mayday Parade, Maylene And The Sons Of, Norma Jean, Oreska, Pierce The Veil, Radio, Reel Big Fish, Relient K, Rise Against, Say Anything, Set Your Goals, Shwayze, Sky Eats Airplane, Story Of The Year, Street Dogs, The Academy Is..., The Audition, The Briggs, The Bronx, The Fabulous Rudies, The Human Abstract, The Lordz, The Saint Alvia Cartel, The Vandals, We The Kings at Warped Tour, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $33 11am/noon # *** @ (aug 16 at Marysville) aug 15 fri Jonny Lang, Big Head Todd & The Monsters at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65/$55/$50 # ** aug 16 sat Kepi Ghoulie, Regal Beagle (L.A.), Idiot Box (S.D.), The Adorkables at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ aug 16 sat Sound Tribe Sector Nine at the Greek Theatre, UC Berkeley a/a $39.50 6:30pm # *** (ga) aug 16 sat Donna Summer at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a # $96/$66/$46 8pm # *** aug 16 sat Smoking Popes, Koufax at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** aug 16 sat Aisha Tyler (live taping) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 6pm/7pm # ** aug 16 sat poster art show at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ free 3pm til 8pm aug 16 sat Annihilation Time, Stone Vengeance, I Will Kill You Fucker, Face The Rail at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $7 9pm/9:30pm *** @ aug 16 sat The Octopus Project, The Hot Toddies, Sassy at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** aug 16 sat Buttholes Urfers (tribute), Indian Jewelry, Jascha Ephraim at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** aug 16 sat Wonder Bread 5 at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm * aug 16 ??? The Octopus Projectrand at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. ?/? ** aug 16 sat The Sun Kings (tribute), The Rave Ups (tribute) at Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $15 7pm/8pm ** aug 16 sat George Benson, Boney James, Ramsey Lewis, Norman Brown's Summer Storm at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $69/$49/$39/$25 3pm/4pm # ** (JVC Jazz Festival - KKSF) aug 16 sat A Tribe Called Quest, Nas, Mos Def, Rakim, Method Man & Redman, Raekwon & Ghostface, Immortal Technique, Dead Prez, Murs, Spank Rock, Wale, Jay Electronica, B.O.B., Kidz In The Hall, Amanda Blank, The Pharcyde, Supernatural & Scratch, dj Latern at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountian View a/a $75/$60/$36 10am/11am # *** aug 16 sat Michael McDonald at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $70/$55/$45 # * aug 16 sat Victim, dj Basura, fashion show at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm * aug 16 sat Warped Tour at the Amphitheater, Marysville a/a # *** @ aug 16 sat Aroarah, Natives Of The New Dawn (L.A.) at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 9pm ** aug 16 sat BoDeans at John Ascuaga's Nugget, Sparks, NV ?/? ** aug 17 sun electronic swap meet at 924 Gilman a/a free 10am aug 17 sun The Botticellis (12" release), Geographer (cd release) at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** aug 17 sun Lessons In Failure at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $7 ($5 if 21+) 5pm ^ ** aug 18 mon RX Bandits, Portugal The Man, Kay Kay & His Weathered Underground at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16 8pm ** aug 19 tue Death Party (L.A.), Horror-X at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm/10pm ** aug 19 tue canceleld: Yes at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View aug 20 wed Bob Log III, Scott H. Biram, Left Lane Cruiser at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 20 wed Lozen, Kowloon Walled city at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 20 wed Made Out Of Babies (Brooklyn), Giant (N.Y.C.), Turks at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ ** aug 20 wed Gipsy Kings at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $125/$115/$75 # ** aug 21 thr Josh Radin, Erin McCarley, Hana Pestle at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm # ** aug 21 thr Candy Apple (Chico), The Dilettantes, The Stone Foxes at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** aug 21 thr The Lonelyhearts, The Old-Fashioned Way, We is Shore Dedicated at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 21 thr Jackpot, Two Sheds, Kings & Queens, Bark Hide And Horn at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 21 thr The Hooks, Off With Their Heads (Minneapolis), Nothington at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm/10pm ** aug 21 thr Dana Carvey at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65/$55/$45 # * aug 22 thr Emily Jane White, The Splinters at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 22 fri The Waybacks at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** aug 22 fri Eddy Grant at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** aug 22 fri Rademacher, Better Than Aliens, French Miami at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 22 fri Tony Hawk's Boom Boom Huckjam, Skaters/BMXer's: Tony Hawk, Kevin Staab, Jesse Fritsch, Sergie Ventura, Neal Hendrix, Kevin Robinson, John Parker, Dennis McCoy, Greg Garrison, Drake McElroy, Matt Buyten, dj Mike Relm at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountian View a/a $31 5pm/6:30pm # *** aug 22 fri Creedence Clearwater Revisited at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65/$60/$50 # ** aug 22 fri S.T.D., A Lovers Plea, A Mover, A Fighter, Untold Alibi at 180 Teen Center, 17 West Lockeford Street, Lodi a/a $5 6:30pm ** @ aug 22 fri Crucial Cause, Tipper's Gore, Rat Damage, Bad Antics, Vomit, Sayaka, N.F.F.U. (ID) at Java Lounge, 2416 16th St., Sacramento a/a $7 7pm *** @ (Norcal vs. Socal) 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 (sat @), 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 The Hot Toddies, The Mumlers, Soft White Sixties at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 23 sat Ryan Adams And The Cardinals at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $37.50 9pm/10pm # ** aug 23 sat Zeromind, Flametal, Insolence, Pour Habit at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** aug 23 sat Boss Martians, Go-Going-Gone Girls at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 23 sat World Burns To Death (Austin), Iron Lung, Desolation at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm/9pm ** @ (Prank Records 13th anniversary - Ken Prank's Birthday) aug 23 sat The Edwin McCain Trio at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $20/$24 9:30pm ** aug 23 sat GZA (Performing Liquid Swords) at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** $ aug 23 fri Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, The Pimp Sticks 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 23/24 The Waifs at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** aug 24 sun Gorgeous Frankenstein (members of Misfits), Bella Morte, The Banner at the DNA Lounge, S.F. 21+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm ** aug 24 sun The Bodeans at Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $25 7:45pm/8pm ** aug 24 sun Steely Dan at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $200/$150/$85/$65 5:30pm/7:30pm # *** (also jul 28) aug 24 sun Ready Steady Go!, The Decrats at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $7 ($5 if 21+) 5pm ^ ** aug 25 mon Extreme, Kings X, Rock N Roll Fantasy Camp at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 5:30pm/6:30pm # *** aug 26 tue Sondre Lerche at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** aug 26 tue Patty Griffin, Amos Lee at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $47/$37 # ** aug 27 wed !!! at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 7:30pm/8pm ** aug 27 wed The Waifs, Jerry Hannan at Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $22 7pm/8pm ** aug 27 wed Sheryl Crow, James Blunt, Toots & The Maytals at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $87/$67/$53/$43/$32 6pm/7pm # ** aug 27 wed Lucinda Williams at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $50/$45 # ** aug 28 thr Melissa Etheridge at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a # ** aug 28 thr Shearwater at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** aug 28 thr The Instant Messengers, 2AM Club at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a 8pm ** aug 28 thr Lee "Scratch" Perry, Dub Is A Weapon at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 28 thr James Blunt at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $53/$43 # ** aug 28 thr Hot Toddies at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9:30pm * aug 29 fri The Catholic Comb, Vir, Astral at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 29 fri Rykarda Parasol And The Tower Ravens, Veil Veil Vanish at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm ** aug 29 fri The B-Cups, Lipstick Conspiracy, Sexx at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 8pm ** aug 29 fri Mammatus at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * aug 29 fri Abandon Theory at Old Western Saloon, 11201 State Rte. 1, Point Reyes Station 21+ $5 * aug 29 fri Naked Aggression, Anima Mundi, ADS, Disaster Strikes, Dun Bin Had, DogBone at 418 Project, 418 Front Street, Santa Cruz a/a $10 *** @ aug 29/30 Chicago at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85/$75/$50 # ** aug 30 sat The Action Design, Shuteye Unison, Built For The Sea, Carcrashlander at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 30 sat Slim Cessna's Auto Club at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** aug 30 sat Marc Broussard, Matt Hires at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $23/$25 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 30 sat Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $14 9pm ** aug 30 sat The Tubes at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a # ** aug 30 sat S.T.D. at the Black Water Cafe, 914 N. Yosemite Ave., Stockton a/a $5 8pm ** aug 30 sat Night Ranger at John Ascuaga's Nugget, Sparks, NV ?/? *** aug 30 sat Kiss at Harveys Outdoor Arena, Tahoe ?/? $155/$125/$90/$60 7:30pm # *** 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 # *** aug 31 sun Naked Agression, A.D.S., Disaster Strikes (Boston), Flower Violence, Flip-Offs! at Java Lounge, 2416 16th St., Sacramento a/a $7 4pm ** @ sep 2/3 Nada Surf at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** sep 3 wed The Mommyheads, Brad Brooks at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm ** sep 3 wed Desolation Wilderness, Ben Kaman & The Hot New Ringtones at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * sep 4 thr Bill Evans Soulgrass, Sam Bush at Slim's, S.F. a/a * sep 4 thr Clipd Beaks, Past Lives, Leyna Noel & The Finer Things at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 4 thr Witch at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $14 9pm ** sep 4 thr Willie Nelson at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $94/$75/$55 # *** sep 5 fri Nine Inch Nails, Deerhunter at the Arena, Oakland a/a $55/$39.50 7:30pm # *** (reserved seating) sep 5 fri Jana Hunter, Lesser Gonzales Alvarez at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * 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 Blowoff (Bob Mould & Richard Morel) at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** sep 6 sat Asylum Street Spankers at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $25 7pm and 10pm shows *** sep 6 sat Walken, Git Some at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 6 sat Dave Stewart And His 30-Piece Rock Fabulous Orchestra at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $70/$55/$45 # * sep 7 sun The Surf Coasters at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 7pm ** (KFJC 89.7) sep 8/9 Built To Spill, Quasi, Off Campus at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** sep 9 thr The May Fire, Astra Heights, Monte Negro at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** sep 9 tue Adventure, Future Islands at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 10 wed Finntroll, Warbringer at Slim's, S.F. a/a $22/$25 9pm ** sep 10 wed Robert Forster at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 10 wed Balkan Beat Box, dj Joro Boro at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** sep 12 fri Nightwish, Sonata Arctica at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 8pm/9pm # ** sep 12 fri Squeeze at the Grand Ballroom, 1300 Van Ness Avenue, S.F. a/a $45 9pm # ** sep 12 fri Margaret Cho at Mountain Winery, Saratoga ?/? $55/$45 # * sep 12 fri David Allan Coe (with supporting band Hardly Likely) at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** $ sep 13 sat Janet Jackson at the Arena, Oakland a/a $130/$90/$60/$40 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** $ sep 13 sat Dr. John & The Lower 911, Shannon McNally at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $36.50 8pm/9pm # ** sep 13 sat Xiu Xiu, Evangelista, Prurient, Mary Halvorson & Jessica Pavone at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm *** sep 13 sat Stung (tribute), Darkwave, Erasure-Esque at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 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 13 sat Arden Park Roots at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 9pm ** 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 14 sun The Black Crowes, Howlin' Rain at Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church Street, Santa Cruz a/a $39.50 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** sep 16 tue Aram Shelton at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm * sep 16 tue Iamx (Chris Corner from Sneaker Pimps) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 17 wed Maroon 5, Counting Crows at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # ** sep 17 wed Foreigner at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a ** sep 18 thr Lucia Comnes (cd release), Oona Garthwaite at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** sep 18 thr Maroon 5, Counting Crows at the Pavilion, Concord a/a # ** sep 18 thr Foreigner at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $70/$60/$45 # ** sep 18 thr X (Exene Cervenka, John Doe, Billy Zoom, dj Bonebrake) at Harlow's, 2708 J Street, Sacramento 21+ $30 8:30pm *** sep 19 fri My Morning Jacket at the Greek Theatre, UC Berkeley a/a $39.50 7:30pm # *** (ga) sep 19 fri Al Green, Gladys Knight, Dennis Edwards, The Temptations Review at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $86/$66/$44 6pm/7pm # *** sep 19 fri Herbie Hancock at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75/$65/$55 # ** sep 20 sat Justice, TV On The Radio, Goldfrapp, Hot Chip, C.S.S., Antibalas, Aesop Rock, Amon Tobin, Foals, Mike Relm, Nortec: Bostich & Fussible at Treasure Island Music Festival, S.F. Bay a/a $65 ($115 2 day) # *** (no parking on island) sep 21 sun The Raconteurs, Tegan & Sara, Vampire Weekend, Spiritualized, Okkervil River, The Kills, Tokyo Police Club, Dr. Dog, John Vanderslice, The Dodos, Fleet Foxes at Treasure Island Music Festival, S.F. Bay a/a $65 ($115 2 day) # *** (no parking on island) sep 21 sun Tiger Army, Said Radio, War Tapes at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $18 7pm/8pm # *** @ sep 22/23/24 Spoon at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** sep 24 wed Journey, Heart, Cheap Trick at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $131/$91/$51/$36 6pm/7pm # *** sep 25 thr Possessed, Obituary, Unleashed, Carnifex at Slim's, S.F. a/a $28/$30 8pm *** @ 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 26/27 RANCID, The Adolescents (fri), Wardogs (fri), The Aquabats (sat), Broadway Calls (sat) at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $24 8pm # *** @ $ sep 27 sat John Brown's Body, Giant Panda, Guerilla Dub Squad at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 27 sat Journey, Heart, Cheap Trick at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $131/$91/$56/$31 6pm/7pm # *** sep 27 sat Calabrese, Stellar Corpses, Los Dryheavers, Los Ilegales Muertos, The Cruz Missiles at 418 Project, 418 Front St., Santa Cruz a/a $10 ** @ sep 28 sun Calexico at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** sep 28 sun Neil Diamond at the Shark Tank, San Jose 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 * sep 30 tue My Bloody Valentine at the Concourse, 620 7th Street, S.F. a/a $47.50 7pm/8pm # ** oct 2/3/4 Dark Star Orchestra at thee Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 (7pm/8pm thr) (8pm/9pm fri/sat) # *** oct 3 fri Sigur Ros at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a $42.50 # ** oct 3 fri French Miami, Death Of A Party, The Dashing Suns at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** 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 3/4/5 Robert Plant And Alison, Loudon Wainwright III, Gogol Bordello, Hazel Dickens, Bonnie Price Billy, Asleep At The Wheel, Mike Farris & The Roseland Rhythm Revue, The Del McCoury Band, Bad Livers, Robert Earl Keen, Iris Dement, Jerry Jeff Walker, The Desert Rose Band, Earl Scruggs, Greg Brown at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a free *** oct 4 sat MxPx, Lagwagon, Only Crime, Tat at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $20 7pm/8pm # *** @ $ oct 5 sun Lagwagon, Only Crime, Tat at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? *** @ $ oct 7 tue Average White Band at the Grand, Regency Center, 1290 Sutter St., S.F. 21+ a/a ** oct 8 wed From The Jam (Bruce Foxton and Rick Buckler of The Jam) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 10 fri New Kids On The Block, Natasha Bedingfield at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $78/$58/$38 7pm/8pm # * oct 11 sat Santana, Salvador Santana Band at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $81/$66/$31 6pm/7pm # *** 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 at Slim's, S.F. a/a $20 7:30pm ** oct 12 sun Santana, Salvador Santana Band at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $81/$54/$34 5:30pm/pm # *** oct 15 wed Born Ruffians, Plants And Animals at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 17 fri Marti Brom, 1/4 Mile Combo at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** oct 18 sat Tower Of Power at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # *** oct 18 sat Marti Brom, 1/4 Mile Combo at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** oct 18 sat Flogging Molly at the Grove, the Radisson, 500 Leisure Land, Sacramento a/a $25 *** oct 19/20 Flogging Molly at thee Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # *** oct 19/20 Tina Turner at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $150/$60 7pm # *** oct 21 tue Jimmy Buffett & The Coral Reefer Band at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $127/$37 7pm/8pm # ** oct 24 fri The Kooks at Empire Events Center, 1417 R St., Sacramento a/a 6:30pm # ** oct 25 sat Kamelot, Edguy at Slim's, S.F. a/a $26 9pm ** oct 29 wed Vince Gill at Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa a/a # ** nov 1/2 Madonna at the Arena, Oakland a/a $390/$195/$120/$70 7pm/8pm # *** nov 6 thr Face To Face at the Fillmore, S.f. a/a 425 7pm/8pm # ** 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+ ** nov 18/19 Joan Baez at the Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Avenue, S.F. a/a $49.50 8pm # *** $ nov 21 fri Lisa Lampanelli at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a # ** dec 15/16/18/19/20 The Black Crowes at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $49.50 (8pm/9pm mon/tue/thr) <9pm/10pm fri/sat) *** dec 17 wed Sarah Brightman at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $250/$125/$75/$50 7pm/8pm # ** dec 27 sat Wayne Hancock at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12/$15 9pm ** * recommendable Shows a/a all ages $ will probably sell out @ pit warning ^ under 21 must pay more # no ins/outs Live Radio Shows ---------------- jun 28 sat Kami Nixon on Pirate Cat Radio 87.9FM 2pm (studio at 21st and Florida) 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 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 Rincon, 2700 16th Street at Harrison, S.F. 21+ El Rio, 3158 Mission Street, S.F., 21+ 415-282-3325 Elbo Room, 647 Valencia near 17th St., S.F. 21+ 415-552-7788 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 Java Lounge, 2416 16th St., Sacramento a/a 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 Mezzanine, 444 Jessie Street at Mint, S.F. 21+ 415-625-8880 Mountain Winery, 14831 Pierce Road, Saratoga a/a 408-741-2822 Mystic Theater, 23 Petaluma Blvd., Petaluma a/a 18+ 21+ 707-765-2121 Nick's Night Club, 1414 Park Ave., Chico 21+ Octopus Lounge, 180 Eureka Square, Pacifica 21+ 650-355-7775 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 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 Thrillhouse Records, Mission at 30th, S.F. a/a Warfield, 982 Market St., S.F. a/a 415-775-7722 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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