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 September 20, 2008 sep 20 sat Phobia (Orange County), In Disgust, Godstomper, Semetex Vest (Orange County), Thousandswilldie, War Trash at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ sep 20 sat Lewis Black at Zellerbach Auditorium, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a $66/$56/$43 7pm/8pm # ** sep 20 sat Common, N.E.R.D. at Community Theatre, 2134 Martin Luther King Way, Berkeley a/a $36.50 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** sep 20 sat The Filthythieving Bastards, La Plebe, The Odd Numbers at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** @ sep 20 sat Skin Horse, Lucika (Eugene), The Dead See (Lubbock), Damnweevil at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $7 9pm ** @ sep 20 sat Kung Fu USA, Chantigs, Dying Echo, Kirby Grips, Knittles, Liesl's Wet Dress, Cubby Creatures, Xeena, art by: China Tamblyn, Greg Turner, James Lovekin, Jenny Hynes, Zach Houston at Rodent Records Warehouse, 590 Minnesota Street, S.F. a/a 8pm *** (Rodent Records founder Elton Ridge's Birthday) sep 20 sat Justice, TV On The Radio, Goldfrapp, Hot Chip, C.S.S., Antibalas, Aesop Rock, Amon Tobin, Foals, Mike Relm, Bostich & Fussible, Loquat, Chester French, The Frail at Treasure Island Music Festival, S.F. Bay a/a $65 ($115 2 day) # *** (no parking on island) sep 20 sat Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** (sold out) sep 20 sat Hot For Teacher (tribute), White Witch Canyon, Zen Vendetta at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** sep 20 sat Lucabrazzi, Ninja Panter, Disastroid at thee Parkside, S.F a/a 3pm ** (early show) sep 20 sat Impaled, Illogicist (Italy), Maruta (FL), Kill The Client (TX) at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10/$12 9pm *** @ (late show) sep 20 sat Farflung, Numinous Eye at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** sep 20 sat Menomena, Dat'r at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 20 sat The Meat Sluts, Dalton, Two Timin' Hussies at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** (Rebbie Rae's Birthday) sep 20 sat The Paper Sons, Disgust Of Us, Cervantes at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** sep 20 sat Pants Pants Pants, John Staedler at House of Shields, 39 New Montgomery St., S.F. 21+ $5 8:30pm * sep 20 sat Tilly And The Wall, White Williams, dj Aaron Axelson, DJ Omar at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ (free with rsvp) 9pm ** sep 20 sat Grayceon, Mammatus (Santa Cruz), Futur Skullz at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm ** sep 20 sat Pat Jordan Band, Music For Animals, The Arcadists at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10/$15 8pm ** sep 20 sat Mr.Dibiase, Asonic Garcia, Yao, DeLoFi, Mono/Poly, Citizen Ten, dJ Centipede at Club 6, 60 6th Street, S.F. 21+ $12/$10 10pm ** sep 20 sat Soul Broker, Flounder at Bender's, 806 South Van Ness Ave., S.F. 21+ $5 9pm * sep 20 sat The Lewd, Oppressed Logic, Zero Bullshit, Taint at the Evil Dead Shed, Clayton @ Galindo St., Concord a/a ** @ (Cap'n Chaos' Birthday) sep 20 sat Sheryl Crow, The Black Keys, Cat Power, Henry Rollins (spoken word), Mike Ness Band, Son Volt, Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion, Simone Crew (of Youth Speaks), Devin Murphy (of Youth Speaks) at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $81/$76/$46/$19 2pm # *** (was August 27th - tribute honoring Woody Guthrie and John Steinbeck) sep 20 sat Comadre, Graf Orlock, Zann (Germany), Dangers, Lewd Acts, Punch, The Separation, Over Vert at Community Center, 535 Kelly Street, Half Moon Bay a/a $8 6pm/6:20pm (over by 11pm) *** @ (vegan/veggi potluck at 4pm) sep 20 sat T.S.O.L., The Hollowpoints, Ribzy at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $12 9pm *** sep 20 sat Blitzenhamer, Condemnded To Live, Potential Threat SF at Caravan Lounge, 98 South Almaden Ave., San Jose 21+ free *** @ sep 20 sat Tiger Army, The Phenomenauts, Wolves And Thieves at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ 8pm/9pm # *** @ sep 20 sat The Name Droppers (with Eddie Money), Bonebag, Emerald City at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $27.50/$30 8:30pm/8pm *** sep 20 sat Save & Continue, Echo Pheen, Man Automatic, A Single Second at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 9pm ** sep 20 sat Arrogant Hare (record release), The Monster Women at the Alibi, 744 9th St., Arcata 21+ $5 10:30pm ** (Benefit for Humboldt council of the Blind) sep 20 sat The Shimmies, Smile Brigade at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** sep 20 sat cancelled: Herbie Hancock at Nob Hill Masonic Center, S.F. sep 20 sat cancelled: Vamp Le Stat, Early States, Dead City Sunday, Silent Treatment at Club Retro, Orangevale sep 20/21 Rudder (N.Y.C.), and about 100 other bands at the Monterey Jazz Festival a/a $110/$45/$35 ($15 18/under) 8:30pm *** sep 21 sun T.S.O.L., The Hollowpoints, The Sore Thumbs, dj Chris, dj Tim at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm *** sep 21 sun The Raconteurs, Tegan & Sara, Vampire Weekend, Spiritualized, Okkervil River, Tokyo Police Club, The Kills, Dr. Dog, John Vanderslice, The Dodos, Fleet Foxes, Morning Benders, Port O'Brien, Or The Whale 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 21 sun Children Of Bodom, The Black Dahlia Murder, Between The Buried And Me at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** @ sep 21 sun Viva Hate (L.A.) at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $12/$14 7pm ** @ sep 21 sun The Wedding Present, Earlimart at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** sep 21 sat Mi Ami, Death Sentence Panda, Sheering Pinx at BayArea51, 1667 Jerrold Ave., S.F. a/a 6pm ** sep 21 sun The Hooks, Nothington, Off With Their Heads at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 ** sep 21 sun Rebecca Cross, Vel Texans, The Youth And Beauty Brigade at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $6 7pm ** sep 21 sun The Jive Aces (U.K.) at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 8pm ** sep 21 sun Sean Smith, H'ne Renaut, Chloe Makes Music at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 21 sun Ssion, Gravy Train, Bridez, Hawnay Troof at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** sep 21 sun Anthony B, Rootz Underground, Young Fyah, Empire Isis, 808 Band at Moes Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz 21+ ** sep 21 sun Dismal Lapse, Malevolent, Decollate, Wretched Dawn at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $7 ($5 if 21+) 5pm ^ ** @ sep 21 sun Catherine, Sever Your Ties, All Or Nothing, Last Night In Town, Fall Of Autumn at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $10/$14 6:30pm ** sep 22 mon The Bug with Warrior Queen at Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F. a/a 6pm * sep 22 mon Federico Aubele at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $17 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 22 mon Raised By Robots, Aim Low Kid, Dashing Suns at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** sep 22 mon August Burns Red (PN), A Skylit Drive, Sky Eats Airplane, Greeley Estates, This Or The Apocalypse at the Macla, 510 South First Street, San Jose a/a *** sep 22 mon Kaddisfly, The Panic Division at San Jose Skate, 397 Blossom Hill road, San Jose a/a ** sep 22 mon Throwrag, Lower Class Brats, Roger Miret & The Disasters, Static Thought, Viva Hate (L.A.) at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $13/$14 7pm/7:30pm *** @ sep 22/23/24 Spoon, The Heavenly States at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** (sold out) sep 22/23/24 Blue Bear Band at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $12-$20 sliding scale 7:30pm * sep 23 tue Hrishloo, Orphans Of Aliens at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 ** sep 23 tue Monkey at Boedkker Park, S.F. a/a free noon ** sep 23 tue The Hives, The Willowz at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** @ sep 23 tue The Devil-Ettes (brulesque) at Pirate Cat Radio Cafe, S.F. a/a 6pm * sep 23 tue Chicha Libre at Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F. a/a 6pm * sep 23 tue Thee Headliners, The Touch-Me-Nots, Dreamdate at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** sep 23 tue Juno Reactor at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $23/25 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 23 tue Liam Finn, The Veils, Dominant Legs at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 23 tue Kurt Ribak Quartet at Boom Boom Room, 1601 Fillmore, S.F. 21+ $5 9:30pm sep 23 tue Blue Demons, Hans Condor (Nashville), Guitar Magazine, dj Classic Bar Music, dj J-Mo at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm/10pm ** sep 23 tue August Burns Red (PN), A Skylit Drive, Sky Eats Airplane, Greeley Estates, This Or The Apocalypse at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $13/$15 6:30pm/7pm *** sep 24 tue The Girls (Seattle), American Profesionals, Andalou at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** sep 24 wed Bootsy Collins at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** sep 24 wed Ra Ra Riot, Walter Meego, Princeton at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** sep 24 wed Manicato at Pirate Cat Radio Cafe, S.F. a/a 8pm * sep 24 wed The Shondes (Brooklyn) at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ ** sep 24 wed Eek-A-Mouse at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $22 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 24 wed The Aerosols, Moomaw, Miwa Gemini at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 24 wed Uli Roth, Blind Illusion, Sentinel Beast at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $20/$25 8:30pm/9pm ** (Rampage Radio's 26th anniversary) sep 24 wed Tornado Rider at Boom Boom Room, 1601 Fillmore, S.F. 21+ $6 9:45pm sep 24 wed Journey, Heart, Cheap Trick at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $131/$91/$51/$36 6pm/7pm # *** sep 24 wed Filthy Thieving Bastards, Odd Numbers, Factory Minds at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 24 wed Fastest Gun Alive, Sindika, Desecrater, Anonymity at Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose 21+ 9pm/9:30pm ** sep 24 wed Red Host at Serna Plaza, Sacramento State, 6000 J St., Sacramento a/a free noon ** sep 25 thr Entropy Density, Change at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** sep 25 thr Possessed, Obituary, Unleashed, Carnifex at Slim's, S.F. a/a $28/$30 8pm *** @ sep 25 thr Silver Jews at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** sep 25 thr Bullet For My Valentine, Bleeding Through, Black Tide, Lacuna Coil at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** @ sep 25 thr Sweatshop Union (Vancouver) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm * sep 25 thr Adam Stephens at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $12 7:30pm ** sep 25 thr The New Year, A Weather, Sí, Claro at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 25 thr Laibach at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $30 8:30pm/9pm *** @ sep 25 thr Leopold And His Fiction, The Stone Foxes, Candy Apple at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** sep 25 thr The Reaction, Borstal, Holiday, The Pentacles, Street Eaters at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm ** @ sep 25 thr Juliana Hatfield at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** sep 25 thr The Donkeys (San Diego), Donovan Quinn & The 13th Month, Electric Jellyfish (Austrailia) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** sep 25 thr Big Ken's Show at Boom Boom Room, 1601 Fillmore, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm sep 25 fri Ashtray, Snag & Soggy Biscuit at Gale's Bar, 106 Petaluma Blvd. North, Petaluma 21+ free 8pm ** @ (Ashtray tour Benefit) sep 25 thr Eyes Like Wolves, Drew Blum, Hannah Joy Habte, Scene Of Action, Twilight Park, Audio Dimoni, Eric Harvey, Second To Last at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $8/$10 5:30pm ** sep 25 thr South Lot, Rishloo (WA), Unfallen Heroes, Get Dead, By Noise And Rumor at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 8pm ** sep 25 thr 36 Crazyfists, Trivium, All That Remains, The Human Abstract at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a ** @ sep 25 thr John Staedler at Sue's Java, 1712 Churn Creek Road, Redding a/a free sep 25/26 Cold War Kids at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** (Live 105) sep 26 fri Babyland (L.A.), Everything Goes Cold, Woven (L.A.) at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ sep 26 fri Ashtray, 2nd Class Citizens, Angerasagift, New Earth Creeps at B.R.S., Richmond a/a 8pm ** @ sep 26 fri Winfred E. Eye, Drop Hark, Night Canopy at Temescal Arts Center, 511 48th St. at Telegraph, Berkeley a/a $8 ** sep 26 fri Third Date at Beckett's, 2271 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley 21+ free 10pm * sep 26 fri The B-Cups, Lipstick Conspiracy, The Passive Agressives at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** sep 26 fri Or The Whale, The Mumlers, The Porchsteps at Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck, Berkeley 21+ $10 9:30pm ** sep 26 fri Vitamin X (Amsterdam), Peligro Social, Desolation, Duck And Cover at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $7 9pm/9:30pm *** @ (was listed as sep 29th) sep 26 fri HorrorPops at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** sep 26 fri Dizzy Balloon at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/10pm * sep 26 fri Mission Of Burma (performing "Signals, Calls and Marches") at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** (see sep 27th) sep 26 fri The Cheeseballs at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm * sep 26 fri Burmese, Trees, The Silentist, Barn Owl at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 26 fri Slowfinger, Four Year Bender at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** sep 26 fri The LustKillers at Grant & Green, 1371 Grant St., S.F. 21+ ** sep 26 fri One Ring Zero at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $18/$22 9pm * (early show) sep 26 fri Chicha Libre at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 11:30pm * (late show) sep 26 fri side shows, belly dance, ritual performance, artisits, aerialists, dj Rick, dj Decay, dj Paradox at Fat City, 314 11th Street at Folsom, S.F. 21+ $16/$20 9pm * sep 26 fri Andre Nickatina at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a 7pm/8pm # ** (hip hop) sep 26 fri RU36, Hysteria, Sangria at the Red House, 1667 Botelho Drive, Walnut Creek a/a $12 8pm ** @ sep 26 fri Chris Botti at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65/$55/$45 # ** sep 26 fri This Charming Band (two sets) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm * sep 26 fri The Botticellis, Man/Miracle, The Vox Jaguars at the Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz a/a $7 8pm ** sep 26 fri Ill Bill, Sean Price at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $13/$17 8pm # ** sep 26 fri Obituary, Unleashed, Carnifex, Damage Over Time, Jack Ketch at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $20 8:30pm/8pm *** @ sep 26 fri Blame Betty, Sassy, Inferno Of Joy, Ryan Strummer at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $7/$8 8pm ** sep 26 fri Tiger Army, The Phenomenauts, Wolves and Thieves at the Senator Theater, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a 7:30pm/8:30pm *** @ sep 26 fri John Staedler at Muddy's Hot Cup, 1603 G Street, Eureka a/a 8pm 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 26/27 Railroad Earth at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** sep 26/27 Morning 40 Federation (New Orleans) at Boom Boom Room, 1601 Fillmore, S.F. 21+ $15 9:30pm sep 27 sat As Ifs, Songs For Moms, Purple Rhinestone, Schwule, Girls Rock Camp Film, zine readings, self defense workshops at 924 Gilman a/a 2:30pm/7pm *** (Benefit Bay Area Girls Rock Camp) sep 27 sat Vitamin X (Amsterdam), Deadfall, Nightstick Justice, Crucial Cause, Skull Stomp at B.R.S., Richmond a/a 7:30pm *** @ sep 27 sat David Crosby & Graham Nash, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Los Lobos, Wavy Gravy at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a # $1000-$75 8pm # ** sep 27 sat Myotonia (final show), Savage Machiine, Omissa, Only In Dreams at Blake's, Berkeley a/a $10 8:30pm ** sep 27 sat The LustKillers, Jack Killed Jill, Gutwrench at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 27 sat Ned, Blue Tusk, Red Water at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** 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 Blvd & mc Souleye, Random Rab, dj James Christopher at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** sep 27 sat Daniel Tosh at the Palace of Fine Arts, S.F. a/a $30 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** sep 27 sat Purple Rhinestone Eagle, Divine Feud, Mattress at the Mansion, 1547 Revere Ave., S.F. a/a ** sep 27 sat Los Banos, Cookie Mongoloid, Wifey, Whores Of War, Murder Of Crows, Derailleurs at Pedal Monster, 2255 McKinnon Ave., S.F. a/a $5-$20 sliding scale *** (2008 Cyclecide - Pedal-Powered Carnival - Heavy Pedal Bike Rodeo) sep 27 sat The Pirate Band at Pirate Cat Radio Cafe, S.F. a/a 8pm ** sep 27 sat Hot Tuna, The Delta Groove All Star Blues Revue, Mannish Boys, Barbara Lynn, Michael Burks, Ruthie Foster, Elmore James Jr., Delta Wires Big Band Harmonica And Horn Blues at Blues Festival, Fort Mason a/a 10am/11am ** (also sunday) sep 27 sat Rampaged, Cooking With Gasoline, Lost Puppy at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm til 8pm ** (Boomfest) sep 27 sat Boom And The Legion Of Doom (reunion), Fluff Grrl, The Jack Saints, Laugh Laugh Sing Sing, The Tomorrowmen at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $6 8pm ** @ (Boomfest) sep 27 sat The Contaminators (Bakersfield), The Get-Offs at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ free 6pm ** (Carolyn Keddy's Birthday) sep 27 sat Spectrum, LSD And The Search For God, dj Nako Hashizume at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $14 9:30pm ** (late show) sep 27 sat Mission Of Burma (performing "VS") at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** (see sep 26th) sep 27 sat Dolorata, The Attack Plan, Valerie Orth Band (ep release) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8:30pm/10pm ** sep 27 sat Brazilian Girls, The Submarines at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $25 8pm ** sep 27 sat Maldroid, Ninja Panther, dj Rebecca Watkins, dj Davey Shuback, The Supacreep, Izzle at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 27 sat Pop Rocks at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10/$20 8pm * sep 27 sat Third Eye Blind (5:45pm), Plain White T's (4:15pm), Alameda All-Stars, Too Slim & The Taildraggers, Petty Theft (tribute), Luv Planet, Lonely Hearts (tribute), Rick Cowling, Tim Cain, Vanessa Schepps, battle of the bands at Stafford Lake Park, Novato a/a $49.50 ($200 vip) 9:30am til 7:30pm *** (Blues by the Lake) sep 27 sat Tiger Army, Said Radio, Wolves & Thieves at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $16/$18 7pm/8pm # *** @ sep 27 sep Aftertayst, Electric Funeral (tribute), Krawl at Spanky's Bar, 8201 Old Redwood Hwy., Cotati 21+ free 9pm ** sep 27 sat Norton Buffalo, Roy Rogers at the Raven Theater, 115 North Street, Healdsburg a/a * sep 27 sat M.M.F.M., Agent Deadlies, Skamikaze Pilots, The Pundits, at Lucky Pizza, 7410 Amador Valley Boulevard, Dublin a/a $5 9pm ** @ 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 27 sat Andre Nickatina, A.R.A.B., Red, The MoRg & XT, G-itez Gwen Stacy at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $25/$30 8:30pm/8pm ** sep 27 sat John Staedler at Simon LeGree's, Hwy 299, Willow Creek ?/? 8pm sep 27 sat moved to Hemlock: Spectrum at 12 Galaxies, S.F. sep 28 sun The Eyesores, P.M.R.C., Blame Shifters, Liquid Pain, Black America at 924 Gilman a/a $5 4pm *** @ sep 28 sun Trees (Portland), Laudanum, Riqis at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $7 ** sep 28 sun Folsom Street Fair, Folsom St. between 7th St. & 12th St., S.F. 12th Street Stage: Shiny Toy Guns (5pm), The English Beat (3:45pm), Von Iva (3pm), Victor Krummenacher, The Bruises, Excuses For Skipping (12:45pm), Leather Title Holders, Fans Of Jimmy Century, Lisa Dewey And The Lotus Life 7th Street Stage: Berlin (5pm), The Presets (3:45pm), Julie Brown, Trannyshack, Pussy Tourette, The Joans, D.I.E. (noon), Carletta Sue Kay at the Folsom Street Fair, S.F. a/a donation 11am *** sep 28 sun Elvin Bishop at Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F. a/a 2pm ** sep 28 sun Calexico at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** sep 28 sun Beach House at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $16 10pm ** sep 28 sun Lou Lou, The Guitarfish at Pirate Cat Radio Cafe, S.F. a/a 8pm ** sep 28 sun Cast Of Thousands, A Black Light, Airfix Kits at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8 9pm ** sep 28 sun Johnny Winter, Buckweat Zydeco, Denise LaSalle, Curtis Salgado Bg Band, David Honeyboy Edwards, Rick Estrin And The Nightcats, Gospel Hummingbirds at Blues Festival, Fort Mason a/a 10am/11am ** (also saturday) sep 28 sun Laura Marling, Johnny Flynn, Mumford And Sons at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 18+ $12 7:30pm ** sep 28 sun Pattern Is Movement, Okay, French Miami at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 28 sun The Entrance Band, Little Joy, Megapuss at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 28 sun Anna K at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $24/$29 8pm ** sep 28 sun Earth, Wind & Fire, Michael McDonald, Angie Stone at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $90/$56/$36 2pm/3pm # ** (KBLX Soul Music Festival 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 28 sun Babyland, Everything Goes Cold, Savior at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $8 7pm *** @ sep 28 sun Barbara Morgenstern (Berlin), Hearts + Horses, dj Mupetblast, dj F.Stop at Java Lounge, Sacramento a/a $5 8pm ** sep 28 sun Vitamin X (Amsterdam), Flower Violence at Casa De Chaos, 1620 21st Street, Sacramento a/a $7 6pm *** @ sep 28 sun Horrorpops, 7 Shot Screamers, The Secretions at Empire Events Center, 1417 R Street, Sacramento a/a $15 7:30pm ** sep 28 sun cancelled: Contaminators (Bakersfield), Face The Rail, Nightstick Justice at Thrillhouse, S.F. (all Thrillhouse shows cancelled) sep 29 mon A Place To Bury Strangers, Sian Alice Group (U.K.), The Blacks at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 29 mon Personal & The Pizzas, Fred Astereo (Austrailia), Nobunny at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 7pm ** sep 29 mon Man/Miracle, Hey Young Believer, Farewell Typewriter, Shayna And The Bulldog at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** sep 29 mon Rosie Flores, James Intveld at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm * (rockabilly) sep 29 mon The Accused (OR), Dayglo Abortions (Canada), Bear Proof Suit (WI), Pullout, Red Tape at Silk Bar, 1011 Del Paso Blvd., Sacramento a/a $8 7pm *** @ sep 29 mon Mindless Self Indulgence, Dearestazazel, I Am The Dream, Innerpartysystem at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a ** @ sep 29 mon cancelled: Huff This, Them Hills, Jeff Thorsby, Alright Class at Thrillhouse Records, S.F. (all Thrillhouse shows cancelled) sep 29/30 Burning Spea at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** sep 30 tue Switchblade Riot at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm * 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 # ** sep 30 tue Peter Hammill at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 30 tue Jamie Lidell, Janelle Monae at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** sep 30 tue The Blag Dahlia at Pirate Cat Radio Cafe, S.F. a/a 6pm ** @ sep 30 tue We Are Wolves at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 18+ $12 9pm ** sep 30 tue Sloan at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 30 tue New Thrill Parade, The James Experience, Stripmall Seizures, Didimao at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 30 tue Spindrift (L.A.), Fauna Valetta, Zodiac Death Valley at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** sep 30 tue Return To Mono, Weather Pending, Micropixie at Boom Boom Room, 1601 Fillmore, S.F. 21+ ** sep 30 tue Dead Ringers, Bear Proof Suit (Milwaukee), Kilgore at the Knockout, S.F. 21+$6 9pm/10pm ** sep 30 tue Senses Fail at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a ** oct 1 wed People Under The Stairs at Amoeba Music, 2455 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a free 6pm ** oct 1 wed Ill Bill, Sean Price at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16 8:30pm/10:15pm ** oct 1 wed James, Bob's Uncle at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** oct 1 wed The Jack Curtis Dubowski Ensemble at Pirate Cat Radio Cafe, S.F. a/a 8pm * oct 1 wed Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip, B. Dolan at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $14 9:30pm ** oct 1 wed Magnus Hitch, The Janks, King Washington at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** oct 1 wed Lazarus, Pillars & Tongues, The Cairo at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 1 wed People Under The Stairs, Common Market, Shawn Jackson at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 1 wed Mstrkrft, Felix Cartal, Congorock at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm ** oct 1 wed Roy Two Thousand, Amplive, RV Salters at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm * oct 1 wed Hang Jones, The Sweet 'n' Lo's, The GoldDiggers at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $5 5pm/8pm ** oct 1 wed The LustKillers at Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz 21+ ** oct 1 wed Shiny Toy Guns at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $16/$18 7pm/7:30pm ** oct 1 wed Hieroglyphics, Blue Scholars at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a ** oct 2 thr Great Big Sea at Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street, S.F. a/a $39.50/$32.50 8pm ** (KFOG) oct 2 thr The Loved Ones, Jackson United, Beat Union at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm *** oct 2 thr Talib Kweli, David Banner, Little Brother at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** oct 2 thr Noah And The Whale at Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F. a/a 6pm * oct 2 thr Sex With No Hands, Dubious Ranger, Full On Flyhead, Atomatronic at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 7:30pm ** oct 2 thr Neva Dinova, McCarthy Trenching, Pillows at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** oct 2 thr Foxtails Brigade, Stitchcraft, Victoria And The Vaudevillains, Honeybody Moonbee at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5/$8 8pm ** oct 2 thr The LustKillers at Caravan, 98 South Almaden Ave., San Jose 21+ ** oct 2 thr A Cursive Memory, A Rocket To The Moon, Brighten, The Urgency, The Lives of Famous Men at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12 8:30pm/8pm *** oct 2 thr We Shot The Moon, The Summer Set, Mercy Mercedes, Burgundy, The Pollination Vectors at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $10 6:30pm ** oct 2 thr Ones & Zeros, Zero Down (WA) at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 8pm ** oct 2 thr Ill Bill, Sean Price at Mazzotti's, 773 8th St., Arcata 21+ $18 9:30pm/11:40pm ** oct 2/3 Ry Cooder - Nick Lowe - Jim Keltner at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** $ (Benefit Richard deLone Special Housing Project) oct 2/3/4 Dark Star Orchestra at thee Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 (7pm/8pm thr) (8pm/9pm fri/sat) # *** oct 2/3 Barrington Levy at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $28/$30 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 3 fri Paul Baribeau, Good Luck, Fischer, Sourpatch at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm ** @ oct 3 fri Sigur Ros, Parachutes at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a $42.50 8pm # ** oct 3 fri French Miami, Death Of A Party, The Dashing Suns at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** oct 3 fri Robert Plant and Alison Krauss featuring T Bone Burnett (5:15pm), The Jerry Douglas Band, Sharon Little, Ruby Jane, MC Hammer (11:30am) at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a free *** oct 3 fri Amon Amarth, Ensiferum, Belphegor, The Absence at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 3 fri Angry Amputees, Get Dead (cd release), Dynamite 8, The Excuse at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm *** @ oct 3 fri Mos Def, Hercules And Love Affair, Rogue Wave at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission St., S.F. a/a $150/$125 9pm ** (Benefit YBCA fund for New Work) oct 3 fri Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Jon Langford's Skull Orchard at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $20 8:30pm * oct 3 fri J-Boogie's Dubtronic Science at Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F. a/a 6pm * oct 3 fri Music For Animals (ep release), dj Casionova (U.K.), dj Omar, dj Audrock at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 10pm ** oct 3 fri The Waco Brothers at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 10pm * oct 3 fri Moggs (record release), Goliath Bird Eater, The Highlands at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** oct 3 fri Floater, Tragedy Andy, Sticks and Stones at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** oct 3 fri Justin Martin, Claude VonStroke, Worthy, Christian Martin, Hookerz & Blow at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $10/$15/$20 10pm ** oct 3 fri Radon at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ 6pm ** oct 3 fri Boom Boom Kid (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Olehole (record release), Drowning With Our Anchors, Master Volume at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/9:30p *** @ oct 3 fri Privies (cd release), Destroyer (tribute), dj at Betty's Rock Bar, 1251 Arroyo Way, Walnut Creek 21+ $10 7:30pm ** oct 3 fri Pride & Joy at the Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway, Redwood City a/a $18/$20 9pm ** oct 3 fri Bonnie Raitt at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95/$75/$55 # *** oct 3 fri The Uglies at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $5 9pm ** oct 3 fri Hostility, ForkTung, Traits Of A Killer, Face Of Brutality at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 8:30pm/8pm *** @ oct 3 fri Budapeg, Frances Samonte, Italia Conte, Delifeath, Vanity Shall Reap, The Men Upstairs, Panik, Cipher Nuance at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $8/$10 5:30pm ** oct 3 fri Heavy Trash, Powersolo, The Aces at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** oct 3 fri REO Speedwagon at Silver Legacy Casino, Silver St. between 4th and 5th, Reno NV 21+ ** oct 3 fri John Staedler at the Wayside Grill, 2217 S Mount Shasta Blvd., Mount Shasta a/a 8pm oct 3 fri Ill Bill, Sean Price at Red Fox Tavern, 415 5th Street, Eureka 21+ $18 9pm/11:20pm ** oct 3 fri cancelled: Boom Boom Kid, Parastic at Thrillhouse Records, S.F. (all Thrillhouse shows cancelled) oct 3/4/5 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, 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 Endless Demise (L.A.), Parasytic (VA), Untill The Fall (S.D.) at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ (Alejandra's Birthday) oct 4 sat Nuts And Bolts at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $7 ** oct 4 sat Steve Earle & The Bluegrass Dukes, John Jorgenson Quintet, Robert Earl Keen, Asleep At The Wheel (5:20pm), Global Drum Project featuring Mickey Hart & Zakir Hussain The Roan Mountain Hilltoppers, Odetta, The Del McCoury Band, Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women, Jerry Jeff Walker (3:45pm), Joe Purdy, Hot Rize, The Desert Rose Band, Nick Lowe (2:45pm), Mark Olson & Gary Louris, Marty Willson-Piper & the Mood Maidens, The Gourds, Bad Livers, Guy Clark & Verlon Thompson, Samantha Robichaud, Three Girls & Their Buddy (Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Shawn Colvin & Buddy Miller) (2:05pm), Mike Farris & the Roseland Rhythm Revue, Richard Thompson (1:30pm), Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band, Waco Brothers, Los Cenzontles featuring Santiago Jimenez, Laurie Lewis & Friends, Sons & Brothers, Carlene Carter, Cyndi Harvell, Tift Merritt, Dry Branch Fire Squad, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Band Joe & The Whyte Laydie (10:45am) at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a free *** oct 4 sat The Dandy Warhols, The Hello Sequence, Upsidedown at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** oct 4 sat Deerhoof, Okay, The Happy Hollows at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 4 sat Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers, Pat McGee at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm/9:30pm ** oct 4 sat Never Healed, Skin Like Iron, Grace Alley at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** (late show) oct 4 sat Nikka Costa at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 4 sat Mark Farina, King Britt, Mike Monday, dj Fluid, Rich Medina, J-Boogie, Rob G. at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $15 10pm ** oct 4 sat Twin Crystals, Ghost Echoes, Late Young, Divine Feud at the Li-Po Lounge, 916 Grant Ave., S.F. 21+ ** oct 4 sat Stormcrow, Born/Dead, Acephalix at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/ 10pm ** @ (Tour Benefit for Stormcrow) oct 4 sat Stenner Glen at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10/$15 8pm ** oct 4 sat Little Yellow Perfect, dj's, fashion show, art exhibit at 111 Minna Gallery, S.F. 21+ $6 8pm * oct 4 sat Stenner Glen at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10/$15 8pm ** oct 4 sat MxPx, Lagwagon, Only Crime, Tat at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $20 7pm/8pm # *** @ $ oct 4 sat Charlie Musselwhite at Cal Maritime; 200 Maritime Academy Drive, Vallejo a/a $10 5pm/6pm oct 4 sat The Summer Set, We Shot The Moon at San Jose Skate, 397 Blossom Hill Road, San Jose a/a ** oct 4 sat Overkill, Warbringer, Toxic Holocaust, Irritant, Kuru at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $17/$20 8:30pm/8pm *** @ oct 4 sat S.T.D., 5 Days Dirty, Fashion City Scandal, Cry For Tomorrow, Alissa Adkins at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $8/$10 6:30pm ** @ oct 4 sat Dead Western, Chelsea Wolfe, Ellie Fortune at Leroy's, 2008 N St., Sacramento a/a free 8pm ** oct 4 sat Madside, The Flood, Split Self, Elosa at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 9pm ** oct 4 sat The LustKillers at the Distillery, 2107 L Street, Sacramento 21+ ** oct 4 sat Robert Plant, Alison Krauss at Konocti Harbor, Kelseyville a/a $118/$69 5pm/7pm # *** oct 4 sat Ill Bill, Sean Price at Community Commons Park, Willow Creek ?/? $20/$25 5pm ** oct 4 sat cancelled: Pirate Band at the Hemlock, S.F. (late show still happening) oct 5 sun car show, dj Tanoa at Forbidden Island Tiki Lounge, 1304 Lincoln Ave., Alameda 21+ free 3pm oct 5 sun Helloween, Gamma Ray at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # ** oct 5 sun Lagwagon, Only Crime, Tat at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a *** @ $ oct 5 sun Castro Street Fair: Main Stage (Market at Castro): Notorious, Lori Michaels, The Rocky Horror Show (live theater performance with live band), David Burnham (N.Y.C.), Diva Bowie (tribute), Caroline Lund, The Needemann Brothers, Cookie Dough and The Monster Show, Yayne Abeba, dj Raffy 18th Street Stage: Smash-Up Derby, ejector, Dave Ford, The Gun & Doll Show, The Last Ambassadors at Castro Street between Market and 18th, S.F. a/a donation 11am ** oct 5 sun Iris DeMent, Tea Leaf Green (5:50pm), Maura O'Connell, Heavy Trash, Emmylou Harris (5:45pm), Loudon Wainwright III, Justin Townes Earle, Pegi Young, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, Gogol Bordello, Iron & Wine, The Waybacks, The Opera Dukes, Earl Scruggs, Bill Kirchen, Elvis Costello's High Whines & Spirits (2:30pm), Greg Brown, Bill Evans String Summit with Megan Lynch, The Infamous Stringdusters, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Ben Kweller, Heidi Clare & AtaGallop, Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys, Hazel Dickens, Red Wine, Alison Brown Quartet with Joe Craven, Riders In The Sky, Moonalice, Kevin Welch & Kieran Kane & Fats Kaplin, Darrell Scott Band, The Wronglers, Poor Man's Whiskey, Jon Langford's Skull Orchard, at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a free *** oct 5 sun Gogol Bordello at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** (Benefit for Muttville) oct 5 sun Bang Camaro, Sound And Fury at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 5 sun Iron And Wine, Sholi at Bimbo's 365 Club, 1025 Columbus Avenue, S.F. 18+ ** (Benefit for Cynthia Noonan) oct 5 sun Cut Copy, The Presets at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm ** (sold out) oct 5 sun Margot & The Nuclear So And So's at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $14 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 5 sun Misisipi Mike, Moe Provencher, Tippy Canoe at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** oct 5 sun Drew Harrison (in the spirit of Lennon) at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm * oct 5 sun Robert Plant, Alison Krauss, T-Bone Burnett at Mountain Winery, 14831 Pierce Road, Saratoga a/a $200/$175/$100/$80 5:30pm/7:30pm # ** oct 5 sun Psychosomatic, Witchaven (L.A.), Devastator, Virulent Death, Voyslis at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $7 ($5 if 21+) 6pm ^ *** @ oct 6 mon Nadja (Toronto), Tecumseh (Portland), Maleficia at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $8 ** oct 6 mon Opeth (Stockholm, Sweden), High On Fire, Baroness (Savanna, Georgia) at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a $22 8pm # *** @ oct 6 mon Stars at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** oct 6 mon Genghis Tron, Yip-Yip, Clipd Beaks at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 6 mon Rachael Yamagata, Kevin Devine at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $16 8pm * oct 6 mon Th' Moonlight Sexy. The Silent Comedy (San Diego), Boom Snake, The Frail at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** oct 6/7 The Black Lips, Grand Ole Party at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 6/7 David Byrne at Davies Symphony Hall, S.F. a/a $86/$60 8pm # ** oct 7 tue Pro/Con, A Kiss Could be Deadly at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $8 ** oct 7 tue Average White Band, Times 4 at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** oct 7 tue Santogold, Mates Of State, Low vs Diamond at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 7pm/8pm # ** $ oct 7 tue Kyle Riabko, Garrin Benfield at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** oct 7 tue Tecumseh, Nadja, Kris Force at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 7 tue Murs at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 7 tue Mongoloid (tribute), XXX (tribute), The History Lesson (tribute - Santa Cruz) at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm/10pm ** (Old School Punk Tribute Night) oct 7 tue Earth, Wind & Fire at Mountain Winery, 14831 Pierce Road, Saratoga a/a $150/$100/$75/$55 5:30pm/7:30pm # ** oct 7 tue Sherwood, The Pink Spiders, The Summer Set, The Reign Of Kindo, Barcelona at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 6:30pm/7pm ** oct 8 wed Restiform Bodies at Amoeba Music, 2455 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a free 6pm ** 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 8 wed High Places, Ponytail, Hawnay Troof at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 8 wed Lady Genius, Horse Feathers (Portland), Nicki Bluhm at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 8pm ** oct 8 wed Pato Banton & The Mystic Roots Band at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20/$22 8:30pm/9pm *** oct 8 wed Awesome Color, Kayo Dot (Boston), New Thrill Parade at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** oct 8 wed Shannon & The Clams, Forever, Nobunny at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ ** oct 8 wed Song Of The Siren, Andalou, French Disco at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** oct 9 thr Ron Sexsmit at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a **h oct 9 thr Plastic People Of The Universe, Little Cow, Forrest Day at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 9 thr Lee Press-On & The Nails, Mark Growden, Kitten On The Keys, 1 Man Banjo, 5 Cent Coffee, Kelly McCubbin The Uke Apocalypse, Brass Farthing, The Whistlaires, Eric Masters (magic), The Indra (burlesque), Honey LeBang (burlesque), Plus Doc Pop The Yoyo Genius, The Doctor Bodie Medicine show, Johnny Steele at Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10-$50 sliding scale 8pm ** (Obamarama - Benefit Barack Obama campaign) oct 9 thr The B Foundation, Bag Of Toys, Josh Fischel at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8pm ** oct 9 thr Dilettantes, Federale (Portland) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 9 thr Giant Sand, El Capitan at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** oct 9 thr The Excuse, New Tomorrow, Seize The Night, Good Neighbor Policy at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** oct 9 thr Sean Hayes at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $17 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 9 thr UnKnown Infinity, Exylum, Paradise Drive, Lethal Injection at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $8/$10 5:30pm ** oct 9 thr Clutch (MD), The Sword, Graveyard at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $23.50/$26 8:30pm *** oct 10 fri The New Trust (cd release), Build Us Airplanes (cd release), Cannons And Clouds, Spires, The Americas at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ oct 10 fri Smokey Robinson at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a # ** oct 10 fri The Zoopy Show, RU36 at Ghost Town Gallery, Oakland a/a $7 8pm ** oct 10 fri Greg Camp, Kevin Cadogan at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** oct 10 fri The Sword at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 10 fri Adele at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** oct 10 fri Pine And Battery, Hey! Brontosaurus, Kiyoshi Foster at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5/$8 8pm ** oct 10 fri Countless Others, The Groggs, Bare Wires at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 10 fri Sila & The Afrofunk Experience, dj Jeremiah & The Afrobeat Nation at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 10 fri The Glitch Mob, Megasoid, Rustie, Eprom, AnaSia at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm ** oct 10 fri The Grannies, Everything Must Go, Ed Mudshi (Marseille, France), Fracas at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm ** @ oct 10 fri Brian Regan at the Marin Center, San Rafael a/a $37.50 7pm/8pm # ** oct 10 fri New Kids On The Block, Natasha Bedingfield at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $78/$58/$38 7pm/8pm # * oct 10 fri Keeping Score, Hello Sailor, Emissary Of Fire, H. Letham, One Shot Suicide at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $8/$10 6:30pm ** oct 10 fri A Borrowed Life, 1618 (Reno), Murderland (L.A.), Lessons In Failure, Bagdad Battery at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 9pm ** oct 10/11 Chris Isaak at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $55 8pm/9pm # *** (was listed as oct 8th and oct 9th) oct 11 sat One Way System (U.K.), Poop (L.A.), Resilience, The Skuds, Flower Violence at 924 Gilman a/a $8 8pm *** @ oct 11 sat Fast Times, Dangerous Curves, Rubenesque Burlesque, Chi Chis Del Fuego, Miss Balla Fire, Holly High Beams, Beauty LaBomb at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 donation 9pm * (burlesque - Benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure) oct 11 sat Joan Osborne at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 11 sat Earthless, Crystal Antlers, Wooden Shjips, SF's Dirty Stealer, Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound, Greg Ashley, The Bad Trips, Ascended Master, Sleepy SU,N, dj Black Fjord, Duke Of Windsor at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $15 2pm/2:30pm *** (Frisco Freakout) oct 11 sat It's A Beautiful Day at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 11 sat Julieta Venegas at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** oct 11 sat Lou Dog Trio, Jimmy 2 Times, Audiodub at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** oct 11 sat Excuses For Skipping, The Dazzling Strangers, Leopold And His Fiction at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 11 sat Tartufi at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ 10pm * oct 11 sat Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm * oct 11 sat Quintron And Miss Pussycat, Peaches Christ, Golden Triangle at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 11 sat Kill Dozer, Hank IV, The Hi-Nobles at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/10pm *** oct 11 sat Walken, Mountain High (Philadelphia), Kowloon Walled City (record release), Loving Thunder (Seattle) at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm ** @ oct 11 sat Dear Indugu (solo), Fighting The Villian, SamVega, Goodby Gadget at the El Rincon, S.F. 18+ $8 8pm ** oct 11 sat Panic At The Disco, Dashboard Confessional, Plain White T's, The Cab at the Events Center, San Jose State a/a # *** oct 11 sat Santana, Salvador Santana Band at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $81/$66/$31 6pm/7pm # *** oct 11 sat Street Dogs, Time Again, Flat Foot 56, Final Summation at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $14 8:30pm/8pm *** @ oct 11 sat Fair Game, Radamus (WA) at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 9pm ** oct 11 sat Abandon Theory at Gateway Music Festival, Penn Valley a/a * oct 11 sat cancelled: Xenophobes, The Fierce Urgency Of Now at Thrillhouse Records, S.F. (all Thrillhouse shows cancelled) oct 12 sun Wolves In The Throne Room, Nachtmystium, Saros, Embers at the Metro, Oakland a/a $12/$15 8pm *** @ oct 12 sun Brad Electro, Extra Action Marching Band, The Bleu Canadians, Apple Pie Hopes, The Clarences, Bunny Numpkins And The Kill Blow-Up Reaction, Liquor Cake, City Slicker Jug Band, dj Tidbit at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $7-$12 4pm sliding scale *** (Fundraiser for City Slicker Farms) oct 12 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap, at McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. $3 10am oct 12 sat Duffy, Sugar Ray, Gavin DeGraw, Sara Bareilles at Sharon Meadows, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a $25 11am/noon # ** (Radio Alice's Now and Zen) oct 12 sun Amorphis, Leaves' Eyes, Samael at Slim's, S.F. a/a $20 7:30pm ** oct 12 sun Rival Schools, Innaway at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 12 sun Bridez, Mythical Beast, Long-Legged Woman at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** oct 12 sun Santana, Salvador Santana Band at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $81/$54/$34 5:30pm/7pm # *** oct 12 sun Unearth, Protest The Hero, The Acacia Strain, Whitechapel, Gwen Stacy at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $18/$20 6:30pm/7pm *** @ oct 12 sun The Disgusteens, No Admission, P.M.R.C., Hybrid Creeps, System Error at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $7 ($5 if 21+) 6pm ^ ** @ oct 12 sun cancelled: Hightower, Bison, Orb Of Confusion at Thrillhouse Records, S.F. (all Thrillhouse shows cancelled) oct 13 mon The Black Kids, The Virgins at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a 7pm/8pm # ** (Live 105) (moved from the Fillmore) oct 13 mon Unearth, Protest The Hero, The Acacia Strain, Whitechapel at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ oct 13 mon Weezer, Angels & Airwaves, Tokyo Police Clubr at the Events Center, San Jose State a/a $49.50 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** oct 13 mon Jason Lee & Chris Pastras at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm * oct 13 mon Tartufi at the Press Club, 2030 P Street, Sacramento 21+ 9pm * oct 13 mon Hollywood Undead, Watch Out! There's Ghosts at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12 7pm/7:30pm ** oct 14 tue Kataklysm, Dying Fetus, Eluveitie, Keep Of Kalessin, Outrage, Dreaming Dead at the Metro, Oakland a/a $17/$20 6pm *** @ oct 14 tue Hollywood Undead, The Frail at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 7pm/8pm ** oct 14 tue Anberlin, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Straylight Run, There For Tomorrow at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** @ oct 14 tue Pendulum at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** oct 14 tue Audrye Sessions, Wild Sweet Orange, Poor Bailey at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** (Live 105) oct 14 tue Dr. Ring Ding, Monkey at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 8pm ** oct 14 tue Dayglo Abortions, The Accused, Good Neighbor Policy at Coasters, Boardwalk Bowl, 115 Cliff Street, Santa Cruz 21+ *** @ oct 14 tue Every Time I Die, Revolutionary Mother, Trash Talk at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** @ oct 14 tue Tartufi at Sue's Java Cafe, Redding a/a 9pm * oct 14/15 Brightblack Morning Light, Iasos, Avocet at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** oct 15 wed Marvelvis, Dirty Jacky, The Provisionals at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** oct 15 wed Wire at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** oct 15 wed The Subdudes at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 15 wed Matt Hales (of Aqualung), Kaiser Cartel at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market St., S.F. a/a $17 7:30pm ** (was oct 18th) oct 15 wed Joe Jackson at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** oct 15 wed The Dead Science (Seattle), The Definite Articles, Brookhaven at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** oct 15 wed Rollercoaster, Nice, The Boiling Suns at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 15 wed Laaz Rockit, Vicious Rumors, Mudface (cd release), War Prayer at Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose 21+ ** oct 15 wed Born Ruffians, Plants And Animals, Nurses at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 15 wed Mest, Automatic Loveletter, Quietdrive, Powerspace, The Ability, Rookie Of The Year at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15 7pm/7:30pm ** oct 15 wed The Accused (OR), Dayglo Abortions (Canada) at the Hideout, Reno NV ?/? *** @ oct 16 thr Street Dogs, Time Again, Flatfoot 56, Druglords Of The Avenues at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 8pm *** oct 16 thr The Dead C, Six Organs Of Admittance at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 16 thr The Accused (OR), Dayglo Abortions (Canada) at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a *** @ oct 16 thr Gaelic Storm at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $18.50 7pm/8pm # ** oct 16 thr Laika & The Cosmonauts (farewell tour), Pollo Del Mar, The Go Going Gone Girls at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** oct 16 thr Mest, Automatic Love Letter, Quiet Drive, Rookie Of The Year, The Ability at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $15/$18 8pm ** oct 16 thr Man/Miracle, Pancho Sanza, Caleb Nichols, No's at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** oct 16 thr Halt The Fall, Neon Black, Heather Waller, Matthew Hatfield, 2 Hot 3 Fast at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $8 ($5 with High School ID) 5:30pm ** oct 16 thr Sexrat at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 8pm * oct 17 fri Plan 9 (10th Anniversary Show), Verse (R.I.), Killing The Dream, Morning Glory at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ oct 17 fri Watain (Uppsala, Sweden), Withered, Book Of Black Earth, Horn Of Dagoth, Necrite, Elk at the Metro, Oakland a/a $15/$18 7pm *** @ oct 17 fri Marti Brom, 1/4 Mile Combo, Kit And The Branded Men at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm ** oct 17 fri Mammatus, Wildildlife, Pegataur, Kowloon Walled City at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $8 ** oct 17 fri Lotus at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 17 fri Apside, Picture Atlantic, Punchface, Django at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8pm/8:30pm ** oct 17 fri Ghostland Observatory at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** oct 17 fri Jahlectrik at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 17 fri Flaming Fire (N.Y.C.), The Rabbles, Cupids at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** oct 17 fri Grupo Fantasma at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 17 fri Johnette Napolitano, Flametal at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $22 9:30pm ** oct 17 fri Dengue Fever (Cambodia) at Bimbo's 365 Club, 1025 Columbus Avenue, S.F. 21+ ** oct 17 fri Gregory Lennox Forbes, Sassy, Molten Grog, Charbo, Chump (L.A.) at Dogpatch Saloon, 2496 Third at 22nd St., S.F. 21+ $8 7pm ** (S.F. Bicycle Ballet) oct 17 fri Quietdrive at San Jose Skate, 397 Blossom Hill road, San Jose a/a ** oct 17 fri 22 Jacks at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm * oct 17 fri Carcerys Vale, More Than Heros at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $8/$10 6:30pm ** (High School Highlight Show) oct 17 fri Of Ashes, Iridescent, Sejeen at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 8pm ** oct 17 fri cancelled: Mondo Cello Fest at Slim's, S.F. oct 17/18 Kings Of Leon, We Are Scientists, The Stills at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** oct 18 sat Oppressed Logic, S.M.D. (Pico Rivera), Crucial Cause, Migraine, Rat Damage at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ oct 18 sat Olehole, Magic Bullets, Master Volume, Whiting Tennis at the Uptown, Oakland 2+ $8 9pm ** oct 18 sat Red Bull Soap Box Race, Dolores Street, S.F. a/a free oct 18 sat Men Women & Children, 3OH3, K'Naan, Cool Kids at Icer Air, McCovey Cove, S.F. a/a # ** (Live 105) (skiers, snowboarders, motocross) oct 18 sat Tower Of Power at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $40 8pm/9pm # *** oct 18 sat Bhi Bhiman, The Stone Foxes, The Moondoggies at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 18 sat Say Hi (To Your Mom), Jukebox The Ghost, The Ian Fays, Princeton at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** @ oct 18 sat 3Oh!3 at the Giants Ball Park, S.F. a/a # ** oct 18 sat Hayes Carll, The Dedringers, Elliot Randall at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm ** oct 18 sat Heroine Shieks, Qui, Triclops! at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 9pm ** @ oct 18 sat Ian Ball, Buddy at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** oct 18 sat M.A.N.D.Y., Picaya, dj Alland Byallo, dj Nikola Baytala, dj Craig Kuna dj Sammy D at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $14 9pm ** oct 18 sat Third Date at Irelands 32, 3920 Geary Blvd., S.F. 21+ free 9pm * oct 18 sat Marabelle Phoenix, Kira Lynn Cain, Porchflies at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** oct 18 sat La Plebe, Moses, The Guitar Zeros at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm ** @ (Frank El Rio and Scott Alcoholocaust Birthday) oct 18 sat Dengue Fever (Cambodia) at the Opera House, Napa a/a ** oct 18 sat Mary J Blige, Robin Thicke at the Pavilio, Concord a/a $120/$74/$34 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** oct 18 sat Marti Brom, 1/4 Mile Combo, Texas Steve & The Git-Gone Trio at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** oct 18 sat The Roots, Gym Class Heroes, Estelle at the Event Center, San Jose State a/a $36 6pm/7pm # ** oct 18 sat Norma Jean, Haste The Day, Mychildren Mybride, Children 18:3:, The Showdown at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ *** @ oct 18 sat Flogging Molly, Jackson United, 22 Jacks at the Radisson, 500 Leisure Lane, Sacramento a/a $25 6pm *** (KWOD) oct 18 sat cancelled: Vox Vaguars at Thrillhouse Records, S.F. (all Thrillhouse shows cancelled) oct 19 sun Voodoo Glow Skulls, Knock-Out at the Uptown, Oakland 2+ $12 9pm ** @ oct 19 sun Bayside, The Matches, Valencia, The Status at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** @ oct 19 sun The Academy Is..., We The Kings, Carolina Liar, Hey Monday at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** oct 19 sun Bob Schneider at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 19 sun Pete And J at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm * oct 19 sun A Single Second, Smash The Glass, Walking Dead at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $7 ($5 if 21+) 6pm ^ ** oct 19 sun Norma Jean, Haste The Day, Mychildren Mybride, Children 18:3:, The Showdown at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a *** @ 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 20 mon Bayside, The Matches, Valencia, The Status at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 6:30pm/7:30pm *** oct 20 mon Patti Smith & Her Band at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** oct 20 mon Suburban Legends, mc Lars, Maldroid at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 7pm ** oct 20 mon 3Oh!3 at San Jose Skate, 397 Blossom Hill road, San Jose a/a ** oct 20 mon cancelled: Screaming Females, No School Fridays, Songs For Moms, Blonde Ambition at Thrillhouse Records, S.F. oct 21 tue Justin Nozuka, Gabe Dixon Band at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 21 tue A Skylit Drive, Chiodos, Escape The Fate, Silverstein at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** @ oct 21 tue The Original Wailers (Junior Marvin, Wya Lindo, Al Anderson) at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 21 tue Lords (Louisville), T.V. Evangelists, Dopecharge at the Knockout, S.F. 21+$6 9pm/10pm ** @ oct 21 tue Jimmy Buffett & The Coral Reefer Band at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $127/$37 7pm/8pm # ** oct 21 tue Casket Blaster, Beerijuana at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm * oct 21 tue 3Oh!3 at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** oct 21/oct 22 Stereolab, Richard Swift (tue), Mondae (wed) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # ** oct 22 wed The Downfalls, Relapse, The Midnight Ghost Train at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $7 ** oct 22 wed Robots Of Fury, We Is Shore Dedicated, Secret Sauce at the Uptown, Oaklan d 21+ free 9pm ** oct 22 wed Dar Williams, Shawn Mullins at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 22 wed Fito Reinoso & Ritmo y Armonia, The John Santos Sextet at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** (Benefit Western Regional Advocacy Project) oct 22 wed Buzzer, Lover, The Safes, Fault Lines at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 22 wed Rose Hill Drive at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 22 wed Nero Nava And The Invitation To Love (record release), The Tip Top Trio, Chiara Angelicola at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm * oct 23 thr Martin Sexton, Ryan Montbleau Band at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $26.50 7pm/8pm # ** oct 23 thr Cool Kids (7:30pm), dj Spider, K'naan, 3Oh3 (Boulder, CO), Men Women & Children (1:15pm), freestyle motocross, skate, BMX, skiers, snowboarders at Icer Air, McCovey Cove (lot A), S.F. a/a $28-$48 # ** (no boards/skates allowed) oct 23 thr Sherwood, The Pink Spiders, Barcelona, The Reign Of Kindo at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 23 thr The Felice Brothers, Deer Tick at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 23 thr Girl In A Coma, Von Iva at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 23 thr The Evangelicals, The Old Fashioned Way at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** oct 23 thr The Mountain Goats, Kaki King at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $22.50 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 23 thr Red Meat, dj Lenny, dj Squiggy at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ free 9pm * (country/bluegrass) oct 23 thr Dynamite 8, Neutral Boy, Get Dead, Dun Bin Had at Coasters, Boardwalk Bowl, 115 Cliff Street, Santa Cruz 21+ ** oct 24 fri One In The Chamber, Maggot Colony, Progeria (L.A.), Godstomper, Verlaten, Thousandswilldie at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ oct 24 fri The Chop Tops at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm ** oct 24 fri Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** oct 24 fri Honeycut at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 24 fri The Bittersweets, Heather Combs at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market St., S.F. a/a $15 7:30pm ** oct 24 fri Mountain Goats, Kaki King at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # ** oct 24 fri Usaisamonster, High Castle, Common Eider King Eider at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 24 fri Sonya Kitchell & The Slip at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 24 fri Shootin' Lucy, The Black Furies, Badstrip, Thunder City at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** oct 24 fri Girl In A Coma, Von Iva at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** oct 24 fri Druglords Of The Avenues, The Re-Volts, The Gibbs at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz 21+ ** oct 24 fri The Kooks at Empire Events Center, Sacramento a/a $18/$20 6:30pm # ** oct 25 sat Bucky Sinister (book release), US Kings, Wardogs, Strangers at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ oct 25 sat Kamelot, Edguy at Slim's, S.F. a/a $26 9pm ** oct 25 sat Melee at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $13 8:30pm/10pm ** oct 25 sat Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues Band, Corey Harris at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 8pm/9pm # ** oct 25 sat Autumn Sky at Pirate Cat Radio Cafe, S.F. a/a 8pm * oct 25 sat Mammatus, Wildildife, 3 Leafs at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 25 sat The Kooks at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** oct 25 sat State Of Grace, Duane Peters Gunfight at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $12 9pm * oct 25 sat The Chop Tops, The Mutilators, Tater Famine at Coasters, Boardwalk Bowl, 115 Cliff Street, Santa Cruz 21+ ** oct 25 sat Everlast, The Lordz at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $20/$22 8:30pm/8pm ** oct 26 sun Cop On Fire (Spain), Acephalix at B.R.S., Richmond a/a $7 6pm ** @ oct 26 sun Toy Soldiers (ep release), Music For Animals, The Attachments, The Buttercream Gang, dj Jamie Jams at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** oct 26 sun Tania Libertad at Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (seated) oct 26 sun Everlast, The Lordz at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 26 sun Cobra Starship, Forever The Sickest Kids, Hit The Lights, Sing It Loud at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $19.50 6pm/7pm # *** oct 26 sun Alison Moyet at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** oct 26 sun Taj Mahal at Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F. a/a 2pm ** oct 26 sun Against Me at the Empire Events Center, 1417 R St., Sacramento a/a $20 7pm/7:30pm *** @ oct 26 sun A New Hope, Storytellers, Rouge Scholars at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $7 ($5 if 21+) 6pm ** oct 27 mon Apocalyptica at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 27 mon Against Me!, Future Of The Left, Ted Leo And The Pharmacists at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** @ oct 27 mon Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster, A Static Lullaby, Showbread, Confide, Attack Attack! at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 6:30pm/7pm *** @ oct 27/28 Girl Talk, Grand Buffet (mon), The Death Set (mon), Hearts Of Darknesses (tue), CX Kidtronik (tue), at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm # ** oct 28 tue The Damned at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** @ oct 28 tue Ane Brun, Tobias Froberg at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** oct 28 tue Jenny Lewis, Beachwood Sparks at the Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Ave., S.F. a/a $27.50 8pm # ** oct 28 tue Zu (featuring Mike Patton) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 28 tue Fujiya & Miyagi at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 28 tue Sunburned Hand Of The Man, Franklin's Mint at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 28 tue The Major Labels, Alan Clapp, Pedestrian, The Corner Laughters at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5/$8 8pm ** oct 28 tue Cobra Starship, Forever The Sickest Kids, Hit The Lights, Sing It Loud at the Empire Events Center, 1417 R St., Sacramento a/a $19/$20 6pm/6:30pm *** oct 28/29 Maxwell, Jazmin Sullivan at the Paramount, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $126/$76/$40 7pm/8pm # ** oct 29 wed Alana Sveta, Talons Of Peace, Orbiter 500 at the Uptown, Oakland d 21+ free 9pm ** oct 29 wed Devin The Dude, Coughee Brothaz at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 29 wed Voices Of Latin Rock at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a * oct 29 wed Maus Haus (record release), Fantastic Magic, Casy & Brian at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 8pm ** oct 29 wed Schande, Nobody Beats at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 29 wed Talkdemonic at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm * oct 29 wed Vince Gill at Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa a/a # ** oct 29 wed The Damned, The Sermon at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $25 9pm *** @ oct 29/30 Crystal Castles, Lymbyc System at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 30 thr Zombie Death Stench, Beerijuana at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $7 ** oct 30 thr Cassandra Wilson at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** oct 30 thr Chuck Ragan, Ben Nichols, Tim Barry, Tom Gabel at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** oct 30 thr Asobi Seksu, Shuteye Unison at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** oct 30 thr Robocop 3, The Reaction SF, Unit Breed at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 30 thr Roger Rocha & The Goldenhearts, Nuturah, Wish Inflicted at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** oct 30 thr Tainted Love at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm ** oct 30 thr Soulwax, dj's, J.D.H. And Dave P, Richie Panic at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $18 9pm ** oct 31 fri Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster, A Static Lullaby, Showbread, Confide, Attack Attack! at Blake's, Berkeley a/a $13 6:30pm ** oct 31 fri Maldroid, Mystic Nights Of The Cobra at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** oct 31 fri Corrupted, Ludicra, Asunder at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ oct 31 fri Dorando, Morris Day & The Time, Nino Moschella at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** oct 31 fri Umphrey's McGee, The New Deal at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** oct 31 fri Hot Tub at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $15 ($10 for 21+) 10pm ** oct 31 fri Albino!, Toubab Krewe at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16/$18 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 31 fri The Blacks, The Red Verse, The New Centuries, dj Mario Muse at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** oct 31 fri Sex With No Hands, The Excellent Gentlmen, Dubious Ranger at Irelands 32, 3920 Geary Blvd. at 3rd Ave., S.F. 21+ 8pm ** oct 31 fri Mi Ami, Steve Summers at the Li-Po Lounge, 916 Grant Ave., S.F. 21+ 10pm * oct 31 fri Hightower, Hot Lunch, Kilgore at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 ($5 if in costume) 9pm/10pm ** (5th Annual Gnargoyle Costume Bash) oct 31 fri Port, Crackerjack Highway at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** oct 31 fri Yelle, Passion Pit, dj Friendly Fires, dj Aaron Axelsen, dj Omar at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $20/$25 9pm ** oct 31 fri Senses Fail, Dance Gavin Dance, Foxy Shazam, Sky Eats Airplane at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a *** nov 1 sat Blacklisted (PA), Ceremony, Have Heart (WA), Let Down, Sabertooth Zombie at 924 Gilman a/a $10 8pm *** @ nov 1 sat Kem at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a # ** nov 1 sat The Lovemakers, The Heavenly States, Minipop at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $15 9pm ** nov 1 sat Umphrey's McGee at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** nov 1 sat Tom Morello: Nightwatchman at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** nov 1 sat Scissors For Lefty (ep release), White Lies (U.K.), Japanese Motors (Costa Mesa) dj Aaron Axelsen at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm *** nov 1 sat The Spinto Band, Frightened Rabbit at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $12/$14 9pm/10pm ** nov 1 sat Parts & Labor at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * nov 1 sat Lykke Li, Friendly Fires at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 1 sat Switch, Claude Von Stroke, Worthy, Eric Sebastian at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $17 9pm ** nov 1 sat Snowy Plover, The Unit Breed, Top Critters, Cloister at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** nov 1 sat No Use For A Name, Jonny Manak & The Depressives at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $12 9pm ** @ nov 1 sat Thee Imposters, The Disgusteens, Banda Newsense at Java Lounge, 2416 16th St., Sacramento a/a $5 8pm ** nov 1 sat Ill Effect (cd release) at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 9pm * nov 1 sat Neil Young, Death Cab For Cutie, Everest at Reno Events Center, 300 N Center St., Reno, NV # *** nov 1/2 Madonna at the Arena, Oakland a/a $390/$195/$120/$70 7pm/8pm # *** nov 1/2 Roky Erickson, The Black Angels at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 2 sun Jason Mraz, Lisa Hannigan at the Greek Theatre, U.C. Berkeley a/a $42.50 3pm # ** nov 2 sun The Spinto Band, Frightened Rabbit at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 2 sun Shudder To Think at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** nov 2 sun Jack's Mannequin, Eric Hutchinson, Treaty Of Paris at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** (Live 105) nov 2 sun The Hackensaw Boys at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm * nov 2 sun Magnetic Morning at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 7:30pm/8pm ** nov 2 sun Meridians, Lowlights at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * nov 3 mon Ray Lamontagne at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $49.50/$35/$25 7pm/8pm # ** nov 3 mon Citizen Cope (solo acoustic) at the Palace of Fine Arts, S.F. a/a $30 8pm # ** nov 3 mon Diplo, Abe Vigoda, Boy 8 Bit, Telepathe at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 3 mon Tiger Lilies at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market St., S.F. a/a $27 7:30pm ** nov 3 mon Torche, Coliseum, Clouds at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** nov 3 mon Mitch Mitchell, Billy Cox, Buddy Guy, Jonny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Eric Johnson, David Hidalgo, Cesar Rojas, Robby Krieger, Hubert Sumlin, Chris Layton, Mato Nanji, Doyle Bramhall at Nob Hill Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $80/$60/$45 7pm/8pm # ** (tribute to Jimi Hendrix) nov 3 mon Secret Machines, The Dears at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $22 7:30pm/8pm ** nov 4 tue All Time Low, Every Avenue, Mayday Parade, The Maine at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** nov 5 wed Jedi Mind Tricks, Outerspace at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ ** nov 5 wed All Time Low, Mayday Parade, The Maine, Every Avenue at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $20 7pm/7:30pm ** nov 6 thr Face To Face at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** nov 6 thr Electric Six, Local H at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 6 thr Jedi Mind Tricks, Outerspace at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** nov 6 thr Jeremy Jay (L.A.), Musee Mecanique, dj Sleeves On Hearts at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** nov 6 thr Jeans Team at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 6 thr Brett Dennen at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 7 fri Jim Gaffigan at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** nov 7 fri Third Date at Beckett's, 2271 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley 21+ free 10pm * nov 7 fri Ingrid Michaelson, Newton Faulkner, David Ford at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 7 fri Starfucker, Master/Slave at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** nov 7 fri Reinhardt, Daniel Wang, Robot Hustle, dj's at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ 10pm ** nov 7 fri Kofy Brown, Stymie And The Luv Orchestra, Sistas In The Pit, Shelley Doty at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 8pm ** nov 7 fri Rise Against, Alkaline Trio, Thrice, The Gaslight Anthem at the Event Center, San Jose State a/a $29.50 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** @ nov 7 fri Japanese Motors, Goodness Gracious Me at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $8/$10 9:30pm ** nov 7/8 Old Crow Medicine Show at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $28.50 7pm/8pm # ** nov 7/8 Issac Delgado at Bimbo's 365 Club, 1025 Columbus Avenue, S.F. 21+ ** nov 8 sat Corrupted (Japan), Asunder, Amber Asylum, Stormcrow at 924 Gilman a/a 7:30pm *** @ nov 8 sat Kev's Choice Ensemble, Damon & The Heathens, Mic Gillette, Monophonics at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** nov 8 sat Cowboy Mouth at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** nov 8 sat Heartless Bastards, The Broken West at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 8 sat Sleepy Sun, Citadelle, Slang Chickens at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** nov 8 sat As A People, Vin Rouge, The Cons at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 8pm ** nov 8 sat Copeland, Lights, Lovedrug, Lydia at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** nov 8 sat O.P.M., Rebelution, The Expendables at the Senator Theatre, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a *** nov 9 sun The Ruse, Calamity Magnet at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** nov 9 sun Glen Phillips, Jonatha Brooke at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** (seated show) nov 9 sun Keller Williams, Mosley, Droll And Sipe at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # ** nov 9 sun The King Khan at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 9 sun Forever, Shannon & The Clams, Schwule at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** nov 10 mon Danzig, Dimmu Borgir, Moonspell, Skeletonwitch, Winds Of Plague at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** @ (Blackest Of The Black Festival) nov 10 mon Dungen at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $14 9pm/10pm ** nov 10 mon Copeland, Lovedrug, Lydia, Lights at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** nov 11 tue Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers, The Mother Truckers at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** nov 11 tue Uh Huh Her at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm # ** nov 11 tue Crooked Fingers, Port O' Brien at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 11 tue Ludo, The Higher, Eye Alaska, Army Of Freshmen at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 7pm/7:30pm ** nov 12 wed Borstal Holiday, Deeper, Superfinos Vto at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** nov 12 wed Ludo, The Higher, Eye Alaska, Army Of Freshmen at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 7pm/7:30pm ** nov 12 wed Robyn Hitchcock (performing record "I Often Dream of Trains") at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 7pm/8pm # ** nov 12 wed Bishop Allen, An Horse, Electric Owls at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** nov 12 wed Hanson at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** nov 12 wed Vic Chesnut, Elf Power at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $12 8pm ** nov 12 wed Ozomatli, Chali 2na at the Senator Theatre, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a ** nov 13 thr The Devil Wears Prada, Underoath, The Famine, Saosin at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** @ nov 13 thr Mason Jennings at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** nov 13 thr Bat Makumba, dj Jeremiah & The Afrobeat Nation, Sambamora Dance Co., Blocura, dj Sep at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 13 thr Blank Blue (dj Nobody and Niki Randa), Damon Aaron at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm * nov 13 thr Growing at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * nov 13 thr Tainted Love at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm ** nov 13 thr Darker My Love at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 13 thr The Ruse, Calamity Magnet at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 8pm ** nov 14 fri John Doe & Kathleen Edwards at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** nov 14 fri Mudvayne, 10 Years, Snot at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** @ nov 14 fri Ty Segall at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * nov 14 fri Desecrato, Nasci, Interseed at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** nov 14 fri A Single Second, Giant Squid, Prize Country (OR), Voyslis at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 8pm ** nov 14/15 The Legendary Pink Dots at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $17/$20 9:30pm ** nov 14/15 Galactic, Crown City Rockers at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $28.50 8pm/9pm # *** nov 14/15 The Breeders at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** nov 14/15 Grace Potter And The Nocturnals at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 15 sat K.D. Lang at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a # ** nov 15 sat Carrie Underwood, Little Big Town at the Arena, Oakland a/a # ** nov 15 sat Duane Peters Gunfight, Everybody Out!, Deadly Sins at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm ** nov 15 sat Joe Satriani, Mountain at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** nov 15 sat American Steel at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/10pm *** nov 15 sat Job For A Cowboy, Hate Eternal, All Shall Perish, Animosity, Annotation Of An Autopsy at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15/$17 7pm/7:30pm *** @ nov 15 sat Push Push Pull, A Moments Notice, Josiah James, The Color Amnesty at Club Retro, Orangevale $10 6:30pm ** nov 16 sun Jason Isbell (acoustic) at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm * nov 16 sun Dead Confederate at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm/8pm ** nov 16 sun Trans-Siberian Orchestra at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $49.50/$39.50 7pm/8pm # ** nov 16/17 Lucinda Williams at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $42,50 7pm/8pm # ** nov 17 mon Alanis Morissette at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $65/$59/$40 8pm # *** nov 17 mon Rachael Yamagata, Meiko, Thao Nguyen, Kate Havnevik, Lenka, Emily Wells at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 17 mon Misfits, Lonely Kings, Tall Black Girls at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** nov 18 tue Bruises, Archways, Efft at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * nov 18 tue Minus The Bear, Annuals, Helms Alee at Empire Events Center, 15th & R St., Sacramento a/a $18/$20 7:30pm ** nov 18 tue Beardo, Mickey Avalon at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** nov 18 tue Gwar, Kingdom Of Sorrow, Toxic Holocaust at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a *** @ nov 18/19 Joan Baez at the Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Avenue, S.F. a/a $49.50 8pm # *** $ nov 19 wed mc Lars, mc Frontalot at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $15 9pm * nov 19 wed Los Lonely Boys at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # ** nov 19 wed Melissa Ferrick at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 7:30pm/8pm ** nov 19 wed Heavenly Trip To Hell, Death Pilot, Left Of Christ, Storybook Of Stars at Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose 21+ ** nov 19 wed Gwar, Kingdom Of Sorrow, Toxic Holocaust at the Senator Theatre, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a *** @ nov 19 wed cancelled: The Cinematic Orchestra at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. nov 19/20 Mickey Avalon, Beardo at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** nov 20 thr Gwar, Kingdom Of Sorrow, Toxic Holocaust at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** @ nov 20 thr Medeski Martin & Wood at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 7pm/8pm # ** nov 20 thr Matthew Sweet at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 20 thr The Hot Toddies, The Attachments, The Ian Fays, Dj Elise at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 8pm ** nov 20 thr Tainted Love at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm ** nov 20 thr Elisa at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** nov 20 thr The Theatre Fire at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * nov 20 thr Los Lonely Boys at University Union Ballroom, Sacramento State, 6000 J St., Sacramento a/a $25 ($20 Sac. State students) 7:30pm ** nov 21 fri Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm ** nov 21 fri Donna The Buffalo at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 21 fri Of Montreal at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** nov 21 fri 36 Crazyfists, In Flames, All That Remains, Gojira at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** @ nov 21 fri Krs-One at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $25 8pm *** nov 21 fri Or, The Whale, The Silent Comedy at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** nov 21 fri Lisa Lampanelli at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a # ** nov 21 fri The Stitches, The Forgotten, The Runs at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** @ nov 21 fri Sgyf (CO), James Hunicutt at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** nov 21/22 Gov't Mule at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $36.50 7pm/8pm # 8* nov 22 sat Cheech & Chong at Community Theatre, 2134 Martin Luther King Way, Berkeley a/a $59.50/$39.50 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** nov 22 sat My Brightest Diamond, Clare & The Reasons at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market St., S.F. a/a $16 7:30pm ** nov 22 sat Metro Station, Shmayze, Tyga at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** nov 22 sat Aids Wolf, A.H. Kracken at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** nov 22 sat Pierce The Veil, Breathe Carolina, Four Letter Lie, Emarosa at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/8pm ** nov 23 sun Five Finger Death Punch, In This Moment, Bury Your Dead, Another Black Day at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** @ nov 23 sun Bring Me The Horizon, Misery Signals, Ghost Inside, Johnny Truant at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** nov 23 sun Hurts To Laugh (Nashville), Taargus Taargus at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** nov 23 sun Cash Cash, Metro Station, Shwayze, Tyga at the Senator Theatre, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a ** nov 23/24 Hold Steady, Drive By Truckers at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 7pm/8pm # ** nov 24 mon Deerhunter, Times New Viking at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 24 mon Portugal. The Man, Earl Greyhound, Wintersleep at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** nov 25 tue Hellogoodbye, Ace Enders at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** nov 25 tue Nudity, Lumerians at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** nov 25 tue Portugal The Man, Earl Greyhound, Wintersleep at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** nov 26 tue Half Handed Cloud, Fertile Crescent at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** nov 28 fri M83, School Of Seven Bells at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $21.50 8pm/9pm # ** nov 28 fri New Riders Of The Purple Sage at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 28 fri Cute Is What We Aim For, A Rocket To The Moon, Automatic Loveletter at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** nov 28 fri After The Flesh, Zero Ground at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 8pm ** nov 29 sat Hot Buttered Rum at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # ** nov 29 sat Blowoff (hosted & dj'd by Bob Mould & Rich Morel) at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** nov 29 sat Bowerbirds, Palms at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** nov 30 sun Hanson Brothers at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** $ nov 30 sun Cheech & Chong at the Performing Arts, San Jose a/a $59.50/$39.50 6pm/7pm # *** dec 2 tue AC/DC at the Arena, Oakland a/a $94.50 (all reserved) 8pm # *** dec 2 tue The Sea And Cake, Field Music at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** dec 4 thr Over The Rhine at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $28.50 7pm/8pm # ** dec 4 thr Los Amigos Invisibles at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $22 8:30pm/9pm ** dec 4 thr Dengue Fever (Cambodia) at Scripps College Performing Arts Center, Claremont a/a free ** dec 5 fri George Lopez at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a # ** dec 5 fri Ours, Plain Jane Automobile at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** dec 5/6 Los Lobos, David Lindley at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $39.50 7pm/8pm # ** dec 6 sat Chicago Blues Reunion Band at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** dec 6 sat Frank Caliendo at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** dec 6 sat Tower Of Power at Cache Creek Casino, 14455 Hw. 16, Brooks 18+ ** dec 11 thr Tartufi at the Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St. S.F. 21+ 10pm * dec 11/12/13/14 Ozomatli at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $26.50 7pm/8pm thr/sun 8pm/9pm fri/sat # ** dec 12/13 Kottonmouth Kings at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** dec 13 sat Vienna Teng at Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street, S.F. a/a $27.50 8pm # ** dec 13 sat Dolorata, Francis Bakin, Sticks And Stones at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 8pm ** dec 13 sat Amanda Palmer And The Danger Ensemble, The Builders And The Butchers, Zoe Keating at Harlow's, 2708 J Street, Sacramento 21+ $20/$25 9pm ** dec 15/16/17/18/19/20 The Black Crowes at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $49.50 (8pm/9pm mon-thr) (9pm/10pm fri/sat) *** dec 17 wed The Cheetah Girls at the Arena, Oakland a/a # * dec 17 wed Sarah Brightman at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $250/$125/$75/$50 7pm/8pm # ** dec 17/18 Mercury Rev at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 7:30pm/8pm ** dec 20 sat Metallica, Lamb Of God, The Sword at the Arena, Oakland a/a $83.50 (ga floor) $61.50 (reserved seating) 7pm # *** @ $ dec 26 fri Two Gallants at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 8pm/9pm # ** dec 26 fri Wayne Hancock at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $12 9pm ** dec 26/27 X at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** dec 27 sat Wayne Hancock, The B-Stars at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12/$15 9pm ** dec 27 sat Blackalicious at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $26.50 8pm/9pm # ** dec 28/29/30/31 The Radiators at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $40 ($100 12/31) 9pm ** dec 30 tue Tea Leaf Green at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $25/$27 8pm/9pm ** dec 31 wed The Slackers, The Impalers at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** dec 31 wed Jackie Greene at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** dec 31 wed Les Claypool plays Zappa Zappa, Tim Fite at War Memorial Opera House, 301 Van Ness Ave., S.F. a/a # *** $ dec 31 wed George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, The Greyboy All Stars at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** $ dec 31 wed Tea Leaf Green at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $30/$35 ($75 vip) 9pm/10pm ** jan 9/10 Tower Of Power at the Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway, Redwood City 21+ ** jan 11 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap, at McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. $3 10am feb 13 fri The Reverend Horton Heat, Throw Rag at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma 18+ $25 7pm/8pm *** (full bar show) feb 13 fri Kungfu Vampire at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** mar 7 fri 20 Minute Loop at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm ** * 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-3am C L U B I N F O R M A T I O N ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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+ 18+ 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, 7431 Madison Ave., Citrus Heights 21+ a/a 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 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 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 Metro, 630 3rd St. at M.L.K., Oakland a/a 510-763-1146 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 New Oasis, 2100 Victorian Ave., Sparks, NV a/a 530-898-1497 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+ Pirate Cat Radio Cafe, 2781 21st Street, S.F. a/a 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 Regency Grand Ballroom, 1300 Van Ness Avenue, S.F. a/a 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 (all live shows cancelled) 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 Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose 21+ 408-286-8636 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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