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 February 13, 2009 feb 13 fri Arise (record release), Thousandswilldie, Destroy The Colassus, The Aftermath, Embryonic Devourment, Clavo Oxiado at 924 Gilman a/a $8 7:30pm *** @ feb 13 fri Pillager (record release), Deadly Remains (Santa Rosa), Artery (Concord), Dimensions Of Gore, Volkemord at Your Hauz, Oakland a/a $6 8pm *** @ feb 13 fri Hobo Gobbelins at Book Zoo, 6395 Telegraph Ave. Oakland a/a free 8pm * feb 13 fri Will Downing, Gerald Albright at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/aa $49.50/$39.50 (all seated) 8pm # ** (KBLX - Oakland School of the Arts Combo) feb 13 fri Michel Doneda, Tony Dryer, Jacob Felix Heule at Soja Martial Arts, 2406 Webster St., Oakland $6-$10 9pm * feb 13 fri Black Widows Gothic Strip Review, dj Fact50, dj Tomas Diablo at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** feb 13 fri The Floating Corpses, Headless Lizzy And Her Icebox Pussy, dj Mina, dj Death Boy at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $6 ** @ feb 13 fri Soul Broker, Curmudgeon, Scurvy Bastards, Butcher at the Metro, Oakland 21+ $10 8pm/9pm ** @ (Damnweevil not playing) feb 13 fri NoFX, Smoke Or Fire, The Kegels at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm *** @ (sold out) feb 13 fri The Hundred Days, Overview, Judgement Day, The Federalists at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13 8:30pm ** feb 13 fri Juana Molina, Charles Atlas at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** feb 13 fri The Airborne Toxic Event, The Henry Clay People, Rademacher at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 13 fri Judas, Red Handed, Grace Alley, Rad, Secret People at Sub-Mission Art Space, 2183 Mission Street, S.F. a/a $7 7:30pm ** feb 13 fri Verbal Abuse, The Bar Feeders, T.V. Evangelists, Ebonics, Seduce The Dead (Santa Cruz) at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $7 9pm/9:30pm *** @ feb 13 fri The Rabbles, The Aersols, Anderson Congress at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** feb 13 fri Pine & Battery, Mike Gibbons at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10/$15 8pm ** (Benefit for Sweetwater) feb 13 fri The Lovely Public, Charles (Chuck) Gonzalez at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ * (costume/valentine's party) feb 13 fri The Reverend Horton Heat, Throw Rag at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma 18+ $25 7pm/8pm *** (full bar show) feb 13 fri Tempus Fury, Electric Funeral (tribute), Wretched Exssess at Last Day Saloon, 120 5th St. at Davis St., Santa Rosa 21+ $10 9pm ** feb 13 fri Picture Atlantic, Sky Highway, Dizzy Balloon, I The Mighty, Today In Paradise at the Study (A.C.C.), 6445 Camden Ave, San Jose a/a $8 6pm/6:30pm ** @ (new all ages venue in san jose - over by 10pm) feb 13 fri Kungfu Vampire at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** feb 13 fri Tomorrow's Bad Seeds at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 13 fri Deadbillys, Tater Famine, The Cruz Missiles, The Cranks at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 ** (Bildo's Birthday) feb 13 fri S.T.D., 5 Days Dirty at 180 Teen Center, 17 West Lockeford Street, Lodi a/a $5 6:30pm ** @ feb 13 fri Nothing But Losers, And All Was Lost, Stigmurder, Kranial Damage, Descend at Modesto Virtual, 947 10th St., Modesto a/a $10 6:30pm ** @ feb 13 fri D.B.L., Electric Silver Lightning, City Of Trees, Flo, dj A Run at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 8pm ** feb 13 fri Agent Orange at the Tonic Lounge, 231 West 2nd Street, Reno, NV 21+ *** @ feb 13 fri Horror Business, Pinhead and Rats In The Hallway at the Maltese, 1600 Park Avenue, Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** feb 13/14 Tainted Love at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $23 8pm/9pm ** feb 13/14 Todd Snider at John Ascuaga's Nugget Hotel/Casino, Sparks NV ?/? ** feb 14 sat Fog Of War, Zombie Holocaust, Exmortus (L.A.), Bonded By Blood (L.A.), Rattlehead (L.A.), Invection at 924 Gilman a/a $8 7:30pm *** @ feb 14 sat Bill Cosby (2 shows) at the Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $54/$44 5pm and 8:30pm # *** feb 14 sat Marble Sky, Evan Miller, George Chen, Liminal Planes at AT Terminal 10, 3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland a/a $5 ** feb 14 sat Michel Doneda, David Wessel at C.N.M.A.T., 1750 Arch Street, Berkeley a/a $12 ($6 students) 8pm * feb 14 sat Hapless, J.R.K., Cycloptopus, Seduce The Dead at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9:30pm ** feb 14 sat The Action Design, Excuses Fro Skipping at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** feb 14 sat The Reverend Horton Heat, Throw Rag, Shitkickers at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # *** feb 14 sat NoFX, Smoke Or Fire, Druglords Of The Avenues at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $22 8pm *** @ (sold out) feb 14 sat dj Bob Mould, dj Rich Morel at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 10pm ** feb 14 sat Merl Saunders (75th Birthday) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** feb 14 sat Robin Thicke at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $62.50/$45.50 9pm # ** feb 14 sat The Appleseed Cast, The Union Trade, Audio Out Send at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/10pm ** feb 14 sat Hunx & His Punx, Dreamdate, Shannon & The Clams at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** feb 14 sat Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, Tim Reynolds, TR3 at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $22 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 14 sat The Husbands, The Rock N Roll Adventure Kids, Ty Segall at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm *** @ feb 14 sat Wonder Bread 5 at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm * feb 14 sat Wicked Mercies, The Barbary Coasters, The Tomorrow Men at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** feb 14 sat Fast Times at Maggie McGarry's, 1353 Grant St., S.F. 21+ free 10pm * feb 14 sat The Aviators, Cloverleaf Drive, Caddy Wampuss, Dizzle And Vanilla at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** @ feb 14 sat Electric Funeral (tribute), Aftertayste, Krawl, Tornback at Spancky's, 8201 Old Redwood Highway, Cotati 21+ free 9pm ** feb 14 sat Terry Lauderdale Band at Mojo's, 3714 Peralta Blvd., Fremont 21+ $5 8pm * feb 14 sat Agent Orange, Among The Living, Jokes For Feelings at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm *** @ feb 14 sat A.L.O. (Animal Liberaton Orchestra) at Moes Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz 21+ ** feb 14 sat Early States, Man Automatic, Save And Continue, Fair Game, The Grumpy, Larisa Bryski's (acoustic), For Steven (acoustic), Tyler Weinrich (acoustic), Steve Mahoney's (acoustic) at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $8 6:30pm/7pm *** (Benefit UC Davis Children's Hospital Benefit - 98 Rock) feb 14 sat Madball, Hoods, Alpha & Omega, Give Em Hell, Take Pride at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a *** @ feb 14 sat The Airborne Toxic Event at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $8/$10 9:30pm ** feb 14 sat Tattooed Love Dogs, KB & The Slingtones, Stars & Garters at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 8pm ** feb 14 sat Mark Hummel, Rick Estrin at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, 15 Hwy 50, Stateline, NV 21+ ** feb 15 sun 924 Gilman clean up day at 924 Gilman a/a noon-5pm (free pizza for volunteers) feb 15 sun Lykke Li, Wildbirds, Peacedrums at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** feb 15 sun The Murder City Devils, Triclops (late show), Silverghost (early show) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** @ (both shows sold out) feb 15 sun NoFX (25th Anniversary), Youth Brigade, Turbonegra (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. a/a $23 8pm *** @ (sold out) feb 15 sun Winsome Griffles, The Brothers Comatose at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm/5pm ** feb 15 sun Madball, Alpha And Omega, Alcatraz, Crucified at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $13 8pm *** @ feb 15 sun Andy Mckee at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $17 7:30pm ** feb 15 sun Don Caballero, Sbach, dd/mm/yyyy at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 15 sun The Amazing Embarrasonic, Hot Gog at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** feb 15 sun Warsaw Poland Brothers vs. Uprite West Coast Collective, dj Sep at Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 9pm ** (live recording) feb 15 sun Fix My Head, Etacarinae (Spain/Portugal), Acephalix, Cretaceous at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 4pm/5pm (over by 8:30pm) *** @ feb 15 sun The Estate, Sofa Kings at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** feb 15 sun Kami Nixon And The Skiddy Knickers at Irelands 32, 3920 Geary Blvd. at 3rd Ave., S.F. 21+ 7:30pm * feb 15 sun A.L.O. (Animal Liberaton Orchestra) at McNears Mystic Theater, 23 Petaluma Blvd., Petaluma ?/? ** feb 15 sun Thursday, Four Year Strong, Bring Me The Horizon, Pierce The Veil, Cancer Bats at Civic Auditorium, 408 South Almaden Blvd., San Jose a/a $25.25 5pm/6pm # *** @ (Taste of Chaos) feb 15 sun The Reverend Horton Heat, Throw Rag, Shitkickers at Voodoo Lounge, San Jose 21+ 9pm *** feb 15 sun Lessons In Failure, Machete, Peaceable Jones, The Black Chords, The Scowndrolls at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $7 ($5 if 21+) 6pm ** @ feb 16 mon movie screening: 'Let Them Know: The Story of Youth Brigade and BYO Records' at Roxie Movie House, 3117 16th St., S.F. a/a (see below) feb 16 mon Youth Brigade, Filthy Thieving Bastards, Nothington at thee Parkdside, S.F. a/a $10 8pm *** @ (after Roxie movie screening) feb 16 mon Kajillion at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 16 mon The Myonics, Beef Donut, Violet Hour at Blondie's, 540 Valencia Street, S.F. 21+ free 9:30pm ** feb 16 mon Flexx Bronco, The Dirty Callahans (Norway), Bexar County Bastards at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** feb 16 mon See The Elephant, Prelude To Ruin at Route 92, San Mateo 21+ free 9pm ** feb 16 mon Joan Baez at Golden State Theatre, 417 Alvarado Street, Monterey a/a # *** feb 16 mon Thursday, Bring Me The Horizon, Four Year Strong, Pierce The Veil, Cancer Bats at the Senator Theater, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a *** @ (Taste of Chaos) feb 17 tue Hobo Gobbelins, Venat, dj Death Boy, dj Mina at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $6 9pm ** feb 17 tue Weasel Walter Group at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm * feb 17 tue Susan Tedeschi, James Hunter at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # ** feb 17 tue Joshua Radin, Meiko, Jesse Harris at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** feb 17 tue The Music Tapes, Nana Grizol (Athens, Georgia), Brian Dewan at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 17 tue Comadre, The Swellers, Don't Trip, Loma Prieta, Olehole, Laugh It Up at Sub-Mission Art Space, S.F. a/a $10 7pm ** @ feb 17 tue Lisa Hannigan, Gavin Glass at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** feb 17 tue World Record Appreciation Society, Date Nite at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** feb 17 tue Post Ventura, Collider, Mosshead at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** feb 17 tue Of The Other, Barney Cauldron, Black Eagle Trust at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** feb 17 tue Officer Down, The Rebel Spell (Vancouver, B.C.), Lepish, Poison Control at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 8pm/9pm ** @ feb 17 tue Thee Poop Chutes at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $2 8pm * feb 17 tue Moira Scar, dj Saradorable, Bunny Whiskers, El Diablo at Aunt Charlies, 133 Turk Street, S.F. 21+ $3 11pm * feb 17 tue NoFX, Youth Brigade, Smoke Or Fire at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $22.50/$24 7:30pm/8:30pm *** @ feb 17 tue Agtent Orange at Whiskey Dick's, 2660 Lake Tahoe Blvd., Lake Tahoe 21+ *** @ feb 18 wed Farewell Typewriter, Sun House, Walty at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** feb 18 wed Interstellar Grains, Los Webelos, Cash Pony at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 ** feb 18 wed The Drums, Foot Village, T.I.T.S., Casy And Brian at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 18 wed A Wilhelm Scream, Setoff, Banda Newsense at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** feb 18 wed Blue Rodeo at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** feb 18 wed Edmund Welles, Go Go Fightmaster, Ambassador Of Trouts at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** feb 18 wed Tamarama at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 18+ $10 8pm ** feb 18 wed I've Ruined You Over The Years, The Albert Square, Touch Committee at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $6 8pm ** feb 18 wed Rockfight, Semi-Evolved Simians, Ashtray, Snag, P.M.R.C., Violation at the Tradewinds, 8210 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati 21+ free 8pm ** feb 18 wed Omar "The Magnificent" Shariff at University Union Redwood Room, Sacramento State a/a free noon * feb 18/19 Jackie Greene at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (KFOG) feb 19 thr Desolation, Fear Of Tomorrow (Canada), Etacarinae (Spain), Morpheme (Japan) at B.R.S., Richmond a/a 7pm *** @ feb 19 thr Nux Vomica (Portland), Blod Rott (Santa Rosa), Strains Of The Apocalypse, Neurotoxicity at Your Hauz, Oakland a/a $6-$10 sliding scale 7pm *** @ (Benefit for arrestees of Oscar Grant protests) feb 19 thr Maldroid at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 * feb 19 thr Soja (Soldiers Of Jah Army), Resination at Slim's, S.F. a/a $18/$21 9pm ** feb 19 thr Audrye Sessions, As Tall As Lions, The Soft White Sixties at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $13 8:30pm/9pm *** feb 19 thr Birds Fled From Me, Bored & Ashamed, Kat Downs at Beale Street Bar & Grill, 133 Beale St., S.F. a/a $5 8pm * feb 19 thr Nehemiah St. Danger, Golden Bolts Of Tone, Beth Lisick, Asa Ransom (N.Y.C.) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** feb 19 thr Grails, James Blackshaw at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** feb 19 thr Meat Sluts, The Mighty Slim Pickins, Hank Bobbit (Germany) at the Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St. S.F. 21+ ** feb 19 thr Flood, Glitter Wizard, Heavy Hills at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** feb 19 thr Catholic Comb, Please Do Not Fight, The Blank Slates, Sentinel at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7/$15 8pm *** feb 19 thr The Passive Aggressives at Grant & Green, 1371 Grant St., S.F. 21+ free 9pm ** feb 19/20 Andrew Bird, Loney Dear at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 (7pm/8pm fri) (8pm/9pm sat) # ** feb 20 fri Zero Boys, Black Fork, Broken Needle (L.A.), A.D.T., Crucial Cause at 924 Gilman a/a $10 7pm *** @ (Zero Boys also feb 21) feb 20 fri Stephen Marley, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Julian Marley, Rootz Underground, K'naan at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a a/a $37.50 (ga floor/seated balcony) 7pm # ** (Ragga Muffins Live '09) feb 20 fri Stew at the Metro, Oakland a/a $12/$15 8:30pm ** (Benefit Oakland Opera) feb 20 fri MC Lars, K-Flay, The Rondo Brothers, Cry Muscles at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $15 9pm ** feb 20 fri Nova, The Butlers, Midevel Knievel at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $7 ** feb 20 fri Mykee Ramen (acoustically), Suicide Rides, Duckmandu (accordian) at Eli's, 3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland 21+ $5 8pm ** feb 20 fri Andre Williams, The Flash Express, The Sermon at Slim's, S.F. a/a $14 9pm ** feb 20 fri The Necks, The Drift at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market St., S.F. a/a $20 7:30pm ** feb 20 fri Tom Jones at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $69.50/$42.50 9pm # *** feb 20 fri Scissors For Lefty, Vox Jaguars, Room For A Ghost at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $12 10pm ** feb 20 fri The Old Fashioned Way, The Parents (Chicago), Si Claro at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** feb 20 fri Scissors For Lefty, The Vox Jaguars (cd release), Room For A Ghost at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $12 8:30pm/10pm ** feb 20 fri Triple Cobra, Vin Rouge, The Downer Party at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** feb 20 fri Pop Rocks at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm * feb 20 fri Off Campus, Billy & Dolly, Trevor Childs at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** feb 20 fri Silian Rail, Squeaky Rice, Who Cares, Mister Loveless, Ugly Winner, dj Gabe, dj Sandra at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 ($16 both days) ** (Scatterbrain Jamboree Day 1) feb 20 fri The Uptones, M.M.F.M., Hectic (tribute), The Agent Deadlies (lobby) at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm *** feb 20 fri Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums at Community Center, 320 Civic Drive, Pleasant Hill a/a $30/$20/$18 # * feb 20 fri Deicide, Adrift, Order Of Ennead, Vital Remains at the Voodoo Lounge, San Jose 21+ $22/$27 8pm *** @ feb 20 fri The Secretions, Jaked On Ridicule, Bastards Of Young, Blameshifters at the Black Water Cafe, 914 N. Yosemite Ave., Stockton a/a $5 7pm ** @ feb 20 fri S.T.D., Punch The Clock, The Rainman Suite (L.A.), The Not So Super Villains, 5 Days Dirty (Concord), Poor AJ (San Jose), Playground Patriots, Haskell, La Noche Oskura (Stockton), Backstreet Lovers, Haskell, La Noche Oskura, Boats, Black Tie Occasion at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $8 6:30pm *** @ (Punk vs Ska) feb 20 fri Hoods, Steel Nation, No Truce, Take Pride at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $8 6pm ** @ (early show) feb 20 fri Fashion City Scandal, Nine Even, Odessah at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 9pm ** (late show) feb 20 fri Abandon Theory at Chief Crazy Horse Inn, 230 Commercial Street, Nevada City 21+ ** feb 20 fri Styx at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, 15 Hwy 50, Stateline, NV 21+ *** feb 20 fri Augie Fash... Yo Yo Champion, Pretty Things Peep Show (Burlesque) at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** feb 20 fri cancelled: Freak Accident, Visitor 42, Gunpowder, Dave And The Rebellion Dogs at the Stork Club, Oakland feb 21 sat Zero Boys, Stitches (L.A.), Bodies, Nuts And Bolts, Nothington at 924 Gilman a/a $10 7pm *** @ (Zero Boys also feb 20) feb 21 sat Cake, The Lovemakers at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $35 (ga floor/seated balcony) 8pm # *** feb 21 sat Tempest, Avalon Rising, The Black Brothers, Molly's Revenge, Culann's Hounds, Steve Baughman at the Veteran's Hall, Oakland a/a # *** (Bay Celtic Festival) feb 21 sat Psychosamatic (Sacramento), The Rebel Spell (Canada), Short Changed, Ashtray, Bum City Saints at Your Hauz, Oakland a/a ** @ feb 21 sat Red Meat, The B-Stars, 1/4 Mile Combo at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** feb 21 sat The Reaction, Robocop 3, Pigs, Black Covin Of... at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 ** @ feb 21 sat Duck Man Du, The Suicide Rides, Mykee Raman (solo) at Eli's Club, 3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland 21+ $5 8pm ** feb 21 sat Dropkick Murphys, H2O at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** @ $ feb 21 sat Annuals, Jessica Lea Mayfield, What Laura Says at Slim's, S.F. a/a $14 9pm ** feb 21 sat Big Head Todd & The Monsters at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $31.50 8pm/9pm # ** feb 21 sat Kinky at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** feb 21 sat Duncan Sheik, Lauren Pritchard at Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street, S.F. $32.50 8pm # ** feb 21 sat Murder By Death, The Builders And The Butchers, Fake Problems at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$13 8:30pm/10pm ** feb 21 sat Donavon Frankenreiter, Gary Jules at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 21 sat Monophonics, Frobeck at Mission Rock Resort, 817 China Basen, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** feb 21 sat The Pets, Buzzer, Bare Wires at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** feb 21 sat The lowdowns, East Bay Chasers, Hewhocannotbenamed And The Humaniterrorists at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm *** @ feb 21 sat Japanese Baby (tribute), Dead Souls (tribute), Reptile House (tribute) at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** (goth tribute night) feb 21 sat Zigaboo Modeliste at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $15/$20 8pm * (Mardi Gras show) feb 21 sat Shande, Chambers, Broken Spindles, Escuses For Skipping, Splinters, Worker Bee, Shiloe, Black Paintings, Living Sickness, Jonny Manak & The Depressives, Mighty Russian Winter, dj Entreat at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 ($16 both days) 3pm ** (Scatterbrain Jamboree Day 2) feb 21 sat Texas Thieves, Loose Riderz at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $10 ** feb 21 sat Plan 9, Thee Merry Widows, Tabaltix at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm *** @ feb 21 sat The Slack Jawed Sons Of Bitches, Longliner, Fire Whiskey at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $7 10pm ** feb 21 sat Dough Knees at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ free 9pm * feb 21 sat The Dirty Heads, Mishka at Live at the Burro, 6651 Brisa St., Livermore a/a $10 7pm/8pm ** feb 21 sat Lewis Black at Golden State Theatre, Monterey a/a $65.50 7pm/8pm # ** feb 21 sat Light The Regime, Faith Falls Short, Hello Sailor, The Battle Of Midway, Wings Of Innocence, Emissary Of Fire at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $8 6:30pm *** @ feb 21 sat Dead Confederate at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** feb 21 sat Frenzy (U.K.), CockFight Kings, Smash The Glass at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $10 9pm ** feb 21 sat Abandon Theory, Colonel Jimmy And The Blackfish, Trainwreck Revival at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ ** feb 21 sat Modest Mouse, Mimicking Birds at the Senator Theater, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a *** feb 21 sat Black Hole Of Calcutta at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** feb 22 sun Nux Vomica (OR), Embers, Pillager, Nerotoxicity, Kill Kops at B.R.S., Richmond a/a 8pm *** @ feb 22 sun Modest Mouse, Mimicking Birds at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $35.50 8pm # *** feb 22 sun Wednesday 13, Dommin, Everything Must Go at Blake's, Berkeley a/a $8 7pm ** feb 22 sun Flipsyde, Ise Lyfe, Young Cutty at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm ** feb 22 sun Greg Cross Band, Dave Lionelli & The Butter Band at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm/5pm * feb 22 sun Far, Hot Tub, Low Red Land at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16 8pm *** (Live 105) feb 22 sun Lazarus, Physics Of Meaning, Colossal Yes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** feb 22 sun Michael Zapruder, Tim Williams (N.Y.), Mist And Mast at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 22 sun Dirty Heads, Mishka, Sage at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** feb 22 sun Ru36, Hysteria Metal Inc. at Mutiny, 422 West 2nd Street, Antioch a/a $10/$12 5pm/6pm ** @ feb 22 sun Donavon Frankenreiter at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $16/$20 7pm/8pm ** feb 22 sun Dismal Lapse, Antagony, Flesh Consumed, Face Of Brutality at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $7 6pm ** @ feb 22 sun Murder By Death, The Builders & The Butchers, Fake Problems at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a *** @ feb 23 mon We Shot The Moon, Hope For AM, Hazel And Vine, Love It Or Leave It, Big Surrender at Sub-Mission Art Space, S.F. a/a $10 7pm ** @ feb 23 mon Birth!, Religious Girls at Blondie's, 540 Valencia Street, S.F. 21+ free 9:30pm ** feb 23 mon Damiera, Th' Moonlight Sexy, The Urgency (N.Y.), In Reverent Fear at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** feb 23 mon The Red Phantom at Route 92, San Mateo 21+ free 9:30pm * feb 23 mon Big Head Todd & the Monsters, Joan Jones at Harlow's, 2708 J Street, Sacramento 21+ $22.50/$25 8pm ** feb 24 tue James Blackshaw, Colossal Yes, Matt Baldwin (electric) at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm/9:30pm ** feb 24 tue Antony & The Johnsons at Nob Hill Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $40/$32.50 7pm/8pm # ** (Noise Pop) feb 24 tue After Midnight Project, Ambience, The Attachments at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8 8:30pm/9pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 24 tue Celine Dion, Ghost To Falco, Imra Portland at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** feb 24 tue dj Alcoholocaust, dj Craigums, dj Sir Polkalot (Dave Mello) at the Argus Lounge, 3187 Mission St., S.F. 21+ free 9pm ** (Dave Mello's Birthday) feb 24 tue Deerhunter, Lilofee, dj Aaron Axelsen, dj Omar at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ (free with rsvp) 10pm *** (Noise Pop) feb 24 tue The Brass Mafia, Extra Action Marching Band, Motion Potion at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$20 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 24 tue Hot Pink Feathers, Blue Bone Express at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm * feb 24 tue A.C. Newman, Dent May And His Magnificent Ukelele at Harlow's, 2708 J Street, Sacramento 21+ $12/$14 8pm ** feb 24 tue Pennywise at the Senator Theater, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a *** @ feb 24 tue The Fatals, Flexx Bronco, Truckers Wife at Bombay's, 1730 California Street, Redding 21+ 9pm ** feb 25 wed Stormcrow, Iskra (Canada), Fear Of Tomorrow (Canada), Against Empire (L.A.), Dopecharge at B.R.S., Richmond a/a 7pm *** @ feb 25 wed Adolfo Lazo, Gotsa Berlin, Curmudgeon at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** @ feb 25 wed Blondie at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $49.50 7pm/8pm # *** $ feb 25 wed Stephen Malkmus (solo), Kelley Stoltz, Peggy Honeywell, Goh Nakamura at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (Noise Pop) feb 25 wed Matt Costa, An Horse, Robert Francis at Slim's, S.F. a/a $20/$22 8pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 25 wed The Mountain Goats (solo), Papercuts (record release!) at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $20 7:30pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 25 wed Fauna Valetta, White Manna, Freeball & Lightning at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** feb 25 wed French Kicks, The Broken West, Here Here, Funeral Party at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 25 wed Sleepy Sun, Lumerians, True Widow, Kings & Queens at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 7pm/8pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 25 wed The Naysayers, Pins Of Light, Hashishians at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** (Benefit for Jesse Green's head) feb 25 wed Kottonmouth Kings, La Coka Nostra, Big B, Short Dawg Tha Native, at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $22/$25 7pm/8pm *** feb 25 wed Mike Baker The Bike Maker at University Union Redwood Room, Sacramento State a/a free noon * feb 25 wed Kool Keith: Dr. Octagon vs. Dr. Doom at Harlow's, 2708 J Street, Sacramento 21+ $15/$20 8:30pm ** feb 25 wed Flexx Bronco, Truckers Wife, Mad Bob Howard at the Maltese, 1600 Park Avenue, Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** feb 26 thr Give Em Hell, Hoods, Locked Up AD, Thievery Circuit, Top Notch, Bury The Archetype at Rooster's Roadhouse, 1700 Clement Ave., Alameda 21+ $8 6pm *** @ feb 26 thr Josh Ritter (solo with string quartet), Laura Gibson, Dave Smallen, Tiny Television at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (Noise Pop) feb 26 thr Martha Wainwright, AA Bondy, Ryan Auffenberg, Karina Denike at Slim's, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 26 thr From Monument To Masses, Crime In Choir, Built For The Sea at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8pm/9pm *** (Noise Pop) feb 26 thr Thao Nguyen, David Dondero, Sean Smith, Colossal Yes at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $14 7:30pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 26 thr Thee Ohsees, Tyvek, Unnatural Helpers, The Fresh & Only's at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $12 9pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 26 thr The Lickets, Corridor, VoicesVoices, Alexandra Hope at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** feb 26 thr Kool Keith, Dr. Octagon vs. Dr. Doom, Mike Relm, Crown City Rockers, dj Kutmasta Kurt at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $18 9pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 26 thr Goblin Cock, Warship, Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band, Kowloon Walled City at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 26 thr Sixteens, Intermission, Celine Dion (France), Black Jackson Vs. Ogkijn Ogkijn at the Stud, 399 9th Street at Harrison, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** feb 26 thr Scissors For Lefty, Picture Atlantic, Man/Miracle at Benders, S.F. 21+ free 5pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 26 thr The Holy Kiss at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5/$8 8pm * feb 26 thr Name, Armed For The Apocolypse, Horseflesh, Litany For The Whale at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** feb 26 thr The Better To See You With, Extra Life at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** feb 26 thr Dublin, The 808 Band, Deuce Eclipse, Abel Abilities, Poeticali Distherbd, dj Ichy The Killer at the Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose 21+ ** feb 26 thr Dear And The Headlights at Modesto Virtual, 947 10th St., Modesto ?/? ** feb 26 thr Omnidemic, After The Flesh, Albatross Kneck, The Cloud Effect, Exylum, Paint Over Pictures at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $9/$10 5:30pm ** @ feb 26 thr Kottonmouth Kings, La Coka Nostra, Blaze Ya Dead Homie, Big B, Potluck, Short Dawg at the Senator Theater, 517 Main St., Chico a/a ** feb 26/27/28/mar 1 STS9 (Sound Tribe Sector 9) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $26 7pm/8pm (thr/sun) 8pm/9pm (fri/sat) # ** feb 27 fri Dcoi, All Or Nothing HC, For The Win, Violation, Wolves And Thieves at 924 Gilman a/a $7 7:30pm *** @ feb 27 fri Voetsek, Godstomper, Population Reduction, Strains Of The Apocalypse at B.R.S., Richmond a/a 7:30pm *** @ (Benefit for Leif's family) feb 27 fri Shampu, dj Keelay, Toymaker Roy Miles, Truthlive, Jern Eye at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** feb 27 fri 100 Suns, Curmudgeon at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $7 ** feb 27 fri Butterfly Bones, The Aimless Never Miss, Low Red Land at Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck, Berkeley 21+ $7 ** feb 27 fri Dear And The Headlights, Kinch, Big Light, A B & The Sea at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 7:30pm/8:30pm *** (Noise Pop) feb 27 fri St. Vincent, Cryptacize, Rafter, That Ghost at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (Noise Pop) feb 27 fri The Morning Benders, The Submarines, The Mumlers, Rademacher at Slim's, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8pm *** (Noise Pop) feb 27 fri Port O'Brien, Odawas, Ezra Furman & The Harpoons, Dame Satan at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 18+ $13 9pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 27 fri Thank You, Mi Ami, Jaws at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** feb 27 fri Brass Menazeri, California Honey Drops at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm * feb 27 fri Horn Of Dagoth, Necrite, Fell Voices, Artery, Nafregah at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 9pm ** feb 27 fri Ra Ra Riot, Cut Off Your Hands, Telekinesis, The Hooks at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm *** (Noise Pop) feb 27 fri Totimoshi, Embers, A Drift Of A Curse at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/10pm *** @ feb 27 fri The Passive Aggressives at Broadway Studios, 435 Broadway, S.F. 21+ $10/$12/$17 8pm ** (video shoot) feb 27 fri Electric Funeral (tribute), The Wise Guys at Quincy's Pub, 6590 Commerce Blvd., Rohnert Park 21+ $5 9pm ** feb 27 fri Dead City Sunday, Track Fighter, Drive, 40th Street Diaries at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $10 6:30pm ** feb 27 fri Pat Travers at Cache Creek Casino Resort, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 18+ *** feb 28 sat Ceremony, Cruel Hand, Skin Like Iron, Crucified, Mind, Streetwalkers at 924 Gilman a/a $8 7:30pm *** @ (Benefit American Cancer Society) feb 28 sat The Phoenix Carnaval & Guitar Gala at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $30 ($50 couples) 7pm/8pm *** auction of Gibson Guitars decorated by: Stan Lee, George Lucas, Seth Green, Les Claypool, Devo, Jack Haye, Chris Clark, Michael Garlington, Chris Jehly, Anna Oneglia, Lia May-Bird, Ricky Watts, Jared Powell, Josh Staples, Jason Jenkins (artist appearance, internet auction, cocktail party, silent auction) (Benefit for the Phoenix after school arts/music program) feb 28 sat T.B.T.S.Y.W., Extra Life at AT Terminal 10, 3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland a/a $5 ** feb 28 sat Fracas, Everything Must Go, Damon & The Heathens, Shootin' Lucy at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** (door donations Benefitting Brian Hood - Tim from Radio's Birthday) feb 28 sat Matt Wertz, The Alternate Routes at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** feb 28 sat Hank III, Assjack, Those Poor Bastards at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** feb 28 sat The Matches, Dizzy Balloon at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $14 noon/1pm/ *** (Noise Pop) feb 28 sat Sholi, The Dead Trees, Everest at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8pm/9pm/ *** (Noise Pop) feb 28 sat Bob Mould, Mark Eitzel, Donovan Quinn at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $20 7:30pm *** (Noise Pop) feb 28 sat Trouble With Monkeys, Ol' Cheeky Bastards at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm ** feb 28 sat Portugal The Man, Japanese Motors, Girls at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $13 9pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 28 sat Mammatus, New Thrill Parade, Swanifant at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** feb 28 sat A.C. Newman, Dent May & His Magnificent Ukelele, Devon Williams at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 28 sat Clues (Toronto), Loch Lommond (Portland), Harbours, The Red Verse at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8:30pm *** (Noise Pop) feb 28 sat Aquamen, Go Going Gone Girls, Pineapple Princess, Horror-X at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ ** feb 28 sat Soul Broker, 66Seven at Bender's, S.F. 21+ ** (Benefit for AIDS research) feb 28 sat Flosstradamus, N.A.S.A., Wallpaper, Vin Sol at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $18 8pm/9pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 28 sat Dismantled, We Got This Far, V.T.G., Diabolic Disciple, dj Blau at the Retox Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** feb 28 sa Stung (tribute), Erasure-esque, Darkwave at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** feb 28 sat Negative Trendy, No Alternative, Naked Lady Wrestlers at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** feb 28 sat Cheech & Chong at the Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a # *** feb 28 sat Blood Red (tribute), Tornback, Blknd Illusion at Last Day Saloon, 120 5th St. at Davis St., Santa Rosa 21+ $8 9pm ** feb 28 sat Blitzkid, Stellar Corpses, Die Darlings, Rockit Zombies, Backup Razor, Bikini Blood Wrestling at Brookdale Lodge, 11570 Highway 9, Brookdale a/a $10 ** @ feb 28 sat Beating Richard, D'Vious, Martin Murray at Live at the Burro, 6651 Brisa St., Livermore a/a $12 7pm/8pm ** feb 28 sat Dear And The Headlights at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** feb 28 sat Your Pain My Victory, Hands Of Hope, Soul Hustle, xSolidarityx, J Vic at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $10 6:30pm ** feb 28 sat The Lonely Kings, Automatic Static, New Logic at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 9pm ** feb 28 sat Blameshifters, Drastic Actions at On The Y, 670 Fulton Ave., Sacramento 21+ $5 8pm ** feb 28 sat Lyrics Born at Harlow's, 2708 J Street, Sacramento 21+ $20/$25 8pm *** feb 28 sat The Smothers Brothers at Cache Creek Casino Resort, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 18+ *** feb 28 sat Taj Mahal at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, 15 Hwy 50, Stateline, NV 21+ *** feb 28 sat The Adorkables, The Sci-Fi Nightmares, The Pillowfights at Lucky 13, 4113 W. Swift Ave., W Ashlan @ Hwy 99, Fresno 21+ $5 9pm ** mar 1 sun Blitzkid, Savage Machiine, Mental Hygiene at Blake's, Berkeley a/a $10/$12 7pm ** @ mar 1 sun No Age, White Circle Crime Club, Infinite Body, Veil Veil Vanish at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 noon/1pm *** (Noise Pop) mar 1 sun Blue Scholars, Keelay & Zaire, Grynch at Slim's, S.F. a/a $12/$15 9pm ** mar 1 sun Les Savy Fav!, The Mae Shi, John Dwyer at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $20 7pm/8pm ** (Noise Pop) mar 1 sun Phonofield, Ice Climber, Dora Flood at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 18+ $10 8pm ** mar 1 sun Smoke, Chase Long Beach, Flip The Switch, Plasma Cannon at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $8 6pm ** @ mar 1 sun The Secretions, Brass Hysteria at the Maltese, 1600 Park Avenue, Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** mar 2 mon Nomenclature, Tempo No Tempo at Blondie's, 540 Valencia Street, S.F. 21+ free 9:30pm ** mar 2 mon Sabertooth Zombie, Grace Alley, Prize Hog at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 7:30pm ** mar 2 mon The Whoremoans, Bare Wires at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** mar 2 mon Candy Apple, Spindift at Duffys, 337 Main St., Chico 21+ 9:30pm * mar 3 tue Iration, The B Foundation at Slim's, S.F. a/a $12/$15 8:30pm ** mar 3 tue Living With Lions, Fight Fair, Tiefighter, Hear The Sirens, All Teeth, Laugh It Up at Sub-Mission Art Space, S.F. a/a $10 7pm ** @ mar 3 tue Raphael Saadiq at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 7pm/8pm # ** mar 3 tue My Parade, Bored & Ashamed, Kidd Cook at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 3 tue Grooming The Crow, Summer Of Glaciers, AJ Rivlin at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ free 8pm ** mar 3 tue The New Beginnings, Pet The Bunny at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** mar 3 tue Shit Kickers (San Jose), Kemo Sabe, Tater Famine (Santa Cruz) at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 8pm/9pm ** mar 3/4 Mumiy Troll at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 7:30pm/8pm ** mar 4 wed Odynophagia, Black Acacias, General Jones at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** mar 4 wed Jimmy Eat World, Reubens Accomplice at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $36.50 7pm/8pm # *** $ mar 4 wed Eek-A-Mouse at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** mar 4 wed Total Hound, This Union Sidecar at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** mar 4 wed Chi McClean (record release), Shantytown, Ryan Smith at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** mar 4 wed Zappa Plays Zappa at the Rio, 1205 Soquel, Santa Cruz a/a $55.50 7pm/8pm # * mar 4 wed Silian Rail at University Union Redwood Room, Sacramento State a/a free noon * mar 4 wed Roxy Epoxy And The Rebound, Floss Anonymous at the Maltese, 1600 Park Avenue, Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** mar 5 thr Soilwork, Darkane, Warbringer, Swallow The Sun at Slim's, S.F. a/a $18 8pm *** @ mar 5 thr M. Ward at Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street, S.F. a/a $29.50 8pm ** (reserved seating) mar 5 thr Kim Manning, Pamela Parker, Bernadette, Valerie Orth Band at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** mar 5 thr Mago De Oz at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $39.50 7pm/8pm # ** mar 5 thr Har Mar Superstar, The New Trust, The Limousines, dj K-Von, dj J.J. Staples at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8pm/9pm ** (KSCU) mar 5 thr The Start, The Action Design, Roxy Epoxy at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 5 thr Transmography (Austin), Rad Racket (Philly), Grandchildren at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** mar 5 thr Fujiya & Miyagi, Pop Levi, Project Jenny, Project Jan at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 5 thr Estelle, Solange at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $35 ($50 vip) 7pm/8pm ** mar 5 thr Sex Type Thing (90s covers) at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 8pm * mar 5 thr Somewhat Undecided, Murder At Sunset at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $8/$10 6:30pm ** @ mar 6 fri Plan 9 (record release), Star Fucking Hipsters (N.Y.C.), Static Thought, Urban decay (L.A.), Pyroklast (WI), Bum City Saints (on floor) at 924 Gilman a/a $8 7:30pm *** @ mar 6 fri Verbal Abuse, Dreadful Children (Seattle), Shit Gets Smashed (Seattle), Short Changed, Trends (San Diego) at Your Hauz, Oakland a/a *** @ mar 6 fri Mystic Knights Of The Cobra, Ru36, Civil War Rust at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** mar 6 fri Tantrums, burlesque revue at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** mar 6 fri Music For Animals, Punchface, Picture Me Broken at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 6 fri Black Label Society, Dope, Archer, A New Revolution at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # ** mar 6 fri Lambchop at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** mar 6 fri One Punch Machine Gun, Headlights To Diamond at Slim's, S.F. a/a 8pm ** mar 6 fri Onion Flavored Rings, Shotwell, The Fucking Buckaroos, Street Eaters at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $5-$20 sliding scale 9pm/9:30pm *** @ (Benefit a New All Ages Venue in S.F.) mar 6 fri The Mermen at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 6 fri Sadistic Intent, Dreaming Dead, Havok, Detente, Nihilist at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** @ mar 6 fri Hed PE at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $15 7:30pm/8pm ** mar 6 fri Los Lobos at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $24/$27 8pm/9pm *** mar 6 fri Buxter Hoot'n at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ free 8pm * mar 6 fri Blameshifters, Todays Misfortune, Catagory 7, House Of Angels, Law Abiding Citizens at Fat Cat, 930 11th Street, Modesto 21+ 6pm ** @ mar 6 fri The Tommy Castro Band at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** mar 6 fri Resolve To Burn, Fear Of Silence at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 8pm ** mar 6/7/8 Akron Family, Avocet (fri), Citay (sat), Howlin' Rain (sun - acoustic) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $15 9:30pm ** mar 7 sat 20 Minute Loop, Silian Rail at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm ** mar 7 sat Richie Havens, Harry Manx at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (seated show) mar 7 sat Automatic Loveletter, A Cursive Memory, Tickle Me Pink at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 7 sat The Instant Messengers at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13 9pm ** mar 7 sat Pat Dinizio (of The Smithereens) at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 8pm ** mar 7 sat Sambada at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 7 sat Saros (record release), Exhausted Prayer (L.A.), Futur Skullz at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm ** @ mar 7 sat MacArthur, Trey Songz, Dwayne Wiggins at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ 8pm/9pm ** mar 7 sat Cobretti, Bad Strip at Bender's Bar, S.F. 21+ $5 9:30pm/10pm ** mar 7 sat 66Seven, Curmudgeon, Soul Broker, Dirty Orange Sun at Pine Street Grill, 875 Rincon Ave., Livermore 21+ $7 9pm ** @ mar 7 sat Consider The Thief, Untold Alibi, The Fall Of Autumn, Light In August, The Glorious Fall at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $10 6:30pm ** @ mar 7 sat The Start, The Action Design, Roxy Epoxy And The Rebound, Evelyn at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $10 8pm ** mar 7 sat Los Lobos at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, 15 Hwy 50, Stateline, NV 21+ *** mar 7/8 set your clock forward one hour or be late to shows on Sunday mar 8 sun Brocus Helm, Havoc, Laceration, It, Pillager at 924 Gilman a/a $8 4:30pm *** @ mar 8 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap at McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. a/a $3 ($20 6am early entry) 10am mar 8 sun Neil Halstea at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** mar 8 sun Marcy Playground, The' Moonlight Sexy, A B & The Sea at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $20 7pm *** mar 8 sun Efterklang, Peter Broderick at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm * mar 8 sun Black Cobra, Eternal Elysium (Nagoya, Japan), Dusted Angel (Santa Cruz), Damnweevil at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 5pm/6pm *** @ mar 8 sun Star Fucking Hipsters at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** mar 8 sun Final Summation, Bastards Of Young, Get Dead, Down We Go, Lessons In Failure at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $7 ($5 if 21+) 6pm *** @ mar 9 mon Blk Jks, The Botticellis at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8pm ** mar 9 mon Condemned To Live at Route 92, San Mateo 21+ free 9pm * mar 9 mon Black Label Society, Dope, Anew Revolution, Archer at the Senator Theater, 517 Main St., Chico a/a *** mar 10 tue Raul Malo, Shelby Lynne at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** mar 10 tue Pendulum at the Rengency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** mar 10 tue Spindrift (L.A.), The Upside Down (Portland), Fauna Valetta at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 10 tue Babasonicos at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $30 8:30pm/9pm mar 10 tue Clay Wheels (San Jose), Hot Lunch, Stagger And Fall at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 8pm/9pm ** mar 10 tue Bidwell, Call The Cops, Goodnight Sunrise, Josiah James, Push Push Pull at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $10 6:30pm ** @ mar 11 wed Light Machine, Tornado Rider at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** mar 11 wed Richard Swift at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm * mar 11 wed Rocco Deluca And The Burden at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** mar 11 wed Elvis Perkins In Dearland at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 9:30pm ** mar 11 wed Rocco Deluca & The Burden at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 11 wed Slipknot, Trivium, Coheed And Cambria at Arco Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a # *** mar 11 wed Sacramento Taiko Dan at University Union Redwood Room, Sacramento State a/a free noon * mar 11 wed G. Love & Special Sauce, Eric Hutchinson at the Senator Theater, 517 Main St., Chico a/a ** mar 12 thr dj Jen Schande, Shande, The Pickup Pattern, The Mercys at the Uptown, Oakland 2+ free 9pm * mar 12 thr Cut Copy, Matt And Kim at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** mar 12 thr Say Hi, Telekinesis, Built For The Sea, Anderson at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8pm/8:30pm ** mar 12 thr Winds Of Plague, Emmure, Terror, All Shall Perish, The Ghost Inside, Underneath The Gun, dj Rob Metal at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $15/$18 6pm *** @ mar 12 thr Viva Voce (Portland), Rafter, We Is Shore Dedicated (cd release) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** mar 12 thr Von Iva, Semi-Precious Weapons, Killola (L.A.) at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** mar 12 thr Wildildlife, Gunslingers (France), White Pee at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** mar 12 thr Ex-Boyfriends, Bitesize, Control-R at the Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St. S.F. 21+ ** mar 12 thr Purple Rhinestone Eagle (Portland), Tacocat (Seattle), Forever (Portland) at the Stud, 399 9th Street, S.F. 21+ $5 10pm ** mar 12 thr The Union Trade, The Pack AD, Winter's Fall at the Retox Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** mar 12 thr The Prids, Gliss, The Catholic Comb at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** mar 12 tue Top Ten, The Girls (Seattle), The Pleasure Kills, The Obsessors (San Jose) at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 12 thr G. Love & Special Sauce at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $25 8pm/9pm ** mar 12 thr Cloverleaf Drive, Cache Arcade, If A Tree Falls, The Captains Of Spaceship Earth at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $8/$10 6:30pm ** @ mar 12 thr Sleaze Tax, Pinksnowflakes at the Maltese, 1600 Park Avenue, Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** mar 12/13 Ladysmith Black Mambazo at Zellerbach Auditorium, U.C. Berkeley a/a # ** (seated) mar 13 fri Saviours, Agenda Of Swine, Deathstryke at 924 Gilman a/a 7pm *** @ (Countdown to Extinction Fest) mar 13 fri Schlong, Dreadful Children (Seattle), Shit Gets Smashed, Ill Gotten Gainz, C.H.T., Bum City Saints at B.R.S., Richnmond a/a 7pm *** @ mar 13 fri The Gliss at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm * mar 13 fri G Love & Special Sauce,h Eric Hutchinson at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** mar 13 fri Blvd, Adam Deitch's Break Science at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** mar 13 fri The New Mastersounds at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # ** mar 13 fri Tyr, Alestorm, Suidakra, Beercraft at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $15/$18 9pm ** mar 13 fri Swamp Thing, Saberooth Zombie, Never Healed, Rotting Out, Naysayer, Streetwalkers at Sub-Mission Art Space, 2183 Mission St., S.F. a/a $8 7:30pm ** @ mar 13 fri The Whispers, Stephanie Mills, Howard Hewitt at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $40/$55/$76 8pm ** # mar 13 fri My Disco (Australia), Hawnay Troof, Jonesin' at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** mar 13 fri Asobi Seksu at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 13 fri Dan Auerbach at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ ** mar 13 fri The Von Bondies, Nico Vega, Aarrows at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/10pm ** mar 13 fri Phosphorescent at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm ** mar 13 fri Black Zeppelin (tribute), Electric Funeral (tribute) Darkside Shine, Construct X (lobby) at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm ** mar 13 fri Semi-Precious Weapons, Von Iva, Killola (L.A.) at Voodoo Lounge, San Jose 21+ ** mar 13 fri The Passive Aggressives at Henfling's Firehouse Tavern, 9450 Highway 9, Ben Lomond 21+ 8pm ** mar 13 fri Dead Souls (tribute), DEVOlutionaries (tribute), Reptile House (tribute) at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 ** mar 13 fri Escape The Fate, Black Tide (FL), Burn Halo, Attack Attack!, William Control at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a *** @ mar 14 sat Low Flying Owls at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** mar 14 sat Revolution Mother, Who Rides the Tiger, The Worship Of Silence, Wild Hunt at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $8 ** mar 14 sat Escape The Fate, Black Tide (FL), William Control, Attack Attack!, Burn Halo, William Control at Slim's, S.F. a/a $17 7:30pm *** @ mar 14 sat Plants And Animals, Minmae at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 14 sat Lady Gaga, Chester French, The White Tie Affair at Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $21 6pm and 10pm shows ** (both shows sold out) mar 14 sat Great Northern, O+S at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** mar 14 sat B-Side Players, Vinyl, dj Jeremiah at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 14 sat Motogruv, P.M.R.C., Seeds Of Hate, Shuvelhead (Fresno) at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** @ mar 14 sat These Are Powers, Death Sentence: Panda!, Work at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** mar 14 sat Schlong, Triclops!, Future Imperfect at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm *** @ (Birthday Party for Dave, Pat, Gavin) mar 14 sat Children Of The Damned (tribute), Speak Of The Devil (tribute), Powerage (tribute) at the Little Fox, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City 21+ 8pm ** (Eric's and Brandon's Birthday) mar 14 sat Semi-Precious Weapons, Killola (L.A.), Blame Betty, Hookerfight at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $10 8pm ** mar 14 sat S.T.D. at 506 Main Street, Woodland 21+ $5 8:30pm ** mar 14 sat Herman's Hermits at Cache Creek Casino Resort, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 18+ ** mar 14 sat G. Love & Special Sauce, Eric Hutchinson at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, 15 Hwy 50, Stateline, NV 21+ ** mar 14/15 The Pretenders at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $50 8pm/9pm (sat) 7pm/8pm (sun) # *** mar 15 sun Tindersticks at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** mar 15 sun Moggs, Ferocious Eagle, Shimomitsu at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** mar 15 sun The Soundtrack Of Our Lives at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** mar 15 sun Simian Mobile Disco, J.D.H. And Dave P at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm/9pm ** mar 15 sun The Union Trade at Johnny V's, 31 East Santa Clara St., San Jose 21+ * mar 15 sun Malcom Bliss, White Minorities, Fear The Fiasco (Santa Rosa), The Descolada Virus, Torture Path at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 6pm ** @ mar 16 mon ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead at Slim's, S.F. a/a $18 8pm *** @ mar 16 mon Anthony B. at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 16 mon Artery, Volkermord at Route 92, San Mateo 21+ free 9pm ** mar 16 mon Ava Mendoza, Devin Hoff, Weasel Walter at Java Lounge, 2416 16th St., Sacramento a/a * mar 17 tue Aswat at Zellerbach Auditorium, U.C. Berkeley a/a # ** (seated) mar 17 tue Culann's Hounds, The Hooks, The Gasmen at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** mar 17 tue Primal Scream, Brian Jonestown Massacre at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** mar 17 tue Millencolin, The Briggs, Nothington at Slim's, S.F. a/a $19 8pm ** mar 17 tue Ariel Pink, Duchess Says at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 17 tue Golem at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm/8pm ** mar 17 tue Cast of Thousands, The Paper Sons at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** mar 17 tue Zoo Station (tribute) at Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm * mar 17 tue Breathe Carolina, Every Avenue, Anarbor at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** mar 17 tue Sac City Rollers (burlesque) at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** mar 17 tue The Shankers, The Cheating Hearts, Truckers Wife, Mr. Plow, Mad Bob Howard at Sacred Art Tattoo, 211 Main St., Chico a/a 6pm ** mar 18 wed Top Critters, The Gibbs, Deeper at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $7 ** mar 18 wed Abney Park at Slim's, S.F. a/a $20/$25 9pm ** mar 18 wed Jason Webley, Sxip Shirey at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 18 wed Pink Canoes, Gerritt Wittmer, N.V.H., Cenk Ergun at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** mar 18 wed Madison Parkway at University Union Redwood Room, Sacramento State a/a free noon * mar 19 thr Cute Is What We Aim For, Meg & Dia, Breathe Carolina, Every Avenue, Anarbor at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $19.50 6pm/6:30pm # *** (take action tour) mar 19 thr Justin Ancheta, Garrin Benfield, Weather Pending, Flatlin at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13/$15 8pm ** (Benefit for Abolition S.F.) mar 19 thr Zu (featuring Mike Patton) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** mar 19 thr Eleni Mandell at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 8pm ** mar 19 thr Matty Charles, Gamble House at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** mar 19 thr Mstrkrft at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 19 thr John West, Matt Masih & The Messengers at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 19 thr Y.K.K., Settle The Score, Simple Creation at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $8/$10 6:30pm ** @ mar 20 fri California Love, Laughing Dog (N.M.), Maggot Colony (Visalia), Endless Demise (L.A.), Strains Of The Apocalypse (Oakland), Bastard Ass (L.A.), I Abhor (L.A.), Judas, Semtex Vest (Orange County), CARvsLOS (on floor - Peru) at 924 Gilman a/a 7pm *** @ (Speed Trials 2009) mar 20 fri The Real Tom Thunder at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm * mar 20 fri Black Mountain, The Sadies at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $14 8:30pm ** mar 20 fri Will Bernard, John Medeski, Andy Hess, Stanton Moore at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** mar 20 fri The Mighty Slim Pickins, Two Against One, Hank Bobbit (Germany) at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ ** mar 20 fri Samsara Blues Experiment (Germany), Farflung at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/10pm ** mar 20 fri The Corruptors, Lepish, Two Timin' Hussies at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** mar 20 fri Midori & Audioclique, Five A.M., Ryan Huston, David Studebaker at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm ** mar 20 fri Alejandra Guzman, Aleks Syntek, Moenia, Fobia, Flex at the Events Center, San Jose State a/a $70./$55/$40 6pm/7pm # ** mar 20 fri Snot, Skin Lab at Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose 21+ $12 *** mar 20/21 Brett Dennen, Angus & Julia Stone (fri) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** mar 20/21 Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Robert Walter's 20th Congress at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 20/21 Tower Of Power at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, 15 Hwy 50, Stateline, NV 21+ *** mar 21 sat In Disgust, Kill The Client (TX), Final Draft (L.A.), Population Reduction, S.F.N. (Wisconsin), Hummingbird Of Death (ID), Thousandswilldie (on floor), Terrorism (L.A.), Sidetracked (WA), Brucexcambell (L.A), Migraine (on floor) at 924 Gilman a/a 7pm *** @ (Speed Trials 2009) mar 21 sat Chick Corea, John McLaughlin, Five Peace Band, Christian McBride, Kenny Garrett, Vinnie Colaiuta at Zellerbach Auditorium, U.C. Berkeley a/a # ** (seated) mar 21 sat Gaucho, Tin Cup Serenade, Mal Sharpe's Big Money In Jazz Band at Slim's, S.F. a/a * mar 21 sat Sex With No Hands, The Minks, Blue Rabbit at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** mar 21 sat Company Car (cd release), The Trophy Fire, Overview at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** mar 21 sat Four Tet at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 9pm ** mar 21 sat Kowloon Walled City, Dark Castle, Sod Hauler at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** mar 21 sat Ru36, The Zoopy Show, Our Found Chaos at the Red House, 1667 Botelho Drive, Walnut Creek a/a $12 6pm/7pm ** @ mar 21 sat S.T.D., Tragedy Andy, Playground Patriots, 5 Days Dirty, Machine City, Bomb The Hill at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $8 6:30pm ** @ mar 21 sat Jack Ketch at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm * mar 22 sun Olehole, Dateless (WA), The Albert Square at 924 Gilman a/a $7 5pm *** @ mar 22 sun Bad Livers at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** mar 22 sun Ray Manzarek And Robby Krieger (of The Doors) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $45 7pm/8pm # ** mar 22 sun Mitch Marcus Quintet, Patrick Cress' Telepathy at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm * (jazz) mar 22 sun Mute Socialite, Wah Wah Exit Wound (Seattle), Wiener Kids at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** mar 22 sun Booka Shade at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $22 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 22 sun Hoods, Hammerfist, xArmed For Battlex at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $10 6pm ** @ mar 23 mon Elk, Cull, Cold Grave at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $7 ** mar 23 mon Destruction, Krisium, Mantic Ritual at Slim's, S.F. a/a $21 8pm *** @ mar 23 mon Missy Higgins, Justin Nozuka at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 6pm/7pm # ** mar 24 tue Dryer/Heule/Lindsay at the Compound Gallery, 6604 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland a/a * mar 24 tue Bishop Allen (N.Y.) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15 7:30pm ** mar 24 tue Vietus Mortuus, Cull (Portland), Embers at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** mar 24 tue Razorlight at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** (was jan 18th) mar 24 tue OK Go at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $14/$17 7pm/8pm *** mar 25 wed OK Go, Jaguar Love, IO Echo at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** mar 25 wed The Tallest Man On Earth, Herman Dune at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$14 7:30pm ** mar 25 wed Blue October at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 7pm/8pm # ** mar 25 wed Ten Out Of Tenn at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm/8pm ** mar 25 wed Phantom!, Chalkline at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** mar 26 thr Nurse With Wound at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** mar 26 thr M.D.C., Verbal Abuse, Oppressed Logic, Embrace The Kill at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a 8pm *** @ mar 26 thr Daniel Kahn And The Painted Bird (cd release), Yuri Lane (Chicago) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$14 9pm ** mar 26 thr Scaring The Children (Bob Weir, Rob Wasserman, Jay Lane), Band Of Brotherz at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # ** mar 26 thr Los Lobos at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. a/a $150-$60 7pm/9:30pm *** (Benefit Blue Bear School) mar 26 thr Tricky at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $28.50 7pm/8pm ** mar 26 thr Dark Meat, Long Legged Woman, Grampall Jookabox at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 26 thr Sam Roberts Band, Mother Mother at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 18+ $12/$15 9pm ** mar 26 thr The Renderers (New Zealand), Gorgonie Time, Virginia Dare at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** (KFJC) mar 26 thr A Midsky Surrender, Siphon Soul, Adosa, Woe To Bethsaida at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $8/$10 6:30pm ** @ mar 27 fri Voetsek, Hummingbird Of Death (Boise ID), Population Reduction Hellhunter, Morpheme at B.R.S., Richmond a/a 7:30pm *** @ mar 27 fri Starfucker, Grand Lake (cd release), Man/Miracle, Guidance Counselor at Lobot Gallery, 1800 Campbell St., Oakland a/a $8 8pm ** mar 27 fri Suicidal Barfly, Cliff Greenwood & The Monsters at Eli's Mile High Club, 3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way. Oakland 21+ $7 * (acoustic show) mar 27 fri Bang Data at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm * mar 27 fri Strung (tribute), Erasure-esque at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** mar 27 fri Robert Earl Keen, Hayes Carll at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** mar 27 fri Bleeding Through, The Acacia Strain, As Blood Runs Black, Impending Doom, Arise at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $15/$17 7pm *** @ mar 27 fri documentary screening "Pansy Division: Life In a Gay Rock Band" at A.T.A., 992 Valencia St at 21st St., S.F. a/a $6 8pm mar 27 fri The Mae Shi, Pre, Past Lives at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** mar 27 fri No Kids, Parenthetical Girls at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** mar 27 fri Scissors For Lefty, The Hot Toddies, Song Of The Siren at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 9pm ** mar 27 fri Dance Gavin Dance, A Skylit Drive at the Empire Theatre, Stockton a/a ** mar 27 fri Craig Owens (of Chiodos), Ace Enders, The Gay Blades, VersaEmerge at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** mar 27 fri Hell's Belles (tribute), Dynamite 8 at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $10 8pm ** mar 27/28 Steve Kimock Crazy Engine at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** mar 28 sat Y&T, Gilby Clarke at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $36.50 8pm/9pm # ** mar 28 sat Illinois, Toy Soldiers, Kenan Bell, dj at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$15 9pm ** mar 28 sat Pelican, Wolves In The Throne Room, Tombs at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** mar 28 sat The Wood Brothers at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $16 8pm ** mar 28 sat Kuru, Assassin Empire, Dimension Of Gore, Killgasm, Horse Flesh, Pillager at Sub/Mission, 2183 Mission Street, S.F. a/a $8 7pm *** @ mar 28 sat Detroit7, Sa, Sparta Locals, Flip (Okinawa, Japan), Omodaka at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm *** (Japan nite) mar 28 sat Evolution (triubte), Dirty White Boys (tribute) at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $16/$18 9pm ** mar 28 sat Starfucker, Grand Lake, Guidance Counselor at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** mar 28 sat Earthless, Wooden Shjips, Eyes at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** mar 28 sat The Passive Aggressives at the Retox Lounge, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** mar 28 sat Robert Earl Keen, Hayes Carll at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $24/$29 7pm/8pm ** mar 28 sat Night Ranger at Cache Creek Casino Resort, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 18+ *** mar 28 sat War at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, 15 Hwy 50, Stateline, NV 21+ *** mar 29 sun Red Fang at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $10 ** mar 29 sun New Found Glory, Bayside, Set Your Goals, Verse at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** mar 29 sun Silverstein, Norma Jean, Blessthefall, Before Their Eyes at Slim's, S.F. a/a $20 7:30pm ** mar 29 sun The Bronx at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8pm ** mar 29 sun Trans Am at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $14 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 29 sun Barn Owl, Tecumseh, Holly Caust at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** mar 29 sun Emiliana Torrini at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $17 7:30pm/8pm ** mar 29 sun Lily Tomlin at the Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway, Redwood City a/a $85/$75/$65/$60 7:30pm ** mar 29 sun Rvivr (WA), The Compound, Drastic Actions, The Generators (with Derek O'Brien) at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $7 6pm ** @ mar 30 mon Hollywood Undead, Senses Fail, Haste The Day, Brokencyde at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** @ mar 30 mon Bonnie Prince Billy at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** mar 30 mon Pigeon John, Rootbeer, Who Cares at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 30 mon Dutchess & The Duke, Blankdogs, Naked On The Vague at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 7pm ** mar 30/31 Midnite at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $28 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 31 tue Chad VanGaalen, Women, Tempo No Tempo at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 1 wed Kid Sister (IL) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $20 8pm ** apr 1 wed The Expendables, Less Than Jake, The Flatliners at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** @ apr 1 wed Bohren Und Der Club of Gore, Attila Csihar at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** apr 1 wed Kid Sister (Markham, IL) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $20 8pm ** apr 1 wed 3OH!3, The Maine, Family Force 5, Hit The Lights, A Rocket To The Moon at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** apr 1 wed Rupa And The April Fishes, Locura at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $17/$15 7:30pm/8pm ** apr 1 wed Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band at Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $98 (ga floor) $98/$68/$40 (seated) # *** apr 1/2 Ratatat at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** apr 2 thr From The Jam (with Bruce Roxton and Richard Buckier) at Slim's, S.F. a/a $25 8pm ** apr 2 thr John Browns's Body, Blue King Brown at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 2 thr Skin Horse, Nanda Devi, Cloud Archive at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** apr 2 thr Silverstein, Norma Jean, Blessthefall, Before Their Eyes at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $18/$20 7:30pm/8pm *** @ apr 2 thr 3OH!3, The Maine, Family Force 5, Hit The Lights, A Rocket To The Moon at the Senator Theater, 517 Main St., Chico a/a *** @ apr 3 fri The Phenomenauts, Peelander-z, The Secretions, Tabaltix at Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave., Berkeley a/a $10/$12 8pm/8:30pm *** @ apr 3 fri The Moody Blues at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $85/$65/$45 (all reserved) 8pm # ** apr 3 fri Habib Koit' & Bamada at Zellerbach Auditorium, U.C. Berkeley a/a # * (seated) apr 3 fri Scissors For Lefty, Tempo No Tempo, Alright Class at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** apr 3 fri Leon Redbone, Jay Alexander at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (seated show) apr 3 fri Disco Biscuits at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** apr 3 fri Great Lake Swimmers, Kate Maki at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8pm/9pm ** apr 3 fri Moonalice at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** apr 3 fri Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit, Justin Townes Earle at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 3 fri Deadfly Ensemble, Swann Danger at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** apr 3 fri Forbidden, Desecrater, Imagika, Mystic Rage at Voodoo Lounge, San Jose 21+ *** @ apr 3 fri The Freeze, Ribzy, Sad Boy Sinister, The Disciples, S.T.D. at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 ** apr 3 fri The SolidFellaz at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** apr 4 sat The Heavenly States at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm ** apr 4 sat The Haunted, Nachtmystium, Kylesa, Intronaut at Slim's, S.F. a/a $18 8pm ** (107.7 the Bone) apr 4 sat Arlo Guthrie at Jewish Community Center, 3200 California Street, S.F. a/a ** apr 4 sat Lily Allen, Natalie Portman's Shaved Head at the Warfeild, S.F. a/a # ** apr 4 sat Acid Mothers Temple And The Melting Paraiso U.F.O., Sonic Suicide Squad at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. ?/? ** apr 4 sat Valerie Orth Band, Alexis Harte, Vanessa Lowe at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** apr 4 sat Papa Grows Funk at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $22/$25 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 4 sat The Phenomenauts, Peelander-z, The Secretions, Tabaltix at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $12 8pm/8:30pm *** @ apr 4 sat Lamb Of God, As I Lay Dying, Children Of Bodom, God Forbid, Municipal Waste at the Events Center, San Jose State University a/a $35 6pm/7pm # *** @ apr 4 sat Drop Dead Gorgeous, Fear Before, I Set My Friends On Fire, Fall From Grace, Alesana at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a *** @ apr 4 sat Mel Tillis at Cache Creek Casino, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 18+ ** apr 4 sat Lonely Kings, A Single Second, Death Valley High, Killcity at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 8pm ** apr 4 sat Sage Francis, Kidz In The Hall, Luckyiam, Pep Love, 2Mex, Metaphysical, U-N-I, Tree Woodz, Griffin, Mickey Factz, B. Dolan, Himself, Canto I, Stacks Malone, Dumperfoo at Lawlor Events Ctr., 1500 Virginia St., Reno NV a/a $25 6pm/6:30pm *** (Benefit the Holland Project & Creative Arts Scholarships) apr 4 sat Neil Sedaka at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, 15 Hwy 50, Stateline, NV 21+ *** apr 5 sun Alesana, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Fear Before I Set My Friends On Fire at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 7pm *** apr 5 sun The Phenomenauts, Peelander-z at Nickel City, 1711 Branham Lane, San Jose a/a $10 7pm/7:30pm ** @ apr 5 sun Lamb Of God, As I Lay Dying, Children Of Bodom, and either God Forbid or Municipal Waste at the Crest Theatre, Fresno a/a # *** @ apr 5 sun Our Hometown Disaster, Murderland (L.A.), Stellar Corpses (Santa Cruz) at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $7 6pm *** @ apr 6 mon Sing It Loud, The Morning Light, The Friday Night Boys, Artist vs. Poet at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** apr 7 tue Travis, The Republic Tigers at Zellerbach Auditorium, U.C. Berkeley a/a $35 7pm/8pm # ** (seated) apr 7 tue Fall Out Boy, Metro Station, Cobra Starship, All Time Low, Hey Monday at the Events Center, San Jose State a/a $36 6pm/7pm # *** @ apr 8 wed Vetiver, Adam Stephens at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** apr 8 wed Slow Trucks at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** apr 8 wed Marissa Nadler at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** apr 9 thr Cold, Killer & The Stars, The Drama Club at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** apr 9 thr Carletta Sue Kay, Garrin Benfield at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** apr 10 fri Reckless Kelly, Micky & The Motorcars at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16 9pm ** (KPIG) apr 10 fri BeauSoleil Avec Michael Doucet, David Lindley at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** apr 10 fri Yonder Mountain String Band at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** apr 10 fri Schaffer The Darklord, Coolzey, Rhombus at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** apr 10 fri Aterciopelados at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 10 fri Nova at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** apr 11 sat The Dickies, dj Tim, dj Chris at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm *** apr 11 sat Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** apr 11 sat Friendly Fire, White Lies, The Soft Pack at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 9pm *** apr 11 sat New Monsoon at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 11 sat Rezzin at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ free 5pm ** (early show) apr 11 sat Trevor Childs & The Beholders, Silver Skies at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** (late show) apr 11 sat R.O.C.K. at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $15/$25 8pm ** (funk out) apr 11 sat Britney Spears at Arco Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a # ** apr 12 sun Dar Williams, Melissa Ferrick at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a * apr 12 sun Mecca Normal at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** apr 12 sun Britney Spears at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # ** apr 12 sun The Freeze at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 6pm ** apr 13 mon Japanther, Ninja Sonik at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 7pm ** apr 13 mon Blind Pilot at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm * apr 13 mon Lacerated, Horseflesh, Reaperduce at Route 92, San Mateo 21+ free 9pm ** apr 13 mon The Hold Steady, The War On Drugs at the Underground, 555 East 4th St., Reno NV 21+ ** apr 13/14/15 Dark Star Orchestra at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** apr 14 tue Cash Pony, Pregnant, Stag Hare, 60 Watt Kid at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** apr 14 tue An Cafe at Slim's, S.F. a/a $30 8pm ** apr 14 tue Fleet Foxes at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** apr 14 tue Taylor Hicks at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $35 9:30pm ** apr 14 tue The Hold Steady, The War On Drugs at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, 15 Hwy 50, Stateline, NV 21+ ** apr 15 wed Franz Ferdinand at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $35 8pm # ** apr 15 wed The Derek Trucks Band at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** apr 15 wed The Ting Tings at the Fillmore, S.F. 21+ $21.50 7pm/8pm # ** apr 15 wed Los Campesinos! at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** apr 15 wed Crookers, Bloody Beetroots at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $18 8pm/9pm ** apr 15 wed Blue Rabbit, Chelsea Wolfe, Tippy Canoe at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm * apr 15 wed The Gaslight Anthem, Heartless Bastards at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** apr 15 wed The Hold Steady, The War On Drugs at Harlow's, 2708 J Street, Sacramento 21+ ** apr 16 thr B.B. King, Lukas Nelson & The Promise Of The Real at Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $85.50/$65.50/$45.50 (all seated) 8pm # *** apr 16 thr Kenny Rogers at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** apr 16 thr Glasvegas at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** apr 16 thr The Gaslight Anthem, Heartless Bastards, A Death In The Family at Slim's, S.F. a/a $17 8:30pm ** apr 16 thr Dr. Dog, Cave Singers, Golden Boots at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm # ** apr 16 thr The Presets at the Mezzanine 21+ $15 9pm ** apr 16 thr Casy & Brian, Katherine Hepburn's Voice, Partman Parthorse at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm * apr 16 thr Richard Buckner at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16 7:30pm/8pm ** apr 17 fri Band Of Horses at the Fox Theater, 1807 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland a/a $29.50 8pm # ** apr 17 fri Kim Lenz, The Delta Bombers, Texas Steve & The Git Gone Trio at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm ** apr 17 fri Turbonegro, Kandi Coded at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** @ $ apr 17 fri Wanda Jackson, Red Meat at Slim's, S.F. a/a $20 9pm ** apr 17 fri Sebastien Tellier, Chairlift at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 17 fri Trainwreck Riders, Saturn Returns, Top Critters at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** apr 17 fri Death Angel, Mudface, Taunted, Bomb and Scary at Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose 21+ *** @ apr 17/18 Boyz II Men at John Ascuaga's Nugget Hotel/Casino, Sparks NV ?/? ** apr 18 sat Black Keys at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $30 (ga floor/seated balcony) 8pm # ** apr 18 sat Lez Zeppelin (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. a/a $18 9pm ** apr 18 sat Audio Out Send, Love Is Chemicals, The New Slave at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** apr 18 sat David Knight, Fractal, Headshear at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** apr 18 sat Jack Rabbit Slim (U.K.), Rockin' Ryan & The Real Goners, Rip Carson, Texas Steve & The Git Gone Trio, The Royal Deuces, 1/4 Mile Combo, Hubba Hubba Revue (burlesque), pre 1965 car show at the Clarion Hotel, 401 E. Millbrae Avenue, Millbrae ?/? ** (11th annual Booze, Broads & Hotrods) apr 19 sun 108, Pulling Teeth, Lewd Acts, Skin Like Iron at 924 Gilman a/a $8 4pm *** @ apr 19 sun Squirrel Nut Zippers at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $24 7:30pm/8pm *** (sold out) apr 19 sun Erika M. Anderson, Some Dark Holler at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm * apr 19 sun The Killers at the Event Center, San Jose State a/a $42.50 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** apr 19 sun The Devil Wears Prada, A Day To Remember, Sky Eats Airplane, Emarosa at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $16.50/$18 6pm *** apr 19 sun Queensr'che at the Senator Theater, 517 Main St., Chico a/a *** apr 20 mon Bloc Party at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $33.50 # ** (Live 105) apr 20/21 Black Kids, Mates Of State at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 7:30pm/8pm *** @ apr 21 tue The Devil Wears Prada, A Day To Remember, Sky Eats Airplane at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16.50/$19 7:30pm *** apr 21 tue Igor & The Red Elvises at Bombay's, 1730 California Street, Redding 21+ 9:30pm ** apr 22 wed The Dry Spells, The Pillow Queens (Austin) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** apr 23 thr Dan Deacon, Future Islands, Teeth Mountain at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** apr 23 thr David Wilcox at Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $22/$25 8pm ** apr 23 thr Geographer, Michael Zapruder, Harbours at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** apr 24 fri Catholic Comb at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** apr 24 fri Poco at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** apr 24 fri Lucha Vavoom at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 8pm/9pm # ** apr 24 fri Skin Lab, Death Pilot at Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose 21+ *** apr 24 fri Third Day at Calvary Temple, Modesto a/a ** apr 24 fri Freedom Affair, Woe to Bethsaida, The Ancient, The Fall Of Autumn, The Color Amnesty at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $8/$10 6:30pm *** @ apr 25 sat Dianne Reeves at Zellerbach Auditorium, U.C. Berkeley a/a # ** (seated) apr 25 sat D.I., The Drunk Injuns, Shootin' Lucy, dj Tim, dj Chris at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm *** @ apr 25 sat John Prine at the Warfield, S.F. a/a A$49.50/$47.50 8pm # ** apr 25 sat Buck-O-Nine at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 25 sat Grouper, Pete Swanson, Jefre Cantu at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** apr 25 sat Attitude Adjustment, Voetsek, Psychosomatic, Fog Of War, Cretaceous at the Evil Dead Shed, Concord a/a $6 5pm (over by 10pm) *** @ apr 25 sat Glen Campbell at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, 15 Hwy 50, Stateline, NV 21+ *** apr 26 sun David Sedaris at Zellerbach Auditorium, U.C. Berkeley a/a # ** (seated) apr 26 sun Slow Poisoner, Palace Family Steakhouse, Warren Jackson Hearne at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ free 9pm ** apr 27 mon Death Cab For Cutie, Cold War Kids, Ra Ra Riot at Memorial Auditorium, 1400 J Street at 15th, Sacramento a/a # *** apr 28 tue Kreator, Exodus, Belphegor, Warbringer at Slim's, S.F. a/a $24 7:30pm *** @ $ (Hordes of Chaos) apr 28 tue Cold War Kids, The Crystal Antlers at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm # *** apr 28 tue Ben Sollee at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** apr 28 tue The Black Lips, Flowers Forever at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm ** apr 29 wed Ximena Sarinana at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a * apr 29 wed Marianne Dissard, Andrew Collberg at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** apr 29/30 The Faint, Ladytron at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $29.50 7pm/8pm # *** apr 30 thr Black Lips, Flowers Forever, The Strange Boys at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** apr 30 thr The Atomic Bomb Audition, Eyes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** may 1 fri The Hot Toddies, Tempo No Tempo at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** may 1 fri Yann Tiersen at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a * may 1/2 Railroad Earth at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** may 2 sat The Devil Makes Three, Hillstomp at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 2 sat Space Vacation, Curmudgeon at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 5pm ** @ may 2 sat The Dogs at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * may 2 sat Chelsea Handler at San Jose Center for the Performing Arts, San Jose a/a $42.50/$35.50 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** may 3 sun Hirax, Wehrmacht, Mordred, Voetsek, Hellhunter at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a 4pm (ends at 10pm) *** @ may 4 mon Eek-A-Mouse at Slim's, S.F. a/a $20/$22 9pm ** may 5 tue Ian Mclagan & The Bump Band at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm ** may 8 fri War at Cache Creek Casino Resort, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 18+ *** may 9 sat Still Flyin' (cd release) at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** may 10 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap, at McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. a/a $3 ($20 6am early entry) 10am may 10 sun Sleepytime Gorilla Museum at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 10 sun The Dead at Shoreline, Mountian View a/a $101-$41 5:30pm/7pm # ** may 11 mon Ghoul, General Surgery (Sweden), Decrepit Birth, Backup Razor at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ $8 ** may 11 mon cancelled: Enslaved, Swallow The Sun, Keep Of Kalessin at Slim's, S.F. may 12 tue Cornelius, Deerhoof at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** may 13 wed Opeth, Enslaved at the Senator Theater, 517 Main St., Chico a/a *** @ may 14 thr Opeth, Enslaved at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** @ may 14 thr Hot Tuna, Loudon Wainwright III at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 7pm/8pm # ** may 15 fri Yo Yo Ma at Zellerbach Auditorium, U.C. Berkeley a/a # ** (seated) may 15 fri Igor And Red Elvises, The Pyronauts at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** may 15 fri A Skylit Drive, Dance Gavin Dance, Lower Definition, Attack Attack!, In Fear And Faith at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a *** @ may 16 sat Christopher Titus at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $29.50 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** may 18 mon Killola, Kristeen Young at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $8 7pm ** may 18 mon Fleetwood Mac at Arco Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a $150/$80/$50 # *** may 19 tue The Kills, The Horrors, Magic Wands at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** may 19 tue Jimmy Buffett And The Coral Reefer Band at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $136.50/$36.50 6pm/8pm # *** may 20 wed Fleetwood Mac at the Arena, Oakalnd a/a $150/$80/$50 7pm/8pm # *** may 20 wed The Decemberists at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $35 8pm # *** may 20 wed Killola, The Perfect Machines, Kristeen Young at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** may 21 thr Fleetwood Mac at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $150/$80/$50 7pm/8pm # *** may 22 fri Culann's Hounds, The Zydepunks at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** may 23 sat The Flatliners, Colin Gilmore at Slim's, S.F. a/a $20 9pm ** may 23 sat Grand Funk Railroad at Cache Creek Casino Resort, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 18+ ** may 23 sat S.T.D., Category 7 at Pistol Pete's, 140 Harrison Avenue, Auburn 21+ $5 8:30pm ** may 23 sat Robin Trower at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, 15 Hwy 50, Stateline, NV 21+ *** may 24 sun Buddy Guy at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, 15 Hwy 50, Stateline, NV 21+ ** may 25 mon Flight Of The Conchords (two shows), Arj Barker at Community Theatre, 2134 Martin Luther King Way, Berkeley a/a $38.50 5pm/6pm and 8pm/9pm # ** may 26 tue Animal Collective at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $25.50 8pm # ** may 27 wed Animal Collective at Henry Miller Library, Big Sur a/a ** may 28 thr Vast at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm ** may 29 fri Sun Kil Moon, Mia Doi Todd (solo acoustic) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 30 sat Rick Springfield at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, 15 Hwy 50, Stateline, NV 21+ *** jun 1 mon Mystic Rage at Route 92, San Mateo 21+ free 9pm ** jun 4 thr The Slackers at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** jun 4 thr Amy X Neuburg & The Cello ChiXtet, Zoe Keating at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a * jun 6 sat Kim Nalley at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a * jun 7 sun S.F. Jazz High School All-Stars at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jun 8 mon Imagika at Route 92, San Mateo 21+ free 9pm ** jun 12 fri Phobia, Unholy Grave (Japan), Magrudergrind (D.C.), Voetsek, In Disgust at B.R.S., Richmond a/a *** @ jun 12 fri The John Jorgenson Quintet at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (seated show) jun 13 sat George Thorogood & The Destroyers at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, 15 Hwy 50, Stateline, NV 21+ *** jun 20 sat Femi Kuti at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 8pm/9pm # ** jun 24 wed Josh Gracin at the Sonoma/Marin Fair, Petaluma a/a ** jun 25 thr Night Ranger at the Sonoma/Marin Fair, Petaluma a/a *** jun 25 thr The Charlie Daniels Band at San Joaquin Fairgrounds, Stockton a/a *** jun 26 fri Dave Alvin And The Guilty Women at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a $20 9pm ** jun 26 fri The Charlie Daniels Band at Sonoma/Marin Fair, Petaluma a/a *** jun 27 sat Warped tour, San Francisco a/a # *** @ (see aug 20 for band list) jun 27 sat Bret Michaels at the Sonoma/Marin Fair, Petaluma a/a ** jun 27 sat The Charlie Daniels Band at Cache Creek Casino Resort, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 18+ *** jul 1 wed The Charlie Daniels Band at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a *** jul 4 sat Hal Ketchum at Cache Creek Casino Resort, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 18+ ** jul 6/7 Reverend Horton Heat at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** jul 9 thr Pro-Pain, Sworn Enemy, Mantic Ritual at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jul 11 sat Marilyn Manson, Slayer, Bullet For My Valentine, Trivium, All That Remains, God Forbid, Cannibal Corpse, Job For A Cowboy, Behemoth, The Black Dahlia Murder, Whitechapel at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a # *** jul 13 mon Nihlotep, Vesterian, Gravespawn at Route 92, San Mateo 21+ free 9pm ** jul 13 mon Coldplay, Amadou & Mariam, Kitty Daisy & Lewis at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $104/$86/$41 6pm/7:30pm # *** jul 20 mon Blue Oyster Cult, The CoverGrrlz at Slim's, S.F. a/a $30 8pm *** (107.7 The Bone - was in march) jul 23 thr Il Divo (David Miller, Carlos Mar'n, Urs Buhler, S'bastien Izambard) at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $130/$90/$60 7:30pm # ** (opera) jul 29 wed Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert, Lady Antebellum at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, 15 Hwy 50, Stateline, NV 21+ ** aug 9 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap at McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. a/a $3 ($20 6am early entry) 10am aug 14/15 Alan Parsons Live Project at John Ascuaga's Nugget Casino, Sparks, NV 18+ ** aug 20 sat 3OH!3, A Day To Remember, A Skylit Drive, Alexisonfire, Anti-Flag, Bad Religion, Bayside, Big D And The Kids Table, Black Tide, Bouncing Souls, Breathe Carolina, Brokencyde, Cash Cash, Chiodos, Dance Gavin Dance, Dear And The Headlights, Dirty Heads, Escape The Fate, Every Avenue, Flogging Molly, Gallows, Hit The Lights, I Set My Friends On Fire, Jeffree Star, Less Than Jake, Lights, Meg & Dia, Millionaires, NoFX, Outernational, P.O.S., Saosin, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Senses Fail, Shad, Silverstein, Sing It Loud, Streetlight Manifesto, Tat, The A.K.A.s, The Architects, The Ataris, The Devil Wears Prada, The Maine, The White Tie Affair, There For Tomorrow, Therefore I Am, Thrice, TV/TV, Underoath, Valencia, Westbound Train at Warped Tour, S.F. a/a # *** @ (only one main stage - bands on main stage play 40 minuits each) aug 21 sun Warped tour, Sacramento a/a # *** @ see aug 20 for band list) sep 9 thr Obituary, Goatwhore, Krisiun, The Berzerker at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ * 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 Bender's Bar & Grill, 806 South Van Ness Ave., S.F. 21+ 415-824-1800 Betty's Rock Bar, 1251 Arroyo Way, Walnut Creek 21+ Bimbo's 365 Club, 1025 Columbus Avenue, S.F. 21+ 18+ 415-474-0365 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+ a/a 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 Fox Theater, 1807 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland 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+ a/a 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 Route 92, 2128 South El Camino Real, San Mateo 21+ Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave. at Bancroft, Berkeley 21+ 510-548-1159 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 Sub-Mission Art Space, 2183 Mission Street, S.F. a/a 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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