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 March 20, 2009 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 *** @ (UGZ Speed Trials 2009) mar 20 fri The Real Tom Thunder, Lavendi, Ehren Ebbage, Spenser Cooper at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** mar 20 fri Black Mountain, The Sadies (Toronto) 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 Bored & Ashamed (acoustic) at Cafe International, Haight @ Fillmore, S.F. a/a free 7:30pm * 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 The Grannies, Midnight Bombers, Fracas, Flexx Bronco at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8-$20 sliding scale 8pm/9pm ** @ (Medical Bill Benefit for Brian Hood from Everything Must Go) mar 20 fri Notorious, BuddaBelly at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** mar 20 fri Frankenstein L.I.V.S., Dead Ringers at the Li-Po Lounge, 916 Grant Ave., S.F. 21+ free 9pm ** (Corinne's Birthday) mar 20 fri Tim Barry, Austin Lucas, Josh Small at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ ** mar 20 fri Dustonious Maximus, Stratosphere 68, dj Noble at Grant & Green, 1371 Grant St., S.F. 21+ free 9pm * 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 Home Is Colored Gold, Matsuri at Jungle Digital, 542 High Street, Palo Alto a/a $3 7pm * (KSCU) mar 20 fri Alejandra Guzman, Aleks Syntek, Moenia, Fobia, Flex at the Events Center, San Jose State a/a $70./$55/$40 6pm/7pm # ** (MX Live Fest) mar 20 fri Snot, Skin Lab at Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose 21+ $12 *** mar 20 fri This Charming Band (two sets) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** mar 20 fri Falling To Pieces, Hostility, Devolved at the Modesto Virtual, 947 10th Street, Modesto a/a $8 ** @ mar 20 fri 2 Hot 3 Fast, Exylum, Lethal Injection, Dividing Solid, Non Toxic, Julie Meyers, Jason Gonzalez Band, Walter Bere Band at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $8 5:30pm ** mar 20 fri Devil Doll, Big John Bates And the Voodoo Dollz at the Kennel Club, Sacramento 21+ $10/$12 8pm ** mar 20 fri Breaker Breaker One Niner, Like Nothing, Splitzville at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 8pm ** 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 B-Side Players at Moes Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz 21+ ** 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 *** @ (UGZ 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 Scard, Sixes, Soriah, Carrion, Orbis Nex at 851 81st Ave., Oakland ?/? ** mar 21 sat Googoosh at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a # ** mar 21 sat Nudity, Dzjenghis Kahn, Hooray For Everything, Wild Thing, dj The Duke Of Windsor at Ghost Town Gallery, 2519 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland a/a $5 9pm ** mar 21 sat Diamond Daggers, dj Inity, Rusty Hips, Simone De La Getto, Jill Parkers's Foxglove Sweethearts, Vivienne Forever More, Vera De Ville at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8/$10 9pm ** (Queer Cabaret & Dance Party) 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 Holywood 77, Dirty Eyes, Free Cowboy Hats at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm/5pm ** 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, Jon Hopkins at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $20/$18 9pm ** mar 21 sat Kowloon Walled City, Sod Hauler, Dark Castle at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** mar 21 sat ArnoCorps, Count Dante & The Black Dragon Fighting Society, Zombies On Crack at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** @ mar 21 sat Xavier Toscano, Bang Data, Nkechi Live, dj's, silent auction, live paintings at 111 Minna Gallery, 111 Minna, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** (Benefit for Buena Vista Elementary) 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 The Sore Thumbs, The Harrington Saints, The Excuse, The Outlaw Dance Society at the Red Hat, 1860 Monument Blvd., Concord 21+ $8 8pm ** @ mar 21 sat Until Your Heart Stops, Sick And Tired, Murder Practice, Bastards Of Young, Hear The Sirens, Plank Walk at 820 El Camino Real, Belmont a/a $5 7pm *** mar 21 sat Lady K And The Kings Of Swing at Dougherty Valley Performing Arts Center, 10550 Albion Rd., San Ramon a/a $10 8pm * mar 21 sat The New Trust, The Pillowfights, Dateless (WA), Touch My Rash, Ashley Allred, Meredith Edgar, Cameao, The First Move at SJ Works, 451 South First Street, San Jose a/a $5 7pm ** (Girls Rockage: ladies of music and art - KSCU) mar 21 sat Hayride To Hell, Three Bad Jacks, Los High Tops at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** mar 21 sat Devil Doll at Giovane's, 348 San Juan Grande Road, North Salinas a/a * mar 21 sat Playground Patriots (cd release), Tragedy Andy, 5 Days Dirty, S.T.D., Bomb The Hill at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $8 6:30pm ** @ mar 21 sat Jack Ketch, Sexciety, Divinity In Darkness, Falling To Pieces at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $10 8pm ** mar 21 sat Law Abiding Citizens, Anti-Panti, Get Shot, D.S.I. at Shea's Tavern, Reno, NV 21+ 9pm ** @ mar 22 sun Ole Hole, Dateless (WA), Hudson Falcons (N.J.), The Albert Square at 924 Gilman a/a $7 5pm *** @ mar 22 sun Acts Of Sedition, Sixes (WA), Poseidon (WA), Great Question at 1755 12th Street, West Oakland a/a donation 7pm ** @ 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 Otto Mobile & The Moaners at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm/4pm * 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 Michelle Shocked at Yoshi's, 1330 Fillmore Street, S.F. 21+ ** mar 22 sun Drummar, Chores, Moon, Ian Bjornstad, dj GetButt at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** mar 22 sun Hoods, Hammerfist, xArmed For Battlex at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $10 6pm ** @ mar 23 mon Cold Grave, Cull, Thane 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, Lenka at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 6pm/7pm # ** mar 23 mon You, Me & Iowa, We Fly By Night (record release), Casey Chisholm at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** mar 23 mon Strangefeather at the Press Club, 2030 P Street at 21st, Sacramento 21+ 9pm * mar 24 tue Dryer/Heule/Lindsay at the Compound Gallery, 6604 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland a/a * mar 24 tue Dear Indugu, Casey Chisholm, Magnanimous, Alaskas at House of Nostromo, 4 Fifth Ave @ Embarcadero, Oakland a/a $5 8pm ** mar 24 tue Bandlands, Liz Allbee, Ava Mendoza at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** mar 24 tue Silian Rail, Brier Rose, Symmetry-Symmetry, Berlin Rose at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 ** mar 24 tue Bishop Allen (N.Y.), Miniature Tigers, Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** mar 24 tue Dave Rawlings Machine, Gillian Welch at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** mar 24 tue Vietus Mortuus, Cull (Portland), Embers at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** mar 24 tue Razorlight, The Silent Comedy at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** (was jan 18th) mar 24 tue Nero Nava And The Sexx Act, Ultraset, Lance Burden at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** mar 24 tue One In The Chamber, Skin Like Iron, Psychology OF Genocide at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm/10pm ** @ mar 24 tue OK Go at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $14/$17 7pm/8pm *** mar 24 tue Strangefeather, Fainting Goats at Coasters, Boardwalk Bowl, 115 Cliff Street, Santa Cruz 21+ 9pm ** mar 24 tue Michelle Shocked at Moes Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz 21+ ** mar 25 wed Scubacat, Casey Chisholm, In The Dust at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** mar 25 wed Dashing Suns, Brian Glaze & The Nightshift, The Sarees, dj Duke Of Windsor at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 ** 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 (Scandinavia), Herman Dune (France) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$14 7:30pm ** mar 25 wed Alice Russell at Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F. a/a free 6pm ** mar 25 wed Ten Out Of Tenn at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm/8pm ** mar 25 wed Leather Feather, Phantom!, Chalkline at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** mar 25 wed The Boneless Children Foundation, Off Campus, Vox Jaguars at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** mar 25 wed Dirty Pillows, Mood Runner, Screaming Pacinos at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** mar 25 wed Monkey, Warsaw Poland Bros at Moes Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz 21+ ** mar 25 wed Strangefeather at Monterey Live, 414 Alvarado Street, Monterey ?/? 9pm * mar 26 thr Grand Lake at Amoeba Music, 2455 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a free 6pm ** mar 26 tue Unwoman, Onkel Woland & The Black Forest Menegerie, dj Fact.50, dj Tomas Diablo at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** mar 26 thr Warsaw Poland Bros (AZ), Pets (Sacramento), Black Nite Crash (WA), dj Prince J at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 ** mar 26 thr Nurse With Wound at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** mar 26 thr M.D.C., Verbal Abuse, Embrace The Kill, Fukm at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 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 Carcass, Death Angel, Suicide Silence, The Faceless, Samael, Toxic Holocast, Abysmal Dawn at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a 6:30pm *** @ mar 26 thr Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman, Steve Earle, Anti-Flag, Wayne Kramer, Boots Riley, Corey Taylor at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** mar 26 thr Tricky, The Floacist 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 Wildildlife, Trainwreck Riders, Ovens at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** mar 26 thr Brave Citizens, Corinthe, Adosa, Woe To Bethsaida, Metalgrid, The Cancer Patients, Your Second Chance 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 sat Tecumseh, Riqis, Horseflesh, Gregg Kowalsky at AT Terminal 10, 3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland a/a $5 ** mar 27 fri The Mae Shi at Amoeba Music, 2455 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a free 6pm ** mar 27 fri Cliff Greenwood, Suicidal Barfly, Ryan Davidson at Eli's Mile High Club, 3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way. Oakland 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm ** (acoustic show) mar 27 fri Bang Data, Los Hollywood, Riddim 510 at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** mar 27 fri Hill Stomp (OR), The Brothers Comatose, McDougall at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $7 ** 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 # ** (KPIG) mar 27 fri Bleeding Through, The Acacia Strain, As Blood Runs Black, Impending Doom, Arise, dj Rob Metal 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 Monkey, The Impalers, The Pepper Pots (Spain), The Warsaw Poland Bros., dj SoulFool (L.A.) at Sub/Mission Art Space, 2183 Mission Street, S.F. a/a $10 9pm *** 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 La Plebe, Everything Must Go, Druglords Of The Avenues, Eskapo at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm/9pm ** @ (Fraggle and Rebecca's Birthday) mar 27 fri Fast Times at Maggie McGarry's, 1353 Grant Street, S.F. 21+ free 9pm * mar 27 fri A Gun That Shoots Knives (Seattle), Electric Eyes, Overdrive A.D., Tiger House at the Retox Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5 9:30pm ** mar 27 fri The Sacred Profanities, dj Zhaldee at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20/$30 8:30pm ** mar 27 fri Brave Citizens, Jeepster, The Bunker, Pet Sounds at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** mar 27 fri sBach, Worker Bee, Maldroid, The Toy Soldiers (WA) The Fratellies at Nickel City, San Jose a/a $8 7pm ** mar 27 fri Lil Wayne, T-Pain, Gym Class Heroes, Keri Hilson at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $86/$66/$46 (all reserved) 7pm # *** mar 27 fri Frank Turner, Steve Soto & The Twisted Hearts, Look Mexico at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** mar 27 fri Dance Gavin Dance, A Skylit Drive at the Empire Theatre, Stockton a/a ** mar 27 fri Chop Tops, The Tantrums, Midnight Howlers at Hero's Sports Lounge & Pizza Co., 821 L St, Modesto a/a $10 ** mar 27 fri Craig Owens (of Chiodos), Ace Enders, The Gay Blades, VersaEmerge at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** mar 27 fri Hands Of Hope, Five Year Fight, Second To Last, Brood Of Vipers at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $12 6:30pm ** mar 27 fri S.T.D., Tilted/Twisted, Lethal Injection at San Juan High School, 7551 Greenback Lane, Citrus Heights a/a $5 6pm ** @ mar 27 fri Hell's Belles (tribute), Dynamite 8 at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $10 8pm ** mar 27 fri Careerers, Mayyors, Eat Skull at the 300 Club, 900 West Capitol Blvd., West Sacramento 21+ 9pm ** mar 27 fri Illinois, Kenan Bell, Early States, Life In 24 Frames, S.M.F. at the Kennel Club, Sacramento 21+ $8 8pm ** mar 27 fri The Airborne Toxic Event, The Henry Clay People, Rademacher at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $8/$10 9:30pm ** (sold out) mar 27 fri cancelled: Too Short, Martin Luther, Silk-E, New Choice, Brian Collier, Dwayne Wiggins at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. mar 27/28 Steve Kimock Crazy Engine at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** mar 28 sat Dan Potthast, Davenport Totem, Hectic (tribute), Decent Criminal, Aught 7 at 924 Gilman a/a $8 *** @ mar 28 sat Born/Dead, Detonize (WA), Escapement at 3088 King St., Berkeley a/a 5pm ** @ mar 28 sat Hells Belles (tribute - Seattle), Dynamite 8, Code 4-15 at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** (Rawkmoms Birthday) mar 28 sat Wild Things, The Pundits at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** mar 28 sat Y&T, Gilby Clarke at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $36.50 8pm/9pm # ** mar 28 sat Illinois (PA), Toy Soldiers (Seattle), Kenan Bell 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 Psychokitty, Pinched Nerve, Lighter Thieves at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm/5pm ** 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 (Portland), 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 Dan Hicks And The Hot Licks, David Grisman at Yoshi's, 1330 Fillmore Street, S.F. 21+ $30 7pm/8pm * mar 28 sat Falling To Pieces, Hostility, Absent Society, 3rdRail at Kimo's Bar, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** @ mar 28 sat Flametal, Grayceon, Parade Of Storms (Eugene), Modig Wuht at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/10pm ** @ mar 28 sat Monotonix (Israel), Triclops, Lumerians at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $10.50/$13 10pm *** @ mar 28 sat Fat Bottomed Girls (tribute), Meat Sluts, Dalton, Ramonskis at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** mar 28 sat After Shocker, Hydrophonic, Bored & Ashamed at Beale Street Bar & Grill, 133 Beale St., S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** mar 28 sat The Uptones, The Pepper Pots (Spain), The Street Vendors, Rude Roots Sound System at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm *** mar 28 sat Nature's Law, Curmudgeon, Roadkill Romeo, Kajillion at the Time Out, 1822 Grant Street, Concord 21+ $8 8:30pm ** mar 28 sat Monkey (cd release), Whiskey Avengers, My New Life, Poor AJ at Works Gallery, 451 S. First Street, San Jose a/a $6 7pm ** (KSCU) mar 28 sat Insolence, Dirtbag Dan, All City Elite, North Swell at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** mar 28 sat Krs-1 at the Avalon, 777 Lawrance Expressway, Santa Clara a/a ** mar 28 sat Tenfold, The Obsessors, The Motorpunx at Caravan, 98 South Almaden Ave., San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** mar 28 sat Robert Earl Keen, Hayes Carll at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $24/$29 7pm/8pm ** mar 28 sat Grupo Fantasma, Firme at Moes Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz 21+ ** mar 28 sat Carnifex, A Shootout In Paris, Desecrate Arcadia, Hello, Saior, Beneath The Rapture at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $12 6:30pm ** mar 28 sat T-Model Ford, Gravel Road, The Ferocious Few at the Kennel Club, Sacramento 21+ $10/$12 8pm ** mar 28 sat Feed The Manikin, Formula, Anti-Flora at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 8pm ** mar 28 sat These Arms Are Snakes, Tera Melos at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** 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 28 sat Law Abiding Citizens, D.S.I., Anti-Panti at Whiskey Dick's, 2660 Lake Tahoe Blvd., Lake Tahoe 21+ $5 9pm ** @ mar 29 sun Red Fang, Floating Goat, Pigs at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm/9:30pm ** @ mar 29 sun New Found Glory, Bayside, Set Your Goals, Shai Halud at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7pm *** 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, Trash Talk (Sacramento) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$14 7:30pm ** @ mar 29 sun The Sacred Profanities at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm/4pm * mar 29 sun Trans Am at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $14 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 29 sun Barn Owl, Tecumseh, Oaxacan, Holly Caust at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** mar 29 sun Emiliana Torrini, Lay Low at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $17 7:30pm/8pm ** mar 29 sun Bonfire Madigan (ep release), Excuses For Skipping at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** (KALX) mar 29 sun Michael Whitwell And The Wicked Uncles, The Phoenix Jazz Workshop, The Peter Musser Percussion Crew, The Phoenix Art Collective (graffiti), Robert Ramirez & His Latin Jazz Combo at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 donation 4pm ** (Benefit for the Phoenix Art & Music Programs) mar 29 sun Lily Tomlin at the Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway, Redwood City a/a $85/$75/$65/$60 7:30pm ** mar 29 sun Tera Melos, AIDS Wolf (Canada), Doctor Nurse, Matsuri The Fratellies at Nickel City, San Jose a/a $8 7pm ** mar 29 sun S.T.D., Rvivr (WA), The Compound, Peaceable Jones, Jaked On Ridicule at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $8 5:30pm ** @ mar 30 mon Acts Of Sedition, Thousandswilldie, Transient (Portland), Rostronegro, Strains Of The Apocalypse, Pills at Full House, 3147 Filbert Street, Oakland a/a $5 7:30pm *** @ 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, Pillars And Tongues at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** mar 30 mon Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains, My First Earthquake at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 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 mon Aids Wolf, Death Sentence: Panda!, Preyers at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ ** mar 30 mon Microfiche, Evening Empire, Best Friend at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** mar 30 mon Defect Defect (Portland), N.N., Mundo Muerto (L.A.), Suicide Bomb (first show) at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm/9pm *** @ mar 30 mon The Mae Shi, Pre (U.K.), Hard Girls, Team Andrew The Fratellies at Nickel City, San Jose a/a $8 7pm ** mar 30/31 Midnite at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $28 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 31 tue The Dirty Heads, Mishka at Blake's, Berkeley a/a $10 8:30pm ** mar 31 tue Painted Cakes, X-Ray Press, Saything at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 ** mar 31 tue Chad VanGaalen, Women, Tempo No Tempo at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 31 tue Gavin DeGraw, Angel Taylor at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** mar 31 tue Kinski, Glitter Wizard, Guitar vs. Gravity at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** mar 31 tue Swanifant, Zoo, Dirt Porch at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ 7pm ** mar 31 tue The Waybacks at Yoshi's, 1330 Fillmore Street, S.F. 21+ ** at Yoshi's, 1330 Fillmore Street, S.F. 21+ ** apr 1 wed India Arie at Zellerbach Auditorium, U.C. Berkeley a/a $39.50/$32.50 7pm/8pm # ** apr 1 wed Burbank International, One F, Hammer Horrorclassics at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** apr 1 wed The Slowdown, The Molestations at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $7 ** 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 Five, 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 Raised By Robots, The New Faces, The Long Thaw at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5/$8 8pm ** apr 1 wed Los Banos, Fluff Grrrl, The Fuxedos, Brian Kenny Fresno, Rev. Bishop Joey, Rev. David Apocalypse, Karla lavey, Dr. Hal, Michael Peppe, Mr. Teevee at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $8 ($6 in costume) 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 1 wed Shredding, Manifest, Sabreteeth at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** apr 1 wed The Fancy Dan Band, My Old Lady, Shovelman at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $5 5pm/8pm ** apr 1 wed Gooferman at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 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 wed Suicidal Barfly, Tat (U.K.), Touch My Rash at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** apr 1 wed Cracker at Moes Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz 21+ ** apr 1/2 Ratatat at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** apr 2 thr Tesla, The Leo Projecti at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $32.50 8pm *** (107.7 the Bone) apr 2 thr Greg Ashley, No One & The Nobodies (cd release), The Butterfly Bones at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 8pm ** apr 2 thr The Get Up Kids, Train The Dentist at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** apr 2 thr The Get Up Kids, Train The Dentist at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** $ 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+ $6 9pm ** apr 2 thr Eoin Harrington at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** apr 2 thr Fromagique (burlesque), Bombshell Betty, Tinkly Sparkle, Red Velvet, Randy Johnson at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8pm * 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 Scarecrow, Beerijuana, Mutilate The Dead at Caravan, 98 South Almaden Ave., San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** apr 2 thr Eric Andersen, The Noble Shy, Dogfood, The Ghost Engine at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $9/$10 6pm ** apr 2 thr The Rad Girls, Alex Lee at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $7 8:30pm ** 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 2 thr cancelled: From The Jam at Slim's, S.F. apr 3 fri Hightower, 5 Days Dirty, Fronside Five, Minus One, Nightstick Justice, Short Changed at 924 Gilman a/a *** @ apr 3 fri The Phenomenauts, Peelander-Z (Japan), 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 Acre, Pariah Veil, Eva Inca Ore, Churchill / Gillespie at AT Terminal 10, 3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland a/a $5 ** apr 3 fri Harry Bolles, The Downer Party, Vitamin Party, Bwuh at Temescal Arts Center, 511 48th St. Oakland a/a $10 ** (acoustic) apr 3 fri Scissors For Lefty, French Cassettes, 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, Ott 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, Black Bow at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** apr 3 fri Saviours, Scarecrow, Dusted Angel (Santa Cruz) at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/10pm ** @ (was incorrectly listed as ast the El Rio) apr 3 fri Jeremy Jay, The Mantles at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** apr 3 fri Deadfall, Desolation at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $3 8pm ** (Dwaynes Birthday) apr 3 fri American Professionals, The Redwood Plan, Lepish, New Hope For The Dead at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** apr 3 fri Via Coma, Spindle Tree, Blys, Dela Terra, Nuclear Tempest (in the lobby) at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** apr 3 fri Forbidden, Desecrater, Imagika, Mystic Rage at Voodoo Lounge, San Jose 21+ *** @ apr 3 fri The Go Getters, Gamblers Mark, The Infamous Swanks at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** apr 3 fri Defiance, Ohio, Tubers (FL), Dichotomy, Fischer, Tether Horse, Black Rainbow at 418 Project, 418 Front Street, Santa Cruz a/a $7 ($5 with book donation) 8pm *** @ 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, Evelyn at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 8pm ** apr 3 fri Dead City Sunday, Social Syn, H Letham, Bottom Of The Ocean at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $10 6:30pm ** apr 3 fri Neil Hamburger (comedian), Imaging at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $8/$10 8pm ** apr 4 sat Stormcrow, Acts Of Sedition, Detonize (Seattle), The Farley Overdose (Reno), Don't Trip at Your House, Oakland a/a $5 8pm *** @ apr 4 sat The Freeze (Boston), One Way System (U.K.), Billyclub (U.K.), Poop (Orange County), Shootin Lucy, Fukm at B.R.S., Richmond a/a 7pm *** @ apr 4 sat The Heavenly States, The Federalists, Somehow At Sea 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 Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** apr 4 sat Lila Downs at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 8pm/8pm # ** apr 4 sat Rock Fight, Disastroid Fear The Fiasco at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm/5pm ** 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 Thee Merry Widows, The Hooks, The Disciples at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** @ apr 4 sat Snoop Dogg, dj's at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ 9pm *** apr 4 sat The Phenomenauts, Peelander-Z (Japan), The Secretions, Tabaltix at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $12 8pm/8:30pm *** @ apr 4 sat Cheapskate, 2nd Class Citizens, Kill Kops, Chump Change at the Red Hat, 1860 Monument Blvd., Concord 21+ $5 9pm ** @ apr 4 sat Civil War Rust, Get Dead, Impeller, Lessons In Failing, Peaceable Jones at Mutiny, 422 West 2nd St., Antioch 21+ $5 8pm/9pm ** apr 4 sat Evolution (tribute), Generation Swine (tribute), Terry Lauderdale at the Little Fox, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City 21+ 8pm ** (Terry Lauderdale's Birthday) apr 4 sat Lamb Of God, Suicidal Tendencies, Children Of Bodom, God Forbid, Municipal Waste at the Events Center, San Jose State University a/a $35 6pm/7pm # *** @ (new lineup) 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 Lesdystics, A Single Second, Death Valley High, Jake & Sarah at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 8pm ** apr 4 sat Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, Justin Townes Earle at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $15 9:30pm ** apr 4 sat Martin Sexton, Chris Trapper at Harlow's, 2708 J Street, Sacramento 21+ $20/$22 9pm ** apr 4 sat S.T.D., Malcom Bliss, The Clydes at the Stag, 506 Main St., Woodland 21+ $5 8:30pm ** (was March 14th) apr 4 sat A Moments Notice, Fayda at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $10 6:30pm ** apr 4 sat Mel Tillis at Cache Creek Casino, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 18+ ** 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 The Pets, Top Ten, The Dashing Sons at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** 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 Geronimo, The Human Quena Orchestra at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** apr 5 sun John Wesley Harding, Eugene Mirman at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm ** apr 5 sun Defiance, Ohio, Dichotomy, Gruk, Excuse The Blood at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** @ apr 5 sun The Phenomenauts, Peelander-Z (Japan), Dan Potthast The Fratellies at Nickel City, San Jose a/a $10 7pm *** @ apr 5 sun Stellar Corpses (Santa Cruz), The Scowndrols, Fashion City Scandal at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $7 6pm ** 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 6 mon Sing It Loud, The Morning Light, The Friday Night Boys, Artist vs. Poet at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** apr 6 mon I Was A Lover Delorean Was A Dealer, Room For A Ghost, Never Knows Best at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** apr 6 mon Steven Sererin, Music For Silents at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 7:30pm ** apr 6 mon Leon Redbone at Harlow's, 2708 J St., Sacramento 21+ $35/$40 8pm ** apr 6 mon Stellar Corpses, The Cheatin' Hearts, Don't Care at the Downtown Eatery, Redding a/a ** @ apr 7 tue Travis, The Republic Tigers at Zellerbach Auditorium, U.C. Berkeley a/a $35 7pm/8pm # ** (seated) apr 7 tue Alexi Murdoch at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** apr 7 tue Jack's Mannequin, Matt Nathanson, Low Vs. Diamond at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $32/$30 # *** (was march 30th) apr 7 tue Have Heart, Shook Ones, Comadre, Rotting Out at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10/$12 7pm ** @ apr 7 tue One Way System, Billyclub, Poop at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** apr 7 tue Noodles, Mud, All Ages, Golda Supernova, Dave Dalton at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 8pm ** apr 7 tue Marabelle Phoenix, The Tunnel at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** apr 7 tue Voltaire (N.Y), Vernian Process, dj Nako, dj Crackwhore at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $11/$13 9pm ** 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 7 tue Frontside Five, Minus One, Hightower, 5 Days Dirty at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $5 9pm ** apr 7 tue War Of Ages, Wrench In The Wortks, A Hope For Home, The Fall Of Autumn, The Shotgun Effect at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $10 6:30pm *** apr 8 wed Mitch Landy, Natalie Cox, Diana Rowan, Laura Simpson at St. Alban's Church, 1501 Washington, Albany a/a $15 7:30pm * (celtic harp) apr 8 wed Zodiac Death Valley, Cyndi Harvell, Electric Vagina at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** apr 8 wed Vetiver, Adam Stephens at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** apr 8 wed The Airborne Toxic Event at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** apr 8 wed Brutal Truth, Impaled, Voetsek, Thousands Will Die, dj Rob Metal at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $12/$15 8pm *** @ apr 8 wed Sterling Says, Slow Trucks, Mosshead 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 8 wed Cannons And Clouds, Build Us Airplanes, Jeepster at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** apr 8 wed Tomorrow's Bad Seeds, A Red Cup Affair, Blaming Johnny, Top Shelf at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm *** apr 8 wed Fall Out Boy, Cobra Starship, All Time Low, Metro Station, Hey Monday at Memorial Auditorium, 1400 J St., Sacramento a/a # *** @ apr 8 wed Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Faun Fables at Harlow's, 2708 J Street, Sacramento 21+ $12.50/$15 8pm ** apr 8/9 Robben Ford, Big Organ Trio at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $22 7:30pm/8pm ** apr 9 thr Dex Romweber Duo at Amoeba Music, 2455 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a free 6pm ** apr 9 thr Wild Hunt, Its Casual (L.A.), Pegataur, Smiles at the Stork Club, Oaklande 21+ $7 ** apr 9 thr Cold, Killer & The Stars, The Drama Club at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** apr 9 thr Gary Louris & Mark Olson, Teddy Thompson at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** apr 9 thr M.M.F.M., 77 Straight, The Agent Deadlies at Depot, S.F.S.U. Student Center, 1650 Holloway Ave., S.F. a/a free 5pm ** apr 9 thr Carletta Sue Kay, Garrin Benfield, Jessica Pratt at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** apr 9 thr The Dickies at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm *** apr 9 thr The Reaction, Black Rainbow, Shotwell, Jack Saints at the Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St. S.F. 21+ ** @ apr 9 thr King Loses Crown, Death Valley High at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm ** apr 9 thr Dying Prayer at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $9/$10 6pm ** apr 9 thr The Aggrolites, Tomorrow's Bad Seeds at Harlow's, 2708 J Street, Sacramento 21+ $12 8:30pm ** apr 10 fri The Dashing Sons, Sister Grizzly, Grand Lake, Rad Cloud at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 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 Negative Plane, Horn Of Dagoth, Passive Aggressive, Vietus Mortuus, dj Rob Metal at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 9pm ** @ apr 10 fri Gregory Douglass (Vermont - cd release), Syd at Dolores Park Cafe, 501 Dolores St. at 18th., S.F. a/a $10 8pm * apr 10 fri Ordstro / Flat Out (split set), Deers!, Swank, Koalacaust, Thug, Dead Panic at Sub/Mission Art Space, 2183 Mission Street, S.F. a/a $5 8pm ** @ apr 10 fri Schaffer The Darklord, Coolzey, Rhombus at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** apr 10 fri Aterciopelados, Alex Cuba at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 10 fri The Butlers, Little Yellow Perfect, Brad Brooks at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** apr 10 fri Headlights (IL), Picture Atlantic, The Love Language (N.C.), Corpus Callosum at Nickel City, San Jose a/a $10 7pm ** apr 10 fri Firme, The Whiskey Avengers, Realization at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** apr 10 fri Nova, Accelerate at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** apr 10 fri Its Casual at On The Y, 670 Fulton Ave., Sacramento 21+ ** apr 10 fri The Phenomenauts, The Secretions, Baghdad Batteries at Lost on Main, Chico, 319 Main Street, Chico 21+ 9pm *** @ apr 10/11 Yonder Mountain String Band, Darol Anger at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** (KPIG) apr 11 sat Grayceon, Mammatus, Giant (N.C.), Tides (R.I.) at 924 Gilman a/a $8 *** @ apr 11 sat The Dickies, Turbonegra (tribute), Go-Going-Gone Girls, 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 The Jank, The Onlymen, Bad Touch at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm/5pm ** apr 11 sat Mute Socialite, Ninja Academy, Say Bok Gwai at Club Alano, 1748 Market Street, S.F. a/a 8pm ** @ apr 11 sat New Monsoon, Allofasudden at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 11 sat Rezzin at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ free 5pm ** (Nose Magazine 20th Anniversary - 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 Los Dryheavers, Jesse Morris & The Man Cougars, The Scrawnies at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** apr 11 sat Summer Of Glaciers, Bookworms at House of Shields, 39 New Montgomery St., S.F. 21+ $5 9pm * apr 11 sat Luce, Heather Combs, Alden at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm ** apr 11 sat Dave Smallen, Themes (OR), The Mess, Kid Nothing at Nickel City, San Jose a/a $8 7pm ** apr 11 sat Guttermouth, Good Neighbor Policy, Check Raised, The Kings Kids at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz a/a $12/$13 8pm/9pm *** @ apr 11 sat Britney Spears at Arco Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a # ** (sold out) apr 11 sat Red Wire Army, Emissary Of Fire, Lycanthrope, Siphon Soul, Apocryphos at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $10 6:30pm ** apr 11 sat Sleepnoise, I Wish we Were Robots, Albatross Kneck, Planes Crash, Wings Of Innocence at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $10 8pm ** @ apr 12 sun Junior Reid And The One Blood Band, dj Kurious, Smoky at Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley 21+ $15/$20 apr 12 sun Dar Williams, Melissa Ferrick at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a * apr 12 sun The Anvil Experience at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** apr 12 sun Winsome Griffles, Ian Shaul at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm ** apr 12 sun Mecca Normal, Pillows at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** apr 12 sun Ari Hest, Hana Pestle at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** apr 12 sun Britney Spears at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # ** apr 13 mon Animental, Let's Get Drunk, Pod Blotz at AT Terminal, 3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland a/a ** apr 13 mon Kevin Rudolf, Hyper Crush, Cash Cash, Go Crash Audio, The Audition at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** 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 Junior Brown at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $22 7:30pm ** apr 13 mon Careerers, Bronze, Casy And Brian at Blondies Bar and No Grill, 540 Valencia St., S.F. 21+ free ** 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 mon The Freeze, The Gamut, The Separation at the Downtown Eatery, Redding a/a ** apr 13/14/15 Dark Star Orchestra at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** apr 14 tue Leonard Cohen at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a # ** (sold out) apr 14 tue Cash Pony, Pregnant, Stag Hare, 60 Watt Kid at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** apr 14 tue Jerkagram, Talibam, Inca Ore, Weasal Walter Quintet at the Stork Club, Oaklande 21+ $7 ** apr 14 tue An Cafe at Slim's, S.F. a/a $30 8pm ** apr 14 tue Fleet Foxes, Blitzen Trapper 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 Devendra Banhart at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 7:30pm/8pm ** apr 14 tue Los Campesinos at Harlow's, 2708 J Street, Sacramento 21+ $12 8pm ** apr 14 tue Greg Ginn & The Taylor Texas Corrugators, Jambang, Incredible Shrinking Sheep at Bombay's, 1730 California Street, Redding 21+ 9pm * 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, Born Ruffians at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $35 8pm # ** apr 15 wed The Derek Trucks Band, Jackie Greene at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm ** 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 Fleet Foxes, Vetiver at Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm ** (seated show) apr 15 tue Cage The Elephant at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm ** apr 15 wed Crookers, Bloody Beetroots, Vin Sol 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 Law Abiding Citizens, Backup Razor at the Retox Lounge, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** apr 15 wed The Budos Band at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** apr 15 wed Robots Of Fury at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ 8pm * apr 15 wed The Crystal Method at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $30 7:30pm/8pm *** apr 15 wed The Gaslight Anthem, Heartless Bastards at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** apr 15 wed Jenny Lewis, Dawes at Empire Events Center, 1417 R St., Sacramento a/a $22.50/$25 6:30pm ** apr 15 wed The Hold Steady, The War On Drugs at Harlow's, 2708 J Street, Sacramento 21+ ** apr 15 wed Electric Circus, Greg Ginn & The Taylor Texas Corrugators, Trucker's Wife at Lost on Main, Chico, 319 Main St., Chico 21+ 9pm ** apr 16 thr B.B. King, Lukas Nelson & The Promise Of The Real at Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $86/$66/$46 (all seated) 8pm # *** (KFOG) apr 16 thr Glasvegas at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (sold out) 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, The Cave Singers, Golden Boots at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm # ** apr 16 thr Ray Collins Hot Club (Germany), The Hi-Rhythm Hustlers at the Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa @ Potrero, S.F. a/a $25 ($15 after 9pm) 6:30pm/9:15pm * 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+ $7 9pm * apr 16 thr Richard Buckner at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16 7:30pm/8pm ** apr 16 thr Zodiac Death Valley, Golden Animals, The Broads at thee Parksdide, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** apr 16 thr The Secret (Italy), Early Graves, Arise, Burns Red at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8pm ** apr 16 thr Angus & Julia Stone at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm * apr 16 thr Creative Chaos, Defying Truth, The Kings Kids, Damn Dirty Apes, Your Second Chance, Divine Departure at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $8/$10 6:30pm ** @ apr 16 thr The Chop Tops, The Hard Money Saints, Failure To Appear at Bombay's, 1730 California Street, Redding 21+ 9pm ** apr 16 thr postponed: Kenny Rogers at the Warfield, S.F. (now oct. 10th) apr 17 fri Band Of Horses, The Drones, A Decent Animal at the Fox Theater, 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 X.R.P.M, Big Blue Whale, Six Reasons, Gurtrudestein at the Stork Club, Oaklande 21+ $7 ** 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 Paul Weller at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** 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 Mexican Institute Of Sound at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 8pm ** apr 17 fri The Intelligience, Thee Oh Sees, Ty Segall at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** apr 17 fri Fang, Capitalist Casualties, Verbal Abuse at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** @ apr 17 fri Death Angel, Mudface, Taunted, Bomb and Scary, Psychomatic at Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose 21+ *** @ apr 17 fri Varsity Squad (San Jose), Seduce the Dead (Santa Cruz), Grithwind Firewater (Hollister), Law Abiding Citizens (San Jose) at Caravan, 98 South Almaden Ave., San Jose 21+ free ** apr 17 fri Collie Buddz, Pep Love, Pyrx Band at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz a/a ** apr 17 fri Skinlab, Snot, Death Pilot, Jack Katch, Drop Seven at the Kennel Club, Sacramento 21+ 8pm ** apr 17 fri Mozart Season, From Ritual To Romance, Look Alive, Untold Alibi, Carcerys Vale at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $10 6:30pm ** apr 17 fri SynSystem, Allinaday, Omnedimic at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** apr 17/18 Tea Leaf Green at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # ** apr 17/18 Boyz II Men at John Ascuaga's Nugget Hotel/Casino, Sparks NV ?/? ** apr 18 sat Black Keys, Thee Makeout Party at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $30 (ga floor/seated balcony) 8pm # ** apr 18 sat Black Widows Gothic Strip Review, dj Fact50, dj Tomas Diablo at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm * apr 18 sat Lez Zeppelin (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. a/a $18 9pm ** apr 18 sat Fingers Of Passion, Final Summation, Bullett 66 at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm/5pm ** 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 AC/DShe at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm ** apr 18 sat Noah And The Whale at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $14 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 18 sat Frankenstein L.I.V.S., Plastic Saints, Meat Sluts at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** apr 18 sat The Amazing Embarassonics at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** (Eileen's Birthday) apr 18 sat Dr. Know, Unkut Hunks, Fukm, Bum City Saints, Civil War Rust at the Red Hat, 1860 Monument Blvd., Concord 21+ $7 8pm *** @ 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 18 sat Iglu & Hartly at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10.49 9pm ** apr 18 sat Consider The Thief, Castle Heights, Consecrated at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $10 6:30pm ** @ apr 18 sat Three Bad Jacks, The Henchmen, The Deadbillys, Smash The Glass at the Kennel Club, Sacramento 21+ 8pm ** apr 18 sat Damage, Opposite Face, 61 Trees, G9 at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $7 8pm ** apr 19 sun 108, Pulling Teeth, Lewd Acts, Skin Like Iron at 924 Gilman a/a $8 4pm *** @ apr 19 sun Kimya Dawson at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$14 7:30pm ** apr 19 sun Mastodon, Kylesa, Intronaut at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** @ apr 19 sun Starlene at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm * apr 19 sun Squirrel Nut Zippers at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $24 7:30pm/8pm *** (sold out) apr 19 thr The Lovely Public, Battlehooch, Schande at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** apr 19 sun Jambang, Greg Ginn & The Taylor Texas Corrugators, Barney Cauldron at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 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 This Old Pistol at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 6pm * apr 19 sun Queensr'che at the Senator Theater, 517 Main St., Chico a/a *** apr 20 mon Bloc Party, Menomena at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $33.50 # ** (Live 105) apr 20 mon Chris Pureka at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** apr 20 mon Atmosphere, P.O.S., Attracted To Gods at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** apr 20 mon Cypress Hill at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $45 7pm/8pm # *** apr 20 mon The Vibrators, Unko Atama, Ol' Cheeky Bastards at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 8pm * apr 20 mon Holcombe Waller, Gabriel Kahane at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $14 8pm ** apr 20 mon Devin The Dude, Ghambit at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz a/a ** apr 20/21 Black Kids, Mates Of State at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 7:30pm/8pm *** @ apr 21 tue Fleet Foxes, Blitzen Trapper at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 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 Buraka Som Sistema (Portugal) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8pm ** apr 21 tue Nothington, Milk Milk Lemonade at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ sliding scale 9pm ** (Ted & Kristen's AIDS Ride Fundraiser) apr 21 tue Fracas, The Pleasure Kills, Hectic (tribute), The Bony Orbitz, dj Kate Waste at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 8pm/9pm ** (Erin's 21st Birthday) apr 21 tue Igor & The Red Elvises (Russia) at Bombay's, 1730 California Street, Redding 21+ 9:30pm ** apr 22 wed Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $55/$45/$35 # ** (Unwigged & Unplugged Tour). apr 22 wed Peanut Butter Wolf (vj set), James Pants, Mayer Hawthorne & The County, dj Dam Funk at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** apr 22 wed Tony Lucca, Josh Hoge, Curtis Peoples at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 18+ $10/$12 8pm ** (KALX) apr 22 wed The Dry Spells, The Pillow Queens (Austin), Vultures at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** apr 22 wed Etienne De Crecy, Alex Gopher at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 7:30pm/8pm ** apr 23 thr Jeff Beck, Davy Knowles at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $65/$49.50 8pm # ** 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 Throbbing Gristle, Erika Anderson at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm *** @ apr 23 thr Protest The Hero, Misery Signals, The Number 12 Looks Like You, Scale The Summit at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** apr 23 thr The Blacks, A Place To Bury Strangers at Popscene, 330 Ritch Street, S.F. a/a 10pm ** apr 23 thr Patrick Dyer Wolf, Gregory Michaels, Kelly McFarling, Dear Indugu at Dark Room Theater, 2263 Mission St., S.F. a/a $10 ($6 if you bring food) 7pm ** apr 23 thr Geographer, Michael Zapruder, Harbours at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** apr 23 thr Empty Rooms, Church Of The Snake, Worker Bee at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** apr 23 thr Fitz Of Depression, The Corruptors, Anit-Panti, Perfect Machines at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** @ apr 23 thr Ida Maria, The Limousines at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10.49 7pm ** apr 23 thr Orange December, Robots, Draw From The Effect, Early On The Morrow at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $8/$10 6:30pm ** apr 24 fri The Butlers, Aerial Ruin, Dominique Banuelos at Eli's Mile High Club, 3629 MLK Jr. Way, Oakland 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm ** (acoustic) apr 24 fri Vienna Teng at Yoshi's, Oakland a/a $30/$27.50 8pm and 10pm shows ** apr 24 fri Catholic Comb, The Frail 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 Dizzy Balloon, The Cataracs at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** apr 24 fri Vivian Girls at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 24 fri Cannons And Clouds, Photons, Build Us Airplanes at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** apr 24 fri Tempo No Tempo, Ty Segall, Piere Le Robot at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** apr 24 fri Blag Dahlia (solo acoustic), dj What's His Fuck at the Riptide Tavern, 3639 Taraval @ 47th Avenue, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/10:30pm ** apr 24 fri Papercuts, The Finches, Cryptacize at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** (record release for all bands) apr 24 fri Blue Sky Black Death at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm * apr 24 fri The Albert Square, The Hot Toddies, Oatmeal at Nickel City, San Jose a/a $8 7pm ** apr 24 fri Skin Lab, Death Pilot at Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose 21+ *** apr 24 fri Buck-O-Nine, Monkey at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** apr 24 fri Stellar Corpses, Plan 9, Good Neighbor Policy, Tater Famine, The Xenophobes at 418 Project, 418 Front Street, Santa Cruz a/a ** @ apr 24 fri Third Day at Calvary Temple, Modesto a/a ** apr 24 fri Freedom Affair, Woe To Bethsaida, Man Up, Nancy, Burgundy, The Fall Of Autumn, The Color Amnesty at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $8/$10 6:30pm *** @ apr 24 fri John Prine, Josh Ritter at Memorial Auditorium, 1400 J Street at 15th, Sacramento a/a # ** apr 24 fri The Compound, Gunner, Memoirs & Landmaines at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** 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, Josh Ritter 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 Autolux at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** apr 25 sat Top Critters, History Lesson (tribute), Tender Freme at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm/5pm ** (early show) apr 25 sat Bonded By Blood, ExMortus, Witchaven, Savage Machine, Gravehill, dj Rob Metal at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8 9pm *** @ (late show) apr 25 sat The Grouch & Eligh, Exile, dj Day at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** apr 25 sat Sic Alps, Grouper, Pete Swanson, Jefre Cantu at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** apr 25 sat The Mother Hips, The Stone Foxes, The Blank Tapes at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 25 sat Diego's Umbrella, 77 El Deora, The Mission Three at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** apr 25 sat Flipper, Love Songs, King City at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm/10pm *** @ apr 25 sat Grayceon, Floating Goat, Professor, Glitter Wizard at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** @ 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 Kepi Ghoulie, David Lloyd Knight, Record Winter, Family Room, Kalvin Coon, The Fratellies at Nickel City, San Jose a/a $10 7pm ** (Silicon Valley Brownout - acoustic show) apr 25 sat Eddie & The Hot Rods, The Cute Lepers, Primadonna at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** apr 25 sat Die Darlings, Chix-Pack, Here Kitty Kitty, Anti-Panti at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ ** apr 25 sat The Mainland, Early States, K Sera, Heroes Last Mission, Grenade Jumper at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $10 6:30pm ** apr 25 sat Natives Of The New Dawn, The Usuals at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** apr 25 sat ArnoCorps, Good Neighbor Policy at the Kennel Club, 5821 Auburn Blvd, Sacramento 21+ $10 8pm ** @ 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 Jay Lingo & The Kick Balers, Missisipi Rider at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm * apr 26 sun Slow Poisoner, Palace Family Steakhouse, Warren Jackson Hearne at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ free 9pm ** apr 26 sun Fastball at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** apr 26 sun indie mart at the Independent, S.F. 21+ free 11am til 4pm (art sale) apr 26 sun Don Carlos at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $22/$25 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 26 sun Trust Company, The Dreaming, Tack, T Minus, If I Had A Gun at Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** apr 26 sun D.I., Psychosomatic, The Generators, Henchmen, Lessons In Failure at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $10/$13 6pm *** @ (early show) apr 27 mon The Grouch & Eligh at Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F. a/a free 6pm ** apr 27 mon Alpha Blondy at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $33 8:30pm/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 27 mon Amongst The Undead, Professor, Beyond Doubt's Shadow, Awaiting The Alcoholocaust at the Downtown Eatery, Redding a/a $5 ** @ apr 28 tue Sashamon, Tribal Seeds at the Shattuck Downlow, 2284 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley 21+ ** 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 Ghost at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** apr 28 tue Voxhaul Broadcast at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm * apr 28 tue The Black Lips, Flowers Forever at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm ** apr 29 wed Wye Oak (Baltimore), The Pomegranates (Cincinnati), Shuteye Unison at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** apr 29 wed Mark Matos & Os Beaches, Marianne Dissard, Andrew Collberg at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** apr 29 wed Dave Barnes at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 18+ $14 8pm ** apr 29 wed Mount Viscious, Prize Country, Kindom Of Magic at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm ** apr 29 wed cancelled: Ximena Sarinana at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 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, Aerial Ruin at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** apr 30 thr Maldroid, The Rising Sound, Song Of The Siren at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5/$8 8pm ** apr 30 thr The Knights Of The New Crusade, The Mindless Things, The Teutonics at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** apr 30 thr The Men Upstairs, A True Fixation, The Hybrid Creeps If You Swear To Listen, Brubaker at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $8/$10 6:30pm ** may 1 fri The Hot Toddies, Tempo No Tempo, Battlehooch 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 fri Zion-I at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 1 fri Chris Cornell at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm ** may 1 fri The Cons, Low Flying Owls, The Paranoids at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** may 1/2 Railroad Earth, Cornmeal (fri), Jim Lauderdale (sat) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # ** may 2 sat The Devil Makes Three, Hillstomp at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 2 sat Native Burn, Space Vacation, Curmudgeon at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm/5pm ** @ may 2 sat The Dogs (Detroit/L.A.), Primitivas at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** may 2 sat Los Cenzontles, La Familia Pena-Govea at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** may 2 sat Albino (album release), Lloyd Family Players at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 8:30pm/9pm ** may 2 sat Roadkill Romeo, Broken Interlude, Crimes Of Passion, Whiskey Dust, Horizon Of Fire, Points North at St. James Gate, 410 Old County Rd., Belmont a/a (21+ after 10pm) $5 2pm til 2am ** may 2 sat Knockout, Poor AJ at Nickel City, San Jose a/a $8 7pm * 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 2 sat Trackfighter, One Dying Secret, Dead City Sunday, 6 Hour Apart at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $10 8pm ** may 2 sat The Purrs (Seattle) at the Maltese, 1600 Park Avenue, Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** may 3 sun 77 Deora at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm * may 3 sun The Moore Brothers, Bart Davenport, Xoel Lopez (Spain), Reid Anderson (U.K.) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** may 3 sun cancelled: Hirax, Wehrmacht, Mordred, Voetsek, Hellhunter at the DNA Lounge, S.F. may 4 mon Eek-A-Mouse at Slim's, S.F. a/a $20/$22 9pm ** may 4 mon Napalm Death, Kataklysm, Toxic Holocaust, Coliseum, Trap Them at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a 6:30pm *** @ may 4 mon Polar Bear Club, Living With Lions, Build Us Airplanes at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8/$10 8pm ** may 5 tue Seal, Peter Cincotti at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $80/$60/$50 8pm # ** may 5 tue Katie Melua at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 5 tue Ian Mclagan & The Bump Band at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm ** may 5 tue Two Headed Spy, Hunt Club, Big Blue Whale at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** may 5 tue Celtic Woman at Memorial Auditorium, 1400 J Street at 15th, Sacramento a/a # ** may 6 wed Static-X, Saliva, Burn Halo, The Flood at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** may 6 wed Starpause, Squideye, Anodyne Industries, Summer Of Glaciers, dj Memeshift, dj Timber, dj Artax at Koko Cocktails, 1060 Geary, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** may 6 wed Alpha Channel, Seabright at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** may 6 wed Tech N9ne, Murs, Krizz Kaliku, Kutt Calhoun at Live at the Burro, 6651 Brisa St., Livermore a/a $33/$36 7pm/8pm *** may 6/7 Iron And Wine at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market St., S.F. a/a $25 7:30pm ** may 7 thr Tarja Turunen at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm ** may 7 thr Spectrum, Dora Flood at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** may 7 thr Loquat, Head Like A Kite, Greycoats at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** may 7 thr Cointel Bros. at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm * may 8 fri Keane, The Helio Sequence at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** may 8 fri The Mermen at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 8pm ** may 8 fri Booker T., Bettye Lavette at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 7:30pm/8pm ** may 8 fri Destroyer (solo) at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9:30pm * may 8 fri Falling Up, Josiah James (cd release ), Ruth, Archeology, The Reel, Elijah Stephen at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $12 6:30pm ** may 8 fri War at Cache Creek Casino Resort, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 18+ *** may 9 sat Mister Loveless, A B & The Sea at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** may 9 sat Blowoff (hosted and DJ'd by Bob Mould & Rich Morel) at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 9 sat The Disciples, Holy Rolemodel, Damnage at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm/5pm ** may 9 sat Destroyer (Solo) at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $15 8pm * may 9 sat Patrick Watson at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8pm * may 9 sat Parson Red Heads, The Monolators, Excuses For Skipping at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** may 9 sat Tech N9ne, Murs, Krizz Kaliko, Kutt Calhoun at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $26/$30 7:30pm/8pm *** may 9 sat Ballyhoo, B Foundation, Conscious Souls at Live at the Burro, 6651 Brisa St., Livermore a/a $13/$15 7pm/8pm ** 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 Magick Daggers, Tamaryn at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** may 10 sun The Dead at Shoreline, Mountian View a/a $101-$41 5:30pm/7pm # ** (may 10th sold out - also may 14th) 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 canceled: Enslaved, Swallow The Sun, Keep Of Kalessin at Slim's, S.F. may 12 tue Bay/Oslo Mirror Trio (improvised music) at Temescal Arts Center, 511 48th St., Berkeley a/a donation 8:30pm * may 12 tue Cornelius, Deerhoof at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** may 12 tue Soulive, The Shady Horns, Nigel Hall at Harlow's, 2708 J Street, Sacramento 21+ $18/$20 8pm ** may 12/13 The Allman Brothers Band at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $59 8pm # ** (KFOG and 107.7 The Bone) may 13 wed The Blind at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** 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 8pm *** @ may 14 thr Hot Tuna, Loudon Wainwright III at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 7pm/8pm # ** may 14 thr Stephen Lynch at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** may 14 thr Mad Sin, Rezurex, Thee Merry Widows at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 14 thr Theresa Andersson at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $14 7:30pm * may 14 thr Loquat, Juliette Commagere, Jen And Abby at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** may 14 thr Photons, Wax Fingers, Spencey Dood & The Doodles at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** may 14 thr The Dead at Shoreline, Mountian View a/a $101-$41 5:30pm/7pm # ** (also may 10th and may 11th) may 14/15 Soulive, Nigel Hall at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $22 8:30pm/9pm ** may 15 fri Yo Yo Ma at Zellerbach Auditorium, U.C. Berkeley a/a # ** (seated) may 15 fri 45 Grave at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** may 15 fri Igor And Red Elvises, The Pyronauts at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** may 15 fri J.G.B. with Melvin Seals at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 15 fri Wooden Shjips, Masami Kawaguchi's New Rock Syndicate, Eternal Tapestry at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** may 15 fri Amber Asylum, Velnias, Skin Horse at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 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 15/16 The Avett Brothers, Magnolia Electric Co. at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** may 16 sat M. Ward at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $29.50 8pm # ** may 16 sat Korpiklaani, Eluveitie, Primordial, Moonsorrow, Blackguard, Swashbuckle, dj Rob Metal at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $25/$30 2pm *** @ (early show - Pagan Fest) may 16 sat Drowning With Our Anchors (lp release), Olehole, The New Trust, Anchor Down (Portland) at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a 9pm *** @ may 16 sat Margot & The Nuclear So & So's, Telekinesis, Everything Now at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 16 sat Lucero, Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 16 sat Scout Nibblet at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm * may 16 sat Sean Hayes at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16 8:30pm/9pm ** may 16 sat The Shitkickers, Lightnin' Woodstock, The Famous at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** may 17 sun Ben Folds at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $35 8pm # ** may 17 sun Drivin Nails, Fancy Da at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm * may 17 sun Mogwai at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm ** @ may 17 sun Mumiy Troll, Russian Solution, Voctok-Zapad at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 7:30pm/8pm ** (new date) may 18 mon Doves at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # ** may 18 mon Killola (L.A.), 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 Dredg, Torche, Judgement Day at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** @ may 19 tue Jimmy Buffett And The Coral Reefer Band at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $136.50/$36.50 6pm/8pm # *** may 19 tue Obits, The Lights at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $8/$10 8:30pm ** may 19 tue Lucero, Black Joe Lewis at Harlow's, 2708 J Street, Sacramento 21+ $12.50/$15 8:30pm ** may 19 tue Merle Allin & The Murder Junkies, The Gamut at Bubba Thrasher's, 2704 Hartnell Ave., Redding ?/? ** may 19 tue incorrect listing: Kristeen Young, Killola at the Blank Club, San Jose may 20 wed Fleetwood Mac at the Arena, Oakalnd a/a $150/$80/$50 7pm/8pm # *** may 20 wed The Decemberists, Other Lives at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $35 8pm # *** may 20 wed Killola (L.A.), The Perfect Machines, Kristeen Young at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** may 20 wed Cowboy Mouth at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 20 wed Robin Trower at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # 8* may 20 wed The Virgins, Lissy Trullie at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 20 wed Natural Bridges, Beliss at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** may 21 thr Kings Of Leon, The Walkmen at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a $45 7pm/8pm # *** may 21 thr Gojira, The Chariot, Car Bomb at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 21 thr Loquat, The Union Trade, Aim Low Kid at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** may 21 thr Fleetwood Mac at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $150/$80/$50 7pm/8pm # *** may 21 thr Quasi at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $10 9pm * may 22 fri TV On The Radio at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a ** (Live 105) may 22 fri This Charming Band (tribute), Love Vigilantes (tribute), Dead Souls (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 22 fri Marty Stuart, The Greencards at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 22 fri Fischerspooner at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $29.50 8pm/9pm # ** may 22 fri Culann's Hounds, The Zydepunks at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** may 22 fri Mammatus, Cave, Prizehog at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** may 22 fri The Boars, Shan-go-rillas, The Mindless Things at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** may 22 fri Nine Inch Nails, Jane's Addiction, Street Sweeper at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $65/$45.50/$45/$25 6pm/7pm # *** @ may 22 fri Santogold at Empire Events Center, 1417 R St., Sacramento a/a $20/$25 6:30pm ** may 23 sat The Zoopy Show, X-Rated Porno Machine at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** may 23 sat The Flatliners, Colin Gilmore at Slim's, S.F. a/a $20 9pm ** may 23 sat The Yes Gos, Rottencore, Uzi Tattoo at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm/5pm ** may 23 sat Paul Van Dyk, Ferry Corsten, Deadmau5, Sander Van Doorn, Freeland Live, Derrick Carter, Chris Lake, LA Riots, Flosstradamus, Felix Cartal, The Toxic Avenger, Stereo Heroes, Ricky Stone, Serge Devant, Andy Caldwell, Fred Everything, Blake Jarrell, Deep Voices, Alex Metric, Hixxy, Re-Con, Brisk, Robbie Long, S3rl, mc Storm, mc Casper at the Cow Palace, 2600 Geneva Ave., Daily City 16+ 5pm til 2am # ** (electronic music festival) may 23 sat Floating Goat, Smiles The Long, The Short Of It at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** @ may 23 sat Bone Awl (Novato), Volahn, Ashdautas at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ ** may 23 sat Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm * may 23 sat The Freeze at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** may 23 sat E-40, Moonshine Bandits at Live at the Burro, 6651 Brisa St., Livermore a/a $30/$33 7pm/8pm *** $ 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 Luka Bloom at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 24 sun The Country Casanovas, Glassland at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm * may 24 sun Mt. Vicious, Police Teeth at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** may 24 sun The Dears, Eulogies at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** may 24 sun Styx, REO Speedwagon, 38 Special, Greg Kihn Band at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $86/$71/$46/$26 5pm/6pm # *** (KFOX) may 24 sun Duane Peters Gunfight, Primadonna, Final Summation, Machete, Boats! at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $10 6pm *** @ 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 25 mon Duane Peters Gunfight, Prima Donna, The Secretions, Trucker's Wife at Lost on Main, Chico, 319 Main St., Chico 21+ 9pm *** @ may 26 tue Animal Collective, Grouper at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $25.50 8pm # ** (sold out) may 26 tue The High Strung, Shrouded Strangers at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** may 26 tue Duane Peters Gunfight, Primadonna, Don't Care at Bubba Thrasher's, 2704 Hartnell Ave., Redding ?/? $7 ** may 27 wed Pepper, Pennywise, Big B at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** @ may 27 wed ArnoCorps, Thor, Freddie Flex & The Heavy Eric Si-Fi Show at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ may 27 wed M83 at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $22.50 9pm ** may 27 wed The Curious Mystery at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * may 27 wed Duane Peters Gunfight, Primadonna at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $7 9pm *** @ may 27 wed Animal Collective at Henry Miller Library, Big Sur a/a ** may 28 thr King Khan & The Shrines, Mark Sultan at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 28 thr Propagandhi at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ may 28 thr Vast at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm ** may 28 thr Loquat, Malbec, Foxtail Somersault at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** may 29 fri Sun Kil Moon, Mia Doi Todd (solo acoustic) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 29 fri Pontiak, Mythical Beast at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** may 29 fri Garaj Mahal, Alex Machacek Trio, Heavy Rubber at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $20 9:30pm ** may 29 fri The Thermals, Shaky Hands, Point Juncture WA at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $14 9pm ** may 30 sat Cheetahs On The Moon, Rat-O-Matic, W.S.F. at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm/5pm ** may 30 sat Pretty Lights at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 8:30pm/9pm ** may 30 sat Rick Springfield at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, 15 Hwy 50, Stateline, NV 21+ *** may 30 sat Cloud Archive, Woven, Stormy Strong at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** may 30 sat Andre Nickatina at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a 7:30pm/8pm ** may 30 sat Mumlers, Curious Mystery at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** may 30 sat Fire Whiskey, The RevTones, Jeffrey Valentine at the Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz a/a $7 ** may 31 sun The Gold Diggers, The Robber Barons at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm * may 31 sun Dane Cook (comedian) at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $103/$78/$53/$32 7pm/8pm # ** jun 1 mon Mystic Rage at Route 92, San Mateo 21+ free 9pm ** jun 3 wed Mayhem And Marduk, Cephalic Carnage, Cattle Decapitation, Withered, dj Rob Metal at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $25/$30 6pm *** @ jun 3 wed Joe Cocker at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** jun 3 wed Rosewood Thieves, Mississippi Man, Lemon Sun at the Hemlock, S.F .21+ ** 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 4 thr Queensryche at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $40 8pm/9pm # *** @ jun 5 fri Amplive at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm * jun 5 fri Peaches, Drums Of Death at the Grand Ballroom, 1300 Van Ness Avenue, S.F. a/a # ** jun 5 fri Mist & Mast at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * jun 5 fri Blame Betty, Get Dead, My New Vice (Portland), Brigitte Handley & The Dark Shadows at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** jun 6 sat Kim Nalley at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a * jun 6 sat Von Iva, Gliss, Sick Of Sarah at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** jun 6 sat So Cow at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * jun 6 sat Andrea Bocelli at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $285/$175/$130/$100/$76 7pm/8pm # ** jun 7 sun S.F. Jazz High School All-Stars at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jun 7 sun Kate Voegele at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jun 7 sun Rogue Wave, Turf Yard at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 ($35 vip) 5:30pm/6pm (D.A. Taylor Charitable Foundation Benefit) jun 7 sun The Action Design, The New Trust at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 6pm ** jun 8 mon Absu, Glorior Belli, Averse Sefira, Sothis, dj Rob Metal at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $17/$15 8pm ** @ jun 8 mon Handsome Furs, The Cinnamon Band at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jun 8 mon Imagika at Route 92, San Mateo 21+ free 9pm ** jun 8 mon The Peacocks (Switzerland), The Henchmen, The New Trust, The Action Design at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** jun 9 tue Iamx, Hypernova at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jun 9 tue Neko Case, Jason Lytle at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** jun 12 fri Phobia, Unholy Grave (Japan), Magrudergrind (D.C.), Voetsek, In Disgust at B.R.S., Richmond a/a *** @ jun 12 fri Testament, Unearth, Lazarus A.D. at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $39.50 7pm/8pm # *** @ (107.7 The Bone) jun 12 fri The John Jorgenson Quintet at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (seated show) jun 12 fri The Guana Batz at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 13 sat Guana Batz at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm ** jun 13 sat Bat For Lashes at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jun 13 sat George Thorogood & The Destroyers at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, 15 Hwy 50, Stateline, NV 21+ *** jun 13/14 Tragically Hip at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $26.50 8pm/9pm # ** jun 14 sun A Camp at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $17 7:30pm/8pm ** jun 15 mon Art Brut at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** jun 17/18 Shellac, Arcwelder at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jun 19 fri Kapakahi (cd release) at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jun 20 sat Powerage (tribute), Destroyer (tribute) Beauty And The Beat (tribute) at the Starry Plough, Berkeley 21+ 9pm ** jun 20 sat Femi Kuti at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 8pm/9pm # ** jun 20 sat Easy Star All-Stars (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. a/a * jun 21 sun Grizzly Bear, Here We Go Magic at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # ** jun 24 wed Josh Gracin at the Sonoma/Marin Fair, Petaluma a/a ** jun 25 thr Yanni at the Arena, Oakland a/a $95/$70/$45 7pm/8pm # ** 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 David Byrne, DeVotchka at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a $75/$55/$40 8pm # *** jun 26 fri Dave Alvin And The Guilty Women at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a $20 9pm ** jun 26 fri Rodriguez at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** 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 wat The Scrawnies at the Knockoiut, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** 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+ *** jun 29 mon Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood at the Arena, Oakland a/a # ** 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, Nekromantix at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** jul 8 wed RANCID, Rise Against, Billy Talent at Reno Events Center, 300 N Center St., Reno, NV # *** @ jul 9 thr Pro-Pain, Sworn Enemy, Mantic Ritual at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jul 9 thr Akbar, Lucky Beltran at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm * jul 10 fri Angry Samoans, Everything Must Go at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 11 sat Death Cab For Cutie, Andrew Bird, Ra Ra Riot at the Greek Theatre, U.C. Berkeley a/a $42.50 7pm # *** $ jul 11 sat The Angry Samoans at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** @ 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 18 sat Boy Kicks Girl, H.B.A., I.N.F.M. at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** 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 21 tue No Doubt, Paramore, The Sounds at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $90/$70/$60/$25 7:30pm # *** 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 24 fri Of Montreal at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** jul 24 fri Wayne Hancock, Lil' Anne & The Tune Wranglers at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12/$15 9pm ** jul 25 sat No Doubt, Paramore, The Sounds at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $90/$60/$25 7:30pm # *** jul 29 wed Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert, Lady Antebellum at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, 15 Hwy 50, Stateline, NV 21+ ** jul 30 thr Motley Crue, Godsmack, Drowning Pool, Theory of a Deadman, Charm City Devils at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $101/$81/$55.50 4pm/5pm # *** (Crue Fest 2) jul 31 fri Earth, Wind & Fire, Chicago at the Greek Theatre, U.C. Berkeley a/a $126/76/56/40 7pm # *** aug 1 sat The Fray, Jack's Mannequin, Vedera at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $70/$40/$20 5:30pm/7pm # ** aug 3 mon Jonas Brothers, Jordin Sparks, Honor Society at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $90/$70/$50/$30 6pm/7pm # ** aug 4 tue Rod Stewart at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $125/$75/$55 8pm # *** aug 6 thr The Infamous Stringdusters at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** 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 12 wed Diana Krall at Davies Symphony Hall, S.F. a/a $125/$90/$80 8pm # ** (KKSF) aug 12 wed Depeche Mode, Peter, Bjorn & John at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View $99/$79/$36 6pm/7:30pm # ** aug 14 fri ArnoCorps, Dagobah (UK), Savage Machiine at 924 Gilman a/a $10 7pm ** @ 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 1 tue Nickelback at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # ** sep 2 wed Def Leppard, Poison, Cheap Trick at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $131/$96/$56/$36 6pm/7pm # *** sep 9 thr Obituary, Goatwhore, Krisiun, The Berzerker at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ sep 25 fri Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley, Jimmy Wayne at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # ** sep 27 sun Edguy, Luna Mortis, dj Rob Metal at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 6 tue Stratovarious at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm ** oct 10 sat Kenny Rogers at the Warfield, S.F. $55/$48 8pm # *** (was apr 16th) * 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 Kennel Club, 5821 Auburn Blvd., Sacramento 21+ 916-339-1675 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+ Nickel City, 1711 Branham Lane, San Jose a/a 408-448-3323 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 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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