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 April 22, 2009 apr 22 wed Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer at the Paramount, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $55/$45/$35 7pm/8pm # ** (Unwigged & Unplugged Tour - performing songs from Spinal Tap) apr 22 wed Wowies, The Intelligence, Careerers at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $6 9pm ** apr 22 wed I've Ruined You, My Parade, That Man Fantastic at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** free 9pm ** 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 Paolo Nutini, Serena Ryder at Slim's, S.F. a/a $11 8pm ** (KFOG) apr 22 wed Tony Lucca, Josh Hoge, Curtis Peoples at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 18+ $10/$12 8pm ** (KALX) apr 22 wed Chinese Bookie, Thousandnames, Swig at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** 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 22 wed The New Trust (acoustic), Hanalei, Bryan Mason at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $6 8pm ** apr 22 wed The Pets, International Espionage (MN), Master Volume at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** apr 22 wed Suicidal Barfly, Talky Tina, Bryant at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** apr 23 thr Jeff Beck, Davy Knowles at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $65/$49.50 8pm # ** apr 23 thr Dryer/Heule/Lindsay at Amoeba Music, 2455 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a free 6pm ** apr 23 thr Burning Image, dj Fact.50, dj Tomas Diablo at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $5 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 Throbbing Gristle, Erika Anderson at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm *** @ (sold out) 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 ** (Live 105) 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 Shelby Lynne, Monophonics, Aidan Hawken at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $40 7pm/8pm ** (Rock for M.S.) apr 23 thr The Parlor Mob, Sassy!!!, The Satin Peaches at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 23 thr The Generators, The Kegels, Vultures Await, Lost Puppy at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** apr 23 thr Forget About Boston at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8pm ** apr 23 thr Ida Maria, The Limousines at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10.49 7pm ** apr 23 thr The Flames, Vacant Churches, Nico Vega, Deeper at Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose 21+ $10 ($5 b4 10pm) 9pm/10pm ** apr 23 thr Faith Falls Short, Draw From The Effect, BlackFlashedWhite, Orange December Robots, Early On The Morrow, Behold Antagony at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $8/$10 6:30pm *** apr 24 fri On, Circles, Get The Most, Keep It Clear, Foreign Nature, Streetwalkers at 924 Gilman a/a $8 7:30pm *** @ apr 24 fri Flipper at Amoeba Music, 2455 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a free 6pm ** apr 24 fri The Dashing Suns, Belly Of The Whale, Hair Envelope (Seattle), White Cloud at Ghost Town Gallery (downstairs), Oakland a/a 8pm ** apr 24 fri Toiling Midgets, Vienna Noise Choir, Headless Lizzy And Her Icebox Pussy, dj's, films at Ghost Town Gallery (upstairs), Oakland a/a $5-$10 sliding scale 9pm ** (How to Destroy the Universe - Part 6) apr 24 fri The Butlers, Aerial Ruin, Dominique Banuelos at Eli's, 3629 MLK Jr. Way, Oakland 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm **(acoustic nite) apr 24 fri Vienna Teng at Yoshi's, Oakland a/a $27.50/$30 8pm and 10pm shows ** apr 24 fri Catholic Comb, dj Nako, The Red Verse\ at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** apr 24 fri Dragonlord at Roosters Roadhouse, 1700 Clement Avenue, Alameda 21+ $10 8pm ** 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 Luis Fonsi (Puerto Rica) at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** apr 24 fri Mr. Lif, Willie Evans Jr, dj Centipede, Grieves, dj Statik at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/10pm ** apr 24 fri Scott Arford, Ezra Buchla (L.A.), Polar, Nommo Ogo (record release), Flourescent Grey, Nada at the Compound, 1070 Van Dyke, S.F. a/a $8 10pm ** (How to Destroy the Universe - Part 6) apr 24 fri Say Bok Gwai at Brainwash, 1122 Folsom St., S.F. a/a free 9pm ** apr 24 fri Dadfag, Ornithology, American Standard, Jealousy, dj Emily at Live Art Gallery, 151 Potrero at 15th, S.F. a/a free 8pm ** apr 24 fri Gudrun Gut, Thomas Fehlmann (Berlin), Greco Guggenheit at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 9:30pm/10pm ** (Benefit Firstperson) apr 24 fri Cannons And Clouds, Photons, Build Us Airplanes at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** apr 24 fri Tempo No Tempo, 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, Semiconductors at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** apr 24 fri Eddie & The Hot Rods, The Re-Volts, Prima Donna, C'mon Everybody at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** apr 24 fri Pop Rocks at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 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, Dustonious Maximus 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, Flip Offs at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** apr 24 fri Three Fingers Whiskey (cd release), Pleasure The Drinker at Duffys, 337 Main Street, Chico 21+ 9:30pm * apr 25 sat The Hot Toddies, Slingshot Dakota, Sourpatch, Seasick, Hooray For Everything at 924 Gilman a/a $7 8pm *** @ apr 25 sat Dianne Reeves at Zellerbach Auditorium, U.C. Berkeley a/a # ** (seated) apr 25 sat Patrick Cress' Telepathy at Cafe Van Kleef, 1621 Telegraph Ave., Oakland a/a $7 9pm * apr 25 sat Sixteens, Swann Danger, Crooked Cowboy And The Freshwater Indians (L.A.), Soriah + Synchronicity Frequency (Portland), Swords Of Fatima (L.A.), Toiling Midgets, The Copperthief (L.A.), performances art: Bad Unkl Sista, The Art Of Bleeding (L.A.), Skip Arnold (L.A.), Birth (L.A.), dj's, films, life size mousetrap at N.I.M.B.Y., 8410 Amelia Street, Oakland a/a $9-$20 sliding scale 5pm *** (Benefit for Todd Blair of S.R.L.) (How to Destroy the Universe - Part 6) 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 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 8pm *** @ (late show) apr 25 sat The Grouch & Eligh, Exile, dj Day at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** apr 25 sat The Definite Articles, Stripmall Architecture, Foxtail Somersault at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm ** apr 25 sat Buck-O-Nine, Monkey, Dan Potthast, A Class Act at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm *** apr 25 sat Sic Alps, Grouper, Portraits, Barn Owl at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** apr 25 sat Hoobastank, Smashmouth, Plain White T's at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $42 7pm/8pm *** $ (Alice 97.3 Mad Hatter) apr 25 sat Diego's Umbrella, Ben Benkert, 77 El Deora, The Mission Three at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** apr 25 sat Flipper (3 original members), 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 Underground Railroad To Candyland, Dios Malos, Pigs, That's Incredible at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm *** @ apr 25 sat Electric Funeral (tribute) at Jasper O'Ferrals, 6957 Sebastopol Ave., Sebastopol 21+ 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 Civil War Rust, Ru36, The Zoopy Show, Ascendancy at the Mutiny, 422 West Second Street, Antioch a/a 6:30pm/7pm ** @ apr 25 sat The Velvet Teen, The New Trust, Kepi Ghoulie, David Knight, The Record Winter, Family Room, Kalvin Coon, The Fratellies at Nickel City Arcade, San Jose a/a $10 7pm ** (Silicon Valley Brownout - all acoustic show) apr 25 sat Eddie & The Hot Rods, Primadonna, Uglies, Factory Minds 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, Nico Vega, 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 S.T.D., Splitzville, Batten Down Your Heart, Sensual Saint, The Steemers, The Young Turk at Marysville Youth Center, 1830 B Street, Marysville a/a $6 5pm ** @ apr 25 sat Glen Campbell at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, 15 Hwy 50, Stateline, NV 21+ *** apr 25 sat En Vogue at John Ascuaga's Nugget Casino, Sparks, NV 18+ ** apr 26 sun David Sedaris at Zellerbach Auditorium, U.C. Berkeley a/a # ** (seated) apr 26 sun The Badmen, Charlie Roman & The Teenage Werewolves, Borstal Holiday at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 5pm ** (benefit for families of O.P.D. Officers Dunakin, Romans, Sakai & Hege) apr 26 sun Jay Lingo & The Kick Balers, Missisipi Rider at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm * apr 26 sun Cash'd Out (tribute), B-Stars, The Mighty Slim Pickins at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** apr 26 sun At Our Heels, Don't Trip, Murder Practice, Until Your Heart Stops, Unchained, In Desperation at Sub/Mission Art Space, S.F. a/a $8 6pm ** @ apr 26 sun Filth Milk, Deletist, Binky, Ezra Buchla (L.A.), Experiment Haywire & Cindergarden, Author And Punisher (San Diego), Neighborhood Bass Coalition at 5lowershop, somelace, S.F. a/a $5-$10 sliding scale 3pm *** (How to Destroy the Universe - Part 6) apr 26 sun screening and panel discussion of film "Decoder" at A.T.A., 992 Valencia St at 21st St., S.F. a/a $6 8pm 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 The Sippy Cups at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. ?/? $17 3pm/4pm * apr 26 sun The Real Tom Thunder, dj Colby B., fashion show at 111 Minna Gallery, 111 Minna Street, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm/9pm * (Benefit Clean Water Fund) apr 26 sun Trust Company, The Dreaming, Tack, This Is War, T -Minus 7 at Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second St., San Jose 21+ $10 8pm/8:30pm *** apr 26 sun The Blameshifters, The Rats, The Sweets at the Black Water Cafe, 914 N. Yosemite Ave., Stockton a/a $6 3pm ** 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 Aram Shelton, Trevor Healy, Jacob Felix Heule, Scott Rosenberg, Gene Baker, Andrew Conklin, Jordan Glenn, Painted Cakes at Ivy Room, 858 San Pablo Avenue at Solano, Albany 21+ free 9pm ** 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 The Color Turning, Glaciers, Death Valley High, Ghosts And Strings at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 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 Grouper, Dan Friel, Pete Swanson, Chen Santa Maria, Totally Intense Fractal Mind Gaze Hut at 671 24th St., Oakland a/a $6 9pm ** 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, Vox Jaguars, Moller at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm * apr 28 tue The Splinters, Buzzer, Brilliant Colors at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 28 tue The Black Lips, Flowers Forever at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm ** apr 29 wed Shovelman, Mama Lion, Ventid at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** apr 29 wed Wye Oak (Baltimore), The Pomegranates (Cincinnati), Shuteye Unison at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** apr 29 wed William Elliott Whitmore, Fake Problems, Low Red Land at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** 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 Vicious, Prize Country (Portland), Kingdom Of Magic (Denver) at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm ** apr 29 wed Of The Other, Barney Cauldron, Spidermeow at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** apr 29 wed All Ages, Say When (Boston), Drunken Hu at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** apr 29 wed The Peatot, dj Danman, dj Teeko at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 7:30pm/8pm ** (Israel's 61st Independence Day) apr 29 wed Agent Ribbons, Buildings Breeding, Grand Lake at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $5 9:30pm ** apr 29 wed Mute Socialite, Kowloon Walled City at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** apr 29 wed Jay Nash, Pete and J, Joey Ryan, Jane Lui at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 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 Music For Animals, Please Do Not Fight, Winter Gloves at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** apr 30 thr Joe Lally, Microfiche, Waterfowl at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 30 thr The Atomic Bomb Audition, Eyes, Aerial Ruin at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** apr 30 thr Forrest Day, Maldroid, Ostrich Head at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 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 Bellrays, The Struts, The Hi-Nobles at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** @ apr 30 thr Abrupt, Dreadful Children (Seattle), Hammered Grunts (Portland), Neurotoxicity at the Red Hat, 1860 Monument Blvd., Concord 21+ $5 9pm *** @ apr 30 thr Times Of Desperation, Whores Of War, Beerijuana at Johnny V's, 31 East Santa Clara St., San Jose 21+ $4 9pm ** apr 30 thr The Men Upstairs, A True Fixation, The Hybrid Creeps If You Swear To Listen, Brubaker, Frozen Pizza Is For Penguins at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $8/$10 6:30pm *** may 1 fri Crude (Japan), Hellshock (Portland), Attack Disarm Takeover, Wartorn (WI), Acephalix at 924 Gilman a/a 7:30pm *** @ may 1 fri Guided Cradle, Nerveskade (Portland) at Born/Dead House, 1221 28th Street, Oakland a/a 6pm til 8pm ** may 1 fri The Hot Toddies, Tempo No Tempo, Battlehooch at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** may 1 fri Fishbone, Bang Data, Monkey, dJ El Kool Kyle at the Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley 21+ $20 ($15 b4 10:30pm) 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, The Crash Kings at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm ** may 1 fri Manic Hispanic, Druglords Of The Avenues, Stagger&Fall at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/10pm ** @ may 1 fri The Cons, The Paranoids, Never Knows Best at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** may 1 fri Thomas Dimuzio, Nero's Day At Disneyland, Celine Dion, Coconut, Spider Compass Good Crime Band, dj Fonatana Williams, dj Primo, art, videos at Space Gallery, 1141 Polk St., S.F. 21+ $3-$6 8pm ** may 1 fri Slowfinger, 4 Year Bender, Tiny Television at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** may 1 fri Goapele at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $23/$25 8:30pm/9pm ** may 1 fri The Stanton Warriors (U.K.), Syd Gris, Spesh, dj Dex Stakker, fashion show (11:30pm) at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $15 10pm ** may 1 fri Super Adventure Club, Crowsong, Shotgun Wedding at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8pm ** may 1 fri Killer Instinct (San Leandro), Epileptic Seizure (Novato), D.B.G.C. (Novato), Concealed Weapon, Crap (Novato) at Dreamland Theater, 22449 Foothill Blvd., Hayward a/a $5 7:30pm til 11:30pm *** @ (hardcore show) may 1 fri Portland And The Bear at SJ Works, 451 S. First St., San Jose a/a free 7pm ** (KSCU 103.3FM) may 1 fri Blu & dj Exile, Zaki Ibrahim, Goldenchyld at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $15 9pm * may 1 fri In Leaves at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm * may 1 fri Candy Apple (cd release), The Shankers at Duffys, 337 Main Street, Chico 21+ 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 Deadfall, Conquest For Death, Eskapo, Dangers (L.A.), Morpheme at 924 Gilman a/a $8 7:30pm *** @ (Devon Morf's 40th Birthday) may 2 sat Nobunny (solo acoustic), Owen Cook (art) at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, 423 40th Street, Oakland a/a 6pm til 9pm * may 2 sat The Spits, The Pets, Nobunny, Hunx & His Punx at Ghost Town Gallery, Oakland a/a *** @ may 2 sat Brwn Bflo, Bambu, dj Saki at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8/$10 9pm * may 2 sat Punk vs. Metal showdown at the Lucky 13 1301 Park St, Alameda 21+ 8pm (Benefti for Will Johnson) may 2 sat The Devil Makes Three, Hillstomp at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 2 sat High Castle, Chen Santa Maria, Dan Friel, Erika M. Anderson, Stamina Mantis, Pompoir The Oven at 51-A McCoppin St., S.F. a/a $6 8pm ** may 2 sat Panteon Rococo at Slim's, S.F. a/a $25 9pm ** may 2 sat Native Burn, Space Vacation, Curmudgeon at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm/5pm ** @ (early show) may 2 sat The Singularity, The Uglies, For.The.Win, The Atom Age, art show at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm ** (late show) may 2 sat The Dogs (Detroit/L.A.), Ebonics, 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 The Holy Kiss (last show), Swann Danger, Beeests (first show) at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm ** may 2 sat Bob Log III, Willem Maker, The Ferocious Few at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/10pm ** may 2 sat Tenderloin Heights, Hashishians, Black Moon Ritual at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** may 2 sat Paris, Pete Rock, Planet Asia, Kam, T-K.A.S.H., Conscious Daughters at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $15/$20/$25 9pm/10pm ** may 2 sat Jesse Brewster, David Baron, Cally Scullin at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8pm ** may 2 sat Electric Funeral (tribute), Poweerage (tribute), Hangar 18 (tribute), Modern Day Cowboy (tribute), Children Of The Damned (tribute), Brewtallica (tribute), Generaton Swine (tribute), Holy Diver (tribute), Roadkill Romeo, Blood Sugar Sex Machine (tribute), Horizon Of Fire, Points North, Whiskey Dust, Crimes Of Passion, Broken Interlude at St. James Gate, 410 Old County Rd., Belmont a/a (21+ after 10pm) $5 2pm til 2am *** @ (Cinco De Mayo Bash) may 2 sat Luce at Little Fox Theater, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City 21+ $15/$17 8pm ** 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 Knock Knock, Silver Darling, Missouri Mule at Fun Garden (Luigi's Pizza), 1050 20th St., Sacramento a/a $5 8pm ** may 2 sat Save & Continue, 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 2/3 Van Morrison (performing Astral Weeks) at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a $350/$250/$125/$90/$50 # ** may 3 sun 77 Deora at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm * may 3 sun Ben Lee, Low vs. Diamond at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 3 sun Bart Davenport, Xoel Lopez (Spain), Sean Smith at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** may 3 sun Garrett Pierce (cd release), Agent Ribbons at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** may 3 sun Oranger, Ian Moore, Kelley Stoltz, Mover, Tom Heyman, dj Foodcourt at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 3pm/4pm ** (going away party for Nick & Rose) may 3 sun Same Sex Dictator at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ 7pm * 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 4 mon Hydrophonic, Black Earth Sinners, Ex Masheena at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** may 4 mon The Forecast (Peoria, IL), Olehole, The Photo Atlas (Denver) at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 9pm ** @ 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 Steel Pulse at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** may 5 tue Damien Jurado (solo), Laura Gibson at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9:30pm * may 5 tue Dengue Fever (playing live score to silent film "The Lost World") at the Castro Theater, Castro at Market, 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 Seize The Night, Acephalix, Sons Of Oswald at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ freee 9pm/10pm ** may 5 tue The Love X Nowhere (record release), The Trophy Fire, Tracing Figures at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** may 5 tue Celtic Woman at Memorial Auditorium, 1400 J Street at 15th, Sacramento a/a # ** may 6 wed Grand Duchy, Make Me at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $15 9pm ** may 6 wed Static-X, Saliva, Burn Halo, The Flood at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** may 6 wed Cripple Bastards (Italy), Resistant Culture, In Disgust, Wartorn, Choose your Poison, dj Rob Metal at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10/$12 7pm *** @ may 6 wed Her Space Holiday, City Light, Boy In Static, Hanni El Khatib at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** 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 My Revolver, Vows, The Human Condition at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** may 6 wed Emily Jane White, Adrian Orange, Fancie (Berlin), Mason Lindahl at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** may 6 wed Arise at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $6 8pm ** may 6 wed Hang Jones, Amelia Dunaway, Elektrik Sunset (unplugged) at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $5 5pm/8pm ** may 6 wed Moonlight Orchestra, Soft White Sixties, Foreign Cinema at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5/$8 8pm ** 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 wed Spectrum at Cooper's, 235 Commercial Street at Pine Street, Nevada City 21+ ** 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, The Eternal 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 Nous Non Plus (N.Y.C.), The Pleasure Kills, The Attachments, dj Brother Grimm at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** may 7 thr Solar Powered People (cd release), Ghost To Atom (cd release), Cast Of Thousands at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** may 7 thr Loquat, Head Like A Kite, Greycoats at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm/9pm ** may 7 thr Rollerball, The Why Because at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** may 7 thr Cloakwheel, The Illness, Headsheer at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** may 7 thr Coffins (Japan), Stormcrow, Laudanum, Samothrace (Seattle/Lawrence, Kansas), Futur Skullz dj Rob Metal at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 7pm/8pm *** @ may 7 thr Myka 9, Abstract Rude, Aceyalone, Haiku d'Etat, Nocando, dj Drez at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** may 8 fri Coffins (Japan), Stormcrow, Aldebran (Portland), Alaric at 924 Gilman a/a $10 7:30pm *** @ may 8 fri T.V. Evangelists, Destino Final (Spain), Wild Thing, Morpheme, Suicide Bomb at B.R.S., Richmond a/a 8pm *** @ 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 JP & The Rhythm Chasers, Big B & His Snakeoil Saviors at the Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa @ Potrero, S.F. a/a $10 8pm/9:15pm * may 8 fri Thriving Ivory at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $19.50 8pm/9pm # ** may 8 fri Jukebox The Ghost, Jenny Owen Youngs, French Miami at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/10pm ** 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 Claude VonStroke, Worthy, Justin Martin, Christian Martin, J. Phlip at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ 10pm ** may 8 fri Wonder Bread 5, Peace Frog (tribute) at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** may 8 fri From Monument To Masses, Nous Non Plus (N.Y.), The First Move at Nickel City Arcade, San Jose a/a $10 7pm ** may 8 fri The Ego Trippers, April Chase, The Jackie Rocks Band, Evolution at the Pool House, 7047 Via Ramada, San Jose a/a free 5:45pm ** 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 Bastards Of Young, For.The.Win., The Uglies at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 8pm ** may 8 fri War at Cache Creek Casino Resort, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 18+ *** may 8/9 Super Diamond, The Cheeseballs (fir), Stung (sat) at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $22 8pm/9pm ** may 9 sat Nobunny, Ringers (Boston/Brooklyn), Rock'n'Roll Adventure Kids, Street Eaters, Shotwell at 924 Gilman a/a $7 8pm *** @ may 9 sat Guided Cradle (Czech/Portland), F.U.K. (U.K./Japan), Doomsday Hour (L.A.), Dopecharge, Suicide Bomb at Your Hauz, Oakland a/a $6 8pm *** @ may 9 sat The Shins at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $35.50 8pm # *** may 9 sat Mister Loveless, The Soft White Sixties, A B & The Sea at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** may 9 sat Los Loney Boys, Susan Tedeschi, Chuck Prophet, fireworks display at KFOG KaBoom, Piers 30/32, S.F. a/a $15 ** 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 Mae, Barcelona, Person L, Tokyo at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $13/$14 7:30pm/8:15pm ** 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, Krizz Kaliko, Kutt Calhoun, Murs at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $26/$30 7:30pm/8pm *** may 9 sat Falling Up (OR), Ambience, Archeology (OR), Ruth (OR) at Nickel City Arcade, San Jose a/a $10 7pm ** may 9 sat Mermen at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $15 9pm ** may 9 sat Ballyhoo, B Foundation, Conscious Souls at Live at the Burro, 6651 Brisa St., Livermore a/a $13/$15 7pm/8pm ** may 9 sat Keeping Score, Like Nothing at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 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 Young Love, Paper Route at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** may 10 sun Strings For Industry, Bill Nershi at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 10 sun Magick Daggers, Tamaryn, Chambers at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** may 10 sun Christopher Willits at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm * may 10 sun Box Squad, Lost Puppy, Plastic Saints, D' Jelly Brains at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 7pm ** 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 Sonny, Io Echo, Dan Sena, Dead Sara at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 7pm/7:30pm ** may 11 mon The Vaselines at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 18+ $25 7pm/8pm ** may 11 mon Sourvein, Scarecrow, Slave Traitor, Tarrakian, dj Rob Metal at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm *** @ 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 Bay/Oslo Mirror Trio, 0th at 21 Grand, 416 25th St., Oakland a/a $6-$10 8:30pm ** may 12 tue Cornelius, Deerhoof at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** may 12 tue General Surgery, Ghoul, Population Reduction, Call The Paramedics, Snorting Pole, dj Rob Metal at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** @ may 12 tue Sara Watkins at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $20 8pm * may 12 tue Ponytail, Battlehooch at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** may 12 tue Jason Reeves, Brendan James, Amber Rubarth at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 18+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** may 12 tue The Corruptors, Pop Bottle Bombers (Watsonville), Excuse The Blood at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/10pm ** @ may 12 tue Leopold & His Fiction, The Lovetones (Australia), Chief Nowhere, Greg Ashley at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** 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 # ** (sold out - KFOG and 107.7 The Bone) may 13 wed Indigo Girls at Zellerbach Auditorium, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a $38.50 7pm/8pm # ** may 13 wed The Blind, Sentinel, The Dandelion War at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** may 13 wed Michelle Malone, Mars Arizona at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm ** may 13 wed Realistic Orchestra at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** (Stevie Wonder & James Brown Birthday Tribute) may 13 wed The Willie Waldman Project at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8pm * may 13 wed Opeth, Enslaved at the Senator Theater, 517 Main St., Chico a/a *** @ may 14 thr Necrite, Velnias, Slave Traitor (Seattle) at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $7 ** may 14 thr Opeth, Enslaved at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm *** @ may 14 thr Earth Crisis (Syracuse, N.Y.), Walls Of Jericho, First Blood, Reign Supreme, Unholy, Blood Stands Still, dj Rob Metal at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $15/$18 6pm *** @ 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 8pm/9pm ** may 14 thr Photons, Wax Fingers, Spencey Dood & The Doodles at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** may 14 thr Needles, Destino FinaL (Barcelona, Spain), Ruidos, Dopecharge at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm/9pm *** @ may 14 thr Pierced Arrows, The Sermon, Burnt House at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm may 14 thr The Reptile House, Japanese Baby, Spellbound at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $6/$8 8pm ** 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, Tell-Tale Heartbreakers, Swann Danger at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** may 15 fri Igor & The Red Elvises (Russia), 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 Loney Dear, Headlights at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/10pm ** 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 Murder Junkies, The Lewd, The Disciples, Hectic, dj Meri St. Mary at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 9pm ** @ may 15 fri Raised By Robots (record release), Silian Rail, Buzzer at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** may 15 fri Kraak & Smaak, dj Greyboy, Mopo at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $18 9pm ** may 15 fri The Tubes, Cat at the Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway, Redwood City a/a $25 8pm *** may 15 fri The Cheeseballs at Little Fox Theater, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City 21+ $18/$20 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 $25 8pm/9pm # ** may 16 sat M. Ward at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $29.50 8pm # ** may 16 fri Dave Rude Band, Triple Cobra at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** may 16 sat Korpiklaani (Finland), Primordial (Ireland), Moonsorrow (Finland), Blackguard (Canada), Swashbuckle (N.J.), Cormorant, dj Rob Metal at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $25/$30 6pm *** @ (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, Michael Zapruder, Golden Bolts Of Tone at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** may 16 sat Sean Hayes at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16 8:30pm/9pm ** may 16 sat 45 Grave (L.A.), Steel Tigers Of Death (Seattle), Android Hero (Seattle), The Grannies at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm/9pm ** @ may 16 sat The Mutaytor (35-piece indie-techno circus), Breakscience, Mopo at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm ** may 16 sat Scissors For Lefty, Miss Derringer at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** may 16 sat Lou Dog Trio, Audiodub, Kapakahi at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** may 16 sat Jungle Under Kings, Wayward Son, Caddy wampuss, The Jay Walkers at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm ** may 16 sat The Tiger Club, Finding Stella at Little Fox Theater, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City 21+ $14/$16 8pm ** may 16 sat The Ego Trippers, Inner Orbit Machine, The Blank Manuscript, Without A Thot at Homestead Lanes, 20990 Homestead Rd., Cupertino a/a $5 9pm ** may 16 sat The Shitkickers, Lightnin' Woodstock, The Famous at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** may 16 sat Wooden Shjips, Thee Oh Sees, Lucky Dragons (L.A.), Mayyors (Sacramento), Eternal Tapestry (Portland), Meth Teeth (Portland), D.M.P.H. (Sacramento), Strip Mall Seizures, The Nothing, Silver Darling (Sacramento), Pregnant (Placerville), Please Quiet Ourselves at Plainfield Station, 23944 Country Road 98, Woodland a/a $8/$10 2pm *** @ (KDVS 90.3FM) may 16 sat Drop Seven, Divinity In Darkness, Dead Reckoning at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 8pm ** may 17 sun 45 Grave (L.A), Murder Junkies (N.J.), Plan 9, Scheisse Minnelli (Germany), New Earth Creeps at 924 Gilman a/a 5pm *** @ may 17 sun Ben Folds, Rachel Unthank & The Winterset 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, Dead Meadow at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm ** @ may 17 sun Chickenfoot (Joe Satriani, Chad Smith, Michael Anthony, Sammy Hagar) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $49.50 *** may 17 sun Mumiy Troll (Russa), Russian Solutio, Voctok-Zapadn at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 7:30pm/8pm ** (new date) may 17 sun The Jeff Parker Trio, The Scott Amendola Trio at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** may 17 sun The Dust Bowl Revival at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm * may 17 sun French Disco, Vir at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 7:30pm/8pm ** may 18 mon Doves at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # ** may 18 mon Kevin Devine, Miniature Tigers, Brian Bonz at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 7pm/7:30pm ** may 18 mon Youth Group at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 18+ $12 7:30pm * 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 John Vanderslice (cd release) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $16 7:30pm ** may 19 tue The Detroit Cobras, Dex Romweber Duo at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16 8pm ** may 19 tue Manchester Orchestra, Fun, Winston Audio at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8pm/8:30pm ** (Live 105) may 19 tue Fracas, Lyin' Bitch & The Restraining Orders (Denver) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** may 19 tue The Life And Times at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm * 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 Killola (L.A.), Kristeen Young, Anya Marina at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $5 9pm ** 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 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 # *** (KFOG) 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 $36.50 7pm/8pm # ** may 20 wed The Virgins, Lissy Trullie at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 20 wed Obits, The Lights, Best Wishes at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** may 20 wed Dredg, Torche, Judgement Day at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 18+ $20 7pm/8pm ** @ may 20 wed Natural Bridges, Helene Renaut, Beliss at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** may 21 thr Sir Richard Bishop And His Freak Of Araby Ensemble, Pontiak at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $10 ** 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 B.B. King at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $75 7pm/8pm # *** may 21 thr Suburban Kids With Biblical Names, Oh No Oh My (Austin), My Teenage Stride (N.Y.C.), Birds Of California, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15 8pm *** (S.F. Popfest) may 21 thr Santigold, Amanda Blank, Trouble Andrew at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** may 21 thr Dyrer/Heule Quartet, Peninsula Project (Norway, Head Boggle at Dolores Park Cafe, 501 Dolores St. at 18th., S.F. a/a 8pm ** may 21 thr Indianna Hale, Chris von Sneidern, Foxtails Brigade, Bias Tape at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market St., S.F. 21+ sliding scale 7pm/7:30pm ** (Benefit Haight Ashbury Community Nursery School) may 21 thr Loquat, The Union Trade, Aim Low Kid at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm/9pm ** may 21 thr Officer Down, Overdrive A.D., Street Justice, Hot Heresy at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm ** @ may 21 thr Sex Type Thing (90s covers) at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 8pm * may 21 thr Fleetwood Mac at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $150/$80/$50 7pm/8pm # *** may 21 thr Cry For Tomorrow, The Pollination Vectors, Cloverfield Drive, All Names Taken at Club Retro, 6521 Hazel Ave., Orangevale a/a $8/$10 6:30pm ** may 21 thr Quasi at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $10 9pm * may 22 fri TV On The Radio, Dirty Projectors at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $30 8pm ** (Live 105) may 22 fri The Lewd, Proudflesh, The Disciples, Sad Boy Sinister, Fistifuks at Your Hauz, Oakland a/a *** @ may 22 fri The Zoopy Show, Ru36, Electric Vagina, The Nightmakers at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** (was listed as may 23nd) 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 Blk Jks, Foreign Born at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** may 22 fri Blag Dahlia (solo acoustic - 10:30pm and midnight sets), dj What's His Fuck at the Riptide Bar, 3639 Taraval St., S.F. 21+ free 9pm ** may 22 fri Nomo, Unpopable at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/10pm * may 22 fri The Hot Toddies, The Tartans, Ballboy, The Orange Peels, Bunny Grunt, Springfactory at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 7:30pm *** (SF Popfest) may 22 fri Forbidden at the Octopus Lounge, Pacifica 21+ ** 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 Cash'd Out, Deke Dickerson, Chop Tops at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $12/$15 9pm ** may 22 fri B.B. King at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $98-$55 5:30pm/7:30pm *** may 22 fri Santogold at Empire Events Center, 1417 R St., Sacramento a/a $20/$25 6:30pm ** may 22 fri Fate Under Fire (cd release), Early States, S.T.D., Brobecks at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $8/$10 6:30pm ** @ may 22 fri Damaged, Sindicate916, Of Ashes, Trial By Combat at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** may 23 sat Basshaters, Pigs In The Ground, Peninsula Project (Norway) at Heco's Palace of Hi-Fidelity, 705 Peralta St., Oakland a/a 6pm/8pm ** may 23 sat Cash'd Out, The B-Stars, True Danger 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 Chain And The Gang, The Hive Dwellers, The Fresh And Onlys, dj Megaweapon at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8 ** may 23 sat Tullycraft (Seattle - last show), Pelle Carlberg, Northern Portrait (Copenhagen), The Magic Bullets, The Smittens (Vermont), dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15 8pm *** (S.F. Popfest) may 23 sat The Pharcyde at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 8pm/9pm # *** 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 Djenghis Khan, Virgin (Seattle) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 6pm ** (early show) 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 Love Me Nots (Phoenix), The Woolly Bandits (record release - L.A.), The Bug Nasties (Seattle), The Minks (tribute) at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/10pm ** @ may 23 sat Blue Turtle Seduction, The New Up at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** may 23 sat Zepparella, Nylon Heart Attack, Human Life Index at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/10pm ** may 23 sat Deke Dickerson at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** may 23 sat Plan 9 at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm ** @ may 23 sat Part Time Christians, The Dead Smurfs, Anal Mucus, 2nd Class Citizens, One In The Chamber at the Evil Dead Shed, Concord a/a $5 5pm til 10pm *** @ may 23 sat The Freeze, Anti-Social 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 The Rocketz at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 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 Bone Awl (Novato), Volahn, Ashdautas at Terminal, 3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland a/a ** 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 Lady Sovereign, Chester French at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** may 24 sun The New York Dolls at the Grand Ballroom, 1300 Van Ness Avenue, S.F. a/a $25 8pm # *** may 24 sun Mount Vicious, Police Teeth (Seattle/Bellingham), The Lights (Seattle) 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 Hidden Cameras (solo), Eux Autres, Dear Nora, Birds Of California, Cheap Red at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 7pm ** (SF Pop Fest) may 24 sun My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $15/$18 8pm ** may 24 sun House Of Floyd (tribute) at Little Fox Theater, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City 21+ $14/$16 7pm * 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 Kool & The Gang at Cache Creek Casino Resort, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 18+ *** may 24 sun Forbidden, Cowboys From Hell (tribute), Kut-Pile, Bomb And Scary, Dominion at the New Oasis, 2100 Victorian Ave., Sparks, NV a/a $10/$15 6:30pm *** @ 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 Teena Marie, Charlie Wilson, Jeffrey Osborne, Average White Band, Ashford & Simpson at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $90/$56/$36 11am/noon # *** (102.9 KBLX) may 25 mon Duane Peters Gunfight, Prima Donna, The Secretions, Trucker's Wife at Lost on Main, Chico, 319 Main St., Chico 21+ 8pm *** @ may 26 tue Animal Collective, Grouper at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $25.50 8pm # ** (sold out) may 26 tue Sir Richard Bishop, Oaxacan at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $7 9pm ** may 26 tue Rademacher, The High Strung, Shrouded Strangers at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** may 26 tue Passion Pit at Bimbo's 365 Club, 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 Ian Shaul, Da Bloons at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm * may 27 wed Pepper, Pennywise, Authority Zero, Tomorrow's Bad Seeds 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 Butch Walker at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 27 wed Ben Harper, Relentless7 at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # ** may 27 wed M83, dj Aaron Axelsen at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $22.50 8pm/9pm ** may 27 wed Kid Mud, The Curious Mystery (Seattle) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** may 27 wed St. Vincent at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ ** may 27 wed Big Business, Tweak Bird at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm/10pm ** may 27 wed Ozric Tentacles at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 7:30pm/8pm ** may 27 wed Duane Peters Gunfight, Dusted Angel, Primadonna at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 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 The Prodigy at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $39 9pm # *** may 28 thr Skitkids (Sweden), Needles, Yellow Eyes, Master Volume at Sub/Mission Art Space, 2183 Mission St., S.F. a/a $6 8:30pm *** @ 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 8pm/9pm ** may 28 thr Tiga at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 8:30pm/9pm ** may 28 thr Japandroids, Happy Hollows at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** may 28 thr Black Moth Super Rainbow, School Of Seven Bells at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 9pm/10pm * may 28 thr Man's Red Fire, Hot Fog at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm ** may 28 thr Psychostick (cd release) at the Sports Bar, 329 Lake Blvd., Redding 21+ $10 7pm ** (KRRX) may 28/29 Jenny Lewis at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm (thr) 8pm/9pm (fri) # ** may 29 fri Hottub at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 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 Zoo Station (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 29 fri Lydia, PlayRadioPlay!, Eye Alaska, Brave Citizens at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm ** may 29 fri Pontiak, Young Widows (Louisville), DA Bears at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** may 29 fri Garaj Mahal, Alex Machacek Trio, Heavy Rubber at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $20 9:30pm ** may 29 fri Langhorne Slim, Samantha Crain & The Midnight Shivers, Guns For San Sebastian at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** may 29 fri Plan 9, Crimson Ghosts, The Undertaker And His Pals at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** @ may 29 fri Lyapis Trubetskoy (Russa), Boctok ? Zapad, dj Stranger. at Cafe Cocomo, 650 Indiana at Mariposa, S.F. 21+ $29.99 8pm ** may 29 fri The Thermals (OR), Shaky Hands (OR), Point Juncture WA, dj K-Von at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10.33/$14 9pm ** (KSCU 103.3FM) may 29 fri Park Lane, Freedom Affair at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $8/$10 6:30pm ** 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 The Roots the Davies Symphony Hall, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** may 30 sat Pretty Lights at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 8:30pm/9pm ** may 30 sat Grayceon, Black Ice, Alaric at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/10pm ** may 30 sat Hail Satan, Scarecrow, De'tente, Oreo at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm *** @ may 30 sat Sila And The Afrofunk Experience at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** may 30 sat Hot Challenge, The Papersons, The Catholic Comb, Sleep Your Excellence at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10-$20 sliding scale 8pm ** may 30 sat The Thermals, The Shaky Hands, Bachelorette, dj BageL Radio at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/10pm ** (all ages show on may 31) 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 AP9, Nocturnal Hustlas at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $25 7:30pm/8pm *** may 30 sat Psychostick (cd release) at Dreamland Center, 22449 Foothill Blv., Hayward a/a $5 7:30pm ** may 30 sat War, Brenton Wood, Lakeside, Trinere, El Chicano at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $60/$40/$10 4pm/5pm # *** (98.1 KISS FM) may 30 sat Mumlers, Curious Mystery, Corpus Callosum 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 30 sat FallRise, Sleepnoise, Prylosis, Social Syn at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** may 30 sat Manhattan Transfer at Cache Creek Casino Resort, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 18+ ** may 30/31 Moe at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 8pm/9pm # ** may 31 sun The Gold Diggers, The Robber Barons at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm * may 31 sun The Thermals, The Shaky Hands, Point Juncture WA at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm/9pm ** (21+ show on may 30) may 31 sun Joel Murach & The Low Roller, Val Esway & El Mirage, Sonja van Hamel (Amsterdam) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** may 31 sun Riverboat Gamblers at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm/8pm ** may 31 sun Dane Cook (comedian) at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $103/$78/$53/$32 7pm/8pm # ** may 31 sun Lessons In Failure, ThisOldPistol, Somewhat Undecided, Absolute Zero at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 6pm ** jun 1 mon Jens Lekman, Tig Notaro at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 1 mon The Points at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ 6pm ** jun 1 mon Mystic Rage at Route 92, San Mateo 21+ free 9pm ** jun 2 tue Gavin Rossdal at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 8pm/9pm # ** jun 2 tue Jens Lekman, Tig Notaro (comedy) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 2 tue Cotton Jones, The Parson Red Heads at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm * jun 2 tue I See Hawks In LA at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 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 3 wed Weinland at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm * 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 4 thr The Aggrolites at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** jun 4 thr Scott H. Biram, FlexXBronco, The Devil's Own at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 4 thr Thrones, Pins Of Light at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 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, Harbours, We Is Shore Dedicated at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jun 5 fri Holy Fuck, Crocodiles, Leather Feather at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/10pm ** jun 5 fri Flying Lotus, Free The Robots, dj Basur, Goldenchyld at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $20 9pm ** jun 5 fri Blame Betty, 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 Lisa Lampanelli at Nob Hill Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $39.75 7pm/8pm # ** jun 6 sat Nodzzz, So Cow at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jun 6 sat Or, The Whale, The Maldives, Built For The Sea at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm *** jun 6 sat Triple Cobra, Dave Rude Band at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** jun 6 sat Andrea Bocelli at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $285/$175/$130/$100/$76 7pm/8pm # ** jun 6 sat America at Cache Creek Casino Resort, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 18+ ** 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 Brandi Carlile at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (seated show - KFOG) 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 Fuzztones, Stigma 13 at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jun 7 sun Hopewell at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** 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 Camera Obscura at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $21.50 8pm/9pm # ** 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 9 tue Dredge at Rasputin's Music, 1820 S. Bascom Ave., Campbell a/a free 6pm ** jun 9 tue The Fuzztones, The Flesh Hammers, mc Blag Dahlia at Vixen's, Sparks NV ?/? $12 ** jun 10 wed No Use For A Name, Only Crime, Pour Habit at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm *** @ jun 10 wed Secret Chiefs 3, Kayo Dot at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jun 10 wed Buttercream Gang at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * jun 10 wed Rodrigo y Gabriela at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $49.50-$39.50 5:30pm/7:30pm ** jun 11 thr Reik at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** jun 11 thr Forever, Zoo at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jun 11 thr Little Wings, Michael Musika, honey.moon.tree., Sleepy Todd at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** jun 11 thr Passafire at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8pm * jun 11 thr Von Bondies, Audry Sessions at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10.49 7pm ** jun 11 thr India Arie at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75-$45 5:30pm/7:30pm ** jun 11 thr New American Mob at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** 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/7:30pm # *** @ (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 Stereo Freakout, and 7 more bands at the DNA Lounge, S.F. ?/? $10 ** (battle of the bands finals) jun 12 fri The Church, Adam Franklin, The Bolts Of Melody at Slim's, S.F. a/a $26 9pm ** jun 12 fri Ear Pwr, Adventure, The Splinters at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jun 12 fri Dataroc at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 12 fri Telepathe, Nite Jewel, Hawnay Troof at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** jun 12 fri The Guana Batz at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 13 sat Guana Batz, Plan 9, Switchblade Riot 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 Hurry Up Shotgun, Sister Grizzle, Dashing Suns at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jun 13 sat Jay Reatard, Thee Oh Sees at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 13 sat 1990s, Apside at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/10pm * jun 13 sat Guy Fieri, Little Feat, Bobby Flay at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $35 11am/noon # ** (The Great American Food and Music Fest) jun 13 sat Andrew Dice Clay at Cache Creek Casino Resort, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 18+ ** 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 The Germs at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $16 9pm *** @ jun 14 sun A Camp at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $17 7:30pm/8pm ** jun 14 sun Fate, Ezra, Hello Sailor at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 6pm ** jun 15 mon JD Souther, Jill Sobule at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jun 15 mon Art Brut at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** jun 17 wed Ben Kweller at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jun 17 wed The Queers, The Mansfields, The Hot Toddies, The Atom Age at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 7:30pm/8:30pm *** @ jun 17 wed Crystal Method at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** jun 17 wed Tippy Canoe, Pat Hull (Chico), The Corner Laughers at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jun 17 wed J.F.J.O. at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ * jun 17 wed That Ghost, Daniel Francis Doyle at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** jun 17/18 Shellac, Arcwelder at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jun 18 thr Viva Voce, Y La Bamba at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 18 thr Kajillion, Cloakwheel, Big Blue Whale at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm ** jun 18 thr Sly & Robbie, Heavyweight Dub Champion at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 18 thr The Fresh & Onlys at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * jun 18/19 J.F.J.O. at the Starry Plough, Berkeley 21+ * jun 19 fri Kapakahi (cd release) at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jun 19 fri PJ Harvey & John Parish at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** jun 19 fri King Sunny Ade & His African Beats at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm * jun 19 fri We Be The Echo, Martin Bisi, The Great Dictator at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jun 19 fri Les Claypool, Yard Dogs Road Show at the Grove/Radisson Hotel, 500 Leisure Lane, Sacramento a/a *** jun 19 fri Order Of The Golden Mirror, Retarded Muppet Farm, Goodness Gracious Me!, Prieta at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** jun 19/20 Heart at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85/$45 5:30pm/7:30pm ** jun 20 sat Powerage (tribute), Destroyer (tribute) Beauty And The Beat (tribute) at the Starry Plough, Berkeley 21+ 9pm ** jun 20 sat Mystic Knights Of The Cobra at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 20 sat Les Claypool, Yard Dogs Road Show at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** 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 20 sat White Rabbits, Harlem Snakes at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 20 sat Lucky Jesus, Control-R, The Black Pandas at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jun 20 sat My First Earthquake, Blue Rabbit, B And Not B at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** jun 20 sat Automatic Static, Category 7 at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** jun 21 sun Grizzly Bear, Here We Go Magic at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # ** jun 21 sun indie mart at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a (food, drink, dj's, stuff for sale) jun 21 sun Los de Abajo at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jun 22 mon The Fixt, Penny Dreadfuls, Stagger And Fall at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jun 22 mon Isis, Helms Alee, Mammifer at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $12/$15 9pm ** jun 23 tue MewithoutYou, The Dear Hunter, Bear Colony at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jun 23 tue Isis at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jun 23 tue Carbon Leaf at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** jun 23 tue Nihlotep, Vesterian, Vietus Mortuus at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jun 24 tue VC4, Baaddd (Australia), Skate Witches at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** 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 Three Girls & Their Buddy (Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Shawn Colvin and Buddy Miller) at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65-$45 5:30pm/7:30pm *** 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 Extra Action Marching Band at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm ** 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 26 fri Sour Diesel at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** jun 26/27 the US Air Guitar Championships at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 ($30 2 day ticket) 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 27 sat Wilco at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a $39.50 7:30pm # *** jun 27 sat Warped Tour, Pier 30/32, S.F. a/a $33.50 10:30am/11am # *** @ (see aug 20 for band list) jun 27 sat Xavier Rudd at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** jun 27 sat The Scrawnies at the Knockoiut, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** jun 27 sat Skygreen Leopards, White Hinterland, Prince Rama Of Ayodhya at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** 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 28 sun Joan Sebastian, Banda El Recodo, Jenni Rivera at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $95/$75/$40 5pm/6pm # ** jun 29 mon Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood at the Arena, Oakland a/a # ** jun 30 tue The B-52's at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75.50-$45.50 5:30pm/7:30pm *** jul 1 wed Necrophagist, Suffocation, Darkest Hour, Winds Of Plague at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** @ jul 1 wed Ani DiFranco at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $42.50-$37.50 5:30pm/7:30pm *** jul 1 wed The Charlie Daniels Band at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a *** jul 2 thr Yes, Asia at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** jul 2 thr Strange Boys, The Coathangers at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jul 2-5 John Butler, Umphrey's McGee, Ani DiFranco, Disco Biscuits, The Del McCoury Band, Galactic, Marco Benevento Trio, Steve Kimock, Crazy Engine, McTuff, The Wailers, Tea Leaf Green, Ollabelle, Mike Farris And The Roseland Rhythm Revue, A.L.O., Vieux Farka Tour, Dr. Dog, Devil Makes Three, The Travelin' McCoury's, The Lee Boys, Cornmeal, Bonerama, Joe Craven & Sam Bevan Duo, Fareed Haque And The Flat Earth Ensemble, Nathan Moore, Pretty Lights, Everest, Dusty Rhodes And The River Band, Pimps Of Joytime, J-Boogie And Dubtronic Science, Poor Man's Whiskey, Living Folklore at Plumas-Sierra Fairgrounds, Quincy a/a $165-$30 *** (High Sierra Music Festival) jul 3 fri La Ventana at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jul 3 fri The Sun Kings, The Unauthorized Rolling Stones at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $20 9:30pm ** jul 3 fri Sir Richard Bishop & His Freak Of Araby Ensemble, Oaxacan at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** jul 3 fri Yes, Asia at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $79.50-$49.50 5:30pm/7:30pm ** jul 4 sat Heavy Hindenburg at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jul 4 sat The Unit Breed, Silian Rail at the Gingerbread House, 1151 South 7th at Keyes, San Jose a/a ** jul 4 sat Hal Ketchum at Cache Creek Casino Resort, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 18+ ** jul 5 sun Jaked On Ridicule, Fashion City Scandal, No Signal at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 6pm ** jul 6/7 Reverend Horton Heat, Nekromantix at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** jul 8 wed Pete Correale (comedy) at the Punch Line, 444 Battery Street, S.F. 18+ * jul 8 wed Duran Duran at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $149.50-$59.50 5:30pm/7:30pm ** jul 8 wed RANCID, Rise Against, Billy Talent at Reno Events Center, 300 N Center St., Reno, NV # *** @ jul 9 thr Rise Against, RANCID, Billy Talent at the Arena, Oakland a/a $35 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** @ jul 9 thr Pro-Pain, Sworn Enemy, Mantic Ritual at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jul 9 thr Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound, Weird Owl at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jul 9 thr New Kids On The Block, Jabbawockeez at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $100/$60/$40/$25 6:30pm/7:30pm # * 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 10 fri Bag Of Toys at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a $14 9pm ** jul 10 fri Ty Segall, Charlie & The Moonhearts at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jul 10 fri ABC, Wang Chung, Berlin, Cutting Crew, Heaven 17 at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65-$45 5:30pm/6:30pm *** 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 Normandie at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm * jul 11 sat Oneida, Wooden Shjips, Jonas Reinhardt at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/10pm ** jul 11 sat The O'Jays, Russel Thompkins Jr. & The New Stylistics, Jerry Butler, Harold Melvin's Bluenotes, The Delfonics, Eddie Holman, The Jones Girls, The Intruders at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $80/$50/$35/$25 6pm/7pm # *** 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 11 sat The Angry Samoans, Forgotten, Shootin Lucy at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm *** @ jul 11 sat Toad The Wet Sprocket at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $49.50-$40 5:30pm/7:30pm ** jul 12 sun Angry Samoans (L.A), Shootin' Lucy, The Generators (L.A), Trouble Maker, Bum City Saints at 924 Gilman a/a 5pm *** @ jul 12 sun Personal & The Pizzas, Coconut Coolouts, Impediments at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** 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 13 mon Girl In A Coma, Miss Derringer at Lost on Main, Chico, 319 Main Street, Chico 21+ 9pm ** jul 14 tue Blues Traveler, Big Head Todd & The Monsters at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $59.50-$45 5:30pm/7:30pm *** jul 14 tue Girl In A Coma, Miss Derringer at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** jul 15 wed Girl In A Coma, Miss Derringer, Pterodactyl at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $5 9pm ** jul 15 wed Tears For Fears at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $79.50-$55 5:30pm/7:30pm *** jul 16 thr Girl In A Coma, Miss Derringer at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 16/17 Boz Scaggs, Michael McDonald at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $99-$59.50 5:30pm/7:30pm *** jul 17 fri Johnny Hootroc at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm * jul 17 fri Infected Mushroom at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** jul 17 fri Leopold & His Fiction at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jul 18 sat Silian Rail, The Secret Stolen, Hot Toddies at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jul 18 sat Boy Kicks Girl, H.B.A., I.N.F.M. at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 18 sat Indigo Girls at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $47.50-$37.50 5:30pm/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 21 tue The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Girls, The Champagne Socialists at t he Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** jul 21 tue No Doubt, Paramore, The Sounds at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $90/$70/$60/$25 7:30pm # *** jul 21 tue Pat Benatar, Blondie, The Donnas at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$55 5:30pm/6:30pm *** jul 22 wed George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Jonny Lang at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75-$55 5:30pm/7:30pm *** jul 23 thr The Handsome Family at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm * 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 23 thr The Moody Blues at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $79.50-$55 5:30pm/7:30pm *** 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 24 fri Kathy Griffin at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $89.50-$49.50 5:30pm/7:30pm ** jul 25 sat Vamps (Japan) at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** jul 25 sat No Doubt, Paramore, The Sounds at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $90/$60/$25 7:30pm # *** jul 25 sat Grey Atlas at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm 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 30/31 Steve Miller Band at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $149.50-$55 5:30pm/7:30pm ** 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 2 sun The Beach Boys at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $69.50-$45 5:30pm/7:30pm *** 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 4/5 Lyle Lovett at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85.50-$50 5:30pm/7:30pm ** aug 5 wed Phish at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $49.50 5:30pm/7pm # ** aug 6 thr The Infamous Stringdusters at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** aug 7 fri Bart Davenport at the Uptown, Oakland free 6pm/9pm ** aug 7 fri Smokey Robinson at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $79.50-$49.50 5:30pm/7:30pm ** aug 8 sat James Intveld, Red Meat at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm ** aug 8 sat March Into Paris at the El Rincon, S.F. 18+ 8pm ** aug 8 sat Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers, Toots And The Maytals at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $55-$45 5:30pm/7:30pm ** 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 9 sun Melissa Etheridge at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $99.50-$55 5:30pm/7:30pm *** 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 12 wed Los Lonely Boys, Los Lobos at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $80-$50 5:30pm/7:30pm *** aug 14 fri ArnoCorps, Dagobah (UK), Savage Machiine at 924 Gilman a/a $10 7pm ** @ aug 14/15 Huey Lewis & The News at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85.50-$50 5:30pm/7:30pm *** aug 14/15 Alan Parsons Live Project at John Ascuaga's Nugget Casino, Sparks, NV 18+ ** aug 15 sat Wild Child (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** aug 17 mon Elvis Costello, The Sugarcanes at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $89.50-$55 5:30pm/7:30pm *** aug 18/19 Diana Krall at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $99-$59.50 5:30pm/7:30pm ** aug 19 wed Jackson Browne at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $60/$50/$40 7pm/8pm # ** 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, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $26.75 10:30am/11am # *** @ (only one main stage - bands on main stage play 40 minuits each) aug 20 thr Lewis Black at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $69.50-$49.50 5:30pm/8pm *** aug 21 fri Aphrodesia, dj Jeremiah at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** aug 21 sun Warped Tour, Sacramento a/a # *** @ (see aug 20 for band list) aug 21/22/23 Chris Isaak at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85.50-$55.50 5:30pm/7:30pm *** aug 26 wed Jefferson Starship, Ten Years After, Canned Heat, Big Brother & The Holding Company, Tom Constanten, Country Joe McDonald at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $79.50-$49.50 5:30pm/7pm *** (Heroes of Woodstock) aug 27 thr Susan Tedeschi, Jackie Greene at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $55-$43.50 5:30pm/7:30pm ** aug 28/29/30 Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band, Beastie Boys, Incubus, Black Eyed Peas, M.I.A., Jason Mraz, Ween, The Mars Volta, Thievery Corporation, Modest Mouse, Band Of Horses, TV On The Radio, The Dead Weather, Atmosphere, Tom Jones, Silversun Pickups, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, The National, Q-Tip, Brett Dennen, Built To Spill, Mastodon, Raphael Saadiq, Calexico, OS Mutantes, Midnite, JJ Grey & Mofro Kinky, Deerhunter, Lila Downs, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, The Dodos, Bettye Lavette, Dengue Fever, Heartless Bastards, The Dirtbombs, Lenka, Akron/Family, John Vanderslice, Matt & Kim, Portugal The Man, The Morning Benders, The Duke Spirit, Zee Avi, Blind Pilot, Sambada, Ryan Bingham, West Indian Girl, Extra Golden at Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a ($595/$226/$200 3-day ticket) # *** @ aug 31 mon Foreigner at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $69.50-$49.50 5:30pm/7:30pm *** sep 1 tue Nickelback, Papa Roach, Hinder, Saving Abel at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $80/$60/$35 5pm/6pm # *** sep 2 wed Al Green at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** sep 2 wed AC/DC at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $92.50 8pm # *** sep 2 wed Def Leppard, Poison, Cheap Trick at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $131/$96/$56/$36 6pm/7pm # *** sep 2/3 Sheryl Crow at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $135-$55 5:30pm/7:30pm *** sep 4/5 Daryl Hall And John Oates at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $79.50-$49.50 5:30pm/7:30pm ** sep 9 thr Obituary, Goatwhore, Krisiun, The Berzerker at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ sep 10/11 Gipsy Kings at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $125-$75 5:30pm/7:30pm ** sep 12 sat The Doobie Brothers at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $72.50-$49.50 5:30pm/7:30pm *** sep 13 sun BonTaj Roulet, (Bonnie Raitt & Taj Mahal alone and together) at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95.25-$55.25 5:30pm/7:30pm *** sep 15 tue Lynyrd Skynyrd at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $99-$56 5:30pm/7:30pm *** sep 18 fri Porcupine Tree, That 1 Guy at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** sep 18 fri Creedence Clearwater Revisited at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65.50-$50.50 5:30pm/7:30pm ** sep 19 sat The Marshall Tucker Band, Moonalice at the Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway, Redwood City a/a $25 8pm ** sep 20 sun Etta James And The Roots Band, The Robert Cray Band at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $79.50-$45 5:30pm/7:30pm ** sep 23 wed The Temptations, The Four Tops at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75-$45 5:30pm/7:30pm *** sep 24 thr Wynonna at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65-$45 5:30pm/7:30pm ** sep 25 fri Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley, Jimmy Wayne at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # ** sep 25 fri Tower Of Power, Average White Band at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65-$45 5:30pm/7:30pm *** sep 26 sat Tony Bennett at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $149.50-$59.50 5:30pm/7:30pm *** sep 27 sun Edguy, Luna Mortis at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** sep 27 sun Cheech & Chong, Shelby at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65-$45 5:30pm/7:30pm *** oct 2 fri Pink Martini at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $63-$45 5:30pm/7:30pm ** oct 5/6 Loggins & Messina at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $125-$55 5:30pm/7:30pm ** 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) nov 8 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap, at McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. a/a $3 ($20 6am early entry) 10am nov 14 sat Billy Joel, Elton John at the Arena, Oakland a/a $186/$102/$54 7:30pm # *** nov 17 tue Billy Joel, Elton John at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $180/$100/$55 7:30pm # *** dec 12 sat Metallica at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $72.50 (ga floor & reserved)/$52.50 7pm # *** * recommendable Shows a/a all ages $ will probably sell out @ pit warning ^ under 21 must pay more # no ins/outs Live Radio Shows ---------------- apr 25 sat Neonate Fundraiser Show with Special Riot Artwork Premium on Davis Radio KDVS 90.3FM Midnight (kdvs.org) 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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