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 May 30, 2009 may 30 sat Broadway Calls, The Menzingers, Git Some, Judas, Black Teeth, Take Control at 924 Gilman a/a $10 7:30pm *** @ may 30 sat Law Abiding Citizens, The Deadbeats, Desmadre En Crisis, The All Nighters, The Tomorow Men, Cht at B.R.S., Richmond a/a $5 7pm *** @ may 30 sat Author & Punisher, Brandon Nickell, Rostro Negro, Churchill / Gillespie at Terminal, 3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland a/a ** may 30 sat Rude Intoxicant, Bigelow's Treehouse, In The Dust, Mama C at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 ** may 30 sat The Roots the Davies Symphony Hall, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** may 30 sat A Nuclear Tuesday, dj Styles at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a free 9pm ** (Deejae's 40th birthday) may 30 sat Burning Tree Project, Johnny Hi-Fi, Festizio at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** (Asian Rock Fest) may 30 sat Cheetahs On The Moon, Rat-O-Matic, W.S.F. at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm/5pm ** (early show) may 30 sat The Aquamen, The Go-Going-Gone-Girls, C'Mon Everybody, Pataphysics (Austin) at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** (late show) (Klaus Flouride's 60th Birthday) 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, Brewtallica, Scarecrow, Oreo at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm/9pm *** @ (Rampage Radio's 27th anniversary) 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 Touch Committee, Stirling Says, Finest Dearest, Excited States at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $6/$8 9pm ** may 30 sat Cloud Archive, Woven, Stormy Strong at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** may 30 sat Benyaro (Brooklyn, N.Y.) at the Plough and Stars, 116 Clement St., S.F. 21+ $5 9pm * may 30 sat Psychostick (cd release - AZ) at the Retox Lounge, S.F. 21+ ** may 30 sat Fukm, Sad Boy Sinister, 77 Straight, The Badmen at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** may 30 sat Castles In Spain, The Ferocious Few, belly dancing at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm/9pm * may 30 sat Andre Nickatina, AP9, Nocturnal Hustlas at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $25 7:30pm/8pm *** (hip hop) may 30 sat Falling To Pieces, Oskorei, Blasphemous Creation, Geryon at Vet's Hall, 930 Ward St., Martinez a/a $10 8pm ** @ may 30 sat Why I Hate, United Defiance, Banda Newsense, The Hukaholics, Violation, 5 Days Dirty, R.A.T.S., Ms. Fits at the Red Hat, 1860 Monument Blvd., Concord 21+ $6 4pm/6pm ** @ (Tony's Birthday - BBQ at 4pm) may 30 sat Oskorei, Falling To Pieces, Geryon, Blasphemous Creation, Lycanthrope, Macerate at Vet's Hall, 930 Ward St., Martinez a/a $10 6pm/7pm *** @ may 30 sat Ludacris, Jahi, Do D.A.T., Bayonics, Tornado Rider at Cal State East Bay Campus, Hayward a/a $20 noon til 8pm ** (CSU East Bay Spring Fest 2009) may 30 sat D.B.A., Damnage, Donner Party, The Parade Route, Holiday Bowl at Dreamland, 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 The Curious Mystery at Streetlight Records, 980 S. Bascom Ave., San Jose a/a free 4pm ** 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 Tyler Hilton, Keaton Simons, Liz Hackett at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $13/$15 8pm/8:30pm ** may 30 sat Seeds Of Creedence, Self Centered, Battalion, The Symphony Airplanes at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $10 6:30pm ** may 30 sat Prylosis, Sleepnoise, Social Syn, Misamore 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 sat Rick Springfield at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, 15 Hwy 50, Stateline, NV 21+ *** may 30/31 Moe at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 8pm/9pm # ** may 31 sun Benyaro (Brooklyn, N.Y.) at Beckett's Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley 21+ free 10pm * may 31 sun Vitamin Party, Craftmatic Adjustibles, Collisionville, Bwuh (cd release) at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 ** (BBQ) may 31 sun The Gold Diggers, The Robber Barons at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm * ($5 bbq) 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 The Wooden Birds at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** may 31 sun Joel Murach & The Low Roller, Val Esway & El Mirage, Sonja van Hamel (Amsterdam) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** may 31 sun Riverboat Gamblers at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm/8pm ** may 31 sun One Becomes One Hundred, Bright Brown, Kim Garrison, Lindasusan Ulrich at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 7pm ** may 31 sun Slow Trucks, Nighty Night, Golden West Service at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** may 31 sun Phoenix Theater Open House, young musicians, young artists at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a free 4pm *** may 31 sun Sarlacc, Filth Tribe, N.A.T.O., Mrsa, Cnidarian Phylum, Hank Hill, Apathetic Gorilla at 1700 Lone Oak Road Brentwood a/a free 5pm ** may 31 sun Dane Cook (comedian) at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $103/$78/$53/$32 7pm/8pm # ** may 31 sun Broadway Calls, The Menzingers, Hear The Sirens, First Off, The Pillowfights at GHWR Youth Center 30 Maple Avenue, Watsonville a/a $6 7pm ** @ may 31 sun Lessons In Failure, Albatross Kneck, ThisOldPistol, Somewhat Undecided, Absolute Zero at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $8 6pm *** may 31 sun S.T.D., Project Hideout, Fair Game, Darling Sweetheart, Smoke, Shakedown Zugh, Prieta at Miller Park, 2706 J Street, Sacramento a/a free noon ** @ may 31 sun Abanandon Theory at the Rivershack, 7220 Hwy 49, Coloma a/a * jun 1 mon Graham Colton, Bryan Greenberg at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** (all ages show) jun 1 mon Personal & The Pizzas, The Points at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 6pm ** jun 1 mon Scranton, Bardo (L.A.), Box Squad at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** jun 1 mon Marie Abe, David Boyce, John Hanes, Lisa Mezzacappa, Rubber City at the Make Out Room, S.F. 21+ free 8pm ** (jazz) jun 1 mon Dark Town Roiunders, Baltimore String Felons at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** jun 1 mon Mystic Rage at Route 92, San Mateo 21+ free 9pm ** jun 1 mon The SuperVillains, The SolidFellaz, The Overlooks at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 7pm ** jun 1/2 Jens Lekman, Tig Notaro (comedian) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 2 tue Gavin Rossdal at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 8pm/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, The Belivers at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 2 tue Saviours, Suicide Bomb, Poison Control at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/10pm ** @ jun 2 tue C U Next Weekend, Rocchilds, Moe Green at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 2 tue My Imaginary Friends, Mouse Kills Tiger at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 2 tue Jay Nash, Low Stars, Joey Ryan at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8pm ** jun 2 tue Lighter Thieves, Psychokitty, D' Shaw at the El Rincon, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** jun 2 tue Forgive Durden, You Me And Everyone We Know, Anarbor, K Sera at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10/$12 7pm/7:30pm ** jun 2 tue Psychostick (cd release - AZ) at the Tonic Lounge, 231 W. 2nd St., Reno, NV 21+ ** (also June 5th) jun 3 wed I've Ruined You Over The Years, The Awful Lot, Central Avenue at the Uptown, Oakland 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 Cro-Mags, Outbreak, Cruel Hand, The Mongoloids at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $15 8pm *** @ jun 3 wed Fast Love, dj Miss Blis, dj Big Mike at Sub/Mission Art Space, S.F. a/a $2 8pm * jun 3 wed Garrett Pierce, Conspiracy Of Venus, Devotionals at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** jun 3 wed Rosewood Thieves, Mississippi Man, Lemon Sun at the Hemlock, S.F .21+ $7 9pm ** jun 3 wed Weinland at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm * jun 3 wed Little Joy at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** jun 3 wed Butterfly Bones, Onili (Israel), Parents (L.A.) at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 3 wed The Civil War, Jenny Kerr, King Cab at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $5 5pm/8pm ** jun 3 wed Andrea Gibson, Chantelle Tibbs at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $6 8pm * jun 3 wed DJ Lebowitz (pianist), Sexy Results, Duckmandu (punk rock accordionist) at Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ $8 8:3pm ** jun 3 wed Disastroid, Big Blue Whale at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 3 wed The Tenderloins, Melting Point, General Jones at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 3 wed J.R. Richards, Aaron Barnhart, Alana Sveta at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** jun 3 wed Shannon And The Clams, The Impediments, White Music, dj Daggerman at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 3 wed Vultures Await, Lucabrazzi, Dirty Pillows at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** jun 3 wed Julio Iglesias at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $95-$55 7pm ** 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 Clues (Toronto), Geographer, Birds & Batteries at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8pm *** jun 4 thr Battalion Of Saints, The Uprising, Wolves And Thieves at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 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, Common Eider King Eider, Pins Of Light at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 4 thr Warcry (Portland), A.I. (Japan), Needles at the Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St. S.F. 21+ ** @ jun 4 thr Pinched Nerve, Outdoorsmen at the Stud, 399 9th Street at Harrison, S.F. 21+ 10pm ** jun 4 thr Glenn Labs (record release), Griddle, Sweet Crude Bill, Brent Jordan at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** jun 4 thr Kemo Sabe, 2nd Street Stompers, Little B & J at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $6 8pm ** jun 4 thr Modig Wuht, Aerial Ruin at Hi Dive Pier 28.5 (Embarcadero at Bryant), S.F. 21+ free 9pm * jun 4 thr Country Joe McDonald at Todos Santos Plaza, Willow Pass Road at Grant, Concord a/a free 6:30pm ** jun 4 thr The Pillowfights, Kyoko at SJ Works, 451 South First Street, San Jose a/a $6 7pm ** jun 4 thr The Young Dubliners, The Mighty Regis, The Gobshytes, Hoist The Colors at Voodoo Lounge, 14 S. Second St., San Jose 21+ ** jun 4 thr Tag You're Dead, Bloodshot Pizza, Absolute Zero, Somewhat Undecided at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 8pm/8:30pm ** jun 4 thr Brand New Lions, Sensual Saint, War Of The Monsters, The Last Of Olympia, Florence And The Constant Crush, Vienna Sky at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $8/$10 6:30pm *** jun 5 fri Warcry (Portland), A.I (Japan), Against Empire, Fix My Head, Morpheme at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ jun 5 fri Ecoli, Cult Ritual, Video Disease, Epileptic Seizure, Jump Off A Building at Your Hauz, Oakland a/a $5 7:30pm ** @ jun 5 fri Grave Maker, Give Life, Don't Trip at B.R.S., Richmond a/a $8 7:30pm ** @ jun 5 fri Amplive, K-Flay, Trackademicks, Lleggs at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** jun 5 fri Peaches, Drums Of Death at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** jun 5 fri Del Tha Funky Homosapian at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** jun 5 fri Barry Syska's Fantasy Orchestra, 5 Cent Coffee, dj MzSamantha, at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a * (Bowie Ball) jun 5 fri The Hoo (tribute), The RaveUps (tribute), The Minks (tribute), The Raving Animals (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** (60's British Explosion Night) jun 5 fri Vagabondage, Lola Vauntz (burlesque), Nomy Lamm, Bearlesque, Waltzing Matilda The One Beer Prophet (spoken) at the Dark Room, 2263 Mission Street at 19th, S.F. 18+ $5-$15 sliding scale 8pm ** (gay cabaret) jun 5 fri Steve Aoki, Party Ben, The Tenderlions, dj Omar, dj Aaron, dj Commodore 69 at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $10 10pm ** (Club Loaded 4-year Anniversary) jun 5 fri Mist & Mast, Harbours, We Is Shore Dedicated at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** jun 5 fri Holy Fuck, Crocodiles, Leather Feather, dj Gatsby at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/10pm ** jun 5 fri Felonious, dj Sabbo, One Ring Zero at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 10pm ** (hip-hop) jun 5 fri The Submarines at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 5 fri Dynamite 8, Get Dead!, New Vice, New Hope For The Dead at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** jun 5 fri Worker Bee, Vitiligo, Ugly Winner at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jun 5 fri The Black Crabs (Seattle), 1/4 Mile Combo, Texas Steve & The Git Gone Trio at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jun 5 fri battle of the bands at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a 7:30pm/8pm ** (101.7 The Fox) jun 5 fri Ryan Banks, Sean2, Trevor Smith, Jr. Knight Rider, Red Light Mind at Sonja's Country Inn, 3055 knightsen Avenue, Knightsen ?/? free 8pm * (acoustic show) jun 5 fri Keep It Simple, Impulse Riot, Cocksnot, Ffod, The Jibbers at Dreamland, Hayward a/a $5 7:30pm ** @ jun 5 fri Oh, Apollo, Find Me Fighting Them at Streetlight Records, 980 S. Bascom Ave., San Jose a/a free 3pm ** jun 5 fri Flying Lotus, Free The Robots, dj Basura, Goldenchyld at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $20 9pm ** jun 5 fri Mudface, Taunted, Bomb & Scary, Psychomatic at Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose 21+ $15/$20 *** @ jun 5 fri Dimension Of Gore, Eviscerate, Sonic Discharge, Rattlehead, B.B.R., Condemned To Live at the Checkered Flag, 803 Lincoln Avenue, San Jose ?/? $7 8pm ** @ (Rude Dom Fest 2009) jun 5 fri Park Lane, I Am Empire, Raelin, Oh My! Explosive, Lost Freedom at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $10 6:30pm *** @ jun 5 fri Vanna at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12 8pm/8:30pm * jun 5 fri Cry For Tomorrow (cd release), Brigitte Handley & The Dark Shadows, Nightmare River Band at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** jun 5 tue Psychostick (AZ) at the Tonic Lounge, 231 W. 2nd St., Reno, NV 21+ ** (also June 2nd) jun 5 fri Abanandon Theory (acoustic) at Muddy's Hot Cup, 1603 G Street, Arcata a/a jun 6 fri Hectic, For The Win, Gain To Lose, Decent Criminal at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ jun 6 sat Moh Alileche at Amoeba Music, 2455 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a free 6pm ** jun 6 sat Shovelman, Colossal Inertia, The Boneless Children Foundation at Flux 53, 5300-5312 Foothill Boulevard, Oakland a/a $8/$10 8pm ** jun 6 sat Red Handed, Religious Girls, Dcoi, Purple Mercy at Deep Space 9, 3031 Chestnut Street, Emeryville a/a $5 7pm ** jun 6 sat Damon & The Heathens (cd release), Sir Lord Von Raven at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm * 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 Burned Beyond Recognition, Chronic Narcosis, The Athiarchists at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm/5pm ** @ jun 6 sat Mon Cousin Belge, The Younger Lovers, Pink Swastika, dj Siobahn Aluvalot, dj Gary Fembot at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** (Benefit Homo-A-Go-Go) jun 6 sat Pansy Division, Ex-Boyfriends, Exillon, Honey Soundsystem, dj Dirty Knees, David Hawkins (comedian) (30th Anniv. Party for the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence) at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, S.F. a/a free 9pm ** jun 6 sat Kim Nalley at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a * jun 6 sat Girls, So Cow, Nodzzz at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** 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 The Juan MaClean, The Field at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm ** jun 6 sat La Plebe, Whiskey Dick Darryls (reunion show), Top Ten (7" record release) at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm ** @ jun 6 sat Cookie Mongoloid, The Hi-Nobles, I Love My Label (stiff records tribute) at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** jun 6 sat Air Show Disaster, This Is War, The Fierce Urgency Of Now at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 6 sat The Lust Killers (Chicago), Radio Crimes at Grant & Green, 1371 Grant St., S.F. 21+ free 8pm ** jun 6 sat Absent Society, Claymation Horror Show, Zoopy at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 6 sat Stroke 9, Jimmy 2 Times, La Muneca Y Los Muertos at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm *** jun 6 sat Animal Hospital, Lineland, Darwinsbitch, Harbour at the Li-Po Lounge, 916 Grant Ave., S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** jun 6 sat The Subtones, Smock at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm ** jun 6 sat Death's Eminence, Feral Depravity, Vaginal Discharge, Assailant, Meitherium at Dreamland, Hayward a/a $5 7:30pm ** @ jun 6 sat The Offspring, 311, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Dead Confederate, Taking Back Sunday, Alkaline Trio, Rebelution, Metric, Mutemath, Glasvegas, Anberlin, Airborne Toxic Event, Cage The Elephant, Audrye Sessions, Crystal Castles, dj AM, Villains, Steve Aoki, Zion I, Mike Relm, Paparazzi, The Limousines, dj Omar, Designer Drugs, dj Miles, mc Lars, Music For Animals, Wallpaper, Odawas, Dizzy Balloon, Ambience, The Catholi, Solid State Logic, Fighting The Villain at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $49.50/$25 11:30am/noon # *** @ (LIVE 105 BFD) jun 6 sat Andrea Bocelli at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $285/$175/$130/$100/$76 7pm/8pm # ** jun 6 sat Set Aside at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 7pm ** jun 6 sat Maids Of Honor, Neighborhood Sinners, Black Chords at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** jun 6 sat Condemned To Live at the Venue, 4 New York Avenue, Los Gatos a/a $6 8pm * jun 6 sat Saosin, Envy On The Coast, Closure In Moscow, The Kinzie Affiar at the Empire Theatre, 1825 Pacific Avenue, Stockton a/a $12 6pm ** jun 6 sat Falling To Pieces, Embrace Forever (cd release), Left of Christ, Albatrosskneck, Miseria, 12 Gauge Facelift at the Petra, 115 Iris Drive, Salinas a/a $7 6pm ** @ jun 6 sat The Secretions (video shoot), Flip The Switch (cd release), The Street Vendors, Jaked On Ridicule, Dead Pony Society at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $10 6:30pm *** @ jun 6 sat Kate Voegele, Angel Taylor, Amy Kuney at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15 8pm/8:30pm ** (University of Phoenix) jun 6 sat America at Cache Creek Casino Resort, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 18+ ** jun 6 sat Abanandon Theory (acoustic) at the Inn Place The, 44930 Highway 101, Laytonville * jun 6 sat Warning Track, Cry For Tomorrow, Thee Imposters at Monstros Pizza, Chico a/a $5-$7 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 Brandi Carlile at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (seated show - KFOG) jun 7 sun Ralph's World (children's music) at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $12 3pm * jun 7 sun Local 44's at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm * ($5 bbq) jun 7 sun Noise Attack, Chon Travis, For.The.Win., Fire Whiskey at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** jun 7 sun Miggs, Five AM at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** 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, As A People at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 7 sun LSD & The Search For God, Hopewell, Birds Fled From Me at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jun 7 sun The Lust Killers (Chicago), Jonny Manak And The Depressives (San Jose), Street Score, Elle Ni'o, dj Scotto El Bloto, dj Cecil B. Barfeeder, dj Brain Dead Dave at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 5pm ** @ (free hotdogs & veggie dogs) jun 7 sun A/S/L, Love Like Deloreans, Universe, Attacks The Darkness at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 7 sun Loma Prieta, Drowning With Our Anchors, My Heart To Joy, About Last Night, John Cota at Hell Camino House, 820 El Camino Real, Belmont a/a $5 5pm ** jun 7 sun The Action Design, The New Trust, Golden Arm, Musical Charis at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 6pm ** jun 8 mon Absu, Glorior Belli, Rumpelstiltskin Grinder, Sothis, dj Rob Metal at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $15/$17 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 Patrick Wolf, Living Things, Plastiscines, Jaguar Love at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jun 8 mon Jason Lytle, Ramshackle Romeos at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $16 9:30pm ** jun 8 mon Wale, UCB at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 8 mon Low Red Land, Mr Gnome (OH), Juanita & The Rabbit (cd release) at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jun 8 mon Imagika at Route 92, San Mateo 21+ free 9pm ** jun 8 mon The Peacocks (Switzerland), The Henchmen, The Action Design, The New Trust at Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 8pm/9pm ** (KCSU 103.3fm 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 Pet The Bunny, Graves Bros Deluxe, The Jank at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 9 tue Static Thought, Let's Dance (Edmonton, Canada), Dead Ringers at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/10pm ** jun 9 tue Yogoman Burning Band at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ * jun 9 tue Boy Eats Drum Machine, Boy In Static at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm ** jun 9 tue Kevin Seconds, Feels Like Fire, Tater Famine, Pearl Starbird at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 9 tue Pwrfl Power, One Hundred Swans, Grey Anne, Kitchen, Cap Lori at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 9 tue Shack Shakers at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8pm ** jun 9 tue Dredge at Rasputin's Music, 1820 S. Bascom Ave., Campbell a/a free 6pm ** jun 9 tue Dance Gavin Dance (release show), The Audition, Closure In Moscow, Endless Hallway, Consider The Thief at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a free 5:30pm *** jun 9 tue The Fuzztones, The Flesh Hammers, mc Blag Dahlia at Vixen's, Sparks NV ?/? $12 ** jun 9/10 The Felice Brothers at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16 7:30pm/8pm ** jun 10 wed Swamp Voodoo, The Sacred Profanities, The Musonics at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** 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 French Miami, By Sunlight (Seattle), Silian Rail at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 8pm ** jun 10 wed The Lemonheads at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** $ jun 10 wed Static Radio, Jokes For Feelings, No Harm Done at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $6 8pm ** jun 10 wed Buttercream Gang, Magnanimous, Greco Guggenheit at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 10 wed Pirate Radio, Bob Harp (record release), The Pat Jordan Band at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** jun 10 wed Modwheel Mood, Swenka at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $10/$13 9pm ** jun 10 wed Mr. Mime, Evolution Eden, Motherhumbuckers, Swampdonkey at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $6/$8 8pm ** jun 10 wed Rodrigo y Gabriela at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $49.50-$39.50 5:30pm/7:30pm ** jun 10 wed King, With Wings Of Lead, Dead In Ohio, Take It To Your Grave, Light In August at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10/$12 7pm/7:30pm ** jun 10 wed Shack Shakers at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $12 8:30pm *** jun 10 wed The Serfs, The Shankers, Blood Bath And Beyond, The Baghdad Batteries at Monstros Pizza, Chico a/a $5-$7 8pm ** jun 11 thr Reik at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** jun 11 thr The Constantines (Toronto), Crystal Antlers (L.A.), I Was a King at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $14 7:30pm *** jun 11 thr Love Is All, Still Flyin', Farewell Typewriter at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 11 thr Forever, Zoo, Songs For Moms at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** 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 Limp Wrist, Hunx And His Punx, Brilliant Colors at the Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St. S.F. 21+ *** @ jun 11 thr Nikka Costa at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 7:30pm/8pm ** jun 11 thr Jesse Morris & The Man Cougars, Poison Control, Mighty Slim Pickins' at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 11 thr Archers Guild, Greg Ashley, Art Lessing & The Flower Vato, Eyes at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm * jun 11 thr The Von Bondies (MI), 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 Dance Gavin Dance, The Audition, Closure In Moscow, Endless Hallway at the Empire Theatre, 1825 Pacific Avenue, Stockton a/a $12 6pm ** jun 11 thr Give Em Hell, Oh My! Explosive, Elenora at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 8pm/8:30pm ** jun 11 thr Simple Creation, Fifth Month, Autopsy Drive, Anti-Hero, Adam Macias, Stereotypical Me at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $9/$10 6:30pm *** jun 12 fri Unholy Grave, Phobia, Magrunderground, Voetsek, Godstomper at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ jun 12 fri Phobia, Unholy Grave (Japan), Magrudergrind (D.C.), Voetsek, Godstomper at B.R.S., Richmond a/a $8 7:30pm *** @ (was at B.R.S.) jun 12 fri The Real Tom Thunder at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm * 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, Fear The Fiasco, Ignus Verma, The Hit System, Thumper, Abriel, Imperfect Deity, Meat N Cheese, Nuck Fu, Keeping Score at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10/$12 5:30pm *** (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 Witch Hunt, Limp Wrist at Sub/Mission Art Space, S.F. a/a *** @ jun 12 fri She Wants Revenge at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 18+ ** jun 12 fri Wallpaper at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $15 ($10 if 21+) 10pm * jun 12 fri Ear Pwr, Adventure, Shakes Gown at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** 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 Fast Times at Maggie McGarry's, 1353 Grant St., S.F. 21+ free 9pm * jun 12 fri Kaura, Headshear, The Actors at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** jun 12 fri Stung (tribute), Knights Of Monte Carlo at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm * jun 12 fri The Bad Beginning, Pauchi Sasaki, Orkes Pantai Barat, Indeed And C. Beale at the Retox, S.F. 21+ $3-$8 sliding scale 8pm ** jun 12 fri As Good As Old, Dissimulated, Stillborn Portrait, Atavism, Tartarus, Yigaels Wall at Dreamland, Hayward a/a $5 7:30pm ** @ jun 12 fri A Loss For Words, This Time Next Year, Hear The Sirens, Second To Last, Our Time To Rise at Three Crosses, 20600 John Drive, Castro Valley a/a ** @ jun 12 fri John Wayne Zink at the Octopus Lounge, 180 Eureka Square, Pacifica 21+ * jun 12 fri Dan Potthast And The Bricks, Dustonius Maximus, Trouble In Paradise, The Leftovers (ME), You And Me (TX) at Nickel City, San Jose a/a $10 7pm ** jun 12 fri The Guana Batz, Memphis Murder Men, Gino & The Lone Gunman at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm *** jun 12 fri Dance Gavin Dance, The Audition, Closure In Moscow, Endless Hallway at Modesto Virtual, 947 10th St., Modesto a/a $12 7pm ** jun 12 fri Smoke at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 6pm * jun 12 fri The Battle Of Midway, Siphon Soul, Adosa, Axiom, Tilted/Twisted, Shepton Mallet at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $10 6:30pm ** @ jun 12 fri The Hot Rods, Pretty Things Peep Show (burlesque) at Lost on Main, Chico, 319 Main Street, Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** jun 12-14 India Arie, Matisyahu, Cake, Kitaro, Michael Franti & Spearhead, A.L.O., K'Naan, The D.K. Kennedys, Bad Brains, Pepper, The Orb, Balkan Beat Box, Gaudi, Shpongle, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, Rebelution, Steve Kimock Crazy Engine with Melvin Seals, pro skaters, speakers, art, camping at Harmony Festival, Sonoma County Fairgrounds, Santa Rosa a/a *** jun 12 fri Math The Band, James Rabbit at RCN4V, 515 Broadway, Santa Cruz ?/? * jun 12 fri Resolve To Burn, Fair Game, Larisa Bryski, Shadowbox Theory at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 8pm/8:30pm ** (The Zone 100.5FM) jun 12/13/14 Bad Brains, The DK Kennedys, Pepper, Rebelution, Hightower, Tall Black Girls, Radioactive, Zepparella, pro skaters at Sonoma County Fairgrounds, Santa Rosa a/a *** @ (ECO Cup) jun 13 sat Warbringer, Witchaven, Zombie Holocaust, Devastator, Deadly Remains, Prelude To Ruin at 924 Gilman a/a $8 7pm *** @ jun 13 sat Born/Dead, Witch Hunt, (Philladelphia), Ruidos, Suicide Bomb at Your Haus, Oakland a/a $6 8pm *** @ jun 13 sat John Krausbauer, Rale, Carrion at Terminal, 3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland a/a ** 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 K-9, Earwigs at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 2pm/5pm ** jun 13 sat Joel Mchale at Nob Hill Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $39.50/$35 7pm/8pm # ** jun 13 sat Fuga!, La Colectiva at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jun 13 sat Patrick Cress' Telepathy at the Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St. at 23rd., S.F. a/a $10-$15 sliding scale 8:30pm/9pm * 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, Earthmen & Strangers at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 13 sat Apside, Off Campus at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** (1990s canceled) jun 13 sat Insanity, Saros, Elk, Tarrakian at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** @ jun 13 sat Manicato, Space Heater, Big Brooklyn Red at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** (funk) jun 13 sat Insanity, Saros, Elk, Tarrakian, dj Rob Metal at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** @ jun 13 sat AM Magic, Sons Of Eden, Manzanita, The Modlins (S.D.) at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** jun 13 sat Sol Innocence, Arcane Dimension, Dreams Of The Fall, Thread at the G3 Lounge, 3910 Geary at 3rd Ave., S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** jun 13 sat Rum Rebellion (Portland), The Ms.Fits, Bum City Saints, The Fistifuks at the Evil Dead Shed, Concord a/a $5 6pm ** @ (Libertatia Benefit) jun 13 sat David Knight, Ear Pwr (N.C.), Adventure (MD), Seabright, dj Camouflage at Nickel City, San Jose a/a $10 7pm ** 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 Point Of View at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** jun 13 sat Nico Vega, Children Collide at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 8pm ** jun 13 sat A Band Of Orcs, Exmortus, Savage Machiine, Blasphemous Creation, Fiends At Feast at Vet's Hall, 846 Front Street, Santa Cruz a/a $8/$10 7pm *** @ jun 13 sat Falling To Pieces (cd release), Dissipate, The Venting Machine, From The Fog at Pine Street Grill, 875 Rincon Ave., Livermore 21+ 8pm ** @ jun 13 sat Hey Monday, This Providence, The Friday Night Boys, Stereo Skyline, The Bigger Lights at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 6:30pm/7pm ** jun 13 sat Heros Last Mission, Wayward, Erra Under Fire at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** jun 13 sat Andrew Dice Clay at Cache Creek Casino Resort, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 18+ ** jun 13 sat Abanandon Theory at the Capitol Club, 525 Main Street, Quincy ?/? * jun 13 sat George Thorogood & The Destroyers at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, 15 Hwy 50, Stateline, NV 21+ *** jun 13 sat postponed: Devil Doll at the Blank Club, San Jose (now jun 20th) jun 13/14 Tragically Hip at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $26.50 8pm/9pm # ** jun 14 sun The Germs, Krum Bums, Static Thought at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $16 9pm *** @ jun 14 sun Haight-Ashbury Street Fair, S.F. a/a 11am-5:30pm jun 14 sun T. & A. at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm * jun 14 sun Casy And Brian, The Press Fire (L.A.), No Babies, Boys IV Men, Awesomes at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $7 8pm ** jun 14 sun A Camp, Gentleman Reg, Rubies at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $17 7:30pm/8pm ** jun 14 sun Dominique Leone, Wiener Kids at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm * jun 14 sun The Crazies Will Destroy You, The Family Arsenal, The Midway Delta at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $6 8pm ** jun 14 sun Phoenix Skate Competition at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $7 (registration and warm up from 10-11am) (age groups: 11 and under, 12-15 and 16 and up) jun 14 sun Locked Up AD, Fight The Battle, Cold Graves, Face Your Demons, Dark Days at Dreamland, Hayward a/a $5 7:30pm ** @ $ jun 14 sun Hey Monday, This Providence, The Friday Night Boys, Stereo Skyline, The Bigger Lights at Modesto Virtual, 947 10th St., Modesto a/a $14 7pm ** jun 14 sun Fate, Ezera, 1618, Desecrate Arcadia, Hello Sailor at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 6pm *** jun 14 sun Unearth, Lazarus A.D., Armed For The Apocalypse, Malevolent, After the Flesh at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15/$18 6:30pm/7pm *** @ 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 15 mon Nihilistic Terror, Acheronian Dirge, Sodom And Gomorrah, Illuminegra at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** @ jun 15 mon Nero Nava, If Your Hands Were Metal That Would Mean Something, Grand Lodge at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 15 mon Freeball And Lightning, Live Evil at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** jun 15 mon The Backup Razor, Zaticoy, Law Abiding Citizens at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 9pm ** @ jun 15 mon S.T.D., The Rain Man Suite, Lucabrazzi at the Stag, 506 Main Street, Woodland 21+ $5 8:30pm ** jun 16 tue The New Slave, You & Me at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 16 tue Painted Cakes, Organ Trail, Pierre Le Robot at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 16 tue Flowtilla at Todos Santos Plaza, Willow Pass Rd. @ Grant, Concord a/a free noon ** jun 16 tue The Crystal Method, LA Riots at Empire Events Center, 1417 R Street, Sacramento a/a $20/$25 8pm *** jun 16 tue Dr. Acula, Your Own Destroyer, Beneath The Rapture, Attilla, Autumn Black at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12 7pm/7:30pm ** jun 16 tue Fist Fite, The Die-Die's at Monstros Pizza, Chico a/a $5-$7 8pm ** jun 16/17 Gene Ween (solo) at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** (moved from Rickshaw Stop) 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 The Federalists, Dave Smallen, Soft White Sixties, Jonathan Devoto at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 8pm *** jun 17 wed Crystal Method at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** jun 17 wed John Rich, LeAnn Womack, Jason Michael Carroll, Lee Brice, Holly Williams at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $12.50 7pm/8pm # ** (95.7 The Wolf) jun 17 wed Tippy Canoe, Pat Hull (Chico), The Corner Laughers at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 17 wed J.F.J.O. at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ * jun 17 wed Resist (Portland), Drain The Sky, Abrupt, Exile (Austin), New Earth Creeps at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 7:30pm/8pm *** @ jun 17 wed Song Of The Siren, Swig, Monte Casino, Capp St. Girls at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $6/$8 8pm ** jun 17 wed That Ghost, Daniel Francis Doyle (TX), The Albert Square, First Movie at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** jun 17 wed The Wallflowers at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $55-$35 7pm ** jun 17 wed Harry & The Hit Men (Santa Cruz) at the Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz a/a $10 8pm/9pm * jun 17 wed Sky Eats Airplane, In Fear And Faith, Eyes Set To Kill, The Word Alive at the Empire Theatre, 1825 Pacific Avenue, Stockton a/a $12 7pm ** jun 17 wed (hed) p.e., Big B, The Dirtball, Mower, Quette Daddie at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $20/$22 7pm/7:30pm ** jun 17/18 Shellac, Arcwelder at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jun 18 thr The Arrival Of Horatio, Socket at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $5 8pm ** jun 18 thr Viva Voce, Cut Off Your Hands, Y La Bamba at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 18 thr Will Haven, Un-ID, An Archaic Smile, Simoom / Snipers at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm *** (Benefit for the Bassist of the Deftones) jun 18 thr Todd Rundgren at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** jun 18 thr Majority Lost, Perfect Machines, Kill The Kids at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $7 9pm ** jun 18 thr The Blacks (cd release), The Red Verse, Ferocious Few, dj sf.cm at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $10 8pm ** 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, Idle Times (Seattle), Snakeflower 2 at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm * jun 18 thr Greg Laswell, Pete And J at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** jun 18 thr Deleted Scenes (D.C.) at the Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St. S.F. 21+ ** jun 18 thr Glorified HJ at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10/$15 8pm * jun 18 thr Gutwrench, Cashed, Whores Of War at the Retox Lounge, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** jun 18 thr The Runnamucks, SuperAIDS, Lybian Hit Squad at the Red Hat, 1860 Monument Blvd., Concord 21+ $3 9pm ** jun 18 thr Ego Trippers, Echoes Of Harper's Ferry, Good Neighbor Policy, Intergalactic Smugglers at SJ Works, 451 South First Street, San Jose a/a $6 7pm ** jun 18 thr Good Neighbor Policy, Law Abiding Citizens at the Works, 30 North 3rd at Santa Clara, San Jose a/a 8pm ** @ (note: this may be a double listing - see SJ Works show above) jun 18 thr Yikes! A Lion! at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** jun 18 thr Killwhitneydead, The Demonstration, Wretched, Sexciety at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12 8pm/8:30pm ** jun 18 thr Zen Archer at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm * jun 18/19 J.F.J.O. at the Starry Plough, Berkeley 21+ * jun 19 fri Resist, Born/Dead, Coaccion, Eskapo, La Grita, Venganza at 924 Gilman a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** @ jun 19 fri Deadfall, Runnamucks (FL), Superaids (FL), Libyan Hit Squad (FL), Pillager, Mojo Hand at B.R.S., Richmond a/a $6 7:30pm *** @ jun 19 fri Butcher at BCM Studio, 2239 Martin Luther King Jr., Berkeley a/a free 5pm * jun 19 fri Wild Hunt, Warscroll (San Diego), Age Of Collapse (San Diego) 66Seven at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm ** jun 19 fri Black Widows Gothic Strip Review, dj Fact-50, dj Tomas Diablo at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm * 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 Sleepy Sun (cd release), Spindrift, Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound, dj Wet Burrito at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jun 19 fri Skitzo, Savage Machiine, Farticus, Cretaceous, Fluff Grrl at Sub/Mission Art Space, S.F. a/a $8 8:30pm/9pm ** @ jun 19 fri Trainwreck Riders, The Botticellis, Gilded Rooks at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/10pm ** jun 19 fri Them Jeans at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $15 ($10 if 21+) 10pm * 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 (N.Y.C.), The Great Dictator at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jun 19 fri Murder Of Lillies, Saints Of Ruin, Lurid Bliss, Black Acacias at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jun 19 fri George Lacsun Project, New Killer Daze, Jet Expert at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 19 fri The Present, Egadz!, Railcars, Queens at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** jun 19 fri film "The Ripple Effect" at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a 7:30pm/8pm ** jun 19 fri Say Bok Gwai, Strike To Survive, Side Effects, Holiday Bowl, Kung Pow, Instant gratification at Dreamland, Hayward a/a $5 7:30pm ** @ jun 19 fri Olehole, For The Win, Tigon, ColorChromatic at Nickel City, San Jose a/a $10 7pm ** jun 19 fri Mutilators, Stellar Corpses, Black Rose Phantoms (L.A.), The Formaldebrides at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 ** @ jun 19 fri Falling To Pieces, Dissipate, The Venting Machine, In The Absence at Fat Cat, 930 11th Street, Modesto 21+ $10 8pm ** @ jun 19 fri Les Claypool, Yard Dogs Road Show at the Grove/Radisson Hotel, 500 Leisure Lane, Sacramento a/a $25/$30 6:30pm *** jun 19 fri Push Push Pull, The Sequence, Doppler Affect, Hope For AM, Carcerys Vale at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $10 6:30pm ** 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 Sabertooth Zombie (release show), Pressure, Skin Like Iron, Worship, Down Presser at 924 Gilman a/a $8 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, Bobby Joe Ebola & The Children MaCnuggits, Prima Donna at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 20 sat The Cons, The Rising Sound, Mister Loveless, dj Miss Watkins at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 20 sat A Place To Call Home, Cobra Belly, Deeper, Aftershocker at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm ** 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 Shawn Mullins, Alex Woodard at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (seated show) jun 20 sat Fear The Fiasco, Iron Witch, Lucadrzzi at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 2pm/5pm ** jun 20 sat The Stitches, The Lewd, The Crazy Squeeze, The Complaints at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 9pm ** @ jun 20 sat White Rabbits 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+ $6 9pm ** 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 Hightower, One In The Chamber, Future Skullz at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm ** @ jun 20 sat The Sermon, The Corruptors at Bender's, S.F. 21+ ** @ jun 20 sat Polkacide, The Go-Going-Gone Girls, The Meat Sluts at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9:30pm ** (Mark Barnes Birthday) jun 20 sat Lord Loves A Working Man, Hubba Hubba Review at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** jun 20 sat Population Reduction, Thousands Will Die, Strains Of The Apocolypse, Times Of Desperation, Car vs. Los at the Evil Dead Shed, Concord a/a $5 6pm *** @ jun 20 sat Es Caro Vivir, La Grita, Venganza, Manic Relapse, Tragic Ends at Dreamland, Hayward a/a $5 7:30pm ** @ jun 20 sat Capillary Action (PA) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 3pm ** jun 20 sat Devil Doll at Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** (was jun 13th) jun 20 sat Law Abiding Citizens, Arnocorps, Anti Panti, The Eastbay Shitbirds, Good Neighbor Policy, Butterface, Drastic Actions at Harvey West Park, Santa Cruz a/a $10 1pm *** @ (Brochella 09) jun 20 sat Frankenstein L.I.V.S., Mutilators, Black Rose Phantoms, S.C. Beatdown at Polomoni's Bar, 1845 First St., Livermore 21+ $5 ** @ jun 20 sat Accelerate, Automatic Static, Category 7 at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** jun 20 sat KDVS Record Swap at Luigis Fun Garden, 1050 20th St., Sacramento a/a jun 20 sat The Tantrums, The Councilmen, Motel Drive, Switchblade 327 at Club Fred, 1721 North Van Ness Ave., Fresno 21+ $10 ** @ jun 20 sat Malcolm Bliss, SynSystem, I Wish We Were Robots, MDSO, Machete at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 8pm/8:30pm ** jun 20 sat Frozen Pizza Is For Penguins, Dvice, Listen Beasts, Less Talk! More Dance! at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $8/$10 6:30pm ** (electronica) jun 20 sat Age Of Collapse, Warscroll at Monstros Pizza, Chico a/a $5-$7 8pm ** jun 20 sat cancelled: Hawnay Troof, Baaddd at Nickel City, San Jose jun 21 sun Spineshank, Death Pilot, Vengince, Savage Machine at the Oakland Metro, Oakland a/a $10 7pm/8pm *** @ jun 21 sun indie mart at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free noon (bands, art, dj's, food, drink, stuff for sale) jun 21 sun Kitchen Fire at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm * ($5 bbq) jun 21 sun Vice Squad, Lower Class Brats, Pullout, Ruidos at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** jun 21 sun Los de Abajo at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jun 21 sun Leonid Fedorov & Vladimir Volkov (Russia) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm ** jun 21 sun The Cab, The Secret Handshake, The Summer Set, Eye Alaska, Anarbor at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $12/$14 7pm ** jun 21 sun Sugar Ray, Matt Nathanson, Parachute at Speedway Meadow, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a free 5pm ** (Alices 97.3) jun 21 sun Minmae, Love Is Chemicals, Jubala at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 21 sun The Effort, Outrage, Until Your Heart Stops, Laugh It Up, Life After Youth at Dreamland, Hayward a/a $5 5pm ** @ jun 21 sun HeavyHeavyLowLow, Discovery Of A Lifelong Error, The Bottom Of The Ocean, Havenside at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 6pm ** jun 21/22 Grizzly Bear, Here We Go Magic at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # ** jun 22 mon The Fixt, Penny Dreadfuls, Stagger And Fall at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 6:30pm ** (early show) jun 22 mon Flood, Prize Hog at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** jun 22 mon Jackie Rocks Band at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** 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 Ambience, David Knight, The Moonlight Orchestra at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 18+ $10 8pm ** jun 23 tue Carbon Leaf, Trevor Hall at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** jun 23 tue Nihlotep, Vesterian, Condemned To Live at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8pm ** jun 23 tue Starfucker, Atole (Portland), White Cloud at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 23 tue Hit The Switch, Hot Heresy, The Sweet Revenge at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $6 8pm ** jun 23 tue Raised By Robots, Blank Slates, I the Mighty at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $6/$8 8pm ** jun 24 wed Sunset Rubdown, Witchies (Canada), Elfin Saddle at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $14 7:30pm ** jun 24 wed Duck Duck Goose, Heroshima, Bottom Of The Ocean at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** jun 24 wed Deastro, Battlehooch (cd release), Tempo No Tempo at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 24 wed No Babies, Baaddd (Australia), VC4 at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 24 wed Air Sex Championships at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 24 wed Generallisismo, Dalton at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ 8pm * jun 24 wed Model Student, The Rhombus, Trevor James at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 24 wed Young Dubliners at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** jun 24 wed Josh Gracin at the Sonoma/Marin Fair, Petaluma a/a ** jun 24 wed Rum Rebellion at Monstros Pizza, Chico a/a $5-$7 8pm * jun 25 thr Yanni at the Arena, Oakland a/a $95/$70/$45 7pm/8pm # * jun 25 thr Sugar And Gold, Music For Animals, Castledoor at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** (KALX) jun 25 thr Triclops, Helms Alee, Grayceon at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8 8:30pm/9pm ** @ jun 25 thr A.A. Bondy at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm * jun 25 thr Schande, Evacuee, The Have Mercys at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 25 thr Papercuts, Port O'Brien at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 7:30pm/8pm ** jun 25 thr Disgust Of Us, The Mighty Russian Winter at the Stud, 399 9th Street at Harrison, S.F. 21+ ** jun 25 thr The Fast Takers (Portland), Ham And The Chokers, Mojo Hand at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** jun 25 thr Night Ranger at the Sonoma/Marin Fair, Petaluma a/a *** jun 25 thr Besides Daniel at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** 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 25 thr Rat Damage (Sacramento), Side.Effects at Java Lounge, 2416 16th St., Sacramento a/a 7pm ** @ jun 25 thr Defying Truth, Exylum, Deaf Dumb And Blind, Stereotypical Me at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $9/$10 6:30pm ** jun 25 thr Pressure Point, Whiskey Rebels, The Front, Pullout at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** jun 26 fri The Zeros (reunion), Negative Trend, The Lewd at 924 Gilman a/a 7pm *** @ (The Zeros also on sat) 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, Khi Darag, Brian Kenny Fresno 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 Downer Party, Bored & Ashamed (record release), Dirty Clergy at Brainwash, 1122 Folsom St., S.F. a/a free 7pm ** jun 26 fri Phoenix, Major Lazer, Boys Noize at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** (Spectrum Festival) jun 26 fri Magic Bullets, Shannon And The Clams, Bridez at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/10pm ** jun 26 fri Lazer Sword, dj Dials at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $15 ($10 if 21+) 10pm * jun 26 fri The Hunches, Long Legged Woman, The Blimp at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 ** jun 26 fri Pebble Theory (record release), The Papersons, The Attack Plan at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** jun 26 fri Tokyo Raid, The Lambs at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jun 26 fri Boats!, The Re-Volts, Build Us Airplanes, Botox Party at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jun 26 fri Cormorant, Slough Feg, Giant Squid, Helms Alee, La Fine du Monde at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm *** @ jun 26 fri The Charlie Daniels Band at Sonoma/Marin Fair, Petaluma a/a *** jun 26 fri The Runs, Dehumanized, Dogens at Dreamland, Hayward a/a $5 7:30pm ** @ (Bored To Death Fest 1) jun 26 fri Bad Touch, Dak, John & Jesse at Paddy's Coffee House, 3900 Smith St., Union City a/a free 7:30pm * jun 26 fri Wilco at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $39.50 7:30pm *** jun 26 fri Sean Paul, Ice Cube, Soulja Boy, Rick Ross, Kid Cudi, The Dream, Keri Hilson, Baby Bash, Pitbull, Dorrough at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $95.50-$25.50 5pm/6pm # *** (WILD 94.9) jun 26 fri Legendary Stardust Cowboy, Beachkrieg at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 26 fri La Plebe, Brewtal Thirst (Seattle) at the Parish Publick House, 841 Almar Ave, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 9pm/9:30pm ** @ (Kyrsten's 40th Birthday) jun 26 fri Rat Damage (Sacramento) at Downtown Records, 19th and Chester, Bakersfield a/a 7pm ** jun 26 fri Cursive at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15 8pm/8:30pm ** jun 26 fri Sour Diesel, Formula, UnderGlorified at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** jun 26 fri Abanandon Theory at the Club Car, 836 Lincoln Way, Auburn 21+ * jun 26 fri Cancelled: Knaves All Three (cd release), Ghost And The City at Nickel City, San Jose 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 The Zeros (reunion), La Plebe, Unko Atama at 924 Gilman a/a 7pm *** @ (The Zeros also on fri) jun 27 sat Wilco, Okkervil River at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a $39.50 7:30pm # *** jun 27 sat Ru36 at the Oakland Metro, Oakland a/a ** jun 27 sat Verbal Abuse, Psychosomatic, Cheapskate, Ms. Fits at Yer Haus, Oakland a/a $5 7pm *** @ jun 27 sat Howlin Rain, Radio Moscow at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** 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 Cursive at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jun 27 sat Holy Rolemodel, United Defiance, Neaurotrash at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 2pm/5pm ** jun 27 sat Paparazzi, Anavan, Icy Lytes at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 27 sat Yob, Will Haven at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jun 27 sat The Scrawnies at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** jun 27 sat Skygreen Leopards, Prince Rama Of Ayodhya White Hinterland at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm * jun 27 sat The Hi-Rhythm Hustlers And The Hustler-ettes at the Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa at Potrero, S.F. a/a * jun 27 sat Totimoshi, Dusted Angel, Black Skies, Hashishans at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** @ jun 27 sat Rube Waddell at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm * jun 27 sat Bare Wires, The Minsky Blackouts, Vows at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jun 27 sat Eoin Harrington, The Stone Foxes, Oona at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** jun 27 sat Shootin' Lucy (7" record release), Brewtal Thirst (Seattle), Poison Control at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm/10pm ** @ jun 27 sat Motogruv, Ammo Wagon, Biting The Dog at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm ** jun 27 sat Bret Michaels at the Sonoma/Marin Fair, Petaluma a/a ** jun 27 sat The B-52's, The 88 (L.A.) at the Robert Mondavi Winery, Napa Valley ?/? *** jun 27 sat Skull Stomp, Migraine, Deep Shit, Black America, Agro Crag at Dreamland, Hayward a/a $5 7:30pm ** @ jun 27 sat Uncle Melvin, Big Daddy Sunshine, Mr Meanor at the Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway, Redwood City a/a 8pm ** jun 27 sat Scryer at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 7pm ** jun 27 sat Chelsea Handler at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $99.50-$49.50 5:30pm/7:30pm # ** jun 27 sat Dark Heavens, Manifest, Passive Agressives at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** jun 27 sat The Pack, Cataracts, Ill Effect, The Greenlight District, 2-4-1, The Realists, Stereo Typez at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $20 8pm/8:30pm ** jun 27 sat Lesdystics, Mdso, Vampirate at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** jun 27 sat The Charlie Daniels Band at Cache Creek Casino Resort, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 18+ *** jun 28 sun Abrupt, Psychology Of Genocide, Deface, Kill Deville (L.A.), Violation, P.M.R.C. at 924 Gilman a/a $8 5pm *** @ jun 28 sun The Wronglers, Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands, The Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band, The Waybacks at Dunsmuir-Hellman House, Oakland a/a $40 11am ** jun 28 sun Sean O Brien & His Dirty Hands, Ali Weiss Band at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm * ($5 bbq) jun 28 sun Whiskey Rebels, Sabertooth Zombie, Decoi!, Static Thought at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8 8pm ** @ jun 28 sun Tortured Soul at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 28 sun Mothfight, Mark David Ashworth at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** jun 28 sun Telekinesis, Mist And Mast at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 28 sun Slow Trucks, Breviamor at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** jun 28 sun Joan Sebastian, Banda El Recodo, Jenni Rivera at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $95/$75/$40 5pm/6pm # ** jun 28 sun Point Of View at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** jun 28 sun Of Ashes, The Final Heist, Voyslis, See The Elephant, San Sobriety at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 6pm ** jun 28 sun Wilco, Okkervil River at Harvey's Outdoor Arena, Lake Tahoe NV ?/? $38.50 7pm # *** jun 29 mon Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood at the Arena, Oakland a/a # ** jun 29 mon Nate Grace at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * jun 30 tue The Swellers, Living With Lions, The Downer Party at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 30 tue Geographer, Jered Mees, Photons at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 30 tue The B-52's, The 88 (L.A.) at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75.50-$45.50 5:30pm/7:30pm *** jun 30 tue BlodRott, Hobo Gobbelins at Monstros Pizza, Chico a/a $5-$7 8pm ** jun 30 tue The Secret Stolen at the Maltese, 1600 Park Avenue, Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** jul 1 wed Necrophagist, Suffocation, Darkest Hour (D.C.), Winds Of Plague at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** @ jul 1 wed Bonerama at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a $16 7:30pm/8pm ** jul 1 wed Picture Atlantic, Django James & Midnight Squires (L.A.), Finish Ticket, Montana 1948 at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm ** jul 1 wed Deer Tick at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm/8pm ** jul 1 wed Red Cortez, These United States, E.F.F.T. at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 1 wed Catholic Radio, Big Lion, Julia Francis at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jul 1 wed Freddy Fudd Pucker at Streetlight Records, 939 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** jul 1 wed Ani DiFranco at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $42.50-$37.50 5:30pm/7:30pm *** jul 1 wed Emarosa, Our Last Night, In Fear And Faith, I See Stars, Burden Of A Day, Broadway at the Venue, 4 New York Avenue, Los Gatos a/a $12 5pm ** jul 1 wed The Charlie Daniels Band at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a *** jul 1 wed Fistifuks (Santa Rosa), Rat Damage (Sacramento), On The Come Up (Bakersfield) at Java Lounge, 2416 16th St., Sacramento a/a 7pm ** @ jul 1 wed Cky, Early Man, Hail The Villain, A Fall From Grace at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $17/$20 7pm/7:30pm *** jul 1 wed new date: Natalie Portman's Shaved Head at Cafe Du Nord, SF (7/14) jul 1 wed cancelled: The Enemy UK at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. jul 2 thr Pentagram (VI), Hammers Of Misfortune, Nachtmystium, Orchid, dj Rob Metal at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $20/$25 8pm *** @ jul 2 thr Yes, Asia at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** jul 2 thr Samiam, Nothington, The Gibbs, dj Issac at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $13 8:30pm/9pm ** @ jul 2 thr The Moondoggies (Seattle), The Harbours (vinyl release), Sarah Bethe Nelson at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** jul 2 thr The Tallest Man On Earth at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 7:30pm/8pm ** jul 2 thr Strange Boys (Austin), The Coathangers (Atlanta), The Mantles, The Splinters at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** jul 2 thr Cky, Early Man, Hail The Villain at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $16/$18 7:30pm/8pm *** jul 2 thr Emarosa, Our Last Night, In Fear And Faith, I See Stars, Burden Of A Day, Broadway at the Empire Theatre, 1825 Pacific Avenue, Stockton a/a $12 6pm ** jul 2-5 John Butler, Umphrey's McGee, Ani DiFranco, Disco Biscuits, DeVotchKa, Leftover Salmon, The Slip, Surprise Me Mr. Davis, The Del McCoury Band, Galactic, Marco Benevento Trio, Steve Kimock Crazy Engine, McTuff Featuring Skerik, 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, Greensky Bluegrass, Joe Craven & Sam Bevan Duo, Fareed Haque And The Flat Earth Ensemble, Nathan Moore, Assembly Of Dust, Orchard Lounge, Delhi 2 Dublin, Red Cortez, Lubriphonic, Izabella, These United States, Alice DiMicele & Friends, Bourgeois Gypsies, Raina Rose, The Loyd Family Players, 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 2 thr Mobile Death Camp, Falling To Pieces, I Dekay at Whiskey Dick's, 2660 Lake Tahoe Blvd., Lake Tahoe 21+ $10 8pm ** @ jul 2/3 Howard Jones at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $25 8pm ** jul 3 fri Hatred Surge, Mammoth Grinder, Thousandswilldie, Final Draft, Migrane at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ jul 3 fri Blasphemous Creation, Killgasm, Nihlotep, Vesterian, Volkermord at Your Hauz, Oakland a/a $7 7:30pm ** @ jul 3 fri The Heavenly States, Boatclub, The West Of, The Dashing Suns at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** jul 3 fri La Ventana at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jul 3 fri Anti Nowhere League, Duane Peters Gunfight, Cobra Skulls, Ashers, The Last Gang, Jakked Rabbits at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $15/$17 8pm *** @ 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, Oaxaca, Rubber O Cement at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** jul 3 fri The Abyssinians, Etana, Roots Revelers at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20/$23 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 3 fri Hospitals, Photobooth, The Baths at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** jul 3 fri Love Songs, Unit Breed (Portland), Olehole, Post Honeymoon (Chicago) at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/9:30pm ** @ jul 3 fri Top Shelf, Hillside Fire, A Red Cup Affair at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm ** jul 3 fri Funerealm, Chucklefucks, Lacerated, Chubby Chubbies, Dead End Generation, Birth Like Death at Dreamland, Hayward a/a $5 7:30pm ** @ jul 3 fri The Coathangers (GA), The Strange Boys (TX), The Pillowfights, Nodzzz at Nickel City, San Jose a/a $10 7pm ** jul 3 fri Yes, Asia at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $79.50-$49.50 5:30pm/7:30pm ** jul 3 fri Emarosa, Our Last Night, In Fear And Faith, I See Stars, Burden Of A Day, Broadway at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15 6pm/6:30pm ** @ jul 3 fri Abanandon Theory at Cooper's, 235 Commercial Street at Pine Street, Nevada City 21+ * jul 4 sat Heavy Hindenburg at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** jul 4 sat Ludicra, Lidtoker, Worm Ouroboros at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/10pm ** @ jul 4 sat October embrace her at Dreamland, Hayward a/a 7:30pm * jul 4 sat The Unit Breed, Silian Rail at the Gingerbread House, 1151 South 7th at Keyes, San Jose a/a ** jul 4 sat Matsuri at SJ Works, 451 South First Street, San Jose a/a $6 7pm * jul 4 sat Reverend Beat-Man, Thee Merry Widows, SC Beatdown, Riff Raff, The End at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz 21+ $10 6pm ** (burlesque, car show) jul 4 sat Doey Rock, Trigga Tre Mak, Anam8tion, Gezi, The Realists, Black Science, Ill Effect, Indestre, 2-4-1 at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10/$12 8pm/8:30pm ** jul 4 sat Hal Ketchum at Cache Creek Casino Resort, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 18+ ** jul 5 sun Reverend Beat Man, Shannon & The Clams, Mindless Things at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jul 5 sun The Unit Breed at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** jul 5 sun The Scowndrolls, Dogfood, Playground Patriots, 2 Hot 3 Fast, Not Your Style at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 6pm ** jul 6 mon David Dondero, Milk Milk Lemonade at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 7pm ** (early show) jul 6/7 Reverend Horton Heat, Nekromantix at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** jul 7 tue Duran Duran at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $75 8pm/9pm # ** $ jul 7 tue Miniature Tigers, Princeton at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 18+ $10 8pm ** jul 7 tue Dirty Projectors, What's Up at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** jul 7 tue The Buttercream Gang, The Globes, Don't Tell Sophie, Moller at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jul 7 tue Ace Enders, Person L, The Gay Blades, The Dangerous Summer at the Empire Theatre, 1825 Pacific Avenue, Stockton a/a $12 6:30pm ** jul 8 wed Robin Trower at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $36.50 7pm/8pm # ** (postponed from may 20th) jul 8 wed Ace Enders & A Million Different People, Person L, The Gay Blades, The Dangerous Summer at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 7pm/7:30pm ** jul 8 wed Pete Correale (comedy) at the Punch Line, 444 Battery Street, S.F. 18+ * jul 8 wed Three Day Stubble, Death Sentence: Panda!, Merchants Of The New Bizarre at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $9 9pm ** jul 8 wed Patterson Hood, Screwtopians at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 8 wed Buzzer, The Greatest Hits (Seattle), Pretty Vanilla (Vancouver BC) at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm ** 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 Montana Slim String Band, Head For The Hills, Buxter Hoot'n at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 9 thr Old 97's, Rhett Miller (solo), Murry Hammond (solo) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** jul 9 thr The Rural Alberta Advantage at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm * jul 9 thr Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound, Weird Owl, Pumice (New Zealand) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jul 9 thr Surprise Me Mr. Davis at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** jul 9 thr The Bluebelles, Work Party, The Hooks, Youth Gone Wild at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ free 9pm ** @ jul 9 thr Chuck Ragan at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** 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 Beyonce at the Arena, Oakland a/a $136-$21 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** jul 10 fri Stereo Freakout at Blake's, Berkeley 18+ 9pm * jul 10 fri Angry Samoans (L.A.), Everything Must Go, The Grannies 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 Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Voodoo Glow Skulls, The Impalers at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 8pm/9pm # *** @ $ jul 10 fri Stung (tribute), Damn Handsome & The Birthday Suits, Pine & Battery at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jul 10 fri Archgoat, Manticore, Obeisance, Ritual Combat, DJ Rob Metal at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $12/$15 9pm ** @ jul 10 fri Ty Segall, Nodzzz, Charlie & The Moonhearts at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 10 fri Cracker at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20/$22 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 10 fri Dave Smallen, Dizzy Balloon, The Maxies (Greenland), The Relay Co at Nickel City, San Jose a/a $10 7pm ** jul 10 fri ABC, Wang Chung, Berlin, Cutting Crew, Heaven 17 at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65-$45 5:30pm/6:30pm *** jul 10 fri Dave Koz, Brian Culbertson at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $79.50-$45 7:30pm ** jul 10 fri Nihlotep, Vestarian, Condemned To Live at Caravan, 98 South Almaden Ave., San Jose 21+ free 8pm ** jul 10 fri Honeybees, B-Stars, Hi-Rythm Hustlers at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 10 fri SynSystem, ShadowBox Theory, Flawless Design at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** 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 Falling To Pieces, Saint Vernon at Blake's, Berkeley a/a $10 8pm ** 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 Luce, The Gun & Doll Show, Pollux at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 11 sat Indian Jewelry, Psychic Ills at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** jul 11 sat Hank IV, A-Frames + Climax Golden Twins, The Fresh & Onlys at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** jul 11 sat Bray (album release) at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** 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 Born/Dead, Abrupt, Zero Bull Shit, Whores Of War, Dolph Lundgren at the Evil Dead Shed, Concord a/a $5 6pm *** @ jul 11 sat Verbal abuse, Violation, Disciples, Decent criminals, Snag at Dreamland, Hayward a/a 7:30pm *** @ 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, Killswitch Engage, at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $61-$31 1:30pm/2:15pm # *** jul 11 sat In The Red, Comradery at Nickel City, San Jose a/a $10 7pm ** jul 11 sat The Angry Samoans (L.A.), 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 11 sat Haste The Day, The Chariot, Project 86, Oh, Sleeper, Before Their Eyes, Gwen Stacy, AGraceful, For Today, A Plea For Purging, Corpus Christi at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $18 ($25 vip) 4:30pm *** @ jul 11 sat Guttermouth at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15 8pm/8:30pm *** @ jul 11 sat Terra Ferno, Soul Distortion, Descendant at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** jul 11 sat Abanandon Theory at PJ's Roadhouse, 5641 Mother Lode Drive, Placerville 21+ * jul 12 sun Angry Samoans (L.A), GG Elvis And The TCP Band, The Generators (L.A.), Troublemaker, Shooting Lucy, Bum City Saints, at 924 Gilman a/a $10 4:30pm *** @ jul 12 sun Skeletonwitch, Saviours, Trap Them, dj Rob Metal at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** @ jul 12 sun Bomb The Music Industry, Laura Stevenson And The Cans at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm ** jul 12 sun Personal & The Pizzas, Coconut Coolouts (Seattle), Impediments at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 12 sun Paul Baribeau, The Boy Who Could Fly, The Pillowfights, Not Yet! at Zami Co-op, 807 Laurel Street, Santa Cruz a/a $6 4pm til 7pm ** @ jul 12 sun Zuhg, The Yellow Dot Acoustic at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 6pm * jul 13 mon Tori Amos at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $56-$40 7pm/8pm # ** jul 13 mon Tortoise at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 13 mon Wolves In The Throne Room, Mins at Slim's, S.F. a/a **k jul 13 mon The Veils, Other Girls at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 13 mon The Datsuns at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm * 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 (TX), Miss Derringer at Lost on Main, Chico, 319 Main Street, Chico 21+ 9pm *** jul 14 tue Abigail Williams, Goatwhore, Daath, Abysmal Dawn, S.W.W.A.A.T.S. at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $13 8pm ** @ jul 14 tue High Castle at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** jul 14 tue Natalie Portman's Shaved Head, Hey Champ at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm * (was july 1st) 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 (TX), Miss Derringer at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm *** jul 15 wed The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, Tiny Television (cd release), Four Year Bender at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 15 wed Laura Veirs at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm * jul 15 wed So Many Dynamos, Cast Spells at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 15 wed Dilana at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8pm ** jul 15 wed Girl In A Coma (TX), 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 15 wed Voodoo Glow Skulls, Monkey at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** @ jul 16 thr Paul Baribeau, The Boy Who Could Fly, Try The Pie at 924 Gilman a/a $7 7pm ** (cafe nite) jul 16 thr Azure Ray at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 16 thr Girl In A Coma (TX), Miss Derringer, Angela Chase at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $10 8:30pm/9pm *** jul 16 thr Pink Mountain, Eyes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jul 16 thr A-Trak, Rye Rye at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 16 thr Kenny G at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $90-$60 7:30pm *** jul 16 thr A Static Lullaby, Vanna, Asking Alexandria, Motionless In White, Tides Of Man at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 7pm/7:30pm ** jul 16 thr Indian Jewelry, Psychic Ills at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm * jul 16/17 Boz Scaggs, Michael McDonald at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $99-$59.50 5:30pm/7:30pm *** jul 17 fri Sabertooth Zombie, Time For Living, These Days, Crucified, Grace Alley at 924 Gilman a/a $7 8pm *** @ jul 17 fri Agent Orange, Jack Killed Jill, Gutwrench at Blake's, Berkeley 18+ 8pm *** @ 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 Cage at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 17 fri Men at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/10pm ** jul 17 fri Pterodactyl (Brooklyn) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm * jul 17 fri Flipper, Toiling Midgets, Savage Republic at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $16 9pm *** @ jul 17 fri Cultura Profetica, Bayonics, Blocira, dj Walt Digz at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $22.50 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 17 fri Chixdiggit! (Canada), Kepi Ghoulie, Public Display Of Aggression, Head (WA), Stunt Monkey (reunion) at Nickel City, San Jose a/a $10 7pm ** jul 17 fri Cowboy Junkies, Son Volt at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $55-$45 7:30pm *** jul 17 fri Bad Touch, Culo A Boca, Sinvida at the Pioneer Saloon, 2925 A Woodside Road, Woodside 21+ $5 9pm ** jul 17 fri Abanandon Theory, Las Pesadillas, The Dirty Feet at Marilyn's on K, 908 K Street at 9th, Sacramento 21+ ** jul 18 sat Cashed, Gutwrench, The jibbers, Burned Beyond Recognition, Black Dream, Gain To Lose, Rockfight, Thought Vomit at Warm Water Cove, Bay end of 24th Street, S.F. a/a free noon *** @ jul 18 sat Arc Angels at Slim's, S.F. a/a **k jul 18 sat Three Mile Pilot, Optiganally Yours at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $15/$20 8:30pm/10pm ** jul 18 sat Urinals, Brilliant Colors at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 18 sat Vieux Farka Toure at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 18 sat Chixdiggit, Kepi Ghoulie, Head (Seattle), The Pleasure Kills at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 18 sat Maya Over Eyes, Break Free at Dreamland, Hayward a/a 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 18 sat Cry For Tomorrow at Streetlight Records, 939 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** jul 18 sat Indigo Girls at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $47.50-$37.50 5:30pm/7:30pm ** jul 18 sat Ozomatli at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $55-$45 7:30pm ** jul 18 sat S.T.D., Wings Of Innocence, Category 7, 5 Days Dirty, The Battle Of Midway, The Rainman Suite at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a 6:30pm ** @ (Stephen Innocence's Birthday and Food Drive jul 18 sat Sexciety, I Wish We Were Robots, Of Ashes, Bloodprint at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** jul 18 sat Abanandon Theory at the Golden Gecko Gardens, 4665 Marshall Rd., Garden Valley a/a * jul 18 sat Falling To Pieces, The Venting Machine at Vet's Hall, 189 Pine Street, Valley Springs a/a $10 8pm ** @ jul 18 sat Fistifuks, Semi-Evolved Simians, Zabaleen, Gruk at Yer Mom's Haus, Chico a/a 7pm ** jul 19 sun Kepi The band, The Sweethearts, The Dogs, Danger Death Ray, The Pillowfights, Tuck & Roll at 924 Gilman a/a $8 4pm *** @ jul 19 sun Toadies at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jul 19 sun Judgement Day, Triclops! at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** @ jul 19 sun Extortion at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a ** @ jul 19 sun Trespassers William, The Theater Fire, Robert Gomez at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jul 19 sun Crazy In Love (Patsy Cline, Lavay Smith, Carmen Getit, Belle Monroe) at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 7pm and 9:30pm shows ** jul 19 sun Talk Jonny at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** jul 19 sun The Littlest Viking at Streetlight Records, 939 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** jul 19 sun F.B.S., Unisef, Snot Cocks, Left Handed at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 6pm ** 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 20 mon William Hooker at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 7pm * jul 20 mon Talk Jonny at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** jul 20 mon The Secretions, Rat Damage (Sacramento), Greenback at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a 8pm *** @ jul 20 mon Joe Buck Yourself (Murray, KY), Cheatin Hearts at Lost on Main, Chico, 319 Main Street, Chico 21+ 8:30pm ** jul 20/21 Indigo Girls, Common Rotation at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $38.50 7pm/8pm # *** jul 21 tue The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart (N.Y.C.), Girls, The Champagne Socialists (L.A.) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 7:30pm ** jul 21 tue August Burns Red, Bless The Fall, Enter Shikari, Iwrestledabearonce at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** jul 21 tue Casiotone For The Painfully Alone, Concern at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 21 tue Made In Mexico, Dark Lingo at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 21 tue No Doubt, Paramore, The Sounds at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $90/$70/$60/$25 7:30pm # *** jul 21 tue Francis Harold & The Holograms at Streetlight Records, 939 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** jul 21 tue Pat Benatar, Blondie, The Donnas at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$55 5:30pm/6:30pm *** jul 21 tue Jewel at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $69.50-$45 7pm *** jul 21 tue F.B.S., UniSef at Monstros Pizza, Chico a/a $5-$7 8pm ** jul 21 tue Joe Buck Yourself at Bombay's, 1730 California Street, Redding 21+ 9pm ** jul 21/22 Gregg Allman at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $45 7:30pm/8pm ** jul 22 wed Clutch at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** jul 22 wed The Everyday Visuals, Pierre de Reeder, Daddy Was A Driver (Italy) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 22 wed George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Jonny Lang at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75-$55 5:30pm/7:30pm *** jul 23 thr Bane, Madball, Poison The Well, Terror, Death Before Dishonor, This Is Hell, Trapped Under Ice, Crime In Stereo, War Of Ages, The Ghost Inside at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a $10 3pm *** @ jul 23 thr De La Soul at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $29.50 8pm/9pm # *** jul 23 thr The Handsome Family, Daniel Knox at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm * jul 23 thr The Weakerthans at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 23 thr Sic Alps, Tom Greenwood, Linda Hagood, Dragging An Ox Through Water, Linda Hagood at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 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 23 thr Drop Dead, Gorgeous, He Is Legend, Before Their Eyes, Eyes Set To Kill, Watchout! There's Ghosts at Modesto Virtual, 947 10th St., Modesto a/a $14 6pm ** jul 23 thr Carnifex, Impending Doom, Miss May I, Conducting From The Grave, Molotov Solution at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 6:30pm/7pm ** jul 23 thr The Boils (PA), Excuse The Blood at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** jul 24 fri Of Montreal, Jon Brion 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 Bedouin Soundclash at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jul 24 fri Jay Brannan, Terra Naomi at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 24 fri Go Going Gone Girls, The Barbary Coasters, Howlies at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** jul 24 fri The New Deal at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $23 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 24 fri Slightly Stoopid, Snoop Dogg, Stephen Marley at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $37.50/$25.50 5pm/6pm # *** jul 24 fri Kathy Griffin at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $89.50-$49.50 5:30pm/7:30pm ** jul 24 fri Boney James, Fourplay at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $85-$49.50 7:30pm ** jul 24 fri Three Mile Pilot, Optigonally Yours at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $15 9pm ** jul 24 fri Emery, Maylene And Sons Of Disaster, Closure In Moscow, Secret & Whisper, Kiros at Modesto Virtual, 947 10th St., Modesto a/a $14 6pm ** jul 24 fri Drop Dead, Gorgeous, He Is Legend, Before Their Eyes, Watch Out! There's Ghosts, Eyes Set To Kill at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15 8pm/8:30pm ** jul 24/25 Rebirth Brass Band, Hackensaw Boys (fri), Extra Action Marching Band (sat), dj Concerned at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 25 sat Lebowski Fest, Movie Party, Har Mar Superstar at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** jul 25 sat Stereo Freakout at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 9pm * jul 25 sat Howlies (Atlanta), Thee Swank Bastards (Las Vegas), The Go-Going Gone Girls at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** jul 25 sat Vamps (Japan) at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** jul 25 sat Blowoff, dj Bob Mould, dj Rich Morel at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jul 25 sat Maus Haus Rainbow^Arabia at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9:30pm * jul 25 sat Rabbles, The Reaction, The Toques at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** jul 25 sat The Glitch Mob at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $22.50 9pm ** jul 25 sat The Filthy Thieving Bastards, Joe Buck Yourself, Lightnin' Woodcock & The Bad Motherfuckers at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 25 sat Sex With No Hands, Super Adventure Club, The Clarences at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** jul 25 sat No Doubt, Paramore, The Sounds at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $90/$60/$25 7:30pm # *** jul 25 sat Falling To Pieces, After The Flesh, I Dekay, 12 Gauge Facelift, Otis at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a 8pm ** @ jul 25 sat Damage, Silent Treatment (cd release), Grey Atlas, Split Self, Unmata at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** jul 26 sun Counting Crows, Augustana at the Greek Theatre, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a $86-$40 7pm # *** jul 26 sun Up Your Alley Street Fair, Dore Alley at Folsom, S.F. a/a 11am-6pm (leather/sex themed street party) jul 26 sun Mika Miko, Ty Segall, Audacity, dj JOhnathon Toubin (N.Y.) at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $6 8pm ** jul 26 sun 2Me at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 6pm * jul 27 mon Lacuna Coil, Kill Hannah, Seventh Void, Dommin at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jul 27 mon Mika Miko, Audacity at Nickel City, San Jose a/a $10 7pm ** jul 28 tue Jarvis Cocker at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 8pm/9pm # ** jul 28 tue Mekons at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** @ jul 28 tue Lazarus, Tiny Vipers, Jakob Olausson at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jul 28 tue Stencil, Skeletons With Flesh On Them at Streetlight Records, 980 S. Bascom Ave., San Jose a/a free 4pm ** jul 28 tue Ru36, The Tattooed Millionaires, The Passive Aggressives, The Ferocious Few at Lake Tulloch Resort, 7260 O'Byrnes Ferry Road, Copperopolis a/a free noon ** jul 29 wed Frank Fairfield at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm * jul 29 wed Magnolia Electric Company, The Donkeys at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 29 wed Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert, Lady Antebellum at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, 15 Hwy 50, Stateline, NV 21+ ** jul 30 thr Title Fight, Mother Of Mercy, Foundation, Foreign Nature, Wolves & Thieves at Sub/Mission, S.F. a/a ** jul 30 thr TV Ghost at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm * jul 30 thr Black Cobra, Giant Squid, Grayceon, Cormorant at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** jul 30 thr Freddie McGregor, Laden And Chino at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $23/$25 8:30pm/9pm ** 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 Gomez at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 8pm/9pm # *** jul 30/31 Steve Miller Band at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $149.50-$55 5:30pm/7:30pm ** jul 31 fri In Disgust, Coke Bust (MD), Sick Fix (MD), Infernal Stronghold (Philladelphia), Voetsek at B.R.S., Richmond a/a $6 *** @ (Ami LawLess 43rd Birthday) jul 31 fri Earth, Wind & Fire, Chicago at the Greek Theatre, U.C. Berkeley a/a $126/76/56/40 7pm # *** jul 31 fri Sadus, Scarecrow, Concrete Coffin, Tryannosaurus Christ, Crushdown at the Oakland Metro, Oakland a/a $10/$12 7:30pm *** @ jul 31 fri Stan Ridgway & The Voodoo Band at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (seated show) jul 31 fri Classics Of Love, Toys That Kill, Ready The Jet, For.The.Win at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm *** @ (Food Drive For The Homeless) jul 31 fri Cross Canadian Ragweed, Band Of Heathens at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 31 fri Castanets, Warmer Milks at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** jul 31 fri Judas Priest, with Whitesnake at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $80-$25 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** jul 31 fri Bison B.C. (Canada), Epicurean, Lazarus A.D. (WI), Woe Of Tyrants at Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose 21+ *** @ jul 31 fri Spires, 1994! at Monstros Pizza, Chico a/a $5-$7 8pm ** aug 1 sat Rational Anthem (FL), Turkish Techno at 924 Gilman a/a $7 8pm ** @ aug 1 sat Stellastarr at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** aug 1 sat The Script, Angel Taylor at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** aug 1 sat Gutwrench, Hukaholix, Build Them To Break at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm ** @ aug 1 sat Natural Fonzie, Wig Torture, Three Stoned Men, The Pirate Band, The Clap Band at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 6pm ** aug 1 sat Colin Hay at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $31 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 1 sat Doctor Nurse, Shellshag (N.Y.), Screaming Females (N.J.) at Nickel City, San Jose a/a $10 7pm ** @ aug 1 sat The Fray, Jack's Mannequin, Vedera at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $70/$40/$20 5:30pm/7pm # ** aug 1 sat Social Unrest at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** @ aug 2 sun Sonic Youth, Awesome Color at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $35.50 8pm # *** $ aug 2 sun Hirax (L.A.), Wermacht (Portland), Voetsek at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a 5pm *** @ aug 2 sun Spot 1019, Catheads at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 1pm/2pm ** aug 2 sun The Beach Boys at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $69.50-$45 5:30pm/7:30pm *** aug 2 sun Eleonora, I Am Empire, Death Valley High, My Love, My Love at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 6pm ** aug 3 mon Bowerbirds, Megafaun at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 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 6 thr The Briggs at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 6 thr Zodiac Death Valley at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 6 thr The Blasters at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 8pm ** aug 6 thr Madeleine Peyroux at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $65-$45 7pm ** aug 7 fri Underworld at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $43.50 8pm # ** aug 7 fri Bart Davenport at the Uptown, Oakland free 6pm/9pm ** aug 7 fri Stomacher, Via Coma at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** aug 7 fri Lozen, Canyon Canyon at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 7 fri Smokey Robinson at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $79.50-$49.50 5:30pm/7:30pm ** aug 7 fri With A Bullet at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** aug 8 sat Dead To Me, Psyched To Die (N.J.), Deep Sleep (MD), Broken Patterns at 924 Gilman a/a $7 8pm *** @ aug 8 sat James Intveld, Red Meat at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm ** aug 8 sat Leela James, Bilal, Anthony David (solo) at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** aug 8 sat Led Zepagain at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** aug 8 sat Jesse Brewster, Picture Me Broken, Feisty Piranhas, Kali, dj Spook, dj Sausee, art at the El Rincon, S.F. 18+ 8pm ** (ND Fest) aug 8 sat Frustrations (Detroit) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 6pm ** aug 8 sat Barbara Manning & The Sleaze Tax, Woog Riots at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** (late show) 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 8 sat The Nickel Slots, Drinking At Your Funeral at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** 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 Tecumseh, Oaxacan, Barn Owl, Squim at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 9 sun Melissa Etheridge at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $99.50-$55 5:30pm/7:30pm *** aug 9 sun House Of Pain, Busta Rhymes, Nas, Damian Marley, Tech N9ne, The Roots, Big Boi, Common, La Coka Nostra, Chali 2na, Eyedea & Abilities at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # *** (Rock the Bells) aug 9 sun Beneath The Rapture, Bloodshot Pizza, Tag Your Dead, Vesuvious at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 6pm ** aug 10 mon Casiokids, The Wave Pictures, Slow Club at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 10 mon Heaven And Hell, Coheed And Cambria at Event Center, San Jose State a/a ** aug 11 tue Caroline Weeks, Lewis & Clarke, Corridor at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * aug 12 wed Diana Krall at Davies Symphony Hall, S.F. a/a $125/$90/$80 8pm # ** (KKSF) aug 12 wed Dan Reed at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9:30pm * 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 12-16 50 Million, Shellshag, Bananas, Underground Railroad To Candyland, Screaming Females at San Francisco is Doomed Fest at many venues, S.F. a/a *** @ (Thrillouse Records) (Benefit Maximum Rock n Roll and a new S.F. all age venue) aug 13 thr Raised By Robots, M. Bison, Buttercream Gang at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 13 thr Dramarama at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 8pm ** aug 14 fri ArnoCorps, Thor, Dagobah (UK), Savage Machiine at 924 Gilman a/a $10 7pm *** @ aug 14 fri Dalmacio Von Diamond And The Enochian Keys, New Thrill Parade, Al Qaeda (with Mike Watt), Droughter at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 14 fri Aroarah, American Radio, Automatic Static, Save And Continue, Red Velvet Kiss at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 8pm/8:30pm ** aug 14 fri Chimaira, Hatebreed, Winds Of Plague, Dying Fetus, Toxic Holocaust at the New Oasis, 2100 Victorian Ave., Sparks, NV a/a *** @ 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 15 sat Leopold & His Fiction at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 15 sat The Octopus Project at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/10pm * aug 15 sat The Zygoats at Dreamland, Hayward a/a 7:30pm * aug 15 sat Buddy Guy at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $80-$50 7:30pm ** aug 15 sat E-40, Potluck, Big Co, Alias John Brown at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $35/$40 8pm/8:30pm *** aug 15 sat Hatebreed, Chimaira, Winds Of Plague, Dying Fetus, Toxic Holocaust at the Senator Theatre, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a $19/$22 5:30pm *** @ aug 15 sat Fair Game at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm * aug 16 sun Red Pony Clock, Boat at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** aug 16 sun Toby Keith, Trace Adkins at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View $74-$20 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** aug 16 sun Hatebreed, Chimaira, Winds Of Plague, Dying Fetus, Toxic Holocaust at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $19/$21 6pm/7pm *** @ $ aug 16 sun Lessons In Failure, Our Hometown Disaster, Vomit at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 6pm ** aug 17 mon Elvis Costello, The Sugarcanes at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $89.50-$55 5:30pm/7:30pm *** aug 17 mon Thor, ArnoCorps at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ *** @ aug 18 tue GREEN DAY, Franz Ferdinand at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $49.50/$25 6:30pm/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 19 wed The Lonely H at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * aug 19 wed Aerosmith, ZZ Top at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $199.50-$36.50 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** (Bone Bash X) aug 19 wed Joan Baez at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $55-$39.50 7pm *** aug 20 sat When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** 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 20 thr Jeffree Star, Artist Vs. Poet, Watch Out! There's Ghosts, Let's Get It, The Divine at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 8pm/8:30pm *** aug 21 fri Aphrodesia, dj Jeremiah at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** aug 21 fri Beres Hammond, Culture at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** aug 21 fri Set Your Goals, Four Year Strong, Polar Bear Club, Fireworks at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 8pm *** aug 21 fri When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth (TX), Dirty Pillows, Matsuri at Nickel City, San Jose a/a $10 7pm ** aug 21 sun Warped Tour, Sacramento a/a # *** @ (see aug 20 for band list) aug 22 sat Forbidden at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ aug 22 sat The Ex-Boyfriends, My First Earthquake, Vitamin Party at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 22 sat Falling To Pieces, Kicking K8 at Pine Street Grill, 875 Rincon Ave., Livermore 21+ 8pm ** @ aug 21/22/23 Chris Isaak at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85.50-$55.50 5:30pm/7:30pm *** aug 24 mon GREEN DAY at Arco Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a # *** @ 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 27 thr David Sanborn With David Benoit at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $85-$49.50 7pm ** aug 28 thr Have Heart, Ceremony, Cruel Hand, Shipwreck at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $12 9pm ** aug 28 fri Mayyors, Lamps, Christmas Island, Wounded Lion at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 28-30 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, Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band, Silversun Pickups, Lucinda Williams, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, The National, Q-Tip, Brett Dennen, The Avett Brothers, Built To Spill, Mastodon Raphael Saadiq, Calexico, Os Mutantes, Midnite, JJ Grey & Mofro, Kinky, Tea Leaf Green, Deerhunter, Lila Downs, Zion I, Bat For Lashes, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Groundation, The Dodos, Bettye Lavette, Los Campesinos!, 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, Darondo (with Nino Moschella), West Indian Girl, Extra Golden, Big Light at Outside Lands Music Festival, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a ($595/$226/$200 3-day ticket) # *** @ aug 29 sat Jason Webley, Stefanko Iancu, Mark Growden, Geoff Berner, Eric Stern at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** (Monsters of Accordion) aug 29 sat Mt. Vicious at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 29 sat Smoke at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** aug 29 sat Brian Regan at Golden State Theatre, Monterey a/a $43.50 7pm/8pm ** aug 30 sun O Pioneers!!! (TX) at Nickel City, San Jose a/a $10 7pm ** aug 30 sun Brian Regan at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $65-$45 8pm ** aug 31 mon Smile Brigade at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** 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 fri Neville Brothers, Dr. John at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** sep 4 fri Punchface, Triple Cobra at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 4 fri Devon Williams, Outrageous Cherry, Thee Makeout Party at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 4/5 Kathy Griffin at Davies Symphony Hall, S.F. a/a $75-$45 7pm/8pm (fri) 6pm/7pm (sat) # ** sep 4/5 Daryl Hall And John Oates at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $79.50-$49.50 5:30pm/7:30pm ** sep 5 sat Wire Train, Translator at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** sep 5 sat The Tubes at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 6 sun John Legend, India.Arie, Vaughn Anthony at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a $89.50-$39.50 7:30pm # ** sep 7 mon Davy Knowles & Back Door Slam at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** sep 9 wed Obituary, Goatwhore, Krisiun, The Berzerker at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ sep 10 thr Maximo Park at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** sep 10/11 Gipsy Kings at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $125-$75 5:30pm/7:30pm ** sep 12 sat Southern Culture On The Skids, Los Straitjackets at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** sep 12 sat Levator at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** sep 12 sat The Doobie Brothers at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $72.50-$49.50 5:30pm/7:30pm *** sep 12 sat The Killers at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $81-$25 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** sep 13 sun Levator at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** 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 13 sun Peter Frampton at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $85-$48 7pm *** sep 13 sun Blink-182, Weezer, Taking Back Sunday, Chester French at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # *** $ sep 15 tue Lynyrd Skynyrd at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $99-$56 5:30pm/7:30pm *** sep 15/16 Bad Brains, Trouble Andrew at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** sep 16 wed Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal (alone and together) at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $60-$40 8pm # *** sep 16 wed James Taylor at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $249.50-$75 5:30pm/7:30pm ** sep 17 thr Pink, The Ting Tings at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $49.50-$39.50 8pm # *** sep 17 thr Noisepsalm at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** sep 18 fri Porcupine Tree, That 1 Guy at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** sep 18 fri Crosby, Stills & Nash at Civic Auditorium, 408 South Almaden Blvd., San Jose a/a # ** sep 18 fri Creedence Clearwater Revisited at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65.50-$50.50 5:30pm/7:30pm ** sep 18 fri Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $55-$39.50 7:30pm ** sep 18 fri Travis Chance (Solo) at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm * 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 25-27 STS9 at Earthdance Festival, Laytonville a/a ** 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 Folsom St. Fair, Folsom St. between 7th & 12th, S.F. a/a 11am-6pm (leather/sex themed street party) sep 27 sun Cheech & Chong, Shelby at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65-$45 5:30pm/7:30pm *** sep 30/oct 1 Kylie Minogue at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $99.50-$58.50 8pm # ** oct 1 thr John Prine 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 mon Fever Ray at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** 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) oct 12 mon Mono at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 17 sat The Jesus Lizard at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # *** @ $ oct 17 sat Mike Birbiglia at Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Ave., S.F. a/a $35/$27.50 7pm/8pm ** oct 17 sat Brian McKenna, NoMeansNo, Victims Family, Kai Kln, Zu (Italy) at Harlow's, 2708 J St., Sacramento 21+ $15 8:30pm *** @ $ oct 31 sat Damage Inc. (tribute), Paradise City (tribute), Children Of The Damned (tribute), Strangers In The Night (tribute) at the Little Fox, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City 21+ 8pm ** 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 ---------------- 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 Dreamland, 22449 Foothill Blv., Hayward a/a 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 Eli's Mile High Club, 3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland 21+ 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 Monstros Pizza, 628 W. Sacramento Avenue, Chico a/a Montalvo Arts Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga a/a 408-961-5800 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 Streetlight Records, 980 S. Bascom Ave., San Jose a/a Streetlight Records, 939 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz a/a 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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