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 August 21, 2009 aug 21 fri Mystic Rage, Original Sin Burlesque, Kaos, Gods Outlaw, M.C.P., Wraithwall at the Oakland Metro, Oakland a/a $7 8pm ** @ aug 21 fri Plastic Crimewave, Gowns Bank Of Christ, Silk Flowers (N.Y.), Bre'r at 21 Grand, 416 25th St., Oakland a/a 8pm ** aug 21 fri Graham Patzner, Jonathan Devoto, The Trophy Fire, I The Mighty at Blake's, Berkeley 18+ $10/$13 8:30pm ** aug 21 fri Tarrakian, The Ax (Portland), Rollie Fingers (Portland), Iron Witch at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** aug 21 fri Aphrodesia, Bayonics, dj Jeremiah at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a $15/$16 8pm/9pm ** aug 21 fri Beres Hammond, Harmony House Singers, Culture, Lenya Wilks at the Regency 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 dj Quest at Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F. a/a free 6pm * aug 21 fri Punch, Police & Thieves, New Tomorrow, Lion Of Judah, Give, Mind at Sub-Mission Art Space, S.F. a/a $8 7:30pm ** @ aug 21 fri Attitude Adjustment, Beowulf, Deface, Killing California, Super Buick at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 8pm *** @ aug 21 fri Zero To Couch, art raffle, catered cuisine at 72 Tehama, Howard @ 2nd, S.F. a/a free 8pm * (Tough Times Magazine) aug 21 fri Tussle, Grass Widow, Psychic Reality, Royalchord at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 21 fri Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson, Savannah Jo Lack at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 21 fri Steve Bug, John Tejada at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ 10pm ** (Poker Flat Recordings) aug 21 fri Diegos Umbrella at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm * aug 21 fri The Awakening (South africa), Saints Of Ruin, dj's at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 ($5 before 10pm) 9pm ** aug 21 fri The New Up, Company Car, Run Run Run, dj Funkminsta Fulla at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** aug 21 fri Mike Gibbons at the Red Devi Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 9pm ** aug 21 fri Excuse The Blood, Hudson Criminal, Cycloptopus, No Need at the Retox Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** aug 21 fri The Glossines, Ms Clouds House at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 21 fri Third Date at Irelands 32, 3920 Geary Blvd. at 3rd Ave., S.F. 21+ free 9pm * aug 21 fri Dave Gleason & The Golden Cadillacs, 77 El Deora, The B-Stars, Eric Shea at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 21 fri Mike Gibbons, Hound, Chi McClean at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 9pm * aug 21 fri Forrest Day, Dizzy Balloon, Django James And The Midnight Squires at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm *** aug 21 fri Elvis Costello, Jerry Douglas, Jim Lauderdale at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a *** aug 21 fri Electric Funeral (tribute), In Virtue, Stomach at the Forestville Club, 6250 Front St., Forestville 21+ $3 9pm ** aug 21 fri Fast Times at Dan's Bar, 1524 Civic Drive at Main St., Walnut Creek 21+ $5 9pm * aug 21 fri Anti social, The Cruze Missiles, Nerotrash, Damnage, Bullet 66 at Dreamland, Hayward a/a ** @ aug 21 fri Labretta Suede & The Motel 6 (New Zealand), Los High Tops, Chum, Miss Fire & The Detonations at the B.B.C., Menlo Park ?/? $10 ** aug 21 fri When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth (TX), Dirty Pillows, Matsuri at Nickel City, San Jose a/a $10 7pm ** @ aug 21 fri Classics Of Love, The New Trust, Touche Amore, Crushed On You, San Narcisco at 418 Project, 418 Front St., Santa Cruz a/a $8 8pm ** @ aug 21 fri Jay Reatard at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 7pm ** aug 21 fri Patty Smyth And Scandal at Beach Bandstand, Santa Cruz Boardwalk a/a free (6:30pm and 8:30pm shows) ** aug 21 fri Slacktone, The Concaves, The Restless Kings at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 21 fri Jason Gonzalez Band, Life In 24 Frames at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $9/$12 6:30pm ** aug 21 fri The Frank Hannon Band, Dave Rude Band, Spiritual Octane at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15/$18 8pm/8:30pm ** aug 21 fri 3oh!3, A Day To Remember, A Skylit Drive, Aiden, Alana Grace, Alexisonfire, All Time Low, Attack Attack, Bayside, Big D And The Kids Table, Black Tide, Breathe Carolina, BrokenCyde, Cash Cash, Channel 3, Chiodos, Dirty Heads, D.O.A., Dr Madd Vibe Experiment, Early States, Escape The Fate, Every Avenue, Fishbone, Forever The Sickest Kids, Gallows, H.D.R., Hit The Lights, I Set My Friends On Fire, In This Moment, InnerPartySystem, K Sera, Left Alone, Less Than Jake, Longway, LoveHateHero, Madina Lake, Meg and Dia, Millionaires, NoFX, P.O.S., Saosin, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Senses Fail, Shad, Shooter Jennings, Silverstein, Sing It Loud, Single File, Streetlight Manifesto, Tat, The A.K.A.s, The Adicts, The Architects, The Devil Wears Prada, The Maine, The Reverend Peytons Big Damn Band, The Truth, The White Tie Affair, Thelonious Monster, There For Tomorrow, Therefore I Am, This Providence, Thrice, Total Chaos, TV/TV, UK Subs, Underoath, Valencia, VersaEmerge, Virgin Pancakes, We The Kings, Westbound Train, Y.B., You Me At Six, Excuse The Blood at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Rd., Marysville a/a # *** @ (Warped Tour) aug 21 fri After The Flesh, Kebert Xela, 12 Gauge Facelift, Stonehead at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** aug 21/22 Tracy Chapman, Gaby Moreno at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $50 8pm/9pm # *** (fri sold out) aug 21/22/23 Chris Isaak at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85.50-$55.50 5:30pm/7:30pm *** aug 22 sat 7 Generations, Die Young, The Seperation, Abandon, Lockstep, Pussy Whipped at 924 Gilman a/a $8 8pm *** @ aug 22 sat Beowulf (L.A), Pyschosomatic, Last Round Up, Killing California (L.A), Super Buick (PA) at B.R.S., Richmond a/a 7pm *** @ aug 22 sat Ghosties (Portland), Maggie Morris, The Shants, Christina Antipa at Mama Buzz Cafe, 2318 Telegraph Ave., Oakland a/a donation 7pm * aug 22 sat Grand Lake, Guidance Counselor, The Super Cutes, Wreck And Reference at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 22 sat Elk, Carrion, One In The Chamber, Reptile Brain Virus at Merchants Saloon, 401 2nd Street, Oakland 21+ ** @ aug 22 sat Hollowpoints (Seattle), Booty Chesterfield, Vanhammersly at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** aug 22 sat Forbidden, Kehoe Nation, Death Pilot at Slim's, S.F. a/a $20 9pm *** @ (107.7 The Bone) aug 22 sat Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca, dj Emmanuel Nado at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** aug 22 sat Jay Reatard at Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F. a/a 6pm ** aug 22 sat La Plebe, Pop Bottle Bombers, Master Volume, dj Alberto at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/10pm ** @ (Gritos y Rugidos) aug 22 sat Flipper, Triclops!, Turks, Alaric at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm/9pm *** @ aug 22 sat New Hope For The Dead, Ovsrdrive A.D., Hot Heresy at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm til 8pm ** aug 22 sat The Ex-Boyfriends, My First Earthquake, Vitamin Party at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 22 sat Low Red Land, Appomattox at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 6pm ** (early show) aug 22 sat T.I.T.S., Plastic Crimewave, Wicked Wicked Ways at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** (late show) aug 22 sat Jedi Mind Tricks, mc Esoteric, Reef The Lost Cauze, Bound By Honor at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 22 sat Data (Paris) at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ 9pm *** aug 22 sat Sofa Kings, Fiver Brown at the Red Devi Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 9pm ** aug 22 sat Fashion Flesh, Holy Shit, Julia Holter at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 22 sat Sea Of Bees, Efft, Kelly Slusher, Sean Ongley at the Argus Lounge, 3187 Mission Street, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm/9:30pm ** aug 22 sat film 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a 11pm/11:30pm $10 ** aug 22 sat Anita Baker, Boney James, Jazz Attack, Rick Braun, Jonathan Butler And Richard Elliott, Fourplay, Nathan East, Larry Carlton And Harvey Mason, Times 4 at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $75-$25 3pm/4pm # *** (Mount Diablo Jazz Festival) aug 22 sat Raelin, Bring It Home, The Dialed, The Quiet Game Starting Now at Dreamland, Hayward a/a ** @ aug 22 sat The Ego Trippers, I Am Empire, Evolution, Overview, This Is War at the Venue, behind L.G.H.S., 4 New Your Ave., Los Gatos a/a $10 6pm ** aug 22 sat Cedric The Entertainer, Cheech & Chong, Tracy Morgan, Carlos Mencia, Gabriel Iglesias, Anjelah Johnson, Kevin Hart, Greg Giraldo, Edwin San Juan at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $80-$31 6pm/7pm # *** (JV's Comedy Jam - Wild 94.9) aug 22 sat Harsh Sunshine (5pm - Portland, OR), Bradley Dean (4pm), Chum at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 1pm ** aug 22 sat Nathan Maxwell & The Original Bunny Gang, Los Hot Boxers, Hard Girls at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 22 sat dj Showbiz at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 18+ $10 9pm/9pm * aug 22 sat Falling To Pieces, Kicking K8 at Pine Street Grill, 875 Rincon Ave., Livermore 21+ 8pm ** @ aug 22 sat Dimidium, Seduce The Dead, Girthwind & Firewater at Oakwood Lounge, 7421 Monterey Street, Gilroy 21+ $5 8pm ** aug 22 sat D12, Potluck, Sacramento Lyrics Association at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $16/$18 8pm/8:30pm ** aug 22 sat Sleepnoise, Solar Powered People, Flounder, Contagious at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** aug 22/23 Fast Times (sat noon), Uptones (4pm), art, rides at Oakland Chinatown Streetfest, 7th Street, Oakland a/a free 10am til 6pm ** aug 23 sun Jay Reatard at Amoeba Music, 2455 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a free 6pm ** aug 23 sun The Cult, Year Long Disaster at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** aug 23 sun The Matches (last show), Dizzy Balloon, Judgement Day at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $21 7pm/8pm # *** aug 23 sun Tartufi, Music For Animals, Geographer, Magic Bullets, Odawas, Low Red Land, Two Sheds, The Dont's, The Ferocious Few, Photons, Boneless Children Foundation, The She's, The Psychotherapists, Secret Cat at Treat Street between 17th and 18th, S.F. a/a free 11am *** (Rock Make Music & Art Street Festival) aug 23 sun The Sacred Profanities at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm til 7pm ** aug 23 sun Foreign Cinema, Maggie Morris, Ghosties (Portland) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm * aug 23 sun Six Organs Of Admittance, Master Musicians Of Bukkake at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm/8pm ** aug 23 sun The Sacred Profanities at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** aug 23 sun Arnocorps, A Band Of Orcs, Untapped Fury, Dagobah at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** @ aug 23 sun J Tillman, The Moore Brothers, Pearly Gate Music at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $11/$13 8pm ** aug 23 sun Secret Circuit, Weave, Jason Grier, Myles Cooper at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 23 sun Delta Mirror, Franco Near Death, Once Was A Man, Borneo at the Etiquette Lounge, 1108 Market Street, S.F. 21+ 8pm * aug 23 sun Forrest Day, Niayh at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 23 sun Hellogoodbye, Fun., Limbeck, My Favorite Highway at the Empire Theater, 1825 Pacific Avenue, Stockton a/a $15 7pm ** aug 23 sun Embryonic Devourment, Malevolent, How Dare The Dawn, Mucus Membrane at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 6pm *** @ aug 23/24 Ted Leo + Pharmacists, Hank IV (sun), Jeff The Brotherhood (mon) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 8pm/9pm ** aug 24 mon Pete Yorn, Juliette Commacere, J.D. King at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $28.50 8pm/9pm # ** aug 24 mon Pins Of Light, Libyans at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 7pm ** (early show) aug 24 mon Ralph Youtz, Harsh Sunshine, Bad Assets at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 24 mon Moostache (Huntington Beach) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** aug 24 mon GREEN DAY, Franz Ferdinand at Arco Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a # *** @ aug 24 mon Maggie Morris, Christina Antipa at the Hub, 1819 23rd St. at S St., Sacramento a/a $5 9pm * aug 25 tue film 'Audition' at 924 Gilman a/a free 7:30pm (924 Gilman free movie night) aug 25 tue Fruit Bats at Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F. a/a free 6pm ** aug 25 tue The Downer Party, Scott Allbright at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 25 tue Fruit Bats, Death Vessel, A B & The Sea at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 7:30pm/8pm ** aug 25 tue Box Elders, Traditional Fools at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 6pm * (early show) aug 25 tue Pharmakon, R. Jencks, Orhima at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9:30pm * (late show) aug 25 tue Ramona Falls at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm * aug 25 tue Diana Krall at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** aug 25 tue Deadbolt at Voodoo Lounge, San Jose 21+ $12 ** aug 25 tue Alanna Fugate (Louisville, KY) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** aug 25 tue Monkey at Moes Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz 21+ ** aug 25 tue RX Bandits, As Tall As Lions at Bell Memorial Union Auditorium, 400 W. First St., Chico a/a 8pm ** aug 26 wed Dredg, RX Bandits, As Tall As Lions at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** aug 26 wed The Dodos, Spencey Dude & The Doodles at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 9pm ** aug 26 wed Casey And Brian, Bad Friends, Dadfag, Ornithology at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? $7 8pm ** aug 26 wed The Funeral Pyre (L.A.), Early Graves, Elitist (Portland) at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm/9pm ** aug 26 wed The Funeral Pyre (L.A.), Early Graves, Elitist (Portland), Cestus (first show), dj Rob Metal at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm/9pm *** @ aug 26 wed 100 Suns, Circle Of Eyes Tyrant at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 26 wed Room For A Ghost, Karate Cop at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 26 wed Carta, Shuteye Unison, Form And Fate at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** 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 26 wed Civil War, Violent Violet, Jubilant Low at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** aug 26 wed Mudvayne, Black Label Society, Static-X, Suicide Silence, Dope, Bury Your Dead, Hellzapoppin at Reno Events Center, 300 N Center St., Reno, NV # *** @ (Pedal To The Metal Tour) aug 27 thr Akron/Family, Howlin' Rain at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 9pm ** aug 27 thr The Rats, The Back CC's, Pipsqueak at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 27 thr Horror X, The Goddamn Gallows (Michigan), Frankenstein L.I.V.S., The Mutilators at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm *** @ aug 27 thr Have Heart, Ceremony, Cruel Hand, Shipwreck at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $12 9pm ** @ (was listed as aug 28th) aug 27 thr 20 Minute Loop, The Famous, Billy And Dolly at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 27 thr Weezer tribute show featuring members of: The Trophy Fire, Judgement Day, The Matches, Silian Rail at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 27 thr Saros, Anon Remora (Portland), Acephalix at the Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St. S.F. 21+ 9pm ** @ aug 27 thr Hollyfuck at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm ** aug 27 thr The U.K. SUbs, White Trash Debutantes, Charlie Harper at 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway Blvd., Fairfax 21+ $12/$15 9:30pm *** @ aug 27 thr The Best Intentions (motown tribute), film "Standing in the Shadow of Motown" at Todos Santos Plaza, Willow Pass Road at Grant, Concord a/a free 6:30pm ** aug 27 thr Hellogoodbye, Fun, Limbeck, My Favorite Highway at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15 8pm/8:30pm ** 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 27 thr Chris Isaak at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a *** aug 27 thr Bleeding Through at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a *** aug 27 thr The Phenomenauts, Re-Volts at the Tonic Lounge, 231 W. 2nd St., Reno, NV 21+ *** @ aug 28 fri Judgement Day, Ninja Academy (L.A.), The Prids (OR), Red Giant, Anon Remora at 924 Gilman a/a $8 7:30pm *** @ aug 28 fri Real Tom Thunder, Coup de SKA, Mama Hagglin (L.A.) at Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley a/a $10 ($7 students) 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 28 fri Bestial Incarnation, Necrite, Embers, Cyanic, Desecrion at the Oakland Metro, Oakland a/a $7 8pm *** @ aug 28 fri Turbonegra (tribute), Death Valley High, Distance From Shelter, Loudness Of The Brethren at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 28 fri Pearl Jam, Incubus, Thievery Corporation, Tom Jones, Silversun Pickups, The National, Q-Tip, Built To Spill, Midnite, Kinky, Tea Leaf Green, Autolux, The Dodos, Zap Mama, Los Campesinos, Akron/Family, Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears, The Duke Spirit, Zee Avi, Blind Pilot, Sambada, West Indian Girl at Outside Lands Music Festival, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a ($595-$200 3-day ticket / $89.50 single day) 1pm # *** @ aug 28 fri The Velvet Teen, The Ghost, Drowning With Our Anchors, For.The.Win. at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 9pm ** aug 28 fri Opio & Pep Love, Bicasso With dj Fresh, Cambo, The Understudies, JB Nimble, Venture Capitalists, Ro Knew Influence, dj Ren The Vinyl Archaeologist, dj Mike Gao at Slim's, S.F. a/a $20 9pm ** aug 28 fri Marilyn Manson at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $72-$52 9pm # *** @ aug 28 fri Hammers Of Misfortune, Ludicra, Amber Asylum, dj Rob Metal at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a $14 9pm ** aug 28 fri Sabertooth Zombie, Grace Alley, Sojourner, Sixes, Cower at Sub-Mission Art Space, S.F. a/a $8 7:30pm ** @ aug 28 fri Limbeck, The Stitch Up, Mini Mansions at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/10pm ** aug 28 fri Mayyors, Lamps, Christmas Island, Wounded Lion at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 28 fri Wave Array, Goodbye Nautilus at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 10pm ** aug 28 fri Personal And The Pizzas, No Bunny, The Ultra Twist (Siena, Italy), Pipsqueak at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm *** @ aug 28 fri Street Sweeper Social Club at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 9:30pm/10pm ** aug 28 fri A.L.O., Counter Clarkwise, Newfangled Wasteland at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $20 10pm ** aug 28 fri Beats Antique, Pleasuremaker (live set), Motion Potion, Senor Oz at Poleng Lounge, 1751 Fulton Street @ Masonic, S.F. 21+ ** aug 28 fri Spandex Tiger, The Missing Teens, The R&B Free-Jazz Gospel Supreme 80, The Torn ACLs, Adam Infanticide at the Blue Macaw, 2565 Mission at 22nd, S.F. 21+ $13 ($10 in formal wear) 8pm ** (Sixth Annual Mishap Prom) aug 28 fri Warren Teagarden, Evacuee at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 28 fri DJ Lebowitz (upright piano) at the Madrone Art Bar, 500 Divisadero St. @ Fell, S.F. 21+ free 6pm * aug 28 fri The Phenomenauts, Re-Volts, Left Alone, Planet Of The Apes at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10/$12 7:30pm/8pm *** @ aug 28 fri Cashed, Snaggle Tooth, Bong, J.R.K. at Dreamland, Hayward a/a ** @ aug 28 fri Lovemakers, Trevor Childs & The Beholders, Albert Square at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $12 9pm ** aug 28 fri George Lynch, Gilby Clarke, The Terry Lauderdale Band at the Avalon, 777 Lawrance Expressway, Santa Clara 21+ $25 8pm ** aug 28 fri The Sweet at the Beach Bandstand, Santa Cruz Boardwalk a/a free (6:30pm and 8:30pm shows) ** aug 28 fri The Happy Hollows (L.A.) at the Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz a/a * aug 28 fri Showbread, Goodnight Caulfield, Bomb The Hill at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $10/$12 6:30pm ** @ aug 28 fri Bleeding Through, Carnifex, Miss May I, Motionless In White, The Antioch Synopsis at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $13/$15 8pm/8:30pm ** @ aug 28 fri Vyncent Flaw, S.T.D., 5 Days Dirty, Delorean Gray at Pop Up's Cyber Cafe, 9736 Elk Grove Florin Road, Elk Grove a/a $8 6:30pm *** @ aug 28 fri Red Velvet Kiss, Panik, The Ghost Next Door at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** aug 29 sat Chen Santa Maria, Pykrete (solo), Laces, 7-bit Hydra at 21 Grand, 416 25th St., Oakland a/a ** (noise/electronic) aug 29 sat Jason Webley, Stefanko Iancu, Mark Growden, Geoff Berner, Eric Stern at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13 9pm ** (Monsters of Accordion) aug 29 sat Big B And His Snakeoil Saviors at the Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa at Potrero, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/10pm * aug 29 sat Ty Segall, The Sermon, The Dirtbombs at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 10pm ** aug 29 sat Short Fuse, Deadringer, Tyrannosauruschr at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm til 8pm ** aug 29 sat Mt. Vicious, Ifihadahifi, Pegataur at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 29 sat Short Fuse, Deadringer, Tyrannosauruschr at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** aug 29 sat Slender (reunion), Trevor Childs & THe Beholders, The Corruptors at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 29 sat Three Headed Monster, Mama Hagglin' (L.A.), Punk Funk Mob at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 29 sat Calexico, Sergio Mendoza Y La Orkesta at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 9:30pm/10pm ** aug 29 sat Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $25 10pm ** aug 29 sat Lebo (of A.L.O.), Motion Potion, Pleasuremaker (dj set), Senor Oz at Poleng Lounge, 1751 Fulton Street @ Masonic, S.F. 21+ ** aug 29 sat Ian Ball, Buddy, Holly Conlan at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** aug 29 sat Blue Sky Black Death, Boy Eats Drum Machine, Boy In Static at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** aug 29 sat David Allan Coe, Hardly Likely at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma 21+ $25 7:30pm/8pm *** (bar show) aug 29 sat Chris Isaak, Kristina Train at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a *** aug 29 sat Locked Up AD at Dreamland, Hayward a/a * aug 29 sat Thrips, Whores Of War, Pigs, Go Like This, Shirts Off Shades On at the Redwood City Underground, 2650 Broadway Street, Redwood City 21+ $3 8pm ** @ (Mike D's Birthday) aug 29 sat The Pretenders, Cat Power at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85-$50 5:30pm/7:30pm *** aug 29 sat Francisco The Man (L.A.) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** aug 29 sat Chop Tops, Pendletones, Revtones at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 29 sat Smoke (Sacramento) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** aug 29 sat Nico Vega, Aubrey Debauchery & The Puke Boots at the Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz a/a $8 ** aug 29 sat Brian Regan at Golden State Theatre, Monterey a/a $43.50 7pm/8pm ** aug 29 sat Six Organs Of Admittance, Master Musicians Of Bukkake, Dead Western Trio at John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 First St., Davis a/a $8-$10 sliding scale 8pm ** aug 29 sat The Phenomenauts, The Revolts at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $10 6:30pm *** @ aug 29 sat 3 Bad Jacks, Druglords Of The Avenues, Splitzville, The Lemmies at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** aug 28 fri Blondie at Grand Sierra Resort, 2500 East 2nd Street, Reno NV ?/? *** aug 28 fri Three Bad Jacks, The Tantrums at Club Fred, 1426 North Van Ness, Fresno 21+ 9pm ** @ aug 29 sat Insted (reunion), Betrayed, Punch, Never Healed, Secret People at 924 Gilman a/a $10 8pm *** @ aug 29 sat Static Thought, Saint Vernon, A Night In Hollywood, A Smile From The Trenches, Calling Doctor Howard, Modern Day Escape at the Oakland Metro, Oakland a/a $10/$12 7:30pm *** aug 29 sat Death Angel, Skinlab, Kaos at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $15 9pm *** @ aug 29 sat Dave Matthews Band, Black Eyed Peas, The Mars Volta, Jason Mraz, TV On The Radio, Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band, Mastodon, Raphael Saadiq, OS Mutantes, Street Sweeper Social Club, JJ Grey & Mofro, Deerhunter, Lila Downs, Zion 1, Bat For Lashes, Trombone Shorty & Orleans AVenue, Groundation, Dengue Fever, The Dirtbombs, Portugal The Man, Ryan Bingham, Albino!, Extra Golden, Infantree at Outside Lands Music Festival, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a ($595-$200 3-day ticket / $89.50 single day) noon # *** @ aug 29 sat Neverland (tribute), Crackerjack Highway at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $12/$14 8:30pm/9:30pm ** (MJ's Birthday Celebration) aug 29 sat Emmure, Veil Of Maya, Oceano, Beneath The Rapture, Desecrate Arcadia, Dressed in White at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $13/$15 7pm/7:30pm ** @ aug 29 sat Marilyn Manson at Grand Sierra Resort Theater, 2500 East 2nd Street, Reno NV *** @ aug 29 sat Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Dungen, Farmer Dave Scher, Gang Gang Dance, Kurt Vile, Saviours, VietNam, Wooden Shjips, Woods at Henry Miller Library, Highway One, Big Sur a/a $31 noon til 11pm *** (Big Sur Festival 2009) aug 29 sat Ween at the Eureka Theater, 612 F Street, Eureka a/a $37 *** aug 29 sat Judgement Day, Ninja Academy at Cafe Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave., Chico a/a $5 8pm ** aug 30 sun The Phenomenauts, Custard Pie, Amaya, Matthew Hansen, Tragedy Andy, Mister Loveless, dj El Kool Kyle, Buttons Ze Clown at Last Sundays Fest, Haste at Telegraph, Berkeley a/a free 11am *** aug 30 sun Nihlist, Sol Asunder, Zombie Holocaust, Prelude To Ruin at Blake's, Berkeley a/a $8 7pm ** @ aug 30 sun Ettrick, Sharkiface, Fognozzle, Hora Flora, Nerfbau at Razor Wire Compound, 887 31st Street, Oakland a/a donation 4pm ** aug 30 sun Tenacious D, M.I.A., Ween, Modest Mouse, Band Of Horses, The Dead Weather, Atmosphere, Lucinda Williams, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Brett Dennen, The Avett Brothers, Valexico, Bettye Lavette, Heartless Bastards, Cage The Elephant, Lenka, John Vanderslice, Matt & Kim, The Morning Benders, Other Lives, Big Light, Darondo With Nino Moschella at Outside Lands Music Festival, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a ($595-$200 3-day ticket / $89.50 single day) noon # *** @ (Beastie Boys not playing) aug 30 sun The Minus 5, The Baseball Project, The Steve Wynn IV at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** aug 30 sun George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** aug 30 sun Harkenbacks, Gen-11 at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm til 7pm ** aug 30 sun Gang Gang Dance, Ariel Pink Amanda Blank at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 9pm ** aug 30 sun Dungen, Woods, Kurt Vile at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $14 7pm/8pm ** aug 30 sun Space Waves, Dreamtiger, Heavy Water Experiments at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 30 sun The Uptones, Coup De SKA, The Tantrum at Amnesia, 853 Valencia at 20th, S.F. 21+ $10 7pm/8pm ** aug 30 sun The Cuban Cowboys, Cordero, Carne Cruda at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm ** aug 30 sun Harkenbacks at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** aug 30 sun Os Mutantes, Extra Golden at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 30 sun The Thralls, Slow Trucks, On The Tundra at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** aug 30 sun O Pioneers!!! (TX), Shinobu, The Anchor (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 30 sun M.D.C., M.D.L., Scowndrolls at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 6pm *** @ aug 31 mon Indianna Hale, The Old Believers, Red River at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 7pm ** aug 31 mon Foreigner at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $69.50-$49.50 5:30pm/7:30pm *** aug 31 mon Sheryl Crow at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a *** aug 31 mon Nickelback, Papa Roach, Hinder, Saving Abel at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Rd., Marysville a/a # *** @ sep 1 tue film 'Polyester' at 924 Gilman a/a free 7:30pm (924 Gilman free movie night) sep 1 tue The Casualties, Krum Bums, Mouth Sewn Shut at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** sep 1 tue DeatHat, Peculiar Pretzelmen, Corpus Callosum at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 1 tue Smile Brigade (Seattle), Bunny Numkins & The Kill Blow Up Orchestra at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 1 tue M.D.C., Poison Control, Bum City Saints at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/10pm *** @ sep 1 tue Good Luck Gun Fight, Love Infinity at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 1 tue Dadfag, Ornithology at Blondie's, 540 Valencia, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** sep 1 tue Sheryl Crow at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a *** sep 1 tue Nickelback, Papa Roach, Hinder, Saving Abel at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $80/$60/$35 5pm/6pm # *** sep 1 tue Smile Brigade (Seattle) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** (was August 31st) sep 1 tue U.K. Subs at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a $10 7pm *** @ sep 2 wed Chambers, Make Me, The Color Turning, Sister Grizzly at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9:30pm ** sep 2 wed Al Green, Orgone at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** sep 2 wed Mitchel Musso, K.S.M. at Slim's, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm ** (was at Fillmore) sep 2 wed Davila 666, Mannequin Men, No Bunny, Bridez at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** sep 2 wed Mike Donovan, Douglas Armour, Tomo at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** sep 2 wed Big Blue Whale, Hurry Up Shotgun at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 2 wed Bye Bye Blackbirds, Rhubarb Whiskey, Billy Boys at the El Rio, S.F. $5 5pm/8pm ** sep 2 wed Shakewell, Paula O'Rourke And The Scarlett Bellows, SugarButtTiger at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $6/$8 8pm ** sep 2 wed AC/DC, The Answer 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 wed Ty Segall, Doctor Nurse at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** sep 2 wed Gang Gang Dance at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $12.50/$15 8pm ** sep 2/3 The Nels Cline Singers, Ava Mendoza at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $14 9:30pm/wed 8pm/thr ** sep 2/3 Sheryl Crow at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $135-$55 5:30pm/7:30pm *** sep 3 thr Deadbolt, The Chop Tops, Thee Merry Widows, Switchblade Riot, dj Wednzdai at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 8pm *** (East Bay Psycho-Fest) sep 3 thr This Is My Fist, Airfix Kits, Robocop 3, Gunner at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $5 8pm *** sep 3 thr Brave Combo, The Pine Box Boys at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm ** sep 3 thr Mos Def & Erykah Badu, Jay Electronica, dj Big Von, dj Mr. E at Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave., S.F. a/a 7:30pm ** sep 3 thr Scene Of Action (cd release), Fighting The Villain (cd release), Robots Of Fury at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 3 thr Blue Rabbit, Kirk Hamilton Group, Conspiracy Of Venus at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** sep 3 thr Jucifer, Grayceon, Flood at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8pm ** sep 3 thr Jonesin', Sandwitches, Hanni el Khatib at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 3 thr The Answer, Sticks & Stones at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8pm ** sep 3 thr AM Magic, The Thralls, Finding Fiction, Parae at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 3 thr Walking Spanish at Todos Santos Plaza, Willow Pass Road, Concord a/a free 6:30pm ** sep 3 thr Otep, Mudface, Ru36, Mystic Rage at Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose 21+ *** @ sep 3 thr Hayride To Hell, Pickled Punks (Austin), Mutilators at Coasters, Boardwalk Bowl, 115 Cliff Street, Santa Cruz 21+ $6 ** sep 3 thr All Shall Perish, Antagony, Falling To Pieces, Saint Vernon, Fallujah at the Burnin Burro, 6651 Brisa Drive, Livermore a/a 6pm ** @ sep 3 thr A Light in August, Carcerys Vale, To Save A Hero, The Voice Of War, Ezera at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 8pm/8:30pm ** sep 3 thr Def Leppard, Poison, Cheap Trick at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Rd., Marysville a/a # *** @ sep 4 fri Embers, Nux Vomica at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ sep 4 fri Mos Def & Erykah Badu, Jay Electronica at Paramount Theatre, Oakland a/a # $100-$40 7:30pm sep 4 fri Wallpaper, Battlehooch, Somehow At Sea, Suicidal Barfly at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** sep 4 fri The Mutilators, The Tantrums, Motel Drive (Fresno) at John Patrick's, 1813 Park Street, Alameda 21+ 9pm ** @ sep 4 fri Rankin Scroo (reggae) at Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave. at Bancroft, Berkeley 21+ * sep 4 fri The Neville Brothers, Dr. John at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** sep 4 fri Triple Cobra, Nylon Heart Attack, The Chop at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 4 fri Alexander Spit, Trackademicks, J-Billion, Hopie Spits Hard, dj Ant-1 at Slim's, S.F. a/a $14 9pm ** sep 4 fri Tinted Windows, Magic Christian (cd release) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (KALX - was Sep. 1st at Slim's) sep 4 fri Reign Supreme, Alpha & Omega, Crucified, Foreign Nature, Don't Trip at Sub-Mission Art Space, S.F. a/a $8 7:30pm ** @ sep 4 fri Hatchet, Havok (CO), Brocas Helm, Laceration at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 9pm *** @ sep 4 fri The Twelves (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), The Tenderlions, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $10 10pm ** sep 4 fri Devon Williams, Outrageous Cherry, Thee Makeout Party at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 4 fri Division Day, Bad Veins, LoveLikeFire at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** sep 4 fri S.M.P. (Sounds Of Mass Production), Stiff Valentine, Slave Unit at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 4 fri Mew at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 9pm ** sep 4 fri Foxtail Somersault, The Color Turning, Tomihira, Tracing Figures at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8pm ** sep 4 fri Drunk Horse, Green & Wood (L.A.), Sea Of Air (L.A.) at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 5pm/6pm ** sep 4 fri DJ Lebowitz (upright piano) at the Madrone Art Bar, 500 Divisadero St. @ Fell, S.F. 21+ free 6pm * sep 4 fri Deerhoof, Death Sentence: Panda!, PG-13 at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $12 7:30pm/8pm *** sep 4 fri Chuck Mead at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $18/$20 7:30pm/8:30pm ** sep 4 thr Wire Train, Frontier Wives, Lawn Vultures at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $15 9pm ** sep 4 fri Dogfood, The Tease, Ars Magna, Bad Rocket at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 8pm/8:30pm ** 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 Sabertooth Zombie, Whiskey Rebels, Skin Like Iron, Creatures, Nails at 924 Gilman, Berkeley a/a $8 8pm *** @ sep 5 sat Rhubarb Whiskey, Honey Body Moon Bee, Cello Joe at Sunshine Artisan Factory, 851 81st Ave, Oakland a/a $5-$15 10pm * sep 5 sat Asada Messiah, Prizehog, Weed (Seattle), Livingston Seagull (Seattle) at 3127 Telegraph Avenue at 32nd Street, Oakland a/a donation 8pm ** sep 5 sat Jucifer, The Ferocious Few at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 5 sat Wire Train, Translator, Debora Iyall, Benjamin Bossi (acoustic) at Slim's, S.F. a/a $26 9pm ** sep 5 sat The Tubes, Cat McLean at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 5 sat New Radiant Storm King, Faking Your Own Death, Vir at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** sep 5 sat Hightower, Emeralds, Space Vacation at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** sep 5 sat Fast Times at Maggie McGarry's, 1353 Grant St., S.F. 21+ free 9pm * sep 5 sat Magic Bullets at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 5 sat Nico Vega, Dirty Sweet, Gringo Star at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** sep 5 sat The B-Cups, The Sweet Revenge, Smokejumper, Air Show Disaster at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 8pm ** sep 5 sat Kid Dynamo, Ground Round, Caffeine, Blindspot, The Invalids, Schoolbox, Mickey & The Bigmouths, Twine, Milkfat, The Catnips at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 4:30pm/5pm *** @ (BBQ - Nostalgia Fest) sep 5 sat Israel Vibrations at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $22/$25 8pm/9pm ** sep 5 sat Instant Asshole, War Cola at Dreamland, Hayward a/a ** @ sep 5 fri Division Day, Ugly Winner, Bad Veins (OH), Lovelikefire Nickel City Arcade, San Jose a/a $10 7pm ** @ sep 5 fri James Williamson & The Careless Hearts at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** sep 5 sat Tremello (L.A.) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** sep 5 fri The Tubes at the Beach Bandstand, Santa Cruz Boardwalk a/a free (6:30pm and 8:30pm shows) *** sep 5 sat One Dying Secret, Early States, So Called Tragedy, Via Coma, Drive at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 8pm/8:30pm ** @ sep 5/6 Stockholm Syndrome, Bret Mosley (sat), The Stone Foxes (sun) at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $23/$25 9pm *** 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 6 sun Rankin Scroo (reggae) at Woodminster Amphitheater, 3300 Joaquin Miller Road, Oakland a/a * sep 6 sun Davy Knowles & Back Door Slam, Rob Drabkin at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16 8pm ** (new date: was Sep 7th at Slim's) sep 6 sun Awkward Janitor, Leftover Noise, Before The End, Treehead, Industrial Undergrowth, 3 Dead In Washington, In The Absence, Melonumba, Exit 27, Divide The Skies at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10/$12 5:30pm *** (battle of the bands) sep 6 sun Wavves, The Ganglians at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 7:30pm ** sep 6 sun Midnight Strangers, Tough Luxury, The Cons at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 6 sun Jucifer, Amonie, Death Valley High at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** sep 6 sun Old Grandad, Floating Goat, Pins Of Light, Aerial Ruin at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 6pm/7pm ** @ sep 6 sun Stockholm Syndrome at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 2pm ** sep 6 sun Dr. John & The Lower 911 at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $20/$24 7pm/8pm * sep 7 mon Israel Vibration, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm *** sep 7 mon Little Cow at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm * sep 8 tue David Cook, The Crash Kings at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 7pm/8pm # ** sep 8 tue Karl Blau, Neal Morgan, Casual Fog at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 8 tue JL Stiles, Sean Garvey, Quinn Deveaux at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** sep 8 tue Black Cobra, 16 (L.A.), Serpent Crown (first show), dj Rob Metal at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/10pm ** @ sep 8 tue The Knux at the Idependent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 8 tue Mumlers (San Jose) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 7pm ** sep 9 wed Vivian Girls (cd release), The Beets at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$14 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 9 wed Cass McCombs, The Papercuts, Girls at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a $14/$16 9pm ** sep 9 wed Glay at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $45 7pm/8pm # ** sep 9 wed Hedgehog (Beijing), Queen Sea Big Shark (Beijing), Casino Demon (Beijing), Drunken Hu at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm *** (Sing for China: Benefit for China AIDS Orphan Fund) sep 9 wed Soulsavers at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 9 wed Micropixie, Jacopo at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** sep 9 wed Suki Ewers (of Mazzy Star), Jack Tung, Westbooklin at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** sep 9 wed ZuhG (Sacramento) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** sep 9/10 Yeah Yeah Yeahs at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $35.50 8pm # *** (Live 105) sep 10 thr Jeff Ott, Mike Park, I Made This Mistake (FL), Neil Sutherland, Class Matters at 924 Gilman Cafe Nite a/a $5-$10 sliding scale 7pm ** sep 10 thr Obituary, Goatwhore, Krisiun at Slim's, S.F. a/a $28/$30 7:30pm *** @ (was listed as sep 9th) sep 10 thr Maximo Park, Castanets at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** sep 10 thr Brendan Benson at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 10 thr Health, Pictureplane at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 10 thr Fire Child, Via Coma, Orchestra Of Antlers, Major US Cities (Novato) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 7:30pm ** sep 10 thr Perpetual Groove at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 10 thr El Capitan, Telegraph Canyon, Winters Fall at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** sep 10 thr Sex Type Thing (covers) at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 9pm * sep 10 thr The 808 Band, Robert Herrera at Tres Gringos Baja Cantina, 83 S 2nd St, San Jose 21+ 9pm * sep 10 thr Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey (Tulsa, OK) at Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz ?/? ** sep 10 thr Flogging Molly, Hepcat, Fitz And The Tantrums at the Grove/Radisson Hotel, 500 Leisure Lane, Sacramento a/a $26.50/$30 6pm *** sep 10 thr Hellbastard (U.K.), Resistant Culture, Terrorizer, Scaring Sparrows (Reno), 1618 (Reno) at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a *** @ sep 10/11 The Doobie Brothers, Lara Johnston at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $59.50 7pm/8pm # *** (KFOG/Bone 107.7) sep 10/11 Gipsy Kings at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $125-$75 5:30pm/7:30pm ** sep 11 fri Hellbastard (U.K.), Gehenna, Resistant Culture, Acephalix, Caulfield at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ sep 11 fr Flogging Molly, Hepcat, Fitz And The Tantrumsi at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $29.50 7pm/8pm # *** (Live 105) sep 11 fri The Hooks, La Plebe at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm *** @ sep 11 fri Brent Weinbach (album release), Moshe Kasher, Alex Koll, Laura Weinbach at the Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** (comedy - seated show) sep 11 fri Neverland: A Tribute to The King of Pop, Club 90 at Slim's, S.F. a/a $18 9pm ** sep 11 fri Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey (Tulsa, OK) at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 9:30pm ** sep 11 fri The Lovemakers at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $14/$16 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 11 fri Bare Wires, Blood Drained Cows, Vows at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** sep 11 fri Late Young, Wildildlife, Flood at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 11 fri My Revolver, Zodiac Death Valley, The Dead Westerns at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** sep 11 fri DJ Lebowitz (upright piano) at the Madrone Art Bar, 500 Divisadero St. @ Fell, S.F. 21+ free 6pm * sep 11 fri Marco Antonio Solis at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** sep 11 fri Septic Shock, The Jerks, New Earth Creeps, Circle 1, Smut, Chuckle Fucks at Dreamland, Hayward a/a ** @ sep 11 fri The Unit Breed at the Gingerbread House, 1151 South 7th at Keyes, San Jose a/a ** sep 11 fri Mumlers, Kelley Stoltz, Botticellis at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** sep 11 fri Y & T, Voyeur at the Avalon, 777 Lawrance Expressway, Santa Clara 21+ ** sep 11 fri Southern Culture On The Skids, Los Straightjackets at Moes Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz 21+ *** sep 11 fri Mozart Season, The Subtle Way, A Lot Like Vegas at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $10/$12 6:30pm ** @ sep 11 fri The Honey Brothers (Adrian Grenier of Entourage) at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $15 9:30pm ** sep 11/12 Hot Buttered Rum, Jerry Hannan Band (fri), Nicki Bluhm Band (sat) at Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 12 sat Babyland, Caustic at 924 Gilman a/a 7:30pm *** @ sep 12 sat Zombie Holocaust (cd release), Premunition, Savage Machine, Laceration, Reaperduce at B.R.S., Richmond a/a $5 7:30pm *** @ sep 12 sat Paolo Nutini at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $25 8pm # ** sep 12 sat The Revtones, Mighty Slim Pickens, Blue Diamond Fillups at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 12 sat Southern Culture On The Skids, Los Straitjackets at Slim's, S.F. a/a $18 9pm *** sep 12 sat Michael Franti at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 8pm/9pm # *** sep 12 sat Glitter Wizard, The Groggs, Dirty Cupcakes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 12 sat The Honey Brothers at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 12 sat Thee Merry Widows at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ ** sep 12 sat Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm * sep 12 sat Elliot Randall, Gina Villalobos, James DePrato And The Diptet at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/10pm ** sep 12 sat Reel Big Fish, Suburban Legends, One Pin Short at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $20 7pm/8pm *** @ sep 12 sat Skin Like Iron, Grace Alley, The Farley Overdose (Reno), Flat Out, Strike To Survive at Saulo's House, 840 Masson Ave., San Bruno a/a $2 6pm *** @ sep 12 sat Assailant, Meitherium, Tartatus, Last To Die at Dreamland, Hayward a/a ** @ sep 12 sat Levator (Seattle) 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 12 sat Lovemakers, Hundred Days, Dirty Pillows at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $12 9pm ** sep 12 sat Saddle Tramps, Los High Tops, The End at the Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz a/a $10 ** sep 12 sat Blink-182, Weezer, Taking Back Sunday, Chester French at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Rd., Marysville a/a # *** @ sep 13 sun Thomas Schultz (piano), Franz Schubert (sonata) at Old First Concerts, 1751 Sacramento Street, S.F. a/a $15/$12 4pm * sep 13 sun Slaid Cleaves at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 13 sun The Honorary Title, Good Old War (acoustic), Cory Branan at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 13 sun Enanitos Verdes, Monte Negro at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $42.50 7pm/8pm # ** sep 13 sun Mendozza (Vancouver), Damnweevil, Skin Horse, Litany For The Whale, Burns Red at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 6pm ** sep 13 sun Vieux Farka Toure at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 13 sun Japanther, Ninjasonik, Unit Breed at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** sep 13 sun Third Date at the Octopus Lounge, 180 Eureka Square, Pacifica 21+ free 9pm * 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 $69/$40/$20 5:30pm/6:30pm # *** $ sep 13 sun Levator (Seattle) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a 4pm ** sep 13 sun Reel Big Fish, Suburban Legends, One Pin Short at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $17/$20 7pm/8pm *** @ sep 13 sun Memoirs & Landmines at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 7pm ** sep 14 mon Collective Soul, Black Stone Cherry, Ryan Star at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** sep 14 mon Monks Of Doom, Penelope Houston Band at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9:30pm ** sep 14 mon The Honorary Title, Good Old War (acoustic), Cory Branan at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 7pm/7:30pm ** sep 14 mon Sugar Ray, Dirty Heads, Aimee Allen at Empire Events Center, 1417 R Street, Sacramento a/a $25/$27 6:30pm/7pm *** sep 14 mon New Found Glory at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a *** sep 14 mon Flogging Molly, Hepcat, Fitz And The Tantrums at the Senator Theater, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a *** sep 14 mon Southern Culture On The Skids Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico ?/? *** sep 15 tue Sugar Ray, Dirty Heads, Aimee Allen at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** sep 15 tue Joey Cape, Jon Snodgrass, Chad Rex at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm *** sep 15 tue Mayer Hawthorne & The County, Buff 1 (Detroit), 14kt, Cambo at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** sep 15 tue No Babies, 2 Up (Japan), Afternoon Brother at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 15 tue Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Fool's Gold, Local Natives, dj Aaron Axelsen at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $10 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 15 tue Lynyrd Skynyrd at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $99-$56 5:30pm/7:30pm *** sep 15 tue Southern Culture On The Skids, Los Straitjackets at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $15/$17 8pm *** sep 15 tue Pansy Division, The Paul Collin's Beat, Chairman Wow at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $10 6pm/7pm *** sep 15 tue Dragonforce, Taking Dawn, After The Flesh at Empire Events Center, 1417 R Street, Sacramento a/a $20/$22 7pm/7:30pm ** @ sep 15 tue Pete Bernhard at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $8 8:30pm ** sep 15/16 Bad Brains, Trouble Andrew at Slim's, S.F. a/a $26 8pm ** sep 16 wed Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal (alone and together) at Paramount Theatre, Oakland a/a $60-$40 8pm # *** sep 16 wed Arctic Monkeys at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $27 8pm # *** sep 16 wed Every Time I Die, Bring Me The Horizon, Oh Sleeper, Architects at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** @ sep 16 wed Pete Bernhard (cd release), Leopold & His Fiction, Erin Brazill at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 8pm ** sep 16 wed Oh My God, We Is Shore Dedicated, Wave Array at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 16 wed Yourself And The Air, Excuses For Skipping, Mister Loveless at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 16 wed Joshua James & Cory Chisel at the Idependent, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 16 wed James Taylor at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $249.50-$75 5:30pm/7:30pm ** sep 16 wed Moodrunner at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm * sep 16 wed Sugar Ray, Aimee Allen at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $20/$25 7pm/8pm *** sep 16 wed Mayer Hawthorne & The County, Buff 1 at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 16 wed The Avengers, Pansy Division, Fire Whiskey, The Paul Collin's Beat, I Want Out at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz 21+ $8 *** @ sep 16 wed World/Inferno Friendship Society at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $10 8pm ** sep 16 wed Southern Culture On The Skids, Los Straightjackets at Last Day Saloon, 120 5th St. at Davis St., Santa Rosa 21+ *** sep 17 thr Ben Harper And The Relentless7 at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $35 8pm # ** (KFOG) sep 17 thr The Avengers, Pansy Division, The Paul Collin's Beat at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm *** @ sep 17 thr Happy Mondays, The Psychedelic Furs, Amusement Parks On Fire at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** sep 17 thr World/Inferno Friendship Society at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 17 thr Phoenix, The Soft Pack at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # $30/$32 8pm ** sep 17 thr Blues Traveler at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # ** sep 17 thr Chairlift, Micachu, El Ten Eleven at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 17 thr Throw Me The Statue, The Brunettes (N.Z.), My First Earthquake at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** sep 17 thr Rademacher, Young Hunting, The Gold Medalists at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 17 thr Monotonix, Anavan, Triclops! at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 17 thr Jahlectrik, Big Lion, Arrica Sunshine Lee at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $6/$8 8pm ** sep 17 thr Pink, The Ting Tings at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $49.50-$39.50 8pm # *** sep 17 thr Steel Pulse, Band Of Brotherz at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $26/$30 7pm/8pm *** sep 17 thr Elliot Randall, Gina Villalobos at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 17 thr Noisepsalm, Waning, Seasons Of Sorrow at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** sep 17 thr Southern Culture On The Skids, Los Straightjackets at John Ascuaga's Nugget Casino, Sparks, NV 18+ *** sep 17-21 Les Claypool, Cocorosie, OS Mutantes, Yard Dogs Road Show, Amon Tobin, Bassnectar, Freeland Live Band, Shpongle dj, 100+ more bands, art, workshops at Symblosis Gathering, Yosemite a/a $180 *** sep 18 fri Miley Cyrus, Metro Station at the Arena, Oakland a/a $80-$40 7pm # ** sep 18 fri White Witch Canyon, 3rdrail, 667 at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 18 fri Porcupine Tree, That 1 Guy at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** sep 18 fri Mestizo, Caravanserai, Vortex Tribe at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13 8pm ** sep 18 fri The Avengers, Pansy Division, The Paul Collin's Beat at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/10pm *** @ sep 18 fri Bill Laswell's Method Of Defiance at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $37.50/$25 9pm ** sep 18 fri The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, The Depreciation Guild, Cymbals Eat Guitars at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** sep 18 fri Timber Timbre (Toronto), The Harbours (acoustic) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 6pm ** sep 18 fri Sex Vid (Olympia), Never Healed, Christian Mistress (Olympia), Ecoli at Sub-Mission, S.F. a/a $7 8:30pm *** @ sep 18 fri Sea Wolf, Sara Lov at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 18+ $15 8pm/9pm ** sep 18 fri Frightened Rabbit, The Twilight Sad, We Were Promised Jetpacks at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 18 fri The Drones at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** sep 18 fri Grand Lake, White Cloud, Rad Cloud at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** sep 18 fri The Illness, Sideshow Fiasco, Groundskeeper at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 18 fri Marshall Tucker Band at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $35 7:30pm/8:30pm *** sep 18 fri Sad Boy Sinister at Dreamland, Hayward 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 Dredg, After Midnight Project at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10.49 9pm *** sep 18 fri Fast Times at Britannia Arms, 5027 Almaden Expressway, San Jose 21+ free 9:30pm * sep 18 fri Michael Franti & Spearhead at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $30/$35 8pm/9pm *** sep 18 fri Brooke White, Michael Johns, Benton Paul at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $20/$22 8pm/8:30pm ** sep 18 fri Nevada Backwards, Not An Airplane at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** sep 18 fri Southern Culture On The Skids, Los Straightjackets at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $18/$20 9:30pm *** sep 18 fri Hello Astronaut, A Current Affair, K Sera, Greener By Color at Club Retro, 4450 N. Brawley, Suite 111, Fresno a/a ** (first show at new all ages club) sep 18/19 Citizen Cope at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** sep 18/19/20 Furthur, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Jeff Chimenti John Kadlecik, Jay Lane, Joe Russo, Vice (sat) at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $49.50 7:30pm (fri & sun) 6:15pm sat *** sep 19 sat The Dave Rude Band at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 19 sat Meat Puppets, Dead Confederate, Ume at Slim's, S.F. a/a $17/$19 9pm *** @ sep 19 sat Dragonforce, Sonata Arctica, Taking Dawn at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** @ sep 19 sat Dirty Three, Faun Fables at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 19 sat Patton Oswalt at Nob Hill Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $33.50 7pm/8pm ** sep 19 sat Starving Weirdos, William Fowler Collins, Metal Rouge, Darwinsbitch, Jim Haynes, John Davis, Danny Paul Grody at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $10 2pm ** sep 19 sat David Cross at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** sep 19 sat Amazing Baby, The Entrance Band, Total Hound at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/10pm ** sep 19 sat Tarentel, Keith Fullerton Whitman, The Alps, Ducktails, Pete Swanson, Joe Grimm, Operativ at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** sep 19 sat Little Boots, Music Go Music, Yes Giantess, dj Aaron Axelsen at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 19 sat Sex Vid, Corpus at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 5pm ** (early show) sep 19 sat Broken Nobles, Long Legged Woman at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** (late show) sep 19 sat No Alternative, Druglords Of The Avenues, The Downtown Struts at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/10pm ** sep 19 sat Lou Dog Trio, Audiodub, Search Party at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** sep 19 sat Gods Outlaw, Feral Depravity, Mystic Rage, Wraithwall at Dreamland, Hayward a/a $5 8pm ** @ sep 19 sat The Marshall Tucker Band, Moonalice at the Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway, Redwood City a/a $$45-$25 8pm ** sep 19 sat Jack's Mannequin (U.K.), Placebo, The Gaslight Anthem, The Airborne Toxic Event, The Limousines at the Event Center, San Jose State a/a $29.50 4pm/5pm # *** @ (Channel 104.9) sep 19 sat The Eyesores (San Jose) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 7pm ** sep 19 sat Addamantium at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** sep 19 sat Young & Reckless (album release), Dirty Penny at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 19 sat Kill The Precedent, The Cuf, Storytellers, Lesdystics, Our Hometown Disaster at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 8pm/8:30pm ** sep 19 sat Save And Continue (last show, Sacramento), Silent Treatment, One Dying Secret, Echopheen, S.T.D. (acoustic) at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $10 7:30pm ** sep 19 sat Andre Nickatina at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a ** sep 19 sat The underlings (Eugene), Nipplepotamus, Splinter Cell at the Arcata Theater Lounge, 1036 G Street, Arcata 18+ $5 9pm ** sep 19 sat Beowulf, Head On Collision (MO), Amongst The Dead at Bubba Thrasher's Tavern, 2704 Hartnell Ave., Redding 21+ 8pm *** @ sep 19 sat cancelled: Beowulf, Head On Collision, Oppressed Logic, Verbal Abuse, The Lewd at the Evil Dead Shed, Concord (see Redding show) sep 19/20 Bajofondo at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $25 8pm/9pm (sat) 7pm/8pm (sun) ** sep 20 sun MaximumRockNRoll Record Swap at 924 Gilman, Berkeley a/a 9am til 2:30pm sep 20 sun Beowulf, Head On Collision, Zombie Holocaust, Invection, It at 924 Gilman a/a $8 4:30pm *** @ sep 20 sun Gaslight Anthem, Murder By Death, Te Loved Ones, Frank Turner at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm # ** sep 20 sun Grouper, Christina Carter, Ilayas Ahmed, Barn Owl, Sun Circle, Common Eider, King Eider, Brendon Murray at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market St., S.F. a/a $20 6:30pm ** sep 20 sun Austin Lucas, Two Cow Garage, Mike Hale at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8 ** sep 20 sun Ming & Ping, Wooden Ponies at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** sep 20 sun Flood, Emeralds, Early Graves at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 20 sun Pink Mountaintops at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30m/8pm ** sep 20 sun Austin Lucas, Two Cow Garage, Mike Hale at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** sep 20 sun Tigercity, Royal Bangs, The Actors at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 20 sun The Beach Boys at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a *** sep 20 sun Miley Cyrus, Metro Station at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $80-$40 7pm # ** 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 20 sun Lessons In Failure, Scowndrolls, Keeping Score, Walking Dead at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 6pm ** @ sep 20 sun In Flames, Between The Buried And Me, 3 Inches Of Blood, The Faceless at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a *** @ $ sep 21 mon The Get Up Kids, Youth Group, Pretty & Nice at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $23.50 7pm/8pm # *** sep 21 mon In Flames, Between The Buried And Me, 3 Inches Of Blood, The Faceless at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** @ $ sep 21 mon Titus Andronicus, The So So Glos at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8 8:30pm/9pm ** @ sep 21 mon Buffalo Collision at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 21 mon Stitch Hopeless & The Sealegs (Phoenix), Keyside Strike (U.K.), Desolate Graves (AZ) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 3pm ** sep 21 mon James Taylor at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a *** sep 22 tue The Australian Pink Floyd Show (tribute) at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $39.50/$32.50 8pm # ** sep 22 tue Five Finger Death Punch, Shadows Fall, Otep, 2 Cents at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** sep 22 tue Bon Iver, Megafaun at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** sep 22 tue Iron Witch And Rabbits (Portland), Prizehog at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 22 tue Erin McCarley, Landon Pigg at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 22 tue The Most Serene Republic, Grand Archives, The Lonely Forest at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 22 tue Mason Jennings, Crash Kings at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $19/$23 7pm/8pm * sep 22 tue Portugal. The Man, Drug Rug at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $12 8pm ** sep 22/23 Pet Shop Boys, Pandemonium at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** sep 23 wed Rodrigo Y Gabriela at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $35.50 8pm # ** sep 23 wed Revolting Cocks, Jim Rose Circus at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** @ sep 23 wed Dance Gavin Dance, Emarosa, Of Mice And Men, Tides Of Man at Slim's, S.F. a/a $14 8pm ** sep 23 wed Pitbull at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $28/$33 8pm ** sep 23 wed Dillinger Four, Riverboat Gamblers, The Arrivals, Young Offenders at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 6:30pm/7pm *** @ sep 23 wed The Do, Hollywood, Mon Amour at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 23 wed Goh Nakamura, Doug Paisley (Toronto), Lesser Lights at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** sep 23 wed David Dondero, Christopher Lockett, Shaun Paul Gordon at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 23 wed Portugal. The Man, Drug Rug at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 23 wed The Temptations, The Four Tops at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75-$45 5:30pm/7:30pm *** sep 23 wed Rebelution, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, Passafire at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$20 7pm/8pm ** sep 23 wed August Burns Red, The Acacia Strain, Impending Doom, My Children My Bride at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $16.50/$18 6:30pm/7pm *** @ sep 23 wed Pepper at Empire Events Center, 1417 R Street, Sacramento $22 5:30pm/6pm ** @ sep 24 thr acoustic SKA night at 924 Gilman a/a 7pm ** sep 24 thr Bon Iver at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $22.50 8pm # ** sep 24 thr Jerry Jeff Walker, Django Walker at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** (seated show - KPIG) sep 24 thr John Brown's Body (Cambridge, MA), The Black Seeds at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15/$17 8:30pm ** sep 24 thr The B-52s at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $56/$68 8pm *** sep 24 thr Manic Street Preachers at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** sep 24 thr OM, Lichens at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 24 thr Mark Eitzel, Victor Krummenacher at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 8pm ** sep 24 thr World Record Appreciation Society at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 24 thr La Plebe, King City, Jesse Morris And The Man Cougars at the Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St. S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm/9pm ** @ sep 24 thr Cotton Jones, Frontier Ruckus, Garrett Pierce at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 24 thr Wynonna at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65-$45 5:30pm/7:30pm ** sep 24 thr Happy Birthday Secret Weapon (Seattle) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 5pm ** sep 24 thr Pepper, Iration, Illscarlett at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$24 8pm/9pm *** @ sep 24 thr The Radiators at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $22/$25 7pm/8pm ** sep 24 thr Karate High School, Blood On The Dance Floor, Electric Valentine, Metroid, Greenlight District at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $11/$9 6:30pm ** @ sep 24 thr Revolting Cocks, The Jim Rose Circus, Blownload, Left Spine Down at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15 7pm/7:30pm *** @ sep 24 thr Rebelution at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a ** sep 24 thr Insane Clown Posse at the Senator Theater, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a $28.50 7pm/8pm *** @ sep 25 fri Electric Valentine (L.A.), Blood On The Dance Floor at 924 Gilman a/a 7:30pm ** (Gilman Dance Party #2) sep 25 fri Chickenfoot (Joe Satriani, Chad Smith, Michael Anthony, Sammy Hagar), Queensryche, Davy Knowles And Back Door Slam at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a $65-$40 7pm # *** @ sep 25 fri Hammer, Whodini at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $66/$46 8pm ** sep 25 fri Faun Fable at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 25 fri The Radiators at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 25 fri Billy Talent, Poison The Well, AM Taxi at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm *** sep 25 fri Living Colour, Fishbone at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** sep 25 fri Galactic at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $29.50 8pm/9pm # ** sep 25 fri Dave&Confused, Spaceload, Funky Beulah at the Rockit Room, S.F. 21+ ** sep 25 fri The Slew, Adir at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $17 8:30pm/9pm **a sep 25 fri The Proclaimers, Pants Pants Pants at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9:30pm ** sep 25 fri Mountains, 3 Leafs at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** sep 25 fri Wonder Bread 5 at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** 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 fri Los Olvidados, Drunk Injuns, Ribzy at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 25 fri Cash'd Out (tribute), Plough Man at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $12/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 25/26 Gov't Mule at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** sep 25/26 Tainted Love, Mustache Harbor (fri) at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+$23 8pm/9pm ** sep 25/26/27 STS9, India Arie, Galactic, Balkan Beat Box, Blvd, Lyrics Born, Pnuma Trio, The Devil Makes Three, Sly And Robbie, Blue Turtle Seduction, Karsh Kale, Crown City Rockers, Wisdom, Goddess Alchemy Project, Eoto, Moon Alice, Trillian Green, Lo Cura, Lynx And Janover, Flow Motion, Albino, March Fourth Marching Band, dj's, art, cinema, theater, performing art, camping (no pets/open fires) at Earthdance, Black Oak Ranch, Hwy. 101, Laytonville a/a $175/$200 *** sep 26 sat Black Fork, Shankers, Street Eaters (record release), Schlitz Clairborne at 924 Gilman a/a $7 7:30pm *** @ sep 26 sat Deadfall, A.N.S. (TX), T.V. Evangelists, Face The Rail, Duck And Cover at B.R.S., Richmond a/a 8pm *** @ sep 26 sat Paulina Rubio at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $70-$40 8pm ** sep 26 sat The Zoopy Show at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 26 sat dj Bob Mould, dj Rich Morel at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 10pm ** sep 26 sat Hope Sandoval at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** sep 26 sat Wallpaper (cd release) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15 ($10 if 21+) 9pm ** sep 26 sat The Grannies, Meat Sluts at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ ** @ sep 26 sat !!!, Indian Jewelry at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 26 sat Telefon Tel Aviv, The Race at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/10pm ** sep 26 sa Ovipositort at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm * sep 26 sat Notorious, Glorified HJ at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** sep 26 sat Tony Bennett at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $149.50-$59.50 5:30pm/7:30pm *** sep 26 sat Katie Garibaldi at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** (7th Annual SF Joe Strummer Tribute & Benefit For Strummerville) sep 26 sat Dead Souls, Love Vigilantes at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 26 sat The B Foundation, Mike Pinto at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 26 sat S.T.D., Man Automatic, Category 7, Wings Of Innocence, 5 Days Dirty, The Battle Of Midway, Autumn Sky at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $8 ($5 + 2 or more non perishable food items) 6:30pm/7pm *** @ (Stephen's Birthday Show and Sacramento Food Bank Food Drive) sep 26 sat Dance Gavin Dance, Emarosa, Of Mice & Men, Tides Of Man, Of Machines at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15 7pm/7:30pm ** sep 26 sat Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley, Jimmy Wayne at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Rd., Marysville a/a # ** sep 27 sun Dizzy Balloon, Jonathan Devoto, Emily Stein, Bang Data, Paulo Presotto, Scott Albright, The Atom Age, Emily's Army at Last Sundays Fest, Haste at Telegraph, Berkeley a/a free 11am til 7pm ** sep 27 sun Edguy, Epicurean, Luna Mortis at Slim's, S.F. a/a $22 8pm ** 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 Sondre Lerche (solo), J.B.M. at Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 27 sun Train, Colbie Caillat, Howie Day at Sharon Meadow, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a free noon til 5pm *** (Alice 97.3 Now and Zen Fest) sep 27 sun Blitzen Trapper at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 27 sun Didimao, Swahili at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 27 sun Pepper, Iration, IllScarlett at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $20 7pm/8pm *** @ sep 27 sun The Average White Band at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $22/$25 7pm/8pm *** sep 27 sun Cheech & Chong, Shelby at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65-$45 5:30pm/7:30pm *** sep 27 sun Motorgrater, Dark Sun, Damage Over Time, SynSystem, Grey Atlas at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 6pm ** sep 28 mon Alice In Chain at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** @ sep 28 mon Dead Meadow, Spindrift, dj's at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 28 mon Rain Machine at the Idependent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 28 mon Darkest Hour, Trivium, White Chapel at the Senator Theatre, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a *** @ sep 29 tue Crown City Rockers at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $10.99 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 29 tue Sian Alice Group (U.K.), Leopold & His Fiction at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 29 tue Samvega, The Shimmies, Maere at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 29 tue Trivium, White Chapel, Darkest Hour, The Dirge Within at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $19.99/$21.99 7pm/7:45pm *** @ sep 29 tue Soja at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cru 16+ $14/$17 7:30pm/8:30pm ** sep 29 tue Urgehal, Spearhead, Eyes Of Noctum, Killgasm, Chronaexus at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 7pm ** @ sep 29/30 Mason Jennings, Crash Kings at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 30 wed Soja, Kapakahi, The Movement at Slim's, S.F. a/a $18/$21 9pm ** sep 30 wed Ida Maria And Ladyhawk at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** sep 30 wed The Sermon, Voodoo Organist, The Blank Stares at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 30 wed Works Progress Administration at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm *** sep 30 wed Stripmall Architecture, Sweet Trip, Boy In Static at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 30 wed Little Fish at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** sep 30 wed Danger Death Ray (Portland) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** sep 30 wed Beenie Man at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $17/$21 7pm/8pm ** sep 30/oct 1 Kylie Minogue at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $99.50-$58.50 8pm # ** oct 1 thr Animation Night 2 at 924 Gilman a/a $5-$10 sliding scale 7pm ** oct 1 thr Carol Burnett at Paramount Theatre, Oakland a/a $125-$60 8pm # *** oct 1 thr Ziggy Love, Darling Freakhead, Midline Errors at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** oct 1 thr Datarock, Esser, Kav at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16 8:30pm *** oct 1 thr Gillian Welch at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** oct 1 thr Kylesa, Doomriders, Bison at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $12/$15 7pm/8pm *** @ oct 1 thr David Bazan, Say Hi at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 1 thr Hot Fog, Private Dancer, Careerers at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** oct 1 thr The Hot Toddies, Foxes! (U.K.), The Ian Fays, dj's at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm *** oct 1 thr Collie Buddz And The New Kingston Band, Devin The Dude, Top Shelf at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $28/$30 7:30pm/8pm *** oct 1 thr Pink Martini at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a *** oct 1 thr John Prine at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65-$45 5:30pm/7:30pm ** oct 1 thr Danger Death Ray (Portland) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** oct 2 fri T.S.O.L., Oppressed Logic, Everything Must Go, Disciples Bum City Saints at 924 Gilman a/a $10 8pm *** @ oct 2 fri Damage Inc. (tribute), Paradise City (tribute) at the Starry Plough, Berekely 21+ 9pm ** oct 2 fri Asobi Seksu, Loney Dear, Anna Ternheim at Slim's, S.F. a/a $17 9pm ** oct 2 fri Paramore, The Swellers, Paper Route at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** oct 2 fri Gil Scott-Heron at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** oct 2 fri Clipd Beaks, Experimental Dental School, Piles at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 2 fri Collie Buddz And The New Kingston Band, Devin The Dude at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $28 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 2 fri Eric McFadden, The Hooks, Cliff Truesdell, The Armagideons, Dead Ringers at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm/9pm *** oct 2 fri Carlos Mencia at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** oct 2 fri The Velisha, Septic Shock, D.E.G., Gutwrench, Manson Family Fude at Dreamland, Hayward a/a ** @ oct 2 fri Pink Martini at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $63-$45 5:30pm/7:30pm ** oct 2 fri We Should Be Dead, Maldroid, Like Me's at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** oct 2 fri Zion 1, The Jacka at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$18 8pm/9pm ** oct 2 fri The Hot Toddies, The Huxtables, Foxes (U.K.) at the Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz a/a $8 9pm ** oct 2 fri cancelled: Sham 69, The Willkills at the Uptown, Oakland oct 2/3/4 Dark Star Orchestra at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $31 8pm/9pm (7pm/8pm sun) # *** oct 2/3/4 Hayes Carll, Doc Watson & David Holt, Lyle Lovett And His Large Band, Jorma Kaukonen, Allen Toussaint, Okkervil River, Abalone Dots, Barefoot Nellies, Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys, The Wronglers, The Knitters, Dar Williams, Marley's Ghost, ODC/Dance, Mavis Staples, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Emmylou Harris, Steve Martin With The Steep Canyon Rangers, Dry Branch Fire Squad, Steve Earle & The Bluegrass Dukes, Richie Havens, Allison Moorer, Gillian Welch, Marianne Faithfull, Marshall Crenshaw, Boz Scaggs And The Blue Velvet Band, John Prine, Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women, Hazel Dickens, Elizabeth Cook, Kimmie Rhodes, Tom Morello, Austin Lounge Lizards, The Aboriginal Country & Western Songbook, The Tim O'Brien Band, The Flatlanders, Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Butch Hancock, Rodney Crowell, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, The Brothers Comatose, Kevin Welch, Kieran Kane & Fats Kaplin, Elvis Perkins In Dearland, Mike Farris & The Roseland Rhythm Revue, Moonalice, Reckless Kelly, Pamela Rose, The Fireants, Nick Lowe, Billy Bragg, Laurie Lewis, The Duhks, Buddy Miller, World Party, Billy Joe Shaver, Marty Stuart, Charlie Haden, Amadou & Mariam, Robert Earl Keen, Booker T. & The DBTs, Neko Case, Old Crow Medicine Show, Earl Scruggs, Robyn Hitchcock, Aimee Mann, The Chieftains, Dr. Dog, The Del McCoury Band, Eliza Gilkyson, Malo, MC Hammer, Rosie Flores With Jon Langford And The Pine Valley Cosmonauts, Todd Snider, Red Wine, Old 97's, Little Feat, The Claire Lynch Band, Darrell Scott Band, Guy Clark, Verlon Thompson at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a 10am free *** oct 3 sat Third Date at Bay Street Plaza, 5616 Bay Street, Emeryvill a/a free 3pm * oct 3 sat Shinedown, Sick Puppies, Cavo, Adelitas Way at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** oct 3 sat The Horrors at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 3 sat The Bugs, Sad Horse at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 3 sat Slim Cessna's Auto Club at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm ** oct 3 sat Jack Pe'ate, Miike Snow, Loquat at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 3 sat Fire Whiskey (Santa Cruz) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** oct 3 sat Collie Buddz & The New Kingston Band, Devin The Dude, Top Shelf at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $25/$29 8pm/9pm ** oct 3 sat Still Time, Matt Masih & The Messengers at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 3 sat T.S.O.L., Oppressed Logic, Los Dryheavers, Factory Minds at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ $8 8pm *** @ oct 4 sun Cattle Decapitation, Soulfly, Prong at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** @ oct 4 sun New Model Army, dj Decay, dj Malderor at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10/$12 7pm/7:30pm ** @ oct 4 sun Jolie Holland at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 4 sun Chris Botti at Montalvo Arts Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga a/a ** oct 4 sun Despised Icon, Through The Eyes Of The Dead, Abacabb, Molotov Solution, Martyrdom at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 6:30pm/7pm *** @ oct 4 sun Family Force 5, Breathe Carolina, Cash Cash, Queens Club, I Rival at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $15/$17 6:30pm/7pm ** oct 5 mon Fever Ray at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** oct 5 mon Motorhead, Reverend Horton Heat, Nashville Pussy at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** @ oct 5/6 Billy Bragg at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** (seated) oct 5/6 Loggins & Messina at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $125-$55 5:30pm/7:30pm ** oct 6 tue Stratovarius, Pagan's Mind at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm ** oct 6 tue School Of Seven Bells, Magic Wands at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** oct 6 tue The Cave Singers, Lightning Dust at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 6 tue Elm, Higuma, New Red Sun at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 6 tue Bus Driver, Themselves at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** (hip hop) oct 6 tue Emmylou Harris at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a *** oct 6 tue A Day To Remember at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a ** oct 7 wed Starfucker at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 7 wed Mumlers, Emily Jane White, Osage Orange at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 7 wed Lotus, Break Science at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $1-$20 (Pay What You Want Tour) 8:30pm/9pm *** oct 7 wed Intelligence, Dirty Pillows at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $5 9pm ** oct 7 wed A Day To Remember, Parkway Drive, In Fear And Faith, I See Stars at Empire Events Center, 1417 R St., Sacramento a/a $20 5pm/5:30pm ** @ oct 8 thr Kenny Loggins And Jimmy Messina, The Gabe Dixon Band at Paramount Theatre, Oakland a/a $80-$40 8pm # *** oct 8 thr Toubab Krewe at Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 8 thr Teenage Jesus & The Jerks, Mika Miko, T.I.T.S. at Slim's, S.F. a/a $25 8pm ** oct 8 thr Fran Healy and Andy Dunlop (from Travis) at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $22/$25 7:30pm ** oct 8 thr Foreigner at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # *** oct 8 thr Atomic Bomb Audition, Diminished Men at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 8 thr Boombox, Ana Sia at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 8 thr Mute Math at Empire Events Center, 1417 R Street, Sacramento a/a $20/$22 8pm/8:30pm *** oct 8 thr Thursday, The Fall Of Troy, The Dear Hunter, Touch' Amor' at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $20 6:30pm/7pm *** @ oct 9 fri Children Of Bodom, The Black Dahlia Murder, Austrian Death Machine, Skeletonwitch, (Athens, OH) at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** @ oct 9 fri Mutemath at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $24.50 8pm/9pm # ** oct 9 fri Ingrid Michaelson, Matthew Perryman Jones at Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 9 fri Wisin Y Yandel at Civic Center, 99 Grove St., S.F. a/a $76/$56 # ** (was Oct. 8th at the Warfield) oct 9 fri Polvo at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** oct 9 fri A Hawk And A Hacksaw, Damon and Naomi at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 9 fri OvO, Subarachnoid Space, Worm Orouboros at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 9 fri The Rosewood Thieves, The Dead Trees, Mist And Mast (cd release) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** oct 9 fri Wallpaper, Dirtbag Dan at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** oct 9 fri Andre Nickatina at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $26/$29 8pm/9pm ** oct 9 fri Satyricon, Toxic Holocaust, Chthonic at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $16/$18 8:30pm/8pm *** @ oct 10 sat Ludicra, Subarachnoid Space, OvO (Italy) at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ oct 10 sat Har Mar Superstar, The Heavenly States, Hot Tub, Somehow At Sea at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $15 9pm *** oct 10 sat Kenny Rogers at the Warfield, S.F. $55/$48 8pm # *** (was apr 16th) oct 10 sat The Tommy Castro Band, The Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue at Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 10 sat Buju Banton, Gramps Morgan at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** oct 10 sat Satyricon, Bleeding Through, Toxic Holocaust, Chthonic at Slim's, S.F. a/a $18/$20 8pm *** @ oct 10 sat Richie Unterberger, Jon Ginoli, Frank Portman, Alan Black, Denise Sullivan, Sam Barry, Linda Robertson at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5-10 sliding scale 5:30pm ** (spoken) oct 10 sat Disastroid, Big Blue Whale, The Solid at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 10pm ** (late show) oct 10 sat Kyle Hollingsworth Band, Zach Gill at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 10 sat Metronomy, Fool's Gold, Leopold And His Fiction at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/10pm ** oct 10 sat Jamie Foxx at the Pavilion, Concord a/a # *** oct 10 sat Longliner (San Jose) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** oct 10 sat Mary Axe (San Jose) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** oct 10 sat State Radio, The Skaflaws at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $12/$16 8pm/9pm *** oct 10 sat Smashed Glass, Splinter Cell at the Alibi, 744 9th St., Arcata 21+ $5 10:30pm ** (Benefit for Humboldt Council of the Blind) oct 10/11 Bob Dylan And His Band at the Greek Theatre, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a $50 (ga) 7:30pm *** oct 11 sun The Academy Is..l., May Day Parade, Set Your Goals, The Secret Handshake, You Me At Six at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** @ oct 11 sun Thursday, The Fall Of Troy, The Dear Hunter at Slim's, S.F. a/a $18/$20 7:30pm *** @ oct 11 sun Raya Nova, Inner Sunset, Accept Your Fate, Dopesick Tight, Illucinus, A Moment Of Clarity, Vuotan, Baysic Wonder, Enduring The Sun at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10/$12 5:30pm *** (battle of the bands) oct 11 sun Elliott Brood at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm * oct 11 sun ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 7:30pm/8pm *** oct 11 sun Nadja, Gregg Kowalsky, Portraits at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm * oct 11 sun Nomeansno, Triclops!, The Pack A.D. at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm *** @ oct 11 sun Thomas Schultz (piano) at Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University a/a free 2:30pm * oct 12 mon Nomeansno, Triclops!, The Pack A.D. at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16 8pm *** @ oct 12 mon Mono, Maserati at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 13 tue Sunny Day Real Estate at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # *** oct 13 tue The Pogues, DeVotchKa, Sean Wheeler, Zander Schloss at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** oct 13 tue The Subdudes at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (KPIG) oct 13 tue Juliette Lewis at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 13 tue Bell X1 at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 13 tue Kid Congo & The Pink Monkeybirds, The Baths at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** oct 14 wed The Pogues, DeVotchKa at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** oct 14 wed Great Lake Swimmers at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 14 wed These Arms Are Snakes, DD/MM/YYYY, Glaciers (lp release) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 14 wed Crystal Stilts at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 14 wed Marianne Dissard, Andrew Collberg at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 14 wed The Charlatans UK at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. ?/? *** oct 14 wed Lyle Lovett, John Hiatt at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a *** oct 14 wed Intelligence, Dirty Pillows at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $5 9pm ** oct 15 thr Gogol Bordello, Apostle Of Hustle at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $32.50 8pm # ** oct 15 thr K.M.F.D.M., Legion Within, Angel Spit at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** @ oct 15 thr Moby at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** oct 15 thr Mae, Locksley, Deas Vail at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $13/$14 7:30pm/8pm oct 15 thr Say Anything, Eisley, Moneen, Moving Mountains at Slim's, S.F. a/a $17/$20 7:30pm ** oct 15 thr Jail, Mojomatics, Pipsqueak at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 15 thr Glenn Tilbrook at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** oct 15 thr Pretty Lights, dj Rootz at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20/$22 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 15 thr Deicide at Voodoo Lounge, San Jose 21+ ** @ oct 15/16 The David Bromberg Big Band at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a $40 8pm ** oct 16 fri Warbringer, Witchaven, Hatchet, Nihilist, Havok, Crucial Cause, Demonslaught at 924 Gilman a/a $10 7:30pm *** @ oct 16 fri Snow Patrol, Plain White T's at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $35 8pm # *** (KFOG) oct 16 fri Ani Difranco at Zellerbach Auditorium, Berkeley a/a $35 7pm/8pm # *** oct 16 fri Nomeansno, Victims Family, Triclops! at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $13 9pm *** @ (KFJC) oct 16 fri Butthole Surfers at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm/9pm *** @ oct 16 fri Wax Tailor at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16 9pm ** oct 16 fri The Queers, TA80 at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm *** @ oct 16 fri The Phenomenauts, Go Jimmy Go, The Struts, Horror X at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8pm/8:30pm *** @ oct 16 fri Sky Larkin, Peggy Sue & The Pirates at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $9 9:30pm ** oct 16 fri Floater at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** oct 16 fri Brand New, Manchester Orchestra at the Event Center, San Jose State a/a $25 7:30pm # ** oct 16 fri Miniature (Seattle) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** oct 16 fri Brigitte Handley & The Dark Shaddows at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** (new date) oct 16 fri Brother Ali, Evidence, Toki Wright, BK One at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $12/$16 8pm/9pm ** oct 16 fri The Streets at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $20 8pm/8:30pm ** oct 16/17 Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a * oct 17 sat Mike Mogis, Conor Oberst, M. Ward, Yim Yames at the Fox Theater, Oakland 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 M.G.M.T., Mstrkrft, Girl Talk, Brazilian Girls, The Streets, Passion Pit, L.T.J. Bukem, dj Krush, Federico Aubele, Dan Deacon, Murs, Crown City Rockers, The Limousines at Treasure Island Music Festival, S.F. Bay a/a $115 two day $65 single day ($250 vip 2 day) 11am/noon # *** oct 17 sat Why?, Mount Eerie, Au, Serengetti & Polyphonic at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a $16 9pm ** oct 17 sat Brother Ali, Evidence, Toki Wright, BK-One at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** oct 17 sat Nerf Herder, Goodbye Gadget (cd release), Lone Angels (L.A./Santa Barbara) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/10pm *** oct 17 sat Orchid at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ ** oct 17 sat A Place To Bury Strangers, These Are Powers, All The Saints at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm *** oct 17 sat Goodbye Nautilus, The Chop, My First Earthquake at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** oct 17 sat Nerf Herder, Goodbye Gadget (cd release) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. ?/? *** oct 17 sat Cobalt Cranes (L.A.) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** oct 17 sat The Devil Makes Three at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $15/$18 8pm/9pm *** oct 17 sat The Black Dahlia Murder, Skeletonwitch, Trap Them at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a *** @ oct 17 sat Nomeansno, Victims Family, Kai Kln, Mike Watt at Harlow's, 2708 J St., Sacramento 21+ $15 8pm *** @ $ oct 18 sun The Flaming Lips, The Decemberists, Beirut, Grizzly Bear, Yo La Tengo, The Walkmen, Bob Mould, Thao With The Get Down Stay Down, Vetiver, Spiral Stairs, Sleepy Sun, Tommy Guerrero, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros at Treasure Island Music Festival, S.F. Bay a/a $115 two day $65 single day ($250 vip 2 day) 11am/noon # *** oct 18 sun All That Remains, Lacuna Coil, Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster, Taking Dawn at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** @ oct 18 sun Garotas Suecas (Brazil), Lumerians, Grass Widow at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 18 sun Slick Idiot, Saints Of Ruin, Diabolic Disciple at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** oct 18 sun The Devil Makes Three at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm *** oct 18 sun Rob Thomas, One Republic, Carolina Liar at the Events Center, San Jose State, San Jose a/a $66-$40 6pm/7pm # ** oct 18 sun Thomas Schultz (piano) at Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University a/a free 2:30pm * oct 18 sun Koffin Katz at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 6pm * oct 19 mon Owl City, The Scenic Aesthetic, Brooke Waggoner at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13/$16 7:30pm ** (Live 105) oct 19 mon Beach House at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $14 8:30pm/9pm * oct 19 mon Jay Reatard, Nobunny, Hunx & His Punx, Box Elders, Digital Leather at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** oct 19 mon dj Spooky at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 19 mon Joan Osborne, The Holmes Brothers, Paul Thorn at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $35 7pm/8pm *** oct 19 mon Ani DiFranco, Anais Mitchell at the Crest Theatre, 1013 K St., Sacramento a/a $38/$40 7:30pm *** oct 20 tue Strike Anywhere, Crime In Stereo, Ruiner at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 7:30pm/8pm *** oct 20 tue Brandi Carlile at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $26 7pm/8pm # ** oct 20 tue Patrick Watson at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 20 tue Nodzzz, Thomas Function, Yusseff Jerusalem at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 21 wed Blind Pilot, The Low Anthem at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 21 wed UFO, Zen Vendetta at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $22/$26 7pm/8pm *** oct 22 thr Echo & The Bunnymen (with orchestra performing 'Ocean Rain') at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $42.50 8pm # *** oct 22 thr Heart at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** oct 22 thr Daniel Johnston at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** oct 22 thr Needtobreathe, Serena Ryder, The Alternate Routes at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $12/$15 8pm *** oct 22 thr The Dont's, Finn Riggins at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** oct 22 thr Emmitt-Nershi Band, Assembly Of Dust at the Idependent, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 22 thr Rodney Carrington at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** oct 22 thr Dr. Acula, American Me, Attilla, Chelsea Grin at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12 7pm/7:30pm ** oct 23 fri Islands, Jemina Pearl at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $14 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 23 fri Boys Like Girls, Cobra Starship, The Maine, A Rocket To The Moon, Versa Emere at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** oct 23 fri Liam Finn & Eliza Jane, Jason Lytle at the Idependent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 23 fri Dos Hermanos (Germany) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** oct 23/24 Exotic Erotic Ball & Expo at the Cow Palace, S.F. 18+ ** oct 24 sat The Sounds, Foxy Shazam at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** oct 24 sat Finest Dearest at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 24 sat The Mummies, The Fevers, The Brentwoods, Donny Denim at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm/9pm **** @ $ (Budget Rock 8) oct 24 sat Meshell Ndegeocello at the Idependent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 24 sat The Flying Karamazov Brothers, Tom Noddy at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $75/$45 7pm/8pm ** (seated show) (Benefit TagAway Tattoo Removal Program at Dominican Hospital) oct 25 sun Rose Melberg, Kellarisan at 924 Gilman, Berkeley a/a 5pm ** oct 25 sun Denny Laine, Lester Chambers, The Original Lowrider Band, Greg Errico, Jerry Martini, Cynthia Robinson, Harvey Mandel And The Snake band, Barry 'The Fish' Melton, Alameda All Stars, Michael McClure And Ray Manzarek, David Denny/Prairie Prince/Diana Mangano/Greg Douglas/Carlos Rios, PF Sloan, Jimmy McCarty, Peter Kaukonen, Terry Haggerty, John York, Leigh Stevens, Narada Michael Walden, The Great Jeffersonian Tricycle, Kathi McDonald And Friends, El Chicano, Cathy Richardson Band, David And Linda La Flamme, Lydia Pense And Cold Blood, Lost Creek Gang And The Merry Pranksters, Volenti And Saunders, Mitchell Holman, Jose Neto And Friends, The Mutaytor, Rock Hendricks, Edwin Hawkins Singers, Scoop Nisker, speakers, dj's, 3,000+ guitar players playing 'Purple Haze' for world's record at Speedway Meadows, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a free 9am til 6pm *** (40th Anniversary of Woodstock) oct 25 sun Gossip at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** oct 25 sun Andrew McMahon at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market St., S.F. a/a $25 7:30pm ** oct 25 sun Compression Of The Chest Cavity Miracle, David Kendall, Sgt. Cobra Queef at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 25 sun Gris Gris, Thee Oh Sees, Dan Melchior Und Das Menace, The Fresh And Onlys at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm/9pm *** (Budget Rock 8) oct 25 sun Umphrey's McGee (Chicago) at the Eureka Theater, 612 F Street, Eureka a/a ** oct 26 mon Sunset Rubdown at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a * oct 27 tue Emilie Autumn at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 18+ ** oct 27 tue Le Loup, Nurses at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 27 tue Pierre Le Robot, Weatherbox, Little Brazil, Raised By Robots at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** oct 27 tue Spanish Harlem Orchestra at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a * oct 28 wed MC Chris, Whole Wheat Bread, I Fight Dragons at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13 8:30pm ** oct 28 wed Former Ghosts, White Hinterland at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** oct 28 wed Umphrey's McGee (Chicago) at McNears Mystic Theater, 23 Petaluma Blvd., Petaluma ?/? ** oct 29 thr Deadmau5 at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** oct 29 thr Joshua Radin, The Watson Twins at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a $20 8pm ** oct 29 thr MurderMurder at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** oct 29 thr Mumiy Troll (Russia) at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** oct 29 thr UFO at Fat Cat, 930 11th Street, Modesto 21+ *** oct 30 fri Ghoul, Cannabis Corpse, Brainoil, Population Reduction, Ramming Speed at the Metro, Oakland a/a $10 7pm *** @ oct 30 fri Regina Spektor at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $37.50 8pm ** oct 30 fri Kevin Smith (Silent Bob speaks) at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** oct 30 fri No Age at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 30 fri Melt Banana at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 9pm *** @ oct 30 fri Nobunny, East Bay Grease, Apache Dropout at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** oct 30 fri Shonen Knife (Japan), Hot Toddies at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $12 9pm *** @ oct 31 sat Rhubarb Whiskey, Victoria & The Vaudevillians, One Beer Prophet at Sunshine Artisan Factory, 851 81st Ave, Oakland a/a $5-$15 10pm * oct 31 sat Mystic Knights Of The Cobra, Sonic Seducer (tribute), The Hobo Gobbelins at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** oct 31 sat Swingin' Utters, Throw Rag, Thee Merry Widows at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16 9pm *** @ $ (15th Anniversary Soapbox Party) oct 31 sat Hightower, Future Skullz at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 31 sat Polar Bears, Prizehog at Last Record Store, 1899 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa a/a 6pm ** oct 31 sat Damage Inc. (tribute), Paradise City (tribute), Children Of The Damned (tribute), Strangers In The Night (tribute) at the Little Fox Theater, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City 21+ 7pm/8pm ** oct 31 sat Motel Drive (Fresno) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** oct 31 sat Aroarah, Fairgame, Man Automatic, One Dying Secret, Brand X Savior at the Fire Escape, 7431 Madison Avenue, Citrus Heights 21+ 7pm ** nov 1 sun Shonen Knife (Japan), Ty Segall, Dreamdate at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $14 9pm *** @ nov 1 sun Skinny Puppy at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** @ nov 1 sun Possessed (reunion), Impaled, Sadistic Intent, Witchaven (L.A.), dj Rob Metal at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $20/$25 5pm/6pm *** @ nov 1 sun The Rakes at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** nov 1 sun UFO at the Idependent, S.F. 21+ $25 7:30pm/8pm *** nov 2 mon The Airborne Toxic Event, The Henry Clay People at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $21 7pm/8pm # *** nov 2 mon The Tiger Lillies at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 3 tue Atlas Sound, Broadcast at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 4 wed Pete And J at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8pm * nov 5 thr Mat Kearney, Vedera at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** nov 5 thr Blues Control at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * nov 5 thr Hanson, Hellogoodbye, Steel Train, Sherwood at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** nov 5 thr Mum at the Idependent, S.F. 21+ $23 7:30pm/8pm ** nov 6 fri Dropkick Murphys at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $30-$26 7:30pm *** @ nov 6 fri Battlehooch, Ghost And The City (cd release), Picture Atlantic at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/10pm ** nov 6 fri The Bravery at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** nov 6 fri Chuck Ragan, Jim Ward, Frank Turner at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** nov 6 fri Cash'd Out (tribute) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** nov 6 fri Mickey Avalon, Machete Fight at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $25/$29 8pm/9pm ** nov 7 sat Can-Cannibals, Ill Gotten Gainz, Hudson Criminal at Yer Casa, Oakland a/a ** @ nov 7 sat Tyrone Wells, Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers, Matt Hires at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16/$18 8:30pm ** nov 7 sat Norm MacDonald at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** nov 7 sat The Finches, Little Wings, The Mantles at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** nov 7 sat Thunderhorse (San Jose) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 7pm ** nov 7 sat Dropkick Murphys at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $22/$25 7pm/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 8 sun John Cleese at the Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway, Redwood City a/a $70-$50 8pm ** nov 8/9 Pixies at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a *** nov 9 mon Ian Anderson at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** nov 9 mon The Raveonettes at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. ?/? ** nov 10 tue Over the Rhine at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 10 tue Ian Anderson at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a *** nov 11 wed Pete And J at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8pm * nov 11/12 The Lawrence Arms, Teenage Bottlerocket, Cobra Skulls For the Win (thr) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $14 8:30pm/9pm *** @ nov 13 fri Cartel, This Providence, The Summer Set, The Dares at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16/$18 7:30pm ** nov 13 fri Insane Clown Posse at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** @ $ nov 13 fri Pinback at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. ?/? *** nov 13 fri Cy Curnin at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** nov 13 fri Leonard Cohen at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # ** nov 13 fri Kung Fu Vampire at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** nov 13/14 Cock Sparrer at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** nov 14 sat Billy Joel, Elton John at the Arena, Oakland a/a $186/$102/$54 7:30pm # *** nov 14 sat AC/DShe (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. a/a $14 9pm ** nov 14 sat Jackopierce at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $20/$25 9pm ** nov 14 sat Marc Anthony at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # ** nov 14 sat Misfits, Skitzo at the New Oasis, 2100 Victorian Ave., Sparks, NV a/a $25 *** @ nov 15 sun Ray Lamontagne at Nob Hill Masonic Center, S.F. a/a # ** nov 15 sun The Sippy Cups at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. ?/? ** nov 15 sun Playing For Change Band at Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon St., S.F. a/a $45 (seated) 8pm # ** nov 15 sun Finch, Blessthefall, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Of Mice & Men, Let's Get It at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $14/$17 7pm/8pm *** nov 17 fri The Big Pink, Crystal Antlers, IO Echo at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 17 tue Jeremy Camp at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** nov 17 tue Billy Joel, Elton John at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $180/$100/$55 7:30pm # *** nov 17/18 Keller Williams (Fredericksburg, VI) at Moes Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz 21+ ** nov 18 wed Brokencyde, Kill Paradise, The Ready Set, Watch Out! There's Ghosts, Blood On The Dance Floor, The Greenlight District at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a a/a $13 6pm/6:30pm ** @ nov 19 thr Royksopp at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** nov 19 thr Keller Williams (Fredericksburg, VI) at Mystic Theater, Petaluma ?/? ** nov 19/20 Peter Bjorn & John, El Perro Del Mar at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 20 fri Steven Wright at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** nov 20 fri Lisa Lampanelli at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** nov 20 fri Keller Williams (Fredericksburg, VI) at Eureka Theatre, Eureka a/a ** nov 20/21 Y & T at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $35 7pm/8pm *** nov 21 sat Keb'Mo' And Solomon Burke at Paramount Theatre, Oakland a/a $67-$22 8pm # ** nov 21 sat Jaguares at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** nov 21 sat Keller Williams (Fredericksburg, VI) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 21 sat Lisa Lampanelli at the Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway, Redwood City a/a $42.75 6pm/7pm # ** nov 22 sun The Disco Biscuits at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $16/$19 7pm/7:30pm ** nov 23 mon Keller Williams (Fredericksburg, VI) at the Big Room, The Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, Chico ?/? ** nov 25 wed Vader, Decrepit Birth, The Amenta, Warbringer, Augury at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** @ nov 25 wed Del Tha Funky Homosapien at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 27 fri Savoy Family Cajun Band at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a * nov 28 sat Straight No Chaser at Palace of Fine Arts, S.F. a/a $29.50 8pm ** nov 28 sat Roy Rogers And The Delta Rhythm Kings (cd release) at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $20 7pm/8pm ** nov 28 sat Mary Axe (San Jose) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** nov 28 sat Igor & Red Elvises at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $16/$20 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 30 mon The Vic Chesnutt Band, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Witchies at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** dec 2/3 Richard Thompson at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 18+ $30 7:30pm/8:30pm ** dec 4 fri Damage Inc. (tribute), Paradise City (tribute), Aaron Pearson (covers) at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** dec 6 sun Imagination Movers at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $40-$20 1:30pm and 4:30pm shows ** dec 6 sun Marduk at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a ** dec 8/9 Larry The Cable Guy at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** dec 10 thr Johnny Mathis at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** dec 12 sat Heidi Newfield at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** dec 12 sat Metallica at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $72.50 (ga floor & reserved)/$52.50 7pm # *** dec 15 tue Dave Koz, Rick Braun, David Benoit, Brenda Russell, Peter White at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** (Smooth Jazz Christmas) dec 20 sun Brian Setzer at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** dec 26/27 Brian Setzer at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a *** dec 29 tue X (Exene Cervenka, John Doe, Billy Zoom, dj Bonebrake) at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $30/$35 8pm *** dec 31 thr Audrye Sessions at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12/$15 9pm ** dec 31 thr Tommy Castro at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $50/$60 7pm/8pm ** jan 3 sat Nile at Slim's, S.F. a/a $26/$30 9pm ** feb 14 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap, at McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. a/a $3 ($20 6am early entry) 10am may 2 sun Blood Red Throne, Insanity, Funerus (Johnstown, PN), Hod (San Antonio, TX), Cyanic (San Jose) at Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose 21+ *** @ * 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 Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa 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 Henfling's Firehouse Tavern, 9450 Highway 9, Ben Lomond 21+ 408-335-1642 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 Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a 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 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 Streetlight Records, 980 S. Bascom Ave., San Jose a/a Streetlight Records, 939 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz a/a Stork Club, 2330 Telegraph, Oakland 21+ 510-444-6174 Sub-Mission Art Space, 2183 Mission Street, S.F. a/a Thrillhouse Records, Mission at 30th, S.F. a/a Warfield, 982 Market St., S.F. a/a 415-775-7722 Underground Cafe, 2401 Olympus Drive, Roseville a/a 916-786-7940 Underground, 555 East 4th St., Reno NV 21+ Uptown, 1928 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland 21+ 510-451-8100 Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose 21+ 408-286-8636 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please feel free to copy The List and pass out copies to friends. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The List is e-mailed out each week. 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