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 September 17, 2009 sep 17 thr Ben Harper And The Relentless7 at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $35 8pm # ** (KFOG) sep 17 thr Damon & The Heathens at Amoeba Music, 2455 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a free 6pm * sep 17 thr Avengers, Pansy Division, The Paul Collin's Beat at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm *** @ sep 17 thr The Magnetix (Italy), Alterboys (Portland), Pipsqueak, Johnny Dodds at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 ** 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, Family Of The Year at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a $13/$15 8pm/9pm ** sep 17 thr Phoenix, The Soft Pack at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # $30/$32 8pm ** sep 17 thr Blues Traveler, Derek Evans 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, Triclops!, Anavan at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 17 thr Jahlectrik, Big Lion, Erica Sunshine Lee at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $6/$8 8pm ** sep 17 thr The Scott Amendola Trio at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm * (experimental jazz) sep 17 thr Alan Braxe, One Man Party (Belgium), Bad Neighbors at Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 9pm ** sep 17 thr Hey Young Believer, Red Guts, The Hand That Bleeds, Room For A Ghost at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 17 thr Turbonegra (tribute), Switchblade Riot, My Parade, dj Squid at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 17 thr Telepath, Big Gigantic at Boom Boom Room, S.F. 21+ * sep 17 thr Tarrakian, Christian Mistress at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ ** sep 17 thr Soul Manure, George Hurd, Alice Cohen, The Slaves, Cloaks, Group Rhoda at Amnesia, 853 Valencia at 20th, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm ** sep 17 thr Pink, The Ting Tings at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $49.50-$39.50 8pm # *** sep 17 thr Skinlab at Voodoo Lounge, San Jose 21+ *** sep 17 thr Sashamon at the Avalon, 777 Lawrance Expressway, Santa Clara 21+ ** sep 17 thr The Devil Makes Three at the Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz a/a ** 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 Emissary Of Fire, Shepton Mallet, Exylum, Ascendancy at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $8/$10 6:30pm ** @ sep 17 thr Noisepsalm, Waning, Seasons Of Sorrow at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** (not confirmed) 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 Flip The Switch, Aught 7, Los Arambula, Nino Zombi (Mexico), Dear Horizon (Australia) at 924 Gilman a/a 7:30pm *** @ (SKA night) sep 18 fri Miley Cyrus, Metro Station at the Arena, Oakland a/a $80-$40 7pm # ** sep 18 fri Skinlab (cd release), Hostility, Falling To Pieces, Northwest Royale, Hail Satan (tribute) at Blake's, Berkeley 18+ $8 8pm *** (KGE) sep 18 fri White Witch Canyon, 3rdrail, 667 at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 18 fri Aspect, Lucbrazzi, Zombies On Crack at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 ** sep 18 fri Porcupine Tree, That 1 Guy at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** sep 18 fri Mestizo, Caravanserai (tribute), Vortex Tribe at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13 7pm/8pm ** sep 18 fri 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 Method Of Defiance (Dr. Israel, Bernie Worrell, Toshinori, Kondo, Hawkman, Guy Licata, Bill Laswell) at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $25/$37.50 8pm/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 $15 8pm/9pm *** 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 The Dodos at Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F. a/a free 6pm ** 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 ** (sold out) sep 18 fri The Drones, Model/Actress, The Spyrals 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 Dopecharge, Cat Party (L.A.), Just Head (first show) at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm/10pm *** @ sep 18 fri Pa-Tay! at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm * sep 18 fri Goodbye Gadget at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 9pm ** (Your Music Magazine Band Olympicks) sep 18 fri Marshall Tucker Band at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $35 7:30pm/8:30pm *** sep 18 fri Verbal Abuse, The Disciples, Sad Boy Sinister, Zero Bull Shit, Step Up at Dreamland, Hayward a/a *** @ sep 18 fri Speak Of The Devil (tribute), Children Of The Damned (tribute), The Rush Project (tribute), Mudface at Little Fox Theater, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City 21+ $12/$14 8pm ** 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 Crosby, Stills And Nash at the San Jose Civic, 135 San Carlos St., San Jose a/a 8pm # *** 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 The Mystery Lights, Daikaiju, A Royal Symphony at Jose's Underground, Monterey 21+ $5 9pm ** sep 18 fri Brooke White, Michael Johns, Benton Paul at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $20/$22 8pm/8:30pm ** sep 18 fri Split Self, Killing The Party, Cache Arcade, Something Phantom, Amelia Wagner, Fifth Month, Not Your Style at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $9/$12 *** @ sep 18 fri The Broken Poet, ThisOldPistol, Queen Anne's Revenge at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $5 8pm ** sep 18 fri Southern Culture On The Skids, Los Straightjackets at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $18/$20 9:30pm *** sep 18 fri Miss Derringer (L.A.), The Pine Box Boys at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $8 9pm ** 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 fri The Devil Makes Three at Cafe Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave., Chico a/a ** sep 18/19 Citizen Cope at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** sep 18/19 Will Bernard Band, Skerik at Boom Boom Room, S.F. 21+ ** 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 18/19/20 Wynton Marsalis, Chick Corea, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dave Brubeck, Joe Lovano, Regina Carter, Esperanza Spalding, Pete Seeger, George Duke, Lizz Wright, Jason Moran, John Scolfield, Susan Tedesch at the Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey Fairgrounds a/a *** sep 19 sat Con Mexican Metal, Savage Machine, Exmortus, Saint Vernon, Bonded By Blood, Sol Asunder, wrestling matches at the Metro, Oakland a/a $10/$13 *** @ (Gigantor's Birthday) sep 19 sat The Dave Rude Band, The Stone Foxes, Cobra Belly at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 19 sat Borden Prince, Acacia Collective, Brad Barton The Reality Thief at Starry Plough, Berkeley 21+ $8 9pm ** sep 19 sat R.I.P., Painted Cakes, Sahnmaru, The High Deserters, Black Stool, Hightower, Mojohand, TV Mike, Careerers, Mind, C'mon Everybody, The Blank Tapes, dj Del Pescador, dj In heat at the Continental Club, West Oakland 21+ $5-$15 sliding scale 4pm *** (Oakland Hip Fest 2009 - Benefit for Shawna who needs a hip) sep 19 sat Bwah, Vitamin Party, Jingle Punx at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 ** sep 19 sat Meat Puppets, Dead Confederate, Ume at Slim's, S.F. a/a $17/$19 8pm/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 $16/$19 8pm/9pm ** 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 # ** (comedy) 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 Repulsion, Reciprocal, Dismal Lapse, Flesh Consumed, Depths Of Chaos, dj Rob Metal at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a free 7pm/7:30pm *** @ sep 19 sat The Middle Class Murder, Tomorrowmen, Hi-Watters at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 2pm/3pm ** sep 19 sat Agent Ribbons, The Splinters, The Sarees at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** 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, Milk Music, Dry Rot at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** 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 Fleeting Trance, Foreign Cinema, Boatclub at the Li-Po Lounge, 916 Grant Ave., S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** sep 19 sat Belligerator, The Gibbs, Deeper at the Retox, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** @ sep 19 sat R. Jencks at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ * (KFJC Fundraiser) sep 19 sat Electric Funeral at Bender's, S.F. 21+ ** sep 19 sat Gods Outlaw, Feral Depravity, Mystic Rage, Wraithwall at Dreamland, Hayward a/a $5 8pm ** @ sep 19 sat Native Elements, Dub FX, The Brownies, Culture Canute, The Rockstone Players, The Seen Reds at Chris' New Harbor, 150 Harbor Blvd., Belmont 21+ $20 2pm ** (Reggae for a Cure - Benefit for Morquio Research) sep 19 sat The Marshall Tucker Band, Moonalice at the Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway, Redwood City a/a $45/$35/$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 Candyflip, Orchestra Of Antlers, Dulcet Tone (Santa Cruz), The Trees at Jose's Underground, Monterey 21+ $5 9pm ** sep 19 sat KDVS record sale (all records 50cents each) in front of Armadillo Music, 205 F Street, Davis a/a 11am-4pm 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 If A Tree Falls, The Extremeties, Creative Chaos, Anatomy Of, Stand Behind The Giant, Ars Magna at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $9/$12 ** @ sep 19 sat Save And Continue (last show, Sacramento), Silent Treatment, Echo))Pheen, One Dying Secret, A Single Second, S.T.D. (acoustic) at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $10 8pm *** sep 19 sat dj Shortkut, The Addict Merchant at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $7 9pm ** sep 19 sat Andre Nickatina at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a ** sep 19 sat Miss Derringer (L.A.) at the Tonic Lounge, 231 W. 2nd St., Reno, NV 21+ ** 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 free 7am til 3:30pm sep 20 sun Beowulf, Zombie Holocaust, Head On Collision, Invection, It at 924 Gilman a/a $8 5pm *** @ sep 20 sun The Deadbeats, Daikaiju (AL), The Hobo Gobbelins, Mystery Dope, Captain Advice at B.R.S., Ricmond a/a 7:30pm ** @ sep 20 sun Passafire at Blake's, Berkeley 18+ ** sep 20 sun Gaslight Anthem, Murder By Death, The 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 King Cab at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm/4pm * sep 20 sun Austin Lucas, Two Cow Garage, Mike Hale at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** sep 20 sun Ming And Ping, Miss Derringer (L.A.), Wooden Ponies at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13/$15 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 20 sun Flood, Emeralds, Early Graves at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 20 sun Pink Mountaintops, The Pack AD at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30m/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 These United States at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** sep 20 sun The Beach Boys at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a *** sep 20 sun Meat Puppets, Dead Confederate at Hopmonk Tavern, 230 Petaluma Avenue, Sebastopol 21+ *** @ 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 $5 6pm ** @ sep 20 sun Tao Rodriguez-Seeger at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $12 5pm/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 LM, John Hanes, Myles Boisen, LazyBoy at the Ivy Room, 858 San Pablo Avenue, Albany 21+ free 9pm * 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.), From Hell (Tuscon) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 3pm ** sep 21 mon James Taylor at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a *** sep 21 mon This Hallowed Covenant at Hot Topic, Vintage Faire Mall, 3401 Dale Rd., Modesto a/a free 7pm * sep 21/22/23/24 Blue Bear School of Music Band Showcases at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $12-$20 sliding scale ** sep 22 tue The Australian Pink Floyd Show (tribute) at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $39.50/$32.50 8pm # ** sep 22 tue Wallpaper at Amoeba Music, 2455 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a free 7pm ** sep 22 tue Bud Light Blues Band at the Stork Club,Oakland 21+ $5 * sep 22 tue Five Finger Death Punch, Shadows Fall (MA), Otep, 2Cents 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 Prizehog, Rabbits, Iron Witch 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 Complaints (7" release), Sharp Objects, High & Tight (first show) at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/10pm ** sep 22 tue Jill Tracy, Eli August, Vernian Process at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** sep 22 tue Moneybrother, Farewell Typewriter at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $6/$8 8pm ** sep 22 tue Small Change Romeos at Boom Boom Room, S.F. 21+ * sep 22 tue Goodbye Gadget (acoustic) at Hot Topic, Sunvalley Mall, Concord a/a * 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 tue The Capitalist Hippie Complex (L.A.) at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $7 9pm * sep 22/23 Pet Shop Boys, Pandemonium at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** sep 23 wed Velnias (Chicago), Circle Of Eyes, Fell Voices, Servile Sect (arcata) at Your Haus, Oakland a/a 7pm ** @ sep 23 wed Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Rocco DeLuca at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $35.50 8pm # ** sep 23 wed The Downer Party, The Soft White Sixties, Shark Toy at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** sep 23 wed Revolting Cocks, Jim Rose Circus, Blowload, Left Spine Down 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, David Rush at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $28/$33 8pm # ** sep 23 wed Dillinger Four (Minneapolis), 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 Instant Asshole at Sub-Mission, S.F. a/a ** @ 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, Robert Francis at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 23 wed Sinner Sinners at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ ** sep 23 wed The New Dysfunctions, Miss Cloud at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $6 ** sep 23 wed The Temptations, The Four Tops at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75-$45 5:30pm/7:30pm *** sep 23 wed Good Hustle, David Knight, Emerald Hill at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** 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 23 wed Low vs. Diamond (N.Y.) at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $8 9pm * sep 24 thr acoustic SKA night at 924 Gilman a/a 7pm ** sep 24 thr Bon Iver, Megafaun at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $22.50 8pm # ** sep 24 thr Shadow Society, dj Fact.50, dj Tomas Diablo, The Vernian Process at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** 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/9pm ** sep 24 thr The B-52s, Venus Infers 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 Cormorant (cd release), Velnias, Fell Voices, Elm, Servile Sect, dj Rob Metal at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8 9pm ** @ sep 24 thr It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia at Nob Hill Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $50-$30 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+ $8 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 Z-Trane Elektrik Band, Hans David Rearick at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 24 thr Inferno Of Joy at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ ** sep 24 thr Vicious Rumors, Taunted (cd release), Sagacious Past, 3Lunas at Little Fox Theater, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City 21+ $12/$14 8pm ** @ 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 The Obsessors, Stand Fight Resist at Caravan, 98 South Almaden Ave., San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** 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, Weston Buck, Vyncent Flaw 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 Claire Voyant (cd release), Stripmall Architecture, Unwoman at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $7 9pm ** 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 Blood On The Dance Floor, Electric Valentine (L.A.), Metroid, Sassy at 924 Gilman a/a 7:30pm *** (Gilman Dance Party) 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 Strangelet Expanded Orchestra, Oakland Underground Film Festival at Alameda Point Movie Theater, 2700 Saratoga St. Alameda a/a ** sep 25 fri Oso, Picture Atlantic, The Good Hustle at Flux 53 Theater, 5300 Foothill Boulevard, Oakland a/a $10 7pm ** sep 25 fri The B Foundation at Blake's, Berkeley 18+ ** 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, dj Harry D at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $29.50 8pm/9pm # ** sep 25 fri Goodbye Gadget at Dolores Park Cafe, 501 Dolores St. at 18th., S.F. a/a * sep 25 fri Dave & Confused, Funky Beulah, Ghost On The Radio, Spacelord at the Rockit Room, S.F. 21+ ** sep 25 fri The Slew, Adir at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $17 8:30pm/9pm ** 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 3 Leafs, Carletta Sue Kay, Si Claro at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** sep 25 fri Wonder Bread 5 at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** sep 25 fri This Charming Band, Erasure-Esque, Love Vigilantes at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm ** sep 25 fri Dead Seal, Corpus Animus (album release), Clint Stewart, Marc Smith, Jason Short, Hac Le at Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $10/$15 9pm ** sep 25 fri One In The Chamber, Sabertooth Zombie, Hell Hath No Fury (L.A.), Waylin Jenocide at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm/9:30pm *** @ sep 25 fri Slow Trucks, Moms, Wowies, Birthday Secret Weapon, Evacuee at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 25 fri Dead To Me, Nothington, The Re-Volts, Semi-Evolved Simians at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** @ sep 25 fri Pleasuremaker, Afrolicious at Boom Boom Room, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** sep 25 fri The Subtones (cd release), Body Or Brain, Rumblefish at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm ** @ sep 25 fri A Sense Of Dementia at Dreamland, Hayward a/a ** 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 The Phenomenauts, Bobby Joe Ebola & The Children MacNuggits, Not Yet! at the Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz a/a $10 7pm/8pm *** @ sep 25 fri Cash'd Out (tribute), Plough Man at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $12/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 25 fri Blood and Glitter, Slap Bracelet, Vis at Jose's Underground, Monterey 21+ $5 9pm ** (Silicon Valley AIDS walk fundraiser) sep 25 fri Contagious, Walking Spanish, Telemetry, Mack Jones at the Fire Escape Bar, Citrus Heights 21+ $5 8pm ** sep 25 fri Psychostar, Blame Betty, Pets, Smoke at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $8 9pm ** sep 25 fri Rebelution at the Senator Theater, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a ** sep 25/26 Gov't Mule, Carney at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** sep 25/26 Push Up Something Hidden at Community Music Center, 544 Capp Street, S.F. a/a $10-$15 8pm * sep 25/26 Tainted Love, Mustache Harbor (fri) at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $23 8pm/9pm ** sep 25/26/27 Sound Tribe Sector 9, India Arie, Galactic, Lyrics Born, Sly And Robbie, The Devil Makes Three, Pnuma Trio, Blvd, Eoto, Fort Knox Five, Crown City Rockers, Albino!, Mighty Dub Killas, Lo Cura, dj Vadim, Bluetech, Moonalice, Blue Turtle Seduction, Lynx And Janover, Trillian Green, March Fourth Marching Band, Boombox, dj's, art, cinema, theater, performing art, camping (no pets/open fires) at Earthdance, Black Oak Ranch, Hwy. 101, Laytonville a/a $170/$200 (3 day pass with camping) $75 sunday only 8am *** 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 ** (La Kalle 100.7/105.7 FM) sep 26 sat The Zoopy Show, Nosebleed Academy, Brothers Horse, Jellyfish Kiss Burlesque 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 & The Warm Inventions, Dirt Blue Gene, Brightback Morning Light at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $26.50 8pm/9pm # ** 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+ ** @ (Boomfest 2009) sep 26 sat Five Fingers Of Death, Holy Remodel, Kumbulus at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 2pm/30pm ** (Boomfest 2009) sep 26 sat Jesse Morris, Man Cougars, West Coast Accordion Babes, Raging Grannies, Bunny Pistol Burlesque, Axis dance performance, vendors at Band Shell, Golden Gate Park a/a free 11am til 6pm ** (10th Annual Expo for Independent Arts) 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, Generalissimo, Cartographer 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 Eric McFadden Trio, dj K-Os at Boom Boom Room, S.F. 21+ ** sep 26 sat Locked Up A.D. at Dreamland, Hayward a/a ** @ 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 Bob Saggath, The Dead Ringers, LT Bane at Jose's Underground, Monterey 21+ $5 9pm ** sep 26 sat The Phenomenauts, Stigma 13, 9:00 News at Heros Sports Lounge, 821 L Street, Modesto a/a $10 7pm/8pm *** @ sep 26 sat French Miami at Plea For Peace Center, 630 E Weber Ave, Stockton a/a ** sep 26 sat S.T.D., Wings Of Innocence, Category 7, The Stalking Distance, 5 Days Dirty, The Battle Of Midway, Autumn Sky, The Enlows at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $8 ($5 + 2 or more non perishable food items) 6:30pm/7pm *** @ (Stephen's 17th 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 ColdCokt (cd release), 2-4-1, Flannagan at the Fire Escape Bar, Citrus Heights 21+ $5 8pm ** sep 26 sat Sol Peligro, Atapaz, Caf' Sociedad at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $7 9pm ** sep 26 sat Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley, Jimmy Wayne at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Rd., Marysville a/a # ** sep 26 sat Miss Derringer (L.A.) at Whiskey Dick's, 2660 Lake Tahoe Blvd., Lake Tahoe 21+ ** sep 27 sun Secretions, Cht, Amply Hostile, Captain Advice, T.O.F.U. at 924 Gilman a/a 4pm *** @ 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 Honor Society at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $7.11 7pm/8pm # ** sep 27 sun Kami Nixon & The Skiddy Knickers at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 2pm/4pm * 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+ $5 9pm ** sep 27 sun Bonfire Madigan, Kelli Rudick, Odessa Chen at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** sep 27 sun Sleep Your Excellence, Drowning Men, Repeater at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 27 sun International Observer (New Zealand), Jacob Cino, dj Sep at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** 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 Earstu Earstu, Brothers Horse, Lucid, The Crux, Uni And Her Ukelele, Jellyfish Kiss, Amber Lee And The Anomalies Amber Lee & The Anomalies, The Can Can Girls, Brain Fitzpatrick & Henry Nagle, Mowz Mowz, The Pirate Band, Jungle Love Orchestra, The Imaginists, Fou Fou Ha!, WildCard BellyDance, Cody Anderson And Morris Acevedo, Plectrum Duo, Loretta Lynch, Baby Seal Club, Gabby La La, Ron Sonomagic at Railroad Square, Depot Park, 4th/5th st. at Wilson St., Santa Rosa a/a free 11am til 6pm ** (Regatta Railcar Racers, Mechanical & Artistic Wonders, Sideshows) sep 27 sun Flesh Consumed, Fallujah, Choir Of Carnage, Metal Inc, Apophis at Mutiny, 422 West 2nd Street, Antioch a/a $8 5pm ** @ sep 27 sun Cheech & Chong, Shelby at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65-$45 5:30pm/7:30pm *** sep 27 sun Los Olvidados, No Use For A Name, Claywheels, Shitkickers, Street Score at Raging Waters, 2333 South White Road, San Jose a/a free noon til 8pm *** @ (professional pool skating contest) sep 27 sun Motorgrater, Dark Sun, Damage Over Time, SynSystem, Grey Atlas at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 6pm ** sep 27 sun Aaron Beaumont (L.A.), Justin Farren at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $5 5pm ** sep 28 mon Alice In Chain at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** @ sep 28 mon Dead Meadow, Spindrift, Howling Rain, dj's at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 28 mon Rain Machine at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm * sep 28 mon Metalkpretty (N.Y.), King Loses Crown, Scene Of Action at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** sep 28 mon Darkest Hour, Trivium, White Chapel at the Senator Theatre, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a *** @ sep 29 tue Kailash Kher, Cheb I Sabbah at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** sep 29 tue Crown City Rockers, Spaceheater, Destani Wolf at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $10.99 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 29 tue Sian Alice Group (U.K.), Leopold & His Fiction, Enablers 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 Cruz 16+ $14/$17 7:30pm/8:30pm ** sep 29 tue French Miami, Boy IV Men, Fuck I'm a Ghost at Jose's Underground, Monterey 21+ $3 9pm ** sep 29 tue Urgehal, Spearhead, Eyes Of Noctum, Killgasm, Chronaexus at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $15 ($10 if 21+)7pm ** @ sep 29/30 Mason Jennings, Crash Kings at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 30 wed Jokes For Feelings at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm * sep 30 wed Soja, Kapakahi, The Movement at Slim's, S.F. a/a $18/$21 9pm ** sep 30 wed Ida Maria And Ladyhawk, mc Perez Hilton at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm # ** sep 30 wed The Sermon, The Blank Stares at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** sep 30 wed Works Progress Administration, Molly Jenson 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 Tell-Tale Heartbreakers, The Green Lady Killers (Phoenix, AZ), Hooray For Everything at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm/10pm ** @ sep 30 wed Alma Desnuda, Lady Danville, Davey G Project, Ilaya, Brett Hunter at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** (Benefit for The Mind Body Awareness Project) sep 30 wed Danger Death Ray (Portland) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** sep 30 wed Family Room, Them Hills, Devojka at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** sep 30 wed Beenie Man at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $17/$21 7pm/8pm ** sep 30 wed Instant Asshole at the Zephyr Lounge, 1074 S. Virginia St., Reno NV 21+ ** @ sep 30/oct 1 Kylie Minogue at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $99.50-$58.50 8pm # ** (Energy 92.7) 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 Beenie Man at Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave. at Bancroft, Berkeley 21+ * 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 $29.50 7pm/8pm # ** oct 1 thr Kylesa, Saviours, Bison B.C., Kowloon Walled City 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 Maldroid, We Should Be Dead (Ireland), The Hooks at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** @ oct 1 thr Glenn Labs, Mark Matos And Os Beaches (cd release), T.V. Mike And The Scarecrows at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** oct 1 thr Devin The Dude, Top Shelf at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $15 7:30pm/8pm ** (new lineup) 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 1 thr Instant Asshole at Evolve, someplace in Sacramento ?/? ** @ oct 1/2 Boz Scaggs & The Blue Velvet Band, Buddy Miller at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** 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 Fauna Valetta, Yellow Fever (TX), The Splinters, Outlaw at Ghost Town Gallery, Oakland a/a $8 9pm ** oct 2 fri Damage Inc. (tribute), Paradise City (tribute) at the Starry Plough, Berekely 21+ 9pm ** oct 2 fri K-Flay, Little Red Radio at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm * (Sham 69 cancelled) oct 2 fri Stomacher (cd release), The Federalists, I The Mighty, Wave Array at Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave. at Bancroft, Berkeley 21+ 8:30pm ** oct 2 fri Asobi Seksu, Loney Dear, Anna Ternheim at Slim's, S.F. a/a $17 9pm ** oct 2 fri Paramore, Paper Route, The Swellers at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** oct 2 fri Gil Scott-Heron, Ise Lyfe, Orgone at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $31 9pm # ** oct 2 fri Destroyer 666 (Australia), The Accused (Seattle), Witchaven, Vietus Mortuus, dj Rob Metal at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $12/$15 9pm *** @ oct 2 fri Jon Langford And The Pine Valley Cosmonauts at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $20 7:30pm * oct 2 fri Tartufi, Geographer (7" release), Judgment Day at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm ** oct 2 fri Clipd Beaks, Experimental Dental School, Piles at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** 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 Tornado Rider, My Revolver, Stirling Says at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 9pm ** oct 2 fri I [Dirtybird], Justin Martin, Worthy, Christian Martin, J.Phlip at Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $10/$15 10pm ** oct 2 fri Carlos Mencia at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** oct 2 fri The Velisha, Septic Shock, D.E.G., Nihilist Cunt, Manson Family Fude at Dreamland, Hayward a/a *** @ oct 2 fri Denny Laine, The Cryers at Little Fox Theater, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City 21+ $18/$20 8pm ** 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 Kylesa, Saviours, Ludicra, Bison B.C. at the Voodoo Lounge, San Jose 21+ $10 *** @ 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 Pride Subject, Hallway Ballers, A band of Ninjas, Loomis at Jose's Underground, Monterey 21+ $5 9pm ** (Benefit for Creative Visions) oct 2 fri River City Massacre, Stand Behind The Giant, My Murderous Intent, The Cloud Effect at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $8/$10 6:30pm/7pm ** @ oct 2 fri Sour Diesel, The Grumpy, Cesura, Soul Distortion at the Fire Escape Bar, Citrus Heights 21+ $5 8pm ** oct 2/3/4 Dark Star Orchestra at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $31 8pm/9pm (7pm/8pm sun) # *** oct 2/3/4 Billy Joe Shaver, Hayes Carll, Mike Farris & The Roseland Rhythm Revue, Rodney Crowell, Moonalice, Aimee Mann, Dr. Dog, The Chieftains, Austin Lounge Lizards, Marianne Faithfull, Todd Snider, Earl Scruggs, Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women, Natalie MacMaster, Galactic, Robyn Hitchcock, Elizabeth Cook, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Richie Havens, Red Wine, Marshall Crenshaw, Kimmie Rhodes, Mavis Staples, Doc Watson & David Holt, Marley's Ghost With Cowboy Jack Clement, John Prine, Gillian Welch, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, The Brothers Comatose, Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands, Rosie Flores With Jon Langford And The Pine Valley Cosmonauts, Buddy Miller, The Duhks, Steve Earle & The Bluegrass Dukes, Marty Stuart, Malo, The Claire Lynch Band, Nick Lowe, World Party, The Wronglers, Guy Clark & Verlon Thompson, Boz Scaggs And The Blue Velvet Band, Eliza Gilkyson, Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys, The Flatlanders, Amadou & Mariam, The Tim O'Brien Band, Elvis Perkins In Dearland, Old 97's, Poor Man's Whiskey, Lyle Lovett & His Large Band, Allen Toussaint, Little Feat, Hazel Dickens, The Knitters, Pamela Rose With Wild Women, The Del McCoury Band, Dr. Magpie, Darrell Scott Band, Dry Branch Fire Squad, Steve Martin With The Steep Canyon Rangers, Tom Morello, Dar Williams, Steve Earle & Allison Moorer, Great American Taxi, Okkervil River, Fireants, Aboriginal Country & Western Songbook, Billy Bragg, Abalone Dots, ODC/Dance, Robert Earl Keen, MC Hammer, Jorma Kaukonen, Neko Case, Barefoot Nellies, Booker T. & The Drive-By Truckers, Kevin Welch, Kieran Kane & Fats Kaplin, Emmylou Harris, Old Crow Medicine Show, Reckless Kelly at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a 10am free *** oct 2/3/4 Pacific Pinball Expo at Marin County Civic Center, San Rafael a/a $45-$15 10am (over 300 games on free play) oct 3 sat Iron Cross, Troublemaker at 924 Gilman a/a 7:30pm ** @ oct 3 sat Noam Chomsky (spoken) at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a # $22-$250 (Benefit for the Children of Gaza) oct 3 sat Third Date at Bay Street Plaza, 5616 Bay Street, Emeryvill a/a free 3pm * oct 3 sat Rudiger Oppermann, Park Stickney, Ann & Charlie Heymann, Carlos Reyes, Cheryl Ann Fulton, Chris Caswell, Youssoupha Sidibe, Diana Stork at the Chapel of the Chimes, 4499 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland a/a $5-$15/$10-$20 5pm til 9pm ** (Festival of Harps) oct 3 sat Shinedown, Sick Puppies, Adelitas Way at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** oct 3 sat Schande, Who Cares, Belly Of The Whale, Sleeptalks at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8 9pm ** oct 3 sat The Horrors, Japanese Motors at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 3 sat The Bugs (Portland), Dadfag, Sad Horse at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** 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 Love Songs, Ed Mudshi (Marseille, France), Cobra Skulls, Airfix Kits at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm *** @ oct 3 sat Danny Cohen, The Jonah Kit, Magic! Magic Roses at House of Shields, 39 New Montgomery St., S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** oct 3 sat LA Riots, dj Heather, dj Fluid + Alva, Amp Live, Eric Sharp, Shane King & Morale, Sleazemore, Swayzee, Nisus at Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $15 10pm ** oct 3 sat Skitzo, Tallboy Shotgun (WA) at Chris' Club, 656 Benicia Rd., Vallejo 21+ ** oct 3 sat Antagony at Dreamland, Hayward a/a ** @ oct 3 sat Evolution (tribute), Soup (tribute), The Miles Schon Band at American Legion Hall, 651 El Camino Real, Redwood City a/a $25 6pm ** 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 3 sat The Hot Toddies, Foxes (U.K.), Chels at Jose's Underground, Monterey 21+ $5 9pm ** oct 3 sat Sacto Punk Swap #1 at the Java Lounge, 2416 16th Street, Sacramento a/a free noon til 5pm info: myspace dot com forward slash sactopunkswap oct 3 sat Whiskey Rebels, Bum City Saints, Sycophantics, Zero For Zero at the Java Lounge, 2416 16th Street, Sacramento a/a $3 6pm ** (after Sacto Punk Swap) oct 3 sat Gun Down, Flounder, Harmonic Prophecy, Mezza Luna at the Fire Escape Bar, Citrus Heights 21+ $5 8pm ** oct 4 sun Soul Control, Dangers, Comadre at 924 Gilman a/a 5pm ** @ oct 4 sun Soulfly, Prong, Cattle Decapitation 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, Michael Hurley at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 4 sun Blakes, Music For Animals at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. ?/? ** oct 4 sun Liquid Indian, Mujaheddin Bernstein Affair, North Fork, White Pee at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** 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 4 sun Beyond All Ends, Light The Regime, Our Battle Within, He Said, She's Dead at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $5 6pm ** oct 5 mon Fever Ray, Vuk 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 mon God Dethroned (Netherlands), Abigail Williams, Woe Of Tyrants, Augury, dj Rob Metal at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $12/$15 8pm *** @ oct 5 mon Project, Classical Revolution at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** (experimental) 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 Bane, Trash Talk, Foundation, Grace Alley at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10/$12 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+ $6 9pm ** 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 Andrew W.K. & Calder Quartet at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $25 8pm ** oct 7 wed People Under The Stairs at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** oct 7 wed Mumlers, Emily Jane White, Osage Orange at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** 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 No Use For A Name, Perfect Machines at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm *** @ 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 $45 7pm/8pm # *** oct 8 thr Atomic Bomb Audition, Diminished Men, Blanketship at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** oct 8 thr Boombox, Ana Sia at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 8 thr Death Valley High (record release), The Thrill Of It All, King Loses Crown at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** oct 8 thr Hellowar, Barry Manowar, Womanowar, Warriors Of The World at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** (Manofest - Manowar tribute) 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 Jason Mraz, Brett Dennen, Robert Francis, Bushwalla at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a $47.50 7pm ** oct 9 fri Forrest Day, Bang Data, Nosebleed Academy, The D.U.I., dj's at the Metro, Oakland a/a $10 8pm ** (Triple Crown Clothing) oct 9 fri Children Of Bodom, The Black Dahlia Murder, Austrian Death Machine, Skeletonwitch (Athens, OH) at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $27.50/$30 6pm/7pm # *** @ oct 9 fri Mutemath at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 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 D-Clone (Japan), Nerveskade (Portland), Funeral Shock, Dopecharge, Vaccuum at Sub-Mission Art Space, S.F. a/a $8 8pm *** @ 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+ $10 9pm ** 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 The Raincoats, Section 25, Gang Of Four (dj set), For Against, Viv Albertine, Weave, Magic Bullets, Nodzzz, Death Sentence: Panda!, Grass Widow at Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $20/$25 8pm til 3am *** @ oct 9 fri Stung (tribute), Petty Theft (tribte) at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** oct 9 fri Honey Island Swamp Band (New Orleans) at Boom Boom Room, S.F. 21+ * (funk) oct 9 fri The Rosewood Thieves, The Dead Trees at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. ?/? ** oct 9 mon Build Us Airplanes, Navigator Vs. Navigator (Seattle) at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** oct 9 fri Skitzo, Outrage at Spancky's, 8201 Old Redwood Highway, Cotati 21+ ** 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 thr Bog Iron, Blood & Love at Jose's Underground, Monterey 21+ $5 9pm ** oct 9 fri Satyricon, Toxic Holocaust, Chthonic at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $16/$18 8:30pm/8pm *** @ oct 9 fri The Onlymen at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $5 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 Tower Of Power at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $40 8pm/9pm # *** oct 10 sat Liquorball, Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound, Wooden Shjips, Magic Lantern, Lumerians, Citay, Barn Owl, 3 Leafs at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $15 2pm til 2am *** (Benefit Creativity Explored) oct 10 sat Richie Unterberger, Jon Ginoli, 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 La Plebe, Get Dead, Compton S.F., The Keeners at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm/9:30pm ** @ oct 10 sat Cory Brown at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5/$8 9pm * oct 10 sat Jamie Foxx at the Pavilion, Concord a/a # *** oct 10 sat Dennis Is Dead, Octoclopse, Before The End, Last Chance For Victory, Alighieri at Dreamland, Hayward a/a ** @ oct 10 sat Concrete Coffin, Kaos, Potential Threat, Mystic Rage, In The Absence, Age Of Aggression, Mudsoc, All Was Lost, M.C.P. at Memorial Park, 24176 Mission Blvd., Hayward a/a free 1pm *** @ (MetalFest 2009 - Canned Food Drive for Salvation Army) oct 10 sat Longliner (San Jose) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** oct 10 sat Facundo Cabral at the San Jose Civic, 135 San Carlos St., San Jose a/a 8pm # ** 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 Build Us Airplanes, Cannons And Clouds, Kattunge Doden, Dave Goss at Stroke of Magic Art Studio, 373 Merchant St. Vacaville a/a $7 8pm ** oct 10 sat Pathology, Mucus Membrane at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** 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, Future Of The Left 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, Victim's Family, The Pack A.D., Triclops! at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm *** @ oct 11 sun Instant Asshole at Dreamland, Hayward a/a ** @ oct 11 sun Zach Gill, Kyle Hollingsworth at Hopmonk Tavern, 230 Petaluma Avenue, Sebastopol 21+ ** oct 11 sun Thomas Schultz (piano) at Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University a/a free 2:30pm * oct 11 sat The TM Band (Australia), The Why Because, Teen Inc at Jose's Underground, Monterey 21+ $5 9pm ** oct 12 mon Mono, Maserati at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 12 mon Sean Kingston, Flo Rida, New Boyz, Jaicko at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** oct 12 mon Nomeansno, Triclops!, The Pack A.D. at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16 8pm *** @ (moved from Slim's) oct 12 mon Penelope Houston, speakers: Lynn Breedlove, Anna Joy Springer, Bucky Sinister, Oran Canfield, Rozz Rezabek, Jesse Luscious, John Geek, Chicken John, Kareim McKnight, Johnny Strike, Hank Rank at Broadway Studios, 435 Broadway, S.F. 21+ $15 ($30 with pre-show dinner at 6pm) 8pm *** (book launch for Gimme Something Better by Jack Boulware & Silke Tudor) oct 12 mon Sean Wheeler, Zander Schloss, Tater Famine, Manzanita at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 ** oct 13 tue D-Clone (Japan), Nerveskade (Portland), Acts Of Sedition at Your Haus, Oakland a/a ** @ oct 13 tue Nelson, Smith, Walter, Basshaters, Oakland Active Orchestra at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** 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, The Ettes (Nashville) at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 13 tue A Wilhelm Scream, Living With Lions, The Riot Before, Heartsounds at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** oct 13 tue Jack Boulware, Silke Tudor, Frank Portman at Booksmith, 1644 Haight Street, S.F. a/a free 7:30pm (book launch for Gimme Something Better by Jack Boulware & Silke Tudor) oct 13 tue Bell X1 at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 13 tue Kid Congo & The Pink Monkeybirds, Bridez, The Baths at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** oct 13 tue Yogoman Burning Band, Makru at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** oct 13 tue Junior Boys at Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $18 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 13 tue Buju Banto at Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose 21+ ** oct 13 tue Tornado Rider at Jose's Underground, Monterey a/a $10 show at 7pm, 21+ $10 show at 9pm ** oct 13 tue Zach Gill, Kyle Hollingsworth at the Red Fox, Eureka 21+ ** oct 14 wed The Pogues, Chris Shiflett & The Cheaters 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 The Lickets, Marianne Dissard, Andrew Collberg at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** oct 14 wed The Charlatans UK at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. ?/? *** oct 14 wed New Fangled Wasteland (tribute), Guns For San Sebastian, Fred Torphy of Big Light at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** 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 14 wed cancelled: Crystal Stilts at Slim's, S.F. oct 15 thr Nadja, Maleficia, Worm Ouroboros, Circle Of Eyes at Terminal, 3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland a/a ** 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, Kelly Scarr 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 The Varukers, Doomsday Hour at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 9pm ** oct 15 thr Jail, Mojomatics, Pipsqueak, Sonic Chicken at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** oct 15 thr Glenn Tilbrook, Marianne Keith 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 The Mother Hips (record release) at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $25 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, Havok, Crucial Cause, Demonslaught at 924 Gilman a/a $8 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 Bob Saget at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $38/$45 8pm/9pm # ** (comedy) oct 16 fri Sky Larkin (U.K.), Peggy Sue & The Pirates, Efft at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $9 9:30pm ** oct 16 fri Floater, Flamingo Gunfight at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** oct 16 fri Factory Minds, Murder Never Dies, Sick Mess at Dreamland, Hayward a/a ** @ 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 Rascal Flatts With Darius Rucker at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # ** oct 16 fri Brigitte Handley & The Dark Shaddows at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** (new date) oct 16 fri Bad Touch, 5 Fingers Of Death, Culo A Boca at the Blue Bonnet, 208 S. Fair Oaks Avenue, Sunnyvale 21+ 9pm ** oct 16 fri The English Beat at the Avalon, 777 Lawrance Expressway, Santa Clara 21+ ** 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 fri Falling Up, Archeology, If A Tree Falls, Patrick Walsh at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $9/$11 6:30pm ** @ oct 16 fri The Ruin at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $5 8pm ** oct 16 fri Mozart Season at Club Retro, Fresno a/a $9/$11 6:30pm ** oct 16/17 Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a * oct 17 sat Schlong at 924 Gilman a/a 7:30pm *** oct 17 sat Conor Oberst, Jim James, M. Ward, Mike Mogis at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $39.50/$45.50 8pm ** (monsters of folk) oct 17 sat Sole, Astronautalis at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** oct 17 sat The Jesus Lizard, Killdozer 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 Ludicra, King City, Futur Skullz at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/10pm ** @ (Frank El Rio and Scott Alcoholocaust's birthday) oct 17 sat Adrian Belew at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $30 7:30pm/8pm *** oct 17 sat Maxwell, Common And Chrisette Michele at the Pavilion, Concord a/a # ** oct 17 sat Wild Child (tribute), Skynnyn Lynnyrd (tribute) at the Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway, Redwood City a/a $20 8pm ** oct 17 sat Inca Silver at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm * 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 (Athens, OH), 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 La Roux at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 18 sun Adrian Belew at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 18 sun Garotas Suecas (Brazil), Lumerians, Grass Widow at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** oct 18 sun Slick Idiot, Saints Of Ruin, Diabolic Disciple at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** oct 18 sun Mike Posner, Big Sean at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 18 sun The Devil Makes Three at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $15 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 Brother Ali at the Avalon, 777 Lawrance Expressway, Santa Clara 21+ ** oct 18 sun Koffin Katz at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $10 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 Phantom Kicks, Navigator vs. Navigator at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 7pm ** (early show) 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 19/20 Paul and Storm, Wil Wheaton, Adam Savage at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $22 7:30pm ** oct 20 tue Stone Temple Pilots at the Fox Theater, Okaland a/a $53 8pm # *** oct 20 tue The Koffin Kats at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm * 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 Patrick Watson at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 20 tue Ghostface Killah, Souls Of Mischief, Fashawn, Strong Arm Steady, Deep Rooted at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** oct 20 tue Nodzzz, Thomas Function, Yusseff Jerusalem at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** oct 20 tue Hawksley Workman at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 8:30pm ** cot 20 tue Fu Manchu, Asg, It's Casual at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $12/$15 9pm ** oct 20/21 Brandi Carlile at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $26 7pm/8pm # ** oct 20/21 Steely Dan at Civic Auditorium, 408 South Almaden Blvd., San Jose a/a $228-$55 6:30pm/8pm # *** (see oct 23/24/25) oct 21 wed Blind Pilot, The Low Anthem at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 21 wed The Spits, Davila 666, The Pets at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 8pm *** @ (21+ show on oct 22nd) oct 21 wed Kurt Vile & The Violators, Wooden Shjips, Young Prism at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** oct 21 wed Ryan Montbleau Band at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm * oct 21 wed Souls Of Mischief at the Avalon, 777 Lawrance Expressway, Santa Clara 21+ ** 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 Matisyahu at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 6pm/7pm # ** oct 22 thr Noah And The Whale, Robert Francis at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $17 8pm ** 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, Total Hound at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** oct 22 thr Emmitt-Nershi Band, Assembly Of Dust at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 22 thr The Spits, Davila 666 at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm *** @ (a/a show on oct 21st) 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 Michael Ian Black & Michael Showalter at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $25/$29.50 8pm # ** (comedy - seated) (Michael & Michael Have Issues) oct 23 fri Skinlab at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm *** 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 Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 23 fri Girl In A Coma, Black Gold at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** oct 23 fri Necessary Evils, Black Time (London), The Golden Boys at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 7pm ** oct 23 fri Slipknot, Deftones at the Events Center, San Jose State a/a $39.50 7pm/8pm # *** @ oct 23 fri Three Bad Jacks at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** oct 23 fri Bad Touch, Culo A Boca at the Pioneer Saloon, 2925 A Woodside Road, Woodside 21+ $5 9pm ** oct 23 fri Dos Hermanos (Germany) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** oct 23 fri Asyst, Last to Die, Gorphyrac at Jose's Underground, Monterey 21+ $5 9pm ** oct 23 fri La Circa, We're Not Friends Anymore, Look Alive, Carcery's Vale, The Voice Of War at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $8/$10 6:30pm ** @ oct 23 fri Children Of The Grave (tribute) at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $5 8pm * oct 23/24 The Bouncing Souls, Bayside, Broadway Calls at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ oct 23/24 Exotic Erotic Ball & Expo at the Cow Palace, S.F. 18+ ** oct 23/24/25 Steely Dan at the Nob Hill Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $230-$55 7pm/8pm (fri/sat) 6:30m/7:30pm (sun) # *** (see oct 21/22) oct 24 sat Killer Instinct (San Leandro), Septic Shock (San Jose), Epileptic Seizure (Novato), Code Of Conduct at B.R.S., Richmond a/a 7:30pm *** @ oct 24 sat Mika at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $29.50 8pm # ** oct 24 sat The Sounds, Foxy Shazam at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** oct 24 sat Rachel Grimes & Sarah Cahill at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $17 7:30pm * oct 24 sat Stirling Says, Finest Dearest, System & Station at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** 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 Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 24 sat Rykarda Parasol (cd release), Nero Nava, Murder Of Lilies at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm *** oct 24 sat Nobunny, Rocknroll Adventure Kids, Personal & The Pizzas, Johnny & The Limelight (IL), The Pizzas at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $5 3pm *** @ oct 24 sat Cannabis Corpse, Ramming Speed at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ *** @ oct 24 sat TinMan, Destroyer (tribute), Powerage (tribute), Crimes Of Passion, Hot Off The Press at the Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway, Redwood City a/a $15 7pm ** @ oct 24 sat Anti-Social (San Jose) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 7pm ** oct 24 sat The Heavy, Moodrunner at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 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 24 sat Dos Hermanos (Bayern,Germany) at Jose's Underground, Monterey 21+ $5 9pm ** oct 24 sat Bidwell, Josiah James, We Are The Aresenal, Heroes Last Mission, Fate Under Fire at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $10/$12 6:30pm ** @ oct 24 sat Skinlab, Damage Over Time, Sexciety, Synsytem, Kebert Xela at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $10/$12 8pm *** oct 24/25 Neil Young, No Doubt, Jimmy Buffett (sat), Chris Martin, Adam Sandler (sun), Sheryl Crow, Fleet Foxes, Monsters Of Folk, Wolfmother, Gavin Rossdale at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $150/75/$39.50 3pm/5pm (sat) noon/2pm (sun) # *** (Bridge School Benefit) oct 25 sun Rose Melberg, Kellarisan at 924 Gilman, Berkeley a/a 5pm ** oct 25 sun Leslie West, Lester Chambers, Country Joe McDonald, Denny Laine, The Original Lowrider Band, Greg Errico, Jerry Martini, Cynthia Robinson, David And Linda La Flamme, Michael McClure And Ray Manzarek, Lydia Pense And Cold Blood, Terry Haggerty, Annie Sampson And Her Band, Nick Gravenites Band, Harvey Mandel And The Snake Band, Barry 'The Fish' Melton, Jerry Miller And Jim Post, George Walker And Mountain Girl, Lost Creek Gang And The Merry Pranksters With Ken Babbs, El Chicano, Alameda All Stars, Edwin Hawkins, David Denny With Prairie Prince, Diana Mangano, Greg Douglas, Carlos Rios, PF Sloan, Jimmy McCarty, Peter Kaukonen, John York, Leigh Stevens, Narada Michael Walden, Kathi McDonald And Friends, Cathy Richardson Band, Vilenti And Saunders, Mitchell Holman, Jose Neto And Friends, The Mutaytor, Rock Hendricks, speakers, art, dj's 3,000+ guitar players playing 'Purple Haze' for world's record (West Fest - 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 Rakim at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 25 sun Compression Of The Chest Cavity Miracle, Elise Baldwin, Sgt. Cobra Queef, David Kendall, Horseflesh, V.S.L.S. at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm *** (Brutal Sound Effects Festival #67) 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 The Disciplines at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** oct 25 sun Sector Zero (Memphis), Box Elders (Omaha), Wounded Lion, Superior Units, Wild Thing, Outdoorsmen, record swap at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $5 1pm *** oct 25 sun Build Us Airplanes, Navigator Vs. Navigator (Seattle) at Java Lounge, 2416 16th St., Sacramento a/a $6 6pm ** oct 25 sun Umphrey's McGee (Chicago) at the Eureka Theater, 612 F Street, Eureka a/a ** oct 25 sun Cannabis Corpse, Ramming Speed at someplace, Arcata ?/? *** @ oct 26 mon Sunset Rubdown at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a * oct 26 mon Goh Nakamura, Jane Lui at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $10 8pm * (songwriter) oct 26 mon Something To Burn at Last Day Saloon, 120 5th St. at Davis St., Santa Rosa 21+ ** oct 27 tue Emilie Autumn at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 18+ ** oct 27 tue Le Loup, Nurses, French Miami at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 27 tue The Heavy at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 27 tue Dead Man's Bones at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $16 7:30pm ** oct 27 tue Pierre Le Robot, Weatherbox, Little Brazil, Raised By Robots at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** oct 27 tue Pelican, Black Cobra at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 27 tue Spanish Harlem Orchestra at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a * oct 27 tue Urgehal (Norway), Spearhead (U.K.), Eyes Of Noctum (L.A.) at the Voodoo Lounge, San Jose 21+ *** @ (black metal) oct 28 wed Urgehal (Norway), Spearhead (U.K.), Eyes Of Noctum (L.A.) at the Metro, Oakland a/a *** @ (black metal) 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 Amy Millan at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm * oct 28 wed Sean Hayes at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 28 wed Umphrey's McGee (Chicago) at McNears Mystic Theater, 23 Petaluma Blvd., Petaluma ?/? ** oct 29 thr Joshua Radin, The Watson Twins at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a $20 8pm ** oct 29 thr Rusted Root at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $26.50 7pm/8pm # ** oct 29 thr MurderMurder, Piles, Jozef Van Wissem at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** oct 29 thr Mumiy Troll (Russia) at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 29 thr UFO at Fat Cat, 930 11th Street, Modesto 21+ *** oct 29 thr Urgehal (Norway), Spearhead (U.K.), Eyes Of Noctum (L.A.) at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights ?/? *** @ (black metal) oct 29 thr cancelled: Deadmau5 at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. oct 30 fri Ghoul, Cannabis Corpse, Brainoil, Population Reduction, Ramming Speed at the Metro, Oakland a/a $10 7pm *** @ oct 30 fri Regina Spektor, Jupiter One 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 # ** (comedy) 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 Lucha Vavoom at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 9pm # ** oct 30 fri Moonspell (Portugal), Samael (Switzerland), Book Of Black Earth, Secrets Of The Moon (Germany), dj Rob Metal at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $15/$20 9pm/9:30pm *** @ oct 30 fri The Faint, Basement Jaxx, The Crystal Method, Diplo, Infected Mushroom, Jonathan Davis, Adam Freeland, Flosstradamus, Steve Aoki, Zombie Nation, Le Castle Vania, Designer Drugs, Paparazzi, Classixx, Dyloot, dj Omar at the Cow Palace, South S.F. a/a $25-$40 (depending when bought) 6:30pm # *** (Live 105) oct 30 fri Nobunny, East Bay Grease, Apache Dropout at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** oct 30 fri Art Brut at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $16 10:30pm ** oct 30 fri Shonen Knife (Japan), Hot Toddies at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $12 9pm *** @ oct 30 fri Bad Touch, Sin Vida, Culo A Boca at Caravan, 98 South Almaden Ave., San Jose 21+ free 10pm ** oct 30 fri Tumbleweed, Fourfits, The Rugers at Jose's Underground, Monterey 21+ $5 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 Penelope And The Birdboys at the Starry Plough, Berkeley 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 The Hi Rhythm Hustlers, Cari Lee, dj's at the Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa at Potrero, S.F. a/a $11/$15 9pm/10pm ** (Zombie Ball) oct 31 sat Hightower, Future Skullz at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** oct 31 sat Albino! at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16/$18 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 31 sat Rattler (D.C.), Bang Maiden at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** 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 Counter Clockwise (cd release), Pride Subject, Granted Earth, Space Hooker at Jose's Underground, Monterey 21+ $5 9pm ** oct 31 sat Aroarah, Fairgame, Man Automatic, One Dying Secret, Brand X Savior at the Fire Escape, 7431 Madison Avenue, Citrus Heights 21+ $10 7pm ** oct 31/nov 1 Built To Spill at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm (sat) 9pm (sun) # *** nov 1 sun Burmese, Deathroes, Brandon Nickell, Acre, Orhima at Totally Intense Fractal Mind Gaze Hut, 671 24th St., Oakland a/a ** @ nov 1 sun Shonen Knife (Japan), Ty Segall, Dreamdate, dj Zola, dj Jen Schande 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 Jason Reeves, Curtis Peoples at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm * nov 1 sun UFO, Travis Larson Band at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 7:30pm/8pm *** nov 1 sun Lucero, Jack Oblivion, John Paul Keith, The One Four Fives at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $22 7:30pm/8pm ** nov 1 sun Malevolent at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $5 6pm ** 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 2 mon Chevelle, Halestorm, After Midnight Project at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $25/$27 7:30pm # ** @ nov 2 mon Land Of Talk at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** nov 3 tue Atlas Sound, Broadcast at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 3 tue Chinese Stars, All Leather at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8 8pm ** nov 3 tue Jeffrey Foucault & Andy Friedman at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm * (songwriter) nov 3 tue Rob Zombie, Captain Clegg, Necromantix at the Events Center, San Jose State a/a $35.50 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** @ nov 4 wed Rezurex, Stellar Corpses at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** nov 4 wed Timmy Curran at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $10/$12 9:30pm * nov 4 wed Trio 3 (Oliver Lake, Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille) at Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market St., S.F. a/a $35 7:30pm ** (jazz) nov 4 wed White Rabbits at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** nov 4 wed Pete And J, AllofaSudden at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8pm * nov 4 wed Evangelicals, Holiday Shores at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** nov 4 wed Little Dragon at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 4/5 Puscifer at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $195-$50 8pm # ** (seated) nov 5 thr Immortal Technique at Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave. at Bancroft, Berkeley 21+ * nov 5 thr Mat Kearney, Vedera at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** nov 5 thr Blues Control, Hank IV, Celine Dion at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** nov 5 thr Hanson, Hellogoodbye, Steel Train, Sherwood at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** nov 5 thr Mum at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $23 7:30pm/8pm ** nov 6 fri Citizen Fish (U.K.), Star Fucking Hipsters, Severance Package, Molotov Compromise, Bum City Saints at 924 Gilman a/a 7:30pm *** @ nov 6 fri Dropkick Murphys at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $29.50/$25.50 7:30pm *** @ nov 6 fri The Limousines, The Freshmen at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** 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 Dinosaur Jr., Lou Barlow (solo) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 8pm/9pm # *** @ nov 6 fri Hallelujah The Hill, Mist & Mast at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** nov 6 fri Langhorne Slim, Dawes at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 6 fri David Foster & Friends, Peter Cetera, Charice, Philip Bailey, Ruben Studdard, Michael Johns at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $128-$58 6pm/7pm # ** 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 6 fri Alright Class at Jose's Underground, Monterey 21+ $5 9pm * nov 7 sat Can-Cannibals, Ill Gotten Gainz, Hudson Criminal, Dreadful Children, Cycloptopus at Yer Casa, Oakland a/a *** @ nov 7 sat Robert Randolph & The Family Band at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $28.50 8pm ** nov 7 sat indie mart fall street fair at thee Parkside, 17th & Wisconsin, S.F. a/a free noon til 6pm 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 # ** (comedy) nov 7 sat The Finches, Little Wings, The Mantles at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** nov 7 sat Will Hoge at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm * (early show) nov 7 sat Still Flyin' at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 10:30pm * (late show) 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 7 sat Hate 4 State, 3 Dead at Jose's Underground, Monterey 21+ $5 9pm ** nov 7 sat Final Summation, Bastards Of Young, The Secretions, The Snot Cocks, pro wrestling at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $9/$10 6:30pm *** @ (Danny Secretions Birthday) nov 7 sat Sleepnoise, Solar Powered People, The Foreign Resort (Denmark) at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 7pm ** 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 Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, Chuck Prophet at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** nov 8 sun Saosin, P.O.S., Innerparty System, Eye Alaska at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $17.50 8pm # *** nov 8 sun David Gray, Lisa Hannigan at the Nob Hill Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $38/$55 8pm # ** nov 8 sun Panther, Death Sentence: Panda!, Shakes Gown at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9m ** nov 8 sun Birds And Batteries (record release), Telegraph Canyon at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** nov 8 sun John Cleese at the Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway, Redwood City a/a $70-$50 8pm ** nov 8/9/10 Pixies at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $64.50/$49.50 8pm # *** 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 Five For Fighting (acoustic) at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market St., S.F. a/a $27.50 7:30pm ** nov 10 tue Emily Wells, Simple Citizens at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 730pm ** nov 10 tue Ian Anderson at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a *** nov 11 wed The Used, The Almost, Drive A at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** nov 11 wed All Time Low, We The Kings, Hey Monday, The Friday Night Boys at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** nov 11 wed Pete And J at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8pm * nov 11 wed Jad Fair, Grass Widow at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $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 12 thr A Fine Frenzy, Landon Pigg at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a $18 8pm ** nov 12 thr Headlights, Anni Rossi, Pomegranates at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** nov 12 thr Worker Bee, The Jet Age, The Crazies Will Destroy You at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** nov 12 thr Electric Six, The Gay Blades, Millions Of Brazilians at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16 7:30pm/8pm *** nov 12 thr Young Offenders, Smalltown, Off With Their Heads, The Complaints at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** nov 12 thr Electric Tickle Machine (N.Y.C.) at Jose's Underground, Monterey 21+ $5 9pm ** nov 12/13/14 Widespread Panic at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $45 8pm # *** nov 12/13/14 battle of the bands at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $9/$10 6:30pm ** 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 They Might Be Giants at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $26.50 9pm # *** nov 13 fri Glassjaw at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $23/$25 9pm # *** 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 Lover!, Bass Drum Of Death at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** nov 13 fri Free Energy, The Drums at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $14 9:30pm ** 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 fri Culo A Boca at Henfling's, 9450 Highway 9, Ben Lomond 21+ $7 * 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 Mountain Goats at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** nov 14 sat Jackopierce at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $20/$25 9pm ** nov 14 sat Or, The Whale (cd release), Hello Kavita, The Brothers Comatose at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** nov 14 sat The Turks, Rats Eyes, Gusto at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** nov 14 sat Mission Of Burma at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/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 White Tie Affair, The Traveling Talent Show, Every Avenue, Stereo Skyline, Runner Runner at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** nov 15 sun David Lindley, John Hammond at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (seated show) nov 15 sun Playing For Change Band (Mohammed Alidu, Ghana, Peter Bunetta, Grandpa Elliott, Mermans Kenkosenki, DR Congo, Louis Mhlanga, Juan Carlos Portillo, Jason Tamba, Titi Tsira) at Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon St., S.F. a/a $45 8pm # ** (seated) nov 15 sun David Choi at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** nov 15 sun The Sippy Cups at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. ?/? ** nov 15 sun The Black Heart Procession, Bellini at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** nov 15 sun Lewis Black at the Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway, Redwood City a/a $59.50 7pm/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 16 mon dj Spooky at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 8:30pm/9pm ** (was oct 19th) nov 17 fri The Big Pink, Crystal Antlers, IO Echo at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 17 tue The Whigs, The Features at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 7:30pm/8pm ** 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 Elm, Midday Veil, Sequin Trails at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** nov 18 wed The King Khan & BBQ Show at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** nov 18 wed Hollywood Undead, Atreyu, Escape The Fate, The Sleeping at the Events Center, San Jose State a/a $26.50 7pm # ** @ 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 brokeNCYDE, Kill Paradise, The Ready Set, Watchout! There's Ghosts at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ nov 19 thr Silian Rail, Grand Lake, Ash Reiter at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** nov 19 thr Keller Williams (Fredericksburg, VI) at Mystic Theater, Petaluma ?/? ** nov 19 thr Gwar, Job For a Cowboy, Red Chord at the Senator Theatre, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a # *** @ nov 19/20 Peter Bjorn & John, El Perro Del Mar at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 20 fri The Swell Season at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $35/$40 8pm # ** nov 20 fri Maldroid at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** nov 20 fri Steven Wright at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** (comedy) nov 20 fri Fiery Furnaces, Cryptacize, Dent May at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16 9pm ** nov 20 fri Zoo Station (tribute) at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** nov 20 fri 5 fingers Of Death, Whores Of War, Formaldebrides, Culo A Boca at the Retox Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** nov 20 fri Eternal Tapestry, Barn Owl, Moon Duo at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** nov 20 fri Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Faun Fables at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16/$18 7:30pm/8pm *** nov 20 fri Lisa Lampanelli at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** nov 20 fri Gwar, Job For a Cowboy, Red Chord at the New Oasis, 2100 Victorian Ave., Sparks, NV a/a # *** @ nov 20 fri Keller Williams (Fredericksburg, VI) at Eureka Theatre, Eureka a/a ** nov 20/21 Disco Biscuits at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 9pm # ** 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 Municipal Waste at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ nov 21 sat Shuteye Unison, Grandchildren at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** nov 21 sat Lisa Lampanelli at the Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway, Redwood City a/a $42.75 6pm/7pm # ** nov 21 sat Dethklok, Mastodon, High On Fire, Converge at the Events Center, San Jose State a/a $35 6:30pm # *** @ nov 22 sat Thrice, The Dear Hunter, Polar Bear Club at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $20/$24 7:30pm # *** nov 22 sat Lake, Karl Blau at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** nov 22 sun Wednesday13's Gunfire 76, Bullets & Octane, The Becoming at Voodoo Lounge, San Jose 21+ ** nov 22 sun The Disco Biscuits at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $16/$19 7pm/7:30pm ** nov 23 mon Wolfmother, Heartless Bastards, Thenewno2 at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $29.50 7:30pm ** @ nov 23 mon Friendly Fires at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 23 mon Keller Williams (Fredericksburg, VI) at the Big Room, The Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, Chico ?/? ** nov 24 tue Gwar, Job For a Cowboy, Red Chord at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $22/$25 8pm # *** @ 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 The Laurie Berkner Band at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a # $25/$35 11am # ** nov 27 fri Igor & Red Elvises at Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave. at Bancroft, Berkeley 21+ ** nov 27 fri Trivium, Chimaira, Whitechapel, Dirge Within at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $26/$30 2pm/3pm # *** @ nov 27 fri Norma Jean, Horse The Band, The Chariot, Arsonists Get All The Girls at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15/$17 7:30pm ** nov 27 fri Savoy Family Cajun Band at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a * nov 27 fri Peaches, Amanda Blank at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $25/$27 9pm # ** nov 27 fri Toots & THe Maytals at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $26 8pm/9pm # ** nov 27/28 Karl Denson's Tiny Universe at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 28 sat Straight No Chaser at Palace of Fine Arts, S.F. a/a $29.50 8pm ** nov 28 sat New Riders Of The Purple Sage at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 28 sat Dizzy Balloon, Japandroids at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm/9pm *** nov 28 sat The Business, Control (U.K.) at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $13 9pm *** @ 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 29 sun Black Ganion (Japan), Laudanum at 924 Gilman a/a *** @ nov 29 sun Justin Mozuka at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a $21 8pm ** nov 29 sun Trans-Siberian Orchestra at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $40/$60 # ** (two shows) nov 30 mon The Vic Chesnutt Band, Witchies at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** dec 1/2 The Black Crowes at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $51.50 7pm/8pm # *** (also dec 4-6) dec 2/3 Richard Thompson at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 18+ $30 7:30pm/8:30pm ** dec 3 thr Fish Out Of Water, The Hallway Ballers at Jose's Underground, Monterey 21+ $5 8pm ** dec 4 fri 7 Seconds, Classics Of Love, Static Thought, Wolves And Thieves at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ dec 4 fri The Moore Brothers at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** dec 4 fri Poi Dog Pondering, Scotland Yard Gospel Choir at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** dec 4 fri Damage Inc. (tribute), Paradise City (tribute), Aaron Pearson at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** dec 4/5/6 The Black Crowes at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $51.50 8pm/9pm (fri/sat) 7pm/8pm (sun) # *** (also dec 1-2) dec 5 sat Drummer at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** dec 5 sat Callow at Jose's Underground, Monterey 21+ $5 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 9 wed Son Volt at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** dec 10 thr JJ Grey & Mofro, Shooter Jennings at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** dec 10 thr Johnny Mathis at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** dec 11/12 Los Lobos at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $42.50 8pm/9pm # ** dec 12 sat Heidi Newfield at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** dec 12 sat Metallica, Machine Head at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $72.50 (ga floor & reserved)/$52.50 7pm # *** @ dec 13 sun Grace Potter & The Nocturnals at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $21 7pm/8pm # ** dec 13 sun Aventura at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # ** dec 14 mon Tab Benoit at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** 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 18 fri Steve Kimock Crazy Engine at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** dec 19 sat The Velvet Teen, Litany For The Whale, Build Us Airplanes at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm ** @ 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 27/28 Railroad Earth at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25.50 7pm/8pm # ** 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, The Soft White Sixties 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 ** jan 9 sat D.R.I. at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ feb 14 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap, at McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. a/a $3 ($20 6am early entry) 10am apr 13 tue Mark Knopfler at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a # $100-$50 8pm # ** 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-2am 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 Boom Boom Room, 1601 Fillmore, S.F. 21+ 415-673-8000 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 Jose's Underground Lounge, 638 Wave St., Monterey 21+ 831-655-4419 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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