Web (and searchable) version at http://jon.luini.com/thelist/ T H H EEEEEE L I SSSS TTTTT T H H E L I S T T HHHHHH EEEEE L I SSSS T T H H E L I S T T H H E L I S S T T H H EEEEEE LLLLLLL I SSSS T funk-punk-thrash-ska Upcoming shows of interest April 28, 2010 apr 28 wed Growing (Brooklyn), Eric Copeland at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $10/$12 8pm ** apr 28 wed Tokyo Raid, Brooks Was Here at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** apr 28 wed The Bodice Rippers, Three Blind Mice at the Starry Plough, Berkeley 21+ 9pm * (poetry slam) apr 28 wed Sonya Cotton, Honeycomb, Jascha vs. Jascha, Kris Gruen at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** apr 28 wed Fix My Head (record release), This Runs On Blood (Flagstaff, AZ), Useless Children (Victoria, Australia), Gain To Lose (Hayward) at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $6 8pm/9pm *** @ apr 28 wed Oscar Reynolds at Union Square, S.F. a/a free 12:30pm-1:30pmpm * apr 28 wed Aesop, Venture Capitalists, The New Humans at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 28 wed Chad Price, Michael Dean Damron, Micah Schabnel, Piss Pissedoffherson at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm/8:30pm ** apr 28 wed Stymie And The Pimp Jones Love Orchestra, Funk Revival Orchestra at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** (funk) apr 28 wed Red Light Mind, The Attack Plan, Bearded Lady at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5/$8 ** apr 28 wed Emerald Hill, Crash Bang Boom, Ghosts In The Aquaducts at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** apr 28 wed Days Of The New, Nova, Red Sunday, Scott Rose, Cherry Nova at the Avalon, 777 Lawrance Expressway, Santa Clara a/a $12 ** apr 29 thr Sightings, Nuclear Death Wish, Curse Of The Birthmark, The Careerers, Black Stool at Fort Gallery, 863 26th Street, Oakland a/a ** apr 29 thr Javelin, Maus Haus, The Splinters, dj StopMakingCents at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** (moved from Ghost Town) apr 29 thr A Day To Remember, August Burns Red, Silverstein, Enter Shikari, Go Radio at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 6:45pm # *** @ apr 29 thr The Spill Canvas, Tyler Hilton, AM Taxi, New Politics at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** apr 29 thr Murs, Sick Jacken at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm # ** apr 29 thr Photo Atlas, The Moog (Budapest, Hungary), Smile Radio at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8 9pm *** apr 29 thr Aquaserge, Casper & The Cookies, Grand Lake at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** apr 29 thr Arcadio, Guns For San Sebastian, Charles Gonzalez at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** apr 29 thr Emily Jane White, Helene Renaut, Chloe Makes Music at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** apr 29 thr Emily Mclean (cd release), Quinn DeVeaux, Street Sirens at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5/$8 8pm ** apr 29 thr Travis Hayes, Moonlight Orchestra, Man vs Child at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** apr 29 thr C-Mon & Kypski, The Frequency, dj Mancub at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 7:30pm/8pm ** apr 29 thr Sugar And Gold (cd release), Nite Jewel, Baron Von Luxxury, dj Loose Shus at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 29 thr Flood, Hashshashin, Days Of High Adventure (first show) at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm/10pm ** @ apr 29 thr Arctic Flowers (Portland), Airfix Kits, Rank/Xerox, Celine Dion at the Li-Po Lounge, 916 Grant Ave., S.F. 21+ $6 8pm/9pm ** @ apr 29 thr Nosebleed Academy, Edenview at Mountain Charley's, 15 N Santa Cruz Ave., Los Gatos 21+ $5 7:30pm ** apr 29 thr Gin Blossoms at State Theater, 1307 J Street, Modesto a/a $45/$35 7pm/8pm *** apr 29 thr I-80, Vetalian, Train Gang Click, Pref1x, Fearmobb, Skitzo Mainy, Skrilla Scratch, Upperclass Ent at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm ** apr 30 fri J. Ward, Buckshot, B. Hamilton, Shari La La's, Black America, Careerers at Mosswood Park, MacArthur Blvd. & Broadway, Oakland a/a free 1pm ** apr 30 fri Until Your Heart Stops, This Runs On Blood (Flagstaff, AZ), Pills, Early Graves at Your Haus, Oakland a/a $5 8pm ** @ apr 30 fri The Coup, Katdelic at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $20 8:30pm ** (was mar 19th) apr 30 fri Death Valley High, Tell Tale Heartbreakers, Vacant Churches, Hooray For Everything at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 ** apr 30 fri Rogue Wave, Man/Miracle at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $19.50 8pm/9pm # ** apr 30 fri Shpongle, A.D.H.K., Hallucinogen at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** apr 30 fri The Ponys, Disappears, Spencey Dude & The Doodles at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/10pm *** apr 30 fri Joe Rut (cd release), Will Franken at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** apr 30 fri Lava, Mestizo, Carmen Milagro at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** apr 30 fri Solid Gold, Lemonade, Active Child, dj Aaron Axelsen at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 9pm ** apr 30 fri Clipd Beaks, Sightings, Bill Orcutt at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * apr 30 fri Flexx Bronco, My Revolver, The Bourbon Saints, Electric Sister at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** apr 30 fri Room For A Ghost, Ventid, Groundskeeper at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** apr 30 fri Lord T & Eloise, Tenderlions, Hottub (dj set) at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 7:30pm/9pm ** apr 30 fri Kapakahi (ep release), Dogman Joe, Stranger at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** apr 30 fri La Corde, Defektors, Vapid, Terry Malts at Pissed Off Pete's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** apr 30 fri Monkey, Pion 2 Zion, M.M.F.M., Fly High at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm *** apr 30 fri Sugarland, Julianne Hough, Vonda Shepard at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $56-$32 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** apr 30 fri Shinobu, Pteradon, Hard Girls, The High Sea, War Dolphin, DeatHat, Gnarboots, The Albert Square, Good Hustle, The Runaway Five, Mike Park at Nickel City, San Jose a/a $8 ($5 with can of food) 7pm *** (Cuddlefest) apr 30 fri Love Vigilantes (tribute), Reptile House at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** apr 30 fri Glasses Malone, Cash Lewis, Who Ride, Suave Debonaire, Cooley Mac'n, Supaficialz at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $20/$25 7:30pm/8pm ** apr 30/may 1 Eagles (Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Joe Walsh, Timothy B.) at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $180-$52 # *** (apr 30th sold out) may 1 sat Elk, Neurotoxicity, Ghastly Chains at 924 Gilman a/a $5 8pm *** @ may 1 sat Big Dan, Los Rakas, Tragik Kiwi, Powerstruggle at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** may 1 sat AC/DShe (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. a/a $14 9pm ** may 1 sat Broken Social Scene at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** may 1 sat Plushgun, Music For Animals, Fake Your Own Death, Marissa Guzman, dj Miss Watkins at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** may 1 sat Maus Haus, Rafter, White Cloud at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/10pm ** may 1 sat Penny Dreadfuls, Spider Garage, The Eldorados at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm til 8pm ** may 1 sat Laudanum, Worm Ouroboros (record release) Dispirit (first show) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm *** @ may 1 sat The Antlers, Phantogram at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $14 8:30pm/9pm ** may 1 sat Warren Teagarden, Collisionville, Charmless at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** may 1 sat Verbal Abuse, The Nerv, Sassy!!! at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm *** @ may 1 sat One World Band, Oliver Hunt Group, Petaluma Highschool Combo, The Stratospheres, Collaboration Jazz Quintet, The Phoenix Jazz Ensemble, The Wicked Uncles at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 3pm/4pm *** (2nd Annual Jazz & Graffiti Invitational) may 1 sat A Night In Hollywood, The Subtle Way, This Awakening, Sink This Ship!, The Even Tide at the Red House, Walnut Creek a/a $10 7pm ** @ may 1 sat Jesse Grant, John Prednydak at the Mardi Gras, 1628 El Camino Real, Redwood City 21+ free 9pm ** may 1 sat Moon Cadillac, My Monster at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $7 9pm ** may 1 sat Ludicra, Dusted Angel, Zaticoy, Nordic Forge at Coasters, Boardwalk Bowl, 115 Cliff Street, Santa Cruz 21+ $10 ** @ may 1 sat Chop Tops (cd release), Hayride To Hell, Fire Whiskey, Swillbillies at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $8/$12 ** may 1 sat The Spill Canvas, Tyler Hilton, AM Taxi, New Politics at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15 6:30pm/7pm ** may 1 sat Name, Nightmare In The Twilight at the Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a 8pm # ** may 1 sat Zion I at the Senator Theatre, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a ** may 1 sat Powerman 5000 at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a ** may 2 sun N/N, Nobunny, Younger Lovers, Dirty Marquee, Endemics at 924 Gilman a/a $7 5pm *** @ (Benefit Liberation Institute - mental heath clinic in S.F.) may 2 sun Belly Of The Whale, Boy In The Bubble at Rasputin's Music, Berkeley a/a 2pm ** may 2 sun The Deconstruction Orchestra, Josh Allen And Kjell Nordeson at Flux 53, 5300-5312 Foothill Boulevard, Oakland a/a $10 8pm * may 2 sun The Standard, Bamuthi, The Park at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $5/$10 7pm ** may 2 sun Rupa & The April Fishes, MC Yogi, dj Dragonfly at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 ($55 yoga & concert) 7pm/8pm # * (yoga group teaching at 4pm) may 2 sun The everhearts at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm til 7pm ** may 2 sun 3 Leafs, Nymph, Woom at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** may 2 sun Eluvium, Benoit Pioulard at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm ** may 2 sun Shootin' Lucy, Neutralboy (Bremerton, WA), Steel Tigers Of Death (Seattle, WA), Gunner at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $6 5pm/5:30pm *** @ (moved from the Knockout) may 2 sun Socialized, My Parade, Umend at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** (late show) may 2 sun Tempo No Tempo, Dinowalrus at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a ** may 2 sun Devin The Dude at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ ** may 2 sun Name, Otis at the Zephyr, 1074 South Virginia Street, Reno NV ?/? ** may 2 sun Ash Reiter at Arcata Theater Lounge, 1036 G Street, Arcata ?/? * may 2 sun incorrect listing: Blood Red Throne, Insanity, Funerus (Johnstown, PN), Hod (San Antonio, TX), Cyanic (San Jose) at Voodoo Lounge, San Jose may 3/4 Ahmed Ahmed, Sammy Obeid, Amir K. at the New Parish, Oakland 21+ $13 7pm/8m ** (comedy night) may 3 mon Devin The Dude at Shattuck Down Low, Berkeley 21+ ** may 3 mon Green River Ordinance, Angel Taylor at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $12 9pm ** may 3 mon Futurecop (U.K.), Keith Masters (Chicago) at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** may 3 mon Lighter Thieves, Mosquito Bandito, The Slow Poisoner at at Pissed of Pete's, S.F. 21+ free 9:30pm ** may 4 tue film 'Akira' at 924 Gilman free movie night a/a free 7:30pm may 4 tue Needtobreathe, Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers, Seabird at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 4 tue Lupe Fiasco, B.O.B., Dosage at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** (was May 2nd at the Regency Ballroom) may 4 tue MC Frontalot, Brandon Patton, Edible Norris at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** (hip-hop/nerdcore) may 4 tue Rangers, Jon Porras, Radiant Husk, Centipede Eest at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** may 4 tue Heartless Bastards, Hacienda, Amy Cook at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 6:30pm/8pm ** may 4 tue Frisky Disco, Parachute Musical, The Winter Sounds at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $6 8pm ** may 4 tue Mudface, The Great American Beast (OH), Motogruv at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** @ may 4 tue Cretaceous, Tome Of Goetia, Malocchio at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ ** may 4 tue Thrice, Manchester Orchestra at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $18/$22 6:30pm/7:30pm *** may 4 tue Green River Ordinance at State Theater, 1307 J Street, Modesto a/a $12 7pm ** may 4 tue Conan O'Brien at Grand Sierra Resort and Casino, 2500 East 2nd Street, Reno NV ** may 5 wed Julieta Venegas, Ceci Bastida at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $39.50 8pm # ** may 5 wed Terry Reid, Howlin' Rain at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $20 8pm ** may 5 wed Cannibal Corpse, 1349, Skeletonwitch, Lecherous Nocturne at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ may 5 wed Coheed And Cambria, Circa Survive, Torche at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** may 5 wed Owen Pallett, Snowblink at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16 7:30pm/8pm ** (KALX Berkeley) may 5 wed Bane, Alpha & Omega, Wolves & Thieves, Streetwalkers at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $12 8pm *** @ may 5 wed Watchdawg, The Purrs, Street Pyramids at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ ** may 5 wed The Ferocious Few, Mississippi Man at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $5 9:30pm ** may 5 wed Conan O'Brien at San Jose State, San Jose ?/? $80-$40 8pm ** may 5 wed I Am Empire, Beta State at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** may 5 wed Her Demise My Rise, Fit For A King, Eyes Like Diamonds, Harp & Lyre at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 # ** may 5 wed Anybody Killa, Critical Bill, Mars, Kung Fu Vampire, Quette Daddie at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15/$18 7pm/7:30pm ** @ may 5/6 Red Sparowes, Fang Island at the Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz a/a ** may 6 thr Kevin Seconds, Street Eaters, Little Boy Blue, Ryan Banks at 924 Gilman Cafe Nite a/a $5-$10 sliding scale $5 7pm *** may 6 thr Farmer Dave Scher at the New Parish, Oakland 21+ $10 8pm/8:30pm * may 6 thr Reckless Kelly at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16 9pm ** (KPIG) may 6 thr The Hold Steady, The Donkeys, A Decent Animal at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** may 6 thr Murder City Devils at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** may 6 thr Tussle, Javelin, Bronze at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** may 6 thr Savannah Blu (bluegrass) at the Atlas Cafe, 3049 20th St., S.F. a/a free 8pm * may 6 thr The Shondes (Brooklyn), Ex-Boyfriends, Excuses For Skipping, The Bruises at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm/9pm ** may 6 thr Dosh, White Hinterland at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** may 6 thr Mariee Sioux at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm * may 6 thr King Sunny Ade & His African Beats at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 7:30pm/8pm ** may 6 thr Kid With Katana, Boy In The Bubble, Van Buren at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $6 8pm/9pm $3 8pm ** may 6 thr Trish Danieli, Zach Blizzard, Hamin Reed, Dela Project at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ ** may 6 thr Daughtry at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # *** may 6 thr Culo A Boca, Seduce The Dead, Dulcet Tone at Cafe Mare, 740 Front Street, Santa Cruz ?/? $5 9pm ** may 6 thr Conan O'Brien at Sacramento Memorial Auditorium, 16th & J St., Sacramento a/a ** may 6 thr Flobots at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15 7:30pm/8pm ** may 7 fri Merauder, Crucified, Ruckus, Rule Of Thumb, Grace Alley, Foreign Nature at 924 Gilman a/a $10 7:30pm *** @ may 7 fri The Memorials, Club Crasherz at Blake's, Berkeley 18+ 9pm ** may 7 fri The Mumlers, The Touch-Me-Nots, dj Mitch, dj Clark at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** (art reception for Tim Dean Tolle & Todd Earl Tolle) (Listening Party for The Dead Weather & The Black Keys) may 7 fri Los Campesinos!, Signals at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** may 7 fri Martin Sexton, Ryan Montbleau Band at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $26.50 8pm/9pm # ** may 7 fri Red Sparowes, Fang Island at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 7 fri Murder City Devils at the Slim's, S.F. a/a *** may 7 fri The Impalers, The Inciters, The Titan-Ups, Revival Sound System (dj) at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** may 7 fri Wallpaper, Dona, dj Morale at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** may 7 fri Brooks Was Here, Stagnant, Stereo Freakout, Hypertoxic at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** may 7 fri Bearded Lady at Grant & Green, 1371 Grant St., S.F. 21+ free * may 7 fri Fast Times at Maggie McGarry's, 1353 Grant Street, S.F. 21+ free 9pm * may 7 fri Control-R, Victory And Associates, Here Come The Saviours at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** may 7 fri The Royal Deuces, Ron Silva And The Monarchs, Roger That, The Devil-Ettes (dancers) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** may 7 fri The Velvet Teen, Goodriddler (cd release), The Iditarod, Not To Reason Why, The Crux, The Americas, art by: Jake Christensen, Justin Margitich, Nate Glomb at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7pm/8pm *** may 7 fri Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa 5+ $26-$66 8pm # *** may 7 fri Hammerlock, Troublemaker, Sad Boy Sinister, Dogs Of War at the Red Hat, 1860 Monument Blvd., Concord 21+ $5 9pm ** @ may 7 fri Culo A Boca, Bad Touch, Ice, Kat And The Mengs at the Mardi Gras, 1628 El Camino Real, Redwood City 21+ free 9pm ** (Billy the Bartender's birthday may 7 fri Matsuri, Daniel Francis Doyle (TX), Cosmonauts, Squadrons at Texas Toast House, 15560 Woodard Rd., San Jose a/a free 5pm (moved from Nickel City) may 7 fri The Atom Age, Mad Jody, 9:00 News at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm # ** @ may 7 fri Paint Over Pictures, Hello Sailor, Alarm the City, Hugo Stiglitz, Promise To A Friend at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm ** may 8 sat Sonic Boom Six, Knock Out, Dan Pottast, Los Arambula, IV at 924 Gilman, Berkeley a/a $8 7pm *** @ (SKA Night) may 8 sat The Missing Link, Mastodon, Between The Buried And Me, High On Fire, Baroness, Priestess, Valient Thorr, Black Cobra, Bison B.C. at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $35 4pm # *** @ (107.7 The Bone) may 8 sat Hot Tub, Isis G at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** may 8 sat Extra Action Marching Band at the New Parish, Oakland 21+ $10/$15 9pm ** may 8 sat Face To Face (10pm), Circle Jerks (8:30pm), The Ataris, la Plebe, Adolescents (4pm), Hightower (on skate ramp before skate finals) at City Underground, Fort Mason, S.F. a/a $20 10am **** @ (amateur skate contest starts 11am - music starts 4pm - tattoos onsite) may 8 sat Drive By Truckers at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** may 8 sat Old And In The Way, Ten Mile Tide, Poor Man's Whiskey at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (KPIG) may 8 sat Mono, The Twilight Sad at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 8 sat Hands Of Time, 6AM, Analong Soul at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm til 8pm ** may 8 sat Tropical Sleep at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * may 8 sat Stanton Moore Trio, The Good Band at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16/$18 8:30pm/9pm *** (KPIG) may 8 sat The Illness, No Captains, The Wasteland Saints at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** may 8 sat Sioux City Kid, Foolproof Four at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 8:30pm ** may 8 sat La Urss (Granada, Spain), N/N at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm/9:30pm ** @ may 8 sat Ash Reiter at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? * may 8 sat Songs For Snakes, Company Car, Pirate Radio at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** may 8 sat Susan Z, Crunchy Frog, Griffin Stoller & Kenny Blacklock, Third Rock, The Boogeymen at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a 7pm/8pm *** (Benefit for the Mountain Play and the Phoenix Theater) may 8 sat The Mad Caddies, Peaceable Jones, Static Thought, The 132's at Mutiny, 422 West 2nd Street, Antioch 21+ 6:30pm *** (advance tickets: Joshua at joshuasmith420420@yahoo.com 707-774 2537) may 8 fri Gruk, Zabaleen, Hukaholix, Law Abiding Citizens at the Red Hat, 1860 Monument Blvd., Concord 21+ $5 9pm ** @ (Libertatia Benefit) may 8 sat Judgement Day, Battlehooch, Dark Heavens, Case In Theory, The Northern Flickers at Homestead Lanes, Cupertino a/a $8 8pm may 8 sat The Shondes (Brooklyn) at the Robot Residence, Davis a/a ** may 8 sat Dead City Sunday, Green Audio, Abbey Sky, The Parade, Sensual Saint at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm ** may 9 sun Scattered Like Birds, Grand Lake at Rasputin Music, Berkeley a/a free 1pm ** may 9 sun The Deconstruction Orchestra, Josh Allen And Spirit at Flux 53, 5300-5312 Foothill Boulevard, Oakland a/a $10 8pm * may 9 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap, at McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. a/a $3 ($20 6am early entry) 10am may 9 sun Analog Rebellion, Mansions, Poema at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** may 9 sun Blind Willies at Community Music Center, 544 Capp Street, S.F. a/a free 4pm * may 9 sun Whisky Pills Fiasco, Whispering Chingaderos at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm til 7pm ** may 9 sun The Tallest Man on Earth, Nurses at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $14 7:30pm/8pm ** may 9 sun Wake Up Lucid (L.A.) at Grant & Green, 1371 Grant St., S.F. 21+ ** may 9 sun Shareef Ali & The Radical Folksonomy, Fancy Dan, Trevor & Dan at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ ** may 9 sat James Clark (tribute) at Todos Santos Plaza, Willow Pass Road, Concord a/a free 2pm ** may 9 sun Whitechapel (Knoxville, TN), Sons Of Aurelius (Santa Cruz) at the Underground, 555 East 4th St., Reno NV 21+ ** @ may 10 mon Alexisonfire, Trash Talk, Therefore I Am, La Dispute at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** may 10 mon The Besnard Lakes, Happy Hollows, The New Slave at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 7:30pm/8pm ** may 10 mon The Rattlesnakes, Cellar Doors, The Atom Age at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** may 11 tue film 'Raising Arizona' at 924 Gilman free movie night a/a free 7:30pm may 11 tue Oakland Active Orchestra, Jacob Zimmerman's "Lawson" at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** may 11 tue Wiz Khalifa, Fashawn, Jasmine Solano at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 11 tue Prizehog, Dogshredder at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** may 11 tue Bearded Lady at Boom Boom Room, 1601 Fillmore, S.F. 21+ * may 11 tue Embers, Ninth Moon Black, Blackwaves (Germany), Nero Order, dj Rob Metal at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm/8:30pm ** @ may 11 tue M.C. Meathook And The Vital Organs, Hammer Horror Classics, Trashkannon (San Jose) at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ free 8:30pm/9:30pm ** may 11 tue M.D.C., The Restarts (London, U.K.), Seduce The Dead, Shattered Faith, Descendage (tribute) at Coasters, Boardwalk Bowl, 115 Cliff Street, Santa Cruz 21+ $8 *** @ may 11/12 Midnite at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $28 8:30pm/9pm *** @ may 12 wed Neighbors, Oregon Trail, Psychic Handbook at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** may 12 wed M.D.C., The Restarts (London, U.K.), La Plebe, Dopecharge at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 8pm/8:30pm *** @ may 12 wed Fuck Buttons at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 12 wed Jakob Dylan And Tree Legs at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** may 12 wed Sioux City Kid, Spider Garage, Williford at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ ** may 12 wed The Rabbles, Spidermeow, The Tender Few at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ ** may 12 wed Beehive Spirit, Common Loon (IL), Alright at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** may 12 wed Kervan Ensemble (Turkish music with belly dance by Zahara), Mwe at Yoshi's, 1330 Fillmore Street, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm * may 12 wed Sad Bastards Book Club, Summer Of Glaciers, War Dolphin at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** may 12 wed Whitechapel (Knoxville, TN), Sons Of Aurelius (Santa Cruz) at Modesto Virtual, 947 10th Street, Modesto a/a ** @ may 12 wed Iration, ZuhG., Through The Roots, Pacific Dub at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 7pm/7:30pm ** may 12 wed Nasville Pussy, Psychostick, Gree Jelly at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a ** may 12 wed incorrect listing: Man/Miracle, The Yellow Dress, Quite Polite at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. may 13 thr Thirty Seconds To Mars, Mute Math, Neon Trees at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $29.50 7:30pm # *** (Live 105) may 13 thr Aceyalone, Sunspot Jonz at Shattuck Down Low, Berkeley 21+ ** may 13 thr Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers (acoustic), Jason Boots at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 13 thr Whitechapel (Knoxville, TN), Sons Of Aurelius (Santa Cruz), I Declare War, Fallujah at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $15/$17 9pm *** @ may 13 thr Zoo, Entropy Density at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** may 13 thr The Sweet Revenge, Gentlemen, Fire Whiskey at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** may 13 thr Meklit Hadero at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $15/$18 7pm/8pm ** may 13 thr Diane Birch at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 7:30pm ** may 13 thr Baby Bash, Iyaz, Kesha, B.O.B., Lil Jon, Usher, New Boyz, Trey Songz at Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $94-$20 7:30pm # *** (Wild 94.9 Wild Jam) may 13 thr Flaw (Louisville, Kentucky), Skinlab, Saint Vernon, Syndicon at the Avalon, 777 Lawrance Expressway, Santa Clara a/a *** @ may 13 thr Zero Ground, Theory Of Our Kind, Eyes Of Deception, Vital Perception, Un-Id at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7pm/7:30pm ** @ may 13/14 Goapele, Youth Speaks Poets (thr), dj Big Von (fri) at the New Parish, Oakland a/a (thr) 21+ (fri) $22/$26 9pm *** may 14 fri Dcoi!, Bum City Saints (cd release), Short Attn. Span, Side Effects, Public Suicide at 924 Gilman a/a $7 7:30pm *** @ may 14 fri Under 15 Seconds, Cht, Black America, Outlaw Dance Society, Mykee Ramen at Yer Casa, Oakland a/a 8pm ** @ may 14 fri The Bitter Honeys, The Aerosols, Joel Robinow vs. The Black Water, dj Sean Sullivan at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** may 14 fri Johann Johannsson at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (seated) may 14 fri Fun. at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 14 fri Lucha VaVoom at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 8pm/9pm # ** may 14 fri Starfucker, The Butterfly Bones, Silver Swans, Fake Drugs at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm ** may 14 fri Disastroid, The Famous, Gentlemen at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm ** @ may 14 fri Tendaloins, The Swapmeet Ensemble, Siaira Shawn at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm * may 14 fri Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Zigaboo Modeliste at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $75 ($150 vip) 7pm/8pm ** (Benefit Blue Bear's Music Programs for Youth Music Education) may 14 fri Front Street, Jugtown Pirates at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8:30pm ** may 14 fri The Smothers Brothers Show, The Yo Yo Man at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa 5+ $40-$50 8pm # *** may 14 fri Distance From Shelter at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ ** may 14 fri Whitechapel (Knoxville, TN), Sons Of Aurelius (Santa Cruz) at Club Retro, 4450 N. Brawley, Suite 111, Fresno a/a ** @ may 14 fri Jack Ketch, The Kennedy Veil, Aurelia, Solidus, Flower Violence at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm ** may 14/15 Sourgrass at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a ** may 15 sat Bobby Joe Ebola & The Children Macnuggits, Emily's Army at 924 Gilman a/a ** may 15 sat Kevin Hart at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $40-$30 7pm/8pm # ** may 15 sat Turbonegra, Kandi Coded, Distance From Shelter, Songs For Snakes at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** may 15 sat The Reaction, Airfix Kits, Rock Ceremony, Fugitive Kind at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm til 8pm ** may 15 sat Portal, Morbosidad, Sanguis Imperem, Dispirit, dj Rob Metal at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $12 9pm/9:30pm *** @ may 15 sat Converge, Coalesce, Lewd Acts, Black Breath at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16/$18 8pm *** @ may 15 sat Blind Willies at Inner Sunset St. Fair, Irving St. at 9th Ave., S.F. a/a free noon * may 15 sat Gil Mantera's Party Dream at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm * may 15 sat Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, Black Nature at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** may 15 sat Fool's Gold, Sandra Bernhard, Gary Shteyngart, Daniel Handler at Academy of Sciences, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, S.F. 21+ $20 (advance tickets only) 7:30pm * (cultural arts festival celebrating the Jewish Holiday Shavuot) may 15 sat Stormcrow, Elk, Pins Of Light at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm ** @ may 15 sat Monkey, MMFM, Explosion Sauce, Danny's House at the Red Hat, 1860 Monument Blvd., Concord 21+ $5 9pm ** @ (ska) may 15 sat Chayanne at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $116-$50 7pm/8pm # ** may 15 sat The Velvet Teen, Starfucker, Ugly Winner at Homestead Lanes, Cupertino a/a $8 8pm ** may 15 sat Earth Crisis, First Blood, Thick as Blood, No Gods No Dairy at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15 7pm/7:30pm *** @ may 15 sat Western Hymn (Olympia), Monster Women, Splinter at the Red Lion, 5th & P Streets, Eureka 21+ $5 9:30pm ** may 16 sun The Deconstruction Orchestra, Josh Allen And Miguel Barrera at Flux 53, 5300-5312 Foothill Boulevard, Oakland a/a $10 8pm * may 16 sun Bashaters vs. Loach at Terminal, 3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland a/a ** may 16 sun Set Your Goals, Comeback Kid, Title Fight, The Story So Far at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** may 16 sun Ben Folds And A Piano, Kate Miller-Heidke at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $33 8pm # ** may 16 sun Bullet For My Valentine, Chiodos, Airbourne, Arcanium at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $23 6:30pm # *** may 16 sun Hypocrisy (Sweden), Scar Symmetry (Sweden), Hate (Poland), Blackguard (Canada), Swashbuckle (N.J.), dj Rob Metal at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $15/$18 ($35 vip) 6pm/6:30pm *** @ may 16 sun 77 El Deora, Rich McCully at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm til 7pm ** may 16 sun Shattered Faith, Harrington Saints at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** may 16 sun Faun Fables, Charming Hostess, Siamese Sirens at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** may 16 sun Scene Of Action, Trace Of Light, Boo Radley's House at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ ** may 16 sun Job For A Cowboy, Whitechapel (Knoxville, TN), Cattle Decapitation, Revocation at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15/$17 7pm/7:30pm *** @ may 16 sun Chris Pureka, Berel Alexander at Humboldt Brews, 856 10th St., Arcata 21+ ** may 17 mon Nashville Pussy, Dave Rude Band, Riot Brides at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm ** may 18 tue film 'The Krays' at 924 Gilman free movie night a/a free 7:30pm may 18 tue Shout Out Louds at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** may 18 tue Brocas Helm, Gride (Czech Republic), P.L.F. (TX), Voetsek, Neurotoxicity at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $8 8pm *** @ may 18 tue Toots And The Maytals at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** may 18 tue Magic Bullets at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm * may 18 tue Groundation, Orgone, dj Jeremiah at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25/$27 8:30pm/9pm *** may 18 tue Jackstraw (Portland), TV Mike And The Scarecrowes, Forest Fires at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ ** may 18 tue Mermaid Bones, Rules To Ruin at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ ** may 19 wed The Shants, Calafia, Dave Smallen at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $8/$10 8pm ** may 19 wed Belly Of The Whale, The Dashing Suns, Pentacles, The 21st Century at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** may 19 wed Chris Pureka at Slim's, S.F. a/a $14/$16 8pm ** may 19 wed Frightened Rabbit, Maps & Atlases, Our Brother The Native at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** may 19 wed Kacey Johansing (cd release), Honeycomb, Dovekins, Tommy And Jessie at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** may 19 wed Francis And The Lights at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 19 wed Pebble Theory, Fleeting Trance, JJ Schultz, Wolf Larsen at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** may 19 wed Khi Darag, Charming Hostess, Mitch Marcus Quintet at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** (Benefit Friends of KUSF) may 19 wed All Ages, Black Boy Rockin It, Like Bandits at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ ** may 19 wed Ghost Of Curtis at the Make-Out Room, S.F. 21+ free 8pm ** may 19 wed Trainwreck at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** may 19 wed Jackstraw (Portland), TV Mike And The Scarecrowes at Ukiah Brewing Company, 102 S. State St., Ukiah a/a ** may 20 thr Nerveskade, Abrupt, Ghastly Chains, Deras Krig, Battleshok at Yer Haus, Oakland a/a $5 7pm *** @ may 20 thr Roky Erickson & Okkervil River at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $29.50 7pm/8pm # ** may 20 thr 30db at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 20 thr Reduced To Ruin (single release) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** may 20 thr Bay Island Ramblers (bluegrass) at the Atlas Cafe, 3049 20th St., S.F. a/a free 8pm * may 20 thr Tenuous Ide. (photographic series by Rachel Granofsky) at the Cell Space, 2050 Bryant at 18th, S.F. a/a may 20 thr Danny Cohen, Jonah Kit, Powell St. John at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** may 20 thr Sean Hayes, Laura Goldhamer & The Silvernail, dj Harry D at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 7:30pm/8pm ** may 20 thr Over The Falls, Black Eagle Lodge, Echodyne at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ ** may 20 thr Finches at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a ** may 20 thr Chris Pureka at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ ** may 20 thr Carrie Underwood, Craig Morgan, Sons Of Sylvia at Arco Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a # ** may 20 thr Dredg, Wallpaper, Portrait Of A T-Rex at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $17/$19 7:30pm/8pm ** @ may 21 fri Crow (Japan), Conquest For Death, Acephalix, Cross Stitched Eyes (Germany), Surrender, No Statik (on floor) at 924 Gilman a/a $10 7:30pm *** @ may 21 fri Lyrics Born, D Sharp at the New Parish, Oakland a/a $17/$22 8pm *** may 21 fri Hostility, Ashkira, Un-I.D., Seeds Of Hate at the Metro, Oakland a/a *** @ may 21 fri Black Widows Gothic Strip Review, dj Tomas Diablo, dj Fact.50 at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** (Tracy Bonham, The American Professionals, Dolorada postponed) may 21 fri Tremor Low, Mystic Knights Of The Cobra, Tough Tittie at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** may 21 fri Kaki King at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 8pm/9pm # ** may 21 fri The Pillows, Noodles at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 21 fri Dredg at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 21 fri Nokie Edwards, Venturesmania, Deke Dickerson & The Ecco-Fonics, Pollo Del Mar, The Mini-Skirt Mob at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** may 21 fri Broken Bells, The Morning Benders at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm $35/$37 # ** may 21 fri Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult, Ritual Combat, Spiculum Iratus, Altar Of Extinction, Pandiscordian Necrogenisis at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $10 7:30pm ** @ may 21 fri Clem Snide, The Heligoats at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/10pm ** may 21 fri Fresh & Onlys, Jacuzzi Boys, Sonny & The Sunsets, Art Museums at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** may 21 fri Destroyer, Mavalour, Cookie Dough at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ ** may 21 fri Shotter Jennings, Hierophant at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm ** may 21 fri Rule 5, Defying Truth, Rex Per Diem, Stone Cold Culture, Jughead at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** may 21 fri Crosby Stills & Nash (8pm), Lizz Wright (6pm) at Sonoma Jazz, Downtown Sonoma a/a ** may 21 fri John Vanderslice, Horse Feathers at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a ** may 21 fri Culo A Boca at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ 8pm * may 21 fri Jackstraw (Portland), TV Mike And The Scarecrowes at Sophia's Thai Kitchen, 129 E Street, Davis a/a ** may 21 fri Ezera, Batten Down Your Heart, Aloversplea, The Paper Melody, Raelin at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm ** may 21 fri Carrie Underwood, Craig Morgan, Sons Of Sylvia at Reno Events Center, 300 N Center St., Reno, NV # ** may 21 fri Nas, Damian Marley at Arcata Community Center, Union St. & 14th St. Arcata a/a ** may 22 sat Saviours, Talk Is Poison, Walls (WA), In Disgust, Cardboard Funeral at 924 Gilman a/a $8 7:30pm *** @ may 22 sat Ill Gotten Gainz, The Pendletons, The Tomorowmen, Sharp Objects, Moonshine, Horror x, at B.R.S., Richmond a/a 7pm *** @ (Mikey Ramen's Birthday - Cynthia Birthday BBQ) may 22 sat Geographer, Silver Swans, The Northern Key at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** (Tricycle Records) may 22 sat Melissa Etheridge, John Butler Trio at KFOG KaBoom, Candlestick Parking Lot, S.F. a/a $15 (parking not included) *** (fireworks) may 22 sat This Charming Band (tribute), Love Vigilantes (tribute), Dead Souls (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 22 sat Y & T, Don Dokken at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $36.50 8pm/9pm # *** may 22 sat T-Pain, Brown Eyed Girls, Bruno Mars at Civic Auditorium, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a 6pm/7:30pm # ** may 22 sat Sugar Spun, The Sky Flakes, Lost Puppy at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm til 8pm ** may 22 sat Tony Bennett, K.D. Lang, Kool & The Gang, Faith Evans, Tiempo Libre, The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, Foreverland (tribute) at the Black & White Ball, S.F. Civic Center 18+ $32-$2,500 9pm ** may 22 sat The Finches, Key Losers, Breezy Days Band at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** may 22 sat State Radio at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** may 22 sat Live Last, Mirros, Annonimato at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ ** may 22 sat Mystic Roots Band, Top Shelf at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm ** may 22 sat He Said She's Dead, Last Year's Best, Amalgrama, Versailles, Zebra Mountain, As He Wept at the Red House, Walnut Creek a/a $10 7pm ** may 22 sat War Of Aggression, The Hukaholix, Chump Change, NFFU at Diablo Cove, someplace, somecity a/a free ** @ may 22 sat Earth Wind & Fire (9pm), Poncho Sanchez (6:30pm) at Sonoma Jazz, Downtown Sonoma a/a ** may 22 sat Shawn Colvin, Lisa Loeb at the Uptown, Theatre, 1350 Third Street, Napa a/a 6:30pm/8pm ** may 22 sat John Vanderslice, Family Room at Homestead Lanes, Cupertino a/a $10 8pm ** may 22 sat Tsigoti at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm * may 22 sat Jackstraw (Portland), TV Mike And The Scarecrowes at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a ** may 22 sat Wings Of Innocence, Steel Savior, Planet Zer0, Mack Jones at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $7 8pm ** may 22/23 Evelyn Evelyn at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 23 sun Little Muddy at Rasputin's Music, Berkeley a/a 2pm * may 23 sun The Deconstruction Orchestra, Josh Allen And William Winant at Flux 53, 5300-5312 Foothill Boulevard, Oakland a/a $10 8pm * may 23 sun Bradley Lum & Mark Zhang at the New Parish, Oakland 21+ $13 7pm/8pm ** (comedy) may 23 sun Starlene at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm til 7pm * may 23 sun Horse Feathers, Dawn Landes at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** may 23 sun The Slaves (Portland), Tunnels at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** may 23 sun John And Jesse, Icekat at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ ** may 23 sn Elvis Costello & The Sugarcanes (8pm), The Neville Brothers (5:30pm) at Sonoma Jazz, Downtown Sonoma a/a *** may 23 sun 3OH!3, Cobra Starship at Grand Sierra Resort and Casino, 2500 East 2nd Street, Reno NV ?/? ** may 23 sun incorrect listing: Bone Awl, Volahn at the Knockout, S.F. may 24 mon Demon Hunter, Stick To Your Guns, War Of Ages at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 24 mon Reflection Eterna at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $29.50 7pm/8pm # **l may 24 mon Kina Grannis at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8pm ** may 24 mon X (Australia), A-Frames, Hank IV at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ *** may 24 mon Caribou, Toro Y Moi at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $17 7:30pm/8pm ** may 24 mon 21st Century, Mama Lion, Sam Coad & The Gums, Chris 'Cowboy' Coad at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ ** may 24 mon Asking Alexandria, We Came As Romans, From First To Last, Our Last Night, A Bullet For Pretty Boy at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $13/$15 6:30pm/7pm ** may 25 tue Nas & Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley, Nneka at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $39.50 pm # ** may 25 tue Spectrum, Wooden Shjips at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 25 tue Landon Pigg, Madi Diaz at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $14 8:30pm ** may 25 tue Maus Haus, Boomsnake, Hosannas at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** may 25 tue Plants And Animals at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 7:30pm/pm ** may 25 tue The Militia, Damage The Dream at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ ** may 25 tue Crow (Japan), Talk Is Poison, Yakodai, dj What's His Fuck dj Ken Prank at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm/9pm *** @ may 25 tue Barenaked Ladies (Canada) at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa 5+ $45-$60 8pm # *** may 25 tue Foreigner, Styx, Kansas at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $90-$20 6pm/7pm # *** may 25 tue Smile Empty Soul, Soil, Black Sunshine, Crushdown, Red Sunday at the Avalon, 777 Lawrance Expressway, Santa Clara a/a ** may 25 tue By Sunlight, Silian Rail, Evan Jewett at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** may 25 tue Frog Eyes at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a ** may 25 tue Talib Kweli, Hi-Tek at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ ** may 25 tue Knights Of The Abyss, Burning The Masses, Those Who Lie Beneath, And Hell Followed With, Memento Mori, Lifeforms at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 6:30pm/7pm ** @ may 25/26/27 Massive Attack, Martina Topley-Bird at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** may 26 wed Ok Go, Earl Grayhound at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # *** may 26 wed Minus The Bear, Everest, Young The Giant at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** may 26 wed Rozzi Crane, The Luke Walton Band, Sarah Ames, Down To Funk at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 26 wed Patrick Watson at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $14 8:30pm ** may 26 wed Paranoids, Spyral Bombs, The Better Maker at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ ** may 26 wed My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm *** may 26 wed Emily Jane White at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a ** may 26/27 The National, Ramona Falls at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $30 8pm # ** (thr sold out) may 27 thr Nada Surf, Telekinesis at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** may 27 thr Tune-Yards, Eux Autres, Social Studies, Knight School at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** (S.F. Popfest) may 27 thr Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** may 27 thr Cobra Starship, 3Oh!3, Travie McCoy & The Lazarus Project, Fight Dragons at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** may 27 thr By Sunlight at Milk, 1840 Haight Street, S.F. 21+ * may 27 thr Band Of Horses at Freeborn Hall, U.C. Davis a/a # ** may 28 fri End Of A Year (N.Y.), Wolves + Thieves, Nails, R.I.S.E. at 924 Gilman a/a 7:30pm *** @ may 28 fri Instant Asshole, Follow Blindly, Speed Wobbles, Rhygin HC, cht at B.R.S., Richmond a/a *** @ (Skate Til U Die Benefit) may 28 fri Flight Of The Conchords at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a # *** may 28 fri Pussygutt, A Story Of Rats, Ferment?, Maleficia at Terminal, 3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland a/a ** may 28 fri Fuga at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $10/$12 9pm ** may 28 fri Grand Lake, Maus Haus, Man/Miracle, Acid Tapestries at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** may 28 fri Cobra Starship, 3OH!3, Travie McCoy, The Lazarus Project, I Fight Dragons at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** @ may 28 fri Casiotone For The Painfully Alone, Nodzzz, Antarctica Takes It!, English Singles at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8pm/9pm ** may 28 fri Pop Fiction, Modus at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (prom night) may 28 fri Zepparella at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 28 fri Complaints at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** may 28 fri Smokey Robinson at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa 5+ $25-$100 8pm # *** may 28 fri Kelis (12:15am), dj Moto Blanco, Candis Cayne, Pam Ann, Ashe Wednesday Sneak Peek, Robin S., Flava, All Wheels Extreme, Soul Con Dance, Cheer SF, Heklina & Trannyshack, Josh Klipp And Freeplay Dance Crew, Soul Con Dance, Desi, Xavier, Sister Roma, dj Aaron Axelson at Great America a/a $50 5pm til 2am (rides open til midnight) ** (Gay Day at Great America) may 28 fri Trashkannon (San Jose) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** may 28 fri Dr. Know, East Bay Shitbirds, Oppressed Logic, Fiction Reform, Anti-Social at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 9pm *** @ (was incorrectly listed as May 29th) may 28/29/30 Furthur (Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Jeff Chimenti, John Kadlecik, Jay Lane, Joe Russo), Electric Hot Tuna, Jackie Greene, Galactic (sat), Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams, Mark Karan & Jemimah Puddleduck, The Mother Hips, The Waybacks, Common Rotation, Carney, Maiden Lane, Blue Light River Calaveras County Fairgrounds, 101 Frogtown Road, Angels Camp a/a $62.50 (2 day ticket/includes camping) *** (Mountain Aire) may 29 sat Dr.Know, In Defence (MN), Deadfall, Instant Asshole, Fix My Head at 924 Gilman a/a $8 7:30pm *** @ may 29 sat She & Him at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $29.50 8pm # ** may 29 sat All Girl Summer Fun Band, Still Flyin', Cars Can Be Blue, The Art Museums, Boat at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8pm *** (S.F. Popfest) may 29 sat Far at Slim's, S.F. a/a 8pm *** @ may 29 sat Voxtrot at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 29 sat Armin Van Buuren, Infected Mushroom, Benny Benassi, Fedde Legrand, Boys Noize, Gareth Emery, Steve Aoki, LA Riots, Dyloot at the Cow Palace, 2600 Geneva Ave., Daly City 16+ $40-$85 4pm til 2am *** may 29 sat Frog Eyes, Mt. St. Helen's Vietnam Band at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** may 29 sat Hot Shear, Makeing Tents, Mirthquake, RF Maston at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ ** may 29 sat Lavay Smith And Her Red Hot Skillet Lickets at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm * may 29 sat The Expendables, Big B, Tomorrow's Bad Seeds, Dirty Penny at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $20 7pm/8pm *** @ may 29 sat Tim McGraw, Lady Antebellum, Love and Theft at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # ** may 29 sat Dead Beat (dj Gabriele77, Julian Destrukt, dj Basura) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** may 29 sat Mgmt at Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church Street, Santa Cruz a/a # *** may 29 sa Dan P, The Brickst at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a ** may 29 sat Beyond All Means at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm # ** may 30 sun Cars Can Be Blue (GA), Classics Of Love, Fischer, Good Luck (IN), Hard Girls, Paul Baribeau, Sourpatch at 924 Gilman a/a $7 5pm *** @ may 30 sun Loudon Wainwright III at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (seated) may 30 sun Cats On Fire, The Tyde, The Math And Physics Club, My Teenage Stride, Devon Williams at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 7pm *** (S.F. Popfest) may 30 sun Gayle Lynn & Her Hired Hands at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm til 7pm * may 30 sun Young Prisms at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * may 30 sun Joseph Arthur, Patrick Park at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** may 30 sun Traditionalist, St Mawr at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ ** may 30 sun The Isley Brothers, Charlie Wilson, Bobby Brown, Johnny Gill, Ralph Tresvant, Mint Condition at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $90-$38 11am/noon # ** (KBLX Stone Soul Concert) may 30 sun Dissimulated, Un-I.D., Giving The Devil His Due (cd release), Counter The Silence, In Vein at Mutiny, 422 West 2nd Street, Antioch 21+ *** @ may 30 sun Instant Asshole, Follow Blindly, Duck And Cover, We must dismantle all this, Vigilante Death Squad, D.E.G, Rhygin HC, Mental Disaster at the Secret Generator Spot, San Jose a/a *** may 30 sun Alessa Is Red, Vivera at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm # ** may 30 sun The Expendables, Big B, Tomorrows Bad Seeds, Dirty Penny at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $16 7pm/7:30pm *** @ may 31 mon Dark Tranquillity, Threat Signal, Mutiny Within at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 31 mon The Very Best at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 7:30pm/8pm ** jun 1 tue Trashcan Sinatras at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** jun 1 tue Black Cobra, Slough Feg, The Gates Of Slumber, Salvador, dj Rob Metal at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm *** @ jun 1 tue Goo Goo Dolls, Vedera at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $90-$40 7:30pm # *** jun 1 tue Bane, Touch' Amor' at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 6:30pm/7pm *** @ jun 1/2 The xx at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jun 2 wed Why?, The Donkeys, Josiah Wolf at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $16 8pm ** jun 2 wed Mumford And Sons, The Middle East at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jun 2 wed Enrique Bunbury at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $45 7pm/8pm # ** jun 2 wed Local Natives, Suckers at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** jun 2 wed Doctor Nurse, Sleeptalks, Mountain Animal Hospital at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** jun 3 thr LCD Soundsystem at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 8pm/9pm # ** jun 3 thr Local Natives at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $12 8:30pm/9pm * jun 3 thr Suishou No Fune, Moon Duo at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jun 3 thr Gema, Sang Matiz, The Clean-Up at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 8pm ** jun 3 thr Citay, Barn Owl, The Sarees at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 3 thr A Billion Ernies at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a 8pm ** jun 4 fri FILTH (reunion), The Gr'ps (reunion), Monster Squad, FLESHIES, Abrupt at 924 Gilman a/a 7:30pm *** @ (The List - 20th Anniversary) jun 4 fri Dangerous Boys Club, Bronze Ssleeping Desiress, dj Jynx, dj Claws at Terminal, 3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland a/a ** jun 4 fri Maxwell & Jill Scott at the Arena, Oakland a/a # $152-$42 6pm/7pm # ** (hip-hop) jun 4 fri Buzzcocks, The Dollyrots at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $30/$35 9pm *** @ jun 4 fri Vetiver at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ ** jun 4 fri Sage Francis, Free Moral Agents, B. Dolan at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # *** jun 4 fri Isis at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jun 4 fri Cute Is What We Aim For, Friday Night Boys, The Bigger Lights, Down With Webster at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** jun 4 fri Born Ruffians, Young Rival at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm ** jun 4 fri X (Australia), A Frames, The Mantles, dj Cityhobb at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/10pm *** jun 4 fri Morne (Boston), Flood, Vastum at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm/10pm ** @ jun 4 fri dj Mochipet, Ashkira, dj Kudjo, Starskate, dj Dis-Trust, Moira Scar, Shrew Florist, Pathos at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** jun 4 fri Fight Fair, Kill Paradise, Honor Bright at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $12 6:30pm/7pm ** @ jun 4 fri Chelsea Grin, At the Crossroads, The Descolada Virus, Nightmare In The Twilight, Beneath The Rapture at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 7pm/7:30pm ** @ jun 4 fri The Mentors, Meat Shits, Decomposition, And All Was Lost, The Vampire Teabags at St. Charles Saloon, 22801 Main Street, Columbia a/a $8 7pm ** @ (Frank's 37th Birthday) jun 4/5 Big Light, Jonas Reinhardt, The Atomic Sherpas (L.A.), I See Hawks in L.A. (L.A.), The Trespassers (Yosemite), The Green Machine, The Adam Burns Band (Yosemite), The String Slingerz, Carlos Guitarlos (L.A.), Cave Country (L.A.), Fighting Chance (San Luis Obispo), Warsaw Poland Bros., Monkey (San jose), The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit, Alma Melodiosa, Dwayne Bumgardner, Denise Ludington, Bret Neilson Band at Carter Ranch Music Festival, 6260 Carter Road, Mariposa a/a (under 18 need a responsible adult - under 12 free) $40 (weekend pass/$10 premier parking) 2pm fri till 2am sat *** (free onsite camping) jun 5 sat Amber Asylum, Morne, Embers at 924 Gilman a/a 7:30pm *** @ jun 5 sat FILTH (renunion) at Your House, Oakland a/a *** @ jun 5 sat Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, Joe Cocker at the Arena, Oakland a/a $131-$50 7:30pm # *** jun 5 sat The Downer Party, The Definite Articles, Sentinel at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** jun 5 sat Primal Fear, Havok at Slim's, S.F. a/a $21 9pm *** jun 5 sat U.S. Air Guitar Champion Regional at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 8pm/9pm # ** jun 5 sat Insane Clown Posse, Kottonmouth Kings, Coolio, Kittie, Necro at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $29.75 7pm # *** @ $ jun 5 sat Captured! By Robots at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jun 5 sat Big B & His Snakeoil Saviors (cd release), JP & The Rhythm Chasers, dj Mike Cancilla at the Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa at Potrero, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm * jun 5 sat Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, The Pack at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $25 7:30pm/8pm *** jun 5 sat All Time Low, Boys Like Girls, Third Eye Blind, Forever The Sickest Kids, Good Charlotte, Hellogoodbye, Shwayze, A Cursive Memory, Cady Groves, Great Big Planes, Mercy Mercedes, The Downtown Fiction, The Ready Set, Vita Chambers at the Pavilion, Concord a/a noon # *** @ (Bamboozle Roadshow) jun 5 sat Careless Hearts at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jun 5 sat Cute Is What We Aim For, The Friday Night Boys, The Bigger Lights, Down with Webster, Grenade Jumper at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 6:30pm/7pm *** jun 6 sun Another Breath, Sex Control at 924 Gilman a/a ** @ jun 6 sun Robert Cray Band at the Uptown, Theatre, 1350 Third Street, Napa a/a 6:30pm/8pm ** jun 6 sun FILTH, Needles, Pigs, Fix My Head, dj Rob Metal at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8/$10 8pm/8:30pm *** @ jun 6 sun MC Chris, MC Lars, Math The Band at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jun 6 sun Sublime With Rome, Deftones, Hole, Silversun Pickups, Spoon, Matt And Kim, Cage The Elephant, Flyleaf, Against Me!, BT, Gaslight Anthem, The Temper Trap, Dan Black, The Limousines, Dirty Heads, The Soft Pack, Far, Middle Class Rut at Shoreline Amphitheatre, One Amphitheatre Pkwy., Mountain View a/a $32.50 11am/noon *** @ (Live 105 BFD) jun 7 mon Crosby, Stills & Nash at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $126-$51 7:30pm # *** jun 8 tue Henry Rollins (spoken) at the Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Avenue, S.F. a/a $25 8pm # ** jun 8 tue Cheap Girls, The Mezingers, Good Knives, The Singularity at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $7 8pm ** jun 8 tue It Prevails, Close Your Eyes, Carry The Torch at the Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 # ** jun 9 wed The Sadies, The Loons at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jun 9 wed Health, Indian Jewelry, Gold Panda at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jun 9 wed Delta Spirit, Ezra Furman And The Harpoons, The Romany Rye at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 7:30pm/8pm ** jun 9 wed The Glitch Mob at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ ** jun 9 wed The Chop Tops, The King Pins, The Pimpsticks, Swillbillys at Moes Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz 21+ $10 A** jun 9/10 Boz Scaggs at Montalvo Arts Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga a/a $95-$50 5:30pm/7pm # *** jun 10 thr FILTH, Verbal Abuse, Fracas, One In The Chamber at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ 9pm *** @ jun 10 thr Themselves at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ ** jun 10 thr Stiff Little Fingers at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jun 10 thr Slippery People, Baby Seal Club, Exit Wonderland at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** jun 11 fri Subhumans (U.K.), A-Heads (U.K.) at 924 Gilman a/a 7:30pm *** @ jun 11 fri Black Seas Of Infinity, T.O.M.B., Defiler, Carrion at Terminal, 3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland a/a ** jun 11 fri Red Meat, The B Stars, East Bay Grease at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 11 fri Tortoise at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jun 11 fri Robert Randolph & The Family Band at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # * jun 11 fri Woods, Kurt Vile, The Art Museums, The Mantles at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jun 11 fri Tim Kasher, screening of David Lee Miller's film "My Suicide" at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm ** (both of above shows listed at http://www.thephoenixtheater.com) jun 11 fri Stiff Little Fingers at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $20 9pm ** jun 11/12 The Radiators at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm (was jun 4/5) jun 12 sat Forrest Day, Battlehooch at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jun 12 sat Exodus, Heathen, Anvil Chorus, Passive Aggressive at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ $ jun 12 sat The Glitch Mob at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** jun 12 sat Sting With The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $151-$31 7pm/8pm # *** jun 12 sat Merie Haggard at the Uptown, Theatre, 1350 Third Street, Napa a/a 6:30pm/8pm ** jun 12 sat Diana Ross at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $150-$50 7:30pm # *** jun 12 sat Wayne Hancock at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jun 12 sat Conducting From The Grave, Shadow Of The Colossus, Journal, Lifeforms, Aurelia, Beyond All Ends, My Murderous Intentions, Karakas at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 5:30pm/6pm ** @ jun 13 sun The Aggrolites at the Shattuck Down Low, Berkeley 21+ ** jun 13 sun Haight-Ashbury Street Fair, S.F. a/a jun 13 sun Wonder Girls at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $50 2pm/3pm # ** jun 13 sun Boz Scaggs at the Uptown, Theatre, 1350 Third Street, Napa a/a 6:30pm/8pm *** jun 13 sun Chick Corea Freedom Band, Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $100-$50 7:30pm # ** jun 15 tue Miyavi at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 8pm/9pm # ** jun 16 wed U2 at the Oakland Coliseum a/a $250-$30 5pm/7pm # *** $ jun 16 wed The Hi-Nobles, Victory And Associates, Genius And The Thieves at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 16 wed Merle Haggard And Kris Kristofferson at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $90-$40 7:30pm # *** jun 16 wed Potato Pirates at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm # * jun 16 wed A Loss For Words, This Time Next Year, Transit at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12 7pm/7:30pm ** jun 17 thr Shellshag, Turks, Pocos Perros Locos at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** @ jun 17 thr U.S. Bombs, The Stitches, The Forgotten at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ jun 18 fri Thebellrays at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm ** jun 18 fri Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express, Stephanie Finch & The Company Men, dj Kelley Stoltz at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jun 18 fri Wang Chung at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jun 18 fri Portugal. The Man at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 8pm/9pm # ** jun 18 fri Jamie Lidell, Alex B at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 18 fri The Pine Box Boys (cd release), The Good Luck Thriftstore Outfit, The Shitkickers at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm ** (country) jun 18 fri The Doobie Brothers, Chicago at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $84-$33 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** (103.7FM) jun 18 fri Imogen Heap at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $50-$35 # ** jun 18 fri Channel 3, Symbol Six at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jun 18 fri The Radar Brothers at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $10/$12 8pm ** jun 19 sat Chrish Murray at 924 Gilman a/a 7:30pm ** (ska nite) jun 19 sat Playing For Change at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jun 19 sat The Hot Toddies (record release), Please Do Not Fight at Homestead Lanes, Cupertino a/a $8 8pm ** jun 19 sat Erykah Badu at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $100-$50 5:30pm/7:30pm ** jun 19 sat G.B.H. at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $16/$18 7:30pm/8pm *** @ jun 19/20 Stars at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm (sat) 7:30pm/8pm (sun) ** jun 20 sun Andy McKee at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (seated) jun 20 sun Iron Maiden, Dream Theater at the Pavilion, Concord a/a 7:30pm # *** jun 20 sun Montgomery Gentry, Jamey Johnson, Little Big Town, Jack Ingram, Eric Church, Eli Young Band, The Lost Trailers, Heidi Newfield, Ryan Bingham, Jonathan Singleton & The Grove, Emily West, Ashley Ray, Brad Tursi, Cory Branan, Dave Pahanish, Jedd Hughes, Sarah Buxton, Troy Olsen, Walker Hayes at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # *** (Throwdown Tour) jun 20 sun G.B.H. at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 8pm *** @ jun 21 mon Brian Jonestown Massacre, Federale at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # ** jun 21 mon Boyce Avenue at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm ** jun 22 tue The Psychedelic Furs, She Wants Revenge at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 7pm/8pm # *** jun 22 tue Brokencyde, Jeffree Star, Blood On The Dance Floor, Bangs, Stereos, The Greenlight District at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $13/$15 6pm/6:30pm *** @ jun 22/23 Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $100-$45 7:30pm # ** jun 23 wed Dgaf, Mars, The D.R.P. at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15/$17 7pm/7:30pm ** jun 24 thr Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band, Carolina Chocolate Drops at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** jun 24 thr The Heavy, Atomic at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jun 25 fri Pavement at Greek Theatre, Hearst & Gayley, U.C. Berkeley a/a $39.50 8pm # *** jun 25 fri Bang Data, Oona, La Gente at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 25 fri Sharon Jones And The Dap Kings, The Heavy at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** jun 25 fri Lou Barlow at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $12/$14 9pm ** jun 25 fri Evolfo Doofeht, Black Ice, Candlespit Collective at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jun 25 fri A Place To Bury Strangers at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 26 sat Goldfrapp at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $32.50 8pm # ** jun 26 sat Prima Donna, Mystic Knights Of The Cobra at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** jun 26 sat Steve Earle (solo acoustic) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (seated show) jun 26 sat Robert Earl Keen at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # *** jun 26 sat dj Bob Mould, dj Rich Morel at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** (Blowoff) jun 26 sat Angry Samoans, Dickies, Discharge, Fear, G.B.H., Swingin' Utters, The Adolescents, The All-American Rejects, Motion City Soundtrack, Sum 41, Alkaline Trio, The Bounching Souls, Andrew W.K., Face To Face, We The Kings, The Casualties, Bring Me The Horizon, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Suicide Silence, Breathe Carolina, I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody's Business, Emmure, Hey Monday, Parkway Drive, Pierce The Veil, Set Your Goals, Whitechapel, YouMeAtSix, Four Year Strong, Anarbor, Fake Problems, Never Shout Never, Mike Posner, The Cab, The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, The Rocket Summer, Polar Bear Club, The Pretty Reckless, Artist Vs Poet, Alesana, The Summer Set, Versaemerge, Enter Shikari, I See Stars at Warped Tour, Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $33 11am/noon # *** @ jun 26 sat Brandi Carlile at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $61-$37 7:30pm # ** jun 27/28 Back Street Boys at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** jun 29 tue Cocorosie at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** jun 30 wed The Black Crowes, Truth And Salvage Company at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $90-$40 7:30pm # *** jun 30/jul 1 Mates Of State, Free Energy, Comedian Nick Thune, dj Jason Hammel at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** @ jul 1 thr Michael Marshall at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ ** jul 1 thr Eddie Current Supression Ring, Oh Sees, Kelly Stoltz, Sonny & The Sunsets at the Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St. S.F. 21+ ** jul 1 thr The Avett Brothers at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $60-$40 7:30pm # ** jul 1 thr Truth & Salvage Co. at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 1-4 Widespread Panic, The Black Crowes, The Avett Brothers, Ozomatli, Femi Kuti And Positive Force, Railroad Earth, B'la Fleck, Zakir Hussain And Edgar Meyer, Dr. Dog, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Blitzen Trapper, Lotus, Cornmeal, March Fourth Marching Band, Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros, The Radiators, The New Mastersounds, The Mother Hips, Nels Cline Singers, The Infamous Stringdusters, Surprise Me Mr. Davis, The Slip, Carolyn Wonderland, Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons, Darol Anger's Republic Of Strings, Blvd, Beats Antique, Pimps of Joytime, Jerry Joseph And Wally Ingram, Telepath, Truth And Salvage Co., Great American Taxi, Nathan Moore, Johnny Vidacovich, Robert Walter Duo, Coryell, Auger, Sample Trio, Big Light, New Fangled Wasteland, Orgone, Trampled By Turtles, Zach Deputy, Chris Chandler And Paul Benoit, Living Folklore at High Sierra Music Festival, Plumas-Sierra Fairgrounds, Quincy a/a $175 adult 4-day pass/$50 kids 5-12 4-day pass *** (camping) jul 2 fri Sabertooth Zombie, Lewd Acts, Mammoth Grinder, Wolves & Thieves at 924 Gilman a/a 7:30pm *** @ jul 2 fri Judgement Day at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** jul 2 fri Cage at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jul 2 fri The Rob And Zach Show (Rob Crow and Zach Smith), Little White Teeth at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $14 9pm ** jul 3 sat Femi Kuti at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 8pm/9pm # ** jul 3 sat The Rob And Zach Show, Little White Teeth at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 3 sat Eddie Current Supression Ring, Oh Sees, Sic Alps, Ty Segall at Serra Bowl, 3301 Junipero Serra Boulevard, Daly City a/a ** jul 4 sun Civil War Rust at Mutiny, 422 West 2nd Street, Antioch 21+ 6pm ** jul 5 mon Sarah McLachlan at Shoreline, One Amphitheatre Pkwy., Mountain View a/a # ** jul 6 tue Suprise Me Mr. Davis at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm * jul 7 wed A Sinful Attraction, Author & Finisher at the Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 # ** jul 9 fri Oppressed Logic, Violent Society (PA), The Angst (FL), Combat Crisis (PA) at Your House, Oakland a/a 8pm *** @ jul 9 fri Court Yard Hounds at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $55-$35 7:30pm # ** jul 9 fri Melvins at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $15 9pm *** @ jul 10 sat Rihanna, Kesha, Nicki Minaj at Shoreline Amphitheatre, One Amphitheatre Pkwy., Mountain View a/a $106-$31 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** jul 10 sat Gipsy Kings at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $150-$55 7:30pm # ** jul 11 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap, at McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. a/a $3 ($20 6am early entry) 10am jul 11 sun Korn, Rob Zombie, Lamb Of God, Five Finger Death Punch, Hatebreed, Chimaira, Shadows Fall, Winds Of Plague, Atreyu, Norma Jean, In This Moment, 3 Inches of Blood at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # *** @ jul 11 sun Yes, Peter Frampton at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $125-$50 7:30pm # *** jul 13 tue Yes, Peter Frampton at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa 5+ $20-$126 7:30pm # *** jul 15 thr Mary Gauthier at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $20 8:30pm ** jul 15 thr Zane Lamprey at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $29.50 7pm/8pm # ** jul 15 thr Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65-$35 6:30pm # ** jul 16 fri Michael Franti & Spearhead, Brett Dennen at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a # ** jul 16 fri Smokey Robinson at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $100-$40 7:30pm # *** jul 17 sat Altar Of Plagues (Ireland), Fell Voices, Velnias (CO), Elk, Lake Of Blood (L.A.) at Your House, Oakland a/a 7pm *** @ jul 17 sat Igor & Red Elvises at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jul 17/18 Mission Creek Festival, McLaren Park, S.F. a/a jul 18 sun The New Pornographers, The Dodos, Imaad Wasif at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $27.50 7:30pm # ** jul 18 sun The Beach Boys at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $90-$35 7:30pm # *** jul 19 mon The Heavenly States, Poison Control Center, Victory And Associates at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 ** jul 19 mon Barenaked Ladies at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $73-$38 7:30pm # *** jul 20 tue Lyle Lovett And His Large Band at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa 5+ $20-$50 8pm # *** jul 20 tue Jamie Cullum at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $60-$35 7:30pm # ** jul 22 thr Lyle Lovett And His Large Band at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$45 7:30pm # ** jul 22/23 The Devil Wears Prada, Miss May I, Your Demise at the Boardwalk, 9426 Greenback Lane, Orangevale a/a $16 7pm/7:30pm *** jul 23 fri Aziz Ansari at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $50-$35 8pm # ** jul 24 sat Jackson Browne, David Lindley at Greek Theatre, Hearst & Gayley, U.C. Berkeley a/a $86/$56 8pm # *** jul 24 sat Sleepytime Gorilla Museum at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 26 mon Martina McBride at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75-$45 7:30pm # ** jul 27 tue Laura Marling at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 27 tue Jamie Cullum at Center for Arts, 50 Mark W. Springs Road, Santa Rosa ages 5+ $55-$15 8pm # *** jul 27 tue Pat Benatar, REO Speedwagon, Edwin McCain at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $125-$45 6:30pm # *** jul 28 wed Reo Speedwagon at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa 5+ $25-$85 8pm # *** jul 29 thr Kenny Loggins at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $90-$40 7:30pm # *** jul 29-aug 1 Moby (dj set), Brazilian Girls, Pretty Lights, Yard Dogs Road Show, Rupa & the April Fishes, Beats Antique, MC Yogi, Ana Sia, Orgone, Dave Stringer, Princess Superstar, dj Dragonfly, Shaman's Dream, Rara Avis, Suzanne Sterling, The Mayapuris, Desert Dwellers at Wanderlust, 1960 Squaw Valley Road, Olympic Valley a/a ** (music & Yoga) jul 30 fri Wolf Parade, Moool at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $27. 50 8pm # *** jul 30 fri Soilwork (Sweden), Death Angel at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ jul 30 fri Kinky Friedman at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 30 fri Michael McDonald at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa 5+ $90-$20 8pm # ** jul 30 fri Squeeze, The English Beat at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75-$40 7:30pm # *** jul 31 sat Michael McDonald, Chaka Khan at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$50 7:30pm # ** aug 1 sun As I Lay Dying, Underoath, Between The Buried And Me, Blessthefall, The Acacia Strain, Architects, Cancer Bats, War Of Ages at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** @ (Cool Tour) aug 1 sun T-Model Ford & Gravel Road, Horror-X at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** aug 1 sun John Legend at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $150-$55 7:30pm # ** aug 2 mon Joanna Newsom at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** (all seated) aug 3 tue David Crowder Band at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa 5+ $20-$50 8pm # ** aug 3 tue Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $150-$80 8pm # *** aug 5 thr Cross Canadian Ragweed, Micky & The Motorcars at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** aug 5 thr Blondie at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa 5+ $25-$80 8pm # *** aug 5 thr Shawn Colvin (solo acoustic), Mary Chapin Carpenter at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75-$35 7:30pm # ** aug 5/6/7 Phish at the Greek Theatre, Hearst & Gayley, U.C. Berkeley a/a $50 6:30 (thr), 7pm (fri & sat) # ** aug 6 fri Crystal Castles, Rusko, Sinden, Proxy at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $35/29.50 7pm # ** aug 6 fri Mary Chapin Carpenter at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa 5+ $19-$45 8pm # ** aug 6 fri Toby Keith, Trace Adkins at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # ** aug 6 fri Los Lonely Boys, The Fabulous Thunderbirds at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $80-$40 7pm # ** aug 7 sat Chelsea Handler at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $110-$50 8pm # ** aug 8 sun Styx at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$45 7:30pm # *** aug 9 mon Rush at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $120-$24 7pm # *** aug 9 mon Natalie Merchant at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $70-$40 7:30pm # ** aug 10 tue Blondie, The B52s at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $120-$50 7:30pm # *** aug 11 wed Huey Lewis & The News at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$50 7:30pm # *** aug 11-15 S.F. Doomed Fest, S.F. (Benefit Maximum Rock n Roll - S.F. all age showspace) aug 12 thr After Midnight Project, Agent Orange, Alesana, AM Taxi, Anarbor, Andrew W.K., Anti-Flag, Artist Vs Poet, Assorted Jelly Beans, Attack Attack, Automatic Loveletter, Breathe Carolina, Breathe Electric, Bring Me The Horizon, Burning Empires, Chase Long Beach, Closure In Moscow, Cobra Skulls, Confide, Deas Vail, Death Punch, Disco Curtis, Dropkick Murphys, Emarosa, Emmure, Every Time I Die, Eyes Set To Kill, Face To Face, Fake Problems, Far From Finished, Fight Fair, Gardening Not Architecture, Green Jelly, Haste The Day, Hey Monday, I Can Make A Mess Like Nobodys Business, In Fear And Faith, iwrestledabearonce, Left Alone, Longway, Manic Hispanic, Mayday Parade, Mike Posner, Monkey, Neo Geo, NeverShoutNever, Of Mice And Men, Our Last Night, Parkway Drive, Pierce The Veil, Reel Big Fish, Riverboat Gamblers, Set Your Goals, ShiraGirl, Suicide Silence, Sum 41, The B Foundation, The Cab, The Casualties, The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Early Strike, The Fabulous Rudies, The Jukebox Romantics, The Pretty Reckless, The Reverend Peytons Big Damn Band, The Rocket Summer, The Sparring, The Summer Set, The Untouchables, The Uptones, The Word Alive, This Time Next Year!, VersaEmerge, We Are The In Crowd, Whitechapel, You Me At Six at Warped Tour, the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Marysville a/a $20.49/$36 11am # *** @ aug 13/14 House Of Usher at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ 8pm *** aug 14 sat Ron White at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $70-$40 8pm # ** aug 15 sun Rob Thomas at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $125-$50 7:30pm # ** (Benefit Sidewalk Angels Foundation) aug 16 mon Billy Idol at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $90-$40 7:30pm # *** aug 16/17 Lady Gaga at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a 8pm # *** aug 17 tue Cyndi Lauper at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75-$40 7:30pm # *** aug 18 wed Lucinda Williams With Robert Earl Keen at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $70-$35 7:30pm # *** aug 19 thr The Swell Season at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75-$35 7:30pm # ** aug 19/20/21 Aziz Ansari (comedy) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35.50 7pm/8pm thr / 6pm/7pm fri-sat # ** aug 20 frie Still Time, The Shamblers, John Howland at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** aug 20 fri Jack Bruce, War, Rare Earth, Mitch Ryder, Badfinger at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$40 6:30pm # * (hippiefest) aug 20 fri John Mayer, Owl City at Shoreline, One Amphitheatre Pkwy., Mountain View a/a # ** aug 20 fir Y & T at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a *** aug 21 sat B.B. King, Buddy Guy at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $125-$45 7:30pm # *** aug 22 sun Los Lobos, John Hiatt & The Combo at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $70-$35 7:30pm # ** aug 23 mon Crowded House at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** aug 23 mon Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $60-$35 7:30pm # ** aug 24 tue Crowded House at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$45 7pm # ** aug 25 wed Blind Willies at Union Square, S.F. a/a free 6pm * aug 25 wed Dave Matthews Band, Raphael Saadiq at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $70-$40 7pm # *** aug 25 wed Garrison Keillor (A Prairie Home Companion) at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$40 7:30pm # ** aug 26 thr Melissa Etheridge at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $105-$40 7:30pm # *** aug 27 fri Dave Matthews Band, Raphael Saadiq at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Marysville a/a # *** aug 27/28 Chris Isaak at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$46 7:30pm # *** aug 28 sat Dave Matthews Band, Raphael Saadiq at Shoreline, One Amphitheatre Pkwy., Mountain View a/a $70-$40 # *** aug 29 sun The Juliana Theory at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 7:30pm/8pm *** aug 29 sun Celtic Woman at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $100-$40 7:30pm # ** aug 31 tue Slayer, Megadeth, Testament at the Cow Palace, S.F. a/a $39.50 7pm # *** @ aug 31 tue Earth, Wind & Fire at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $105-$55 7:30pm # ** sep 1 wed Slayer, Megadeth, Testament at Arco Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a # *** @ sep 2 thr Stereo Total at Slim'a, S.F. a/a ** sep 10 fri Craig Ferguson at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75-$35 7:30pm # ** sep 11 sat Craig Ferguson at Davies Symphony Hall, S.F. a/a # ** sep 11 sat The Doobie Brothers at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85-$55 7:30pm # *** sep 12 sun D.R.I. at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a *** @ sep 14/15 Sheryl Crow at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $151-$56 7:30pm # *** sep 15 wed Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker, Justin Moore Tickets at Shoreline, One Amphitheatre Pkwy., Mountain View a/a 7:30pm # ** sep 17 fri Paramore, Tegan And Sara at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a 6:30pm # *** sep 18 sat Harry Connick Jr. & Orchestra at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $150-$51 7:30pm # ** sep 22 wed Willie Nelson & Family, Ryan Bingham at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $125-$45 7:30pm # *** sep 23 thr Foreigner at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $90-$45 7:30pm # *** sep 24 fri Band Of Horses at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a # *** sep 25 sat Margaret Cho at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65-$35 8pm # ** sep 27 mon Daryl Hall & John Oates at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$50 7:30pm # *** sep 29 wed Kamelot, Leaves' Eyes at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 2 sat Wanda Sykes at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$45 6pm/8pm ** oct 5/6 Jack Johnson, G. Love & Special Sauce (oct 5), Alo (oct 6), Zee Avi at Greek Theatre, U.C. Berkeley a/a $59.50 5pm/6:30pm # ** oct 8 fri Rascal Flatts, Kellie Pickler at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # ** oct 8 fri Cheap Trick at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75-$40 7:30pm # *** oct 13 wed The Script at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** oct 15 fri Gaelic Storm at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 16/17 Treasure Island Music Festival dec 6 mon Roger Waters (performing 'The Wall') at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # *** $ * 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 radio.maximumrocknroll.com Pirate Cat Radio 87.9FM www.piratecatradio.com mon Next Big Thing on UC Berkeley Radio KALX 90.7FM 6pm-7pm tue Dead Air with dj Vicious and dj Tanner on Berkeley Liberation Radio 104.1FM 6pm-8pm sat KALX live on UC Berkeley Radio KALX 90.7FM 9pm-midnight sun Rampage Radio on S.F. State Radio KUSF 90.3FM 2am-8am sun NewHotBands on public access TV Comcast Ch 29 12:30pm sun Earwhacks with Paul and Che on Sacramento KRXQ 98.5FM 10pm-11:30pm sun Neonate with Punk Roge and Riot on UC Davis Radio KDVS 90.3FM 12am-3am C L U B I N F O R M A T I O N ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16th Street Cafe, 2416 16th Street, Sacramento a/a 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 Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ 831-423-7117 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 Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa 5+ 707-546-3600 Club Retro, 6521 Hazel Ave., Orangevale a/a Coda, 1710 Mission Street, S.F. 21+ 415-551-2632 Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz a/a DNA Lounge, 375 11th Street at Harrison, S.F. 21+ a/a 415-626-1409 Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley 21+ 510-548-1159 Shire Road Club, 5525 Auburn Boulevard, Sacramento a/a # 916-988-6691 Shoreline Amphitheatre, One Amphitheatre Pkwy., Mountain View a/a 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 ($2 yearly membership required) http://www.924gilman.org 5pm membership meetings 1st and 3rd sat. of each month 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 Homestead Lanes, 20990 Homestead Rd., Cupertino a/a 408-255-5700 Hotel Utah Saloon, 500 4th St. at Bryant, S.F. 21+ 415-546-6300 Independent, 628 Divisadero, S.F. 21+ 415-771-1420 Java Lounge, 2416 16th St., Sacramento a/a Kimo's Bar, 1351 Polk at Pine, S.F. 21+ 415-885-4535 Kennel Club, 5821 Auburn Blvd., Sacramento 21+ 916-339-1675 Knockout, 3223 Mission St., S.F. 21+ 415-550-6994 Konocti Harbor, 8727 Doda Bay Road, Kelseyville a/a 800-660-LAKE Li-Po Lounge, 916 Grant Ave., S.F. 21+ Lounge Underground, 638 Wave St, Monterey 21+ 831-655-4419 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 New Parish, 579 18th at San Pablo Avenue, Oakland 21+ 18+ a/a 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 Pissed Off Pete's, 4528 Mission Street, S.F. 21+ Plea for Peace Center, 630 E Weber Ave, Stockton a/a ($2 yearly membership) Rasputin's Music, 2401 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a 800-350-8700 Red Devil Lounge, 1695 Polk at Clay, S.F. 21+ 415-921-1695 Red House, 1667 Botelho Drive, Walnut Creek a/a 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+ 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 Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a 415-861-5016 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 Vixens, 906 Victorian Avenue, Sparks NV a/a 21+ 775-358-6969 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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