Web (and searchable) version at http://jon.luini.com/thelist/ T H H EEEEEE L I SSSS TTTTT T H H E L I S T T HHHHHH EEEEE L I SSSS T T H H E L I S T T H H E L I S S T T H H EEEEEE LLLLLLL I SSSS T funk-punk-thrash-ska Upcoming shows of interest May 22, 2010 may 22 sat Talk Is Poison, Saviours, In Disgust, Iron Lung, Walls (WA), 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 Man/Miracle, Grand Lake, Sweet Nothings, Le Fleur (Boise) at Ghost Town Gallery, Oakland a/a 8pm ** may 22 sat The Golden Hour, Among The Living, Five Characters In Search Of An Exit at Blake's, Berkeley 18+ $10 9pm ** may 22 sat Geographer, Silver Swans, The Northern Key, dj Elise at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** (Tricycle Records) may 22 sat Culture Kids, Fugitive Kind, Crimewave, Statutory Ape at Thrillhouse Records, S.F. a/a $3 7pm ** @ (Benefit for Fugitive Kind) may 22 sat Melissa Etheridge (7:20pm), Beach Blanket Babylon performance (7:10pm), John Butler Trio (5:30pm), Grace Potter & The Nocturnals (4:10pm), Tiny Television, The Welcome Matt, Joel Streeter, Heather Combs & Garrin Benfield, Jethro Jeremiah at KFOG KaBoom, Candlestick Parking Lot, S.F. a/a $15 (+ $15 parking it Candlestic lot) 3pm *** (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 Motherlode (reunion show) The Devil's Own, Belltower, Brad Brooks at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ free 9pm ** may 22 sat Kafana Balkan, Brass Menazerie, dj Zeljko at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a * may 22 sat Jim Lauderdale at Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F. a/a free 2pm ** may 22 sat Unchained (release show), Ordstro, Since Always, Sodomy Wizard, Strike To Survive, Greedy Eyes at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $7 7:30pm ** @ 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, Kelley James 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 KRS One, C U Next Weekend at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm ** may 22 sat Cold Shot at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $15-$25 10pm * (charity Benefit for the Somaly Mam Foundation) may 22 sat Mystic Roots Band, Top Shelf at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm ** may 22 sat Rude Intoxicant, Dr. Girlfriend, Ove The Garden, The Corpses at Chris' Club, 656 Benicia Rd., Vallejo 21+ 9pm ** @ 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 Stereo Freakout, Glimpse Trio, The Failed Logic (Fresno) at the Bistro, 1001 B at Main, Hayward a/a free 9pm ** 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 Mic Fiends at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm * may 22 sat Tsigoti, Qumran Orphix at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $7 9pm ** may 22 sat Jackstraw (Portland), TV Mike And The Scarecrowes at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a ** may 22 sat Nashville Pussy, Green Jelly, Psychostick, Riot Brides at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $15/$19 8:30pm/9pm *** may 22 sat Flawless Design, Constant Grey, Misamore, EgoStall, Don't Tell Nik at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 8:30pm/8pm ** may 22 sat Di Bravura, Cabin Fire, Tigerlily, Gentlemen at the 16th Street Cafe, Sacramento a/a $5 8pm ** @ may 22 sat Wings Of Innocence, Steel Savior, Planet Zer0, Mack Jones at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $7 8pm ** may 22 sat cancelled: Leatherface, Ninja Gun, Young Livers at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. (Leatherface refused entry to U.S.) may 22/23 Evelyn Evelyn at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 23 sun Songs For Moms, Femteen, Snag, Chixx Mixx, Detached Dolls, Subtitles at 924 Gilman a/a 4pm *** may 23 sun Little Muddy, Nick & The Jungle Band at Rasputin's Music, Berkeley a/a free 1pm * 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, Bias Tape at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm til 7pm * may 23 sun Lecherous Gaze, Switchblade Riot, Butcher Cover, Bang Maiden, Goodbye Adam! at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a 21+ free 8pm ** may 23 sun Horse Feathers, Dawn Landes, Garrett Pierce 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 sun Emily Jane White (album release), Slow Motion Cowboys, Devotionals at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm ** may 23 sun Meatslab, Hammer Horror Classics, Brian Kenney Fresno at the BBC, 1090 El Camino Real, Menlo Park 21+ $5 9pm ** may 23 sn Elvis Costello & The Sugarcanes (8pm), The Neville Brothers (5:30pm) at Sonoma Jazz, Downtown Sonoma a/a *** may 23 sun A Frames, X, UCD Gamelan Ensemble, Moonduo, Jacuzzi Boys, Ras G, Rank/Xerox, Foot Village, English Singles, Robedoor, Dak, Mucky The Ducky at 23944 County Road 98, Woodland a/a $8/$10 2pm *** (KDVS's Operation Restore Maximum Freedom Festival) may 23 sun Blackbird Raum, Life Is Hard Enough When You Belong Here at the 16th Street Cafe, Sacramento a/a $5 6pm ** 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 Midnite, Emcee Rocky Bailey at the Shattuck Down Low, Berkeley 21+ $25/$28 8:30pm ** may 24 mon Demon Hunter, Stick To Your Guns, War Of Ages at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 24 mon Reflection Eterna, U-N-I, Strong Arm Steady at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $29.50 7pm/8pm # ** may 24 mon Kina Grannis at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8pm ** may 24 mon Talib Kweli, Hi-Tek at Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F. a/a free 6pm * 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 Worm Ouroboros, Pussygutt (Boise, ID), A Story Of Rats, Prizehog at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** 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 24 mon N.F.F.U., Hukaholix, 9:00 News, Snot Cocks at the 16th Street Cafe, Sacramento a/a $5 8pm ** @ may 25 tue film 'Persopolis' at 924 Gilman free movie night a/a free 7:30pm may 25 tue Nas/Damian Marley, Nneka at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $39.50 8pm # ** 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 Antoine Chessex, Gilles Aubry, Valerio Tricoli, Basidiomycota, Nerfbau, Rifle Cup Sip, Basshaters, Crisperion Fett at the Lab, 2948 Sixteenth Street at Capp, S.F. a/a ** (Brutal Sound Effects Festival #69) may 25 tue Olehole, Build Us Airplanes, Kairu at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** @ may 25 tue Maus Haus, Boomsnake, Hosannas at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** may 25 tue Plants And Animals, Lost In The Trees at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 7:30pm ** 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 Fight Of The Quiet, I Am Empire, The Welcome Home, Fighting The Villain at the Rockit Room, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** may 25 tue Barenaked Ladies (Canada) at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa ages 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, Red Sunday, Crushdown at the Avalon, Santa Clara a/a ** may 25 tue Nick & The Jungle at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** may 25 tue Silian Rail, By Sunlight, 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 Son Of Aurelius (Santa Cruz), Goatwhore at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ 7pm/9pm ** @ may 25 tue Velorio, Project Blue Book, Jerel Dutton at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 8:30pm/9pm ** may 25 tue Finish Ticket at U.C. Davis, Davis ?/? 6pm * 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 Massive Attack, Anti-Pop Consortium (tue), MNDR (wed), Martina Topley-Bird at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** may 26 wed Why I Hate, The Murkins, Farewell Typewriter at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** may 26 wed Ok Go, Earl Greyhound, Grand Lake 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 Vetiver, The Mumlers at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 8pm/9pm ** may 26 wed Blind Willies at Bollyhood Cafe, 3372 19th Street, S.F. a/a free 8:30pm * 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 Green Jelly at the Avalon, Santa Clara a/a ** may 26 wed Nick & The Jungle Band at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free * may 26 wed My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, Psychotica, dj Vitus, dj Kevin at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10/$12 9pm *** may 26 wed Emily Jane White at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a ** may 26 wed Nas/Damian Marley, Nneka at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $39.50/$44 7pm/8pm ** may 26 wed Bob Wayne And The Outlaw Carnies, .375 String Band, Colonel Jimmy And The Blackfish at Blue Lamp Lounge, Sacramento 21+ 8pm ** may 26/27 The National, Ramona Falls at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $30 8pm # ** (thr sold out) may 27 thr Adam H. Stephens, Honeycom at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $10 8pm/9pm ** 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 Dance Gavin Dance, A Night In Hollywood, The Story So Far at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 7:30pm/8pm ** @ may 27 thr The Action Design, Cave Mummy, Look Mexico, Fashion Show, Hotel California at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 9pm ** may 27 thr Particle Board, Angela Hsu, Jim Kaiser at the Luggage Store Gallery, 1007 Market Street at 6th, S.F. a/a ** may 27 thr By Sunlight at Milk, 1840 Haight Street, S.F. 21+ * may 27 thr Yacht, Bobby Birdman, Little Wings at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $17 8:30pm ** may 27 thr Rose's Pawn Shop (L.A.) at Amnesia, 853 Valencia at 20th, S.F. 21+ * may 27 thr Eric McFadden Trio, JL Stiles, Jenny Kerr at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** may 27 thr Silian Rail, By Sunlight (Seattle), Ash Reiter, Devotionals at Milk, 1840 Haight Street, S.F. 21+ free 8pm ** may 27 thr The Rec Set, Disgust Of Us, Snipers at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** may 27 thr Billy Martini (70's tribute) at Todos Santos Plaza, Willow Pass Road at Grant, Concord a/a free 6:30pm til 8pm ** may 27 thr Frequency Jones, New World Ape, Sometimes Jones at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $6/$8 8:30pm/9pm ** may 27 thr Band Of Horses at Freeborn Hall, U.C. Davis a/a # ** may 27 thr Tech N9ne, Brotha Lynch Hung, Krizz Kaliko, Kutt Calhoun, Big Scoob, Prozak, Cognito, Quette Daddie at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $40 7pm/7:30pm *** may 28 fri End Of A Year (N.Y.), Wolves + Thieves, Bastards Of Young, Salted Earth, Troubled Coast at 924 Gilman a/a $8 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 Pussygutt, A Story Of Rats, Ferment?, Maleficia at Terminal, 3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland a/a ** may 28 fri Short Changed, The Lewd, Unko Attama, N.F.F.U. (Boise, ID), The Scrawnies at Your House, Oakland a/a $6 8pm ** @ (Your House/xaz-xat's 6 year Anniversary weekend) may 28 fri System Syn, Milindustrial, Grim Future, Villainy Obscura at the Metro, Oakland a/a # ** may 28 fri Flight Of The Conchords at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a # *** may 28 fri Fuga at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $10/$12 9pm ** may 28 fri Saint Vernon, Cold Grave, Savage Machine, Psychomatic at Blake's, Berkeley 18+ 9pm *** @ (Blakes 70th Anniversary part 1) may 28 fri Grand Lake, Maus Haus, Man/Miracle, Acid Tapestries at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** may 28 thr Cobra Starship, 3Oh!3, Travie McCoy And The Lazarus Project, I Fight Dragons at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 7pm/8pm # *** @ (was listed as may 27th) 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 ** (S.F. Popfest) may 28 fri Zepparella at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 28 fri Yacht, Bobby Birdman at Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F. a/a free 6pm ** may 28 fri Birds & Batteries, Judgement Day, Sister Crayon, Spinning Platters at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $10/$12 10pm *** may 28 fri Complaints at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** may 28 fri Little Brother at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm ** may 28 fri Tigon, Hanalei (recored release), The New Trust, The Abominable Iron Sloth at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/9:45pm ** may 28 fri Smokey Robinson at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa ages 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), Bibles & Hand Grenades, Regulator at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $7 9pm ** may 28 fri Zion I, Erk Tha Jerk at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$19 8pm/9pm ** may 28 fri Pop Fiction at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $5/$8 8:30pm/9pm ** may 28 fri Dr. Know (Oxnard), 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 fri Self Centered, Kaleiding Design, Aroarah, Color The Sound, Battalion at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 8:30pm/8pm ** may 28 fri Take Pride, Havenside, Alarm The City, The Requested, Fire From The Gods at the Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a # 8pm ** may 28 fri Build Us Airplanes, Boat (Seattle) at the Luigi's Fun Garden, 1050 20th St., Sacramento a/a 9pm ** may 28 fri In Defence (Minneapolis), Fix My Head, Rat Damage, Dissident Aggressor at the 16th St. Cafe, Sacramento a/a $7 8pm *** @ may 28 fri Leopold & His Fiction, Lemon Sun at Chief Crazy Horse Inn, 230 Commercial Street, Nevada City 21+ ** may 28 fri Rose's Pawn Shop (L.A.) at Black Butte Saloon, Weed 21+ * may 28 fri cancelled: Pop Fiction, Modus at Great American Music Hall, S.F. may 28/29 Tainted Love, Love Fool (fri) at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $23 8pm/9pm *** 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 $75 ($125 two day ticket/includes camping) *** (Mountain Aire) may 29 sat Deadfall, Indefence (MN), Instant Asshole, Fix My Head, The Willkills (Salt Lake City) at 924 Gilman a/a $8 7:30pm *** @ may 29 sat She & Him at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $29.50 8pm # ** (sold out) may 29 sat Audrye Sessions, Poor Bailey, Graham Patzner & The Help, The Tenderloins at Blake's, Berkeley 18+ $10 9pm ** (Blakes 70th Anniversary part 2) may 29 sat The Album Leaf at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ 8:30pm/9:30pm ** may 29 sat Sister Grizzley, Mermaid Bones, Weekender, Fire Whiskey at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** 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 Pitbull at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** 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 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 Band Of Horses at Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F. a/a free noon ** may 29 sat The Hollowpoints, Psychology Of Genocide at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free noon/3pm ** may 29 sat Good Luck, Acquitted at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** may 29 sat The Orange Peels, Dream Diary, Leaving, Mornington Crescent, The Corner Laughers at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ afternoon show ** (S.F. Popfest) 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 Trainwreck, Mavalour, The Struts, MC Blag Dahlia at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/10pm ** may 29 sat Leopold & His Fiction, Lemon Sun at the Red Devil Saloon, S.F. 21+ ** may 29 sat Calafia (cd release) at Fourth Street Tavern, 711 Fourth Street, San Rafael 21+ $5 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 Gator Alley Band, HFTRocks, Santana Tribute Band, Rockin Randys Flying Circus, Charles Sedlak, Terry Lauderdale at Pillar Point Harbor, Half Moon Bay a/a ** (Coastal Music Fest) may 29 sat Tim McGraw, Lady Antebellum, Love and Theft at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # ** may 29 sat Full Time Beret, Craig Dandrea (Connecticut) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** 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 sat Dan P, The Brickst at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a ** may 29 sat Son Of Aurelius (Santa Cruz), Arsonists Get All The Girls at 418 Project, 418 Front Street, Santa Cruz a/a $10 8pm ** @ may 29 sat Tech N9ne, Brotha Lynch Hung, Krizz Kaliko, Kutt Calhoun, Big Scoob, Prozak, Cognito at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $34/$39 7pm/8pm ** may 29 sat Ribsy's Nickel at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 8:30pm/9pm ** may 29 sat Beyond All Means, City Of Kings, To Save A Hero, My murderous Intentions, Pledge The silence at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm # ** @ may 29 sat Coolfield, Autumn Sky, Sleep. Now. Moon., The Young Vintage, Clark Reese at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 8:30pm/8pm ** may 29 sat St Mawr, Torches In Trees at the 16th Street Cafe, Sacramento a/a $5 8pm ** may 29 sat Bing Bong Twins, Man Machine, dj Esef at the Capitol Garage, 15th & K Street, Sacramento 21+ $5 10pm ** may 29/30 Carnaval, Mission District, S.F. a/a free (parade at 9:30am sun) may 30 sun Good Luck (IN), Sour Patch, Cars Can Be Blue (GA), Hard Girls, Fischer, Brook Pridemoore at 924 Gilman a/a $7 5pm *** @ may 30 sun The City Walls, Fever Charm, Finish Ticket, Foolish Ways at Blake's, Berkeley a/a $8/$10 6:30pm ** (Blakes 70th Anniversary part 3) may 30 sun Rat Damage, In Defence (Minneapolis), D.B.G.C., Out Of Spite at Your House, Oakland a/a $6 8pm ** @ (Your House/xaz-xat's 6 year Anniversary weekend) 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 fri Mister Loveless (ep release), Magic Bullets, Transfer (San Diego) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** may 30 sun Gayle Lynn & Her Hired Hands, Barbwyre at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm til 7pm * may 30 sun Evacuee, Monarchs, Slow Trucks, The Pentacles, Hobo Nephews Of Uncle Frank, The Thralls, Stirling Says, mc Aspect, dj Z Murder at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm ** 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 Black Love, Here Kitty Kitty, Stagger & Fall at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 8:30pm/9pm ** may 30 sun The Expendables, Big B, Tomorrows Bad Seeds, Dirty Penny at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $16 7pm/7:30pm *** @ may 30 sun Nickodemus (N.Y.), The Spy From Cairo (N.Y.), dj Sep at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $8/$11 9pm ** (turntables - electronica) may 30 sun Build Us Airplanes, Dear Indugu, Early And Often, The Travelling Trees at 330 Cernon Street, Vacaville a/a 8pm ** 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 ** may 31 mon Red Meat, 77 El Deora, East Bay Grease, The Gypsy Moonlight Band, Scott Young (solo) at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $10 3pm/4pm ** (Annual Shit Kickin' Memorial Day) may 31 mon local band showcase at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $5 12:30pm/1pm *** (Live 105's BFD) may 31 mon We Must Dismantle All This! (IL), Dissident Aggressor, Death Remedy at the 16th St. Cafe, Sacramento a/a $5 8pm ** @ jun 1 tue film 'Ramones - End Of The Century' at 924 Gilman free movie night a/a free 7:30pm jun 1 tue Fools Gold, Shadow Shadow Shade, dj's at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $12 8:30pm ** jun 1 tue Trashcan Sinatras at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** jun 1 tue Friendo, Cannons And Clouds, Wise Wives at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** 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 Open Hand (L.A.), The Roman Numerals (Kansas City), Disastroid at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 1 tue Goo Goo Dolls, Vedera at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $90-$40 7:30pm # *** jun 1 tue Bane, Touch' Amor', Our Hometown Disaster, Boundaries, Summit 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 Speakeasy, The Tet Holiday, No Captains at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** 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 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 First Aid Kit, Samantha Crain, Grand Lake at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 2 wed Morpheme, Ghastly Chains, Boar Hunter, Merdoso at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $5 7:30pm *** @ jun 2 wed Telltale Heartbreakers, Distance From Shelter, Culo A Boca at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** @ jun 2 wed Morne (Boston), Flood, Vastum at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 10pm ** @ 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 Thrice, Kevin Devine & THe Goddamn Band, We Barbarians at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7:30pmpm # *** jun 3 thr 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** jun 3 thr Screaming Females, Songs For Moms, Street Eaters at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $7 9pm ** jun 3 thr Local Natives, Suckers at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** (sold out) 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 Monks Of Doom, Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble & Strings at the Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St. S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** (J.C.D.E. performing Depeche Mode's Violator album) jun 3 thr DJ Lebowitz (piano) at the Madrone Art Bar, 500 Divisadero at Fell, S.F. 21+ free 6pm-9pm ** jun 3 thr Ashdautas, Volahn, Axeman, Arizmenda at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** jun 3 thr Mothlight (San Diego), Cousins (San Diego) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** jun 3 thr A Billion Ernies at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a 8pm ** jun 3 thr Bugzy, Tre Mak, Lo-Cell, Aguny Ase, Mickey Co., William S., Tha Prafits, Hustlematic, Freddie Flossalini, Joezy Wellz, The Realists, Robin, Lingwiztix, Da Fam, S.L.A. (Sacramento Lyrics Association) at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15/$20 7pm/7:30pm *** jun 3 thr Rose's Pawn Shop (L.A.) at Jambalaya, 915 H Street, Arcata 21+ * jun 4 fri FILTH (reunion), The Gr'ps (reunion), Monster Squad, FLESHIES, Abrupt at 924 Gilman a/a $10 7:30pm *** @ $ (The List - 20th Anniversary) jun 4 fri Dangerous Boys Club, Bronze, Ssleeping Desiress, Water Borders, dj Jynx, dj Claws at Terminal, 3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland a/a ** jun 4 fri Ashdautas (L.A.), Volahn (L.A.), Axeman (L.A.), Arizmenda (L.A.), Fell Voices, Dispirit at Your Haus, Oakland a/a $8 7pm *** @ jun 4 fri Maxwell & Jill Scott at the Arena, Oakland a/a # $152-$42 6pm/7pm # ** (hip-hop) jun 4 fri Vetiver, Alela Diane, The Moore Brothers at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $15 8pm/9pm ** jun 4 fri Buzzcocks, The Dollyrots, Images at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $30/$35 9pm *** @ $ 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, KUSF dj's at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/10pm *** (KUSF) jun 4 fri Morne (Boston), Flood, Vastum at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm/10pm ** @ jun 4 fri Rose's Pawn Shop (L.A.) at the Plough and Stars, 116 Clement St., S.F. 21+ * jun 4 fri Crown City Rockers, J-Boogie's Dubtronic Science, Skins And Needles, dj Zeph at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16/$18 8:30pm ** 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 Otep at the Avalon, Santa Clara a/a ** jun 4 fri Dirty Penny, Hiatus at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** (Benefit for the Santa Cruz Red Cross) jun 4 fri Fight Fair, Kill Paradise, Honor Bright, Sierra Skyline, Not Your Style, Sell Your Secrets 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 Autumn Sky, Danny Secretion, David Houston, Brian Hanover, Fire Fire Fire!, The Kelps at the Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a # 8pm ** 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, Serpent Crown at 924 Gilman a/a $8 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 Afrofunk Experience at Amoeba Music, 2455 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a free 3pm ** jun 5 sat The Downer Party, The Definite Articles, Sentinel at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** jun 5 sat X (Australia), A Frames, Airfix Kits, Little Queenie, dj Sarah Crews at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $10 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 Loquat, The Hot Toddies (cd release), The Frail, Lindy Lafontaine, dj Miss Watkins at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** jun 5 sat Captured! By Robots, The Dont's (cd release), Bobby Joe Ebola & The Children MacNuggits 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 Matt & Kim, The Golden Filter, The Soft Pack, dj Aaron Axelsen at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm ** (Live 105) jun 5 sat Nothington, Classics Of Love, Spanish Gamble (Gainsville, FL), Fire Whiskey (Santa Cruz) at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/9:30pm *** jun 5 sat The Dodos at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $40/$20 7:30pm ** (Benefit D.A. Taylor Charitable Foundation) jun 5 sat Stormy California (L.A.), Mote at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 5:30pm ** @ jun 5 sat Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, The Pack at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $25 7:30pm/8pm *** jun 5 sat Amonie at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm * jun 5 sat Sage Francis, Free Moral Agents, B. Dolan at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $16/$20 8pm/9pm *** jun 5 sat mc Chris, mc Lars, Math The Band at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $12/$13 8pm/8:30pm ** 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 5 sat Hello Sailor, Galatia, Man Up Nancy, Watchers Hunters, A Story Untold at the Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a # 8pm ** jun 5 sat Rose's Pawn Shop (L.A.) at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a * jun 5 sat cancelled: 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 (Bamboozle Roadshow) jun 6 sun Another Breath, Soul Control, All Teeth, Street Walkers at 924 Gilman a/a $8 5pm *** @ jun 6 sun Big B & His Snake Oil Saviors at Rasputin's Music, Berkeley a/a free 2pm * jun 6 sun King Cab, Nickle Slots at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a 3pm ** 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 Japanther, Jaguar Love at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jun 6 sun Robert Cray Band at the Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third Street, Napa a/a 6:30pm/8pm ** jun 6 sun Sublime With Rome, Deftones, Hole, Silversun Pickups, Cage The Elephant, Spoon, Gaslight Anthem, Flyleaf, Against Me!, Temper Trap, Dirty Heads, Violent Soho, Soft Pack, Middle Class Rut, Matt And Kim, BT, Dan Black, Toxic Avenger, Limousines, Golden Filter, Amplive, Miles The dj, Omar, Dyloot, Scene Of Action, Geographer, Northern Son, I Am Empire, The Hold Up, I The Mighty, Veil Veil Varnish, Leopold & Fiction at Shoreline Amphitheatre, One Amphitheatre Pkwy., Mountain View a/a $32.50 11am/noon *** @ (Live 105 BFD) jun 6 sun Bone Thugs-N-Harmony at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $27/$32 7pm/8pm ** jun 6 sun Davidsbundler Society, Sketchy Business, King Kraken at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 6 sun Claudia's Ashes, Eye Of The Architect, Dying Prayer, Savior, String Theory at the Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a # 7pm ** jun 7 mon Laudanum, Bloody Panda, Trees, Deathroes at the Metro, Oakland a/a $10 8pm # *** @ jun 7 mon Good Old War, Yukon Blonde, Audra Mae at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm ** jun 7 mon Until Your Heart Stops, Mountain Man (MA), Beartrap (MA), Since Always, Another Lost Cause at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $7 ($5 before 8pm) 7:30pm/8pm ** @ jun 7 mon Bone Thugs-N-Harmony at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $30 7:30pm *** jun 7 mon Crash Test Dummies at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $16/$18 9pm ** jun 7 mon Yogoman Burning Band (Bellingham, WA), Revival Soundsystem at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jun 7 mon Crosby, Stills & Nash at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $126-$51 7:30pm # *** jun 8 tue film 'Dazed And Confused' at 924 Gilman free movie night a/a free 7:30pm jun 8 tue Oakland Active Orchestra, Myrmyr at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** 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 Rufio, The Higher, Goodnight Caulfield, Loomis & The Lust at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jun 8 tue Pestilence, Warbringer, Vital Remains, Enfold Darkness, Sacrificial Slaughter, dj Rob Metal at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $16/$20 6pm/6:30pm *** @ jun 8 tue Karen Elson at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $15 9:30pm ** jun 8 tue The Corner Laughers, Farewell Typewriter, The Clarences at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 8 tue Holy Fuck, Nice Nice at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm ** jun 8 tue Zachary Blizzard, Lookbook (Minneapolis), The Winebirds (Portland) at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jun 8 tue Father Son And Holy Smokes, Hooray For Everything, Knifey Spoony, Los Perros Locos at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $6 8pm ** jun 8 tue Eugene & The 1914, Animul, The Adventures Of Pete & Pete at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 9 wed Night Genes, Antioquia at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** 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 The Yellow Dress, Birds Fled From Me, Quite Polite at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** jun 9 wed The Ferocious Few, Eugene & The 1914, The Generals at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** 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 Basia at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ ** jun 9 wed Jesse Malin & The St. Marks Social at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9:30pm ** jun 9 wed Dashing Suns, Tokyo Raid, Meta at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jun 9 wed Amber Asylum, Bloody Panda (N.Y.C.), Trees (Portland), Barn Owl at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm *** jun 9 wed Le Verita, The Sea People at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** jun 9 wed The Glitch Mob, Free The Robots, Deru at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $16/$19 7pm/8pm ** jun 9 wed Birdhouse, Jesus And The Rabbis, Heavy Gardening at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 8:30pm/9pm ** 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, Fracas, Verbal Abuse, One In The Chamber at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ 9pm *** @ jun 10 thr Themselves, Talkdemonic at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $10/$12 8pm/9pm ** jun 10 thr Stiff Little Fingers at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jun 10 thr The Hundred Days, Voxhaul Broadcast at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** jun 10 thr Sleepy Sun (cd release), The Fresh & Onlys, Moon Duo, dj Britt Govea at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jun 10 thr Mewithoutyou, David Bazan, Rubik at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** jun 10 thr Radio Moscow, Hollow Mirrors, Red Light Mind, The Smokestacks, dj Dillon Donovan at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10/$12 9pm ** @ jun 10 thr Slippery People, Baby Seal Club, Exit Wonderland at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** jun 10 thr The Good Life, The Parson Red Heads, Contrail at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 10 thr Felonious, The Shotgun Wedding Quintet, Rondo Brothers at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8:30pm ** jun 10 thr Taproot at the Avalon, Santa Clara a/a ** jun 10 thr The Subhumans (U.K.), Cross Stitched Eyes, Aheads at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $12 7pm/7:30pm *** @ jun 11 fri Subhumans (U.K.), M.D.C., A-Heads (U.K.), Sahn Maru at 924 Gilman a/a 7pm *** @ 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 Caldecott, The Big Nasty, Jonathon Beast And the Bathroom Floors at Blake's, Berkeley 18+ $10 9pm ** 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 Or, The Whale, A B & The Sea, Get Back Loretta at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** jun 11 fri Angry Samoans, Bum City Saints, Fabulous Disaster (Sally, Laura, Lynda, and Mr. Nancy), Headslide at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm *** @ jun 11 fri Tim Kasher, Yypsy Yazz, screening of David Lee Miller's film "My Suicide" at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm ** jun 11 fri Stiff Little Fingers at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $20 9pm ** jun 11 fri Wooster, Sourgrass at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $10/$14 8pm/9pm ** jun 11 fri Montrose at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $20/$25 8:30pm/8pm *** jun 11 fri Jello Biafra And The Guantanamo School Of Medicine, Cross Stitched Eyes, Rat Damage, Dance For Destruction, No Gods No Dairy at the Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a # 8pm *** @ jun 11 fri Korn, Two Cents, Big Jay Oakerson at the Rabobank Theater, 1001 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield a/a $36.50 *** @ jun 11/12 The Radiators, dj Harry Duncan at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm (was jun 4/5 - KPIG) jun 11/12/13 Ms. Lauryn Hill, Slightly Stoopid, Steel Pulse (2 sets), Galactic (2 sets), Chali 2na & Lyrics Born, 7 Walkers, Zappa Plays Zappa, Rebelution, Tipper, The Expendables, Fishbone, Ott, Zion 1, Beats Antique, Jai Uttal & The Pagan Love Orchestra, Kitaro, Dehli 2 Dublin, Ana Sia, Mimosa, Wisdom, Marty Party, Ill Gates, Snatam Kaur, Diego's Umbrella, Lynx & Janover, Toubab Krewe, Luminesque, Phoenix Rising, Liquid Fire Mantra, Mutaytor Aerialist, speakers, camping, sports zone, venders at Sonoma County Fairgrounds, Santa Rosa a/a *** (Harmony Festival) jun 12 sat Burials (Portland), Clinging To The Trees Of A Forest Fire (CO), Pretty Colors at 924 Gilman a/a *** @ jun 12 sat Radio Moscow at the Metro, Oakland a/a # ** jun 12 sat Sugar & Gold, Sir Lord Von Raven, Planet Booty at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** 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 Daniel Tosh at Yerba Buena Center, 701 Mission St., S.F. a/a $36.50 6:30pm/7:30pm and 9:30pm/10pm ** jun 12 sat Subhumans (U.K.), A-Heads, Cross Stitched Eyes, Sin Orden at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 7:30pm/8pm *** @ jun 12 sat Witches Brew! at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $5 2pm * jun 12 sat Nightbringer, Nazxul, Ravnajuv (tribute), The Beyond, Pandiscordian Necrogenesis at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $12/$15 9pm/9:15pm ** @ jun 12 sat M.D.C., P.M.R.C., Entangled, Instant Asshole, Rhygin HC at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm *** @ 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 The Atom Age, Treephort (GA), Children Of The Information Age at Nickel City Arcade, San Jose a/a $10 7pm ** jun 12 sat Wayne Hancock, Chop Tops at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $12 9pm ** jun 12 sat Conducting From The Grave, The Antioch Synopsis, 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 *** @ (Cap City Metal Fest) jun 12 sat Watchout! Theres Ghosts, Ezera, Batten Down Your Heart, Sierra Skyline at the Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a # 8pm ** jun 12 sat Korn, Two Cents, Big Jay Oakerson at Grand Sierra Resort, 2500 East 2nd Street, Reno NV ?/? *** @ jun 13 sun Paint It Black, Ceremony, Until Your Heart Stops, Purple Mercy at 924 Gilman a/a *** @ jun 13 sun Ghostporn, Lady Lazarus at Rasputin's Music, Berkeley a/a free 1pm ** jun 13 sun The Aggrolites at the Shattuck Down Low, Berkeley 21+ ** jun 13 sun Haight Ashbury Street Fair, S.F. a/a 11am til 5:30pm jun 13 sun Wonder Girls at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $50 2pm/3pm # ** (also July 1st at the Fillmore) jun 13 sun Blue Diamend Fillups at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm * jun 13 sun Bob Log III, The Devil's Own, Bordertown Saints at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 13 sun Real Estate, All Saints Day, Young Prisms at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 7:30pm *** 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 14 mon Fischer Spooner at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # *** jun 14 mon Jenny Owen Youngs, April Smith And The Great Picture Show, William Tell at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 14 mon Local H, Left Brain Heart at the Independent, S.F. 21 $15 7:30pm ** jun 14 mon Subhumans (U.K.), M.D.C, Rat Damage, Final Summation, Dance For Destruction at the Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a # 8pm *** @ jun 15 tue film 'Gummo' at 924 Gilman free movie night a/a free 7:30pm jun 15 tue A Loss For Words, This Time Next Year, Transit at the Metro, Oakland a/a # ** jun 15 tue Inzinzac (Philadephia), Addleds, & Shelton/Nordeson Duo at 21 Grand, 416 25th St., Oakland a/a $6-$10 8pm ** jun 15 tue Miyavi at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 8pm/9pm # ** jun 15 tue Freight Train, Gemini Six, Concrete Marshmallow at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 15 tue Matt Pond PA, Wintersleep, The Lonely Forest at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 7:30pm ** jun 16 wed U2 at the Oakland Coliseum a/a $250-$30 5pm/7pm # *** $ jun 16 wed Passafire at the New Parish, Oakland a/a 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jun 16 wed The Go Getters (Sweden), Ray Collins Hot Club (Germany), dj Oran Scott at the Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa, S.F. a/a 8pm/9pm ** jun 16 wed Jay Brannan, Terra Naomi, Jhameel at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 16 wed David Broza With G.E. Smith at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (seated show) 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 Tea Leaf Green (cd release) at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $30 9pm ** jun 16 wed Bernadette, Stripmall Architecture, Conspiracy Of Venus, Ziva, The Cheesepuffs (burlesque) at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 7:30pm ** jun 16 wed Merle Haggard And Kris Kristofferson at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $90-$40 7:30pm # *** jun 16 wed The Speed Of Sound In Seawater, A Lot Like Birds at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** jun 16 wed Toast The Wrap at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** jun 16 wed Potato Pirates, Buenas Vibras, Mad Judy at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm # ** jun 16 wed A Loss For Words, This Time Next Year, Transit, The American Scene at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12 7pm/7:30pm ** jun 17 thr Bert Jansch, The Pegi Young Band at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $23 8pm ** jun 17 thr Shellshag, As Sharp For Objects, Turks, Pocos Perros Locos at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** @ jun 17 thr Barrington Levy at the Shattuck Down Low, Berkeley 21+ $27 8pm ** jun 17 thr U.S. Bombs, The Stitches, The Forgotten at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ jun 17 thr Jeremy Jay at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** jun 17 thr Melody Gardot at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 8pm/9pm # ** jun 17 thr The Moanin Dove, Geographer, Leopold And His Fiction, dj John Vanderslice at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 17 thr Electric Sister, Deeva, The Royal Highness at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** (Avaishya Belly Dance) jun 17 thr The Mallard, The Wolf, Ryan Morrowitz, Camp Out at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 17 thr Athlete, Carney at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm ** jun 17 thr Thou, Moloch, Fell Voices, Lockstep, Miscreant at the Mill Gallery, 131 Front St., Santa Cruz a/a $8 8pm ** jun 17 thr Passafire, Top Shelf at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 17 thr The Secretions, Mad Judy, 9:00 News, Klobo The Angst at 330 Cernon Street, Vacaville a/a 9pm *** @ jun 17 thr canceled: Summer Of Glaciers at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz jun 18 fri Stellar Corpses at 924 Gilman a/a ** @ jun 18 fri Detonize, TV Evangelists, Dopecharge, Ghastly Chains at B.R.S., Richmond a/a *** @ jun 18 fri Discharge (U.K.) at the Metro, Oakland a/a # *** @ jun 18 fri Thebellrays, Sassy 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, The Builders And The Butchers, Morning Teleportation at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 8pm/9pm # *** jun 18 fri Junip at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a * jun 18 fri Thou, Moloch, Fell Voices, Pale Chalice, dj Rob Metal at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8/$10 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 Birdmonster, Dynamite Walls, King Baldwin at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/10pm ** 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 Jonny Lang at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $75-$50 7:30pm # ** jun 18 fri Channel 3, Symbol Six, Boob at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** jun 18 fri The Radar Brothers, Picture Atlantic at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $10/$12 8pm ** jun 18 fri Eagles Of Death Metal at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $21/$25 8pm/9pm ** jun 18 fri U.S. Bombs, Hanover Saints, Classics Of Love, Druglords Of The Avenues at the Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a # 8pm *** @ jun 18 fri cancelled: Summer Of Glaciers at Streetlight Records, San Jose jun 18/19/20 Baaba Maal, Los Van Van, Fat Freddy's Drop, Don Carlos, Playing For Change, Alborosie, Barrington Levy, Ken Boothe, The Skatalites, Vernon Maytone, Big Youth, Tony Allen, Sambada, Marcia Griffiths, Johnny Clarke, Prince Alla, Lloyd Brown, Gregory Isaacs, Soul Syndicate, Roots Underground, Sarazino, Youssoupha Sidibe, Queen Makedah, Jahdan Blakkamoore, Messenjah Selah, Rev Fresco, Toubab Krewe, Ooklah The Moc, Rubblebucket, Comanche High Power, Ras Kush, Stone Love, David Rodigan at Mendocino County Fairgrounds, Boonville a/a $145-$55 *** (Sierra Nevada World Music Festival) jun 19 sat Chrish Murray (L.A.), Monica & THe Explosions, Monkey, Bohunks, Boss 501, Down Syndrom at 924 Gilman a/a $8 7pm *** @ (ska nite) jun 19 sat The Warlocks (L.A.), Gypsy Monnlight Band at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9:30pm * jun 19 sat Playing For Change at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jun 19 sat Point Of View, Binky, New Hope For The Dead at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a 3pm ** jun 19 sat Murphy's Law (N.Y.C.), Hoods (Sacramento), Pressure Point, Wolves & Thieves at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $12/$15 9pm *** @ jun 19 sat Earthless, Dirty Power, Hot Fog, Carlton Melton at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** (Parkerzalooza VI) jun 19 sat Eagles Of Death Metal, Lyrics Born, dj Ras MG, Johnny Kaplan at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ 9pm *** (High Times Medical Cannabis Cup) (see jun 19/20 below) jun 19 sat Mensclub, The Bar Feeders, Sassy, Thinger at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 3pm/4pm ** @ jun 19 sat He Who Can Not Be Named (debut release), White Barons, Lords (Louisville, KY) at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm ** @ jun 19 sat The Hot Toddies (record release), The Albert Square, 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 My Dads (Portland) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** jun 19 sat The Mumlers at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jun 19 sat Cause For Panic, Body Electric, Your Greatest Moment, Speak For Yourself at 330 Cernon Street, Vacaville a/a 8pm ** @ jun 19 sat G.B.H. at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $16/$18 7:30pm/8pm *** @ jun 19/20 High Times Medical Cannabis Cup at Terra Gallery & Events, 511 Harrison Street, S.F. ?/? $50 ($100 vip) ($100 ticket includes saturday night party at Mezzanine) jun 19/20 Stars at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm (sat) 7:30pm/8pm (sun) ** jun 20 sun One In The Chanber, Thou, Moloch, Badr Vogu at 924 Gilman a/a *** @ jun 20 sun Andy McKee at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (seated) jun 20 sun A Place To Bury Strangers, Light Pollution at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a *** jun 20 sun Kitchen Fire at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm jun 20 sun Drag The River, The Famous, Stacey Dee And Lil Jen at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** jun 20 sun The BellRays, Hank IV, Carlos (cd release), The Primitivas, Ezee Tiger at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 1:30pm/2pm *** (Parkerzalooza VI) jun 20 sun The Rescues at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** jun 20 sun Troi, Moira Scar, Prizehog, Instagon at Wischemann Hall, 465 Morris St., Sebastopol a/a noon ** @ 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., Outernational at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $15 8pm *** @ jun 20 sun Dgaf, Mars, The D.R.P. at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15/$17 7pm/7:30pm ** 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 21 mon Peggy Sue, Pepper Rabbit, Todayokay at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 22 tue film 'Taxi Driver' at 924 Gilman free movie night a/a free 7:30pm jun 22 tue Shearing Pinx (Vancouver), Nu Sensae (Vancouver), Awesomes Deep Teens, American Splits at 21 Grand, 416 25th St., Oakland a/a $3-$5 8pm/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 Rooney, Young Veins, Black Gold at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jun 22 tue The Topp Twins at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $20 8pm ** jun 22 tue Il Gato (cd release), The Shants, Jen Grady at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $18 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 22 tue Kate Miller-Heidke at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 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 Dum Dum Girls, The Crocodiles at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ ** jun 23 wed Razor Train at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** jun 23 wed Stymie & The Pimp Jones Luv Orchestra, Sistas In The Pit, Val Orth Band at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 23 wed Soft Volume, Red Letter Agent at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** jun 23 wed Noise Clinic (Japan) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** jun 23 wed Rooney, The Young Veins, Black Gold at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15 6:30pm/7pm ** jun 24 thr The Entrance Band, The Growlers at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ ** 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 Radar Brothers, Man/Miracle, Mist And Mast at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a *** jun 24 thr Tornado Rider, Audiodub, Conscious Souls, Oola Rock Steady at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jun 24 thr Radar Brothers, Man/Miracle, Mist And Mast at Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** jun 24 thr Living With Lions, Young Generals at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8 9pm ** jun 24 thr The Brothers Comatose, Tiny Telephone, Allofasudden at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 24 thr Build Us Airplanes, Ravenna Woods (WA) at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** jun 24 thr Planet Booty, Ethel Merman Experience at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 8pm ** (cabaret) jun 24 thr The Heavy at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 7pm ** jun 24 thr Love Life Music, Profel Inc., Mily, Made Of Guillatinez, Lee Earl at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $7/$10 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jun 25 fri Fell To Low, Nails at 924 Gilman a/a ** jun 25 fri Pavement at Greek Theatre, Hearst & Gayley, U.C. Berkeley a/a $39.50 8pm # *** jun 25 fri Mister Loveless, Holy Rolling Empire, Manatee at Blake's, Berkeley 18+ $10 9pm ** 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 Minipop, The Trophy Fire, Chasing Kings at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** jun 25 fri The Pist, Monster Squad, Voetsek, Short Changed, Ghastly Chains at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $10 8pm *** @ jun 25 fri DJ Lebowitz (piano) at the Madrone Art Bar, 500 Divisadero at Fell, S.F. 21+ free 6pm-9pm ** jun 25 fri A Place To Bury Strangers, Light Pollution, Mammoth Exploration Society at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 25 fri The Holdup, 880 South, The Skaflaws, The Fiends at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** @ jun 26 sat The Blank Tapes, Build Us Airplanes, Ravenna Woods (WA), Albert Square at 924 Gilman a/a *** @ jun 26 sat Goldfrapp at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $32.50 8pm # ** jun 26 sat Prima Donna, Mystic Knights Of The Cobra, Boats!, The Groggs at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** jun 26 sat Sol Americano at the Shattuck Down Low, Berkeley 21+ $10 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, Elliott Randall & The Deadman 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 Concrete Blonde, Flametal at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # *** jun 26 sat Greg Ashley, Electric Shepherd, Dirty Clergy, TheaTerRa, How To Make Swords at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $7 8pm ** (SanFranPsychFest) jun 26 sat Obsessor, Cwachemoe, Moss at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm ** jun 26 sat Zoroaster, Black Tusk, Dark Castle, dj Rob Metal at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $12/$14 9pm ** jun 26 sat Slim Cessna's Auto Club, Four Year Bender, T And A at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/10pm ** jun 26 sat Hightower, Kingdom Of Magic (Denver, CO), Razorhoof (Monterey, CA) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm ** jun 26 sat Rude Intoxicant, Calluseyed at Toot's, 627 Second Avenue at Pomona, Crockett 21+ 8pm ** @ 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 26 sat Shitkickers at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jun 26 sat The American Scene, June Breaks Bright, Quiet Game Starting Now at 330 Cernon Street, Vacaville a/a 8pm ** jun 26 sat Journal, Awaiting The Apocalypse, Descollada Virus, And Then Came An Alien, Fallujah at the Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a # 8pm ** jun 26/27 S.F. LGBT Pride Celebration, Civic Center, S.F. a/a jun 27 sun Slim Cessn's Auto Club at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ ** jun 27 sun Danzig, Dethred, Sabaoth at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** @ jun 27 sun Saint Vitus (L.A.), Hammers Of Misfortune, Walken, Stone Axe, dj Badjew at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $17/$20 7pm/7:30pm *** @ jun 27 sun The Golddiggers (record relese), Misisipi Rider, dj's at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm ** jun 27 sun Ty Segall, Grass Widow, Sonny & The Sunsets, The Baths at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $8/$10 7:30pm/8pm ** jun 27 sun Big D & The Kids Table, The Knockoffs, The Enlows, Evan Bailey at the Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a # 8pm ** jun 27 sun Build Us Airplanes Ravenna Woods (WA), Early And Often at the Lions Den, midtown, Sacramento ?/? 7pm ** jun 27/28 Back Street Boys at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** jun 28 mon Lemuria, Hard Girls, Beat The Oak at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8 8pm/8:30pm ** @ jun 28 mon Every Avenue, Sing It Loud, The Secret Handshake, There For Tomorrow at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jun 28 mon M.O.T.O., Midnight Creeps (Providence, R.I.), Sharp Objects, The Spurts (Santa Cruz) at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm/9:30pm ** @ jun 29 tue CocoRosie at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** jun 29 tue Harlem, Hunx And His Punx at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jun 29 tue An Afternoon Acoustic Show, Frozen In Amber, Disemballerina (Portland), Wild Hum at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 5pm/6pm ** (acoustic show) jun 29 tue Build Us Airplanes, Ravenna Woods (WA), Not To Reason Why at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a 8pm *** jun 29 tue The Adicts!, Boats!, Sharp Objects!, M.O.T.O, The Snot Cocks at the Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a # 7:30pm *** @ jun 30 wed Blitzen Trapper at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 8pm/9pm # ** jun 30 wed Hannibal Buress (comedy), W. Kamau Bell at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** jun 30 wed Dum Dum Girls, Crocodiles at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** Jun 30 wed Woods Of Ypres at the Avalon, Santa Clara a/a ** jun 30 wed The Black Crowes, Truth And Salvage Company at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $90-$40 7:30pm # *** jun 30 wed Noise Clinic, Street Lightning at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $4 8:30pm/9pm ** 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 Iron Lung (Seattle), Brainoil, In Disgust, Slices (Chicago), Migraine, Short Changed at Your Haus, Oakland a/a $8 7pm *** @ jul 1 thr Michael Marshall at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ ** jul 1 thr Wonder Girls, 2AM at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $50 7pm/8pm # ** (also June 13th at the Fillmore) jul 1 thr Dead To Me, Big Kids, 1994 (PA) at thee Parkside, S.F. 16+ $10 9pm ** 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 *** @ (Joey's Birthday) jul 2 fri Judgement Day, Ferocius Few at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** jul 2 fri Cage at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jul 2 fri Titanium Sporkestra, The Gomorran Social Aid & Pleasure Club, Rube Waddell, Khi Darag at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** jul 2 fri Steel Train, Matt Embree, Young The Giant at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 2 fri Nothington, The Riot Before, Heartsounds at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8 9pm ** jul 2 fri Damien Jurado, Kay Kay And His Weathered Underground, Merch at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 2 fri DJ Lebowitz (piano) at the Madrone Art Bar, 500 Divisadero at Fell, S.F. 21+ free 6pm-9pm ** jul 2 fri Iron Lung, Slices (Pittsburg, PA), Landmine Marathon (Phoenix, AZ), Black Hole Of Calcutta (Chico), Vaccuum at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm/9pm ** @ jul 2 fri Larry And His Flask at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a 7:30pm/8pm ** 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 2 fri The Naysayers, Messages Left, Rec-League at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 3 sat Withdrawal at 924 Gilman a/a ** jul 3 sat Femi Kuti at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 8pm/9pm # ** jul 3 sat Gurrumul at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (seated) jul 3 sat Dana Salzman & The East Bay Allstars, Rappin' 4-tay & Richard Bean, Netta B at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** (Funkin' for Your Independence) jul 3 sat The Sprains (video shoot), Lost Puppy at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm ** jul 3 sat Gravehill, Cardiac Arrest, Hod, Fatalist, dj Rob Metal at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8/$10 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 Westwood And Willow (cd release), Down Down Down, Finish Ticket, Damon And The Heathens at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. ?/? 7pm ** jul 3 sat The Rocky Horror Picture Show (movie showing & shadow cast) at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 11pm/11:30pm *** 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 3 sat The Phenomenauts, Monkey, Gnarboots at Homestead Lanes, Cupertino a/a $8 8pm *** @ jul 3 sat Wallpaper at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jul 3 sat Mystic Roots Band, Animojams at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 4 sun Defiance. Ohio, Mothercountry Motherfuckers at 924 Gilman a/a ** @ jul 4 sun Civil War Rust at Mutiny, 422 West 2nd Street, Antioch 21+ 6pm ** jul 4 sun Blktop at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jul 5 mon Sam Coad And The Gums, Shari La Las, The Snails at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $5 ** jul 5 mon Sarah McLachlan, Heart, Miranda Lambert, Colbie Caillat, A Fine Frenzy, Marina & The Diamonds, Susan Justice, The Submarines, Ann Atomic at Shoreline, One Amphitheatre Pkwy., Mountain View a/a $126-$33 2:30pm/3pm # *** (Lilith Fair) jul 6 tue Suprise Me Mr. Davis at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm * jul 6 tue Bobby Long, He Is We, Trouble Over Tokyo at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 6 tue Kasey Anderson at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ * jul 7 wed Songs For Snakes at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** jul 7 wed The Maine, This Century at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jul 7 wed Fol Chen at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm * jul 7 wed Magic Bullets at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** jul 7 wed A Sinful Attraction, Author & Finisher at the Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 8pm # ** jul 8 thr Deerhoof, The Donkeys, Southeast Engine at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 9 fri Wisecracker, Big City Bombers at 924 Gilman a/a ** @ jul 9 fri Naked Aggression, Oppressed Logic, Violent Society (PA), Combat Crisis (PA), Follow Blindly at Your House, Oakland a/a $8 7pm/8pm # *** @ jul 9 fri The Dandelion War, Silian Rail, Manatee at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** jul 9 fri The-Hi Rhythm Hustlers (cd release), Slim Jenkins, Rockin Raul at the Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa at Potrero, S.F. a/a $13/$15 8pm jul 9 fri Erasure-Esque, Sing Blue Silver at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** jul 9 fri Hillside Fire, 26MPG, Our Vinyl Vows, Zap Syndicate, The Mud. The Blood. The Beer at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** jul 9 fri Court Yard Hounds at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $55-$35 7:30pm # ** jul 9 fri Melvins, Totimoshi at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $15 9pm *** @ jul 9 fri Pressure Point, Factory Minds at the Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a # 8pm ** @ jul 10 sat The Audrye Sessions at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 10 sat Au Revoir Simone at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 10 sat Paul McCartney at AT&T Park, S.F. a/a # *** 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 10 sat Zolar X at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jul 10 sat The Rob & Zach Show, Little White Teeth at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $12/$16 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 10 sat The Flip-Offs, Protest Authority at 330 Cernon Street, Vacaville a/a 8pm ** @ jul 10 sat Silent Treatment, Aroarah, The Rainman Suite, Wings Of Innocence, Body Electric, 5 Days Dirty, Punch The Clock at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $5/$10 6:30pm *** @ (Stephens Coggins 18th Birthday and Benefit Animal Rescue & Shelters) jul 11 sun Bird By Bird, Please Do Not Fight, Buckeye Knoll, James Leste at Blake's, Berkeley a/a $8 6pm ** 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 Streetlight Manifesto, The Supervillains, The Wonder Years, Dan Potthast at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** jul 11 sun Gipsy Kings at Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium, S.F. a/a # ** jul 11 sun Austin Lucas, Cory Branan at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** 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, Big Jay Oakerson at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # *** @ jul 11 sun Adema at the Avalon, Santa Clara a/a * jul 11 sun Yes, Peter Frampton at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $125-$50 7:30pm # *** jul 12 mon Tool at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a # *** @ jul 12 mon Signals, Battlehooch at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $10 8pm ** jul 13 tue Malo at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 13 tue Yes, Peter Frampton at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa ages 5+ $20-$126 7:30pm # *** jul 13 tue Tool at Arco Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy., Sacramento a/a # *** jul 14 wed Bettye LaVette at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 14 wed Audrye Sessions, Dave Smallen, Calvin Sturges at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** 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 Built To Spill at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** 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 Birdmonster at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** jul 16 fri Teenage Bottlerocket, Banner Pilot, Complaints at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/10pm *** @ jul 16 fri Antibalas at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 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), Lake Of Blood (L.A.), Astron Argon at Your Haus, Oakland a/a $8 7pm *** @ jul 17 sat Warbringer, Bonded By Blood at Blake's, Berkeley 18+ $10 9pm ** jul 17 sat Igor & Red Elvises at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jul 17 sat Sons Of Champlin, Electric Flag, Fishbear at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 7pm/8pm # ** jul 17 sat Maps & Atlases, Cults (N.Y.) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/10pm ** jul 17 sat Rob Halford at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** jul 17 sat Lily Tomlin at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $125-$50 8pm # ** jul 17 sat Secretions, Bastards Of Young, Off With Their Heads!, In Defence at the Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a # 8pm *** @ jul 17 sat Cold Grave, Accidentally Murdered at On The Y, 670 Fulton Ave., Sacramento 21+ 9pm ** @ 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 Mahjongg at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 18 sun The Beach Boys at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $90-$35 7:30pm # *** jul 18 sun Alejandro Sanz at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $70-45 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** jul 19 mon The Dig, The Heavenly States, The Poison Control Center at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 19 mon Barenaked Ladies at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $73-$38 7:30pm # *** jul 20 tue Keane, Ingrid Michaelson, Fran Healy at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 7pm # *** jul 20 tue (Hed)p.e., Kutt Kalhoun, Johnny Richter, Big B, Slaine at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jul 20 tue Con Brio (cd release), California Honeydrops, Blood And Sunshine at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm ** jul 20 tue Lyle Lovett And His Large Band at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa ages 5+ $90-$20 8pm # *** jul 20 tue Jamie Cullum at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $60-$35 7:30pm # ** jul 20 tue Salinger at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** jul 20 tue Hard Girls, Off With Their Heads (MN), In Defence (MN) at Nickel City Arcade, San Jose a/a $10 7pm ** @ jul 21 wed Mgmt at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** jul 21 wed Jay Nash / Joe Firstman at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** jul 21 wed Obits, Night Marchers, Worker Bee at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $13/$15 9pm ** jul 21/22/23 Jonathan Richman, Olof Arnalds at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** jul 22 thr Or, The Whale, Dusty Rhodes at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** jul 22 thr Sick Of It All, Trash Talk, 50 Lions, Alpha & Omega at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ jul 22 thr The Go-Go's at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $39.50 7pm/8pm # *** jul 22 thr Lyle Lovett And His Large Band at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$45 7:30pm # ** jul 22 thr New Limb (Orange County) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** jul 22 thr Adema, Insolence at the Avalon, 777 Lawrance Expressway, Santa Clara a/a ** @ jul 22 thr Ballyhoo!, Mike Pinto, Fubar at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** 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 Toad The Wet Sprocket at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 8pm/9pm # *** jul 23 fri Adam Lambert, Orianthi at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** $ jul 23 fri Aziz Ansari at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $50-$35 8pm # ** jul 23 fri Crimson Sky, The Mainland, The Paper Melody, The Pollination Vectors at the Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a # 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 24 sat Vicente Fernandez, Edith Marquez at Cow Palace, 2600 Geneva Ave., Daily City a/a $131-$56 7pm/8pm # ** jul 24 sat Off With Their Heads, In Defence at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8 9pm ** @ jul 24 sat Francesca Lee And The New Believers, The Welcome Matt, Owen Roberts at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** jul 24 sat Los Olvidados at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jul 25 sun Up Your Alley Fair, Dore between Folsom & Howard, S.F. ?/? free 11am-6pm (leather/sex) jul 25/26 Ghosts of the Phoenix Theater: Investigation & Lecture at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma 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 The Night Marchers, Obits, Moonhearts at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $14/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** 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 27 tue Shane Lamb (Nashville) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** jul 27 tue The Black Seeds (New Zealand), Pacific Dub at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 28 wed The Black Seeds, The Holdup, Pacific Dub at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** jul 28 wed Reo Speedwagon at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa ages 5+ $85-$25 8pm # *** jul 28 wed Shane Lamb (Nashville) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** jul 29 thr Big Head Todd And The Monsters at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $31.50 7pm/8pm # ** jul 29 thr Kenny Loggins at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $90-$40 7:30pm # *** jul 29 thr Wolf Parade, The Moools at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$22 7pm/8pm *** jul 29 thr Anuhea, The Green, Stranger, Tamarama at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** 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, Zola Jesus at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $27.50 8pm # *** jul 30 fri Make Me, Dreamdate at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** 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 Level 42 at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** jul 30 fri Michael McDonald at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa ages 5+ $90-$20 8pm # ** jul 30 fri Squeeze, The English Beat at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75-$40 7:30pm # *** jul 31 sat Swingin' Utters, Cute Lepers at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ jul 31 sat Nathaniel Rateliff at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm ** jul 31 sat Le Verita at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** 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, Bless The Fall, The Acacia Strain, Architects, Cancer Bats, War Of Ages at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 7pm # *** @ (Cool Tour) aug 1 sun Squeeze, English Beat at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $42.50 7pm/8pm # *** aug 1 sun T-Model Ford & Gravel Road, Horror-X at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** aug 1 sun Scorpions, Cinderella at the Pavilion, Concord a/a # *** 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 8pm # ** (all seated) aug 3 tue (Hed) p.e., Kutt Kalhoun, Johnny Richter, Big B, Slaine at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $20 7:30pm/8pm *** aug 3 tue David Crowder Band at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa ages 5+ $20-$50 8pm # ** aug 3 tue Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $150-$80 8pm # *** aug 3 tue Tonight Is Glory, As Am I, Killing The Party, Ezera, A Story Untold, Speak No More at the Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a # 7:30pm ** 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 ages 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 Finish Ticket, many others at Jack London Square waterfront, Oakland a/a free 6pm ** (East Bay Express Best of the East Bay Party) aug 6 fri Crystal Castles, Rusko, Sinden, Proxy at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $35/29.50 7pm # ** aug 6 fri The Frail at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ 6pm/9pm ** aug 6 fri Kerasphorus, Nocturnal Blood, Sanguis Imperem, Altar Of Extinction, dj Rob Metal at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10/$12 9pm *** @ aug 6 fri Mary Chapin Carpenter at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa ages 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 6 fri Dave Koz, Jonathan Butler, Sheila E. at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $85-$40 7:30pm # ** aug 7 sat Chelsea Handler at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $110-$50 8pm # ** aug 7 sat Sloe at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** aug 7 sat Scott Allen Project, Mack Jones, Split Self at the Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a # 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 Joan Armatrading at Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street, S.F. a/a $100-$40 7pm/8pm # ** aug 10 tue Seu Jorge And Almaz at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** aug 10 tue Teri Falini, Blair Hansen, Black Balloon at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** (Girlstock) aug 10 tue Blondie, The B52s at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $120-$50 7:30pm # *** aug 11 wed Natalie Merchant at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** aug 11 wed Rule 5, Brass Hysteria, Rude Intoxicant, Firegills at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm ** @ aug 11 wed Huey Lewis & The News at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$50 7:30pm # *** aug 11 wed Rev. Horton Heat, Split Lip Rayfield, Hillstomp at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $12/$16 7pm/8pm ** 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 12 thr Joan Baez at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $95-$40 7pm # *** aug 13 fri Deceased, Rumpelstiltskin Grinder, Embryonic Devourment, Deadly Remains, dj Rob Metal at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10/$12 9pm *** @ aug 13 fri Smash Mouth at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm *** @ 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 14 sat Eek A Mouse at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $14/$19 8pm/9pm *** aug 15 sun Rasputina at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** aug 15 sun Rob Thomas at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $125-$50 7:30pm # ** (Benefit Sidewalk Angels Foundation) aug 15 sun MSG at the Avalon, 777 Lawrance Expressway, Santa Clara a/a ** aug 16 mon Billy Idol at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $90-$40 7:30pm # *** aug 16 mon Xavier Rudd (Australia) at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$25 7pm/8pm ** 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 Black Francis (solo acoustic) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (seated) aug 18 wed Lucinda Williams With Robert Earl Keen at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $70-$35 7:30pm # *** aug 18 wed Christina Aguilera, Leona Lewis at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # ** aug 19 thr The Swell Season at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75-$35 7:30pm # ** aug 19 thr Bill Maher at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $100-$55 8pm # ** 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 fri Still Time, The Shamblers, John Howland at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** aug 20 fri Ghostland Observatory at the Warfield, 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 Al Jarreau, George Duke Trio at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $95-$50 7pm # ** aug 20 fri John Mayer, Owl City at Shoreline, One Amphitheatre Pkwy., Mountain View a/a # ** aug 20 fri Trevor Hall at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** 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 Mat Kearney at Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market St., S.F. a/a $20 8pm ** (KFOG) aug 22 sun Los Lobos, John Hiatt & The Combo at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $70-$35 7:30pm # ** aug 23 mon Decapitated, The Faceless, All Shall Perish, The Red Chord, Veil Of Maya, Cephalic Carnage, Decrepit Birth, Carnifex, Animals As Leaders, Vital Remains at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 3pm/3:30pm # *** @ $ (Summer Slaughter Tour) aug 23 mon Crowded House, Lawrence Arabia at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** aug 23 mon Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $60-$35 7:30pm # ** aug 24 tue Something Corporate at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** aug 24 tue Crowded House at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$45 7pm # ** aug 24 tue The Hold Steady at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $16/$19 7pm/8pm ** 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 Lydia at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 7pm/8pm ** aug 26 thr Melissa Etheridge at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $105-$40 7:30pm # *** aug 27 fri Nekromantix, The Howlers, The Mutilators at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ aug 27 fri Blasphemous Rumours (tribute) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm * 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 Slash at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** 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 (playing Seasons In The Abyss), Megadeth (playing Rust In Peace), 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 4 sat Garotas Suecas at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 8pm ** sep 4 sat J.G.B. With Melvin Seals & Stu Allen at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 9 thr The Clientele at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ ** sep 10 fri David Gray And Ray LaMontagne at the Greek Theatre, Hearst & Gayley, U.C. Berkeley a/a # ** sep 10 fri Craig Ferguson at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75-$35 7:30pm # ** sep 11 sat The Business (U.K.), The Hollowpoints at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $13/$15 9pm *** @ 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 11 sat The Robert Cray Band, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $95-$55 7:30pm # ** sep 12 sun Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $95-$50 7pm # *** 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 Los Super Seven at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 17 fri Paramore, Tegan And Sara at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a 6:30pm # *** sep 17 fri Creedence Clearwater Revisited at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $90-$50 7:30pm # ** sep 18 sat Harry Connick Jr. & Orchestra at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $150-$51 7:30pm # ** sep 18 sat Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $98-$38 5pm/7pm # *** sep 19 sun Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $100-$40 5pm/7pm # *** sep 20 mon Willie Nelson & Family at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $69/$76 6pm/7pm *** sep 20/21 Hanson, A Rocket To The Moon at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** 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 24 fri Katatonia, Swallow The Sun, Orphaned Land at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $12/$20 ($45 vip) 9pm *** @ sep 25 sat Margaret Cho at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65-$35 8pm # ** sep 26 sun Folsom Street Fair, Folsom St. between 7th st. & 12th St., S.F. a/a 11am-6pm (music/leather/sex) sep 27 mon Daryl Hall & John Oates at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$50 7:30pm # *** sep 27 mon Paul Collins Beat, Boats!, The Poonteens at the Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a # 8pm *** sep 29 wed The Black Keys, Nicole Atkins at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** sep 29 wed Kamelot, Leaves' Eyes at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 1/2/3 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Golden Gate Park a/a free *** oct 2 sat Wanda Sykes at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$45 6pm/8pm ** oct 3 sun Vamps at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** 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 9 sat Hot Lunch, Blank Stares, 3 Stoned Men, Philosophy Of Genocide, mc Lynn Breedlove at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** @ (Bike Messenger Appreciation Day) 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 a/a $65 ($115 two days) oct 16 sat Jimmy Buffett And The Coral Reefer Band at Shoreline Amphitheatre, One Amphitheatre Pkwy., Mountain View a/a $137-$37 6pm/8pm # ** oct 22 fri Shakira at the Arena, Oakland a/a # ** nov 14 sun Nile, Ex-Deo, Psycroptic, Keep Of Kalessin Dan Potthast at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** dec 6 mon Roger Waters (performing The Wall) at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # *** $ dec 8 wed 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 Avalon Nightclub, 777 Lawrance Expressway, Santa Clara 21+ a/a 408-241-0777 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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