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 July 23, 2010 jul 23 fri In Disgust, Low Threat Profile, Weekend Nachos, Terrorism, God Stomper, Bird at 924 Gilman a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** @ jul 23 fri Power, Mojo Hand, Face The Rail, Lazy Dogs at Victory Warehouse, 24th and San Pablo Avenue, Oakland a/a $3 8pm ** @ jul 23 fri Out Of Spite, Speed Of Darkness (Humboldt), Beringia (Portland), Bruxers, Dxexg at Your House, Oakland a/a $6 8pm *** @ jul 23 fri Rock N Roll Adventure Kids, Larry And The Angriest Generation, C'mon Everybody, Cowabunga Babes, Whoa Hunx! (L.A.) at the Fuzzplex, 3014 MLK Way, Oakland a/a 9pm *** @ jul 23 fri Aerosmith, Sammy Hagar And The Wabos at the Arena, Oakland a/a $200-$45.50 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** jul 23 fri The Lickets, Father Figures, Tied To The Branches at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a 7pm ** jul 23 fri Attitude Adjustment, Everything Must Go, Cheapskate, Loose Endz at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm *** @ jul 23 fri Scission, Foreign Cinema, Diciembre Gris at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $10 ** 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 # *** (sold out) (also July 25th at the Warfield) jul 23 fri Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, Joe Bagale, Crystal Monee Hall at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a 8pm *** (Benefit for For The Bayou) jul 23 fri Cynic, Intronaut, Dysrhythmia at Slim's, S.F. a/a $17 8pm ** jul 23 fri Thao Nguyen, John Vanderslice, Man/Miracle, Exray's, dj's at the Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa at Potrero, S.F. a/a $20/$25 ($50 vip) 7pm/8pm ** (fundraiser for Regional Bias 2010) jul 23 fri Hammer Horror Classics, Lucabrazzi, Little Stranger, Boss Fight at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $5 8pm ** @ jul 23 fri Jonathan Richman, Olof Arnalds at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $15 8pm *** jul 23 fri Tigers Jaw, The Sidekicks (Cleveland, OH), Hard Girls, The Albert Square at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? $8 9pm *** @ jul 23 fri White Cloud, Red Blue Yellow, The Paranoids at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** jul 23 fri Admiral Radley, Sea Of Bees, Built Like Alaska at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8:30pm/10pm ** jul 23 fri Neckmeat, Dylan Connor, Eli Braden at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** jul 23 fri Dangermaker, The Parties, Headslide at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** jul 23 fri Thao Nguyen, John Vanderslice, Man/Miracle, Exray's, dj's at the Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa at Potrero, S.F. a/a $20/$25 7pm/8pm ** jul 23 fri Not To Reason Why, Goodriddler, Daytes, The Devotionals, At All Times at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** @ jul 23 fri Pato Banton And The Now Generation at Mystic Theater, 23 Petaluma Blvd., Petaluma 21+ $20/$22 8pm/9pm # *** jul 23 fri Mystic Rage, Motogruv, Stigmurder, at Quincy's, 6590 Commerce Blvd., Rohnert Park 21+ ** @ (Jagermeister mini tour) jul 23 fri Lungs Of A Blast Furnace at Toot's, 627 Second Avenue at Pomona, Crockett 21+ 8:30pm ** @ jul 23 fri Dirty Filthy Mugs, The Abjects, The Hukaholix, Benedict Arnold, Number 9 Hard at the Red Hat, Concord 21+ $5 9pm ** jul 23 fri Aziz Ansari (comedy) at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $50-$35 8pm # ** jul 23 fri Los Hot Boxers, Dub FX, Cado at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** jul 23 fri Amerie at the Avalon, Santa Clara a/a ** jul 23 fri Earl Zero (Kingston, Jamaica), Mabrak, Militia Of Love, The Midtones at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 23 fri The Triggers, Fatcity Jokers, Thee Dethrayz at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a 8pm *** @ jul 23 fri The Devil Wears Prada, Miss May I, Your Demise at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $16 7pm/7:30pm *** jul 23 fri Colonel Jimmy & The Blackfish, Dry County Drinkers at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** jul 23 fri Phenomenauts, Truckers Wife at Lost on Main, Chico, 319 Main Street, Chico 21+ 9pm *** @ jul 23 fri cancelled: Crimson Sky, The Mainland, The Paper Melody, The Pollination Vectors at the Shire Road Club, Sacramento jul 23/24 Tainted Love at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $23 8pm/9pm ** jul 24 sat Argentinum Astrum (TN), Locusta (TN), Dun Bin Had, Vietnam Hardcore, Zero Progress, Black America at 924 Gilman a/a $7 7pm *** @ jul 24 sat Mas Ke Ruido (L.A.), Wonderland Syndrome, IV, The Abjects, Lungs Of A Blast Furnace at B.R.S., Richmond 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 Jen Weisberg, Normandie Wilson, Rabbit Ears at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a 7pm * jul 24 sat Polkacide, Moira Scar, Nuclear Death Wish at Life Changing Ministries, 1629 8th Street, Oakland a/a $6 4pm til 10pm ** (free food) jul 24 sat Beer Lords, Inhaler, Dead Man, M.D.L., Daddy Ate My Eyes, Escapement at Victory Warehouse, 24th and San Pablo Avenue, Oakland a/a $5 7:30pm *** jul 24 sat The Soft White Sixties, The Dandelion War, Travis Bill at Blakes on Telegraph, Berkeley a/a $10 6:30pm ** jul 24 sat Xdistressedx, Finisterre (Germany), Warscroll (L.A.), Statik at 2844 Union Street, West Oakland a/a $6 8pm ** @ jul 24 sat Fog of War, It (record release), Liquid Pain, Lobotomizer at Yer Haus, Oakland a/a $5 8pm ** @ jul 24 sat Wildildlife, Emeralds, Didimao, Instant at 21 Grand, 416 25th St., Oakland a/a 9pm ** jul 24 sat Minipop, The Trophy Fire, The Hot Toddies, Geoff Register at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm *** jul 24 sat Edge City Ruins, Mad Manics, J.R.'s Killers at Parkway Lounge, 1850 Park Blvd., Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** (was listed as July 27th) jul 24 sat Stay Away Joe's, Los Hight Tops, Kick Rocks at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** jul 24 sat Insert, Black Dream, Gutwrench, ThunderFuck, Cashed, Nihilist Cunt, Fukm, AgroCrag, Spawn Atomic, MC Meathook And The Vital Organs at Warm Water Cove, bay end of 24th Street, S.F. a/a free noon *** @ (Fuckfest III - BBQ) jul 24 sat Raven, Anvil Chorus, Giant Squid, Stone Vengeance, Abysmal Dawn, Desecrater, Near Life at Jerry Garcia Amphitheatre, 25 John F. Shelley Dr., McLaren Park, S.F. a/a free noon *** @ (Tidal Wave Festival #12) jul 24 sat Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Little Teeth, miRthkon 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, Static Thought, In Defence at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8 9pm ** @ jul 24 sat Fishbear, Bob Hill Band, Moonlight Orchestra at Slim's, S.F a/a $15 8pm ** jul 24 sat The Nerv, The Grannies, Negative Trend, The Lewd, Nihilist Cunt at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $7 8pm *** @ 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 River City Tanlines (Memphis), Top Ten, Leaders (Portland) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** jul 24 sat Robyn & Kelis, Dan Black, Far East Movement at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $25 ($40 vip) 7pm ** jul 24 sat Tang!, Crazy Ballhead at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 10pm ** (funk) jul 24 sat Asada Messiah, Berringia at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ ** jul 24 sat The Sore Thumbs, Code 4-15, Dynamite 8, Switchblade Riot at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** @ jul 24 sat Awesome Party, Dalton at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $6 10pm ** jul 24 sat Titan-ups, Wicked Mercies, at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** jul 24 sat Fast Times at Maggie McGarry's, 1353 Grant St., S.F. 21+ free 9pm * jul 24 sat ValerMusic (Portland), Pinata (Portland), Warm Hands (Portland), Howlin Cheetah And His Famous Band, Casy+Brian at Mansound, 26th and Judah, S.F. ?/? 8pm ** jul 24 sat March Into Paris, Freex, Blame Betty, KittenDonkeyPunch at the Red Hat, Concord 21+ $5 9pm ** jul 24 sat Neckbeard, Thee Dethrayz, Atomic Protist at Paddy's Coffee House, 3900 Smith St., Union City a/a free 7pm ** jul 24 sat Polyhymnia, Project Greenfield, Go Kart Mozart & The Hiwatters at Bucky's Cocktail Lounge, 101 South Blvd. at Palm Ave., San Mateo 21+ $5-$20 sliding scale ($20 includes buffet plate) 7pm ** (Benefit Bay Area school bands & music programs) jul 24 sat Tiger's Jaw (PN), Sidekicks (Cleveland), City Of Progress (L.A.) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** jul 24 sat Los Olvidados, Ribzy, Bibles & Hand Grenades at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 24 sat Drop Dead, Gorgeous, Attilla, Sleeping With Sirens, Abandon All Ships, For All Those Sleeping, Woe, Is Me, Scarlett O'Hara, Ten After Two at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15 4pm/4:30pm *** @ jul 24 sat Mystic Rage, Motogruv, Stigmurder, at the Rusty Hook, 955 Yosemite Avenue, Manteca 21+ 8pm ** @ (Jagermeister mini tour) jul 24 sat cancelled: Good Hustle, The Sidekicks, Tigers Jaw, Ghost In The Aqueducts at X Sports Bar, Cupertino jul 25 sun Tomorrow Men, Moonshine at 924 Gilman a/a 5pm ** @ jul 25 sun Judgement Day, Phenomenauts, Club Crasherz, Space Monkey Gangstas, Katie Knipp, Joe Hickey, Jake Wertheim-Knapp at Blakes on Telegraph, Berkeley a/a free noon til 7pm *** @ jul 25 sun Science Fiction Theater (Rancho Cucamonga) at Rasputin's Music, Berkeley a/a free 1pm ** jul 25 sun Prong, Amber Asylum, Elk, Vastum, Witchaven, Blind Illusion, Go Like This at Jerry Garcia Amphitheatre, 25 John F. Shelley Dr., McLaren Park, S.F. a/a free noon *** @ (Tidal Wave Festival #12) jul 25 sun The Memorials, Points North, Ben Benkert & The Burnouts, The Seth Chaplas at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm ** jul 25 sun Queensryche at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** @ $ jul 25 sun Adam Lambert, Orianthi at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** (sold out) (also July 23th at the Warfield) jul 25 sun The Country Casanovas at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a 4pm * jul 25 sun 100 Monkeys, The Kissing Club at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 25 sun Personal And The Pizzas, Bare Wires, Ty Segall at Columbus Cafe, 901 Columbus Avenue, S.F. a/a ** jul 25 sun Janelle Monae, Neon Indian, Forrest Day, The Jazz Mafia All Stars, AB & The Sea, Boca do Rio, Joe Bagale, The Park, The Oakland Faders, Grass Widow, Birds & Batteries, Tiny Television, Santero, The Ferocious Few, The Rondo Brothers With The Foreign Globester, Ty Segall, Citay, Personal & The Pizzas, Bare Wires, Mister Loveless, Ghosts On Tape, Afrolicious (dj set), Disco Shawn, Crystal Monee Hall, Eric Sharp, Swoop Unit, Derek Hena at All Shook Down Festival, North Beach, S.F. a/a $14 noon *** jul 25 sun Thollem, Dieterich, Amendola (with films of Martha Colburn), Shudder, John Shiurba at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** (jazz) jul 25 sun Nihlotep, Locusta, Argentinum Astrum, Pale Chalice at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** @ jul 25 sun Toadies, Dead Country, The Famous at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $16 8:30pm/9pm *** jul 25 sun Up Your Alley Fair, Dore between Folsom & Howard, S.F. a/a free 11am-6pm (leather/sex) jul 25 sun The Never Never, Sears, Lum at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ ** jul 25 sun Mystic Rage, Motogruv, Stigmurder, at the Englander, 101 Parrott St., San Leandro a/a 7pm ** @ (Jagermeister mini tour) jul 25 sun Forum Walters, Final Summation, Prayers For Atheists, Aquifer at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a 7pm ** jul 25 sun Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster, For Today, Blessed By A Broken Heart, A Plea For Purging, The Color Morale, The Crimson Armada, I The Breather, The Great Commission, In The Midst Of Lions, Hundredth, Galatia, Man Up! Nancy, Dressed In White at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $16/$18 2:30pm/3pm *** @ jul 25/26 Ghosts of the Phoenix Theater: Investigation & Lecture at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a ** jul 26 mon Blank Tapes, Graves, Range Of Light Wilderness at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a 7pm * jul 26 mon Bear In Heaven, Twin Sister, Beach Fossils at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 7:30pm ** jul 26 mon The Dangerous Summer, The Morning Of, Places And Numbers at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 7:30pm/8pm ** @ jul 26 mon Culture Kids, Fugitive Kind, Opt Out at 16th Street BART, S.F. a/a free 6pm ** jul 26 mon Warnwulf, Whiskey Thieves, Intrinsic at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** jul 26 mon Greedy Eyes (record release), Daylight (PA), Transit (MA), Shared Arms (Canada) at the Top of the Hill, 41 Tallwood Drive, Daly City a/a $5 7pm ** @ jul 26 mon Martina McBride at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75-$45 7:30pm # ** jul 27 tue Gyptian at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $18/$23 8:30pm/9pm * jul 27 tue Laura Marling at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 27 tue Night Marchers, Obits, Moonhearts at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $14/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 27 tue The Delta Mirror (L.A.), Borneo, Here Comes The Saviours at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8/$10 7pm ** jul 27 tue Neon Trees, Civil Twilight, Paper Tongues, Pacific Hurt at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13/$16 8pm *** (Live 105) jul 27 tue The Goodnight Loving, The Touch-Me-Nots, The Switchbacks at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 27 tue The Reaction, Dos Peros Locos at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $3 9pm ** (all ages show space benefit) jul 27 tue Michael Beach, The Spyrals at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 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), The Holdup, Pacific Dub at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 27 tue The Dangerous Summer, The Morning Of, Places And Numbers, The American Scene at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $12 6:30pm ** @ jul 28 wed Ava Mendoza, Simon Henneman, Peijman Kouretchian at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a 7pm ** jul 28 wed The Boneless Children Foundation, Maren Parusel, The Temperamentals at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** jul 28 wed The Black Seeds, The Holdup, Pacific Dub at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 9pm *** jul 28 wed Morcheeba, The Mumblers at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # ** jul 28 wed Pocahaunted (L.A.), Mi Ami, Late Young, Peaking Lights at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** jul 28 wed Hostage Calm, Make Do And Mend, Raw Nerves, Acts Of Sedition, Until Your Heart Stops at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $7 7:30pm *** @ jul 28 wed Pepper Rabbit, Candy Claws, That Ghost at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 28 wed Space Vacation, Wildildlife, Emeralds, Sons Of Glory at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ ** jul 28 wed Phosphorescent, Little Wings, J. Tillman at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 28 wed The Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble (tribute), The Hurd Ensemble, Electrosonic Chamber at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. $10 8pm ** jul 28 wed Circa Survive, The Dear Hunter (MA), O' Brother (GA) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $16/$20 8pm/8:30pm *** 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 6pm ** jul 28 wed Guns For San Sebastian, Warn Wulf, Intrinsic, Junior Boogie at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 28 wed Tomorrows Bad Seeds at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12 6:30pm/7pm ** jul 29 thr Yi, Bluezr at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a 7pm * jul 29 thr Vitamin Party, Unko Atama, The Introriffagains at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** jul 29 thr Big Head Todd And The Monsters, Truth And Salvage Company at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $31.50 7pm/8pm # ** jul 29 thr Villagers, Bart Davenport (solo), Greg Ashley at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** jul 29 thr Grace Alley, Unchained, Abandon (Orange County), Reignition (PA), Roam Alone (GA), Boxing Day (FL), Bridges at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $7 7pm ** @ jul 29 thr Generalissimo (record release), Ovipositor, Cartographer at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jul 29 thr Cormorant, Stonehaven, Mary Shelley, Deafheaven, dj Rob Metal at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm *** @ jul 29 thr Genesis Climber, Mind, High Castle, Gimili's Tit at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** jul 29 thr Negative Trend, The Hashashins, Monarchs at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm *** jul 29 thr Hottub, Afghan Raiders, Woodhands, Loose Shus at Milk, 1840 Haight Street, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** jul 29 thr Blaming Johnny (reunion), The Hit System, Pion 2 Zion, Case In Theory, Death Ray (lobby) at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** jul 29 thr Broadcast Zero, Loose Endz, Twitch Angry, Protest Authority at the Red Hat, Concord 21+ $5 9pm ** jul 29 thr Stereo Freakout, Handsome Rovers at the Englander, 101 Parrott St., San Leandro a/a free 7pm ** 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, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$22 7pm/8pm *** jul 29 thr Anuhea, The Green, Stranger, Tamarama at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 29 thr Serious, Mr. P Chill, The Glove, W.O.W. Ent, Dope Monstaz at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 8pm/8:30pm ** jul 29 thr Toby Keith, Trace Adkins at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Marysville a/a # ** 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 Violation, Decent Criminal, IV, Detach Dolls, Spirits In The Basement, Atomic Machine at 924 Gilman a/a 7:30pm *** @ jul 30 fri Vitamin Party, Jason white And The Handsome, Shake me, dj Isaac Owen Money at the Craneway Pavilion, 1414 Harbour Way South, Richmond a/a $5 9pm *** @ (Jason's 40th party) jul 30 fri Wolf Parade, Moools, Zola Jesus at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $27.50 8pm # *** jul 30 fri Elk, Ealdath (Portland), Pale Chalice, Badr Vogu at the Metro, Oakland a/a $8 8pm *** @ jul 30 fri Make Me, Dreamdate, Schande at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** jul 30 fri Chop Tops at the Shattuck Down Low, Berkeley 21+ ** jul 30 fri The Spirits Of The Red City (Minneapolis), Dum Spiro Spero, The Buckwalds at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** jul 30 fri Soilwork (Sweden), Death Angel, Augury at Slim's, S.F. a/a $21/$23 8pm *** @ jul 30 fri Kinky Friedman, Carletta Sue Kay at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (KPIG) jul 30 fri Level 42, The World Famous Rick & Russ Show at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** jul 30 fri Mad Caddies, The B Foundation, Kung Pow at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm/9:30pm *** @ jul 30 fri Addison, Junior Panthers, Soft Bombs at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** jul 30 sat The Twelves, Mark Romboy, John Tejada at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** jul 30 fri Father President, Siddhartha at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ ** jul 30 fri Interstellar Grains, Sean Tabor Band at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** jul 30 fri Meow, The Outdoorsmen, Midnite Snaxxx at the Li-Po Lounge, 916 Grant Ave., S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** jul 30 fri David Meltzer, Michael Rothenberg, Terry Carrion, Clark Coolridge at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $5-$15 sliding scale 7pm ** (power pop theatrics, poetry, crusty blues, jazz, rock improv) jul 30 fri Michael McDonald at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa ages 5+ $90-$20 8pm # ** jul 30 fri Gravity Hill at Unity Music, 840 Piner Road #8, Santa Rosa a/a 8pm * jul 30 fri War Of Aggression, United Defiance, Duct Tape Date, Suburban Paranoia at the Red Hat, Concord 21+ $5 9pm ** @ jul 30 fri Civil War Rust, Stigma 13, The 132 at the House, 130 Sunrise Drive, Brentwood a/a free 6pm ** jul 30 fri Squeeze, The English Beat at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75-$40 7:30pm # *** jul 30 fri Dimidium, Trick Mechanics, Citabrie, Until We Sleep at the Avalon, Santa Clara a/a *** (Your Music Magazine Band Olympicks) jul 30 fri Hottub, Woodhands, The Hot Toddies at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** jul 30 fri Led Zepagain (tribute) at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $13/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 30 fri Memoryhouse (Toronto), Baths, Mountain Animal Hospital, Brown Irish at Kuumbwa Jazz Center, 320 Cedar Street, Santa Curz ?/? $13 8pm ** jul 30 fri La Infinita, La Noche Oskura, Pop Bottle Bombers, Kung Pao at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a 8pm ** @ jul 30 fri Otep, The Birthday Massacre, Beneath The Sky, The Agonist, Damage Over Time, Jack Ketch at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $20/$22 7pm/7:30pm *** @ jul 31 sat Liquored Up, Badmouth (L.A.), Anti-Social, Dirt Squad (Ukiah), Driven By Pigs, Kulitapa Pigs at 924 Gilman a/a $7 7pm *** @ jul 31 sat Migraine, Cardiac Arrest (St. Louis), Streetwalkers, Neo Cons at the Hive, 1420 Tenth Street at Mandella, Oakland a/a $5 7pm ** @ jul 31 sat Black Star (Mos Def & Talib Kweli), Zion-I, dj Mr. E at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # 8pm ** jul 31 sat Genesis Climber, Sorrower (AZ), Purple Rhinestone Eagle (OR), Flood, Pins Of Light at Victory Warehouse, 24th and San Pablo Ave., Oakland a/a $5 7:30pm ** jul 31 sat The Mutaytor, Kid Beyond, Phil Lorenz Orchestra, Mark Growden Sextet, Super Geek League, Gofeerman And Vau De Vire Society, many more at Big Art Studios at American Steel, 1960 Mandela Parkway, Oakland a/a noon $30/$35 ($150 vip) *** (Circus Arts, Giant Foam Wars Bathtub, Carnival Midway, Sculpture) (2 water slides, 300 tons of sand, eight swimming pools, nine stages) jul 31 sat Add Moss, Build Us Airplanes, Thirstbusters at Blake's on Telegraph, Berkeley 18+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 31 sat Banana Hamilton, Nectarine Pie, Uzi Rash, dj Miggy Stardust, dj Handsome Neto at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** @ jul 31 sat Neon Kross, Death Of Venus at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** jul 31 sat Swingin Utters, Cute Lepers, Stagger And Fall at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16 9pm *** @ jul 31 sat The Plastic Saints, The Tempermentals, Rock Fight at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm/5pm ** jul 31 sat Memoryhouse (Toronto), Baths, dj Brother Grim, dj Chris Baty, dj Bas at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 9pm ** (dance party) jul 31 sat Malo, Lava, Blanca at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 31 sat Nathaniel Rateliff at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm ** jul 31 sat Kenseth Thibideau, Danny Paul Grody, Radius at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 5pm ** (early show) jul 31 sat Rantouls, Saucy Jacks, Dirty Cupcakes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** (late show) jul 31 sat Tokyo Raid, Swaybone, The Trees at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ ** jul 31 sat Dave Rude Band, FlexXBronco, Monte Casino at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jul 31 sat 400 Blows (L.A.), Turks, Swann Danger at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/10pm ** @ jul 31 sat Diego's Umbrella, The Real Nasty, Loyd Family Players at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $10 10pm ** jul 31 sat Intangled, Dismember September, Fastest Gun Alive, The Disciples, Holy Rolemodel, Atrium at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 6:30pm/7pm *** @ jul 31 sat The Lost Boys at Mystic Theater, 23 Petaluma Blvd., Petaluma 16+ $15 7pm/8pm # ** jul 31 sat Such Gold, The Story So Far, The American Scene, Ashes Of American Flags, Second To Last at Houseshow, 3196 Claudia Drive, Concord a/a $5 7pm ** @ 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 # ** jul 31 sat Mad Caddies, Whiskey Avengers, B-Foundation at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $12 9pm *** jul 31 sat Dokken, Dammaj, Mukagee, Darkside Shine at the Avalon, Santa Clara a/a *** jul 31 sat Funky Dosage (Santa Cruz) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm jul 31 sat Black Love, Circle at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 31 sat (hed) p.e., Kutt Calhoun, Johnny Richter, Big B, Slaine, Quette Daddie at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $20/$22 7pm/7:30pm *** jul 31/aug 1 California World Guitar Show at Marin Civic Center, San Rafael a/a aug 1 sun Short Changed, Hukaholix, D.B.G.C., Public Suicide, at 924 Gilman a/a $5 5pm *** @ aug 1 sun Judgement Day at Rasputin's Music, Berkeley a/a free 2pm ** aug 1 sun As I Lay Dying, Underoath, Between The Buried And Me, Blessthefall, The Acacia Strain, Architects, Cancer Bats, War Of Ages at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $30/$32 3:30pm/4:30pm # *** @ (Cool Tour - new location, was at the Warfield) aug 1 sun Squeeze, English Beat at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $42.50 7pm/8pm # *** aug 1 sun Rickie Lee Jones, Meklit Hadero at Stern Grove, 19th Avenue & SLoat Blvd., S.F. a/a free 2pm *** aug 1 sun Tartufi, Silian Rail (cd release), Honeycomb at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** aug 1 sun Paul Kinball at thee Parksdie, S.F. a/a free 4pm * aug 1 sun T-Model Ford & Gravel Road, Horror-X at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** aug 1 sun Il Gato, Bill Baird, Jesse Woods at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 1 sun Cardiac Arrest (St. Louis), Roofie & the Night Stalker, Neo Cons at Doc's Clock, 2575 Mission St. S.F. 21+ free 7pm ** @ aug 1 sun Scorpions, Cinderella at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $89.50-$19.50 6pm/7pm # *** aug 1 sun Apothesary, What Lies Beneath The Grave, Feast, Truth Decays, Lungs Of A Blast Furnace at Mutiny, 422 West 2nd Street, Antioch 21+ 6pm *** @ aug 1 sun John Legend at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $150-$55 7:30pm # ** aug 1 sun Hoods at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 6pm ** @ aug 1 sun Weird Al Yankovic at State Fair, Sacramento a/a # *** aug 2 mon Joanna Newsom, Robin Pecknold at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** (all seated) aug 2 mon Bomb the Music Industry, Shinobu, Dan Potthast at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 2 mon We Landed On The Moon (Louisiana) at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** aug 2 mon The Lurking Corpses (IN) at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a 7pm ** @ aug 3 tue Siversun Pickups, Against Me, Henry Clay People at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $35 7:30pm # *** @ aug 3 tue Ratt, The Butlers, Sentinel Beast at the Metro, Oakland a/a $30/$35 7pm/8pm # *** @ aug 3 tue Matisyahu, Dub Trip at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $30 7pm/8pm # ** aug 3 tue Quitzow (N.Y.C.), Battlehooch, Setting Sun at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** aug 3 tue The Funeral Pyre, Early Graves, Armed For Apocalypse, At Our Heels, Deaf Heaven at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $7 7:30pm *** @ aug 3 tue Aunt Dracula (Philadelphia) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 3 tue The Watson Twins, Ferraby Lionheart at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm ** aug 3 tue Dopecharge, Bog People (Portland), Autistic Youth (Portland), Verraterisch (Sacramento) at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm/9pm ** @ aug 3 tue (Hed)p.e., Kutt Kalhoun, Johnny Richter, Big B, Blestenation 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 Bomb The Music Industry, Dan Potthast (solo - cd release), Shinobu, Gnarboots at Nickel City, 1711 Branham Lane, San Jose a/a $10 7pm ** aug 3 tue Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $150-$80 8pm # *** aug 3 tue Personal And The Pizzas, Slippery Slopes at the Hub, 1819 23rd St. at S St., Sacramento a/a ** aug 3 tue Adema, Tantric, Miscreated at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a 7pm ** @ aug 4 wed Spiro Agnew, Be Your Own Coach, Exhausted Pipes, La Verita at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** aug 4 wed Blondie, Gorevette at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $55 8pm/9pm # *** aug 4 wed Human-Clad Monsters at Slim's, S.F a/a $23/$26 8pm ** aug 4 wed The Penelope[s], Planet Booty, Dylan Trees (L.A.), dj Aaron Axelsen at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** aug 4 wed The Parties, Bye Bye Blackbird, Lotus Moons at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 4 wed Apollo Sunshine, Big Light, Alexi & Botticellis at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 7:30pm/8m ** aug 4 wed The Mighty Russian Winter, The Skyflakes, Full Time Beret at Milk, 1840 Haight Street, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** aug 4 wed Mondo Generator, Tweak Bird, It's Casual at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** aug 4 wed Samvega, The Shimmies, Maere at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 4 wed (Hed)p.e. at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** aug 4 wed Bomb The Music Industry, Dan Potthast (solo - cd release), Shinobu at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $8 8pm ** aug 4 wed Rude Tuna (WA), The Skank Agents, Brass Hysteria at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a 6:30pm ** @ aug 5 thr Save The Swim Team, Dun Bin Had, Aught 7, Brass Hysteria at 924 Gilman a/a *** (ska nite) aug 5 thr Sun Hop Fat, Cash Pony at Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley a/a ** aug 5 thr Tremor, El Remolon, Chancha via Circuito, El G, Ghosts On Tape, dj Disco Shawn at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 9pm ** (ZZK Records Summer Tour - Argentina) aug 5 thr Lights (acoustic) at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm ** (sold out) aug 5 thr Shannon & The Clams, White Mystery (Chicago) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 5 thr My First Earthquake, Little Red Radio, Elissa P. at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 5 thr William Fitzsimmon,s Rosi Golan at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 7:30pm/8pm ** aug 5 thr Personal And The Pizzas, Slippery Slopes, Wild Thing, Spencey Dude & the Doodles at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ ** aug 5 thr The Agrimonia (Gothenburg, Sweden), Murderess (Portland), Merdoso, Yadokai at the Li-Po Lounge, 916 Grant Ave., S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 5 thr The Pharcyde, Souls Of Mischief, Architex, El Vuh & Grandaddy Purp, dj Mr.E at Ruby Skye, 420 Mason at Geary, S.F. 21+ $25 8pm *** aug 5 thr 11-5, R.O.D., Dubee, City P, Mac Mall, Yung Lott, dj Myke One, Beeda Weeda at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $25 7:30pm/8pm *** aug 5 thr Blondie at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa ages 5+ $25-$80 8pm # *** aug 5 thr Los Lonely Boys at the Uptown, Theatre, 1350 Third Street, Napa a/a ** aug 5 thr Shawn Colvin (solo acoustic), Mary Chapin Carpenter at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75-$35 7:30pm # ** aug 5 thr Smoov-E, The Biscuits Experience Live at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 5 thr cancelled: Cross Canadian Ragweed, Micky & The Motorcars at Slim's, S.F. aug 5 thr cancelled: Tift Merritt at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 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 The Body (Providence, R.I.), Agrimonia (Sweden), Alaric, Earslaughter at 924 Gilman a/a $8 8pm *** @ aug 6 fri The Mighty Underdogs, The Stone Foxes, Bang Data, Zydeco Flames, Cheetahs On The Moon, Birds & Batteries, Everything Must Go!, Kit And The Branded Men, The Memphis Murder Men, Finish Ticket, Belle Monroe And Her Brewglass Boys, Fans Of Jimmy Centruy, 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 Personal And The Pizzas, Slippery Slopes, Okmoniks, Outdoorsmen, White Mystery (Chicago) at Ghostown Gallery, Oakland 18+ ** aug 6 fri Colony (El Paso), Ecocide (San Antonio), Bird, Badr Vogu, Out Of Spite at Your Haus, Oakland a/a $5 8pm *** @ aug 6 fri The Frail, Stripmall Architechture, Buddy Akai, Ted Nessith at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm *** aug 6 fri Condenada, Fugitive Kind at Thrillhouse Records, Mission at 30th, S.F. a/a free 7pm ** aug 6 fri Camila at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $47.50 7pm/8pm # ** aug 6 fri Scraping For Change, Solid State Logic, Roosevelt Radio, Five Minutes To Freedom at Slim's, S.F. a/a $14/$16 8pm *** aug 6 fri Mochipet, Raashan Ahmad, Aima the Dreamer, B Brown at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15/$20 9pm ** (Benefit for At the Crossroads) aug 6 fri Impaled, Funerot, Population Reduction, Man Among Wolves, dj Rob Metal at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 9pm *** @ aug 6 fri Orgone, Fitz And The Tantrums at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 6 fri The Phenomenauts (album release), The Struts, Bobby Joe Ebola And The Children MacNuggits at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $13 8:30pm/9:30pm *** @ (see Aug. 7th) aug 6 fri The Zeros (Chula Vista), Gorevette, The Primitivas at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 9pm/10pm *** @ aug 6 fri Devotionals (cd release), Kacey Johansing at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/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, James Otti at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $74-$28 6pm/7:30pm # *** 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 6 fri The Paragraphs at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** aug 6 fri Eviscerate, The Sophisticates, Fiends At Fiest at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $6 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 6 fri cancelled: Proudflesh, Fracas at the Oakland Metro, Oakland aug 6 fri cancelled: Kerasphorus, Nocturnal Blood, Sanguis Imperem, Altar Of Extinction, dj Rob Metal at thee Parkside, S.F. aug 6 fri A Skylit Drive, The Divine, Aloversplea, Batten Down Your Heart, Twenty Days With Julian at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15 7pm/7:30pm ** aug 6/7 7 Walkers (Bill Kreutzmann, Papa Mali, George Porter, Jr.), George Porter, Jr. Moonalice (fri), Jr. Big Chief (sat), Monk (sat), Boudreaux (sat) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** aug 6/7/8 Hemp Con at Convention Center, 435 South Market Street, San Jose at Convention Center, 435 South Market Street, San Jose ?/? 2pm-10pm (fri) 11am-10pm (sat) 11am-8pm (sun) aug 7 sat The Skank Agents (San Diego), Handlebarz (Fresno), Crucial Point (Fresno), Rodents Of Unusual Size (L.A.), Seduce The Dead (Santa Cruz) at 924 Gilman a/a $8 7pm *** @ aug 7 sat Agrimonia (Sweden), Abrupt, Fix My Head, Out Of Spite, The Deadbeats at the Swamp, 877 35th Street, West Oakland a/a *** @ aug 7 sat Kit, High Castle, Mincemeat Or Tenspeed, Core Of The Coalman, Dunes, Dalton Brothers, Huts at 21 Grand, 416 25th St., Oakland a/a $10 7pm ** (Zum 12 Year Anniversary) aug 7 sat Pistolera, Tokeson at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9:30pm ** aug 7 sat Hunx And His Punx, Tropical Sleep, Wrong Words at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 7 sat We Are Scientists, Rewards at Slim's, S.F. a/a $18 9pm *** aug 7 sat Man In Space (cd release), Young The Giant, Finish Ticket, Fever Charm at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8pm/8:30pm ** aug 7 sat The Phenomenauts (album release), Classics Of Love, Kepi Ghoulie Electric at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $13 8:30pm/9:30pm *** @ (see Aug. 6th) aug 7 sat Social Studies (cd release!), Maus Haus, 60 Watt Kid, Montra at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** aug 7 sat The Rabbles, The Reaction, Sweet Bones at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** aug 7 sat Thee Oh Sees, Yellow Fever, Bare Wires at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 7 sat Hank IV, White Mystery (Chicago), Nothing People, Uzi Rash at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm *** aug 7 sat Aja Vu (tribute), The Urban Bushmen at Morrow Cove Lawn at Cal Maritime, 200 Maritime Academy Drive, Vallejo a/a $10 5pm/6pm ** aug 7 sat Chelsea Handler at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $110-$50 8pm # ** aug 7 sat Call Me Ugly (Coloma) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** aug 7 sat Sloe at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** aug 7 sat Snail at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $8/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 7 sat A Skylit Drive, The Divine, Ezera, Paint Over Pictures, Pledge The Silence at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15 7pm/7:30pm ** aug 7 sat Lynch Mob at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a ** @ aug 7 sat Calm Palm Vapor (Chicago), The Great Good (Chico), Master Lady (Chico) at the Maltese, 1600 Park Avenue, Chico 21+ 7pm ** aug 8 sun Bats In The Belfry (2pm), Jon Crocker at Rasputin's Music, Berkeley a/a free 1pm ** aug 8 sun Ludacris at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ aug 8 sun McCabe And Mrs. Miller, True Margrit, The Family Crest at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 2:30pm/3pm ** aug 8 sun Styx at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$45 7:30pm # *** aug 8 sun The Americas, Summer Darling (L.A.) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 3pm ** aug 8 sun Fish Cat Fish (Sacramento) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** aug 8 sun Birdhouse, Cave Country, Fish Cat Fish at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 9 mon Trevor Hall at Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley a/a ** aug 9 mon Don McGlashan (New Zealand) at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $18 8pm ** aug 9 mon Kele, Jessica 6, dj Miles, dj Aaron Axelsen at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm ** aug 8 sun Calm Palm Vapor, Change! at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm * aug 9 mon Rush at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $120-$24 6pm/7:30pm # *** aug 9 mon Natalie Merchant at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $70-$40 7:30pm # ** aug 9 mon The Ataries at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** aug 9 mon To New Begginings, Handguns, Second To Last, The Stickup Kid at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a 6:30pm *** @ aug 10 tue Funerot at the Metro, Oakland a/a $10 7pm/8pm ** aug 10 tue Oakland Active Orchestra at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** aug 10 tue Overnight Lows (L.A.), Quiet Americans, Nectarine Pie, Young Haunts at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** aug 10 tue Weird Al Yankovic at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $125/$59/$36 8pm # *** $ aug 10 tue Joan Armatrading, Jamie McLean (solo) at Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon St., S.F. a/a $100-$40 7pm/7:30pm # ** aug 10 tue Seu Jorge And Almaz at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** aug 10 tue Devildriver, Kataklysm, Skeletonwitch at Slim's, S.F. a/a $21/$23 7:30pm *** @ aug 10 tue Corrosion Of Conformity, Goatsnake, Black Breath, Eagle Twin, Righteous Fool at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $20/$25 6pm *** @ $ (Southern Lord Fest) aug 10 tue Lower Class Brats (Austin), Stagger & Fall (record release), Kicker (first show), Poison Control at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8 8pm/8:30pm *** @ 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 The Overnight Lows, Bad Assets at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 6pm ** aug 10 tue CCR Headcleaner, Puffy Areolas, Arms & Legs at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** (late show) aug 10 tue Frazey Ford, Bhi Bhiman at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 7:30pm/8pm ** (partially seated) aug 10 tue Hightower, Natur (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Space Vacation at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ free 8:30pm/9:30pm ** @ aug 10 tue Kitten at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm * aug 10 tue Stay Away Joes (Hayward) at Hayward City Hall, 777 B Street, Hayward a/a 5:30pm * aug 10 tue Blondie, The B52s at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $120-$50 7:30pm # *** aug 10 tue Huey Lewis And The News at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a # *** aug 10 tue The Ataris, Gasoline Heart, Final Last Words at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a 6pm ** @ aug 11 wed Natalie Merchant at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** aug 11 wed No Highfives To Bullshit (Denver), Gunner at the Hive, 1420 Tenth Street, Oakland a/a $5 8pm ** aug 11 wed Bite, Jokes For Feelings, Spawn Atomic at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** aug 11 wed Autolux, This Will Destroy You at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** aug 11 wed Porcupine Tree at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** aug 11 wed Thralls, Sunbeam Rd at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 11 wed Pancho-San, Dinosaur Feathers, Lonnie Walker at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 11 wed Dave Gonzalez/Mike Barkield & The Stone River Boys (Austin), Maurice Tani, Jenn Courtney, Mitch Polzak, The B-Stars, Glen Earl Brown Jr. & Kit Lopez, Mississippi Mike Wolkf, Doug Blumer at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** (country - Buck Owens Birthday Tribute) aug 11 wed Carla Bozulich's Evangelista, Common Eider, King Eider at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $14 9:30pm ** 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 Karnivool (Australia), Tides Of Man, 1 Traveling Band, Red Sunday at the Avalon, Santa Clara a/a *** aug 11 wed Wax Fingers (OR), Evan Jewett, Devojka at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** aug 11 wed Rev. Horton Heat, Split Lip Rayfield, Hillstomp at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $12/$16 7pm/8pm ** aug 11 wed Black Veil Brides, Vampires Everywhere, Modern Day Escape, Get Scared, Tag You're Dead at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 7pm/7:30pm ** aug 11 wed cancelled: Proclamation (Spain), Obeisance (TX), Nocturnal Blood, Maleficusa, dj Rob Metal at thee Parkside, S.F. aug 11-15 S.F. Doomed Fest, S.F. (Benefit Maximum Rock n Roll - S.F. all age showspace) aug 12 thr Sun Hop Fat, Sans Pablo at the Starry Plough, Berkeley 21+ ** aug 12 thr Reverend Horton Heat at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # *** aug 12 thr The Donkeys, TV Mike & The Scarecrowes, The Horns Of Happiness at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8/$10 8pm ** aug 12 thr 50 Million, Thee Headliners, Street Eaters at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $5 7pm ** @ (S.F. Doomed) aug 12 thr White Hills, Carlton Melton, Headless at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 12 thr Or, The Whale, These United States at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 12 thr Neon Lint, Monster Sized Monster, Of The Garden, Rachel Cezanne, Sculley at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** @ aug 12 thr Te Vaka at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm ** 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, 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 Fang, Oppressed Logic, Sex Offenders, Hewhocannotbenamed, Gutwrench at 924 Gilman a/a $10 8pm *** @ aug 13 fri Serpent & Seraph, Saint Vernon, The Venting Machine, Lungs Of A Blast Furnace, Vital Perception at the Craneway Pavilion, 1414 Harbour Way South, Richmond a/a $10 7pm *** @ aug 13 fri Akron Family, White Hills, Bad Weather California at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $15 8pm/9pm ** aug 13 fri Tiltwheel, Sick Sick Birds at Thrillhouse Records, Mission at 30th, S.F. a/a free 7pm ** (S.F. Doomed) 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 Aratic, Domeshots, Calling Doctor Howard at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** aug 13 fri Te Vaka at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** aug 13 fri Leslie Stevens & The Badgers, Charlie Wadham, Amy Blaschke at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** aug 13 fri Cotton Jones, The Parson Red Heads, Roadside Graves at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** aug 13 fri The Levon Helm Band Ramble at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 13 fri Skitzo, Seeds Of Hate, Thought Vomit at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** @ aug 13 fri Anthony Hamilton, Kem, Jaheim, Raheem Devaughn at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $126-$40 6pm/7pm ** aug 13 fri Finding Stella at Lions Wayside Park, 1st & Neal St., Pleasanton a/a free 7:30pm ** aug 13 fri This Charming Band at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** aug 13 fri Smash Mouth at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm *** @ aug 13 fri Hayride To Hell, Motorpunx, Swillbillies at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 13 fri House Of Usher, Scar Tissue, Shawni And Sunshine, dj Xavier Haight, dj Evoltwin.8, dj White Rabbit, fashion show at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $15 ($10 before 9:30pm) 8pm *** (also aug 14th with different openers) aug 14 sat House Of Usher, Shawni And Sunshine, dj X, dj Rick & Nako, fashion show at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $15 ($10 before 9:30pm) 8pm *** (also aug 13th with different openers) aug 14 sat Wicked Mercies, Scar Pink, Delicate Pie, The Twinks, Shelleydoty, Jolie at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $10-$14 sliding scale 6pm *** (Benefit Women's Cancer Resource Center) aug 14 Leo Bash at the New Parish, Oakland 21+ $10/$18 9:30pm * aug 14 sat Carolyn Wonderland, The Mother Truckers, Stone River Boys at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** (KPIG) aug 14 sat The Pie Rats, RottonCore, Goolog at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm/5pm ** (KUSF) aug 14 sat Toys That Kill, Songs For Moms, Kung Fu USA, Reaction, Frozen Embryos at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $5 7pm *** @ (S.F. Doomed) aug 14 sat Jello Biafra & The Guantanamo School Of Medicine at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** @ aug 14 sat American Steel, Ghost And The City, The RattleSnakes at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/10pm ** @ aug 14 sat Furthur (Phil Lesh & Bob Weir), Gogol Bordello, The Levon Helm Band, Cat Power, Wolfmother, Bassnectar, Pretty Lights, Tokyo Police Club, Beats Antique, Rebirth Brass Band, Wild Beasts, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, Daniel Lands' Black Dub, Langhorne Slim, Mayer Hawthorne & The County, The Pimps Of Joytime, Electric Six, Dawes, The Soft Pack at Outside Lands Fest, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a $75 ($125 2 day) # *** aug 14 sat Os Beaches, Blank Tapes, Apache Thunderbolt at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** aug 14 sat Pretty Lights at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 9:30pm/10pm ** aug 14 sat Malevolent Creation, Arise at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 5pm ti 9pm ** @ aug 14 sat Comadre, Glasses at 2183 Mission Street, S.F. ?/? 7:30pm ** @ aug 14 sat Keak da Sneak, D-Lo, J-Stalin, Roach Gigz at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $25 7:30pm/8pm *** aug 14 sat Thought Vomit, Ashkira, 26 MPH, It at Unity Music, 840 Piner Road #8, Santa Rosa a/a $5 7:30pm/8pm *** @ aug 14 sat George Benson, Natalie Cole, Tower Of Power, Brian Culbertson, Lucy Woodward at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $91-$25.50 3pm/4pm # *** (Mount Diablo Jazz Festival) aug 14 sat Ron White at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $70-$40 8pm # ** aug 14 sat Eek A Mouse, Wooster at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $14/$19 8pm/9pm *** aug 14 sat Cylinder, Spiral Arms at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 14 sat Pop's, The Church Keys, Stella Royale at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a 7pm ** @ aug 15 sun Tamika Nicole at Rasputin's Music, Berkeley a/a free 1pm ** aug 15 sun The Spooks, Part Time, Lotus Moons at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ * aug 15 sun Rasputina, Larkin Grimm at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** aug 15 sun Maceo Parker, Darondo at Stern Grove, 19th Avenue & Sloat Blvd., S.F. a/a free 2pm *** aug 15 sun Kings Of Leon, Phoenix, Social Distortion, Al Green, Nas & Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley, Empire Of The Sun, Cromeo, Edward Share & The Magnetic Zeros, The Temper Trap, Janellemonae, Amos Lee, The Devil Makes Three, The Budos Band, Aterciopelados, Garage A Trois, People Under The Stairs, Vieux Farke Toure, Nneka, The Whigs, Little Wings at Outside Lands Fest, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a $75 ($125/$145 2 day) # *** aug 15 sun Kitchen Fire at thee Parksdie, S.F. a/a free 4pm * aug 15 sun Shellshag, Rvivr, Fugitive Kind at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $5 7pm *** @ (S.F. Doomed) aug 15 sun Dan Sartain, Leopold & His Fiction, The Twinks at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 15 sun Black Cobra, Howl, Lions Of Tsavo at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** @ aug 15 sun Rob Thomas at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $125-$50 7:30pm # ** (Benefit Sidewalk Angels Foundation) aug 15 sun Michsel Schenker Group, Lonero, Madman's Lullaby at the Avalon, Santa Clara a/a ** aug 15 sun Clouds On Strings (Chico) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** aug 15 sun Harry & The Hit Men, Sun Hop Fat at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 15 sun Kuan (Dayton, OH) at the Press Club, 2030 P St., Sacramento 21+ ** aug 16 mon The Upsidedown (Portland), Harderships!, Stomacher, 1776 (Portland) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 16 mon Dezarie at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25/$27 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 16 mon Kuan (Dayton, OH) at Milk, 1840 Haight Street, S.F. 21+ ** aug 16 mon Ashkira at the Octopus Lounge, 180 Eureka Square, Pacifica 21+ 8pm * @ aug 16 mon Billy Idol at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $90-$40 7:30pm # *** aug 16 mon Xavier Rudd (Australia), Honeyhoney at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$25 7pm/8pm ** aug 16/17 Lady Gaga at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $178-$52.50 7pm/8pm # *** aug 17 tue Witchburn, Cast The Circle at the Metro, Oakland a/a $10 7pm/8pm *** aug 17 tue Enthroned (Belgium), Destroyer 666 (Australia), Pathology, Estuary, Necrite, Dj Rob Metal at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $17/$20 7pm/7:30pm *** @ aug 17 tue Billy Idol at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $59.50 8pm/9pm # *** aug 17 tue Hashshashin at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm * aug 17 tue The Blank Tapes, Ash Reiter, Pat Hull at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 17 tue Dave Smallen, Scott Allbright, Man And The Bearded Ladies at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** aug 17 tue Cyndi Lauper at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75-$40 7:30pm # *** aug 17 tue 3 Up Front, Evo Love, Silent Treatment, Wet Umbrella, Mirros at the Catalyst Atrium 16+ $5/$7 7pm/7:30pm ** aug 17 tue The Michael Schenker Group at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $22/$25 7pm/7:30pm ** aug 18 wed Your Cannons, Kathleen Dunbar, Kyro at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** aug 18 wed Black Francis (solo acoustic) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (seated) aug 18 wed Wavves at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$14 7:30pm *** aug 18 wed I Call Fives, The Story So Far, The American Scene, The Sheds, Handguns, Second To Last at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $10 7pm *** @ aug 18 wed Greg Davis, Aures, Moholy-Nagy at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 18 wed BoDeans at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm ** aug 18 wed Woven Bones, The Sandwitches, The Splinters at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 18 wed Lucinda Williams With Robert Earl Keen at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $70-$35 7:30pm # *** aug 18 wed By Sunlight (Seattle), Manuok (San Diego) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 5:30pm ** aug 18 wed Rat Trap (Santa Cruz) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** (new day - was July 28th) aug 18 wed Smile Brigade (Seattle), The Shimmies at Lost on Main, Chico, 319 Main Street, Chico 21+ 9pm ** aug 18 wed Soft Crest, Crimewave (Seattle), Master Lady (Chico) at the Maltese, 1600 Park Avenue, Chico 21+ 6:30pm ** aug 18 wed postponed: Christina Aguilera, Leona Lewis at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View aug 19 thr Darrell Scott (solo acoustic), Elliot Randall at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (seated show - KPIG) aug 19 thr Hot Hot Heat, The 22-20s (Sleaford, England), Hey Rosetta! at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** aug 19 thr Steel Pulse at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 8pm/9pm # ** aug 19 thr Abriel, Falling To Pieces at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a ** @ aug 19 thr Brandon Flowers at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** $ aug 19 thr The Lickets, Odd Owl, Tied To The Branches at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 19 thr Ida, Michael Hurley, Westwood & Willow at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 19 thr Darker My Love, Sonny & The Sunsets at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 7:30pm ** 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 thr Ted Nugent, Val Halla at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $30/$35 7pm/8pm *** aug 19 thr Splitshot, Fishbear, Walking Spanish at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 19 thr Chris Isaak at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a # *** aug 19 thr Monster Squad at the Cabin, 81 California Pacific Road, Elmira a/a ** @ (just east of Vacaville) aug 20 fri Jucifer, Tornado Rider at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 20 fri Still Time, The Shamblers, John Howland at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13/$15 9pm ** aug 20 fri Ghostland Observatory at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** aug 20 fri Crooked Still at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** aug 20 fri We Are the World (L.A.), Jogger, Shlohmo (L.A.), Matthewdavid (L.A.) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm ** aug 20 fri The Morlocks at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** aug 20 fri Pinkerton, The Hot Toddies, As A People at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** (Weezer Tribute Show) aug 20 fri Personal And The Pizzas, Gentleman Jesse, Bararrecudas at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** aug 20 fri Excuses For Skipping, The Cliks, Killola, Hunter Valentine at Milk, 1840 Haight Street, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** aug 20 fri Ashkira, Shattered Theory, Ammo Wagon at Quincy's, 6590 Commerce Blvd., Rohnert Park 21+ 8pm ** @ 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 Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $79.50/$36 6pm/7pm # ** aug 20 fri Brackish Water Band at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 6pm ** aug 20 fri Eoghan (Ireland), Gianna Cassidy (Ireland) at Red Rock Coffee, 201 Castro Street, Mountain View a/a ** aug 20 fri Amonie at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** aug 20 fri Trevor Hall, The B Foundation, Mike Annuzzi at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 20 fri Bleeding Through, Terror, The Ghost Inside, Suffokate, Nightmare In The Twilight at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $14/$15 7pm/7:30pm *** @ aug 20 fri Silent Treatment, Wings Of Innocence, South Lot at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $8/$12 6:30pm ** aug 20 fri Y & T, Determind, The Calmer at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a $20 7pm *** @ aug 20 fri Los Lobos at Visalia Fox Theater, Visalia a/a ** aug 21 sat Jonah Matranga, Two Sheds, Iamani, Build Us Aiplanes at 924 Gilman, Berkeley a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm ** @ aug 21 sat Grass widow, Kreamy 'Lectric Santa, No Babies, Rubber (0 Cement, Shannon And The Clams, Saything, Dirty Marquee, Gaze, Severance Package, Instant, Heule+Dryer, Space Brrgrr, Diamicton, Funyons, Omnivorous Sincillium, Gimlet Eye (Chicago), Cht, Tastyville, Mokele Mbembe at the First Church of the Buzzard, 2601 Adeline, Oakland a/a $8-$10 sliding scale 1pm *** @ (Benefit Haiti - Save the f@#king world fest 1) aug 21 sat Oak (Baltimore), Anhedonist (Seattle), Acephalix, Hazzard's Cure, Badr Vogu at Victory Warehouse, 24th and San Pablo Ave., Oakland a/a $8 7pm *** @ aug 21 sat Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** aug 21 sat Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Xavier Rudd & Izintaba at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # ** aug 21 sat Rings Of Saturn (Augusta, GA), Short Fuse, Meatslab (Redwood City), Falling To Pieces, FromtheFog at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ *** @ aug 21 Res at the New Parish, Oakland 21+ $15/$18 8:30pm * aug 21 sat Sputterdoll, Pedro Gil, The Skyflakes, Rocking Kids Sing-a-long, Keenwild at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm/5pm ** aug 21 sat Hepcat, The Inciters at Slim's, S.F. a/a $22/$23 9pm ** aug 21 sat The Lucky Stars (L.A.), The B Stars, dj Rockin Raul at the Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** aug 21 sat Espinoza Paz at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** aug 21 sat The Armagideons, The Hooks (acoustic), Monkey, Sistas In The Pit, Stigma 13, Interecords (acoustic), Cliff Truesdell's Armagideons (acoustic) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm *** (Benefit for Strummerville - Joe Strummer Birthday/Tribute) aug 21 sat Man/Miracle, Slang Chickens, The Yellow Dress at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** aug 21 sat Cool Water Canyon at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 21 sat B.B. King, Buddy Guy at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $125-$45 7:30pm # *** aug 21 sat The Eyesores (San Jose) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 7pm ** aug 21 sat Picture Atlantic, PK, Audrye Sessions, Le Verita at X Sports Bar, Homestead Road, Cupertino a/a $8 8pm ** aug 21 sat Ambivalence, The Spurts, Rockit Zombies at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** (Benefit Make-A-Wish Foundation) aug 21 sat Bob Dylan at the Monterey County Fairgrounds, Monterey a/a # *** aug 21 sat Y & T at the Crest Theatre, 1013 K St., Sacramento a/a *** aug 21 sat Abandon Theory, 2me at Marilyn's on K, 908 K St. at 9th, Sacramento 21+ 9pm ** (Raquel's 30th Birthday) aug 21 sat John Mayer, Owl City at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Marysville a/a # ** aug 21 sat Los Lobos, John Hiatt & The Combo at Rodney Strong Winery, Healdsburg ?/? ** aug 21/22 Cake, MC Hammer, D'Wayne Wiggins House Party, Pete Escovedo, Lenny Williams, John Handyt, Vicki Randle & Friends, Edwin Hawkins & Bishop Walter L. Hawkins at Art & Soul, Downtown Oakland a/a $10/$15 ($5/$8 seniors/youth 13-17) *** aug 22 sun Ceremony, Punch, Nails, Cardboard Funeral at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $8 5pm *** @ aug 22 sun Rock Make Street Festival at Treat & 18th Avenue in the Mission, S.F. a/a free 11am til 6pm ** (music, crafts, visual arts, fashion) aug 22 sun Mat Kearney at Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market St., S.F. a/a $20 8pm ** (KFOG) aug 22 sun They Might Be Giants, Rogue Wave at Stern Grove, 19th Avenue & SLoat Blvd., S.F. a/a free 2pm *** aug 22 sun The Horde And The Harem (Seattle), The Aimless Never Miss, The Buttercream Gang, And I Was Like, What? (Portland) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 7pm ** aug 22 sun The Back 40, The Carburators at thee Parksdie, S.F. a/a free 4pm ** (Benefit American Cancer Society) aug 22 sun Sarah Jaffe at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * aug 22 sun Only Sons, Burnt House at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 (free before 5pm) 2:30pm/5:30pm ** (Firehouse Kustom Rockart poster show) aug 22 sun Los Lobos, John Hiatt & The Combo at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $70-$35 7:30pm # ** aug 22 sun Snoop Dogg, Warren G, Tha Dogg Pound, A Tribe Called Quest, Wu-Tang Clan, Lauryn Hill, Rakim, KRS-One, Slick Rick, dj Premier Street Sweeper Social Club, Murs And 9th Wonder, Immortal Technique, Wiz Khalifa, Clipse, Brother Ali, Jedi Mind Tricks, Big Sean, Muggs And Ill Bill, Yelawolf, Supernatural, dj Rocky Rock at Shoreline Amphitheatre, One Amphitheatre Pkwy., Mountain View a/a $131-$56 10am/10:30am # *** (Rock the Bells) 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 Girl In A Coma, Gringo Star, Agent Ribbons at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 23 mon Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $60-$35 7:30pm # ** aug 23 mon Bad Brains at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $24/$26 7pm/8pm *** aug 24 tue D. Phillips, R. Jencks at Terminal, 3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland a/a ** aug 24 tue Bob Dylan, The Dough Rollers at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** aug 24 tue Something Corporate at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8:30pm # ** aug 24 tue Bad Brains at Slim's, S.F a/a $26 9pm *** aug 24 tue Fireworks (Detroit), The Swellers (Flint, Michigan), The Story So Far, Man Overboard, Transit, Heartsounds, The American Scene at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $12 6:30pm *** @ aug 24 tue Eastern Conference Champs, Voxhaul Broadcast at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 24 tue Scene Of Action, The Paper Sons, Pebble Theory at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 24 tue La Corde, Cat Party (L.A.), dj Deadbeat, dj Yule Be Sorry at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ free 8:30pm/9:30pm ** 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 Thriving Ivory, Ryan Star, Entice at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** aug 25 wed Japonize Elephants, Zoyres Eastern European Wild Ferment, Killbossa at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 7:30pm ** aug 25 wed Double Plus Good at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * aug 25 wed Oneida, Jonas Reinhardt, The Lights (Seattle) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 25 wed Bane, Trapped Under Ice, Cruel Hand, Alpha & Omega, Bankrobber at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $12 8pm *** @ 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 25 wed Fireworks (Detroit), The Swellers (Flint, Michigan), Man Overboard, Transit, I The Mighty, The American Scene at the Refuge, 19624 Homestead Road, Cupertino a/a $12 6pm *** @ aug 25 wed By Sunlight, Manuok at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** aug 25 wed ZZ Top at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a # *** aug 25 wed Izzy And The Kesstronics at Lost on Main, Chico, 319 Main Street, Chico 21+ 9pm * aug 26 thr Raidcal Love Workshop with Wendy-O Matic at 924 Gilman a/a $5-$10 sliding scale 7:30pm aug 26 thr Lydia, Fight Fair, Polaris At Noon at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 7pm/8pm ** aug 26 thr Lazer Sword, Rainbow Arabia (L.A.), Religious Girls, Sister Crayon, dj Miggy Stardust at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8pm ** aug 26 thr Boris, Red Sparowes, Helms Alee at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** aug 26 thr BlackMahal, Boy In The Bubble, Soul Wide World at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 26 thr The Mercy Hot Springs at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 26 thr Volbeat, Dommin at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16 8pm ** aug 26 thr UV Race (Australia), Total Control (Australia), Arms And Legs, Once They Were Human at the Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St. S.F. 21+ ** aug 26 thr Goo Goo Dolls, Switchfoot, Green River Ordinance at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $77.50-$35 6pm/7pm # *** (Alice 97.3) aug 26 thr Melissa Etheridge at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $105-$40 7:30pm # *** aug 27 fri Norah Jones, Corinne Bailey Rae at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # ** aug 27 fri Planet Booty, K-Flay at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 27 fri Nekromantix, The Howlers, The Mutilators at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 9pm *** @ aug 27 fri Trainwreck Riders, Pine Box Boys, The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit, Virgil Shaw at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** aug 27 fri Kelly Stoltz, UV Race (Australia), Total Control (Australia), The Young Offenders at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 27 fri Cannons And Clouds (cd release), Winfred E Eye, By Sunlight (Seattle) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** aug 27 fri Beres Hammond & The Harmony House Musicians, Inner Circle Culture at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $35 8:30pm/9pm *** aug 27 fri Kepi Ghoulie, Gnarboots at Texas Toast House, 15560 Woodard Drive, San Jose a/a free 6pm ** (Grand Final Presents 14th Anniversary PJ Party) aug 27 fri Blasphemous Rumours (tribute) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm * aug 27 fri Kung Fu Vampire at the Avalon, Santa Clara a/a ** aug 27 fri Jackie Greene at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $18/$22 8pm/9pm ** aug 27 fri Fireworks (Detroit), The Swellers (Flint, Michigan), Man Overboard, Transit, The American Scene, Second To Last at Modesto Virtual, 947 10th St., Modesto a/a $12 7pm *** @ 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 The Chemical Brothers at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $42.50 8pm # ** aug 28 sat UV Race (Australia), Total Control (Australia), Needles, Wild Thing at Sugar Mountain, Oakland a/a ** aug 28 sat Pato Banton And The Now Generation at Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley a/a *** aug 28 sat Extra Action Marching Band at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $15 9pm ** aug 28 sat From Monument To Masses (final show), Judgement Day, Silian Rail at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** @ aug 28 sat Melissa Etheridge at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** aug 28 sat Panteon Rococo, Raskahuele, Bang Data at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** aug 28 sat Emily Wells, Valerie Orth (cd release), Kindness And Lies at Slim's, S.F a/a $15 8:30pm ** aug 28 sat Guitar v. Gravity, Moneypenny, Charmless at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 28 sat Blasphemous Rumours (tribute), Luv'n Rockets (tribute) at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm ** aug 28 sat Bostich + Fussible, Loquat at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 28 sat P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S. (Portland), Abrupt at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm/10pm *** @ aug 28 sat The Shants, Vandella, Not An Airplane, Coyote at Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 28 sat J Ward, Fujiko-Chan at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ free 3pm ** aug 28 sat Band Of Brotherz at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 28 sat Dave Matthews Band, Raphael Saadiq at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $70-$40 # *** aug 28 sat Brian Regan at the Center for Performing Arts, 255 Almaden Boulevard, San Jose a/a $38.50 7pm/8pm # *** aug 28 sat N.V.S. (cd release), F.T.B., Relapse at X Sports Bar, Cupertino a/a $5 8pm ** aug 28 sat Hieroglyphics, Souls Of Mischief, Casual, Pep Love at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $18/$23 8pm/9pm *** aug 28 sat Imperial Can at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a 8pm ** aug 28 sat Nekromantix, The Mutilators, The Howlers at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $13/$15 7:30pm/8pm *** @ aug 29 sun Slash at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** aug 29 sun Cheetahs On The Moon, Everhearts at thee Parksdie, S.F. a/a free 4pm ** aug 29 sun The Juliana Theory at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 7:30pm/8pm *** aug 29 sun Junius, Orbs, Disastroid at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm *** @ aug 29 sun Celtic Woman at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $100-$40 7:30pm # ** aug 29 sun Lynyrd Skynyrd, Blue Oyster Cult, The Greg Kihn Band at Shoreline Amphitheatre, One Amphitheatre Pkwy., Mountain View a/a $75-$10 5pm/6pm # *** (KFOX 98.5) aug 29 sun Tumbleweed, Counter Clockwise, Euphoria V.SC at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 29 sun Vital Perception, Larry David, Slaughterbox, Colonize The Rotting, Rotten Funeral at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 7:30pm *** @ aug 30 mon Earth, Wind and Fire at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a # *** aug 30 mon Summer Darling, Soft Crest, Master Lady (Chico) at Normal Street Bar, 221 Normal Avenue, Chico 21+ 8pm ** 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 6pm/7pm # *** @ aug 31 tue Earth, Wind & Fire at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $105-$55 7:30pm # ** sep 1 wed Gram Rabbit, Chambers at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** sep 1 wed D. Phillips, R. Jencks at the Lab, 2948 Sixteenth Street at Capp, S.F. a/a ** 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 2 thr Jenny & Johnny (Jenny Lewis & Jonathan Rice) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 2 thr The Growlers, Shannon & The Clams at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** sep 2 th Stereo Total, Allister Izenberg at Slim's, S.F. a/a $18/$20 9pm ** sep 2 thr Barn Owl, Starving Weirdos, Pulse Emitter, Danny Paul Grody, Rene Hell, En at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 7:30pm ** (On Land Festival) sep 2 thr Mumiy Troll, Run Run Run, Your Cannons at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 2 thr Mystic Roots Band, Animojams at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 3 fri P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S. at 924 Gilman a/a *** @ sep 3 fri Definite Articles, Poor Bailey at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** sep 3 fri Lungs Of A Blast Furnace, Short Fuse, Meatslab (Redwood City), Dark Rein, Truth Decays at Roosters Roadhouse, 1700 Clement Ave., Alameda 21+ 7pm *** @ sep 3 fri Lights Over Paris at Slim's, S.F. a/a $14 9pm ** sep 3 fri The Limousines, Lilofee, dj Aaron Axelsen, dj Omar at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$13 10pm ** sep 3 fri Compton SF (cd release), Get Dead, Murderland at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9:30pm *** @ sep 3 fri Oneohtrix Point Never, White Rainbow, Pete Swanson, Operative, Robert A.A. Lowe, Eli Keszler & Ashley Paul, Golden Retriever at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 7:30pm ** (On Land Festival) sep 3 fri ZZ Top, .38 Special at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $79.50-$10.77 4pm/6pm # *** (Bone Bash XI) sep 3 fri Watch Out! There's Ghosts, Sunshine Estates, Princess Die at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12 7pm/7:30pm ** @ 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 4 sat My First Earthquake, The Dont's, Spiro Agnew (cd release) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** sep 4 sat Israel Vibration at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm *** sep 4 sat The Alps, Zelienople, Xela, Date Palms, Grasslung, Metal Rouge, Le Revelateur at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 7:30pm ** (On Land Festival) sep 4 sat The Ferocious Few, The Black, East Bay Grease at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9:30pm ** sep 4 sat GREEN DAY, A.F.I. at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $50/$20 6pm/7pm # *** sep 4 sat Westwood & Willow at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** sep 4 sat Extra Large at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $5/$8 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 5 sun Oakland Pride, 19th Street & Franklin Street, Oakland a/a sep 5 sun Cold Cave, Abe Vigoda at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 5 sun Charalambides, Grouper, Dan Higgs, Bill Orcutt, Ilayas Ahmed, Common Eider, King Eider, Higuma at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $20 6:30pm ** (On Land Festival) sep 5 sun The Lambs, Glass Trains, Makeing Tents at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 5 sun Vetiver at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 5 sun Magic Kids, Candy Claws at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 6 mon Panda Bear at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $8 # ** sep 6 mon Man Man, Let's Wrestle at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 7 tue Mark Olson at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** sep 7 tue Beak> at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 7 tue Southern Culture On The Skids at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ ** sep 8 wed Alberta Cross, Dead Confederate at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 8 wed Joel Streeter (cd release), Brad Brooks, Megan Slankard Band at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** sep 8 wed Crooked Fingers, The Mynabirds at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm ** sep 8 wed The Night Beats at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * sep 8 wed Titus Andronicus, Free Energy at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 8 wed Sundowner, Wayne Arms at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a 7pm ** @ sep 9 thr The Clientele at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ ** sep 9 thr Sundowner, Hanalei, Jaake Margo at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 9 thr Alessandro Cortini / BlindOldFreak, John Chowning, Lissom at Brava Theatre, 2781 24th Street, S.F. a/a $16 ($10 students/$40 3 day pass) 8pm ** (S.F. Electronic Music Festival) sep 9 thr Apocalyptica, Dir En Grey, Evaline at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** @ sep 9 thr Little Wings, Michael Musika, Honeycomb at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** sep 9 thr Swanifant at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * sep 9 thr The Gories, Haunted George at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 7:30pm/8pm *** (KUSF) sep 9 thr Nekromantix, The Howlers, The Mutilators at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $13/$15 7:30pm/8pm *** @ sep 10 fri David Gray And Ray LaMontagne at the Greek Theatre, Hearst & Gayley, U.C. Berkeley a/a # ** sep 10 fri Helmet, Bison BC at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $15 9pm *** @ $ sep 10 fri M.K.M., Trimpin, Pod Blotz at Brava Theatre, 2781 24th Street, S.F. a/a $16 ($10 students/$40 3 day pass) 9pm ** (S.F. Electronic Music Festival) sep 10 fri Mark Kozelek at the Palace of Fine Arts, S.F. a/a $30 8pm # *** sep 10 fri Dirt Nasty, Andre Legacy, Beardo at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** sep 10 fri Justin Nozuka Band at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 10 fri Data, dj Nisus at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 9pm * sep 10 fri La Corde, Procedure Club, Ggreen at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 10 fri The Clientele, Lay Low at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 10 fri Andre Nickatina at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $25 7:30pm/8pm *** sep 10 fri Stay Away Joes (Hayward) at Hayward City Hall, 777 B Street, Hayward a/a 5:30pm * sep 10 fri Craig Ferguson at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75-$35 7:30pm # ** sep 11 sat Shonen Knife (Japan), Bam Bam at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $14 9pm *** @ sep 11 sat Hello Shitty People at Thrillhouse Records, Mission at 30th, S.F. a/a ** sep 11 sat The Business (U.K.), The Hollowpoints, Hounds & Harlots, Box Squad at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a 9pm $13/$15 *** @ sep 11 sat Craig Ferguson at Davies Symphony Hall, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** sep 11 sat Southern Culture On The Skids at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** (KPIG) sep 11 sat AC/DShe at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** sep 11 sat Stephan Mathieu, Caroliner, Joseph Hammer at Brava Theatre, 2781 24th Street, S.F. a/a $16 ($10 students/$40 3 day pass) 8pm ** (S.F. Electronic Music Festival) sep 11 sat 3 Stoned Men, Wig Torture, Natural Fonzie, Smile God loves you, Count Dante, Field Trip, David Nudelman Not All UKE Band at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ *** (Rotfest II) sep 11 sat Stephen Kellogg And The Sixers, Audra Mae, Roy Jay at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 8:30pm/9pm ** 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 11 sat Helmet at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm *** @ sep 12 sun Scissor Sisters, Sammy Jo at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** sep 12 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap, at McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. a/a $3 ($20 6am early entry) 10am sep 12 sun Deviated Instinct (England), Lecherous Gaze, Vastum at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $8 5pm/5:30pm (over by 8:30pm) *** @ sep 12 sun Thrift Store Cowboys, Warren Jackson Hearne, Slow Poisoner at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 12 sun Shonen Knife (Osaka, Japan) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm *** @ sep 12 sun Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $95-$50 7pm # *** sep 12 sun Exodus, Malevolent Creation, Holy Grail, Bonded By Blood at the Avalon, Santa Clara 21+ *** @ sep 12 sun D.R.I. at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a *** @ sep 12/13 Sleep, Thrones (sun), Saviours (mon) at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $23 7pm/8pm # *** @ $ sep 13 mon The Tallest Man On Earth at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $18.50 7pm/8pm # ** sep 13 mon Willie Nelson, Ryan Bingham at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a # *** sep 13 mon Exodus at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a *** sep 14 tue The Head Cat at the Metro, Oakland a/a *** sep 14 tue Menomena, Suckers at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 14 tue The Walkmen, Dan Mangan at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm ** sep 14 tue Richie Spice at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 14 tue Bird By Bird at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm * sep 14 tue The Dreaming, Deadstar Assembly, Ratchet, X-Ray Conspiracy at the Avalon, Santa Clara a/a ** sep 14 tue The Head Cat (with Lemmy from Moterhead) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm *** $ sep 14 tue PRIMUS, Mariachi el Bronx at Memorial Auditorium, 16th & J St., Sacramento a/a $38 7pm/8pm # *** @ sep 14/15 Sheryl Crow at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $151-$56 7:30pm # *** sep 15 wed The Head Cat (with Lemmy from Moterhead) at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $20 9pm *** $ sep 15 wed Jeff The Brotherhood, Ty Segall at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** sep 15 wed The Chapin Sisters at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** sep 15 wed Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker, Justin Moore, Easton Corbin, Steel Magnolia, Josh Thompson at Shoreline Amphitheatre, One Amphitheatre Pkwy., Mountain View a/a $55-$24 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** sep 16 thr Callow at Rasputin's Music, Berkeley a/a free 1pm ** sep 16 thr Mike Posner at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 7pm/8pm # ** sep 16 thr Sarah Jane, March Into Paris, Silent Treatment at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 17 fri Nomeansno at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $15 9pm *** @ sep 17 fri Ratatat at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** sep 17 fri Serj Tankian (with full orchestra) at Nob Hill Masonic Center, 1111 California Street, S.F. a/a $49.50/$39.50 7pm/8pm # ** sep 17 fri Louis C.K. at Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave., S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # ** sep 17 fri Mist & Mast, Sands Yeltsin at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * sep 17 fri Paramore, Tegan And Sara at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $35 5pm/6:30pm # *** sep 17 fri Creedence Clearwater Revisited at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $90-$50 7:30pm # ** sep 17 fri John Vanderslice at Plea For Peace Center, Stockton a/a $10 8pm/8:30pm ** sep 17 fri Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Marysville a/a # *** sep 17/18/19 Michael Franti & Spearhead, Matisyahu, Zap Mama, Kinky, Dumpstaphunk, Beats Antique, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Yard Dogs Road Show, Lyrics Born, Gift Of Gab, Lateef The Truthspeaker, Heavyweight Dub Champion, Rootz Underground, Delhi 2 Dublin, Eoto, Blvd, Lynx & Janover, Sambada, Flowmotion, MC Yogi, Wisom, Locura, Sasha Rose, Sila & THe Afrofunk Experience, Shimshai, Alice Dimicele, Tapwater, Soul Union, Blane Lyon, Rara Avis, Prema Mayi, Jeff JOnes, Indubious, Alcyone Massive, Scott Huckaby, Lilla D'Mone, Organik Time Machine, Trevor Green, Wavy Gravy, Gaudi, Bluetech, Opiuo, An-Ten-Ae, Nickodemus, David Starfire, Emancipator, Masaladosa, Dunkelbunt, Dragonfly, Oz, Murray, CB, Makyo, Zack Darling, Dub Mafia, Lotus Drops, Ini, Charles Lazarus, Solace at Black Oak Ranch, Laytonville a/a $200-$80 # *** (camping) sep 18 sat Tab Benoit at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (KPIG) sep 18 sat The Mother Hip at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 8pm/9pm # ** sep 18 sat Savage Republic, Five Oceans, Carta at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 18 sat Nomeansno, Ezeetiger at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/10pm *** @ sep 18 sat John Vanderslice at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 18 sat Stunt Monkey (reunion), Bears Bears Bears at X Sports Bar, Cupertino a/a $8 8pm ** 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 18 sat Melvins at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm *** @ sep 18 sat Los Super Seven, Los Texmaniacs at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $15/$19 8pm/9pm ** sep 18 sat Vital Perception at On The Y, 670 Fulton Ave., Sacramento 21+ 8:30pm ** sep 18/19 Kathy Griffin at Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave., S.F. a/a $79.50-$45 7pm/8pm (sat) 6pm/7pm (sun) # ** sep 18/19/20 All American Tattoo Festival at Sacramento Convention Center, 1400 J Street, Sacramento a/a $20 ($40 weekend) fri (2pm-11pm) sat (11am-11pm) sun (11am-7pm) sep 19 sun Melvins, Totimoshi at Slim's, S.F. a/a $21 9pm *** @ sep 19 sun The Airborne Toxic Event at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** sep 19 sun 36 Crazyfists at the Avalon, Santa Clara a/a ** sep 19 sun cancelled: Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato at the Pavilion, Concord sep 20 mon Efterklang, Buke And Gass (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Silian Rail at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 20 mon The Charlatans U.K. at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ *** sep 20 mon Willie Nelson & Family at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $69/$76 6pm/7pm *** sep 21 tue The Do, Please Do Not Fight at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 21 tue Lightning Swords Of Death, Pathology, Necrite, Cyanic, dj Rob Metal at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8pm *** @ sep 21 tue Harry Connick Jr. at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a # *** sep 20/21 Hanson, A Rocket To The Moon at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 22 wed Blue October at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** sep 22 wed Local Natives, The Love Language at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm # ** sep 22 wed Willie Nelson & Family, Ryan Bingham at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $125-$45 7:30pm # *** sep 22 wed Disturbed, Avenged Sevenfold at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Marysville a/a # *** @ (Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival) sep 23 thr The XX (London), Warpaint at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $25 8pm # ** sep 23 thr Kina Grannis at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 23 thr Foreigner at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $90-$45 7:30pm # *** sep 24 fri Band Of Horses, Admiral Radley at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # *** sep 24 fri FLESHIES, Mystic Knights Of The Cobra, Bobby Joe Ebola & The Children MacNuggits (cd release), emcee Alex Koll at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm *** @ sep 24 fri New Monsoon, Tracorum at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 24 fri Katatonia, Swallow The Sun, Orphaned Land at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $18/$20 ($45 8:30pm early entry/vip) 9pm *** @ sep 24 fri JJ Grey & Mofro, The Pimps Of Joy Time at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/8:30pm # ** sep 24 fri Tommy Keene, The Paul & John at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * sep 24 fri Rykarda Parasol, Mister Loveless, The Spyrals at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/10pm ** sep 24 fri The Beautiful Girls, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 24 sun Randy Travis at the Uptown, Theatre, 1350 Third Street, Napa a/a ** sep 24 fri Cheech & Chong at Convention Center, 700 Auditorium Drive, Redding a/a $47.50/$37.50 7pm/8pm # *** sep 25 sat Vampire Weekend, Beach House, The Bery Best at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # *** sep 25 sat ArnoCorps, Nihilist, Static Thought, Saint Vernon at Blake's, Berkeley 18+ $10/$12 9pm ** @ sep 25 sat Dirty Projectors, Dominique Young Unique at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm ** sep 25 sat dj Bob Mould, dj Rich Morel at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 10pm ** sep 25 sat Paul Collins' Beat, The Pleasure Kills, Sharp Objects at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ *** sep 25 sat Margaret Cho at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65-$35 8pm # ** sep 25 sat Cash'd Out at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** sep 25 sat Katie Garibaldi at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** sep 26 sun Heavy Liquid, many others at Folsom Street Fair, Folsom St. between 7th st. & 12th St., S.F. a/a 11am-6pm ** (music/leather/sex) sep 26 sun Nevermore, Warbringer, Mutiny Within at Slim's, S.F. a/a $23 8pm *** @ sep 26 sun Los Tigres Del Norte, Intocable at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # ** sep 27 mon Daryl Hall & John Oates at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$50 7:30pm # *** sep 28 tue Fennesz at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $20 8pm ** sep 28 tue Sarah Harmer at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 28 tue Joe Buck Yourself (Murray, KY), Truckers Wife at Bombay's, 1730 California Street, Redding 21+ 9pm/9:30pm ** sep 29 wed Kamelot, Leaves' Eyes at Slim's, S.F. a/a $26 8pm ** sep 29 wed The Jon Spncer Blues Explosion at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. ?/? ** sep 29 wed The Beautiful Girls, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$15 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 29 wed Joe Buck Yourself (Murray, KY), Truckers Wife, WitchDick at Lost on Main, Chico, 319 Main Street, Chico 21+ 9pm/9:30pm ** sep 29/30 The Black Keys, Nicole Atkins at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** (wed sold out) sep 30 thr Easy Star All-Stars, Cas Haley at Slim's, S.F. a/a $18/$20 9pm ** sep 30 thr Matt & Kim at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $18.50 7pm/8pm # ** sep 30 thr Nautical Almanac, Daniel Higgs at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 30 thr School Of Seven Bells at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 1/2 Flaming Lips, Ariel Pink (fri), Health (sat), White Hills (sat) at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # $39.50 8pm # *** $ (fri sold out) oct 1 fri Train, Needtobreathe at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # *** oct 1 fri Kathleen Madigan at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** oct 1/2/3 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Golden Gate Park a/a free *** oct 2 sat Infected Mushroom (live and dj set), Shpongle (dj set) at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** oct 2 sat Wanda Sykes at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$45 6pm/8pm ** oct 2 sat Easy Star All-Stars, Cas Haley at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $14/$19 8pm/9pm ** oct 3 sun David Allan Coe at the Metro, Oakland a/a $30/$35 6pm/7pm *** oct 3 sun Vamps at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 3 sun Gotan Project at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** (KUSF) oct 3 sun First Aid Kit (Swedin) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 3 sun O.A.R., Dirty Heads at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $25/$29 7pm/8pm ** oct 4 mon Guitar Wolf (Japan) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm *** oct 5 tue Guided By Voices, Times New Viking at the Warfield, 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 6 wed Tech N9ne at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $32 7pm/8pm ** oct 6 wed Vicious Rumors, Bomb & Scary, Crushdown at the Avalon, Santa Clara a/a *** @ oct 7 thr Child Abuse (N.Y.) at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 8pm ** @ oct 7 thr Klaxons, Baby Monster at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 7 thr Land of Talk, The Besnard Lakes at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 7 thr Tech N9ne at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $36/$41 7pm/8pm *** oct 8 fri Tom Tom Club (N.Y.) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** oct 8 fri Matt Hires at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/10pm ** 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 How Sweet The Sound at the Arena, Oakland a/a # ** oct 9 sat O.A.R., The Dirty Heads at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** oct 9 sat Wayne Hancock at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 8pm ** oct 9 sat Particle at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** 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 9 sat Chapterhouse (U.K.), Ulrich Schnauss, dj Aaron Axelsen at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $17 9pm *** $ oct 9 sat Mystic Rage at Memorial Park, 24176 Mission Blvd., Hayward a/a 1pm ** @ (Bands4Bands MetalFest/Canned Food Drive) oct 10 sun Maroon 5, One Republic, Bruno Mars at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a 6pm # *** oct 10 sun Frightened Rabbit at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** oct 11 mon Eels at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # *** oct 11 mon The Corin Tucker Band at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 11 mon James, Ed Harcourt at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** oct 11 mon Remy Zero at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** oct 11 mon Valient Thorr, Red Fang at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 11 mon Alice In Chains, Deftones, Mastodon at Event Center, San Jose State University a/a $39.50 6pm/7pm # *** @ oct 11 mon El Ten Eleven, Baths, Sister Crayon at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $10 8pm ** oct 12 tue Devin Townsend Project at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16 8pm ** oct 12 tue Teenage Fanclub at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $26.50 7pm/8pm # *** oct 12 tue El Ten Eleven (L.A.), Sister Crayon at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 12 tue Bettie Serveert at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9:30pm ** oct 13 wed The Script at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** oct 13 wed Los Lobos at U.C. Davis, Davis a/a # ** oct 14 thr The Dickies, Nobunny, Sharp Objects, Eastern Span at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 8pm *** @ oct 14 thr Hoodoo Gurus at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 14 thr Chikita Violenta at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 15 fri Gaelic Storm at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 15 fri Matt Costa at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16 9pm ** oct 15 fri Birds & Batteries (cd release), Geographer, The Holy Rolling Empire at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. $10/$12 8:30pm/10pm ** oct 15 fri Legendary Shack Shakers at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** oct 16 sat Legendary Shack Shakers at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12/$14 8pm ** oct 16 sat Morning Benders, Twin Sister, Cults at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 8pm/9pm # *** oct 16 sat Street Dogs, Devils Brigade, Flatfoot 56, Continental at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16 8pm ** oct 16 sat LCD Soundsytem, Deadmau5, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Mike Snow, !!!, Die Antwoord, Little Dragon, Four Tet, Holy Fuck, Phantogram, Jamaica, Wallpaper, Maus Haus at 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 17 sun Hot Chip at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** oct 17 sun Belle & Sebastian (Scotland), The National, Broken Social Scene, She & Him, Superchunk, Rogue Wave, Surfer Blood, Ra Ra Riot, Monotonix, The Sea And Cake, Phosphorescent, Papercuts, The Mumlers at Treasure Island Music Festival a/a $65 ($115 two days) ** oct 18 mon David Bazan at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 19 tue Mike Birbiglia at Palace of Fine Arts, S.F. a/a $55 7pm/8pm # ** oct 19 tue Foals at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** oct 20 wed The Vaselines, Dum Dum Girls at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** oct 20 wed Scout Niblett at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm * oct 21 thr Bell X1 (acoustic) at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $18 8pm ** oct 21/22/23 Aziz Ansari (comedy) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35.50 7pm/8pm and 10pm/10:30pm thr - 6pm/7pm and 9:30pm/10pm fri-sat # ** oct 22 fri Shakira at the Arena, Oakland a/a $149.50-$39.50 7pm/8pm # ** oct 22 fri Starfucker, Octopus Project at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 22 fri Born Ruffians, Meligrove Band at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 23 sat Taj Mahal at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a # *** oct 23 sat The Rubinoos (40th anniversary) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 23 sat Triptykon, 1349, Yakuza at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 23 sat Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 9:30pm ** oct 23 sat Nickelback at Arco Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a # *** oct 26 tue Nickelback, Three Days Grace, Buckcherry at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $89.50-$29.50 5pm/6:15pm # *** oct 27 wed fun. at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 28 thr Lady Antebellum, David Nail at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** oct 28 thr Celtic Thunder at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** oct 29 fri Of Montreal at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** oct 30 sat Free Energy at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** oct 31 sun The Apples In Stereo at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $12/$15 8pm ** nov 2 tue Gary Numan at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # ** nov 3/4 Dr. Dog at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** nov 4 thr Two Door Cinema Club at Slim's, S.F a/a $17 8pm ** nov 5 fri Starfucker, Goodriddler at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 8pm/8:30pm ** nov 5 fri Cheech & Chong at Civic Auditorium, 307 Church Street, Santa Cruz a/a $55-$29.50 7pm/8pm # *** nov 6 sat Thee Oh Sees at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 8pm ** (Uptown's 3rd Anniversary) nov 7 sun The Misfits, Juicehead, Rivals, Regulator at the Avalon, Santa Clara a/a ** @ nov 10 wed Stars at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # ** nov 10 wed Delorean, Lemonade at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 10 wed Mae, Terrible Things, Windsor Drive at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $13/$14 7:30pm/8pm ** nov 14 sun Nile, Ex-Deo, Psycroptic, Keep Of Kalessin Dan Potthast at Slim's, S.F. a/a $26/$30 7:30pm ** nov 14 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap, at McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. a/a $3 ($20 6am early entry) 10am nov 18 thr Yo Gabba Gabba, Biz Markie at Memorial Auditorium, 1400 J Street at 15th, Sacramento a/a 3pm and 7pm shows # ** nov 19 fri Blonde Redhead at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** nov 19/20 Legendary Pink Dots at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $17/$20 9:30pm ** nov 20 sat Black Label Society, Children Of Bodom, Clutch, 2 Cents at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $36.75 7:30pm # *** @ nov 20 sat Tunng at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** nov 20/21 Yo Gabba Gabba, Biz Markie at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a 2pm and 5pm shows # ** dec 3 fri Roger Waters (performing The Wall) at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $251.50-$55.50 7pm/8pm # *** $ dec 4 sat Margaret Cho at Nob Hill Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $49.50/$29.50 7pm/8pm # ** dec 6 mon Roger Waters (performing The Wall) at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $253.50-$58.50 7pm/8pm # *** $ dec 8 wed Roger Waters (performing The Wall) at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $253.50-$58.50 7pm/8pm # *** $ dec 10 fri Forbidden at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a *** dec 12 sun The Judds at Arco Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a $77.50-$37.50 # ** dec 12/14/15/17/18/19 The Black Crowes at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $60 7pm/8pm (12/14/15/19) 8pm/9pm (17/18) # *** mar 22 tue Lady Gaga, Semi Precious Weapons at the Arena, Oakland a/a $184-$52 7pm/8pm # *** jun 7 tue U2 at the Coliseum, Oakland a/a # *** (was jun 16th, 2010) * 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 Alameda County Fair, 4501 Pleasanton Ave., Pleasanton a/a 925-426-7600 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, Sacramento (all shows cancelled - club closed) 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 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 Mama Buzz Cafe, 2318 Telegraph at 23rd., Oakland a/a 510-465-4073 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 Hat, 1860 Monument Blvd., Concord 21+ 925-685- 2122 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 Terminal, 3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland a/a Thrillhouse Records, Mission at 30th, S.F. a/a Warfield, 982 Market St., S.F. a/a 415-775-7722 Underground Cafe, 2401 Olympus Drive, Roseville a/a 916-786-7940 Underground, 555 East 4th St., Reno NV 21+ Uptown, 1928 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland 21+ 510-451-8100 Vixens, 906 Victorian Avenue, Sparks NV a/a 21+ 775-358-6969 Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose 21+ 408-286-8636 X Sports Bar, 20990 Homestead Road, Cupertino a/a 408-255-5700 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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