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 December 24, 2010 dec 24 fri Gallagher at Yoshi's, 1330 Fillmore Street, S.F. 21+ $30 7pm *** (comedy) dec 25 sat Civil War Rust, The 132 at Mutiny, 422 West 2nd Street, Antioch 21+ $6 9pm ** dec 26/27/28/29 Tower Of Power at Yoshi's, 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland a/a *** dec 27 mon My Dads, Echo Location, The T Sisters at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a donation 7pm ** dec 27 mon Allstar Weekend, Dylan Fox & The Waves, The Greenlight District, Vegas Is North at Slim's, S.F. +6 $16 5pm/5:45pm ** dec 27 mon Cracker, Camper Van Beethoven at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8pm *** dec 28 tue tuesday night movie night at 924 Gilman a/a free 7:30pm dec 28 tue Hollow Earth, Vanishing Breed at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** dec 28 tue Spirits In The Basement, Filthy Mudbloods, Laughing Prophets Of Doom at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** dec 28/29 X at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $31 8pm *** (screening 'X: The Unheard Music' and performing album 'Los Angeles') dec 29 wed Vic Ruggiero, Arthur Leon Adams III at Looney's Smokehouse, 2190 Bancroft, Berkeley a/a donation 9pm * dec 29 wed The Tet Holiday, Th Mrcy Hot Springs, Outlaw, Moccretro at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** dec 29 wed Acts Of Sedition, Man Amoung Wolves, Sex Prisoner (AZ), Empire Legs, Moment Of Death at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $5 7:30pm *** @ dec 29 wed The Yellow Dress, Alright Class, Wolf Larsen at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** dec 29 wed Victims Family, Schlong, Crosstops at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm/9:30pm *** @ dec 29 wed Persephone's Bees, Marc & The Casuals, Virgil Shaw at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ sliding scale 8:30pm ** (Benefit S.F. Food Bank) dec 29 wed The Emerald Hill, Honey Wilders, Brooke D., dj Benjamin Henderson at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** dec 30 thr PRIMUS (performing Seas of Cheese), The Residents at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $42.50 ($95 2-day pass) 8pm # *** @ $ dec 30 thr Zongo Junction, Turkuaz at Slim's, S.F. +6 ** dec 30 thr Dizzy Balloon (final show), AB & The Sea, Finish Ticket at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8pm *** dec 30 thr Opt Out, Death First (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Homeowners, Neighborhood Brats, Cutter at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $6 8pm/9pm *** @ (Chelsea Kenrick's 29th Birthday) dec 30 thr Secret People, Scared To Death, Stress Relief, Fell To Low, Blighted at Fivepoints Arthouse, 72 Tehama, S.F. a/a *** @ dec 30 thr The Slip, Nathan Moore at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $30 9pm ** dec 30 thr MarchFourth Marching Band at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 9pm ** dec 30 thr La Corde, Face The Rail, Cat Party at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** dec 30 thr Economen (tribute), The Hormones (tribute), Malice Cooper (tribute) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm *** @ (25 Year Commemoration of D. Boon) dec 30 thr Vic Ruggiero, Arthur Leon Adams III at Amante, 570 Green Street, S.F. 21+ donation 9pm * dec 30 thr The Vows, The Aerosols, The Monoliths at the Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St. S.F. 21+ 9pm ** @ dec 30 thr The Cave Dwellers, Exhibit A, Otono at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 8:30pm/9pm ** dec 31 thr Pinback, JP Inc. at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $15/$18 9:30pm *** dec 30 thr Witch Dick, The Gamut (Redding), Chingado at Lost on Main, Chico, 319 Main Street, Chico 21+ 9pm ** dec 30/31 Further at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a $45 (thr) $65 (fri) # ** dec 31 fri Monster Squad, Media Blitz, In Desperation, Chump Change, Short Attn. Span at 924 Gilman a/a $8 7pm/8pm *** @ (924 Gilman 24 Year Anniversary) dec 31 fri PRIMUS, Les Claypool's Fancy Brigade, Dead Kenny G's at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $42.50 ($95 2-day pass) 9pm # *** @ $ dec 31 fri The Hi-Rythm Hustlers, Molotov at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $15 9pm ** (comedy/circus/variety acts) dec 31 fri The Coup, Rupa And The April Fishes, host Lyrics Born at the New Parish, Oakland 21+ $40/$50 8:30pm/9:30pm *** dec 31 fri Lecherous Gaze, Hooray For Everything, Purple Mountain Majesties, Sweet Nothing at Eli's, 3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland 21+ ** $5 7:30pm ** @ dec 31 fri The Mo'fessionals, Limbomaniacs, Adam Lasher Band at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $40/$45 9pm *** $ dec 31 fri Nerf Herder, The Hooks, Sassy!!! at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $20/$25 8:30pm/10pm *** @ dec 31 fri The Slackers (N.Y.C.), Boss 501, Lord Loves A Working Man at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $35 8pm/9pm *** dec 31 fri The Dresden Dolls, Pomplamoose at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $32.25 (floor)/$47.25 (reserved) 9pm # *** dec 31 fri Chris Isaak at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $85.50 8pm/9pm # *** dec 31 fri Surprise Me Mr. Davis, Big Light at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $50 9:30pm ** dec 31 fri The Growlers, Gantez Warrior at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** dec 31 fri Rebirth Brass Band, New Orleans Klezmer Allstars at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $85 9pm ** (open bar) dec 31 fri The Remones (tribute) at the Riptide Tavern, 3639 Taraval @ 47th Av., S.F. 21+ free 11pm * dec 31 fri Nosebleed Academy, Mystic Knights Of The Cobra, Revenga, Dr Girlfriend at Toot's, 627 Second Avenue at Pomona, Crockett 21+ $10 ($5 before 9:30pm) 8pm ** dec 31 fri Lydia Pence & Coldblood George's Night Club, 842 4th Street, San Rafael 21+ 6pm ** dec 31 fri The Tommy Castro Band at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $50 8pm/9pm ** dec 31 fri Sambada, Flor De Cana, Yabas Dance Co. Raizes Do Brasil Capoeira, Marcio Peeter & Banda Abaluar at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $15/$19 8pm/9pm ** jan 1 sat Verbal Abuse, Zero Bull Shit, Fukm, Gutwrench, Bloodshot & Dilated at 924 Gilman a/a $8 7pm/8pm *** @ (924 Gilman 24 Year Anniversary) jan 1 sat High On Fire at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $20/$23 8pm/9pm *** @ jan 1 sat Avon Ladies, Dry Rot, Elders, Ecoli at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** jan 1 sat Pinback, JP Inc. at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $17/$20 8:30pm/10pm *** jan 1 sat A-Skillz, Slyde, 8Ball, Tamo Manclub, dj Kapt'n Kirk, dj Motion Potion at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** jan 1 sat Children Of The Information Age, Doormice, Ghosts In The Aquaducts, Yvette Young at X Sports Bar, 20990 Homestead Road, Cupertino a/a $8 8pm ** jan 1 sat The Slackers (N.Y.C.), Boss 51 at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $12/$15 8:30pm/9pm *** jan 2 sun Mindless (TX), Badr Vogue, Cardboard Funeral, Reivers, Hesitation Wounds at Your House, Oakland a/a $7 7pm *** @ jan 2 sun Crazy Spirit (N.Y.C.), Verraterisch at Axewave Manor, 2426 33rd Street, Sacramento a/a 7pm til 10pm $3 ** @ jan 3 mon The Slackers (N.Y.C.), Boss 501 at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $12.50/$15 8pm *** jan 4 tue tuesday night movie night at 924 Gilman a/a free 7:30pm jan 4 tue Switchblade Riot, Plan 9, Blasfemme at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $8 8:30pm/9pm *** @ jan 4 tue Bitter End, Psychology Of Genocide, Wolves And Thieves, Maker at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? $8 8pm ** jan 4 tue Ill Gato, My Second Surprise at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** jan 4 tue Cervix (N.Y.C.), Verraterisch, Fodder at Axewave Manor, 2426 33rd Street, Sacramento a/a 7pm til 10pm $3 ** @ jan 5 wed Airborne Age at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a donation 7pm * jan 5 wed Deafheaven at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $8 7:30pm ** jan 5 wed Deaf Heaven at Fivepoints Arthouse, 72 Tehama, S.F. a/a $5 8pm * jan 5 wed Ash Reiter, The Pentacles, Thralls at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jan 5 wed Inner Sunset, That Ghost, Bird By Snow at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** jan 5 wed Sad Bastard Book Club, Daikon, Summer Of Glaciers at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** jan 5 wed Bitter End, Alpha & Omega, Seven Tongues at 418 Project, 418 Front Street, Santa Cruz a/a $8 9:30pm ** @ jan 6 thr Cervix (N.Y.C.), Acephalix, Neurotoxicity, Pillager, D.H.C. at Your House, Oakland a/a $6 8pm *** @ jan 6 thr Moyindau at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a donation 7pm * jan 6 thr The Vows, The Aerosols, Lens, Bam! Bam! at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** @ jan 6 thr Blaqk Audio at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $18 9pm ** jan 6 thr Megafauna (Austin), The Suite Unraveling, Quinn at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jan 6 thr Oona, Con Brio, Karyn Paige at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** jan 6 thr Titan Ups, Wicked Mercies, Franco Nero, dj Dr. Scott at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** jan 6 thr Verna Beware, The Danvilles, The Nervous Wreckords, The Dead Westerns at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ ** jan 6 thr Havarti Party, Buffalo Tooth, PM, Matson at the Stud, 399 9th Street at Harrison, S.F. 21+ free 8pm ** jan 6 thr Fabulous Blue Raincoats, Danny Cohen at Lost on Main, Chico, 319 Main Street, Chico 21+ ** jan 7 fri Punch, Loma Prieta, Vaccine, No Statik, Secret People at 924 Gilman a/a $7 7:30pm *** @ jan 7 fri Neurotoxicity, Violence Of Humanity (Portland), Man Among Wolves, Kitten Donkey Punch, Lie Still, Apply Yourself at B.R.S., Richmond a/a 8pm *** @ jan 7 fri Funk Revival Orchestra, dj Haylow at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $7/$10 8:30pm/9:30pm ** (tribute to Roy Ayers) jan 7 fri Man In Space, Maniac, Ghost In The City, James Leste at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** jan 7 fri The Phenomenauts, Tornado Rider, Manzanita at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8pm *** @ jan 7 fri The Velvet Teen (cd release), Silian Rail, Low-Five at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/10pm ** jan 7 fri The Soft White Sixties, The Trophy Fire, Bird By Bird, Beta State at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $11 8pm/8:30pm *** jan 7 fri Slowburn (Fairfield), Planting Seeds, The Ben Benkert Band, Aspect at Slim's, S.F. a/a $11 8pm/9pm ** jan 7 fri Space Vacation, Gypsyhawk, Green & Wood at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jan 7 fri BlackMahal, Afrolicious, dj Timoteo at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** (funk/afrobeat) jan 7 fri Cheers To Doer (last show), The Caps, 9:00 News at Nickel City, 1711 Branham Lane, San Jose a/a $10 7pm ** jan 7 fri Dead Souls at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** @ jan 7 fri Willie Nelson at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $69/$76 6:30pm/7:30pm *** jan 7 fri Totally Green Day Sac (tribute), In The Garage (tribute), Drastic Actions, Rat-O-Matic at the Refuge, 1723 L Street, Sacramento a/a $5 7pm ** @ jan 8 sat Big Kids, Algernun Cadawaller, Summer Blondes, Sourpatch, Y11 at 924 Gilman a/a $7 7pm *** @ jan 8 sat Crazy Spirit (N.Y.C.), Bellicose Minds (Portland), Ecoli, Dust Ward, Power at the Swamp, 877 35th St., West Oakland a/a $6 7pm ** @ jan 8 sat Black Jesus, Peter And The Wolf at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a donation 7pm ** jan 8 sat Violence Of Humanity, Neurotoxicity, Vulvalard, Wake The Machines, Apply Yourself at First Church of the Buzzard, 2601 Adeline, Oakland a/a $6 8pm *** @ jan 8 sat The Pharcyde at the New Parish, Oakland 21+ $23 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jan 8 sat The Badmen, Shelby Cobra at the Uptown, Oaklnad 21+ free 9pm ** (listening party for Social Distortions new cd) jan 8 sat ArnoCorps (10th anniversary), Judgement Day, A Band Of Orcs at Slim's, S.F. +6 $14 8pm/9pm *** @ jan 8 sat Melvins at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $21 8pm/9pm *** @ jan 8 sat Los Lobos at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # *** jan 8 sat Comadre, Punch, Vaccine, Negative Standards at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $7 7:30pm ** @ jan 8 sat Los Lobos at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $50 7pm/8pm # ** (Bill Graham's Birthday Bash) jan 8 sat Hounds & Harlots, The Radishes, Weekender at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** jan 8 sat Blisses B, The Moonlight Orchestra, Vandella at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** jan 8 sat Blvd, Pink Mammoth at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** jan 8 sat The Whisky Richards, 77 El Deora, The Bootcuts at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $11/$13 9pm ** jan 8 sat Flash Gordon And The Funbeatles, Lance Burden (cd release), Chineke, Organ Trail at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jan 8 sat Walken, The Cutthroats 9, Moses at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm *** @ jan 8 sat Resilience, Those Unknown, Pressure Point, Slandyr, P.M.R.C., Bobby Adopted and The Self-Inflicted Wounds at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a 7pm/8pm *** @ jan 8 sat Citabria at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jan 8 sat The Chop Tops, Hayride To Hell, Shitkickers, Thee Merry Widows, Motorpunx, Ghost Town Hangmen. at the Avalon, 777 Lawrance Expressway, Santa Clara 21+ ** jan 8 sat Dieselboy, Bare, Smash Gordon at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 18+ $15 8pm ** jan 8 sat Humboldt Squid, Doors To Nowwhere, Culo A Boca at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 8:30pm/9pm ** jan 8 sat cancelled: Grant Lee Buffalo at the Great American Musci Hall, S.F. jan 8/9 Bay Area World Guitar Show at the Marin Civic Center Exhibit Hall, San Rafael a/a jan 9 sun Big Sean at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $20/$25 8:30pm/9pm ** jan 9 sun Nomos, The Men, Skin Like Iron, Face The Rail, Lie Still at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $6 7:30pm *** @ jan 9 sun Grass Widow, The Babies, White Fence at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** jan 9 sun Swann Danger, Bellicose Minds (Portland) at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 7pm/8pm ** jan 9 sun Teengirl Fantasy, Pictureplane, Blackbird Blackbird, Old Arc at 418 Project, 418 Front Street, Santa Cruz a/a $10 8pm ** @ jan 9/10/11/12 Willie Nelson at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $55 7pm/8pm # *** jan 10 mon Hatred Surge (TX), Mammoth Grinder (TX), Pink Nightmare (MA), Torture Unit at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $7 8pm *** @ jan 10 mon Deafheaven, Miscreant, leucosis at 150 Pioneer St., Santa Cruz a/a $5 8pm ** @ jan 11 tue tuesday night movie night at 924 Gilman a/a free 7:30pm jan 11 tue Sweet Chariot, Sparrows Gate, Montra, Nico's Georis & Matt Baldwin at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** (folkYeah) jan 11 tue Ex Masheena, Baysic Wonder, Stork at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8 8:30pm/9pm ** @ jan 11 tue Rooftop Vigilantes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm * jan 12 wed Rooftop Vigilantes, Off Campus at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** jan 12 wed Anthony B at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 9pm ** jan 12 wed Buxter Hoot'n, Mark Matos & Os Beaches, Magic Leaves at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** jan 12 wed Fight The Quiet at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm * jan 13 thr Joe Satriani, Ned Evett & Triple Double at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** jan 13 thr End Tropospheres, Nuclear Death Wish, Medicine Cabinet vs. Cerebral Roil, Darph/Nader, Gumball Rimpoche, The Sex Industry, Culo A Boca at the Church of the Buzzard, 2601 Adeline, Oakland a/a *** @ jan 13 thr Ten Ton Chicken, Go Van Gough at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a donation 7pm ** jan 13 thr Cast Of Clowns at the New Parish, Oakland 21+ $15/$18 8pm/8:30pm ** jan 13 thr Huun Huur Tu (Throat Singers of Tuva) at the Great American Musci Hall, S.F. a/a $26 7:30pm/8pm ** (seated) jan 13 thr Jorge & Mateus, Redro Paulo, Banda, dj Ellen at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # 8pm ** jan 13 thr The Wombats (U.K.), The Magican (Belgium), dj Aaron, dj Omar at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $15 9pm ** jan 13 thr Michael Musicka, Obo Martin, F Pod B Pod at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jan 13 thr Reverse Gravity, Mavalour, Whiskey Pils Fiasco at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm 8* jan 13 thr Trainwreck Riders, Jesse Morris And The Man Cougars, Cutter, The Slow Poisoner at the Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St. S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm ** jan 13 thr Tribal Seeds, Thrive, Fortunate Youth at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** jan 13 thr Bellicose Minds (Portland), Verraterisch at Axewave Manor, 2426 33rd Street, Sacramento a/a 7pm til 10pm $3 ** @ jan 13 thr The Shankers, Reverend Deadeye, Shivaree, Witchdick at Lost on Main, Chico, 319 Main Street, Chico 21+ ** jan 14 fri Owen Hart, Bloodhunger, Tigon, Caravels, Octaves, Beau Nauire (record release) at 924 Gilman a/a $8 7:30pm *** @ jan 14 fri Blisses B, Cave Country at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a donation 7pm * jan 14 fri Crypt Keeper, Hysteria at Blake's, Berkeley 18+ $10 ** @ jan 14 fri Throwrag, Turbonegra, The Disciples at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm *** jan 14 fri Chico DeBarge at the New Parish, Oakland 21+ $15/$20 8:30pm/9pm ** jan 14 fri D.R.I. at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $17 8pm *** @ jan 14 fri Tribal Seeds, Fortunate Youth at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $14/$16 8pm/9pm ** jan 14 fri La Plebe, Filthy Thieving Bastards, The Fucking Buckaroos, dj Chaos at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** @ jan 14 fri Norm MacDonald (two shows) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 6:30pm/7:30pm and 10pm/10:30pm # ** jan 14 fri Still Flyin' (cd release), Social Studies, La Corde at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm ** jan 14 fri Chaka Khan, Chrisette Michele at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** (postponed from Dec. 11th) jan 14 fri Colin L. Orchestra, Common Elder King Elder at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jan 14 fri The Infamous Stringdusters at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 9pm ** jan 14 fri Sweet Apple, Dead Meadow at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9:30pm ** jan 14 fri The Hot Toddies, The Bang, The Like Me's, dj Derek See at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** jan 14 fri Eliot Lipp, Ana Sia at the Catalyst, Santa Crux 18+ $14/$18 8pm ** jan 15 sat Left Alone, Save The Swim Team, Dun Bin Had, Chump Change, Joint Venture, Jokes For Feelings at 924 Gilman a/a $10 7pm *** @ (SKA Nite) jan 15 sat Zero Bull Shit, Hammerlock at East Bay Rats Headquarters, 3025 San Pablo Ave., Oakland 18+ ** jan 15 sat Giant Girlfriend, Tragic Ends, Jesse Morris And The Man Cougars, Gucci Cucci, Smiladons at Victory Warehouse, 24th and San Pablo Avenue, Oakland a/a $5 *** @ jan 15 sat Rebelution, Iration, Orgone at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** jan 15 sat Grex at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a donation 7pm * jan 15 sat Frankie Feliciano & Timmy Regisford, Patrick Wilson & Wazir Khabir at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $10/$20 9pm/10pm ** jan 15 sat Dashboard Confessional (Boca Raton, FL), Chrish Conley, Lady Danville at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $25/$28 7pm/8pm # *** @ jan 15 sat Crocodiles at Slim's, S.F. +6 $15 9pm ** jan 15 sat Reducers S.F., Meat Sluts, The Complaints, The Paper Bags at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $7 9pm *** @ jan 15 sat Gestapo Khazi, Airfix Kits, The Better Maker, Culture Corpse at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jan 15 sat Nicki Bluhm (cd release), The Blank Tapes, Dave Mulligan (solo), dj Superchill at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** jan 15 sat MC Meathook And The Vital Organs, Bryan Tholl (Chicago), Boozehammer, Xdugef, Blake William, Floor, Big Black Butthole, Striations at the Retox, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** jan 15 sat Company Car (cd release), Seeking Empire, Please Do Not Fight at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/10pm ** jan 15 sat Thirty Seconds To Mars, Middle Class Rut at the Event Center, San Jose State a/a $29.50 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** @ jan 15 sat Shinobu, The Albert Square, Corpus Callosum, Summer Vacation at X Sports Bar, 20990 Homestead Road, Cupertino a/a $8 8pm ** jan 15 sat The Boar Hunter at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ ** jan 15 sat The Jacka, Husalah, dj Quest, Erk Tha Jerk, Los Rakas, Sincere, DB The General, dj Nima Fadavi at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $24/$29 8pm/9pm ** jan 15 sat The Original Snail at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $8/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** jan 15 sat Throw Rag, Swamp Angel, The Groggs, The Crutch at Coasters, Boardwalk Bowl, 115 Cliff Street, Santa Cruz 21+ $10 ** jan 15/16 Neurosis, Yob (sat), Saviours (sun), U.S. Christmas (sat & sun) at Great American Musci Hall, S.F. a/a $24 8pm/9pm *** @ (sat sold out) jan 15/16 The Budos Band at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm ** jan 16 sun I.V., Cht, Holiday Bowl, Out Of Spite, The Drogs at 924 Gilman a/a 5pm *** @ jan 16 sun Fera at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a donation 7pm * jan 16 sun Cowboy Mouth, Dash Rip Rock at Slim's, S.F. +6 $22 8pm ** jan 16 sun Bad Books, Right Away Great Captain!, Gobotron at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15/$17 6:30pm/7:30pm ** @ jan 16 sun Rantouls, Wrong Words, Tropical Sleep at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jan 16 sun The Inciters, Complaints, The Shes at the Catalyst Atruim, Santa Cruz 21+ $5/$7 8:30pm/9pm ** @ jan 16 sun 30 Seconds To Mars at Freeborn Hall, U.C. Davis a/a $29.50 7:30pm # *** @ jan 17 mon Songs For Snakes, Time Traveling Assassins, Bite at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $5 ** jan 17 mon J.F.K. (of Mstrkrft), Mikey Lion, Easy Love Records at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 18+ $25 8pm *** jan 17 mon Buried At Birth at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ ** jan 17 mon Orgone, ZuGh at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $12 8pm ** jan 18 tue tuesday night movie night at 924 Gilman a/a free 7:30pm jan 18 tue Kate Kilbane at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a donation 7pm * jan 18 tue The Memorials (record release) at the New Parish, Oakland a/a $8/$10 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jan 18 tue Snoop Dogg at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $37.50 7pm/8pm # *** jan 18 tue Naysayer, Take Offense, The Wrath at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $8 7:30pm ** @ jan 18 tue Entrance (solo), 3 Leafs, Nectarine Pie, Moccretro at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** (folkYeah) jan 18 tue Salem, Disco Shawn at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $10 8pm ** jan 18 tue The Shants, Son Cats at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jan 18 tue Difiance Ohio, Kimya Dawson, Songs For Moms at the Parkside, S.F. 21+ ** @ jan 18 tue Era Escape, Tokyo Raid at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** jan 19 wed Young Prisms, Melted Toys at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** @ jan 19 wed Dead Westerns, Mosshead, Street Pyramids at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jan 19 wed White Manna, Greg Ashley, Outlaw, Rachel Fannan at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jan 19 wed Blackwood Royalty, Birdhand, Le Verita at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free ** jan 19 wed Mac Miller at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $12/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** jan 19 wed Rat Face (PA), Desperate Hours, Verraterisch at Axewave Manor, 2426 33rd Street, Sacramento a/a 7pm til 10pm $3 ** @ jan 19 wed Snoop Dogg the Montbleu Resort, Lake Tahoe NV 18+ $37.50/$40 7:30pm/8:30pm # *** jan 20 thr Devil Driver (Santa Barbara), Cancer Bats, Baptised In Blood at the Metro, Oakland a/a $16/$18 7:30pm/8pm # *** @ jan 20 thr Tobacco, Seventeen Evergreen at the New Parish, Oakland 21+ $13/$16 9pm/10pm ** jan 20 thr Jonathan Coulton, Paul And Storm at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ # ** (seated show) jan 20 thr Mac Miller at Slim's, S.F. +6 $14/$16 9pm ** jan 20 thr Royal Bangs (Knoxville, TN), Foster The People (L.A.), dj Aaron, dj Miles at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $10 9pm ** jan 20 thr Nectarine Pie, These Hills Of Gold, Memory's Mystic Band at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jan 20 thr Peter Wolf Crier, Retribution Gospel Choir, Cannons And Clouds at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jan 20 thr The Wailers (performing 'Uprising') at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 9pm ** jan 20 thr Inferno Of Joy, The White Barons at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ ** jan 20 thr Worker Bee, Sleeptalks, Nick Reinhart, Sunbeam Rd. at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** jan 20 thr SF Block Party, Seapora, Gypsy Love Productions, dj B Breaks at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** (Benefit New World Arts Programs at SF Block Party Dance Studio) jan 21 fri Brutal Truth (N.Y.), Lack Of Interest (L.A.), Plutocracy, Voetsek, Iron Lung, Drunken Hardcore at 924 Gilman, Berkeley a/a $12 7pm *** @ (Short, Fast & Loud 10 Year Anniversary show) jan 21 fri Rob Moir, Genevieve Wolf at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a donation 7pm * jan 21 fri Zion 1 at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $20/$25 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jan 21 fri Guster at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # ** jan 21 fri Papa Grows Funk at Slim's, S.F. +6 $20/$25 9pm ** jan 21 fri Jay Brannan, Dave Smallen, Jhameel at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jan 21 fri Ra Ra Riot, Givers at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jan 21 fri No Use For A Name, Dead Country at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a *** @ jan 21 fri Man/Miracle, Butterfly Bones, Elephant & Castle at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** jan 21 fri Dirtybird at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ ** jan 21 fri Planet Booty, Super Adventure Club at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** (indie/electro) jan 21 fri This Charming Band at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jan 21 fri Datsik, 12th Planet, Skriptah, Rate P, Getter at the Catalyst, Santa Crux 18+ $26 8pm ** jan 21 fri Pat Travers at Cache Creek Casino, 14455 Hy. 16, Brooks 18+ *** jan 21 fri Devil Driver (Santa Barbara), Cancer Bats, Baptised In Blood at Knitting Factory, 211 North Virginia Street, Reno, NV a/a *** @ jan 22 sat Flagitious Idiosyncrasy In The Dilapidation (Japan), Capitalist Casualties, Bastard Noise, P.L.F. (TX), Population Reduction at 924 Gilman, Berkeley a/a $12 7pm *** @ (Short, Fast & Loud 10 Year Anniversary show) jan 22 sat Grey Ashley, The Manitees, The Mercurial Gay Beings at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a donation 7pm ** jan 22 sat Skinlab at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9m *** jan 22 sat The Transers (L.A.), The Forgotten, Stagger And Fall, Hounds & Harlots at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $6 9pm *** @ jan 22 sat Asylum Street Spankers at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** jan 22 sat Old 97's at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $26.50 8pm/9pm # ** jan 22 sat David Berkeley at the Swedish American Hall, S.F. a/a $18/$20 8pm ** jan 22 sat The Family Crest (cd release), The Moanin' Dove, The Welcome Matt at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** jan 22 sat Pigs, Outdoorsmen, Dead Meat at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** @ jan 22 sat Soul Krush at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ ** jan 22 sat Fu Manchu, Dusted Angel at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/10pm *** jan 22 sat Lecherous Gaze, Ripper (Portland) at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm/10pm ** @ jan 22 sat Wayne Hancock at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jan 22 sat The Holdup, Ribsy's Nickel at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $12/$15 7:30pm/8:30pm ** @ jan 22 sat Sista Monica at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $15/$18 8:30pm/9pm ** jan 22 sat Silverstein, Miss May I, Pierce The Veil, Bullet For A Pretty Boy, The Chariot at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $16.50/$18 6:30pm/6:45pm *** @ jan 22 sat Ra Ra Riot, Givers, Pepper Rabbit at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $15 9pm ** jan 22 sat Devil Driver (Santa Barbara), Cancer Bats, Baptised In Blood at the Senator Theater, 517 Main St., Chico a/a $16/$18 6:30pm/7:30pm *** @ jan 23 sun Madball, Cruel Hand, Crucified, Boundaries at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $15 # *** @ jan 23 sun Bryan Greenberg at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $14 8pm ** jan 23 sun Beep!, Dinosaur Feathers at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jan 23 sun Jake Mann & The Upper Hankd (cd release), Grand Lake, Il Gato at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm/8:30pm ** jan 23 sun Symbolick Jews, Grandma's Boyfriend, Stowaways, The Subfobias at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** jan 23 sun Silverstein, Miss May I, Pierce The Veil, Bullet For A Pretty Boy, The Chariot at Knitting Factory, 211 North Virginia Street, Reno, NV a/a *** @ jan 24 mon Amos Lee (Philadelphia), Vusi Mahlasela (South Africa) at the El Rey Theatre, Chico 18+ (a/a with adult) $23 6:30pm/7:30pm *** jan 25 tue tuesday night movie night at 924 Gilman a/a free 7:30pm jan 25 tue El Ten Eleven, Superhumanoids at the New Parish, Oakland 21+ $8/$12 8pm/9pm ** jan 25 tue Amos Lee (Philadelphia), Vusi Mahlasela (South Africa) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** jan 25 tue Wovenhand, Git Some, Common Eider King Eider at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $13 8:30pm/9pm ** jan 25 tue Sonya Cotton, Honeycomb, Ever Isles at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** jan 25 tue The Sandwitches, Art Museums, The Soft Bombs, Rachel Fannin at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** (folkYeah) jan 25 tue Phil Manley Life Coach at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jan 25 tue The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger, Laura Gibson at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $17 8pm ** jan 25 tue Barn Owl, Phil Manley Life Coach at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jan 26 wed Arctic Flowers (Portland), Surrender, Alaric, Verraterisch (Sacramento), Neon Piss at Your House, Oakland a/a $6 8pm *** @ jan 26 wed Or, The Whale, Poor Bailey at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jan 26 wed Domeshots, Kajillion, Llona Staller at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** @ jan 26 wed The Handsome Family at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 8pm ** jan 26 wed Jorge Drexler at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $32.50 9pm ** jan 26 wed The Record Winter at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jan 27 thr Great American Taxi, Pat Nevins at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $15/$18 8pm/9pm ** jan 27 thr Moe. at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/7pm # ** jan 27 thr This Charming Band (tribute), Dead Souls (tribute) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $10 10pm ** jan 27 thr Pansy Division, Bad Backs, The Wrong Words at the Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St. S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** jan 27 thr Pebble Theory, Whitney Nichole (cd release) at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** jan 27 thr Forgetters, Street Eaters, Bam! Bam! at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm *** jan 27 thr Boz Scaggs at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $55/$60 7pm/8pm *** jan 27 thr Deerhoof, Nervous Cop at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $12/$14 10pm *** jan 27/28 George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic (two shows each night) at Yoshi's, 1330 Fillmore Street, S.F. 21+ 8pm and 10:30pm *** jan 28 fri Secret People, Zero Progress, Stressors, Torture Unit, Dust Ward at the Swamp, 877 35th St., West Oakland a/a $5 8pm ** @ jan 28 fri Ween at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** (sold out) jan 28 fri Deerhoof, Ben Butler & Mousepad, Nervous Cop at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** jan 28 fri Big Head Todd & The Monsters, David Edwards, Hubert Sumlin, Cedric Burnside, Lightnin' Malcolm at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** (100 years of Robert Johnson) jan 28 fri Monotonix (Israel), Ty Segall, Nodzzz at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm *** jan 28 fri Ian Hunter at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 8pm/9pm # ** jan 28 fri Wallpaper, K. Flay, The Dance Party at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jan 28 fri Darwin Deez, Fol Chen at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** jan 28 fri Culo A Boca at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ * jan 28 fri The 21st Century, Sloe, Roosevelt Radio at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** jan 28 fri The Toxic Avenger, Autoerotique, Girls N Boomboxes, dj Grime E And Spark at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** jan 28 fri Dopecharge, Rat Face (Pittsburgh, PA), Desperate Hours (Santa Barbara), Mundo Muerto (L.A.) at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm/9:30pm *** @ jan 28 fri Boz Scaggs at the Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third Street, Napa 21+ *** jan 28 fri Attitude Adjustment, Jesus Fucking Christ, The Rickets, Psychosomatic, Slip Into Coma at the Red Hat, Concord 21+ $6 9pm *** @ jan 28 fri Railroad Earth, Great American Taxi at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm ** jan 28 fri Monkey at the Pioneer Saloon, 2925 A Woodside Road, Woodside 21+ ** jan 28/29 RX Bandits, Fake Problems, Native at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15/$17 7:30pm/9pm *** jan 29 sat Pansy Division, Bob Wierdos at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a *** (Punk Rock Joels B-Day) jan 29 sat Jesus Fucking Christ, The Rickets, Kicker, Neurotoxicity, Shitty Fucker at Your Haus, Oakland a/a 8pm *** @ jan 29 sat Sorrower (AZ), Terrorism (L.A.), The Burial Tide, Hellbeard, Badr Vogu, Negative Standards at Victory Warehouse, 24th and San Pablo Ave., Oakland a/a $6 7pm/8pm *** @ jan 29 sat Black Thought, The Roots! With J. Period at the New Parish, Oakland 21+ $22 8:30pm/9pm ** jan 29 sat Big Sandy And His Fly-Rite Boys, Red Meat, The Honeybees at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm ** jan 29 sat A.L.O. at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # *** jan 29 sat Daniel Tosh at Nob Hill Masonic Center, 1111 California Street, S.F. a/a $45 6pm/7pm # ** jan 29 sat The Get Up Kids, Steel Train, River City Extension at Slim's, S.F. +6 $22/$25 8:30pm *** jan 29 sat The Hot Toddies, The Attachments (cd release), Scrabbel at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm ** jan 29 sat Weekend, Woodsman, Speculator at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** jan 29 sat Railroad Earth at the Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St., Napa 21+ $37 8pm ** jan 29 sat Strikeforce at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # *** @ jan 29 sat Those Charming Crooks at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ ** jan 29 sat Vibrant Everis, Little John, Andrew Vs. Smasheltooth, Minnesota, Sight On The Mic at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** jan 30 sun The Get Up Kids, Steel Train, River City Extension at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $22/$26 7pm/8pm *** jan 30 sun Underoath, Thursday, A Skylit Drive, Animals As Leaders at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # *** jan 30 sun The Blow at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. +6 # ** jan 30 sun Glitter Wizard, Smoke & Feathers, Lecherous Gaze at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jan 30 sun GravelRoad at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ ** jan 30 sun Luis Miguel at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $100-$40 7pm/8pm # ** jan 31 mon Interpol, School Of Seven Bells at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** jan 31 mon Against Me!, Cheap Girls, Fences at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ (also feb 1st) jan 31 mon Arctic Flowers (Portland), Livid at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $5 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jan 31 mon Social Distortion, Lucero, Chuck Ragan at Centre Plaza, Modesto a/a $32 7pm/8pm # *** @ jan 31 mon cancelled: Marina & The Diamonds at the Fillmore, S.F. feb 1 tue tuesday night movie night at 924 Gilman a/a free 7:30pm feb 1 tue Against Me!, Cheap Girls, Fences at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ (also jan 31) feb 1 tue Bassnectar at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a 7pm/8pm ** feb 1 tue The Wood Brothers at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $16 7pm/8pm ** feb 1 tue Social Distortion at U.C. Davis, Davis a/a $30 # *** @ feb 1 tue Clutch, Vallient Thorr at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $20/$25 8pm *** feb 2 wed Hymn For Her, Tippy Canoe at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a donation 7pm ** feb 2 wed Tristen, Billy & Dolly, The Corner Laughers at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** feb 2 wed Motorhead, Clutch, Valient Thorr at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $35 8pm # *** $ feb 2 wed Bobby Long at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9:30pm ** feb 2 wed The Corruptors, The Heroine (San Antonio, TX) at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $5 8:30pm/9:30pm ** feb 2 wed The Toasters at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10/$12 9pm *** feb 2 wed Forgetters, Street Eaters at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10 8pm:8:30pm *** feb 3 thr Olafur Arnalds at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ # ** feb 3 thr Mangled Bohemians, My Empty Phantom at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** feb 3 thr Tennis, Lord Huron, Air Waves at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 3 thr Ozzy Osbourne, Slash at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $92/$45 7:30pm # *** feb 3 thr Lucero at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$16 7:30pm/8pm ** feb 3 thr Devil's Brigade, Roger Miret And The Disasters at the Alley, 906 Victorian Way, Sparks, NV a/a *** @ feb 3/4 Social Distortion, Aggrolites, Chuck Ragan at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** @ $ feb 4 fri Grass Widow at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** feb 4 fri Ethan Bortnick And His Musical Time Machine (pianolist - age 9) at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $29.50/$39.50 7pm/8pm # ** feb 4 fri The Church at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. +6 # *** feb 4 fri The Frail, Rykarda Parasol, Black Flamingo, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. $15 ($10 if over 21) 8pm ** feb 4 fri Little Dragon at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20/$30 9pm ** feb 4 fri Exray's (album release), Tim Cohen's Magick Trick (album release), Fiveng, dj Cyclyst at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** feb 4 fri Adam Carolla (comedy) at the Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third Street, Napa a/a ** feb 4 fri Gin Blossoms at Feather Falls Casino, Oroville 18+ *** feb 5 sat Scream (D.C.), Fang, Oppressed Logic, Visual Discrimination (L.A.), Gunantanamo Dogpile at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ (Cyco Loco's Birthday) feb 5 sat Zigaboo Modeliste at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $10/415 8:30pm/9:30pm ** feb 5 sat The Swingin' Utters, La Plebe, Complaints at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $15 9pm *** @ feb 5 sat Rodney Crowell at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ # *** (seated show) feb 5 sat Led Zeppelin 2 (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. +6 $16 9pm ** feb 5 sat Pine And Battery, Lite Brite, Gentlemen, Pollux at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm *** feb 5 sat Grace Potter & The Nocturnals at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 8pm/9pm # ** feb 5 sat Sugar & Gold, Yip Deceiver, dj Bas, dj Chris Baty, dj Brother Grimm at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. $10/$12 9pm ** (dance party) feb 5 sat Hurry Up Shotgun, X-Ray Press, The Third Victim Of Abigal Rutledge at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** feb 5 sat 400 Blows (L.A.), Skinwalker (L.A.), Longmont Potion Castle at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/10pm ** @ feb 5 sat Maids Of Honor at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** feb 5 sat Will Sprott, John Meeks at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $10 8pm ** feb 5 sat the DK Kennedys, Disciples, Ol' Cheeky Bastards at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $17/$20 8pm/9pm ** @ feb 5 sat Deadbolt, Memphis Murder Men, Culo A Boca, Kountry Kittens Burlesque at Coasters, Boardwalk Bowl, 115 Cliff Street, Santa Cruz 21+ $10 ** (Bildo's Birthday) feb 5 sat Buried At Birth, Years Of Aggression, Uni-Bombers at Ione Memorial Hall, 207 Amador Street, Ione a/a $5 7pm ** @ feb 6 sun Sarah McLachlan at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a # $55-$40 7pm/8pm # *** feb 6 sun Plain White T's, Miggs at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # *** feb 6 sun Rob Zombie, Eyes Set To Kill at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $35 7:30pm/8:30pm *** @ feb 8 tue Tina Dico (Denmark) at Swedish American Hall, S.F. a/a $16 8pm ** feb 8 tue Sebadoh, Quasi at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** @ feb 8 tue Tony Lucca, Lauren Shera at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** feb 8 tue Badfish (tribute), Scotty Don't at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $#15/$19 7pm/8pm ** feb 8 tue Rob Zombie, Eyes Set To Kill at Knitting Factory, 211 North Virginia Street, Reno, NV a/a *** @ feb 9 wed Cradle Of Filth, Nachtmystium, Turisas, Daniel Lioneye at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** @ feb 9 wed Times Of Grace, War Of Ages, Straight Line Stitch at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $13 7:30pm/8pm ** @ feb 9 wed 7 Orange ABC (ep release), Cash Pony, Maiden Lane at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** feb 9 wed My Revolver, Rosa Grande, Days Of High Adventure at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** feb 9 wed Beta State at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** feb 9 wed Badfish (tribute), Scotty Don't at the Knitting Factory, Reno a/a 7pm/8pm ** feb 9 wed Rob Zombie, Eyes Set To Kill at the Senator Theater, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a $35 7pm/8pm *** @ feb 9/10 The Expendables at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** feb 10 thr Martha Wainwright Sigs Piaf at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** (seated show) feb 10 thr Trombone Shorty, Orleans Avenue, Los Amigos Invisibles at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $15/$20 7pm/8pm ** feb 11 fri Static Thought, Sailor Mouth at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a donation 7pm ** feb 11 fri Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** feb 11 fri Trombone Shorty & Orleans Ave., Los Amigos Invisibles at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** feb 11 fri The Wiyos, Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit, Possum And Lester at Slim's, S.F. +6 $14/$15 9pm *** (S.F. Bluegrass & Old Time Festival) feb 11 fri Monophonics, Cambo & The Life at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 9pm ** feb 11 fri Grayceon (cd release), Worm Ouroboros, Hollow Mirrors at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/10pm ** (free new Grayceon cd to each attendee) feb 11 fri Those Unknown, Hounds & Harlots, Sydney Ducks at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** feb 11 fri Meat Beat Manifesto at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 9pm *** feb 11 fri Buried At Birth, Cyanic, Years Of Aggression at Caravan, 98 South Almaden Ave., San Jose 21+ 21+ free ** @ feb 11 fri Expendables at the Senator Theater, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a $13/$15 7pm/8pm # ** feb 12 sat STS9 at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** feb 12 sat Karl Denson's Tiny Universe at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** feb 12 sat The Aquabats at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** feb 12 sat Murder By Death, The Builders And The Butchers, Damion Suomi & The Minor Prophets at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm/10pm ** feb 12 sat Drunk Horse, Hot Lunch, Carlton Melton at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/10pm ** feb 12 sat Smoove-E (record release), dj Nima Fadavi at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 12 sat Sugar & Gold, Yip Deceiver at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $10 9pm ** feb 12 sat Expendables at Knitting Factory, 211 North Virginia Street, Reno, NV a/a ** feb 13 sun Tab Benoit, Anders Osborne, Cyril Neville, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Jumpin' Johnny Sansome & Waylon Thibodeaux at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (Voice of the Wetlands) feb 13 sun Smith Westerns at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 13 sun Murder By Death, The Builders And The Butchers, Damion Suomi & The Minor Prophets at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $12/$14 8pm ** feb 14 mon The Decemberists, Mountain Man at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** feb 15 tue Boyce Avenue at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** feb 15 tue Nicole Atkins & The Black Sea, Cotton Jones at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** feb 15 tue Social Distortion, Lucero, Chuck Regan at the Grand Theater, Reno NV a/a *** @ feb 14/15/16/17 Cake at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $36.50 7pm/8pm # *** feb 16 wed Dum Dum Girls, Minks (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Dirty Beaches at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 16 wed Dead Floyd at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** feb 16 wed Le Verita at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** feb 16/17 STS9 at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ (fri) 16+ (sat) $25 7pm/8pm *** feb 17 thr Eluveitie, 3 Inches Of Blood, Holy Grail, System Divide at Slim's, S.F. +6 $18/$20 7:30pm *** @ feb 18 fri Chromeo, Mndr, The Suzan at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** feb 18 fri Beach House at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22 8pm/9pm # ** feb 18 fri Mustache Harbor, Sean Tabor Band at Slim's, S.F. +6 $13 9pm ** feb 18 fri Monkey, GoGo 13, Chase Long Beach, The Skank Agents, MC Tazy Phyllipz at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8pm/8:30pm *** @ (ska nite) feb 19 sat Cerebro Negro, Ola Toska, Pata De Perro, La Muska, Los Numb at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a *** @ (SKA nite) feb 19 sat Ana Tijoux at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9:30pm ** feb 19 sat Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Om at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 9pm # *** (sold out) feb 19 sat Gang Of Four at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 8pm/9pm # *** feb 19 sat Todd Snider, Elizabeth Cook at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** feb 19 sat dj Bob Mould, dj Rich Morel at Slim's, S.F. +6 $15 10pm ** (Blowoff) feb 19 sat Scott H. Biram, Ralph White at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/10pm ** feb 19 sat Scott H. Biram, Ralph White, Shovelman at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/10pm ** feb 19 sat Y & T at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $19/$23 8pm/9pm *** feb 19 sat A.L.O., Nathan Moore at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $18/$20 9pm *** feb 20 sun Imagination Movers (live) at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 1:30pm and 4:30pm shows ** feb 20 sun Celso Pina, Cumbia Tokeson at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $15 8pm/9pm ** feb 20 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap, at McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. a/a $3 ($20 6am early entry) 10am till 3pm feb 20 sun Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** feb 20 sun Scott H. Biram at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** feb 20/21 Godspeed You! Black Emperor at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** (sold out) feb 21 mon Rocky Votolato at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $12/$14 8pm ** feb 22 tue Yo La Tengo at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** (Noise Pop) feb 22 tue Justin Townes Earle at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** feb 22 tue Rocky Votolato at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/ $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 22 tue Linkin Park, The Prodigy at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $72.50/$41 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** @ feb 22 tue Less Than Jake, The Supervillains, Off With Their Heads at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $16.50/$18.50 7pm/8pm *** @ feb 23 wed CJ Bod, Boy Scouts, Casey Chisholm at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a donation 7pm ** feb 23 wed Pendulum, Innerpartysystem at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** feb 23 wed Dan Deacon (Baltimore) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 23 wed Versus, Telekinesis at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15/$16 8pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 23 wed Admiral Radley, The Coronas at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 7pm/8pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 23 wed Pepper at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $20 7pm/8pm *** feb 23 wed B.B. King at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $64/$69 6:30pm/7:30pm *** feb 23 wed Jackson Browne at Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church Street, Santa Cruz a/a *** feb 24 thr Guitarmageddon at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** feb 24 thr Ted Leo (solo), AB & The Sea, Kevin Seconds, Angel Island at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 7pm/8pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 24 thr Daniel Martin Moore at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 24 thr Pepper (acoustic) at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $25 7pm/8pm *** feb 24 thr Death Angel, Lazarus A.D., Early Man, Bonded By Blood, Hexen at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a *** @ feb 25 fri Josh Ritter at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # *** feb 25 fri Death, Zolar X at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** feb 25 fri The Concretes, Birds & Batteries, Magic Bullets at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $13/$15 8pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 25 fri Alexi Murdoch at the Swedish American Hall, S.F. a/a $20 7pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 25 fri Tamaryn, The Black Ryder at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $13 8pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 25 fri Streetlight Manifesto, Terrible Things, A Loss For Words, Lionize at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$17 6:30pm/7:30pm *** feb 25 fri Journey at Reno Events Center, 300 N Center St., Reno, NV a/a $230-$60 7pm/8pm # *** feb 25 fri Death Angel, Lazarus A.D., Early Man, Bonded By Blood, Hexen at Lost on Main, Chico, 319 Main Street, Chico 21+ *** @ feb 26 sat S.M.D., Nuerotoxcity, Alaric at 924 Gilman a/a *** @ (Melanie Memorial Kid Benefit) feb 26 sat Death Angel, Lazarus A.D., Early Man, Bonded By Blood, Hexen at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $21/$23 7pm/8pm *** @ feb 26 sat JGB With Melvin Seals at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** feb 26 sat How To Dress Well (Chicago), Dominant Legs at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $12/$14 ** (Noise Pop) feb 26 sat Max Vemis, Westwood & Willow, Dave Smallen (solo) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$15 7pm/8pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 26 sat No Age, Grass Widow at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** feb 26 sat Hillsong United at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** feb 26 sat Best Coast / Wavves, Hunx And His Punx at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm # ** feb 26 sat Robin Trower at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $33/$39 7pm/8pm *** feb 26 sat Mike Pinto at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 26 sat Jonny Lang at Cache Creek Casino, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 18+ ** feb 27 sun Glassjaw at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** feb 27 sun JJ Grey at the El Rey Theatre, Chico 18+ (a/a with adult) ** feb 28 mon Biffy Clyro (Scotland), Moving Mountains at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. $12 8pm ** feb 28 mon Hellogoodbye (Long Beach), Jukebox The Ghost, Gold Motel, Now Now Every Children at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** mar 1 tue Swans, Wooden Wand at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm *** mar 1 tue Emilie Autumn at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$13 8:30pm/9:30pm ** mar 2 wed Eric Clapton, Los Lobos at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $150-$50 7:30pm # *** mar 3 thr S.O.J.A., Mambo Sauce, Chris Boomer at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** mar 3 thr Eric Clapton, Los Lobos at Arco Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a $150-$50 7:30pm # *** mar 3 thr Pauly Shore (comic) at the El Rey Theatre, 230 West 2nd St., Chico 18+ (a/a with adult) $22 8pm/8:30pm *** mar 4 fri Oppressed Logic, Blown To Bits, Slandyr, Can-Cannibals at 924 Gilman a/a *** @ mar 4 fri Crystal Castles at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 9pm # *** mar 4 fri Baths (L.A.), Braids, Star Singer at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm ** mar 4 fri Drive-By Truckers at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # *** mar 4 fri Shitkickers at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** mar 4 fri Robin Trower at the El Rey Theater, Chico 18+ (a/a with adult) $27.50 7pm/8pm *** mar 4/5 Drive By Truckers, Heartless Bastards at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # *** mar 5 sat Megan Slankard (cd release) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm/8:45pm ** mar 5 sat Escape The Fate, Alesana, Motionless In White, Get Scared, Drive A at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # *** @ mar 5 sat Morcheeba at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 9pm # *** mar 5 sat Rboken Records (Edinburgh) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. $10/$12 8:30pm ** mar 5 sat Strangelove at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** mar 6 sun Elephant 6, Holiday Surprise at the New Parish, Oakland 21+ $15 7:30pm/8:15pm ** mar 6 sun Belphegor, Blackguard, Neuraxis, Pathology, dj Rob Metal at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $16 8pm *** @ mar 7 mon Kataklysm, All Shall Perish, Decrepit Birth, Conducting From The Grave at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16/$20 8pm *** @ mar 7/8 DeVotchKa at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** mar 8 tue Asobi Seksu, Brahms, The Dandelion War at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 8 tue Yann Tiersen at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. 8pm # ** mar 11 fri Excision, Downlink, Antiserum at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # *** mar 11 fri Revolver (France) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. $10/$12 8:30pm ** mar 11 fri Tapes 'n Tapes, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $16 10pm/11pm ** mar 11 fri Truth & Salvage Co. at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** mar 11 fri The Red Elvises at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm *** mar 11 fri Damage Inc. (tribute), Strangers In The Night (tribute), Rat Bastard (covers), Lovedrive (tribute) at Club Fox, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City 21+ $12/$14 8pm ** mar 11 fri Excision, Downlink, Antiserum at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 18+ $26 8pm ** mar 11/12 Joshua Radin, Cary Brothers, Laura Jansen at the Great American music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** mar 12 sat Clay Aiken at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** mar 12 sat AC/DShe (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 9pm ** mar 12 sat Ploughman, Birdhouse at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 12/13 Umphrey's McGee, Big Gigantic at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 (8pm/9pm sat) (7pm/8pm sun) # *** mar 17 thr Crass (U.K.) at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $21 8pm/9pm *** @ $ mar 17 thr The Ex (The Netherlands), Death Sentence: Panda at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm *** @ mar 18 fri Monstrauss, Joint Ventura at 924 Gilman a/a ** (SKA nite) mar 18 fri Girl Talk, Max Tundra, Junk Culture at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** mar 18 fri Punch Brothers at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** mar 18 fri State Radio at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # *** mar 18 fri Devo at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $41.75 ($96.75 vip) 9pm # *** @ mar 19 fri Obszon Geschopf (France), Slave Unit at 924 Gilman a/a ** @ mar 19 fri Flogging Molly at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $29.50 7:30pm # *** mar 19 sat Men Aloud at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm ** mar 19 sat Paul Thorn at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $20 9pm ** mar 19 sat Kevin Smith And Jason Mewes (Jay and Silent Bob) at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $39.75/$56.75 8pm/9pm # *** (seated show) mar 19 sat State Rado at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $12/$16 8pm/9pm *** mar 22 tue Lady Gaga, Semi Precious Weapons at the Arena, Oakland a/a $184-$52 7pm/8pm # *** mar 23 wed Lady Gaga, Semi Precious Weapons at Arco Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a # *** mar 24 thr Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O., Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** mar 25 fri Furhter Adventures Of The Saw Doctors at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $24 8pm ** mar 25 fri Smoking Popes at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** mar 25 fri Men (Brooklyn, N.Y.) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. $12 8:30pm *** mar 25 fri Wye Oak, Callers, Sands at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/10pm ** mar 26 sat The Appleseed Cast at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** mar 26 sat Say Hi at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/10pm * mar 26 sat Smoking Popes at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $14 8pm ** mar 27 sun The Sles, U.E. Sarchasm at 924 Gilman a/a ** @ mar 27 sun The Ready Set, The Downtown Fiction, We Are In The Crowd at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** mar 27 sun Miniature Tigers, Pepper Rabbit at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** mar 27 sun Black Veil Brides Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows, I See Stars, Versaemerge, Conditions (Richmond, VA) at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $15/$18 5pm/5:30pm # *** @ mar 29 tue The Parlotones (South Africa) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/10pm ** mar 30 wed The Biters at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** mar 31 thr My Chemical Romance at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** @ $ (Live 105) apr 1/2 Galactic, Cyril Neville, Corey Henry, Rebirth Brass Band at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $29.50 8pm/9pm # *** apr 3 sun A Day To Remember, Bring Me The Horizon, We Came As Romans, Pierce The Veil at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $25 7pm # *** @ apr 4 mon Volbeat at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # *** @ apr 5 tue Pete Yorn, Ben Kweller, The Wellspring at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** apr 5/6 cancelled: Ani Difranco at the Fillmore, S.F. apr 6 tue Madeleine Peyroux at Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa a/a $29/$39 8pm ** apr 6 tue Dark Star Orchestra at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $25/$30 7pm/8pm ** apr 7 wed Ani Difranco at Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa a/a $45 8pm *** apr 7 wed George Thorogood And The Destroyers at the Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St., Napa 21+ $40/$50 6:30pm/8pm *** apr 7/8/9 Dark Star Orchestra at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** apr 8 thr Volbeat at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** apr 9 fri Cold War Kids at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $25 8pm # *** apr 9 fri Akron Family at the New Parish, Oakland a/a $15/$18 8pm/9pm ** apr 9 fri John Mellencamp at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** apr 9 fri Jeff Beck, Imelda May at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $75 7pm/8pm # *** apr 9/10 John Mellencamp at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 7pm # *** apr 15 fri Leo Kottke at the Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third Street, Napa a/a *** apr 16 sat All Time Low, Yellowcard, Hey Monday, The Summer Set at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $25 7pm # *** apr 20/21/22/23 The Radiators (farewell tour) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ # *** apr 28 thr Accept, Sabaton at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $30/$32 7pm/8pm # *** @ apr 29 fri Kathleen Madigan at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** apr 29/30 Blame Sally at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** (seated show) apr 30 sat Mike Watt at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $12 8pm *** may 3 tue Kesha at the Grand Theatre, Reno NV a/a ** may 4 wed Kesha at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** may 6 fri Yanni at the San Jose Civic, 135 San Carlos St., San Jose a/a # ** may 7 sat Yanni at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** may 8 sun Symphony X, Nevermore, Soilwork, PowerGlove, Blackguard at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $28 8pm # *** @ (was may 5th) may 9 mon Mogwai at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** may 11 wed Sepultura, Belphegor, Neuraxis, Bonded By Blood at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $25 7pm # *** @ may 15 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap, at McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. a/a $3 ($20 6am early entry) 10am till 3pm may 24 tue The Moody Blues at Marin Veterans' Auditoruim, Marin Civic Center, San Rafael a/a # ** may 30 mon Lykke Li at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** jun 7 tue U2, Lenny Kravitz at the Coliseum, Oakland a/a # *** jul 2 sat Go Radio, We Came As Romans, Dance Gavin Dance, Every Avenue, The Word Alive at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # *** @ (Warped Tour) jul 2 sat New Kids On The Block, Backstreet Boys at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $93-$32 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** aug 11 thr Warped Tour at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Marysville a/a # *** @ aug 25 thr Sade at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $179-$53 7pm/8pm # ** aug 27 sat Sade at the Arena, Oakland a/a a/a $176-$50 7pm/8pm # ** sep 1 thr Taylor Swift at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # ** * recommendable Shows a/a all ages $ will probably sell out @ pit warning ^ under 21 must pay more # no ins/outs Live Radio Shows ---------------- Radio/TV Shows --------------- Berkeley Liberation Radio 104.1FM www.berkeleyliberationradio.org Maximum Rock'n'roll Radio radio.maximumrocknroll.com Pirate Cat Radio 87.9FM www.piratecatradio.com mon Next Big Thing on UC Berkeley Radio KALX 90.7FM 6pm-7pm tue Dead Air with dj Vicious and dj Tanner on Berkeley Liberation Radio 104.1FM 6pm-8pm sat KALX live on UC Berkeley Radio KALX 90.7FM 9pm-midnight sun Rampage Radio on S.F. State Radio KUSF 90.3FM 2am-8am sun NewHotBands on public access TV Comcast Ch 29 12:30pm sun Earwhacks with Paul and Che on Sacramento KRXQ 98.5FM 10pm-11:30pm sun Neonate with Punk Roge and Riot on UC Davis Radio KDVS 90.3FM 12am-3am C L U B I N F O R M A T I O N ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16th Street Cafe, 2416 16th Street, Sacramento a/a Amoeba Music, 2455 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a 510-549-1125 Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F. a/a 415-831-1200 Annie's Social Club, 911 Folsom St. at 5th, S.F. 21+ 415-974-1585 Avalon Nightclub, 777 Lawrance Expressway, Santa Clara 21+ a/a 408-241-0777 Bender's Bar & Grill, 806 South Van Ness Ave., S.F. 21+ 415-824-1800 Betty's Rock Bar, 1251 Arroyo Way, Walnut Creek 21+ Bimbo's 365 Club, 1025 Columbus Avenue, S.F. 21+ 18+ 415-474-0365 Blake's, 2367 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a 18+ 510-848-0886 Blank Club, 44 South Almaden Avenue, San Jose 21+ Blue Lamp Lounge, 1400 Alhambra Blvd., Sacramento 21+ 866-575-9405 Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ 831-423-7117 Boardwalk, 9426 Greenback Lane, Orangevale a/a 916-988-9247 Boom Boom Room, 1601 Fillmore, S.F. 21+ 415-673-8000 Bottom of the Hill, 1233 17th St., S.F. a/a 21+ 415-621-4455 Cafe Du Nord, Inc., 2170 Market Street, S.F. 21+ 415-861-5016 Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz a/a book 831-423-1338 831-423-1336 Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa 5+ 707-546-3600 Club Retro, 6521 Hazel Ave., Orangevale a/a Coda, 1710 Mission Street, S.F. 21+ 415-551-2632 Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz a/a DNA Lounge, 375 11th Street at Harrison, S.F. 21+ a/a 415-626-1409 Edinburgh Castle, 950 Geary, S.F. 21+ El Rey Theatre, 230 West 2nd St., Chico 18+ (a/a with adult) 530-342-2727 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. ages 6+ 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 Ironstone Vineyards, 1894 Six Mile Road, Murphys a/a 209-728-1251 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 Knitting Factory, 211 North Virginia Street, Reno, NV a/a 775-323-5648 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 Mystic Theater, 23 Petaluma Blvd., Petaluma a/a 18+ 21+ 707-765-2121 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 Milk Bar, 1840 Haight Street, S.F. 21+ 415-387-6455 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 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+ Senator Theatre, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a 530-891-1809 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 Slim's, 333 11th St., S.F. ages 6+ 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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