Web (and searchable) version at http://jon.luini.com/thelist/ T H H EEEEEE L I SSSS TTTTT T H H E L I S T T HHHHHH EEEEE L I SSSS T T H H E L I S T T H H E L I S S T T H H EEEEEE LLLLLLL I SSSS T funk-punk-thrash-ska Upcoming shows of interest April 30, 2012 apr 30 mon Tennis, Wild Belle at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8pm ** apr 30 mon Coles Whalen (Denver), Mental 99 at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** apr 30 mon Joe Plug, Bailiff, Billy Manzik at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $10/$12 9pm ** may 1 tue At The Spine, The My My Hey Heys, The Beautiful Sunsets, Global Seepej at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 8pm ** may 1 tue FayRoy, Old Monk (Brooklyn) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** may 1 tue Joe Plug, Bailiff, Goodnight Texas at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** may 1 tue Yukon Blonde, The Wild Kindness at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** may 1 tue Colin Stetson, Sarah Neufeld, Gregory Rogove at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ ** (Alone and Together Tour) may 1 tue Peoples Temple, Proto-Regime, Midnite Brain, dj Taypoleon at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm/9:30pm ** may 1 tue Club Crasherz, Giggle Party, Young Digerati at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** may 2 wed Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** (KFOG) may 2 wed La Plebe, Pinata Protest (San Antonio, TX), The Atom Age at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $7 7pm/7:30pm ** may 2 wed Gillbillies, LaFin Absolute du Monde, Armed For The Apocolypse, Big Brother Little Brother, burlesque acts at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** may 2 wed Overkill (N.J.), God Forbid, Suidakra, Diamond Plate at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $28-$65 7pm/8pm *** @ may 2 wed James Morrison, HoneyHoney at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm ** (was listed as May 5th) may 2 wed Kelly McFarling (cd release), Lia Rose (cd release), Fox & Woman at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** may 2 wed Fezant, Stratic, Blood Wedding at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** may 2 wed Ty Segall, White Fence, Shannon And The Clams at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 8pm *** may 2 wed Revenant (cd release), Dominion, gothic fashion show at Grant & Green, 1371 Grant St., S.F. 21+ 9:30pm ** may 2 wed Yo La Tengo at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $21 7pm/8pm ** may 2 wed At The Spine at the Tradewinds, 8210 Old Redwood Hwy., Cotati 21+ * may 2 wed Mary Axe, The Honey Wilders at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** may 2 wed Adrian Bourgeouis (acoustic) at Dave and Buster's, 1174 Roseville Parkwaym, Roseville a/a free 6pm ** may 3 thr Mike Johnston at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 9pm * may 3 thr Trace Bundy at the Swedish American Hall, S.F. a/a $17/$20 8pm ** may 3 thr Devin The Dude, Coughee Brothaz at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $18/$20 8pm/9pm ** may 3 thr A B & The Sea (record release), Tommy & The High Pilots, Yellow Red Sparks at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $13/$15 7:30pm/8pm ** may 3 thr Yellow Dubmarine at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $7/$10 8pm/9pm ** may 3 thr Katie Herzig, Andrew Belle at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8pm ** (KFOG) may 3 thr Willis Earl Beal at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm * may 3 thr Silian Rail, Whiskerman, Michael Musika at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** may 3 thr Electric Shepherd & Outlaw, Blues For Carl Sagan, Douglas at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** may 3 thr Third Date at Irelands 32, 3920 Geary Blvd. at 3rd Ave., S.F. 21+ free 9pm * may 3 thr Sophie Barker at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ ** may 3 thr The Flytraps, Standard Poodle, High Anxiety at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** may 3 thr Steep Canyon Rangers at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $21 7pm/8pm ** may 3 thr Fast Times at Dan's Bar, 1524 Civic Drive at Main St., Walnut Creek 21+ $3 9pm * may 3 thr The Shanklys at Winter's Tavern, 1522 Francisco Blvd., Pacifica 21+ * may 3 thr R5 (L.A.) at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 6pm/6:30pm ** may 3 thr Hieroglyphics at Sacramento State, Sacramento a/a ** may 3 thr March Fourth Marching Band at Knitting Factory, Reno, NV a/a $20/$35 7pm/8pm ** mar 3 thr At The Spine at Big Bens, Arcata ?/? * may 4 fri Whitekaps, Get Shot, I.V., Black Dream, Addiction To Affliction at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $8 7pm *** @ may 4 fri Static Thought (record release), No Sir, Build Us Airplanes, Heist at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oakland a/a $8 7pm til 10pm ** may 4 fri The Black Keys, Arctic Monkeys at the Arena, Oakland a/a # *** may 4 fri Anna Ash (record release), Will Sprott, Yesway, Hilary Guter (organist) at First Presbyerian Church, 2619 Broadway, Oakland a/a $5-$15 * may 4 fri The Uptones, Charles Stella, Moose Lethridge, Emily Jayne at Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley a/a ** may 4 fri Meat Market, The Lotus Moons, Psychic Feline (Portland), Swanifant at Sugar Mountian, Okland a/a 8pm ** may 4 fri The Hundred Days at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** may 4 fri War Party, Badr Vogu, Belushi River at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ free 3pm ** (afternoon show) may 4 fri Lambchop at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $20 8pm/9pm ** may 4 fri Trainwreck Riders, Passage Walkers, Bobby Joe Ebola And The Children MacNuggits, Apogee Sound Club at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm *** may 4 fri Steep Canyon Rangers, Carrie Rodriquez at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $21 8pm/9pm ** may 4 fri Currensy, Styles P And The Jets, Smoke DZA, Fiend 4 Da Money, Corner Boy P, Trademark, Young Roddy at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** may 4 fri Toh Kay, Dan Potthast, Sycamore Smith at the Swedish American Hall, S.F. a/a $13.50/$15 8pm ** may 4 fri Rocky Votolato, Devotionals, Kevin Long at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** may 4 fri Lucabrazzi, Hemorage, White Noise, Stryk 9 at Lennon Studios, 271 Dore Street, S.F. a/a free 7pm ** @ may 4 thr Ruins Alone (Japan), Bronze, Bill Orcutt at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** may 4 thr Brad, Happy Chichester at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9:30pm ** may 4 thr Washed Out at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $18 8pm ** may 4 fri Early Man, Its Casual (L.A.), Shock Diamond, Satya Sena at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/9:30pm ** @ may 4 fri Amen Dunes at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ 8pm * (early show) may 4 thr Petty Theft (tribute), Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $16/$21 7:30pm/8:30pm ** may 4 fri David Sedaris at the Uptown Theater, Napa 16+ (12+ with an adult) 8pm ** may 4 fri Lionheart, Anchors, Cyborg Octopus at the Red House, Walnut Creek a/a 7pm ** @ may 4 fri F.T.B., Town Crier at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** may 4 fri Ekolu at the Avalon, Santa Clara ?/? ** may 4 fri Tumbleweed Wanderers, Weatherveins at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $8 9pm ** may 4 fri Mr. P Chill, Trunk of Funk, Brodi Nicholas, Suave Debonaire, Fr3e Boys, J Swagg, That Damn Crew, The Onfc, Light-Skinned Creole at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** (hip hop) may 4 fri Prime D (El Dorado County), Yours For A Night, The Sky Command, One More Night, Crossroads at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7pm/8pm ** may 4 fri The Mutaytor at the El Rey Theater, Chico a/a $13 8:30pm/9pm # *** (moved from the Senator Theater) may 4/5 Snow Patrol, Ed Sheeran (fri) at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** (fri sold out) may 4/5 MarchForth Marching Band, Diego's Umbrella at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm ** may 5 sat Loma Prieta, Birds In A Row, Needles, Ordstro, No Sir at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $8 7:30pm *** @ may 5 sat Burmese, Negative Standards (record release), Bruxers, A.C. Way, Hesitation Wounds at Sugar Mountian, Oakland a/a 8pm ** may 5 sat Lecherous Gaze, Owl, Broxa (Seattle), R.I.P. (Portland) at the Velet Whistle, 1508 8th Street, West Oakland a/a $6 8pm ** @ may 5 sat Trouble Maker, Harrington Saints, The Satisfactions, Hounds & Hariots at John Patrick's, 1813 Park St., Alameda 21+ $6 ** @ may 5 sat The Zeros, Midnight Snaxx at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ *** may 5 sat Mad River, Chris Jones Band, Nicholas Burke, Bees Table, Tektite at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** may 5 sat Anewabyss at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ * may 5 sat The Trespassers, Windy Hill, Faux Renwah, Melody Walker at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** may 5 sat Zepparella, Pockit, California Wildebeest at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 8pm/9pm ** may 5 sat Mark Sultan, Burnt Ones, Primitive Hearts at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** may 5 sat Father John Misty, Har Mar Superstar at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/10pm ** may 5 sat Dirty Ghosts, Dante vs. Zombies at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** may 5 sat Copperwire (cd release), Bocafloja at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 9pm *** may 5 sat The Fucking Buckaroos (two sets 10pm & 11:15pm) at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/10pm ** may 5 sat Casy & Brian (record release), Hides, Dark Materials, Rare Leather at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** may 5 sat Floydian Slip at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 8pm *** may 5 sat Amelia's Unknown Room, Vision Theory, Fusion 72, Party II, Beyound Boundaries at the Red House, Walnut Creek a/a 7pm ** may 5 sat Cashed (cd release), Newtdick, Self Inflicted Wounds, Mengz at Bucky's, 101 South Blvd., San Mateo 21+ free 8pm ** may 5 sat Band Camp at Winter's Tavern, 1522 Francisco Blvd., Pacifica 21+ * may 5 sat Bassnectar, VibeSquad, Mr. Projectile at the Event Center, San Jose State a/a 7pm # *** may 5 sat The Phenomenauts, The Blood Types, The Glowing Stars, Blackbird Raum at X Sports Bar, 20990 Homestead Road, Cupertino a/a $8 8pm *** @ may 5 sat The Bang, Champions, Inc., Monkey, dj Derek See at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** may 5 sat Currensy, The Jets, Smoke DZA, Fiend 4 Da Money, Corner Boy P, Trademark, Young Roddy at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $19/$24 7:30pm/8:30pm ** may 5 sat La Plebe at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ ** @ may 5 sat The Black Keys, Arctic Monkeys at the Amphitheatre, 1 Sports Parksway, Sacramento 8pm a/a # *** may 5 sat Andre Nickatina at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $22 8:30pm/9pm ** may 6 sun Limnus, Angels Of Vice, Grim Bizness, The Caps (cd release), 51-50, Break Edge at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $7 5pm *** @ may 6 sun Bryaugh (cd release), Under 15 Seconds, Trashkannon (San Jose), Short Changed, Venkman at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $5 7pm *** @ may 6 sun Meshuggah, Baroness, Decapitated at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $29.50 7pm/8pm # ** may 6 sun Peelander-Z, Crashfaster at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $13/$18 7pm/8pm *** may 6 sun Portugal. The Man, The Lonely Forest at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 8pm *** (sold out) may 6 sun North Fork, The Cry!, Spiral Electric at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** may 6 sun Jason Reeves, Amber Rubarth, Andy Kong at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm ** may 6 sun Shelby Lynne, Prairie Prince, The Little Kids Rock Band at George's, San Rafael 21+ $65/$55/$45 5pm/7pm ** (auction) may 6 sun Lowrider Band at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $31 7pm/8pm ** may 6 sun Andre Thierry at the Avalon, Santa Clara ?/? ** may 6 sun Currensy, The Jets, Smoke DZA, Fiend 4 Da Money, Corner Boy P, Trademark, Young Roddy at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** may 7 mon The Wombats, Static Jacks, The Neighborhood at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16 7pm/8pm ** (Live 105) may 7 mon Edison, West Coast Trade School (Stockton), Rand Warchild, Javie Mosley & The Know Notes (L.A.), Matt Bloom at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** (Robert Strawder's progress) may 7 mon The Skinny Singers, John Fullbright, Breathe Owl Breathe, Honeymoon, Jackie Greene (solo acoustic) at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm ** may 7 mon Drake, Waka Flocka, French Montana, 2 Chainz at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $100-$36 7pm/8pm # ** may 7 mon Imagine Dragons, Wrings, The Cosmonauts at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** may 8 tue Nato Green (live comedy recording) at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $12/$15 7pm/7pm ** may 8 tue Oakland Active Orchestra at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** may 8 tue Chiefs, Hellbeard, Druid at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** may 8 tue Negura Bunget (Romania), Eclipse Eternal (Canada), The Way Of Purity (Norway) at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $12/$15 8pm *** @ may 8 tue Allo Darlin', The Wave Pictures at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm *** may 8 tue Dragonforce, Holy Grail, Huntress at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $20 7pm/7:30pm ** may 8 tue Origin, Cattle Decapitation, Decrepit Birth, Aborted, Rings Of Saturn, Battlecross, Aenimus at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $17/$25 6pm/6:30pm *** @ may 8 tue The Weekend at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** may 8 tue The Jezabels, Imagine Dragons, Benjamin Francis Leftwich at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8pm ** may 8 tue Post Paint (Australia), Michael Beach at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** may 8 tue Carina Round at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** may 8 tue X at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ *** may 8 tue San Francesca at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm * may 8 tue Delta Spirit, Waters at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** may 8/9/10 Death Cab For Cutie With The Magik Magk Orchestra, Youth Lagoon at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** (tue & wed sold out) may 9 wed Tinker Wang Joint Grad Recital at Littlefield Hall, Mills College, Oakland a/a free 8pm * may 9 wed Andre Nickatina, Fashawn, Mumbls at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $25/$45 8pm/9pm ** may 9 wed Warbler, Johnny Lawrie, Elegant Trash, Glass Atlas at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** may 9 wed Silversun Pickups at Amoeba Records, S.F. a/a free 6pm *** may 9 wed Chino Y Nacho at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** may 9 wed Ion High, Medicine Cabinet, Gemini Six at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** may 9 wed Bushwalla at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** may 9 wed Gauntlet Hair, Dana Buoy at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** may 9 wed Action Jackson, Megaflame, dj Please The Booty at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $9 9pm ** (funk) may 9 wed X at Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley a/a $45 7pm/8pm *** (sold out) may 9 wed Plantain at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** may 9 wed Close To Home, Ice Nine Kills, For All I Am, Paint Over Pictures, Beyound All Ends, Straight Up Grizzly at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 6:30pm/7:30pm ** may 9 wed Danny Secretion (acoustic) at Dave and Buster's, 1174 Roseville Parkwaym, Roseville a/a free 6pm ** may 10 thr Hoodie Allen at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $15 8pm/9pm ** may 10 thr Magic Wands, Middle Class Rut, Flagship, Beware Of Darkness at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $15 7pm ** (Antenna Farm Records) may 10 thr Kids On A Crime Spree, She Beards, Spencey Dude & The Doodles, The Pets at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** may 10 thr The Dead Milkmen, Terry Malts at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $23 8pm/9pm *** $ may 10 thr Delta Spirit, Waters, Tijuana Panthers at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm # ** may 10 thr Breton, Vir, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $10 9:30pm ** may 10 thr Chris Pureka at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $14/$16 9pm ** may 10 thr Pamela, Paint Fumes (N.C.), Bad Boys at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** may 10 thr Hell On Wheels at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** may 10 thr Trebuchet (record release), The New Trust, You Are Plural, Survival Guide at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** may 10 thr Sudden Urge at Winter's Tavern, 1522 Francisco Blvd., Pacifica 21+ * may 10 thr Nicki Minaj, E-40, Gym Class Heroes, B.O.B., Dev, Neon Hitch at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a 7:30pm # ** (Wild Jam) may 10 thr Snoop Dogg at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ *** may 10 thr 808, Furs Talk, To 3, Young Gaz, Bink, Reggy B, Money Moe, New Era at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7pm/8pm ** may 11 fri Three Bad Jacks, Left Alone, Moonshine, Bastard Makers at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 8pm *** @ may 11 fri Rufus Wainwright And His Band, Krystle Warren at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** may 11 fri Kristin Chenoweth at Zellerbach Hall, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # ** may 11 fri Foreverland (tribute) at the New Parish, Oakland 21+ $12/$15 8pm/9pm ** may 11 fri Slippery Slope, Spidermeow, The Paranoids at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** may 11 fri Riotgod, Tuco Ramirez, Heavy Action, Big Red Beaver at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** @ may 11 fri Roger Waters (performing "The Wall") at the Giants Ball Park, S.F. a/a $250-$30 6pm/8:15pm # *** $ may 11 fri The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Blue Angel Lounge (Germany) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # *** may 11 fri Yann Tiersen, Piano Chat at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** may 11 fri Off!, Fidlar, Spider Fever at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 8pm/9pm *** @ may 11 fri Savoy at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $14/$16 8pm/9pm ** may 11 fri JD Samson + Men (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Hi Fashion at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$14 9pm ** may 11 fri Tumbleweed Wanderers, Rin Tin Tiger, Infantree at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** may 11 fri A White Hunter, Bad Boys, Stares at Casa Sanchez, 2278 24th Street, S.F. a/a $3 7pm ** may 11 fri Dirtybird at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ ** may 11 fri Ramona Falls at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm ** may 11 fri Dean Wareham (tribute), Tortured Genies at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $20 7:30pm and 10:30pm shows ** may 11 fri Quiet Coyote, The Shrouds, Night Call, Dark Beach at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** may 11 fri Shortcircles, Chucha Santamaria y Usted, Yr Skull, dj's at the UndergroundSF, 424 Haight St. at Webster, S.F. 21+ free 9pm ** may 11 fri Monkey, Warsaw Poland Brothers, 29th St. Swingtet at RKRL, 52 Sixth Street, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** may 11 fri Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm ** may 11 fri Bryaugh, Under 15 Seconds at Chris' Club, 656 Benicia Rd., Vallejo 21+ $5 8pm ** may 11 fri Addiction To Affliction (cd release) at the Red House, Walnut Creek a/a 7pm ** may 11 fri Maxx Cabello Jr. & The Breakdown at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** may 11 fri Arsonists Get All The Girls at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ *** may 11 fri Andre Nickatina, Prof, Mumbls, Quette Daddie & Optimiztiq, Ill Effect, A-Mad-G, 53ZipBoys at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** may 11 fri The Devil's Carnival (film) at Colonial Theater, 3522 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento a/a 8pm may 11 fri K-Ottic, Side FX, 2HK, Quen, Sunny B, New ra, Cell, SLR Gang at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7pm/8pm ** may 11/12 Royal Southern Brotherhood at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 8pm/9pm ** may 11/12 Vinyl at Sweetwater, 19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley a/a $20/$22 8pm/9pm ** may 11/12/13 Goapele at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ ** may 12 sat The Insaints, All Or Nothing HC, Guantahamo Dogpile, Deliberate Abuse (Detroit), Nilhilist Cunt, film: Last Fast Ride (at 5:30pm) at 924 Gilman, Berkeley a/a $10 5:30pm/7:30pm *** @ (Cinder's Birthday) may 12 sat Calle 13, Bang Data at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** may 12 sat Off! at Amoeba Records, Berkeley a/a free 4pm *** may 12 sat The Sloths, Wounded Lion, Dukes Of Hamburg, Tuci And The PJ's at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** may 12 sat Wizard Rifle, Dimesland, Kowloon Walled City at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** may 12 sat Still Time, Matt Masih & The Messengers at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $14 8pm/9pm ** may 12 sat The Drums, Craft Spells, Part Time at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $17 8pm/9pm ** may 12 sat Curse Words, Waiting Room at Brainwash, 1122 Folsom St., S.F. a/a free 8pm ** may 12 sat Eskmo, Love & Light, dj Dials, dj U9lift at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** may 12 sat David Nudelman, Pineapple Princess, Hegemony Jones at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 5pm ** (early show) may 12 sat The Crazies Will Destroy You, Wizard Boots, The Gillbillies at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** (late show) may 12 sat Push To Talk (reunion), Ghost And The City, The Reckless Kind at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** may 12 sat Full On Flyhead, Drop Apollo, Dubious Ranger, Riot Earp at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** may 12 sat The B-Stars (7" release), Jenny Lynn at Amnesia, 853 Valencia at 20th, S.F. 21+ ** may 12 sat Days Of High Adventure, Rye Wolves (Eugene), Hallow (Eugene), Aerial Ruin at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/10pm ** may 12 sat Kit & The Branded Men (two sets 10pm & 11:15pm) at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/10pm ** (country) may 12 sat Confessions (Portland), Replica, Crimson Scarlet, The New Flesh at the Retox Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** may 12 sat Chervona, Mano Cherga, Twin, Botsman & Co. at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** may 12 sat Wonderbread 5 at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $20 8:45pm/9:45pm ** may 12 sat Inherit Disease, Fallujah, Repulsive Infestation, Feast, Deadly Remains, Iniquitous Deeds at the Red House, Walnut Creek a/a 7pm ** @ may 12 sat The Passion Killers at Winter's Tavern, 1522 Francisco Blvd., Pacifica 21+ * may 12 sat Three Bad Jacks at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** may 12 sat Fidlar at Pioneer, 105 Pioneer, Santa Cruz a/a ** @ may 12 sat Swamp Angel, The Memphis Murder Men, The Badmen, Heavy Hand at Coasters, Boardwalk Bowl, 115 Cliff Street, Santa Cruz 21+ $6 ** may 12 sat Ramona Falls at Sophia's Thai Kitchen, 129 E Street, Suite E, Davis 21+ ** may 12 sat Burn Halo, The Veer Union, Ionia, Track Fighter, Some Fear None, Force Of Habit at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15 6:30pm/7pm ** may 12 sat Kid Ink & Kirko Bangz at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** may 12 sat Air Supply at Cache Creek Casino Resort, Brooks 21+ 8pm *** may 13 sun Blackbird Raum, Matador, Gay Henry at 924 Glman Street, Berkeley a/a 5pm *** @ may 13 sun Swamp Angel, Snake Dancer Courtney Crimson, dj Bildo at the Lucky 13, 1301 Park St, Alameda 21+ free ** may 13 sun Seize The Night, Enabler, At Our Heels at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** may 13 sun White Hills, Glitter Wizard, Disappearing People at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** may 13 sun Starting Six, Foolish Ways, Cupcake, Ryan Martinex at the Red House, Walnut Creek a/a 7pm ** may 13 sun Andre Nickatina, Fashawn at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $23/$28 8pm/9pm ** may 13 sun Psychostick (Tempe, AZ), Downtown Brown, Thea Skotia, Our Endless Obsession, Chaos In Mind at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $13/$15 6pm/7pm ** @ may 14 mon Alcoholic Faith Mission, You Won't, French Cassettes at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8/$10 8pm ** may 14 mon Beach Fossils, Catwalk at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 8pm ** may 14 mon Lindsey Buckingham at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** may 14 mon Inferno Of Joy, Standard Poodle, The Krells at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 6pm ** may 15 tue Conniption Fits (Seattle), Vaganala, Deep Shit at B.R.S., Richmond a/a 8pm ** @ may 15 tue SpiriTech, Jordan And The Hashmites at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** may 15 tue The Boxer Rebellion, Canon Blue at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16/$18 7pm/8pm *** may 15 tue R5 at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 7:30pm ** may 15 tue Street Pyramids, Animal Eyes (Portland), Duckyousucker at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** may 15 tue Disastroid, Belligerator, Standard Poodle, dj Jay Jaworski at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm/9:30pm ** may 16 wed Sudden Infant, Holly Herndon, Relay For Death, Waxy Tombs at Terminal, 3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland a/a ** may 16 wed Franklin And The Technicolor Dream, The Loose Cannons, Anju's Pale Blue Eyes, Cadet, Glass Gavel at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** may 16 wed Creed (performing Human Clay) at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** may 16 wed The Dandy Warhols, 1776 (Longview, WA) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # *** may 16 wed Great Lake Swimmers, Cold Specks at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** may 16 wed Sad Bastard Book Club, Somnolence, Froadz at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** may 16 wed The Illness, Street Score at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** may 16 wed Blutengel (Germany), Miss Construction, dj Unit77 at the Elbo Room, S.F. $20/$25 9pm ** (industrial) may 16 wed Johnny Winter at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $28/$31 7pm/8pm ** may 16 wed Big Tree, Kapowski, Bells at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** may 16 wed The Supervillains, Kayavibe, Official Response, Eazy Dub at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** may 16 wed Steve Mahoney at Dave and Buster's, 1174 Roseville Parkwaym, Roseville a/a free 6pm ** may 17 thr Buzzmutt, Field Trips, Zoo at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** may 17 thr Conniption Fits, Fracas at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** @ may 17 thr Kina Grannis at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $19.50 7pm/8pm # ** may 17 thr Ane Brun, Gemma Ray at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $14/$16 8pm/8:30pm ** may 17 thr Suckers (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Young Man at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** may 17 thr Emily Wells And The Portland ?Cello Project at the Swedish Amerian Hall, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** may 17 thr BoDeans, Nicki Bluhm And The Gramblers at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8pm ** may 17 thr Naytronix, Yalls, Mwahaha at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** may 17 thr Black Elk (Portland), Pins Of Light, Hell Ship at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 7pm/8pm ** may 17 thr Go Kart Mozart, Aspect, Dom Liberati, Justin Grobbel at the Red House, Walnut Creek a/a 7pm ** may 17 thr Casual Rapists, Go Time at Winter's Tavern, 1522 Francisco Blvd., Pacifica 21+ ** may 18 fri Falcon A, Plasma Cannon, Lost Cabras, War Of Aggression at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 8pm *** @ may 18 fri Bloodkrow Buthcer (Lowell, MA), Effluxus, Hunting Party, Midnite Brain at the Swamp, 877 35th St., West Oakland a/a $5 7pm ** @ may 18 fri B. Hamilton, Minot, Shuteye Unison at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ ** may 18 fri Heroes At Gunpoint, Tasha Kame, Chelsea Coleman, Middle Clas Murder, Liphug at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** may 18 fri Embers, Black Queen, Badr Vogu, Shock Diamond at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** @ may 18 fri Eddie Jobson, John Wetton, Terry Bozzio at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** may 18 fri Plants And Animals, Cannons And Clouds at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/10pm ** may 18 fri The Holdup (cd release), Wooster, Young Science, dj Aaron Axelsen at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $14/$18 9pm ** may 18 fri Milo Greene (L.A.), Drms at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 9pm ** may 18 fri Dead Winter Carpenters, T.V. Mike & The Scarecrowes, The Skinny String Band at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $13/$16 9pm ** may 18 fri High Castle, CCR Headcleaner, White Suns at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** may 18 fri Lee Fields & The Expressions (N.Y.) at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 21+ $20/$25 9pm ** may 18 fri Sleepy Sun (record release), dj Britt Govea at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** may 18 fri The Avengers, Erase Errata at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm *** @ may 18 fri Thrive, Salty Devito, Domenic Blanco at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 8pm *** (Benefit Children at St. Jude's Cancer Research Hospital) may 18 fri BoDeans, Nicki Bluhm And The Gramblers at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $26 7:30pm/8:30pm ** may 18 fri Pride & Joy at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ ** may 18 fri Vacant Churches at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** may 18 fri English Beat at the Avalon, Santa Clara ?/? *** may 18 fri This Charming Band (tribute), Devolutionaries (tribute), For The Masses (tribute) at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz ?/? $10 ** may 18 fri Hot Buttered Rum at the El Rey Theater, Chico 18+ (a/a with adult) $13 8pm/9pm # ** may 18/19 Soulive, Lettuce at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # *** may 18/19 Tainted Love at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $23 8pm/9pm ** may 19 sat Tokyo Raid, Twin Steps, Cellar Doors at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 8pm ** @ (The Maze Art Show) may 19 sat Best Coast (L.A.), Jeff The Brotherhood at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $25 8pm # ** may 19 sat Girls With Guns, The Hobo Gobbelins, Victoria And The Vaudevillains, Venat at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** may 19 sat Exit Eden, Aqua Zombie, Adolfo Lazo Band at Roosters Roadhouse, 1700 Clement Avenue, Alameda 21+ ** may 19 sat Celebrate, Bone Sickness, Mortuous, Bruxers at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** @ may 19 sat This Charming Band (tribute), For The Masses (tribute), Spellboung (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 8pm/9pm ** may 19 sat Greg Lake at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** may 19 sat The Brothers Comatose (cd release), Sioux City Kid, Tiny Television at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $15 9pm ** may 19 sat Seeking Empire, Beta State, New Diplomat, The Bruises, dj Aaron Axelsen at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** may 19 sat Cool Ghouls, That Ghost, Poor Sons at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** may 19 sat Black Sabbath's Paranoid (tribute) at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** may 19 sat Giant Squid, Black Queen (Seattle), Wild Hunt (record release) at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/10pm ** may 19 sat Slow Motion Cowboys (two sets 10pm & 11:15pm) at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/10pm ** may 19 sat Ambience, Case In Theory, Dangermaker at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** may 19 sat Cerebrate, Bone Sickness (WA), Apocryphon at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 5pm til 9pm ** may 19 sat film: The Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 11:30pm may 19 sat Peace Frog (tribute) at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $19/$21 7:30pm/8:30pm ** may 19 thr Darkwave at Winter's Tavern, 1522 Francisco Blvd., Pacifica 21+ * may 19 thr Modest Mouse, Eyes Lips Eyes, Benjamin Francis Leftwich at Frost Ampitheater, 360 Lausuen Street, Stanford a/a $40 3pm *** may 19 thr Secret William (campbell) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free ** may 19 sat The Avengers, Pansy Division, The Groggs at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $12 9pm *** @ may 19 sat The Greg Kihn Band at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ ** may 19 sat Coventry Square, Escalon, Some Seek Forgiveness, The Moth Anatomy, Citadel, They Call It Mercy at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ may 19 sat The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus (Jacksonville, FL), Sparks The Rescue, Namesake at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $13/$15 7pm/7:30pm *** may 19 sat Natalie Cole at Cache Creek Casino Resort, Brooks 21+ ** may 20 sun Bucky Sinister (reading) at Issues, 20 Glen Avenue, Oakland a/a 5pm til 8pm ** may 20 sun Eric Hutchinson, Graffiti6 at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 7:30pm/8pm ** may 20 sun Flight To Mars (tribute) at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm ** may 20 sun Dimesland, Lord Dying (Portland), War Child at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 6pm/6:30pm ** may 20 sun Pansy Division at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm/8:30pm ** may 20 sun The Blind Shake (Minneapolis), Pop Atak (Sn Diego) at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 3pm/4pm ** (early show) may 20 sun Short Fuse, Meatslab, Apothesary, Stages of Decomposition, Cursed, Feral Depravity, Larry David at St. James Gate, 410 Old County Rd., Belmont a/a $5 2pm *** @ may 21 mon Sparta at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm ** may 21 mon Kottonmouth Kings, Twiztid, Blaze, Big B at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $25 8pm *** may 21 mon Dum Dum Girls, Young Prisms at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** may 21 mon Fear Factory, Shadows Fall, The Browning, The Devastated, Legacy Of Disorder at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ may 21/22 Dita Von Teese at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 6pm/7m # ** (burlesque variety show) may 22 tue Dum Dum Girls, Tamaryn at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $17 7pm/8pm ** may 22 tue Margot & The Nuclear So And So's, Dinosaur Feathers, Whispertown at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16 7pm/8pm ** may 22 tue Fear Factory, Shadows Fall, The Browning, The Devastated, Legacy Of Disorder at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 6:30pm # *** @ may 22 tue Hey Marseilles, Ezra Furman at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $10/$12 8pm/9pm ** may 22 tue Clap Your Hands And Say Yeah, The Darcys at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** may 22 tue Domestic Electric, Sick Kids, Le Panique at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** may 22 tue Highway Patrol, The Major Deegan, Anaura at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** may 22 tue Vanity Theft, Enemies at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ $10 7pm ** may 22 tue The Real McKenzies at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** may 23 wed Bam! Bam!, Cleveland Browns, Wild Assumptions at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ ** may 23 wed Le Panique, Sick Kids xoxo, Sister Chief at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** may 23 wed Spiritualized at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 7pm/8pm # ** may 23 wed The Real McKenzies, Civet at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $17 8pm/9pm ** may 23 wed Mark Lanegan Band, Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss, Tortured Genies at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $25 8pm/9pm ** may 23 wed Blasted Canyons, Sunbeam Rd., Fine Steps at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** may 23 wed Goodnight Texas, The Blind Willies at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** may 23 wed Ash Reiter, Idea The Artist (cd release), Jeremy Rourke at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** may 23 wed Rebeccas Gates, The Consortium, Swansea (Portland) at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ ** may 23 wed Songs For Snakes, The Nielsen Raiding (Santa Cruz), Grime City at RKRL, 52 6th Street, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** @ may 23 wed Dustonious Maximus at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** may 23 wed The Kimberly Trip at Dave and Buster's, 1174 Roseville Parkwaym, Roseville a/a free 6pm ** may 24 thr Tenacious D at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** (sold out) may 24 thr American Steel, The Criminals, Dead To Me, Vanna Inget (Sweden) at the New Parish, Oakland a/a $13/$16 7pm/8pm *** @ (1-2-3-4 Go! Records Night #1 of The Go Go) may 24 thr Female Trouble at Vitus, 201 Broadway @ 2nd., Oakland a/a * may 24 thr The Briefs, The Bodies, Re-Volts, Ruleta Resa at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm *** @ may 24 thr Joe Buck Yourself, Viva Le Vox at the Lucky 13, 1301 Park St, Alameda 21+ free ** may 24 thr 7 Horns 7 Eyes, Stealing Axion at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** may 24 thr Star Slinger, The Hood Internet, Chrissy Murderbot, dj Dials at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16/$18 8pm/9pm ** may 24 thr Con Brio, Marcus Cohen & The Congress at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $15/$18 8pm/9pm ** may 24 thr Merle Haggard at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** may 24 thr Bad Veins at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** may 24 thr Toxic Holocaust (Portland), Midnight (Cleveland), Zombie Holocaust, Crypt Keeper at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10/$12 9pm/9:30pm *** @ may 24 thr I Break Horses at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $13 9pm ** may 24 thr Freedy Johnston at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** may 24 thr We Are Serenades at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** may 24 thr Gypsy Moonlight, City Deluxe at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** may 24 thr Tab Benoit at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $21/$23 7pm/8pm ** may 24 thr Tinnitus, ZombieDeathFuck, Crucifixion at Winter's Tavern, 1522 Francisco Blvd., Pacifica 21+ ** @ may 24 thr The Real McKenzies, Civit, Whiskey, Stitches at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** may 24 thr Rebeccas Gates, The Consortium, Swansea (Portland) at Cafe Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave., Chico a/a ** may 24 thr cancelled: Imelda May at the Fillmore, S.F. may 25 fri The Atom Age (cd release), The Deadbeats, The Skak Agents, Kill The Bats at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 8pm *** @ may 25 fri The Avengers, Toys That Kill, FLESHIES at the New Parish, Oakland a/a $12 7pm/8pm *** @ (1-2-3-4 Go! Records Night #2 of The Go Go) may 25 fri Self-Inflicted, Chetwrecker, Vaudie-Va Boom, Black Market Prophets, Mrsa, Stale Grave, Cemetary, Mykee Ramen at B.R.S., Richmond a/a $3-$10 sliding scale 8pm *** @ (3pm potluck/bbq) (Skeletor Benefit / Mykee Ramen's Birthday) may 25 fri Double Negative (Raleigh, N.C.), Neo Cons, Replica, Heist at the Swamp, Oakland a/a $7 7pm ** @ may 25 fri Big Bad Voodoo Daddy at the Craneway Pavilion, 1414 Harbour Way, Richmond a/a $35 8pm ** may 25 fri The Hookers (KY), Bad Coyotes, Hammerlock, The White Barons, El Camaro (Netherlands) at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm *** may 25 fri The Beltones, Hounds & Harlots, Those Unknown at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** may 25 fri Thrill Of It All, Elle Nino, Asteroidia, Zoid at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** may 25 fri Mister Loveless, The She's, Der Sazm at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/10pm ** may 25 fri Cass McCombs Band, Michael Hurley at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16 8pm/9pm ** may 25 fri Team StarKid, Charience Kay And The Brilliant Eyes at Nob Hill Masonic Center, 1111 California Street, S.F. a/a # *** may 25 fri House Of Floyd at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** may 25 fri Seapony, Boat, Black Elephant, Desario at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** (SF Popfest) may 25 fri Mean Jeans, Dancer, Glitz, The Shrouds at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** may 25 fri Alma Desnuda, Yonat And Her Muse at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9:30pm ** may 25 fri B-Side Players at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $16 7:30pm/8:30pm ** may 25 fri Alison Kraus, Union Station at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** may 25 fri Necrosin (cd release) at the Red House, Walnut Creek a/a $10/$12 7pm ** @ may 25 fri Bad Veins (Cincinnati, OH), The Huxtables, The Cleveland Browns at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $10 8pm/9pm ** @ may 25 fri Agent Orange, Stellar Corpses at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$13 8:30pm/9pm *** @ may 25 fri Rebeccas Gates, The Consortium, Swansea (Portland) at Sophia's Thai Kitchen, 129 E Street, Suite E, Davis 21+ ** may 25 fri Destruction, Warbringer, Vital Remains, Pathology, Solanum at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ may 25/26 Tiesto, Duck Sauce, Laidback Luke, Steve Aoki, Excision, Chuckie, dj The Crystal Method, R3Hab, Kill The Noise, Brodinski, Picture Plane, Felix Cartal, Dirtyphonics Live, Holy Fuck, Cut Chemist, Oliver, Holy Ghost!, Helicopter Showdown, Nit Grit, Shit Robot, Fareoh, SoFi at Electronic Music Festival, Giant's Ballpark Parking Lot, S.F. 18+ $150/2 day pass *** (I Love This City Fest - Electronic artists) may 26 sat Lainfinta (L.A.), Isolated Victims (L.A.), Angry Starfish, Skandalism, Dezu at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 8pm *** @ may 26 sat Antisect (U.K.), Kicker, Opposition Rising (Boston), Short Changed at the Metro (small room), Oakland a/a $10 7pm # *** @ may 26 sat Destruction, Warbringer, Vital Remains, Pathology at the Metro, Oakland a/a $25/$27 7pm/7:30pm # *** @ may 26 sat Dynamic Truth at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 9pm * may 26 sat Keeping Score at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ * may 26 sat Tab Benoit, Jimmy Leslie & The Flow at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $22 8pm/9pm ** may 26 sat Finish Ticket, Please Do Not Fight, Picture Atlantic, Coast Jumper, dj Danny at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9:30pm *** may 26 sat Tokeson at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 7pm/9pm ** may 26 sat Across Tundras, Electric Shepherd & Outlaw, Hollow Mirrors, Owl at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ ** may 26 sat Face The Giant at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** may 26 sat Knights Of The New Crusade, Lost Acapulco at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 5pm ** (early show) may 26 sat Lake, David Jaberi, Half-Handed Cloud at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** (late show) may 26 sat Blisses B, Dad's LPs, Cassandra Farrar + Left Brains, Tawnee Kendell (cd release) at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** may 26 sat Black Tooth, Whiskey Back at Winter's Tavern, 1522 Francisco Blvd., Pacifica 21+ ** may 26 sat Cris Cab at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ ** may 26 sat Morrissey, Kristeen Young at the Bob Hope Theatre, 242 East Main Street, Stockton a/a # *** may 27 sun De Funked (L.A.), The B-Sharps (L.A.), Absinthe Rose (MA) at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 5pm *** @ may 27 sun Ceremony, Big Kids, Gun Outfit, ++++ at the New Parish, Oakland a/a $12 7pm/8pm *** @ (1-2-3-4 Go! Records Night #3 of The Go Go) may 27 sun Across Tundras at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ * may 27 sun Hugh Laurie at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $36 7pm/8pm ** may 27 sun The Cult, Against Me at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm *** @ may 27 sun Danzig With Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein (music of the Misfits) at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $35/$38 7pm/8pm # *** @ may 27 sun Antisect (U.K.), Proudflesh, Vaccuum, Bloodkrow Butcher (MA) at the Rocket Room (upstairs), S.F. 21+ $10 7pm/8pm *** @ may 27 sun Effluxus, Midnite Brain at the Rocket Room (downstairs), S.F. 21+ $10 midnight ** may 27 sun Sila at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 21+ $9/$12 7pm/8pm ** may 27 sun TV Girl, Allen Clapp And His Orchestra, The Bilinda Butchers, Outerhope (Philippines) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** (SF Popfest) may 27 sun King Louie's Missing Monuments, Thee Chemicals, Top Ten, The Suicide Notes at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** may 27 sun Jon Mclaughlin at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 8pm ** may 27 sun Unnatural Helpers (Seattle), King Lollipop, Zig Zags (L.A.), Bad Backs at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 3pm/4pm ** (early show) may 27 sun Charlie Wilson, Chaka Khan, Cameo, Ohio Players, Lakeside at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $119-$49 11am/noon # ** (KBLX) may 27 sun Mishka, Anuhea at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** may 28 mon Nasum at the Metro, Oakland a/a $13 7pm # ** @ may 28 mon The Roots at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** may 28 mon Hornsss, Lo-Pan at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 2pm/5pm ** (2pm BBQ) may 29 tue Jamey Johnson at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** may 29 tue Superhumanoids, Active Child, Lord Huron at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** may 29 tue Dry The River at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** may 29 tue Rocketship Rocketship, Bass Line Bums (Austin), Bum City Saints, dj Big Nate at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm/9:30pm ** may 29 tue Jus' Friends, J.J.C.N.V. (Tempe), Ugly Winner at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** may 29 tue Robert Earl Keen at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $26/$29 7pm/8pm ** may 29 tue Hugh Laurie at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm ** may 30 wed ZZ Topless, Radio Nowhere at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** may 30 wed Kurt Vile And The Violaters at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # *** may 30 wed Gun Town, Hemorage, Poor Luckies, Rude Tuna at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $4 8pm ** @ may 30 wed Tycho at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** may 30 wed Tim Barry, Kevin Seconds, Julie Karr, Travis Hayes at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ ** may 30 wed Sir Lord Von Raven, The Hussy, Warm Soda at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** may 30 wed James McCartney at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $17 8pm ** may 30 wed Autumn Sky at Dave and Buster's, 1174 Roseville Parkwaym, Roseville a/a free 6pm ** may 30 wed The Infamous Swanks, Ghost Town Hangmen, Flip The Switch at Powerhouse Pub, 614 Sutter Street Suite D, Folsom 21+ $5 8pm ** may 31 thr MidnightRaid, Herb In Movement, The Decoyz, Counter Culture at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** may 31 thr The Lean, Neutral Boy, Kids On Fire, Awesome at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** @ may 31 thr Xiu Xiu, Yamantaka//Sonic Titan (Canada), Father Murphy at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** may 31 thr Daughtry, SafetySuit, Mike Sanchez at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # *** may 31 thr The Stripminers at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $7/$10 8pm/9pm ** may 31 thr Ben Howard at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** may 31 thr Wet Illustrated, The Mallard, Swiftumz, Chris Thayer (comedy) at the Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa at Potrero, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm ** may 31 thr Waiting Room, Collin Ludlow-Mattson And The Folks, Sugar Candy Mountain at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** may 31 thr Paige And The Thousand at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** may 31 thr Cruella, Unusual Saints at Winter's Tavern, 1522 Francisco Blvd., Pacifica 21+ ** may 31 thr Suicidal Tendencies at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ *** @ may 31 thr (hed)pe, Mushroomhead, American Head Charge, Corvus, Tenafly Viper, Americaz Mozt Haunted at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** (was listed as june 1st) jun 1 fri Doggy Style, Symbol Six (L.A.), The Nerv, Meat Hook & The Vital Organs, The Crunchees at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm *** @ jun 1 fri The Beach Boys at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a 8pm # *** $ jun 1 fri Caifanes at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # 8pm ** jun 1 fri Dry Creek Rounders, Mark Bernal And The Walk Of Shame, Sun Valley Gun Club, Lessons at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** jun 1 fri Mogwai, Chad VanGaalan at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** jun 1 fri Billy Martin & Wil Blades Duo at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $18 8pm/9pm ** jun 1 fri Leighton Meester And Check In The Dark at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** jun 1 fri Minibosses, Crashfaster at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** jun 1 fri Greg Laswell, Elizabeth Ziman at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 1 fri Jer Ber Jones (record release), Mini Pearl Necklace, Vain Hein at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** jun 1 fri Jerry Jeff Walker at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm *** jun 1 fri Sugarland, Lauren Alaina, Canaan Smith at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $64-$30 6pm/7:30pm # ** jun 1 fri Suicidal Tendencies, Strife, Stepchild at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ jun 1/2/3 The Head And The Heart, The Moondoggies, Husky (fri/sat), The Family Crest (sun) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm (7pm/8pm sun) # ** (sat sold out) jun 2 sat 1-2-3-4 Go! record showcase at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a jun 2 sat ArnoCorps, Emilys Army, Love Songs, Bryan McPherson, Freedom Club, High Anxiety, Secretions, Bobby Joe Ebola And The Children MacNuggits, Tartar Control at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12/$15 4pm *** @ (The Monsters of Geek) jun 2 sat Suicidal Tendencies, Strife, Stop Breathing at the Metro, Oakland a/a $25 8pm # *** @ jun 2 sat Vinyl, Ernest Ranglin (80th Birthday Celebration) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $20 8pm/9pm ** jun 2 sat Grieves And Budo, Sol at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** jun 2 sat Paul Simon With the S.F. Symphony, Cyndi Lauper, Janelle Monae at the Black & White Ball, S.F. 21+ $225-$350 *** jun 2 sat Mustache Harbor at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm/9pm ** jun 2 sat Horse Feathers at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 9pm ** jun 2 sat Simian Mobile Disco (dj set) at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $25 9pm ** jun 2 sat Barn Owl, Suishou No Fune (Japan), Tone Volt at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** jun 2 sat The Hundred Days at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 2 sat The Tubes at George's, San Rafael 21+ 9:30pm *** jun 2 sat Melvin Seals & J.G.B. at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $26 7pm/8pm ** jun 2 sat Adam Corolla at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ ** (comedy) jun 2 sat Damage Inc. (tribute), Powerage (tribute) at Club Fox, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City 21+ $12/$14 7pm/8pm ** jun 2 sat Janes Addiction, Silversun Pickups, Garbage, Cake, The Naked And Famous, Fun., Pennywise, Angels And Airwaves, Neon Trees, Grouplove, Of Monsters And Men, Falling In Reverse, Geographer, Walk The Moon, Imagine Dragons, I The Mighty, Knife Party, Dragonette, Wallpaper, K. Flay, Art Vs Science, Poolside, The Limousines (dj set), Amplive & Eligh, Bassex, St. John, Party Ben, Miles The dj, Droc Vs. dj Audio1, Mykill, Stone Foxes, The Holdup, Ab & The Sea, New Diplomat, Dirty Ghosts, Seeking Empire, Trophy Fire, Midi Matilda, Young Science at Live 105 BFD, Shoreline, Mountain view a/a $48-$74 10am/11am # *** ($10.53 discount tickets 4/28 at shoreline) jun 2 sat Destruction at the Avalon, Santa Clara ?/? *** jun 2 sat Marti Brom, The Atomic Aces, Country Trash at Moes Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz 21+ $10 ** jun 2 sat Yo Gotti at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a * jun 3 sun Fake Boys at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a ** jun 3 sun Van Halen, Kool & The Gang at the Arena, Oakland a/a $150-$50 # *** $ jun 3 sun The Rocket Summer, The Scene Aesthetic, States at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** jun 3 sun Spot 1019, The Blank Stares, The Verms at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 1pm ** jun 3 sun Noveller (N.Y.C.), Plates Of Cake (Brooklyn) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 3 sun Suicidal Tendencies at the Avalon, Santa Clara ?/? $20 8pm *** @ jun 4 mon Theresa Andersson at the Swedish American Hall, S.F. a/a $14 8pm ** jun 4 mon The Duke Spirit at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** jun 5 tue Sleep, Oxbow, Kowloon Walled City at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $25 8pm # *** @ jun 5 tue Destroyer at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # *** jun 5 tue Juan Perro at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $26 7:30pm/8pm ** jun 5 tue A Silent Film at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 18+ $12 8pm ** jun 5 tue Each Other, Hags (Seattle) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 5 tue Van Halen, Kool & The Gang at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a 7:30pm # *** $ jun 6 wed Hammerlock, Against The Grain (Detroit), Songs For Snakes, Hooray For Everything at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 8pm ** @ jun 6 wed The Maine, Lydia, The Arkells (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 6pm/7pm # *** jun 6 wed The Early November, The Wonder Years, The Swellers, Young Statues at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** jun 6 wed The Deer Tracks, Nouela at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 6 wed Donavon Frankenreiter at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 18+ $22 7pm/8pm ** jun 6 wed Bad Connection at Dave and Buster's, 1174 Roseville Parkwaym, Roseville a/a free 6pm ** jun 6 wed Lmfao, Far East Movement, The Quest Crew, Sidney Samson, Eva Simons, Natalia Kills at the Amphitheatre, 1 Sports Parksway, Sacramento 7pm a/a # ** jun 7 thr The Polecats, This Charming Band at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12/$15 9pm ** jun 7 thr The Rocketz, The Thirsty Three at the Lucky 13, 1301 Park St, Alameda 21+ free ** jun 7 thr Mickey Avalon at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** jun 7 thr JD McPherson at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jun 7 thr Advance Base, Nicholas Krgovich, David And Joanna at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** jun 7 thr Party Owl, Burrows at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 7 thr Bob Schneider, Laura Warshauer at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 18+ $18/$20 7pm/8pm ** jun 8 fri Kiss It Goodbye, Pins Of Light, Cynarae (WA), Cooma at 924 Gilman Street, Berkleey a/a 8pm *** @ jun 8 fri Lmfao, Far East Movement, The Quest Crew, Sidney Samson, Eva Simons, Natalia Kills at the Arena, Oakland a/a $60-$30 6pm/7pm # ** jun 8 fri Huntinanny, The Hell Tikis, Wild Hawk, Them Slacked Jaw Sons Of Bitches at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** jun 8 fri Face To Face at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** @ jun 8 fri Tender, DickWolf, Inferno Of Joy at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** jun 8 fri Polecats at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jun 8 fri Dredg, Life iN 24 Frames at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** @ jun 8 fri Color Me Badd, All 4 One at Cache Creek Casino Resort, Brooks 21+ 9pm ** jun 8/9 The New Orleans Suspects at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $10/$20 8pm/9pm ** jun 9 sat Ghoul, Forward (Japan), Toxic HC (VA), Opposition Rising (MA) at 924 Gilman, Berkeley a/a 8pm *** @ jun 9 sat Massgrave (Vancouver, BC, Canada), Merdoso, Proto Regime at Merchants Saloon, 401 2nd Street, Oakland 21+ $6 8pm ** jun 9 sat Toy Called God, Blackwoods, Gahasa, Skry, Dedvolt at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** @ jun 9 sat Maps & Atlases, The Big Sleep, Hands at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm/10pm ** jun 9 sat Julia Nunes at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** jun 9 sat Corrosion Of Conformity, Torche, Black Cobra, Gaza at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $21 7pm/8pm *** @ (Thrasher Magazine) jun 9 sat The Dirty Hand Family Band, The Famous, The Shants, The Rogers at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jun 9 sat Donavon Frankenreiter at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $21 9pm ** jun 9 sat Excuses For Skipping, The Rabbles, Dazzing Stragers at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** jun 9 sat E-40, V-Nasty at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $25 8pm *** $ jun 9 sat Brian Regan at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm *** jun 9 sat T.S.O.L. at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm *** jun 9 sat Scorpions, Tesla at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $76-$20 6pm/7pm # *** jun 10 sun Street Eaters, Delay (OH), Unmarked Pilots, Spranyard), Big Kids at 924 Gilman Street, Berkleey a/a 5pm *** jun 10 sun indie-mart at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free noon til 7pm jun 10 sun Patrick Watson at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16 7pm/8pm ** jun 10 sun Ray Wylie Hubbard at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $17/$20 8:30pm ** jun 10 sun PRIMUS at the Civic Auditorium, Redding a/a $32.50 7pm/8pm # *** @ jun 11 mon The Sidekicks, Spraynard, Delay at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 12 tue Oceanography, Old & Gray, Scatter Gather (Denver), My Life As A Dog at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** jun 12 tue Thrice, Animals As Leaders, O'Brother at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # ** jun 12 tue Rhapsody Of Fire at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** jun 12 tue Here We Go Magic at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 8pm *** jun 12 tue Leopold & His Fiction, Rusty Maples at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jun 12 tue Unknown Hinson at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jun 12-jul 8 American Idiot (play) at Orpheum Theater, 1192 Market St., S.F. a/a $100/$157/$184 2pm (sun/wed/sat) 8pm (tue-sat) # *** jun 13 wed Municipal Waste, 3 Inches Of Blood, Black Tusk, Lecherous Gaze at the Metro, Oakland a/a $13/$15 *** @ jun 13 wed Collective Soul (performing 'Dosage') at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $26.50 7pm/8pm # *** jun 13 wed Jail Weddings, The Fine Steps, The Better Maker at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jun 13 wed Thrice at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $17/$21 7pm/8pm ** jun 13 wed Steve Mahoney at Dave and Buster's, 1174 Roseville Parkwaym, Roseville a/a free 6pm ** jun 14 thr The Jesus And Mary Chain at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $42.50 8pm/9pm # *** jun 14 thr Erin Brazill And The Brazillionaires, Yawpers, Tidelands at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jun 14 thr Japandroids, Cadence Weapon at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jun 14 thr The Real Nasty, Grand Nationals (cd release), Guella at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 14 thr Chicago, The Doobie Brothers at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $69-$34 6pm/7pm # *** $ jun 15 fri Saint Vernon, February 5th, Full On Flyhead at the Metro, Oakland a/a $10 8pm ** @ (Kge's Anniversary) jun 15 fri Zeke, Electric Sister, Hammerlock at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm ** @ jun 15 fri Monophonics, Fanny Franklin at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jun 15 fri Walk Off The Earth at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** jun 15 fri The Magician at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** jun 15 fri Trainwreck Riders, Rubedo (Denver - cd release), Excited States at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** jun 15 fri Rosenkope (N.Y.C.), Alaric, Crimson Scarlet, The New Flesh at the Retox Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** @ jun 15 fri Nights On First (cd relase) at the Red House, Walnut Creek a/a 7pm ** jun 15 fri Roberto Carlos at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a 8pm # ** jun 15 fri Average White Band at Cache Creek Casino Resort, Brooks 21+ 9pm *** jun 15/16/17 Libertatia camping fest at someplace, somecity a/a jun 16 sat Impalers, Keyer Soze at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 8pm ** @ jun 16 sat Battalion Of Saints, D.I., Fang (record release), Social Unrest, Sat Boy Sinister, Highway Murderers, Dirty Filthy Mugs, Guantanamo Dogile, Crooked As Fuck at the Metro, Oakland a/a $12 7pm # *** @ jun 16 sat Black Angel, Stealing 3rd, Gillbillies at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** jun 16 sat Mayer Hawthorne & The County, Harlan at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm ** jun 16 sat The Drowning Men, River City Extension at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 16 sat Motion City Soundtrack, The Henry Clay People, The Front Bottoms at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** jun 16 sat The Cribs at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** jun 16 sat The Magician at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ ** jun 16 sat Glitter Wizard at Bender's, S.F. 21+ * jun 16 sat Hooray For Everything, Awesome at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** @ jun 16 sat Angry Samoans, Puke N rally, Snag, Decent Criminal, Urban Wolves at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $14 7:30pm/8pm *** @ jun 16 sat Damage Over Time, Drop S7ven, Serpent & Seraph, egoStall, Neckrocyst, From Cities To Salt at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ jun 16 sat Metal Health at Corner Pocket, 7777 Sunrise Boulevard, Citrus Heights 21+ $5 8pm ** jun 16 sat Kenny Loggins at Cache Creek Casino Resort, Brooks 21+ 8pm *** jun 17 sun Scissor Sisters at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** jun 17 sun The Meat Sluts, Spot 1019 at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 2pm/3pm ** jun 17 sun Skabbs, Songs For Snakes, Pirate Radio at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 6pm *** jun 17 sun Mayer Hawthorne & The Contry, Harlam at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ ** jun 17 sun River City Extension at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jun 17 sun My Darkest Days, All In A Day, Fair Struggle, Overwatch at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** jun 18 mon Nickelback, Bush, Seether, My Darkest Days at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $90-$45 5pm/6pm # *** jun 19 tue Solwave, Dangermaker, Hello Monster at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** jun 19 tue Neal Morgan, Sad Horse at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jun 19 tue Needles, Frostration (WA), Knotrasect (MN), Caged Animal at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 8pm ** @ jun 19 tue Indigo Girls, The Shadowboxers at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** jun 19 tue Mayer Hawthorne, The Country at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** jun 20 wed The Meteors (U.K.), Stellar Corpses at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12/$15 9pm *** (was listed as May 11th) jun 20 wed The Parlotones, Ryan Star at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8pm ** jun 20 wed Hot Victory, Lozen at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jun 21 thr Gravehill, D.I.S., Mortuous (Ex-mem/Exhumed), Hellhunter, Killgasm, Pandiscordian Necrogenisis, Larvae at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $13 7:30pm ** @ jun 21 thr Halsted, Lower 48, All My Pretty Ones at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jun 21 thr HowellDevine, Aaron Leese & The Panhandlers at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm ** jun 21 thr Indigo Girls at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ *** jun 21 thr From Indian Lakes, The Rocketboys at the Red House, Walnut Creek a/a 7pm ** jun 21 thr The Chop Tops at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ ** jun 22 fri Stalag 13, Magrudergrind, Coke Dust, Media Blitz, Side Effects at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 8pm *** @ (Gnarmageddom Fest) jun 22 fri Convalescents, The Skyscratchers at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** jun 22 fri Jonathan Coulton at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jun 22 fri Deat To All, Adelitas Way, New Medicine at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7pm # *** @ (celebration of Chuck Schuldiner) jun 22 fri Joe Krown/Walter Wolfman/Russell Batiste Trio, Joe Krown, Walter Wolfman, Russell Batiste at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $15/$20 8pm/9pm ** jun 22 fri Cool Ghouls, Cigarette Bums, Courtney And The Crushers, Glitz at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jun 22 fri Arden Park Roots, The Holdup, Simple Creation, Element Of Soul, Street Urchinz at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** jun 22 fri War at Cache Creek Casino Resort, Brooks 21+ 8pm *** jun 22 fri Pretty Things Peepshow at the El Rey Theater, Chico 18+ $12 8pm/9pm # ** jun 23 sat D.Y.S. (Boston), Circle One, Ill Content, Gutwrench, Zero Progress, Side Effects, Deception, pole dancing at B.R.S., Richmond a/a 7pm *** @ jun 23 sat The Avett Brothers, Jackie Greene at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # *** (KFOG) jun 23 sat New Edition, Tony! Toni! Tone! at the Arena, Oakland a/a $37-$124 9pm # ** jun 23 sat Six Feet Under, Dying Fetus, Revocation!, Contrast The Water, Dissipate, Enemy In Peril, Gary Busey, Amber Alert, Apothesary, Necrosin, Genghis Khan at the Metro, Oakland a/a $25 7pm # *** @ jun 23 sat The Muffs, The Pleasure Kills at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12/$15 9pm *** @ jun 23 sat Meat Market, The Cigarette Bums, The Rantouls at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** jun 23 sat Bastard Noise, Nuclear Death Wish, Rubber Cement, Xome, Liver Cancer, Riververb, Pulsating Cyst, Torn By Teeth, Kawaiietly Please, Moe Staiano, Lektricman, Shortwave Surfers, Striations, Toe Ring, Medicine Cabinet, Darph/nadeR, Das Blut at the Lab, 2948 Sixteenth Street at Capp, S.F. a/a 4pm *** jun 23 sat Taking Back Sunday, All Time Low, The Used, New Found Glory, Streetlight, Manifesto, Yellowcard, Pierce The Veil, Four Year Strong, Of Mice And Men, We The Kings, Breathe Carolina, Miss May I, Falling In Reverse, Anti-Flag, Every Time I Die, Mayday Parade, Blessthefall, Chelsea Grin, For Today, Memphis May Fire, Motionless In White, Rise To Remain, Sleeping With Sirens, The Ghost Inside, Vampires Everywhere!, Title Fight, You Me At Six, Bayside, Senses Fail, Vanna, Polar Bear Club, We Are The In Crowd, Man Overboard, A Loss For Words, Funeral Party, I Fight Dragons, I Am The Avalanche, Hyro Da Hero, Wax, Echo Movement, G-Eazy, Stepdad, The Constellations, Ballyhoo!, Champagne Champagne, Mod Sun, The Green, Neo Geo, Iwrestledabearonce, Born Of Osiris, Chunk! No Captain Chunk!, Fireworks, Transit, Cold Forty Three, Sleepwalker, Make Do And Mend, Matt Toka, Tonight Alive, Skip The Foreplay, Divided By Friday, The Jukebox Romantics, We Are The Ocean, Ten Second Epic, The Silver Comet, After The Burial, Dead Sara, It Boys!, Living With Lions, Impending Doom, Slatr, Railroad To Alaska, A Loss For Words, Into It. Over It., Koji, Brian Marquis, Vinnie Caruana, Anthony Raneri, Kristopher Roe, Tess Dunn, Wick-It The Instigator,Tony D'Angelo at Warped Tour, McCovey Cove, Giants Park, S.F. a/a $36 11am # *** @ jun 23 sat Curumin at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** jun 23 sat Locos Por Juana, Bang Data at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $9/$12 8pm/9pm ** jun 23 sat Whirr, Moonbeams, Half String, Lorelei at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** jun 23 sat Kicker, P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S. (Portland), Modern Pets (Berlin), Rock Bottom at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm *** @ jun 23 sat Foreverland (tribute) at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $22 8p/9pm ** jun 23 sat Mark Gardener, Sky Parade, Silent Pictures, dj Dennis The Menace at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 9:30pm ** jun 23 sat PRIMUS, Fishbone at Civic Auditorium, 307 Church St., Santa Cruz a/a $39.50/$42 8pm # *** @ jun 23/24 High Times Medical Cannabis Cup at Craneway Pavillion, Richmond 18+ $53/$104 vip (2 day pass) jun 24 sat Marina & The Diamonds at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** jun 24 sat The Men at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 24 sat Future Twin (7" release), Modrag (Austin) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 24 sat PRIMUS at Modesto Centre Plaza, 1000 K Street, Modesto a/a *** @ jun 26 tue Quintron & Miss Pussycat at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jun 26 tue The B-52's, Squeeze at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** jun 27 wed The Mountain Goats (solo), Dustin Wong at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $25 8pm ** jun 28 thr Harper Blynn (albume release) at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** jun 28 thr Avicii at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. 16+ $49.50 8pm # ** jun 28 thr High And Tight, Flexx Bronco, Lonely Kings, Parachute On Fire at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** jun 28 thr Fake Your Own Death at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 28 thr Everclear, Sugar Ray, Gin Blossoms, Lit, Marcy Playground at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** jun 28 thr Who's Bad (tribute) at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a * jun 29 fri Bye Bye Blackbirds, Build Us Airplanes, City Deluxe at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 8pm ** @ jun 29 fri Foster The People, Mayer Hawthorne & The County Kimbra at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a 7:30pm # *** $ jun 29 fri Whisky Pills Fiasco, The Silver Threads, Mike Johnston at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** jun 29 fri Marillion, Sun Domingo at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $50 8pm/9pm # ** jun 29 fri Justin Townes Earle, Tristen at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $21 8pm/9pm ** jun 29 fri Victory & Associates, Sons Of Huns, Porch at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** jun 30 sat Cafe Contequila, Mente Corrupta, Flip The Switch at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 8pm ** @ jun 30 sat Keane, Mystery Jets at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** (KFOG) jun 30 sat The Mickey Hart Band at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # *** jun 30 sat Kafana Balkan, Fishtank Ensemble at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jun 30 sat Death Grips at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** jun 30 sat He's My Brother She's My Sister at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** jun 30 sat Glitter Wizard, The Shrine (L.A.) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** jun 30 sat Casket Of Cassandra (cd release) at the Red House, Walnut Creek a/a 7pm ** @ jul 1 sun Slipknot, Slayer, Motorhead, Anthrax, As I Lay Dying, Asking Alexandria, The Devil Wears Prada, Whitechapel, High On Fire at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $32-$69 1:30pm # *** @ (Rockstar Energy) jul 2 mon Bass Drum Of Death, DZ Deathrays at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** @ jul 5-8 Ben Harper, STS9, Railroad Earth, Galactic, Built To Spill, Toots And The Maytals, Ryan Bingham, A.L.O., Lotus, Delta Spirit, Soulive, Heartless Bastards, The Devil Makes Three, Deer Tick, Greensky Bluegrass, The Slip, Lettuce, Surprise Me Mr. Davis, Grupo Fantasma, MarchFourth Marching Band, The Motet: Funk Is Dead!, Skerik's Bandalabra, Red Baraat, Stooges Brass Band, The New Orleans Suspects, Nathan Moore, The Lumineers, Marco Benevento, Elephant Revival, Papadosio, Brokedown In Bakersfield, Gardens & Villa, Mike Dillon Band, Steve Poltz at High Sierra Music Festival, Quincy a/a $185+ *** jul 6 fri Hell On Wheels at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 8pm ** jul 6 fri Blind Pilot at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # *** jul 6 fri Red Baraat at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** jul 6 fri Lyle Lovett at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ ** jul 7 sat The Dwarves, FLESHIES at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ *** @ jul 8 sun Lyell Lovett at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** jul 11 wed Marina & The Diamonds, MS Mr at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** jul 12 thr Codeine at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $18 8pm/9pm ** jul 12 thr Howard Jones at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $30 8pm ** jul 12 thr Rev. Horton Heat at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ *** jul 13 fri Dh Peligro, Moderate Excess at 924 Gilman St., Berkeley a/a 8pm ** @ jul 13 fri Harry & The Hit Men at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** jul 13 fri James Hunter, Jesse Dee at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $25 8pm/9pm ** jul 13 fri Strangelove (tribute), The Reptile House (tribute) at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** jul 13 fri Chicago, The Doobie Brothers at Harveys, Lake Tahoe NV ?/? 7pm # *** jul 13/14 The Reverend Horton Heat, Supersuckers, Goddam Gallows at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $20/$25 9pm *** jul 14 sat Laceration, Death Stryke, Zombie Death Fuck at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 8pm ** @ jul 14 sat Joe Rut, The Low Rollers at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jul 14 sat Chicago, The Doobie Brothers at the Pavilion, Concord a/a # *** jul 14 sat Steve Miller Band, Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo, Greg Kihn at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # 7pm # *** (KFOX) jul 14/15 The String Cheese Incident the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # *** jul 15 sun Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw at the Oakland Coliseum a/a # *** jul 15 sun Reverend Horton Heat, Supersuckers, Goddamm Gallows at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $23/$26 7pm/8pm *** jul 15 sun The Beach Boys at Harveys, Lake Tahoe NV ?/? 7:30pm # *** jul 17 tue Demi Lovato, Hot Chelle Rae, Owl City at Event Center, San Jose State a/a # ** jul 17 tue The Reverend Horton Heat, Supersuckers, Goddamn Gallows at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** jul 18 wed Aziz Ansari at Nob Hill Masonic Center, 1111 California St., S.F. a/a $39 6:30pm/7pm # ** jul 18 wed The Bouncing Souls, The Menzingers, Luther at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** @ jul 18 wed The Reverend Horton Heat at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm *** jul 19 thr Snow-Black Sunday, Spider Meow, Evergreen, Gentlemen at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** jul 19 thr Ray Davies at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** jul 19 thr Strengthen What Remains, Set Free at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 8pm *** @ jul 19 thr Aziz Ansari at the Center for Performing Arts, 255 Almaden Boulevard, San Jose a/a $39 6pm/7pm # ** jul 20 fri HB Surround Sound, Seven Year War, Sarchasm at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 8pm ** @ jul 20 fri Aziz Ansari at Nob Hill Masonic Center, 1111 California St., S.F. a/a $39 6:30pm/7:30pm and 9:30pm/10pm # ** jul 20 fri Melvins Lite at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** jul 21 sat Moonshine Bandits, Dry Country Drinkers at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** jul 22 sun Rome at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $12/$15 7pm/8pm ** jul 22 sun Big Time Rush, Cody Simpson, Rachel Crow at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # $65-$20 5:30pm/7pm *** jul 23 mon To Our Legends, Hard Of Heart, Hemorage at Johnny V's, 31 East Santa Clara St., San Jose 21+ free 8pm ** jul 24 tue Yanni at the San Jose Civic, 135 San Carlos St., San Jose a/a ** jul 25 wed Kelly Clarkson, The Fray, Carolina Liar at the Pavilion, Concord a/a # *** jul 26 thr Stephane Wrembel at Wanderlust Festival, Lake Tahoe ?/? * jul 27 fri Wisecracker (Germany), Break The Cycle (San Diego), Impposters at 924 Gilman Street, Berkleey a/a *** @ (Jeff's Birthday) jul 27 fri Dirty Projectors, Wye Oak at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** jul 27 fri The Malone Brothers at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jul 27 fri Ill Repute, Resilience at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $14 7:30pm/8pm *** @ jul 27 fri Ziggy Marley at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm ** jul 27 fri Brad Paisley, The Band Perry at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # ** jul 28 sat Blitzkid, Stellar Corpses, Thee Merry Widows, Nitro 454, Bastard Makers at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm *** @ jul 28 sat Fiona Apple, Blake Mills at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** (sold out) jul 28 sat Exit Eden at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** jul 28 sat Yanni at Nob Hill Masonic Center, 1111 California St., S.F. a/a $125-$50 7pm/8pm # ** jul 28 sat Hamsa Lila at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jul 28 sat Kaskade at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a $49.50 # ** jul 28 sat Ill Repute, Resilience, Slandy at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $14 7:30pm/8pm *** @ jul 30 mon One Direction at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # ** jul 31 tue Sinead O'Connor at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** jul 31 tue One Direction at the Oakland Arena a/a $90-$30 # ** jul 31 tue Barenaked Ladies, Blues Traveler, Big Head Todd & The Monsters, Cracker at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 3 fri Iron Maiden, Coheed And Cambria at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $96-$26 6pm/7:30pm # *** aug 3 fri Michael Franti, Spearhead at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 4 sat Aerosmith, Cheap Trick at the Arena, Oakland a/a $150-$50 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** aug 4 sat Jay Brannan at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 5 sun Thee Oh Sees, others at the Woodsist Festival, Big Sur a/a ** aug 6/7 Chris Isaak, Shawn Colvin at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 7 tue Neil Diamond at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $120-$55 7pm/8pm # *** aug 9 thr Great American Taxi at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** aug 10 fri Seal, Macy Gray at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 10/11/12 Metallica, Stevie Wonder, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Jack White, Foo Fighters, Beck, Skrillex, Sigur Ros, Justice, Norah Jones, Dispatch, The Kills, Regina Spektor, Passion Pit, Andrew Bird, Grandaddy, Big Boi, Bloc Party, Explosions In The Sky, Santigold, Franz Ferdinand, Mstrkrft, Rebelution, Die Antwoord, Fitz And The Tantrums, Portugal. The Man, Amadou & Mariam, Wolfgang Gartner, fun., Dr. Dog, The Walkmen, Washed Out, City And Colour, Two Gallants, Of Monsters And Men, Mimosa, Alabama Shakes, Reggie Watts, Trampled By Turtles, Tame Impala, Jovanotti, The Be Good Tanyas, Geographer, Sharon Van Etten, Yacht, Sean Hayes, Bomba Estereo, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Big Gigantic, Thee Oh Sees, Wallpaper, Tennis, Zola Jesus, White Denim, Allen Stone, The M Machine, Michael Kiwanuka, Tanlines, Father John Misty, Electric Guest, Caveman, Yellow Ostrich, Papa, Honey Island Swamp Bandm Animal Kingdom at Outside Lands, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a # $225 *** aug 11 sat Shonen Knife (Japan) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ *** aug 12 sun Dead Can Dance at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # *** aug 12 sun Toby Keith, Brantley Gilbert at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # ** aug 14/15 Red Hot Chili Peppers at the Arena, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** aug 16 thr Kiss, Motley Crue at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $159-$38 5:30pm/7pm # *** (107.7 Bone Bash) aug 17/18/19 Phish at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a $60 7:30pm # ** aug 17/18/19 Hiroshima at Yoshi's, Oakland 21+ $28 (8pm & 10pm fri/sat) (6pm & 8pm sun) ** aug 19 sun indie-mart at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free noon til 7pm aug 19 sun Diana Krall at Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave., S.F. a/a # ** aug 22 wed Pat Travers at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm *** aug 22 wed Colbie Caillat, Gavin DeGraw at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 23 thr Brian Regan at Center for Performing Arts, 255 Almaden Blvd., San Jose a/a # *** aug 24 fri Cannibal Corpse, Between The Buried And Me, The Faceless, Periphery, Veil Of Maya, Job For A Cowboy, Goatwhore, Exhumed, Cerebral Bore at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 2:30pm # *** @ (summer Slaughter) aug 25 sat Slaughter by the Water at the USS Hornet, 707 Hornet Way, Alameda a/a 2pm til 10pm *** @ aug 25 sat Female Trouble at Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck, Berkeley 21+ * aug 25 sat Fred Frith at Slim's, S.F. +6 ** (was Feb. 26th) aug 25 sat Full Blown Stone at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** aug 26 sun Steve Martin And The Steep Canyon Rangers at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 26 sun Marc Anthony, Chayanne, Marco Antonio Solis at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # *** aug 27 mon Neil Diamond at the Amphitheatre, 1 Sports Parksway, Sacramento 8pm a/a # *** aug 29 wed David Allen Coe, Shelby Cobra & The Mustangs at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ *** aug 31 fri 311, Slightly Stoopid, Soja at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # 6:30pm # *** sep 1 sat The Promise Ring at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # *** sep 3 mon David Allan Coe at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ *** sep 5 wed Powerman 5000 at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** sep 8 sat Crosby, Stills & Nash at the San Jose Civic, 135 San Carlos St., San Jose a/a # *** sep 8 sat Tedeschi Trucks Band at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** sep 9 sun Dave Matthews Band, Allen Stone at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $75/$40 5:30pm/7pm # *** sep 9 sun The Vibrators at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** sep 11 tue Hot Chip at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** sep 11 tue The Vibrators, Pops at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 8pm *** @ sep 14 fri Roxette (Sweden) at Nob Hill Masonic Center, 1111 California St., S.F. a/a $95-$45 # ** sep 14 fri Rascal Flatts, Little Big Town, Eli Young Band, Edens Edge at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # ** sep 19/20 Crosby, Stills & Nash at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** sep 28 fri Train, Mat Kearney, Andy Grammer at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a 7pm # *** sep 28 fri Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # ** sep 28 fri Jason Mraz, Christina Perri at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a 7:30pm # ** sep 29 sat Il Volo at Nob Hill Masonic Center, 1111 California St., S.F. a/a ** sep 30 sun Furthur at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $65-$31 7:30pm/7pm # ** oct 5 fri Amon Tobin at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # ** oct 5/6/7 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, G.G.P, S.F. a/a free *** oct 6 sat Metal Health at Corner Pocket, 7777 Sunrise Boulevard, Citrus Heights 21+ $5 8pm ** oct 6/7 Madonna at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $359-$48 8pm # *** $ oct 11 thr D.R.I., Rad, Chaos In Mind, Twitch Angry, Art Of Chaos at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ oct 18 thr Adam Ant at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** (was Feb. 24th) oct 20 sat Jorma Kaukonen at Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $32/$35 7pm and 10pm shows ** nov 18 sun The Fresh Beat Band at Nob Hill Masonic Center, 1111 California St., S.F. a/a ** (kids band) nov 23 fri Andrea Bocelli at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a 8pm # ** * recommendable Shows a/a all ages $ will probably sell out @ pit warning ^ under 21 must pay more # no ins/outs Live Radio Shows ---------------- apr 23-29 KDVS 90.3FM Davis fundraiser shows may 9 wed Glitter Wizard Live on Stanford Radio KZSU 90.1FM Radio/TV Shows --------------- Berkeley Liberation Radio 104.1FM www.berkeleyliberationradio.net Maximum Rock'n'roll Radio radio.maximumrocknroll.com Pirate Cat Radio 87.9FM www.piratecatradio.com KVHS-FM 90.5 The Edge www.kvhs.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 wed Wednesday Night Live on Stanford Radio KZSU 90.1FM 9pm-10pm sat KALX live on UC Berkeley Radio KALX 90.7FM 9pm-midnight sun Rampage Radio on S.F. State Radio in exile KUSF 2am-8am sun NewHotBands on public access TV Comcast Ch 29 12:30pm sun Earwhacks with Paul and Che on Sacramento KRXQ 98.5FM 10pm-11:30pm sun Neonate with Punk Roge and Riot on UC Davis Radio KDVS 90.3FM 12am-2am C L U B I N F O R M A T I O N ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, 420 40th, Oakland a/a (shows over by 10pm) 510-985-0325 Ace of Spades, 1417 R Street, Sacramento a/a Alley, 906 Victorian Way, Sparks, NV a/a Amoeba Music, 2455 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a 510-549-1125 Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F. a/a 415-831-1200 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 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 Brick & Mortar Music Hall, 1710 Mission Street, S.F. 21+ 18+ 415-371-1631 Cache Creek Casino Resort, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 21+ Cafe Du Nord, Inc., 2170 Market Street, S.F. 21+ 415-861-5016 Cafe Cocomo, 650 Indiana at Mariposa, S.F. 21+ Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz a/a book 831-423-1338 831-423-1336 Cell Space, 2050 Bryant at 18th, S.F. a/a Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz a/a 831-429-6994 DNA Lounge, 375 11th Street at Harrison, S.F. 21+ a/a 415-626-1409 Disco Volante, 247 14th Street at Webster, Oakland a/a 510-663-0271 Dosa Biryani, 250 E Java Drive, Sunnyvale a/a 408-400-0007 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+ Fillmore, 1805 Geary Blvd., S.F. a/a 415-346-6000 leave soon after the last band for a free poster at the exit 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 George's, 842 Fourth St., San Rafael 21+ 415-457-1515 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 Johnny Foley's Irish House, 243 O'Farrell Street, S.F. 21+ 415-954-0777 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+ 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 Milk Bar, 1840 Haight Street, S.F. 21+ 415-387-6455 Mountain Winery, 14831 Pierce Road, Saratoga a/a 408-741-2822 Monstros Pizza, 628 W. Sacramento Avenue, Chico a/a Montalvo Arts Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga a/a 408-961-5800 Mystic Theater, 23 Petaluma Blvd., Petaluma a/a 18+ 21+ 707-765-2121 New Parish, 579 18th at San Pablo Avenue, Oakland 21+ 18+ a/a 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+ Pioneer, 105 Pioneer Street, Santa Cruz a/a 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 Riptide Bar, 3639 Taraval St., S.F. 21+ 415-681-8433 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 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 Stud Bar, 399 9th Street at Harrison, S.F. 21+ 415-863-6623 Sub-Mission Art Space, 2183 Mission Street, S.F. a/a Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a 415-861-5016 Swingin' Door, 106 East 25th Avenue, San Mateo 21+ Terminal, 3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland a/a Thrillhouse Records, Mission at 30th, S.F. a/a Transient Lounge, 400 E. Todd Road, Santa Rosa a/a Warfield, 982 Market St., S.F. a/a 415-775-7722 Uptown, 1928 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland 21+ 510-451-8100 Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third Street, Napa 16+ (12+ with an adult) Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa at Potrero, S.F. a/a 415-505-8530 Vitus, 201 Broadway @ 2nd., Oakland 21+ 510-452-1620 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 Bar, Homestead Lanes, 20990 Homestead Road, Cupertino a/a 408-255-5700 Yoshi's, 1330 Fillmore Street, S.F. 21+ Yoshi's, 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland 21+ 510-238-9200 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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