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 August 6, 2012 aug 6 mon Sawyer Family, Slow Poisoner, Lucabrazzi at Eli's Mile High Club, Okalnd 21+ ** aug 6 mon Sutekh Hexen, Hallow (Eugene), The Rain And Endless Fall (Portland), Riqis at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** (metal) aug 6 mon The World Alive, A Skylit Drive, I See Stars, Winds Of Plague, Stick To Your Guns, Attila, For The Fallen Dreams, Stray From The Path, Make Me Famous, Betraying The Martyrs, Obey The Brave, Ice Nine Kills at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ aug 6 mon Dry Country Drinkers, Tater Famine, Delta City Ramblers at the Press Club, 2030 P Street at 21st, Sacramento 21+ $5 8:30pm ** aug 6 mon cancelled: Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz aug 6/7 Chris Isaak, Shawn Colvin at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 7 tue Kasey Chambers, Sarah Jarosz at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $27.50 7pm/8pm # ** (was at the Fillmore) aug 7 tue Fang Island (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Zechs Marquise at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $15 7pm/8pm ** aug 7 tue Gaza, Eagle Twin, Monuments Collapse at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** @ aug 7 tue Mary Christ (D.C.), Displeasure, Stillsuit at Thrillhouse Records, S.F. a/a free 7pm ** @ aug 7 tue Cosmonauts, Gap Dream at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 7 tue Foxygen, No, Dylan Shearer at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 21+ free 8pm/9pm ** aug 7 tue War Trash, Meth Sores (San Jose), Midnite Brain, Gaskill (1st show), dj The Wizard at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm/9:30pm ** @ aug 7 tue Slick Idiot, Mona Mur & En Esch, Promonium Jesters, Loveless Love, dj Julian, dj Mr. Smith at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** @ (industrial) aug 7 tue Langhorne Slim & The Law, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Benyaro at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16/$18 8pm ** aug 7 tue Benvenue, The Burning Of Rome at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 7 tue The Insufferables, Yusif! (Seattle), South Of Ramona (S.L. City) at Grant & Green, 1371 Grant St., S.F. 21+ free 9:15pm ** aug 7 tue Neil Diamond at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $120-$55 7pm/8pm # *** aug 7 tue Lostprophets, Cherri Bomb, All In A Day at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** aug 7 tue Theory Of A Deadman (Vancouver, Canada), Aranda, Charm City Devils at Modesto Center Plaza, 1000 L Street, Modesto a/a $23 6:30pm/7:30pm ** aug 7 tue Souls Of Mischief, Pep Love, Casual at Humboldt Brews, 856 10th at I, Arcata 21+ $15/$18 9:30pm ** aug 8 wed Rape Revenge (Canada), Permanent Ruin, Connoisseur, StressXRelief (Redding), Easy Living at Rec Center Studios, 1701 MLK Way, Oakland a/a $5 7:30pm/8pm *** @ aug 8 wed Lostprophets, Cherri Bomb at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 7pm/8pm ** aug 8 wed Redd Kross, Warm Soda at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $20 7pm/8pm *** (KALX) aug 8 wed Two Gallants at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a 8pm *** aug 8 wed Blind Willies at Union Square, S.F. a/a free 12:30pm * aug 8 wed Mansfield Aviator, The Philistines, Domestic Electrics at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 8 wed Fox & Woman, The Thoughts (Seattle), Split Screens at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 8pm/9pm ** aug 8 wed Cellar Doors, The Madeira (Indiana), The Hampton Wicks, dj Sid Presley at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 8 wed Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$18 9pm ** aug 8 wed Religious Girls, Aan, French Cassettes at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 8 wed Shovels And Rope (Charleston, S.C.), Quiet Life, Kelly McFarling at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm ** aug 8 wed The Cleveland Browns, Vajra, Echo Location at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 8 wed Enrique, J.L.O., Wisin & Yandel, Enrique Iglesias, Jennifer Lopez, Wisiny Yandel at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a 7:30pm # *** aug 8 wed Audible Smoke Signal, Dustonius Maximus at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** aug 8 wed Martina McBride at the Bob Hope Theatre, 242 East Main Street, Stockton a/a # ** aug 8 wed Fade, Rhyme Progression, Artisan Flow, Haze, Tisdale at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7pm/8pm ** aug 8 wed Dear Landlord, Murderburgers, Bastards Of Young, Porter Project at Luigi's Fun Garden, 1050 20th Street, Sacramento a/a $7 7pm ** aug 8 wed The Phenomenauts, Prima Donna, The Hooten Hallers, Severance Package at Monstros Pizza, 628 W. Sacramento Ave., Chico a/a $5 8pm *** @ aug 9 thr Cafe Tacvba at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** aug 9 thr YG at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $18-$30 8pm/8:30pm ** aug 9 thr Crypt Keeper, North, Downstairs at Eli's Mile High Club, Okalnd 21+ ** @ aug 9 thr Great American Taxi, Mark Karan (tribute), Sycamore Slough String Band at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 7pm/8pm ** aug 9 thr D.N.F., Rape Revenge, Rainbow Person, Stressors, Total Fucker at Sub-Mission Galler, S.F. a/a $6-$8 8pm ** @ aug 9 thr Shuteye Unison, Silian Rail, B. Hamilton at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 9 thr Young Moon (record release), Vestals, Danny Paul Grody at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 9 thr Wino, Conny Ochs at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 9pm ** aug 9 thr Kerry Wing, Aaron Blyth, Jethro Jeremiah at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm/9pm ** aug 9 thr The Lee Boys at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 7pm/8pm ** aug 9 thr Andrew Bird, Kelly Hogan at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $50 8pm *** aug 9 thr Of Monsters And Men, Papa, dj Britt Govea at California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park 21+ 7:30pm *** aug 9 thr Hernandez Hideaway, The Dread Crew Of Oddwood, Flip Cassidy at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 9 thr Blind Willies at Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor Drive, Sausalito 21+ 8:30pm ** aug 9 thr Laguna Screech, Whorpath, Mrsa, Lie Still, Swamp Wolf (AZ), Pillager aug 9 thr Autolatry (CT), Pillager, Swamp Wolf (AZ), Mrsa, Whorpath, Laguna Screech at Riff Gallery, 77 Joseph Court, San Rafael a/a $6 8pm ** @ aug 9 thr Arrival (tribute - Sweden) at George's, San Rafael 21+ 9pm ** aug 9 thr Harvey (play) at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $18 8pm aug 9 thr Yeird Al Yankovic at the Uptown Theater, Napa ?/? 8pm *** aug 9 thr Touche (AZ), Sorry No Sympathy (WY) at the Swingin' Door, San Mateo 21+ free 8pm/9pm ** aug 9 thr Rasco, 4two7, Equipto, Z Man, Playa Rae, Trey C, A-1, dj True Justice at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 7pm ** aug 9 thr Bow Prometheus (Dallas), Take This City, Desiderata, They Call It Mercy, Our Endless Obsession, Become The Oracle, Life Uh'Duh Party at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10/$12 7pm/8pm *** @ aug 9 thr Pink Floyd Laser Spectacular at the El Rey Theater, Chico a/a ** aug 10 fri Black Square (HI), Dan P., Skunkadelics, Dope Collective, PJ Franco & The Burn-Outs (Alaska) at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm *** @ (ska night) aug 10 fri La Misa Negra, Blind Willies at Point Richmond Square, Washington Ave. & Park Place, Roint Richmond a/a free 5:30pm ** aug 10 fri Whitey Morgan & The 78's, The Dirty Hand Family Band, Miss Lonely Hearts at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** (country) aug 10 fri Macy Gray (dj set) at Yoshi's Oakland 21+ ** aug 10 fri Greater Sirens, A Farewell Device, Talia Cooper at Fireside Lounge, 1453 Webster Street, Alameda 21+ free 8pm ** aug 10 fri Powerage (tribute), Cruella (tribute), Haunted By Heroes at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13 8pm/9pm *** aug 10 fri Dear Landlord (Carbondale, IL), The Murderburgers (Scotland), Hear The Sirens, Rockfight at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8 9pm *** @ aug 10 fri Astral, O Presidente, Farewell Typewriter at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a ** aug 10 fri Sharon Van Etten, Dosh at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a 10pm ** aug 10 fri Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Foo Fighters, Beck, Justice, Andrew Bird, Mstrkrft, Die Antwoord, Fitz And The Tantrums, Of Monsters And Men, The Walkmen, Washed Out, Reggie Watts, Two Gallants, Yacht, Antibalas, Sharon Van Etten, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Wallpaper, Tennis, White Denim, Jukebox The Ghost, Tanlines, Papa, Futurebirds at Outside Lands, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a # $95 ($225 3 day) *** aug 10 fri Tim Hockenberry at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $26 8pm/9pm ** (seated show) aug 10 fri Girafflage, Heathered Pearls, Yr Skull, dj's at the UndergroundSF, 424 Haight St. at Webster, S.F. 21+ free 9pm ** aug 10 fri White Denim, Futurebirds at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ 10pm ** aug 10 fri Shonen Knife (Japan), The Mallard, The Chuckleberries at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8:30pm/10pm *** @ aug 10 fri Pissed Off Punks at the Plough and Stars, 116 Clement St., S.F. 21+ ** aug 10 fri Sporting Life, My Second Surprise, Vir at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** aug 10 fri Lost Dog Found, Mari & The Monitors, burlesque dancers at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $10 10pm ** (rockabilly) aug 10 fri Midtown Dickens, Possum And Lester, Three Times Bad, The Human Condition at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $11/$13 9pm ** (bluegrass) aug 10 fri Washed Out at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 10pm ** aug 10 fri Future Virgins (Chattanooga, TN), Zippers To Nowhere (Chattanooga, TN - Pensacola, FL), Neon Piss, Street Eaters at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 5pm/6pm *** (early show) aug 10 fri Seal, Macy Gray at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 10 fri Maze, Patti Labelle, The O'Jays, Kenny Edmonds, Tank at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $151-$36 5pm/6:30pm # ** aug 10 fri Kenny Aronoff, Tim Yeung, Cora Coleman-Dunham, Street Drum Corps, San Jose Taiko (in plaza 4:30pm) at Repertory Theater, San Jose a/a $35/$30/$20 5pm/6:30pm *** (seated) (drum museum - drum exhibits - workshops) (Benefit Lincoln High School Music Programs) aug 10 fri Shadow Beat Ritual, The Devil Himself, Space Hooker at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 10 fri Theory Of A Deadman (Vancouver, Canada) at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $23 7pm/7:30pm ** aug 10/11 Picasso at the Lapin Agile (play at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $18 8pm (fri) 2pm (sat) aug 10/11/12 Mountain Vibe Music Gathering fri: Ben Benkert, Troy Hazelton, The Human Will, From The Bottom, sat: Lyrics Born, Forrest Day, Lavish Green, Arden Park Roots, Space Monkey Gangstas, Oola Rocksteady, Burnt, Zuhg, Conscious Souls, Thanks For Leaving, Brothers Gow, Stone Child, sun: The Stone Foxes, Hellbound Glory, Pine Box Boys, Bandit, Swoon, Full On Flyhead, The Chaw, Coffin Hunter, Stone Roots, 7eat9, Tiny Television, Terrel Liedstrand at Shinneyboo Creek Resort, 11820 Eagle Lakes Road, Soda Springs a/a $75 fri 5pm sat/sun *** (camping - music - swimming - forest) aug 11 sat Cobra Skulls, Dear Landlord, Dr. Frank, The Murderburgers (Scotland), Hard Girls, Dead Ringer at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 8pm *** @ aug 11 sat Apogee Sound Club, My Name Is Joe at Art & Music Studios, Bridge Storage, 23 Maine Ave., Richmond a/a free 3pm ** (BBQ at 3pm) aug 11 sat The Body (Portland), Braveyoung (N.C.), Assembly Of Light Choir (R.I.), Sutekh Hexen, Evan Caminiti at the Metro Side Room, Oakland a/a $10 *** @ aug 11 sat 45 Grave, Hellbillys (reunion), Black Widow Strip Revue, The Disciples, Mutilators, Culo A Boca at the Metro, Oakland 18+ $12/$15 8pm # *** @ (Rabid Magazine) aug 11 sat Crawlin' (Seattle), Heavy action, Crypt Keeper, Satya Sena at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $6 8pm/9pm *** @ aug 11 sat Agalloch, Taurus at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $17/$19 8pm/9pm ** aug 11 sat Bow Wow at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** (was June 9th) aug 11 sat Red Eye Revue (cd release), Mr. Chin's Hot Sauce, Sunny Gunn's Firestorm, Jim Bruno at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $10 7:30pm/8pm ** aug 11 sat Metallica, Sigur Ros, Norah Jones, The Kills, Passion Pit, Grandaddy, Big Boi, Explosions In The Sky, Portugal. The Man, Alabama Shakes, Dr. Dog, MImosa, Tame Impala, The Be Good Tanyas, Geographer, Thee Oh Sees, Zola Jesus, Michael Kiwanuka, Sean Hayes, Father John Misty, Yellow Ostrich, Animal Kingdom, Cory Chisel And The Wandering Sons, Honey Island Swamp Band at Outside Lands, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a # $95 ($225 3 day) *** aug 11 sat The Rinds, Self Inflicted Wounds, Black Bend at thee Parkside, S,F. a/a free 3pm ** (afternoon show) aug 11 sat Tigon (record release), Bone Dance (Boise, ID), Dead Man, Cold Blue Mountain (Chico), Sloths (Portland) at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $7 8pm *** @ aug 11 sat JJ Schultz (album release), Terese Taylor at Bamm.tv, 43 Norfolk Street, S.F. a/a free 5:30pm * aug 11 sat Electric Guest, Midi Matilda at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ 10pm ** aug 11 sat Los Hooligans, The Boars, Custom Fit at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** (Black Sheep Scooter Club) aug 11 sat Gigi & Pop (N.Y.C.) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 6pm ** (2 sets) aug 11 sat Lovely Bad Things, Dikes Of Holland (Austin), Wimps, The Golden Pelicans (FL) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 11 sat Taxes, Fake Your Own Death (record release), The Ian Fays at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** aug 11 sat The Stairwell Sisters, The Country Mourns, The Better Haves, dj Blaze Orange at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $11/$13 9pm ** (country) aug 11 sat Mstrkrft, The M Machine at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $35 10pm *** aug 11 sat Back 40 at the Riptide Bar, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** aug 11 sat Bomb Shells at 23 Club, Brisbane a/a $5 8:30pm ** aug 11 sat Reverie at Winter's Tavern, Pacifica 21+ * aug 11 sat Buddy Guy at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 11 sat Major Powers And The Lo-Fi Symphony at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** aug 11 sat Shonen Knife (Japan), The Mallard, Girls With Guns at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $12 9pm *** @ aug 11 sat Bad Ending, The Scowndrolls, Yankee Brutal, Chaos Chrisis, Final Decay, The Aberzombies at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10/$12 7pm/8pm *** @ aug 11 sat Roger Hodgson at Cache Creek Casino Resort, Brooks 21+ 8pm ** aug 11 sat Heartless Bastards, Little Hurricane at Cargo, 255 N. Virginia Street, Reno NV a/a ** aug 11/12 The Blackbyrds at Yoshi's Oakland 21+ ** aug 11/12 Harvey (play) at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $18 8pm (sat) 2pm (sun) aug 12 sun Judgement Day, As We In (Santa Fe, N.M.), Cash Pony, Silian Rain at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 5pm *** @ aug 12 sun Dead Can Dance at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a 7:30pm # *** aug 12 sun Pigs, Nephilim, Nature's Grave at Vitus, 201 Broadway @ 2nd., Oakland 21+ free 9:30pm ** @ note: Vitus has closed as a show space - this show will probably move aug 12 sun Airs at Eli's Mile High Club, Okalnd 21+ * aug 12 sun Pitbull, Havana Brown, dj Slick D at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a $49.50 7:30pm # ** aug 12 sun Ethan Bortnick at Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon St., S.F. a/a # ** aug 12 sun Allen Stone at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a 10pm ** aug 12 sun Stevie Wonder, Jack White, Skrillex, Dispatch, Regina Spektor, Bloc Party, Santigold, Franz Ferdinand, Rebelution, Fun., Amadou & Mariam, Wolfgang Gartner, City And Colour, Trampled By Turtles, Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman, Bomba Estereo, Big Gigantic, Allen Stone, The M Machine, Jovanotti, Electric Guest, Caveman, Birdy, Infantree at Outside Lands, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a # $95 ($225 3 day) *** aug 12 sun Danny Allen And The Pretty Monsters, Low Rollers at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm ** aug 12 sun Tied To The Branches, The Dry Season, W.L. at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 12 sun A Flock Of Seagulls (U.K.) at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ $25 7pm *** aug 12 sun The Seshen, Karyn Paige, Ex-Pyramids at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** aug 12 sun Grandaddy, Caveman at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 10pm ** aug 12 sun Champagne Champagne, The Knux, Rec League at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 7:30pm/8pm ** aug 12 sun The Mentors at Winter's Tavern, Pacifica 21+ *** @ aug 12 sun Toby Keith, Brantley Gilbert, Thomas Rhett at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $89-$28 6pm/7pm # ** aug 12 sun Culo A Boca, Tartar Control, Crooked As Fuck, Beaver Fever, Owl Of Waldon at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ 8pm ** @ aug 13 mon Serpent Crown, Assada Messiah at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 7pm ** aug 13 mon Duckyousucker, As In We (Santa Fe, N.M.), The Soonest at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 13 mon Heart at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 13 mon We Are Defiance (Ocala, FL), Us From Outside, City Lights, To Each His Own, Before You Fall, Straight Up Grizzly, Without An Answer at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$15 5:30pm/6pm *** @ aug 13 mon Heartless Bastards, Little Hurricane at Harlow's, 2708 J Street, Sacramento 21+ ** aug 14 tue These Are Our Hours, Alex Pinto Trio at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** aug 14 tue Ivan & Alyosha (Seattle), Greater Sirens, Bears! Bears! Bears! at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $9 8pm/9pm ** aug 14 tue Sutekh Hexen, Common Eider King Eider, Good Willsmith, Dvvllxns at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 14 tue Whisky Pills Fiasco, Furious (Liverpool, U.K.), The Limit Club (Phoenix, AZ), Rocketship Rocketship, dj Mike Decay at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm/9pm ** aug 14 tue The Bent Knee (Boston), Zoo, The Sea People at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** aug 14 tue Yes at the San Jose Civic, 135 San Carlos St., San Jose a/a # ** aug 14 tue Heartless Bastards, Little Hurricane at Rio Theater, 1205 Soquel, Santa Cruz a/a ** aug 14 tue Polarization (L.A.), Mouth Of The Serpent, Malevolent, Awaiting The Apocalypse, Gentlemen Behold!, As Dreamers at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 6:30pm/7pm *** @ aug 14 tue Battalion Of Saints (San Diego), Chingado, Act Of Sabotage, Zabaleen, The Oisters at Origami Lounge, 708 Cherry Street, Chico a/a $8 8pm *** @ aug 14/15 Red Hot Chili Peppers at the Arena, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** aug 15 wed Civil War Rust, Red City Radio, Hear The Sirens, Weekender at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm *** @ aug 15 wed Polarization, Mouth Of The Serpent at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** aug 15 wed Lynn Drury, Gal Holiday And The Honky Tonk Revue at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $8/$8 8pm/9pm ** aug 15 wed Hot Panda, Apopka Darkroom at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 15 wed Little Hurricane, Vandella, Hudson Bell at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 15 wed Shannon & The Clams, Audacity (Fullerton), Primitive Hearts, dj Lightnin Jeff G. at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9:30pm ** aug 15 wed Love Ax, The Follow, Hodges, The Real Numbers at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** aug 15 wed Hard Skin (U.K.), Brilliant Colors, Sydney Ducks, Neon Piss at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 9pm *** @ aug 15 wed Estocar (Seattle), Intangible Animal at Grant & Green, 1371 Grant St., S.F. 21+ free 9:30pm ** aug 15 wed Kiss, Motley Crue, The Treatment (U.K.) at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $32-$158 7pm # *** aug 15 wed Case In Theory, Stop Motion Poetry, Atlas at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** aug 15 wed Gavin Degraw, Colbie Caillat at the Bob Hope Theatre, 242 East Main Street, Stockton a/a # ** aug 15 wed Mureau (Thousand Oaks), Kingdom Of Giants, Parley, I Wish We Were Robots, The Silver Lining, Behold The Device, Truly Terrifying at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10/$12 5:30pm/6pm *** @ aug 15 wed The Phenomenauts, Prima Donna, The Community, The Moans at the Press Club, 2030 P St., Sacramento 21+ $7 8pm *** @ (Punch and Pie Fest) aug 15 wed My Graveyard Jaw at the Maltese, 1600 Park Avenue, Chico 21+ ** aug 16 thr Johnny Dilks & The Highway Kind, Beso Negro, Shelby Cobra at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 8pm/9pm ** aug 16 thr Nicki Bluhm And The Gramblers at the New Parish, Oakland 21+ $15 7pm/8pm ** aug 16 thr Prizehog, Pink Films, Residual Echoes at Vitus, 201 Broadway @ 2nd., Oakland 21+ $5 9pm/10pm ** @ note: Vitus has closed as a show space - this show will probably move aug 16 thr Love Songs, The Secretions, Self Inflicted Wounds at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ *** @ aug 16 thr Phenomenauts, Prima Donna, The Dirty Hand Family Band at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm *** @ aug 16 thr Blind Willies at Yerba Buena Festival, Mission at 3rd St., S.F. a/a free 12:30pm * aug 16 thr zBug, Realization Orchestra at the Luggage Store Gallery, 1007 Market St., S.F. a/a $5 8pm ** aug 16 thr Alexz Johnson at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $15/$30 7pm/8pm ** aug 16 thr Matty Charles at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 6pm * (early show) aug 16 thr The Northeries, The Country Mourns, Shawerma at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 16 thr Cherry Poppin' Daddies (OR) at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ $22 8pm # ** aug 16 thr The Mallard, Wimps, Big Drag at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 16 thr Alejandro Escovedo, Jesse Malin at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $25 7pm/8pm ** aug 16 thr Kiss, Motley Crue, The Treatment (U.K.) at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $159-$38 5:30pm/7pm # *** (107.7 Bone Bash) aug 16 thr Touch'd Too Much (tribute) at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 16 thr Human Filth (Sacramento), Brain Rott, Serpentera, Fall Of Man, Incrusted Dust, Refuge at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7pm/7:30pm ** @ aug 16 thr Red City Radio, Bastards Of Young, Civil War Rust, Urban Wolves at the Press Club, 2030 P Street at 21st, Sacramento 21+ $7 8pm *** @ (Punch and Pie Fest) aug 16 thr All American Rejects (Stillwater, OK), Eve 6 at the Senator Theater, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a $20 7:30pm/8:30pm ** aug 16/17 Twin Shadow, Poolside at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $21 8pm/9pm ** (Thursday sold out) aug 16/17 Dr John And The Lower 911 at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $39.50 9pm ** aug 17 fri Tiltwheel, Civil War Rust, Know Your Saints, Great Apes, American Lies at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 8pm *** @ aug 17 fri Samothrace (Seattle), Exhausted Prayer (L.A.), Badr Vogu, Same Sex Dictator (WA), D.H.C., Iron Mountain (L.A.), Mortuous (San Jose), Duke Nukem Forever, Connoisseur, Yidhra (L.A.), Stares, Dead Man, Caffa, Queefer Sutherland, Cemetery, Wake The Machines (Concord), Wrought Of Ills, Nihlotep, Ripgut at the Metro, Oakland a/a $8 7pm/8pm # *** @ $ (Deadfest day 1) aug 17 fri Dolorata, Spare Parts For Broken Hearts, Playboy School at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** (Nashville Pussy now Aug. 19th) aug 17 fri Born Petrified, Spency Dude And The Doodles, Violent Change at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** aug 17 fri Cobra Skulls, Fucking Buckaroos (Chicago), Dead Set, Hides at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 9pm *** @ aug 17 fri Howlin Rain, Strange Vine at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $13/$15 8:30pm ** aug 17 fri Residual Echoes, Pink Films, Swiftumz at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** aug 17 fri Tremor Low, Genevapop, Mothra Washington (Riot Earp) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** aug 17 fri Buxter Hoot'n (ep release), Jugtown Pirates at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** aug 17 fri Acid Blast, Bar Fight at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** (KUSF Benefit) aug 17 fri Super Diamond (tribute), Duran Duran Duran (tribute) at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $22 8pm/9pm ** aug 17 fri Too Short, Philthy Rich at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $25 7:30pm/8pm *** aug 17 fri Manhattan Transfer, Kellie Fuller at the Uptown Theater, Napa ?/? 8pm ** aug 17 fri Greenfields at 23 Club, Brisbane a/a $5 8:30pm ** aug 17 fri Eric Prydz, Excision, Paul Van Dyk, Hardwell, Bingo Players, Showtek, Noisia, Doctor P, Arty, Le Castle Vania, Audrey Napoleon at Shoreline, Mountain View 16+ 2pm # ** (Identity Festival) aug 17 fri War at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 17 fri This Charming Band at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 17 fri Cherry Poppin' Daddies at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $19/$23 8:30pm/9pm ** (Hank 3 now aug 22) aug 17 fri Great White, Faster Pussycat, Pretty Boy Floyd, Bullet Boys at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** aug 17 fri Dire Peril (Citrus Heights), Solanum, Legion's Requiem, Zombie Death Stench, Shades Of Devastation at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a free 7pm/8pm ** @ aug 17 fri Blag Dahlia, Secretions, 9:00 News, Mad Jody at Luigi's Fun Garden, 1050 20th Street, Sacramento a/a $8 8pm *** @ (Punch and Pie Fest) aug 17 fri ZZ Top at Thunder Valley Casino, 1200 Athens Avenue, Lincoln 18+ 8pm *** aug 17 fri Johnny Dilks & The Highway Kind, Shelby Cobra at La Salles, 229 Broadway, Chico 21+ ** aug 17 fri The English Beat (Brimingham, England) at Humboldt Brews, 856 10th at I, Arcata 21+ $20 9pm *** aug 17/18 Super Diamond (tribute), Duran Duran Duran (tribute) at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $22 8pm/9pm ** aug 17/18/19 Phish at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a $60 7:30pm # ** (sold out) aug 17/18/19 Hiroshima at Yoshi's, Oakland 21+ $28 (8pm & 10pm fri/sat) (6pm & 8pm sun) ** aug 18 sat Piss n' Blood (L.A.), The Downstrokes (WA), Decent Criminal, Elegant Trash (Alaska) at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $8 8pm *** @ aug 18 sat Negative Standards, Burmese, Bloody Phoenix (L.A.), Amarok (Chico), War Trash, God Awful Noise (AZ), Reivers, Bruxers (San Jose), Semtex Vest (L.A.), Your Enemy, Worthless Eaters (Portland), Aputossos (L.A.), Pigeonwing (L.A.), Harassor (L.A.), Human Waste, Short Changed, Death King (L.A.), Grinding Detrament (L.A.), Chetwrecker, Infernal Damnation (L.A.), Old Crow, Detest (L.A.), Satya Sena, Dead Pressure (San Jose), These Are Da Results Of A Thousand Electric Voltz (San Jose), They...Are All Dead, Mrsa, Limbs, Knife Gun, Corruption Scheme, Instincts, Warscythe, Venkman, Ladies Nite (San Jose), Crypt Keeper at the Metro, Oakland a/a $8 3pm/4pm # *** @ $ (Deadfest day 2) aug 18 sat Peter Murphy, Ours at the New Parish, Oakland 21+ $30/$35 8:30pm/9pm *** aug 18 sat Mrs. Magician at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 18 sat Lump Sum Skate Zine Fundraiseer Party at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** aug 18 sat Volker Strifler, Terry Hiatt, Tia Carroll, Dave Workman, Cathy Lemons, Stan Erhart And Friends at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $13 7:30pm/8pm ** (guitar & blues singers) aug 18 sat Catacomb Creeps, Hornss, Guitar Magazine at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 5pm ** (early show) aug 18 sat Permanent Collection, Bilinda Butchers, Love Cuts at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** (late show) aug 18 sat 3 Mile Pilot, Dramady at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $17/$20 8:30pm/10pm ** aug 18 sat Lee Fields & The Expressions at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 9pm ** aug 18 sat Mad Mama And The Bona Fide Few at the Riptide Bar, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** aug 18 sat Spindrift, Electric Flower Group, Outlaw, Mr. Elevator & The Brain Hotel, Glitter Wizard, Plant Tribe, Electric Shepherd, Zodiac Death Valley, The Lotus Moons, The Love Dimension, Blues For Carl Sagan, The Down Dirty Shake, The SFPD, The Spiral Electric at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $15 2pm *** (San Frandelic Summerfest) aug 18 sat Blow Up, Midnight Magic, Tron Jeremy, Brother Sister at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 21+ $10/$15 10pm ** aug 18 sat Cherry Poppin Daddies, Deke Dickerson at the Uptown Theater, Napa ?/? 7pm ** aug 18 sat V-Town Have-Nots (reunion), Bankrupt District, D.U.B., Uvr, Spu at Chris' Club, 656 Benicia Rd., Vallejo 21+ $5 9pm ** aug 18 sat Huey Lewis & The News, Joe Cocker at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $134-$20 6:30pm/8pm # *** (103.7 Summerfest) aug 18 sat Death Master at Winter's Tavern, Pacifica 21+ ** aug 18 sat Eliquate at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** (hip-hop) aug 18 sat ZZ Top at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 18 sat Charlie Tweddle at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm * aug 18 sat Kyle Turley Band at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $7/$11 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 18 sat Stepchild, Soul Motor, Zeroclient, For All I've Done, Are We Human at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** aug 18 sat Riff/Raff (tribute), Love Drive (tribute), Rue The Night (tribute) at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10/$12 7pm/8pm ** aug 18 sat Tiltwheel, Killdevil, Know Your Saints, Dead Dads at Luigi's Fun Garden, 1050 20th Street, Sacramento a/a $7 3pm *** @ (Punch and Pie Fest - early show) aug 18 sat Cobra Skulls, Union Hearts, Hear The Sirens, Cold Heart Re-Press at Luigi's Fun Garden, 1050 20th Street, Sacramento a/a $10 7pm *** @ (Punch and Pie Fest - late show) aug 18 sat Blackstreet at Cache Creek Casino Resort, Brooks 21+ 8pm ** aug 19 sun Scorched-Earth Policy, Grandma (tribute), The King Must Die at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 4pm ** (early show) aug 19 sun Nashville Pussy, Fang, TurbonegrA at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12/$15 8pm ** @ aug 19 sun Iron Fist, Elegy, Skull And Bullets, dj Death Pink Diaster at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** @ 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 19 sun Braid, Owen, TS & The Past Haunts at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $20 7pm/8pm ** aug 19 sun Me First And The Gimme Gimmes, Old Man Markley, Runny, dj Big Nate at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $16 8pm/9pm *** @ aug 19 sun Calvin Johnson, Katie & The Lichen, The Shivas, The Memories at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $8 9pm ** aug 19 sun EmptyRoom, MnttaB (Austrailia), Diesel Dudes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 19 sun Chiddy Bang at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm ** aug 19 sun ZZ Top, The Cult at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $125-$20 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** (107.7 The Bone BBQ) aug 19 sun Strung Out, The Darlings, Handguns, Lonely Kings at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** @ aug 19 sun Kill The Precedent, Walking Dead, Rad, The Strange Party at the Press Club, 2030 P Street at 21st, Sacramento 21+ $5 5pm ** @ (Punch and Pie Fest) aug 20 mon Polica (Minneapolis), Supreme Cuts at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** (sold out) aug 20 mon The Myonics, Palm Reader (L.A.), Bleached Palms at the Elbo Room, S.F. $6 9pm ** aug 20 mon Oiler, Brain On Fire, Sad Bastard Book Club at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $5 7pm ** aug 20 mon Continental, City Of Vain, Setting Sons, Cold Feelings at the Press Club, 2030 P Street at 21st, Sacramento 21+ $6 8pm ** @ (Punch and Pie Fest) aug 21 tue Kayo Dot (Brooklyn), Hollow Mirrors, Wild Hunt, Marching Mind, Abstracter at the Metro, Oakland a/a $8 6pm/7pm # ** @ aug 21 tue Brainoil, Samothrace, Badr Vogu, Larvae at Sugar Mountain, Oakland a/a 8pm ** aug 21 tue Measure, Kirk Hamilton, Whitney Nichole at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $5/$8 8pm/9pm ** aug 21 tue Dana Falconberry, Emily Jane White at the Hemlock, S.F. $8 9pm ** aug 21 tue The Dunwells at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8pm ** aug 21 tue Battalion Of Saints (San Diego), 13 Scars (Tacoma, WA), The Judas Bunch (Stockholm, Sweden), Bum City Saints, dj Taypoleon at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm/9pm *** @ aug 21 tue Chiddy Bang, K-Ottic, J. Sirus, Brodi Nicholas at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** aug 22 wed Pat Travers, LoNero at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm *** aug 22 wed Nobunny, Apache Dropout, Burnt Ones at the Hemlock, S.F. $10 9pm *** aug 22 wed AM & Shawn Lee at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8pm * aug 22 wed Pine, Band Practice, Lady Stardust (covers), dj Kit Friday at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 22 wed Colbie Caillat, Gavin DeGraw at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 22 wed Up & Go at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** aug 22 wed Hank 3 at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $19/$24 8pm/9pm *** aug 22 wed Battalion Of Saints, The Flesh Hammers at the Alley, 906 Victorian Way, Sparks, NV 21+ $7 9pm *** @ aug 23 thr Kool A.D. at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $15/$20 9pm *** aug 23 thr Saything, The F-Holes, The Goldenhearts, Gladiators Eat Fire (Seattle) at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** @ aug 23 thr Black Sheep Of Kali at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** aug 23 thr The Iguanas at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16 7pm/8pm ** aug 23 thr The St. Valentinez, Handshake, Fever Charm at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 23 thr Bayonics, The Comet Empire, Edison, Beautiful Machines, Pollux, BangBang at Slim's, S.F. 6+ free ** aug 23 thr Matthew Stewart, Paige And The Thousands (ep release), Roem Baur at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $10 7pm til 10pm ** aug 23 thr Animal Kingdom, Atlas Genius, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $13 9:30pm ** aug 23 thr Eleni Mandell, David Dondero at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8pm ** aug 23 thr El Cajon, Steakhouse, Warbler at the Hemlock, S.F. $6 9pm ** aug 23 thr Night Beats, Terry Malts, The Shrouds at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 23 thr Brian Regan at Center for Performing Arts, 255 Almaden Blvd., San Jose a/a # *** aug 23 thr Chris Botti at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $95-$50 6:30pm/7:30pm ** aug 23 thr Three Mile Pilot, Dramady, Time Spent Driving at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $15 8pm/9pm ** aug 23 thr Pat Travers (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), Larisa Bryski, The Hunter And The Wolf, Island Of Black & White at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $20 7pm/8pm *** aug 24 fri Sworn Vengeance, Downpresser, Creatures, Twitching Tongues, Plead The Fifth at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 8pm *** @ aug 24 fri Corey Action And The Verbs at the Metro, Oakland a/a $10 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** aug 24 fri Schande at the Space Lounge, 2175 Allston Way, Berkeley a/a $5 8pm * aug 24 fri Memphis Murder Men, Get Dead, The Custom Kicks at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** @ 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 24 fri The Mermen, Red Meat at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 24 fri Hank 3, Hellbilly, Attention Deficit Domination, 3 Bar Ranch' at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8:30pm # ** aug 24 fri American Steel, The Reckless Kind, Ilona Staller at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** @ aug 24 fri Nasty FM, Mr. Nitty, Krishna, Rugby at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** aug 24 fri Be My Baby, The Hot Toddies, The She's, dj Ashleyanne, dj The Whiz at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 9pm ** aug 24 fri Turks, Winter Ox at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** aug 24 fri Texas Steve & The Tornados (cd release), The Rumble Strippers, Golden West Trio, Dottie Lux (brulesque), dj Tanoa at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** (rockabilly) aug 24 fri Hornss, Musk, Dead Meat, Stanosaur at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 24 fri The Frail, Nova Albion, New Diplomat, Young Digerati at Broadway Studios, 435 Broadway, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm *** $ aug 24 fri Blaus, JasonH, Daggerpoint at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 8pm *** aug 24 fri Aftermath at 23 Club, Brisbane a/a $5 8:30pm ** aug 24 fri Soda (reunion), Tony Sly, Jonny Manak & The Depressives, Cova at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 8pm/9pm ** @ (Larkin Family Benefit) aug 24 fri Gift Of Gab, Max Bundles at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** aug 24 fri Restrayned (cd release), Overwatch, The Absolutes, Illusions Echo at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10/$12 7pm/8pm ** @ aug 25 sat Battalion Of Saints (San Diego), 13 Cars (Seattle, WA), Dairy Queens, The Nerv, Blood Shot & Dilated at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm *** @ aug 25 sat main stage (5pm inside): Exodus, Philm, Severed Fifth, Absu, Witchaven, Impaled, Autopsy, Fog of War, Abysmal Dawn, pier stage (noon - free): Enemy In Peril, Desecrator, Necrosin, Hemotoxin, Ulysses Siren, Scars Of Envy, Z.H. at the USS Hornet, 707 Hornet Way, Alameda a/a $35/$45 noon/5pm *** @ (Slaughter by the Water - ship tours $12) aug 25 sat Female Trouble at Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck, Berkeley 21+ * aug 25 sat Fucktard, Mrsa, Sharkfin, Pilager, Proto Regime at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** @ aug 25 sat Chronic Town (tribute) at Fireside Lounge, 1453 Webster Street, Alameda 21+ 9pm ** at Student Center/Fireside Lounge, 435 College Ave., Modesto a/a aug 25 sat Fred Frith at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** (was Feb. 26th) aug 25 sat The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit, The Trespassers, The Harmed Brothers at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 25 sat Grave Ritual, Sanguis Imperum, Valdur, Black Fucking Cancer, Crucifixion, Rotten Funeral at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm *** # aug 25 sat Moira Scar, Prizehog, Jeweled Snakes, dj Junkdrawer at Bay Area 51, 1667 Jerrold Avenue, S.F. a/ $3-$5 sliding scale 9pm ** aug 25 sat Petty Theft (tribute), The Minks (tribute) at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $$15 9:30pm ** aug 25 sat The Hooks, Chris Von Sneidern, Eastern Span, InterChords, dj Jesse Luscious at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm *** @ (Joe Strummer tribute - Benefit for Strummerville & Save KUSF) aug 25 sat The Mantles, English Singles, New Faultlines at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** aug 25 sat In Rare Form (cd release), The New Up, Sean Leahy Trio, Blisses B at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 21+ $10/$13 8pm/9pm ** aug 25 sat Foreverland (tribute) at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $22 8pm/9pm ** aug 25 sat Sydney Ducks, Roadside Bombs at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10-$15 sliding scale 8:30pm ** @ (Benefit the Bruce Roehrs Memorial Fund) aug 25 sat The Cutthroats 9, Rock Bottom at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm/10pm ** aug 25 sat The Dirty Hand Family Band at the Riptide Bar, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** aug 25 sat Naked Aggression, Sharp Objects, Just Breathe at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $12 8pm *** @ aug 25 sat Dave Koz, BeBe Winans at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $85-$40 6:30pm/7:30pm ** aug 25 sat Rosanne Cash, Shawn Mullins at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm ** aug 25 sat Burke, Stiles & Jones at 23 Club, Brisbane a/a $5 8:30pm ** aug 25 sat Butlers at Winter's Tavern, Pacifica 21+ * aug 25 sat The Phenomenauts, Bomb The Music Industry (N.Y.), Prima Donna, Kepi Ghoulie, Dog Party, Pets, dj Coco at X-Bar, Homestead Lanes, Cupertino a/a $10 8pm *** @ aug 25 sat Full Blown Stone at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** aug 25 sat Lonely Avenue (Placerville), Wearing It Out In Public at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7pm/8pm ** aug 25 sat George Benson at Cache Creek Casino Resort, Brooks 21+ 8pm ** aug 25 sat Hank 3 at Knitting Factory, Reno, NV a/a ** aug 25 sat Airpocalypse, The Fabulous Downey Brothers, Season Of The Witch at Monstros Pizza, 628 W. Sacramento Ave., Chico a/a $5 8pm ** @ aug 25 sat The Brothers Comatose at Humboldt Brews, 856 10th at I, Arcata 21+ $10 9:30pm ** aug 25/26 Kid Cudi, Nas, Atmosphere, Mac Miller, Common, A$ap Rocky, Jadakiss, Deltron 3030, Ice Cube, Method Man & Redman, Wu Block, The Hit Squad (reunion), Kendrick Lamar, Dipset, Tyga, Immortal Technique, Pusha T, 2 Chainz, Naughty By Nature, MixMaster Mike, dj Quik, Big Daddy Kane, Salt-N-Pepa, Slick Rick, Prodigy, dj Lance Rock & Friends, Yelawolf, Schoolboy Q, AB-Soul, Jay Rock, Murs + Fashawn, Zion-I + Grouch + Eligh, Dom Kennedy, Watsky, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony at Shoreline, Mountain View 18+ $240-$99 11:30am/noon # *** (Rock the Bells) aug 26 sun The American Scene, Daybreaker (Boston), Troubled Coast, Build Us Airplanes, Burnt Thrones Club at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $8 5pm *** @ aug 26 sun Stupid Man Suit, Tender Buttons at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** aug 26 sun OK Go, The Family Crest at Stern Grove Festival, 19th Ave. at Sloat Blvd., S.F. a/a free 2pm *** aug 26 sun Not An Airplane at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm ** aug 26 sun Brain Tumors, Coma, Caged Animal, Reckless at the Fortress, 214 Clara Street, S.F. a/a $5 7pm til 10pm ** aug 26 sun Kristin Hersh, The Moore Brothers, Terese Taylor at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $17/$20 8pm/8:30pm ** aug 26 sun screening of rockumentary "Bananazzz" at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** 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 7pm # *** aug 26 sun Bomb The Music Industry, Dan Potthast, Shinobu (reunion), Gnarboots at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $8/$10 8pm/9pm ** aug 26 sun Bobaflex (Point Pleasant, W.V.), Long In The Tooth, Six Weeks Sober, The Andromeda Project at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$15 6pm/7pm *** @ aug 26 sun Saving Abel at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** aug 27 mon Bomb The Music Industry, Classics Of Love, Street Eaters, Point Of View at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $9 8pm/8:30pm *** @ aug 27 mon Neil Diamond at the Pavilion, 1 Sports Parkway, Sacramento a/a 8pm a/a # *** aug 28 tue Wild Moth, Skin Like Iron, Pinnacle at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8 8:30pm ** aug 28 tue Windham Flat, Side Hackers, Los Broskis at the Hemlock, S.F. $6 9pm ** aug 28 tue Beres Hammond, 9Tomorrows, dj Inferno at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $30 9pm ** aug 28 tue Mean Jeans (Portland), Big Eyes (Seattle), Meat Market at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 7pm/7:30pm ** aug 28 tue Kayo Dot (Brooklyn), Author & Punisher, Mirthkon, The Atomic Bomb Audition at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $8 ** aug 28 tue The Mallard, Cool Ghouls, Dead Ghosts (Vancouver, B.C., Canada), dj Lee Harvey Garagewald at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm ** aug 28 tue Crashfaster, Awkward Terrible (WI), Minusbaby (N.Y.), Slime Girls at X-Bar, Homestead Lanes, Cupertino a/a free 8pm ** aug 28 tue Desaparecidos, The Velvet Teen at Senator Theater, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a $22 7:30pm/8:30pm *** @ aug 28 tue cancelled: David Allan Coe at the El Rey Theater, Chico aug 29 wed The Chiefs, Sludgebucket, Disasteroid, Conceal at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** @ aug 29 wed Desaparecidos, The Velvet Teen at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $25 8pm # ** aug 29 wed Churches, French Cassettes, Brass Bed at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** @ aug 29 wed Enorchestra (tribute), Dirty Power at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** (Benefit for Blixa, 4 year old son of Sluggo from The Grannies) aug 29 wed Civil Twilight, Morning Parade, Vanaprasta at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8pm ** aug 29 wed Monuments Collapse, Cascabel, Braeg Noafa at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 29 wed Joe Demaree & The Broken Windows at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** aug 29 wed Saving Abel at Fat Cat Music, 930 10th Street, Modesto 21+ ** aug 29 wed cancelled: David Allan Coe at the Uptown, Oakland aug 30 thr Michael Rose at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm ** aug 30 thr Kicking Spit, The Shrine at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** aug 30 thr Why? at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 30 thr Ten Thousand Leagues, Lyburnum, Drowning With Our Anchors No Tongue at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $8 7pm ** aug 30 thr The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, AB & The Sea, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $15/$17 9:30pm ** aug 30 thr Yonat & Her Muse, Juanita And The Rabbit, The Bye Bye Blackbirds at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 30 thr Lusjoints (cd release), Extra Classic, Sun Life at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** aug 30 thr Ugly Winner, Hazel's Wart, Big Mittens at the Hemlock, S.F. $6 9pm ** aug 30 thr Black Mountain, Quest For Fire at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $17 8pm ** aug 30 thr Fiends At Feast at the Swingin' Door, San Mateo 21+ free 8:30pm/9:30pm ** aug 30 - sep 3 K.D. Lang & The Siss Boom Bang, John Hiatt & The Combo, Greensky Bluegrass, Hot Rize, O'Brien Party Of 7, The Pimps Of Joytime, Walking Woody's Road, The Trisha's, Cahalen Morrison & Eli West, Birds Of Chicago, Langhorne Slim, Hoots & Hellmouth, Jelly Bread, The Honeycutters, Band Of Heathens, Rita Hosking & Cousin Jack, The Navigators, Marley's Ghost, Jimmy LaFave, Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion at Strawberry Fest, Camp Mather, 35250 Mather Road, Groveland a/a $200 (4 day) $65 (1 day) *** aug 31 fri Whiskey Rebels (last Bay Area show), Pressure Point, Factory Minds, Gravemaker, Shambles at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 9pm *** @ aug 31 fri Eyehategod, Noothgrush, Bastard Noise, Stone Burner, Embers, Badr Vogu at the Metro, Oakland a/a $20/$23 # *** @ aug 31 fri Carlton Melton, Feral Ohms, Buffalo Tooth at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $8 8pm/9pm ** aug 31 fri The Girlfriend Experience at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** aug 31 fri Refused (Sweden), Sleigh Bells at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a # *** @ aug 31 fri A.A. Bondy at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 31 fri Solwave, Super Adventure Club, Major Powerw & The Lo-Fi Symphony at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9:30pm ** aug 31 fri Turbonegro at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** @ $ aug 31 fri CyClub, East Bay Brass Band at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** aug 31 fri Chromatics at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ ** aug 31 fri Swamp Angel, Fascinating Creatures Of The Deep, The Badmen at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 31 fri Chixdiggit! (Canada), The Meat Sluts, Boats! at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** @ aug 31 fri 311, Slightly Stoopid, Soja at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # 6:30pm # *** aug 31 fri Tidelands at the Black Water Cafe, 914 N. Yosemite Ave., Stockton a/a 9pm ** aug 31 fri Trench, Secure Sounds, The Jet Black Popes, Saythia, Dammit Kayla at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$15 6pm/7pm ** aug 31 fri Dierks Bentley at Reno Events Center, 300 N Center St., Reno, NV a/a 8pm # ** aug 31 fri cancelled: Citizen's Arrest, Talk Is Poison, Acephalix at the New Parish, Oakland (Prank Fest - see Sep. 1st at the Metro) sep 1 sat Dropdead (Rhode Island), Citizens Arrest (N.Y.C.), No Statik, Bumbklaat (San Diego), Effluxus, Deathraid (WA), Merdoso, Hunting Party, Replica, No Mistak at the Metro, Oakland a/a $20 7pm # *** @ (Prank Fest) sep 1 sat Yeasayer, Daughn Gibson (Carlisle, PA) at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** sep 1 sat Young Lions, Sloe, Rivals, Michaeljon Leonardy, Build Them To Break, Ben Flanagan, Dangerous Beauties (burlesque) at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $5 8pm *** @ (Tony Sly tribute/memorial show) sep 1 sat The Promise Ring, The One AM Radio at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # *** sep 1 sat Citizens Arrest (N.Y.C.), Yadokai (last show), Wartrash, Stressors at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 2pm/3pm *** @ (Prank Fest) sep 1 sat Foxtails Brigade, Yesway, Whiskerman at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** sep 1 sat Band Of Heathens, The Trishas at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 9:30pm ** sep 1 sat Sands, 3 Leafs, Body Swap at the Hemlock, S.F. $7 9:30pm ** sep 1 sat Brown Bird, These United States at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 9pm ** sep 1 sat The Honey Wilders Band at the Riptide Bar, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** sep 1 sat The Reefriders at 23 Club, Brisbane a/a $5 8:30pm ** (surf) sep 1 sat Tongue N' Groove at Winter's Tavern, Pacifica 21+ ** sep 1 sat Big Business at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** sep 1 sat Chixdigget (Calgary, Canada), Boats! at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$15 7pm/8pm *** @ sep 1 sat Tidelands at Java Lounge, 2416 16th St., Sacramento a/a 1pm ** sep 1 sat The Used, Twin Atlantic, Stars In Stereo at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $23 7pm/8pm # ** sep 1/2 Sarah Geronimo at Cache Creek Casino Resort, Brooks 21+ 8pm ** sep 2 sun Iron Lung, Slices (PA), Brainoil, Walls (WA), Mutant Video (WA), Whate Wards (WA) at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 6pm *** @ (Prank Fest) sep 2 sun Author & Punisher, Abstracter at the Lucky 13, 1301 Park St, Alameda 21+ free 9pm ** @ (new date - was August 30th) sep 2 sun Old 97's, Those Darlins, Rhett Miller at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** sep 2 sun Dropdead (Rhode Island), Bumklatt (San Diego), Permanent Ruin, Vaccuum, Elegy at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 1pm/2pm *** @ (Prank Fest) sep 2 sun Vextor (Phoenix, AZ), Apocryphon at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** sep 2 sun Sandro Perri at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** sep 2 sun The Pharcyde at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ $22/$26 10:30pm ** sep 2 sun The Men at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** sep 2 sun The Shrine, Kicking Spit at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 5pm ** sep 2 sun Tidelands (record release), Hannah Werdmuller at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** (late show) sep 2 sun John Hiatt at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm ** sep 2 sun The Melvins at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ sep 3 mon Beirut, Van Dyke Parks at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** sep 3 mon Lightning Bolt at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $12/$14 8pm/9pm ** sep 3 mon Hot Snakes at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** sep 3 mon Purity Ring, Evian Christ, Headaches, dj Nako at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 5pm/5:30pm and 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 3 mon Gold Panda, Doldrums at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 3 mon Blacklisted, Living Eyes, Stares, Counter at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $10 7:30pm ** sep 3 mon David Allan Coe at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ *** sep 3 mon John Maus, I Break Horses at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13 9pm ** sep 3 mon Steel Pulse (U.K.) at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $28/$33 7pm/8pm ** sep 3 mon Future Islands at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $10/$13 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 3 mon Against Me!, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Joyce Manor at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ sep 4 tue American Nightmare at the Metro, Oakland a/a # ** sep 4 tue King Khan & The Shrines, Apache at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 4 tue The Heavy at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** sep 4 tue Lightning Bolt, No Babies, Future Twin at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8pm ** sep 4 tue Something Fierce, Occult Detective Club at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** sep 4 tue Future Islands at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $14/$16 8pm ** sep 4 tue Kishi Bashi, The Last Bison at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 7:30pm ** sep 4 tue Big Business, Federation X, Pins Of Light at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 4 tue True Mutants, Apogee Sound Club, The Yes Gos, dj Fred Thrillhouse at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm/9:30pm ** sep 4 tue David Allan Coe, Colonel Jimmy & The Blackfish, Matt W. Gage, Dry County Drinkers at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** sep 5 wed Fucked Up, Ceremony at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** @ (moved from the Great American Music Hall) sep 5 wed Wild Nothing at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 5 wed Old Man Gloom, William Fowler Collins, Sad Vicious at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** @ sep 5 wed The Stripminers, Gram Rabbit, The Pleasure Kills at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** sep 5 wed Daughn Gibson (Carlisle, PA) at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ ** sep 5 wed Disastroid, ToyboatToyboatToyboat at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 5 wed Cheap Girls, The Drowning Men (Ocenside), FayRoy at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8pm ** sep 5 wed The Heavy at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $12/$14 9pm *** sep 5 Rehab, Moonshine Bandits at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $12/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 5 wed Powerman 5000, Prylosis, Fair Struggle, White Minorities, The Origina at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** sep 5 wed Beats Antique at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $18 8:30pm/9pm *** sep 6 thr Gotye (Australia), Chairlift, Jonti at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # *** sep 6 thr The Tallest Man On Earth, Strand Of Oaks at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** sep 6 thr Missy Higgins, Katie Herzig at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** sep 6 thr Big Black Delta, The Dramantics at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 6 thr Nite Jewel, Soft Metals, Cosmetics, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $13 9pm ** sep 6 thr Blue Skies For Black Hearts, Bye Bye Blackbirds, John Moreman's Floatation Device at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** sep 6 thr Buckethead at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** sep 7 fri Defeater, Hundredth, Rotting Out, Silver Snakes, Broken Ties at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $12 7pm *** @ sep 7 fri Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros, Clap Your Hands And Say Yeah at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus, Berkeley a/a # ** sep 7 fri Young Prisms, Mwahaha, Clipd Beaks! at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** sep 7 fri Big Freedia at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $15/$20 8pm/9pm ** sep 7 fri Katatonia, Devin Townsend Project, Paradise Lost, Stolen Babies at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $24 7pm/8pm ** sep 7 fri Roach Gigz at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** sep 7 fri Buckethead at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 9pm # *** sep 7 fri The Hi-Nobles, Pre-Legendary And The Dreamers, Angstroms at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** sep 7 fri Wildlife Control, Mercies, The Dandelion War at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 7 fri Linkin Park, Incubus, Mutemath at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $106-$36 5:30pm/6:30pm # *** sep 7 fri BB King at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** sep 7 fri Scissors For Lefty, Mr. Loveless, Sporting LIfe at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm *** sep 7 fri Tedeschi Trucks Band at the Bob Hope Theatre, 242 East Main Street, Stockton a/a # ** sep 8 sat Roddy Radiation, Skabilly Rebels, Impalers, Jokes For A Feelngs, Imposters at 924 Gilman, Berkeley a/a 8pm *** @ (Sounds of Underground) sep 8 sat Eli Conley, Dear Indugu, Emily Moldy at La Pena, 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley a/a $10 8pm ** sep 8 sat The Adicts at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** @ $ sep 8 sat Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, Kasey Anderson & The Honkies at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 8 sat Doe Eye (cd release) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9:30pm * sep 8 sat Crystal Antlers, Pang at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** sep 8 sat The Fresh & Onlys, Terry Malts, dj Britt Govea at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** sep 8 sat High n Tight at Winter's Tavern, Pacifica 21+ ** 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 8 sat Buckethead at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm *** sep 8 sat Rehab at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** sep 8 sat Arsonists Get All The Girls, Hypno5e, Exotic Animal Petting Zoo, Of Reflections, Calista Sky, In Theory, The War Within at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$15 6:30pm/7pm *** @ sep 8 sat Ziggy Marley at Cache Creek Casino Resort, Brooks 21+ 8pm ** sep 8 sat Static X, Winds Of Plague, The Browning, Davey Suicide at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $22 6:30pm/7pm ** sep 9 sun Oppressed Logic, Zero Bull Shit, The Whoremoans, Beverly Beer Bellys, Rat Damage, Mykee Ramen, Pissed Of Punks, John The Baker at 924 Gilman, Berkeley a/a $10 4pm *** @ (Niki Davis Benefit) sep 9 sun Dokken, Spiral Arms, The Butlers at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $27/$30 8pm *** @ sep 9 sun Covenant (Sweden), The Break Up, dj Decay at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $15/$22 8pm/9pm *** sep 9 sun Shannon And The Clams, Mikal Cronin, dj Jonathan Toubin, dj Primo at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** (clap & dance off) sep 9 sun Get Dead, Burn Burn Burn!, The Savage Henrys at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 6pm ** (early show) sep 9 sun Tigon, Mercy Ties at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** (late show) sep 9 sun Buckethead at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ *** sep 9 sun Dave Matthews Band, Allen Stone at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $75/$40 5:30pm/7pm # *** sep 9 sun Fiona Apple, Blake Mills at the San Jose Civic, 135 San Carlos St., San Jose a/a # *** sep 9 sun Styx at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** sep 9 sun The Vibrators, Boats! at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 8pm *** @ sep 9 sun The Fresh & Onlys, Terry Malts at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$13 8:30pm/9pm ** @ sep 10 mon The Hives, Fidlar at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** sep 10 mon Blondie, Devo at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $93-$40 7pm/8pm # *** $ sep 10 mon Swans, Xiu Xiu at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** sep 10 mon JC Brooks And The Uptown Sound, Karina Denike at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $10/$12 9:30pm ** sep 10 mon Buckethead at the El Rey Theater, Chico a/a $22 8pm/8:30pm *** sep 11 tue Hot Chip at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** sep 11 tue The Vibrators, Pissed Off Punks at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 8pm *** @ sep 11 tue Korpiklaani, Moonsorrow, Tyr at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $20/$25 7pm/7:30pm *** @ sep 11 tue Fiona Apple, Blake Mills at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** sep 11 tue Blaqk Audio at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** sep 11 tue Sandi Thom, Francesca Lee at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 9:30pm ** sep 11 tue The Fresh & Onlys at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** sep 12 wed Silversun Pickups, School Of Seven Bells, Atlas Genius at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 7:30pm # *** $ sep 12 wed Thrill Kill Kult, Total Accomplishment at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $18/$20 7pm/8pm *** sep 12 wed Eternal Summers, Bleeding Rainbow (Philadelphia) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** @ sep 12 wed Chelsea Wolfe, Crypts (Seattle), Dia Dear, dj S4nta_Mu3rte, dj Nako at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** sep 12 wed Angus Stone at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** sep 12 wed Forever Goldrush, Electric Sheep at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 12 wed Moonface, Foxygen at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** sep 12 wed Blaqk Audio at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 90pm *** sep 13 thr Night Nurse at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** sep 13 thr Huckle, True Spokes at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** sep 13 thr Dillon Francis, Flosstradamus, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $20 9pm ** sep 13 thr Nommo Ogo (cd release), Candle Labra at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 13 thr Rascal Flatts, Little Big Town at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a # ** sep 13 thr James McMurtry, The Gourds at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $21/$25 7pm/8pm ** sep 14 fri Yeastie Boys Guantanamo Dogpile, Go Time, Seduce The Dead at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 8pm *** @ sep 14 fri GG Amos, Delta Wires at Point Richmond Square, Washington Ave. & Park Place, Roint Richmond a/a free 5:30pm ** sep 14 fri Bonnie Raitt, Mavis Staples at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a 8pm # *** sep 14 fri Mana at the Arena, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** sep 14 fri Tha Dogg Pound at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $22-$40 8pm/9pm ** sep 14 fri Mister Loveless at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** sep 14 fri Roxette (Sweden) at Nob Hill Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $95-$45 7:30pm # ** sep 14 fri James McMurtry, The Gourds at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 14 fri Mercy Me, Francis Chan at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 7pm # ** sep 14 fri AC/DShe (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** sep 14 fri Mac Demarco, Melted Toys, Surf Club, Justin (dj set) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 9pm ** sep 14 fri The Aerosols, Sea Dramas, WetDreamsDryMagic at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** sep 14 fri Dead Leaf Echo (Brooklyn, N.Y.) at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ ** sep 14 fri Lila Downs at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm ** sep 14 fri Def Leppard, Poison at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $134-$29 6pm/7pm # *** sep 14 fri Rascal Flatts, Little Big Town, Eli Young Band, Edens Edge at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # ** sep 14 fri Anthrax, Testament, Death Angel at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ $ sep 14 fri Rose Funeral (Cincinnati, OH), The Kennedy Veil, Soma Ras, Gary Busey Amber Alert, ...And Came Back Brutal, A Plague Upon Her at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10/$12 5:30pm/6:30pm *** @ sep 14 fri The Left Hand, Bobby Joe Ebola & The Children MacNuggits, Mad Judy, Cold Heart Re-Press, The Community at Luigi's Fun Garden, 1050 20th Street, Sacramento a/a $5 8pm *** (Bat Guano Fest day 1) sep 14 fri Aesop Rock at the El Rey Theater, Chico a/a ** sep 15 sat My Morning Jacket, Shabazz Palaces at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # *** @ sep 15 sat Kai Eckhardt's Zeitgeist, Movement In Threes at Uptown Body and Fender, 401 26th Street, Oakland a/a $9 7pm/8pm ** sep 15 sat M.I.R.V. at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $15/$20 8pm *** sep 15 sat Weekend, Deafeaven, Wild Moth at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 8:30pm ** sep 15 sat Los Straitjackets, Big Sandy And His Fly-Rite Boys at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 15 sat The Good Hurt, Matt Masih And The Messengers at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** sep 15 sat Boyjazz, Hot Lunch, Hot Fog at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** sep 15 sat The Mutaytor at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20/$25 9pm *** sep 15 sat The White Barons, Dalton at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm/10pm ** sep 15 sat Scott H. Biram, Restavrant, T.V. Mike And The Scarecrowes at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/10pm ** sep 15 sat Skyline Blues Band at Winter's Tavern, Pacifica 21+ ** sep 15 sat Talky Tina at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 7pm ** sep 15 sat The Walking Dead, Support The Rabid, Rat Damage, The Strange Party, Union Hearts, Killdevil, The Croissants, The Porter Project, Dead Dads, Sneeze Attack!, Crude Studs, Abandoned Generation at Luigi's Fun Garden, 1050 20th Street, Sacramento a/a $7 3pm *** (Bat Guano Fest day 1) sep 15 sat E-Family at Cache Creek Casino Resort, Brooks 21+ 8pm ** sep 15 sat cancelled: Metalocalypse, Dethklok, Lamb Of God, Gojira (France) at Civic Center, S.F. sep 16 sun Polkacide, Erin Brazill & The Brazillionaires, Sassy at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $5-$10 11am ** (PolkaPalooza - Benefit J.Serra Elementary School) sep 16 sun Aesop Rock, Rob Sonic, dj Big Wiz, Edison, Dark Time Sunshine at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 7pm/8pm # ** (new date - was July 15th) sep 16 sun Neung Phak (album release) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** sep 16 sun Austra, Nightmare Fortress, Vice Device at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm *** sep 16 sun Numinous Eye, Blake Mackey at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** sep 17 mon B'z at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # ** sep 18 tue Broncho, Lovely Bad Things, Bad Weather California at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** @ sep 19 wed Unwoman at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 8pm ** sep 19 wed Icon Of Coil, Sitd, dj Decay at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $15/$22 8pm/9pm ** sep 19 wed The Bright Light Social Hour at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm * sep 19 wed Slug Guts (Austrailia) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** sep 19 wed August Burns Red, Of Mice And Men, The Color Morale, The Overseer at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $20 7pm/7:30pm *** sep 19/20 Crosby, Stills & Nash at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $61 7pm/8pm # *** sep 20 thr Fell Voices, Ash Borer, Menace Ruine (Canada), Servile Sect, Sutekh Hexen at the Metro, Oakland a/a $10 *** @ sep 20 thr Anthony Hamilton, Estelle, Antoine Dunn at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a # ** sep 20 thr Maximo Park at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** sep 20 thr Azure Ray at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** sep 20 thr Dub FX, Flower Fairy, Snareophobe, Starfighterz at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** sep 20 thr Moving Units, Gold Fields, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $12 9:30pm ** sep 20 thr Working From Home, Talk Tonight at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** sep 20 thr Casey Neill, Victor Krumenacher, Passenger & Pilot at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** sep 20 thr Sondre Lerche at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** sep 20 thr Tomorrows Bad Seeds, Through The Roots at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** sep 20 thr Big Time Rush, Cody Simpson at Reno Events Center, 300 N Center St., Reno, NV a/a 7pm # *** sep 21 fri Los Amigos Infisibles at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm ** sep 21 fri The Trophy Fire, Picture Atlantic, Case In Theory, I Was Totally Destroying It at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 8pm *** sep 21 fri City Deluxe, Moon Eater, Pre-Legendary at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 21 fri Huun Huur Tu at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** (seated) sep 21 fri Bob Mould (performing Copper Blue & Silver Age) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # *** sep 21 fri Easy Star All-Stars, Passafire at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** sep 21 fri Dev, Cataracs, Starting Six, dj J Espinosa, dj Trevor Simpson at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $22/$24 7pm/8pm (was June 30th) sep 21 fri Gov't Mule, The Revivalist at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** sep 21 fri Holograms, dj Omar at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 9pm ** sep 21 fri Yob, Acid King, Norska at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $12/$15 8pm/9pm ** sep 21 fri Allen Toussaint, The California Honeydrops at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $75-$150 7pm/8pm ** (Benefit Bay for the Bayou) sep 21 fri Reptar at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** sep 21 fri Lord Loves A Working Man, The Struts, Blammos at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 21 fri Outlaw, The Shivas, Peachelope at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** sep 21 fri The Insufferables, The Better Maker, The Vivids (L.A.) at the Abbey Tavern, 4100 Geary Blvd., S.F. 21+ 9:30pm ** sep 21 fri Blues Traveler at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm *** sep 21/22 Wilco at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a $49.50 7:30pm # *** sep 21/22 Animal Collective, Micachu And The Shapes at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** sep 21/22/23 Aerial Ruin, Aluk Todolo, Arktau Eos, Ash Borer, Blood Axis, Burial Hex, Changes, Circulation Of Light, Cota, Funerary Call, Hail, Hell, Hooded Archer, Ironwood, L'Acephale, Lasher Keen, Lux Interna, Maa, Menace Ruine, Novemthree, Pyha Kuolema, River, sangre De Muerdago, Servile Sect, Sutekh Hexen, The Lindbergh Baby, The Sterling Sisters, Velnias, Vradiazei, Waldteufel, Will-O-The Wisp, Wolvserpent at Shinneyboo Creek Resort, 11820 Eagle Lakes Road, Soda Springs a/a $150/$180 *** (camping - music - swimming - forest) (Stella Natura: The Light of Ancestral Fires Fest) sep 22 sat dj Bob Mould, dj Rich Morel at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** (Blowoff) sep 22 sat Tainted Love at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # 9pm ** sep 22 sat Stevie Jackson, The Softies, Lilys, Kim Baxter, Allen Clapp, mc Daniel Handler at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $20 7:30pm ** (Chickfactor fanzine) sep 22 sat Bits Of Shit (Austrailia), Yi, Man Hands at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** sep 22 sat The King's Men, Kirk Franklin, Marvin Sapp, Donnie McClurkin, Israel Houghton at the Pavilion, Concord a/a 7:30pm # ** sep 22 sat George Thorogood & The Destroyers at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** sep 22 sat Nvs at X-Bar, Homestead Lanes, Cupertino a/a $5 8pm ** @ sep 22 sat Easy Star All Stars at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $14/$19 8pm/9pm ** sep 22 sat Crosby, Stills And Nash at Reno Events Center, 300 N Center St., Reno, NV a/a 8pm # *** sep 23 sun Folsom Street Fair, Folsom St. between 7th and 12th, S.F. 11am sep 23 sun Merle Haggard at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** $ sep 23 sun Deftones at Discovery Park, Sacramento a/a # *** @ sep 23 sun Wilco at Grand Sierra Casino, 2500 East 2nd St., Reno NV a/a $39.50 7pm # *** sep 24 mon Serj Tankian at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 8pm # ** sep 24 mon Kreator, Swallow The Sun, Black Mackerel, Blessed Curse at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ sep 25 tue Accept, Kreator, Swallow The Sun at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # *** @ sep 25 tue Ryan Bingham at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 25 tue Menomena at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 25 tue Obituary, Broken Hope, Decrepit Birth, Jungle Rot, Encrust at the Alley, 906 Victorian Way, Sparks, NV a/a *** @ sep 26 wed Susan Surftone at Forbidden Island, 1304 Lincoln Avenue, Alameda 21+ 8pm ** (surf) sep 26 wed Papa Bear And The Easy Love, Kelly McFarling, Lauren Shera at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 26 wed Ryan Bingham at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** sep 26 wed Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** sep 26 wed Obituary, Broken Hope, Decrepit Birth, Jungle Rot, Encrust, Feast at DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $14/$18 6pm/6:15pm # *** @ (Carnival of Death) sep 26 wed Owl City at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** sep 26 wed Paula West at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ $30 8pm ** (also Sep 27th) sep 26 wed Monomena at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $20 7pm/8pm ** sep 27 thr Mac Miller at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** sep 27 thr Hey Champ, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $12 9:30pm ** sep 27 thr Paula West at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ $30 (8pm show) $20 (10pm show) ** sep 27 thr Keiki (Brussels) at the Hemlock, S.F. $7 8pm * sep 27 thr Tyrannosaurus Christ, Hysteria at the Swingin Door, 106 East 25th Av., San Mateo 21+ free 8pm/9:30pm ** sep 27 thr Hatebreed, Whitechapel, All Shall Perish, Deez Nuts at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ sep 27 thr Train, Mat Kearney, Andy Grammer at Reno Events Center, 300 N Center St., Reno, NV a/a 7pm # *** sep 28 fri Con Brio, Calaveras at Point Richmond Square, Washington Ave. & Park Place, Roint Richmond a/a free 5:30pm ** sep 28 fri Train, Mat Kearney, Andy Grammer at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a 7pm # *** sep 28 fri Beach House, Dustin Wong at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** (sold out) sep 28 fri Hatebreed, Whitechapel, All Shall Perish, Deez Nuts at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # *** @ sep 28 fri Pentatonix at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** (sold out) sep 28 fri Zodiac Death Valley, Sporting Life, The Dandelion War, dj Galine MoDemoiselle at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** sep 28 fri Jonah Matranga at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 28 fri Here Come The Saviours, Erik Blood (Seattle) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** 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 28 fri Insolence, Los Bastardos De Amore at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $15 7pm *** (Cactus Club 10 Year Anniversary Weekend) sep 28 fri Culo A Boca, Burning Monk, Thrash Compactor (Santa Cruz) at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 9pm ** @ sep 28 fri The Dirty Heads at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $17 7:30pm/8:30pm ** sep 28 fri Led Zepagain (tribute) at the El Rey Theater, Chico a/a $15 7pm/8pm ** sep 29 sat Citizen Cope at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** sep 29 sat The Velveteen at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 29 sat Il Volo at Nob Hill Masonic Center, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # ** sep 29 sat JGB with Melvin Seals at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 29 sat William Elliott Whitmore, Samantha Crain at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** sep 29 sat Aimee Mann at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** sep 29 sat SafetySuit, Taylor Berrett (solo acoustic) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 29 sat Rodriquez at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm/9pm ** sep 29 sat Firewater, Damon & The Heathens at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 9pm ** sep 29 sat Scott Kelly, Mike Scheidt at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm ** sep 29 sat The Shins, Tegan And Sara, Alison Krauss And Union Station, Beats Antique, Matisyahu, Jimmy Cliff, Kimbra, The Dirty Heads, Givers, Eric Hutchinson at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $50-$75 2pm # *** (KFOG) sep 29 sat Lisa Lampanelli at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** sep 29 sat Odd Numbers, Shitkickers, Hayride To Hell at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $15 7pm ** (Cactus Club 10 Year Anniversary Weekend) sep 30 sun Scott Kelly, Mike Scheidt at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 8pm ** sep 30 sun Hot Water Music at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** sep 30 sun Maria Minerva, Father Finger, Bobby Browser at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** sep 30 sun Inner Ear Brigade, Marco Eneidi Shattered, Mutual Aid Project at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm ** sep 30 sun Joe Walsh at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $125-$60 6pm/7pm ** sep 30 sun Furthur (with Phil Lesh & Bob Weir) at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $65-$31 7:30pm/7pm # ** oct 1 mon Garbage at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** oct 1 mon Deerhoof, Buke And Gase, Raleigh Moncrief at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** oct 1 mon Grouplove, Alt-J at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm # *** $ oct 1 mon Blood Red Shoes (U.K.), Happy Fangs, Starskate at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** @ oct 1 mon Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Dam Funk, Bodyguard at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $20 7pm/8pm ** oct 2 tue Slash, Foxy Shazam at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 7:30pm # *** oct 2 tue Patrick Wolf (acoustic) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** (seated show) oct 2 tue Peter Gabriel at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a 8pm # *** oct 2 tue The Offspring, Neon Trees, Dead Sara at the San Jose Civic, 135 San Carlos St., San Jose a/a 7:30pm $39.50 # *** @ oct 3 wed Melissa Etheridge at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** oct 3 wed Nightwish, Kamelot at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** oct 3 wed Strung Out, The Swellers, Such Gold at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** @ oct 3 wed Wax Tailor, Tom Thump at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** oct 3 wed Seether, Sick Puppies, Kyng, Young Guns at Modesto Center Plaza, 1000 L Street, Modesto a/a $32 7pm/8pm *** oct 4 thr Jason Mraz, Christina Perri at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # ** oct 4 thr Delhi 2 Dublin at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** oct 4 thr Niki And The Dove, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $13 9:30pm ** oct 4 thr Helio Sequence at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 8pm ** oct 4 thr Dead Western at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * oct 4 thr Joe Jackson, Regina Carter at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $90-$40 6pm/7pm # ** oct 4 thr Strung Out, The Swellers, Such Gold at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $18/$20 7:30pm/8pm *** @ oct 5 fri Amon Tobin at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # ** oct 5 fri Kevin Hart at the Arena, Oakland a/a $125-$50 7pm/8pm # ** oct 5 fri New Order at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** oct 5 fri Jel Of Anticon, Evander & James, Parentz at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** oct 5 fri Joe Jackson at Nob Hill Masonic Center, 1111 California Street, S.F. a/a $75/$45 7pm/8pm # ** oct 5 fri Laetitia Sadier, Orca Team, Pageants at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/9:30pm ** oct 5 fri The DK Kennedys at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** @ oct 5 fri Mono (Japan), Chris Brokaw at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$14 9pm ** oct 5 fri Dry The River at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** oct 5 fri Tyos That Kill, Pins Of Light at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm *** @ oct 5 fri Florence & The Machine, The Weekend at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $66-$25 7pm/8pm # *** oct 5 fri San Francesca at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $10 8pm ** oct 5 fri Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Doobie Brothers at the Stockton Arena, 248 W Fremont Street, Stockton a/a # *** oct 5 fri Roach Gigz at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $15 8pm/8:30pm *** oct 5/6/7 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, G.G.P, S.F. a/a free *** oct 6 sat Justin Bieber, Carly Rae Jepsen at the Arena, Oakland a/a 7pm # ** $ (scream warning) oct 6 sat Glen Hansard at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** oct 6 sat Prizehog, Apocryphon at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm/10pm ** @ oct 6 sat Native Cats (Austrailia) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 6 sat The Maccabees at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 9pm ** oct 6 sat Lynyrd Skynyrd at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** oct 6 sat Roach Gigz at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $19/$24 8pm/9pm *** oct 6 sat Metal Health at Corner Pocket, 7777 Sunrise Boulevard, Citrus Heights 21+ $5 8pm ** oct 6 sat Kevin Hart at the Pavilion, 1 Sports Parkway, Sacramento a/a 8pm a/a # ** oct 6/7 Madonna at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $359-$48 8pm # *** $ oct 7 sun Michael Kiwanuka at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm ** oct 7 sun Li XI, Rubedo (Denver), Mosshead, Oiler at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 7pm ** oct 7 sun Steve Vai at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm ** oct 8 mon Imagine Dragons at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** oct 9 tue Grizzly Bear (Brooklyn) at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** oct 9 tue Ben Howard at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** oct 9 tue Steve Vai, Beverly McClellan at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** oct 9 tue Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby, John Murry at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** oct 10 wed Dinosaur Jr. at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 8pm # *** @ oct 10 wed Adam Parfrey at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 10 wed Steve Vai, Beverly McClellan at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** oct 11 thr Passenger & Pilot, Alameda (Portland), Joseph Childress at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 11 thr D.R.I., Rad, Chaos In Mind, Twitch Angry, Art Of Chaos at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ oct 11 thr Leo Kottke at the El Rey Theater, Chico a/a $30 7pm/7:30pm *** oct 12 fri Dawn Penn, Franco Nero, dj's at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $17.50/$20 9pm ** oct 12 fri Morbid Angel, Dark Funeral, Grave at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** @ oct 12 fri Circa Survive, Touche Amore, Balance And Composure, O'Brother at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # *** oct 12 fri Joshua Radin & A Fine Frenzy at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** oct 12 fri Fink at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $12/$15 8pm/9pm ** oct 12 fri Blisses B, Tyler Matthew Smith, Dad's LP at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 12 fri The Raveonettes at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $25 8pm/9pm ** oct 12 fri Fuxa, Bloom, Disappearing People at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 12 fri Yelawolf, Rittz, Trouble Andrew, dj Vajra at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $19/$24 8pm/9pm ** oct 12 fri Carrie Underwood, Hunter Hayes at Reno Events Center, 300 N Center St., Reno, NV a/a 7pm # *** oct 12/13 Dark Star Orchestra at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 8pm/9pm # *** oct 13 sat Gaelic Storm at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** oct 13 sat Girl Talk, The Presets, Porter Robinson, Public Enemy, Sbtrkt, Tycho, Araabmuzik, Matthew Dear, Toro Y Moi, Grimes, The Coup, K. Flay, Dirty Ghosts at Treasure Island Music Festival, S.F. Bay a/a # *** oct 13 sat B, Karina Denikeell X1 (acoustic) at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $20 7:30pm ** oct 13 sat David Choi, Clara C at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** oct 13 sat Books On Tape at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm * oct 13 sat She Haw at Winter's Tavern, Pacifica 21+ * (country) oct 13 sat Morbid Angel, Dark Funeral, Grave, Soma Ras at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ oct 13 sat Carrie Underwood, Hunter Hayes at the Pavilion, 1 Sports Parkway, Sacramento a/a 7:30pm a/a # *** oct 14 sun The XX, M83, Gossip, Best Coast, Divine Fits, Youth Lagoon, Los Campesinos, The War On Drugs, Ty Segall, Hospitality, Imperial Teen, The Neighbourhood at Treasure Island Music Festival, S.F. Bay a/a # *** oct 14 sun Xavier Rudd at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** oct 14 sun Carrie Underwood, Hunter Hayes at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a 7:30pm # *** oct 15 mon David Byrne & St. Vincent at the Orpheum Theater, 1192 Market Street, S.F. a/a # *** oct 15 mon The Sheepdogs, Black Box Revelation at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** oct 17 wed First Aid Kit, Dylan LeBlanc at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** oct 17 wed Sonny Landreth at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** oct 17 wed Strfkr at Harlow's, 2708 J Street, Sacramento 21+ ** oct 17/18 Bob Dylan & His Band, Mark Knopfler at the Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a # *** oct 18 thr The Script at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** oct 18 thr Adam Ant, Brothers Of Brazil at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** (was Feb. 24th) oct 18 thr Poi Dog Pondering at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** oct 18 thr The Soft Pack, Crocodiles at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** oct 18 thr Frightened Rabbit at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm ** oct 18 thr Freelance Whales at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ ** oct 19 fri Bob Dylan & His Band, Mark Knopfler at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # *** oct 19 fri Bombay Bicycle Club, Vacationer at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # ** oct 19 fri Beth Orton, Sam Amidon at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** oct 19 fri The Whigs at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$15 9pm ** oct 19 fri Neverever, Kids On A Crime Spree at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 19 fri Aaron Freeman at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $22/$25 9pm ** oct 19 fri Stephen Kellogg And The Sixers, Northern Son, Miggs at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 9pm ** oct 19/20 Tiger Army at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** @ oct 20 sat Marti Brom, Rosie Flores at the uptown, Oakland 21+ $12/$15 9pm ** oct 20 sat Jorma Kaukonen at Swedish American Hall, S.F. a/a $32/$35 7pm and 10pm shows ** oct 20 sat Wanda Sykes at the Nob Hill Masonic, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** oct 20 sat Stars at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** oct 20 sat Bassnectar at the Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a # *** oct 20 sat Cheap Time (TN), Warm Soda at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 20 sat film "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 8pm ** (live shadow cast) oct 20 sat Rock On Broadway at Winter's Tavern, Pacifica 21+ * oct 20 sat Hard Girls, Gnarboots at X-Bar, Homestead Lanes, Cupertino a/a $10 8pm ** oct 20 sat Allen Stone, Tingsek, Sister Sparrow, Yuna, Selah Sue at the El Rey Theater, Chico a/a $15/$18 7pm/8pm # ** oct 21 sun indie-mart at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free noon til 7pm oct 21 sun Macklemore and Ryan Lewis at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** oct 21 sun Tony Lucca, Justin Hopkins at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** oct 21 sun Snow Patrol at the San Jose Civic, 135 San Carlos St., San Jose a/a $38.50/$30 7:30pm # *** oct 22 mon Crystal Castles at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** oct 22 mon Dan Deacon, Height With Friends, Chester Endersby Gwazda, Alan Resnick at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 23 tue Two Door Cinema Club, Friends at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** oct 23 tue Dan Deacon, Height With Friends, Chester Endersby Gwazda, Alan Resnick at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** oct 23 tue Calexico, The Dodos at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** oct 23 tue Switchfoot, Paper Route at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** oct 23 tue Bitch Magnet (reunion) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** oct 23 tue Marissa Anderson (Portland) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 23 tue From The Jam, Right The Stars, Odd Numbers at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $20/$25 8pm *** oct 23 tue Motion City Soundtrack, Jukebox The Ghost, Not Now at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** oct 23 tue Cheap Time (TN) at the Cellar Door, 101 W. Main St., Visalia 21+ ** oct 24 wed Rasputina, Faun Fables at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** oct 24 wed Crime And The City Solution at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** oct 24 wed Lord Huron at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8pm ** oct 24 wed Alesana at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** oct 25 thr Flying Lotus at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** oct 25 thr Staff Benda Bilili at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** oct 25 thr Brother Ali, Blank Tape Beloved, Homeboy Sandman, dj Sosa, The Reminders at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** oct 26 fri Matt & Kim at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** oct 26 fri Calvin Harris, Benny Benassi, Example, Datsik, R3hab, Miles The dj, Burns, Aaron Axelson at the Arena, Oakland 18+ 7pm/8pm $55 # *** (Live 105's Spookfest) oct 26 fri Slough Feg, Skelator at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 26 fri John Mayall at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm ** oct 26 fri Brother /Ali, Blank Tape Beloved, Homeboy Sandman dj Sosa, The Reminders at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $14/$19 8pm/9pm ** oct 27 sat Red Fang, Black Tusk, Lord Dying at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** oct 27 sat Cult Of Youth at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 28 sun Willie Nelson, Jamey Johnson, Band Of Horses, John Reilly at someplace (trainstation), Oakland a/a # *** oct 30 tue Other Lives, Indians at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** oct 31 wed The Undead Boys at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** @ oct 31 wed All-American Rejects, Boys Like Girls at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # *** nov 1 thr Matt Wertz at Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market St., S.F. a/a $18/$20 7:30pm ** nov 1 thr Bowerbirds at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** nov 2 fri Judgement Day at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** nov 2 fri Destroyer (tribute), Loverdrive (tribute), Cruella (tribute) at Club Fox, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City 21+ ** nov 3 sat Grace Potter & The Nocturnals at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** nov 3 sat Dark Dark Dark, Emily Wells, The Fall at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm/9:30pm ** nov 3 sat Evolution (tribute) at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** nov 3 sat The Grannies, Go Time! at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5+ 9pm/10pm ** (Benefit for Blixa) nov 3 sat Zammuto at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** nov 3 sat Black Tooth at Winter's Tavern, Pacifica 21+ ** nov 4 sun LeCrae at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # ** nov 5 mon Jens Lekman, Taken By Trees at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** nov 5 mon Gwar, Devildriver, Cancer Bats, Legacy Of Disorder at the Catalyst, Santa Curz 16+ *** @ $ nov 5 mon Datsik at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a ** nov 6 tue Title Fight, Pianos Become The Teeth, Single MOthers, Whirr at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $12 7:30pm ** @ nov 6 tue Gwar, Devildriver, Cancer Bats, Legacy Of Disorder at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ $ nov 7 wed Afghan Whigs at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 8pm # ** nov 7 wed Asia at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** nov 7 wed Mike Watt & The Missingmen, Jokes For /Feelings at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** @ nov 7 wed Leonard Cohen at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a 8pm # ** nov 8 thr Benjamin Francis Leftwich at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 8 thr The Sea And Cake at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** nov 8 thr Afghan Whigs at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # *** nov 8 thr Tilly And The Wall at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** nov 9 fri Eric Church, Justin Moore, Kip Moore at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a 7:30pm # ** nov 10 sat The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** nov 10 sat Blue October at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** nov 10 sat Black Skies, Caltrop, Prizehot at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm ** nov 10 sat Eric Church, Justin Moore, Kip Moore at the Pavilion, 1 Sports Parkway, Sacramento a/a 7:30pm a/a # ** nov 11 sun Eric Church, Justin Moore, Kip Moore at Reno Events Center, 300 N Center St., Reno, NV a/a 7pm # ** nov 12 mon Tyler Ward at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 7:30pm/8:30pm ** nov 13 tue Minus The Bear, Cursive, Girl In A Coma at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** nov 14 wed Epica, Alestorm, Insomnium, System Divide, Destiny Potato at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # *** nov 14 wed Minus The Bear, Cursive, Girl In A Coma at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** nov 15 thr The Rezillos at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $13/$15 9pm *** @ nov 15 thr Rush at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $126-$46 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** nov 15 thr The Fresh Beat Band at Reno Events Center, Reno, NV a/a 7pm # ** (kids band) nov 16 fri Morrissey at Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave., S.F. a/a # *** nov 16 fri The Rezillos (Scotland), The Phenomenauts, Jonny Manak & The Depressives at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $13/$15 9pm *** @ nov 17 sat Self Defense Family, Fell To Low at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $8 7:30pm ** nov 18 sun The Fresh Beat Band at Nob Hill Masonic Center, S.F. a/a 5:30pm # ** (kids band) nov 18 sun Russell Peters at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a 7:30pm # ** nov 19 mon Patrick Watson at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** nov 21 wed Boz Scaggs at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ *** nov 23 fri Andrea Bocelli at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a 8pm # ** nov 27 tue Alice Cooper at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** @ $ nov 30 fri Yellowcard, The Wonder Years, We Are The In Crowd at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm # *** dec 1 sat Simian Mobile Disco at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ *** dec 6 thr Barry Manilow at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $175-$10 7:30pm # *** dec 11/12/14/15/16 Chris Robinson Brotherhood at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** dec 13 thr Chris Isaak at the Knob Hill Masonic, S.F. a/a $125-$50 $7pm/8pm # *** dec 14 fri Supersuckers at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm *** dec 15 sat The Parov Stelar Trio at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** dec 31 mon Above & Beyound, Ferry Corsten, Dash Berlin, Andy Moor at the Arena, Oakland 18+ 5pm til 2am # ** feb 1 fri The Who (performing Quadrophenia) at the Arena, Oakland a/a # *** $ feb 2 sat The Who (performing Quadrophenia) at Event Center, Reno 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.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 23 Club, 23 Visitacion Avenue, Brisbane a/a 415-467-7717 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 a/a 21+ 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 Nob Hill Masonic Center, 1111 California Street, S.F. a/a 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 Winter's Tavern, 1522 Francisco Blvd., Pacifica 21+ 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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