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 October 1, 2012 oct 1 mon Garbage, Screaming Females at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** oct 1 mon Deerhoof, Buke And Gase, Raleigh Moncrief at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $18 7pm/8pm *** 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 1 mon Former Babies, Koko Beware (Seattle) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 6pm ** (early show) oct 1 mon Nicole Atkins, Jeremy Passion, Joanna Borromeo at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm ** oct 2 tue Slash, Foxy Shazam, Electric Sister at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 7:30pm # *** oct 2 tue Alt-J at Amoeba Music, Berekely a/a free 6pm * oct 2 tue Patrick Wolf (acoustic) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $21 7pm/8pm ** (seated show) oct 2 tue Ron Pope at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $12/$15 7:30pm ** oct 2 tue Space Vacation, Ironwitch at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** oct 2 tue The Sidekicks, John Moremen's Flotation Device at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 2 tue Communist Daughter, Sporting Life, Max Potner at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** oct 2 tue Port-Royal (Italy), Dryft, Another Electronic Musican at the DNA Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 7pm/8pm ** oct 2 tue Meat Market, Primitive Hearts, The Rinds (record release), dj Big Nate at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm/9:30pm ** oct 2 tue The Psychedelic Furs, The Chevin at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ *** 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 2 tue Neon Trees at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free noon ** (Live 105) oct 3 wed Melissa Etheridge at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** oct 3 wed Jucifer, Hellbeard, Bite at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** oct 3 wed Nightwish, Kamelot at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** oct 3 wed Strung Out, The Swellers, Such Gold, The Sheds at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $18/$20 7pm/7:30pm *** @ oct 3 wed Wax Tailor, Shana Halligan, dj Tom Thump at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** oct 3 wed Assemblage 23 (Seattle), Espermachine, Demodulate, dj Decay at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $12/$18 8pm/9pm ** oct 3 wed Laura Marling at the Swedish American Hall, S.F. a/a $25 8pm ** oct 3 wed Tokyo Raid, Spiral Electric, Elektrik Sunset at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** oct 3 wed The Jezabels, Yukon Blonde at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16 8pm ** oct 3 wed Battlehooch, Paranoids, Chaka at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** oct 3 wed The Outlaws at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ ** oct 3 wed Emmylou Harris, Robert Earl Keen at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 7:30pm *** oct 3 wed Froadz, Dream House, Breathing Patterns at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** 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 $59.50 7pm # ** oct 4 thr DJ Lebowitz (piano) at Disco Volante, Oakland a/a 5pm til 7:30pm ** oct 4 thr Patterson Hood at Amoeba Music, Berekely a/a free 6pm * oct 4 thr Rvivr, Street Eaters, 17 Reasons (first show) at Thrillhouse Records, S.F. a/a free 7pm *** oct 4 thr Delhi 2 Dublin, dj Jimmy Love at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $17 9pm ** oct 4 thr Stephen Marley at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** oct 4 thr Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Robert Earl Keen at Preservation Hall West at the Chapel, 777 Valencia, S.F. a/a $30 9pm ** oct 4 thr Niki And The Dove, Wolf Gang, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $13 9:30pm ** oct 4 thr The Helio Sequence, Slowdance at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 8pm ** oct 4 thr Dead Western, Exquisite Corps, Blue Oaks at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** oct 4 thr Street Justice, Lord Nasty & The Seekers Of Perversion, Fuck You Cop You Fucking Cop at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm/10pm ** oct 4 thr Mount Eerie, Bouquet at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 4 thr Black Cobra, Rabbits, Diestro at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** oct 4 thr Les Claypool Due de Twang (acoustic with Mirv) at Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Drive, San Rafael a/a a/a $35 7pm/8pm *** (sold out - also at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass) oct 4 thr Monkey at Lake Cunningham Skate Park, 2305 South White Rd., San Jose a/a ** (Mile's Birthday) 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 4 thr Endrah (Brazil), Wonderland Syndrome at the Ink Annex, Eureka ?/? ** oct 5 fri The Generators (L.A.), Memphis Murder Men, Sad Boy Sinister, Anti-Social, The Blank Spots at 924 Gilman, Berkely a/a $10 7pm *** @ oct 5 fri The Uptones, Ska Kings And Queens at Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley a/a $12/$15 ** oct 5 fri Amon Tobin, Kronos Quartet, Holy Other at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a $39.50 8pm # ** oct 5 fri Kevin Hart at the Arena, Oakland a/a $125-$50 7pm/8pm # ** oct 5 fri New Order, Run Run Run (L.A.) at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** (sold out) oct 5 fri Young Prisms, Astronauts Etc. at BAM/PFA, 2626 Bancroft Way, Berkeley a/a $7 7:30pm ** (KALX) (Weekend not playing) oct 5 fri Mount Eerie, Hungry Cloud Darkening, Bouquet, Common Eider King Eider at Lobot Gallery, 1800 Campbell St., Oakland a/a $9 8pm ** oct 5 fri Jel Of Anticon, James & Evander, Parentz, Vyxor at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** oct 5 fri Female Trouble, The Gregors, The Pleasure Kills at the Starry Plough, Berkeley 21+ $7-$12 sliding scale 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, Fang, Guantanamo Dogpile, 13 Scars at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # *** @ oct 5 fri Mono (Japan), Chris Brokaw, Jon Porras (solo) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$14 9pm ** oct 5 fri Nick Lowe, Jesse Winchester at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $30 8pm/9pm ** (seated show) oct 5 fri Reckless Kelly, Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys, The Trishas, Tiny Television at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $20 7pm/8pm ** oct 5 fri Roger Knox, Jon Langford & Sally Timms, Walter Salas-Humara, The Creak at the Swedish American Hall, S.F. a/a $16 7:30pm ** (accoustic show) oct 5 fri Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Steve Earle, Allison Moorer at Preservation Hall West at the Chapel, 777 Valencia, S.F. a/a $30 9pm ** oct 5 fri Dead Winter Carpenters, Hackensaw Boys at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $15/$20 8pm/9pm ** oct 5 fri Dry The River, The Ferocious Few, Houndmouth at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** oct 5 fri Toys That Kill, Pins Of Light, Elephant Rifle at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm *** @ oct 5 fri Zion I, Minnesota at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm *** oct 5 fri Adios Amigo, Solwave, Dogcatcher at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** oct 5 fri The Sadies, Jon Langford And His Sadies, Misisipi Rider at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $16 7:30pm ** oct 5 fri Ho-Down, Bernadette, Shawna Virago, Castles In Spain, Lydia Popovich, dj Salex at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? $10 8pm ** oct 5 fri Thrive, Lumination, SF Music Club at George's, San Rafael 21+ $15/$20 8pm ** oct 5 fri BrownChicken BrownCow StringBand, The Littlest Birds at Studio 55 Marin, 1455 East Francisco Blvd., San Rafael ?/? $13/$15 8pm ** oct 5 fri Trebuchet, Awful Truch, Kinship, Odd Bird at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 8pm *** oct 5 fri Florence And The Machine, The Weekend at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $66-$25 7pm/8pm # *** oct 5 fri Jucifer, Buried At Birth, Occult Wiseom at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** oct 5 fri Endrah (Brazil), Wonderland Syndrome at the Quarter Note, 1214 Apollo Way, Sunnyvale 21+ ** oct 5 fri Time Sent Driving, San Francesca, Escalona at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $10 8pm ** oct 5 fri Diego's Umbrella, Vokab Kompany at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 5 fri Arsonists Get All The Girls, Fullujah, Symbolik, Cursed, Accidentally Murdered at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a $10/$12 6pm *** @ oct 5 fri Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Doobie Brothers at the Stockton Arena, 248 W Fremont Street, Stockton a/a # *** oct 5 fri J Boog, Hot Rain, Squarefield Massive at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** oct 5 fri Roach Gigz at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $15 8pm/8:30pm *** oct 5/6/7 at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, G.G.P, S.F. a/a free *** oct 6 sat The Fashion Slaves, Zoobombs (Japan), The Next, Edge City Ruins at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $8 7pm *** @ oct 6 sat Justin Bieber, Carly Rae Jepsen at the Arena, Oakland a/a 7pm # ** $ (scream warning) oct 6 sat Glen Hansard, The Lost Brothers at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** oct 6 sat Blind Willies at the Beach Chalet, 1000 Great Highway, S.F. a/a free 2pm * oct 6 sat Big Gigantic, Griz at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm ** oct 6 sat Hell On Wheels, Burning Monk at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm ** oct 6 sat Jenny Lewis at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $21 8pm/9pm ** oct 6 sat Elvis Costello, Austin de Lone, Bill Kirchen, Ruth Davis, Buddy Miller, Paul Revelli, Jim Lauderdale, Preservation Hall Jazz Band at Preservation Hall West at the Chapel, 777 Valencia, S.F. a/a $150 7:30pm and 10:30pm shows *** oct 6 sat Dead Winter Carpenters, The Shotgun Wedding Quintet at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $12/$15 8pm/9pm ** oct 6 sat Prizehog, Apocryphon at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm/10pm ** @ oct 6 sat Michael Beach, Native Cats (Austrailia), Buttons at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** oct 6 sat The Maccabees, Mwahaha at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 9pm ** oct 6 sat Wave Array, She Beards, Warbler at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9:30pm ** oct 6 sat The Mantles, Swiftumz, Cocktails at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/10pm ** oct 6 sat Michael Ward With Dogs And Fishes at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm * oct 6 sat The Inciters, The Impalers, Wicked Mercies, dj Dion at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** oct 6 sat Apogee Sound Club, Generacion Suicida (L.A.), Permanent Ruin, Die Time (Chicago), Cold Circuts at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 4pm/5pm *** @ oct 6 sat John Wayne Bro Band at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** oct 6 sat Kafana Balkan, Brass Menazerie, Jill Parker & Foglove Swwthearts, dj Zeljko at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 21+ $13 9pm ** oct 6 sat Hungry Skinny, Legends As Fuck, The Greening Sheepeaters at RKRL, 52 Sixth Street, S.F. 21+ $5-$10 9pm ** oct 6 sat Hot For Teacher (tribute), Ozzy Alive (tribute) at George's, San Rafael 21+ $10/$15 9pm ** oct 6 sat No Limit Creation, Mikey, Can't Get Enuff Ent, Starkiller, The Inferno at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 8pm ** (hip-hop) oct 6 sat Lynyrd Skynyrd at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** oct 6 sat George Lopez at the San Jose Civic, 135 San Carlos St., San Jose a/a $43-$63 8pm # ** oct 6 sat Petunia & The Vipers (with Exene Cervenka), West Coast Ramblers at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** oct 6 sat Roach Gigz at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $19/$24 8pm/9pm *** oct 6 sat Zion I, Minnesota, K-Ottic at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** oct 6 sat Kevin Hart at the Pavilion, 1 Sports Parkway, Sacramento a/a 8pm a/a # ** oct 6 sat Crazy Eyes at the Cave, Someplace, Sacramento ?/? * oct 6 sat Metal Health at Corner Pocket, 7777 Sunrise Boulevard, Citrus Heights 21+ $5 8pm ** oct 6 sat The Connies (Santa Rosa), Splinter Cell at the Alibi, 744 9th St., Arcata 21+ $5 11pm ** oct 6 sat cancelled: Son Of Supercar, Zombie Blaster, How High The Moon, Whirl'd at the Kitty Castle, Santa Clara oct 6/7 Madonna at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $359-$48 8pm # *** $ oct 6/7 Abandon Theory at Villa Toscano Winery, 10600 Shenandoah Road, Plymouth ?/? 1pm ** oct 7 sun Handguns, Forever Came Calling, State Champs, The American Scene (acoustic), Allison Weiss at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 5pm *** @ oct 7 sun Ewert And The Two Dragons, The Lighthouse And The Whaler, The Family Crest at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 7 sun Stepdad, Rich Aucoin, Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm *** oct 7 sun She Wants Revenge, Pyyramids at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $25 7pm/8pm *** oct 7 sun Conor Oberst, Beachwood Sparks at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** oct 7 sun The Gregors, Piranha Party, Crazy Eyes, Guitar Wizards Of The Future at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $5 8pm *** oct 7 sun Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Justin Townes Earle, Amanda Shaw, The Cute Guys at Preservation Hall West at the Chapel, 777 Valencia, SF a/a $30 8pm ** oct 7 sun Michael Kiwanuka, Nathaniel Rateliff, Foy Vance at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm ** (sold out) oct 7 sun Li XI, Rubedo (Denver), Mosshead, Oiler at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** oct 7 sun Admiral Fallow at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8:30pm ** oct 7 sun Steve Vai at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm ** oct 7 sun Don't Be The Hero, The Voided, Born To Be Rad, Rour O Clock Heroes, The Break Light Skulls at the Red House, Concord a/a $10/$12 7pm ** @ oct 7 sun The Generators, Heroes At Gunpoint, Urban Wolves at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a $8 6pm *** @ oct 7 sun Iwrestledabearonce, Oceano, Within The Ruins, The Plot In You, Surrounded By Monsters, Merchants, Vanna at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ oct 7 sun cancelled: AJ Rafael, Cameron Mitchell, Passion at Slim's, S.F. oct 8 mon Imagine Dragons, The Dandelion War at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ 8pm *** (sold out) oct 8 mon Patti Smith at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** oct 8 mon Richie Spice at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 9pm ** oct 8 mon The Blank Tapes, The Lawlands, Cafe Cabana at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** oct 8 mon Endrah (Brazil), Wonderland Syndrome at Downtown Joe's Brewery, 902 Main Street, Napa ?/? ** oct 9 tue Infernal Stronghold (Philadelphia, PA), Scolex, Caffa, Limbs at Center For Creative Abuse, West MaCarthur at Market, Oakland a/a $5 8pm ** oct 9 tue Grizzly Bear (Brooklyn), Lower Dens at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** oct 9 tue Body Language, The Hood Internet at the New Parish, Oakland ?/? # ** oct 9 tue Seems An Eternity, Horaflora, Key West at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ donation 9pm ** 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 7:30pm # *** oct 9 tue Bad Books, Harrison Hudson at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $16/$19 7pm/8pm *** oct 9 tue Io Echo, Gliss (ep release), Cruel Summer at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** oct 9 tue Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby, John Murry at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** oct 9 tue Secret People, No Mistake, Stressors, Stares, Total Fucker, dj Laurgactyl at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm/9:30pm *** @ (fundraiser for Subversion vol.1) oct 9 tue Saint Vitus, Weedeater, Sourvein at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $22/$25 8pm *** oct 9 tue Patti Smith at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ ** oct 9 tue Crazy Eyes at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ * oct 10 wed Sleepy Sun at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ ** oct 10 wed Dinosaur Jr. at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 8pm # *** @ oct 10 wed Deftones, Scars On Broadway at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** @ oct 10 wed Il Gato (albume release), Wolf & Crow at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** oct 10 wed Commissure, Adventure Playground, The Hague (Portland), Ocelot, Froadz at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $6 7:30pm ** oct 10 wed The Corin Tucker Band, Magic Mouth, Mecca Normal at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 18+ $15 9:30pm ** oct 10 wed Adam Parfrey at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 8:30pm ** oct 10 wed Com Truise, Poolside, Bonde Do Role at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** oct 10 wed Lydia Loveless, The Lonely Wild, Mick Leonardi at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 10 wed Tav Falco And The Unapproachable Panther Burns, The Switchbacks, Musk at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** oct 10 wed Dude City (NV) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** oct 10 wed D.R.I., Nothing But Losers, Bloodpig, Cuttin Loose, Coffin Birth at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a $15/$17 6pm *** @ oct 10 wed Steve Vai, Beverly McClellan at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** oct 10 wed Chevelle (IL) at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $23/$25 7pm/8pm ** oct 10 wed cancelled: Anthony B, Baijie, Jah Warrior & The Crew at Slim's, SF oct 11 thr DJ Lebowitz (piano) at Disco Volante, Oakland a/a 5pm til 7:30pm ** oct 11 thr The Criminals, Bobby Joe Ebola And The Children MacNuggits, Mystic Knights Of The Cobra, Dark Beach at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm *** @ oct 11 thr Circa Survive, Touche Amore, Balance And Composure, O'Brother at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # *** (was listed as oct 12th) oct 11 thr Jeff The Brotherhood, Diarrhea Planet at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 11 thr Yelawolf, Ritzz, Trouble Andrew, Vajra at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** oct 11 thr Hayehudim at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $50/$60 9pm ** oct 11 thr Violens, Strange Talk, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $13/$15 9:30pm ** oct 11 thr Hundred Waters at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm * oct 11 thr Random (AZ), Doctor Popular, Xombie at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** (Passenger & Pilot, Alameda cancelled) oct 11 thr Anders Osborne, Robert Walter's 20th Congress, dj Harry Duncan at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 9pm ** oct 11 thr Spectre, Drunk Dad (Portland), Bog Body, Unifried at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** @ oct 11 thr Jamestown Revival, Kingsfoil, Luna, Coyote, The Bellafonte, John Thatcher at the Red House, Concord a/a $10/$12 7pm ** oct 11 thr Sleepy Sun at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a ** 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 Koffin Kats (Detroit, MI) at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ ** @ oct 11 thr Leo Kottke at the El Rey Theater, Chico a/a $30 7pm/7:30pm *** oct 11 thr Zion I, Minnesota at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $15/$18 7:30pm/8:30pm *** oct 12 fri Main Attrakionz, Antwon, Laughters, Heathurzz, Stares, Caged Animal at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $7 8pm *** @ oct 12 fri F.T.P., Andy Magic Pulsewave, Josh Allen Duo at Long Haul, 3124 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley a/a 9pm ** oct 12 fri Dawn Penn, Franco Nero, dj's at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $17.50/$20 9pm ** oct 12 fri P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S. (Portland), Sydney Ducks, The Meat Sluts, Great Apes at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $7 8pm/9pm *** @ oct 12 fri The Galloping Sea, GAYmous, Annah Anti Palindromes at the Starry Plough, Berkeley 21+ $7-$12 sliding scale 8:30pm/9:30pm ** oct 12 fri Morbid Angel, Dark Funeral, Grave at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $31 8pm/9pm *** @ oct 12 fri Joshua Radin & A Fine Frenzy at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** oct 12 fri Thee Oh Sees, Sic Alps, Sonny Smith, The Mallard at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $15 8:30pm ** oct 12 fri Smashing Pumpkins at Civic Center, 99 Grove St., S.F. a/a # *** @ $ oct 12 fri Eraserheads at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8:30pm # *** oct 12 fri Tomorrows World, Housse De Racket, Citizens!, Lescop at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** oct 12 fri Fink at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $12/$15 8pm/9pm ** oct 12 fri Das Racist, Le1f, Safe, Lautis at the DNA Lounge, S.F. 18+ $25 ($20 b4 Oct 1) 10pm ** 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 (Detroit), Bloom, Disappearing People at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** oct 12 fri The Presets, K. Flay at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 9pm *** oct 12 fri James Moseley Band, The Tickets Band at George's, San Rafael 21+ 8pm ** oct 12 fri Mega Ran (AZ), Boboso at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** oct 12 fri Cash'd Out (tribute) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** oct 12 fri Kepi Choulie, Dan Potthast, Megaran at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $10 8pm ** (Bigfoot Museum Benefit) oct 12 fri Yelawolf, Rittz, Trouble Andrew, dj Vajra at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $19/$24 8pm/9pm ** oct 12 fri Saint Vitus (L.A.), Weedeater, Sourvein at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $15/$18 8:30pm/9pm *** @ oct 12 fri Killgasm, Newtdick, Truculence, Chase The Shakes, Minenwerfer at On The Y, 670 Fulton Ave., Sacramento 21+ $5 9pm ** @ oct 12 fri Carrie Underwood, Hunter Hayes at Reno Events Center, 300 N Center St., Reno, NV a/a 7pm # *** oct 12 fri Koffin Kats (Detroit, MI) at the Red Fox Tavern, Eureka 21+ ** oct 12/13 Dark Star Orchestra at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 8pm/9pm # *** oct 13 sat Moral Crux, The Secretions, Deadones USA, Urban Wolves, Good Day To Die at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm *** @ oct 13 sat Talib Kweli (dj set), Nina Simone Tribute, Isis Rising The Hood Games Skate Competition, Stem-Posium Youth Science Exhibition at De Fremery Park, 16th St. & Poplar St., Oakland a/a free 11am-6pm ** oct 13 sat Gaelic Storm at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $17/$20 9pm ** 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 Bell X1 (accoustic), Duke Special at the Swedish American Hall, S.F. a/a $20 7:30pm ** oct 13 sat David Choi, Clara C at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16/$21 8pm ** oct 13 sat Sleepy Sun, Glitter Wizard, Juju, Al Lover & The Haters, dj Al Lover at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $13/$15 8pm/9pm ** oct 13 sat Books On Tape (cd release), City Of Women, Tomihira at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 13 sat Dreamdate, Sort Of Invisible, Dreamsalon (Seattle) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** oct 13 sat La Plebe, The Hooks, P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S. (Portland) at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm/10pm *** @ (Frank El Rio & Scott Alcoholocaust's joint Birthday) oct 13 sat Face The Giant at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** oct 13 sat AraabMuzik, Five Knives at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 10pm ** oct 13 sat Araabmuzik, Five Knives at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** oct 13 sat Roach Gigz, Iamsu, A-1, Baby E, Nima Fadavi at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $25 8pm *** oct 13 sat She Haw at Winter's Tavern, Pacifica 21+ * (country) oct 13 sat record swap at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 11am-3pm oct 13 at Maxx Cabello Jr. at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** oct 13 sat Zion 1 at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** oct 13 sat Zion 1, Minnesota at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $14/$19 8pm/9pm *** oct 13 sat Bronsson, California Medication, Skry at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a $5 7pm ** 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 13 sat Yolanda Del Rio at Cache Creek Casino Resort, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 21+ 8pm ** oct 13 sat Reel Big Fish, Less Than Jake (Gainesville, FL) at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $22/$25 8pm/8:30pm *** @ 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 Billy Joe Shaver, David Jacobs-Strain at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $21 8pm ** oct 14 sun Silver Threads at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm ** oct 14 sun Big Kids, Hop Along, Wild Moth, Yulia at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** oct 14 sun Elliot Schneider at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm ** oct 14 sun Carrie Underwood, Hunter Hayes at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a 7:30pm # *** oct 14 sun Koffin Kats (Detroit, MI), Silver Shine (Hungary), The Atom Age at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a $8/$10 6pm ** @ oct 14 sun Abandon All Ships, For All Those Sleeping, Skip The Foreplay, Upon The Dawning, Palisades at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** oct 15 mon David Byrne & St. Vincent at the Orpheum Theater, 1192 Market Street, S.F. a/a # *** oct 15 mon Eric Hutchinson (almost solo), Jessie Payo at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** (seated show) oct 15 mon The Sheepdogs, Black Box Revelation at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a 8pm ** (was at the Independent) oct 15 mon St. Vincent at the Orpheum Theater, 1192 Market St., S.F. a/a # ** oct 16 tue Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul, Jay Rock, Stalley, Fly Union at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** oct 16 tue Exitmusic, Sun Airway, Pure Bathing Culture at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** oct 16 tue Hellbeard, Old Iron, Burning Monk at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** oct 16 tue Swamp Angel, Aloha Screwdriver, dj at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm/9:30pm ** oct 16 tue Mouse On Mars at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm ** oct 16 tue Philip Montalban, technology trivia night at Raven, 1151 Folsom St., S.F. 21+ $20 7:30pm ** (Benefit Blue Energy) oct 16 tue Jeff The Brotherhood at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** oct 16 tue Koffin Kats (Detroit, MI) at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz ?/? ** @ oct 16 tue Matisyahu at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** oct 17 wed Crazy Eyes at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 9pm * 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 Imperative Reaction, Everything Goes Cold, The Ludovico Technique, The Witch Was Right, dj Decay at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $12/$18 8pm/9pm ** oct 17 wed DJ Lebowitz at Tupelo, 1337 Grant Ave., S.F. a/a (during show) 5:30pm til 7:50pm ** oct 17 wed Woods, White Fence, Magic Trick at Preservation Hall West at the Chapel, 777 Valencia, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** oct 17 wed Minus Gravity, Headlines, James Cavern at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $10/$12 8pm/9pm ** oct 17 wed Radney Foster at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** (country) oct 17 wed Moral Crux, Deadones USA, Antizocial (Mexico) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm *** @ oct 17 wed Rocket Queens (tribute) at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** oct 17 wed Sarah McQuaid at Biscuits and Blues, 401 Mason Street, S.F. a/a $10 6pm/8:30pm ** oct 17 wed Chronoscopes at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ ** oct 17 wed Matisyahu at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ ** oct 17 wed The Word Alive, Born Of Osiris, Norma Jean, I The Breather, Crown The Empire, Incredible Me at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** @ oct 17 wed Strfkr at Harlow's, 2708 J Street, Sacramento 21+ ** oct 17 wed Funtcase (Bournemouth, U.K.), High Rankin, Schoolboy, Nerd Rage at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $17/$20 8pm/8:30pm ** oct 17 wed cancelled: Bone Sickness (Olympia), Caffa, Dark Earth, Kabuki Scrim at the Kitty Castle, Santa Clara 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 8pm # ** oct 18 thr DJ Lebowitz (piano) at Disco Volante, Oakland a/a 5pm til 7:30pm ** oct 18 thr Adam Ant & The Good The Mad & The Lovely Posse, 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 Jane's Addiction, Thenewno2 at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** $ oct 18 thr Crasfaster, Mini Bosses (Phoenix) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm ** oct 18 thr Van She, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $13/$15 10pm ** oct 18 thr Frightened Rabbit, Arc In Round at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm ** (sold out) oct 18 thr Freelance Whales (Queens, N.Y.), Geographer at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm ** oct 18 thr Tift Merritt, Amy Cook at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $16/$18 8pm ** oct 18 thr Chris Cohen, Ashley Eriksson, Coconut at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** oct 18 thr The Generators (L.A.), The Sore Thumbs, The Shell Corporation, Bastards Of Young at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm *** @ oct 18 thr Iron Lung (Seattle), The Process (Scotland), Effluxus, Hunting Party at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm/10pm *** @ oct 18 thr Crazy Eyes at Christy's on the Square, Santa Rosa 21+ * oct 18 thr Funtcase (Bournemouth, U.K.), High Rankin, Schoolboy, Nerd Rage at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 18+ $20 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 18 thr Moral Crux (WA), Deadones USA, Girl Migraine at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a $5 7pm *** @ oct 18 thr Tea Leaf Green at the El Rey Theater, Chico a/a $16/$18 8pm/8:30pm *** oct 18/19 The Funkin' Truth at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $15/$20 (thr) $20/$25 (fri) 8pm/9pm *** oct 19 fri Bob Dylan & His Band, Mark Knopfler at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a 7:30pm # *** (sold out) oct 19 fri Major Lazer at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** oct 19 fri Rodger Stella, Demon Face, Can't Blotz, Ill Omen at Terminal, 3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland a/a *** oct 19 fri Iron Lung, Gehenna, The Process (Scotland), Badr Vogue, Replica at Sugar Mountian, Oakland a/a $10 7pm *** oct 19 fri Stomacher, The Bruises, The Dandelion War at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** oct 19 fri Dear Indugu, Spooky Flowers, The Sea People at Starry Plough, Berkeley 21+ $7-$12 sliding scale 8:30pm/9:30pm ** 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 8pm # ** oct 19 fri The Whigs, The Record Comany, Fake Your Own Death at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$15 9pm ** oct 19 fri Jason Lytle, Sea Of Bees at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market St., S.F. a/a $18/$20 8pm ** oct 19 fri John Brown's Body, Kyle Hollingsworth Band at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** oct 19 fri Kids On A Crime Spree, Grmln, Manatee at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** 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 fri Emancipator, Welder, Boca 45 at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm ** oct 19 fri Bleached Palms, The Radishes at Benders, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** (Save KUSF Benefit) oct 19 fri Stolen Babies (cd release), The Fuxedos, Darling Freakhead at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 19 fri The Phenomenauts, Mini Bosses (Phoenix), Gnarboots, Hard Girls at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 8pm *** @ oct 19 fri Chop Tops at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ ** oct 19 fri Too Short at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ *** oct 19 fri Kaki King at the El Rey Theater, Chico a/a $15 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 19/20 Tiger Army at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** @ oct 20 sat Comadre, Ghost Limb, Bad Liar at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oakland a/a ** @ oct 20 sat Peligro Social, Born/Dead, Kicker at the Metro, Oakland a/a $10 7pm *** @ oct 20 sat Rodger Stella, R. Jencks, Brent Lewis Ensemble at Terminal, 3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland a/a ** oct 20 sat Vandella, Little Owl, Professer Burns And The Lilac Field at the 25th Street Collective, 477 25th Street, Oakland a/a $5-$15 sliding scale 8pm/9pm ** oct 20 sat Marti Brom, Rosie Flores, The Rumblestrippers at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12/$15 9pm ** oct 20 sat Paranoid Freakout, Las Malas Pulgas, Hemorage, Spu, Eternal Disease at Potrero Del Sol Park, 26th & Potrero, S.F. a/a free 11am *** @ (donations for Homeless Youth Alliance) 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, Diamond Rings, California Wives at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** oct 20 sat Bassnectar with Ghostland Observatory, Gramatik, Gladkill at the Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a # *** oct 20 sat Willis Earl Beat at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 20 sat Pre Legendary, Chingadero at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm ** oct 20 sat Yasiin Bey (F.K.A. Mos Def) at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** oct 20 sat Wax Idols, Evil Eyes at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $7/$10 7pm/8pm *** oct 20 sat Rodger Stella, Bren't Lewiis Ensemble, Sixxes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 5pm ** (early show) oct 20 sat Cheap Time (Nashville, TN), Unnatural Helpers, Warm Soda, The Krells at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm *** (late show) oct 20 sat Love Songs, The Bar Feeders, Cyclops at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm/10pm ** (Scott Alcoholocaust's Benders Birthday Bash) oct 20 sat Michael Ward With Dogs And Fishes at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm * oct 20 sat Tea Leaf Green, Mahgeetah at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm *** 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 Mini Bosses (Phoenix), Hard Girls, Gnarboots, The Blast at X-Bar, Homestead Lanes, Cupertino a/a $8 8pm ** @ oct 20 sat Tess Dunn at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** oct 20 sat Taking Back Sunday, Bayside at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $25 7pm/8pm *** oct 20 sat Troubled Coast, My Iron Lung, Trey The Ruler, Missive, Portside at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a $8/$10 7pm *** @ oct 20 sat Del The Funky Homosapien, Gift Of Gab at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** oct 20 sat The Four Eyes, Mini Bosses (Phoenix) at Luigi's Fun Garden, 1050 20th Street, Sacramento a/a $8 noon ** oct 20 sat Allen Stone, Tingsek, Sister Sparrow, Yuna, Selah Sue at the El Rey Theater, Chico a/a $15/$18 7pm/8pm # ** oct 20 sat cancelled: Ill Content (Oakland), Boar Hunter, The Gillbillies, Mental Disaster at the Kitty Castle, Santa Clara oct 20/21 Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Jack White, Guns n Roses, The Flaming Lips, Ray LaMontagne, Sarah McLachlan, Foster The People, Lucinda Williams, Steve Martin And The Steep Canyon Rangers, K.D. Lang And The Siss Boom Bang, Gary Clark Jr. at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $150/$75/$35 3pm (sat) 2pm (sun) # *** $ Bridge School Benefit) oct 21 sun Warm Soda, Cheap Time (Nashville, TN), Unnatural Helpers (WA), Gnarboots, Matthew Joseph Payne, dj Zack Sabbath, dj Coco at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 4:30pm/5pm *** @ oct 21 sun The Mob (U.K.), Sickoids, Rank/Xerox, Crimson Scarlet, The New Flesh at the Metro side room, Oakland a/a $10 7pm *** @ oct 21 sun Bobb Saggeth (6pm - tribute), Hooves, SF Rock Project, Disappearing People, Meat Market, dj Sarah Delush, dj Malila Tequila at indie-mart, outside thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $3 noon til 7pm ** oct 21 sun Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, Dee-1, Xperience at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** oct 21 sun Taking Back Sunday, Bayside, Man Overboard at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # *** oct 21 sun Mike Stud at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** oct 21 sun Tony Lucca, Justin Hopkins at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** oct 21 sun Mako Sica, Brandon Nickel, Jeff Zittrain Band at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 6pm ** oct 21 sun Bambu Station, Inna Vision at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16/$18 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 21 sun Tiger Army at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$22 7pm/8pm *** @ oct 21 sun Left Alone, China Wife Motors, Secretions at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a $8 6pm ** @ oct 21/22 Allen Stone, Yuna, Tingsek at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 22 mon Crystal Castles, Health, Kontravoid at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 7:30pm # *** oct 22 mon Shiny Toy Guns, Mndr at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $17 8pm *** oct 22 mon Ultraista at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$18 8pm ** oct 22 mon Philippe Petit, Xambuca at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $16 8pm ** 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 22 mon Switchfoot at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $23/$27 7pm/8pm *** oct 23 tue Two Door Cinema Club, Friends, St. Lucia (Brooklyn) at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** 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 8pm # *** oct 23 tue Bitch Magnet (reunion), Life Coach, Gold Medalists at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15 7:30pm ** oct 23 tue Qumran Orphics, Bill Orcutt, Marissa Anderson (Portland) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** oct 23 tue Neil Halstead at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $16 8pm ** oct 23 tue Rusted Root at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8pm ** oct 23 tue Moonbell, Golden Awesome (Wellington, New Zealand), Indian Summer at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ 8:30pm/9:30pm ** 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 Omar Rodriquez-Lopez Group, Crypts (Seattle) at Harlow's, 2708 J Street, Sacramento 21+ ** oct 23 tue Cheap Time (Nashville, TN) at the Cellar Door, 101 W. Main St., Visalia 21+ ** oct 24 wed Asap Rocky, Schoolboy Q, Danny Brown, Asap Mob at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** oct 24 wed Omar Rodriquez-Lopez Group, Crypts (Seattle) at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ ** oct 24 wed Civil War Rust, They Stay Dead, Weekender, Get Dead at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** (KALX) 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 Perfume Genius at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $15 7:30pm ** oct 24 wed Collie Buddz, New Kingston, The Holdup, Los Rakas at the Fillmore, S.F. 6+ $25 8pm # ** oct 24 wed Rita Ora, Iggy Azalea, Havana Brown at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** oct 24 wed Jukebox The Ghost at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** oct 24 wed White Arrows, Miles the dj at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $10.53/$13 9pm/9pm *** (Live 105) oct 24 wed Lord Huron, Night Moves at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8pm ** oct 24 wed Hunter Valentine, Queen Caveat at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8pm ** oct 24 wed Lost In The Trees, Midtown Dickens, Dana Buoy at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 24 wed White Manna, Midday Veil at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** oct 24 wed Joe Demaree & The Broken Windows, Mister Loveless at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** oct 24 wed Macklemore & Ryan Lewis at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $18/$23 7:30pm/8:30pm ** oct 24 wed Alesana, I Wish We Were Robots at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** oct 25 thr Flying Lotus at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** oct 25 thr DJ Lebowitz (piano) at Disco Volante, Oakland a/a 5pm til 7:30pm ** 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 25 thr Public Image Limited at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8:30pm # *** oct 25 thr Light Asylum, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $13/$15 10pm ** oct 25 thr Apogee Sound Club, Bobby Joe Ebola And The Children McNuggits, Love Songs at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm *** oct 25 thr The Dig, The We Shared Milk at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** oct 25 thr Brother Pacific (record release), Cool Ghouls, Troubadour Dali (St. Louis) at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $6 8pm/9pm ** oct 25 thr Mayer Hawthorne (dj set), King Most, Mark Divita at Manor West, 750 Harrison, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** oct 25 thr Playa Rae & Trey C, dj Eternal, J.Lately & Dregs One, Megabusive, Dave Dub, Sharkstyliens, Y.D.M.C., Metafizix at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 5pm ** oct 25 thr Mark Mallman (MN), Blackrose Phantoms at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a $5 6pm ** oct 26 fri La Plebe, Left Alone, Dirty Kid Discount (OR), Skandalism (cd release), China Wife Motors at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm *** @ oct 26 fri Nobunny, Shannon & The Clams, Pangea, Audacity, Uzi Rash at the New Parish, Oakland a/a $12/$14 7pm/8pm *** @ oct 26 fri Matt & Kim (Brooklyn), Oberhofer (Brooklyn) at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** oct 26 fri Vir, Upstairs Downstairs, Levator at the 25th Street Collective, 477 25th Street, Oakland a/a $5-$15 sliding scale 8pm/9pm ** oct 26 fri Hellbilly's, Memphis Murder Men, Black Rose Phantoms, Back Alley Barbers, Sex Star at the Metro, Okland 18+ $12 *** @ (Rabid Magazine) 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 Lights at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** oct 26 fri Converge, Torche, Nails, Kvelertak at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** @ oct 26 fri Further Seems Forever at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $23/$26 8:30pm/9:30pm *** oct 26 fri Pickwick, Fox & Woman, Trails And Ways at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$14 9pm ** oct 26 fri Slough Feg, Skelator, Midnight Chaser at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** oct 26 fri Goodnight Texas (record release), Elliot Randall And The Deadmen, Jesse Thomas at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** oct 26 fri Toadies, Helmet, Ume at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 9pm *** @ oct 26 fri Von Goat, Dispirit, Atriarch, Altar De Fey at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm *** @ oct 26 fri John Mayall at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm ** oct 26 fri Deities, Common Crooks, The Great Work, Culprit, The Most Sad at the Red House, Concord a/a $10/$12 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 26 fri Los Shakas De La Banda, Banda Puro Ayotitlan, dj The Beat, dj N9ne at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$19 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 26 fri Peelander-Z (Japan), Electric Eel Shock (Japan), Gnarboots, Hit Reset at the Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a $8/$10 7pm *** @ oct 26 fri Musiq Soulchild at Cache Creek Casino Resort, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 21+ 9pm ** oct 26 fri Collie Buddz, New Kingston, Los Rakas, The Holdup at the Arcata Theater, Arcata 21+ $25 ($45 vip) 8:30pm ** oct 26/27 Mint Condition at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ $38 (8pm) $32 (10pm) ** oct 26-28 Railroad Earth, Delta Spirit, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Beastie Boys Tribute, Del McCoury Band, Blind Pilot, A.L.O., Keller Williams & The Travelin' McCoury's, Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers, The Infamous Stringdusters, Emmitt-Nershi Band, Greensky Bluegrass, Pickwick, Dead Winter Carpenters, Orgone, Tumbleweed Wanderers, Monophonics, The California Honeydrops, Polyrhythmics, The Congress, Rose's Pawn Shop, Andrew McConathy & The Drunken Hearts, Good Gravy, Jelly Bread, Orgone, Karl Denson, Emmitt-Nershi Band at the Hangtown Halloween Ball, Placerville ?/? *** oct 27 sat Agression (Oxnard), Public Nuisance (L.A.), Condemned 2 Death, Nihilist Cunt, No Mistake at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm *** @ oct 27 sat Cirque du Macabre (dark circus acts), Antioquia, New Love Soul Revue at the 25th Street Collective, 477 25th Street, Oakland a/a $5-$15 sliding scale 8pm/9pm ** oct 27 sat The Gradations, Cop Sound, Bigelow's Treehouse, The New Thoreaus at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** oct 27 sat One In The Chamber, Vulvalard, Ardent Vein (Seattle), Pot House Shindies at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $7 7pm *** @ oct 27 sat Red Fang, Black Tusk, Lord Dying at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** oct 27 sat Wolfgang Gartner, Pierce Fulton, Popeska at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** oct 27 sat The Asteroids at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** oct 27 sat Forrest Day, Ghost & The City, dj Brother Grimm at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 ($10 with costume) 9pm *** oct 27 sat Here We Go Magic at Preservation Hall West at the Chapel, 777 Valencia, S.F. a/a $18 9pm *** oct 27 sat Clamhawk, My Parade at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm ** oct 27 sat Mister Loveless, Transfer, Hustle And Drone at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** oct 27 sat Cult Of Youth at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** oct 27 sat Live Evil at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** oct 27 sat Nicki Bluhm And The Gramblers, The Brothers Comatose at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 9pm ** oct 27 sat D-Sharp, Apollo, Sake One, Mr. E, Ruby Red-I at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ 10pm ** oct 27 sat Claire On A Dare at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** oct 27 sat Collie Buddz, New Kingston, Los Rakas, The Holdup at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $25 ($45 vip) 8pm ** oct 27 sat Double Block And Bleed, Just Breathe, The Sea Wolves, Bad Daddies, Red Devil Lie at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a $6 7pm *** @ oct 27 sat Rivals, Dimidium, The Devil Himself, Relapse, horror art show at 9 Lives, 7430 Monterey Street, Gilroy 21+ $10 8:30pm ** oct 27 sat Groundation, Trevor Hall, Squarefield Massive at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** oct 28 sun Unnatual Helpers, Synthetic ID, Uzi Rash at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oakland a/a ** @ oct 28 sun Willie Nelson, Band Of Horses, Jamey Johnson, John Reilly at Middle Harbor Shoreline Park, 100 Middle Harbor Road, Oakand a/a # *** (park is at West end of 7th Street) oct 28 sun One Night Tour at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** oct 28 sun Earth, Fontanelle, Stebmo at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** oct 28 sun Brian Stevens (acoustic - Redding) at Brainwash, 1122 Folsom St., S.F. a/a free 7pm to 8pm * oct 28 sun Bar Fight, The Tough Brothers at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm ** oct 28 sun Casy & Brian, Future Twin, Deep Teens at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** oct 28 sun Harold Ray Dead In Concert (tribute), The Gregors (tribute), Outlaw (tribute) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 6pm ** oct 29 mon Cadence Weapon at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $8/$10 8pm/9:30pm ** oct 29 mon Balmorhea at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9:30pm ** oct 29 mon Daughter, Choir Of Young Believers at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm ** oct 29 mon On My Honor, Above The Underground (U.K.), Second To Last, Skouts Honor at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a $8 ** @ oct 29 mon Other Lives at Harlow's, 2708 J Street, Sacramento 21+ ** oct 30 tue Other Lives, Indians at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** oct 30 tue All Time Low, The Summer Set, The Downtown Fiction, Hit The Lights at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm # *** oct 30 tue Deviant (U.K.), C/A/T, Carved Souls (L.A.), For All The Emptiness (Toronto), Citizen 16, dj Drin Kki at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10/$13 8pm/9pm *** oct 30 tue Saints Of Ruin, Roadside Memorial, Vela, dj Damon Boyle at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 7pm ** oct 30 tue Chamberlin Buxton at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $10/$12 7pm/8pm ** oct 30 tue New Spell (record release), Treehouse Orchestra, St Tropez at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 30 tue Disclosure, dj Dials, Sleazemore at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm ** oct 30 tue Hannah Georgas at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm ** oct 30 tue Sweat Lodge, No Bone, Standard Poodle, dj Thaddeus Reginald III, dj Crackerjacks at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm/9:30pm ** oct 30 tue Tiger High (Memphis), Some Days, Flytraps at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** oct 30 tue Dizzy Wright, Swizzz, Jarren Benton, dj Hoppa at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 31 wed R. Kelly at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a # ** oct 31 wed The Undead Boys, Flexx Bronco (performing as The Ramones), Spellbound, San Francico Barbies at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm *** @ oct 31 wed Stay Sick (Cramps tribute), Mutilators, Superfinos VTO, dj Bildo, dj Death Boy at Lucky 13, Alameda 21+ free *** @ oct 31 wed All-American Rejects, Boys Like Girls, Parachute at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # *** oct 31 wed Astrozombies (covers) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 8:30pm ** oct 31 wed Greensky Bluegrass, Arann Harris And The Farm Band at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $17 9pm ** oct 31 wed Collie Buddz, New Kingston, Los Rakas at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $28.50 8pm/9pm ** oct 31 wed Meatslab, Cashed, Newtdick at the Mardi Gras, 1628 El Camino Real, Redwood City 21+ free 9pm ** oct 31 wed Groundation, Trevor Hall at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $18/$22 7:30pm/8:30pm ** nov 1 thr DJ Lebowitz (piano) at Disco Volante, Oakland a/a 5pm til 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 1 thr Waka Flocka Flame, Wooh Da Kid, Reema Major at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** nov 1 thr Revocation, Ken Mode, A Life Once Lost at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $10/$13 6:30pm/7pm *** nov 1 thr Groundation, Trevor Hall at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 9pm ** nov 1 thr Other Lives at Don Quixotes' Music Hall, 6275 Highway 9, Felton ?/? ** nov 1 thr Skeletonwitch, Havok, Mutilation Rites, Folivore at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$13 8pm/8:30pm *** @ nov 2 fri Shotgun Wedding Quintet at BAM/PFA, 2626 Bancroft Way, Berkeley a/a $7 7:30pm ** (KALX) nov 2 fri Knife Party, Tommy Trash, Kill The Noise, Zane Lowe, Baauer at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $39.50 6pm/7pm # ** nov 2 fri Judgement Day, Religious Girls at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** nov 2 fri Chilly Gonzales (piano) at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market St., S.F. a/a $17/$20 8pm ** nov 2 fri The Stone Foxes at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** nov 2 fri The Soft White Sixties at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** nov 2 fri Saint Etienne, Sea Of Bees at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 9pm # *** nov 2 fri Twerps at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 9pm ** nov 2 fri Joe Rogan at Nob Hill Masonic Center, 1111 California Street, S.F. a/a # ** nov 2 fri Nneka, Raw-G, Earth Amplified, dj Leydis at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $12/$15 8pm/9pm ** nov 2 fri Electric Guest, No, The Colurist at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** nov 2 fri LP at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 9pm ** nov 2 fri Big Mittens, Command Control, When The Broken Bow, Rural at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** nov 2 fri Destroyer (tribute), Loverdrive (tribute), Cruella (tribute) at Club Fox, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City 21+ ** nov 2 fri Jerry Garcia Band at the El Rey Theater, Chico a/a $18/$20 8pm/9pm ** nov 3 sat Grace Potter & The Nocturnals at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** nov 3 sat Strung Up, Born/Dead, Scurvy Dogs, Deadfall, Blown To Bits, Rotten Fux at the Metro, Oakland a/a $10 7pm *** @ nov 3 sat Dark Dark Dark, Emily Wells, Little Teeth 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 Donna The Buffalo at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** nov 3 sat Dance Gavin Dance, A Lot Like Birds, I The Mighty, The Orphan, The Poet at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 6:30pm # *** nov 3 sat Maus Haus at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** nov 3 sat The Grannies, Go Time! at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5+ 9pm/10pm ** (Benefit for Blixa) nov 3 sat Zammuto, Au at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** nov 3 sat Walken, Asada Messiah, Fear The Fiasco at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** nov 3 sat Fred Wesley & The New JB's, Clyde Stubblefield, Jabo Starks, Fred Thomas, Lyrics Born Band at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $35 9pm *** nov 3 sat Black Tooth at Winter's Tavern, Pacifica 21+ ** nov 3 sat Vinnie Richardson Band at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** (Benefit for Reaching Out Food Distribution) nov 3 sat Colt Ford at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** nov 3 sat Anjelah Johnson (2 shows) at Cache Creek Casino, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 21+ 7:30pm & 10pm ** nov 4 sun Lucky Tubb & The Modern Day Troubadors at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 8pm ** (country) nov 4 sun LeCrae, Trip Lee, Tedashii, KB, Pro, Andy Mineo at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # ** nov 4 sun The Devil Makes Three, Jonny Fritz Corndawg at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** nov 4 sun Komor Kommando, dj Decay at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10/$15 8pm/9pm ** nov 4 sun Con Bro Chill at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm * nov 4 sun Rosco Bandana (Gulfport, Mississippi)) at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ ** nov 4 sun Kid Koala, Adira Amram And The Experience at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm ** nov 4 sun Fake Your Own Death, Spanish Cannons at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 6pm ** nov 4 sun The Infamous Stringdusters at Humboldt Brewery, 856 10th at I, Arcata 21+ * nov 5 mon Olnimigo, Replica, Coma at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oakland a/a ** @ nov 5 mon Jens Lekman, Taken By Trees at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** nov 5 mon Metz (Toronto, Canada) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** @ nov 5 mon Sea Wolf, Hey Marseilles at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** nov 5 mon The Dunwells at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 7:30pm ** nov 5 mon Barbra Streisand, Chris Botti, Il Volo (Italy) at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $503-$98 7pm/8pm # *** nov 5 mon Gwar, Devildriver, Cancerbats, Legacy Of Disorder at the Catalyst, Santa Curz 16+ $25/$28 6:30pm/7:30pm *** @ $ nov 5 mon Datsik at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $20 7pm/8pm ** nov 5 mon The Infamous Stringdusters at Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico 21+ * nov 6 tue Cat Power at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** 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 Mr. Gnome, Eighteen Individual Eyes, The Bruises at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** nov 6 tue Brother Pacific, Wilder Maker (Brooklyn) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** nov 6 tue Gwar, Devildriver, Cancer Bats, Legacy Of Disorder at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ $ nov 7 wed Asia at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** nov 7 wed Twin Sister, Melted Toys, Some Ember at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** nov 7 wed Smoking Popes (playing Born to Quit), Luther at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** nov 7 wed Amber Asylum, Akubi Object, Holy Orange (Germany) at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $7 ** nov 7 wed Mike Watt & The Missingmen, Victory And Associates, Jokes For Feelings at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** @ nov 7 wed Weekender, The Loss (Seattle), The Kegels at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** nov 7 wed A Place To Bury Strangers, Bleeding Rainbow at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 8pm *** nov 7 wed Leonard Cohen at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a 8pm # ** nov 7 wed Wilder Maker at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** nov 7 wed Title Fight, Pianos Become The Teeth, Single MOthers, Whirr at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Curz 16+ $12/$14 8pm/8:30pm ** nov 7 wed Kristin Chenoweth at Community Center Theater, 1301 L St., Sacramento a/a 7:30pm # ** nov 7 wed The Devil Makes Three at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $20/$23 8pm/9pm *** nov 7/8 Afghan Whigs, Van Hunt at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 8pm # *** nov 8 thr DJ Lebowitz (piano) at Disco Volante, Oakland a/a 5pm til 7:30pm ** 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 Tilly And The Wall at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** nov 8 thr Jeffrey Lewis & The Junk Yard at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** nov 8 thr Ben Sollee, Luke Reynolds at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $18/$20 8pm ** nov 8 thr Lovely Bad Things, Cosmonauts, Vacant Lots at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** nov 8 thr ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16/$18 8pm *** @ nov 8 thr Amber Asylum, Akubi Object, Holy Orange at Lido's Night Club, 30 South First Street, San Jose 21+ ** nov 8 thr Miss May I, The Ghost Inside, Like Moths To Flames, The Amity Affliction, Glass Cloud at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** nov 9 fri Bobby Joe Ebola And The Children MacNuggits at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oakland a/a ** nov 9 fri Cypress String Quartet at BAM/PFA, 2626 Bancroft Way, Berkeley a/a $7 7:30pm * nov 9 fri Die Antwoord, Azari III, Seth Troxler, Paul Kalkbrenner, Nic Fanciulli at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $49.50 7pm # ** (Barcelona's Sonar on Tour) nov 9 fri Delta Spirit, Jeff The Brotherhood, Fidlar at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 9pm # *** nov 9 fri The Fall Risk at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** nov 9 fri Rupa & The April Fishes at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** nov 9 fri Those Darlins, Pangea, Heavy Cream at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 9pm ** nov 9 fri Swingin' Utters, La Plebe, The Fucking Buckaroos, dj Chaos at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm *** @ nov 9 fri Meat Sluts, Freakstar, 1906 at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** nov 9 fri Carina Round, Rosi Golan at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm * nov 9 fri Social Studies, The Sam Chase, Jon Gunton at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 9pm ** nov 9 fri Girls In Suede (cd release show) at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $5 8pm *** (free cd) nov 9 fri Eric Church, Justin Moore, Kip Moore at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a 7:30pm # ** nov 9 fri Young Science at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** nov 9 fri Blue October at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** nov 9 fri Brian Stevens (Redding) at Vintner's Cellar, Redding ?/? * nov 9/10 Rebirth Brass Band, The California Honeydrops (fri) at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $22 9pm ** nov 10 sat Amber Asylum, Akubi Object, Holy Orange at the First Church of the Buzzard, 2601 Adeline, Oakland a/a $10 ** nov 10 sat Brandi Carlile, Blitzen Trapper at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** (KFOG) nov 10 sat Touch'd Too Much (tribute) at Lucky 13, Alameda 21+ free ** nov 10 sat The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** nov 10 sat Blue October, Barcelona, A Silent Film at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** nov 10 sat Steve Winwood, The Wood Brothers at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 9pm # *** nov 10 sat Black Skies, Caltrop, Prizehog at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm ** nov 10 sat Monkey, Dan Potthast (solo) at X-Bar, Homestead Lanes, Cupertino a/a $8 8pm ** nov 10 sat Spiral Arms at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** nov 10 sat Eric Church, Justin Moore, Kip Moore at the Pavilion, 1 Sports Parkway, Sacramento a/a 7:30pm a/a # ** nov 10 sat Dropkick Murphys (Quincy, MA), NoFx, Pennywise, Alkaline Trio at Reno Events Center, 300 N Center St., Reno, NV a/a $40 6pm # *** @ $ nov 11 sun I Fight Dragons, MC Lars, Skyfox at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** nov 11 sun Onuinu at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 6pm * nov 11 sun Henry Clay People, Jail Weddings, TS And The Past Haunts at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm *** nov 11 sun Eric Church, Justin Moore, Kip Moore at Reno Events Center, 300 N Center St., Reno, NV a/a 7pm # ** nov 11 sun Dropkick Murphey's (Quincy, MA) at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $28.50/$30 7pm/8pm *** @ nov 12 mon Bellicose Minds, Belgrado, Crimson Scarlet at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oakland a/a ** nov 12 mon Tyler Ward at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 7:30pm/8:30pm ** nov 12 mon Japandroids, Bleached at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** nov 12 mon A.C. Newman, Harriet at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm *** nov 12 mon Terrible Feelings (Sweden) at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ ** nov 13 tue Minus The Bear, Cursive, Girl In A Coma at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** nov 13 tue Ben Gibbard at Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street, S.F. a/a # ** nov 13 tue Sera Cahoone at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $10/$12 8pm/9pm ** nov 13 tue Generationals, Races at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** nov 13/14 Average White Band (U.K.) at Yoshi's, Oakland 21+ ** nov 14 wed Epica, Alestorm, Insomnium, System Divide, Destiny Potato at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # *** nov 14 wed Andrew Jackson Jihad, Future Of The Left at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** nov 14 wed Gentleman Jesse & His Man, Midnite Snaxxx, Coctails at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** nov 14 wed Newtdick, Brian Kenney Fresno, Gutwrench at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** nov 14 wed Mr. Kind at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm * nov 14 wed Minus The Bear, Cursive, Girl In A Coma at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** nov 14 wed Halestorm at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a # ** nov 15 thr Loss (TN), Worm Ouroborus, Laudanum, Lycus at the Metro, Oakland a/a $10 7pm *** @ nov 15 thr DJ Lebowitz (piano) at Disco Volante, Oakland a/a 5pm til 7:30pm ** nov 15 thr The Rezillos, The Phenomenauts at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $13/$15 9pm *** @ nov 15 thr The Birthday Massacre, William Control, Aeshtetic Perfection at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** nov 15 thr Tame Impala, The Amazing at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** nov 15 thr The Love Dimension, Os Beaches, The Jaunting Martyrs at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** nov 15 thr The Blank Tapes, Brand New Trash, Jonny Cat And The Coo Coo Birds at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 15 thr Nothing People, Lorelle Meets The Obsolete (Mexico City) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** 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 15/16/17/18 Goapele at Yoshi's, Oakland 21+ *** nov 16 fri Katt Williams at the Arena, Oakland a/a $99.50-$35 7pm/8pm # *** nov 16 fri Morrissey at Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave., S.F. a/a # *** nov 16 fri The Green, Natural Vibrations at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** nov 16 fri El Ten Leven at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$14 9pm ** nov 16 fri Halestorm, In This Moment, Eve To Adam at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** nov 16 fri Gary Clark Jr., Into Weather at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $28 8pm/9pm # *** nov 16 fri Glitter Wizard, Hot Lunch, Pork Torta at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** nov 16 fri Witch Mountain (Portland, OR), Castle, Serpent Crown at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** @ nov 16 fri Milo Greene, Aaron Embry at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 9pm *** nov 16 fri The Rezillos (Scotland), The Phenomenauts, Jonny Manak & The Depressives at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $13/$15 9pm *** @ nov 16 fri The Faint, Trust, Casket Girls at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** nov 17 sat Neurosis, Voivod, Yob at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $29.50 8pm *** @ nov 17 sat The Standells, Sir Lord Von Raven, dj Zola at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $20 9pm ** @ nov 17 sat Self Defense Family, Fell To Low at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $8 7:30pm ** nov 17 sat Walk The Moon, Family Of The Year at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** nov 17 sat The Faint (playsing Danse Macabre), Trust, Casket Girls at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** nov 17 sat Lianne La Havas at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** nov 17 sat Typhoon, Laura Gibson at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** nov 17 sat Philistines, Minot, Zbormak at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** nov 17 sat Diego's Umbrella, Vokab Kompany at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 9pm *** nov 17 sat Lazzari Experiment at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free ** nov 17 sat Neon Kross, Courtesy Flush, Moon Cadillac, Surf Club at Coasters, Boardwalk Bowl, 115 Cliff Street, Santa Cruz 21+ $8 ** nov 17/18 Richard Gomez, Rico Runo With Patricia Javier at Cache Creek, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 21+ 8pm (sat) 4pm (sun) ** nov 18 sun The Fresh Beat Band at Nob Hill Masonic Center, S.F. a/a 5:30pm # ** (kids band) nov 18 sun Cold Specks at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. ?/? ** nov 18 sun Toots And The Maytals at the Uptown, Napa 21+ ** nov 18 sun Russell Peters at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a 7:30pm # ** nov 18 sun Pierce The Veil, Sleeping With Sirens, Tonight Alive, Hands Like Houses at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** nov 19 mon Nas, Ms. Lauryn Hill at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** nov 19 mon Patrick Watson at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** nov 19 mon The Maine, Mayday Parade, The Postelles at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7pm # *** nov 19 mon Rachael Yamagata at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 8pm ** nov 19 mon Woe Is Me, Chunk! No Captain Chunk, Our Last Night, Secrets, Capture The Crown, The Seeking at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** nov 20 tue Pierce The Veil, Sleeping With Sirens, Tonight Alive, Hands Like Houses at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** (sold out) nov 20 tue Counting Crows, Tender Mercies, Mean Creek at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $90-$45 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** nov 21 wed John Legend, Stacy Barthe at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** nov 21 wed The White Panda at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** nov 21 wed UFO, Points North at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8pm *** nov 21 wed Boz Scaggs at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ *** nov 21/23/24 Jackie Greene at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $28.50 7pm/8pm (wed) 8pm/9pm (fri & sat) # *** nov 22 thr DJ Lebowitz (piano) at Disco Volante, Oakland a/a 5pm til 7:30pm ** nov 22/23/25 Henry Rollins (spoken word) at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ $30 (7:30pm thr & fri) $20 (7pm sun) *** nov 23 fri Rndm (jeff Ament, Joseph Arthur, Richard Stuverud) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** nov 23 fri Asking Alexandria, As I Lay Dying, Suicide Silence, Memphis May Fire, Attila at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** @ nov 23 fri Andrea Bocelli at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a 8pm # ** nov 23 fri UFO at the Catalyst, Santa Curz 21+ $24/$29 8pm/9pm *** nov 23 fri Katt Williams at the Pavilion, 1 Sports Parksway, Sacramento a/a # ** nov 24 sat New Riders Of The Purple Sage at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** nov 24 sat New Found Glory, The Story So Far, Seahaven at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** nov 24 sat Tamaryn, Tropic Of Cancer at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 9pm ** nov 24 sat Monkey, The Impalers at the Make-Out Room, S.F. 21+ ** nov 24 sat Dead Prez, Martin Luther, Mara Hruby, Casual, dj D-Sharp at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ 10pm/10:30pm ** nov 24 sat Sinbad at Cache Creek Casino, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 21+ 8pm ** nov 25 sun Yo Gabba Gabba (two shows) at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 2pm and 5pm # ** nov 25 sun Enrique Bunbury at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** nov 26 mon Dethklok, Machine Head, All That Remains, The Black Dahlia Murder at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $35 6:30pm # *** @ nov 27 tue Alice Cooper at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** @ $ nov 28 wed Upstairs Downstairs, Former Friends Of Young Americans (Phoenix), Thralls at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** nov 28 wed Emeli Sande at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm ** nov 28 wed Drop Dead Sixty at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** nov 29 thr Peach Kelli Pop at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oakland a/a ** nov 29 thr DJ Lebowitz (piano) at Disco Volante, Oakland a/a 5pm til 7:30pm ** nov 29 thr Craic Haus (L.A.), Tater Famine at Lucky 13, Alameda 21+ free ** nov 29 thr Walk Off The Earth at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # ** nov 29 thr Toad The Wet Sprocket at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** nov 29 thr Cool Ghouls, Prism Tats (Seattle), Fronds at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** nov 30 fri Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band at the Arena, Oakland a/a # *** nov 30 fri Yellowcard, The Wonder Years, We Are The In Crowd at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm # *** nov 30 fri Charles Bradley at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** nov 30 fri Prince Royce at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # ** nov 30 fri Drms, Ash Reiter (album release), Cannons And Clouds at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** nov 30 fri Toad The Wet Sprocket at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** nov 30 fri Sweet Chariot, Share The Land at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** nov 30 fri Curbside at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** nov 30 fri Craic Haus, The Atomic Aces, Fascinating Creatures Of The Deep, Head Casket at Coasters, 115 Cliff Street, Santa Cruz 21+ $8 ** nov 30/dec 1 Sean Hayes, Michael Musika (fri), Birds Of Chicago (sat) at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 9pm *** dec 1 sat Rezurex, Calabrese, Stellar Corpses, Memphis Murder Men, Limnus at the Metro, Oakland a/a $12 # *** @ dec 1 sat Paul Banks at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** dec 1 sat Simian Mobile Disco at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $22 9pm *** dec 1 sat The Niners, The Hoot Hoots (Seattle), Future Space And Time at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** dec 1 sat Fungo Mungo at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm *** dec 1 sat GREEN DAY at Memorial Auditorium, 1400 J Street, Sacramento a/a *** @ $ dec 2 sun Matty Charles (N.Y.C.) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 6pm ** dec 2 sun GREEN DAY at Grand Sierra Resort, 2500 East 2nd Street, Reno NV a/a *** @ $ dec 4 tue Moon Duo at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/4!2 8:30pm/9pm ** dec 4 tue Sandi Thom, Francesca Lee at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 9:30pm ** (was Sept. 11th) dec 4 tue Bad Weather California, Jason Anderson, Dyllan Hersey at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** dec 4 sat GREEN DAY at Civic Auditorium, 307 Church Street, Santa Cruz a/a *** @ $ dec 5 sun Blue Scholars, Brothers From Another at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $19.50 7pm/8pm # ** dec 5 sun Ghost Of Wrights at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** dec 6 thr Bloc Party, Dum Dum Girls at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a *** dec 6 thr DJ Lebowitz (piano) at Disco Volante, Oakland a/a 5pm til 7:30pm ** dec 6 thr Streetlight Manifesto, Hostage Calm, Lionize at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** dec 6 thr Barry Manilow at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $175-$10 7:30pm # *** dec 6/7/8 Moe. at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $30 9pm *** dec 7 fri World Inferno Friendship Society, O'Death at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** dec 7 fri Night Genes, White Teeth, Youth Of The Beast at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** dec 7 fri Streetlight Manifesto, Hostage Calm, Lionize at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** dec 7/8 Ozomatli at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 9pm # *** dec 8 sat Hellshock (Portland), Lost Tribe, Bloodkrow Butcher (MA), Spectres (Vancouver, B.C., Canada), Neon Piss, Mundo Muerto (L.A.), Frenzy (Portland), Total War (Vancouver, B.C., Canada), Permanent Ruin, Condition, Mania, Crimson Scarlet, Effluxus, Stressors, The New Flesh at the Metro, Oakland a/a $18/$13 4pm/5pm *** @ dec 8 sat Ozokidz at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 3pm # ** (afternoon show) dec 8 sat The Polyphonic Spree at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** dec 8 sat Lecherous Gaze, Owl at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** @ dec 8 sat Taj Mahal at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ ** dec 8 sat Chris Robinson Brotherhood at the Catalyst, Santa Curz 21+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm ** (Folkyeah) dec 8 sat Motionless In White, Chelsea Grin, Stick To Your Guns, Crown The Empire, Upon This Dawning at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** dec 9 sun Hoax (MA), White Wards (Olympia), Arctic Flowers (Portland), Male Nurses (MA), Neo Cons, Trench Rot (Orange County), On Parade (Bakersfield), Gag (Olympia), Hunting Party, Stoic Violence (Orange County), Kruel (L.A.), Replica, Midnite Brain, Caged Animal, Diehard at the Metro, Oakland a/a $18/$13 4pm/5pm *** @ dec 9 sun Meshell Ndegeocello at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** (a dedication to Nina Simone) dec 10 mon Macklemore And Ryan Lewis, Dee-1 at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** dec 10 mon The Tragically Hip at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.85 7pm/8pm # *** dec 10 mon Antibalas at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** dec 10 mon David Bazan Band, Stagnant Pools at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 8pm ** dec 11 tue Blood On The Dance Floor, Jeffree Star, New Years Day, Davey Suicide at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** dec 11 tue David Bazan, Stagnant Pools at Blue Lamp Lounge, Sacramento 21+ ** dec 11/12/14/15/16 Chris Robinson Brotherhood at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** dec 12 wed Horse Feathers at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8pm ** dec 12 wed The Whammy at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** dec 13 thr DJ Lebowitz (piano) at Disco Volante, Oakland a/a 5pm til 7:30pm ** dec 13 thr The Chop Tops, The Thirsty Three, dj Bildo at Lucky 13, Alameda 21+ free ** dec 13 thr The Whammy, Swamp Angel at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $15/$17 9pm *** dec 13 thr Chris Isaak at the Knob Hill Masonic, S.F. a/a $125-$50 $7pm/8pm # *** dec 13 thr Lamb Of God, In Flames, Hellyeah, Sylosis (U.K.) at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $38/$42 6pm # *** @ dec 13 thr Wooden Shjips, Trans Am, Barn Owl, Man Foreever, Eternal Tapestry Liturgy at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ *** dec 13 thr Wooden Shjips, Liturgy, Trans Am, Barn Owl, Man Forever, Eternal Tapestry at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 8pm *** (Thrill Jockey Records Anniversary show) dec 14 fri Boys Noize at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** dec 14 fri The Mountain Goats at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # *** dec 14 fri The Aquabats at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** dec 14 fri Case Studies, David Enos at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** dec 14 fri Supersuckers at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm *** dec 14 fri The English Beat at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** dec 14 fri Kreayshawn at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $17.50/$20 7pm/8pm ** dec 14/15 Psychic TV, Lumerians, King Dude at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $23 9pm *** dec 14/15 George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ *** dec 15 sat The Parov Stelar Trio at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** dec 15 sat The Soft Moon, Group Rhoda at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** dec 15 sat The Motet, AfroMassive at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 9pm ** dec 15 sat Religious Girls, Free Moral Agents, Hawk Jones at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** dec 15 sat The Albert Square, Summer Vacation at X-Bar, Homestead Lanes, Cupertino a/a $8 8pm ** @ dec 16 sun Graham Parker & The Rumour at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** dec 17 mon The Mighty Diamonds With The Yellow Wall Dub Sound, The Melodians at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** dec 19 wed Charlie Hunter at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 8pm *** (partially seated) dec 20 thr White Wards, Gag, Replica at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oakland a/a ** dec 20 thr DJ Lebowitz (piano) at Disco Volante, Oakland a/a 5pm til 7:30pm ** dec 20 thr Dredg (performing 'Catch Without Arms') at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** dec 21 fri Zero Bull Shit, Oppressed Logic, Fukm, Trouble Maker, 2nd Class Citizens, Guantanamo Dogpile, Nihilist Cunt, Gutwrench, Skin & Bonez, Moerate Excess, The Quitters, Crypt Keeper at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $12 12:21pm *** @ (End of the World Fest) dec 21 fri The Limousines at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** dec 21/22 The Mother Hips at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** dec 21/22/23 Tony! Toni! Tone! at Yoshi's, Oakland 21+ *** dec 22 sat High On Fire, Goatwhore, Lo-Pan at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** @ dec 22 sat Punch The Clown, Coffee & Donuts, The Louies, Edaline, Headboard, Jr. Anti-Sex League, Seven Year Winter at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $15 5pm *** @ dec 27 thr DJ Lebowitz (piano) at Disco Volante, Oakland a/a 5pm til 7:30pm ** dec 27 thr The Growlers at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** dec 27 thr X, My Jerusalem at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** dec 28 fri The Metermen (Zigaboo Modeliste, Leo Nocentelli, George Porter Jr., Rich Vogel), dj Harry Duncan at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** dec 28 fri Cracker, Camper Van Beethoven at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25/$27 9pm *** dec 28/29 X, My Jerusalem at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** dec 28/29 Howlin' Rain, Vetiver at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $16 9pm ** (also 12/31) dec 29 sat Gimme Danger (tribute), dj Bildo at Lucky 13, Alameda 21+ free ** dec 29 sat Negativland at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $15 9pm *** dec 29/30 Trombone Shorty at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 8pm/9pm (sat) 7pm/8pm (sun) # ** dec 30/31 PRIMUS (2 sets) (2 sets) at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** $ dec 31 mon Above & Beyound, Ferry Corsten, Dash Berlin, Andy Moor at the Arena, Oakland 18+ 5pm til 2am # ** dec 31 mon Tainted Love at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** dec 31 mon Howlin' Rain, Vetiver at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $35 9:30pm ** dec 31 mon Mother Hips at the El Rey Theater, Chico a/a $40 7pm/8pm ** jan 17 thr Lady Gaga, Madeon, Lady Starlight at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $178/$93/$52.50 7pm/8pm # *** $ jan 29-feb 3 Tower Of Power at Yoshi's, Oakland 21+ *** 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 # *** $ feb 9 sat Sabaton (Sweden) at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $15-$40 9pm *** feb 13/14/15/16 Swedish House Mafia at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a $65 6pm/7pm # *** $ (14,15,16 sold out) feb 18 mon Pink at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $100-$30 6pm/7:30pm # *** mar 26 sat Sarah Brightman at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $130-$55 8pm # *** apr 6 sat Rihanna at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # *** apr 18 thr Joe Bonamassa at the San Jose Civic, 135 San Carlos St., San Jose a/a # ** * recommendable Shows a/a all ages $ will probably sell out @ pit warning ^ under 21 must pay more # no ins/outs Live Radio Shows ---------------- Radio/TV Shows --------------- Berkeley Liberation Radio 104.1FM www.berkeleyliberationradio.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. 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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+ Lucky 13, 1301 Park St, Alameda 21+ 510-523-2118 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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