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 May 3, 2014 may 3 sat Survay Says! (N.J.), Be Like Max (NV), Skank Bank, Waterfly Spigot, Where The Sidewalk Ends at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm/8pm *** @ (viva ska) may 3 sat Badr Vogu, Wilt (Seattle), Dispara, Connoisseur, Abstracter at the First Church of the Buzzard, 2601 Adeline, Oakland a/a *** @ may 3 sat Moira Scar, Bitter Fruit, Silver Shadows, Dead Pansies at B.R.S., Richmond a/a 8pm ** @ may 3 sat Pink Slime, Needles And Pizza, Bastida No/Se at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ 7pm ** may 3 sat Total Chaos, Infirmities, Jack Killed Jill, Skin n Bonez at Toot's Tavern, Crockett 21+ $10 8pm *** @ may 3 sat Wolf King, Ten Pole Drunk (Tacoma, WA), Mad Judy, Reishi at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 8pm/9pm ** @ may 3 sat Kowloon Walled City (10:30pm), Hurry Up Shotgun, The Gary (Austin), Nonagon (Chicago), Generalissimo, Practice Wife (Toronto), Alto! (Portland, OR), Cinder Cone (L.A.), Roland at Leo's, 5447 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland 21+ $12/$15 ($30 3 days) 4pm/4:30pm # *** (Premier Rock Forum BBQ day 2) may 3 sat Beerwine King, Pleasure Gallows, Boss Fight at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** may 3 sat Iced Earth, Sabaton (Falun, Sweden), Revamp at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $26 6:30pm/7:30pm *** @ may 3 sat Orgone, Monophonics at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** may 3 sat Nails, Iron Lung, Bone Sickness, Skinfather at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8pm/8:30pm *** @ may 3 sat Borgore, Congorock, Hucci at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** may 3 sat Forrest Day, Angelo Moore's Maddvibe Orchestra, Keno Map, Heart Touch, RonKat Spearmans Katdelic at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 8pm/9pm *** may 3 sat Big Kids, The Exquisites, Mike Bell And The Movies, Joyride at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $9 9pm ** may 3 sat La Misa Negra, dj Juan Data at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ $12/$15 8pm/9pm ^ ** may 3 sat Radioactivity, Suspicious Beasts, Fatigue at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** may 3 sat The Nickel Slots at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** may 3 sat Feather Witch at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** may 3 sat Roche, Earthen Sea, Psilovision, dj Modern Geoff at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** may 3 sat Chrome Canyon, Pale Blue Dot, Yr Skull, Epicsauce at the UndergroundSF, 424 Haight Street at Webster, S.F. 21+ $6 (free before 10pm) 9pm ** may 3 sat Sunbeam Rd. (record release), Li Xi, Perhapsy, Foli at the Milk Bar, S.F. 21+ 8:30pm ** may 3 sat Refuge, Iron Assault, Infex, Hell Fire, Fog Of War at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** @ may 3 sat Toad The Wet Sprocket at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ $37 *** may 3 sat A Yawn Worth Yelling, Gnarboots, Matthew Joseph Payne, Cartoon Violence at Art Boutiki, 557 S. Market Street, San Jose a/a $10 8pm ** (Star Wars Celebration) may 3 sat Alexandra & The Starlight Band (L.A.) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** may 3 sat Absolutely Yes, Emporia, The Phoenix Twin, Time Will Decide at SubRosa Community Space, 703 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz a/a free 7pm ** may 3 sat Fortunate Youth, Los Rakas, True Press at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $14/$17 8:30pm/9pm *** @ may 3 sat FallRise, Tallboy, Madison Avenue, Dimidium, Misamore, Grave Shadow at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $12-$25 6pm *** @ may 4 sun Goblin at the Metro, Oakland a/a $25 8pm # ** may 4 sun Karaoke Underground (10pm), Turbo Lightning (L.A.), Philistines, Victory And Associates, Bedrucken, The Loyalists, West By Swan (Chico), The Tunnel at Leo's, 5447 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland 21+ $12/$15 ($30 3 days) 4pm/4:30pm # *** (Premier Rock Forum BBQ day 3) may 4 sun Michael Nesmith at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $50 7:30pm ** may 4 sun Nobody From Nashville, Woody Wood, Tony Holiday at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm ** may 4 sun The Better Haves, Carolyn Sills Combo at Tupelo, S.F. a/a 4pm til 7pm ** may 4 sun Tendrils, Divided Heaven, Bobby Meader, Hanalei at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** may 4 sun Noothgrush, Wilt (Seattle), Badr Vogu at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 3pm/3:30pm *** @ may 4 sun The El Vez Punk Rock Revue, The Schitzophonics, Diana Death at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** may 4 sun Erkma, Infirmities, Twat, Them Creatures at Guitar Wars, 4072 monterey Hwy., San Jose a/a free 1pm ** @ (skate ramps provided) may 4 sun Toad The Wet Sprocket at Harlow's, 2708 J Street, Sacramento 21+ *** may 5 mon Ingrid Michaelson, Storyman, The Alternate Routes at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 7:30pm # ** may 5 mon Nile, Blasphemous Creation, Embryonic Devourment at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $21 7pm/8pm *** may 5 mon Trio Sol de America at the Chapel, S.F. a/a free 8pm ** (Cinco de Mayo) may 5 mon Gza, Tel Cairo, Agustus ThElefant at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $15 7pm ** may 6 tue Childish Gambino at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** (sold out) may 6 tue Under the Streetlamp, Gentleman's Rule at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** may 6 tue David Byrne, Alexis Taylor, Pat Mahoney, Kele Okereke, The Lijadu Sisters, Joshua Redman, Money Mark, Sinkane at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** (Music of William Onyeabor) may 6 tue Ian Matthews at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $16/$18 7pm/8pm ** may 6 tue The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Fear Of Men, Ablebody at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** may 6 tue Pillar Point, Soft Swells, Strange Hotel at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 9pm ** may 6 tue The Nerv, Expired Logic (Seattle), Generation Decline (Bremerton, WA), Nihilist Cunt, dj Alberto at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm/9:30pm ** @ may 6 tue We Are Scientists at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $13/$16 8:30pm/9pm *** may 6 tue cancelled: Apogee Sound Club, Goose Storm at the Hemlock, S.F. may 7 wed The Flex (U.K.), Violent Reaction (U.K.), Dust Off, Torso at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oaland a/a *** @ may 7 wed Build The Empire, Fora at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** may 7 wed Needtobreath, Foy Vance at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30.50 7pm/8pm # *** may 7 wed Chiodos, Emarosa, Hands Like Houses, Our Last Night at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $18/$21 7:30pm ** may 7 wed We Are Scientists at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** may 7 wed We Are The Men, Beekeepers, Lil Dowager at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** may 7 wed Vollmer, Spider Heart, Sea Dramas, Void Boys at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ donation 9pm ** may 7 wed Morrissey, Kristeen Young at City National Civic, 135 San Carlos Street, San Jose a/a # *** $ may 7 wed The Queen Is Dead (tribute) at the Blank Club, San Jose 9pm ** may 7 wed The Horde And The Harem (Seattle) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 5pm ** may 7 wed Ten Pole Drunk at Jerry's Pizza, 1817 Chester Ave., Bakersfield a/a ** may 7 wed Suicidal Tendencies, Yankee Brutal at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $20 6:30pm *** @ may 8 thr The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Joel Gion & The Primary Colours at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** may 8 thr Once And Future Band, Mwahaha, Phil Manley at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** may 8 thr Lumerians, Zombie Zombie, Maus Haus at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16/$18 8pm/9pm *** may 8 thr Visage, Inhalt, Metal Mother, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15/$17 9pm ** may 8 thr Kill The Noise, Mat Zo at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** may 8 thr Survival Knife, Hungry Ghost (Portland), California at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm *** may 8 thr Acid Mothers Temple, Perhaps, Ogod at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** may 8 thr Hepa/Titus, Prizehog, Peace Creep at the Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St. S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** may 8 thr Butt Problems, Thee Nodes (Montreal, Canada), Quaaludes at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm/9pm ** may 8 thr Anti-Social, Ten Pole Drunk, F.U.X., Five Fingers Of Death at Johnny V's, 31 East Santa Clara St., San Jose 21+ ** @ may 8 thr Will Hoge, Matt Gage at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $15 7pm ** may 8 thr Chiodos (Davison, MI), Emarosa, Hounds Houses, Our Last Night, '68 at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $17 6pm *** @ may 9 fri The Blondies, Black Bones, Demi And The Gods, Callaghan, The Twitches at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm/8pm *** @ may 9 fri Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Zach Heckendorf at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** (sold out - KFOG) may 9 fri Dairy Queens, Juicy Karkass, World Of Shit, Instant Gratification at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $5 7pm *** @ may 9 fri Candelaria, Midnight Raid at the Legionnaire Saloon, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** may 9 fri Stephen "Ragga" Marley, Jo Mersa, Wayne Marshall at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $27.50/$30 9pm # ** may 9 fri The Glitch Mob, Ana Sie, Penthouse Penthouse at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** may 9 fri Loop, White Fence, Carlton Melton at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $19/$21 9pm ** may 9 fri Nels Cline Singers at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $18 8pm/9pm ** may 9 fri Kina Grannis at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** (sold out) may 9 fri Kadavar, The Shrine, Mondo Drag, dj Rob Metal at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** may 9 fri Remones (tribute), The Six Milliion Dollar Band (tv mash-up) at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $5 5:30pm/6:30pm ** may 9 fri Thee Okmoniks, Meat Market, The Beat Offs at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** may 9 fri Walk The Atmosphere, She's An Animal, Blackwell, Gold Standard, Castaway, Outlier at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 8pm *** @ may 9 fri The Expendables, Thrive at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ ** may 9 fri The Record Winter, Momotaro, Kevin Moan & The Reptiles at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $5 8pm/9pm ** may 9 fri Petty Theft (tribute) at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $12/$17 8:30pm/9pm ** may 9 fri Culo A Boca, Anti-Social, Three Cards Short at the Jury Room, 712 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz 21+ 8pm ** @ (Benefit Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter) may 9 fri Tig Notaro at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $20 7pm ** may 10 sat No Business, Tomes, Control, Burning Monk, Hazzards Cure at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $7 7pm/8pm *** @ (metal night) may 10 sat Verbal Abuse, Cheapskate, Blown To Bits, Meathook And The Vital Organs, Kush Grinder at Town Park, West Oakland a/a free noon *** @ may 10 sat Twenty One Pilots, Nonono, Hunter Hunted at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** may 10 sat Journey, fireworks at the Oakland Coliseum, Oakland a/a # *** (Journey plays after the Oakland A's / Washington Nationals game) may 10 sat Fang, Oppressed Logic, Nihilist Cunt, Instant Gratification at Toot's Tavern, Crockett 21+ $10 8pm *** @ may 10 sat Black Prairie, Tiburones at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 9pm ** may 10 sat Old 97's at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # *** may 10 sat Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Poolside, Ra Ra Riot, Crash at Oysterfest, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a ** may 10 sat Jacco Gardner at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $12 8pm/9pm *** may 10 sat City Tribe, Here Comes The Saviours, Your Cannons at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** may 10 sat The Parmesans at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm * may 10 sat Pins Of Light, Elephant Rhino (Reno), Culture Abuse at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** may 10 sat We Will Be Lions, Midnight Faces, Owenstone at the Milk Bar, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** may 10 sat Paul Van Dyk at Ruby Skye, 420 Mason at Geary, S.F. 21+ ** may 10 sat Ringo Deathstarr, Bad News, Chasms, Never Knows, Cry at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** may 10 sat Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche, Nate Borofsky at Studio 55 Marine, San Rafael a/a $16/$20 8pm ** may 10 sat Bermuda Aenimus, Arrythmia, Aethere, A Sun That Never Sets, Aechos, Burn The Saviour at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10/$13 7pm *** may 10 sat Jim Brickman at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ ** may 10 sat La Plebe, Anti-Social, F.U.X., Infirmities, Utter Failure, Diogenes The Cynic at San Jose Rock Shop, San Jose a/a 7pm *** @ may 10 sat Tim McGraw, Kip Moore, Cassadee Pope at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $70/$45/$30 5:30pm/7pm # *** may 10 sat The Faction at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** may 10 sat Demetri Martin at Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church Street, Santa Cruz a/a ** may 10 sat Dillon Francis, Zion I, Ill Esha, Two Gallants, Irene Diaz at East Field, UC Santa Cruz a/a 2pm *** may 10 sat The Crux (Santa Rosa) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** may 10 sat Wayne Static & Otep, Dope, Smile Empty Soul, Thira, Dead In Seconds at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $18 5pm *** may 11 sun Hungry Ghost, Street Eaters, Yi, This Or That at Nerd Castle, near W. MacArthur @ San Pablo Ave, Oakland a/a $5 8pm ** may 11 sun Section 5150, Hell Fire, Memorrhage, Kinnefret at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ 6pm ** @ may 11 sun The Gillbillies, Shake Baby Shake at the Fireside Lounge, Alameda 21+ $3 ** may 11 sun Blessthefall, Silverstein, The Amity Affliction, Secrets, Heartist at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $16/$19 6pm/6:30pm # *** @ may 11 sun Korpiklaani, Turisas, Chthonic, Varg, Winterhymn at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 6pm/6:40pm ** (Paganfest) may 11 sun Riff Raff at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** may 11 sun The Blue Swamis at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm ** may 11 sun The Deep Dark Woods, Frontier Ruckus at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $12/$15 7pm/8pm ** may 11 sun The Country Casanova's at Tupelo, S.F. a/a 4pm til 7pm ** may 11 sun Eu's Arse (Italy), Wild Mohicans (Portland), The New Flesh, Pig DNA at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm *** @ may 11 sun Wild Eyes, Mount Salem (Chicago), Older Sun at the Make-Out Room, S.F. 21+ $7 6:30pm/7:30pm ** may 11 sun The EU's Arse (Italy), Wild Mohicans (Portland), The New Flesh, Pig DNA at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm/9pm *** @ may 11 sun Mt. Salem at the Hemlock, S.F. $7 6pm ** may 11 sun One Way System, Escapement, Mass Terror, Class System at the Hideaway, 2565 Franklin Blvd, Sacramento a/a $12/15 5pm ** @ may 11 sun Stephen Ragga Marley at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $40 6pm ** may 11 sun Twenty One Pilots, Nonono, Hunted Hunted at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $20 6:30pm *** may 12 mon Ms. Lauryn Hill at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** may 12 mon Butanna, Power Altar, Ancient Wing (tape release), Pink Pile (tape release) at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** may 12 mon Mea Culpa, Escapement, Assbackwards, Did Is Dead at Cafe Colonial, 3512 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento a/a $8 8pm ** @ may 12 mon Riff Raff, Grandtheft, Diamond Dez at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $23 6:30pm ** may 12/13 Richard Thompson (solo acoustic) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $38 8pm *** may 13 tue Thunderchief, Bog Oak, Andalusia Roas at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ 6pm ** may 13 tue Berner, Devin The Dude, Potluck, Cool Nutz, J. Hornay, Blaze 1 at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $25/$30 9pm *** may 13 tue A Great Big World at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** may 13 tue Holly Golightly And The Brokeoffs, Uke-Hunt, The Crux at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** may 13 tue Broods at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** may 13 tue Wag, Curtin (Chicago), Sea Knight at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** may 13 tue The Spyrals, Is/Is, Union Pacific, dj Pariah Carey at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ 8:30pm/9:30pm ** may 13 wed Beast Fiend, The Atom Age, Raised By Zebras at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ 8:30pm/9pm ** may 14 wed Johnny Soultrain at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** may 14 wed The EU's Arse (Italy), Side Effects, Reckless, Right at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ 6pm ** @ may 14 wed Primal Fear (Germany), Zombie Holocaust, Hysteria, Archea, dj Rob Metal at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $20/$25 7pm/7:30pm # *** @ may 14 wed James Blunt at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # ** may 14 wed Jackie Greene, Blue Bear Youth Bands at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $60/$50 7pm/7:30pm *** (Benefit Blue Bear School of Music) may 14 wed Mike Sempert at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** may 14 wed David Dondero, Apopka Darkroom, Nilo Smeds at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** may 14 wed James Conner, The Insufferables (EP release), Little Person at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm ** may 14 wed Twin Steps, White Cloud, Wild Wild Wets, dj's at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ free 9pm ** may 14 wed The Roughies at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** may 14/15 Failure (L.A.) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $26 8pm *** may 15 thr Bum City Saints, Let It Burn, Blank Spots, Die Trying at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** @ may 15 thr Grave Mistakes, Lisa Doll And the Rock N Roll Romance, General Hospital, Demimonde at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $6 6pm *** @ may 15 thr Heavy Accent, Gots, City Of Women at the Legionnaire Saloon, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** may 15 thr The Cockney Rejects (U.K.), Anti-Nowhere League at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $18/$20 8pm/9pm # *** @ may 15 thr Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $25 8pm # ** (KALX) may 15 thr Maximo Park, Eternal Summers, dj Aaron Axelsen at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $18/$20 8:30pm ** may 15 thr Sammy Hagar, James Hetfield, Billie Joe Armstrong, Scott Mathews, Pat Monahan, Joe Satriani, Nancy Wilson at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $125 ($500 vip) 6:30pm/8pm # **** $ (Acoustic-4-A-Cure - UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Benefit) may 15 thr Yoni Wolf (solo), Serengeti, Jel, dj's at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 8pm/9pm ** may 15 thr Cool Ghouls, Mr. Elevator & The Brain Hotel, Mane at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $12 8pm/9pm ** may 15 thr Beso Negro, Matt Jaffe & The Distractions, April & The Paradigm at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $13 8pm ** may 15 thr Twin Trilogy, Roland, All Them Witches at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** may 15 thr Connan Mockasin, Kirin J Callinan at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** may 15 thr Fantasia, Lucabrazzi, Narrators, Al Kief Trio at Milk Bar, S.F. 21+ $5-$10 sliding scale 9pm/9:30pm ** (Battle of the Bands - Haight Ashbury Street Fair Fundraiser) may 15 thr Between Your Teeth, Ion High, Moonbell at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** @ may 15 thr Devin The Dude, Berner, Pot Luck, Cool Nutz, J. Hornay at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $22 6:30pm ** may 15 thr Mike Sempert at Sophia's Thai Kitchen, 129 E Street, Davis 21+ ** may 16 fri Lisa Doll & The Rock n Roll Romance, Born To Be Rad, Barnyard Stompers, The Shames, Coffee Shop at 924 Gilman Street, S.F. a/a 7pm/8pm *** @ may 16 fri Diocletian, Gravehill (L.A.), Necrosic, Abnutivum, Plague Phalanx at the Metro, Oakland a/a $12 7pm # *** @ may 16 fri Hi, Nighttimeschoolbus, dj Victor Vankmen, Alexseraph at Moco Gallery, 371 17th Street, Oakland a/a donation 9pm ** may 16 fri Early Man (L.A.), Moses, Fog Of War, Hellbeard at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $8 8pm/8:30pm ** may 16 fri The Earl Brothers, The New Thoreaus, Lonesome Lester T. Raww at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $15 9pm *** (Hillbilly Show) may 16 fri Soil, (Hed)P.E. at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a 9pm ** may 16 fri Danity Kane at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $50 8pm/9pm # ** may 16 fri Say Hi, Big Scary (Melbourne, Australia), Hips, dj Mr. Lucho at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/9:30pm ** may 16 fri Red Fang, Big Business, American Sharks at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $21 9pm *** may 16 fri Go By Ocean, San Geronimo, Fred Torphy at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 8pm/9pm ** may 16 fri Zion I, 1-O.A.K., Mksmth, host Daghe at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** may 16 fri Saint Vitus, Sons Of Huns (Portland), Buffalo Tooth at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $17 9pm *** may 16 fri Winchester Revival, Brookhaven, Snow Angel at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** may 16 fri John Brazell, Nicole McCutcheon, Glass Wave at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 8pm *** may 16 fri David Guetta, Nervo at Event Center, 290 S. 7th St., San Jose State a/a # ** may 16 fri Temptation at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** may 16 fri Nim Vind, Neon Kross, Dustan Sheehan, Atomic Aces at Coasters, Boardwalk Bowl, 115 Cliff Street, Santa Cruz 21+ $10 ** may 16 fri Upon This Dawning, The Browning, Adestria, Merchants, Phinehas, Dayseeker at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $10 6pm *** @ may 16 fri One (tribute) at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $15 7:30pm ** may 16/17 Lindsey Stirling, Dia Frampton at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** may 16/17 Tainted Love, Super Huey at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ 8pm/9pm ** may 17 sat Ruby Ibarra, Hard 2 Obtain, J E Double F, Ltothe, Oscar Goldman, Reu + Day Day at 924 Gilman, Berkeley a/a $8 7pm/7:30pm *** (hip-hop) may 17 sat Jeff Rosenstock, Foster Body, Just Friends at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oaland a/a ** may 17 sat Free Salamander Exhibit, Surplus 1980 at the Metro, Oakland a/a $12 8pm # ** may 17 sat Internal Rot (Australia), Fiend (Fresno), Monte (San Jose), No Fucks Given at Zombieland, 2831 Union St., Oakland a/a $7 8pm *** @ may 17 sat Nephilim, Cycloptopus, Infinite Waste, Limbs at Victory Warehouse, 24th and San Pablo Avenue, Oakland a/a $5 *** @ may 17 sat Shadow Of The Torturer (OR), Backyard Mortuary (Australia), Cyanic Rude Necrogenic at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ 7pm ** @ may 17 sat Nim Vind, Neon Kross, Limnus, Thee Merry Widows, Spawn Atomic at Brotzeit Bier Gartem, 1000 Embarcadero, Oakland a/a $10 ** 510-645-1905 brotzeitbiergarten.com may 17 sat Supermule, Three Times Bad, Naked Bootleggers, Kellita, Dixie Delish, Krysta Cook, dj Limelight, Spunky Brewster at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 9pm ** may 17 sat Kishi Bashi at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** may 17 sat Architects, Letlive, Glass Cloud, I The Mighty at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 6pm/7:15pm ** @ may 17 sat A Minor Forest, Phil Manley's Life Coach, Golden Void at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 8pm/9pm *** may 17 sat Juan Wauters, The Reds Pinks And Purples, Michael O. at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** may 17 sat Peter And The Test Tube Babies, The Generators (L.A.), Custom Fit at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm *** @ $ may 17 sat Inferno Of Joy (record release) at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** may 17 sat The Human Condition at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** may 17 sat Future Rock, Hoverkraft at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** may 17 sat The Flesh Hammers, Vktms, Cheapskate at Winter's Tavern, Pacifica 21+ free 9pm ** @ may 17 sat Soil, (Hed)P.E., Soil, Chernobog, Korean Fire Drill at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $20 6:30pm ** may 18 sun The Skeptix (U.K.), Choking Susan (Detroit, MI), Oppressed Logic, Fukm, Bad Angle, Mfb at 924 Gilman St., Berkeley a/a $10 4pm/5pm *** @ may 18 sun Internal Rot (Australia), Permanent Ruin, Scalped at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oaland a/a *** @ may 18 sun Cult Babies (Canada), Meat Market, Bad Bad, Cold Beat at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ 6pm ** @ may 18 sun Roadside Bombs, Throwing Rocks at the Fireside Lounge, Alameda 21+ $3 ** may 18 sun Electric Chair Repair Co., Sorrow Church, You Say Yes, Limnus at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** (Benefit for Erom Khan) may 18 sun Iggy Azalea at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm ** may 18 sun Hibbity Dibbity at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm ** may 18 sun The Golddiggers, Rocketship Rocketship at Tupelo, S.F. a/a 4pm til 7pm ** may 18 sun Ka-Hon, Loco Bloco, Francisco Herrera, dj Irene Hernandez at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $35/$40 4pm til 8pm ** may 18 sun Adam Widener, The Safes (Chicago), Buttons at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** may 18 sun Jesse Boykins III at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** may 18 sun The Shanghais (record release), The Krypters, Dirty Denim, Unmanned Pilots at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 3pm/4pm ** may 18 sun Jeff Rosenstock, Shinobu, Slime Girls at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $10 8pm ** @ may 18 sun Soil, (Hed)P.E. at Knitting Factory, 211 N. Virginia St., Reno, NV a/a ** may 19 mon Nickel Creek, The Secret Sisters at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** (sold out) may 19 mon Wounded Giant (Seattle) at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ 6pm ** may 19 mon Ben Folds at Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave., S.F. a/a 6:30pm # *** may 19 mon The Cave Singers at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** may 19 mon Stephen Stills at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ $79 8pm *** may 19 mon Floor, Thrones (Portland) at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $14/$16 9pm ** @ may 20 tue Foals, Cage The Elephant, J. Roddy Walston & The Business at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 7:30pm # *** $ may 20 tue Jex Thoth, Atriarch, Serpents Of Dawn at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** may 20 tue Extinction Of Mankind (UK), Necrot, Fema Coffin, Deathgrave at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $10 6pm *** @ may 20 tue Christina Perri, Birdy at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** may 20 tue Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger, Syd Arthur at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $15 9pm ** may 20 tue The Unlikeley Candidates, Night Riots, Eyes On The Shore at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** may 20 tue Nathaniel Rateliff, Travis Hayes, Carly Ritter at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $12/$14 7pm/8pm ** may 20 tue Gravy's Drop, Midnight Sons, Cult Babies (Vancouver) at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ 8pm/9pm ** may 20 tue Damien Jurado at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** may 20 tue Hallelujah The Hills, Hijk, The American Professionals at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** may 20 tue Fukm, 13 Scars (Tacoma, WA), Killer Of Sheep (Pittsburgh, PA), No Brainer, dj Agitator at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm/9:30pm *** @ may 20 tue Tim McGraw at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a # *** may 20 tue Hellogoodbye, Vacationer at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $15 6:30pm *** may 20 tue YG, dj Mustard at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $26-$75 7pm ** may 21 wed Ledisi, Robert Glasper Experiment at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** may 21 wed Hellogoodbye, Vacationer, Heavenly Beat at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16/$18 8pm *** may 21 wed Brody Dalle at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $14/$16 8pm ** may 21 wed Princess (tribute), dj Omar Perez at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** may 21 wed Jessy Lanza, Saint Pepsi at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** may 21 wed Baths, Young Feathers at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** may 21 wed Lower (Denmark), Cold Beat, Mansion at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** may 21 wed Their/They're/There, Creative Adult, The Down House at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $13 8pm ** may 21 wed Hozier at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $16/$18 8pm/9pm ** (KFOG) may 21 wed Leaether Strip (Copenhagen), Inhalt, Scott Arford, dj Josh Cheon, dj Crackwhore, dj Unit 77 at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $13/$16 9pm ** may 21 wed Not Dracula at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** may 21 wed Charlie Hunter, Scott Amendola at Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley a/a $20/$22 8pm ** may 21 wed Gregg Allman at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ ** may 21 wed Calle 13 at City National Civic, 135 San Carlos Street, San Jose a/a # ** may 21 wed Christina Perri, Birdy at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $20 7pm ** may 21 wed The Briefs (Seattle), Night Birds, Boats at Blue Lamp Lounge, 1400 Alhambra Blvd., Sacramento 21+ *** @ may 22 thr Lower, Wild Moth, Mall Walk at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oaland a/a ** may 22 thr Deathwish, Blown To Bits at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ 6pm ** @ may 22 thr Protomatyr, G Green at the Legionnaire Saloon, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** may 22 thr Band Of Skulls, Deap Vally at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** may 22 thr Matt Pond PA, The Lighthouse And The Whaler, Kyle M. Terrizzi at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $14/$16 8pm/9pm ** may 22 thr The Briefs, Night Birds, Western Addiction, Ruleta Rusa at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $13 9pm *** @ may 22 thr Panda Bear, Peaking Lights at the Fillmore, S.f. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** may 22 thr Wake Owl, Mimicking Birds at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8pm/9pm ** may 22 thr Black Cobra, The Cutthroats 9, Arabrot at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 8pm ** may 22 thr Moonbell, Balms, Black Is Bright (Portland), Dissolve at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** may 22 thr Pansy Division, Zbornak, Munecas, Clutch The Pearls at the Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St. S.F. 21+ $8 9pm *** may 22 thr The Revivalists at Harlow's, 2708 J Street, Sacramento 21+ ** may 23 fri Shai Hulud, One Year Later, Troubled Coast, Seizures, Limnus at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm/7:30pm *** @ may 23 fri Romeo Santos at the Arena, Oakland a/a # ** may 23 fri The Displayed Labors Sideshow, Bloody Betty, Spunky Brewster, Sidney Sin, Latashia Govan, Wonder Dave, Prisoners Of Love, Laika Fox, Ophelia De Cour Noir, Mee Zee at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** (circus acts/cabaret) may 23 fri Lecherous Gaze, Carousel (Pittsburgh, PA), Hot Lunch, Banquet at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $8 8pm/8:30pm ** @ may 23 fri Beach Bum Alcoholics, Ballistic Burnout, Face The Pain at Toot's Tavern, Crockett 21+ $10 8pm ** @ may 23 fri Suzanne Vega, Ari Hest at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $36 9pm ** (seated show) may 23 fri Hot Club Of Cowtown, Front Country, The Blackberry Bushes Stringband at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $26 9pm ** may 23 fri French Cassettes (tape release), Black Cobra Vipers, Mornings at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9:30pm ** may 23 fri The Avengers, Kicker, California at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 8pm/9pm *** @ may 23 fri Protomartyr (Detroit), Synthetic ID, Life Stinks, Meercaz at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** may 23 fri Papa at the Independent, S.F. 21+ * may 23 fri Super Soul Bros, Mega Ran, Space Boyfriend, dj Coco at Cafe Stritch, San Jose a/a free 8pm ** (see may 24th) may 23 fri Metalachi at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** may 23 fri The Green at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $15 7pm ** may 24 sat Kepi Ghoulie Electric, Dog Party, Sex Crime, Suicide Notes at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm/8pm *** @ may 24 sat Metalachi, Bobby Joe Ebola & The Children MacNuggits at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12/$15 9pm ** may 24 sat Infinite Waste, Badr Vogu, Augurs, dj Jehn WA at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ 7pm *** @ (Metal Cats Book Release) may 24 sat This Charming Band (tribute), Temptation (tribute), Full Fathom Five (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15/$20 9pm ** may 24 sat SambaDa, La Gente at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $18/$20 8pm/9pm ** may 24 sat Bart & Friends, Bilinda Butchers, Fine Steps, Sad Numbers, Marine Life at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $12 7pm ** (SF Popfest) may 24 sat Sea Lioness (ep release), Identical Homes (record release), Ilya (San Diego), Sunny Jim Brown at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** may 24 sat Dead Souls, Roadside Memorial, The Ink Bats, dj Sage at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** (Ian Curtis Memorial Show - Benefit 2014 SF Aids Ride) may 24 sat Hornss (record release), Slow Season (Sweden), Black Prism (L.A.) at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** may 24 sat Porkchop Express at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** may 24 sat Frehley's Vomet (tribute), Carousel (Pittsburgh, PA), Hot Lunch at the Make-Out Room, S.F. 21+ $8 5pm/6pm ** may 24 sat Deke Dickerson & The Ecco-Fonics, Kay Marie, Sin Sisters Burlesque, df Dx at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** may 24 fri Super Soul Bros, Mega Ran, Slime Girls, dj Coco at Cafe Stritch, San Jose a/a free 8pm ** (see may 23rd) may 24 sat Steel Pulse at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz ?/? ** may 24 sat Mr. Hooper (album release), Retrograde Revolution, Mr. P Chill, Nsaa, The Poet Go, Lauren Wakefield at Blue Lamp Lounge, 1400 Alhambra Blvd., Sacramento 21+ $8 8pm ** may 24 sat Backstreet Boys at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Wheatland a/a # ** may 25 sun Beast Fiend, Baja Sociedad, Wreck Department, Mfb, Naked Discrimination at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $5 5:45pm/6:15pm *** @ (Santiago's Birthday) may 25 sun Bug Girl (Australia), Hysteria, Forgotten Gods, Tender at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ 6pm ** @ may 25 sun Nothing, Whirr, Youth Code at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 7pm/8pm ** may 25 sun Matt Woods, Dead Volts, 50 Watt Heavy, American Dirt at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm ** may 25 sun Howlin' Rain, Buffalo Killers at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 8pm/9pm ** may 25 sun Thee Olde Country at Tupelo, 1337 Grant Ave., S.F. a/a 4pm til 7pm ** may 25 sun Terry Malts, Lunchbox, Wimps, The Zebras at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** (SF Popfest) may 25 sun The Revivalists at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 9pm ** may 25 sun Gladys Knight, The O'Jays, Freddie Jackson, Faith Evans, S.O.S. Band, Rick & Russ Show with CJ Flash at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $144-$55 # *** (KBLX's Stone Soul Concert) may 25 sun Backstreet Boys, Avril Lavigne at Shoreline, Mountian View a/a $150-$23 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** may 25 sun Phoenix Ash at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** may 25 sun Pepper at the Fairgorunds, Monterey a/a # *** may 25 sun Metalachi at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $12 7pm ** may 26 mon Coke Bust, Zero Progress, Reckless at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ 6pm ** @ may 26 mon First Aid Kit, Willy Mason at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $26 8pm ** (sold out) may 26 mon Potty Mouth at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** may 26 mon Pink Mountaintops, Giant Drag at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $14 9pm ** (was listed as may 28th) may 26 mon Chet Faker at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** (sold out) may 26 mon The Revivalists at Lagunitas Brewing Company, 1280 N. McDowell Blvd., Petaluma ?/? ** may 27 tue Elbo, John Grant at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** may 27 tue Voodoo Dolly (tribute), Drunk On The Pope's Blood (tribute), Incurable (tribute) or Church Of Tommy (tribute) at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ 6pm ** may 27 tue Die Antwoord at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 7pm/8pm # ** may 27 tue Rodriquez at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** may 27 tue Stu Larsen at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** may 27 tue Parquet Courts, CCR Headcleaner at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** may 27 tue Baby Gurl (Salt Lake City), Modern Man at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** may 27 tue The Connies, Hellfish, T.V. Static (1st show) at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm/9:30pm ** may 27 tue Hugh Laurie With The Copper Bottom Band at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $100-$30 6pm/7:30pm ** may 27 tue Brit Floyd (tribute) at Sacramento Memorial Auditorium, 16th & J St., Sacramento a/a 8pm # ** may 27 tue Reverend Horton Heat at the Alley, 906 Victorian Way, Sparks, NV a/a *** may 28 wed The Mob (U.K.), Crimson Scarlet, Dead Cult at the Metro, Oakland a/a $12 8pm # *** @ may 28 wed Bruno Mars, Aloe Blacc at the Arena, Oakland a/a $40-$125 7pm/8pm # *** may 28 wed The Rockonigles, Hyper Buzz at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** may 28 wed Anti-Sect at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ 6pm ** @ may 28 wed Hugh Laurie With the Copper Bottom Band at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $49.50 7pm/8pm # ** may 28 wed Sutekh Hexen (CO), Father Murphy (Italy), Common Eider King Eider at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** @ may 28 wed Banks at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** (sold out) may 28 wed Tony Molina, Big Eyes (Seattle), Flesh World at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9:30pm ** may 28 wed Mrs. Howl (Seattle), The Big forgive, Strage Hotel at Showdown, 10 6th Street, S.F. 21+ ** may 28 wed Gary Allan, John King at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** may 28 wed Institution at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** may 28-31 Goapele at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ *** may 29 thr Doe Eye, Drms, The She's at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $13/$15 8pm ** may 29 thr The Bloody Beetroots at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** may 29 thr Hoodie Allen at Slim's, S.F. 6+ 8pm ** (sold out) may 29 thr Newfangled Wasteland And Rusty Stringfield, Bangers And Grass, The Beauty Operators String Band at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $12/$15 8pm ** may 29 thr Crystal Fighters at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** (sold out) may 29 thr The Rudicals, Jokes For Feelings (record release), The Skunkadelics at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** may 30 fri Roddy Radiation & The Skabilly Rebels, Nino Zombi, Jokes For Feelings, The Skunkadelics, Skank Bank at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $12 7pm/8pm *** @ (ska) may 30 fri Isaac Rother And The Phantoms at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ 7pm ** may 30 fri Dynamic, 8th Grader at the Legionnaire Saloon, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** may 30 fri Zed, Amongst Thieves, Dedvolt, Gravel at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** may 30 fri Petty Theft (tribute), Killer Queens (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15/$18 9pm ** may 30 fri Hudson Mohawke at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** may 30 fri The Battlehooch Orchestra, Tartufi, Vanwave at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 8pm/9pm ** may 30 fri Goldroom, Gavin Turek, Kauf at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** may 30 fri Little Person, Laura & Anton at the Hemlock, S.F. $7 9pm ** may 30 fri The Ferocious Few, Go By Ocean, Anna Hillburg at Amnesia, 853 Valencia at 20th, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** may 30 fri Whitehorse (Australia), Replica, Lycus, Deathgrave at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/9:30pm *** @ may 30 fri The Purple Ones (tribute) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** may 30 fri S.N.F.U. (Vancouver, Canada), Fast Asleep, Nihilist Cunt, Arab Spring at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$13 8pm *** @ may 30 fri Black Flag, Hor, Cinema Cinema at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $18 7pm *** @ may 30/31/jun 1 The Cure, Outkast, Eric Church, Weezer, The Fray, LL Cool J, Heart, Sublime With Rome, Matt & Kim, Deerhunter, Matisyahu, Third Eye Blind, Barenaked Ladies, Blues Traveler, Smash Mouth, De La Soul, The Black Angels, Robert Earl Keen, Spin Doctors, Gin Blossoms, Ed Kowalcyck, Thee Oh Sees, Cracker, Howie Day, Robert Delong, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Empires, Camper Van Beethoven, Hurray For The Riff Raff, Delta Rae, Keep Shelly In Athens, Moon Taxi, Miner, Tea Leaf Green, Jon Batiste, James Otto, Ben Sollee, Moonalice, The Stone Foxes, Victory, the Soft White Sixties at BottleRock Music Festival, Napa a/a $249-$599 (3 day) # *** may 31 sat S.N.F.U. (Vancouver, Canada), Guantanamo Dogpile, Trouble Maker, Nihilist Cunt, Blank Spots, Heartless Folk at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $12 7pm *** @ may 31 sat Elegy, Stay Scared, Stinkward at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oakland a/a $5 7pm *** may 31 sat Whitehorse (Australia), Negative Standards, Pneumatic Slaughter (Australia), Amarok, Your Enemy at the Metro Side Room, Oakland a/a $8 8pm # *** @ may 31 sat Pseudogod (Russia), Wrathprayer (Chile), Diabolical Messiah (Chile), Sacrocurse (Mexico), Apocryphon, Black Fucking Cancer at the Metro, Oakland a/a $20 7pm # *** @ may 31 sat The Revernd Horton Heat, Old Man Markley, Pinata Protest at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $20/$25 9pm *** may 31 sat Glitter Wizard, Mondo Drag, 3 Leafs, Visuals by Cosmic Hex, Light show by Kelly Porter, vinyl for sale at the Night Light, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** (Art Void I) may 31 sat He Who Cannot Be Named at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ 7pm ** @ may 31 sat Eagulls, Twin Peaks, The Tet Holiday at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** may 31 sat The Phenomenauts, Otis, Kepi Ghoulie With Dog Party, Dee Jay Jay Dee, host King KuKulele at Slim's, S.F. a/a 6+ $15 9pm *** @ may 31 sat Papercuts, Fool's Gold at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15/$17 8pm/9pm ** may 31 sat Jordan & The Ritual, The Humidors, Whiskerman at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16 9pm ** may 31 sat San Francisco Bicycle Ballet's "Mais Oui" at Dogpatch Saloon, 2496 Third St. at 22nd St., S.F. 21+ $8 6:45pm ** may 31 sat Luscious Jackson at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** may 31 sat Local H, Bad Veins at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** may 31 sat Vic S. And The Big Moments at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** may 31 sat Peter Adshead, Trendy Dad, The Laughs, Foreverever, Windy Hill at Rebel, 1772 Market Street, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm/8:30pm ** may 31 sat Run Boy Run at Studio 55 Marine, San Rafael a/a $15/$18 8pm ** may 31 sat French Girls, Familiar Looking Strangers, Down With May, Down And Outlaws at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 8pm *** @ may 31 sat Barry Gibb, Jared & The Mill at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $39-$181 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** may 31 sat Toby Keith, Colt Ford, Krystal Keith at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $89-$28 5:30pm/7pm # ** may 31 sat Brit Floyd (tribute) at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** may 31 sat Roddy Radiation & The Skabilly Rebels at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** may 31 sat Awoken Shadows, Cherri Bomb, Oh, The Horror, A Hero To Fall, Chapters at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $10 6:30pm *** @ may 31 sat Tech N9ne, Freddie Gibbs, Krizz Kaliko, Jarren Benton, Psych Ward Druggies, Cherry Red at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $35 6:30pm *** jun 1 sun Juan Gabriel at the Arena, Oakland a/a # ** jun 1 sun Run Boy Run at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm ** jun 1 sun Jamestown Revival at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jun 1 sun Seahaven, Adventures, Foxing at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 7pm/8pm ** @ jun 1 sun Foster The People, M.I.A., Fitz And The Tantrums, Phantogram, New Politics, Walk The Moon, Ms Mr, Kongos, Cherub, Bleachers, Birds Of Tokyo, Big Data, Bear Hands, Finish Ticket, Skaters, Semi Precious Weapons, dj Flosstradamus, Rac, Giraffage, The Knocks, Amplive, White Noize, dj Aaron Axelsen, Miles The dj, dj St. John, dj John Beaver, dj Dials, Waters, The Hundred Days, French Cassettes, Everyone is Dirty, The Trims at Shoreline, Mountain View, a/a $70-$35 # *** $ (Live 105 BFD) jun 1 sun Merle Haggard, The Guilty Ones at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** jun 1 sun Lionel Richie, Cee Lo Green at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $159-$34 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** jun 1/2/3 The Faint at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** (sun sold out) jun 2 mon Tech N9ne, Freddie Gibbs, Kriss Kaliko, Jarren Benton, Psych Ward Druggies, Illuminati at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** jun 2 mon Kelis at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** jun 2 mon S.N.F.U. (Vancouver, Canada), Nihilist Cunt, Culture Abuuse at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $10/$13 9pm/9:30pm *** @ jun 3 tue Hedersleben, Captain Sensible Dave Ed And His Sacred Technoloty at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oakland a/a $8 7pm ** jun 3 tue Man Overboard, Transit, Forever Came Calling, Knuckle Puck at the Metro, Oakland a/a $13 7:30pm # ** jun 3 tue The Soft Offs, Apogee Sound Club, The Big Forgive at the Night Light, Oakland 21+ ** @ jun 3 tue Margot And the Nuclear So And So's, Jake Bellows, Kate Myers at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jun 3 tue Soko, Mother at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** jun 3 tue Wool, Baby Teeth, Jerks, Niveles at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** jun 3 tue James Taylor And His All-Star Band at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $159-$39 6pm/7pm # *** jun 3 tue Lady Gaga at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $200-$35 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** jun 3 tue The Briefs (Seattle), The Bodies at the Blue Lagoon, Santa Cruz 21+ *** @ jun 4 wed Brit Floyd (tribute) at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $42-$65 8pm # ** jun 4 wed Dar Williams at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jun 4 wed The Damned, Koffin Kats, Stellar Corpses at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ jun 4 wed Little Hurricane, Lincoln Durham, Fritz Montana at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 4 wed Bane, Turnstile, Take Offense, Let It Burn at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $13 8pm *** @ jun 4 wed Trans Am, Dirty Ghosts, Death Cheetah at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jun 4 wed Barbarian Nursery, Jet Trash at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** jun 4 wed Dogcatcher at Farmers Market, E. Santa Clara & N. 14th, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** jun 5 thr Lecherous Gaze, Scolex, Rude, Forgotten Gods at the Legionnaire Saloon, 2272 Telegraph Ave., Oakland 21+ *** @ jun 5 thr Yandel at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $45 7pm/8pm # ** jun 5 thr Gibraltar (Seattle), Cruel Summer, Brasil at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** jun 5 thr Timber Timbre at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jun 6 fri Zero Bull Shit, Skin & Bonez, Infirmities, Kushgrinder, Y Que? at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $8 7pm/8pm *** @ jun 6 fri Loyd Family Players at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** jun 6 fri Black Label Society, Devil You Know, Butcher Babies at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** jun 6 fri Tune-Yards, Sylvan Esso at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** jun 6 fri Buzzcocks at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** @ jun 6 fri Max at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm ** jun 6 fri Marcus Cohen & The Congress, Andy Allo, Wil Weston at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jun 6 fri Dead Winter Carpenters, Hillstomp, TV Mike And The Scarecrowes at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** jun 6 fri The Detroit Cobras, Pujol at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 8pm/9pm ** jun 6 fri Scraper, Midnite Snaxxx, So What at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 6 fri One Republic, The Script (Dublin), American Authors at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $81-$30 # *** jun 6 fri Il Volo at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** jun 6 fri Supersuckers at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm *** jun 6 fri Duo De Twang, Reformed Whores at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $28 8pm *** jun 6/7/8 Inquisition (sun), NunSlaughter (sat), Gravehill, Black Fucking Cancer, Old Coven, Witchaven, Dead Conspiracy, Pillager, Night Nurse, Antebellum666, Valdur, Vesterian, Cemetery Lust, Xenotaph, Torture Chamber, Minenwerfer, Rotten Funeral, Hellhunter, Unholy Crucifix, Vile Mass, Astral Cult, Fog Of War, Hemotoxin, Archea, Warpvomit, Maledict, BloodfoG, Plague Phalanx, Fiends At Feast, Valley Of Thorns, Apocryphon, Cannibal, Blasphemous Creation, Hellbomber, Burning Monk, Dreadfort, Zom-Bestial Total Badass, Dizastor, Dismembered Carnage, Sahmaataha, Forestmuse, At Dusk at Festum Carnis, near Truckee a/a $150 (3 day) *** @ (camping) (Fundraiser the Handy House of Art and Science) jun 7 sat Blueprint, Count Bass D & dj Rare Grooves at 924 Gilman Sgtreet, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm/7:30pm ** (hip-hop) jun 7 sat Warthog at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oaland a/a ** jun 7 sat Memphis Murder Men, Rock & Roll Rubys, Hellfish, Spawn Atomic at John Patrick's, 1813 Park Street, Alameda 21+ $8 ** @ jun 7 sat Tune Yards, Sylvan Esso at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # *** jun 7 sat Due De Twang, Reformed Whores at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** jun 7 sat Meshuggah, Between The Buried And Me at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** @ jun 7 sat Lagos Roots Aftrobeat Ensemble, dj Matt Haze at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $17 8pm/9pm ** jun 7 sat Dregs One, Davinci With D. How, EvenOdds, dj Sean G at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** jun 7 sat Jungle at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jun 7 sat Two Cow Garage, Civil War Rust, Thanks Buddy at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 7 sat Violent Change, Industrial Park, Fleece at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** @ jun 7 sat Thought Vomit, Frailed Sanity, Wet And Reckless, Street Slime at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 8pm *** @ jun 7 sat One Republic, The Script (Dublin), American Authors at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $95-$35 6pm/7pm # *** jun 7 sat Supersuckers, Dry County Drinkers at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $15 9pm *** jun 8 sun Swingin' Utters, Goddamn Gallows, Memphis Murder Men, Dope Collective, The Dry Spells at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $12 5pm/6pm *** @ jun 8 sun Cormorant, Godhunter (AZ), Secrets Of Thes Sky, Abstracter, Bottom, Fogotten Gods at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $7 5pm/6pm ** @ jun 8 sun United Defiance, Bum City Saints at the Fireside Lounge, Alameda 21+ $5 ** jun 8 sun Logic, Quest, Castro, Quest at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** jun 8 sun The Cranks, Lonesome Shack at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 11am/4pm ** jun 8 sun Nashville Pussy, Catl, The Yawpers at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm *** jun 8 sun Kygo at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jun 8 sun One Republic, The Script (Dublin), American Authors at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Wheatland a/a # *** jun 10 tue Eels, Chelsea Wolfe at Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street, S.F. a/a $37.50 7pm/8pm # ** jun 10 tue Dimples, Dick Stusso at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 8:30pm ** jun 10 tue Guided by Voices, Bobby Bare Jr. at Rio Theater, 1205 Soquel, Santa Cruz a/a # *** jun 11 wed Guided By Voices, Bobby Bare Jr. at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** jun 11 wed Megafauna at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ ** jun 11 wed Paul Colins Beat, Modern Kicks, Angora Debs at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm *** jun 11 wed Warthog (N.Y.), Condition, Replica at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** @ jun 11 wed Jolie Holland at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jun 12 thr Mount Eerie at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $16/$18 8pm/9pm ** jun 12 thr The Both at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** jun 12 thr A Wilhelm Scream, Get Dead at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** @ jun 12 thr Impulsive Machinations, Third Thursday Band at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** jun 12 thr Electric Six, Yip Deceiver at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jun 12 thr The Tubes at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ $29/$34 8pm *** jun 13 fri Jamie Cullum, King at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 8pm/9pm 3 ** jun 13 fri Hayes Carll, Bob Schneider at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jun 13 fri Dirty Dozen Brass Band at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jun 13 fri M.D.C. (acoustic), No Red Flags, Erin Cookman (acoustic) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm *** jun 13 fri Mickey Avalon, Richard The Rockstar at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $18 7pm ** jun 13 fri Neon Trees, Nightmare And The Cat, Smallpools at Knitting Factory, 211 North Virginia Street, Reno, NV a/a *** jun 13/14 The Mountain Goats, Loamlands at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm *** jun 14 sat M.D.C. (acoustic), No Red Flags, Imposters, No Brainer, Erin Cookman, Dick And Jane at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm/8pm *** @ jun 14 sat The Rubinoos, The Bye Bye Blackbirds at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jun 14 sat Metronomy (Devon, U.K.) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # *** jun 14 sat The Notwist at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** jun 14 sat Mickey Avalon at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** jun 14 sat Fruition, Polecat at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 8pm/9pm ** jun 14 sat Heaven For Real at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 5pm ** (early show) jun 14 sat Sharp Objects, The Boars, Whoosie What's Its at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** (late show) jun 14 sat Murs, Mayday, Mursday at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jun 14 sat #Oh!3 at Convention Center, 150 W San Carlos St., San Jose a/a # *** jun 14 sat Jake Shimabukuro at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** jun 15 sun M.D.C. (acoustic), No Red Flags, Fucktard, Bill Collins, Bobby Joe Ebola And The Children Macnuggits, Erin Cookman, Medicnal Anarchy at Toot's, 627 Second Ave., Crockett 21+ $10 4pm *** @ jun 15 sun Pelican, Tombs at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** jun 15 sun King Buzzo at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jun 15 sun Dawn Of Midi at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $16/$18 8pm/9pm ** jun 15 sun Mane, Pop Crimes, Happy Diving at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** jun 15 sun Lady Antebellum, David Nail at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $55-$30 5:30pm/7pm # *** jun 16 mon Sage Francis, B. Dolan at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** jun 17 tue Lily & Madeleine, Shannon Hayden at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $12/$15 7pm/8pm ** jun 17 tue Robin Zander Band at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** jun 17 tue Yann Tiersen, No (L.A.) at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** jun 17 tue Oh Rose, the Yellow Dress at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** jun 18 wed The Milk Carton Kids at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $20 8pm/9pm ** jun 18 wed Luciano, Ikronik at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jun 18 wed Yann Tiersen at Rio Theater, 1205 Soquel, Santa Cruz a/a ** jun 19 thr Sister Grizzly at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** jun 19 thr Josh Rouse, Doug Paisley at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm ** jun 19 thr Cowboy Junkies at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jun 19 thr MewithoutYou, The World Is A Beutiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die, Dark Rooms at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** jun 19 thr Jessica Lea Mayfield at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jun 19 thr 10,000 Maniacs at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ $47-$69 8pm ** jun 20 fri Natt Nathanson, Gavin DeGraw, Mary Lambert at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # ** jun 20 fri The Menzingers at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** jun 20 fri Joe Henry, Dan Wilson at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jun 20 fri Guantanamo Baywatch at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** @ jun 20 fri Nvo at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jun 20 fri Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires, M. Lockwood Porter, Big Tits at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** jun 20 fri Thus The Buzz (presents The Wall) at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 8pm *** jun 21 sat World Party at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jun 21 sat Nightmares On Wax at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** jun 21 sat Rodney Crowell, Will Kimbrough at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** jun 21 sat Oranger, Overwhelming Colorfast, Titan Ups, Slouching Stars at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9:30pm *** jun 21 sat Anuhea at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jun 21 sat A Lot Like Birds, A Skylit Drive, Air Dubai, Anberlin, Attila, Bad Rabbits, Beartooth, Beebs And Her Money Makers, Born Of Osiris, Bowling For Soup, Breathe Carolina, Chelsea Grin, Chunk! No Captain Chunk!, Courage My Love, Crown The Empire, Cute Is What We Aim For, Echosmith, Electronic, Every Time I Die, Falling In Reverse, For Today, I Fight Dragons, Ice Nine Kills, Issues, Less Than Jake, MC Chris, Mayday Parade, Mixtapes, Motionless In White, Neck Deep, Nit Grit, Plague Vendor, Real Friends, Secrets, Saves The Day, State Champs, Stray From The Path, Survive This!, Tear Out The Heart, Teenage Bottlerocket, Terror, The Color Morale, The Devil Wears Prada, The Ghost Inside, The Maine, The Protomen, The Ready Set, The Story So Far, The Word Alive, TheCityShakeUp, This Wild Life, Vanna, Volumes, We Are The In Crowd, We The Kings, Yellowcard at Warped Tour, Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $42.50 11am # *** @ jun 22 sun DigiTour at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $25/$28 3pm/4pm # ** (sold out) jun 22 sun Buzzmutt, A Million Billion Dying Suns, Judson Claiborne at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** jun 22 sun Astronauts Etc., James Riotto, Sama Dams at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 22 sun Newsboys, Jeremy Camp, Tenth Avenue North, Kutless, Lincoln Brewster, Plumb & Colton Dixon at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $84-$22 2pm/3pm # *** jun 22 sun Jeff Dunham at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** jun 23 mon Tamar Braxton at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** jun 23 mon Maxwell at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** jun 24 tue Hi Lo Ha, We Arsons, The Beehavers at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** jun 24 tue Jill Scott at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** jun 25 wed Cultura Profetica at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** (was march 12th) jun 25 wed Neil Gaiman at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** jun 25 wed Tigers Jaw, Pity Sex, Wild Moth at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8pm/9pm ** @ jun 25 wed The Wave Commission, Miles Hewitt at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** jun 25 wed Federico Aubele at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jun 25 wed Steve Winwood at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** jun 25 wed Wussy at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jun 26 thr Steve Winwood at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** jun 26 thr Southern Culture On The Skids at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jun 26 thr King Khan, The Shrines, Red Mass at the Chapel, S.F. a/a ** jun 26 thr Van Aragon, Michael And The Strange Land, Vision, Cobalt Cranes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** jun 26 thr Paper Bird, Blisses B, The Americans at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 26 thr Veruca Salt at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jun 26 thr Cultura Profetica at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $20 7pm ** jun 26 thr A Lot Like Birds, A Skylit Drive, Air Dubai, Anberlin, Attila, Bad Rabbits, Beartooth, Beebs And Her Money Makers, Born Of Osiris, Bowling For Soup, Breathe Carolina, Chelsea Grin, Chunk! No Captain Chunk!, Courage My Love, Crown The Empire, Cute Is What We Aim For, Echosmith, Electronic, Every Time I Die, Falling In Reverse, For Today, I Fight Dragons, Ice Nine Kills, Issues, Less Than Jake, MC Chris, Mayday Parade, Mixtapes, Motionless In White, Neck Deep, Nit Grit, Plague Vendor, Real Friends, Secrets, Saves The Day, State Champs, Stray From The Path, Survive This!, Tear Out The Heart, Teenage Bottlerocket, Terror, The Color Morale, The Devil Wears Prada, The Ghost Inside, The Maine, The Protomen, The Ready Set, The Story So Far, The Word Alive, TheCityShakeUp, This Wild Life, Vanna Volumes, We Are The In Crowd, We The Kings, Yellowcard at the Warped Tour, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Wheatland a/a 11am # *** @ jun 26/27 Butch Whacks & The Glass Packs at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ ** jun 27 fri Who's Bad (tribute) at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** jun 27 fri Planet Booty, Midtown Social at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jun 27 fri Contempt at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jun 27 fri Fuck Buttons at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jun 27 fri Young Widows, White Reaper at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** jun 27 fri The Jonses at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jun 28 sat Ash Borer, Hell (OR), Gloam, Akatharsia at the Metro, Oakland a/a 7pm # ** @ jun 28 sat Devo at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** $ jun 28 sat Dave Alvin And Phil Alvin, The Guilty Ones at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jun 28 sat Hard Girls, Summer Vacation, Shinobu, Leer at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8pm/9pm *** @ jun 28 sat King Khan & The Shrines, Red Mass at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 8pm/9pm ** jun 28 sat The Bangles at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** jun 28 sat Inferno Of Joy, Roadside Memorial at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jun 29 sun Owls, Into It. Over It. at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 8pm/9pm ** jun 29 sun Sunday Mass at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15/$20/$25 6pm/7pm ** jun 29 sun Crying Time, Rich McCulley at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 11am/4pm ** jun 29 sun Dickdusters at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm * jun 29/30 Sharon Van Etten at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jun 30 mon S.H.I.T (Toronto, Canada), Permanent Ruin, Stressors, Melting Point at at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oaland a/a $8 7pm *** @ jun 30 mon Future, Rico Love, Que at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** jun 30 mon The Winery Dogs (Brooklyn) at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ $36/$39 8pm ** jul 1 tue Peter Murphy at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** jul 1 tue Hank Green, Driftless Pony Club, Harry And The Potters at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** jul 1 tue S.H.I.T. (Toronto, Canada), Needles, The Light, Provos at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm *** @ jul 1 tue Astr at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jul 1 tue Queen (Brian May, Roger Taylor, Adam Lambert) at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $230-$40 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** $ jul 1 tue Joan Baez & Indigo Girls at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** jul 1 tue Future, Que, Rico Love at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $27-$75 7pm *** jul 2 wed Deafheaven, Wreck & Reference at the Great American Music Hal, S.F. 6+ *** jul 2 wed Ema at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jul 2 wed Kiss, Def Leppard at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $175-$36 6pm/7pm # *** jul 2 wed Piranha Party at Farmers Market, E. Santa Clara & N. 14th, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** jul 2 wed Cher at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # *** jul 3 thr Phox at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $12 8pm/9pm ** jul 3 thr Young & Sick at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jul 3 thr Thunders (Chicago) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ 46 8:30pm ** jul 3 thr Roar (AZ), Yulia at Cafe Stritch, San Jose a/a free 8pm ** jul 3 thr Kiss, Def Leppard at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Wheatland a/a # *** jul 3-6 Widespread Panic, Sts9, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Beats Antique, Trampled By Turtles, Lord Huron, The Del McCoury Band, The Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Lettuce, Punch Brothers, Greensky Bluegrass, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, Hard Working Americans, Darkwave, the Budos Band, Incidental Animals, The Polish Ambassador, Carolina Chocolate Drops, The Travelin' McCourys, Ernest Ranglin & Avila, Bill Frisell, Guitar In The Space Age, Nahko And Medicine For The People, Stanley Jordan Trio, Bombino, Typhoon, Jonathan Wilson, BoomBox, the Floozies, Dopapod, Shakey Graves, The Kuhks, The California Honeydrops, Turkuaz, Avi Buffalo, Sturgill Simpson, Ashleigh Flynn & The Back Porch Majority, Moon Hooch, Hey Marseilles, Sierra ull, Afrolicious, Steve Poltz, Heather Maloney + Darlingside, Scott Pemberton, RonKat Spearman's Katdlic, SambaDa, Hollow Wood, T Sisters, Wheeland Brothers, Living Folklore at High Sierra Music Festival, Quincy a/a *** (camping) jul 4 fri Venetian Snares at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jul 4 fri Old Firm Casuals at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 5pm ** jul 5 sat S. Carey at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jul 5/6 Ronnie Spector, Thee Oh Sees, Milk 'N' Cookies, Off!, the Gizmos, Reigning Sound, Shannon & The Clams, Nobunny, The Bananas, Personal And The Pizzas, Phantom Surfers, The Muffs, The Trashies, Dirty Ghosts, Wand, La Sera, Meatbodies, Juan Wauters, Pookie And the Poodlez, Terry Malts, Summer Twins, Danny James, White Fang at Mosswood Park, 3612 Webster St., Oakland $35 ($50 2 day pass) noon # **** @ (Burger Boogaloo) jul 5/6 Fillmore Street Jazzfest, Filmore Street, S.F. a/a free 10am-6pm *** jul 6 sun Avenged Sevenfold, Korn, Asking Alexandria, Trivium, Cannibal Corpse, Body Count (with Ice-T), Suicide Silence, Emmure, Miss May I, Mushroomhead, Veil Of Maya, Upon A Burning Body, Texas Hippie Coalition, Darkest Hour, Ill Nino, Wretched, Islander, King 810, Erimha at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $86-$20 1pm/1:15pm # *** @ (Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival) jul 6 sun Man With A Mission at the Alley, 906 Victorian Way, Sparks, NV a/a ** jul 7 mon Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** (KALX) jul 7 mon Cloud Nothings, Metz at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jul 8 tue Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** (KALX) jul 8 tue Mac DeMarco, Calvin Love, Holy Shit at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jul 8 tue Man With A Mission at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. ?/? ** jul 8/9 Steely Dan at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** jul 9 wed Disappearing People, Swahili at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** jul 9 wed Chris Botti at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $120-$45 6pm/7:30pm ** jul 10 thr Robert Francis & The Night Tide at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jul 10 thr Skyscraper Mori, Safeword, Identical Homes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** jul 10 thr Steely Dan at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $207-$34 7pm/8pm # *** jul 10 thr Boyz II Men at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** jul 11 fri New Order at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a # *** jul 11 fri The Antlers (Brooklyn) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** jul 11 fri Pure Bliss, Civil Union (New Zealand), Michael Beach, The Ancients (Austrailia) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** jul 11 fri Price Tribute Band, John Payne And the Hurt at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $15/$20 8pm *** jul 12 sat 45 Grave, Roadside Memorial, Altar De Fey, Crimson Scarlet, Anti-Social, Funeral Kings at the Metro, Oakland a/a $15/$20 7pm *** @ jul 12 sat Waterstrider, Guy Fox, Yassou Benedict at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** jul 12 sat The Sam Chase, Foxtails Brigade, The Crux at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jul 12 sat Xavier Rudd, Ash Grunwald at the Fillmore, S.F. $25 8pm/9pm # ** jul 12 sat The Senators, Cave Clove, Lauren O'Connell at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 12 sat U.S. Air Guitar Championships Semifinals at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** jul 12 sat Lozen, Qui at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** jul 12 sat Nwa Resurrection at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $18 7pm ** jul 13 sun MattyB at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 4pm # ** jul 13 sun Dust From Years at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** jul 13 sun Ringo Starr at City National Civic, 135 San Carlos St., San Jose a/a # *** jul 13 sun the Turtles at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** jul 15 tue A Sunny Day In Glasgow, Roses at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** jul 15 tue Boz Scaggs, Los Lobos at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** jul 16 wed Kenny Loggins at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $125-$35 6pm/7:30pm # *** jul 16 wed Pat Metheny Unity Group at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** jul 17 thr Andy Grammer at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jul 17 thr Wolves In The Throne Room at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** jul 17 thr Damien Dempsey, The Shams at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $25 8pm/9pm ** jul 17 thr Gas Rag (Chicago), Suicideas (Barcelona, Spain), Blazing Eye (L.A.), Scalped at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** @ jul 17 thr Sporting Life, Jellybones, Rent Control at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** jul 17 thr Colbie Caillat at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** jul 18 fri Slightly Stoppid, NoFX, Stephen Marley at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a 5:30pm # *** @ jul 18 fri The Foreign Exchange at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jul 18 fri Zed, Parachute On Fire, Time Spent Driving at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 18 fri Jimmy Clif at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $75-$35 6pm/7:30pm # *** jul 18 fri Jewel at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** jul 19 sat The Zoopy Show at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 19 sat Jimmy Cliff at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $39.50 8pm/9m # *** jul 19 sat The Aquabats, Koo Koo Kanga Roo at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** jul 19 sat Magik Markers at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** jul 20 sun May'n at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** jul 20 sun The Go Go's, Patty Smyth And Scandal, Martha Davis And The Motels, Cutting Crew, Naked Eyes at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $50-$120 5:30pm # *** jul 21 mon Tori Amos at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $45/$60 7pm/8pm # *** jul 21 mon The Hold Steady, Cheap Girls at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jul 21 mon Goo Goo Dolls & Daughtry, Plain White T's at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** jul 22 tue Say Anything, The Front Bottoms, The So So Glos, You Blew It! at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7pm # *** jul 22 tue Lyle Lovett And His Large Band at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** jul 23 wed Man Or Astro-Man? at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** jul 23 wed Motley Crue, Alice Cooper at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $25-$125 5:30pm/7pm # *** jul 23 wed Chris Isaak at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** jul 24 thr Claudio Simonetti's Goblin, Hate Eternal, Stolen Babies at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** @ jul 24 thr Toni Braxton at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** jul 24 thr Moonshine Bandits, Dry Country Drinkdrs at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $16 6:30pm ** jul 25 fri Beach Bums, Free Drunk, Sector 7-G, Midnite Snaxxx, Party Bus, Her at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $5 6:30pm/7pm *** @ jul 25 fri Julianne Hough And Derek Hough at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** jul 25 fri Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, Rick Springfield at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** jul 25 fri Journey, Steve Miller Band at the Amphitheater, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Marysville a/a # *** jul 25 fri Motley Crue, Alice Cooper at Reno Events Center, 300 N Center St., Reno, NV a/a 7pm # *** jul 25/26 The Neighbourhood, Kitten, Born Casual at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** (fri sold out) jul 26 sat The Purple Ones (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** jul 26 sat M.O.T.O., Sharp Objects at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** jul 26 sat Margaret The King at San Pedro Square Market, San Jose a/a free ** jul 26 sat Journey, Steve Miller Band, Tower Of Power at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $151-$40 5pm/6:45pm # *** jul 26 sat Don McLean, Judy Collins at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** jul 27 sun The Clientele at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $17 7pm/8pm ** jul 27 sun Santana at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $156-$32 7pm/8pm # *** jul 27 sun Bret Michaels at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** jul 28 mon Andrew Jackson Jihad, Hard Girls, Dogbreth at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** jul 28 mon Foreigner at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** jul 29 tue Journey, Steve Miller Band, Tower Of Power at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $154/$40 5pm/6:45pm # *** jul 29 tue Andrew Jackson Jihad, Hard Girls, Dogbreth at Rio Theater, 1205 Soquel, Santa Cruz a/a $12/$15 7:30pm ** jul 29 tue Motley Crue, Alice Cooper at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Wheatland a/a # *** jul 30 wed Arcade Fire at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $71-$31 6pm/7:30pm # *** @ jul 31 thr Chicago, REO Speedwagon at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $99-$30 # *** jul 31 thr Prince Royce at the Event Center, 290 S 7th Street, San Jose State a/a # ** jul 31 thr Dierks Bentley, Chris Young, Chase Rice, Jon Pardi at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $54-$30 5:30pm/7pm # *** jul 31 thr Taj Mahal Trio, John Hiatt & The Combo at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $95-$40 6pm/7:30pm ** aug 1 fri Real Estate at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/10pm # *** aug 1 fri The Beach Boys at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 2 sat Zepparella at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** aug 2 sat Echo & The Bunnymen at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** aug 2 sat Boston, The Doobie Brothers, John Kay & Steppenwolf at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $106-$31 5:30pm/7pm # *** (Bonebash) aug 2 sat Austin Mahone, The Vamps, Fifth Harmony, Shawn Mendes at Event Center, 290 S. 7th St., San Jose State a/a # *** aug 2 sat Andrew Bird & The Hands Of Glory at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 2 sat Dead Souls (tribute) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** aug 3 sun Third World, See-I at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** aug 3 sun Creedence Clearwater Revisited, Robert Randolph & The Family Band at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 4 mon Primitive Man (CO), Hexis (Denmark), Plague Widow, Augurs at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a 7pm *** @ aug 4 mon Nickel Creek at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 5 tue Primitive Man, Hexis, Negative Standards, Abstracter at the First Church of the Buzzard, 2601 Adeline, Oakland a/a *** @ aug 5 tue Beyonce, Jay Z at S.F. Giants Ball Park, S.F. a/a $256-$41 6pm/8pm # *** aug 5 tue Michael McDonald, Toto at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 6 wed The Good Life, Big Harp, You Are Plural at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 7pm/8pm ** aug 7 thr Glen Hansard at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** aug 7 thr Wild Cub at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 7 thr Coo Coo Birds, The Singles, Wag at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** aug 7 thr Sarah Brightman at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 8 fri Smith Westerns, Wampire, Social Studies at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ ** aug 8 fri Joan Rivers at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $35-$75 5:30pm # *** aug 8 fri Miranda Lambert, Justin Moore, Thomas Rhett, Jukebox Mafia at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Wheatland a/a $54-$30 6pm/7:30pm # *** aug 8 fri Aerosmith, Slash, Myles Kennedy And the Conspirators at Harveys, Stateline NV ?/? # *** aug 8-11 Kanye West, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Killers, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Arctic Monkeys, Tiesto, Death Cab For Cutie, Disclosure, The Flaming Lips, Ray LaMontagne, Spoon, Atmosphere, Cut Copy, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Tegan & Sara, Duck Sauce, Haim, Chromeo, Ben Howard, Lykke Li, Chvrches, Paolo Nutini, Capital Cities, Kacey Musgraves, Local Natives, Jenny Lewis, Grouplove, John Butler Trio, Tycho, The Kooks, Sbtrkt, Nicki Bluhm And The Gramblers, Boys Noize, Phosphorescent, Run The Jewels, Deer Tick, Holy Ghost!, Warpaint, Flume, Lucius, Typhoon, Dum Dum Girls, The Soul Rebels, Gold Panda, Christopher Owens, Greensky Bluegrass, Bleachers, Big Freedia, Jagwar Ma, Woods, Watsky, Nahko And Medicine For The People, Valerie June, Mikal Cronin, Imelda May, Vance Joy, The Brothers Comatose, Gardens & Villa, Jonathan Wilson, Tumbleweed Wanderers, Givers, Aer, Courtney Barnett, Bear Hands, Finish Ticket, The Districts, RayLand Baxter, Night Terrors Of 1927, Trails And Ways, Nocona at Outside Lands, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a $255/$275 ($595 vip) # *** aug 9 sat Milo Greene, Wild Belle at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** aug 9 sat Big Sam's funky Nation at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $18/$20 8pm/9pm ** aug 9 sat Mick Foley at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $25 8pm *** (seated) aug 9 sat Miranda Lambert, Justin Moore, Thomas Rhett, Jukebox Mafia at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a # *** aug 9 sat Amos Lee Amy Helm & The Handsome Strangers at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 9 sat .38 Special at Thunder Valley Casino, 1200 Athens Avenue, Lincoln 18+ 7pm ** aug 10 sun King Tuff, The Men at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ ** aug 10 sun Aaron Neville And Dr. John & The Nite Trippers, The New Orleans Suspects at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 11 mon Basement at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 7pm/7:30pm ** @ aug 11 mon Eddie & The Hot Rods, Dime Runner, Bad Coyotes at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** aug 11 mon Justin Timberlake at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $200-$50 7pm/8pm # *** aug 11 mon Smash Mouth, Sugar Ray, Blues Traveler, Uncle Kracker at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 12 tue ZZ Top & Jeff Beck at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 12 tue Usnea, Forn, Augurs, Abstracter at the Witch Haus, Santa Cruz a/a 7pm ** @ aug 13 wed Della Mae at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15/$17 7pm/8pm ** aug 13 wed Aerosmith, Slash, Myles Kennedy And the Conspirators at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $225-$49 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** aug 13 wed Lila Downs at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $75-$35 6pm/7:30pm ** aug 13 wed Deep Purple at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 14 thr Paul McCartney at Candlestic Park, S.F. a/a 8pm # **** $ aug 15 fri Counting Crows, Toad The Wet Sproket, Daniel & The Lion at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a $85-$39.50 7pm # *** aug 15 fri Bruno Mars at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # *** aug 15 fri ZZ Top, Jeff Beck at Ironstone Vineyards, Murphys a/a $153-$48 7pm # *** aug 15/16 Excruciating Terror (L.A.), Mass Grave (Canada), Noothgrush, Impaled, Nausea (L.A.), Sourvein (N.C.), Gehenna, Transient (Portland), Night Nurse (Portland), Strong Intention (MD), Bio Crisis (Mexico), Splatterhouse (Portland), Communion Of Theives (TX), Bell Witch (Seattle), Department Of Correction (France), Biocidio (AZ), Warfair (AZ), Raw Nerves (Portland), Funerary (AZ), Megaton Leviathan (Portland), Endless Demise (L.A.), Age Of Collapse (San Diego), Piglife (San Diego), Xhostagex vs. Your Enemy, Green Terror, Augurs, Angst (L.A.), Marion Barry (L.A.), Dead Pressure (San Jose), Harassor (L.A.), Tomxhanks (Sacramento), Plauge Widow (Sacramento), Monte (San Jose), Volatile Substance, Ordstro, Connoisseur, Negative Standards, Godstomper (Sunnyvale), Pleasure Cross (Portland), Forn (MA), Usnea (Portland), Diatribe (San Diego), Dead Issuse (L.A.), Theories (Seattle), No Fucks Given, Enemigo at the Metro, Oakland a/a $20 7pm # **** @ aug 15/16 Brownout, The Nibblers, Jelly Bread, Stymie, Afrofunk Experience, Big Sticky Mess, Drop Theory, Funk Revival Orchestra, GravyBrain, Groovincible, High Beamz, Idea Team, Indian From Pluto, Mark Sexton, Mission Players, Mojo Green, Moksha, Swamp Zen, Sway, Tracorum, Zuhg at Forthe Funk of It Festival, Belden a/a *** (camping) aug 16 sat Lila Downs at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $38 8pm/9pm # ** aug 16 sat Stu Allen And Mars Hotel, The Fall Risk at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 16 sat Lynyrd Skynyrd at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** aug 16 sat Kool & The Gang, En Vogue at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 17 sun Fall Out Boy, Paramore, New Politics at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $69-$29 6pm/7pm # *** aug 17 sun Lynyrd Skynyrd at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 19 tue Yes at City National Civic, 135 San Carlos St., San Jose a/a # *** aug 20 wed Boris at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 7:30pm/8pm *** aug 20 wed Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Galactic at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 21 thr Dirty Rotten Imbeciles, Angerhead, Iron Assault at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $20 7pm *** @ aug 22 fri B.B. King at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** aug 22 fri Dave Koz & Friends, Mindi Abair, Gerald Albright & Richard Elliot at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $125-$40 6pm/7:30pm ** aug 22 fri Wiz Khalifa, Tyga, Rich Homie Quan, Iamsu, Mack Wilds, dj Drama at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $79-$29 5pm/6pm # ** aug 22 fri Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 22 fri Rascal Flatts, Sheryl Crow, Gloriana at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Wheatland a/a # *** aug 22/23/24 Dave Matthews Band at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a 7pm # *** aug 23 sat Rascal Flatts, Sheryl Crow, Gloriana at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $76-$28 6pm/7:30pm # *** aug 23 sat B.B. King, The Blind Boys Of Alabama at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 23 sat The Spit Muffins at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** aug 23 sat Y&T, Restrayned, Force Of Habit at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $22 7pm *** aug 24 sun Nine Ince Nails, Soundgarden, Death Grips at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $106-$36 6pm/7pm # *** @ aug 24 sun Brian Regan at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 25 mon Earth Wind & Fire at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 26 tue Jack Johnson, Michael Kiwanuka at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # ** aug 26 tue Frampton's Guitar Circus at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 27 wed The Presidents Of The United States Of America at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** aug 27 wed Gipsy Kings, Ole' Noys at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 28 thr Brand New at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** (sold out) aug 28 thr Panic! At The Disco, Walk The Moon, Youngblood Hawke at the Event Center, 290 S 7th Street, San Jose State a/a $35 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** aug 28 thr Matisyahu, Ozomatli, Makua Rothman at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 29 fri Rat Columns, Cold Beat, Yi at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 29 fri Mission Of Burma at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** $ aug 29 fri The Fab Four (tribute) at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 30 sat Dog Party at San Pedro Square Market, San Jose a/a free ** aug 30 sat Tom Bailey, Howard Jones, Midge Ure, Katrina at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 31 sun Pookie & The Poodles, The Gooch Palms (Austrailia), Elvis Christ at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 2 tue Elvis Costello & The Imposters at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** sep 3 wed Enrique Bunbury at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $49.50 7pm/8pm # ** sep 6 sat Keith Urban, Jerrod Niemann, Brett Eldredge at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $60-$30 # ** sep 6 sat Huey Lewis And The News at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** sep 7 sun Marc Anthony at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $234-$39 6pm/7pm # *** sep 8 mon Swans, Carla Bozulich at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** sep 11 thr Passenger at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** sep 11 thr Chicago at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** sep 12 fri Wanda Sykes at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $95-$35 6pm/7:30pm ** sep 13 sat Greg Brown at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 13 sat Blake Shelton at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a # ** sep 14 sun Ben Harper at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** sep 16 tue Yanni at the Arena, Oakland a/a # ** sep 16 tue Heart at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** sep 17 wed Ian Anderson (the Best of Jethro Tull) at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** sep 18 thr Natalie Cole at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $125-$40 6pm/7:30pm *** sep 18 thr Martina McBride at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** sep 18 thr Linkin Park, Thirty Seconds To Mars, A.F.I. at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Rd., Wheatland a/a $108-$40 # *** @ sep 19 fri Dillon Francis, Diplo, Fatboy Slim, Strfkr at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # ** sep 19 fri Linkin Park, Thirty Seconds To Mars, A.F.I. at the Pavilion, Concord a/a 6:30pm # *** @ sep 19 fri Crosby Stills and Nash at City National Civic, 135 San Carlos Street, San Jose a/a # *** sep 21 sun Gerry & The Pacemakers, Chad & Jeremy, Billy J. Kramer, Mike Pender's Searchers, Denny Laine at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** sep 22 mon Katy Perry, Tegan And Sara at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # *** sep 23 tue Little Mix at National Civic, 135 San Carlos St., San Jose a/a $60-$40 6pm/7pm # ** sep 25 thr Within Temptation, Amaranthe at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** sep 26 fri Patti LaBelle, Lyfe Jennings at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** sep 27 sat Jason Aldean, Florida Georgia Line, Tyler Farr at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a # ** sep 27 sat Dana Carvey, Dennis Miller, Kevin Nealon at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** (comedy) sep 28 sun Sonata Arctica at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** sep 28 sun Boney James, Jazz Attack, Jason Bodlovich Group at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** oct 1 wed Kings Of Leon, Young The Giant at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $66-$30 6pm/7pm # *** oct 3 fri Stromae at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ ** oct 3 fri Larry The Cable Guy at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** oct 3/4/5 Hardley Strictly Bluegrass, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a free *** oct 11 sat Pomplamoose at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9m # ** oct 17 fri Luke Bryan, Lee Brice, Cole Swindell at the Pavilion, Concord a/a # ** oct 18 sat Megan Slankard at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** oct 18 sat Luke Bryan, Lee Brice, Cole Swindell at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a # ** nov 4 tue Crowder (Waco, TX), All Sons & Daughters, Capital Kings at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $25/$28 7:30pm # ** (was april 9th) nov 11 tue Nils Frahm at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** nov 12/13 Boyce Avenue at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 6pm/7pm # ** nov 18 tue Jordan Knight & Nick Carter at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** nov 22 sat Justin Timberlake at the Arena, Oakland a/a # *** nov 24 mon Fleetwood Mac at the Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy., Sacramento a/a # *** nov 25 tue Fleetwood Mac at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $200-$50 7pm/8pm # *** nov 29 sat A John Waters Christmas at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** dec 3 wed Fleetwood Mac at the Arena, Oakland a/a $200-$50 7pm/8pm # *** * recommendable Shows a/a all ages $ will probably sell out @ pit warning ^ under 21 must pay more # no ins/outs Live Radio & TV Shows --------------------- apr 21-27 KDVS 90.3FM in Davis Annual On-Air Fundraiser Help support freeform community nonprofit radio (kdvs.org) Radio 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 San Francisco Community Radio www.savekusf.org 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 fri Jesse Luscious on UC Berkeley Radio KALX 90.7FM 6am-9am sat KALX live on UC Berkeley Radio KALX 90.7FM 9pm-midnight sun dj Jesse Luscious at the Ruby Room, 132 14th St., Oakland 9pm-2am 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 Assembly Music Hall, 1000 K St., Sacramento a/a 18+ 21+ 916-341-0176 Avalon Nightclub, 777 Lawrance Expressway, Santa Clara a/a 21+ 408-241-0777 Bender's Bar And 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 and 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+ Cafe Stritch, 374 South First Street, San Jose a/a 408-280-6161 Caravan Lounge, 98 South Almaden Avenue, San Jose 21+ 408-995-6220 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 Chapel, 777 Valencia Street at 19th, S.F. a/a DNA Lounge, 375 11th Street at Harrison, S.F. 21+ a/a 415-626-1409 Dosa Biryani, 250 E Java Drive, Sunnyvale a/a 408-400-0007 Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St. S.F. 21+ 415-626-0880 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 Fireside Lounge, 1453 Webster Street, Alameda 21+ 510-864-1244 Fox Theater, 1807 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland a/a Gilman, 924 Gilman St. at 8th, Berkeley a/a book 510-524-8180 ($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 Golden State Theater, 417 Alvarado St., Monterey a/a 831-372-4555 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 Homestead Lanes, 20990 Homestead Road, Cupertino a/a 408-255-5700 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 Legionnaire Saloon, 2272 Telegraph Ave., Oakland 21+ 510-891-8660 Li-Po Lounge, 916 Grant Ave., S.F. 21+ Lucky 13, 1301 Park St, Alameda 21+ 510-523-2118 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 Neck of the Woods, 406 Clement at 5th Avenue, S.F. 21+ 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 Night Light, 311 Broadway, Oakland 21+ 510-433-0340 Masonic Center, 1111 California Street, S.F. a/a Octopus Lounge, 180 Eureka Square, Pacifica 21+ 650-355-7775 On the Y, 670 Fulton Ave., Sacramento 21+ 916-487-3731 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 Rock Shop, 30 N 3rd Street, San Jose a/a ($2 yearly membership) Route 92, 2128 South El Camino Real, San Mateo 21+ San Pedro Square Market, 87 North San Pedro St., San Jose a/a 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 Studio 55 Marin, 1455 East Francisco Blvd., San Rafael a/a Sub-Mission Art Space, 2183 Mission Street, S.F. a/a Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a 415-861-5016 Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Avenue, Mill Valley a/a 415-388-1700 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 Toot's Tavern, 627 Second Avenue at Pomona, Crockett 21+ 510-787-4840 Tupelo, 1337 Grant Ave., S.F. a/a (during sun shows) 415-981-9177 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 Vina Robles Amphitheater, 3800 Mill Road, Paso Robles a/a 805-227-4812 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 Yoshi's, 1330 Fillmore Street, S.F. 21+ Yoshi's, 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland 21+ 510-238-9200 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please feel free to pass The List on to friends. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The List is e-mailed out each week normally on Friday afternoon. 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