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 March 16, 2016 mar 16 wed La Santa Cecilia at Amoeba Music, Berkeley a/a free 5pm ** mar 16 wed La Fin Absolute Du Monde, Tunnel Lights Cushion Theory at the Golden Bull, Oakland 21+ $8 8pm ** mar 16 wed Disturbed, Nonpoint at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $39.50 7pm/8pm # *** @ mar 16 wed Lunasa With Tim O'Brien at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $26/$30 7pm/8pm ** mar 16 wed Peter Frampton (acoustic) at Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Ave., S.F. a/a $70-$125 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** mar 16 wed This Will Destroy You, Vinyl Williams at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $17 7pm/8pm ** mar 16 wed Natalia Lafourcade, Raw-G at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $38-$85 7pm/8pm # *** mar 16 wed Sun Hop Fat, Mama's Soup, Mad Alchemy Liquid Light Show at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $12/$15 8pm/9 ** mar 16 wed Protoje, King I-Vier at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** mar 16 wed Lowcaster, Realms Of Vision, Iamogb at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** mar 16 wed Sweetwater Black, The Mud Lords, Phil Bronco And The Fuckboys at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $6 8pm/9pm ** (Trixie Rasputin's Birthday) mar 16 wed Acid Mothers Temple, Orphan Goggles, Disappearing People at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 16 wed King Woman, Chrch, Super Unison, dj's at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ free 9pm ** mar 16 wed Shana Morrison, Jerry Hannan, Iseult Jordan at the Empress Theater, Vallejo a/a $9 6pm/7pm ** mar 16 wed The Reverend Horton Heat, Lincoln Durham at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $26 *** mar 16 wed Uli Jon Roth, Jennifer Batten, Andy Timmons at the Dip, 1730 California Street, Redding a/a $20/$25 7pm ** mar 16 tue Solas at Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., 1075 E 20th St., Chico ?/? ** mar 17 thr Gag, Combat Knife, King Woman, Torso, Profile, Drool at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 6pm/6:30pm *** @ mar 17 thr Leon Bridges, Son Little at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** (sold out) mar 17 thr Nathan & Jessie, Odd Job Ensemble at Octopus Literary Salon, Oakland a/a $7-$10 sliding 8pm * mar 17 thr Sol, Brothers From Another, Otieno Terry at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $13/$16 (under 21 +$5) 8pm/9pm ^ ** mar 17 thr Lucabrazzi, Flanobo, Tunestone, Butch Escobar (comedy), Frosty Nugs (comedy), Kevin Patrick Renner (comedy), J.A.D.E. (comedy) at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** mar 17 thr The Body, Burmese, Terror Cell Unit, Cloak, Sarin Snow at the Golden Bull, Oakland 21+ $8 8pm ** @ mar 17 thr The Brothers Comatose at Amoeba Music, S.F. a/a free 6pm *** mar 17 thr The Quiet Men, Wholesome Bangs, The Human Condition at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** mar 17 thr Afrofunk Experience, Manque Express, Maracatu Paicfico, Dona Francisca, dj Carioca, dj Danado de Bom at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$15 9pm ** mar 17 thr The Crux at the Chapel, S.F. a/a free 5pm ** mar 17 thr Royal Jelly Jive, Hibbity Dibbity, Mission Delirium at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15/$18 7:30pm/8:30pm ** mar 17 thr Druglords On The Avenues, Tartar Control (Salt Lake City), Civil War Rust, Dialectics at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10/$13 8pm/8:30pm # *** @ mar 17 thr The Hooks at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ $7/$10 (under 21 +$5) 7pm/8pm ^ *** mar 17 thr Vktms, The Bar Feeders, Fracas, Ruleta Rusa, Isotope at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $8 7pm/7:30pm *** @ mar 17 thr Frog Eyes, Wreck And Reference, White Cloud at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 17 thr The Dustbowl Revival at the Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley a/a ** mar 17 thr Battlehooch, Light Thieves at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** mar 17 thr Essaie Pas (Montreal), Xulture (L.A.), Forbidden Colors, dj Tom Ass at the Eagle, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** mar 17 thr Justin Bieber at Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $126-$51 7:30pm # *** $ mar 17 thr Styx at City National Civic, San Jose a/a $45-$75 8pm # *** mar 17 thr Hirie, Spiritual Rez, Mighty Mystic at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ free 8pm/9pm ** (reggae) mar 17 thr Mike PZ & The Associates, Disco Underground at Appleton Ballroom, Watsonville 21+ free 6pm ** mar 17 thr Loreena McKennitt at Harris Center, Folsom a/a 7pm/7:30pm ** (sold out) mar 18 fri Cruel Hand (ME), Dead Weight (Seattle), Mercy Ties (Seattle), These Streets at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm/8pm *** @ mar 18 fri Justin Bieber at the Arena, Oakland a/a $126-$51 7:30pm # *** mar 18 fri The Ying Yang Twins, Loverance, Priceless Da Roc, djj12, dj Hell Rell at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ (under 21 +$5) 10pm ^ ** mar 18 fri Mess, Friends W/O Benefits at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 6:30pm ** (early show) mar 18 fri The Rinds, Decent Criminal, Girl Migraine, Symptons, Jims "Cincinatti" (acoustic) at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm/9:30pm ** (late show) mar 18 fri Peaking Lights Acid Test, Group Rhoda at the Legionnaire Saloon, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** (industrial dance) mar 18 fri Daydream, Bastards Of Young, No Fixed Star at the Golden Bull, Oakland 21+ $8 8pm ** @ mar 18 fri The Brothers Comatose, The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 8pm/9pm # *** mar 18 fri Blanck Mass, Russell E.L. Butler, dj Omar, dj Justin Anastasi at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15/$17 9pm ** mar 18 fri Magma, Helen Money at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $31/$36 8pm/9pm ** mar 18 fri The Phenomenauts (pictue disc release), Dan P. & The Bricks, The Atom Age at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 8pm/9pm *** @ mar 18 fri Issues, Crown The Empire, One OK Rock, Night Verses at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $22/$25 6pm/7pm # *** @ mar 18 fri Zoo Station (tribute), Temptation (tribute), Debased (tribute) at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $18/$20 8pm/9pm ** mar 18 fri Wander, Leer, Cursed Graves, Plush at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm # ** @ mar 18 fri Andy Human And The Reptoids (7" release), Andy Place And The Coolheads (Portland), Robbery, Trash Can at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm/8:30pm ** mar 18 fri Pins Of Light, Matt And Paul's Maigc (magic set), Elephant Rifle, Smokers at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** @ mar 18 fri Phoenix Pro Wrestling at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $2-$10 8pm mar 18 fri Ana Gabriel at City National Civic, San Jose a/a $100-$70 6pm/7pm # ** mar 18 fri The Reverend Horton Heat, Unknown Hinson, Legendary Shack Shakers, Lincoln Durham at the Ritz, San Jose 21+ $25 8pm *** mar 18 fri The Wonder Year, Setlive, Microwave at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ 6:30pm ** mar 18 fri Asterlon, Helm's Deep, Farooq, Windows Of Lucidity, Mug Shot, Repulser at La Movida, 816 E. Allsal St., Salinas 21+ free 6:30pm ** @ mar 18 fri La Plebe, Yautlan, Outraged, Aninoko, Gorthyryac, The Deathless at Appleton Ballroom, Watsonville a/a $15 8pm *** @ mar 18/19 The Revivalists at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** mar 18/19 Goldfish, Pumpkin (fri), The Funk Hunters (fri), Bit Funk (sat), Fort Knox Five (sat), Qdup (sat) at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $21.50/$25 9pm ** mar 18/19 Billy Crawford, Yam Concepcion at Cache Creek Casino, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 21+ ** mar 19 sat Stardestroyer, Hammer Lane, OnOff, Disrupt The Paradigm, Tony Fuckin Atlas & Mohawk Mafia, Hellrzzr at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeely a/a $10 7:30pm *** @ mar 19 sat Dispirit, Lycus, Eos (Olympia), Eigenlicht (Olympia) at the New Metro, Oakland a/a $10 8pm *** @ mar 19 sat Moira Scar, Bitter Fruit, Healers, Cube, Diesel Dudes, Dark Beach at Lobot Gallery, 1800 Campbell St., Oakland a/a $5-$10 7pm ** @ mar 19 sat Kieth Alan Mitchell, Amber Ikeman, John Roy Zat at Octopus Literary Salon, Oakland a/a 7pm * mar 19 sat Pimps Of Joytime, Orgone, dj HeyLove at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $22/$25 (under 21 +$5) 8pm/9pm ^ ** mar 19 sat The Good Bad, Three Times Bad, Dirty Cello at the Legionnaire Saloon, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** mar 19 sat Vekst, Gurschach, Genethliac, Barren Altar, House Of Wolves at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9:30pm ** @ mar 19 sat Kinnefret, Short Fuse, Potential Threst, Cursed, Hellbender at the Golden Bull, Oakland 21+ $8 7:30pm/8pm *** @ (metal) mar 19 sat Loreena McKennitt at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $85-$39.50 7pm/8pm # ** mar 19 sat The Polish Ambassador, Dirtwire, Desert Dwellers at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** mar 19 sat Poor Man's Whiskey (celebrating The Eagles), Lomesome Locomotive at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $20/$23 8pm/9pm ** mar 19 sat Allen Stone, Matt Jaffe & The Distractions, Blue Bear Youth Performances, Elvin Bishop at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $40 ($150 vip) 8:30pm/9pm # *** (Blue Bear School of Music Benefit) mar 19 sat Tortilla Soup, Third Sol, Tribal Blues Band at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16/$20 7pm/8pm ** mar 19 sat Faust, Heron Oblivion, Bill Orcutt, dj Paul Costuros, dj Darragh at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm ** mar 19 sat Joy (San Diego), Pharlee, Older Suns, Operation Mindblow (visuals) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** mar 19 sat AnotherBodyFound at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** mar 19 sat Peter Frampton (acoustic) at the Uptown Theater, Napa 16+ (12+ with an adult) $65-$105 7pm/8pm *** mar 19 sat Future (Atlanta), Ty Dollar Sign, Lil Donald at Event Center, 290 S. 7th St., San Jose State a/a $50 7pm/8pm # ** mar 19 sat Yanni at City National Civic, San Jose a/a 7:30pm # ** mar 19 sat Melvins, Dusted Angel at the Ritz, San Jose 21+ $15/$20 8pm *** @ mar 19 sat The Brothers Comatose at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $15/$18 8pm/9pm *** mar 19 sat Sinicle, Kings Of Carnage at Studio on 4th, 432 E. 4th Street Reno, NV ?/? ** mar 19/20 Magcon at Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $28-$153 11:30am/2:30pm # ** mar 20 sun Counterparts (Canada), Expire, Gideon, Knocked Loose at the Metro, Oakland a/a $13/$15 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** @ mar 20 sun Smoke Rings at the Night Light, Oakland 21+ 8pm ** mar 20 sun Haunting Skies (Kansas City, MO), Seven Days Straight (San Rafael), The Road Vikings, Blood Cabana, Arsa (Hayward) at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 8pm ** @ mar 20 sun Los Huaycos, Dfmk (Tijuana, Mexico), Nihilist Cunt, Heartless Folk at the Golden Bull, Oakland 21+ $8 7:30pm/8pm *** @ mar 20 sun Rei at Amoeba Music, S.F. a/a free 2pm ** mar 20 sun Tonight Alive, Set It Off, The Ready Set, Say We Can Fly at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $19/$21 6pm/7pm *** mar 20 sun Further Seems Forever, Kids, Belle Noire at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $20/$24 7:30pm/8:30pm *** @ mar 20 sun The Reunion Beatles (tribute), Decades at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $25 5:30pm/6:30pm ** mar 20 sun Gungor at the Social Hall, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** mar 20 sun Bastet, Blaine Billingsley at the Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St. at 23rd., S.F. a/a $10-$15 sliding scale 5:30pm/6pm ** mar 20 sun Vile Augury, Cynical Mass, Suicide Queen, Madison Mandrake, dj Decay, dj Sage at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $7/$12 7pm/8pm # ** (death guild) mar 20 sun Lust For Youth, Nite Fields, Autumns, Soho Rezanejad, dj Omar, dj Kerri at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$15 8pm ** mar 20 sun The Deadlies, The Reefriders at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm ** mar 20 sun The Golden Gate Rockers (tribute) at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $5 11:30am/noon ** (tribute to Bowie & Rush) mar 20 sun Electric Six, Parlour Tricks at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** mar 20 sun Donald Beaumon, China at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** mar 20 sun Draemhouse, Candace at Big Easy, 139 Petauma Blvd. North, Petaluma ?/? free 6:30pm/7pm ** mar 20 sun Jaeng (Olympia), Korrosive, Rhizome, Sterile Mind at 1409 North 10th Street, San Jose a/a $7 7pm ** @ mar 20 sun Styx at the Bob Hope Theatre, 242 East Main Street, Stockton a/a $48-$85 7:30pm # *** (seated) mar 20 sun Sinicle, Kings Of Carnage at On the Y, 670 Fulton Ave., Sacramento 21+ ** mar 21 mon Conan (U.K.), Serial Hawk, Worship at the Metro, Oakland a/a $13/$15 7:30pm/8pm # *** @ mar 21 mon The Prettiots (N.Y.C.) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** mar 21 mon Between The Buried And Me, August Burns Red, The Faceless, Good Tiger at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $29.50/$32 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** @ mar 21 mon Fred & Toody at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15/$17 7pm/8pm ** mar 21 mon The Brankas, Northern Youth, Alvie And The Breakfast Pigs at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** mar 21 mon Chairlift at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** mar 21 mon False Priest, Couches, Flaural (Denver), Buzzmutt at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** mar 22 tue The Movement Jam (funk), open jam session at the Legionnaire Saloon, Oakland 21+ 10pm ** mar 22 tue Sidd Jagadish, Matt Bednarsky (Nashville, TN), Sas (ep releae), Chris Hanlin at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 22 tue Zhod (Germany), Naked Lights, Apprentice Destroyer at the Golden Bull, Oakland 21+ $8 7:30pm/8pm ** mar 22 tue Draemhouse, Candace at the Night Light, Oakland 21+ ** mar 22 tue Daughter, Wilsen at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # *** mar 22 tue Eartheater, Sarah Neufeild at the Swedish American Hall, S.F. a/a ** mar 22 tue Honne at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8pm ** mar 22 tue K's Choice, A Fragile Tomorrow at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $21 7pm/8pm ** mar 22 tue A Great Big World, Genevieve at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $21/$25 7pm/8pm ** mar 22 tue Imperative Reaction, Everything Goes Cold, Striplicker, dj Decay, dj Melting Girl at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $15/$20 7pm/8pm # ** (death guild) mar 22 tue Sarah Neufield at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a ** mar 22 tue Gary Oldman at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** (Celebrating David Bowie) mar 22 tue Hockey Dad at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ (under 21 +$5) ^ *** mar 22 tue Fringe Class, Union Pacific, Wet Marble at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** mar 22 tue Nap Eyes, Cian Nugent, Completions at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 22 tue Sad Lovers And Giants (Warford, England), Cruel Summer, Crimso Scarlet at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $10/$13 9pm *** mar 22 tue The Naked And Famous, The Rubens at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $29.50 7:30pm/8pm *** $ mar 22 tue Holy Grail Guitar Clinic (L.A.) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 6pm ** mar 22 tue Black Tusk (Savannah, Georgia), Holy Grail at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$12 8pm/8:30pm ** @ mar 22 tue Between The Buried And Me, August Burns Red, The Faceless, Good Tiger at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a # *** @ mar 22 tue Yonder Mountain String Band, Polecat at Van Duzer Theater, Humboldt State, Sequoia Avenue, Arcata a/a ** mar 22/23 Slayer, Testament, Carcass at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $50-$75 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** @ mar 23 wed Where My Bones Rest Easy at the Night Light, Oakland 21+ ** mar 23 wed The Royal Sound, Husky Boys (Portland), Rex Rult at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** mar 23 wed Coheed And Cambria, Glassjaw, I The Mighty, Silver Snakes at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $30 (floor) $30/$40 (balcony) 6pm/7pm # *** mar 23 wed Cam at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $18/$20 7:30pm/8pm ** mar 23 wed Kawehi, Alice Phoebe Lou at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $16/$18 8pm/9pm ** mar 23 wed Information Society (album release), Anthony Jones, Roadside Memorial, dj Decay, dj Davey Bones, dj Amanda Jones at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $17/$23 7pm/8pm # ** (death guild) mar 23 wed Black Tusk, Holy Grail at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $15/$18 7:30pm/8pm # ** @ mar 23 wed The Purim Paradigm, Greg Anton, Stu Allen, Lebo, Jordan Feinstein, John Paul McLean at the Social Club, S.F. a/a $20/$25 8pm/8:30pm # ** mar 23 wed The Old Folks, Mayya & The Revolutionary Hell Yeah, Zack Bateman And the Coal Minds at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 23 wed Quilt, Mild High Club at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** mar 23 wed Quaaludes, Dreamspoiler, Smoke Rings (Portland), Violence Creeps at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** @ mar 23 wed Sea Lioness, The Easies, Zachary Blizzard at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** mar 23 wed Draemhouse, Candace at the Make-Out Room, S.F. 21+ ** mar 23 wed Yonder Mountain String Band, Polecat at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $25 7pm/8pm ** mar 23 wed Peter Frampton (acoustic) at Van Duzer Theater, Humboldt State, Arcata a/a 7:30pm *** mar 23 wed Phil Cook at Humboldt Brewery, 856 10th at I, Arcata 21+ ** mar 23 wed Black Lillies at Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., 1075 E 20th St., Chico ?/? ** mar 24 thr Freddie Gibbs at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $20 (under 21 +$5) 8pm/8:30pm ^ ** mar 24 thr Suite G, The Archivez, Shface, The Mosswoods at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** mar 24 thr Clint Baker & Jeff Hamilton at the Chapel, S.F. a/a free 5pm ** mar 24 thr Phil Cook at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 7pm/8pm ** mar 24 thr Yonder Mountain String Band, Polecat at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # ** mar 24 thr Behind The Lens (Henry Diltz & Pattie Boyd) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $35 7pm/8pm ** (seated) mar 24 thr Jungles, Tempalay, Reatmo, Atomic Stooges, Kao=S at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a *** (Japan nite) mar 24 thr Bryce Vine at the Social Hall, S.F. a/a $15/$17 7pm/8pm # ** mar 24 thr Down Dirty Shake, The Spiral Electric, The Green Door at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 24 thr Murder By Death, Tim Barry at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** mar 24 thr Cables & Arms, Song For Snakes, Ordinary; Neighbors at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** mar 24 thr The Perishables, Flexx Bronco, Dance Party Boys at the Eagle Tavern, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** @ mar 24 thr Will Weston, Miner (L.A.), Chris Youmans & The Sound Agency at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** mar 24 thr Deep Vlly at the Ritz, San Jose 21+ ** mar 24 thr Draemhouse, Candace at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a ** mar 25 fri Low Cotton (Salt Lake City), Isotope, Violence Creeps, Bathtub Barracuda, Nelson Muntz (Salt Lake City) at BRS, Richmond a/a *** @ mar 25 fri Umphrey's McGee, Tauk at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $30 7pm # *** mar 25 fri They Might Be Giants at the UC Theater, Berkeley 16+ $30 8pm/9pm # *** mar 25 fri Ruleta Rusa, End All, ?Y Que? Black Dream, Elderly Abuse at Crate, 420 14th Street, Oakland a/a $7 8pm *** @ (Benefit Women affected by Domestic Violence) mar 25 fri Violent J, Nova Rockafeller, NinjaLOC, Lil Eazy-E, Izzy Drastic at the Metro, Oakland 18+ $15 7pm # ** mar 25 fri Voodoo Dolly, Debased, New Day Rising at the Night Light, Oakland 21+ $10 ** (tribute night) mar 25 fri Supernaut, The Last Out, The Blank Spots, Run Amok at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 8pm/9:30pm ** @ mar 25 fri Cutthroats 9, Drunk Dad (Portland), Disastroid, Pale Ape at the Golden Bull, Oakland 21+ $8 7:30pm/8pm ** @ mar 25 fri Mystery Skulls, French Horn Rebellion at the Social Hall, S.F. a/a # ** mar 25 fri Brian Fallon & The Crowes, Austin Plaine, Jared Hart at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $26 7pm/8pm *** mar 25 fri Petty Theft (tribute), The Jean Genies (tribute) at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $18/$20 8pm/9pm ** (was feb 5th) mar 25 fri Warren Haynes And The Ashes & Dust Band, Jonathan Tyler at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $39.50 7pm/8pm # ** mar 25 fri The Smashing Pumpkins (acoustic-electro), Liz Phair at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $85-$40 7pm/8pm # *** $ mar 25 fri The Sword, Royal Thunder at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $26 8pm/9pm ** mar 25 fri Methyl Ethel, Bayonne at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ *** mar 25 fri Greg Dulli, Derrick Brown at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** mar 25 fri Rob Crow's Gloomy Place, Vertical Scratchers, Owl Paws at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9:30pm *** mar 25 fri Howardian (N.Y.C.), Golden Drugs, Teenage Chain at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 9pm ** mar 25 fri Flotation Device (record release), The Tomorrow Men, Nato Green at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** mar 25 fri Satan, Night Demon, Hellfire at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm ** mar 25 fri Trecelence, Cataclysmic Assault, Discordia, The Royal Order, Abscission at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $15/$18 7:30pm *** @ mar 25 fri Nvs, Drop Tank, Nme at Caravan, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** @ mar 25 fri The Odd Numbers, The Forgotten, Sitkickers, Hayride To Hell at the Ritz, San Jose 21+ *** (Lorin Ferguson Medical Benefit) mar 25 fri Dun Bin Had, Ten Pole, Losing Teeth at Appleton Ballroom, Watsonville a/a $8 8pm ** @ mar 25 fri Yonder Mountain String Band, Polecat at Crystal Bay Casino, North Shore, Lake Tahoe NV 21+ ** mar 25 fri cancelled: Complete, Octagrape, Aquarian Blood at the Hemlock, S.F. mar 26 sat Trombone Shorty, Orleans Avenue at the UC Theater, Berkeley a/a $49 7pm/8pm # ** mar 26 sat Dead River Rebels, Imposters, Bermudian Aggression, Asshole Aquarium, Some Special Moves, Juche at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 8pm ** @ mar 26 sat Too Short at the Fox Theater, Oakalnd a/a # *** (sold out - see mar 31st) mar 26 sat Weedeater, Author & Punisher, Today Is The Day, Lord Dying at the Metro, Oakland a/a $15 7pm # *** @ mar 26 sat Mophono, Elusive, Bdot, Drewmin, Ray Reck, Mythicalifornian, host The Zap Zap & Joe Mousepad, art by Muzae Sesay at the Legionnaire Saloon, Oakland 21+ 10pm ($5 b4 11pm) ** mar 26 sat Polica, Clara-Nova at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27 8pm/9pm # *** mar 26 sat A Static Lullaby at the Social Hall, S.F. a/a # *** @ mar 26 sat Citizen, Turnover, Sorority Noise, Milk Teeth at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $17/$19 7pm/8pm ** mar 26 sat The Queers, Annie Girl & The Flight, The Memphis Murder Men, The Nerv at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8pm/9pm *** @ mar 26 sat Yuck, Vaadat Charigim, Big Thief at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $17 8pm/9pm ** mar 26 sat Tommy Castro And The Painkillers (cd release), Leah Tysse at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm *** mar 26 sat Lex, The Y Axes at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ $7/$10 (under 21 +$5) 8pm/9pm ^ ** mar 26 sat UFO, My Heavy Memory at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** (sold out) mar 26 sat Long Knives, Wild Powwers, Butanna at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** mar 26 sat Wild Moth, Dreamdecay (Seattle), Las Pinas (Argentina), Daisy World, dj Chasms at thee Parkside, 21+ $8/$10 9pm ** mar 26 sat Sinister Twist (record release), Mizz Szandora Lavey's Burlesque Revue at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** mar 26 sat The Legendary Stardust Cowboy, Midnite Snaxxx, Fuzz Attack at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm/10pm ** mar 26 sat Fasiv, Dangermaker, Virgin Teeth at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ 9:30pm ** mar 26 sat Dfmk (Tijuana, Mexico), Butt Problems, Drunk Dad (Portland), Party Force, Los Huaycos at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 3pm/4pm ** @ mar 26 sat film 'The Art of Escape', shorts: Solus, The Painter, Disconnected at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $5 7pm/7:30pm *** (Take18 Fundraiser Night) mar 26 sat Tess Dunn (acoustic) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** mar 26 sat Warren Haynes And The Ashes & Dust Band, Jonathan Tyler at the Crest Theater, Sacramento a/a $35-$65 6:30pm/7:30pm ** mar 26 sat Gary Owen at Cache Creek Casino, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 21+ ** mar 26 sat Golden Shoulders, X Lovers, Davia at the Off Center Stage, 315 Richardson St., Grass Valley a/a $12 8pm ** mar 27 sun Joanna Newsom, Robin Pecknold at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $35 7:30pm # ** (sold out) mar 27 sun Victims, Brainoil, Torso, Korrosive at the Metro, Oakland a/a $10 # *** @ mar 27 sun X Ambassadors, Seinado Sey, Savoir Adore at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $25 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** mar 27 sun La Luz at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** mar 27 sun Fall Out Boy, Awolnation, Finish Ticket at Civic Center, S.F. a/a $55 7pm # *** mar 27 sun Mobb Deep, Tha Dogg Pound at the Social Hall, S.F. a/a $32/$35 7pm/8pm # ** mar 27 sun CocoRosie at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $27.50/$30 7pm/8pm # ** mar 27 sun Sunflower Bean (N.Y.) at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ $9/$12 (under 21 +$5) 7pm/8pm ^ ** mar 27 sun Ra Ra Riot, And The Kids at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** (sold out) mar 27 sun Sextile, Vanish, Gold Class, dj Omar, dj Justin at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6/$8 9pm ** mar 27 sun The Queers, The Moans, Pilgrim, The O'Mulligans at Cafe Colonial, Sacramento a/a $13 7pm *** @ (sold out) mar 27 sun Kahulanui at Harlo'w, Sacramento ?/? $25 6pm ** mar 28 mon Head Wound City, art by Numbskull / Underworld at the Metro, Oakland a/a $15 8pm # *** @ mar 28 mon Lowercase Noises (N.M.), Hotel Neon (Philadelphia, PA) at the Night Light, Oakland 21+ ** mar 28 mon Underoath (Tampa, FL), Caspian at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $28/$30 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** @ (was at Regency Ballroom) mar 28 mon Porches, Alex G, Your Friend at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15/$18 7pm *** mar 28 mon Wolfmother, Deap Vally at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27 7pm/8pm # *** mar 28 mon Banners, The Moth & The Flame, Pop Etc at the Social Hall, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** mar 28 mon Cool Ghouls at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. a/a (under 21 +$5) *** mar 28 mon Talisco (France) at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** mar 28 mon Idekay at Psychedelic Ballroom, Reno NV a/a 5:30pm/6pm ** @ mar 28 mon Victims at the VFW Hall, Eureka a/a *** @ mar 29 tue Denzel Curry, Allan Kingdom, JK The Rapper at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ (under 21 +$5) 9pm ^ ** mar 29 tue Prawn, Weatherbox, Enemies (Ireland), Unconditional Arms at the Night Light, Oakland 21+ $11 9pm *** @ mar 29 tue The Movement Jam (funk), open jam session at the Legionnaire Saloon, Oakland 21+ 10pm ** mar 29 tue Run Over Dogs (Budapest), Golden Hex, The Tunnel, Guillotine Eyes at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** mar 29 tue Frankie & The Witch Fingers, Dire Wolves at the Golden Bull, Oakland 21+ $7 8pm ** mar 29 tue Abbath, High On Fire, Skeletonwitch, Tribulation at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $28/$30 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** @ mar 29 tue Hinds at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** mar 29 tue My Body Sings Electric, Good Graeff at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm/8:30pm # ** mar 29 tue AJ McKinley at the Chapel, S.F. a/a free 8pm ** mar 29 tue Hey Marseilles, Hibou at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** mar 29 tue Bear Call, Schlemiel O'Neal, Growl (Austin, TX) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** mar 29 tue Kid Trails, Meernaa, MoondreamzzZ at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 29 tue Mondo Drag, Queen Crescent, Fine Points at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $5/$10 9pm ** mar 29 tue Il Volo at City National Civic, San Jose a/a 8pm # ** mar 29 tue Cool Ghouls at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a *** mar 29 tue Leftover Salmon at Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., 1075 E 20th St., Chico ?/? ** mar 30 wed Prince Rama at the Starline Social Club, 2232 MLK, Oakland 21+ ** mar 30 wed Elvis Costello (solo) at Masonic, S.F. a/a $40-$100 7pm/8pm # *** mar 30 wed Alex Calder, Luke Rathborne at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8pm ** mar 30 wed Lissie, Skrizzly Adams at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $21 8pm ** mar 30 wed The Joy Formidable (U.K.), Everything Everything at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $26 7pm/8pm *** mar 30 wed Brain Bagz at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** mar 30 wed White Denim, Sam Cohen at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** mar 30 wed Ape Machine, Second Chair, The Grand Escape at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 30 wed Zodiac Death Valley at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** mar 30 wed The Floozies, Sunsquabi, Sugar Beats at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $14/$16 7pm/8pm ** mar 30 wed Bag Raiders (Australia), Plastic Plates at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $18/$20 8pm/9pm *** mar 31 thr Too Short, Zion I, The Grouch, Eligh, dj Fresh at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $40/$50 8pm # *** mar 31 thr Goegrapher, The Crookes at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $20/$25 (under 21 +$5) 8pm/9pm ^ *** mar 31 thr Worship (Salinas), UN (Seattle), Hissing (Seattle), Cardinal Wyrm at the Golden Bull, Oakland 21+ $8 8pm/8:30 *** @ mar 31 thr Joan And The Rivers, The Loose, Failure Machine (Reno), Hungry Skinny at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9:30pm ** mar 31 thr Steve Hackett at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** mar 31 thr Mothers at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** mar 31 thr Into It. Over It., The Sidekicks, Pinegrove, The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die at the Social Hall, S.F. a/a $16/$18 7pm/8pm # *** mar 31 thr Iggy Pop, Josh Homme at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $100-$55 7pm/8pm # *** mar 31 thr Marston at the Lost Church, 65 Capp, S.F. a/a 8pm ** mar 31 thr Ted And The Tedtones at the Chapel, S.F. a/a free 5pm ** mar 31 thr Stooges Brass Band at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $20/$22 8pm/9pm ** mar 31 thr Foxing, O'Brother, Adjy, Tancred at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 7:30pm/8pm ** mar 31 thr Tank at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $35-$47.50 7pm/8pm # ** (reserved seating) mar 31 thr Earthless, Older Sun at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16/$19 7pm/8pm ** mar 31 thr Bag Raiders (Australia), Plastic Plates at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** (sold out) mar 31 thr All Dogs (Columbus, OH), California, Joyride! at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm *** mar 31 thr Name The Band, The Love Junkies (Australiaa, Lemmo, The Lymbs, Kevin Herig at the Neck of the Woods, S.F. 21+ $10/$15 8pm/8:30pm *** mar 31/ apr 1 The Pimps Of Joytime at the Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley a/a ** apr 1 fri Pansy Division, Love Songs, Kepi Ghoulie (acoustic), Laguna Screech at 924 Gilman Street, Berekely a/a *** @ (Punk Rock Joe's Birthday - last one) apr 1 fri Anders Osborne, Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $26 8pm/9pm # ** apr 1 fri Telepathy (14 year anniversary) at the Jazzschool, 2087 Addison Street, Berkeley a/a $15 8pm ** apr 1 fri Gaz Coombes, Piney Gir at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $26 9pm ** apr 1 fri Swmrs, The Frights, Pity Party at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $13/$15 9pm *** @ apr 1 fri Gryffin, Allan Rayman, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** (see apr 27) apr 1 fri The Go Ahead, The Redlight District, Lords of Sealand at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm/8:30pm ** apr 1 fri Elephant Revival, Mandolin Orange at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $21/$23 8pm/9pm *** apr 1 fri Field Music at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** apr 1 fri Swingin' Utters, Massenger, Sciatic Nerve, The Sorority at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm *** @ apr 1 fri Eyes On The Shore, Fritz Montana, Down And Outlaws, Coyote at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm/8:30pm ** apr 1 fri The Floozies, Sunsquabi, Sugar Beats at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $17 9pm ** apr 1 fri The Millards, Secure The Sun, The E-Regulars, Standoff at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 8pm *** apr 1 fri T. Nile (Vancouver, Canada), Melissa Bandura at Tami's House Concerts, Los Altos a/a donation 7pm/7:45pm ** apr 1 fri The Stone Foxes at the Ritz, San Jose 21+ ** apr 1/2 Father John Misty, Tess & Dave at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** (sold out) apr 2 sat Power From Hell (Brazil), Witchaven (L.A.), Old Coven (L.A.), Negative Vortex, Hallucinator, Black Horns, Infernal Damnation at the Metro, Oakland a/a $15/$20 6:30pm/7pm # *** @ apr 2 sat VVD Wndws, Night Work, The American Jobs (Columbus, OH) at the Night Light, Oakland 21+ ** apr 2 sat Picking Up Pieces, Hammer Lane, Atomic Love Bombs, Whiskey Back at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** apr 2 sat Y&T, Don Dokken at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $37.50 7pm/8pm # *** apr 2 sat Birds Of Chicago, Raina Rose at Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $21 9pm ** apr 2 sat Lust For Youth, Night Beats at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** apr 2 sat Songhoy Blues, Jjuujjuu at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $21 9pm ** apr 2 sat Afrolicious, Smoked Out Soul, Will Magid, dj Ozgood at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $18/$20 8pm/9pm ** apr 2 sat Pansy Division at the Eagle, S.F. 21+ *** apr 2 sat Marco Benevento (album release), Mikaela Davis at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** apr 2 sat Everyone Is Dirty, Fever Feel, French Girls at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** apr 2 sat Audacity (record releae), Meat Market, Thee MVPS (England) at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm *** @ apr 2 sat Tango Alpha Tango (Portland, OR), Cash Pony, Mutt at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** apr 2 sat Quantic Live, Xenia Rubinos, La Gente at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm ** apr 2 sat The Stone Foxes at the Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley a/a ** apr 2 sat KFJC Record Swap at Empire Seven Studios, 525 N. 7th Street, San Jose a/a free 10am-5pm apr 2 sat Wildflower at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** apr 2 sat Shayna Rain (NV), Life Size Models at Homestead Bowl, 20990 Homestead Road, Cupertino a/a $8 8pm ** apr 2 sat Metalachi, Pablo Escobar, Total Badass at the Ritz, San Jose 21+ ** apr 2 sat Swmrs at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz ?/? *** @ apr 2/3 Air Supply at Cache Creek Casino, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 21+ ** apr 3 sun American Pinup, The Dream Supreme, Blade at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 5pm ** @ apr 3 sun MC Chris, Nathan Anderson at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $17/$19 8pm ** apr 3 sun Cadillac Tramps, Deke Dickerson & The Ecco-Phonics, Bay City Shakers, Lucky Boys, The Memphis Murder Men, Gamblers Mark at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $20 1pm til 9pm *** @ (Benefit for Scarlett's special needs and Rett Syndrome awareness) apr 3 sun U.S. Elevator (album release with Tim Bluhm), Go By Ocean at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 7:30pm/8:30pm ** apr 3 sun Perfect Loss, Surplus 1980, Otzi at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 6:30pm ** (early show) apr 3 sun Flat Black, Young Hunter at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** apr 3 sun Wooden Fish Ensemble at Old First Church, 1751 Sacramento St., S.F. a/a $18 ($15 seniors/$5 students) 4pm ** apr 3 sun Audacity, Tuft, Holiday Friends at Holland Project Show Space, 140 Vesta Street, Reno, NV a/a *** @ apr 4 mon Rachel Platten, Eric Hutchinson, Hunter Hunted at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $22.50/$25 7pm/8pm # ** apr 4 mon Little Green Cars, John Mark Nelson at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 8pm ** apr 4 mon Yung Lean, Thaiboy Digital at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.5 7pm/8pm # ** apr 4 mon Santigold at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # ** apr 4 mon CCR Headcleaner, Cult Babies (Vancouver), The Strange Land at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** apr 4 mon Tuft, Holiday Friends at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ ** apr 4 mon Jethro Tull at the Uptown Theater, Napa 16+ (12+ with an adult) *** apr 5 tue Nephlon Don, Slide, Vixen Nior, Miss Haze, J Crizzy, Yung Reason, Jo the Sun Child, ReyMar at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm/9:30pm ** (rap/hip hop) apr 5 tue Deathkings (L.A.), Genocide Skin, Oort Cloud at the Golden Bull, Oakland 21+ $8 8pm/8:30 ** @ apr 5 tue Matthew Logan Vasquez, Reverend Baron, Dustin Lovelis at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 5 tue Tinashe at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** apr 5 tue Highly Suspect at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** apr 5 tue Noah Gundersen at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a ** apr 5 tue Cullen Omori at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** apr 5 tue Skate Laws, Silver Shadows, Cd-R at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 5 tue Tuft, Holiday Friends at Church House, Pennsylvania Ave. near Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz a/a ** apr 5 tue Joanna Newsom, Robin Pecknold at the Crest Theatre, Sacramento a/a $25/$35/$45 7:30pm # ** $ apr 5/6 Noel Fielding (comedy) at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $42.50/$45 7pm/8pm # ** (seated) apr 6 wed Absu (TX), Pale Chalice, Akatharsia, Xenotaph (Hayward), Void Omnia at the Metro, Oakland a/a $15 7pm # *** @ apr 6 wed Acid Dad at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** apr 6 wed Young Moon, Joseph Childress, Paint The Trees White, dj Feelings at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 8pm/9pm ** apr 6 wed dj Logic, Stu Allen, Lebo, Wally Ingram, Reed Mathis, Mark Karan, Ronkat, Shaunna Hall, Jordan Feinstein, Tom Freund, Victor Little, Might Dave Pellicciaro, Glenn Hartman, John Mader, Alan Williams, Bo Carper, Dale Fanning, Jazz Mafia Horns, North Beach Brass Band at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # *** (Benefit Sweet Relief & ALS) apr 6 wed Aurora at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** apr 6 wed Afrojack, Ravitez at Temple, 540 Howard Street, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** apr 6 wed Big Tits, Cocktails, The Shanghais at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm/9pm ** apr 6 wed Ellie Goulding at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # ** apr 6/7 Floetry at Yoshi's, Oakland 21+ ** apr 7 thr The Jezabels at the Social Hall, S.F. a/a 7pm # ** apr 7 thr We The Kings, AJR, She Is We, Elena Coats & Brother James at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $26 7:30pm ** apr 7 thr Escondido at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** apr 7 thr Barrio Manouche at the Chapel, S.F. a/a free 5pm ** apr 7 thr Flamin' Groovies, Roy Loney & The Phantom Movers, Peter Case, dj Kelley Stoltz at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm *** apr 7 thr Hippie Sabotage, Alex Wiley, Kembe X at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. 18+ $20/$25 7pm/8pm # ** apr 7 thr Sal's Greenhouse, Sonny Rukus, Mama's Soup at The Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** apr 7 thr Count Badd D, Open Mike Eagle, Dibiase, dj Harrsion, Dillon, Heddy Fur, Bottled Water at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 9pm ** apr 7 thr The Wild Feathers, The Shelters at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** apr 7 thr King Panda, Color TV, Flat Black at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** apr 7 thr Glitter Wizard, Mirthquake (Portland), Baus at the Eagle, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/9:30pm ** apr 7 thr Blackalcious, Radioactive, Pure Powers at Hopmonk, 230 Petaluma Avenue, Sebastopol 21+ $20 9pm/10:30pm ** apr 7 thr Bane, Burn, Axis at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz a/a 8pm *** @ apr 7 thr Nolatet at Kuumbwa Jazz Center, 230-2 Cedar Street, Santa Cruz a/a * apr 7/8/9 Dark Star Orchestra at the UC Theater, Berkeley a/a $32.50 8pm/9pm # *** apr 8 fri Bane, Burn, Axis, Ex-Youth at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $20 7pm/8pm *** @ apr 8 fri Ghoul, Capitalist Casualties, Vivisick (Tokyo, Japan), Fuck You Pay Me (Cleveland, OH), Necrot at the Metro, Oakland a/a $15 7pm # *** @ (Tank Crimes) apr 8 fri Steve Vai, Zakk Wylde, Yngwie Malmsteen, Nuno Bettencourt, Tosin Abasi at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** apr 8 fri Mall Walk, Golden Drugs, Tiny Head at the Night Light, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** apr 8 fri Toy Called God (cd release), The Ghost Next Door, Infex at the Golden Bull, Oakland 21+ $8 8pm/9 ** (Gary Wendt's Birthday) apr 8 fri Tumbleweed Wanderers, Steep Ravine, Papa Bear at the Starline Social Club, 2232 MLK, Oakland 21+ $15 7pm ** apr 8 fri Operators at the Social Hall, S.F. a/a # *** apr 8 fri Eden at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ ** apr 8 fri Talkie, Sunrunners, St. Ranger at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $13/$15 8pm/8:30pm ** apr 8 fri Red Meat at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $16/$18 8pm/9pm ** apr 8 fri Quaaludes, Mane, Foster Body (Salt Lake City), Rays at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** apr 8 fri The English Beat at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ *** apr 8 fri Diarrhea Planet (Nashville, TN), Music Band (Nashville, TN) at the Independnent, S.F. 21+ *** apr 8 fri 7 Seconds, Battalion Of Saints, Rhizone at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm *** @ apr 8 fri Dave McGraw & Mandy Fer at Studio 55 Marin, San Rafael a/a $17/$20 8pm ** apr 8 fri Goodnight Texas, Phil Lesh at Terrapin Crossroads, San Rafael 16+ $17/$20 7pm/8pm ** apr 8 fri Implants, F.U.X., Hidden By Authority, Highway Murderers, The Has Beens at Planet Gemini, 2110 Fremont Street, Monterey 21+ $12 8pm *** @ apr 8 fri Hot For Teacher (tribute), The Butlers, Revolver (tribute), Andalusia Rose at Cal Expo, 1600 Exposition Blvd, Sacramento a/a $25 ($50 3day) ** 2pm (Norcal Tattoo & Music Festival day 1) apr 8 fri Blackberry Smoke at Jackson Rancheria Casino, 12222 New York Ranch Road, Jackson 18+ $30/$35 6pm/7pm ** apr 8 fri Carrie Underwood, Eston Corbin And Swon Brothers at Reno Events Center, 400 N Center St., Reno, NV a/a # *** apr 8/9 Nolatet at Doc's Lab, 124 Columbus Avenue, S.F. a/a * apr 9 sat Implants, Nihilist Cunt, F.U.X., Hidden By Authority, Blue Anarchy at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $12 7:30pm *** @ apr 9 sat Savage Republic, Thrill Of The Pull, Lucky+Love (L.A.), dj Davey Bones at the Night Light, Oakland 21+ $8/$10 9pm *** @ apr 9 sat Purifiedment Funkensurrance, Sons Of The P, The Brides Of Funkensurrance at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9:30pm ** apr 9 sat RIP, Serpents Of Dawn, Forgotten Gods at the Golden Bull, Oakland 21+ $8 8pm ** apr 9 sat Basement, Turnstile, Defeater, Colleen Green at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16.50/$20 8pm *** apr 9 sat Billy & The Kids, The Greyboy Allstars, Eric Krasno at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $35/$40/$50 7pm/8pm # ** apr 9 sat Moe. at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $1 8pm/9pm # ** $ apr 9 sat Dreamers, Arkells at the Social Hall, S.F. a/a # ** apr 9 sat Shawn Ryan, Andrea Marcovicci at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $25/$35 8pm ** apr 9 sat Guy Fox, Yours (album release) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** apr 9 sat Man Overboard, Forever Came Calling, Souvenirs, Such A Mess at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 7pm/8pm *** @ apr 9 sat Afrofunk Experience, FatherR BrotherR Sun at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $16 8pm/9pm ** apr 9 sat RjD2 at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** (sold out) apr 9 sat Toys That Kill, Pins Of Light, Swiftumz, My Name Is Joe at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm *** @ apr 9 sat Terry Malts, Cruel Summer, Blades Of Joy (1st show) at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/10pm ** apr 9 sat dj Poolside at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 9pm ** apr 9 sat Intervals (Toronto), Plini, Angel Vivaldi, Save Us From The Archon, Chapters at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $15/$18 7:30pm *** apr 9 sat The Backyard Blues Band, Jake Nielsen's Triple Threat at Appleton Ballroom, Watsonville 21+ $10 8pm ** apr 9 sat Outline In Color, Slaves, Capture The Crown, Myka Relocate, Conquer Divide at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a *** @ apr 9 sat Death Angel, Flotsam And Jetsam, Hatriot, From Hell, Delores, Weight Of The Tide, Etched In Stone, Unprovoked, Nothing But Losers, Skinlab, All Hail The Yeti, Death Divsion, Valor And Vengeance, Graveshadow, White Knuckle Riot, Churnobog, Malcom Bliss, White Minorities, Purification By Fire at Cal Expo, 1600 Exposition Blvd, Sacramento a/a $25 ($50 3day) noon *** @ (Norcal Tattoo & Music Festival day 2) apr 9 sat America at Grand Sierra Casino, 2500 East 2nd St., Reno NV 21+ $23-$60 9pm # ** apr 10 sun Lawn Chairs, Bobby Meader Music (Las Vegas, NV), Mom Jeans, Forget It, Chalk at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $7 5pm *** @ apr 10 sun Carrie Underwood, Eston Corbin And Swon Brothers at the Arena, Oakaland a/a # *** apr 10 sun Ozric Tentacles (Somerset, England), Project Rnl at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $21 8pm ** apr 10 sun The Residents (present Shadowland), film 'Theory of Obscurity' at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $37.50-$49.50 7pm/8pm # *** apr 10 sun The Bird Dogs (the Everly Brothers Experience) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $25 7pm ** (seated show) apr 10 sun Silento, iLoveMemphis, Dlow, We Are Toonz, 99 Percent at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $35 3pm/4pm # ** (Let's Dance) apr 10 sun Sick Of It All, Old Firm Casuals, Trouble Maker, Plead The Fift at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $16/$18 8pm/9pm *** @ apr 10 sun Terry Rid (with Once And Future Band) at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $18/$20 7:30pm/8:30pm ** apr 10 sun Benoit Pioulard, Earthen Sea, Forest Juziuk at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** apr 10 sun Too Many Zooz, Mission Delirium at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 10 sun Otep, Lacey Sturm, September Mourning, Doll Skin, Through Fire at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $22/$25 7pm *** apr 10 sun Nolatet at the Big Easy, 139 Petauma Blvd. North, Petaluma ?/? * apr 10 sun Niyaz at Lincoln Theater, 100 California Drive, Yountville a/a $25-$95 3pm ** apr 10 sun Shirlee Temper, West Coast Fury, Dedvolt, Elusive Furs, The Devil In California, Hellbeard, Glug, Circus Runaways, MMA bouts at Cal Expo, 1600 Exposition Blvd, Sacramento a/a $25 ($50 3day) 2pm ** (Norcal Tattoo & Music Festival day 3) apr 11 mon Otep, Lacey Sturm, September Mourning, Doll Skin, Through Fire at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $19/$23 7:30pm/8pm *** apr 11 mon Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $35 7:30pm/8pm *** (folk) apr 11 mon Logic, Vince Staples at Event Center, 290 S. 7th St., San Jose State a/a # ** apr 12 tue NoFX at the UC Theater, Berkeley a/a $25 6pm/7pm # *** @ $ apr 12 tue Lindi Ortega, The Walcotts (acoustic) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16 8pm ** apr 12 tue The Mattson, Tommy Guerrero at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $12 8pm/9pm ** apr 12 tue Andy Human And the Reptoids, Smokers, B.D. at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 12 tue Carrie Underwood, Eston Corbin And Swon Brothers at the Arena, Stockton a/a # *** apr 12 tue Otep, Lacey Sturm, September Mourning, Doll Skin, Through Fire at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a *** apr 12 tue Gangstagrass at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $12-$25 7pm/8pm ** apr 12 tue Unwritten Law, Fenix TX at Psychedelic Ballroom, Reno NV a/a $15 7pm/7:30pm *** @ apr 13 wed NoFX at Books, Inc., 601 Van Ness Ave., S.F. a/a 7pm (book signing) apr 13 wed Intronaut, Scale The Summit, North at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 13 wed Filter, Orgy, Vampires Everywhere, Death Valley High at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $26 7pm/7:30pm *** @ $ apr 13 wed Astronauts Etc, Harriet Brown at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8pm *** apr 13 wed Bunny Wailer at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** apr 13 wed All Your Sisters, Curse (Baltimore), Ssleeping Desiress, TriWorks at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** apr 13 wed Hot Blood Orkestar (Balkan/Eastern European music) at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ 8pm/9pm ** apr 13 wed 2Cellos at City National Civic, San Jose a/a 7:30pm # ** apr 13 wed Paul McCartney at the Arena, Fresno a/a # *** apr 13/14 Mike Snow at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** (sold out) apr 14 thr Parov Stelar, Stelartronic & Anduze at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $35 8pm # ** apr 14 thr George Clinton And Parliament Funkadelic, Lady Ryan at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $49.50/$60 (under 21 +$5) 8pm/9pm ^ *** apr 14 thr Gloam, Witchaven, Imperial Triumphant, Uada at the Golden Bull, Oakland 21+ $8 8pm ** @ apr 14 thr The Damned, Tijuana Panthers at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $30/$32 7pm/8pm *** @ apr 14 thr Peelander Z at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $12/$15 8pm/8:30pm # *** @ apr 14 thr Lukas Graham at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ ** apr 14 thr B.A.P. at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** apr 14 thr Jovanger at the Chapel, S.F. a/a free 5pm ** apr 14 thr Slough Feg, Young Hunter (Portland), Cormorant at the Eagle, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/9:30pm ** @ apr 14 thr Pastel, Ocd at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** apr 14 thr Dirty Rotten Imbeciles, Wolfpack (Australia), Infex, White Trash Superstars at Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $25 8pm *** @ apr 14 thr Clare Bowen, Chris Camack, Charles Esten, Jonathan Jackson, Aubrey Peeples at City National Civic, San Jose a/a ** (ABC's Nashville) apr 14 thr Jerkagram (L.A.) at Cafe Colonial, 3512 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento a/a ** apr 15 fri The Skunkadelics (last show), Shark Punch (album release), Day Labor, Crowd Nine, Melissa's Party Band, Never Let This Go at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm *** @ (Skay Night) apr 15 fri The Other Band On Earth, Jerkagram (L.A.), Love Moon at the Golden Bull, Oakland 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm ** apr 15 fri Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express, Garland Jeffreys at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $20 8pm *** apr 15 fri The Arcs, Mariachi Flor de Toloache at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $42.50 7pm/8pm # *** apr 15 fri Patrick Sweany at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10/$13 8pm/8:30pm # *** apr 15 fri Fanfare Ciocarlia, Inspector Gadje Brass Band, dj Zeljko at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** apr 15 fri New Orleans Suspects, Brass Mafia, Harry Duncan at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $20/$22/$25 7pm/8pm *** apr 15 fri Marc & The Casuals, Extra Classic at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $18/$20 8pm/9pm ** apr 15 fri Dma's at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** $ apr 15 fri Young Fathers at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $18 9pm ** apr 15 fri Laura Stevenson, Chris Farron, Crying at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** apr 15 fri The Loyalists, Hex Horizontal, Rattletrap at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** apr 15 fri Anthony Presti And The Tusslers, Phinneas Grove, Ignite Club, Frankie Bourne at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** apr 15 fri Joan Osborne Acoustic Duo (two shows) at the Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley a/a *** apr 15 fri Sage The Gemini, Nef The Pharach at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $32/$35 8pm *** apr 15 fri Pepe Agullar at City National Civic, San Jose a/a 8pm # ** apr 15 fri Peelander Z at the Ritz, San Jose 21+ *** apr 15 fri Sarah Bethe Nelson, Golden Shoulders at the Fox and Goose, 1001 R Street, Sacramento a/a $5 9pm ** apr 16 sat The Trouble, Alcatraz, Steel Trap, Give You Nothing at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $12 7pm/8pm *** @ apr 16 sat Dirty Rotten Imbeciles, Hirax, Rude, Hellhunter, Isotope, Wolfpack (Australia) at the Metro, Oakland a/a $22/$25 7pm/7:30pm # *** @ apr 16 sat Kirk Franklin at Paramount Theatre, Oakland a/a $65-$30 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** apr 16 sat Underworld at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $49.50 8pm # ** apr 16 sat Asterlon, Pile Of Priest, Section 5150, Quantum, The Stones at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9:30pm ** @ apr 16 sat Bled Sorghum, Microwave Windows, Jong Wayne, Tepan Vent (Santa Rosa), James Sundquist at Noisebridge Hackerspace, 2169 Mission Street, S.F. a/a noon ** apr 16 sat Blackberry Smoke, Charlie Overbey at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25.50 7pm/8pm # ** apr 16 sat Eskimeaux, Frankie Cosmos, Yowler at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a ** apr 16 sat Aomg, dj Pumkin, Loco, Jay Park, Simon Dominic, Gray at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $75-$300 7pm/8pm # *** apr 16 sat Candlebox, Lullwater, PeteRG at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $22/$26 7pm/8pm *** apr 16 sat Break Science, Nvo at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $21/$25 8pm/9pm ** apr 16 sat Pete Yorn at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** apr 16 sat St. Germain at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $45 9pm *** apr 16 sat Mother Crone, Blackwulf, Brume at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** apr 16 sat Osgood Slaughter, Penetration Moon, Lethal Gospel, Dave Dalton & His Chatterbox Friendso at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** @ apr 16 sat Sabertooth Zombie, Leeches Of Love (Albuquerque, N.M.), I Wanna Die at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm/10pm ** apr 16 sat Black Stone Cherry, Monster Truck at the Ritz, San Jose 21+ ** apr 16 sat Unwritten Law at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $18/$22 8pm/8:30pm *** apr 16 sat Anthony Coleman Big Band at Harlow's, Sacramento a/a $10/$15 5:30pm/6:30pm ** apr 16 sat Golden Shoulders, Jessica Agnew & Davia at the Warehouse, 792 Nevada Street, Nevada City a/a $5 8pm ** apr 17 sun 924 Gilman Zine Fest (Zines, Readings, Workshops) at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 10am apr 17 sun M83, Yachts at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** (sold out) apr 17 sun Anthony Presti And The Tusslers, Megan Leonard at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** apr 17 sun Mount Moriah, Margaret Glaspy at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $14 8pm ** apr 17 sun Lush (U.K.) at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $35/$45 7pm # *** apr 17 sun The Last Shadow Puppets, Alexandra Savior at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # ** apr 17 sun Spencer Owen Timeshare, Crown Larks (Chicago) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** apr 17/18/19 Dita Von Teese (burlesque), MC Murray Hill at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. 18+ $35-$52 7:30pm/8:15pm # ** apr 18 mon Deerhunter, Bitchin Bajas at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** apr 18 mon The Smith Street Band, Hard Girls, Lee Corey Oswald at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 6:30pm/7pm ** @ apr 18 mon Melody's Echo Chamber at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** apr 18 mon Joan Osborne, Alexander Nelson at the Crest Theatre, Sacramento a/a $25/$35/$45 7:30pm # *** apr 18 mon Fat White Family at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ *** apr 18/19 Chvrches, Wolf Alice at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** (sold out - Live 105) apr 19 tue Deerhunter, Bitchin Bajas at the UC Theater, Berkeley a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** apr 19 tue Parachute, Jon McLaughlin, Boh Doran at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $21 7:30pm ** apr 19 tue Savages at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25.75 7pm/8pm # ** apr 19 tue Fat White Family, Dilly Dally at the Social Hall, S.F. a/a # *** apr 19 tue Girlpool at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** apr 19 tue The Mattson, Tommy Guerrero at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $12 8pm/9pm ** apr 19 tue Haelos at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ $15 8pm/9pm ** apr 19 tue Mbongwana Star at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** apr 19 tue Afternoon Blackouts, Ordinary Neighbors, Protected Left at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm ** apr 20 wed Grimes, Tei Shi, Hana at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8:30pm # *** (sold out) apr 20 wed Cypress Hill, Berner, Juicy J, J Boog, Chronixx, Kool John, Dizzy Wright at Civic Center, S.F. a/a $45-$50 4:20pm/5:30pm # *** apr 20 wed Rhye at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $35/$40 7pm/8pm # *** apr 20 wed Moonalice, Doobie Decibel System at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $10/$15 7:30pm *** apr 20 wed Haunted Summer at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 20 wed Cloud Cult at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $20/$22 8pm/9pm ** apr 20 wed Lapsley at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** apr 20 wed Modern Man, Spacebag (Seattle) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** apr 20 wed Crystal Fighters at Moe's Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz 21+ *** apr 20 wed Imarham at Henry Miller Library, Big Sur a/a ** apr 20 wed Volbeat at the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, 2357 Fair Street, Chico a/a $38 6:30pm/7:30pm ** apr 21 thr The Classical, Cash Pony, Brasil at the Golden Bull, Oakland 21+ $7 8pm ** apr 21 thr Adore Delano, Alaska Thunderfuck, Courtney Act, Ginger Minj, Miss Fame, Phi Phi O'Hara, Violet Chacki, dj Pearl at Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $37.50 8pm/9pm # *** (RuPaul's Drag Race) apr 21 thr GoGo Penguin (Manchester, U.K.) at the Social Hall, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** apr 21 thr Imarhan, Wicket Man at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $18 7pm/8pm ** apr 21 thr Judah & The Lion, The Saint Johns at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 8pm/9pm ** apr 21 thr Slow Motion Cowboys (album release) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** apr 21 thr The Laughs, The Nurseries, Spiritcrusher at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** apr 21 thr Crystal Fighters at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm *** apr 21 thr Keller Williams, The Shook Twins at the Arcata Theater, 1036 G St., Arcata ?/? ** apr 21/22 Boyce Avenue at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm (thr), 8pm/9pm (fri) # *** apr 22 fri Shook Ones, Vibrating Antennas, Great Apes, Pure at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 7pm *** @ apr 22 fri James Bay, Jospeh at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** (sold out) apr 22 fri The 1975, The Japanese House at the Greek Theater, UC Berkeley Campus a/a $45 7:30pm # *** $ apr 22 fri Bombino at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $25/$28 (under 21 +$5) 8pm/9pm ^ ** apr 22 fri Roadside Memorial, The Ink Bats, In Letter Form, dj Noveli, dj Dollhead at the Night Light, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** apr 22 fri Hazzards Cure, Spacebag (Seattle), Ion, Larvae at the Golden Bull, Oakland 21+ $8 8pm *** @ apr 22 fri Jem And Scout, Kava, Garble, Emergency Third Rail Poser Trip at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** @ apr 22 fri Keller Williams, The Shook Twins at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $26 8pm/9pm ** apr 22 fri The Big Pink at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ ** apr 22 fri Lecherous Gaze, Dirty Fences, Dancer at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** @ apr 22 fri Wild Nothing, Whitney at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** apr 22 fri Lupillo Rivera at Cache Creek Casino, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 21+ ** apr 22 fri The Brothers Comatose at the El Rey Theater, Chico 18+ (a/a with adult) 8pm/8:30pm *** apr 23 sat Bonnie Raitt, The California Honeydrops at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** (sold out) apr 23 sat Tyrone And The Maverick's, Babewatch, The Loose, Droneyard, Night Annimals, Deevolutionary at Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 8pm ** @ apr 23 sat Kicker, Hard Left (7" record release), Reckless, Wartribe at the Golden Bull, Oakland 21+ $8 8pm *** @ apr 23 sat Abel & The Prophets, Groovy Judy at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $25/$30 8pm ** apr 23 sat Blackbird Blackbird, Chad Valley at the Social Hall, S.F. a/a # ** apr 23 sat Sheer Mag, Flesh World at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** apr 23 sat SG Lewis at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15/$17 8pm/9pm ** apr 23 sat Cheech & Chong at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $35-$70 7pm/8pm # *** apr 23 sat Bombino, Last Good Tooth at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** apr 23 sat Bye Bye Blackbirds, Vows at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** apr 23 sat Assembly Of Dust at Terrapin Crossroads, San Rafael 16+ ** apr 23 sat Nipsey Hussle at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $35 8pm *** apr 23 sat The Mentors, Skitzo at Spancky's, 8201 Old Redwood Highway, Cotati 21+ *** @ apr 23 sat M83, Yachts at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz ?/? *** $ apr 23 sat Shook Ones, Stickup Kid, Pure, Drain at the Catalyst, Santa Crux ?/? *** apr 23 sat Mavis Staples at Cache Creek Casino, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 21+ ** apr 23 sat The Story So Far, Comback Kid, Culture Abuse at the Senator Theater, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a 7pm/7:30pm *** @ apr 24 sun Flatbush Zombies, Asap Twelvyy at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $22.50/$25 7pm/8pm # ** apr 24 sun Talk Of Shamans, Kingdom Of the Holy Sun, Vela Eyes at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm ** apr 24 sun Big Star's Third - an orchestrated of Big Star's 3rd album with: Jody Stephens, Mike Mills, Dan Wilson, Chuck Prophet, John Vanderslice, Mitch Easter, Chris Stamey, Ira Kaplan, Pat Sansone, Django Haskins, Skylar Gudasz, Brett Harris, Ralph Carney at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 7pm/8pm # *** apr 24 sun MC Yogi (album release) at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** apr 24 sun Wesla Whitfield at the Empress Theater, Vallejo a/a $15 4pm/5pm ** apr 24 sun The Expendables at the El Rey Theater, Chico 18+ (a/a with adult) 7:30pm/8pm *** apr 25 mon Black Dog, Goddess Aphonic, Solo Organ at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** apr 25 mon Day Wave at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 7:30pm/8pm ** apr 26 tue Zhu, Gallant at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** (sold out) apr 26 tue Andy Mineo at Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $25-$30 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** apr 26 tue Sloan at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** apr 26 tue The Heavy at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** apr 26 tue David Nelson, Eric Thompson at the Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley a/a ** apr 26 tue Aimee Mann, Billy Collins at Van Duzer Theater, Humboldt State, Arcata a/a 8pm ** apr 26 tue Fruition at Humboldt Brewery, 856 10th at I, Arcata 21+ ** apr 27 wed High Functioning Flesh, Body Of Light, Red Red Red, Analfabetism at the Night Light, Oakland 21+ $10 ** apr 27 wed Say Anything, MewithoutYou, Teen Suicide, Museum Month at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $22/$26 8pm *** @ apr 27 wed Sin Silver And The Avenue, Lisa Marie Johnston, Telepathic Birds at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 27 wed Gryffin, dj Dials at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** (see apr 1) apr 27 wed Ensemble Mik Nawooj, Le Vice at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 8pm/9pm ** apr 27 wed Kegels, Build Them To Break, Sic Waiting (San Diego) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** apr 27 wed Todd Rundgren at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ *** apr 27 wed Fruition at Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., 1075 E 20th St., Chico ?/? ** apr 27 wed The Movement, Iya Terra, Wheeland Brothers at Humbrews, 856 10th Street, Arcata 21+ ** apr 28 thr The Old Folks (album release), The Coo Coo Birds (album release), Nature's Vegas at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** apr 28 thr Diego's Umbrella, Zach Deputy at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $21 8pm/9pm *** apr 28 thr The Crux at the Chapel, S.F. a/a free 5pm ** apr 28 thr Fruition at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 8pm/9pm ** apr 28 thr Pokey LaFarge at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** apr 28 thr Jamestown Revival at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** apr 28 thr Toyota, Unraze, Lysine, Lil Dowager at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** apr 28 thr The Movement, Iya Terra, Wheeland Brothers at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** apr 28 thr Crystal Bowersox at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $25/$30 6:30pm ** apr 28 thr Tyler The Creator at the Senator Theater, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a $25 8pm/9pm ** apr 29 fri Hit The Lights, Seaway, Boston Manor, Can't Swim at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $12/$14 6pm/6:30pm *** @ apr 29 fri Violence Creeps, The World, Ex-Debs, Toyota at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $7 8pm ** @ apr 29 fri Computer Class, Moonraker, Dong View, Didisdead at the Golden Bull, Oakland 21+ $7 8pm *** @ apr 29 fri The Sam Chase, Dead Winter Carpenters at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $15 9pm *** apr 29 fri Eyes Set To Kill, One Eyed Doll, Open Your Eyes, Attik Door, Blood Party at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10/$13 7:30pm/8pm # *** @ apr 29 fri Panic Is Perfect, Abbot Kinney, Future Shapes at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 29 fri Tony Visconti, Woody Woodmansey's Holy Holy at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 7pm/8pm # ** (celebrating David Bowie) apr 29 fri The Movement, Iya Terra, Wheeland Brothers at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 8pm/9pm ** apr 29 fri The Humidors, Mojo Green, Swoop Unit at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $18/$22 8pm/9pm ** apr 29 fri Omi at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** apr 29 fri Tierra, Sapo, Sacred Fire at the Social Hall, S.F. a/a ** @ apr 29 fri dj Geographer, dj Omar, dj Aaron Axelsen at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ ** apr 29 fri Black Mountain at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** apr 29 fri Scott Biram, Jesse Dayton, Sweet chariot at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $13 9pm ** apr 29 fri Apache, The Rats (N.Y.C.), So What at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** apr 29 fri Floating Points at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm ** apr 29 fri Luke Bryan, Little Big Town, Dustin Lynch at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $83-$38 5:30pm/7pm # ** apr 29 fri Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, Berner, Common Kings, Problem, Nef The Pharaoh, Aer, Luniz at Pozo Saloon, 90 West Pozo Road, Pozo a/a $43-$200 noon *** apr 30 sat The Avett Brothers, The Milk Carton Kids at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a $50 8pm # *** apr 30 sat The Stone Foxes, Dave Eggers, Kelly Corrigan, B.J. Novak, Chris Martin at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $50-$500 8pm # *** (Notes and Words - Benefit UCSF Benioff Children's Hopsital Oakland) apr 30 sat Hatsune Miku (two shows) at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 1:30pm and 8pm shows # ** apr 30 sat Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, Seratones at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # ** apr 30 sat The Slackers, Viernes 13, Monkey, dj Another Jerk at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 9pm *** apr 30 sat Rudy Colombini & The Unauthorized Rolling Stones, Serf & James, Unlikeley Heroes at Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $20/$25 7:30pm ** apr 30 sat The Subways, Pins (Manchester, England) at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $20/$22 8pm/9pm *** apr 30 sat My Three Sons at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** (David Bowie tribute) apr 30 sat Eternal Drag at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** apr 30 sat The Movement, Iya Terra at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz ?/? ** apr 30 sat Justin Moore, Eric Paslay, Jana Kramer, Old Dominion, Drake Whaite And The Big Fire, Emisunshine, camping at Pozo Saloon, 90 West Pozo Road, Pozo a/a $70-$250 11am ** (day 1) may 1 sun The Gazette (Kanagawa, Japan) at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $50/$60 7pm/8pm # *** may 1 sun Tortoise at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** may 1 sun Har Mar Superstar at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15/$18 7:30pm/8pm *** may 1 sun Gin Wigmore at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** may 1 sun George Perris at Harris Center, Folsom a/a $26-$46 8pm ** may 1 sun The Band Perry, Joe Nichols, Whitey Morgan, Aaron Watson, Haley Georgia, camping at Pozo Saloon, 90 West Pozo Road, Pozo a/a $70-$250 11am *** (day 2) may 2 mon Thirdstory at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** may 2 mon Apocalyptica (Helsinki, Finland), 10 Years, Failure Anthem at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $29.50 7pm/8pm # *** @ may 2 mon Bleached, No Parents at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm/9pm ** @ may 2 mon The Milk Carton Kids at the Crest Theater, Sacramento a/a $25-$75 7:30pm # *** may 3 tue Beach Slang, Potty Mouth, Dyke Drama at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** may 3 tue Hippo Campus, Riothorse Royale at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $13/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** may 3 tue Fear Factory, Soilwork at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $25 7pm/8pm *** @ may 3 tue Jamie Lawson at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15/$18 7pm/8pm ** may 3 tue Los Monjo (Mexico), Sem Hastro, The Pessimists (Brazil), Ruleta Rusa at Cafe Pergolesi, 418 Cedar St., Santa Cruz a/a donation 7pm ** @ may 3 tue Rooney at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz ?/? *** may 4 wed 5Quad, Crawford Collins, Weston Koury, DuhItzMark, Loren Gray at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** may 4 wed Daniel Martin Moore, Spurs at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8:30pm ** may 4 wed Rooney at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16/$18 7:30pm/8pm *** may 4 wed The Convalescence, So This Is Suffering, Beside The Silence at the Down lo, 319 main Street, Chico 21+ ** @ may 5 thr Boris at New Parish, Oakland 18+ $20/$25 (under 21 +$5) 8pm/9pm ^ ** may 5 thr Trio Sol de America (mariachi) at the Chapel, S.F. a/a free 5:30pm ** may 5 thr Monsieur Perine at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $17/$20 8pm/9pm ** may 5 thr Kvelertak, Torche, Wild Throne at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 7:30pm/8pm *** @ may 5 thr Kid Congo & The Pink Monkeybirds, Cruel Summer, Silver Shadows at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** may 5 thr Mist & Mist, Awma at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** may 5 thr The Convalescence, So This Is Suffering, Beside The Silence at the Other Place, 2003 Yosemite Blvd., Modesto 21+ *** @ may 5/6 Napalm Death, Melvins, Melt Banana at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $29 8pm *** @ $ may 6 fri Mayer Hawthorne at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $32.35 8pm # ** may 6 fri Behemoth, Myrkur at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $25/$28 7:30pm/8:30pm # ** @ may 6 fri Dungen, Boogarins at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** may 6 fri A Wilhelm Scream, Heartsounds, Get Dead at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $13/$15 8:30pm/9pm *** @ may 6 fri La Gente, J-Boogie's Dubtronic Science at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 8pm/9pm ** may 6 fri Blisses B, Killer Whale at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** may 6 fri Four Tet, dj Ben UFO, dj Dials at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $35 9pm *** may 6 fri Rogue Wave at the Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley a/a ** may 6 fri The Marshall Tucker Band at the Uptown Theater, Napa a/a (under 16 with adult) $30-$50 7pm/8pm ** may 6 fri Rihanna, Travis Scott, The Weeknd at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $151-$30.50 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** (was feb 28th) may 7 sat Explosions In The Sky at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $35 8pm # *** (sold out) may 7 sat Sunn O))), Hissing at the Metro, Oakland a/a $28 7pm # *** may 7 sat Rihanna, Travis Scott, Big Sean, The Weeknd at the Arena, Oakland a/a $151-$30.50 # *** may 7 sat Whitey Morgan, Cody Jinks at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** may 7 sat Andrew Dice Clay (comedy) at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $25/$75 7pm/8pm # *** may 7 sat Chromeo, Kinky, IamSu!, De Lux, dj Miguel Migs at Oysterfest, Sharon Meadow, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a $45 11am ** may 7 sat Julianna Barwick at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 8pm/9pm ** may 7 sat Rogue Wave at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** may 7 sat Stucko, The Nopes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** may 7 sat Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan at City National Civic, San Jose a/a 8pm # ** may 7 sat Micky Dolenz at the Crest Theater, Sacramento a/a $49-$59 8pm # *** may 8 sun Dream Theater (The Astonishing live) at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 7:30pm # *** may 8 sun Magic Man & The Griswolds, Panama Wedding at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** may 9 mon The Neighbourhood at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $35 8pm # *** may 9 mon Motion City Soundtrack, The Spill Canvas, Microwave at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $27/$30 7pm/8pm # *** may 10 tue Night Moves at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** may 10 tue Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** may 10 tue Elliphant at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** may 10 tue Nekrogoblikon, Psychostick, Erizen at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a *** @ may 10 tue Selena Gomez at the Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy., Sacramento a/a # *** may 10/11 Violent Femmes at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $39.50 7pm/8pm # *** may 11 wed Sales, Tangerine at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** may 11 wed Nekrogoblikon, Psychostick, Erizen, Suburban Paranoia at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $15/$18 7:30pm/8pm # *** @ may 11 wed The Black Dahlia Murder, Fallujah, Disentomb at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. a/a $22/$25 (under 21 +$5) 8pm/9pm *** @ may 11 wed Memphis May Fire, We Came As Romans, Miss May I, For Today at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $21/$23 6pm/7pm # *** @ may 11 wed Coasts, Knox Hamilton, Symmetry at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $16/$18 8pm/9pm *** may 11 wed Selena Gomez at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $89.50-$39.50 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** may 11 wed Luca Turilli's Rhapsody (Europe), Primal Fear (Germany) at Rock Bar Theater, San Jose 21+ $25 7pm *** may 11 wed Take 6 at the Harris Center, Folsom a/a $45-$65 7:30pm ** may 12 thr David Cross (comedy) at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $25-$45 8pm # ** may 12 thr Garth Algar (San Diego), Beira (San Diego), Brume, Devoid at the Golden Bull, Oakland 21+ $8 8pm ** may 12 thr Bear Mountain (Vancouver), Young Empires at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** may 12 thr Portland Cello Project at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** may 12 thr The Reocrd Company at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** may 12 thr Mura Masa, Nao at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** (sold out) may 12 thr Dying Fetus, The Acacia Strain, Jungle Rot, Black Crown Initiate, Systemhouse33, Aberration at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $25/$30 6:30pm *** @ may 12 thr Jeffrey Foucault at Don Quixotes', 6275 Highway 9, Felton ?/? ** may 12 thr The Black Dahlia Murder, Fallujah, Disentomb at the Boardwalk, Orangeville a/a *** @ may 12 thr Tech N9ne at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a 7pm/8pm # *** may 12/13 Jai Wolf at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $20/$22 7pm/8pm # ** may 12/13 Radical Face, The Little Books at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $21/$23 8pm/9pm *** may 13 fri Los Lobos, Los Cenzontles at the UC Theater, Berkeley a/a $39.50 7pm/8pm # *** may 13 fri Caifanes at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $65/$50 8pm # ** may 13 fri Hot Buttered Rum, Front Country, Quiles & Cloud at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # *** may 13 fri Carah Faye, Elohim, The Rebel Light, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ ** may 13 fri Jeffrey Foucault at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ (under 21 +$5) ^ ** may 13 fri Cross Record, Drkmtrls at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** may 13 fri Adam Vida, Mikos Da Gawd, Richie Cunning, Dregs One, host Equipto at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20/$22 8:30pm/9pm ** may 13 fri Cut Chemist, Alligator Spacewalk, dj's at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $35 $20/$25 9pm *** may 13 fri Odesza at Event Center, 290 S. 7th St., San Jose State a/a # ** may 13 fir Chris Pureka at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$18 7:30pm/8pm ** may 14 sat Modern English, Soft Kill, Wax Idols, Crimson Scarlet, Ink Bats, Screaming Bloody Marys at the Metro, Oakland a/a $20 7pm # *** may 14 sat Modern English, Soft Kill, Wax Idols, Crimson Scarlet, Ink Bats, Screaming Bloody Marys at the Night Light, Oakland 21+ $20/$25 *** @ may 14 sat Illenium, Said The Sky at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** $ may 14 sat Wild Belle at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ ** may 14 sat Fetty Wap at Frost Amphitheater, Stanford University a/a # ** may 14 sat Tech N9ne, Krizz Kaliko, Ritz, Mayday, Stevie Stone, Ces Cru at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $36/$38 7pm/8pm *** may 14 sat Chris Pureka at Harlow's, Sacramento ?/? $15 7pm ** may 14/15 Bob Mould at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** may 15 sun Yuna at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** may 15 sun Chris Pureka, Kelly McFarling at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $20 8pm/9pm *** may 15 sun Jeffrey Foucault at Arcata Playhouse, 1251 9th Street, Arcata a/a ** may 16 mon Andrew Bird at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $39/$44/$51 7pm/8pm # *** may 16 mon Cafe Le Bon at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 7pm/8pm ** may 16 mon Fire Retarded at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** may 16 mon Beyonce at the 49'ers Stadium, Santa Clara a/a $45-$305 4:30pm/6pm # *** may 17 tue Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $28 7pm/8pm # ** may 17 tue Katchafire, Mystic Roots Band at the Social Hall, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** may 17 tue Andy Hull, Kevin Devine at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** may 17 tue The Peach Kings, Down And Outlaws, Dirty Denim at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a # ** may 17 tue The Thermals, Summer Cannibals at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $18/$20 8pm/9pm *** may 17 tue Damien Jurado, Ben Abraham at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** may 17 tue Bad Company, Joe Walse, Steve Rodgers at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $125-$25 5:30pm/7pm # *** may 18 wed The Peter Broetzmann Quartet at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm *** may 18 wed Booze & Glory, Reducers S.F., Suede Razors at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 8pm ** may 18 wed Vetiver at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20/$22 7:30pm/8pm ** may 18 wed Slow Season at Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ ** may 18 wed Soulfly, Suffocation, Battlecross, Abnormality, Lody Kong at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a *** @ may 18/19 Tori Kelly at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** (wed sold out) may 19 thr The Who at the Arena, Oakland a/a # *** may 19 thr Soulfly, Suffocation, Battlecross, Abnormality, Lody Kong at the Metro, Oakland a/a # *** @ may 19 thr Hatebreed, DevilDriver, Devil You Know at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $24/$26 7pm/8pm # *** @ may 19 thr The Rocket Summer at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 7:30pm/8pm ** may 19 thr Little Wings, Alex Bleeker And The Freaks, The Range Of Light Wilderness at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 8pm/9pm ** may 19 thr Slow Season at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** may 19 thr Fruit Bats at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** may 19 thr Janet Jackson at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $210-$36 7pm/8pm # *** may 20 fri Mark Growden Quintet at Octopus Literary Salon, Oakland a/a $20/$25 8pm ** may 20 fri Slow Season, Older Sun, War Cloud, Skunk at the Golden Bull, Oakland 21+ $8 8pm ** may 20 fri Nada Surf at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** may 20 fri Amon Amarth (Tumba, Sweden), Entombed A.D., Exmortus at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** @ may 20 fri The Sonics, The Woggles, Barrence Whitfield & The Savages at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # ** may 20 fri This Charming Band (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** may 20 fri Sweet And Tender Hooligans (tribute) at the Social Hall, S.F. a/a # ** may 20 fri Bernhoft And The Shudderbugs, Jonny P at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $20/22 8pm/9pm ** may 20 fri Dinosaurs, Babewatch, Watergate Sandals at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** may 20 fri Leon Russell at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $30/$33 7pm/8pm ** may 20 fri Act Of Defiance at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** @ may 20 fri Kris Allen, Marie Miller, Connor And Karlee at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $22/$25 8pm ** may 21 sat Swingin' Utters, La Plebe, MDC, I.R.A. (Colombia) at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $15 (under 21 +$5) 8pm/9pm ^ *** @ may 21 sat Mac DeMarco (Canada), Charlie Hilton at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** may 21 sat Idlewild at the Social Hall, S.F. a/a # ** may 21 sat Turkuaz, The Nth Power at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** may 21 sat Kris Allen, Marie Miller at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $18/20 8pm/9pm *** may 21 sat Sweet Bobby, Energy Guide at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** may 21/22 Big Wild at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** (sat sold out) may 22 sun Diana Arbenina And The Night Snipers at Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** may 22 sun Stellamara, Zoe Jake's House Of Tarot, Sorne at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** may 22 sun Steve Poltz & Grant Lee Phillips at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** may 22 sun Los Lonely Boys at the Harris Center, Folsom a/a $39-$100 8pm *** may 23 mon Pony Time (Seattle) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** may 24 tue Titus Andronicus, La Sera at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm # ** may 25 wed Autolux at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** may 25 wed Buzzcocks, Residuels at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** @ $ may 25 wed King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard (Melbourne, Australia), The Murlocs at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** may 25 wed The James Hunter Six at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ ** may 25 wed Bob Moses at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $25 9pm ** may 25-30 Chet Faker, Grimes, Jamie XX, Big Gigantic, Lucent Dossier Experience, Cashmere Cat, Tokimonsta, The Polish Ambassador, Four Tet, Guy Gerber, Josh Wink, and many more at Lightning in a Bottle, Bradley a/a $215-$500 *** may 26 thr Rudimental, Gorgon City at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $39.50 8pm # ** may 26 thr Ooklah The Moc, Josh Heinrichs, Da Mainland, For Peace Band at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** may 26 thr Mike LoveIdlewild at the Social Hall, S.F. a/a # ** may 26 thr Refused, The Coathangers, Plague Vendor at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 7pm/8pm # *** may 26 thr Frightened Rabbit, Caveman at the Regency Ballrooom, S.F. a/a $25/$28 7pm/8pm # *** may 26 thr Big Black Delta at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** may 26 thr U.S. Girls at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** may 26 thr The Cure, The Twilight Sad at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $107-$32 5:30pm/7pm # *** may 26/27 Above & Beyond at the Greek Theater, U.S. Berkeley Campus a/a $40 7:30pm *** (thr sold out) may 27 fri Psychosomatic (Sacramento), The Venting Machine, Mudface, Kinnefret, The King Must Die (Cotati) at the Metro, Oakland a/a $10 7:30pm # *** may 27 fri Zoso (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** may 27 fri OnOff, Some Fear None, They Went Ghost at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** may 27/28 The Brian Jonestown Massacre at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** may 27/28/29 Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Stevie Wonder, Florence+The Machine, The Lumineers, Death Cab For Cutie, Lenny Kravitz, Walk The Moon, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Ziggy Marley, Grouplove, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Gogol Bordello, Cold War Kids, Iration, Misterwives, Atlas Genius, Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness, Buddy Guy, Andy Grammer, Houndmouth, The Pharcyde, The Struts, The Joy Formidable (U.K.), Shovels & Rope, X Ambassadors, The Orwells, Coleman Hell, Ozomatli, Jamestown Revival, The Suffers, Kaleo, Langhorne Slim & The Law, Monophonics, The White Panda, San Fermin, Alina Baraz, Nothing But Thieves, Pimps Of Joytime, Particle, The Score, Fantastic Negrito, Mike Stud, Son Little, Soak, Until The Ribbon Breaks, Black Pistol Fire, New Beat Fund, Waters, Deap Vally, Jamie N Commons, Greg Holden, White Sea, Bird Dog, Machineheart, Secret Weapons, Rose's Pawn Shop, Ivan & Alyosha, The Moth & The Flame, Moonalice, X Alfonso, Taxes, Happy Fangs, Panic Is Perfect, Diego's Umbrella, La Misa Negra, Guardian Ghost, Strangers You Know, Heartwatch, Royal Jelly Jive, The Helmets, Anadel, Bey Paule Band, Silverado Pickups, Grass Child Gypsa, The Deadlies, The Iron Heart, Olivia O'Brien, 92 South, Napa Valley Youth Symphony at Bottle Rock, Napa a/a $299/$309+ (3 day) # *** @ (3 day pass sold out) may 27/28/29 Slightly Stoopid, Rebelution, Atmosphere, Stephen Marley, Tribal Seeds, The Expendables, The Green, Stick Figure, Protoje, Katchafire, Tarrus Riley, Gondwana, Fortunate Youth, The Skints, Nattali Rize, Ooklah The Moc, Josh Heinrichs, Hirie, Sticky Fingers, The Expanders, Peni Dean, Thrive, Eli-Mac, Seedless, Tunnel Vision at California Roots Fest., 2004 Fairground Road, Monterey a/a noon # *** may 28 sat Insane Clown Posse at the Metro, Oakland a/a $20 6:30pm # *** (Faygo warning) may 28 sat Warm Deltas, Emotional, Shawnthony Calypso at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** may 28 sat Rodrigo Y Gabriela at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $49.50/$53 7pm/8pm ** may 28 sat Mariachi Sol De Mexico at Harris Center, Folsom a/a $29/$45/$65 8pm ** may 29 sun Lamb Of God (Richmond, VA), Clutch (MD), Corrosion Of Conformity at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $40/$45 6pm/7:10pm # *** @ may 29 sun Breakbot, Yasmin at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** may 29 sun Hornss, Dirty Denim at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 6pm ** (free BBQ) may 29 sun Morris Day & The Time, KC & The Sunshine Band, Heatwave, Shalamar, Jeffrey Osbourne, Zapp, The World Famous Rick & Russ Show at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $145-$51 5:30pm/6:30pm ** (KBLX Stone Soul) may 30 mon Insane Clown Posse at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $22/$25 6pm # *** (Faygo warning) may 31 tue Millencolin, Success at the Metro, Oakland a/a 7pm # *** @ may 31 tue Yeassayer at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # *** may 31 tue Verite, Lostboycrow, dj Aaron Axelsen at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** jun 1 wed Matt Corby at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** jun 1 wed Digitalism at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20/$25 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 1 wed Prong at Rock Bar Theater, San Jose 21+ $18 7pm ** jun 1/2 Chelsea Wolf, A Dead Forest Index at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm ** jun 2 thr The Rides (Stephen Stills, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Barry Goldberg) at the UC Theater, Berkeley a/a $50 7pm/8pm # *** jun 2 thr Sam Beam & Jesca Hoop at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jun 2 thr Baroness at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** @ jun 2 thr Tim Heidecker And His Ten Piece Band, JP Inc. at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jun 2 thr Peach Kelli Pop at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 2 thr Prong, Thought Vomit, The King Must Die, Hellbender at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $18/$20 7:30pm *** @ jun 3 fri Berkeley High School Jazz Ensemble at the UC Theater, Berkeley a/a $25 ($95 vip) 7pm/8pm # ** jun 3 fri At The Drive-In at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 9pm # *** @ jun 3 fri Local H (performing 'As Good As Dead') at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** jun 3 fri Eric Bachmann, John Meeks at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 8pm/9pm ** jun 3 fri The Cannanes (Austrailia) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** (SF Pop Fest) jun 3 fri Zac Brown Band, Drake White, The Big Fire at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $90-$33 5:30pm/7pm # *** jun 3/4 Paul Simon at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a $145-$55 7:30pm # *** jun 4 sat The Kills, L.A. Witch at Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $35 8pm # *** $ jun 4 sat Phantom Surfers, David Nudelman at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 5pm *** (Rotfest) jun 4 sat The Offspring, Fitz And The Tantrums, Silversun Pickups, The Naked & Famous, Borns, Bad Religion, Wolfmother, The Wombats, Jake Bugg, Broods, The Story So Far, Lucius, Finish Ticket, Never Shout Never, The Strumbellas, Reuben And The Dark, JR JR, Claude VonStroke, Nghtmre, Blaqk Audio, K Theory, Tokimonsta, Joywave, Night Riots, Bishop, dj Aaron Axelsen, St. John, John Beaver, Non Sequitur, DJ Dallas at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $100-$38 10:30am/11am # *** @ (Live 105's BFD) jun 4 sat Monophonics, Marc Ford at the Ritz, San Jose 21+ ** jun 5 sun Modern Baseball, Joyce Manor, Thin Lips at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # *** jun 5 sun Hudson Bell at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** jun 7 tue Islands at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jun 8 wed Mutual Benefit at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** jun 9 thr Bob Dylan, Mavis Staples at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus, a/a $65-$135 6:30pm # *** jun 9 thr Blue October (Marcos, TX) at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $27.50/$30 7:30pm/8:30pm # ** jun 9 thr Pup, Rozwell Kid, Charly Bliss at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** jun 10 fri Who's Bad (tribute) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jun 10/11 Joe Rogan (two show) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $45 (reserved seats) 7pm/8pm and 10pm/10:30pm # ** jun 11 sat Alaric, Flesh And The Devil, Untamed Creatures, Old Rusty Kobra at the Night Light, Oakland 21+ $10 ** jun 11 sat Lyrics Born at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 11 sat Mac Sabbath, Dr. Taco at the Ritz, San Jose 21+ $15 6pm ** jun 12 sun Mac Sabbath (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** jun 12 sun Adam Shulman Sextet at Empress Theater, Vallejo a/a $15 4pm/5pm ** jun 13 mon Tokyo Police Club, We Were Promised Jetpacks at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $25/$27 7pm/8pm # *** jun 13 mon Slipknot, Marilyn Manso, Of Mice & Men at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $70-$30 5:30pm/6:30pm *** @ jun 14 tue Emblem3, Before You Exit, Megan Nicole at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 (reserved seats) 7pm/8pm # *** jun 14 tue Justin Hayward, Mike Dawes at the Crest Theater, Sacramento a/a $30-$65 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** jun 15 wed Andrew Jackson Jihad, Koo Koo Kanga Roo, Dogbreth, Diners, Dog Party at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $20 7:30pm/8pm *** @ (Asian Man Records 20th Anniversary) jun 16 thr Cheap Girls, Winter Break, Warm Thoughts, The Equisites, Great Apes at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $20 7:30pm/8pm *** @ (Asian Man Records 20th Anniversary) jun 16 thr Steely Dan, Steve Winwood at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $137-$32 6pm/7pm # *** jun 17 fri John Carpenter (live retrospective) at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $60/$50/$40 8pm # *** jun 17 fri Link 80, MU330, Slow Gherkin, The Abruptors at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $20 7:30pm/8pm *** @ (sold out) (Asian Man Records 20th Anniversary) jun 17 fri Cayetana, Sundials, Jabber at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $16 9pm/9:30pm *** (Asian Man Records 20th Anniversary) jun 17 fri Donavon Frankenreiter at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jun 18 sat Gregory Porter at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $53-$68 8pm # ** jun 18 sat The Murderburgers (Scotland), The Hot Toddies, The Atom Age, Maura Weaver at the Parkside, S.F. a/a $5 noon *** @ (Asian Man Records 20th Anniversary) jun 18 sat Link 80, MU330, Slow Gherkin, All People at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $20 noon/12:30pm *** @ (sold out) (Asian Man Records 20th Anniversary) jun 18 sat Let's Go Bowling, Buck O Nine, Chris Murray, Monkey at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $20 7:30pm/8pm *** @ jun 18 sat Jeff Rosenstock, Antarctico Vespucci, Shinobu, Chotto Ghetto at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $16 8pm/8:30pm *** @ (Asian Man Records 20th Anniversary) jun 18 sat The Spinners at Cache Creek Casino, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 21+ *** jun 19 sun Colossal, Dan Andriano In The Emergency Room, Sundowner, Powernap at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $20 6:30pm/7pm *** @ (Asian Man Records 20th Anniversary) jun 19 sun Janelle Monae at Stern Grove, 19th Avenue & SLoat Blvd., S.F. a/a free 2pm ** jun 21 tue Nothing, Culture Abuse, Wrong at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** jun 21 tue Twin Peaks, Ne-Hi at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 7:30pm/8pm ** jun 21 tue Ill Nino at Jub Jub's Thirst Parlor, 71 S Wells Avenue, Reno NV 21+ 6pm ** @ jun 22 wed Ill Nino, Bobaflex, Terror Universal at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a 6pm/7pm *** @ jun 22 wed Jmsn at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 23 thr Good Old War (acoustic) at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $20/$23 7pm/8pm *** jun 23 thr Cage The Elephant, Portugal The Man at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a $39.50 7pm # *** $ jun 23 thr Ill Nino, Bobaflex, Terror Universal at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a *** @ jun 24 fri David Bromberg Quintet at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** (seated show) jun 25 sat The Trashwomen, Mummies, Real Kids, The Lyres, The Intelligence, Thee Oh Sees, Okmoniks, Angry Samoans, Amplified Heat, Psycotic Pineapple, Young Fresh Fellows, host John Waters at Mosswood Park Amphitheater, 3612 Webster St., Oakland a/a $39 ($49 2 day/$10 in&out pass) noon # **** @ $ (Burger Boogaloo) jun 25 sat Broun Fellinis at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** jun 26 sun King Khan & The Shrines, Flamin' Groovies, Shannon & The Clams, Terry & Louie, Seth Bogart, The Spits, Buck Biloxi, Giorgio Murderer, Soda Boys, Death Valley Girls, The Dwarves, Fadeaways, host John Waters at Mosswood Park Amphitheater, 3612 Webster St., Oakland a/a $39 ($49 2 day pass/$10 in&out pass) noon # *** @ (Burger Boogaloo) jun 27 mon Flight Of The Conchords at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $53/$38.50 7pm/8pm # *** jun 28 tue Andy Black at the Social Hall, S.F. a/a $25 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** jun 29 wed Pity Sex (An Arbor, MI) at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** jul 2 sat Society Of Seven at Cache Creek Casino, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 21+ ** jul 2 sat Foreigner at the Silver Legacy Casino, 407 N. Virginia Street, Reno NV 18+ # *** jul 3 sun Sinbad at Cache Creek Casino, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 21+ ** jul 7 thr Rascal Flatts, Kelsea Ballerini, Chris Lane at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $76-$31 6pm/7:30pm # *** jul 9 sat Brit Floyd at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** jul 9 sat Bryan Adams at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $110-$30 7pm/8pm # *** jul 11 mon Royal Headache at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jul 12 tue Dashboard Confessional, Taking Back Sunday, Saosin With Anthony Green, The Early November at Pavilion, Concord a/a $61-$41 5:30pm/6:30pm # *** @ (Taste of Chaos) jul 12 tue Dixie Chicks at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountian View a/a $136-$42 5:30pm/7pm # *** jul 13 wed Dixie Chicks at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Wheatland a/a $136-$35 # *** jul 14 thr Babymetal (Japan) at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $39.50/$42 8pm/9pm # *** $ jul 14 thr Sting, Peter Gabriel at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $48-$253 7pm/8pm # *** jul 14/15 Widespread Panic at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $55 8pm # *** jul 15 fri Dragged Into Sunlight (U.K.), Primitive Man (Denver), Cult Leader (Salt Lake City), Ulthar at Golden Bull, Oakland 21+ $10 8pm/8:30pm *** @ jul 15 fri Paralysis, Trecelence, Billions Upon Us, Iron Assault at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 8pm *** @ jul 15 fri Darius Rucker, Dan + Shay, Michael Ray at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $50-$31 6pm/7:30pm # ** jul 15 fri Rick Springfield, .38 Special, The Romantics at Thunder Valley Casino, 1200 Athens Avenue, Lincoln 21+ (13-20 with adult) $35-$170 6:30pm # *** jul 18/19/20 Phish at the Civic Center, S.F. a/a # *** jul 20 wed Hayes Carll at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jul 21 thr Twenty One Piolots (Columbus, Ohio) at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a 7pm # *** (sold out) jul 21 thr Streetlight Manifesto at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $20/$23 7pm/8pm # *** @ jul 22 fri Achilles Wheel, Grateful Bluegrass Boys at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jul 22 fri Brantley Gilbert, Justin Moore, Colt Ford at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a # ** jul 23 sat UB40, Astro & Mickey 2016 at Cache Creek Casino, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 21+ ** jul 24 sun Shawn Mendes (Toronto, Canada) at Event Center, 290 S. 7th St., San Jose State a/a # *** $ jul 24 sun Weird Al Yankovic at City National Civic, San Jose a/a $75-$55 8pm # *** jul 28 thr Brand New, Modest Mouse (Long Island, N.Y.) at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # *** jul 28 thr Benjamin Francis Leftwich at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** jul 28 thr Sublime With Rome, Dirty Heads, Tribal Seeds, Bleeker at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $60-$30 6pm/6:30pm # *** jul 28 thr Keith Urban, Brett Eldredge, Maren Morris at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a # ** jul 29 fri Baphomet's Blood (Italy), Violentor (Italy), Savage Reign (L.A.), Hallucinator at Golden Bull, Oakland 21+ $8 8pm/8:30pm *** @ jul 29 fri Korn, Rob Zombie, In This Moment at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $97-$42 5:30pm/6:30pm # *** @ jul 29 fri Dead & Company at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Wheatland a/a $150-$40 # ** jul 30 fri Dead & Company at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $150-$40 6pm/7:30pm # ** jul 30/31 Adele at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $150-$40 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** $ jul 31 sun Up Your Alley Fair, Dore Alley, S.F. 18+ jul 31 sun Weezer, Panic! At The Disco at Soreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $75-$25 6pm/7pm # *** aug 2 tue Adele at the Arena, Oakland a/a $157-$42 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** $ aug 3 wed Flogging Molly, Frank Turner at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $39.50 7:30pm # *** @ aug 5/6/7 Radiohead at Outside Lands at Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a # *** aug 6 sat Jim Gaffigan at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $85-$50 6pm/7pm # ** aug 6 sat Vans Warped Tour at Shoreline Ampphitheater, Mountain View a/a $41.50 11am # *** @ aug 6 sat Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert, Sam Hunt at the 49'ers Stadium, Santa Clara a/a # *** aug 7 sun Jim Gaggigan at the Masonic, S.F. a/a # ** aug 7 sun Roberta Donnay & The Prohibition Mob Band at the Empress Theater, Vallejo a/a $15 4pm/5pm ** aug 8 mon Vans Warped Tour at someplace, San Francisco a/a # *** @ aug 9 tue Bryan Ferry, LP at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $75-$40 7pm/8pm # ** aug 12 fri Midnite Snaxxx, Golden Pelicans at Golden Bull, Oakland 21+ $8 8pm ** aug 12/13 Alabama Shakes at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # ** aug 16 tue Jackson Brown at City National Civic, San Jose a/a # *** aug 17 wed Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $72.50/$52.50 7:30pm # *** aug 18 thr Demi Lovato, Nick Jonas at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $90-$30 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** aug 19 fri Disturbed, Breaking Benjamin, Alter Bridge, Saint Asonia at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $80-$30 5:30pm/6:30pm # *** @ aug 19 fri Jason Aldean, Thomas Rhett, A Thousand Horses at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a # ** aug 24 wed Heart, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Cheap Trick at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $132-$30 5:30pm/6:30pm # *** (98.5 KFOX) aug 26 fri Belly at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** aug 27 sat Clan Of Xymox, Kommunity FK, Soft Kill, Roadside Memorial, Nmbrsttn, In Letter Form, Mercury's Antennae, Strap On Halo, The Razor Skyline at the Metro, Oakland a/a $20/$25 # *** @ aug 28 sun Perfume at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $50-$60 7pm/8pm # ** aug 29/30 Dave Matthews Band at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # *** sep 2 fri Tame Impala at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # *** sep 2 fri 5 Seconds Of Summer at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $80-$25 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** sep 3 sat Coldplay at the 49'ers Stadium, Santa Clara a/a $180-$30 6:30pm/8pm # *** sep 3 sat 5 Seconds Of Summer at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Wheatland a/a $80-$25 # *** sep 4 sun Journey, Santana, Steve Miller Band, The Doobie Brothers at Giant's Ball Field, S.F. a/a $250-$55 2pm/3pm # *** (SF on the green) sep 4 sun En Vogue at the Pavilion, Concord a/a # ** sep 8 thr God Is An Astronaut at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 9 fri Ray LaMontagne at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # ** sep 9 fri Dierks Bentley, Randy Houser, Cam at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a # ** sep 11 sun Fred Randolph Quintet at Empress Theater, Vallejo a/a $15 4pm/5pm ** sep 15 thr Black Sabbath, Rival Sons at the Arena, Oakland a/a $150-$45 6:30pm/7:30pm # **** sep 16 fri Luke Bryan, Little Big Town, Dustin Lynch at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a # ** sep 17 sat Mana at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $40-$175 7pm/8pm # ** sep 17 sat War at the Grape Festival, 413 E Lockeford Street, Lodi a/a *** sep 18 sun Daryl Hall & John Oates, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Ave, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $25-$125 5:30pm/7pm # *** sep 20 tue The Monkees at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** sep 23 fri Leon Bridges, Son Little at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # ** sep 25 sun Folsom Street Fair, S.F. a/a sep 25 sun Def Leppard, REO Speedwagon, Tesla at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $125-$23 5:30pm/7pm *** @ sep 25 sun Iris Dement, Loudon Wainwright III at Harris Center, Folsom a/a $27.50-$65 7:30pm ** oct 1 sat Florida Georgia Line, Cole Swindell, The Cadillac Three, Kane Brown at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a # ** oct 10 mon Brian Wilson at Van Duzer Theater, Humboldt State, Arcata a/a 8pm *** (Pet Sounds 50th anniversary) oct 12/13 Brian Wilson (presents Pet Sounds), Al Jardine, Blondie Chaplin at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $125-$40 7pm/8pm # *** (thr sold out) (Pet Sounds 50th anniversary) oct 14/15/16 Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Angelcorpse, Birdflesh (Sweden), Black Breath, Blood Incantation, Capitalist Casualties, Dead In The Manger, Demilich (Finland), Excruciating Terror, Exhumed, Flesh Parade, Hooded Menace (Finland), Mantar (Germany), Mitochondrion (Canada), Necrosic, Our Place Of Worship Is Silence, Razor (Canada), Revenge (Canada), Rites of Thy Degringolade (Canada), Ruins of Beverast (Germany), Spectral Voice, Splatterhouse, Unholy Grave (Japan), Vastum, Verbal Abuse, Violation Wound at the Metro, Oakland a/a ($121 3 day pass) # *** @ (Deathfest) oct 15 sat Brian Wilson (presents Pet Sounds) at Community Center Theater, 1301 L St., Sacramento a/a # *** oct 21 fri Marillion at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $65/$75 7pm/8pm # *** oct 16 sun Maroon 5, Tove Lo, Phases at the Arena, Oakland a/a $126-$30.50 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** oct 23 sun The Smith Dobson V Quartet at the Empress Theater, Vallejo a/a $15 4pm/5pm ** nov 5 sat Peter Hook & The Light at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 8pm/9pm # *** nov 9 wed Mana at the Golden 1 Center, 547 L Street, Sacramento a/a ** nov 13 sun Il Divo at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $125-$40 7pm/8pm # ** nov 30 wed A John Waters Christmas at Great American Music Hall, S.F. 21+ *** dec 4 sun Denise Perrier at the Empress Theater, 330 Virginia Street, Vallejo a/a $15 4pm/5pm ** * recommendable Shows a/a all ages $ will probably sell out @ pit warning ^ under 21 must pay more # no ins/outs Live Radio & TV Shows --------------------- 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. State Radio in exile KUSF 2am-8am sun NewHotBands on public access TV Comcast Ch 29 12:30pm sun Earwhacks with Paul and Che on Sacramento KRXQ 98.5FM 10pm-11:30pm sun Neonate with Punk Roge and Riot on UC Davis Radio KDVS 90.3FM 12am-2am C L U B I N F O R M A T I O N ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, 420 40th, Oakland a/a (shows over by 10pm) 510-985-0325 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, 1034 Valencia Street, S.F. a/a 23 Club, 23 Visitacion Avenue, Brisbane a/a 415-467-7717 Ace of Spades, 1417 R Street, Sacramento a/a AFKgg Gamer Lounge, 163 W. Santa Clara St., San Jose a/a Alameda County Fair, 4501 Pleasanton Ave., Pleasanton a/a 925-426-7600 Alley, 906 Victorian Way, Sparks, NV a/a Amnesia, 853 Valencia at 20th, S.F. 21+ 415-970-0012 Amoeba Music, 2455 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a 510-549-1125 Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F. a/a 415-831-1200 Appleton Ballroom, 410 Rodriquez Street, Watsonville a/a 18+ 21+ Art Boutiki, 44 Race Street, San Jose a/a Art House Gallery, 2905 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley a/a 510-472-3170 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, 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 City National Civic, 135 San Carlos Street, San Jose a/a City Winery, 1030 Main Street, Napa a/a 707-260-1600 Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz a/a 831-429-6994 Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a 18+ Crest Theatre, 1013 K St., Sacramento a/a 916-442-7378 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+ Empress Theater, 330 Virginia Street, Vallejo a/a 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 Folsom Street Foundry, 1425 Folsom Street, S.F. 21+ 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 Bull, 412 14th Street at Broadway, Oakland 21+ 510-893-0803 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 Harris Center, 10 College Pkw, Folsom Lake College, Folsom a/a 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 Bowl, 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 Johnny V's, 31 East Santa Clara St., San Jose 21+ 408-947-8470 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 Leo's, 5447 Telegraph, Oakalnd a/a ^ 888-477-9288 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 Masonic Center, 1111 California Street, S.F. a/a Metro, 522 2nd St., 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 Notaflof Salon & Artspace, 5653 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland a/a sober space - queer and trans-run venue Octopus Literary Salon, 2101 Webster Street #170, Oakland 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) Pozo Saloon, 90 West Pozo Road, Pozo a/a Psychedelic Ballroom, 555 E 4th Street, Reno NV a/a 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+ (temporary closed due to fire) Ritz, 400 First Street, San Jose 21+ Rock Shop, 30 N 3rd Street, San Jose 21+ a/a ($2 yearly membership) Rock Bar Theater, 360 Saratoga Avenue, San Jose 21+ Route 92, 2128 South El Camino Real, San Mateo 21+ San Mateo County Fair, 2495 S Delaware Ave., San Mateo a/a 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 Showdown, 10 6th Street, S.F. 21+ 415-503-0684 Slim's, 333 11th St., S.F. ages 6+ 415-522-0333 Social Hall, 1270 Sutter Street, S.F. a/a 18+ 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 Submission 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 Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Drive, San Rafael 16+ 415-524-2773 Thrillhouse Records, Mission at 30th, S.F. a/a Thunder Valley Casino, 1200 Athens Avenue, Lincoln 21+ (13-20 with adult) 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 415-345-0900 Witch Room, 1815 19th Street, Sacramento a/a 18+ 916-508-0213 Winter's Tavern, 1522 Francisco Blvd., Pacifica 21+ UC Theater, 2036 University Avenue, Berkeley a/a Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third Street, Napa 16+ (12+ with an adult) Uptown, 1928 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland 21+ 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 Addition, 1330 Fillmore Street, S.F. 21+ (closed - formerly Yoshi's S.F.) 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. The List, PO Box 2701, Richmond, CA 94802-2701 skoepke at stevelist dot com List Info: http://stevelist.com