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 Oct 2, 2007 oct 2 tue The Federation at Rasputin's Music, 2401 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a free 5pm * oct 2 tue Gruff Rhys (of Super Furry Animals), Her Space Holiday, XoXo, Panda at Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $15 7:30pm * oct 2 tue Wolves In The Throne Room, Ludicra, Graves At Sea at Slim's, S.F. a/a 8pm ** @ oct 2 tue Toots & The Maytals, Vincent Van Go Go at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $28 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 2 tue Strangers Die Every Day, Lisa Papineau, Joseph Childress at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * oct 2 tue Nothington, Fake Problems, The Cobra Skulls, The Excuse at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm ** oct 2 tue The Aquamen, Teenage Harlets, Les Hormones at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm/10pm ** oct 2 tue Jimmy Eat World at the Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 16+ ** oct 2/3 Noisettes at the Bottom of the Hil, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm * oct 3 wed 12 Girls Banad at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $55/$40 8pm * (seated show) oct 3 wed The Scrawnies, The Underground Railroad To Candyland, Bikefight at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 8pm ** oct 3 wed The Weakerthans, The Last Town Chorus, Jeremy Fisher at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** oct 3 wed The Lovely Public, Schande, Battle Hooch, dj BJ at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 9pm ** (Benefit Wiretap Music) oct 3 wed Yellow Swans, Mouthus, N.V.H. at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * (early show) oct 3 wed The Damnettes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * (late show) oct 3 wed Ulrich Schnauss, Manual, Fleeting Joys at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 9:30pm * oct 3 wed Teddy Bears at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ ** oct 3 wed Blammos, French Miami, Paper Tiger (cd release), Dangermaker at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** oct 3 wed Sea Wolf, Port O'Brien at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 3 wed Alden And Fern, Julie Zee at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ free 8pm (acoustic night) oct 3 wed Lariats Of Fire, The Winsome Griffles at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $4 8pm ** oct 3 wed Wayward Sway, Diablo's Dust, Smoky As The Devil at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm * oct 3 wed Blessings Of Affliction, West Coast Villans at the Octopus Lounge, Pacifica S.F. 21+ ** oct 4 thr Times Of Despe Popul Reduct, Mitk, dj Lawless at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 8pm ** oct 4 thr Finntroll, Apocryphos at Slim's, S.F. a/a $21/$24 9pm ** oct 4 thr Division Day, The New Trust, Themes at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 4 thr Stephen Kellogg And The Sixers, MoZella at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $12 9pm * oct 4 thr Boz Scaggs & the Blue Velvet Band, Buddy Miller at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 4 thr Nellie McKay at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $23 7:30pm/8pm * oct 4 thr Trentemoller, Alland Byallo, Worthy, Solar at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** oct 4 thr The Dick Dusters, Murdervan (CT), Three Weeks Clean, Lucabrazzi at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm ** oct 4 thr The Fuxedos, The Damnettes, Lady Genius at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm * oct 4 thr Shannon And The Clams, Tacocat, Forever, dJ Alex Cox, dJ Walter Crasshole at the Stud, 399 9th Street, S.F. 21+ 10:30pm ** oct 4 thr Titans Of Oblivion, Flexx Bronco, Kleveland at the Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St. S.F. 21+ ** oct 4 thr 12 Girls Banad at Civic Auditorium, 408 S. Almaden Blvd., San Jose a/a $55/$40 8pm * oct 4 thr La Fin Du Monde, Secret Stolen, Surrogate at the Off Limits, Chico 21+ 9:30pm * oct 4/5/6 Dark Star Orchestra at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 7pm/8pm (thr) 8pm/9pm (fri-sat) # ** oct 5 fri Modern Life Is War (IA), Trap Them (WA), Trash Talk, Gunsmoke, Red Handed at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ oct 5 fri Rock N Roll Adventure Kids at Lower Sproul Plaza, U.C. Berkeley a/a free noon ** @ oct 5 fri The Shins, The Shaky Hands at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a $36.50 8pm # *** oct 5 fri The Black Crowes, Buffalo Killers at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a # $43.50 8pm # ** oct 5 fri Red Tyger Church, Earthless, Drunk Horse at Ghostown Galelry, 2519 San Pablo Ave., Oakland 18+ 9pm ** oct 5 fri 667, Green House Effect, Curmugeon, Ice Bird (L.A.) at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 6pm ** oct 5 fri The Aliens, Augie March at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** oct 5 fri Nick Lowe at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 5 fri The Mekons at Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market St., S.F. a/a $15 7:30pm ** oct 5 fri Honeycut, Tussle, Iglu & Hartly at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/10pm ** oct 5 fri Datarock (Sweden), Foreign Born (L.A.), dj Omar, dj Aaron, dj Audrock at Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $13 9pm ** (Shit Disco cancelled) oct 5 fri Go Go's (original lineup), Gravy Train, dj's at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $65 8:30pm/9pm *** $ oct 5 fri Signal Hill, Form & Fate, Cloud Archive at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * oct 5 fri The Highway Robbers (cd release), The Civil War at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 ** oct 5 fri The Guilty Hearts, Traditional Fools, The Boars, Del Lames, Savage Ones at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** oct 5 fri The Sadies, Jon Langford at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 10pm * oct 5 fri Apache, The Time Flys, The Jungles, Pie Rats at the Mabuhay Gardens, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** oct 5 fri Talk Is Poison, All You Can Eat, Iron Lung, King City, Zero Content (N.Y.) at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm *** @ oct 5 fri Spanking Katinka at the Octopus Lounge, Pacifica S.F. 21+ * oct 5 fri The Odd Numbers, The Forgotten at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** oct 5 fri West By Swan, Wow And Flutter at the Off Limits, Chico 21+ 9:30pm * oct 5/6/7 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in Golden Gate Park, S.F. Alison Brown Quartet With Joe Craven, Allison Moorer, Augie March, Austin Lounge Lizards, Banjo Stage, Bela Fleck & The Flecktones, Belle Monroe & Her Brewglass Boys, Bill Callahan, Bill Kirchen & The Hammer Of The Honky-Tonk Gods, Blanche, Boz Scaggs & The Blue Velvet Band, Buddy Miller, Charlie Louvin, Chris Smither, Dale Ann Bradley & Coon Creek, Dan Reeder, Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men, David Grisman Bluegrass Experience With Curly Seckler, Doc Watson with David Holt & Richard Watson, Dry Branch Fire Squad, Earl Scruggs, Emmylou Harris, Fionn Regan, Gandalf Murphy & The Slambovian Circus of Dreams, Gillian Welch, Guy Clark & Verlon Thompson, Hacienda Brothers, Hazel Dickens, Heartless Bastards, Hot Buttered Rum, James McMurtry, Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, Jeff Tweedy, Jim Lauderdale, Jimmy LaFave, John Prine, Jorma Kaukonen, Julay Brooks, Richard Brandenburg & The Cash Magnets, Keller Williams,a Kevin Welch & Kieran Kane & Fats Kaplin, Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands, Los Lobos, Marley's Ghost, Mekons, Michelle Shocked, Moonalice, Mother Hips, Ned Sublette, New Lost City Ramblers, Nick Lowe, P.M.W., Pete Wernick & Flexigrass, Poor Man's Whiskey, Railroad Earth, Red Wine, Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby With Kentucky Thunder, Robert Earl Keen, Shana Morrison & Caledonia, Steve Earle, Symphony Bluegrass Ramblers, T Bone Burnett & Friends, Teddy Thompson, The Abrams Brothers, The Del McCoury Band, The Flatlanders, The Knitters, The Roan Mountain Hilltoppers, The Sadies, The Secret Life Of Banjos, The Steep Canyon Rangers, The Subdudes, The Whoreshoes, The Wronglers a/a free 3pm (fri) 11am til 7pm sat & sun ** (70 acts on 5 stages) oct 6 sat Hellbillys, Tried & True, Troublemaker, Call To Arms, Skull Stomp at 924 Gilman a/a $6 8pm *** @ oct 6 sat The New Trust, Themes (MPLS), Ole Hole! (first show), Santiago (ex-Tilt/Ground Round) at Apgar Co-op, 921 Apgar, Oakland a/a donation 8pm ** @ oct 6 sat Bryan Adams, George Thorogood at the Greek Theatre, U.C. Berkeley a/a $75/50/$35 7:30pm # ** (seated show) oct 6 sat Third Date at Bay Street Festival, 5616 Bay Street, Emeryville a/a free 7pm * oct 6 sat Hammerlock, Lisa And Her Kin at John Patrick's, 1813 Park Street, Alameda 21+ 8pm * oct 6 sat Thredd, Binky, Mighty Slim Pickins, The Dystrict, Suhaila Salimpour Bellydancers, Uni & Her Ukelele, dj Sarah Bee Selecta', dj Justin Credible at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 7pm/8pm ** (Girl Stock) oct 6 sat Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons at Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium, S.F. a/a $85/$65/$50 (seated show) 7:30pm # ** oct 6 sat LoveLikeFire (cd release), Poor Bailey, Hundred Days at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm ** oct 6 sat The Subdudes, Liz Barnez at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $25 9:30pm ** oct 6 sat D-Jelly Brains, Hot Farm, Freex at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ 3pm ** oct 6 sat Jessie Evens (Berlin - ex-The Vanishing), dj Rhani Remedes at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? 9pm ** (late show) oct 6 sat The Points at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ ** oct 6 sat Martin Luther, Jennifer Johns, Broun Fellinis, dj Wisdom, Youth Speaks, host Sterling James at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 6 sat Earthless, Apache, Hot Lunch at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** oct 6 sat Holly Golightly And The Brokeoffs, The Sermon, The Donkeys at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** oct 6 sat Von Iva at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 ** oct 6 sat Castles In Spain, Dolorata, Fabulous Disaster, Jayde Blade, Sistas In The Pit, Turbonegra (tribute), dj Stefanie Phillips at Fat City, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm/9pm ** (Women who RAWK - Breast Cancer Benefit) oct 6 sat Crystal Castles at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ ** oct 6 sat Company Car, Slow Motion Red, Mud at 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway Blvd., Fairfax 21+ $10 ** oct 6 sat Monkey, La Muneca Y Los Muertos, M.M.F.M., Adventures Ina Pancake, The MuckRuckers at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** (Ska Showcase) oct 6 sat Native Elements at the Octopus Lounge, Pacifica S.F. 21+ * oct 6 sat The Cure, A.F.I., Kings Of Leon, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, She Wants Revenge, Metric, The Black Angels, 65 Days Of Static, Vau De Vire Society at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $75/$56/$30 2pm # *** oct 6 sat Lifted, Onesidezero, Whiskey Avengers, Liar at Britannia Arms, 1087 S. De Anza Blvd., San Jose 21+ ** (all ages til 10:30pm) oct 6 sat The Cured (tribute), dj's at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm * oct 7 sun Little Yellow Perfect (1:20pm), many others at Castro Street Fair, Castro at Market, S.F. a/a donation oct 7 sun Every Time I Die, Underoath, Poison The Well, Maylene, The Sons Of Disaster at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 6pm/7pm # *** @ (moved from the Warfield) oct 7 sun Bill Callahan, Sir Richard Bishop at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm * oct 7 sun Polite Sleeper (N.Y.C.) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * oct 7 sun Rockfour at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm * oct 7 sun Merch (record release), Chords Are Dead at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** oct 7 sun The Ferocious Few, Fauna Valdetta at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $5-$10 sliding 5pm ** (Benefit for Ana) oct 7 sun Black Francis (of The Pixies), Eastern Conference Champions at Harlow's, 2708 J Steet, Sacramento 21+ $15/$18 9pm ** oct 8 mon Turbonegro, Mondo Generator at Slim's, S.F. a/a $30 4:30pm show and 9pm show *** @ $ (two shows) oct 8 mon Walken, Say Bok Gwai, Flood at the Mabuhay Gardens, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** oct 8 mon Jessie Evans (Berlin - ex-The Vanishing), Toby Dammit, dj Pickpocket at the Knockout (Donuts), 3223 Mission St., S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** oct 8 mon Midnite at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm * oct 8 mon Lava Rats, The Mission Creeps, The Struts at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** oct 8 mon Silverstein at Stoney's Skate Park, 265 Keystone Ave., Reno NV a/a ** oct 8/9 Beirut, Colleen at the Herbst Theatre, S.F. a/a $25 8pm ** oct 9 tue Pat Monahan, Charlotte Sometimes at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 7pm/8pm # * (oct 8th show cancelled) oct 9 tue Shout Out Louds, Johnossi, Nico Vega at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 9 tue Bart Davenport, Sam Flax Keener, The Foxx at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm * oct 9 tue The Undertaker And His Pals, Hammer Horror Classics, Brain Dead Dave at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/10pm ** oct 9 tue Genesis (Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford) at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $228/$128/$78/$58 8pm # ** oct 9 tue Silverstein at the Senator Theatre, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a ** oct 9/10/11 Black Francis at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $20 9:30pm ** oct 10 wed The Skegs, Minus Alliance at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 8pm * oct 10 wed Rob Sonic, dj Big Wiz, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Blockhead at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** oct 10 wed The Tragically Hip at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $32.50/$27.50 7pm/8pm # ** oct 10 wed Avengers, Dynamite 8, Girls With Guns at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 9pm *** @ oct 10 wed Nina Nastasia & Jim White, Or The Whale at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm * oct 10 wed Ruins Alone (Japan) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 10 wed Justice at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ ** (sold out) oct 10 wed The May Fire, The Wearies, The Black Summer Crush at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $3 ** oct 10 wed King O Meat, La Tremont at the Mabuhay Gardens, S.F. 21+ 7pm * oct 10 wed Q-Tip at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 10 wed The Barbary Coasters, Tippy Canoe & The Paddlemen, The Shark Alley Hobos at the Bamboo Hut, 479 Broadway at Kearny, S.F. 21+ free 9:30pm * oct 10 wed Elephant Hunter, Scene Of Action, Straggler at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** oct 10 wed Lurid Bliss, Battery Point at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** oct 10 wed Kittie Perm at the Octopus Lounge, Pacifica S.F. 21+ oct 10 wed Genesis (Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford) at Arco Arena, Sacramento a/a # ** oct 11 thr Walken, Chromium 6, Thousands Will Die, dj Blackdawg at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 8pm ** @ oct 11 thr Lotus at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 11 thr Bat For Lashes at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 11 thr Martin Sexton, Martyn Joseph at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** oct 11 thr Hijk, Two Seconds, Rademacher at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 8pm ** oct 11 thr Moving Units (L.A.) at Popscene, 330 Ritch Street, S.F. 18+ $13 ($10 if 21+) ^ ** oct 11 thr Scout Niblett, Monster Women, Eat Skull at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * oct 11 thr Akron/Family, The Dodo's, Wymond & His Spirit Children at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm/8pm * oct 11 thr Mathematicians, Madame Blavatsky Overdrive, Ned at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 11 thr The Adicts at the Mabuhay Gardens, S.F. 21+ 7pm ** @ oct 11 thr Floating Goat, Dragged By Horses at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** @ oct 11 thr The Funeral Pyre, Elk, Necrite, Passive Aggressive, dj Rob Metal at the DNA Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 7pm/8pm ** @ oct 11 thr Acumen Nation, dj Acucrack, Cyanotic at Julie's Supper Club, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm * oct 11 thr Silverstein, From Autumn To Ashes, Strike Anywhere, A Day To Remember at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $15 8pm ** oct 11 thr Branta, Benjamin Bear at the Jungle, 542 High Street, Palo Alto a/a 8pm * oct 11 thr postponed: Big Sandy And His Fly-Rite Boys at the Blank Club, San Jose oct 11 thr Attitude Adjustment, Zero Bull Shit, Dominion Fiend (reunion), Planetary Ruins at Silk Bar, 1011 Del Paso Blvd., Sacramento 18+ $7 8pm *** @ oct 12 fri Ceremony, Lifelong Tragedy, Comadre, Knuckle Puck at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ (Benefit Cancer Awareness) oct 12 fri Princess Thunderstorm (Asheville, N.C.), Chronic Seizure (Chicago), Attitude Problem, Magic Moments at 2515 San Pablo Ave., Oakland a/a ** oct 12 fri Rademache at Lower Sproul Plaza, U.C. Berkeley a/a free noon ** oct 12 fri Black Cobra, Rue, Tarrakian, Santhai at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $7 ** (was listed as at Eli's) oct 12 fri Machine Head, Arch Enemy, Throwdown, Sanctity at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $25 6pm/7pm # *** @ oct 12 fri Aiden, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Still Remains, 1997 at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 12 fri The Dillinger Escape Plan, A Life Once Lost, Genghis Tron, Behold... The Arctopus at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 8pm/8:30pm *** @ oct 12 fri Peelander Z (N.Y.C.), S.M.D. (L.A.), D.A.F. (East L.A.), Ashtray (Santa Rosa) at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8 8pm/9pm *** @ oct 12 fri Oslo (cd release), A Modern Machine, Desole at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 8:30pm ** oct 12 fri Big Sandy And His Fly-Rite Boys, The B-Stars at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 8pm ** oct 12 fri Fujiya & Miyagi, Project Jenny, Project Jan at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm * oct 12 fri Deadfly Ensemble, Red Voice Choir, Late Young at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm * oct 12 fri The Neat (Portland), Luxury Sweets at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** oct 12 fri The Lewd, White Trash Debutantes, House Of Wheels, Turbonegra (tribute) at the Mabuhay Gardens, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** @ oct 12 fri Alan Jackson, Brooks & Dunn, Jake Owen at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $89/$65/$40 7:30pm # ** oct 12 fri Inverness, Override at the Octopus Lounge, Pacifica S.F. 21+ * oct 12 fri Shogun, Usurper Vong, Sweet Revenge, Fire Away at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** oct 12 fri Unearth, Darkest Hour, August Burns Red, Suicide Silence at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a *** @ oct 12 fri Film School, Red Host at the Blue Lamp, 1400 Alhambra Blvd., Sacramento 21+ $8/$10 9pm ** oct 12/13 The Radiators at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 13 sat employment workshop at 924 Gilman a/a free 2pm-5pm oct 13 sat Skitzo, Fog Of War, Scarecrow, Zombie Holocaust at 924 Gilman a/a $7 8pm *** @ oct 13 sat Half-Handed Cloud, Cryptacize, Lake (Olympia), Joel Pickell at Mama Buzz Cafe, 2318 Telegraph Ave. at 23rd, Oakland a/a 7pm * oct 13 sat Sore Thumbs, Mr. Cliff Greenwood & The Monsters at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 8pm ** oct 13 sat Cradle Of Filth, Gwar, Cky, Vains Of Jenna at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $28.50 6pm/7pm # *** @ $ oct 13 sat Trenchcoat Mafia, Wedidol, Vietus Mortus at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm til 8pm ** oct 13 sat Despise You (L.A.), Voetsek, Funeral Shock, California Love, Guillotine Youth at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $7 9pm/9:30pm *** @ oct 13 sat AC/DShe (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. a/a * oct 13 sat Galactic, Lifesavas at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $28.50 8pm/9pm # ** oct 13 sat One Man Sun, A Lucky Day Later, Silence Chair, Legitimate Business, Ms. Vybe, Ringchildren at El Rincon, 2700 16th St. at Harrison, S.F. 18+ 8pm ** oct 13 sat Magick Markers, Grouper, Herb Diamante & Goatgirl (Seattle) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm * oct 13 sat Pop Rocks at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm * oct 13 sat Heathen, Old Granddad, Torture, Embers Of Euphoria, dj Rob Metal at the Mabuhay Gardens, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** @ (Rampage Radio Anniversary) oct 13 sat Age (Japan), Hellshock (Portland), Stormcrow, Peligro Social, Dope Charge at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm/9pm *** @ oct 13 sat The Privies, Jeff Rolka, Seven Stories Falling, The Atomic Love Bombs at Beale Street Bar & Grill, 133 Beale St., S.F. 21+ $5 8pm * oct 13 sat Dead Guise (tribute) at the Octopus Lounge, Pacifica S.F. 21+ oct 13 sat Permanent Black, 12 Steps To Nothing, Craig's Brother, D.I.Y. at the Quarter Note, 1214 Apollo Way, Sunnyvale 21+ $5 9pm * oct 13 sat Arsen Roulette, The Drugstore Romeos at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** (Bombshell's Birthday) oct 13 sat Oslo at the XoXo Bar, Reno, NV 21+ * oct 13 sat cancelled: Crucial Cause, Skull Stomp, Black America, Pass-A-Fist at Lucky Pizza, Dublin a/a oct 14 sun 2nd Class Citizens, Blood Stained Reality (L.A.), Fukm, The Abject (L.A.) at 924 Gilman a/a 5pm *** @ oct 14 sun Between The Buried And Me, Horse The Band, Animosity at the Metro Operahouse, Oakland a/a $15 7pm *** @ note: show may either be at the new Operahouse on 3rd or canceleld oct 14 sun Zoroaster, Black Tusk, Aldebaron at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ ** oct 14 sun Plasterkatz, Dubious Ranger, The Bleu Canadians, Bunny Numpkins & The Kill Blow-Up Reaction, The Clarences, October Allied, The Happy Clams, dj Mole at the Stork Club, Okland 21+ $7 4pm *** (BBQ) oct 14 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap, McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. $3 10am oct 14 sun The Spill Canvas, Daphne Loves Derby, Playradioplay!, Idiot Pilot at Slim's, S.F. a/a $14 7pm ** oct 14 sun Jimmy Eat World at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $26.50 7pm/8pm # ** oct 14 sun Great Lake Swimmers, Arthur & Yu, Thao Nguyen at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm * oct 14 sun Boris, Damon & Naomi, Kurihara at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 14 sun The Mentors, The Drapes, Scarecrow at the Mabuhay Gardens, S.F. 21+ $10 7pm ** @ oct 14 sun Dub FX at the Vinyl Room, 221 Park Road, Burlingame 21+ free 9pm * oct 14 sun A Lurking Fear, 7 Stories Falling, The Jenny Death Letter at the Octopus Lounge, Pacifica S.F. 21+ ** oct 14 sun Lotus at Harlow's, 2708 J Steet, Sacramento 21+ $12/$14 9pm ** oct 15 mon B.B. King at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $75 7pm/8pm # ** oct 15 mon Black Lips, The Spits at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a $15 7:30pm/8pm ** @ oct 15 mon Therion, Aesma Daeva at Slim's, S.F. a/a * oct 15 mon The Figurines, Dappled Cities at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 15 mon Drawn And Quartered, Scorched Earth, dj Rob Metal at the Mabuhay Gardens, S.F. 21+ 7pm ** oct 15 mon Pat McGee Band, Josh Kelley at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 15 mon Patrick Wolf, Bishi at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm * oct 16 tue Benise at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $53/$43 8pm # ** oct 16 tue Andy Tisdall, Little Teeth, Okay at Mama Buzz Cafe, 2318 Telegraph Ave. at 23rd, Oakland a/a * oct 16 tue The Hysterians, Roller Coaster, Greg Ashley, dj The Duke Of Windsor at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 8pm * oct 16 tue Matt Pond PA at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a * oct 16 tue The Draft, Dead To Me, The Gaslight Anthem at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 16 tue David Crowder Band at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # * oct 16 tue Electric Six, Gore Gore Girls, We Are The Fury at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 16 tue Ian Moore (cd release), The Mike Therieau Band, Eric Shea at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** oct 16 tue Cobra Skulls, Young Offenders, Dead Ringers at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm/10pm ** oct 16 tue Michael Hurley, Ben & Alina at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm * oct 16 tue The Low Budgets (Joe Jack of Dead Milkmen), Baghdad Batteries, The Spankers at the Off Limits, Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** oct 16 tue Leftover Crack, Toxic Narcotic, I Object at 1078 Gallery, Chico ?/? *** @ oct 16 tue Cindy Alexander, Lisa Dewey at Billy Bombay's, 1730 California St. Redding a/a $8 8pm oct 17 wed Music For Sight Seeing at Mama Buzz Cafe, 2318 Telegraph Ave. at 23rd, Oakland a/a $5 7pm oct 17 wed Family Force 5, Jonezetta, The Secret Handshake at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 17 wed The Velvet Teen, Say Hi (To Your Mom), The A-Sides at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 17 wed Black Fiction, The SoftLightes at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 9:30pm * oct 17 wed The Hermans (MT), Borstal Holiday, The Gilded Age at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** oct 17 wed Tarmints at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * oct 17 wed Nero Nava, Sexx, The Reverse at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** oct 17 wed Lisa Dewey With Linda Moody, Cindy Alexander at Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm/8:45pm oct 17 wed Mojow & The Vibration Army, Three Piece combo, The Invincible Czars (TX), Austin Lucas & The Pressmen (Czech) at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** oct 17 wed The Boneless Children Foundation, Baby Cakes, The Hysterians at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $4 8pm ** oct 17 wed Pedistal at the Octopus Lounge, Pacifica S.F. 21+ * oct 17 wed Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $151/$100/$80/$57/$40 8pm # ** oct 17 wed Benise at the Civic Auditorium, San Jose a/a $50/$40 8pm # ** oct 17 wed The Touchie Feelies, Shockbox, Midnight Bombers at Sol Collective Cultural Center, 2010 Del Paso Blvd., Sacramento a/a $5 7pm ** oct 18 thr The Privies, Z-Trane Band, Seven Stories Falling at the Starry Plough, Berkeley 21+ $5 9pm * oct 18 thr Steel Train, Ace Enders And A Million Different People at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 18 thr Foxtail Somersault, Astral (cd release), Tomihira, Halcyon High (cd release) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 8pm ** (Vibraphone Records) oct 18 thr Jimmy Buffett & The Coral Reefer Band at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 6pm/8pm # ** (tickets only available on line - no tickets at the door) oct 18 thr Matthew Dear at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ * oct 18 thr Dr. Dog, Apollo Sunshine, The High Strung at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $14 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 18 thr Shantytown, Ride the Blinds, Chris Jones at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm * oct 18 thr Ken Andrews, Charlotte Martin, First Wave Hello at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 9pm * oct 18 thr Third Date, The Search, Elektrik Sunset at Beale Street Bar & Grill, 133 Beale St., S.F. $5 8pm * oct 18 thr Craig Robertson (Boston), Uni & Her Ukelele, Tippy Canoe & The Paddlemen, at Amnesia, 853 Valencia at 20th, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm * oct 18 thr Black Moon Ritual, The Kehoe Nation, King Loses Crown at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** oct 18 thr Wayward Sway, The Chris Koza Band at Edinburgh Castle, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm * oct 18 thr Leftover Crack, Toxic Narcotic, I Object, Intro5pect at Vet's Hall, 846 Front Street, Santa Cruz a/a 7:30pm *** @ oct 18 thr Garaj Mahal at Harlow's, 2708 J Steet, Sacramento 21+ $15 9pm ** oct 18 thr Lyrics Born at Indigo Nightclub, 535 5th Street, Eureka 21+ ** oct 18 thr cancelled: Pharoahe Monch at Slim's, S.F. oct 19 fri Black Fag (L.A.), Tippers Gore (L.A.), Warkrime, Sabertooth Zombie, Lost Boys at 924 Gilman a/a $6 8pm *** @ oct 19 fri Fiery Furnaces at Lower Sproul Plaza, U.C. Berkeley a/a free noon ** oct 19 fri Moons Of Cronos (cd release) at Eli's Mile High Club, 3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland 21+ ** oct 19 fri Chow Nasty, The Henhouse 5 minus 3, Tarmints at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ ** oct 19 fri Lucero, Bobby Bare Jr., Whiskey & Co. at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13 9pm ** oct 19 fri Dashboard Confessional, Augana, John Ralston at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $28 6pm/7pm # ** oct 19 fri Silversun Pickups, Midnight Movies, The Happy Hollows at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # *** $ oct 19 fri The Real, Ryan Cunningham at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a free 6pm til 8:30pm * oct 19 fri The Pine Box Boys, The Cowlicks, Kemo Sabe at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 * (bluegrass) oct 19 fri The Old-Fashioned Way, Red Head Parsons, Acute at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** oct 19 fri The Fiery Furnaces, Pit Er Pat at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 19 fri Cast Of Thousands, Mud, Company Car, Cervantes at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 ** oct 19 fri Pierced Arrows, Hank IV, Epic Sessions at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm *** oct 19 fri The Go! Team at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ ** oct 19 fri Cast Of Thousands (cd release), Company Car, Mud, Cervantes at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 8pm ** oct 19 fri Mystic Rage, Vx36 at the Octopus Lounge, Pacifica S.F. 21+ ** oct 19 fri 12 Steps To Nothing. at C & J's Bar, 1550 Lafayette Street, Santa Clara 21+ free 9pm * oct 19 fri T.S.O.L., Mercy Killers at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $12 9pm ** oct 19 fri Imagika, Bomb & Scary, My First Murder, Estrata at Britannia Arms, 1087 S. De Anza Blvd., San Jose 21+ ** (all ages til 10:30pm) oct 19 fri Bourbon Saints, The Cranks at the Jury Room, 712 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz 21+ ** oct 19 fri S.T.D., Wings Of Innocence, The Black Tie Riot at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $10 6:30pm ** (tribute to the 80's) oct 19 fri Leftover Crack, Toxic Narcotic, I Object at Empire Events Center, 1417 R Street, Sacramento a/a $12 6pm *** @ oct 20 sat Hellshock (Portland), Age (Japan), Sahn Maru (record release), Worldeater, Devils Son In Law at 924 Gilman a/a $7 8pm *** @ oct 20 sat Craig Robertson (Boston), Victoria Vox, Tippy Canoe & The Paddlemen, Tiki King & The Idol Pleasures (Santa Cruz), Kelly Mc Cubbin at DaSilva Uke Company, 2547 8th Street, Berkeley a/a $15 8pm * oct 20 sat Arnocorps, Dynamite 8 at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 8pm ** @ oct 20 sat Interpol at Civic Center, 99 Grove St., S.F. a/a $32.50 8pm # ** oct 20 sat Leftover Crack, Toxic Narcotic, I Object at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13/$16 9m *** @ oct 20 sat Big Star, Oranger at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 8pm/9pm # ** oct 20 sat Sword Heaven, Brian Miller & Kevin Shields, 16 Bitch Pileup at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 20 sat John Vanderslice, Bishop Allen at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $14 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 20 sat The Jim Rowdy Show, The Chop Tops, Malcontent at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** oct 20 sat Heavy Hindenburg, La Plebe, The Bar Feeders at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm *** @ (Frank El Rio and Scott Alcoholocaust's Birthday) oct 20 sat Vin Rouge, Marshino, Woman at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 * oct 20 sat Luca (Tucson) at the Rite Spot Cafe, 2099 Folsom St., S.F. 21+ * oct 20 sat Ian Ball at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9:30pm * oct 20 sat Shootin' Lucy, Bourbon Saints, Fourfits, Grace Alley at the Retox Lounge, 628 20th Street at 3rd, S.F. 21+ 8pm * oct 20 sat Hammer Horror Classics, The Blood Muffins at The Octopus Lounge, Pacifica 21+ free 8pm ** oct 20 sat Butcher at On The Y, 670 Fulton Ave., Sacramento 21+ $5 8pm * oct 20 sat cancelled: Funeral Dress (Belgium), Resilience, Krum Bums, The Ghouls at the Metro, Oakland a/a oct 20 sat cancelled: Red Handed, Hatchet, Strychnine, Outta Luck at Lucky Pizza, Dublin a/a oct 21 sun Zechs Marquise (El Paso) at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 4pm * oct 21 sun Southern Culture On The Skids, Hillstomp at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a $16 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 21 sun T.S.O.L., Mercy Killers at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13 8pm *** oct 21 sun Sunset Rubdown, Magic Weapon, Johnny And The Moon at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 21 sun Luca (Tucson), Briar & Bramble, Laura Weinbach at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm * oct 21 sun Trainwreck Riders, Grayceon, Ovens at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ free 8pm ** oct 21 sun Superfino Zto at the Octopus Lounge, Pacifica S.F. 21+ oct 21 sun Meshell Ndegeocello at Harlow's, 2708 J Steet, Sacramento 21+ $22.50/$25 9pm * oct 21 sun Midnight Bombers at the Boiler Room, 3534 Broadway St. Eureka 21+ $7 8pm * oct 21/22/23/24 The Pogues at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $65 7pm/8pm # ** oct 22 mon Damnweevil, Orb Of Confusion at the Mabuhay Gardens, S.F. 21+ 7pm ** oct 22 mon Meshell Ndegeocello at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 22 mon Sick Of It All at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15 ** @ oct 23 tue Blue October, Yellowcard at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # ** oct 23 tue Joe Henry at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a * oct 23 tue Lukas Rossi at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $15/$18 oct 23 tue Groundatio at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20/$22 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 23 tue Blarke Bayer, Black Widow at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * oct 23 tue Jeffery Luck Lucas, T & A, Keep Sweet at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $6 8pm * oct 23 tue The Wildhearts, Jetboy, The Substitutes, Rubbersidedown at Fat City, 314 11th Street at Folsom, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 7:30/8pm ** oct 23 tue Hellshock (Portland), Age (Japan), Rebel's Advocate at On The Y, 670 Fulton Ave., Sacramento 21+ $7 8pm ** oct 24 wed The Brothers Vertebrae, Free Soda at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 8pm * oct 24 wed Sick Of It All, Madball, Viva Hate, Sinking Ships at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 7pm/8pm *** @ oct 24 wed Blonde Redhead at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** oct 24 wed Laura Gibson (Portland), Musee Mechanique (Portland), Snowblink at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 8pm ** oct 24 wed Phosphorescent, Lazarus, Alex de Landa at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * oct 24 wed Black Mountain, The Cave Singers at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 24 wed Catheter (Denver), Wojczech (Rostock, Germany), Holy Shit (Milwaukee), In Disgust, dj Rob Metal at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm/9pm *** @ oct 24 wed Dub FX at Mojito, 1337 Grant Avenue, S.F. 21+ free 8pm * oct 24 wed 6 Days To Nowhere at the Octopus Lounge, Pacifica S.F. 21+ * oct 24 wed cancelled: Twiztid, Ill Bill at the Boardwalk, Orangevale oct 25 thr Hank IV, Digger & The Pussycats (Australia), The Husbands, Les Hormones, Thee Cormans at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $10 ($45 four day pass) 8pm ** (Budget Rock) oct 25 thr Mum at the Grand, 1300 Van Ness, S.F. a/a $25 8pm ** oct 25 thr Man Man at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 25 thr S.I.A. at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** oct 25 thr Final Fantasy, Cadence Weapon at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13 7:30pm/8pm *** oct 25 thr Loop! Station at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 * oct 25 thr Ron Franklin & November Six Street (Memphis), Snake Flower II at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * oct 25 thr Hudson Falcons, Pressure Point, Whiskey Rebels, The Moderates at the Jury Room, 712 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz 21+ ** oct 25 thr canceleld: Fiona Apple at the Warfield, S.F. oct 25/26 Ted Leo And The Pharmacists, Quasi at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 26 fri Jason Webley (WA), Jherek-Quicken-Led To Sea (WA), Judgement Day, Tulsa, People Eaters, Jen SCA (acoustic) at 924 Gilman a/a $7 7pm *** @ oct 26 fri Wallpaper at Lower Sproul Plaza, U.C. Berkeley a/a free noon ** oct 26 fri Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band at the Arena, Oakland a/a $94/$58 8pm # ** oct 26 fri The Trashwomen (reunion), Gentleman Jesse & His Men (Atlanta), Rock N Roll Adventure Kids, Traditional Fools, Der Submarine Racers, Charlie & The Moonhearts at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $10 ($45 four day pass) 8pm *** (Budget Rock) oct 26 fri Boys Like Girls, All Time Low, The Audition, We The Kings at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $20 6pm/7pm # ** $ oct 26 fri Ming Ping, The Frail, Rescue Me, dj Omar, dj Nako at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 9pm * oct 26 fri Music For Sight Seeing at 111 Minna Gallery 111 Minna at 2nd, S.F. a/a free 7pm oct 26 fri Wallpaper (cd release) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $10 8:30pm/10pm * oct 26 fri The Aerosols, The Mantles, Bramble & Briar at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * oct 26 fri Digitalism at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ ** oct 26 fri Midnight Bombers, Shockbox, The Hollycocks at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm ** oct 26 fri Taunted, Imagika, Sarcoma, 3luna's at the Octopus Lounge, Pacifica S.F. 21+ ** oct 26 fri Audio Fallout, No Broadcast at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** oct 26 fri Man Man, The Sleeping States at the Blue Lamp Lounge, 1400 Alhambra Blvd., Sacramento 21+ $12 9pm ** oct 26/27 The Jesus And Mary Chain, Soulsavors (with Mark Lanegan & Evan Dando) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $40 8pm/9pm # *** oct 26/27 Two Gallants, Blitzen Trapper, Songs For Moms at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 27 sat The Flames, Stellar Corpses, Bitchfits (tribute - L.A.), Plastic-o-matics (tribute - L.A.), Sik Luv, Throat Oyster at 924 Gilman a/a $7 7pm *** @ oct 27 sat The Real Kids (Boston), The Pets, The Dutchess And The Duke, Harold Ray: Live In Concert, The Hex Dispensers (Austin), Haunted George, Tyvek, Coconut Coolouts, Nice Smile, The Mantles, South Bay Surfers at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $10 ($45 four day pass) 8pm *** (Budget Rock) oct 27 sat Nuts & Bolts, Tried & True, Masscre Time, Vomit at John Patrick's, 1813 Park Street, Alameda 21+ ** @ oct 27 sat Notorious, Glorified HJ at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm * oct 27 sat Hammer Horror Classics, Radio Star S.F., Deadringer at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm til 8pm ** oct 27 sat Unkle at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ ** oct 27 sat Sole And The Skyrider Band, Skyrider at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/10pm * oct 27 sat Two Ton Boa, New Thrill Parade, Atomic Bomb Audition at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 27 sat The Demonics, The Flesh Hammers (Reno), Double D's, The White Barons at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** (Soapbox Pre-Race Party) oct 27 sat Resilience, D.B.G.C., Violation, Deadly Remains, P.M.R.C., Snag, Ashtray, Strike To Survive, S.K.U.M., Anger As A Gift at Chops, 509 Adams St., Santa Rosa a/a $10 ($8 in costume) 1pm/noon *** @ oct 27 sat The Grannies, Midnight Bombers at G Street Pub, 228 G Street, Davis 21+ $7 8pm ** oct 27/28 Neil Young, Metallica, Jerry Lee Lewis, Eddie Vedder (with Flea and Jack Irons), Tom Waits With Kronos Quartet, John Mayer, Regina Spektor, Tegan & Sara at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $150/$75/$40 5pm (oct 27) 2pm (oct 28) # *** (Bridge School Benefit) oct 28 sun Static Thought (Ramones), Bad Reaction (Bad Brains), Punch (Descendents), Crucial Cause (Antidote), Modern Eyes (Agnostic Front) at 924 Gilman a/a 4pm *** @ (Halloween covers night) oct 28 sun The Real Kids (Boston), The Flakes, The Bobbyteens, The Okmoniks, The Impediments, Captain 9's & The Knickerbocker Trio, Nobunny, Knights Of The New Crusade, Touch-Me-Nots, The Guilty Hearts at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $10 ($45 four day pass) 8pm *** (Budget Rock) oct 28 sun Rocky Votolato, Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter, Slender Means at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 28 sun Scissors For Lefty, Kid Beyond, The Ebb & Flow at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 28 sun Kid Rock at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $43 7pm/8pm # ** $ oct 28 sun Serj Tankian, Fair To Midland at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** $ oct 28 sun Richard Buckner, David Dondero at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm * oct 28/29 High On Fire, Mono, Panthers, Coliseum at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 7:30pm/8pm *** @ oct 29 mon Behemoth, Job For A Cowboy, Gojira, Beneath The Massacre at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** @ oct 29 mon The Maccabees, The 1990's at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 29 mon Broken Social Scene, New Buffalo at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** oct 29 mon Tristeza at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 7:30pm * oct 29 mon Thee Merry Widows, Dead Vampires, Undertaker And His Pals at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** oct 29 mon 16 Days 2 The Sun at the Octopus Lounge, Pacifica 21+ * oct 30 tue Voodoo Glow Skulls, Left Alone at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm *** @ oct 30 tue The Tiger Lilies at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $25 7:30pm * oct 30 tue Hot Hot Heat, Bedouin Soundclash, De Novo Dahl at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** oct 30 tue Roky Erickson, 1990s at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 30 tue Thrones, Grey Daturas, My Disco at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * oct 30 tue Richard Buckner, David Dondero, Joseph Childress at At Henfling's Tavern, 9450 Highway 9, Ben Lomond 21+ $10/$12 ** oct 30 tue Benevento, Russo Duo, Eulogies at Harlow's, 2708 J Steet, Sacramento 21+ $15 8pm ** oct 30/31 Chiodos, Emery, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, The Devil Wears Prada at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 31 wed Verbal Abuse, Vatos Locos (TX), Fukm, Law Abiding Citizens, Taint at John Patrick's, 1813 Park Street, Alameda 21+ $6 8:30pm *** @ oct 31 wed Sound Tribe Sector 9 at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $30 7pm/8pm # ** oct 31 wed The Locust, Geronimo, Triclops!, Sleeping People at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$15 7:30pm/8pm ** @ oct 31 wed The Polyphonic Spree, Rooney at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $26.50 7pm/8pm # ** oct 31 wed Ludicra, Gravehill (L.A.), Splatterhouse at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** @ oct 31 wed Leomonade, Child Abuse, Ohsees at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * oct 31 wed The Phenomenaunts, The Go Going Gone Girls, The Impalers at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** @ oct 31 wed Sam & The Hurricanes at the Octopus Lounge, S.F. 21+ oct 31 wed Rivals, 12 Steps To Nothing at Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose 21+ * oct 31 wed Japanese Baby, Mute Angst Envy, The Common Men (Sacramento), Telepathy, dj's at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 8pm/9pm ** oct 31/nov 1 Benevento/Russo Duo, Federico Aubele at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 7:30pm/8pm ** nov 1 thr State Radio at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** nov 1 thr Architecture In Helsinki at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $18.50 7pm/8pm # ** nov 1 thr Aqueduct, Georgie James, Timothy Rabbit at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm * nov 1 thr The Freewheeling, Yo La Tengo at the Palace of Fine Arts, S.F. a/a $30 7pm/8pm # ** nov 1 thr Enon, Love Of Diagrams, The Deadly Finns at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 1 thr Roz And The Belfast Cowboys, U.X.A., Bite at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** nov 1 thr Gwen Stefani, Sean Kingston at the Arena, Stockton a/a # **r nov 2 fri Missing Link, The Harvey Cartel, Ten G-Bob, The Agent Dead Lies at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ nov 2 fri Enon at Lower Sproul Plaza, U.C. Berkeley a/a free noon ** nov 2 fri Gwen Stefani, Sean Kingston at the Arena, Oakland a/a $70/$50/$38 7:30pm # ** nov 2 fri The Turks, Prize Country, Sirhan Sirhan, Silian Rail, Hurry Up Shotgun, photography, artists, sculptures at Ghost Town Galleries, 2519 San Pablo, Oakland 18+ $6 ** nov 2 fri Thine Eyes Bleed at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ ** nov 2 fri Green House Effect (cd release) at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 8pm ** nov 2 fri John Zorn's Moonchild (Mike Patton, Trevor Dunn, Joey Baron) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a $30 7pm/8pm ** nov 2 fri Nightwish, Paradise Lost at Slim's, S.F. a/a $28/$31 9pm * nov 2 fri Iamx, Miss Derringer at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/10pm * nov 2 fri Matt Nathanson, Melee, Ingrid Michaelson at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 8pm/9pm # ** nov 2 fri Danzig at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $28.50 7pm/8pm # ** @ nov 2 fri Flaming Fire (N.Y.C.), Borts Minorts, Girls With Guns at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** nov 2 fri The Cheeseballs, Livewire at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 nov 2 fri Ride The Blinds, Four Year Bender, The Second Cousins at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** nov 2 fri Ghostface Killah, Rakim at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ ** nov 2 fri Vitus Mortus, Chronic Narcosis, Gutwrench, Burnt Beyond Recognition at the Octopus Lounge, Pacifica 21+ ** nov 2 fri Brand New, Thrice, mewithoutyou at the Events Center, San Jose State a/a $23.50 7:30pm # ** nov 2 fri Scarecrow, Santhai, Devil's Son In Law at Caravan, 98 South Almaden Ave., San Jose 21+ $7 ** nov 2 fri Nebula at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm * nov 2 fri Henry Rollins (spoken word) at Stoney's Skate Park, 265 Keystone Ave., Reno NV a/a ** nov 3 sat Impaled, Embryonic Devourment, Bled at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ nov 3 sat Shooting Lucy, Harvey And the Bloodletters at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 8pm ** nov 3 sat Kris kristofferson, Taj Mahal, Kitaro, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Wes Studi, Peter Coyote, San Francisco Taiko Dojo, Charlie Hill, Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Dennis Banks at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $80 6pm/7pm # ** (Benefit Nowa Cumig Institute) nov 3 sat Dropkick Murphys at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** @ nov 3 sat Singularity, Stereo Chromatic, The Moonlight Sexy, Steel Tigers Of Death at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm til 8pm ** nov 3 sat Minipop (cd release), Built For The Sea, N.Lannon, dj Miles The Intern at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm ** nov 3 sat Do Make Say Think at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ ** nov 3 sat Uz Jsme Doma, Capillary Action at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * nov 3 sat JJ Grey & Mofro, Marc Ford at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 3 sat Lou Dog Trio, Kapakahi, Starving Millionaires at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm nov 3 sat Buck 65 at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $14 9:30pm * nov 3 sat Butcher at the Time Out, 1822 Grant Street, Concord 21+ $7 9pm * nov 3 sat The Shitones at the Octopus Lounge, Pacifica 21+ ** nov 3 sat Scripted, Invicta, Stepchild at Britannia Arms, 1087 S. De Anza Blvd., San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** (all ages til 10:30pm) nov 3 sat The Secretions, Final Summation, The Helper Monkeys, S.T.D., Kevin Seconds & The Altruistics, Ashtray, Isonomy, The Disgusteens, Flower Violence, No Admission at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $5 6:30pm *** @ (Danny Secretion's Lame-Ass Birthday) nov 3 sat Citizen Fish (U.K.), M.D.C. at Empire Events Center, 1417 R Street, Sacramento a/a $10 6:30pm *** @ nov 3 sat The Grannies, The Flesh Hammers, Fujiko-Chan at Davidson's Distillery, 275 East Fourth Street, Reno, NV 21+ ** nov 3 sat Henry Rollins (spoken word) at the Senator Theatre, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a ** nov 4 sun Citizen Fish (U.K.), M.D.C., The Mutants, La Plebe at 924 Gilman a/a $7 5pm *** @ nov 4 sun Diana Ross at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $96/$70/$40 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** nov 4 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap, McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. $3 10am nov 4 sun Suffocation, Immolation, Skinless, Warbringer at Slim's, S.F. a/a $21/$23 8pm ** @ nov 4 sun Tiger Army, Street Dogs, Said Radio at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $18 6:30pm/7:30pm ** @ nov 4 sun Mason Jennings at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a * nov 4 sun Peter & the Wolf, Foot Foot, Ghost Bees at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * nov 4 sun Thomas Ian Nicholas, Finding Mercury, Kenon Chen at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 7:30pm ** nov 4 sun Wire Graffiti, Dynamite 8, Shockbox, The Razorburns, Versa Vice, The City at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $6 5pm ** @ nov 4 sun Henry Rollins (spoken word) at the Crest Theatre, 1013 K St., Sacramento a/a ** nov 5 mon Hanson at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # ** nov 5 mon Tunng at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12/$10 8:30pm/9pm * nov 5 mon The Phenomenauts at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** @ nov 5 mon Henry Rollins (spoken word) at Rio Theater, 1205 Soquel, Santa Cruz a/a 7:30pm ** nov 5 mon Jesu, These Arms Are Snakes at Harlow's, 2708 J Steet, Sacramento 21+ $12.50/$15 8pm ** nov 6 tue Go Motion (Omaha) at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 8pm * nov 6 tue Henry Rollins (spoken word) at the Herbst Theatre, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** nov 6 tue Minus The Bear, The Helio Sequence, Grand Archives at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm # ** nov 6 tue The Hold Steady, Art Brut, The Blood Arm at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** nov 6 tue Jonas Brothers at the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, S.F. a/a $34.50 7pm * (new date) nov 6 tue Chuck Ragan, Dear In The Headlights, Company Car at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 6 tue Jesu at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 6 tue Clockcleaner (Philly), Wildildife at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** nov 6 tue Maroon 5, The Hives, Phantom Planet at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $51/$40 7:30pm # ** nov 7 wed Temple Of Roots at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 8pm * nov 7 wed Bad Manners (U.I.), La Plebe at Slim's, S.F. a/a $21/$23 8pm *** @ nov 7 wed M.I.A. at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** nov 7 wed Jack Rose, MV/EE, Mike Bones at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * nov 7 wed The Phantom Rockers at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** nov 7 wed Hijk, Rademacher at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm * nov 7 wed The Trucks, Black Eyes For Neck Ties, Floss Anonymous at the Off Limits, Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** nov 8 thr Nebula, Bonk, All Time Highs at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ ** nov 8 thr Turambar at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 8pm * nov 8 thr Barrington Levy at Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley 21+ (reggae) nov 8 thr The Octopus Project, Saturday Looks Good To Me, Mijuanito at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 8 thr Paramore, The Almost, The Starting Line at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $22.50 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** nov 8 thr Chow Nasty, Sugar & Gold, Social Studies, Greg Ashley, dj Yoni Wolf at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** (KALX Radio's 45th Anniversary Benefit) nov 8 thr Dada at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $17/$20 8pm ** nov 8 thr Citay (album release), The Oh Sees at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** nov 8 thr Bottom, The Glasspack (Louisville), Damnweevil, Tarrakian at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** nov 8 thr M.I.A. at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $25 9pm ** nov 8 thr Black Tie Revue (Portland), The Pleasure Kills at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** nov 8 thr Little Brother at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 8/9 The Swell Season (Martha Wainwright, Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova) at the Grand, 1300 Van Ness, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # * nov 9 fri 108 (L.A.), Gehenna, Look Back And Laugh, Pulling Teeth (MO), Frightener (U.K.), Graf Orlock (L.A.) at 924 Gilman a/a $8 7pm *** @ (this is not a Fest - Day 1) nov 9 fri Mason Jennings at Lower Sproul Plaza, U.C. Berkeley a/a free noon * nov 9 fri 16, The Family Curse, Sirahn Sirahn at Eli's Mile High Club, 3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland 21+ ** nov 9 fri Great Northern at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/10pm ** nov 9 fri Coheed And Cambria, Clutch, The Fall Of Troy at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $27.50 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** nov 9 fri Redd Kross at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** nov 9 fri Karl Denson, The Shotgun Wedding Quintet at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 9 fri Feist at the Maconic Center, Nob Hill, S.F. a/a $35 7pm # ** nov 9 fri Wonder Bread 5 at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ * nov 9 fri RTX, Dan Melchior und Das Menace, The Touch-Me-Nots at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** nov 9 fri Dengue Fever (Cambodia), Rupa & The April Fishes at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** @ nov 9 fri La Plebe, The Forgotten, The Odd Numbers, Dun Bin Had at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 9pm ** @ nov 9/10 Gov't Mule, Grace Potter at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 8pm/9pm # ** nov 10 sat Iron Lung (WA), Agents Of Abhorrence (Austrailia), Never Healed, The Discreet Doll Band (Austrailia), California Love, Comadre, In Disgust at 924 Gilman a/a $8 7pm *** @ (this is not a Fest - Day 2 nov 10 sat Billy Joel at the Arena, Oakland a/a $95/50/$49.50 8pm # ** nov 10 sat Ben Harper, Piers Faccini at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $48/$38 8pm # ** (see nov 17th) nov 10 sat Ween at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # ** nov 10 sat Witchcraft, Saviours at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** nov 10 sat Bite, Ghost Of Echoes, The Media, Tommy Strange at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm til 8pm ** nov 10 sat Brian Glaze & The Nightshift, The Flakes, Lou Lou & The Guitarfish, Bored & Ashamed at the Complex, 535 Stevenson St., S.F. a/a $5 7pm ** (Loulou's birthday) nov 10 sat Mentors, Womentors (tribute), Torg (Chicago), Fluff Grrl at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** @ nov 10 sat Stung (tribute) at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 nov 10 sat Fast Computers, Finest Dearest, Master/Slave at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** nov 10 sat The Intelligence (Seattle), Dan Melchior und Das Menace, Hank IV at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 ** nov 10 sat West Indian Girl at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 10 sat Kelly Clarkson, Jon McLaughlin at the Event Center, San Jose State a/a $39.50 7:30pm # * (seated show) nov 10 sat Dengue Fever (Cambodia) at Kuumbwa Jazz Center, 230-2 Cedar Street, Canta Cruz ?/? ** nov 10/11 The Lawrence Arms, American Steel, Sundowner, The Falcon at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8pm/9pm (sat) 7pm/8pm (sun) *** @ nov 11 sun Witchcraft, Saviours, Danava at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ ** nov 11 sun Circa Survive, Ours, The Dear Hunter, Fear Before The March Of Flames at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ nov 11 sun Emma Pollock, The Old-Fashioned Way, The Harbours at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** nov 11 sun Zion I at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** nov 11 sun Lloyd Cole at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 11 sun Fog at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 7:30pm * nov 11 sun Celebration, Kill Me Tomorrow at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm/8pm ** nov 12 mon Suzanne Vega at the Fillmore, S.F .a/a $32.50 7pm/8pm # ** nov 12 mon Thursday, Circle Takes The Square at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** nov 12 mon Bettye Lavette at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $23 7:30pm/8pm ** nov 12/13/14 Of Montreal, Grand Buffet, MGMT at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 13 tue Him, Bleeding Through at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $33.50 7pm/8pm # *** nov 13 tue The Waterboys, Great Aunt Id at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 7pm/8pm # ** nov 13 tue Joe Lally, Capillary Action at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * nov 13 tue The Walkmen at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 7:30pm/8pm ** nov 13 tue Magnet at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm * nov 13 tue She Wants Revenge, Kenna, The Start at Empire Events Center, 1417 R Street, Sacramento a/a $17.50/$20 7:30pm ** nov 13/14 Del Tha Funky Homosapien at Slim's, S.F. a/a $19/$22 9pm ** nov 14 wed employment workshop at 924 Gilman a/a free 6pm-8pm nov 14 wed Dreadful Children at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 8pm * nov 14 wed Annuals, Manchester Orchestra at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 14 wed Heavy Trash at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm * nov 14 wed Wooden Shjips, Pink Reason, Psychedelic Horseshit at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * nov 14 wed Evanescence, Sick Puppies, Julien-K at the Events Center, San Jose State a/a $35.50 7:30pm # ** nov 14 wed Jenny Owen Youngs, Jim Bianco at Harlow's, 2708 J Steet, Sacramento 21+ $8/$10 8:30pm ** nov 15 thr Jay Reatard at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 8pm nov 15 thr New Found Glory, Senses Fail, A Cursive Memory at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $22.50 6pm/7pm # ** $ nov 15 thr Sean Hayes, Jenny Owen Youngs, Jim Bianco at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 16 fri Guttermouth, Red Handed, United Defiance, All Teeth, Guillotine Youth at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ nov 16 fri Dead To Me at Lower Sproul Plaza, U.C. Berkeley a/a free noon * nov 16 fri Say Anything, HelloGoodbye at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $23 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** nov 16 fri Roger Clyne And The Peacemakers at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** nov 16 fri Verbal Abuse, Attitude Adjustment, Toe Tag, Shootin' Lucy at the Mabuhay Gardens, S.F. 21+ 8pm *** @ nov 16 fri Sean (Seattle), We Be the Echo at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * nov 16 fri Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Zombie at the Arena, Stockton a/a # *** nov 17 sat Shook Ones (WA), Easel (Japan), Final Fight (L.A.) at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ nov 17 sat Ben Harper & THe Inocent Criminals at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $48/$38 7pm # ** (see nov 10th) nov 17 sat Aids Wolf (Montreal), No Doctors, Health at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 17 sat Bayside, The Sleeping, The Audition, 1979 at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** nov 17 sat Cold War Kids at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $19.50 7pm/8pm # ** $ nov 17 sat The Gibbs, The Obsessors, My Parade at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm til 8pm ** nov 17 sat Dos, Sistas In The Pit, The Reaction at 12 Galaxies, S.F. 21+ ** nov 17 sat Pop Rocks at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm * nov 17 sat Lyrics Born, Ryan Shaw at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $22 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 17 sat Razorlight at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ ** nov 17 sat The Taletale Heartbreakers (cd release), The White Barons at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** nov 18 sun Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Zombie at the Arena, Oakland a/a # *** nov 18 sun Silverchair, We Are The Fury at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 7:30pm/8pm ** (was July 17th) nov 19 mon Big D And The Kids Table, Whole Wheat Bread, The A.K.A.s at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm ** nov 19 mon Jewel (solo & acoustic) at the Center for Performing Arts, San Jose a/a $56/$46/$36 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** nov 20 tue The Duke of Windsor at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 8pm * nov 20 tue Travis, Maximo Park at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # ** nov 20 tue Mirthkon, Blipvert, R&B Free-Jazz Gospel Supreme 80 at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ nov 20 tue AIDS Wolf (Montreal) at Fools Foundation, 1025 19th St., Sacramento a/a $6/$8 9pm ** nov 21 wed New Riders Of The Purple Sage at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 21 wed Skitzo at the Mabuhay Gardens, S.F. 21+ 7pm ** nov 21 wed Alasdair Roberts, Charlambides at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * nov 21 wed Trans-Siberian Orchestra at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $50/$38 8pm # ** nov 23 fri Attitued Adjustment, Hatchet, Destructions End (L.A.) at 924 Gilman a/a $7 8pm *** @ nov 23 fri Babyface at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a # $70/$56/$41 8pm # ** nov 23 fri Enslaved, The Faceless, Arsis, The Agonis at Slim's, S.F. a/a $19/$21 8:30pm ** nov 23 fri My Revolver, Hot Pistol, Zodiac Death Valley at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** nov 23 fri Band Of Horses at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ ** nov 23 fri White Magic at the Hemlock, S.F .21+ * nov 23/24 Devil Makes Three at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 23/24/25/26 The Decemberists, Laura Veirs, Saltbreakers at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $29.50 7pm/8pm # ** nov 24 sat Resilience, Druglords Of The Avenues, Wholesale Murder (L.A.), L.R.A., A Struggle In Vain, at 924 Gilman a/a $7 8pm *** @ nov 24 sat Fabulous Disaster, Touchy Feelies, Sputterdoll at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 8pm ** nov 24 sat Busdriver, Daedelus, AntiMC at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a $13/$15 8pm/9pm ** nov 24 sat Evolution (tribute), Destroyer (tribute), Generation Swine (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** nov 24 sat Chix Pack, Cheapskate, Skuzz at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm til 8pm ** nov 24 sat Gene Loves Jezebel, Kirk Brandon at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $15/$18 ** nov 24 sat Hayride To Hell at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** nov 25 sun Tofu, Pinole Ramblers at 924 Gilman a/a 5pm ** @ nov 26 mon Chemlab, U.S.S.A., Skeleton Key at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $14 8:30pm/9pm *** nov 26/27 As I Lay Dying, All That Remains, Haste The Day, Through The Eyes Of The Dead at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ nov 27 tue Van Halen (Eddie Van Halen, David Lee Roth, Alex Van Halen, Wolfgang Van Halen), Ky-Mani Marley at Arco Arena, Sacramento a/a # *** nov 28 wed Isis, Big Business, 27 at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** nov 28 wed Third Date at Grant & Green, 1371 Grant St., S.F. 21+ free 8:30pm * nov 28 wed Dying Fetus, Cephalic Carnage, Skeletonwitch, Demiricous, The Absence, dj Rob Metal at the DNA Lounge, S.F. 21+ $12/$16 7pm/8pm *** @ nov 28 wed Anti-Flag, Dead To Me, Introspect at Empire Events Center, 1417 R Street, Sacramento a/a $16 6pm *** @ nov 29 thr Chimaira, Divine Heresy at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** @ nov 29 thr Ghostland Observatory at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ ** nov 29 thr Van Halen (Eddie Van Halen, David Lee Roth, Alex Van Halen, Wolfgang Van Halen), Ky-Mani Marley at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # *** nov 29 thr Fall Out Boy, Plain White T's, Gym Class Heroes, Cute Is What We Aim For at the Events Center, San Jose State a/a $30 7pm # *** nov 29/30 dec 1/2 Ozomatli at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $26.50 (7pm/8pm thr & sun) (8pm/9pm fri & sat) # ** nov 30 fri Kill Elephant, Artshow at 924 Gilman a/a ** nov 30 fri Von Iva at Lower Sproul Plaza, U.C. Berkeley a/a free noon * nov 30 fri Iron And Wine at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $28.50 7pm/8pm # ** nov 30 fri Moons Of Cronos, Scarecrow, Floating Goat, Automatic Animal at Eli's Mile High Club, 3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland 21+ ** nov 30 fri Issa, Adrienne Pierce at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm * (seated show) nov 30 fri Motion City Soundtrack, Mae, Anberlin, Metro Station at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $23 6pm/7pm # ** nov 30 fri The Lemonheads at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** $ nov 30 fri Kelley Stoltz, Bart Davenport, Moore Brother at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** (Etienne De Rocher's Farewell Party) nov 30 fri Agent Orange at the Mabuhay Gardens, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** @ nov 30 fri Birds & Batteries, Parasol, The Special Goodbye at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** nov 30 fri VHS Or Beta, Moving Units at Harlow's, 2708 J Steet, Sacramento 21+ 9:30pm ** dec 1 sat Rat Pack (Oxnard), No Thanks (N.Y.), Blood - Brains & Beer (NV) at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm ** @ dec 1 sat V.H.S. Or Beta, Foreign Born at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** $ dec 1 sat Kathy Griffin at Masonic Center, Nob Hill, S.F. a/a $75/$55/$45 two shows 6pm/7pm and 9:30pm/10pm ** dec 1 sat If Time Fails, Aroarah, Breva, Storybook Of Stars at Britannia Arms, 1087 S. De Anza Blvd., San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** (all ages til 10:30pm) dec 2 sun Zine Symposium, speakers, films at 924 Gilman a/a 5pm ** dec 2 sun John Butler Trio, Brett Dennen at the Warfield, S.F .a/a $26.50 7pm/8pm # ** dec 2 sun Jewmongous at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $17/$20 8pm ** dec 2 sun Don Caballero, The Enablers at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** dec 2 sun Andrea Bocelli at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $275/$195/$99/$75/$45 7:30pm # dec 4 tue Streetlight Manifesto, Suburban Legends, The Stitch Up at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** dec 4 tue The Spice Girls at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # ** dec 4 tue Don Caballero, The Enablers at Blue Lamp Lounge, 1400 Alhambra Blvd., Sacramento 21+ $10/$12 8pm ** dec 5 wed Evil Beaver, The Grannies, Shootin Lucy at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 8pm ** dec 5 wed The Thermals, The Big Sleep at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** dec 6 thr Jonathan Richman, The Rubinoos at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** dec 6 thr Apple Nasty at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 7:30pm * dec 7 fri Boom Boom Kid (Argentina), Outraged, Siempre Adelante (Guatemala) at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ dec 7 fri The Red Elvises at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $15 ** dec 7 fri Firme at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** dec 7 fri Captured By Robots at the Zephyr Lounge, 1074 S. Virginia St., Reno NV 21+ ** dec 7/8 Tori Amos at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $56/$38 7pm/8pm # ** dec 8 sat One In The Chamber, A.D.T. at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm ** @ dec 8 sat Prefuse 73 at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** dec 8 sat Andrew Bird at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $28.50 7pm/8pm # ** dec 8 sat Captured By Robots at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. ?/? ** dec 8 sat The Red Elvises at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** dec 11 tue Shonen Knife, The Juliet Dagger, Vernon Grove at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ dec 12 wed David Bazan, J. Tillman at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9:30pm * dec 12 wed The Red Elvises at Mystic Theater, 23 Petaluma Blvd., Petaluma 18+ $12 7pm/8pm ** dec 13 thr Larry The Cable Guy at the Arena, Stockton a/a # ** dec 14 fri Fang, North Side Kings, R.K.L., Saddam's Angels, Crosstops, DekOiZ, Kill DeVille at Mabuhay Gardens, S.F. 21+ *** @ dec 14 fri Larry The Cable Guy at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # ** dec 14 fri Insolence, Primer 55, Marc Rizzo, Storybook Of Stars, Love Said No at Nova Hall, 37 North 27th St. at Santa Clara St., San Jose a/a 7:15pm ** @ dec 14 fri Lamb Of God, Killswitch Engage, DevilDriver, Soilwork (Sweden) at the Grand Sierra, Reno NV ?/? # *** @ dec 14/15 Kottonmouth Kings, Big B, Dirtball at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** dec 15 sat Oskorei at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm ** dec 15 sat Deceased (VA), Fang, North Side Kings (AZ), R.K.L. (Matt of Ratt Pack on vocals), Crosstops, Kill DeVille at the Metro, Oakland a/a $10 *** @ note: show may either be at the new Operahouse on 3rd or canceleld dec 16 sun Van Halen (David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, Wolfgang Van Halen) at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $151/$81/$61 7:30pm # *** dec 18 tue Amon Amarth, Decapitated, Himsa, Sonic Syndicate at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** @ dec 19 wed Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** dec 22 sat Van Halen (David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, Wolfgang Van Halen) at the Arena, Oakland a/a $151/$81/$51 8pm # *** dec 26 wed Nashville Pussy, Reverend Horton Heat at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # *** dec 27 thr Conflict at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** @ dec 28 fri Jackie Greene at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** dec 28/29 X at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** dec 29 sat Particle at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** dec 29 sat Kai Kln at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/10pm ** jan 12 sat Jandek at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $25 7:30pm * jan 13 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap, McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. $3 10am jan 24 thr Howard Jones, Robin Boult) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a * (acoustic) jan 26 sat Angry Samoans, Officer Down at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/10pm ** @ feb 18 mon Sonata Arctica at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** feb 23 sat Hapa at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** feb 24 sun Exodus at Slim's, S.F. a/a $20 7pm *** @ $ mar 16 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap, McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. $3 10am may 11 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap, McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. $3 10am aug 10 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap, McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. $3 10am * recommendable Shows a/a all ages $ will probably sell out @ pit warning ^ under 21 must pay more # no ins/outs Live Radio Shows ---------------- nov 21 wed Hammer Horror Classics live on Stanford Radio KZSU 90.1FM 9pm Radio/TV Shows --------------- Maximum Rock'n'roll Radio www.byofl.org/maximum/radio Pirate Cat Radio 87.9FM www.piratecatradio.com mon Next Big Thing on UC Berkeley Radio KALX 90.7FM 6pm-7pm tue Dead Air with dj Vicious and dj Tanner on Berkeley Liberation Radio 104.1FM 6pm-8pm sat KALX live on UC Berkeley Radio KALX 90.7FM 9pm-midnight sun Rampage Radio on S.F. State Radio KUSF 90.3FM 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 Galaxies, 2565 Mission St., S.F. 21+ 415-970-9777 Annie's Social Club, 911 Folsom St. at 5th, S.F. 21+ 415-974-1585 Balazo Gallery, 2183 Mission, S.F. a/a 415-255-7227 Black Lodge, 1759 12th Street, Oakland a/a 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 Boardwalk, 9426 Greenback Lane, Orangevale a/a 916-988-9247 Bottom of the Hill, 1233 17th St., S.F. a/a 21+ 415-621-4455 Bourbon Street, 2765 Clayton Road, Concord 18+ 925-676-7272 Cafe Du Nord, Inc., 2170 Market Street, S.F. 21+ 415-861-5016 Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz a/a book 831-423-1338 831-423-1336 Club Retro, 6521 Hazel Ave., Orangevale a/a DNA Lounge, 375 11th Street at Harrison, S.F. 21+ 415-626-1409 Edinburgh Castle, 950 Geary, S.F. 21+ Elbo Room, 647 Valencia near 17th St., S.F. 21+ 415-552-7788 El Rio, 3158 Mission St., S.F., 21+ 415-282-3325 Empire Events Center, 1417 R Street at 15th, Sacramento a/a Fat City, 314 11th Street at Folsom, S.F. 21+ 415-252-7666 Fillmore, 1805 Geary Blvd., S.F. a/a www.thefillmore.com 415-346-6000 leave soon after the last band for a free poster at the exit Gilman, 924 Gilman St. at 8th, Berkeley a/a book 510-524-8180 510-525-9926 membership meetings 1st and 3rd sat. each month http://www.924gilman.org Grant & Green, 1371 Grant St., S.F. 21+ 415-693-9565 Great American Music Hall, 859 O'Farrell, S.F. a/a 415-885-0750 Hemlock, 1131 Polk at Post, S.F. 21+ 415-923-0923 Hotel Utah Saloon, 500 4th St. at Bryant, S.F. 21+ 415-546-6300 House of Shields, 39 New Montgomery St., S.F. 21+ Independent, 628 Divisadero, S.F. 21+ 415-771-1420 Kimo's Bar, 1351 Polk at Pine, S.F. 21+ 415-885-4535 Knockout, 3223 Mission St., S.F. 21+ 415-550-6994 Konocti Harbor, 8727 Doda Bay Road, Kelseyville a/a 800-660-LAKE Library, 7042 Folsom Blvd., Sacramento 18+ Little Fox Theater, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City 21+ 650-369-4119 Li-Po Lounge, 916 Grant Ave., S.F. 21+ Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd St. at Mission, S.F. 21+ 415-647-2888 Mabuhay Gardens (Club 443), 443 Broadway, S.F. 21+ Metro Operhouse, 201 Broadway at 2nd., Oakland a/a 510-673-1146 The Metro Opera has moved to a new location Mezzanine, 444 Jessie Street at Mint, S.F. 21+ 415-625-8880 Mountain Winery, 14831 Pierce Road, Saratoga a/a 408-741-2822 Octopus Lounge, 180 Eureka Square, Pacifica 21+ 650-355-7775 Off Limits, 1414 Park Ave., Chico 21+ Old Ironsides, 1901 10th St., Sacramento 21+ 916-443-9751 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+ Red Devil Lounge, 1695 Polk at Clay, S.F. 21+ 415-921-1695 Red House, 1667 Botelho Drive, Walnut Creek a/a 21+ 925-938-6900 Rickshaw Stop, 155 Fell St. at Van Ness, S.F. a/a Rockit Room, 406 Clement at 5th Avenue, S.F. 21+ 415-387-6343 Rooster's Roadhouse, 1700 Clement Ave., Alameda a/a 21+ ^ Slim's, 333 11th St., S.F. a/a 415-522-0333 Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck, Berkeley 21+ (sometimes a/a) 510-841-2082 Stork Club, 2330 Telegraph, Oakland 21+ 510-444-6174 Warfield, 982 Market St., S.F. a/a 415-775-7722 Willeminas, 1023 Front Street, Old Sacramento 21+ Underground Cafe, 2401 Olympus Drive, Roseville a/a 916-786-7940 Uptown, 1928 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland 21+ 510-451-8100 Verge, 1115 3rd St., San Rafael a/a ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please feel free to copy The List and pass out copies to friends. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The List is e-mailed out each week. 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