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 Nov 26, 2007 nov 26 mon The Bruises, Red Leaves, The PaperSons at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 26 mon Straylight Run, The Color Fred, Dear And The Headlights, Cassino at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 26 mon The Hell Caminos, Shootin Lucy at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** nov 26 mon Slave Unit, V.T.G., My Last Day On Earth at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** nov 26 mon Van Hunt, Destani Wolf, J-Boogie at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 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 $21 7:30pm *** @ nov 27 tue Phil Lesh & Friends at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $45 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** (Jackie Greene's Golden Birthday Celebration) nov 27 tue The Yes Go's, The Gun & Doll Show, Sun House, Killian MacGeraghty at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm/8:15pm ** nov 27 tue The Corruptors, Larry And His Flask (Bend, OR), Jaded Fucks at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm/10pm ** nov 27 tue Blues Traveler, Jesse Malin at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $27/$32 7pm/8pm ** 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 Orange, Civet, Girl Band at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** nov 28 wed Switchblade Riot, The Limit Club, Unkotama at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** nov 28 wed The Aquabats, Hunter Revenge, dj Lance Rock at Slim's, S.F. a/a $18 8pm *** nov 28 wed Cafe Tacuba at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $49.50/$36.50 7pm/8pm # * nov 28 wed Los Campesinos, The Most Serene Republic, Sugar And Gold at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a * nov 28 wed Chemlab, U.S.S.A., Skeleton Key at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $14 8:30pm/9pm *** @ 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, Year Of Desolation, dj Rob Metal at the DNA Lounge, S.F. 21+ $12/$16 7pm/8pm *** @ nov 28 wed Faun Fables, Daevid Allen at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm * nov 28 wed Rademacher, Lovely Public, Here Here at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** nov 28 wed Statutory Grape, Girls With Guns, Black Dream at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** nov 28 wed Whiskey Pills Fiasco, Damn Handsome & The Birthday Suits, Big Light at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** (new date) nov 28 wed Chris Stroffolino, Cabinet Of Natural Curiosities, Megaweapon at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm * nov 28 wed The Lustkillers, Tell Tale Heartbreakers, Kickstarter at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** nov 28 wed Blind Willies at Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara a/a free 6:30pm * (show in Performing Arts Center) nov 28 wed Johnny & The Pachecos, Last Chordz, Wheelchair, Die Darlings at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 ** nov 28 wed Anti-Flag, Dead to Me, Intro5pect at Empire Events Center, 1417 R Street, Sacramento a/a $16 6pm *** @ nov 28 wed Karl Denson Trio at Harlow's, 2708 J Steet, Sacramento 21+ $18/50/$20 9pm ** nov 28/29 Slightly Stoopid, Fishbone at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$25 7pm/8pm *** nov 29 thr Damo Suzuki's Network, Fdlk, Bran...Pos, Gret Daturas, Comets On Fire, Jel at 21 Grand, 416 25th St., Oakland a/a $8/$10 ** nov 29 thr Agent Orange, Clay Wheels, Cobretti at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm *** @ nov 29 thr Elk, Embers, Zeitgeist at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** nov 29 thr Chimaira, Kataklysm, Terror, Divine Heresy at Slim's, S.F. a/a $18/$20 7:30pm ** @ nov 29 thr The Ropes (N.Y.C.), Beasts Of Eden (N.Y.C.), De Luxe at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 8pm ** nov 29 thr The Cribs at Popscene, 330 Ritch Street, S.F. 18+ ** (Live 105) nov 29 thr Ghostland Observatory, Tronik Youth, Jefrodisiac, Richie Panic at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm ** nov 29 thr Van Hunt at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 29 thr Bay Six, Paulie Rhyme & Deedot, Vera Clique, Orukusaki at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5/$8 8pm ** nov 29 thr Luce, Joel Streeter at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm * nov 29 thr Spellbound (tribute), Unwoman (cd release), Accolade at Edinburgh Castle, S.F. 21+ $5 ** nov 29 thr The Functionelles, Rich White Males, Old Fashioned Black Bullets at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $5 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 thr Machete Fight, Republic Of Letters at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $3/$5 8:30pm/9pm ** (two different shows at Catalyst tonight) nov 29 thr Team Sleep, Sonny, Strata, Monster In The Machine at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15/$18 7:30pm/8:30pm ** nov 29 thr Flogging Molly, Murder By Death, Dusty Rhodes, The River Band at Empire Events Center, 1417 R St., Sacramento a/a $25 7:30pm # *** nov 29 thr U.S.S.A., Triclops!, Lord's Resistance Army at Blue Lamp Lounge, Sacramento 21+ $10/$12 9pm *** @ nov 29/30 dec 1/2 Ozomatli, Wisdom (thr), Cava (fri), Samba Da (sat), Lifesavas (sun) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $26.50 (7pm/8pm thr & sun) (8pm/9pm fri & sat) # ** nov 30 fri Stripmall Seizures, Grey Daturas, Kill Elephant, art show (Cristy Road, Andrei Bouzikov, Paul Barron, Joey Alone, more) at 924 Gilman a/a $3-$5 sliding scale 8pm *** @ nov 30 fri Von Iva at Lower Sproul Plaza, U.C. Berkeley a/a free noon * nov 30 fri Iron And Wine, Califone at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $28.50 7pm/8pm # ** nov 30 sat Wayward Sway at Rooz Cafe, 1918 Park Blvd., Oakland a/a free 9pm nov 30 fri Boom Boom Kid (Argentina), Top Ten, Black Rainbow, Magician's Wand at 2515 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland a/a donation 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 The Lovemakers, The Frail, Death Of A Party at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $15 9pm ** nov 30 fri Damnweevil, Cauldrons, Anchient Forrest at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** nov 30 fri Fishbone, Wisdom & The Wisdom Creation Band, dj Smoke 1 at Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley 21+ $16/$20 9pm *** 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, Racoon, The New Rivals at Slim's, S.F. a/a $22/$25 9pm *** $ nov 30 fri Etienne de Rocher, Kelley Stoltz, Bart Davenport, The Moore Brothers at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm ** (Etienne De Rocher's Farewell Party) nov 30 fri Cold Hot Crash, Elephone, Built For The Sea, The Hundred Days at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 30 fri Dengue Fever (Cambodia), The Non-Stop Bhangra Collective, art show at the Yerba Buena Center For The Arts, 701 Mission St., S.F. a/a $15/$20 8pm ** (Missing Peace Opening Night Party) nov 30 fri book release for 'Punk is Dead Punk Is Everything', slideshow at the Booksmith, 1644 Haight Street, S.F. a/a free nov 30 fri Birds & Batteries, Parasol, The Special Goodbye at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** nov 30 fri La Plebe, The Heartaches (San Diego), Texas Theives, The Hollycocks at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** @ (Annie's Birthday) nov 30 fri Dogmanjoe, Jethro Jeremiah, Cas Lucas, Jon. Douglas at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 8pm nov 30 fri Vin Rouge, Pebble Theory, Company Car at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** nov 30 fri 2 Dollars Out The Door, Crimewave, The Apparitions at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $5 21+ ** nov 30 fri The Lustkillers, Absinthe Boy, Gilded Age at Grant & Green, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** nov 30 fri The Hooks, klexx Bronco, The Departed play at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** nov 30 fri Suicidal Tendencies, Municipal Waste, Creep Division at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $22 8pm *** @ nov 30 fri Kathy Griffin at the Flint Center, Cupertino a/a $75/$55/$45 8pm # ** nov 30 fri Butterfly Jones at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $12 9pm ** nov 30 fri Scotland Yard Gospel Choir (Chicago), Man/Miracle (cd release), The Mania at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $10 7pm ** nov 30 fri Rusted Anchor, Tell Tale Heartbreakers (cd release), The Hell Caminos, Get Dead at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 ** nov 30 fri As Blood Runs Black, Walls Of Jericho, The Warriors, Born Of Osiris, Belay My Last at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a 7:30pm/8:30pm ** nov 30 fri VHS Or Beta, Moving Units, dj's at Harlow's, 2708 J Steet, Sacramento 21+ $13.50/$15 9:30pm ** nov 30 fri Drastic Actions, 12 Steps To Nothing at On The Y, 670 Fulton Ave., Sacramento 21+ 9pm ** nov 30 fri Wylde Bunch (L.A.), Stateside at Nick's Night Club, 1414 Park Ave., Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** nov 30 fri postponed or moved: Agent Orange at the Mabuhay Gardens, S.F. dec 1 sat Verbal Abuse, Rat Pack (L.A.), No Thanks, Attitude (N.Y.), Blood, Brain, Beer (NV) at 924 Gilman a/a $7 7:30pm *** @ dec 1 sat Those Unknown, Dekoiz, Harrington Saints, Psycho 78 at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** dec 1 sat V.H.S. Or Beta, Foreign Born at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 9pm *** $ 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 From Monument To Masses, Desa, Silian Rail at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** dec 1 sat The Heavenly States, The Morning Benders, The Dilettantes at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm ** dec 1 sat Pepper at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $25 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** dec 1 sat Patrick Cress' Telepathy at Revolution Cafe, 3248 22nd St., S.F. a/a free 9pm dec 1 sat Lee Rocker at Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F. a/a free 2pm ** dec 1 sat Lee Rocker at Biscuits and Blues, 401 Mason Street, S.F. a/a dec 1 sat Soulsavers at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 8:30pm/9pm ** dec 1 sat Lucabrazzi, Dickdusters at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm * dec 1 sat Social Unrest, The Bar Feeders, Fracas at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm ** @ dec 1 sat The Oh Sees, Hightower, dj The Tourist, dj Sonny Phono at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm * dec 1 sat The Velvet Teen, Litany For The Whale, Not To Reason Why, Chores (lobby), Moggs (lobby) at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 8pm *** dec 1 sat Please Do Not Fight (cd release), Punchface, Element 94 at 2650 Broadway, Redwood City a/a $8 7pm/8pm ** @ 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 1 sat Municipal Waste, Los Dryheavers, Creep Division, Crucial Unicorn, Good Neighbor Policy at 418 Project, 418 Front Street, Santa Cruz a/a $10 6pm *** @ (no drinking at the venue) dec 1 sat The Concaves at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ free 9pm * dec 1 sat The Lustkillers, Maxxx, Inferno Of Joy, Ghosthooker at the Stag, 506 Main Street, Woodland 21+ 9pm ** dec 1 sat Drop Dead Gorgeous, The Number 12 Looks Like You, Alesana, Dance Gavin Dance, Idiot Pilot at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $13/$14 7:30pm/8:30pm ** dec 1 sat Honeycut at Blue Lamp Lounge, Sacramento 21+ 9pm ** dec 2 sun Zine Symposium, speakers, films at 924 Gilman a/a $3 2pm ** dec 2 sun Vader, Malevolent Creation, Cattle Decapitation, Abigail Williams, Light This City, Veil Of Maya at the Metro Operahouse, Oakland a/a *** @ (probably the new Metro) dec 2 sun Bwuh, Vitamin Party, Sleeper Waves, Ghost To Atom at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 4pm ** (BBQ - early show) dec 2 sun The Lustkillers, The Hooks, The Instigators at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** (late show) dec 2 sun Suicidal Tendencies, Municipal Waste, Creep Division at Slim's, S.F. a/a $25 8pm *** @ 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, Assemblehead In Sunburst Sound at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** dec 2 sun The Passive Aggressives, Raising Days, Festizio at Broadway Studios, 435 Broadway, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** dec 2 sun Dame Satan, Joseph Childress, Toromiro at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** dec 2 sun Bret Michaels at the Saddle Rack, 42011 Boscell Rd., Fremont 21+ ** dec 2 sun Andrea Bocelli at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $275/$195/$99/$75/$45 7:30pm # dec 2 sun Agent Orange at Fat Cat, 930 11th Street, Modesto 21+ *** @ dec 3 mon Grey Daturas, Kit, Numinous Eye at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8 8:30pm/9pm * dec 3 mon The Detroit Cobras, The Sermon at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** dec 3 mon The Tossers at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm/8pm ** dec 3 mon The Windy City Gentlemen, Snakeleg Sideshow, Sassy at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** dec 3 mon incorrect listing: Nebula at Annie's Social Club, S.F. dec 4 tue Evil Beaver, The Grannies, Shootin Lucy at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** dec 4 tue Streetlight Manifesto, Suburban Legends, The Stitch Up at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** dec 4 tue Marc Cohn at Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street, S.F. a/a $30 8pm # * dec 4 tue Enter Shikari, Radio Suicide, Portrait Of The Artist at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8pm/8:30pm ** @ dec 4 tue Juliette And The Licks, Scissors For Lefty, Suffrajett at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** dec 4 tue Lulacruza, Tiny Lights, Efft at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * dec 4 tue Apache, The Pleasure Kills, Les Hormones at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm/10pm ** dec 4 tue Naked Raygun (IL), Swingin Utters, Shot Baker (IL) at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 8pm *** @ dec 4 tue The Spice Girls at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # ** dec 4 tue punk rock karaoke, Sun Trash at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $12 9pm ** dec 4 tue Don Caballero, The Enablers at the Blue Lamp Lounge, Sacramento 21+ $10 8pm ** dec 5 wed Bite, The Hollycocks, Lucabrazzi, The Yes Gos at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** dec 5 wed punk rock karaoke at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $13 9pm ** dec 5 wed The Thermals, The Big Sleep at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** dec 5 wed Casiotone For the Painfully Alone, Papercuts, dj Matt Bonar at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** dec 5 wed Parker St Cinema (cd release), French Miami, Excuses For Skipping at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 9pm ** dec 5 wed Vampire Weekend at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm/8pm ** dec 5 wed Maya Dorn, Eggplant Casino, Ramon & Jessica at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * dec 5 wed Impaled, Winterthrall (L.A.), You Die at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** @ dec 5 wed Film School (L.A.), A Place To Bury Strangers (N.Y.C.), Here Here at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $10.53 8pm ** (Live 105) dec 5 wed Dynamite 8, The 13th Victim at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** dec 5 wed Dane Cook at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $100/$75/$50/$30 7:30pm # ** dec 5 wed Naked Raygun (IL), Swingin Utters, Shot Baker (IL) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $12 9pm *** @ (KFJC) dec 6 thr Bucky Sinister, Jerme Spew, The Crimson Baboon, short films at 924 Gilman a/a 7pm til 10pm ** (924 Gilman cafe night) dec 6 thr Tegan & Sarah, Northern State at Zellerbach Auditorium, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a $27.50/$25 8pm # *** dec 6 thr Six Organs Of Admittance at Amoeba Music, 2455 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a free 6pm * dec 6 thr Jonathan Richman, The Rubinoos at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** dec 6 thr Port O'Brien, Cave Singers, Or The Whale at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm * dec 6 thr Rykarda Parasol And The Tower Ravens, Bella Vista, Off Campus at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8 8:30pm/9pm ** dec 6 thr Michael Zapruder's Rain Of Frogs, Sonny Smith, Tom McShane at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm * dec 6 thr Two Headed Spy, Case In Theory, The Red Phantom at Caravan, 98 South Almaden Ave., San Jose 21+ $5 9pm ** dec 6 thr Maconium, Infectum, Holic, Axiom, Prylosis at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7:30pm/8:30pm ** dec 6 thr Transfer at Nick's Night Club, 1414 Park Ave., Chico 21+ 9:30pm * dec 6 thr postponed: The Donnas at the Uptown, Oakland dec 7 fri Boom Boom Kid (Argentina), Outraged, N/N, Baader Brains, Eskapo (record release), Dukes Up at 924 Gilman a/a $7 7:30pm *** @ dec 7 fri Count Dante, The Telltale Heartbreakers, Los High Tops at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** dec 7 fri The Cult, Action Action, The Cliks at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $45/$38.50 7pm/8pm # ** dec 7 fri Immigrant, Triple Cobra, The Frail at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/10pm ** dec 7 fri Eyedea & Abilities, Sector 7G, Abzorbr at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16 9pm ** dec 7 fri Modest Mouse, Jimmy Eat World, Angels & Airwaves, Spoon, Paramore at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a $105/$39.50 6:15pm # *** (Live 105's Not So Silent Night) dec 7 fri French Disco, Finest Dearest, The Old-Fashioned Way at the Retox Lounge, 628 20th Street at 3rd, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** dec 7 fri The Red Elvises, The Saddle Tramps at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** dec 7 fri Melt Banana at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** @ dec 7 fri Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound, Rahdunes, Meg Baird at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** dec 7 fri The Stitches, Trashed Idols, art show at 50 Wash, 50 Washburn St., S.F. 21+ free 7pm ** dec 7 fri Black Furies, Hellbillys, Everything Must Go, King Loses Crown at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm ** dec 7 fri Toast Machine (cd release), Litany For The Whale, Pet Sounds at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 8pm ** dec 7 fri Capitalist War Machine, Dennis Is Dead, Ruth Way, I Shot The Sheriff, Above City Lights at Weekes Park Center, 27182 Patrick Avenue, Hayward a/a $5 5:30pm/6pm ** @ (no ins-and-outs - no alcohol/drugs) at Nova Hall, 37 North 27th St., San Jose a/a $15/$20 7pm/8pm ** @ dec 7 fri Hed Pe, Insolence, Stepchild dec 7 fri Hit By A Semi, The Sore Thumbs, Mr. Cliff Greenwood, The Monsters at Johnny V's, 31 East Santa Clara St., San Jose 21+ $5 9pm ** dec 7 fri Parkway Drive, xDeathstarx, The Wrath, In Love And War, The Lost Boys, Strength Beyond Strength at 418 Project, 418 Front Street, Santa Cruz a/a $10 6:30pm ** @ dec 7 fri Punk Rock Karaoke, Helper Monkeys at Blue Lamp Lounge, Sacramento 21+ $13 9pm ** dec 7 fri Captured By Robots at the Zephyr Lounge, 1074 S. Virginia St., Reno NV 21+ ** dec 7 fri postponed: The Donnas at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ dec 7/8/9 Tori Amos, Yoav at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $56/$38 7pm/8pm # ** dec 8 sat Stormcrow, A.D.T., One In The Chamber, Acts Of Sedition, Fix My Head at 924 Gilman a/a $6 7pm *** @ (Larry Wolfley's Birthday) dec 8 sat The Struts, The Up And Down, dj Nate at Lost Weekend, 2320 Santa Clara Ave., Alameda 21+ free 9pm/9:45pm ** dec 8 sat Tempo No Tempo, Battlehooch at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ * dec 8 sat The Moral Tourists, Sweet Nothing at Radio, 435 13th St., Oakland 21+ free 5pm ** dec 8 sat Prefuse 73, School Of Seven Bells, Blank Blue at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16 9pm ** dec 8 sat Andrew Bird at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $28.50 7pm/8pm # ** dec 8 sat The Stitches, The Bodies, Hit By A Semi, Trashed Idol, The Stab-Outs at 1600 17th, S.F. a/a 9pm ** @ dec 8 sat Captured! By Robots, Borts Minorts, Walken at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/10pm *** dec 8 sat The Stitches, The Bodies, Hit By A Semi, Trashed Idol, The Excuse at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 9pm/10pm ** @ dec 8 sat Etta James at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $49.50 8pm/9pm # ** dec 8 sat Fueled By Fire, Scarecrow, Hatchet, dj Rob Metal at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** dec 8 sat Antelope (D.C.), Mi Ami, The Fucking Ocean at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** dec 8 sat John Ludington, The Father, Forget About Boston, Us And the Brotherhood, Even Heros Fall, dj's at El Rincon, S.F. 18+ 8pm * dec 8 sat The Red Elvises (two sets) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** dec 8 sat Isonomy, No Admission, Drastic Actions, Final Summation, The Cobra Skulls, The Secretions, S.T.D. at Vet's Hall, 9346 Greenback Lane #11, Orangevale a/a $10 6:30pm *** @ dec 8 sat Melt Banana, Iguanadon, Times Of Desperation at the Speak Easy Lounge, 117 J Street, Old Sacramento 21+ $10 9pm *** @ dec 8 sat Sun Trash, Baghdad Batteries at Nick's Night Club, 1414 Park Ave., Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** dec 9 sun Deborah Harry, Kristoffer Ragnstam at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $41.50 7pm/8pm # ** dec 9 sun From First To Last, Vanna, Pierce The Veil at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13/$15 7pm ** dec 9 sun Goon Moon at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** dec 9 sun Change! at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9:30pm * dec 9 sun Citay, Giant Skyflower Band, Coconut at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** dec 9 sun Ride The Blinds, Browntown West, SF Blue Demons, Hammerdown Turpentine, Scott Young at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8-$20 sliding scale 6:30pm/7pm ** (Benefit for Scott Johnson) dec 9 sun Happy Meal, Trannysaurus Sex, The Passionistas, I'm A Gun, Chinese Bookie at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ $3 9pm ** dec 10 mon Avenged Sevenfold, Operator, The Confession, Black Tide at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $28.50 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** dec 10 mon Between The Buried And Me, August Burns Red, Behold...The Arctopus at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13/$15 7:30pm *** dec 10 mon Red Meat, Eilen Jewell (Boston), Axton Kincaid at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** dec 10 mon Antelope, The Fucking Ocean, Trainwreck Riders, The Ovens, Touch Committee at the Bike Kitchen, 1256 Mission Street, S.F. a/a $3 7pm ** @ (between 8th and 9th - entrance on Laskie) dec 10 mon G-Love & Special Sauce at the Grand, 1300 Van Ness, S.F. a/a $25 8pm ** dec 10 mon Davy Jones at the Saddle Rack, Fremont 21+ * dec 10 mon Pepper, The Expendables, Passafire at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $19/$23 7pm/8pm ** dec 10 mon cancelled: Robin Thicke at the Grand, S.F. dec 11 tue Shonen Knife, The Juliet Dagger, Vernon Grove at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16/$18 8pm *** @ dec 11 tue Tool, Trans Am at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a $59.50 8pm # ** @ (sold out) dec 11 tue Shondes (N.Y.), Lipstick Conspiracy, Little Teeth at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm ** dec 11 tue The Rza at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $30 ** dec 11 tue The Red Elvises (Russia) at Bombay's, 1730 California Street, Redding 21+ 9pm ** dec 12 wed Isabellas at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ * dec 12 wed David Bazan, J. Tillman at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm * dec 12 wed Jaguares at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $49.50 7pm/8pm # ** dec 12 wed The Mantles, Eux Autres (Portland), Fishboy, Si Claro at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 8pm ** dec 12 wed This Moment In Black History, The Late Young, Epic Sessions at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** dec 12 wed Richard Hawley, Ferraby Lionheart at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $14 9:30pm * dec 12 wed A Wilhelm Scream, The Flatliners, Nothington, Hot Heresy at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 9pm ** dec 12 wed The Red Elvises at Mystic Theater, 23 Petaluma Blvd., Petaluma 18+ $12 7pm/8pm ** dec 12 wed Concrete Coffin at the Octopus Lounge, Pacifica 21+ * dec 12 wed The Aggrolites, La Plebe at Harlow's, 2708 J Steet, Sacramento 21+ $12 9pm ** @ dec 13 thr The Aggrolites, Monkey, The Struts at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13/$16 8pm *** dec 13 thr The Ex-Boyfriends (cd release), Audio Out Send (cd release), 20 Minute Loop, dj Ted at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm ** dec 13 thr Blues Traveler at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # ** dec 13 thr Imperial Teen, Von Iva at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** dec 13 thr The Pleasure Kills, Facts On File, The Invasion!, Ghostwriter at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** dec 13 thr Slowfinger at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** dec 13 thr Victor Krummenacher, Winsome Griffles (cd release), Mighty Slim Pickins at the Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St. at Harrison, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** dec 13 thr North Side Kings (AZ), Call To Arms, Tried And True, Massacre Time, All Teeth at the Macla, 510 South First St., San Jose a/a $5 6:30pm ** @ dec 13 thr Larry The Cable Guy at the Arena, Stockton a/a # ** dec 14 fri Abi Yo Yo's (last show), The Bananas, New Thrill Parade, Autistic Youth (OR) at 924 Gilman a/a *** @ dec 14 fri Verbal Abuse, Fog Of War, Funeral Shock, Fragile X, Gnar, Pillager, Laceration at East 11th Street and 8th Avenue, Oakland a/a $5 7:30pm *** @ (was Dec. 15th at Sunshine Biscuits) dec 14 fri Borstal Holiday, D'Jelly Brains, Deeper Instead at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** dec 14 fri Crime In Choir, Pink Mountain, Science Of Yabra at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/10pm ** dec 14 fri The Greyboy Allstars at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $28.50 8pm/9pm # * dec 14 fri Cowboy Mouth at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $17 8:30pm/9pm ** dec 14 fri Neil Hamburger, 60 Watt Kid, Chris Garneau at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm ** dec 14 fri Better Than Aliens, Static Mind-Fi, Bodhi, Via audio at Edinburgh Castle, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** dec 14 fri Th' Losin Streaks (Sacramento), The Boars at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm ** dec 14 fri North Side Kings, Saddam's Angels, Oppressed Logic, Dekoiz, Kill DeVille, Fistifuks, Tried and True at Fat City, 314 11th Street at Folsom, S.F. 21+ $10 6pm ** @ dec 14 fri The Reaction, 2 Dollars Out The Door, The Countless Others at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $5 21+ ** dec 14 fri Moods Of Melody, Gravity Hill, The Decline Of State, The Relative Present (lobby) at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 8pm ** @ dec 14 fri Head On Collision, Mad At Sam, Jack Burton, 667, Full Time Killers at the Time Out, 1822 Grant Street, Concord 21+ $8 ** 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 fri Shim (Seattle), Henpecker at the Vista Restaurant, 91 Commercial at 1st, Eureka a/a $5 9pm ** dec 14 fri Mumblefinger at Nick's Night Club, 1414 Park Ave., Chico 21+ 9:30pm * dec 14 fri canceleld or moved: Fang, North Side Kings, Saddam's Angels, Crosstops, DekOiZ, Kill Deville at the Mabuhay Gardens, S.F. dec 14/15 Kottonmouth Kings, Big B, Dirtball at Slim's, S.F. a/a $22 9pm ** dec 15 sat North Side Kings (AZ), Troublemaker, Tried & True, Knucklepuck, Violation at 924 Gilman a/a $7 8pm *** @ dec 15 sat RU36, Chris Proctor And The Sex Offenders, Claymation Horror Show (cd release), Joshua Walters, Eachbox, James Cagney at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** dec 15 sat The Coup at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $2j 8:30pm/9pm ** dec 15 sat KRS-One, Radioactive at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm ** dec 15 sat The Bloody Hollies (San Diego), The Rock N Roll Adventure Kids, The Nervous Tics, The Meat Sluts at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** (Sean's 40th Birthday) dec 15 sat The Holy Kiss, Swann Danger, Vacant Churches (San Jose) at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm ** dec 15 sat Mistah Fab, P.S.D., Dubee, Jacka, AP9 at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma $25 8pm ** (rap) dec 15 sat Tartarus, Choir Of Carnage, Turok, Meitnerium at the Pond, 1970 Via Buena Vista, San Lorenzo a/a $5 5:30pm/6pm ** @ (no ins-and-outs - no alcohol/drugs) dec 15 sat Joan Jett & the Blackhearts at the Civic Auditorium, 408 S. Almaden Blvd., San Jose a/a 8pm # ** dec 15 sat cancelled: Deceased (VA), Fang, North Side Kings (AZ), R.K.L. (Matt of Ratt Pack on vocals), Saddam's Angels, Crosstops, Kill Deville, Mercury Legion at the Metro Operahouse, Oakland dec 16 sun Trash Talk, Cruel Hand (ME), Bitterend (TX), Feed (TX) at 924 Gilman a/a $7 5pm *** @ dec 16 sun Team Sleep, Sonny, Strata at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16 7:30pm ** dec 16 sun Biggi Vinkeloe Trio (Sweden), Reptet, Weasel Walter Quartet at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm * 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 16 sun Crime, Lou Lou & The Guitarfish, The Bananas, No Admission, The Four Eyes, Isonomy, uncuT:Hunks, Nowheres, The Disgusteens at Silk Bar, 1011 Del Paso Blvd., Sacramento a/a $8 ($6 if 21+) noon/1pm *** @ dec 16 sun Pinback, Louis XIV, Rogue Wave at Empire Events Center, 1417 R Street, Sacramento a/a $19.99/$23 7:30pm # *** (KWOD 106.5) dec 16 sun cancelled: Hawthorne Heights, Escape The Fate, Amber Pacific, The Secret Handshake, The AKA's at the Fillmore, S.F. dec 17 mon Amon Amarth, Conducting From The Grave, Fate, Nephilim at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $20/$22 7pm/8pm ** dec 18 tue Amon Amarth, Himsa, Sonic Syndicate at Slim's, S.F. a/a $20 8pm ** @ dec 18 tue Giant Skyflower Band, Sarees, Donovan Quinn at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * dec 18 tue Broun Fellinis at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm ** dec 18 tue The French Thinkers, Roger Rocha & The Goldenhearts, Microfische at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $6 8pm ** dec 18 tue White Barons, Los Dryheavers (Watsonville), Psychology Of Genocide at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm/10pm ** dec 18 tue Yule Logs, Petticoat, Secret Stolen at Nick's Night Club, 1414 Park Ave., Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** dec 19 wed Plastic Saints, Gaviators at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ * dec 19 wed Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks, Blitzen Trapper at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** dec 19 wed Darondo, Nino Moschella at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a 8pm * dec 19 wed Anthony Raneri, Dave Smallen at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 7pm/8pm * dec 19 wed Supersuckers at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 8pm *** dec 19 wed Replicator, Madraso at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * dec 19 wed The Gene Taylor Blues Band, Plain High Drifters (last show) at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm * dec 19 wed Pidgeon, Disgust Of Us, Raised By Robots at Grant & Green, 1371 Grant St., S.F. 21+ free 8pm ** dec 20 thr Spellbound (tribute) at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm dec 20 thr The Blacks, The Frail, The Jesus (acoustic), dj Dmap at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** dec 20 thr Jokes And Feelings, Stigma13, Black Dream at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $5 9pm ** dec 20 thr The Hot Toddies, French Disco, The Attachments at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** dec 20 thr Bobby Black at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm * dec 20 thr The Finches, The Mantles at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** dec 20 thr The Bye Bye Blackbirds, The Parties at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm * dec 20 thr Shiny Toy Guns, Data Rock at Empire Events Center, 1417 R St., Sacramento a/a $15/$18 7:30pm # ** dec 20/21 Queens Of The Stone Age, Jaguar Love at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $29.50 7pm/8pm # *** $ dec 21 fri Those Unknown, La Plebe, Static Thought, Psycho 78, Gutwrench at 924 Gilman a/a $6 7:30pm *** @ dec 21 fri Damon & The Heathens at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ 9pm dec 21 fri Judgement Day, Middle Class Rut at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/10pm ** dec 21 fri High Like Five, The Paper Sons at Slim's, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** dec 21 fri Devon Williams, Abe Vigoda at the Hemlock, S.F.21+ * dec 21 fri Aphrodesia (album release), Brass Menagerie, The Indigo Belly Dance at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm * dec 21 fri Rriiccee at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm ** dec 21 fri Black Cobra, Tosimoti, It's Casual, Secret Fun Club at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8pm ** dec 21 fri The Cliftons at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** (Jonny Manak's Birthday) dec 21 fri Set Your Goals, Daggermouth, First Blood, Alcatraz, This Time Next Year, Skin Like Iron at Vet's Hall, 846 Front Street, Santa Cruz a/a ** @ dec 21 fri Bidwell, Hazel And Vine, A Week Away, View From The Park, New Logic at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7:30pm/8:30pm ** dec 21/22 The Mother Hips at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** dec 22 sat Altar Of Earth (AZ), Ancestor Tooth (OR), Vault Dweller (OR), Rebels Advocate at 924 Gilman a/a $6 8pm *** @ 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 22 sat Set Your Goals, Daggermouth, This Time Next Year, The Story So Far at Blake's, Berkeley 18+ 8:30pm ** @ dec 22 sat Push To Talk, Street To Nowhere, An Angle, The Trophy Fire at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** dec 22 sat The Matches, Minipop, Panda at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 7:30pm ** @ dec 22 sat Blackalicious, The Mighty Underdogs at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** dec 22 sat Vienna Teng (solo) at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 6:30pm/7pm * dec 22 sat Vienna Teng (full band) at Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm/9:30pm * dec 22 sat Ascended Master, Top Critter, N.V.H. at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * dec 22 sat It's Casual, Kickstarter, Thunder Horse, Hvorslev at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm til 8pm ** dec 22 sat Notorious at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** dec 22 sat Flip The Switch, Kevin Seconds & The Altruistics, The Little Medusas, Lesdystics, S.T.D. at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $8 6:30pm ** dec 22 sat Surrogate, Jon Wesley, Belda Beast at Nick's Night Club, 1414 Park Ave., Chico 21+ 9:30pm * dec 26 wed Nashville Pussy, Reverend Horton Heat, Hank III at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # *** dec 27 thr Conflict, Rubella Ballet at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16 8pm ** @ dec 27 thr La Plebe at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8pm/8:30pm ** @ dec 27 thr The Finches, The Mantles, RyRock at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** dec 27/28 Van Morrison at Nob Hill Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $200/$90 6:30pm/7:30pm ** dec 27/28 Cracker, Camper Van Beethoven at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $22 8:30pm/9pm ** dec 28 fri Arise, Oskerei, Psychosamatic, Wayward Son, Killgasm at 924 Gilman a/a $7 8pm *** @ dec 28 fri Jackie Greene, Sherman Baker at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** dec 28 fri Jet Boy, FlexXbronco, A Band Called Pain at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8 8:30pm/10pm ** dec 28 fri Rademacher (Fresno - cd release), Battlehooch, Chinese Bookie at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 8:30pm ** dec 28 fri Les Hormones, The Guilty Hearts, Thee Cormans at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** dec 28/29 X, The Hooks at Slim's, S.F. a/a $30 9pm *** dec 28/29/30/31 The Radiators at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $35 ($100 12/31) 9pm * dec 29 sat Hatchet, Fog Of War, Devastator, Laceration, Pillager, Oxidation at 924 Gilman a/a $7 7pm *** @ dec 29 sat Chris Brown, Bow Wow, Soulja Boy, Sean Kingston, Shop Boyz, Lil Mama at the Arena, Oakland a/a $80/$60/$40 7:30pm # ** dec 29 sat Particle at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** dec 29 sat Dogman Joe, Kapakahi, Pat Jordan Band, Jethro Jeremiah Band at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm * dec 29 sat Kai Kln, Triclops! at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/10pm ** @ dec 29 sat This Charming Band, Spellbound (tribute) at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm * dec 29 sat Hiss Golden Messenger at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * dec 29 sat The Psychedelic Furs, Kings & Queens, Skip And Shindog at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ 8pm *** dec 29 sat Year Of The Wild Cat, Stigma13, Black Dream at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 5pm ** dec 29 sat Broken Bottles at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ * dec 29 sat Jetboy at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** dec 29 sat S.T.D. at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $10 6:30pm * (80's tribute) dec 29 sat Giant Squid, Earth at Blue Lamp Lounge, Sacramento 21+ $8/$10 9pm ** dec 30 sun The Germs, The Adolescents, Whiskey Sunday at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $18 9pm *** @ dec 31 mon The Germs, The Adolescents, Switchblade Riot at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $18 9pm *** @ dec 31 mon Drunk Horse, Total Bull Shit at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** dec 31 mon Neurosis, Earth, Saviors at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** dec 31 mon Melvins, Comets On Fire at Slim's, S.F. a/a $40 9pm *** dec 31 mon Les Claypool's, 3rd Annual N.Y.E. Hatters Ball Extravaganza, Madame Blavatsky Overdrive at Fillmore, S.F. a/a $59.50 8pm/9pm # *** dec 31 mon The Mars Volta at Civic Center, 99 Grove St., S.F. a/a $55 8pm # ** dec 31 mon Cake, The Lovemakers at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $75.50/$69.50 8pm/9pm # ** dec 31 mon Scissors For Lefty, Von Iva, The May Fire at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $19.99/$25 8pm/9pm ** dec 31 mon This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb, The Bananas at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm *** @ dec 31 mon Wonder Bread 5, Glorified HJ at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $99/$100 (includes 25 drink tickets) 8pm * dec 31 mon Old Grandad at Bender's Bar & Grill, 806 South Van Ness Ave., S.F. 21+ $8 ** dec 31 mon Dublin Death Patrol, Reignition, Scorched Earth Policy, 3rd Rail at Mixes, 2765 Clayton Road, across from Concord BART 21+ $25 9pm *** @ (formerly Bourbon Street Bar & Grill) jan 4 fri Trainwreck Riders, Tinkture, Di Di Mao, People Eaters at 924 Gilman a/a $6 8pm *** @ Jan 4 fri Everything Must Go, Flexx Bronco, Shooting Lucy, The Immigrants at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** jan 4 fri The Hot Toddies at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $7 9pm ** jan 4 fri Dan Tyminski Band, Hot Buttered Rum at Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street, S.F. a/a $39.50 8pm # ** jan 4 fri Chords Are Dead, Schande, Japanese Baby (tribute) at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** jan 4 fri Graf Orlock, Dangers, Owen Hart, Ghostlimb, Mohoram Atta, Fischer, Nord Mariner at the Oddstad Gallery, 1472 Oddstad Drive, Redwood City a/a $7 ($5 with paperback/new-ish book) 7pm ** @ (Benefit Prisoner's Literature Project) jan 4 fri Spellbound (tribute) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm jan 4 fri Medicated Motherfuckers, Johnny And The Pachecos, Law Abiding Citizens at Caravan, 98 South Almaden Ave., San Jose 21+ 10pm ** jan 4/5/6 Social Distortion at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 8pm/9pm (7pm/8pm sun) # *** @ jan 5 sat Dangers (L.A.), Graf Orlock (L.A.), Wait In Vain (WA), Owen Hart (WA), Ghost Limb (L.A.) at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ jan 5 sat Zoo Station (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 9pm * jan 5 sat The Tubes at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $22 8:30pm/9pm ** jan 5 sat Firme, Disorient Express, Wasted Noise at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** jan 6 sun Skid Row, Bang Tango at the Saddle Rack, 42011 Boscell Rd., Fremont 21+ ** jan 9 wed Xavier Rudd, Mishka at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** jan 10 thr The Union Trade, The Aimless Never Miss, Aim Low Kid, dj Elise, dj Rosemary at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** jan 10 thr Raised By Robots (cd release) The Papersons at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 8pm ** jan 11 fri Monster Squad, Whiskey Rebels, Cropknox (reunion), Dcoi, Knucklepuck, Urban Decay (L.A.) at 924 Gilman a/a $6 8pm *** @ (Monster Squad tour Benefit) jan 11 fri The Uptones, The Forgotten, DekOiZ (cd release), Mimi Le Meaux (burlesque dancer) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 (includes DekOiZ CD 'Futile Fury') 8:30pm/9:30pm ** @ jan 11 fri Booker T. Jones Band, Aaron Neville/Linda Ronstadt, Phil Lesh/Jackie Greene, Jackie Green/Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Ray Manzarek/Roy Rogers, Tuck & Patti at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $350/$100 7:30pm/8:30pm # ** (Benefit the Bill Graham Foundation) jan 11 fri Graves At Sea, Grey, Kris Force and Sigrid Shie at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jan 11 fri Recliner (cd release), Smith Point, Pine And Battery at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm * jan 11 fri The Dickies at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm *** jan 11 fri The New Mastersounds, On The One at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** jan 11 fri Candy Apple, The Pink Snowflakes, Mute Witness at Nick's Night Club, 1414 Park Ave., Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** jan 12 sat Killing The Dream, Ruiner (MD), Ensign (N.J.), Surrounding (MD), The Separation at 924 Gilman a/a $7 8pm *** @ Jan 12 sat Banda Newsense, 7.Y.O.B.G (Seattle) at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** jan 12 sat Jandek at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $25 7:30pm * jan 12 sat Stung (tribute), Lou Dog Trio (tribute), Spin Out at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** jan 12 sat Poor Bailey at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/10pm ** jan 12 sat Destroyer, British Steel, Modern Day Cowboy, Generation Swine at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm ** jan 13 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap, McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. $3 10am jan 13 sun TheStart, Aarrows, Cast Of Thousands at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8 8:30pm/9pm ** jan 16 wed Culann's Hounds, Wilson Gil And The Willful Sinners, Trouble With Monkeys, OL'Cheeky Bastards at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm/8:30pm ** jan 17 thr moe. at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # ** jan 17 thr Dan Deacon, Ultimate Reality, Health at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jan 18 fri Rock N Roll Adventure Kids, Pansy Division at 924 Gilman a/a ** @ (Joel Q. Punk's Birthday - Day 1) Jan 18 fri Counterstep, Soulbroker, Moons Of Cronos at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** jan 18 fri Cornelius at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** jan 18 fri Melee at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13 8:30pm ** jan 18 fri Notorious at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** jan 18 fri High On Fire, A Life Once Lost, Saviours, Intronaut at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $12/$15 9pm *** @ jan 19 sat Jeffree Star at 924 Gilman a/a * (Joel Q. Punk's Birthday - Day 2) Jan 19 sat Cobretti at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ * jan 19 sat J.G.B. (featuring Melvin Seals) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jan 19 sat Anxious Me at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jan 19 sat Sweet And Tender Hooligans (tribute) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $12 9pm * jan 22 tue Circle Jerks at Slim's, S.F. a/a $17 8pm *** @ jan 23 wed Mirah, The Blow at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** jan 24 thr Howard Jones, Robin Boult at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a * (acoustic) jan 24 thr Gallows, This Is Hell, Cancer Bats at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13/$15 7:30pm ** jan 24 thr Anaura (cd release), Reduced To Ruin at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** jan 25 fri New Thrill Parade, Tulsa, Wyldildlife, Jump Off A Building at 924 Gilman a/a ** @ jan 25 fri Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm * Jan 25 fri Nancy Fair (cd release) at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ * jan 25 fri The Edwardian World's Faire at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a jan 25 fri Mr. T Experience, The Hi-Fives, The Helper Monkeys at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8pm/9pm *** jan 25 fri Wonder Bread at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm * jan 25 fri The Donnas, The Action Design, Glacier Hiking, Aaron Axelson, Omar at 1015 Folsom Street, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** (live 105) jan 25 fri Rykarda Parasol And The Tower Ravens, Mellowdrone, Excuses For Skipping at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm ** jan 25 fri Vext Intent, This Calendar Year, Man Automatic at Nick's Night Club, 1414 Park Ave., Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** jan 26 sat Babyland (L.A.), Everything Goes Cold, Dommm (L.A.), Snowsuit at 924 Gilman a/a $7 7:30pm *** @ Jan 26 sat The Hi Nobles, The Bug Nasties (Seattle) at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** jan 26 sat Angry Samoans, The Subtle Way, Officer Down, Cell Block 5 at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm *** @ jan 26 sat White Williams, Eats Tapes at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm * jan 26 sat Big Sandy And His Fly-Rite Boys at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm * jan 28 mon Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit, Jeremy Fisher at Harlow's, 2708 J Steet, Sacramento 21+ $12 8pm ** jan 30 wed Vast at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm ** jan 30 wed Deke Dickerson at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** jan 31 thr Deke Dickerson at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jan 31 thr Samiam, Everything Must Go at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $13 8:30pm/9pm ** @ feb 2 sat Nada Surf (acoustic) at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market St., S.F. a/a $20 7:30pm *** feb 2 sat The Black Dahlia Murder, 3 Inches Of Blood, Hate Eternal, Decrepit Birth at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16/$18 8pm *** feb 2 sat The Cheeseballs at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm * feb 2 sat The Shitkickers, Hayride To Hell, Whiskey Sunday at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** (Barbie Benefit) feb 4 mon Black Mountain, Howlin' Rain at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $14 7:30pm/8pm ** feb 5 tue Matt Costa at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 8pm * feb 6 wed James Blunt, Sara Bareilles at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $39.50/$35 7pm/8pm # ** feb 7 thr Blue Cheer at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 ** feb 8 fri Black Lips, Pierced Arrows at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** feb 8 fri The Bruises (cd release), The Hooks, Ex-Boyfriends at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 8pm ** feb 9 sat 3rd Rail, The Sammus Theory, Breva at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** feb 9 sat Super Furry Animals at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** feb 9 sat Legitimate Business, Hippie Grenade, The Scribe Project, dj Phophet at El Rincon, S.F. 18+ 8pm * feb 14 thr Groundation (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. a/a $20/$22 9pm * feb 15 fri Barry Manilow at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $175/$129/$79/$39/$9.99 8pm # ** feb 16 sat Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Estradasphere at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** feb 17 sun St. Vincent at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** feb 18 mon Sonata Arctica, Visions Of Atlantis at Slim's, S.F. a/a $21/$23 8pm ** feb 20 wed Badfish (tribute), Scotty Don't at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16/$18 8pm ** feb 20 wed Sundowner, Mike Park, Kevin Seconds, Kepi Ghoulie at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 22 fri Digital Underground at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $20/$22 ** feb 22 fri High On Fire, A Life Once Lost, Saviours, Intronaut at Blue Lamp Lounge, Sacramento 21+ $15 8:30pm *** @ feb 23 sat High On Fire, A Life Once Lost, Saviours, Intronaut at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12/$15 9pm *** @ feb 23 sat Hapa at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** feb 23 sat Adrian Belew at Slim's, S.F. a/a $25 8pm ** feb 23 sat Six Organs Of Admittance at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/10pm ** feb 24 sun Exodus, Goatwhore, Arsis at Slim's, S.F. a/a $20 7pm *** @ $ feb 28/29 Magnetic Fields at the Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Avenue, S.F. a/a $30 8pm # ** feb 29 fri Scissors For Lefty at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** mar 1 sat AC/DShe at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** mar 1 sat Scissors For Lefty at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** mar 6 thr Sole, Telephone Jim Jesus at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 12 wed Matchbox Twenty, Alanis Morissette, Mute Math at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $75/$60/$40 7pm # ** mar 7 fri Black 47 at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $17/$20 8pm ** mar 15 sat Stung (tribute) at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm * mar 16 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap, McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. $3 10am mar 21/22 Explosions in the Sky at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** mar 22 sat Nile, Suicide Silence, The Faceless at Slim's, S.F. a/a $26/$30 8pm ** apr 1/2 Ministry, Meshuggah, Hemlock at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # *** @ apr 2 wed Bad Manners, La Plebe at Slim's, S.F. a/a $20 8pm *** @ apr 3 thr Julio Igesias at Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium, S.F. a/a $95.50/$75.50/$55.50 8pm # * (was November 12th) apr 5 sat Lou Dog Trio at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm * apr 18 fri Symphony X, Epica, Into Eternity at Slim's, S.F. a/a $20/$23 9pm ** 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 ---------------- 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+ Note: all punk/metal shows will be moved/cancelled Metro Operhouse, 201 Broadway at 2nd., Oakland a/a 510-673-1146 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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