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 Dec 8, 2007 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 Adhamh Roland, Ryan Harvey, Little Boy Blue, Girl George, The Hoo-Rods at Long Haul, 3124 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley a/a free 8pm ** dec 8 sat American Band, 1 Night Stand, Emaciator, Esperik Glare, Infinite Body, Sharkiface at Heco's, 705 Peralta St., West Oakland a/a donation 9pm ** dec 8 sat The Struts (11pm), The Up And Down (9:45pm), dj Big Nate (midnight) at Lost Weekend, 2320 Santa Clara Ave., Alameda 21+ free 9pm/9:45pm ** dec 8 sat Dead Ringers, Terrorhoots, Bridez, Jealousy, G String, Stranglers Suicide Rides at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** (Stork Club Benifit) 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 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, Sore Thumbs, The Excuse, The Muckruckers at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 9pm *** @ dec 8 sat Etta James & The Roots Band, Moonalice at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $49.50 8pm/9pm # ** dec 8 sat Rodent Records Art Opening & Holiday Sale at Rodent Records, 590 Minesotta St., S.F. a/a 6pm/9pm * dec 8 sat show at Thrillhouse Records, Mission at 30th, S.F. a/a ** dec 8 sat Fueled By Fire, Scarecrow, Hatchet, Arise at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** dec 8 sat Antelope (D.C.), The Fucking Ocean, Mi Ami at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** dec 8 sat Even Heros Fall Us, The Brotherhood, The Bumping Uglies, John Lundington, The Father, art show at El Rincon, 2700 16th St. at Harrison, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** (a/a art party at 4pm til 8pm dec 8 sat Heavy Hindenberg, Live Evil, Copper Tones at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** dec 8 sat Love And Bass at Fat City, S.F. 21+ 9pm * dec 8 sat The Red Elvises (two sets) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** dec 8 sat Giraffes? Giraffes? (cd release), Man/Miracle at Cafe Pergolesi, 418 Cedar St., Santa Cruz a/a free 8pm ** 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, Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** dec 8/9 Tori Amos, Yoav at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $56/$38 7pm/8pm # ** 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 Vows Righteous Brothers Presents Club Unsolved Melody, White Hawk And The Magic Mistress, Casual Dolphins, Jeremy Jones (comedian), Gates Houp (comedian), dj Free Bert at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $5 ** 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, Regency Center, 1290 Sutter St., S.F. 21+ $25 8pm ** dec 10 mon Eugene Chadbourne at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ J$8 9pm * 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 11 tue Aaron Ross, Mass At Dawn, Almaden, Cody Coyote, Gregg Kowalsky, Bird By Snow, Erik Davis (spoken), dj Sorcery Bird at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ * 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 Girls With Guns, Isabellas, Skeleton Television 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 Death Sentence: Panda, Shearing Pinx (Canada), Mutators (Canada), Mincemeat Or Tenspeed, High Castle at Artists Television Access, 992 Valencia St., S.F. a/a $6 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 Oppressed Logic, Psychosomantic, Chromium Six at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** @ 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, Jesse Malin 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 The Fourfits, Slowfinger, Orchid 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 The Jumping Jacks, Say Bok Gwai, Power Struggle, Neko Punch at the Rockit Room, S.F. 21+ 8:30pm ** dec 13 thr Bikefight, Special Ed, The Lincolns, Get Dead at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $5 ** @ dec 13 thr The Resurrection, Medievalknievel Del Bombers, Grissom, Swig at Fat City, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** dec 13 thr North Side Kings (AZ), Call To Arms, Tried And True, Massacre Time, All Teeth at the Macla, 510 S. First St., San Jose a/a $5 6:30pm ** @ dec 13 thr 12 Steps To Nothing, I.N.F.M. at South First Billiards, 420 S. First St., San Jose 21+ 9pm 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), Black Rainbow 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 Noice Clinic, Borstal Holiday, D'Jelly Brains, Deeper Instead at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** dec 14 fri The Whoreshoes, Axton Kincaid, El Capitan at the Starry Plough, Berkeley 21+ 9pm * dec 14 fri Luxxury, dj Jay-Sonic at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm 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 The Makes Nice, Th' Losin Streaks (Sacramento), The Boars, Jonny Manak And The Depressives (San Jose) at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm ** @ (Brent Willson's (of The Boars) Birthday) 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, Countless Others, Robocop 3, 2 Dollars Out The Door at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $5 ** 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 Soul Broker, Butcher, Blood Print, A.T.M. at Chris' Club, 656 Benicia Rd., Vallejo 21+ $3 ** 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 Careless Hearts, Gerrard & Friends, Shawn Packer (solo acoustic) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $7 9pm ** dec 14 fri Inhabital, Polar Bears, Furlong, Journal at the Speak Easy Lounge, 117 J Street, Old Sacramento 21+ $8 9pm ** 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, dj Taj Mahal at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ free 6pm * (Nick's Night Club Grand Opening) 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, Knuckle Puck, Violation at 924 Gilman a/a $7 8pm *** @ dec 15 sat Nobunny, Showbeast (dvd release) at Rock Paper Scissors, 2278 Telegraph, Oakland a/a 8pm til 10pm ** dec 15 sat Funeral Shock, Population Reduction, Self Inflicted, Life Without, Thousands Will Die, Duck And Cover at Your Haus, Oakland a/a $5 7pm/8pm *** @ dec 15 sat Long Thaw, Humanzee, The Lag at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** 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, Celsius 7, Jahi 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 Raising Days at Fat City, S.F. 21+ 8pm * dec 15 sat Mistah Fab, P.S.D., Dubee, Jacka, AP9 at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma $25 8pm ** (rap) dec 15 sat Omissa, Forth Morning, Domeshots, Concreteritual at Mixes, 2765 Clayton Road, across from Concord BART 18+ 7:30pm/9pm ** @ (formerly Bourbon Street Bar & Grill) 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 thr Moonshine And The Infamous Swanks at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9:30pm * 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), Turn It Around at 924 Gilman a/a $7 5pm *** @ dec 16 sun Olehole, Drowining With Your Anchors, Litany For The Whale at the Missouri Lounge, 2600 San Pablo Ave., Berkeley 21+ free 8pm ** 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 Rattlesnakes, Post Ventura, The Stone Foxes at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $6 7pm ** 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 Nodzz, Lumerians, The Vienna Noise Choir, dj at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ * 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, The Intimates 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 The Yule Logs, Petticoat, The Secret Stolen at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** dec 19 wed Plastic Saints, Gaviators, The Vaudvilles 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 19 wed Wildidlife, Prizehog, Flood, Fleshstorm (tribute) at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** dec 19 wed Foma, Tremble Low, Lady Genius at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $3 8pm ** dec 20 thr Spellbound (tribute) at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm dec 20 thr Verbal Abuse at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** @ 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 String Cheese Incident at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** 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 Little Teeth at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9:30pm * dec 20 thr The Bye Bye Blackbirds, The Parties at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm * dec 20 thr Flamingo Gunfight, Forrest Day at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5/$7 8pm * dec 20 thr Make Amends, Telepathy, Stereo Chromatic, Defining Samsara at the Rockit Room, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm/9m ** dec 20 thr Rapatron, Zodiac Death Valley at Fat City, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** dec 20 thr The Badmen, Hoe, The Agent Deadlies, Kittieperm at Beale Street Bar & Grill, 133 Beale St., S.F. 21+ $5 6pm/7pm ** dec 20 thr Shiny Toy Guns, Data Rock at Empire Events Center, 1417 R St., Sacramento a/a $15/$18 7:30pm # ** (KWOD 106.5FM) dec 20/21 Queens Of The Stone Age, Jaguar Love at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $29.50 7pm/8pm # *** $ dec 21 fri Resilience, 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 Outdoorsmen, Roma 97 at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ * 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 Born/Dead, Acts Of Sedition, Deadfall, Second Opinion, Not Invited (VI) at thee Parksdide, S.F. a/a $7 8pm/9pm *** @ dec 21 fri Buzzer, Devon Williams, Thee Makeout Party at the Hemlock, S.F.21+ $6 9:30pm ** 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 Dead Ringers, The Boats, Nervour Tics, Scurvy And The Pox at the Retox Lounge, 628 20th Street at 3rd, S.F. 21+ ** dec 21 fri Pigeons Or Panthers, Brother, Destroy Tokyo, Chris Chisholm at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $5 ** (was listed as dec 20th) dec 21 fri Toast Machine, The Stone Foxes at Fat City, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** dec 21 fri White Minorities, Hatchet, Scarecrow, Wendol at Chris' Club, 656 Benicia Rd., Vallejo 21+ $3 ** @ dec 21 fri The Fratellies!, In Your Refuge, Touch My Rash, The Runaway Five, My New Life, Trouble In Paradise at Nickel City, 1711 Branham Lane, San Jose a/a $5 ** @ dec 21 fri The Cliftons, Thunder Thighs, The Runs at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $5 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 fri Ol Yeller, Aubrey Debauchery, Biggs Roller at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9:30pm * 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 Thee Makeout Party, The Rantouls, Nobunny at Carlos' Castle, Telegraph Ave., Oakland a/a 10pm ** 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 Stab City (L.A.), Dynamite 8 (Benefit for the Stork Club) at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** 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, Trackademicks & The Honor Roll 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, Livewire, SpinOut 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 25 tue Fuxedos, Graves Bros Deluxe, Abu Gharib, Hydrogen Pellets, Sassy, Theremin Barney, K-Rob, Brutallo at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** (Karla LaVey's 10th Annual Black X-Mass) dec 26 wed Nashville Pussy, Reverend Horton Heat, Hank III at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # *** dec 26 wed French Miami, Cubik & Origami at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9:30pm * 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 thr Wu-Tang Clan at Ruby Skye, 420 Mason at Geary, S.F. 21+ $50 before dec 15, $60/$70 ($100 premium) 8pm ** dec 27 thr Inferno Of Joy, Death Valley High at Annie's, Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 ** 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, Eviscerated, Psychosamatic, Wayward Son, Killgasm at 924 Gilman a/a $7 7pm *** @ 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 fri Julia Dawn, The Good Hustle, Pollux at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 8pm * dec 28 fri G.G. Elvis And The T.C.P. (Oxnard), Midnight Bombers Druglords Of The Avenues, Jaded Fucks at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/9:30pm *** @ dec 28 fri The Suppressors, Justifi, The Muckruckers, dj Wally 2-Tone at Grant & Green, 1371 Grant St., S.F. 21+ free 9pm ** dec 28 fri Saigon at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** 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, Zombie Holocaust, 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 The Mermen (two sets) at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** 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, The Parson Red Heads, Michael Talbott, Banana at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm * dec 29 sat The Psychedelic Furs, Kings & Queens, Skip And Shindog at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $30 8pm *** dec 29 sat Year Of The Wild Cat, Stigma13, Black Dream at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 5pm ** dec 29 sat Officer Down, The Scrawnies, Los Dryheavers, The Hardway at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 ** @ dec 29 sat Warkrime, Brutal Death, Skull Stomp, Black America, Outlaw Dance Society, Twain Harte at ColorBlind Studios, 1476 Franquette Ave., Concord a/a $8 7pm *** @ dec 29 sat Jetboy, Flexx Bronco 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 Ali Wong at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm * 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, Triclops! 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 Peanut Butter Wolf (3am - dj set), dj Dennis (2am), The Mars Volta (11:30pm - electric), Peanut Butter Wolf (10:30 - video set), The Mars Volta (10pm - acoustic), The Eternals (9pm), dj Nobody (8pm), at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, 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 Blaqk Audio, Moving Units, dj Junior Boys, Katy Perry, dj Aaron, dj Omar at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $50 8pm ** (Live 105) dec 31 mon The Crystal Method at Ruby Skye, 420 Mason at Geary, S.F. 21+ ** dec 31 mon Thunder Thighs, Pigeons Or Panthers, Forever 21 at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $5 ** dec 31 mon Dublin Death Patrol, Reignition, Scorched Earth Policy, 3rd Rail at Mixes, 2765 Clayton Road, across from Concord BART 21+ $25 9pm *** @ (may actually be at the Time Out, 1822 Grant Street, Concord 21+) jan 2 wed The Luxury Sweets, Million Dollar Itch at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ * jan 3 thr P.A.W.N.S., Ill Gotten Gainz at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** @ jan 3 thr Ours, Static, April Bauer, Nothing But Ash's at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 ** 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 Maldriod, The Hot Toddies at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** jan 4 fri Dan Tyminski Band, Hot Buttered Rum at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $39.50 8pm # ** (was at Palace of Fine Arts, S.F.) jan 4 fri Chords Are Dead, Schande, Japanese Baby (tribute) at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** jan 4 fri Savage Republic at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9:30pm ** jan 4 fri Houndstooth & The Wolfhounds, Meth Teeth, Reptilian Civilian at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jan 4 fri Teenage Cool Kids (TX), Koji Kondo (TX) at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $5 ** jan 4 fri Litany For The Whale, My Parade at Fat City, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** jan 4 fri Left Alone, Cobra Skulls, Black Rose Phantoms, Final Summation at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 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 Firme, Disorient Express, Wasted Noise at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** jan 4 fri Medicated Motherfuckers, Johnny And The Pachecos, Law Abiding Citizens at Caravan, 98 South Almaden Ave., San Jose 21+ 10pm ** jan 4/5/6/8 Social Distortion, American Steel (fri), The Two Tone Junkies (sat), 22 Jacks (sun), Mike Herrera's Tumbledown (tue) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 8pm/9pm (7pm/8pm sun & tue) # *** @ jan 5 sat Dangers (L.A.), Graf Orlock (L.A.), Wait In Vain (WA), Owen Hart (WA), Ghost Limb (L.A.), Mohoram Atta at 924 Gilman a/a $7 8pm *** @ jan 5 sat Firme at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** 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 The Cheeseballs at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm * jan 5 sat Bastard Sons Of Apocalypse (McAllen, TX), Needles, Dopecharge, Acephalix at Benders, 800 South Van Ness @ 19th St., S.F. 21+ $6 9pm/10pm *** @ (Mike Peligro's Birthday) jan 5 sat The Widders, 22 Jacks, Maids Of Honor, Cova at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** @ jan 6 sun Skid Row, Bang Tango at the Saddle Rack, 42011 Boscell Rd., Fremont 21+ ** jan 9 wed Soul Broker, Black Gasoline, Against The Grain at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** jan 9 wed Xavier Rudd, Mishka at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** jan 9 wed David Daniell & Tom Carter at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm * jan 9 wed Magnus Hitch at Fat City, S.F. 21+ 8pm * jan 9 wed Year Of The Wild Cat at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm * jan 10 thr Entrance, Mariee Sioux, Lee Bob Watson at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** 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 10 thr Dead Western, Oaxacan, Sword & Sandals at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jan 10 thr Stormcrow, Man The Conveyors, Laudnum, World Eater at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm/9pm ** @ jan 10 thr Hallowed Ground (TX), Cobra Skulls at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $5 ** jan 10 thr The Head Cat at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20/$22 8:30pm/9pm ** jan 10 thr Plastic Fantastic Lover, Sterilize Stereo at Fat City, S.F. 21+ 9pm * jan 11 fri Monster Squad, Whiskey Rebels, Cropnox (reunion), Dcoi, Knucklepuck, Urban Decay (L.A.), at 924 Gilman a/a $6 7:30pm *** @ (Monster Squad tour Benefit) jan 11 fri Nuts And Bolts (record release), The Sore Thumbs, Massacre Time, The Blameshifters at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** jan 11 fri The Hellbillys at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jan 11 fri The Uptones, The Forgotten, DekOiZ, The Marones at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 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, Count Dante, The B-Cups, Sassy 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 Audio Out Send, Lonleyhearts, Leigh Gregory at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jan 11 tue The Adored (L.A.), The Luxury Sweets, The Spurts! at Bronco Bar, Santa Clara University a/a donations 9pm ** jan 11 fri Candy Apple, The Pink Snowflakes, Mute Witness at Nick's Night Club, 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 (tribute), British Steel, Modern Day Cowboy, Generation Swine at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm ** jan 12 sat The Secretions, Girl Band, Shootin' Lucy, Mel Chappell & The Heavy Swells at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm ** jan 12 sat Thao With The Get Down Stay Down, Ray's Vast Basement, The Dry Spells at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** jan 12 sat Viva Hate, Druglords Of The Avenues, The Memphis Murder Men at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** @ jan 12 sat The Start, I Fly Kites, eightfourseven at the Speak Easy Lounge, 117 J Street, Old Sacramento 21+ $10 9pm ** jan 12 sat Bear Hunter, The Proles, Holiday In Spain at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** jan 12/13 Bay Area World Guitar Show at the Marin Civic Center, San Rafael a/a 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 13 sun Lupe Fiasco at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 7pm/8pm # ** jan 13 sun Information Society, Spellbound, dj Decay, dj Skip, dj Shindog at the DNA Lounge, S.F. 21+ ** jan 14 mon Gorgeous Armada, Ice Age Cobra at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9:30pm * jan 15 tue Instant Asshole, Neutral Boy, Fouth Yeer Freshman, White Fudge at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** jan 15 tue Cross Canadian Ragweed at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $14 7:30pm/8pm * 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 Kofy Brown at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $7 9pm ** 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 17 thr 51717, Pwrflpwr, Jib Kidder at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * jan 17 thr The Cool Kids at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13 8:30pm/9pm ** jan 17 thr An Angle, The Actors, Lost Ocean at Fat City, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** jan 17 thr Forms In Flux at the Fire Escape, 7431 Madison Avenue, Citrus Heights 21+ $5 9pm * jan 18 fri Avengers, Rock N Roll Adventure Kids, Pansy Division at 924 Gilman a/a 7:30pm *** @ (Joel Q. Punk's Birthday - Day 1) Jan 18 fri AutomaticAnimal, 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 Om, Lichens at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** jan 18 fri The Turks, Hurry Up Shotgun at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * jan 18 fri High On Fire, A Life Once Lost, Saviours, Intronaut at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $12/$15 9pm *** @ jan 18 fri Permanent Black, 12 Steps To Nothing, Matsuri, Fossil Farm at Johnny V's, 31 East Santa Clara St., San Jose 21+ $5 9pm ** jan 19 sat Jeffree Star, Bob Weirdos at 924 Gilman a/a 7:30pm ** (Joel Q. Punk's Birthday - Day 2) jan 19 sat Bite, Cobretti, The Inferno Of Joy 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 Empty Rooms, Finest Dearest, Top Critter at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jan 19 sat The Mermen, Grant Washburn's film "Quest for Fear" at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** jan 19 sat Maldroid, The May Fire, French Miami, Astra Heights at Fat City, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** jan 19 sat Plaid at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm ** jan 19 sat Sweet And Tender Hooligans (tribute) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $12 9pm * jan 19 sat One Dying Secret, Hey Hollywood (TX), Gazelles (TX), Into The Ambience at the Speak Easy Lounge, 117 J Street, Old Sacramento 21+ $8 9pm ** jan 20 sun Sweet And Tender Hooligans (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. a/a * jan 20 sun Big Fun, The Pleasure Kills at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** (early show) jan 20 sun Phobia, 100 Suns at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** @ (late show) jan 21 mon Castanets, Sholi, El Olio Wolof at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** jan 22 tue Circle Jerks at Slim's, S.F. a/a $17 8pm *** @ jan 22 tue Ben Kenney, dj Kilmore at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** jan 22/23 Mirah, The Blow at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** (co-headlining show) jan 23 wed Mountain at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 7:30pm/8pm * jan 23 wed Grabass Charlestons, The Tim Version (FL) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * jan 23 wed Pillowface at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 * jan 23 wed Ryan Adams & The Cardinals at Marin Center, San Rafael a/a $38.50 7pm/8pm # ** 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 24 thr Silian Rail, Parker Street Cinema, White Pine at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * jan 24 thr Aplus & Knobody, Poeticali Distherbd, Saint Motel at Fat City, S.F. 21+ 9pm * jan 24 thr Felonious at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 * jan 25 fri New Thrill Parade, Tulsa, Wyldildlife, Jump Off A Building at 924 Gilman a/a ** @ (People's Park Benefit) jan 25 fri Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $5 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 Pop Rrocks 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 Sean Hayes, JT & The Clouds at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $17 8:30pm/9pm * jan 25 fri Bug Nasties, Hi Nobles at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jan 25 fri Angry Samoans, Lab Distaster, Cell Block 5, Drastic Actions, Nation of Idiots, 12 Steps To Nothing, Correction at On The Y, 670 Fulton Ave., Sacramento 21+ $5 9pm *** @ jan 25 fri Vext Intent, This Calendar Year, Man Automatic at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** jan 26 sat Babyland (L.A.), Sixteens, 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 Phil Lesh & Friends, Dumpstaphunk at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a $45 6pm/7pm # ** jan 26 sat Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, Will Hoge, Jeremy Fisher at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jan 26 sat White Williams, Eats Tapes at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm * jan 26 sat Cambo Bravo, Harbours, Two Sheds at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * jan 26 sat Blind Willies, Crowsong, Joel Streeter at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** jan 26 sat I Yearn 4 Maiden, Embers, Rebel's Advocate at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $5-$15 sliding scale 5pm/5:30pm ** (Benefit for Eco-Prisoners) jan 26 sat Avenger In Blood, Hatchet, Anger As Art, Scarecrow, Scarcoma at Fat City, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** jan 26 sat Big Sandy And His Fly-Rite Boys at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm * jan 27 sun Tim Finn, Miranda Lee Richards at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $22 7:30pm/8pm * jan 28 mon Ryan Adams & The Cardinals at Zellerbach Hall, U.C. Berkeley a/a $38.50 7pm/8pm # ** jan 28 mon Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit, Jeremy Fisher at Harlow's, 2708 J Steet, Sacramento 21+ $12 8pm ** jan 29 tue Street Radio, The Switch, Sweet Nothing, Shannon And The Clams at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** jan 29 tue Mr. Lif & The Perceptionists at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16/$18 8:30pm/9pm ** jan 29 tue The Toasters at the DNA Lounge, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 *** 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, The Slow Poisoner 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 ** @ jan 31 thr Autolux at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16 7:30pm/8pm ** jan 31 thr RubberSideDown, Pinpoint Mercy (cd release) at Fat City, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** feb 1 fri Kevin Seconds at 924 Gilman a/a ** (acoustic night) feb 1 fri Jetboy, Flexx Bronco at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** feb 1 fri Jessie Evans, The Judy Experience at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * feb 2 sat Planets at 924 Gilman a/a * feb 2 sat Sons Of The Golden West, High Fidels, SlowMotion Red at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** 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 Social Studies, Old Fashioned Way, Pillows at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * feb 2 sat The Aimless Never Miss, A Pack Of Wolves at Fat City, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** feb 2 sat The Shitkickers, Hayride To Hell, Whiskey Sunday at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** (Barbie Benefit) feb 3 sun Jesse Evans (Germany), Swann Danger, Otto Nervous at 924 Gilman a/a 5pm ** feb 3 sun Correatown (LA), Chris Robley at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** 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 7 thr Rhett Miller, Jennifer O'Connor at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 7/8 Jill Scott at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a a/a $77.50/$62/$42.50 7pm/8pm # ** (seated show) feb 8 fri Finest Dearest, Lona Echo, The New Up, Good City Lie at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** feb 8 fri Black Lips, Pierced Arrows at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** feb 8 fri Tesla at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 7pm/8pm # ** feb 8 fri Editors, Hot Hot Heat, Louis XIV at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $23 7pm/8pm # ** feb 8 fri HorrorPops, The Pink Spiders at Slim's, 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 New Monsoon, Eoto at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # ** feb 9 sat The Gourds at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** feb 9 sat Legitimate Business, Hippie Grenade, The Scribe Project, dj Phophet at El Rincon, S.F. 18+ 8pm * feb 11 mon Sourvein at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ * feb 12/13 Siouxsie at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $45 7pm/8pm # ** feb 13 wed Cobra Starship, Metro Station, We The Kings, The Cab at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** feb 14 thr Groundation (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. a/a $20/$22 9pm * feb 15 fri Cobretti, Dynamite 8, New Hope For The Dead at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** feb 15 fri Miggs at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 ** feb 15 fri Barry Manilow at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $175/$129/$79/$39/$9.99 8pm # ** feb 15 fri The Mumlers at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** feb 15/16 Stockholm Syndrome at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 16 sat Lionheart, Gravemaker (Canada), All Teeth, Tiger Hawk at 924 Gilman a/a ** @ feb 16 sat Steve E Nix And The Cute Lepers, Modern Action, Nervous Tics at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** (Red Devil Records Anniversary) 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 21 thr The Common Men at the Fire Escape, 7431 Madison Avenue, Citrus Heights 21+ $5 9pm ** feb 22 fri Stormcrow, Sanctum, Worldeater at 924 Gilman a/a ** @ feb 22 fri Video Games Live 2008 (performed by a full symphony orchestra) at Nob Hill Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $65/$47.50/$38.50 8pm # ** 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 Ludicra, Giant Squid, Birushanan (Japan), Drain The Sky at 924 Gilman a/a *** @ 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 23 sat Punch (two shows) at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $23 6:30pm/7pm and 9:30pm/10pm ** feb 24 sun Exodus, Goatwhore, Arsis at Slim's, S.F. a/a $20 7pm *** @ $ feb 24/25 Built To Spill at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** feb 26 tue Queensryche, Don Dokken at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $40 7pm/8pm # *** feb 28 thr Ladysmith Black Mambazo at Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street, S.F. a/a $49.50 8pm # * 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, The Action Design at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** feb 29 fri Rykarda Parasol And The Tower Ravens at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 8pm * 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 7 fri Black 47 at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $17/$20 8pm ** mar 11 tue Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $75/$55.50/$35.50 7:30pm # ** mar 12 wed Matchbox Twenty, Alanis Morissette, Mute Math at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $75/$60/$40 7pm # ** mar 14 fri Matchbox Twenty at Events Center, 300 N. Center St., Reno, NV # ** 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 ** mar 23 sun The Pretty Things, The Amazing World Of Arthur Brown, The Malchicks at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** 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 4 fri Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band at Arco Arena, Sacramento a/a # ** apr 5 sat Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # *** apr 5 sat Lou Dog Trio at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 8pm * apr 10 thr Loop!Station at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 ** 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 may 30 fri Candlemass, Daylight Dies at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** 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 Nick's Night Club, 1414 Park Ave., Chico 21+ 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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