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 17, 2007 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), The Ghost Of Curtis (tribute) at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm * dec 20 thr Crotch On Fire (San Antonio), Make Your Own Maps (San Antonio), Elf Inflicted 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 MC Supernatural at Slim's, 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, Aria C Jalali, Miss Spindleheart 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, Apside 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 106.5) 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, The Gommoran Social Aid And Pleasaure Club, Pony Come Lately, Macabre Theatre at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $7 9pm * dec 21 fri Outdoorsmen, Roma 79, Evacuee, Perros Con Pistolas at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** dec 21 fri Passive Aggressive, Altar Of Earth, Unknown Dilemma at Eli's Mile High Club, 3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm ** 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 M.M.F.M., Adventures In A Pancake, Down Pour, Spacemen From The Planet Echo at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 8pm ** @ 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 Dover (acoustic), Angry For Life, October Allied at Caravan, 98 South Almaden Ave., San Jose 21+ free 10pm ** 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 The Meantime, No Not Constant, Brandon Tyler, The Reel at the Upstairs, Country Club Lanes, 2600 Watt Avenue, Sacramento a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm ** 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, Jack Killed Jill, Sumo (L.A.), 77 Straight 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 It's Casual, Kickstarter, Thunder Horse, Hvorslev at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm til 8pm ** (early show) dec 22 sat Butterface, Plastic Saints, Pie Rats, Sticks & Stones, Obessors at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ free 3pm/8pm ** (late show) 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 Notorious, Livewire, SpinOut at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** dec 22 sat Good City Lie Still, Maldroid, By His Stripes, The Grand Color Crayon, Indian Valley Line at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $7 8pm ** @ (Benefit Plea For Peace) 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 23 sun The Mutaytor at Festivus, SomArts Center, 934 Brannan St., S.F. 18+ $70 7pm/7:30pm * (dinner/show/raffle - Green Aid Fundraiser) dec 23 sun Scarab, Butcher, Chola, The Ferocious Few at El Rincon, 2700 16th St. at Harrison, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** dec 25 tue The 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, Filthy Thieving Bastards, Angry Amputees, Ashtray at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8pm/9pm ** @ dec 27 thr The Finches, The Mantles, RyRock at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** dec 27 thr Wu-Tang Clan, Ren The Vinyl Archaeologist 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 La Plebe, Aztlan Underground, Rupert Estanislao, Brass Liberation Orchestra, Bolivar Vive at La Pena Center, 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley a/a $10 8:30pm ** @ dec 28 fri One Hundred Suns, Walken, Savnock at Eli's Mile High Club, 3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm ** 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, dj Big Von at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** dec 28 fri The Common Men, One Dying Secret, Death And Revenge, Victim Effect at the Upstairs, Country Club Lanes, 2600 Watt Avenue, Sacramento a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm ** dec 28 fri Knights Of The Abyss, Light This City, Suicide Silence, The Faceless at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** @ 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 Sabretooth Zombie, Frequency Murder, Pressure Point at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 8pm ** @ 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 The Privies, Smash-Up Derby, The Seth Chapla at Betty's Rock Bar, 1251 Arroyo Way, Walnut Creek 21+ $10 9pm ** dec 29 sat Jetboy, Flexx Bronco, Dynamite 8 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 Nine Hours North, Smoke at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** dec 29 sat Giant Squid, Earth at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $8/$10 9pm ** dec 30 sun Kevin Camia, Ali Mafi at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10/$15 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), light show 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, dj Tragic at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm *** @ 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+) dec 31 mon Broken Iris, Five Second Rule, So Called Tragedy at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** @ jan 2 wed The Luxury Sweets, Million Dollar Itch at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ * jan 2 wed This Bike Is A Pipebomb, Vena Cava at Balazo Gallery, 2183 Mission, S.F. a/a ** @ jan 3 thr P.A.W.N.S., Ill Gotten Gainz at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** @ jan 3 thr Shantytown, American Drag, The Second Cousins at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** jan 3 thr Ours, Static, April Bauer, Nothing But Ash's at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 ** jan 3 thr This Bike Is A Pipebomb, Vena Cava at someplace in Santa Cruz a/a ** @ 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, Royalty 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 Ancient At Birth, In Virtue, Visepera, Hazzard, Discordia at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 8pm ** @ 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 fri Queen Anne's Revenge, Ringer at Johnny V's, 31 East Santa Clara St., San Jose 21+ $5 9pm ** 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 Lemonade, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm * 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 5 sat Decrepit Birth, Brain Drill, Inherit Disease, Embryonic Devourment at Vet's Hall, 846 Front St., Santa Cruz 16+ $12/$15 7:30pm/8pm ** @ (Benefit Santa Cruz Rollergirls) 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 Husky Tuffskins, Phillp T Nails, Ibid, Michael Musika, 100 dismembered handbags, Uni & The Ding! Trio, Mariel A La Mode, The Triffles at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $5 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 Viva Hate, The Hellbillys at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 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 10 thr Back Door Slam (U.K.), Eoin Harrington at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm * (KFOG) 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 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 Wallpaper, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8/$10 9pm * 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 fri Pato Banto And The Mystic Roots, Eek-A-Mouse at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $25 8pm *** jan 11 fri The Adored (L.A.), The Luxury Sweets, The Spurts! at Bronco Bar, Santa Clara University a/a donations 9pm ** jan 11 fri Viva Hate at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** jan 11 fri Pittsburgh Slim, The Pack, Tyga at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** 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 wed If Ever, Deathat at House of Shields, S.F. 21+ * 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 Finch at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jan 13 sun Information Society, Spellbound, dj Decay, dj Skip, dj Shindog at the DNA Lounge, S.F. 21+ ** jan 13 sun Eek-A-Mouse, Pato Banton at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm *** jan 13 sun The Dickies at Fat Cat, 930 11th Street, Modesto 21+ *** jan 14 mon The Reaction, The Dead Westerns, Staticmind Fi at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $5 ** jan 14 mon Circle Jerks at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a *** @ 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 The Barbary Coasters, Helene Renaut, dj Brother Grimm at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 8pm * jan 16 wed Hurt at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** 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 16 wed Third Date, Shaken at Grant & Green, 1371 Grant St., S.F. 21+ free 8pm * jan 16 wed R3turn To Mono, Anon Day, Asonic at Boom Boom Room, 1601 Fillmore, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm * jan 17 thr Kofy Brown Band, Shelley Doty X 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 The Gomorran Social Aid And Pleasure Club, Music For Animals, The Attachments, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** 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 Melee at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** 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 Virulent Death, Zombie Holocaust, Oxidation at the Oddstad Gallery, 1472 Oddstad Drive, Redwood City a/a $6 7:30pm ** @ 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 18 fri The Devil Makes 3, Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band at Harlow's, 2708 J Steet, Sacramento 21+ $12.50 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 Cedric The Entertainer at the Paramount, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a # $76/$56/$36 7pm/8pm # * 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 Lenny Kravitz at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # ** 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), The Curse 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 Beatropolis, The Toy Soldiers, The Buttercream Gang at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 8pm ** 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 Tempo No Tempo, The New Up, Man/Miracle at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 8pm ** 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+ $10 9pm * Jan 25 fri Nancy Fair (cd release) at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ * jan 25 fri Disgust Of Us, Blue Tusk Red Water at Eli's Mile High Club, 3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm ** 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 Liars, No Age at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jan 25 fri Maldroid, The Uptones, The Mayfire at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $10 8pm ** (SF IndieFest) 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 Pat Travers at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** 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 wed The Reaction, 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 The Phenomenauts, The Secretions, The Struts, Adventures In A Pancake at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $12 7:30pm/8pm *** @ jan 26 sat Big Sandy And His Fly-Rite Boys, The Careless Hearts 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 27 sun Pat Travers at Fat Cat, 930 11th Street, Modesto 21+ ** jan 28 mon Ryan Adams & The Cardinals at Zellerbach Hall, U.C. Berkeley a/a $38.50 7pm/8pm # ** jan 28 mon The Bravery at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** 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 Puddle Of Mudd at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** 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 29 tue The Phantom Family Halo, La Otracina at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jan 30 wed Rocket (L.A.), Willie Wisely (L.A. - cd release), The Fits at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 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 30 wed Another Day Late, The Audition at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** jan 30/31 Todd Snider at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jan 31 thr Deke Dickerson, The Slow Poisoner at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jan 31 thr The Phantom Family Halo (Louisville, KY), La Otracina (Brooklyn) at Maxwell's, 341 13th St., Oakland 21+ ** jan 31 thr Samiam, Everything Must Go at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $13 8:30pm/9pm ** @ jan 31 thr Diego's Umbrella, The Cuban Cowboys, The Loyd Family Players at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 8pm ** 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 ** jan 31 thr Weasel Walter at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm * jan 31 thr The Matches, Sherwood, We Shot The Moon at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** @ feb 1 fri Kevin Seconds at 924 Gilman a/a ** (acoustic night) feb 1 fri Third Date at Beckett's Irish Pub, 2271 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley 21+ free 10pm * feb 1 fri Jetboy, Flexx Bronco, Dynamite 8 at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** feb 1 fri Jessie Evans, The Judy Experience at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm * feb 2 sat Planets at 924 Gilman a/a * feb 2 sat Foo Fighters, Against Me at the Arena, Oakland a/a $45 floor g/a $45/$38.50/$25 reserved seating 7:30pm # *** @ 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+ $7 9:30pm * 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 2 sun The Meteors at Fat Cat, 930 11th Street, Modesto 21+ ** 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 5 tue Robben Ford at Fat Cat, 930 11th Street, Modesto 21+ ** feb 5 tue Haste The Day, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Gwen Stacy at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** @ feb 6 wed James Blunt, Sara Bareilles at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $39.50/$35 7pm/8pm # ** feb 6 wed The Union Trade, Aim Low Kid at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a 8pm ** (Benefit Metropolitan High Drama) feb 6 wed The Everybodyfields, I See Hawks In LA at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm/8pm ** feb 7 thr Bella Vista, The Moog (Hungary), The Reverse at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 8pm ** feb 7 thr Prezident Brown, Andrew Diamond, Native Elements at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** 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 thr Tempo No Tempo, Battlehooch, Maus Haus at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** 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 K.Lloyd (solo), Dominique Banuelos (solo) at Eli's Mile High Club, 3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland 21+ ** feb 8 fri Sugar & Gold at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm feb 8 fri Black Lips, Pierced Arrows at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** feb 8 fri Tesla, Cinder Road 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 8/9 North Mississippi Allstars, Alvin Youngblood Hart at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $23/$25 8:30pm/9pm ** 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, 2700 16th St. at Harrison, S.F. 18+ 8pm * feb 9 sat Terrible Twos at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * feb 9 sat Horrorpops, The Pink Spiders at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** @ feb 9 sat Blue Cheer at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $12 9:30pm ** feb 9 sat Bedouin Soundclash at Zenbu, Squaw Valley ?/? ** feb 10 sun Pinback, MC Chris at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** feb 10 sun Bedouin Soundclash, Westbound Train (Boston), Beat Union (U.K.) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 7pm ** feb 10 sun Farewell To Freeway, Aiden, Madina Lake, Schoolyard Heroes at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** feb 11 mon Sourvein at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** feb 11/12 Los Amigos Invisibles, Si*se at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $23 7:30pm/8pm ** feb 12 tue Mika at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $30/$27.50 7pm/8pm # ** feb 12 tue Robin Trower at Fat Cat, 930 11th Street, Modesto 21+ ** feb 12 tue Cobra Starship, Metro Station, The Cab, We The Kings at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** @ 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 13 wed Drive By Truckers at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $25 7pm/8pm ** feb 13 wed dj Shadow, Cut Chemist, The Hard Sell at the Grand, Regency Center, 1290 Sutter St., S.F. ?/? $35 9pm # ** feb 13 wed As Cities Burn, Cry Of The Afflicted, Emery, Mayday Parade, Pierce The Veil at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** feb 14 thr The Broun Fellinis at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** feb 14 thr Groundation (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. a/a $20/$22 9pm * feb 14 thr Robin Trower at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # ** feb 15 fri Cobretti, Dynamite 8, New Hope For The Dead at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** feb 15 fri Miggs, Smith Point 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 fri Robin Trower at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** feb 15/16 Stockholm Syndrome at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 15/16/17 Umphrey's McGee, Om Trio (fri and Sat) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm (fri & sat) 7pm/8pm (sun) feb 16 sat Lionheart, Gravemaker (Canada), All Teeth, Tiger Hawk at 924 Gilman a/a ** @ feb 16 sat Steve E. Nix & The Cute Lepers, Modern Action, Nervous Tics, dj Big Nate at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $7 9:30pm ** (Red Devil Records Anniversary) feb 16 sat Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Estradasphere at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** feb 16 sat Grupo Fantasma at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** feb 16 sat Sonata Arctica at the Boardwalk, Orangevale 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 20 wed Marilyn Manson at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** @ $ feb 21 thr The U.S. Bombs, Far From Finished (Boston), Everything Must Go at Maxwell's, 341 13th St., Oakland 21+ ** @ feb 21 thr All That Remains, Chimaira, Five Finger Death Punch, Light This City at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ 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 Agent Ribbons, Swallows, The Moral Tourists at Edinburgh Castle, 950 Geary, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** feb 22 fri High On Fire, A Life Once Lost, Saviours, Intronaut at the 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 Brothers at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $22 6:30pm/7pm show and 9:30pm/10pm show ** 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 26 tue Billy Joel at Arco Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a # ** feb 27 wed Fu Manchu at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** feb 27 wed Napalm Death, Devildriver, 36 Crazyfists (Alaska), Walls Of Jericho, Invitro at Fat Cat, 930 11th Street, Modesto 21+ *** @ feb 28 thr Ladysmith Black Mambazo at Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street, S.F. a/a $49.50 8pm # * feb 28 thr Kelley Stoltz, Grand Archives at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $14 7:30pm/8pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 28 thr Napalm Death, Devildriver, 36 Crazyfists (Alaska), Walls Of Jericho, Invitro at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a *** @ 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 Cursive, Darker My Love at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (Noise Pop) 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 Panther (Portland) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm ** (Noise Pop) mar 1 sat Mountain Goats at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 8:30pm/9pm ** (Noise Pop) mar 1 sat Scissors For Lefty at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** mar 2 sun Tilly & The Wall (Omaha), Capgun Coup at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15 5:30pm ** (Noise Pop) mar 5 wed Lou Dog Trio at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $20 ** mar 6 thr Sole, Telephone Jim Jesus at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 8 sat Wonderbread 5 at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a 8pm ** mar 10 mon Angels And Airwaves, Ace Enders, Meg & Dia, The Color Fred at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** mar 10 mon Linkin Park, Chiodos at Arco Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a # ** @ 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 17 mon The Presidents Of The United States Of America at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** mar 18 tue The Presidents Of The United States Of America at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** mar 20 thr Blue Oyster Cult at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** mar 21 fri Steve Earle, Allison Moorer at Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street, S.F. $35 7pm/8pm # ** mar 21 fri Blue Oyster Cult, Hillside Fire at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $30 8pm *** 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 22 sat this Charming Band (tribute) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm * mar 23 sun The Pretty Things, The Amazing World Of Arthur Brown, The Malchicks at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** mar 26 wed Bob Mould Band 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, 1 Sports Pkwy, 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 5 sat Building 429, Sanctus Real at Arco Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a # ** apr 7 mon Black 47 at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $17/$20 8pm ** apr 10 thr Loop!Station at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 ** apr 16 wed Today Is The Day, At All Cost, Complete Failure at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** 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 16 fri Juanes at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $85/$60/$40 8pm # * (seated show) 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 ---------------- jan 12 wed The Reaction live on UC Berkeley Radio KALX 90.7FM 9pm Radio/TV Shows --------------- Maximum Rock'n'roll Radio www.byofl.org/maximum/radio Pirate Cat Radio 87.9FM www.piratecatradio.com mon Next Big Thing on UC Berkeley Radio KALX 90.7FM 6pm-7pm tue Dead Air with dj Vicious and dj Tanner on Berkeley Liberation Radio 104.1FM 6pm-8pm sat KALX live on UC Berkeley Radio KALX 90.7FM 9pm-midnight sun Rampage Radio on S.F. State Radio KUSF 90.3FM 2am-8am sun NewHotBands on public access TV Comcast Ch 29 12:30pm sun Earwhacks with Paul and Che on Sacramento KRXQ 98.5FM 10pm-11:30pm sun Neonate with Punk Roge and Riot on UC Davis Radio KDVS 90.3FM 12am-2am C L U B I N F O R M A T I O N ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 Galaxies, 2565 Mission St., S.F. 21+ 415-970-9777 Annie's Social Club, 911 Folsom St. at 5th, S.F. 21+ 415-974-1585 Balazo Gallery, 2183 Mission, S.F. a/a 415-255-7227 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 Li-Po Lounge, 916 Grant Ave., S.F. 21+ Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd St. at Mission, S.F. 21+ 415-647-2888 Metro Operhouse, 3rd Street, Oakland a/a 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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