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 Feb 12, 2008 feb 12 tue Chapter 5love Wins!, Colossal Yes, Benjamin Oak Goodman, Alina Hardin, Almaden, Joseph Childress, Misty MOuntain, Telepathic Friend, dj Black Lodge, dj Sorcerybird at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 8pm ** feb 12 tue Los Amigos Invisibles, Si*se at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $23 7:30pm/8pm ** feb 12 tue Mika, The Midway State at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $30/$27.50 7pm/8pm # ** feb 12 tue The Nubs, dj's at Argus Lounge, 3187 Mission St., S.F. 21+ free 4pm/8pm ** feb 12 tue Zoraster, Sourvein, Floating Goat, dj Rob Metal at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** feb 12 tue Suicide Dragons, The Dead Westerns, People Eaters at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $5 ** (was listed as feb 14th) feb 12 tue Raised By Robots, The Aimless Never Miss, The Papersons, dj Rye In The Sky at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** feb 12 tue Abandon Kansas, In:Aciate, Covette, Now We Are Six at the Rockit Room, S.F. 21+ $9 8pm ** feb 12 tue The Mumlers at Streetlight Records, 980 S. Bascom Ave., San Jose a/a free 7:30pm ** 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 tue Kepi The Band, Righteous Movement, Live Manikins, Richard March, No Admission at Sac. State University Ballroom, 6000 J St., Sacramento a/a $10 7pm ** (Benefit victims of So. CA wildfires) feb 12/13 Siouxsie, Rasputina at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $45 7pm/8pm # ** feb 13 wed Mike Got Spiked (Dublin, Ireland), The Privies, Great Girls Blouse at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** feb 13 wed Cobra Starship, Metro Station, We The Kings, The Cab at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13/$15 7:30pm ** feb 13 wed Drive-By Truckers, The Felice Brothers at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $25 7pm/8pm ** feb 13 wed dj Shadow, Cut Chemist, Kid Koala at the Grand, Regency Center, 1290 Sutter St., S.F. ?/? $35 9pm # ** feb 13 wed Top Ten, The Hi-Nobles, The Flakes, Bored & Ashamed at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8 8pm ** feb 13 wed Jackscrew, The Otherside, Low Sea Roar, Ferocious Few at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $6/$8 8pm ** feb 13 wed Chow Nasty, Hottub at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm/8pm ** feb 13 wed Was (Not Was) at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $25 7:30pm and 10:30pm shows ** feb 13 wed Two Left Feet, The Dualies, Superadventure Club at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** feb 13 wed T & A, Hobie & Peckerwood (from Slowfinger), Thee Good Lookin Corpses at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $6 8pm ** feb 13 wed American Terrorists, Atomic Bomb Audition, $2 Out the Door, The Ghost Echoes at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $5-$10 sliding scale 8pm ** (Benefit for Direct Action to Stop the War) 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 Drive-By Truckers at Amoeba Music, 2455 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a free 6pm ** feb 14 thr Banyan (Mike Watt, Steven Perkins), Damon & The Heathens at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** feb 14 thr Times Of Desperation', Dolph Lundgren, Mykee "Sea Goat" Ramen at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** feb 14 thr Groundation (tribute), dj Jacques 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 14 thr Emery, Mayday Parade, As Cities Burn, Pierce The Veil, Cry Of The Afflicted at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 7:30pm/8pm ** feb 14 thr La Plebe, Her Grace The Duchess, The Departed at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** @ feb 14 thr Slightly Stoopid, The Expendables, Outlaw Nation at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 7:30pm/8pm ** feb 14 thr Von Iva, Carletta Sue Kay, dj Summer Babe vs. dj Food Court at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** feb 14 thr The White Barons, The Dick Dusters, Orchid at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+$7 9pm ** feb 14 thr Creature Feature, The A.K.A.s, The Vincent Black Shadow, Wednesday 13 at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** @ feb 14 thr Wings Of Innocence, The Roe, Coolfield, The Crash Engine, Beneath The Iron Heel at Underground Cafe, 2401 Olympus Drive, Roseville a/a $10 9pm ** @ feb 14 thr Dale Milton And The Fellas (solo), Fingers Of Passion at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $5 9pm ** feb 14/15 Buckethead, Kid Beyond at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (friday sold out) feb 15 fri Parasites Go!, Skull Stomp, Rukkus, Follow Blindly, Septic Shock, Bay Area Ripperz at 924 Gilman a/a $6 7:30pm *** @ feb 15 fri Wartrash, Verlaten (Sunnyvale), Strains Of The Apocalypse, Terrorism (L.A.), Knife Thru Head (Sacremento) at Your Haus, Oakland a/a $5 7:30pm/8pm *** @ feb 15 fri Marauding, Green House Effect, Drowsy Holler, Cobretti, New Hope For The Dead, Super Ego at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** (Benefit for Steve the door guy) feb 15 fri The Broun Fellinis, Oona Garthwaite at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** feb 15 fri Krs-One, Rocker T, dj Smoke One, Jahi And The Life, Mavrik at Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley 21+ $15/$20 ** feb 15 fri Flametal, Devils Walk, Violent Insight at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $7 9pm/10pm ** feb 15 fri Penelope Houston, Lout, Jello Biafra (spoken word), dj Kristen Rice at the De Young Musium, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a free 5pm/6pm ** feb 15 fri Tab Benoit at Slim's, S.F. a/a $17/$20 9pm * feb 15 fri The Reaction, Traditional Fools, Audacity (Fullerton), Pterodacdudes (Anaheim), Pigs at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** feb 15 fri Miggs, Heathrow, Smith Point, Ryan Aufenberg at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm ** feb 15 fri New Thrill Parade, The Family Curse, Amino Acids (Detroit) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** feb 15 fri X-Clan, Lifesavas, Potluck, Mr. E, Ren The Vinyl Archaeologist at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** feb 15 fri The Impalers (record release), Police & Thieves, The Struts at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** @ feb 15 fri Steve E Nix & The Cute Lepers, The Pleasure Kills, Nervous Tics at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** feb 15 fri Devil Makes Three at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $15 8pm ** feb 15 fri Number 4 The Smile, Divide The Skies, Fish For Spliffs, Your Last Chance at Iron Horse Middle School, 12601 Alcosta Blvd., San Ramon a/a $7 7pm ** feb 15 fri AP9, Cognito, Bay Bandits, RBL, Young Drew, dj Pause at Brentwood Veterans Hall, 757 First Street, Brentwood a/a 7pm/7:30pm $20 ** feb 15 fri Barry Manilow, Brian Culbertson at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $175/$129/$79/$39/$9.99 8pm # ** feb 15 fri The Mumlers, The Dodos, Two Sheds at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** feb 15 fri The Two Timin' Hussies, Invisible Enemies (San Jose), Johnny And The Pachecos (Santa Cruz) at Cafe Pergolesi, 418 Cedar St., Santa Cruz a/a free 7pm ** feb 15 fri Robin Trower, Fear The Days at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** feb 15 fri Grupo Fantasma, Sol Peligro at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $12.50/$15 9pm ** feb 15 fri Breva, Without Tomorrow, Rise.Of.New.Audio at the Fire Escape Bar, Citrus Heights 21+ $6 9pm ** 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 Life Long Tragedy, Steel Trap, Lionheart, All Teeth, Gravemaker (Canada), Maya Over Eyes at 924 Gilman a/a $7 7:30pm *** @ feb 16 sat Steve E. Nix And The Cute Lepers, Modern Action, Nervous Tics, dj Big Nate at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $7 9:30pm ** (Red Devil Records 10th Anniversary) feb 16 sat Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Estradasphere, OvO (Italy) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** feb 16 sat Grupo Fantasma, Monte Negro at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13/$16 9pm ** feb 16 sat Basia Bulat, Mist And Mast at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/10pm ** feb 16 sat Hammer Horror Classics, Medicated Motherfuckers, Kumbulus at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 5pm til 8pm ** feb 16 sat Replicator, Amino Acids (Detroit), Police Teeth (Bellingham), Hurry Up Shotgun at the Cyclecide Warehouse, 2255 Mckinnon St., S.F. a/a $7 ** feb 16 sat Filthy Thieving Bastards, Blood On The Saddle (L.A.), King City at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm ** @ (was listed as feb 17th) feb 16 sat The Dry Spells, Leyna Noel, Foot Foot at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** feb 16 sat Carl Craig, Johah Sharp, Gamall, Monty Luke at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $10 10pm ** feb 16 sat Wonder Bread 5 at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm * feb 16 sat Abandon Theory at Woodstocks Pizza, Davis a/a ** feb 16 sat Sonata Arctica, Sanctity at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** feb 16 feb S.T.D., Random Tuesday, 5 Days Dirty, Next Friday, The Shimmies, Next Friday at Thermalito Grange Hall, 479 Plumas Avenue, Oroville a/a $5 9pm ** @ feb 16 sat cancelled: Instant Asshole, Eskapo, Self Inflicted, Psychosomatic, Short Changed at the Benicia Clocktower, Benicia feb 16/17 Blue Oyster Cult at the Atlantis Casino Resort, Reno, NV ?/? # ** feb 17 sun Shook Ones (WA), Nothington, Said Radio, Hour Of The Wolf (AZ), Comadre at 924 Gilman a/a $7 5pm *** @ feb 17 sun October Allied, Rollercoaster Summer, The Clarences, Plasterkatz, The Bleu Canadians (Canada), The Lemmies (Sacramento), Brad Electro, Happy Clams at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $7 3pm/4pm *** @ feb 17 sun Blood On The Saddle, The Corruptors at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $7 9pm ** feb 17 sun St. Vincent, Foreign Born at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** feb 17 sun Mighty Six Ninety, The Hundred Days, Little Yellow Perfect at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 7pm/7:30pm ** feb 17 sun Nudity (Olympia), Touched By A Janitor, Society Of Rockets at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** feb 17 sun The Bar Feeders, RubberSideDown, The Midnight Bombers, dj Bishop at 12 Galaxies, 2565 Mission St., S.F. 21+ $5 8pm/9pm (S.F. IndieFest Award Ceremony) feb 17 sun Wayward Sway, Bob Harp, Wayside State at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm feb 17 sun Never Impressed, Four Forty Four, Wardogs, Feral Kid at Chops, 509 Adams St., Santa Rosa a/a 7pm ** feb 17 sun Chop Tops, Coffin Caddies, Moonshine, Goddamn Gallows at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ $8 ** feb 17 sun Dub Trio, Foreign Islands at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $10 9pm ** feb 18 mon Sonata Arctica, Sanctity at Slim's, S.F. a/a $21/$23 8pm ** feb 18 mon Sia, Har Mar Superstar at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** feb 18 mon Flipper at Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F. a/a free 6pm ** feb 19 tue No Doctors, Shannon And The Clams, The Nodzzz, dj The Duke Of Windsor at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** feb 19 tue Dr. Know, Poser Disposer, Cobretti, Dead Ringers at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm ** @ feb 19 tue The Reaction, People Eaters, Suicide Dragons at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** feb 19 tue The Fucking Buckaroos, Jesse Morris And The Tenderloin Two, Kemo Sabe at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm/10pm ** feb 19 tue Tungsten SF, Art In Heaven, The Oak Street Rhythm Band, Mistreated at the El Rincon, S.F. 18+ $3 7pm/8pm ** feb 20 wed Protoman, G-String Stranglers, Suicide Rides at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** (Dolly DeVille Birthday) feb 20 wed Badfish (tribute), Scotty Don't, Mystic Roots 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, Ours at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $60/$50 7pm/8pm # *** @ $ feb 20 wed The Hives, The Donnas at the Fillore, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm # ** @ feb 20 wed Disastroid, Big Blue Whale, Sister Grizzley at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** feb 20 wed Unified School District, Mophono, Who Cares, dj Ecto at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** feb 20 wed The Evening Episode (Sacramento) at Streetlight Records, 980 S. Bascom Ave., San Jose a/a free 4pm ** feb 20 wed Love Like Fire, The Evening Episode, Moon Cadillac, Make Amends at Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** feb 20 wed Dr. Know at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ ** @ feb 20 wed Vermefug (N.Y.C.), Mother Speed at Inferno Pizza, 2424 16th St. at Broadway, Sacramento a/a $3 7pm ** @ feb 20 wed Tempo No Tempo at Redwood Room, Sac. State, 6000 J St., Sacramento a/a free noon * feb 20 wed Blaze, Killa C, Psycho Jesus, The Ugly Truth at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** feb 21 thr The U.S. Bombs, Far From Finished (Boston), Everything Must Go, Dynamite 8 at Maxwell's, 341 13th St., Oakland 18+ $12/$15 7:30pm/8:30pm ** @ feb 21 thr Watch Me Burn, Myotonia, Casket Blaster, Dr. Smiths Oil at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** feb 21 thr All That Remains, Chimaira, Five Finger Death Punch, Light This City, Black Tide at Slim's, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/7:30pm *** @ (107.7 The Bone) feb 21 thr Mother Speed, Vermefug (N.Y.C.), Zombie Holocaust, Stiff Jeans, Yellow Eyes (first show) at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $7 8pm/8:30pm *** @ feb 21 thr Maldroid, The Ian Fays, Rooftop Vigil at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** feb 21 thr The Sessions (Vancouver), dj Aaron, dj Omar, dj Nako at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ 10pm ** feb 21 thr Perpetual Groove at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 7:30pm/8pm ** feb 21 thr The Wearies, Crash Encore, Superthief, Down Down Down at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5/$8 8pm ** feb 21 thr Roma 79, Chango Malo at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9:30pm * feb 21 thr The Dandelion War, The Evening Episode, Phantom Float, Midnight Radio at the Retox Lounge, 628 20th St., S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** feb 21 thr (hed)pe, Insolence, Kingspade at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** feb 21 thr The Common Men, The Stalking Distance, Con Of Man at Fire Escape Bar, Citrus Heights 21+ $6 9pm ** feb 21 thr Dr. Know at the Rawhide Saloon, Jamestown 21+ ** @ feb 21 thr I'm A Gun (Seattle), Arrogant Hare at the Pearl Lounge, 507 2nd Street, Eureka 21+ $4 9pm ** feb 22 fri Stormcrow, Sanctum (WA), Warfair (AZ), Worldeater, You Die at 924 Gilman a/a $7 7:30pm *** @ feb 22 fri Daggermouth, Tragedy Andy, Final Fight, The Story So Far at Blake's, Berkeley 18+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 22 fri Callow, Raised By Robots at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** feb 22 fri OvO (Italy), The Better To See You With (Portland), Ettrick, Chen Santa Maria at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $7 9pm/10pm ** @ feb 22 fri Music For Animals, Love Like Fire, Transfer, Mister Loveles at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** 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 Jonathan Coulton, Paul And Storm at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (sold out - seated show) feb 22 fri Blvd, Souleye, dj James Christopher, film premier "The 7 Minute Style" at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13 9pm ** feb 22 fri Digital Underground, Rec-League at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $20/$22 8pm ** feb 22 fri Agent Ribbons, Swallows, The Moral Tourists at Edinburgh Castle, 950 Geary, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** feb 22 fri Love Is Chemicals, Hijk, The Dont's at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** feb 22 fri Crime, Rock n' Roll Adventure Kids, Top Ten at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** @ feb 22 fri Fishbone at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm *** feb 22 fri The Pets, Hot Lunch, Nightling at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** feb 22 fri Too Short at 1015 Folsom Street, S.F. 21+ $30/$35 ($55 vip) ** feb 22 fri Birushanah (Osaka), Drain The Sky, Grayceon, My Last Day On Earth at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm/9pm ** @ feb 22 fri Fujikochan, Neko Punch, Drunken Hu?, L.Y.V., The Jumping Jacks at Fat City, S.F. 21+ ** feb 22 fri Jel, Return To Mono, French Disco, Double Edged Sword at Broadway Studios, 435 Broadway, S.F. 21+ 21+ $10 9pm ** feb 22 tue Hammer Horror Classics, Frankenstein l.i.v.s., The Better Maker, Squeeky Rice at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $5 ** feb 22 fri Ashkira, Cormorant, Parade Route, Anthem Midnight at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 8pm *** @ feb 22 fri RU36, Hysteria, J.B.D at Brentwood Veterans Hall, 757 First Street, Brentwood a/a 7pm/7:30pm $15 ** feb 22 fri Lose None, Lionheart, Antagony, Destroy The Colossus, I Shot The Sheriff, Maya Over Eyes, We All Fall Down at Weekes Park, 27182 Patrick Ave, Hayward a/a $7 5pm/5:30pm # *** @ (no ins and outs, no drugs, no alcohol, no fights) feb 22 fri The Pack at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** feb 22 fri High On Fire, A Life Once Lost, Saviours, Intronaut at the Blue Lamp Lounge, Sacramento 21+ $15 8:30pm *** @ feb 22 fri Dr. Know at the Distillery, 2107 L Street, Sacramento 21+ ** @ feb 22 fri Solomons Ashes, After The Flesh, Journal at Fire Escape Bar, Citrus Heights 21+ $6 9pm ** feb 23 sat Ludicra, Giant Squid, Birushanan (Japan), Drain The Sky, OvO (Italy), The Better To See You With (OR) at 924 Gilman a/a $8 7pm *** @ feb 23 sat Scarecrow, Devastator, Deadly Remains, Invection at 832 East 11th St., Oakland a/a $7 8pm ** @ feb 23 sat High On Fire, A Life Once Lost, Saviours, Intronaut at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12/$15 8:30pm *** @ $ feb 23 sat Dr. Know, Poser Disposer, Instant Asshole, T.V. Evangelists, Taint at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $8 8pm *** @ feb 23 sat Hapa at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (seated show) feb 23 sat Adrian Belew, Saul Zonana at Slim's, S.F. a/a $25 8pm ** feb 23 sat Maceo Parker, Grand Pianoramax at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $28.50 8pm/9pm # ** feb 23 sat Alpha Blondy, Barrington Levy, Midnite, Sly & Robbie, Gregory Isaacs, Anthony B., Gentleman, Cherine Anderson, Soul Majestic at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a $39.50/$45 3pm # ** feb 23 sat Six Organs Of Admittance, I'm A Gun, Donovan Quinn & The 13th Month 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 23 sat Bayonics, Manicato at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm * feb 23 sat The Grannies, The All Time Highs!, Flexx Bronco, The Resurrection at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm ** (Dano's birthday) feb 23 sat Walken, Orb Of Confusion, Chromium Six at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** feb 23 sat Pop Rocks at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm * feb 23 sat dj Pete Rock, Fluokids, Vin Sol at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** feb 23 sat Deerhoof, Faun Fables, Moggs at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $12 8pm ** feb 23 sat D.B.G.C., The Parade Route, Decline Of State, The Scurves at the Shop, 21600 East 8th St., East Sonoma a/a 8pm ** feb 23 sat Static Thought, Fix My Head, Gain To Lose, Rukkus! at 154 Fairway Dr., Hayward a/a free 3pm ** feb 23 sat Mike Hale, Jon Snodgrass, Shinobu, Pteradon, Turkish Techno, art show at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** (Lubricated Magazine) feb 23 sat US Bombs, Far From finished, Shootin' Lucy, Lab Disaster at the Distillery, 2107 L Street, Sacramento 21+ $12 10pm ** @ feb 23 sat Blue Cheer, Th' Losin' Streaks, Into The Presence at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $12 9:30pm *** (was feb 9th) feb 24 sun Exodus, Goatwhore, Arsis at Slim's, S.F. a/a $20 7pm *** @ $ feb 24 sun Down To Nothing, Trash Talk, Cruel Hand, The Mongoloids, Violation Red Handed at Balazo Gallery, 2183 Mission, S.F. a/a $8 6pm ** @ feb 24 sun Thimble Wit Tigerlily And Slug's Revenge, Craig Ventresco & Meredith Axelrod, Tippy Canoe & The Paddlemen at the Rite Spot, 2099 Folsom Street at 17th, S.F. a/a free 8pm feb 24 sun The Lovely Public, Agent Ribbons, Swallows at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** feb 24 sun Frequency Murder, Give Em Hell, Initiate Chaos, Unchained at Chops, 509 Adams St., Santa Rosa a/a 7pm ** feb 24 sun Man/Miracle, Social Studies, Brilliant Colors, Chen Santa Maria, Grass Widow at Fort Gallery, somecity a/a 1pm ** (BBQ) feb 24/25 Built To Spill, The Meat Puppets, Parker Street Cinema (feb 25) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** feb 25 mon Annihilation Time, Hightower, Second Opinion, Acephalix, Nightling (1st show) at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $7 7pm/7:30pm *** @ feb 25 mon Saviours at Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F. a/a 6pm ** feb 25 mon Missy Higgins at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 7:30pm/8pm ** feb 25 mon Birushanah (Osaka), Isles, Tarrakian at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** feb 26 tue Every Time I Die, The Bled, August Burns Red, The Human Abstract at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16/$18 8pm *** @ feb 26 tue Huun Huur Tu (Tuvan Throat Singers) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a * (seated show) feb 26 tue Mika Miko (L.A.) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a 8pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 26 tue Golden Boys (Austin), The Black, Epic Sessions at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** feb 26 tue One Hundred Suns, One In The Chamber, Scarecrow at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm/10pm ** @ feb 26 tue Eric Hutchinson, Forrest Day, Jonathan Douglas at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8 ** feb 26 tue Amir Fassad, High Horse, The Blue Mire, The Sadges at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $6 8pm ** feb 26 tue Billy Joel at Arco Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a # ** feb 26/27 Queensryche, Don Dokken at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $40 7pm/8pm # *** feb 27 wed Fu Manchu, The Saviours, A.S.G. at Slim's a/a $15 8:30pm *** (Noise Pop) feb 27 wed Jay Farrar at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a * feb 27 wed Minipop at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 7:30pm/8:30pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 27 wed Quasi at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 27 wed The Walkmen, The Broken West at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 7:30pm/8pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 27 wed Melisa Rap, Kami Nixon (Moraga), Rick Hardin at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5/$8 8pm * feb 27 wed Sean Garvey, Jennifer Nicely at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm feb 27 wed Entrance at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $14 9pm ** (Noise Po) feb 27 wed Girl In A Coma, Perfect Machines, Killola (L.A.) at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 @ 8pm ** feb 27 wed Bella Bella, Phonofly, LowFat, Soul Stream at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 ** feb 27 wed Napalm Death, Devildriver, 36 Crazy Fists (Alaska), Walls Of Jericho, Invitro at Fat Cat, 930 11th Street, Modesto 21+ *** @ feb 27 wed Omar Shariff (blues pianist) at Redwood Room, S.S.U., 6000 J St., Sacramento a/a free noon ** feb 28 thr No Fucker (N.Y.C.) at the Stork Club, Oakland 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 Blitzen Trapper, Fleet Foxes at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 7:30pm/8:30pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 28 thr Rescue Me, Silk Trade, Zodiac Death Valley at 111 Minna, S.F. a/a ** feb 28 thr Stellastarr, Throw Me The Statue, The Hundred Days at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (Noise Pop) feb 28 thr Kelley Stoltz, Grand Archives at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $14 7:30pm/8pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 28 thr Decrepit Birth, Insidisous Discrepancy, Bled, Embryonic Devourment, dj Rob Metal at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** feb 28 thr The Moral Tourists, Pink Swastika, Bearhug at the Stud, 399 9th Street at Harrison, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** feb 28 thr Shantytown, Bag Of Toys, Pat Jordan Band at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8pm ** feb 28 thr The Dodos, Or The Whale at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 28 thr Greg Ashely, Miles Rozatti at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm feb 28 thr Get Dead!, Evil Beaver, Jessie Deluxe, Dynamite 8 at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** feb 28 thr Napalm Death, Devildriver, 36 Crazy Fists (Alaska), Walls Of Jericho, Invitro at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a *** @ feb 28 thr World Inferno, Friendship Society, The Helper Monekys, Dead Pony Society, Isonomy, at Sacramento State University Ballroom, 6000 J St., Sacramento a/a free 7:30pm *** @ feb 28 thr The Alkali Flats, Thimble Wit, Tigerlily And Slug's Revenge, Tippy Canoe & The Paddlemen at Cool Cat Gallery, 918 24th Street, Sacramento a/a $5-$10 sliding scale ($3 membership) 7pm feb 28 thr March Into Paris, Der Spazm, Goodness Gracious Me at the Fire Escape Bar, Citrus Heights 21+ $5 9pm ** feb 28 thr cancelled: Privies at Fat City, S.F. feb 28/29 Death Angel, Forbidden (107.7 The Bone) at Slim's, S.F. a/a $21/$23 9pm *** @ feb 28/29 Magnetic Fields at the Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Avenue, S.F. a/a $30 8pm # ** feb 28/29 3rd annual Davis Feminist Film Festival at Veteran's Memorial Hall, 203 E. 14th St., Davis $12/$20 students $18/$30 general a/a 7pm/8pm feb 29 fri Allegiance, Verse, The First Step (R.I.), Internal Affairs (L.A.), Trash Talk (L.A.), Red Handed at 924 Gilman a/a $10 *** @ (Rivalry Records) feb 29 fri Scissors For Lefty, Astra Heights, The Action Design at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** feb 29 fri Monotonix (Israel), Triclops!, Three Weeks Clean, Farticus at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 8:30pm *** @ feb 29 fri Grissom, Dolorata, Disastroid at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $7 9pm/10pm ** feb 29 fri Tippy Canoe & The Paddlemen, Thimble Wit, Tigerlily And Slug's Revenge, Uni & Her Ukelele at Speisekammer, 2424 Lincoln Ave., Alameda a/a free 8:30pm feb 29 fri Cursive, Darker My Love, Judgement Day, The Blacks at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (Noise Pop) feb 29 fri Impaled, Population Reduction (record release), I Will Kill You Fucker, In Disgust, Thousands Will Die at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $7 9pm/9:30pm *** @ feb 29 fri Holy Fuck, A Place To Bury Strangers at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 29 fri This Will Destroy You (TX), The New Trust, Ole Hole, Make Amends, Spires at Academy of Art, 655 Sutter St., S.F. a/a $7 6:45pm/7pm ** @ feb 29 fri Rykarda Parasol And The Tower Ravens, Veil Veil Vanish, Astral, dj Mizmargo at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 8pm ** feb 29 fri The Helio Sequence at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $14 8:30pm/9pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 29 fri Cheetah Speed, Thee Emergency, Zodiac Death Valley at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** feb 29 fri The Rosebuds, Working For A Nuclear Free City, Foxtail Somersault, at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $15 7pm/9pm ** (art show) feb 29 fri Blaming Johnny, The Cabs, Finger Magic at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $12 8pm ** @ feb 29 fri Voodoo Glow Skulls, La Plebe, Knockout at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm *** @ feb 29 fri Cry Havoc, Resolve To Burn, Supa Fat at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** feb 29 fri Drastic Actions, The Touchy Feelies (Sacramento), Isonomy (Sacramento), Johnny And The Pachecos (Santa Cruz), Dun Bin Had, Dr. Know, Blame Betty, Riot On The Rosewood at On The Y, 670 Fulton Ave., Sacramento 21+ $8 8pm ** @ feb 29 fri Death Valley High, The Proles, HolidayIn Spain at Fire Escape Bar, 7431 Madison Ave., Citrus Heights 21+ $6 9pm ** feb 29/mar 1 Tea Leaf Green, Moonalice (fri), Blue Turtle Seduction (sat) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm ** mar 1 sat Ceremony, Betrayed (Canada), Killing The Dream, Soul Control (R.I.), Another Breath, Get The Most (Canada) at 924 Gilman a/a $10 *** @ (Rivalry Records) mar 1 sat Golden Boys, The Black, Greg Ashley at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ * mar 1 fri Bart Davenport, Dreamdate at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** mar 1 sat AC/DShe, Hot Lunch at Slim's, S.F. a/a $14 9pm ** mar 1 sat Panther (Portland), Immigrant, Wallpaper at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm ** (Noise Pop) mar 1 sat Port O'Brien, Delta Spirit, What Made Milwaukee Famous at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $10/$12 9pm ** (Noise Pop) mar 1 sat Taken By Trees, White Hinterland at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** mar 1 sat Million Doller Itch, Break!, Dead Cross, The Emergeny at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 5pm til 8pm ** mar 1 sat Mountain Goats at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 8:30pm/9pm ** (Noise Pop) mar 1 sat These Are Powers, Lemonade, Mi Ami at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** mar 1 sat British Sea Power, Colourmusic at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $14 8pm/9pm ** (Noise Pop) mar 1 sat The Hooks, The Pleasure Kills, The Touchy Feelies (Sacramento) at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm ** @ mar 1 sat Chop Tops, 3 Bad Jacks, No Dice at Fat City, S.F. 21+ ** mar 1 sat The Chesebals, Hair Suply at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm * mar 1 sat The Virgins, Airborne Toxic Event, The Blakes, Man/Miracle at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** (Noise Pop) mar 1 sat Flood, Prizehog, Hvorslev Squeeky Rice at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $5 ** mar 1 sat Cursive, The New Trust, Santiago at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $15 8pm ** @ mar 1 sat Scissors For Lefty, The Morning Benders, Oliver Future at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** mar 1 sat Voodoo Glow Skulls, Another Damn Disappointment, Knockout, Losing All Pride at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a *** @ mar 1 sat Dirty Sanchez, Prick & The Burn, Tough Tittie, Johnny And The Pachecos (Santa Cruz), Bloodworm at Double Down Saloon, 4640 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, NV 21+ free 8pm ** mar 2 sun Tilly & The Wall (Omaha), Capgun Coup (Omaha), Tally Hall (Ann Arbo) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15 5:30pm ** (Noise Pop) mar 2 sun The Mountain Goats at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $18 noon/1pm ** (Noise Pop) mar 2 sun She & Him, Whispertown2000, Adam Stephens, Emily Jane White at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a * (Noise Pop) mar 2 sun Mammal, Chinese Stars, Manslaughter, Pod Blotz at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** mar 2 sun The Dilettantes, The Pandas, Ricky Lee Robinson (record release) at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** mar 2 sun Adventures Ina Pancake, Blaming Johnny, Godiego, The Parade Route at Chops, 509 Adams St., Santa Rosa a/a 7pm ** mar 2 sun cancelled: Scheisse Minelli (Germany) at Silk Bar, Sacramento mar 3 mon Nicole Atkins & The Sea at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 7:30pm/8pm ** mar 3 mon Dead Ringers, Two Timin' Hussies at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** mar 4 tue Joe Buck at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ * mar 4 tue The XYZ Affair (Brooklyn), Off-Campus, Aunt Dracula (Philadelphia) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** mar 4 sun Rush at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $34/$34/$54/$29 # *** mar 5 wed Fire To Reason at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ * mar 5 wed New York Dolls, We Are The Fury at the Fillmore, S.f. a/a $29.50 7pm/8pm # *** mar 5 wed Lifehouse, Matt Nathanson, Honey Honey at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $26.50 6pm/7pm # ** mar 5 wed The Downfalls (cd release), Mud, The Papersons at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 8pm ** mar 5 wed The Raveonettes at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $17 7:30pm/8pm ** mar 5 wed Dzjenghis Khan, Orange Sunshine (Amsterdam), Annihilation Time at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm *** @ mar 5 wed Girls with Guns, Delipub, Thunder Thighs at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** mar 5 wed Jeffrey Luck Lucas, Danny Pearson, Kira Lynn Cain at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5 * mar 5 wed Junior Boys [dj set], Lo Fi Fnk, San Serac, Sorcerer at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** mar 5 wed Sherman Baker at Redwood Room, S.S.U., 6000 J St., Sacramento a/a free noon * mar 5 wed Balkan Beat Box at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $15 9pm * mar 6 thr Balkan Beat Box at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # * mar 6 thr Why?, Dose One, Cryptacize, dj Odd Nosdam, dj Jel at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** mar 6 thr Music For Animals, Mahjongg (Chicago), Long Live Legos (San Diego) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** mar 6 thr Sole, Telephone Jim Jesus at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 6 thr Minmae, Cult Of Sue Todd, Warren Teagarden's Night Of A Thousand Faces at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** mar 6 thr Old Time Relijjun, Wildildife, Tea Elles at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** mar 6 thr Chrisette Michele at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 7:30pm/8pm ** mar 6 thr Jack Conte at Fat City, S.F. 21+ mar 6 thr Kris Delmhorst, Winterpills at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $16/$18 8:30pm ** mar 6 thr Black 47, The Bog Savages at Vet's Hall, 846 Front Street, Santa Cruz a/a * mar 6 thr Murderlicious, Sans Sobriety, Sindicate at the Fire Escape Bar, Citrus Heights 21+ $5 9pm ** mar 7 fri Annihilation Time, Fy Fan (Sweden), Nightstick Justice, Socialcide (VA), Warkrime, Crucial Cause at 924 Gilman a/a $7 8pm *** @ mar 7 fri Living Legends, Luckyiam, Sweatshop Union at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm ** mar 7 fri Honeycu, Sugar And Gold, Her Grace The Duchesst at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** mar 7 fri American Drag, Elliot Randall, Small Change Romeos at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** mar 7 fri Black 47, The Irish Bastards, Bog Savages at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $17/$20 8pm ** mar 7 fri The Fallouts (Seattle), Unnatural Helpers, The Cops at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** mar 7 fri Pela, Liam Finn, The Federalists at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** mar 7 fri The Heavenly States, Citay at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 7 fri Pistolera, dj Pedrogas at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** mar 7 fri Walken, Red Fang (Portland), Hightower, Birthday Suits at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm ** @ mar 7 fri Whoreshoes, Bartenders Bible (San Diego), The Hands (Seatle) Squeeky Rice at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $6 ** mar 7 fri Imagika, Sarcoma, Embers Of Euphoria, The Beguiled, From Malice To Martyr (lobby) at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $9 8pm *** @ mar 7 fri Self Inflicted, Short Changed, Law Abiding Citizens, Kill Kops at Chris' Club, 656 Benicia Rd., Vallejo 21+ $3 9pm ** (Tejas Rob's Birthday) mar 7 fri The Saturday Saints (cd release) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $7 9pm ** mar 7 fri Fair To Midland, Serj Tankian at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** mar 7 fri Arden Park Roots, Posiden, Freex at the Fire Escape Bar, Citrus Heights 21+ $6 9pm ** mar 7 fri The Bjorkestra (tribute) at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $18/$20 9:30pm * mar 8 sat Cattle Decapitation (S.D.), Antagony, Arise at 924 Gilman a/a *** @ mar 8 sat Voodoo Glow Skulls, La Plebe, Knockout at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm *** @ mar 8 sat ArnoCorps, Thor, Stone Vengeance, The Gun & Doll Show, dj Matt Holdaway at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** @ mar 8 sat Say Bok Gwai, Burmese, Lost Puppy at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 5pm til 8pm ** mar 8 sat Curse Of The Birthmark, xNoBBQxx (Siltbreeze, Australia), Tomes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** mar 8 sat Crystal Castles, Health at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 8 sat Hot Challenge, The Hundred Days, The Rising Sound at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** mar 8 sat Drastic Actions, Johnny And The Pachecos at Smoke Tiki Lounge, 152 Post St., San Jose 21+ $5 * mar 8 sat Drastic Actions, Die Darlings, Johnny And The Pachecos, N.N.P. at Johnny V's, 31 East Santa Clara St., San Jose 21+ $5 8pm ** mar 8 sat Elysia, Ruiner, This Is Hell at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** mar 9 sun Immortal Technique at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** mar 9 sun Blue Skies For Black Hearts (Portland), Hot Toddies, The Matinees at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** mar 9 sun Dandi Wind at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm * mar 10 mon Angels And Airwaves, Meg & Dia, The Color Fred, Ace Enders at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $28.50 6pm/7pm # *** mar 10 mon Gavid DeGraw at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 7:30pm/8pm ** mar 10 mon Buxter Hoot'n, Campo Bravo, The Blank Tapes at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** mar 10 mon Linkin Park, Chiodos, Coheed And Cambria at Arco Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a # ** @ mar 10/11 Clutch, Murder By Death, Maylene & The Sons of Disaster, Hex Machine at Slim's, S.F. a/a $20/$24 7:30pm ** @ mar 11 tue Extra Life (N.Y.C.) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** mar 11 tue Everything Must Go, Schiesse Minelli (Frankfurt, Germany), Three Weeks Clean at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm/10pm ** mar 11 tue Earth Crisis, Terror, Shai Hulud, Sworn Enemy, Down To Nothing, Recon at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $20/$25 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 Abstract Rude, Toki Wright at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** mar 12 wed Cheetah Speed, Vincent Black Shadow (Baltimore) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** mar 12 wed Kinetic Chain, Sorrow Town Choir, Think13 at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5/$7 * mar 12 wed Matchbox Twenty, Alanis Morissette, Mute Math at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $75/$60/$40 7pm # ** mar 12 wed Sacramento Taiko Dan at Redwood Room, S.S.U., 6000 J St., Sacramento a/a free noon mar 12 wed Agent Orange at the Underground, 555 East 4th St., Reno NV 21+ *** @ mar 13 thr Gogol Bordello at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** mar 13 thr The Bravery at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** mar 13 thr Snowblink, The Rooftop Vigil, Dame Satan at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 8pm * mar 13 thr Les Dudek at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** mar 13 thr Break!, Cervantes, Legs On Sale at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** mar 13 thr Shanon Fery, Tomy Rickard, Valerie Orth at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $6/$8 8pm * mar 13 thr Third Date at Irelands 32, 3920 Geary Blvd., S.F. 21+ free 9pm mar 13 thr Year Of The Wild Cat at the Quarter Note, 1214 Apollo Way, Sunnyvale 21+ free 10pm * mar 13 thr Agent Orange at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ *** @ mar 13 thr Blackmarket, Project Hideout at the Fire Escape Bar, Citrus Heights 21+ 9pm * mar 13/14 Steve Kimock & Friends (Melvin Seals, Hutch Hutchinson, Billy Goodman, John Morgan Kimock at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** mar 14 fri Nerf Herder at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/10pm ** mar 14 fri Zoo Station (tribute), The Hooks, Jerry Hannan at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** (Irish Fest.) mar 14 fri Say Anything, Manchester Orchestra, Biffy Clyro, Weatherbox at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $16.50 6pm/7pm # ** mar 14 fri Magik Markers, Donovan Quinn & The Thirteenth Month, Paper Legs at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** mar 14 fri Pills And Jackets, Silver Griffin, Toy Soldiers, dj Roy O'Blivion at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** mar 14 fri Papa Grows Funk at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20/$25 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 14 fri Jonny Diina (album release) at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 mar 14 fri Make Amends, Sister Crayon, Ghost To Atom, Synonyms For Silence at the Retox Lounge, 628 20th St., S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** mar 14 fri Devastator, Zombie Holocaust, It, Killgasm at Chris' Club, 656 Benicia Rd., Vallejo 21+ $3 9pm ** mar 14 fri ReZonance, A Single Second, Blindfire at the Fire Escape Bar, Citrus Heights 21+ $6 9pm * mar 14 fri Matchbox Twenty at Events Center, 300 N. Center St., Reno, NV # ** mar 14 fri Agent Orange at Whiskey Dick's, 2660 Lake Tahoe Blvd., Lake Tahoe 21+ *** @ mar 14 fri Drastic Actions (Sacramento) Die Darlings (Santa Cruz), Johnny And The Pachecos (Santa Cruz) at the Tudor Pub, 1041 Fremont Avenue, South Lake Tahoe 21+ $5 8pm ** mar 15 sat Cobretti, The Memphis Murder Men, Cheap Skate at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** mar 15 sat Deadrings, Blame Shifter, D.C.M.S. at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 5pm til 8pm ** mar 15 sat The Stairwell Sisters, Loretta Lynch, Devine's Jug Band at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a * mar 15 sat Stagnant, Trip Device, Solid State Logic at Slim's, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** @ mar 15 sat Rabbles, Excuses For Skipping, Dazzling Strangers at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** mar 15 sat B-Side Players, Sambada, Manicato at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 15 sat Stung (tribute) at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm * mar 15 sat Twiztid, Boondox, dj Clay, Project Born at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** mar 15 sat S.T.D. (cd release), Vyncent Flaw, She's A Dead Man, Fashion City Scandal, Vamp Le Stat, Boats!, The Infamous Swanks, 5 Days Dirty, Isonomy, The Disgusteens, Playground Patriots at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $10 6:30pm *** @ mar 15 sat Abandon Theory at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ ** mar 15 sat The Common Vice, Arrogant Hare at Jambalaya, 915 H Street, Arcata 21+ 9pm * mar 16 sun Cheap Art (L.A.), Waco Fuck at 924 Gilman a/a 5pm ** @ mar 16 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap, McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. $3 10am mar 16 sun Silverstein, The Devil Wears Prada, A Day To Remember, Protest The Hero at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $19.50 6pm/7pm # *** @ mar 16 sun Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8pm * mar 16 sun A.D. DJ at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ free 9pm mar 16 sun Dying Days, The Royal Tees, North (AZ), X-Ray Cat at Chops, 509 Adams St., Santa Rosa a/a 7pm * mar 17 mon Culann's Hounds, Eoin Harrington at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** mar 17 mon The Presidents Of The United States Of America, Ludo 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 18 tue The Boredoms, Kim Hiorthoy, Human Bell at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $26.50 7pm/8pm # ** (performing in-the-round) mar 18 tue Ming And Ping, The Old Fashioned Way, Goh Nakamura at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** mar 18 tue Jason Collett at the Inependent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 7:30pm/8pm ** mar 19 wed Black Moth Super Rainbow at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm * mar 19 wed Shawn Mullins at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** mar 19 wed The Black Crowes at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $45 7pm/8pm # ** mar 19 wed Witchcraft at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** mar 19 wed The Velvet Teen (Petaluma), Aloha at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** mar 19 wed Ex-Cocaine, Religious Knives at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * mar 19 wed Monlight Sexy, Stone Foxes, Leopold & His Fiction at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $3 8pm * mar 19 wed Kinky (Mexico), Money Mark at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $15/$18 9pm ** mar 20 thr Blue Oyster Cult, Sticks And Stones at Slim's, S.F. a/a $30 8pm *** mar 20 thr Born Ruffians, Cadence Weapon at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8 8:30pm/9pm * mar 20 thr Travis Morrison Hellfighters, Facing New York, Social Studies at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** mar 20 thr Gary Louris, Vetiver at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** mar 20 thr Change! at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * mar 20 thr Carbon/Silicon, Matt Pond PA at the Inependent, S.F. 21+ $20 7:30pm/8pm ** mar 20 thr The Lemmies, Puke And Spit, BlameShifters at the Fire Escape Bar, Citrus Heights 21+ $5 9pm ** mar 20 thr Project Greenfield, Sun House at Fat City, S.F. 21+ * mar 20 thr Hot Buttered Rum, The Waybacks at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $17 9pm ** mar 20/21/22 Explosions In The Sky at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** mar 21 fri 7 Generations (L.A.), A Better Hope Foundation (L.A.), Dukes Up, The Separation, Fell Voices, Deepen The Wound (NV) at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ mar 21 fri Mystic Rage, Silence Chair, Gods Outlaw, Devilswalk, lingerie show at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** @ mar 21 fri Kinky (Mexico), Money Mark at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** mar 21 fri Saul Williams at Slim's, S.F. a/a $20 9pm * mar 21 fri School Of Language, Evangelicals, Headlights at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** mar 21 fri The Beaches, Petty Booka, Detroit 7, Ketchup Mania, The Emeralds, Scandal at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 7:30pm/8pm ** (Japan Nite) mar 21 fri Loquat, The Prids, Black Kites at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** mar 21 fri Blue Oyster Cult, Hillside Fire at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $30 8pm *** mar 21 fri The Maids Of Honor at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $7 9pm ** (John Long's Birthday) mar 21 fri Nile, Suicide Silence, The Faceless, Unexpect at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** @ mar 21 fri Automatic Static, One Dying Secret, The Lonely Kings at the Fire Escape Bar, Citrus Heights 21+ $3 9pm ** mar 21/22 Steve Earle, Allison Moorer at Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street, S.F. $35 7pm/8pm # ** mar 22 sat Despise You (L.A.), Lack Of Interest (L.A.), Pretty Little Flower (TX), 50/50 (TX), In Disgust, Noisear (N.M.), Superbad (OR), Thousands Will Die, Self Inflicted at 924 Gilman a/a 7pm *** @ mar 22 sat The Rocketz at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm * mar 22 sat Nile, Suicide Silence, The Faceless, Nachtmystium, The Agonist at Slim's, S.F. a/a $26/$30 8pm ** mar 22 sat Skin Horse, My Parade, Freex at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 5pm til 8pm ** mar 22 sat Nada Surf, Sea Wolf at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # ** mar 22 sat Vampire Weekend at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 22 sat Black Cobra at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * mar 22 sat Tristan Prettyman, Whitley at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9:30pm ** mar 22 sat Black Cobra, Lux Nova Umbra Est at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** @ mar 22 sat Reel Big Fish, Chase Long Beach, Half Past Two at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $20 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 23 sun Vampire Weekend at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15 7pm ** mar 23 sun No Bunny at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** mar 23 sun Phosphorescent, Bon Iver, Winter Hinderland at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm/8pm ** mar 23 sun The Rocketz, The Jim Rowdy Show, The Infamous Swanks at the Fire Escape Bar, Citrus Heights 21+ $10 9pm ** mar 24 mon Tokyo Police Club at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16/$18 7:30pm/8pm ** mar 24/25/26 Steve Miller Band, Robben Ford at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $49.50 7pm\8pm # ** mar 25 tue Atomic Bomb Audition, Late Severa Wires, Wah Wah Exit Wound (Seattle) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** mar 25 tue Nada Surf, Sea Wolf at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $16 8pm ** mar 25/26 K.D. Lang, Dustin O'Halloran at Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street, S.F. a/a $51 7pm/8pm # ** mar 25/26/27 Citizen Cope at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 7:30pm/8pm ** mar 26 wed Bob Mould Band at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** mar 26 wed Drastic Actions at the Parkside, S.F. a/a free 5pm ** (BBQ) mar 26 wed Golem at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $18 8pm * (Jewish Music Festival) mar 26 wed Bell X1 at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm * mar 26 wed Asylum Street Spankers at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $15/$17 8pm ** mar 27 thr Jose Gonzalez, Mia Doi Todd at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** mar 27 thr Justice, Diplo, Fancy at the Concourse, 620 7th Street, S.F. a/a $35 8pm # ** mar 27 thr Here Here, Musee Mechanique (Portland), Winterbirds at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 8pm ** mar 27 thr Jim White at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a * mar 27 thr Dynasty Handbag at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * mar 27 thr The Matches, All Time Low, Forever The Sickest Kids, Sonny, The Rocket Summer at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a *** @ mar 27 thr Dale Milton And The Fellas at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 9pm * mar 28 fri Disfear (Sweden), Agenda Of Swine, Acts Of Sedition at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm ** @ mar 28 fri The Audrye Sessions at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** mar 28 fri Methodof Destruction, Attitude Adjustment, Impaled, Hellhunter at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 *** @ mar 28 fri Last Of The Blacksmiths, The Speakers, Ash Reiter at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** mar 28 fri Bob Schneider at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $17 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 28 fri Benflowz at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 8pm * mar 28 fri Alesana, Blessed By A Broken Heart, Love Hate Hero, Sky Eats Airplane, The Chariot at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** mar 28 fri Testament at Colonial Theater, 3522 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento a/a ** @ mar 28 fri Breva, eightfourseven, Them Hills at the Fire Escape Bar, Citrus Heights 21+ $6 9pm ** mar 29 sat Rock n' Roll Adventure Kids, No Bunny at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ mar 29 sat Deadfall, Instant Asshole, Fix My Head (record release), Fukm, Hands Up Who Likes Me at Your House, Oakland a/a 8pm ** @ mar 29 sat Johnny & The Pachecos, Drastic Actions, Correction at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 5pm til 8pm ** mar 29 sat Y & T, Eric Martin, Mark Slaughter (acoustic) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 8pm/9pm # ** mar 29 sat LoCura! at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a * mar 29 sat The Phenomenauts at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13 9pm ** @ mar 29 sat Imaad Wasif With Two Part Beast, Si Claro at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * mar 29 sat Toast Machine at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a 8pm ** mar 29 sat Jackie Greene (cd release), Chris Webster at Empire Events Center, 1417 R St., Sacramento a/a $25/$28 6:30pm # ** mar 30 sun Saves The Day, Armor For Sleep, Set Your Goals, Metro Station, A Cursive Memory at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $17.50 5pm/6pm # *** @ mar 30 sun Auktyon (Russa), Verona at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $35 7:30pm ** mar 30 sun Testament at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 7:30pm/8pm *** @ mar 30 sun M.O.D. at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ ** mar 31 mon Streetlight Manifesto at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** mar 31 mon GZA (performing "Liquid Swords") at the Inependent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 31 mon Throwdown, Through The Eyes Of The Dead, Soilwork, War Of Ages at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** @ mar 30 sun The Greyboy Allstars at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $25 9pm ** apr 1 tue Stealing Love Jones, Kongos at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm * apr 1/2 Ministry, Meshuggah, Hemlock at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # *** @ apr 1/2 Birds Of Avalon at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** apr 2 wed Bad Manners, La Plebe at Slim's, S.F. a/a $20 8pm *** @ apr 2 wed The Black Keys, Jay Reatard at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $26.50 7pm/8pm # ** apr 2 wed Telephone Jim Jesus, Return To Mono, FM Fatale, dj Tiempo Atractiva at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 8pm ** apr 2 wed American Music Club, Rykarda Parsol And The Tower Ravens at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** apr 2 wed Digitalism, Richie Panic & Jefrodisiac at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ 10pm * apr 3 thr Julio Igesias at Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium, S.F. a/a $95.50/$75.50/$55.50 8pm # * (was November 12th) mar 3 thr The Starting Line, Bayside, Four Year Strong at Slim's, S.F. a/a $18/$20 7:30pm ** @ apr 3 thr Big Lion at Fat City, S.F. 21+ * apr 3 thr Turzi (France), Arp, Mi Ami at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** apr 3 thr John Cruz, Bag Of Toys, Latchkey Kid at the Inependent, S.F. 21+ $15 ($75 vip) 7:30pm/8pm ** apr 3 thr Loop!Station, Brad Brooks at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 ** apr 3 thr Third Date at Maggie McGarry's, 1353 Grant St., S.F. 21+ free 9pm apr 3 thr Blind Melon, Broken Iris at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** apr 3 thr American Music Club at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $12.50/$15 9pm ** apr 3 thr Furious (Belgium) at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 9pm ** apr 3/4/5 Chris Rock at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $76/$56/$46 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** apr 4 fri Arise, Zombie Holocaust, Laceration, Psychosomatic, One Flew West at 924 Gilman a/a $6 8pm *** @ apr 4 sat The Forgotten, Switchblade Riot, Lab Disaster at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** apr 4 fri Joe Bagale's Dirty Workshop, The Shotgun Wedding Quintet, Nino Moschella at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** apr 4 fri Blind Melon at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 4 fri Too Short at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a 8pm *** apr 4 fri The Starting Line, Bayside, Four Year Strong, Steel Train, The Devil Wears Prada, White Chapel at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a *** @ apr 4 fri N2Deep, Malcontent at the Fire Escape Bar, Citrus Heights 21+ $10 9pm ** apr 4 fri Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band at Arco Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a # ** apr 4/5 The Avett Brothers at Slim's, S.F. a/a $20 9pm ** apr 5 sat Dcoi, Static Though, Knuckle Puck, Tve at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm ** @ apr 5 sat Les Claypool, Tim Fite at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** apr 5 sat The Boats, Deeper at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 5pm til 8pm ** apr 5 sat Rupa And The April Fishes, Iron And The Albatross, Nice Guy Trio, dj Felina at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** apr 5 sat Lou Dog Trio, Little Bitches (tribute), Audiodub at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm * apr 5 sat Replicator (last show - two sets) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 ** apr 5 sat Autechre, Massonix, dj Rob Hall at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ 9pm * apr 5 sat Five A.M., Beauty And The Beat (tribute), 7th Turning Hour, wet t-shirt contest ($250 prise) at Betty's Rock Bar, 1251 Arroyo Way, Walnut Creek 21+ $10 ** ("Save The Boobies" - Breast Cancer Benefit) apr 5 sat Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $95/$65 ($95 ga floor) # *** apr 5 sat The Forgotten (cd release) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** apr 5 sat Building 429, Sanctus Real at Arco Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a # ** apr 6 sun Yellowcard, The Spill Canvas, PlayRadioPlay, Treaty Of Paris at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** apr 6 sun Subhumans (U.K.) at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ apr 6 sun The Greatest Hits, Avenue Rose at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** apr 7 mon Sons And Daughters, Bodies Of Water at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** apr 7 mon Anti-Flag, Street Dogs, The Briggs, Fake Problems at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $17.50 6pm/7pm # ** @ apr 7 mon Luciano, Mikey General at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 8 tue Ani DiFranco at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $41 7pm/8pm # ** apr 8 tue Mae, The Honorary Title, Between The Trees at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16 8pm ** apr 9 wed Bouncing Souls, Dead To Me, Mercy Killers at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** @ apr 9 wed Sam Barrett (U.K.) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** apr 9 wed Charlotte Sometimes, Sing It Loud, The Cab, Valencia, We The Kings at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** apr 10 thr Loop!Station, Brad Broks at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** apr 10 thr Minmae, Cult Of Sue Todd at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** apr 10 thr RJD2 at the Inependent, S.F. 21+ $23 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 10/11 Panic At The Disco, Motion City Soundtrack, The Hush Sound, Phantom Planet at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $35 6pm/7pm # *** apr 11 fri Resistant Culture (Long Beach), Masacre at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm ** @ (Celebration Of Indigenous Resistance) apr 11 fri Ingrid Michaelson, Cary Brothers, Meiko, William Fitzsimmons, Jim Bianco & Jessie Baylin at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** apr 11 fri Meat Beat Manifesto at Slim's, S.F. a/a $21 9pm ** apr 11 fri Colossal Yes, Leigh Gregory at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** apr 11 fri Dirty Projectors at the Inependent, S.F. 21+ $13 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 11 fri Rascal Flatts, Taylor Swift at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $65/$50 7pm/8pm # ** apr 11 fri Embrace The End, Heaven Shall Burn, The Blood Of Heroes, The Ghost Inside at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** @ apr 11 fri Ugly, Tough Luxury, Bear Hunter (Chico), This Day 4Ward at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 9pm ** apr 12 sat Street Eaters, film "156 Rivington" at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm ** (ABC No Rio Benefit) apr 12 sat Officer Down, Blood Muffins, Frankenstein Lives at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 5pm til 8pm ** apr 12 sat Sean Tabor & Speakeasy at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 8pm apr 12 sat Snakeflower 2, Static Static (L.A.) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** apr 12 sat Wonderbreat 5 at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a 8pm ** (was listed as mar 8th) apr 12 sat Avenged Sevenfold, Atreyu, Bullet For My Valentine, Blessthefall, Idiot Pilot, Mucc, D'Espairsray, The Underneath (Japan) at the Event Center, San Jose State a/a $32.50 4:30pm/5pm # *** @ (Taste of Chaos) apr 12 sat Anti-Nowhere League (U.K.), Angel City Outcasts, DekOiZ (cd release), The Hollowpoints, The Lost Boys, Johnny & the Pachecos at Santa Cruz Vet's Hall, 846 Front Street, Santa Cruz a/a $15 8pm *** @ (Anti-Nowhere League only all ages show in No. Calif.) apr 13 sun Enon at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 13 sun Atreyu, Avenged Sevenfold, Blessthefall, Bullet For My Valentine, D'espairsray, Idiot Pilot, Mucc, The Underneath (Japan), Celine Dion at Arco Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a # *** @ (Taste of Chaos) apr 14 mon Eels at Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street, S.F. a/a $32.50 7pm/8pm # ** apr 14 mon Dimmu Borgir, Behemoth, Keep Of Kalessin at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $25 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** apr 15 tue Tift Merritt, Sarah Watkins at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a * apr 15 thr Sacha Sacket at Serna Plaza, S.S.U., 6000 J St., Sacramento a/a free 7:30pm * apr 16 wed Today Is The Day, At All Cost, Complete Failure at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** apr 16 wed Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster, Once Nothing, The Devil Wears Prada, White Chapel at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** apr 17 thr Michelle Shocked at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $22 7:30pm ** apr 17 thr Ghostland Observatory at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** apr 18 fri Extreme Noise Terror (U.K.), Stormcrow, Strong Intention (MD), Trap Them (WA), Pillager at 924 Gilman a/a 7:30pm *** @ apr 18 fri Jucifer, Death Valley High at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** apr 18 fri Symphony X, Epica, Into Eternity at Slim's, S.F. a/a $20/$23 9pm ** apr 18 fri Papercuts, The Botticellis (record release), The Mantles at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** apr 18 fri Buzzer, Les Hormones at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** apr 18 fri The Ricky & Del Connection at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 9pm * apr 19 sat The Bar Feeders, Captured By Robots, Mike Park, Impalers Lucifers Strip Club Band at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm ** @ (Lynette Knackstedt Memorial Benefit) apr 19 sat Lotus, Gram Rabbit at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** apr 19 sat Hot Buttered Rum, Poor Man's Whiskey at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # ** apr 19 sat Lower 48, The Turks at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** apr 19 sat Jucifer at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** apr 19 sat A Skylit Drive, Before Their Eyes, Dance Gavin Dance, Four Letter Lie, Memphis May Fire, Oh, Sleeper, The Hottness at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** apr 20 sun Dredg at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** apr 20 sun Resist (Portland), The Estranged, Spectres (Canada) at Silk Bar, 1011 Del Paso Blvd., Sacramento a/a $5 1pm *** @ apr 21 mon Leon Redbone at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a * apr 23 wed Midnight Juggernauts at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ ** apr 23 wed The Nekromantix, Lower Class Brats, Bamoula at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $12 9pm ** apr 24 thr Hot Chip, Free Blood at the Fillore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** apr 24 thr Turbonegro at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** @ $ apr 24 thr Indian Jewelry at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** apr 25 fri Chow Nasty at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** apr 25 fri Crash Normal (France) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** apr 25 fri Blame Betty, B Cups, Phantom Jets at Fire Escape Bar, 7431 Madison Ave., Citrus Heights 21+ $6 9pm ** apr 26 sat David Dondero at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * apr 26 sat Simian Mobile Disco, Cut Copy, Black Kids at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ 10pm ** apr 27 sun Les Savy Fav, The Dodos at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** apr 28 mon Victor Wooten at Slim's, S.F. a/a $25 8pm ** apr 28 mon Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, The Joggers at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $15/$18 9pm ** apr 28/29/30 Dark Star Orchestra at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** apr 29 tue Victor Wooten at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $27.50/$30 8pm ** apr 30 wed Colin Meloy, Laura Gibson at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** apr 30 wed The Breeders at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 1 thr Peter Mor'n (Peter Bjorn and John) at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market St., S.F. a/a $15 7:30pm ** may 2 fri Clay Wheels, Nowheres at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 9pm ** may 3 sat Rogue Wave at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $18.50 8pm/9pm # ** may 3 sat Naked On The Vague (Siltbreeze, Australia) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** may 7 wed Avril Lavigne, Boys Like Girls at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $55/$37.50 7pm # ** may 7 wed Ensiferum, Turisas, Tyr, Eluveitie, Suidakra, At Dawn at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $22 ** @ (Paganfest) may 9 fri Edmund Wells Quartet at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm * may 9 fri The Slackers at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 9 fri Warren Teagarden, Arrogant Hare at the Vista Restaurant, 91 Commercial at 1st., Eureka a/a 9pm * may 9 fri Ensiferum, Turisas, Tyr, Eluveitie, Suidakra at the Avalon, 777 Lawrance Expressway, Santa Clara a/a $18/$22 # ** @ (Paganfest - was at Fat City) may 10 sat KFOG KaBoom at Piers 30/32, S.F. a/a (fireworks/music) may 10 sat Evolution (tribute), Beauty & The Beat (tribute) at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8pm * 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 19 mon Megadeth, In Flames, Children Of Bodom, Job For A Cowboy, High On Fire at Event Center, San Jose State a/a $37.50 5:30pm # *** @ $ may 21 wed The Presets, Walter Meego at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** may 22 thr Nightwish at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** may 25 sun Cluster, Tussle, White Rainbow at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 30 fri Candlemass, Daylight Dies at Slim's, S.F. a/a $21/$23 9pm ** jun 3 tue Mad Sin, Koffin Kats, Brigitte Handley at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** jul 1 tue Reverend Horton Heat, Supersuckers, Nashville Pussy at Empire Events Center, 1417 R St., Sacramento a/a $25/$28 7:30pm # *** jul 12 sat Rykarda Parasol & The Tower Raven at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm * 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 ---------------- feb 16 sat Parker Street Cinema live on U.C. Berkeley Radio KALX 90.7FM 9:30pm feb 22 fri Tippy Canoe & The Paddlemen live on U.C. Berkeley Radio KALX 90.7FM 6pm-9pm feb 28 thr ArnoCorps on Drinks with Tony on Pirate Cat Radio 87.9FM 4pm-6pm Radio/TV Shows --------------- Berkeley Liberation Radio 104.1FM www.berkeleyliberationradio.org 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+ El Rio, 3158 Mission St., S.F., 21+ 415-282-3325 Elbo Room, 647 Valencia near 17th St., S.F. 21+ 415-552-7788 Eli's Mile High Club, 3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland 21+ 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 Fire Escape Bar, 7431 Madison Ave., Citrus Heights 21+ 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 Harlow's, 2708 J Street, Sacramento 21+ 916-441-4693 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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