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 May 12, 2008 may 12 mon Efterklang (Copenhagen), Slaraffenland, Winterbirds at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** may 12 mon Tyrone Wells, Jason Reeves at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm * may 12 mon Harptallica (tribute - Baton Rouge), Saturn Returns, Dominique Banuelos & Starblood 7 at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** may 13 tue Vetiver at Amoeba Music, 2455 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a 6pm free * may 13 tue Cloud Cult, Kid Dakota, Love Is Chemicals at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** may 13 tue Kate Nash, Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** may 13 tue Jean Marie, Vic Wong's Panique at the Climate Theater, 285 9th Street @ Folsom, S.F. a/a $10-$15 sliding scale 8pm * may 13 tue R3turn To Mono, Fun Machine, Anon Day, Excuses For Skipping at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** may 13 tue Geographer, Indian Valley Line, Mosshead at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** may 13 tue The Corruptors, Shootin' Lucy, Frankenstein L.I.V.S. at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm/10pm ** may 13 tue Carneyball Johnson & Nive (Greenland) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9:30pm * may 13 tue Axton Kincaid (acoustic) at Club Wazeima, 543 Divisadero, S.F. ?/? free 8pm may 13 tue Makana at the Palms, Davis ?/? * may 13 tue Eisley, The Myriad, Vedera at Empire Events Center, 1417 R St., Sacramento a/a $15/$18 7:30pm ** may 13/14/16/17/18 Phil Lesh & Friends at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $45 (6pm/7pm tue/wed) (7pm/8pm (fri-sat-sun) # ** may 14 wed The Swith, Shannon And The clam, Magnanimous, Foxes at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** may 14 wed Fleas And Lice (Groningen, Holland), Mouth Sewn Shut (7" release - Boston), Inhaste (Seattle), Stormcrow at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8 8:30pm/9pm *** @ may 14 wed Port O'Brien (cd release), Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin Girls at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** may 14 wed The Dodos at Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F. a/a 6pm * may 14 wed Fontanelle, Ruby Howl, Gilded Rooks at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm * may 14 wed South, The Silver State, Ki: Theory, Johnny Lloyd Rollins at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 7:30pm/8pm ** may 14 wed Magnus Hitch, Monsters Are Not Myths at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 8pm ** may 14 wed Toy Soldiers, Buttercream Gang, Dead Westerns at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm** may 14 wed Railcars, Static Mind-FI, Sleepy Boy Moe at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** may 14 wed Radar Brothers, Le Switch, Petracovich at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** may 14 wed Laughing Dead at Grant & Green, S.F. 21+ 9pm * may 14 wed Falls Protocol, Case In Theory, Silver Griffin, Explosion Sauce at Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose 21+ ** may 14 wed East Bay Shitbirds, The Crutch, Kick Start Devils, The Singularity at the Blue Lagoon, Sacramento 21+ ** may 14/15 Crowded House, Don McGlashan at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $45 7pm/8pm # ** may 14/15 Foreigner at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, 15 Hwy 50, Stateline, NV 21+ $60 7:30pm ** may 15 thr Port O'Brien at Rasputin's Music, 2401 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a free 5pm * may 15 thr The Carrots at Amoeba Music, 2455 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a 6pm free * may 15 thr The Family Curse, Jealousy, Brides at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** may 15 thr Sprayzer, dj Kirin Rider, dj Sam FM at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm * may 15 thr The Proclaimers, Jeremy Fisher at Slim's, S.F. a/a $18 8pm ** may 15 thr The Attachments, Boat (Seattle), Social Studies at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. ?/? $8 8:30pm/9pm ** (KALX) may 15 thr The Saurus, Ostrich Head, Richie Cunning, Rob Rush at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 8pm ** may 15 thr Langhorne Slim & The War Eagles, Ferraby Lionheart, Willoughby at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 7:30pm/8pm ** may 15 thr The Marshall Tucker Band at Fat Cat, 930 11th Street, Modesto 21+ ** may 15 thr Hey Willpower, Invisible Cities, School For The Dead at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** may 15 thr Electric Dude, Ihabial, South Of Sunshine at the at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $5 9pm ** may 15/16 Hot Tuna at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 16 fri Sabertooth Zombie, Murder Practice, Seize The Night, Skin Like Iron (7" record release), Grace Alley (7" record release), Crucified at 924 Gilman a/a $7 7:30pm *** @ may 16 fri Chris Murray Combo, Monkey, Justifi, Coup De Ska at Blake's, Berkeley 18+ $12 ($10 if 21+) ^ ** may 16 fri Army, David Morrison, Tuff Lion, Luv Fyah at Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley 21+ $12 * may 16 fri The Show Is The Rainbow, Snowsuit, Fetish at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** may 16 fri Kofy Brown, A Band Called Pain at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** may 16 fri Murder By Death, Dios, Gasoline Heart at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$13 8:30pm/10pm ** may 16 fri James Frey, Josh Kilmer-Purcell, Stephen Elliott at Slim's, S.F. a/a free ** may 16 fri The Dirtbombs, Dan Sartain, Terrible Twos at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** may 16 fri This Charming Band (tribute), Ghost Of Curtis (tribute) at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** may 16 fri The Grannies, East Bay Chasers, Texas Thieves, Barbie And The Hookers (L.A.), U.S. Kings at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm/8:30pm *** @ may 16 fri The Chesebals, Erasure-Esque at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm *** may 16 fri Barbary Coasters, Allen Oldies Band (TX) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** may 16 fri Anthem Midnight, Monstrous, Strictly Commercial, Sputnik, With Friends Like These at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** may 16 fri Marshall Tucker Band, Moonalice at Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $30 7pm/8pm ** may 16 fri Juanes at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $85/$60/$40 8pm # * (seated show) may 16 fri La Plebe, Whiskey Avengers, Cobra Skulls at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** @ may 16 fri Evening Episode, Pets, Willoughby at Java Lounge, Sacramento a/a $7 ** may 16 fri Cynic At Best, The Action Design, Allinday, Junta Deville at the Fire Escape Bar, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 9pm ** may 16 fri The Melodramatics, M.M.F.M. at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9:30pm * may 17 sat xBxRx, Triclops!, Surrender, rock poster art show with: Paul Imagine, Chuck Sperry, Chris Shaw, John Seabury, Lil Tuffy, Mauz, David d'Andrea, D. King Gallery at 924 Gilman a/a $7 8pm *** @ may 17 sat New Earth Creeps, Self Inflicted, Embrace The Kill, Santhai, Ancient Forrest, Maggot Colony at Your House, Oakland a/a $6 8pm *** @ may 17 sat Built For The Sea, Overview, Silian Rail, The Hundred Days at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 17 sat Razor Blade Honey at Brainwash, 1122 Folsom St., S.F. a/a * may 17 sat Fluorescent Grey, Kush Arora, Anon Day, Spukkin Faceship, 666 Gangstaz, Scuzi, Brian English, Robotanist at 382 Baysore Blvd., S.F. a/a $8 10pm ** (noise/electric) may 17 sat Echo Of Bullets, Power Struggle, Say Bok Gwai, P+ (Watsonville) at the Retox Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm/8:30pm ** @ may 17 sat The Show Is The Rainbow, Cryptacize, The Pope Of Yes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** may 17 sat Bryan Adams (solo) at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm *** may 17 sat The Bar Feeders, The Dick Dusters, The White Barons at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $10-$20 sliding scale 9pm ** @ (Benefit for Steve K from Ziegiest) may 17 sat Kemo Sabe, The Whoreshoes, Axton Kincaid, Bob Harp, Pirate Radio at the EL Rio, S.F. 21+ 3pm * (early show - Benefit S.F. Food Bank) may 17 sat La Plebe, Trainwreck Riders, The Fucking Buckaroos at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm ** @ (late show) may 17 sat Castles In Spain (10pm) at 12 Galaxies, S.F. a/a $20 ($15 with flyer) * may 17 sat The Frail, Mario Muse, BaconMonkey, Six, dj Aaron, dj Omar at the DNA Lounge, S.F. 21+ ** may 17 sat Wire Graffiti, Bettie Black, The Obsessors at Beale Street Bar & Grill, 133 Beale St., S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** may 17 sat Burn The Ruin, Athens, X-Ray Cat, In The Eyes Of A Mistress, Amongst The Betrayed at Marine Youth Center, 1115 3rd Street, San Rafael a/a 7:30pm ** @ may 17 sat Gomorran Social Aid & Pleasure Club, Bluebellies, Or The Whale at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm *** may 17 sat Charlie Wilson, Brenton Wood, Malo, Lisa-Lisa at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountian View a/a $60/$35/$10 4:30pm/6pm # ** (KISS Old School Fiesta) may 17 sat Godstomper, Mental Stagnation, Iguanadon, Fatal Impulse, No Thanks at Java Lounge, Sacramento a/a $7 ** may 17 sat Posiden, Coldcokt at the at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 9pm ** may 17 sat Diamate at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9pm * may 17 sat Abandon Theory at Caspar Inn, 14957 Caspar Rd., Caspar 21+ * may 17 sat The Extra Action Marching Band, Apple Pie Hopes, Mikchael Musika at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm ** may 17 sat The Chop, Man/Miracle, Plasterkatz at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 8pm ** may 17 sat The Kills at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16 9pm ** may 17 sat Blowfly, AntIseen, Hammerlock at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/10pm ** @ may 17 sat Bassnectar, Zion I, Heavyweight Dub Champion, Apostle, Seasunz, Beats Antique at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # ** may 17 sat Drunken Public, Bad Hand, The Atom Age at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm til 8pm ** may 17 sat Papa Doo Run Run at Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $30 8pm/9pm ** may 18 sun Raw Power (Italy) at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 ** @ may 18 sun Whoa Nellies, The Lovin 44's at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 5pm til 8pm * may 18 sun Dresden Dolls, Vermillion Lies at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7:30pm/8:30pm # ** may 18 sun Two Seconds, Little Teeth, Tinkture, Vomica, Thee Out Mods at the Bottom of the hill, S.F. a/a $8 8pm ** may 18 sun El Perro Del Mar, Lykke Li at Bimbo's 365 Club, 1025 Columbus Avenue, S.F. 21+ ** may 18 sun French Kicks, The Weather Underground at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $14 7:30pm/8pm ** may 18 sun The Smithereens at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $30 8pm *** may 18 sun Zephyrs, Backlash, Say Bok Gwai, Punchface at Walnut Park, Petaluma Blvd. and D Street, Petaluma a/a donation 4pm ** (Benefit for American Civil Liberties Union) may 18 sun Izabella, 35R, Kanvus, Brothers Comatose, The Jug Dealers at Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ ($5 or 5 cans of food) 6pm/7pm ** (battle of the bands) may 18 sun Crypt Orchid, Red Terrror, L.S.D.A., Escapement at Java Lounge, Sacramento a/a $5 ** may 18 sun Dismal Lapse, ForkTung, Mind Furnace, Lethal Injection at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $7 ($5 if 21+) 4pm ** may 18 sun Blowfly, Antiseen, The Show Is The Rainbow, Dr. Becky Sagers Phd, Gorgeous Armada at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 6pm ** may 18/19 Miyavi at Slim's, S.F. a/a $25/$28 8pm ** may 19 mon Clinic, Shearwater at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $17 8:30pm/9pm ** may 19 mon Prizehog, The New Thrill Parade, Genesis Climber at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** 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 19 mon The French Kicks, The Weather Underground at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $12 8pm ** may 20 tue The Duke Of Windsor, The Ears, Tempo No Tempo 50 Foot Women at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** may 20 tue Adam Green, Tim Fite at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** may 20 tue Tally Hall, De Novo Dahl, Low Vs Diamond at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13 8pm ** may 20 tue Raashan Ahmad at Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F. a/a 6pm * may 20 tue Ten-Four Band, Scott Allbright at the El Rincon, S.F. 18+ $5 8pm/9pm * may 20 tue Kathleen Edwards, The Last Town Chorus at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 7:30pm/8pm ** may 20 tue Sudden Oak, Ducktails, Synt.Tofs at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9:30pm ** may 20 tue Andy Kindler, Eugene Mirman, Marc Maron at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $16 8pm/9pm ** may 20 tue Alex Statan (record release), Dani Paige Band, The Sacred Profanities at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** may 20 tue Top Ten, Edison Rocket Train (N.Y.C.), Pink Elephants at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm/10pm ** @ may 20 tue Patrick Cress' Telepathy at the London Wine Bar, 415 Sansome St., S.F. 21+ free 9pm * may 20 tue Radar Bros., Le Switch at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $8/$10 8pm * may 20/21 Santana at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $90 7pm/8pm # *** $ may 21 wed Bowfire at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a # $65/$48/$36 7pm/8pm ** may 21 wed Yankee Kamikaze, Bare Wires, Cycloptopus, Glitter Wizard at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 8pm ** may 21 wed The Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound, The Lumerians, Janina Angel Bath, dj Duke Of Windsor at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $7 9pm * may 21 wed M83, Berg Sans Nipple - Wed. May at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a may 21 wed The Brothers Unconnected, Neung Phak at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16/$18 8pm ** (KFJC) may 21 wed M.I.A. at the Concourse, S.F. Design Center, 620 7th St., S.F. a/a # $35 8pm # ** may 21 wed Arcadio, Mist & Mast, The Definite Articles (cd release) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 8pm ** may 21 wed Nomy Lamm, open stage at the Magnet, 4122 18th Street, S.F. a/a free 7:30pm/8pm * may 21 wed The Presets, Walter Meego at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** may 21 wed Paranoids, Better Than Aliens, The Pope Of Yes, Daddy Crimbo at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** may 21 wed The Black Hollies (N.J.), The Jizz!, The Invasion at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** may 21 wed Destroyer, Devon Williams at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** may 21 wed Barbary Coasters, Middle Class Murder, Hiwatters at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5-$15 sliding scale 9pm ** (Blue Bear Benefit) may 21 wed Blue Rodeo, Luke Doucet at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm * may 21 wed Exhausted Prayer (L.A.), Elk, One Hundred Suns, Addiction King, dj Rob MetaL at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm/9pm ** may 21 wed Empty Rooms, Diamond Star Halos, Big Light, Top Critters at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** may 21 wed Matt Costa, Delta Spirit at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $15/$18 7pm/8pm ** may 21 wed Ceremony, Paint It Black, Life Long Tragedy, Sabertooth Zombie, The Lost boys at 418 Project, 418 Front Street, Santa Cruz a/a $10 9pm *** @ may 22 thr Nuts And Bolts, Orange, Angels With Dirty Faces at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $6 9pm/10pm *** may 22 thr The Fall Of Troy, The Dear Hunter, Foxy Shazam, Tera Melos at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$13 7:30pm/8pm ** may 22 thr Raheem Devaughn/Chrisette Michele at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # ** may 22 thr Crudo (featuring Mike Patton and Dan the Automator) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 22 thr All Shall Perish, First Blood, Alcatraz, Apiary, Arise at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $12 7pm/8pm ** @ (Anthony's Birthday) may 22 thr Mates Of State, LoveLikeFire at Slim's, S.F. a/a $17/$19 9pm *** @ may 22 thr March Fourth Marching Band (Portland), Kid Beyond, Loyd Family Players at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** may 22 thr Erick And Ivy at Thrillhouse Records, S.F. a/a * may 22 thr Ceremony, Paint It Black, Life Long Tragedy, Sabertooth Zombie, Red Handed at Balazo Gallery, 2183 Mission, S.F. a/a $10 7pm ** @ may 22 thr Thousandnames, Gabe Gonzales, Delipub, Vir at Fat City, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** may 22 thr Third Date, Jam at Irelands 32, 3920 Geary Blvd., S.F. 21+ free 9pm * may 22 thr Matt Embree at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $12/$15 8pm ** may 22 thr The Cave Singers, The Botticellis, Triumph Of Lethargy Skinned Alive To Death at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm/8pm ** may 22 thr Sarees, Palms, Eyes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** may 22 thr The Voodoo Organist, The Vaudevilles, Undertaker & His Pals at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** may 22 thr Concord High Jazz Ensemble at Todos Santos Plazza, Willow Pass Road at Grant Street, Concord a/a free 6:30pm til 8pm ** may 22 thr Nightwish at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** may 22 thr Chemical Angle, Savior, Femme Fatality, Syndika Zero at the at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 9pm ** may 22 thr Candy Apple, The Amblers, Dr. Becky Sagers Phd. at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** may 23 fri The Forgotten, Troublemaker, Harrington Saints, Violation, Orange, War Dogs at 924 Gilman a/a $7 7:30pm *** @ may 23 fri 66 Seven, Psychosomatic (Sacramento), Orb Of Confusion, Hallow Engine (L.A.) at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm *** may 23 fri Boy In The Bubble, Seaquencer at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm * may 23 fri J.G.B. at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 23 fri Mindless Self Indulgence, London After Midnight, The Birthday Massacre at the Grand Ballroom, 1300 Van Ness Avenue, S.F. a/a ** may 23 fri Lord Loves A Working Man, The Struts, Swoop Unit at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13 9pm *** may 23 fri Agent Steel, Imagika, Fog Of War at Fat City, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** may 23 fri CPC Gangbangs (Montreal), Grace Alley, Tulsa at the Hemlock Tavern, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** may 23 fri Margot & The Nuclear So And So's, Mike Bloom at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** may 23 fri Snake Flower 2 (record release), Tea Elles, Wyld Youth, dj Duke Of Winsor, dj Mystic Lady at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm ** may 23 fri Azeem, The 808 Band, dj's at Club 6, 60 6th Street, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** may 23 fri Von Iva, The Blacks at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ ** may 23 fri Droid at Chris's Club, 656 Benicia Road, Vallejo 21+ free ** may 23 fri Set Your Goals, Hit The Lights, I Am the Avalanche, The Years Gone By, 2*Sweet at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $15 7pm/8pm *** @ may 23 fri Foreigner at Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa a/a # ** may 23 fri Abandon Theory at Old Western Saloon, Point Reyes Station ?/? * may 23 fri Dead Meadow, Hans Keller, The Lumerians at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** may 23 fri LeMaster, The Happy Medium, Ahoy at Java Lounge, Sacramento a/a $5 ** may 23 fri A Fear Of Silence, ReZonance, Into The Ambiance at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 9pm ** may 23 fri Drinkin' At Your Funeral at Rythems Cafe, Main Street, Grass Valley a/a $5 8pm * may 23 fri The Secretions, Fingers Of Passion, Lampwicks Axe at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** may 23/24 Tainted Love at Bimbo's 365 Club, 1025 Columbus Avenue, S.F. 21+ $13 8pm/9pm ** may 24 sat Xome, Blow Up Nihilist, Cerebral Foil, Bleachy Bleachy Bleach, Under Control at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ (Aphotic Noise Fest) may 24 sat Sugar & Gold at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm * may 24 sat CPC Gangbangs, Farticus, Trigger Effect, Atom Age at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** may 24 sat Embers, Roanoke, Grayceon, One Hundred Suns at Roosters Roadhouse, 1700 Clement Ave., Alameda 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm ** may 24 sat Dead Meadow, The Sermon, Dame Satan at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 9pm *** @ (KALX) may 24 sat The Devil Makes Three at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 24 sat Gunner, Whore Of War, Hukaholix at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm til 8pm ** may 24 sat The Bodies, Everything Must Go (record rlease), The Lowdowns (back together), Jack Saints (re-union) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a 9pm *** @ may 24 sat the visual arts of Mark Mothersbaugh (of Devo) at SR2 Gallery, 1728 University Ave., Berkeley a/a 6pm-11pm (art opening) may 24 sat Mammatus at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm * may 24 sat The Rats (N.Y.C.), Some Days at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 6pm ** (early show) may 24 sat The New Centuries (ep release), The Dont's, Man/Miracle at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** (late show) may 24 sat My Brightest Diamond, Pedestrian, A Weather at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13 8:30pm/9pm ** may 24 sat Dead Ringers, The Meat Sluts, The Touchie Feelies, Plastic Saints at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** may 24 sat Last Of The Blacksmiths (record release), The Fresh And Only's, El Capitan at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** may 24 sat Cobra Skulls, Steel Tigers Of Death (Seattle) at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm ** may 24 sat The Phenomenauts, The A.K.A.s, Maldroid, Ashtray at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $12 7pm/8pm *** @ may 24 sat Monkey, See Spot, The Struts at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 ** may 24 sat Red Sunday, Down & Durdy, Silent Treatment, Year One at Britannia Arms, 1087 S. De Anza Blvd., San Jose 21+ ** may 24 sat Droid at Fat Cat, 930 11th Street, Modesto 21+ $10 ** may 24 sat Ill Imperial, State Cap, Holy Hot Hip Hop! at Java Lounge, Sacramento a/a $5 ** may 24 sat The Midnight Howlers, The Gin Rickys, Needy Eevy at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $7 9pm ** may 24 fri The Blacks, The Snobs (Sacramento), Voodoo Organist, Helper Monkeys at the Blue Lamp Lounge, Sacramento 21+ ** may 24 sat Abandon Theory at the Tradewinds, Kings Beach (Lake Tahoe) ?/? * may 24 sat Mute Witness, Red Giant, Kevin D' Ambra at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** may 24/jul 3 the visual arts of Mark Mothersbaugh (of Devo) at SR2 Gallery, 1728 University Ave., Berkeley a/a 6pm-11pm may 25 sun Seven Generations, Wait In Vain (WA), No Truce, Shark Fight at 924 Gilman a/a $7 5pm *** @ may 25 sun Ill Gotten Gainz, Times Of Desperation, Kids With Headlice (Chico), P.M.R.C. at B.R.S., Richmond a/a $6 7pm *** @ may 25 sun Blowfly, AnitSeen, One In The Chamber, Devil's Son Inlaw at Maxwell's Lounge, 341 13th St. Oakland 18+ $10/$12 9pm/9:30pm ** may 25 sun Cluster, Tussle, White Rainbow at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 25 sun Thrice, Circa Survive, Pelican at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $19.99 6pm/7pm # ** may 25 sun The Wayside State at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 5pm til 8pm ** may 25 sun Death Angel, God Forbid, Soilent Green, Light This City at Slim's, S.F. a/a $21/$23 7pm *** @ may 25 sun Glass Candy (Portland), Chromatics, Farah (TX), dj Mike Simonetti, dj Omar at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $12 9pm ** may 25 sun Japanther, Triclops!, Pretty Boy Thorson And the Falling Angels, Cortez The Killer, The Pharmacy, Pterodacdudes, Genesis Climber at Thrillhouse Records, S.F. a/a *** @ (3pm BBQ) may 25 sun The Von Bondies, Die! Die! Die! (New Zealand), Io Echo at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13 7:30pm/8pm *** may 25 sun Saints Of Ruin, Order Of The Black Elk, Ruber Side Down, D.I.E. at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 7pm ** may 25 sun Parker Street Cinema, La Fin du Monde at the Make-Out Room, S.F. 21+ ** may 25 sun Hillside Fire, Monophonics, Frobeck, Crooked Roads, Kerosene Kondors at Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ ($5 or 5 cans of food) 6pm/7pm ** (battle of the bands) may 25 sun Abandon Theory at Rivershack, Coloma ?/? * may 25 sun Hookerfight, Trigger Effect (Canada), Drinkin' At Your Funeral, at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $7 ($5 if 21+) 4pm ** may 25 sun Throw Rag, The Heart Attacks at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9pm ** may 26 mon The Pirate Band, Tippy Canoe at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** (early show) may 26 mon Japanther, The Pharmacy at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 11pm ** (late show) may 26 mon Maze, Chaka Khan, The Whispers, Ledisi, World Famous Rick And Russ Show at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $90/$56/$36 10:30am/noon # ** (KBLX) may 27 tue Bad Touch at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 9pm * may 27 tue Teitur, Jessie Baylin at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 27 tue Ladytron, Datarock, The Delta Fiasco, dj Aaron Axelson at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # ** may 27 tue Flight Of The Conchords (New Zealand) at Nob Hill Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $32.50 7pm/8pm # ** (see May 29th) may 27 tue White Rabbits, Love Like Fire at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** may 27 tue Floating Goat, Super Giant, HDR Band at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** @ may 27 tue Penny Dreadfuls at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9:30pm * may 27 tue Tragedy (Portland), Blowback (Japan), Born/Dead, Acephalix, dj Ken Prank at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm/8:30pm *** @ may 27 tue Lizz Wright at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 7:30pm/8pm ** may 27 tue Mindless Self Indulgence, The Birthday Massacre, A Kiss Could Be Deadly at Empire Events Center, 1417 R St., Sacramento a/a $20/$25 7:30pm ** may 27/28 Beirut, The Brunettes at the Grand, Regency Center, 1290 Sutter St., S.F. 21+ a/a $29.50 8pm ** may 28 wed Green House Effect, Super Giant at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 ** may 28 wed Asteroid #4 (Philadelphia), The Quarter After (L.A.), The Otherside at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 8pm ** may 28 wed Pela, Rock at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** may 28 wed Stephen Marley, Gully Bank Sound at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $30 8:30pm/9pm ** may 28 wed Mother's Anger, Joint Method, The Genie at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** may 28 wed The Physics Of Meaning (N.C.) at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm ** may 28 wed Immigrant at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm * may 28 wed Polar Bears, Baby Cakes, The Most Awesome Protagonist at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $3 8pm ** may 28 wed Iron Maiden at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $81/$61/$41/$31 6pm/7pm # *** may 28 wed The Cure, 65daysofstatic at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $65/$50/$35 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** $ may 28 wed The Fiery Furnaces, Grand Ole Party at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $15 9pm ** may 28 wed Decry (L.A.), Good Neighbor Policy, Dun Bin Had, Law Abiding Citizens at the Blue Lagoon, Sacramento 21+ ** may 28 wed Minipop U.S., Sybris (Chicago), Unwed Sailor at Satellite Lounge, 188 California Ave., Reno, NV 21+ ** may 29 thr Arch Enemy, Dark Tranquillity, Divine Heresy at Slim's, S.F. a/a $21/$23 8pm *** (KXFX) may 29 thr Swervedriver, Film School, Mezzanine Owls at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** may 29 thr The Fiery Furnaces at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 29 thr The Brunettes (New Zealand), Sybris (Chicago), Unwed Sailor at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** may 29 thr Flight Of The Conchords (New Zealand) at Davies Symphony Hall, 401 Van Ness Ave., S.F. a/a $32.50 7pm/8pm # ** (see May 27th) may 29 thr Zodiac Death Valley at Fat City, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** may 29 thr The Junior Panthers, Dora Flood, The Parties at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** may 29 thr Trifles, All-Ages, Spaceblaster at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** may 29 thr Crimson Ghost, The LaTeenos, The Lava Rats at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** may 29 thr Floater at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8pm ** may 29 thr No Quarter (tribute) at Buddha Lounge, 901 Grant Ave, S.F. 21+ free 7pm ** may 29 thr Les Claypool at Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $25 8pm/9pm *** may 29 thr Tragedy (Portland), Blowback (Japan), Whiskey Rebels, Kuru, Dance For Destruction at Silk Bar, 1011 Del Paso Blvd., Sacramento 18+ $8 7pm *** @ may 29 thr The Mighty Josephine, Nine Even at the Fire Escape Bar & Grill, Citrus Heights 21+ 9pm * may 30 fri Kakistocracy (N.C.), One In The Chamber, Eskapo, You Die, Threat To The System at 924 Gilman a/a $7 8pm *** @ may 30 fri Shiloe at Rasputin's Music, 2401 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a free 5pm ** may 30 fri The Filthy Thieving Bastards, The Hooks, The Saturday Saints at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** may 30 fri Tear It Down, No Bunny Loves You, So Cow, The Shimmies at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 ** may 30 fri Eek-A-Mouse, Al Poncho, Secure Dem Sound at Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley 21+ $17/$22 ** may 30 fri Candlemass, Daylight Dies at Slim's, S.F. a/a $21/$23 9pm ** (KXFX) may 30 fri Hank III & Assjack at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 8pm/9pm # ** may 30 fri The Departed, Sore Thumbs, Switchblade Riot, Wardogs at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** may 30 fri Notorious, Glorified HJ, No Quarter (tribute) at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** may 30 fri Anavan, Casy & Brian, Attractive & Popular at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm * may 30 fri Orgone, Darando & Nino Moshella, LoCura, dj Vanka at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $40/$17 8:30pm/9pm ** may 30 fri The Chop Tops, The Widders, The Infamous Swanks at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** may 30 fri Blind Willies at Ace in the Hole, Highway 116 at Graton, Sebastopol a/a free 4:30pm ** may 30 fri Not An Airplane, Tumbleweeds, West Of Next at Java Lounge, Sacramento a/a ** may 30 fri Final Summation, Trashed Idols (L.A.), 5 Days Dirty, Social Concern at the at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 9pm ** may 30 fri This Charming Band (tribute), DEVOlutionaries (tribute), Japanese Baby (tribute), Die Darlings (tribute) at the Blue Lagoon, Sacramento 21+ ** may 30 fri Wings Of Innocence, Zen Archer, Blue Hail, Danny Jones at the Kennel Club, 5821 Auburn Blvd., Sacramento 21+ $8 8:30pm ** may 30/31 New Monsoon, Albino! at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 30/jun 1 Sound Tribe Sector 9, Snoop Dogg, Taking Back Sunday, Slightly Stoopid, Coheed AndCambria, Ozomatli, Ky-Manimarley, The Crystal Method, Fishbone, Tea Leaf Green, Paula Cole, Mates Of State, West Indian Girl, Juliette Lewis & The Licks, Dieselboy, Shelby Lynne, Melvin Seals & JGB, Tibetan Monks, Raine Maida, Albino! Heavy Heavy Afro Beat, New Monsoon, Hot Buttered Rum, Sara Melson, Just Jinjer, Superdrag, Moonalice at Laguna Seca Recreation Area, Monterey County a/a *** (3-day camping festival) may 31 sat Heathen, Hatchet (record release), Virulent Death, Meltdown at 924 Gilman a/a $10 7:30pm *** @ may 31 sat K. Lloyd (Kirk Fisher of Buzzoven - acoustic solo), Dominique Banuelos, The Stars Misplaced at Temescal Arts Center, 511 48th St., Oakland a/a $7 9pm/9:30pm ** (acoustic nite) may 31 sat The Chop Tops, The Badmen, The Infamous Swanks at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** may 31 sat Dave Rude Band, Super Ego at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 * may 31 sat The Dust, Break, Xipper at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm til 8pm ** may 31 sat Bootsy Collins & The Hardest Working Band, Bobby Byrd Band, Escapism, Freekbass, I-Candi, DJizzle, Zionplanet10, Fred Wesley at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $42.50 8pm/9pm # *** may 31 sat Brass Menazeri, dj Brother Grimm, dj Bas, dj Chris Baty at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8/$10 9pm ** may 31 sat Kakistocracy, Orb Of Confusion, Farticus at Thrillhouse Records, S.F. a/a ** @ may 31 sat The Gator Alley Band (tribute), Hot For Teacher (tribute), Izzy Ozborne (tribute), The Refugees (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** (Benefit for Mel Snipes' Family) may 31 sat 20 Minute Loop, Tartufi, Yes Oh Yes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** may 31 sat Richard Cheese & Lounge Against The Machine at Bimbo's 365 Club, 1025 Columbus Avenue, S.F. 21+ ** may 31 sat Nokturne, Veitus Mortuus, Nuclear Desecration, Vatican at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** may 31 sat metal tribute nite at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm ** may 31 sat The Holy Kiss, Paranoids, The Better Maker, Fast Dragon at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** may 31 sat Blue Turtle Seduction, On The One, Montana Slim at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** may 31 sat Four Tet, art show at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm/10pm ** may 31 sat Dan Lebowitz Group, Forest Sun (cd release), JP Cutler Band at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $14/$16 9pm ** may 31 sat The Heavenly States at the Bottom of the hill, S.F. ?/? * may 31 sat Andre Nickatina, Rydah J. Klyde, Sumthin Terrible, Tone E, dj Amen at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $25 7pm/8pm ** (hip hop) may 31 sat Tommy Castro, Volker Strifler at Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $20 8pm/9pm ** may 31 sat Crosby, Stills & Nash at Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa a/a # ** may 31 sat The Filthy Thieving Bastards, The Hooks, The Saturday Saints at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** may 31 sat Boats!, Ashtray, The Secretions at Java Lounge, Sacramento a/a ** @ may 31 sat S.T.D., Fear And Loathing, Silent Treatment, Axiom at Underground Cafe, 2401 Olympus Drive, Roseville a/a $10 6:30pm ** @ may 31 sat Tough Luxury, Maldroid, The Broken Poet at the at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 9pm ** may 31 sat The Grannies, The Flesh Hammers at Davidson's Distillery, 275 East Fourth Street, Reno, NV 21+ free ** may 31 sat The Glam-O-Rama Girly Show, The Shankers at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9pm ** may 31/jun 1 R.E.M., Modest Mouse, The National at the Greek Theatre, U.C. Berkeley a/a $90/$60/$40 (6pm sat) (5pm sun) # *** $ may 31/jun 1 Les Claypool (may 31), The Zydeco Flames, Stacy Kray, Captain Mike And The Sea Kings, Saul Kaye, Eliyahu & Qadim, The Bobby Young Project, Manaleo, Asheba, Sizemo, Tia Carroll, Captain Zohar, John Craigie at Jack London Square, Oakland a/a free *** (SalmonAID Music Festival) jun 1 sun The Gold Diggers, Milville Plains at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 5pm til 8pm * jun 1 sun K. Lloyd (Kirk Fisher of Buzzov*en - acoustic solo), Aerial Ruin, Coveous Woe at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $6 8pm/9pm ** jun 1 sun La Plebe, Cobra Skulls, Bastards Of Young, Isonomy, Danny Secretion at the at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $7 ($5 if 21+) 4pm ** @ jun 2 mon The Long Blondes, The Young Knives at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jun 2 mon Peter Murphy at the Grand Ballroom, 1300 Van Ness Avenue, S.F. a/a # ** jun 2 mon Chevelle, Sick Puppies at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** jun 3 tue Mr Gnome, The Bad Hand, Sleepy Boy Moe at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 ** jun 3 tue Mad Sin, Koffin Kats, Brigitte Handley at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** jun 3 tue Moe! Staiano, Holly Caust, Pink Canoes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9:30pm ** jun 3 tue The Ferocious Few, Ari Metz, Patient Zero (solo-acoustic) at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ free 8pm ** jun 4 wed Duke Of Windsor, Russell Quan at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 ** jun 4 wed Hatebreed, Type O Negative, 3 Inches Of Blood, Mystic Rage at the Grand Ballroom, 1300 Van Ness Avenue, S.F. a/a *** @ (Jagermeister Music Tour) jun 4 wed Big B And Dirtball Potluck, DGAF at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13/$15 8:30pm ** (Suburgan Noize Records) jun 4 wed Beatropolis, B.I.B. Crew, Return To Mono at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 8pm ** jun 4 wed Schande, Little Teeth, French Miami at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** jun 4 wed Shannon & The Clams, Light Leaks at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9:30pm * jun 4 wed The Queers, Lemuria, Bomb The Music Industry, Kepi Ghoulie at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a *** @ jun 4 wed Los Campesinos, Parenthetical Girls at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $12.50/$15 9pm ** jun 5 thr Boats at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 * jun 5 thr Dethklok, Chimaira, Soilent Green at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $26.50 7pm/8pm # *** @ jun 5 thr Joan Of Arc (Chicago), 31 Knots, Maus Haus at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** jun 5 thr Tragedy (Portland), Blowback (Japan), Acts Of Sedition, Jesus Fucking Christ at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8 8pm/8:30pm *** @ jun 5 thr The Queers, Lemuria, Bomb The Music Industry, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Kepi Ghoulie at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12/$10 7:30pm/8pm *** @ (Asian Man Records) jun 5 thr Third Date at Grant & Green, S.F. 21+ free 8:30pm * jun 5 thr Overview, Vauxhaul Broadcast, Lemon Sun at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** jun 5 thr Or, The Whale, Pete & J at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 7:30pm/8pm ** jun 5 thr Elephone, The Reverse (cd release), Murder Of Lilies at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 5 thr Junior Brown at Mystic Theater, Petaluma 18+ $22 7pm/8pm ** jun 5 thr Natural Incense, The SolidFellaz at the at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 9pm * jun 5 thr Hatebreed, Type O Negative, 3 Inches Of Blood, Mystic Rage at the Senator Theatre, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a # *** @ (Jagermeister Music Tour) jun 6 fri Tragedy (Portland), Blowback (Japan), Attack Disarm Takeover (Fresno) Murder Practice, Mohoram Atta at 924 Gilman a/a $8 7:30pm *** @ jun 6 fri The Moral Tourists, Steve McQueen For A Day at the Grant Irish Warehouse, 2232 Poplar Street, Oakland a/a 9pm ** jun 6 fri Hightower, Pride Tiger, The Fourfits at the Oakland Metro, 630 3rd St., Oakland a/a $8 9pm/9:30pm ** @ jun 6 fri Fishbone, Uptones, Sun House at Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley 21+ $17/$20 *** jun 6 fri Apside, The Isabellas at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** jun 6 fri New Thrill Parade, Top Critters, Mother 33 at Thrillhouse Records, S.F. a/a ** @ jun 6 fri Chopstick, Waning Korber, Sutherland, Woodruff Trio, Hydrogen Pellets, dj's at Art S.F., 16th & Capp, S.F. a/a ** jun 6 fri Social Unrest, Ribzy (San Jose), Abrupt, Suburban Death Camp at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8 9pm/9:30pm ** @ jun 6 fri Firewater at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 10pm/8:30 * jun 6 fri Clipd Beaks, Mute Era, Batman vs. Predator at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm * jun 6 fri Honeycut at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $14 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 6 fri Frog Eyes at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** jun 6 fri Zoo Station (tribute), Stung (tribute) at Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $12 8pm/9pm ** jun 6 fri The Four Tops, The Temptations at Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa a/a # ** jun 6 fri Abandon Theory at the Bistro, 1001 B at Main, Hayward a/a * jun 6 fri Ambience (cd release), Case In Theory, Panthelion at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** jun 6 fri Pennywise, Alkaline Trio, Anti-Flag, MGMT, The Whigs, mc Rut at UC Davis Pavillion, Davis a/a $25 ($20 students with ID) 5pm # *** @ (KWOD 106.5'S Rock the Vote) jun 6 fri The Generals, Goodness Gracious Me, Prieta, Tyler Jakes And The Bootleggers at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $7 9pm ** jun 6/7 Alan Parsons Live Project at John Ascuaga's Nugget, Sparks, NV ?/? ** jun 7 sat Inherit Disease (S.D.), Defeated Insanity (Germany), Dismal Lapse, Divaricate, Mucus Membrane at 924 Gilman a/a $8 7pm *** @ jun 7 sat Dengue Fever (L.A.) at Amoeba Music, 2455 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a free 2pm * jun 7 sat Kid Beyond, Forrest Day, The Secret City All-Stars at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 7 sat Curmudgeon, Bullett 66, Frankenstein L.I.V.S. at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm til 8pm ** jun 7 sat Dengue Fever (L.A.) at Contemporary Jewish Museum, 736 Mission Street, S.F. a/a $10/$12 * (Shavuot Celebration) jun 7 sat Newton Faulkner, Griffin House at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13 9pm ** (KFOG) jun 7 sat The Dan Band at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** jun 7 sat Casiotone For The Painfully Alone, Foot Foot, Fox Pause at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** jun 7 sat The Black Angels, The Warlocks at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 7 sat Annuals at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** jun 7 sat Abandon Theory at Irelands 32, 3920 Geary Blvd. S.F. 21+ * jun 7 sat Chicago, The Doobie Brothers at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $65/$45/$35/$25 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** jun 7 sat Cypress Hill, Pennywise, Flogging Molly, Alkaline Trio, The Kooks, Everlast, Anti-Flag, MGMT, Atreyu, Airborne Toxic Event, Flobots, The Whigs, Middle Class Rut, Moby, Mstrkrft, dj AM, Santogold, Steve Aoki, Lyrics Born, Mike Relm, PlayRadioPlay, dj Omar, Richard Oh, Hot Tub, dj Miles, The Phenomenauts, Love Like Fire, Here Here, Magic Bullets, Apside, The Hundred Days, The Federalists, The Action Design at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $10.53 11am/noon # *** @ $ (Live105 BFD) jun 7 sat Murderlicious, Nilshiphter, Profane Opinion at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $7 9pm ** jun 7 sat Y & T at Cache Creek Casino Resort, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 18+ ** jun 8 sun Ampere (MA), Baader Brains, Punch, Scaring Sparrows (N.Y.) at 924 Gilman a/a 5pm *** @ jun 8 sun Greg Cross Band, Pork Chop Express at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 5pm til 8pm * jun 8 sun Local H, The Photo Atlas at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13 7:30pm/8pm ** jun 8 sun Shuteye Unison (cd release), Winter Birds at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9:30pm ** jun 8 sun Blame Betty, Bad Flirt, The Lemmies, The Touchy Feelies, Two Timin Hussies at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $7 ($5 if 21+) 4pm ** jun 8/9 Erykah Badu, The Roots at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $84/$65/$46 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** jun 9 mon Murder Junkies at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 ** jun 9 mon Fish (of Marillion) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 7pm/8pm # ** jun 9 sun Crosby, Stills & Nash at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a ** jun 10 tue Frenzy (U.K.), The Henchmen, The Memphis Murdermen at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 10 tue The Dreaming at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8pm ** jun 10 tue Crystal Castles, dd/mm/yyyy at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16 7:30pm/8pm ** jun 10 tue Silian Rail, Decca Sequence, Touched By A Janitor at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** jun 10 tue The Submarines at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 18+ $10 9:30pm ** jun 10 tue The Excuse, Get Dead, Grace Alley at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm/10pm ** @ jun 10 tue Panic At The Disco, Motion City Soundtrack, The Hush Sound, Phantom Planet at Grand Sierra Resort Theatre, Reno NV 21+ $35 6pm/7pm ** jun 11 wed Chubby Behemoth, Little Teeth, Pwrfl Power at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 ** jun 11 wed The Kehoe Nation, The Fuzzy Cousins at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $20 9pm ** jun 11 wed Billy Brag, CR Avery at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $26.50 8pm/9pm # *** jun 11 wed Neil Hamburger, The Too-Good-For-Neil-Hamburger-Band at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jun 11 wed Misisipi Rider, Eilen Jewell (Boston), Kitty Rose at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm * jun 11 wed Jeremy Enigk, Damien Jurado at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9:30pm ** jun 11 wed Pumice (New Zealand), Shitna at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** jun 11 wed Indian Valley Line, Bela Karoli (Denver), Helene Renaut at Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** jun 11 wed cancelled: Emily Jane White, Molloy Family Album, Joni Davis, Dylan Champagne at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. jun 11/12 Return To Forever, Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White, Al Di Meola at the Grand Ballroom, 1300 Van Ness Avenue, S.F. a/a ** jun 12 thr Paul Baribeau, Birds Fled From Me at 924 Gilman a/a $5-$10 donation 7pm ** (cafe nite) jun 12 thr Singer, Sic Alps at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** jun 12 thr Teddy Geigerk Hilary McRae, Scott Harris at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jun 12 thr Russian Circles, Daughters, Young Widows at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13 9pm ** jun 12 thr Downtown Harvest at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5/$8 8pm * jun 12 thr The Young Moderns, Lady Genius at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9:30pm ** jun 12 thr The Funeral Pyre, One Hundred Suns, Arise, One In The Chamber, dj Rob Metal at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm/9pm *** @ jun 12 thr Fastest Gun Alive at the Fire Escape Bar & Grill, Citrus Heights 21+ 9pm * jun 13 fri Planets, O' Lucky Man at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm ** jun 13 fri Hot Challenge, Song Of The Siren, Desa, The Bruises at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** jun 13 fri Horse Flesh, Hellhunter, Beerijuana, Beyond Oblivion at Roosters Roadhouse, 1700 Clement Ave., Alameda 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm ** jun 13 fri Augustana, Wild Sweet Orange at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 8pm/9pm # ** jun 13 fri Poor Man's Whiskey, The Mother Truckers, Four Year Bender at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13 9pm ** (KPIG) jun 13 fri Grant-Lee Phillips at Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market St., S.F. a/a $18/$22 7:30pm ** jun 13 fri Avenger Of Blood at the Fat City, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 13 fri Three Stoned Men, The Mantles, Box Elders at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** jun 13 fri Bellavista, Leopold & His Fiction, Excuses For Skipping at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $6/$8 8pm ** jun 13 fri Vendors, Coup de SKA, dj Wally 2-Tone at Grant & Green, S.F. 21+ free 9:30pm ** jun 13 fri The Detroit Cobras, Les Sans Culottes, Killola at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $12 9pm ** jun 13 fri Citizen Fish, Intro5pect, Dun Bin Had, The Inferiors at 418 Project, 418 Front Street, Santa Cruz a/a $10 *** @ jun 13 fri Teddy Geiger, Hilary McRae, Scott Harris Project at Empire Events Center, 1417 R St., Sacramento a/a $17.50/$20 6pm ** jun 13 fri Loom, Build Us Airplanes, Gods Revolver at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 9pm ** jun 13/14 Rebirth Brass Band at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $22 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 14 sat Rum Rebellion, Thee Hobogobbelins, New Earth Creeps at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm ** @ jun 14 sat De La Soul, Blackalicious, Little Brother, Sage Francis, Hieroglyphics, Supernatural & Scratch, Kidz In The Hall, Braille, B. Dolan at Community Theatre, 2134 Martin Luther King Way, Berkeley a/a $40 4pm/5pm # *** (paid dues) jun 14 sat Amoebapalooza at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $7 9pm ** (Amoeba Music) jun 14 sat The Sundance Kids at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 * jun 14 sat The Detroit Cobras, Les Sans Culottes, The Hi-Nobles at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** jun 14 sat The Matches, Scissors For Lefty, Brilliant Red Lights at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $18.50 8pm/9pm # *** jun 14 sat Fetish, Two Timing Hussies, Rob Mishaps at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm til 8pm ** jun 14 sat Atomic Age, Please Do Not Fight, Pending Jokes For Feeling at the El Rincon, S.F. 18+ 8pm * jun 14 sat Floating Goat, Black Budget, Pegataur at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** @ jun 14 sat The Ocean (Germany), Lair Of The Minotaur, Intronaut at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ *** jun 14 sat Ovipositor, Ghost Echoes at Nick's Nicht Club, Chico 21+ 9:30pm * jun 14 sat Mill Race (Salem) at Jambalaya, 915 H Street, Arcata 21+ * jun 15 sun Dan Electro, Apple Pie Hopes, A.S.P., The Happy Clams, The Bleu Canadians, 5 Cent Coffee, Bunny Numpkins And The Kill Blow-Up Reaction, The Clarences, Plasterkatz, Mill Race (Salem), The Lemmies dj's at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $7 4pm *** (BBQ) jun 15 sun The Papersons, The Bruises, Th' Moonlight Sexy at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $8 7:30pm ** jun 15 sun Ten Years After at Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $25 7pm/8pm ** jun 15 sun Static Thought, Riot On Rosewood, S.T.D., 5 Days Dirty, The Disgusteens at the at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $7 ($5 if 21+) 4pm *** @ jun 16 mon The Almost, Emery, Envy On The Coast at Slim's, S.F. a/a $17/$19 7:30pm ** jun 16 mon the Rum Rebellion at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm * jun 17 tue Wolf Eyes, Head Boggle, Rubber O Cement at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** @ jun 17 tue Old 97's, Hayes Carll at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** jun 17 tue The Helio Sequence, Talkdemonic at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** jun 17 tue The Restarts (London), Mouth Sewn Shut (Boston), Born/Dead, Static Thought, Dekoiz at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 7pm/7:30pm *** @ jun 17 tue Styrofoam, Broken Spindles at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 7:30pm ** jun 17 tue Sea Wolf, The Jealous Girlfriends, Patrick Park at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 7:30pm/8pm ** jun 17 tue Pink Elephants, The Blind Shake, Double D's at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9:30pm ** jun 18 wed The Moral Tourists, Static Mind-Fi, Ovipositor at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** (was june 4th) jun 18 wed Ride The Blinds, Radio Moscow, Snakeflower 2 at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 8pm ** jun 18 wed The Fratellis at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $19.50 8pm/9pm # ** jun 18 wed The Resurrection, Stone Foxes, Zodiac Death Valley at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5/$6 8pm ** jun 18 wed Galactic Core, Valet, Kawabata Makoto, Numinous Eye at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jun 18 wed Francesca Lee And The New Believers, Super Adventure Club, Cannons And Clouds at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm * jun 18 wed Mill Race (Salem), The New Centuries, Evacuee, White Pee at the Retox Lounge, S.F. 21+ $6 8pm ** jun 18 wed Travis Tritt at Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa a/a # ** jun 19 thr Lair Of The Minotaur, Burmese, 100 Suns at location to be determined ?/? $7 ** jun 19 thr Dirt Nasty And Andre Legacy, Beardo, Dub Esquire at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13 9pm ** jun 19 tr West Indian Girl, Parson Red Heads, Princeton at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** jun 19 thr Dramarama, The Saddle Tramps, Pedestrian at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 9pm ** jun 19 thr Fink, Jaymay at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** jun 19 thr The Dodos, The Ohsees, Dreamdate at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm/8pm ** jun 19 thr Pidgeon, Hey Three Eyes, Bad Dudes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** jun 19 thr George Michael at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $176/$90/$56 7pm/8pm # *** jun 19 thr Frenzy, The Henchmen, The Jim Rowdy Show, Smash The Glass at the Fire Escape Bar, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 9pm ** jun 20 fri The First Step (VA), Internal Affairs (L.A.), Mindset (MD), Foreign Nature at 924 Gilman a/a $8 8pm *** @ jun 20 fri Circle One, Taint, Fukm, Law Abiding Citizens at Your Hauz, Oakland a/a $6 8pm ** @ jun 20 fri Thievery Corporation, Bebel Gilberto, Los Amigos Invisibles, Federico Aubele at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a $45 7pm # ** jun 20 fri Third Date at Beckett's, 2271 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley 21+ free 10pm * jun 20 fri The Ian Feys, The Hundred Days, Mr. Loveless at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** jun 20 fri Earth, Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jun 20 fri She Wants Revenge, Be Your Own Pet, The Virgins, Switches at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** jun 20 fri Lightspeed Champion, Flowers Forever, dj Aaron Axelsen at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 20 fri Loquat, LoveLikeFire, The Union Trade at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 10pm ** jun 20 fri R.T.X., Imaad Wasif & Two Part Beast, Bridez at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** jun 20 fri Cattle Decapitation (San Diego), Animosity, Agenda Of Swine (record release), Dismal Lapse (Auburn) at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm *** @ jun 20 fri Gallagher (comedy) at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $30 ($40 for first five rows) 7pm/8pm *** $ (seated show) jun 20 fri Abandon Theory (acoustic) at Apple Jack's Inn, 8790 La Honda Road, La Honda 21+ * jun 20 fri Brad Paisley, Jewel, Chuck Wicks, Julianne Hough at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $59/$39/$29 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** jun 20 fri M.D.C., No Red Falgs, Get Dead, Dun Bin Had at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $6 *** @ jun 20 fri M.D.C., No Red Flags, Get Dead, Instant Asshole at the Fire Escape Bar & Grill, Citrus Heights 21+ 9pm *** @ jun 20 fri Mill Race (Salem) at Luna's Cafe & Juice Bar, 1414 16th Street, Sacramento a/a * jun 20/21/22 The Lettermen at John Ascuaga's Nugget, Sparks, NV ?/? ** jun 21 sat Von Iva at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm ** @ jun 21 sat Death Cab For Cutie at the Greek Theatre, U.C. Berkeley a/a $39.50 8pm # ** jun 21 sat Three Bad Jacks, Switchblade Riot, Los Creepers at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** jun 21 sat Blind Willies at Summer Sailstice, Treasure Island, S.F. a/a noon * jun 21 sat The Rubinoos at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jun 21 sat 3oh!3, A Day To Remember (SF only), Against Me!, Aggrolites, Alesana, All Time Low (Shoreline only), Anberlin, Angels And Airwaves, As I Lay Dying (SF only), August Burns Red (30/32 only), Beat Union, Between The Trees (SF only), Bring Me The Horizon (Shoreline only), Broadway Calls, Charlotte Sometimes, Classic Crime (Shoreline only), Cobra Starship, The Color Fred, Confide (Shoreline only), Danger (Shoreline only), Devil Wears Prada, Disaster (SF only), Dr. Manhattan (Shoreline only), Evergreen Terrace, Everytime I Die, Family Force 5, First To Last (Shoreline only), Forever The Sickest Kids, Four Year Strong (Shoreline only), From First To Last (SF only), GBH (Shoreline only), Greeley Estates, Gym Class Heroes, Protest The Hero, Horrorpops, Katy Perry, Ludo (Shoreline only), MC Chris, The Maine, Mayday Parade, Maylene And The Sons Of (SF only), Norma Jean, Oreska, Pierce The Veil, Radio (Shoreline only), Reel Big Fish, Relient K, Rise Against (Shoreline only), Say Anything, Set Your Goals, Shwayze, Sky Eats Airplane (Shoreline only), Spiders (SF only), Stick To Your Guns (SF only), Story Of The Year, Street Dogs, The Academy Is..., The All-American Rejects (SF only), The Audition, The Briggs, The Bronx, The Fabulous Rudies, The Higher (SF only), The Human Abstract (Shoreline only), The Lordz, The Pink (SF only), The Saint Alvia Cartel (Shoreline only), The Vandals (Shoreline only), We The Kings at Warped Tour, Pier 30/32, S.F. a/a $33 10:30am/11am # *** @ (see aug 15/16) jun 21 sat Holy Role Model, Donner Pass, Riders Of The Red Dawn at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm til 8pm ** jun 21 sat M.D.C., La Plebe, Druglords Of The Avenues, The Departed at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm *** @ jun 21 sat Babies (flagstaff) at Thrillhouse Records, S.F. a/a ** jun 21 sat Hayden at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9:30pm * jun 21 sat Lou Dog Trio at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm * jun 21 sat Frightened Rabbit, Oxford Collapse at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 21 sat Totimoshi, Grayceon, Hurry Up Shotgun at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** @ jun 21 sat Jesse Colin Young at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $30 7pm/8pm *** $ (seated show) jun 21 sat Firme at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 21 sat Terri Clark at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a # * jun 21 sat A Borrowed Life, A Single Second, Broken October at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 9pm ** jun 21 sat Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, Ha Ha Tonka at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm * jun 21/22 O.A.R., Jeremy Fisher at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 8pm/9pm # ** jun 21/22 Fishtank Ensemble, Palm Wine Boys, Holdstock & Macleod, Axton Kincaid, Rick Dougherty at City College, 50 Phelan Avenue, S.F. a/a free noon til 10pm (free folk festival - 70 bands on four stages - www.sffolkfest.org) jun 22 sun M.D.C. (acoustic & electric sets), Instant Asshole, John The Baker (acoustic), Crucial Cause, No Red Flags, Little Boy Blue at 924 Gilman a/a $7 4pm *** @ jun 22 sun 77 El Deora at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 5pm til 8pm * jun 22 sun Extra Golden, dj Jeremiah at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15 7pm * jun 22 sun Morgan Heritage at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 22 sun The Fourfits, Switchblade Riot at the at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $7 ($5 if 21+) 4pm ** jun 23 mon Tartufi, The Dont's, Finn Riggins at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ free 8:30pm ** jun 23 mon Midnite at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $28 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 24 tue Mosh Ben Ari, Yossi Fine at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $30/$35 ($50 vip) 7:30pm/8pm ** jun 24 tue The Get-Offs, Sons Of The Golden West, Rob Paravonian at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9:30pm ** jun 24 tue Drive-By Truckers, James McMurtry at Empire Events Center, 1417 R Street, Sacramento a/a $22.50/$25 8pm ** jun 25 wed Plants And Animals, Greg Ashley at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** jun 25 wed Les Dudek at Slim's, S.F. a/a $20 8pm ** jun 25 wed Joan Jeanrenaud & Friends at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a * jun 25 wed US Air Guitar Championships at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16/$18 7:30pm/8pm * jun 25 wed Jonas Reinhardt, Death Commandox at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9:30pm ** jun 26 thr The Spill Canvas, Ludo, Steel Train at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** jun 26 thr Billy Idol at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $49.50 8pm/9pm # *** $ jun 26 thr The Devil-Ettes, dj Raul, dj Delachaux, The Barbary Coasters, The Mini Skirt Mob at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $10 8pm/9pm ** jun 26 thr Bad Blood (Brooklyn) at Thrillhouse Records, S.F. a/a ** jun 26 thr Pansy Division, The Winsome Griffles, Glen Meadmore (L.A.) at the Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St. S.F. 21+ ** jun 26 thr Dilated Peoples, The Alchemist, Aceyalone, 88-Keys at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm ** jun 26 thr Monophonics, Kapakahi at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** jun 26 thr The Chop Tops, No Dice, 12 Steps To Nothing at the Quarter Note, 1214 Apollo Way, Sunnyvale 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 26 sat Universal Language, Radioactive at Trinity Tribal Stomp, Junction City ?/? * jun 27 fri Skarp (WA), Against Empire (L.A.), Population Reduction, Thousands Will Die, Self Inflicted at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ jun 27 fri Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, T-Bone Burnett at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a $39.50/$59.50/$89.50 8pm # ** jun 27 fri Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 27 fri Greg Brown at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jun 27 fri Ours, God Or Julie, Plain Jane Automobile at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** jun 27 fri AC/DShe at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 8pm ** jun 27 fri The Unauthorized Rolling Stones (tribute), The Sun Kings at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9:30pm * jun 27 fri Adam Stephens at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm ** jun 27 fri Jeff Scott Soto, Enchant, Rocket Scientists at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $30 6:30pm/7pm ** jun 27 fri Ceremony, Life Long Tragedy, Sabertooth Zombie, Crucified at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** @ jun 27 fri Pride & Joy at Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $15 8pm/9pm ** jun 27 fri The Fourfits, Jonny Manak & The Depressives, The Jizz at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** jun 27 fri Herman's Hermits, Peter Noone at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a # ** jun 27 fri The Ricky And Del Connection, WePrickYou, Flounder at the Fire Escape Bar & Grill, Citrus Heights 21+ 9pm ** jun 27 fri Abandon Theory at the Capitol Club, Quincy ?/? * jun 27 fri No Dice, 12 Steps To Nothing at Whiskey Dick's, 2660 Lake Tahoe Blvd., Lake Tahoe 21+ $5 9pm ** jun 28 sat Wait In Vain (WA), Crucified at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm ** @ jun 28 sat Mark Knopfler at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a # ** jun 28 sat Scissors For Lefty at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** jun 28 sat Prik Flower, Cwachemoe, Lost Puppy at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm til 8pm ** jun 28 sat Grand Archives at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13 9pm ** jun 28 sat Camper Van Beethoven, The Cat Heads at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # *** jun 28 sat Loretta Lynch, Joe Rut, The Vultures at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** jun 28 sat Liquid Tension Experiment, Zero Hour, Sun Caged at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $55 6:30pm/7pm ** jun 28 sat Dr. Know, D.M.F., You Die!, Miwok Curse, Los Dryheavers, Turbonegra, Septic Shock at the Red Hat, 1860 Monument Blvd., Concord a/a $12 7pm *** @ jun 28 sat Abandon Theory at Old Western Saloon, Point Reyes Station ?/? * jun 28 sat Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 28 sat Lonely Kings at the Fire Escape Bar and Grill, Citrus Heights 21+ 9pm * jun 28 sat Weird Al Yankovic at Konocti Harbor, 8727 Doda Bay Road, Kelseyville a/a # *** jun 28 sat B.B. King at Silver Legacy Casino, Silver St. between 4th and 5th, Reno NV 21+ ** jun 28 sat Rock Hounds at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9pm * jun 28/29 Tea Leaf Green at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jun 29 sun Cyndi Lauper, The B-52's, Wanda Sykes at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a # *** jun 29 sun Porch Flies, Johnny Walnut at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 5pm til 8pm * jun 29 sun Lucha VaVoom at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # ** jun 29 sun Wailing Souls at Mystic Theater, Petaluma 18+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm ** jun 29 sun Stars n Garters, No Dice, 12 Step To Nothing at the Fire Escape Bar, Citrus Heights a/a $7 ($5 if 21+) 4pm ^ ** jun 29 sun Crosyb, Stills & Nash at Silver Legacy Casino, Silver St. between 4th and 5th, Reno NV 21+ ** jul 1 tue Wildlife at Thrillhouse Records, S.F. a/a * jul 1 tue Say Bok Gwai, Lucabrazzi at the El Rincon, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm * jul 1 tue Heavy Winged, Oaxacan, Barn Owl at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9:30pm ** jul 1 tue Reverend Horton Heat, Nashville Pussy, Supersuckers at Empire Events Center, 1417 R St., Sacramento a/a $25/$28 7:30pm # *** jul 2 wed Constantines at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13/$15 9pm ** jul 2 wed Mike Ness & His Band, The Horton Brothers at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 8pm/9pm # *** jul 2 wed The Jet Age, Aim Low Kid, D.W. Holiday at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jul 2 wed Killing The Dream, Ruiner, All Teeth, Braindead at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** @ jul 2 wed Styx at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65/$55/$45 # ** jul 2 wed Eddie Mone at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a # ** jul 3 thr Sex Vid, The Freak Accident, Sisters, Gun Outfit at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jul 3 thr The Everybodyfields, Jim Bianco at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm/8pm ** jul 3 thr Supersuckers, Reverend Horton Heat at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ *** jul 3 thr War at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a # ** jul 3-6 Bob Weir & Ratdog, Gov't Mule, Michael Franti And Spearhead, Built To Spill, Mike Gordon, Railroad Earth, Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet, Neville's Dumpstaphunk, Charlie Hunter Trio, Robben Ford, Emmitt-Nershi Band, New Monsoon, The Slip, Surprise Me Mr. Davis, MarchFourth Marching Band, Critters Buggin, Bassnectar, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Spam Allstars, The Lee Boys, Akron/Family, Blvd and MC Souleye, The Mother Hips, Joe Craven, Blue Turtle Seduction, Scott Amendola Band, The Weather Underground, The Everybodyfields, Buckethead, Nathan Moore, Rotary Downs, Cornmeal, Carolyn Wonderland, Gandalf Murphy And The Slambovian Circus Of Dreams, Stephane Wrembel And Camarade Soleil, Sol'Jibe, Flowmotion, Ryan Montbleau Band, Gamelan X, Oneside, Vida Girls, Soldiers Of Hi Fi at High Sierra Music Festival, Plumas-Sierra Fairgrounds, Quincy a/a $157/$136 (kids $50/$40/$30) 8am # *** (www.highsierramusic.com) jul 4 fri Lid Toker, Thou (L.A.), Leech (OR), Times Of Desperation at 924 Gilman a/a $7 *** @ jul 4 fri The UpTones, Monkey, Coup de SKA, The Agent Deadlies, dj Wally 2-Tone at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jul 4 fri Charlie Hunter Trio at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 4 fri The Modey Lemon, Genghis Khan, Fauna Valetta at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jul 4 fri Rare Earth at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a # ** jul 5 sat Die Young (TX), Lie And Wait (TX) at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm ** @ jul 5 sat Red Elvises at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** jul 5 sat Lebenden Toten (Portland) at Thrillhouse Records, S.F. a/a ** jul 5 sat Battlehooch, Capt. Ahab, Bryan Lewis Saunders at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jul 5 sat Th' Legendary Shack*Shackers, screening of 'Seven Signs' at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 5 sat Stevie Wonder at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $141/$106/$66/$36 6pm/7:30pm # *** jul 5 sat Los Lobos at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a # ** jul 5 sat The Tubes at Cache Creek Casino Resort, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 18+ ** jul 5/6 Exodus, De'tente, Hirax, Havok, Psycyosomatic, Zombie Holocaust, Ludicra, Attitude Adjustment, Pillager, Ancient At Birth, Agenda Of Swine at John McLaren Park Amphitheater, S.F. a/a free noon-6pm *** @ (Tidalwave) jul 6 sun Limp Wrist, Lebenden Toten (OR), Godstomper, Bruise Violet (L.A.) at 924 Gilman a/a 5pm *** @ jul 6 sun The Bodies, The Lowdowns at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a ** jul 6 sun We Are Scientists at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** jul 6 sun Steve Holy at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a # ** jul 7 mon Yaz at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $75/$55/$40 7:30pm # ** jul 7 mon The Scott Amendola Band, The Jim Campilongo Electric Trio at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** jul 8 tue Retribution Gospel Choir, Parker Brothers at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 8 tue Stevie Wonder at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $131/$76/$56/$36 7:30pm # *** jul 8 tue Boston at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $98/$75/$55 # ** jul 8 tue Chris Isaak at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a ** jul 8 tue Red Elvises at Bombay's, 1730 California Street, Redding 21+ 9pm ** jul 9 wed Brainworm (Richmond VA) at Thrillhouse Records, S.F. a/a ** jul 9 wed Ad Hawk, My Education (Austin) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jul 9 wed 45 Grave at the DNA Lounge, S.F. 21+ ** jul 9 wed Israel Vibration, Outlaw Nation at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $23/$25 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 9/10 Bob Weir & RatDog, Gov't Mule at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65/$55/$45 # * jul 10 thr Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Jason Webley at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 10 thr Natasha Bedingfield, Veronicas, Kate Voegele at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $21.50 8pm/9pm # ** jul 10 thr Eat Skull, Ganglians, Fun Blood at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** jul 10 thr Israel Vibrations, Rootz Underground, Outlaw Nation, dj Jacques at Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $28/$32 7:30pm/8:30pm ** jul 11 fri Juke, Rich White Males, Atom Age at 924 Gilman a/a 5pm ** @ jul 11 fri 45 Grave, The Floating Corpses, Misunderstood Monsters at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** @ jul 11 fri King Khan And the Shrines, Jacuzzi at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 11 fri Ghost Mice, Heathers at Thrillhouse Records, S.F. a/a ** jul 11 fri Finest Dearest, Yellow Fever, Sterling Says at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jul 11 fri Saviours, The Roller (Austin), Black Cobra, Tarrakian at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 11 fri Billy Bob Thornton, The Boxmasters at Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $25 7:30pm/8:30pm ** jul 11 fri Beerijuana, Beware Of The Scarecrow, Silent Sinner at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** jul 11 fri Eddie Money at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a # ** jul 11 fri Kathy Griffin at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $90/$75/$65/$50 # * jul 11 fri Lynyrd Skynyrd at Raley Field, West Sacramento a/a # ** jul 11 fri 36 Crazy Fists, Airbourne, Black Tide, Disturbed, Dragonforce, Five Finger Death Punch, Machine Head, Mastodon, Slipknot, Suicide Silence, The Red Chord, Underoath, Walls Of Jericho at the Amphitheatre, Marysvile a/a # *** jul 12 sat Aghast (VA), Coaccion (Mexico), All Systems Fail (UT), Giuda (Italy), Eskapo, DeathXExcess at 924 Gilman a/a $8-$10 7:30pm *** @ (Crust Sin Fronteras) jul 12 sat Rykarda Parasol & The Tower Raven, Candy Aple, Swann Danger at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 12 sat Surprise Me Mr. Davis at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9:30pm * jul 12 sat Lamps, Haunted George, Wounded Lion at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jul 12 sat 36 Crazy Fists, Airbourne, Black Tide, Disturbed, Dragonforce, Five Finger Death Punch, Machine Head, Mastodon, Slipknot, Suicide Silence, The Red Chord, Underoath, Walls Of Jericho at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # *** jul 12 sat Two Sheds, Indian Valley Line at Red Rock Coffee, Mountian View a/a $5 8pm ** jul 12 sat 45 Grave, Telltale Heartbreakers, The Floating Corpses at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** @ jul 12 sat Lynyrd Skynyrd at Konocti, 8727 Doda Bay Road, Kelseyville a/a # ** jul 13 sun Here Comes A Big Black Cloud (Portland) at Thrillhouse Records, S.F. a/a ** jul 14 mon Ferron, Bitch And The Exciting Conclusion at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 8pm * jul 14 mon The Police, Elvis Costello & The Imposters at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # $232/$97/$47 6pm/7:30pm # *** jul 15 tue The Black Dahlia Murder, Kataklysm, Vader, Cryptopsy, The Faceless, Despised Icon, Aborted, Born Of Osiris, Psycroptic, White Chapel at Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 3:30pm/4pm # *** @ $ (Summer Slaughter Tour) jul 15 tue Days Do Different at Fat City, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm * jul 15 tue Marabelle, Prairie Dog at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * jul 15 tue Citay, Tall Firs, Corvette Summer at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10-$20 sliding scale 8pm ** (Benefit Rough & Tumble Theater Co.) jul 15 tue Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountian View a/a $75/$60/$50/$25 5:30pm/7pm # ** jul 15 tue Peter Frampton at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65/$55/$45 # *** jul 16 wed The Police, Elvis Costello & The Imposters at the Pavilion, Concord a/a # $232/$97/$47 6pm/7:30pm # *** jul 16 wed Lynyrd Skynyrd at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $98/$75/$55 # *** jul 17 thr Wolf Parade at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # *** jul 17 thr Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $75/$60/$50/$25 5:300m/7pm # ** jul 17 thr The Police, Elvis Costello And The Imposters at the Amphitheatre, Marysvile a/a $232/$97/$47 7:30pm # *** jul 18 fri Babyland (L.A.), The Prids, Slave Unit at 924 Gilman a/a 7:30pm *** @ jul 18 fri Third Date at Bay Street Plaza, 5616 Bay Street, Emeryvill a/a free 4pm * jul 18 fri Guana Batz at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** (new date) jul 18 fri Joseph Arthur at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 18 fri Devon Williams at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * jul 18 fri Agent Orange, The Sore Thumbs at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm *** @ jul 18/19 Lettuce, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 18/19/20 Chris Isaak at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85/$75/$55 # *** jul 19 sat Feist at the Greek Theatre, U.C. Berkeley a/a $39.50 8pm # ** (KFOG) jul 19 sat Agent Orange, The Sore Thumbs at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm *** @ jul 19 sat Dave Gleason's Wasted Days, Mover (reunion), Elisa Randazzo, The Real Sippin' Whiskeys at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (Parsons tribute) jul 19 sat Peter Walker at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * jul 19 sat The Guana Bats (U.K.) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** (new date) jul 19 sat Lynyrd Skynyrd at Salinas Sports Complex, Salinas a/a # ** jul 20 sun Trap Them (NH/WA), This Time Tomorrow (WA), Meltdown (MA), New Lows (MA) at 924 Gilman a.a $5 8pm *** @ jul 20 sun Zim Zims, Joe Finkel, Indian Style at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jul 21 mon Hod Rod Carl at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * jul 21 mon George Carlin at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75/$65/$50 # *** jul 21 mon Lynyrd Skynyrd at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a ** jul 22 tue Whalebones, I'm A Gun at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jul 22 tue Los Lonely Boys, Los Lobos at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $80/$65/$50 # ** jul 22 tue Clint Black at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a ** jul 23 wed New Riders Of The Purple Sage at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 23 wed The Life & Times, Nueva Vulcano at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * jul 23 wed Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band, Billy Squier, Colin Hay (of Men At Work), Edgar Winter, Gary Wright, Hamish Stewart at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $125/$100/$80/$55 # *** jul 23 wed The Blasters at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $20 9pm ** jul 24 thr The Blasters at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 8pm ** jul 24 thr New Riders Of The Purple Sage, Plum Crazy at Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $25 7pm/8pm ** jul 24/25 The Doobie Brothers at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $73/$60/$50 # ** jul 25 fri Pulling Teeth (MD), The Helm (WA), Coke Bust (DC) at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm ** @ jul 25 fri Stone Temple Pilots, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a $52.50 8pm # *** jul 25 fri The Broun Fellinis, Panthelion at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 25 fri At The Gates (Sweden), Repulsion, Municipal Waste, Darkest Hour at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # *** @ jul 25 fri Triclops!, Zechs Marquise, Oaks at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** @ jul 25 fri Blue Oyster Cult at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a # ** jul 25 fri Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band, Billy Squier, Colin Hay (of Men At Work), Edgar Winter, Gary Wright, Hamish Stewart at Silver Legacy Casino, Silver St. between 4th and 5th, Reno NV 21+ *** jul 26 sat The Ergs (N.J.), Hunchbacks (N.Y.), Nothington, Hear The Sirens at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ jul 26 sat Steely Dan at the Greek Theatre, U.C. Berkeley a/a $126/$76/$56/$40 8pm # ** jul 26 sat 15 Degrees Below, Zero, Say Bok Gwai, Mute Socialite, The Late Severa Wires at 544 Capp Street at 20th, S.F. a/a 8pm ** @ jul 26 sat Emmylou Harris, Jimmy Gaudreau, Moondi Klein at the Nob Hill Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $75/$45/$35 7pm/8pm # ** jul 26 sat Cute Is What We Aim For, Ace Enders, Danger Radio, Powerspace at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** jul 26 sat John Mayer, Colbie Caillat, Brett Dennen at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $67/$36 5:30pm/7pm # ** jul 26 sat 187 Calm at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** jul 26 sat Billy Ray Cyrus at Cache Creek Casino Resort, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 18+ ** jul 27 sun James Taylor at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a $126/$90/$60/$26 7:30pm # ** (seated show) jul 27 sun Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # *** jul 27 sun Emmylou Harris, Jimmy Gaudreau, Moondi Klein at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $58/$45/$40 # ** jul 27 sun Social Concern at the Fire Escape Bar, Citrus Heights a/a $7 ($5 if 21+) 4pm ^ ** jul 28 mon No Age, Mika Miko, Abe Vigoda at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 28 mon Steely Dan at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $200/$150/$85/$65 5:30pm/7:30pm # ** jul 29 tue George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Buddy Guy at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75/$65/$50 # ** jul 29 tue Floss Anonymous, Hockey at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9pm * jul 30 wed Bloc Party, Does It Offend You Yeah? at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 8pm/9pm # *** jul 30 wed Boz Scaggs at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a ** jul 31 thr Canadian Rifles (IL), Solid Decline (Germany) at Thrillhouse Records, S.F. a/a ** jul 31 thr Cavalera Conspiracy, Dillinger Escape Plan, Throwdown, Bury Your Dead, Incite at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # *** @ jul 31 thr The English Beat, The Fixx, The Alarm at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $45 # ** jul 31 thr George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Buddy Guy at Silver Legacy Casino, Silver St. between 4th and 5th, Reno NV 21+ ** aug 1 fri Slick 46 (Australia), Harrington Saints at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm ** @ aug 1 fri Saros, Velnias, Exhausted Prayer (L.A.) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** @ aug 1 fri John Waite at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a # ** aug 1/2 Lyle Lovett at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85/$75/$50 # ** aug 2 sat Portraits Of Past (reunion), La Quiete (Italy), Phoenix Bodies (AZ), Comadre at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ aug 2 sat John Mellencamp, Lucinda Williams at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a $100/$70/$60/$40 7:30pm # *** aug 2 sat Boris, Torche at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** aug 2 sat Katy Davidson, Palms at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * aug 2 sat Red Elvises, The Pyronauts at Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $12 8pm/9pm ** aug 2 sat The Beach Boys at Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa a/a # ** aug 3 sun The Beach Boys at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $70/$60/$45 # ** aug 5 tue Dolly Parton at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a $125/$80/$60/$40 8pm # *** aug 5 tue UB40 at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** aug 5 tue Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65/$55/$45 # ** aug 6 wed Motley Crue, Buckcherry, Papa Roach, Sixx:AM, Trapt at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $101/$81/$51/$35 4pm/5pm # *** aug 6 wed UB40 at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75/$65/$45 # ** aug 6 wed Tower Of Power at Konocti Harbor, 8727 Doda Bay Road, Kelseyville a/a # ** aug 7 thr Wednesday 13 at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** aug 7 thr Bill Maher at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75/$60/$50 # ** aug 8 fri Say Bok Gwai at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm ** @ aug 8 fri Third Date at Beckett's, 2271 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley 21+ free 10pm * aug 8 sat Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm * aug 8 fri Zero (tribute) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 8pm/9pm # ** aug 8 fri Bill Maher at Davies Symphony Hall, S.F. a/a $66/$58/$46/$40 8pm # ** (seated show) aug 8 fri Wayne "the Train" Hancock at Mystic Theater, Petaluma 18+ $15 7pm/8pm ** aug 8 fri Gregg Rolie Band at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a # * aug 8 fri Brian Regan at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $53/$45/$40 # ** aug 8/9 The Beach Boys at Silver Legacy Casino, Silver St. between 4th and 5th, Reno NV 21+ ** aug 9 sat Third Date at Bay Street Plaza, 5616 Bay Street, Emeryvill a/a free 4pm * aug 9 sat Evolution (tribute), Petty Theft, The Terry Lauderdale Band at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** aug 9 sat Linkin Park, Chris Cornell, The Bravery, Ashes Divide, Atreyu, 10 Years, Hawthorne Heights, Armor For Sleep, Street Drum Corps at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $77/$61/$34 1pm/2pm # *** (Projekt Revolution) aug 9 sat The Brownies, Live Evil at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** aug 10 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap, McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. $3 10am aug 10 sun Boz Scaggs at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $80/$70/$60/$50 # ** aug 11 mon The Human League, Belinda Carlisle, ABC, Dead Or Alive at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85/$69/$50 # ** aug 12 tue The Aggrolites, The Struts at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm ** aug 12 tue Daryl Hall & John Oates at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $78/$65/$50 # ** aug 13 wed Donna Summer at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $98/$80/$65/$55 # ** aug 14 thr Alan Jackson at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $76/$60/$40 8pm # ** aug 15 fri Steve Miller Band, Joe Cocker at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $96/$76/$61/$41 6:30pm/8pm # ** aug 15 fri Warped Tour at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $33 11am/noon # *** @ (see june 21 for lineup) aug 15 fri Jonny Lang, Big Head Todd & The Monsters at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65/$55/$50 # ** aug 16 sat The Guts (N.H.), Regal Beagle (L.A.), Idiot Box (S.D.) at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ aug 16 sat Sound Tribe Sector 9 at the Greek Theatre, UC Berkeley a/a 6:30pm # *** aug 16 sat Donna Summer at the Paramount, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a # $96/$66/$46 8pm # *** aug 16 sat The Sun Kings (tribute), The Rave Ups (tribute) at Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $15 7pm/8pm ** aug 16 sat George Benson, Boney James, Ramsey Lewis, Norman Brown's Summer Storm at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $69/$49/$39/$25 3pm/4pm # ** (JVC Jazz Festival - KKSF) aug 16 sat Michael McDonald at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $70/$55/$45 # * aug 16 sat Warped Tour, Amphitheater, Marysville a/a # *** @ (see june 21 for partial lineup) aug 16 sat Aroarah, Natives Of The New Dawn (L.A.) at the Fire Escape Bar & Grill, Citrus Heights 21+ 9pm ** aug 16 sat BoDeans at John Ascuaga's Nugget, Sparks, NV ?/? ** aug 18 mon RX Bandits, Portugal The Man, Kay Kay & His Weathered Underground at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16 8pm ** aug 19 tue Yes at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $156/$132/$81/$46 7pm/8pm # ** aug 20 wed Gipsy Kings at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $125/$115/$75 # ** aug 21 thr Dana Carvey at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65/$55/$45 # * aug 22 fri Creedence Clearwater Revisited at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65/$60/$50 # ** aug 22/23/24 Radiohead (fri), Manu Chao (fri), Cold War Kids (fri), Steel Pulse (fri), Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (sat), Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals (sat), Regina Spektor (sat), The Felice Brothers (sat), Steve Winwood (sat), Jack Johnson (sun), Widespread Panic (sun), Animal Liberation Orchestra (sun), M. Ward (sun), Rogue Wave (sun), Beck, Wilco, PRIMUS (sat @), Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Devendra Banhart, Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings, Black Mountain, Drive-By Truckers, Galactic, Broken Social Scene at Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a $225.50 (3 day ticket / $695 VIP 3 day ticket) # **** aug 23 fri Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm * aug 23 sat Toad The Wet Sprocket, The Bodeans at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $47/$38 # ** aug 24 sun The Bodeans at Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $25 7:45pm/8pm ** aug 26 tue Patty Griffin, Amos Lee at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $47/$37 # ** aug 27 wed The Waifs, Jerry Hannan at Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $22 7pm/8pm ** aug 27 wed Lucinda Williams at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $50/$45 # ** aug 28 thr James Blunt at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $53/$43 # ** aug 29 fri Abandon Theory at Old Western Saloon, Point Reyes Station ?/? * aug 29/30 Chicago at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85/$75/$50 # ** aug 30 sat The Tubes at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a # ** aug 30 sat Night Ranger at John Ascuaga's Nugget, Sparks, NV ?/? *** aug 31 sun Judas Priest, Heaven And Hell, Motorhead, Testament at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $131/$86/$56/$31 (4 pack of ga tickets $75) 6pm # *** sep 4 thr Willie Nelson at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $94/$75/$55 # *** sep 5/6/7 Dave Matthews Band, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a $65 7pm (3pm sun) # ** sep 6 sat Asylum Street Spankers at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $25 7pm and 10pm shows *** sep 6 sat Dave Stewart And His 30-Piece Rock Fabulous Orchestra at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $70/$55/$45 # * sep 10 wed Finntroll, Warbringer at Slim's, S.F. a/a $22/$25 9pm ** sep 12 fri Nightwish, Sonata Arctica at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 8pm/9pm # ** sep 12 fri Margaret Cho at Mountain Winery, Saratoga ?/? $55/$45 # * sep 12 fri David Allan Coe, Hardly Likely at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $25 7pm/8pm *** $ sep 13 sat Dr. John & The Lower 911, Shannon McNally at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $36.50 8pm/9pm # ** sep 13 sat Squeeze at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85/$75/$68/$55 # ** sep 13 sat Abandon Theory at El Dorado County Fairgrounds, Placerville a/a * sep 14 sun Tim Finn at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 14 sun The Neville Brothers, Funky Meters, Dr. John & The Lower 911 at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65/$55/$45 # ** sep 17 wed Augustana, Counting Crows, Maroon 5 at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # ** sep 17 wed Foreigner at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a ** sep 18 thr Foreigner at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $70/$60/$45 # ** sep 19 fri Herbie Hancock at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75/$65/$55 # ** sep 22/23/24 Spoon at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** sep 25 thr Possessed, Obituary, Unleashed, Carnifex at Slim's, S.F. a/a $28/$30 8pm *** @ sep 26 fri Third Date at Beckett's, 2271 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley 21+ free 10pm sep 26 fri Chris Botti at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65/$55/$45 # ** sep 27 sat Cheap Trick, Heart, Journey at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # *** sep 28 sun Kenny G at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75/$60/$45 # ** sep 30 tue Blind Willies at Bazaar Cafe, 5927 California Street, S.F. a/a 7pm * sep 30 tue My Bloody Valentine at the Concourse, 620 7th Street, S.F. a/a $47.50 7pm/8pm # ** oct 3 wed Bonnie Raitt at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95/$75/$55 # *** oct 3 fri REO Speedwagon at Silver Legacy Casino, Silver St. between 4th and 5th, Reno NV 21+ ** oct 3/4/5 Robert Plant And Alison, Loudon Wainwright III, Gogol Bordello, Hazel Dickens, Bonnie Price Billy, Asleep At The Wheel, Mike Farris & The Roseland Rhythm Revue, The Del McCoury Band, Bad Livers, Robert Earl Keen, Iris Dement, Jerry Jeff Walker, The Desert Rose Band, Earl Scruggs, Greg Brown at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a free *** oct 7 tue Average White Band at the Grand, Regency Center, 1290 Sutter St., S.F. 21+ a/a ** oct 11 sat Abandon Theory at Gateway Music Festival, Penn Valley a/a * oct 12 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap, McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. $3 10am oct 12 sun Amorphis, Leaves' Eyes, Samael at Slim's, S.F. a/a $20 7:30pm ** oct 18 sat Tower Of Power at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # *** oct 21 tue Jimmy Buffett & The Coral Reefer Band at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $127/$37 7pm/8pm # ** oct 25 sat Kamelot, Edguy at Slim's, S.F. a/a $26 9pm ** oct 29 wed Vince Gill at Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa a/a # ** nov 1 sat Madonna at the Arena, Oakland a/a $350-$55 7pm # *** nov 7 fri Third Date at Beckett's, 2271 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley 21+ free 10pm nov 7/8 Issac Delgado at Bimbo's 365 Club, 1025 Columbus Avenue, S.F. 21+ ** * recommendable Shows a/a all ages $ will probably sell out @ pit warning ^ under 21 must pay more # no ins/outs Live Radio Shows ---------------- jun 19 thr Mill Race (Salem) live on UC Davis Radio KDVS 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 Betty's Rock Bar, 1251 Arroyo Way, Walnut Creek 21+ 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 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 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 Java Lounge, 2416 16th St., Sacramento a/a 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 Mezzanine, 444 Jessie Street at Mint, S.F. 21+ 415-625-8880 Mountain Winery, 14831 Pierce Road, Saratoga a/a 408-741-2822 Mystic Theater, 23 Petaluma Blvd., Petaluma a/a 18+ 21+ 707-765-2121 Nick's Night Club, 1414 Park Ave., Chico 21+ Octopus Lounge, 180 Eureka Square, Pacifica 21+ 650-355-7775 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 Retox Lounge, 628 20th Street at 3rd, S.F. 21+ 415-626-7386 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 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 Thrillhouse Records, Mission at 30th, S.F. a/a Warfield, 982 Market St., S.F. a/a 415-775-7722 Underground Cafe, 2401 Olympus Drive, Roseville a/a 916-786-7940 Underground, 555 East 4th St., Reno NV 21+ 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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