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 August 5, 2009 aug 5 wed Deeper, Zombie Defense League, Bigelows Treehouse at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** aug 5 wed Rebelution, Iration, Tribal Seeds at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm ** aug 5 wed Jesse Winchester, Elizabeth Cook at Slim's, S.F. a/a $22 7:30pm/8pm ** aug 5 wed The Pine Box Boys, Ha Ha Tonka, Kemo Sabe at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** aug 5 wed Flat Out, No Class, God Fodder, Suburban Smash at Sub-Mission Art Space, S.F. a/a $3 8pm ** @ aug 5 wed Softserve, Sabertooth Cavity & The Free Pop Arkestra at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** aug 5 wed Prizehog, H'st, Woldwarden, Gumbi, dj Rob Metal at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** aug 5 wed Sila & The Afrofunk Experience, J-Boogie's Dubtronic Science, Sellasie, The Fresh & Only's, Project EM (dance), dj Paul Paul & Lucky, dj Stanley Frank, The Lusty Lady Dancers, mc Broke Ass Stuart at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $10 (free before 9pm) 8pm ** (Benefit Bay Guardian Community Fund) aug 5 wed Kindness And Lies, I The Mighty, Ashley Allred at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. ?/? ** aug 5 wed Madeleine Peyroux at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** aug 5 wed Adelitas (Portland), La Plebe, Los Miserables (San Jose), Mextape (San Jose) at the Guild, 83 13th St., San Jose a/a 6:30pm ** @ aug 5 wed Phish at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $49.50 5:30pm/7pm # ** aug 5 wed Lyle Lovett at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $86-$50 5:30pm/7:30pm ** aug 5 wed Roxy Epoxy & The Rebound, Action Design, Like Me's at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $5 9pm ** aug 6 thr Vinny Golia String Ensemble, Vinny Golia And Touch & Go at Flux 53 Theater, Foothill and Fairfax, Oakland a/a $10 sliding scale 8pm * aug 6 thr Roxy Epoxy & The Rebounds, The Action Design, Goodbye Gadget, dj Squid at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 6 thr The Infamous Stringdusters, The Stairwell Sisters at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a $15 7:30pm/8pm ** aug 6 thr The Briggs, The Started-Its, Switchblade Riot at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 6 thr The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Monty Are I, The Dares, Go Radio at Slim's, S.F. a/a $17 7pm/7:30pm ** aug 6 thr Rebelution at Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F. a/a free 6pm * aug 6 thr Zodiac Death Valley, In The Dust, Hott Daxx at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 6 thr The Blasters at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 8pm ** aug 6 thr Michael Rose at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $27 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 6 thr Kelley Stoltz, The Dry Spells (album release), Jessica Pratt at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 6 thr T.O.F.U. (Titties On A Fuckin Unicycle), Angela Chase, The Nerv at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** aug 6 thr Impediments, Buzzer at Amnesia, 853 Valencia at 20th, S.F. 21+ ** aug 6 thr Randy Fulgham, Hey Exit, Al Kief at the Stud, 399 9th Street at Harrison, S.F. 21+ $3 9pm ** aug 6 thr Johnny Winter, Hillside Fire at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $27/$30 7pm/8pm ** aug 6 thr Madeleine Peyroux at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $65-$45 7pm ** aug 6 thr Devilkin, Your Second Chance, Dissimulated, Killing The Party at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $9/$10 6:30pm ** @ aug 6 thr The Rocketz (L.A.), Tip Top Trio, Craic House (L.A.) at Blue Lamp Lounge, Sacramento 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 6 thr cancelled: Honor Society at the Fillmore, S.F. aug 6 thr cancelled: Doom Siren, Tonnn, Population Reduction, Trembling Hands, Negative Standards at the Full House House, Oakland aug 7 fri Dcoi, The Insurgence, Slow Children, United Defiance, Snag, 3upFront at 924 Gilman a/a $7 7:30pm *** @ aug 7 fri Goapele, Social Unrest, The Souls Of Mischeif, The Heavenly States, Dizzy Balloon, Maldroid, Superfinos VTO, The Thrill Of It All, CU Next Weekend, Mystic Rage, Swann Danger, Fracas, 7th Street Band, art, bike exhibits and demos, magic shows at the Oakland Museum, 1000 Oak Street, Oakland a/a free 5pm till midnight *** aug 7 fri Underworld, Damian Lazarus at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $43.50 8pm # ** aug 7 fri Pulse Emitter, Grasslung, Brown, A Story Of Rats, Squim, Attitude Problem at Terminal, 3957 San Leandro St., Oakland a/a 9pm ** aug 7 fri Bart Davenport, Sam Flax Keener, Ricky Lee Robinson, dj The Duke Of Windsor at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** (East Bay Express "Best of Bay" Party) aug 7 fri In Reverent Fear, The Frail, Honest Thomas, Via Coma at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13/$16 8pm/8:30pm ** aug 7 fri The Gris Gris at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** aug 7 fri Lucha Vavoom at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 8pm/9pm # ** aug 7 fri Yacht at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** (dance party) aug 7 fri Waylin Jenocide, Lozen (WA), Canon Canyon (WA), Aerial Ruin at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** aug 7 fri Fast Times at Maggie McGarry's, 1353 Grant St., S.F. 21+ free 9pm * aug 7 fri Sassy!!!, The Bare Wires, The Plastic Saints at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** aug 7 fri Bobby Long (acoustic) at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 8pm til 10pm ** (early show) aug 7 fri Facepilot (Portland), Kowloon Walled City, Damnweevil, dj Rob Metal at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** @ aug 7 fri Leather Feather, Tornado Rider, LSD And The Search For God, dj Audrock at the Independent, S.F. 21+ free 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 7 fri American Steel, The New Trust, Nothing Cool at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. ?/? *** aug 7 fri VX36, Ammo Wagon, An Archaic Smile, The Athiarchists at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8/$10 7:30pm/8pm *** aug 7 fri The 808 Band With Robert Herrera (album release), SonicBloom, Dublin, dj B-Cause at Hopmonk Tavern, 230 Petaluma Avenue, Sebastopol 21+ $10 (includes cd) 9pm ** aug 7 fri John Wayne Zink And The BL Cowboys at Old Princeton Landing, 460 Capistrano Way, Half Moon Bay ?/? 8:30pm * aug 7 fri Smokey Robinson at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $79.50-$49.50 5:30pm/7:30pm ** aug 7 fri Melvins at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $15 9pm *** @ aug 7 fri Hour Of The Wolf, Wolves And Theives, Among The Living, Descendage at 418 Project, 418 Front Street, Santa Cruz a/a $8 8pm ** @ Note: was incorrectly listed as August 8th aug 7 fri Greg Kihn Band at the Beach Bandstand, Santa Cruz Boardwalk a/a free (6:30pm and 8:30pm shows) ** aug 7 fri Johnny Winter at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $21/$24 7:30pm/8:30pm ** (show 1) aug 7 fri James Intveld at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** (show 2) aug 7 fri Verbal Abuse, Seduce The Dead, Sad Boy Sinister, The Backup Razor at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 ** @ aug 7 fri Prylosis, Valkyries, Neon Nights, Micheal Frottage at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** aug 7 fri Abandon Theory at Main Street Brewery, 101 Main Street, Roseville 21+ * aug 7 fri The Briggs (L.A.), The Pyronauts, Bastards Of Young at Blue Lamp Lounge, Sacramento 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 7 fri Pat Green at the Senator Theatre, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a ** aug 7/8 Poor Man's Whiskey, Buxter Hoot'n at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 9pm ** aug 8 sat Triclops!, Psyched To Die (N.J.), Deep Sleep (MD), Broken Patterns at 924 Gilman a/a $7 7:30pm *** @ aug 8 sat N.I.B.U.R.U. (Houston), Dissent (Houston), I Will Kill You Fucker, Honduran (Portland), Strains Of The Apocalypse at Your House, Oakland a/a $6 8pm *** @ aug 8 sat Acts Of Sedition, Seasick (N.J.), Face The Rail, Bad Coyotes at B.R.S., Richmond a/a 8pm *** @ aug 8 sat X-Ray Press (Seattle), Saything, Atomic Bomb Audition at ABCo Artspace, 3135 Filbert St., West Oakland a/a ** aug 8 sat Attack Disarm Takeover, Deface, Arise, Hukaholix, Chump Change at the Red Hot Compound, someplace, Oakland a/a $5 5pm til 10pm *** @ (moved from Concord) aug 8 sat James Intveld, Red Meat, Kit & The Branded Men at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm ** aug 8 sat Leela James, Bilal, Anthony David (solo) at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** aug 8 sat Led Zepagain at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** aug 8 sat Los Amigos Invisibles, Funky C, Joya at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** aug 8 sat FreeX, The Lllness at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm til 8pm ** aug 8 sat Jesse Brewster, Dear Indugu, Eloy Cipriano, Kali, dj Dr. Spook, dj Sausee, art at the El Rincon, S.F. 18+ $8 8pm ** (ND Fest) aug 8 sat Frustrations (Detroit), The Mindless Things at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 6pm ** aug 8 sat Barbara Manning & The Sleaze Tax, Woog Riots, Best Wishes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** (late show) aug 8 sat Sunno))), The Accused at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16/$18 8:30pm/9pm *** aug 8 sat La Plebe, The Bar Feeders, Hightower, The Fucking Buckaroos at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8-$20 sliding scale 3pm/4pm ** (early show - Benefit for the San Francisco Tenants Union) aug 8 sat The Love Me Nots (Phoenix), Go Going Gone Girls, Jonny Manak And The Depressives (San Jose) at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/10pm ** (late show) aug 8 sat The Excuse (final show), Get Dead!, New Tomorrow, The Singularity, Radio Crimes at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ free 8pm/9pm ** @ aug 8 sat Mr. Projectile, Ernie Trevino, Mozaic, Little John, Aaron Jae, Pauley Unsaturated, Stridah, Robb Green at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $5 10pm ** (Benefit Nexus Playa) aug 8 sat The Shitty Limits (U.K.), Logic Problem (N.C.), Airfix Kits, Wild Thing at Pissed Off Pete's, 4528 Mission, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** aug 8 sat Overview, Ambience, The Devil's Orchestra at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. ?/? ** aug 8 sat Psychosomatic, Attacks The Darkness, Krypteia, dj Patchwork, Say Bok Gwai, KuDjo, Dynamite Expelle, The Cones, Tempest, Side Arm Girl Thrower at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a 8pm *** @ aug 8 sat Tom Rigney, Flambeau, Alvon at Cal Maritime, 200 Maritime Academy Drive, Vallejo a/a $10 5pm/6pm ** aug 8 sat Ziggy Marley, 311, The Expendables at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 12:30pm *** (early show) aug 8 sat Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers, Toots And The Maytals at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $55-$45 5:30pm/7:30pm ** (late show) aug 8 sat The Fourfits at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 8 sat Shitkickers, Fire Whiskey, The Cranks at the Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz a/a $10 ** aug 8 sat The Pack, The Cataracs, Dizzy Balloon, Pep Love Of Hieroglyphics, The Holdup, The Skaflaws at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $12/$15 8pm/9pm ** (show 1) aug 8 sat Lukas Nelson & The Promise Of The Real at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** (show 2) aug 8 sat S.T.D., The Pollination Vectors, Catch Us If You Can, Hotwire at the Refuge, 1723 L Street, Sacramento a/a $8 7pm ** @ aug 8 sat The Nickel Slots, TrainWreck Revival, Help Yourself, Drinking At Your Funeral at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** aug 8 sat Three Bad Jacks (L.A.), Stigma 13 at Blue Lamp Lounge, Sacramento 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 8 sat Omarr Escoffie (solo acoustic) at Duffys, 337 Main Street, Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** aug 9 sun Cryophonik, dj Tasty Cheasty, dj Spire, dj Gate One, C. Kay at Blake's, Berkeley 18+ $8 9pm ** aug 9 sun Fustrations (Detroit), Primitivas, Outdoorsmen at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 4pm/5pm ** (D.I.Y. BBQ) aug 9 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap at McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. a/a $3 ($20 6am early entry) 10am aug 9 sun Tecumseh, Oaxacan, Barn Owl, Squim at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 9 sun Agent Ribbons, Foxtails Brigade, Garrett Pierce, Devotionals at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** aug 9 sun Reduce To Ruin, Hang Jones at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm til 7pm ** aug 9 sun Butch Whacks & The Glass Packs at Rancho Nicasio, Town Square, Nicasio 21+ $25 ** (BBQ) aug 9 sun Banda Newsense, Decrats (L.A.), Society's Low, Slow Children (L.A.) at the Red Hat, 1860 Monument Blvd., Concord 21+ $5 5pm ** (BBQ) (Benefit STAND! against domestic violence) aug 9 sun Melissa Etheridge at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $99.50-$55 5:30pm/7:30pm *** aug 9 sun Nas, Damian Marley, The Roots, Common, Busta Rhymes, House Of Pain, Big Boi, Reflection Eternal, Tech N9ne, Rza, Krs-One, Sage Francis, Slaughterhouse, Slum Village, Mop, Raekwon, K'naan, Murs, The Knux, Supernatural, Necro, Eyedea And Abilities, Buckshot, Chali2na, Pete Rock, Psycho Realm, Mystic Journeyman, Mickey Facts, The Alchemist, Evidence, Tabi Bonney, B. Dolan at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $81-$41.50 11am/noon # *** (Rock the Bells) aug 9 sun Beneath The Rapture, Bloodshot Pizza, Tag Your Dead, Vesuvious, Havenside at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 6pm ** @ aug 10 mon Attitude Problem, Lozen, Canon Canyon, Tarakkian, Sonic Tower at 818 Pine Street, Oakland a/a $5 7pm ** @ aug 10 mon Casiokids, The Wave Pictures, Slow Club at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 10 mon Heaven And Hell (Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Vinny Appice), Coheed And Cambria at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $60/$50 # *** (was at San Jose Events Center) aug 10 mon Phantom Kicks, Farewell Typewriter, All My Pretty Ones at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** aug 10 mon Cobra Skulls, The Singularity, The Copyrights, Pop Bottle Bombers, The Pillowfights at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 8pm ** @ aug 11 tue film 'Holy Mountain' at 924 Gilman a/a free 7:30pm (924 Gilman free movie night) aug 11 tue Cobra Skulls, The Copyrights, Rockfight at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8 8:30pm ** aug 11 tue Book Of Black Earth, Landmine Marathon, Embers, Early Graves, dj Rob Metal at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8/$10 8pm ** aug 11 tue The Lickets, Caroline Weeks, Corridor at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 11 tue Prayers For Atheists, Jared Paul, Aquifer, Ambrosia Caprice at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 7pm ** aug 12 wed Fire Whiskey, Neon Anyway at the Uptown, Oakland, 21+ free 9pm ** aug 12 wed Nodzz, Younger Lovers, Rank Xerox, Robocop 3, Fugitive Kind, Celine Dion, Awesomes, Year One at Sub-Mission Art Space, S.F. a/a $5 8pm *** (MR&R/Thrillhouse S.F. is Doomed Fest) aug 12 wed Diana Krall at Davies Symphony Hall, S.F. a/a $125/$90/$80 8pm # ** (KKSF) aug 12 wed Barcelona, Meese at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** aug 12 wed Casual Fog (solo), Neil Morgan, Aaron Ross at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 12 wed Better Than Ezra, 16 Frames at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 7:30pm/8pm *** aug 12 wed Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm * aug 12 wed The Kegels, The Party Fouls, Jokes For Feelings at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** @ aug 12 wed Lions, Black Robot, Flexx Bronco at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** aug 12 wed Depeche Mode, Peter, Bjorn & John at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View $99/$79/$36 6pm/7:30pm # ** aug 12 wed Los Lonely Boys, Los Lobos at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $80-$50 5:30pm/7:30pm *** aug 13 thr Parasites Go! (last show), Yankee Kamikaze, Culture Kids, Mutoid men at Sub-Mission Art Space, S.F. a/a $5 8pm *** (MR&R/Thrillhouse S.F. is Doomed Fest) aug 13 thr Trainwreck Riders, The Fucking Buckaroos, Gunner at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a 8pm ** (MR&R/Thrillhouse S.F. is Doomed Fest) aug 13 thr Slowfinger, Orchid, Nylon Heart Attack at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13 9pm ** aug 13 thr Raised By Robots, M. Bison, Buttercream Gang at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 13 thr Dramarama at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 8pm ** aug 13 thr Skin Like Iron, Young Offenders, Never Healed, Airfix Kits, Dirty Cupcakes at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** (MR&R/Thrillhouse S.F. is Doomed Fest) aug 13 thr Gregory Isaacs at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $28 8:30pm ** aug 13 thr Society Of Rockets, Dominique Leone, Reptiel at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 13 thr The Photons, X-Ray Press (Seattle), Huff This!, Chasing Shapes at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** aug 13 thr Commissure, Room For A Ghost, An Isotope at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $6 8pm ** aug 13 thr Terran Traumantics at the Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St. S.F. 21+ ** aug 13 thr Huey Lewis And The News at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** aug 13 thr The Houserockers (tribute to the Woodstock Era) at Todos Santos Plaza, Willow Pass Road at Grant, Concord a/a free 6:30pm till 8pm ** aug 13 thr Diana Krall at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a ** aug 14 fri ArnoCorps, Order Of The White Rose (HI), Savage Machiine, Ghost Next Door at 924 Gilman a/a $8 7:30pm *** @ aug 14 fri Instant Asshole, Liquid Pain, We Mut Dismantle All This, Till Death (TX), P.O.S. at Your House, Oakland a/a 7:30pm *** @ aug 14 fri Mystic Knights Of The Cobra, Soft White Sixties, Pocos Perro Locos, Nosebleed Academy, The Moonlight Orchestra at the Oakland Metro, Oakland a/a $10 8pm *** aug 14 fri Wendy Darling, The Pinstripe Rebellion, The Refunds, Loudmouth Yank at 19 St. Theater (insdide Fox Theater), 19th & Telegraph Ave., Oakland a/a $10 7pm * (Benefit Youth Movement Recrds/Hands On Disaster Response) aug 14 fri 3RD Rail at Blake's, Berkeley 18+ $10 9pm ** aug 14 fri The Hot Toddies, Vitamin Party, Mister Loveless at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** (Benefit to save San Francisco's All-Ages Music Venues) aug 14 fri Bananas, Underground Railroad To Candyland, Love Songs, Shangalang, Rvivr at Sub-Mission Art Space, S.F. a/a $5 8pm *** @ (MR&R/Thrillhouse S.F. is Doomed Fest) aug 14 fri Conquest For Death, Acephalix, Tuberculosis, NN, Descarados, Adelitas at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $5 8pm *** @ (MR&R/Thrillhouse S.F. is Doomed Fest) aug 14 fri Down, The Melvins, Weedeater, Danava at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** @ aug 14 fri Quantic And His Combo Barbaro at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** (was Sunday August 16th) aug 14 fri Flood, Pigs, Danger Stranger at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** @ (MR&R/Thrillhouse S.F. is Doomed Fest) aug 14 fri Bad Friends, Complaints, The Keeners (first show) at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $5 5pm/6pm ** @ (MR&R/Thrillhouse S.F. is Doomed Fest) aug 14 fri Dalmacio Von Diamond And The Enochian Keys, New Thrill Parade, Al Qaeda (with Mike Watt), Droughter at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 14 fri Mark Farina, Metro Area, dj Fluid, Rob G, J-Boogie, The Whooligan, Al Velilla at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $15/$20 10pm ** (15 Years of Om Records) aug 14 sat Windsurf, Tussle, Jonas Reinhardt, dj's at Amnesia, 853 Valencia at 20th, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** (was aug 8th) aug 14 fri Sekouba Bambino Diabate (Guinea) at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25/$30 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 14 fri The Gomorran Social Aid And Pleasure Club (album release), Khi Darag!, Brian Kenney Fresno, Last Night's Fling All-Star Burlesque at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm/10pm * aug 14 fri Mental Conflict, Body Or Brain, Nana de Carlo, Waters at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** @ aug 14 fri Vicki Genfan, Ken Bonfield, Peter Janson, Larry Pattis, Steve Wildey at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** (Healdsburg Guitar Festival) aug 14 fri The Iron Maidens at Voodoo Lounge, San Jose 21+ $12/$15 ** aug 14 fri This Charming Band, Brian Lee Dunning at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 14 fri Papa Doo Run Run at the Beach Bandstand, Santa Cruz Boardwalk a/a free (6:30pm and 8:30pm shows) ** aug 14 fri Aroarah, American Radio, Automatic Static, Save And Continue, Red Velvet Kiss at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 8pm/8:30pm ** aug 14 fri Early Times Band at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** aug 14 fri Coolfield, The Inversions, The Volume Won at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** aug 14 fri Chimaira, Decimation Of The Nation, Hatebreed, Wings Of Plague, Dying Fetus, Toxic Holocaust at the New Oasis, 2100 Victorian Ave., Sparks, NV a/a # *** @ $ aug 14/15 Huey Lewis & The News at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85.50-$50 5:30pm/7:30pm *** aug 14/15 Alan Parsons Live Project at John Ascuaga's Nugget Casino, Sparks, NV 18+ ** aug 15 sat Lion Of Judah, Give, A Mind, Foreign Nature, Face The Rail at 924 Gilman a/a $7 7:30pm *** @ aug 15 st Shawn Colvin, BoDeans, Will Downing, Bobby Caldwell, Oakland Public Conservatory Of Music, Dayna Stephens, Sepia, Mo'Fone, Abby And The Pipsqueaks, Jump Street, Local Voices, Dear Indugu, Rosa los Santos, Ramana Vieira at Oakland Art & Soul Festival, Downtown Oakland a/a $10 noon ** aug 15 sat Dead Souls (tribute), Luv N' Rockets (tribute), The Hormones, dj Squid at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** (Benefit for East Bay Innovations) aug 15 sat Wild Child (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** aug 15 sat Dumpstaphunk, Eric Krasno, Chapter 2 at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # *** aug 15 sat Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** aug 15 sat 50 Million, Screaming Females, Shellshag, Kreamy Lectric Santa, Reaction at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $5 8pm *** @ (MR&R/Thrillhouse S.F. is Doomed Fest) aug 15 sat 666 Hell on earth show at Sub-Mission Art Space, S.F. a/a $5 8pm *** @ (MR&R/Thrillhouse S.F. is Doomed Fest) (625 Records, Deep Six records, Six Weeks Records) aug 15 sat Here Comes A Big Black Cloud, Stoned At Heart, Shang-A-Lang, Street Justice, Crimewave at 29th Street House, 84 29th Street, S.F. a/a $5 2pm ** (MR&R/Thrillhouse S.F. is Doomed Fest) aug 15 sat Bo Burnham at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** aug 15 sat Dubious Ranger, Static Mind-FI, James Devane at Brainwash, 1122 Folsom St., S.F. a/a free 7:30pm ** aug 15 sat Omodaka +6%Dokidoki Shop Girls, TsuShiMaMire, Noodles, Redd Bacteria Vaccuum at J-Pop Summit Festival, Japantown, S.F. a/a free 12:45pm ** (New People Building Celebration) aug 15 sat Leopold & His Fiction, Spyrals, Candy Apple at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 15 sat The Octopus Project at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/10pm * aug 15 sat The Iron Maidens (tribute), Oreo, Sticks And Stones at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 15 sat N.A.S.A. at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 15 sat The Fighting Supaks, Paleface, Ledbetter And His Best Best at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** aug 15 sat Skip, Shindog, dj Low-Life, Aaron Axelsen, Melting Girl at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** aug 15 sat Git Some (Denver), Secret Wars (L.A.), Olehole at Bender's Bar, S.F. 21+ $5 9:30pm/10pm ** aug 15 sat The Disciples, Holy Rolemodel, The B-Cups, Nontoxic, Entangled at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** @ aug 15 sat Bill Mize, Richard Gilewitz, Kinloch Nelson, William Coulter at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** (Healdsburg Guitar Festival) aug 15 sat Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy, Drake at the Pavilion, Concord a/a # ** aug 15 sat The Zygoats at Dreamland, Hayward a/a 7:30pm * aug 15 sat Buddy Guy at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $80-$50 7:30pm ** aug 15 sat Vultures Await, Bibles & Handgrenades, Bloodlender at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 15 sat E-40, Potluck, Big Co, Alias John Brown at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $35/$40 8pm/8:30pm *** aug 15 sat Coolfield, Push Push Pull, Novelty, Dewey Lybecker and Gayle, Skidmore at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $8/$10 6:30pm ** aug 15 sat Fair Game, Resolve to Burn, Category 7, S.T.D. at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $10 8pm ** @ aug 15 sat Chimaira, Decimation Of The Nation, Hatebreed, Wings Of Plague, Dying Fetus, Toxic Holocaust at the Senator Theatre, 517 Main St., Chico a/a $19/$22 5:30pm *** @ $ aug 15 sat Trucker's Wife, Cheatin' Hearts, The Donikers, Chico Music Youth at Lost on Main, Chico, 319 Main Street, Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** (Benefit for Chico Music Youth) aug 16 sun Stabe Wilson And The SW Band, Bobby Caldwell, Will Downing, Ba-T'Ke, Sandy Perez Y Su Lade, Fito Reinoso & Su Ritmo Y Armonia, Chino Espinoza Y Los Due'os Del Son, Fogo Na Roupa, Domingo & Friends, Derick Hughes, Freddie Hughes, Frankie Lee, Zakiya Hooker at Oakland Art & Soul Festival, Downtown Oakland a/a $10 ** aug 16 sun sandlot baseball game at Jackson Field, across from the Parkside, S.F. a/a free (MR&R/Thrillhouse S.F. is Doomed Fest) aug 16 sun Crime, Wild Thing, Primitivas, Lou Lou And The Guitarfish, Contaminators at Sub-Mission Art Space, S.F. a/a $7 8pm *** @ (MR&R/Thrillhouse S.F. is Doomed Fest) aug 16 sun Noodles, TsuShiMaMiRe, Red Bacteria Vacuum, Omodaka+ 6%Dokidoki Shop Girls at Yoshi's, 1330 Fillmore Street, S.F. a/a $16/$20 7:30pm/8pm ** (Japan Nite) aug 16 sun Half Handed Cloud, Red Pony Clock, Boat at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 16 sun Loop! Station, Jill Tracy, Nicki Jaine at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** aug 16 sun indie mart at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free noon aug 16 sun Grooming The Crow, Lariats Of Fire at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm til 7pm aug 16 sun Method Man, Redman, Ghostface Killah at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $35 7pm/8pm *** aug 16 sun Gregory Isaacs, Midnight Sun at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $25 8pm/9pm ** aug 16 sun Mimi Fox, Harvey Reid, Steve Seskin, Tim Sparks, Stevie Coyle at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** (Healdsburg Guitar Festival) aug 16 sun Toby Keith, Trace Adkins at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View $74-$20 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** aug 16 sat Chimaira, Decimation Of The Nation, Hatebreed, Wings Of Plague, Dying Fetus, Toxic Holocaust at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $19/$21 6pm/7pm *** @ $ aug 16 sun Lessons In Failure, Our Hometown Disaster, Vomit at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 6pm ** aug 16 sun Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $17.50/$20 9pm ** aug 17 mon Third Eye Blind at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $29.50 8pm # *** aug 17 mon Dickey Betts & Great Southern at Slim's, S.F. a/a $30 8pm ** aug 17 mon Drunken Hu?, Serenity Now!, Stereo Freakout at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 17 mon Elvis Costello, The Sugarcanes at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $89.50-$55 5:30pm/7:30pm *** aug 17 mon Xavier Rudd, Jeremy Fisher at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$25 7pm/8pm ** aug 17 mon Arnocorps, Good Neighbor Policy, Dagobah, Teraton at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ $7 ** @ aug 17 mon RX Bandits at Empire Events Center, 1417 R Street, Sacramento a/a # ** aug 18 tue film 'Flying Guillotine' at 924 Gilman a/a free 7:30pm (924 Gilman free movie night) aug 18 tue Emiliana Torrini at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a * aug 18 tue Pissed Jeans, Mi Ami at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a 9pm ** aug 18 tue Scrabbel, Pregnant, Imra at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 18 tue Max Tundra at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm * aug 18 tue Antioquia, Sex With No Hands at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 18 tue GREEN DAY, Franz Ferdinand at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $49.50/$25 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** @ aug 18/19 Diana Krall at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $99-$59.50 5:30pm/7:30pm ** aug 19 wed Jackson Browne at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $60/$50/$40 7pm/8pm # ** aug 19 wed Crocodiles, Pens, Graffiti Island at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** aug 19 wed Panda at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $39.50 7pm/8pm # *** aug 19 wed Stone Foxes, The Lonely H at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * aug 19 wed Mother Mother at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** aug 19 wed The Have Nots (Boston), Stigma 13, Flatout at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** aug 19 wed Horror X, Boats!, The Spurts, The Pranks at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $6 8pm ** aug 19 wed Forget About Boston, Flamingo Gunfight, A Victory Nonetheless at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** aug 19 tue Xavier Rudd, Jeremy Fisher at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $20 7:30pm/8:30pm ** aug 19 wed Aerosmith, ZZ Top at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $199.50-$36.50 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** (Bone Bash X) aug 19 wed Joan Baez at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $55-$39.50 7pm *** aug 19 wed The Mess, Northern Son, Stegasaurus Rex at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** aug 19 wed Trevor Hall at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 19 wed Elvis Costello, Jerry Douglas, Jim Lauderdale at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a *** aug 20 thr Pharmakon, Eighth Evening, Praying For Oblivion at Terminal, 3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland a/a ** aug 20 thr Daughtry at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm # ** aug 20 thr The Toy Soldiers, Battlehooch at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** aug 20 thr San Kazakgascar, When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth (Austin) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 20 thr Strip Mall Architecture, The Love X Nowhere, Silian Rail at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 20 thr Hillstomp (Portland), Slowfinger, The Brothers Comatose at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** aug 20 thr Blowfly, Blag Dahlia Rock Legend, Mad Macka (The Onyas, Australia) at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 20 thr Lisa Williams at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** aug 20 thr film 'The Love Bug', Sal Valentino at Todos Santos Plaza, Willow Pass Road, Concord a/a free 6:30pm ** aug 20 thr 3oh!3, A Day To Remember, A Skylit Drive, Aiden, Alana Grace, Alexisonfire, All Time Low, Attack Attack, Bayside, Big D And The Kids Table, Black Tide, Breathe Carolina, BrokenCyde, Cash Cash, Channel 3, Chiodos, Dirty Heads, D.O.A., Dr Madd Vibe Experiment, Early States, Escape The Fate, Every Avenue, Fear, Fishbone, Forever The Sickest Kids, Gallows, H.D.R., Hit The Lights, I Set My Friends On Fire, In This Moment, InnerPartySystem, Left Alone, Less Than Jake, Longway, LoveHateHero, Madina Lake, Meg and Dia, Midori Audioclique, Millionaires, NoFX, P.O.S., Saosin, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Senses Fail, Shad, Shooter Jennings, Silverstein, Sing It Loud, Single File, Streetlight Manifesto, TAT, The A.K.A.s, The Adicts, The Architects, The Devil Wears Prada, The Maine, The Reverend Peytons Big Damn Band, The Truth, The White Tie Affair, Thelonious Monster, There For Tomorrow, Therefore I Am, This Providence, Thrice, Total Chaos, TV/TV, UK Subs, Underoath, Valencia, VersaEmerge, Virgin Pancakes, We The Kings, Westbound Train, YB, You Me At Six at Warped Tour, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $26.75 10:30am/11am # *** @ (only one main stage - bands on main stage play 40 minuits each) aug 20 thr Lewis Black at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $69.50-$49.50 5:30pm/8pm *** aug 20 thr The Pyrx Band, Playz, Chris Rene at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 20 thr Jeffree Star, Artist Vs. Poet, Watch Out! There's Ghosts, Let's Get It, The Divine at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 8pm/8:30pm *** aug 21 fri Graham Patzner, Jonathan Devoto, The Trophy Fire, I The Mighty at Blake's, Berkeley 18+ $10/$13 8:30pm ** aug 21 fri Aphrodesia, dj Jeremiah at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** aug 21 fri Beres Hammond, Harmony House Singers, Culture, Lenya Wilks at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** aug 21 fri Set Your Goals, Four Year Strong, Polar Bear Club, Fireworks at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 8pm *** aug 21 fri Tussle, Grass Widow, Psychic Reality, Royalchord at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 21 fri Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson, Savannah Jo Lack at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 21 fri Steve Bug, John Tejada at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ 10pm ** (Poker Flat Recordings) aug 21 fri Diegos Umbrella at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm * aug 21 fri The Awakening (South africa), Saints Of Ruin, dj's at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 ($5 before 10pm) 9pm ** aug 21 fri The New Up, Company Car, Run Run Run at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. ** aug 21 fri Forrest Day, Dizzy Balloon, Django James And The Midnight Squires at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm *** aug 21 fri Elvis Costello, Jerry Douglas, Jim Lauderdale at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a *** aug 21 fri Fast Times at Dan's Bar, 1524 Civic Drive at main St., Walnut Creek 21+ $5 9pm * aug 21 fri Labretta Suede & The Motel 6 (New Zealand), Los High Tops, Chum, Miss Fire & The Detonations at the B.B.C., Menlo Park ?/? $10 ** aug 21 fri When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth (TX), Dirty Pillows, Matsuri at Nickel City, San Jose a/a $10 7pm ** @ aug 21 fri Classics Of Love, The New Trust, Touche Amore, Crushed On You, San Narcisco at 418 Project, 418 Front St., Santa Cruz a/a $8 8pm ** @ aug 21 fri Patty Smyth And Scandal at Beach Bandstand, Santa Cruz Boardwalk a/a free (6:30pm and 8:30pm shows) ** aug 21 fri Slacktone, The Concaves, The Restless Kings at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 21 fri Jason Gonzalez Band, Life In 24 Frames at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $9/$12 6:30pm ** aug 21 fri 3oh!3, A Day To Remember, A Skylit Drive, Aiden, Alana Grace, Alexisonfire, All Time Low, Attack Attack, Bayside, Big D And The Kids Table, Black Tide, Breathe Carolina, BrokenCyde, Cash Cash, Channel 3, Chiodos, Dirty Heads, D.O.A., Dr Madd Vibe Experiment, Early States, Escape The Fate, Every Avenue, Fishbone, Forever The Sickest Kids, Gallows, H.D.R., Hit The Lights, I Set My Friends On Fire, In This Moment, InnerPartySystem, K Sera, Left Alone, Less Than Jake, Longway, LoveHateHero, Madina Lake, Meg and Dia, Millionaires, NoFX, P.O.S., Saosin, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Senses Fail, Shad, Shooter Jennings, Silverstein, Sing It Loud, Single File, Streetlight Manifesto, Tat, The A.K.A.s, The Adicts, The Architects, The Devil Wears Prada, The Maine, The Reverend Peytons Big Damn Band, The Truth, The White Tie Affair, Thelonious Monster, There For Tomorrow, Therefore I Am, This Providence, Thrice, Total Chaos, TV/TV, UK Subs, Underoath, Valencia, VersaEmerge, Virgin Pancakes, We The Kings, Westbound Train, Y.B., You Me At Six at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Rd., Marysville a/a # *** @ (Warped Tour) aug 21/22 Tracy Chapman at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $50 8pm/9pm # *** (fri sold out) aug 21/22/23 Chris Isaak at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85.50-$55.50 5:30pm/7:30pm *** aug 22 sat 7 Generations, Die Young, The Seperation, Abandon, Lockstep, Pussy Whipped at 924 Gilman a/a $8 7:30pm *** @ aug 22 sat Beowulf (L.A), Pyschosomatic, Last Round Up, Killing California (L.A), Super Buick (PA) at B.R.S., Richmond a/a 7pm *** @ aug 22 sat Grand Lake, Guidance Counselor, The Super Cutes at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 22 sat Forbidden at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ aug 22 sat Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** aug 22 sat Flipper, Triclops!, Turks, Alaric at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm/9pm *** @ aug 22 sat New Hope For The Dead, Ovsrdrive A.D., Hot Heresy at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm til 8pm ** aug 22 sat The Ex-Boyfriends, My First Earthquake, Vitamin Party at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 22 sat Low Red Land, Appomattox at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 6pm ** (early show) aug 22 sat T.I.T.S., Plastic Crimewave, Wicked Wicked Ways at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** (late show) aug 22 sat Jedi Mind Tricks, mc Esoteric, Reef The Lost Cauze, Bound By Honor at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 22 sat Data (Paris) at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ 9pm *** aug 22 sat The Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a 11:59pm $10 ** aug 22 sat Anita Baker, Boney James, Jazz Attack, Rick Braun, Jonathan Butler And Richard Elliott, Fourplay, Nathan East, Larry Carlton And Harvey Mason, Times 4 at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $75-$25 3pm/4pm # *** (Mount Diablo Jazz Festival) aug 22 sat The Ego Trippers, I Am Empire, Evolution, Overview, This Is War at the Venue, behind L.G.H.S., 4 New Your Ave., Los Gatos a/a $10 6pm ** aug 22 sat Cedric The Entertainer, Cheech & Chong, Tracy Morgan, Carlos Mencia, Gabriel Iglesias, Anjelah Johnson, Kevin Hart, Greg Giraldo, Edwin San Juan at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $80-$31 6pm/7pm # *** (JV's Comedy Jam - Wild 94.9) aug 22 sat Nathan Maxwell & The Original Bunny Gang, Hard Girls at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 22 sat Falling To Pieces, Kicking K8 at Pine Street Grill, 875 Rincon Ave., Livermore 21+ 8pm ** @ aug 22/23 Fast Times (sat noon), art, rides at Oakland Chinatown Streetfest, 7th Street at Broadway, Oakland a/a free 10am til 6pm * aug 23 sun The Cult at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** aug 23 sun The Matches, Dizzy Balloon, Judgement Day at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $21 7pm/8pm # *** aug 23 sun Tartufi, Odawas, Magic Bullets, Geographer, Low Red Land, Two Sheds, The Ferocious Few, The Dont's, Photons, Agent Ribbons, The Psychotherapists, Secret Cat, crafts, art at Treat Street between 17th St. and 18th St., S.F. a/a free *** (Rock Make Street Festival) aug 23 sun The Sacred Profanities at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm til 7pm ** aug 23 sun Maggie Morris, Ghosties at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** aug 23 sun Six Organs Of Admittance, Master Musicians Of Bukkake at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm/8pm ** aug 23 sun The Sacred Profanities at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** aug 23 sun Arnocorps, A Band Of Orcs, Untapped Fury, Dagobah at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** @ aug 23 sun J Tillman, The Moore Brothers, Pearly Gate Music at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $11/$13 8pm ** aug 23 sun Hellogoodbye, Fun., Limbeck, My Favorite Highway at the Empire Theater, 1825 Pacific Avenue, Stockton a/a $15 7pm ** aug 24 mon Pete Yorn at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $28.50 8pm/9pm # ** aug 24 mon Pins Of Light, Libyans at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 7pm ** (early show) aug 24 mon GREEN DAY at Arco Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a # *** @ aug 25 tue Box Elders at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 6pm * (early show) aug 25 tue Pharmakon, R. Jencks, Orhima at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9:30pm * (late show) aug 25 tue Fruit Bats, Death Vessel at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 7:30pm/8pm ** aug 25 tue Diana Krall at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** aug 25 tue Deadbolt at Voodoo Lounge, San Jose 21+ $12 ** aug 25 tue Monkey at Moes Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz 21+ ** aug 26 wed Dredg, RX Bandits, As Tall As Lions at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** aug 26 wed The Funeral Pyre (L.A.), Early Graves, Elitist (Portland) at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm/9pm ** aug 26 wed The Funeral Pyre (L.A.), Early Graves, Elitist (Portland), Cestus (first show), dj Rob Metal at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm/9pm *** @ aug 26 wed 100 Suns at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 26 wed Jefferson Starship, Ten Years After, Canned Heat, Big Brother & The Holding Company, Tom Constanten, Country Joe McDonald at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $79.50-$49.50 5:30pm/7pm *** (Heroes of Woodstock) aug 26 wed Civil War, Violent Violet at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** aug 26 wed Mudvayne, Black Label Society, Static-X, Suicide Silence, Dope, Bury Your Dead, Hellzapoppin at Reno Events Center, 300 N Center St., Reno, NV # *** @ (Pedal To The Metal Tour) aug 27 thr The Rats, The Back CC's, Pipsqueak at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 27 thr Sex Type Thing at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 9pm ** aug 27 thr The Goddamn Gallows (Michigan), Frankenstein L.I.V.S., The Mutilators, Horror X at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm ** @ aug 27 thr Have Heart, Ceremony, Cruel Hand, Shipwreck at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $12 9pm ** @ (was listed as aug 28th) aug 27 thr 20 Minute Loop, The Famous, Billy And Dolly at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 27 thr Hellogoodbye, Fun., Limbeck, My Favorite Highway at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15 8pm ** aug 27 thr Susan Tedeschi, Jackie Greene at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $55-$43.50 5:30pm/7:30pm ** aug 27 thr David Sanborn With David Benoit at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $85-$49.50 7pm ** aug 27 thr Chris Isaak at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a *** aug 27 thr The Phenomenauts, Re-Volts at the Tonic Lounge, 231 W. 2nd St., Reno, NV 21+ *** @ aug 28 fri Judgement Day, Ninja Academy (L.A.), Prids (OR), Red Giant, Anon Remora at 924 Gilman a/a 7:30pm *** @ aug 28 fri Real Tom Thunder, Coup de SKA, Mama Hagglin (L.A.) at Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley a/a $10 ($7 students) 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 28 fri Turbonegra (tribute), Death Valley High, Distance From Shelter, Loudness Of The Brethren at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 28 fri Pearl Jam, Incubus, Thievery Corporation, Tom Jones, Silversun Pickups, The National, Q-Tip, Built To Spill, Midnite, Kinky, Tea Leaf Green, Autolux, The Dodos, Los Campesinos, Akron/Family, The Duke Spirit, Zee Avi, Blind Pilot, Sambada, West Indian Girl at Outside Lands Music Festival, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a ($595-$200 3-day ticket / $89.50 single day) 1pm # *** @ aug 28 fri The Velvet Teen, The Ghost, Drowning With Our Anchors, For.The.Win. at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 9pm ** aug 28 fri Opio & Pep Love, Bicasso With dj Fresh, Cambo, The Understudies, JB Nimble, Venture Capitalists & Ro Knew Influence, dj Ren The Vinyl Archaeologist, dj Mike Gao at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** aug 28 fri Marilyn Manson at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** @ aug 28 fri Hammers Of Misfortune, Ludicra, Amber Asylum at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a $20 9pm ** aug 28 fri Marilyn Manson at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $72-$52 9pm # *** @ aug 28 fri Mayyors, Lamps, Christmas Island, Wounded Lion at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 28 fri Wave Array, Goodbye Nautilus at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 10pm ** aug 28 fri No Bunny, The Ultra Twist (Siena, Italy), Rock N Roll Adventure Kids, Pipsqueak at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm *** @ aug 28 fri The Phenomenauts, Re-Volts at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10/$12 7:30pm/8pm *** @ aug 28 fri Lovemakers at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $12 9pm ** aug 28 fri George Lynch, Gilby Clarke, The Terry Lauderdale Band at the Avalon, 777 Lawrance Expressway, Santa Clara 21+ $25 8pm ** aug 28 fri The Sweet at the Beach Bandstand, Santa Cruz Boardwalk a/a free (6:30pm and 8:30pm shows) ** aug 28 fri Showbread, Goodnight Caulfield, Bomb The Hill at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $10/$12 6:30pm ** @ aug 28 fri Blondie at Grand Sierra Resort, 2500 East 2nd Street, Reno NV ?/? *** aug 29 sat Insted (reunion), Betrayed, Punch, Never Healed, Secret People at 924 Gilman a/a $10 7:30pm *** @ aug 29 sat Death Angel, Skinlab, Kaos at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $15 9pm *** @ aug 29 sat Dave Matthews Band, Black Eyed Peas, The Mars Volta, Jason Mraz, TV On The Radio, Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Mastodon, Raphael Saadiq, Os Mutantes, Street Sweeper Social Club, JJ Grey & Mofro, Deerhunter, Lila Downs, Zion I, Bat For Lashes, Groundation, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Dengue Fever, The Dirtbombs, Portugal. The Man, Ryan Bingham, Extra Golden, Infantree at Outside Lands Music Festival, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a ($595-$200 3-day ticket / $89.50 single day) noon # *** @ aug 29 sat Jason Webley, Stefanko Iancu, Mark Growden, Geoff Berner, Eric Stern at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** (Monsters of Accordion) aug 29 sat Big B And His Snakeoil Saviors at the Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa at Potrero, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/10pm * aug 29 sat The Sermon, The Dirtbombs at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** aug 29 sat Short Fuse, Deadringer, Tyrannosauruschr at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm til 8pm ** aug 29 sat Mt. Vicious, Ifihadahifi, Pegataur at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 29 sat Short Fuse, Deadringer, Tyrannosauruschr at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** aug 29 sat Slender (reunion), Trevor Childs & THe Beholders, The Corruptors at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 29 sat Three Drinks Away From love, Punk Funk Mob, Mama Hagglin' (L.A.) at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 29 sat David Allan Coe, Hardly Likely at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma 21+ $25 7:30pm/8pm *** (bar show) aug 29 sat Chris Isaak, Kristina Train at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a *** aug 29 sat Thrips, Whores Of War, Pigs, Go Like This, Shirts Off Shades On at the Redwood City Underground, 2650 Broadway Street, Redwood City 21+ $3 8pm ** @ (Mike D's Birthday) aug 29 sat The Pretenders, Cat Power at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85-$50 5:30pm/7:30pm *** aug 29 sat Chop Tops at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 29 sat Smoke at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** aug 29 sat Nico Vega, Aubrey Debauchery & The Puke Boots at the Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz a/a $8 ** aug 29 sat Brian Regan at Golden State Theatre, Monterey a/a $43.50 7pm/8pm ** aug 29 sat The Phenomenauts, The Revolts at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $10 6:30pm *** @ aug 29 sat Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Dungen, Farmer Dave Scher, Gang Gang Dance, Kurt Vile, Saviours, VietNam, Wooden Shjips, Woods at Henry Miller Library, Highway One, Big Sur a/a $31 noon til 11pm *** (Big Sur Festival 2009) aug 29 sat Ween at the Eureka Theater, 612 F Street, Eureka a/a $37 *** aug 30 sun The Phenomenauts, Custard Pie, Amaya, Matthew Hansen, Tragedy Andy, Mister Loveless, Buttons Ze Clown at Last Sundays Fest On Telegraph, Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley a/a free 11am til 7pm *** aug 30 sun M.I.A., Ween, Modest Mouse, Band Of Horses, The Dead Weather, Atmosphere, Lucinda Williams, Alpha Blondy, Brett Dennen, The Avett Brothers, Calexico, Bettye Lavette, Heartless Bastards, Cage The Elephant, Lenka, John Vanderslice, Matt & Kim, The Morning Benders, Darondo With Nino Moschella, Big Light at Outside Lands Music Festival, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a ($595-$200 3-day ticket / $89.50 single day) noon # *** @ (Beastie Boys not playing) aug 30 sun The Minus 5, The Baseball Project, Steve Wynn at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** aug 30 sun George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** aug 30 sun Harkenbacks, Gen-11 at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm til 7pm ** aug 30 sun Space Waves, Dreamtiger, Heavy Water Experiments at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 30 sun Harkenbacks at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** aug 30 sun The Uptones, Coup De SKA, The Tantrum at Amnesia, 853 Valencia at 20th, S.F. 21+ $10 7pm/8pm ** aug 30 sun The Cuban Cowboys, Cordero, Carne Cruda at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm ** aug 30 sun O Pioneers!!! (TX), Shinobu, The Anchor (TX) at Nickel City, San Jose a/a $10 7pm ** aug 30 sun Brian Regan at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $65-$45 8pm ** aug 31 mon Smile Brigade at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** aug 31 mon Foreigner at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $69.50-$49.50 5:30pm/7:30pm *** aug 31 mon Sheryl Crow at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a *** aug 31 mon Nickelback, Papa Roach, Hinder, Saving Abel at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Rd., Marysville a/a # *** @ sep 1 tue The Casualties, Krum Bums, Mouth Sewn Shut at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** sep 1 tue DeatHat, Peculiar Pretzelmen, Corpus Callosum at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 1 tue Smile Brigade (Seattle), Astral, Virs, Bunny Numpkins/The Psycho Orchestra at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ ** sep 1 tue Sheryl Crow at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a *** sep 1 tue Nickelback, Papa Roach, Hinder, Saving Abel at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $80/$60/$35 5pm/6pm # *** sep 2 wed Al Green at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** sep 2 wed Mitchel Musso at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm # ** sep 2 wed Davila 666, Mannequin Men, No Bunny, Bridez at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** sep 2 wed Mike Donovan, Douglas Armour, Tomo at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** sep 2 wed AC/DC, The Answer at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $92.50 8pm # *** sep 2 wed Def Leppard, Poison, Cheap Trick at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $131/$96/$56/$36 6pm/7pm # *** sep 2/3 The Nels Cline Singers, Ava Mendoza at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $14 9:30pm/wed 8pm/thr ** sep 2/3 Sheryl Crow at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $135-$55 5:30pm/7:30pm *** sep 3 thr Deadbolt, The Chop Tops, Thee Merry Widows, Switchblade Riot, dj Wednzdai at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 8pm *** (East Bay Psycho-Fest) sep 3 thr This Is My Fist, Airfix Kits, Robocop 3, Gunner at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $5 8pm *** sep 3 thr Brave Combo, The Pine Box Boys at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm ** sep 3 thr Mos Def & Erykah Badu, Jay Electronica, dj Big Von, dj Mr. E at Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave., S.F. a/a 7:30pm ** sep 3 thr Jucifer, Grayceon at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8pm ** sep 3 thr Shannon & The Clams, Jonesin', Sandwitches at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 3 thr Otep, Mudface, Ru36, Mystic Rage at Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose 21+ *** @ sep 3 thr Hayride To Hell, Pickled Punks (Austin), Mutilators at Coasters, Boardwalk Bowl, 115 Cliff Street, Santa Cruz 21+ $6 ** sep 3 thr Def Leppard, Poison, Cheap Trick at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Rd., Marysville a/a # *** @ sep 4 fri Embers, Nux Vomica, Thou (New Orleans) at 924 Gilman a/a 7:30pm *** @ sep 4 fri Wallpaper, Battlehooch, Somehow At Sea, Suicidal Barfly at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** sep 4 fri The Neville Brothers, Dr. John at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** sep 4 fri Punchface, Triple Cobra at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 4 fri Alexander Spit & Overview, Trackademicks, J-Billion, Hopie Spits Hard, dj Ant-1 at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** sep 4 fri Tinted Windows at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (was Sep. 1st at Slim's) sep 4 fri Devon Williams, Outrageous Cherry, Thee Makeout Party at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 4 fri Division Day, Bad Veins, LoveLikeFire at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** sep 4 fri S.M.P. (Sounds Of Mass Production), Stiff Valentine, Slave Unit at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 4 fri Mew at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 9pm ** sep 4 fri Deerhoof at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $12 7:30pm/8pm *** sep 4 fri Chuck Mead at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $18/$20 7:30pm/8:30pm ** sep 4 thr Wire Train, Frontier Wives at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $20 9pm ** sep 4/5 Kathy Griffin at Davies Symphony Hall, S.F. a/a $75-$45 7pm/8pm (fri) 6pm/7pm (sat) # ** sep 4/5 Daryl Hall And John Oates at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $79.50-$49.50 5:30pm/7:30pm ** sep 5 sat Rhubarb Whiskey, Honey Body Moon Bee, Cello Joe at Sunshine Artisan Factory, 851 81st Ave, Oakland a/a $5-$15 10pm * sep 5 sat Jucifer, The Ferocious Few at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 5 sat Wire Train, Translator at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** sep 5 sat The Tubes at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 5 sat New Radiant Storm King, Faking Your Own Death, Vir at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** sep 5 sat Hightower, Emeralds, Space Vacation at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** sep 5 sat Kid Dynamo, Ground Round, Caffeine, Blindspot, The Invalids, Schoolbox, Mickey & The Bigmouths, Twine, Milkfat, The Catnips at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 4:30pm/5pm *** @ (BBQ - Nostalgia Fest) sep 5 sat Israel Vibrations at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $22/$25 8pm/9pm ** sep 5 fri Division Day, Ugly Winner, Bad Veins (OH), Lovelikefire Nickel City Arcade, San Jose a/a $10 7pm ** @ sep 5 fri James Williamson & The Careless Hearts at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** sep 5 fri The Tubes at the Beach Bandstand, Santa Cruz Boardwalk a/a free (6:30pm and 8:30pm shows) *** sep 5/6 Stockholm Syndrome, Bret Mosley (sat), The Stone Foxes (sun) at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $23/$25 9pm *** sep 6 sun John Legend, India.Arie, Vaughn Anthony at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a $89.50-$39.50 7:30pm # ** sep 6 sun Davy Knowles & Back Door Slam at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** (new date: was Sep 7th at Slim's) sep 6 sun Midnight Strangers, Tough Luxury, The Cons at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 6 sun Jucifer, Amonie, Death Valley High at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** sep 7 mon Israel Vibration, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm *** sep 8 tue David Cook at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 7pm/8pm # ** sep 8 tue Neal Morgan at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 9 wed Obituary, Goatwhore, Krisiun, The Berzerker at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ sep 9 wed Vivian Girls, The Beets at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8pm ** sep 9 wed Cass McCombs, The Papercuts, Girls at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a $14/$16 9pm ** sep 9 wed Glay at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $45 7pm/8pm # ** sep 9 wed Soulsavers at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 10 thr Maximo Park at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** sep 10 thr The Doobie Brothers at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $59.50 7pm/8pm # *** sep 10 thr Brendan Benson at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 10 thr Perpetual Groove at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 10 thr El Capitan, Telegraph Canyon, Winters Fall at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** sep 10 thr Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey (Tulsa, OK) at Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz ?/? ** sep 10 thr Flogging Molly, Hepcat, Fitz And The Tantrumsy at the Grove/Radisson Hotel, 500 Leisure Lane, Sacramento a/a $26.50/$30 6pm *** sep 11 fri Hellbastard (U.K.), Resistant Culture, Acephalix, Caulfield at 924 Gilman a/a 7:30pm *** @ sep 11 fri Flogging Molly, Hepcat, Fitz & The Tantrums at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $29.50 7pm/8pm # *** (Live 105) sep 11 fri The Hooks, La Plebe at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm *** @ sep 11 fri Brent Weinbach (album release), Moshe Kasher, Alex Koll, Laura Weinbach at the Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** (comedy - seated show) sep 11 fri Neverland: A Tribute to The King of Pop at Slim's, S.F. a/a $18 9pm ** sep 11 fri Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey (Tulsa, OK) at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 9:30pm ** sep 11 fri The Lovemakers at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $14/$16 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 11 fri Bare Wires, Blood Drained Cows, Vows at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** sep 11 fri Marco Antonio Solis at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** sep 11 fri Mumlers, Kelley Stoltz, Botticellis at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** sep 11 fri Y & T, Voyeur at the Avalon, 777 Lawrance Expressway, Santa Clara 21+ ** sep 11 fri Mozart Season, The Subtle Way, A Lot Like Vegas at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $10/$12 6:30pm ** @ sep 10/11 Gipsy Kings at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $125-$75 5:30pm/7:30pm ** sep 11/12 Hot Buttered Rum at Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 12 sat Babyland, Caustic, Monstrum Sepsis at 924 Gilman a/a 7:30pm *** @ sep 12 sat Paolo Nutini at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $25 8pm # ** sep 12 sat The Revtones, Mighty Slim Pickens at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 12 sat Southern Culture On The Skids, Los Straitjackets at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** sep 12 sat Michael Franti at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 8pm/9pm # *** sep 12 sat Glitter Wizard, The Groggs, Dirty Cupcakes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 12 sat The Honey Brothers at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 12 sat Thee Merry Widows at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ ** sep 12 sat Levator at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** sep 12 sat The Doobie Brothers at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $72.50-$49.50 5:30pm/7:30pm *** sep 12 sat The Killers at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $81-$25 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** sep 12 sat Lovemakers at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $12 9pm ** sep 12 sat Saddle Tramps, Los High Tops, The End at the Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz a/a $10 ** sep 12 sat Blink-182, Weezer, Taking Back Sunday, Chester French at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Rd., Marysville a/a # *** @ sep 13 sun The Honorary Title, Good Old War (acoustic), Cory Branan at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. ?/? $12 8pm ** sep 13 sun Mendozza (Vancouver), Damnweevil, Skin Horse, Litany For The Whale, Burns Red at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 6pm ** sep 13 sun Levator at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** sep 13 sun BonTaj Roulet, (Bonnie Raitt & Taj Mahal alone and together) at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95.25-$55.25 5:30pm/7:30pm *** sep 13 sun Peter Frampton at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $85-$48 7pm *** sep 13 sun Blink 182, Weezer, Taking Back Sunday, Chester French at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $69/$40/$20 5:30pm/6:30pm # *** $ sep 14 mon Collective Soul, Black Stone Cherry, Ryan Star at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** sep 14 mon Monks Of Doom, Penelope Houston Band at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9:30pm ** sep 14 mon The Honorary Title, Good Old War (acoustic), Cory Branan at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $14 7:30pm ** sep 15 tue Sugar Ray, Aimee Allen, Dirty Heads at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** sep 15 tue 2 Up (Japan), Woman Year at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 15 tue Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Fool's Gold, Local Natives, dj Aaron Axelsen at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $10 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 15 tue Lynyrd Skynyrd at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $99-$56 5:30pm/7:30pm *** sep 15 tue Southern Culture On The Skids, Los Straitjackets at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $15/$17 8pm ** sep 15 tue Pansy Division, The Paul Collins Beat, Boats! at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $10 6pm/7pm *** sep 15 tue Pete Bernhard at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $8 8:30pm ** sep 15/16 Bad Brains, Trouble Andrew at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** sep 16 wed Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal (alone and together) at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $60-$40 8pm # *** sep 16 wed Arctic Monkeys at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $27 8pm # *** sep 16 wed Every Time I Die, Bring Me The Horizon, Oh Sleeper, Architects at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** @ sep 16 wed Oh My God, We Is Shore Dedicated, Wave Array at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 16 wed James Taylor at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $249.50-$75 5:30pm/7:30pm ** sep 16 wed Sugar Ray at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $20/$25 7pm/8pm *** sep 16 wed The Avengers, Pansy Division, Fire Whiskey, Paul Collins, I Want Out at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ $8 *** @ sep 17 thr The Avengers, Pansy Division, The Paul Collins Beat at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm *** @ sep 17 thr The Psychedelic Furs, Happy Mondays, Amusement Parks On Fire at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** sep 17 thr World/Inferno Friendship Society at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 17 thr Phoenix, The Soft Pack at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # $30/$32 8pm ** sep 17 thr Rademacher, Young Hunting at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 17 thr Monotonix, Anavan, Triclops! at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 17 thr Pink, The Ting Tings at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $49.50-$39.50 8pm # *** sep 17 thr Steel Pulse at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $26/$30 7pm/8pm *** sep 17 thr Noisepsalm at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** sep 18 fri Miley Cyrus, Metro Station at the Arena, Oakland a/a $80-$40 7pm # ** sep 18 fri White Witch Canyon, 3rdrail, 667 at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 18 fri Porcupine Tree, That 1 Guy at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** sep 18 fri Mestizo, Caravanserai, Vortex Tribe at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** sep 18 fri Pansy Division, The Avengers, The Paul Collins Beat at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 *** @ sep 18 fri Method Of Defiance at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $37.50/$25 9pm ** sep 18 fri The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, The Depreciation Guild, Cymbals Eat Guitars at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** sep 18 fri Frightened Rabbit, The Twilight Sad, We Were Promised Jetpacks at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 18 fri The Drones at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** sep 18 fri Marshall Tucker Band at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $35 7:30pm/8:30pm *** sep 18 fri Crosby, Stills & Nash at Civic Auditorium, 408 South Almaden Blvd., San Jose a/a # ** sep 18 fri Creedence Clearwater Revisited at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65.50-$50.50 5:30pm/7:30pm ** sep 18 fri Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $55-$39.50 7:30pm ** sep 18 fri Dredge, After Midnight Project at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10.49 9pm ** sep 18 fri Travis Chance (Solo) at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm * sep 18 fri Southern Culture On The Skids, Los Straightjackets at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $18/$20 9:30pm *** sep 18/19 Citizen Cope at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** sep 19 sat The Dave Rude Band at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 19 sat Meat Puppets, Dead Confederate at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ sep 19 sat DragonForce, Sonata Arctica, Taking Dawn at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** @ sep 19 sat Dirty Three at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 19 sat Patton Oswalt at Nob Hill Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $33.50 7pm/8pm ** sep 19 sat Little Boots, Music Go Music, Yes Giantess, dj Aaron Axelsen at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 19 sat Wildildlife, Broken Nobles, Long Legged Woman at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** sep 19 sat Beowulf, Head on Collision, Oppressed Logic, Verbal Abuse, The Lewd at the Evil Dead Shed, Concord a/a $5 5pm til 10pm *** @ sep 19 sat The Marshall Tucker Band, Moonalice at the Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway, Redwood City a/a $$45-$25 8pm ** sep 19 sat Jack's Mannequin, Placebo, The Gaslight Anthem, The Airborne Toxic Event, The Limousines at the Event Center, San Jose State a/a $29.50 4pm/5pm # *** @ (Channel 104.9) sep 19 sat The underlings (Eugene), Nipplepotamus, Splinter Cell at the Arcata Theater Lounge, 1036 G Street, Arcata 18+ $5 9pm ** sep 19/20 Bajofondo at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $25 8pm/9pm (sat) 7pm/8pm (sun) ** sep 20 sun Beowulf, Head On Collison at 924 Gilman a/a 4:30pm *** @ sep 20 sun The Gaslight Anthem, Murder By Death at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm # ** sep 20 sun Flood, Emeralds, Early Graves at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 20 sun Pink Mountaintops at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30m/8pm ** sep 20 sun Austin Lucas, Two Cow Garage, Mike Hale at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** sep 20 sun The Beach Boys at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a *** sep 20 sun Miley Cyrus, Metro Station at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $80-$40 7pm # ** sep 20 sun Etta James And The Roots Band, The Robert Cray Band at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $79.50-$45 5:30pm/7:30pm ** sep 21 mon The Get Up Kids, Youth Group, Pretty & Nice at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $23.50 7pm/8pm # *** sep 21 mon In Flames, Between The Buried And Me, 3 Inches Of Blood, The Faceless at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** @ sep 21 mon James Taylor at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a *** sep 22 tue The Australian Pink Floyd Show (tribute) at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $39.50/$32.50 8pm # ** sep 22 tue Prizehog, Rabbits, Iron Witch at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 22/23 Pet Shop Boys, Pandemonium at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** sep 23 wed Rodrigo Y Gabriela at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $35.50 8pm # ** sep 23 wed Revolting Cocks, Jim Rose at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** @ sep 23 wed Dance Gavin Dance, Emarosa, Of Mice & Men, Tides Of Man at Slim's, S.F. a/a $14 8pm ** sep 23 wed Pitbull at the Grand Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $28/$33 8pm ** sep 23 wed Christopher Lockett, Shaun Paul Gordon at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 23 wed The Temptations, The Four Tops at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75-$45 5:30pm/7:30pm *** sep 24 thr acoustic SKA night at 924 Gilman a/a 7pm ** sep 24 thr Bon Iver at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $22.50 8pm # ** sep 24 thr Jerry Jeff Walker, Django Walker at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** (seated show) sep 24 thr John Brown's Body, The Black Seeds at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15/$17 9pm ** sep 24 thr The B-52s at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $56/$68 8pm *** sep 24 thr Manic Street Preachers at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** sep 24 thr OM, Lichens at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 24 thr Wynonna at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65-$45 5:30pm/7:30pm ** sep 24 thr Karate High School, Blood On The Dance Floor, Electric Valentine, Metroid, Greenlight District at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $11/$9 6:30pm ** @ sep 25 fri Electric Valentine (L.a.), Blood On The Dance Floor at 924 Gilman a/a 7:30pm ** (Gilman Dance Party #2) sep 25 fri Chickenfoot (Joe Satriani, Chad Smith, Michael Anthony, Sammy Hagar), Queensryche, Davy Knowles And Back Door Slam at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a $65-$40 7pm # *** @ sep 25 fri Faun Fable at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm **s sep 25 fri The Radiators at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 25 fri Billy Talent, AM Taxi at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm *** sep 25 fri Living Colour, Fishbone at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** sep 25 fri Galactic at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $29.50 8pm/9pm # ** sep 25 fri Dave&Confused, Spaceload, Funky Beulah at the Rockit Room, S.F. 21+ ** sep 25 fri The Slew, Adir at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $17 8:30pm/9pm **a sep 25 fri Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley, Jimmy Wayne at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # ** sep 25 fri Tower Of Power, Average White Band at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65-$45 5:30pm/7:30pm *** sep 25/26 Gov't Mule at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** sep 25/26/27 STS9, India Arie, Galactic, Balkan Beat Box, Blvd, Lyrics Born, Pnuma Trio, The Devil Makes Three, Sly And Robbie, Blue Turtle Seduction, Karsh Kale, Crown City Rockers, Wisdom, Goddess Alchemy Project, Eoto, Moon Alice, Trillian Green, Lo Cura, Lynx And Janover, Flow Motion, Albino, March Fourth Marching Band, dj's, art, cinema, theater, performing art, camping (no pets/open fires) at Earthdance, Black Oak Ranch, Hwy. 101, Laytonville a/a $175/$200 *** sep 26 sat Swann Danger, Severance Package, Shankers at 924 Gilman a/a $7 7:30pm ** @ sep 26 sat The Zoopy Show at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 26 sat dj Bob Mould, dj Rich Morel at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** sep 26 sat Murder Of Lilies, Repeater, The Drowning Men at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** sep 26 sat The Grannies, Meat Sluts at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ ** @ sep 26 sat Tony Bennett at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $149.50-$59.50 5:30pm/7:30pm *** sep 26 sat Dead Souls, Love Vigilantes at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 26 sat Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley, Jimmy Wayne at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Rd., Marysville a/a # ** sep 27 sun Dizzy Balloon, Jonathan Devoto, Emily Stein, Bang Data, Paulo Presotto, Scott Albright, The Atom Age, Emily's Army at Last Sundays Fest On Telegraph, Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley a/a free 11am til 7pm ** sep 27 sun Edguy, Luna Mortis at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** sep 27 sun Folsom St. Fair, Folsom St. between 7th & 12th, S.F. a/a 11am-6pm (leather/sex themed street party) sep 27 sun Sondre Lerche at Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 27 sun Blitzen Trapper at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16 8pm ** sep 27 sun Didimao, Swahili at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 27 sun Blitzen Trapper at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 27 sun The Average White Band at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $22/$25 7pm/8pm *** sep 27 sun Cheech & Chong, Shelby at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65-$45 5:30pm/7:30pm *** sep 28 mon Alice In Chain at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** @ sep 28 mon Darkest Hour, Trivium, Whitechapel at the Senator Theatre, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a *** @ sep 29 tue Crown City Rockers at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $10.99 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 29 tue Sian Alice Group (U.K.) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 29 tue Darkest Hour, Trivium, Whitechapel at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ *** @ sep 29/30 Mason Jennings, Crash Kings at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 30 wed Soja at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** sep 30 wed The Sermon, Voodoo Organist, The Blank Stares at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 30 wed Works Progress Administration at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm *** sep 30/oct 1 Kylie Minogue at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $99.50-$58.50 8pm # ** oct 1 thr Animation Night 2 at 924 Gilman a/a $5-$10 sliding scale 7pm ** oct 1 thr Ziggy Love, Darling Freakhead, Midline Errors at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** oct 1 thr Datarock at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** oct 1 thr Pink Martini at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a *** oct 1 thr John Prine at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65-$45 5:30pm/7:30pm ** oct 2 fri T.S.O.L., Oppressed Logic, Everything Must Go, Disciples Bum City Saints at 924 Gilman a/a $10 7:30pm *** @ oct 2 fri Sham 69 at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm *** @ oct 2 fri Damage Inc. (tribute), Paradise City (tribute) at the Starry Plough, Berekely 21+ 9pm ** oct 2 fri Asobi Seksu, Loney Dear at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 2 fri Clipd Beaks, Experimental Dental School, Piles at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 2 fri Carlos Mencia at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** oct 2 fri Pink Martini at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $63-$45 5:30pm/7:30pm ** oct 2 fri The Hot Toddies, The Huxtables, Foxes (U.K.) at the Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz a/a $8 9pm ** oct 2/3/4 Dark Star Orchestra at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $31 8pm/9pm (7pm/8pm sun) # *** oct 2/3/4 Hayes Carll, Doc Watson & David Holt, Lyle Lovett And His Large Band, Jorma Kaukonen, Allen Toussaint, Okkervil River, Abalone Dots, Barefoot Nellies, Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys, The Wronglers, The Knitters, Dar Williams, Marley's Ghost, ODC/Dance, Mavis Staples, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Emmylou Harris, Steve Martin With The Steep Canyon Rangers, Dry Branch Fire Squad, Steve Earle & The Bluegrass Dukes, Richie Havens, Allison Moorer, Gillian Welch, Marianne Faithfull, Marshall Crenshaw, Boz Scaggs And The Blue Velvet Band, John Prine, Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women, Hazel Dickens, Elizabeth Cook, Kimmie Rhodes, Tom Morello, Austin Lounge Lizards, The Aboriginal Country & Western Songbook, The Tim O'Brien Band, The Flatlanders, Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Butch Hancock, Rodney Crowell, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, The Brothers Comatose, Kevin Welch, Kieran Kane & Fats Kaplin, Elvis Perkins In Dearland, Mike Farris & The Roseland Rhythm Revue, Moonalice, Reckless Kelly, Pamela Rose, The Fireants, Nick Lowe, Billy Bragg, Laurie Lewis, The Duhks, Buddy Miller, World Party, Billy Joe Shaver, Marty Stuart, Charlie Haden, Amadou & Mariam, Robert Earl Keen, Booker T. & The DBTs, Neko Case, Old Crow Medicine Show, Earl Scruggs, Robyn Hitchcock, Aimee Mann, The Chieftains, Dr. Dog, The Del McCoury Band, Eliza Gilkyson, Malo, MC Hammer, Rosie Flores With Jon Langford And The Pine Valley Cosmonauts, Todd Snider, Red Wine, Old 97's, Little Feat, The Claire Lynch Band, Darrell Scott Band, Guy Clark, Verlon Thompson at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a 10am free *** oct 3 sat Shinedown, Sick Puppies, Cavo, Adelitas Way at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** oct 3 sat The Horrors at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 3 sat The Bugs, Sad Horse at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 3 sat T.S.O.L., Oppressed Logic, Los Dryheavers, Factory Minds at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ $8 8pm *** @ oct 4 sun Jolie Holland at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 5 mon Fever Ray at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** oct 5 mon Motorhead, Reverend Horton Heat, Nashville Pussy at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** @ oct 5/6 Billy Bragg at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** (seated) oct 5/6 Loggins & Messina at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $125-$55 5:30pm/7:30pm ** oct 6 tue Stratovarius, Pagan's Mind at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm ** oct 6 tue School Of Seven Bells, Magic Wands at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 6 tue The Cave Singers, Lightning Dust at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 6 tue Elm, Higuma, New Red Sun at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 6 tue Emmylou Harris at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a *** oct 7 wed Mumlers, Emily Jane White, Osage Orange at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 8 thr Kenny Loggins And Jimmy Messina, The Gabe Dixon Band at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a # *** oct 8 thr Toubab Krewe at Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 8 thr Wisin Y Yandel at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** oct 8 thr Teenage Jesus & The Jerks, Mika Miko, T.I.T.S. at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 8 thr Fran Healy and Andy Dunlop (from Travis) at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $22/$25 7:30pm ** oct 8 thr Atomic Bomb Audition, Diminished Men at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 8 thr Mutemath at Empire Events Center, 1417 R Street, Sacramento a/a 7pm # ** oct 9 fri Children Of Bodom, The Black Dahlia Murder, Austrian Death Machine, Skeletonwitch, (Athens, OH) at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** @ oct 9 fri Mutemath at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $24.50 8pm/9pm # ** oct 9 fri Ingrid Michaelson at Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 9 fri Wisin Y Yandel at Civic Center, 99 Grove St., S.F. a/a $76/$56 # ** (was Oct. 8th at the Warfield) oct 9 fri A Hawk And A Hacksaw, Damon and Naomi at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 9 fri OvO, Subarachnoid Space, Worm Orouboros at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 10 sat Ludicra, Subarachnoid Space, OvO (Italy) at 924 Gilman a/a 7:30pm *** @ oct 10 sat Har Mar Superstar, The Heavenly States, Hot Tub, Somehow At Sea at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $15 9pm *** oct 10 sat Kenny Rogers at the Warfield, S.F. $55/$48 8pm # *** (was apr 16th) oct 10 sat The Tommy Castro Band, The Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue at Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 10 sat Buju Banton, The Shiloh Band, New Kidz at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** oct 10 sat Satyricon, Bleeding Through, Toxic Holocaust, ChthoniC at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ oct 10 sat Richie Unterberger, Jon Ginoli, Frank Portman, Alan Black, Denise Sullivan, Sam Barry, Linda Robertson at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5-10 sliding scale 5:30pm ** (spoken) oct 10 sat Disastroid at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** (late show) oct 10 sat Kyle Hollingsworth Band, Zach Gill at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 10 sat Smashed Glass, Splinter Cell at the Alibi, 744 9th St., Arcata 21+ $5 10:30pm ** (Benefit for Humboldt Council of the Blind) oct 11 sun Dolores O'Riordan, Jeremy Lister at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a $30 8pm ** oct 11 sun Elliott Brood at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm * oct 12 mon Mono at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 12 mon Nomeansno, Triclops!, The Pack, A.D. at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ oct 13 tue Sunny Day Real Estate at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # *** oct 13 tue The Pogues, DeVotchKa at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** oct 13 tue Bell X1 at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 13 tue Kid Congo & The Pink Monkeybirds at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 14 wed The Pogues, DeVotchKa at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** oct 14 wed Great Lake Swimmers at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 14 wed Marianne Dissard, Andrew Collberg at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 14 wed The Charlatans UK at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. ?/? *** oct 14 wed Lyle Lovett, John Hiatt at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a *** oct 15 thr K.M.F.D.M., Legion Within, Angelspit at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** @ oct 15 thr Moby at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** oct 15 thr Jail at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 15/16 The David Bromberg Big Band at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a $40 8pm ** oct 16 fri Snow Patrol, Plain White T's at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $35 8pm # *** (KFOG) oct 16 fri Ani Difranco at Zellerbach Auditorium, Berkeley a/a $35 7pm/8pm # *** oct 16 fri Nomeansno, Victims Family, Triclops! at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $13 9pm *** @ (KFJC) oct 16 fri Butthole Surfers at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm/9pm *** @ oct 16 fri Wax Tailor at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 16/17 Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a * oct 17 sat Mike Mogis, Conor Oberst, M. Ward, Yim Yames at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a ** oct 17 sat The Jesus Lizard at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # *** @ $ oct 17 sat Mike Birbiglia at Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Ave., S.F. a/a $35/$27.50 7pm/8pm ** oct 17 sat M.G.M.T., Mstrkrft, Girl Talk, Brazilian Girls, The Streets, Passion Pit, L.T.J. Bukem, dj Krush, Federico Aubele, Dan Deacon, Murs, Crown City Rockers, The Limousines at Treasure Island Music Festival, S.F. Bay a/a $115 two day $65 single day ($250 vip 2 day) 11am/noon # *** oct 17 sat Why?, Mount Eerie, Au, Serengetti & Polyphonic at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a $16 9pm ** oct 17 sat Brother Ali, Evidence, Toki Wright, BK-One at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 17 sat Orchid at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ ** oct 17 sat NoMeansNo, Victims Family, Kai Kln at Harlow's, 2708 J St., Sacramento 21+ $15 9pm *** @ $ oct 18 sun The Flaming Lips, The Decemberists, Beirut, Grizzly Bear, Yo La Tengo, The Walkmen, Bob Mould, Thao With The Get Down Stay Down, Vetiver, Spiral Stairs, Sleepy Sun, Tommy Guerrero, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros at Treasure Island Music Festival, S.F. Bay a/a $115 two day $65 single day ($250 vip 2 day) 11am/noon # *** oct 18 sun Garotas Suecas (Brazil), Lumerians, Grass Widow at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 18 sun The Devil Makes Three at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm *** oct 18 sun Rob Thomas, One Republic, Carolina Liar at the Events Center, San Jose State, San Jose a/a $66-$40 6pm/7pm # ** oct 19 mon Owl City, The Scenic Aesthetic, Brooke Waggoner at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 19 mon Joan Osborne, The Holmes Brothers, Paul Thorn at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $35 7pm/8pm *** oct 19 mon Ani DiFranco at the Crest Theatre, 1013 K St., Sacramento a/a $38/$40 7:30pm *** oct 20 tue Strike Anywhere, Polar Bear Club, Crime In Stereo, Ruiner at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8pm *** oct 20 tue Brandi Carlile at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $26 7pm/8pm # ** oct 20 tue Thomas Function, Yusseff Jerusalem at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 21 wed UFO at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $22/$26 7pm/8pm *** oct 22 thr Echo & The Bunnymen (with orchestra performing 'Ocean Rain') at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $42.50 8pm # *** oct 22 thr Heart at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** oct 22 thr Needtobreathe, Serena Ryder, The Alternate Routes at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $12/$15 8pm *** oct 22 thr Rodney Carrington at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** oct 23/24 Exotic Erotic Ball & Expo at the Cow Palace, S.F. 18+ ** oct 24 sat Finest Dearest at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 25 sun Country Joe, Denny Laine, Lester Chambers, Harvey Mandel, Barry 'The Fish' Melton, David Denny, Alameda All Stars, Dan Hicks And The Hot Licks, Michael McClure (poet), Ray Manzarek, PF Sloan, Michael Narada Walden, Jimmy McCarty, Peter Kaukonen, Terry Haggerty, Leigh Stevens, Greg Douglass, El Chicano, David And Linda La Flamme, 3,000+ guitar players playing 'Purple Haze' for world's record at Speadway Meadows, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a free 9am til 6pm ** (Woodstock's 40th Anniversary) oct 25 sun Gossip at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** oct 27 tue Spanish Harlem Orchestra at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a * oct 29 thr Deadmau5 at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** oct 29 thr Joshua Radin at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a $20 8pm ** oct 29 thr UFO at Fat Cat, 930 11th Street, Modesto 21+ *** oct 30 fri Kevin Smith at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** oct 30 fri Nobunny at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 30 fri Shonen Knife (Japan), Hot Toddies at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $12 9pm *** @ oct 31 sat Rhubarb Whiskey, Victoria & The Vaudevillians, One Beer Prophet at Sunshine Artisan Factory, 851 81st Ave, Oakland a/a $5-$15 10pm * oct 31 sat Mystic Knights Of The Cobra, Sonic Seducer (tribute), The Hobo Gobbelins at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** oct 31 sat Swingin' Utters, Throw Rag, Thee Merry Widows at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ (15th Anniversary Soapbox Party) oct 31 sat Hightower, Future Skullz at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 31 sat Damage Inc. (tribute), Paradise City (tribute), Children Of The Damned (tribute), Strangers In The Night (tribute) at the Little Fox Theater, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City 21+ 7pm/8pm ** nov 1 sun Shonen Knife (Japan), Ty Segall, Dreamdate at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $14 9pm *** @ nov 1 sun UFO at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** nov 2 mon The Airborne Toxic Event at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $21 7pm/8pm # ** nov 3 tue Atlas Sound, Broadcast at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 5 thr Mat Kearney at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** nov 5 thr Hanson, Hellogoodbye, Steel Train, Sherwood at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** nov 7 sat Can-Cannibals, Ill Gotten Gainz, Hudson Criminal at Yer Casa, Oakland a/a ** @ nov 7 sat Tyrone Wells, Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** nov 7 sat Norm MacDonald at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** nov 8 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap, at McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. a/a $3 ($20 6am early entry) 10am nov 8 sun John Cleese at the Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway, Redwood City a/a $70-$50 8pm ** nov 9 mon Ian Anderson at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** nov 10 tue Over the Rhine at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 10 tue Ian Anderson at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a *** nov 13 fri Pinback at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. ?/? *** nov 14 sat Billy Joel, Elton John at the Arena, Oakland a/a $186/$102/$54 7:30pm # *** nov 14 sat AC/DShe (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** nov 14 sat Evolution (tribute), Beauty And The Beat! (tribute) at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ 9pm * nov 15 sun The Sippy Cups at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. ?/? ** nov 17 tue Jeremy Camp at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** nov 17 tue Billy Joel, Elton John at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $180/$100/$55 7:30pm # *** nov 20 fri Lisa Lampanelli at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** nov 20/21 Y & T at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $35 7pm/8pm *** nov 21 sat Jaguares at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** nov 21 sat Keller Williams at Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 21 sat Lisa Lampanelli at the Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway, Redwood City a/a $42.75 6pm/7pm # ** nov 25 wed Vader, Decrepit Birth, The Amenta, Warbringer, Augury at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** @ nov 28 sat Roy Rogers And The Delta Rhythm Kings (cd release) at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $20 7pm/8pm ** nov 28 sat Igor & Red Elvises at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $16/$20 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 30 mon The Vic Chesnutt Band, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Witchies at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** dec 2/3 Richard Thompson at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 18+ $30 7:30pm/8:30pm ** dec 4 fri Damage Inc. (tribute), Paradise City (tribute), Aaron Pearson (covers) at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** dec 8/9 Larry The Cable Guy at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** dec 10 thr Johnny Mathis at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** dec 12 sat Heidi Newfield at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** dec 12 sat Metallica at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $72.50 (ga floor & reserved)/$52.50 7pm # *** dec 15 tue Dave Koz, Rick Braun, David Benoit, Brenda Russell, Peter White at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** (Smooth Jazz Christmas) dec 20 sun Brian Setzer at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** dec 26/27 Brian Setzer at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a *** dec 29 tue X (Exene Cervenka, John Doe, Billy Zoom, dj Bonebrake) at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $30 8pm *** dec 31 thr Audrye Sessions at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12/$15 9pm ** dec 31 thr Tommy Castro at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $50/$60 7pm/8pm ** jan 3 sat Nile at Slim's, S.F. a/a $26/$30 9pm ** feb 14 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap, at McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. a/a $3 ($20 6am early entry) 10am may 2 sun Blood Red Throne, Insanity, Funerus (Johnstown, PN), Hod (San Antonio, TX), Cyanic (San Jose) at Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose 21+ *** @ * recommendable Shows a/a all ages $ will probably sell out @ pit warning ^ under 21 must pay more # no ins/outs Live Radio Shows ---------------- Radio/TV Shows --------------- 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-3am C L U B I N F O R M A T I O N ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Annie's Social Club, 911 Folsom St. at 5th, S.F. 21+ 415-974-1585 Bender's Bar & Grill, 806 South Van Ness Ave., S.F. 21+ 415-824-1800 Betty's Rock Bar, 1251 Arroyo Way, Walnut Creek 21+ Bimbo's 365 Club, 1025 Columbus Avenue, S.F. 21+ 18+ 415-474-0365 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 Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa a/a DNA Lounge, 375 11th Street at Harrison, S.F. 21+ a/a 415-626-1409 Dreamland, 22449 Foothill Blv., Hayward a/a Edinburgh Castle, 950 Geary, S.F. 21+ El Rincon, 2700 16th Street at Harrison, S.F. 21+ 18+ El Rio, 3158 Mission Street, 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, 7431 Madison Ave., Citrus Heights 21+ a/a Fox Theater, 1807 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland a/a 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 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 Henfling's Firehouse Tavern, 9450 Highway 9, Ben Lomond 21+ 408-335-1642 Hotel Utah Saloon, 500 4th St. at Bryant, S.F. 21+ 415-546-6300 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 Kennel Club, 5821 Auburn Blvd., Sacramento 21+ 916-339-1675 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, 630 3rd St. at M.L.K., Oakland a/a 510-763-1146 Mezzanine, 444 Jessie Street at Mint, S.F. 21+ 415-625-8880 Monstros Pizza, 628 W. Sacramento Avenue, Chico a/a Montalvo Arts Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga a/a 408-961-5800 Mountain Winery, 14831 Pierce Road, Saratoga a/a 408-741-2822 Mystic Theater, 23 Petaluma Blvd., Petaluma a/a 18+ 21+ 707-765-2121 New Oasis, 2100 Victorian Ave., Sparks, NV a/a 530-898-1497 Nick's Night Club, 1414 Park Ave., Chico 21+ Nickel City, 1711 Branham Lane, San Jose a/a 408-448-3323 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+ Pirate Cat Radio Cafe, 2781 21st Street, S.F. a/a 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 Regency Ballroom, 1300 Van Ness Avenue, S.F. a/a Retox Lounge, 628 20th Street at 3rd, S.F. 21+ a/a 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 Route 92, 2128 South El Camino Real, San Mateo 21+ Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave. at Bancroft, Berkeley 21+ 510-548-1159 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 Streetlight Records, 980 S. Bascom Ave., San Jose a/a Streetlight Records, 939 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz a/a Sub-Mission Art Space, 2183 Mission Street, S.F. a/a 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 Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose 21+ 408-286-8636 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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