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 September 1, 2009 sep 1 tue film 'Polyester' at 924 Gilman a/a free 7:30pm (924 Gilman free movie night) sep 1 tue Street Eaters, Wild Assumptions, Stormtroopers, Used Kids (Brooklyn), Tenement (Wisconsin) at the Full House House, West Oakland a/a donation 7pm ** 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), Bunny Numkins & The Kill Blow Up Orchestra at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 1 tue M.D.C., Poison Control, Bum City Saints at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/10pm *** @ sep 1 tue Good Luck Gun Fight, Love Infinity at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 1 tue Dadfag, Ornithology at Blondie's, 540 Valencia, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** sep 1 tue Say Bok Gwai at the El Rincon, S.F. 21+ free ** 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 1 tue Smile Brigade (Seattle) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** (was August 31st) sep 1 tue U.K. Subs at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a $10 7pm *** @ sep 2 wed Chambers, Make Me, The Color Turning, Sister Grizzly at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9:30pm ** sep 2 wed Alexander Crumbsnatcher, Brontez (Fag School Zine), Jon Ginoli (Pansy Division), Ali Liebegott at S.F. Public Library, 100 Larkin Street, S.F. a/a free 6pm ** (spoken) sep 2 wed Al Green, Orgone at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** sep 2 wed Mitchel Musso, K.S.M. at Slim's, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm ** (was at Fillmore) 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 Big Blue Whale, Hurry Up Shotgun at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 2 wed Bye Bye Blackbirds, Rhubarb Whiskey, Billy Boys at the El Rio, S.F. $5 5pm/8pm ** sep 2 wed Shakewell, Paula O'Rourke And The Scarlett Bellows, SugarButtTiger at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $6/$8 8pm ** sep 2 wed Enforcer, Slough Feg, Cauldron, Holy Grail, dj Rob Metal at 917 Folsom Street at 5th, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8pm *** 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 wed Ty Segall, Doctor Nurse at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** sep 2 wed M.D.C., Good Neighbor Policy, Syf, Seduce The Dead at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ $6 *** @ sep 2 wed The Casualties, Krum Bums, Mouth Sewn Shut at Ruggle's Warehouse, Sacramento a/a ** sep 2 wed Gang Gang Dance at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $12.50/$15 8pm ** 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 Marrow, The Hallowed Din, Black Bow at 924 Gilman a/a 7pm ** (acoustic goth night) sep 3 thr Nux Vomica, Squalora, One In The Chamber, Blod Rott, Times Of Desperation at Your Haus, Oakland a/a 7pm *** @ 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 Holy Grail, Sea Of Air, Green & Wood, Red Octopus at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $7 ** sep 3 thr This Is My Fist, Airfix Kits, Dirty Marquee, 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 Scene Of Action (cd release), Fighting The Villain (cd release), Robots Of Fury at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 3 thr Blue Rabbit, Kirk Hamilton Group, Conspiracy Of Venus at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** sep 3 thr Jucifer, Grayceon, Flood at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8pm ** sep 3 thr Jonesin', Sandwitches, Hanni el Khatib at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 3 thr The Answer, Sticks & Stones at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8pm ** sep 3 thr AM Magic, The Thralls, Finding Fiction, Parae at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 3 thr Neighbors, Deep Sea Divers, Toothless Randy Fulgham at the Stud, 399 9th Street at Harrison, S.F. 21+ $3 9pm ** sep 3 thr Walking Spanish at Todos Santos Plaza, Willow Pass Road, Concord a/a free 6:30pm ** 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 All Shall Perish, Antagony, Falling To Pieces, Saint Vernon, Fallujah at the Burnin Burro, 6651 Brisa Drive, Livermore a/a 6pm ** @ sep 3 thr A Light in August, Carcerys Vale, To Save A Hero, The Voice Of War, Ezera at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 8pm/8:30pm ** sep 3 thr Def Leppard, Poison, Cheap Trick at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Rd., Marysville a/a # *** @ sep 4 fri Embers, Nux Vomica (OR), The Makai, Squalora (OR), Sworming (WA) at 924 Gilman a/a $7 8pm *** @ sep 4 fri Mos Def & Erykah Badu, Jay Electronica at Paramount Theatre, Oakland a/a # $100-$40 7:30pm sep 4 fri Wallpaper, Battlehooch, Somehow At Sea, Suicidal Barfly at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** sep 4 fri The Badmen, The Tantrums, Motel Drive (Fresno), Badstrip at John Patrick's, 1813 Park Street, Alameda 21+ 9pm ** @ sep 4 fri Rankin Scroo (reggae) at Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave. at Bancroft, Berkeley 21+ * sep 4 fri The Neville Brothers, Dr. John at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** sep 4 fri Triple Cobra, Nylon Heart Attack, The Chop at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 4 fri Alexander Spit, Trackademicks, J-Billion, Hopie Spits Hard, dj Ant-1 at Slim's, S.F. a/a $14 9pm ** sep 4 fri Tinted Windows, Magic Christian (cd release) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (KALX - was Sep. 1st at Slim's) sep 4 fri Reign Supreme, Alpha & Omega, Crucified, Foreign Nature, Don't Trip at Sub-Mission Art Space, S.F. a/a $8 7:30pm ** @ sep 4 fri Hatchet, Havok (CO), Brocas Helm, Laceration, dj Rob Metal at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 9pm *** @ sep 4 fri The Twelves (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), The Tenderlions, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $10 10pm ** 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 Funeral Party at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 4 fri Foxtail Somersault, The Color Turning, Tomihira, Tracing Figures at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8pm ** sep 4 fri Drunk Horse, Green & Wood (L.A.), Sea Of Air (L.A.) at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 5pm/6pm ** sep 4 fri DJ Lebowitz (upright piano) at the Madrone Art Bar, 500 Divisadero St. @ Fell, S.F. 21+ free 6pm * sep 4 fri Deerhoof, Death Sentence: Panda!, PG-13 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 fri Allstar, Big Monsters, Dance My Heart, Follish Ways, Quiet Game Starting Now at the Red House, 1667 Botelho Drive, Walnut Creek a/a $10 7pm ** @ sep 4 thr Wire Train, Frontier Wives, Lawn Vultures at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $15 9pm ** sep 4 fri Dogfood, The Tease, Ars Magna, Bad Rocket at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 8pm/8:30pm ** sep 4 fri Tribe Of Levi, Cloud City, dj Flow, Open Cyphers at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $5 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 Sabertooth Zombie, Whiskey Rebels, Skin Like Iron, Creatures, Nails at 924 Gilman, Berkeley a/a $8 8pm *** @ 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 Asada Messiah, Prizehog, Weed (Seattle), Livingston Seagull (Seattle) at 3127 Telegraph Avenue at 32nd Street, Oakland a/a donation 8pm ** sep 5 sat Jucifer, The Ferocious Few, Sassy at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 5 sat Wire Train, Translator, Debora Iyall, Benjamin Bossi (acoustic) at Slim's, S.F. a/a $26 9pm ** sep 5 sat The Tubes, Cat McLean 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 Fast Times at Maggie McGarry's, 1353 Grant St., S.F. 21+ free 9pm * sep 5 sat Magic Bullets at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 5 sat Nico Vega, Dirty Sweet, Gringo Star at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** sep 5 sat The B-Cups, The Sweet Revenge, Smokejumper, Air Show Disaster at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 8pm ** sep 5 sat Total Hound, Silver Darling, The Spyrals at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ ** 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 sat Justin Fitch The Relay Company, My Jeremiah, Dug Brecheisen at the Red House, 1667 Botelho Drive, Walnut Creek a/a $10 7pm ** @ sep 5 sat Instant asshole, Agro Crag, DxExGx, Zero Progress, Stay Scared at Dreamland, Hayward a/a ** @ 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+ $12 9pm ** sep 5 sat Tremello (L.A.) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** sep 5 fri The Tubes at the Beach Bandstand, Santa Cruz Boardwalk a/a free (6:30pm and 8:30pm shows) *** sep 5 sat One Dying Secret, Early States, So Called Tragedy, Via Coma, Drive at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 8pm/8:30pm ** @ sep 5 sat Goodness Gracious Me, Ape Machine (Portland), Starring Morgan Freeman at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ 9pm $7 ** sep 5 sat Silence Of The Grimm at the Fire Escape Bar, Citrus Heights 21+ $5 8pm * sep 5 sat The Devil Makes Three at Truckee River Park Amphitheater, Truckee a/a ** sep 5/6 Stockholm Syndrome, Bret Mosley (sat), The Stone Foxes (sun) at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $23/$25 9pm *** sep 6 sun Embryonic Devourment, Warscythe, Dismal Lapse, Deadly Remains, Witness The Horror, Logistic Slaughter at 924 Gilman a/a $7 5pm *** @ sep 6 sun Detonize (Seattle), Vivid Sekt (Portland), Migraine, Vomblast at B.R.S., Richmond a/a 8pm *** @ 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 Rankin Scroo (reggae) at Woodminster Amphitheater, 3300 Joaquin Miller Road, Oakland a/a * sep 6 sun Davy Knowles & Back Door Slam, Rob Drabkin at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16 8pm ** (new date: was Sep 7th at Slim's) sep 6 sun Awkward Janitor, Leftover Noise, Before The End, Treehead, Industrial Undergrowth, 3 Dead In Washington, In The Absence, Melonumba, Exit 27, Divide The Skies at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10/$12 5:30pm *** (battle of the bands) sep 6 sun Wavves, The Ganglians at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 7:30pm ** 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 6 sun Old Grandad, Floating Goat, Pins Of Light, Aerial Ruin at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 6pm/7pm ** @ sep 6 sun Stockholm Syndrome at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 2pm ** sep 6 sun Dr. John & The Lower 911 at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $20/$24 7pm/8pm * sep 6 sun Critical Limit, Rivercity Massacre, Dead Hope at the Fire Escape Bar, Citrus Heights a/a $5 6pm ** sep 6 sun Van Pham, Buzzer, The Impediments at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $5 5pm ** sep 7 mon Israel Vibration, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm *** sep 7 mon Little Cow at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm * sep 8 tue film 'The Matrix' at 924 Gilman a/a free 7:30pm (924 Gilman free movie night) sep 8 tue David Cook, The Crash Kings at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 7pm/8pm # ** sep 8 tue Karl Blau, Neal Morgan, Casual Fog at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 8 tue JL Stiles, Sean Garvey, Quinn Deveaux at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** sep 8 tue Black Cobra, 16 (L.A.), Serpent Crown (first show), dj Rob Metal at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/10pm ** @ sep 8 tue The Knux at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 8 tue Mumlers (San Jose) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 7pm ** sep 9 wed Vivian Girls (cd release), The Beets at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$14 7:30pm/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 Hedgehog (Beijing), Queen Sea Big Shark (Beijing), Casino Demon (Beijing), Drunken Hu at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm *** (Sing for China: Benefit for China AIDS Orphan Fund) sep 9 wed Soulsavers, Jonneine Zapata, Redghost at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 9 wed Jacopo (cd release), The Eggplant Casino, Micropixie at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** sep 9 wed Suki Ewers (of Mazzy Star), Jack Tung, Westbooklin at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** sep 9 wed Maldroid, Tasso at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** sep 9 wed War Tapes, Profile Of A Line, Mammoth Exploration Society at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $5 9pm ** sep 9 wed ZuhG (Sacramento) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** sep 9/10 Yeah Yeah Yeahs at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $35.50 8pm # *** (Live 105) sep 10 thr Jeff Ott, Mike Park, I Made This Mistake (FL), Neil Sutherland, Class Matters at 924 Gilman Cafe Nite a/a $5-$10 sliding scale 7pm ** sep 10 thr Velnias (IL), Fell Voices at Your Haus, Oakland a/a ** sep 10 thr Sasquatch, House Of Broken Promises, Pigs, Cycloptopus at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $7 ** @ sep 10 thr Obituary, Goatwhore, Krisiun at Slim's, S.F. a/a $28/$30 7:30pm *** @ (was listed as sep 9th) sep 10 thr Maximo Park, Castanets at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** sep 10 thr Brendan Benson at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 10 thr Health, Pictureplane at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 10 thr Fire Child, Via Coma, Orchestra Of Antlers, Major US Cities (Novato) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 7:30pm ** sep 10 thr 40-Love, The Park, The Whooligan at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 18+ $10 8pm ** (hip-hop) sep 10 thr Perpetual Groove, Hill Country Revue at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 10 thr Winter's Fall, Telegraph Canyon, Manzanita at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** sep 10 thr Sex Type Thing (covers) at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 9pm * sep 10 thr Necrite, Fell Voices, Altar Of Extinction at 917 Folsom Street at 5th Street, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** @ sep 10 thr Static Mind-Fi, Kindness @ Lies, La Calaca Loca at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $6 10pm ** sep 10 thr The 808 Band, Robert Herrera at Tres Gringos Baja Cantina, 83 S 2nd St, San Jose 21+ 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 Tantrums at the Grove/Radisson Hotel, 500 Leisure Lane, Sacramento a/a $26.50/$30 6pm *** sep 10 thr Aesop, The Undrstudies, Influence & Ro Knew, The Cuf, Sonic Bloom at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 10 thr Hellbastard (U.K.), Resistant Culture, Terrorizer, Scaring Sparrows (Reno), 1618 (Reno) at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a *** @ sep 10/11 The Doobie Brothers, Lara Johnston at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $59.50 7pm/8pm # *** (KFOG/Bone 107.7) sep 10/11 Gipsy Kings at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $125-$75 5:30pm/7:30pm ** sep 11 fri Hellbastard (U.K.), Gehenna, Resistant Culture, Acephalix, Caulfield at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ sep 11 fr Flogging Molly, Hepcat, Fitz And The Tantrumsi at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $29.50 7pm/8pm # *** (Live 105) sep 11 fri Stone Vengeance, Proudflesh, Hellhunter, Cheapskate, Concrete Coffin at the Metro, Oakland a/a $7 7pm/8pm ** @ sep 11 fri The Hooks, La Plebe at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm *** @ sep 11 fri Richie Spice, Spanner Banner, 7th Street Band, Selecta Kurious, dj Serg at Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave. at Bancroft, Berkeley 21+ $20 ** 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, Club 90 at Slim's, S.F. a/a $18 9pm ** sep 11 fri Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey (Tulsa, OK), The Last Ambassadors at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 9:30pm ** sep 11 fri The Lovemakers, Jonas Reinhardt, Lisa Nola (book release) 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 Late Young, Wildildlife, Flood at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 11 fri My Revolver, Zodiac Death Valley, The Dead Westerns at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** sep 11 fri DJ Lebowitz (upright piano) at the Madrone Art Bar, 500 Divisadero St. @ Fell, S.F. 21+ free 6pm * sep 11 fri Marco Antonio Solis at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** sep 11 fri Septic Shock, Nihilist Cunt, New Earth Creeps, Smut, Chuckle Fucks at Dreamland, Hayward a/a *** @ sep 11 fri Bad Touch, Culo A Boca, Grand Invincible at the Mardi Gras, 1628 El Camino Real, Redwood City 21+ free 9pm ** (Mean Dave's birthday) sep 11 fri The Unit Breed at the Gingerbread House, 1151 South 7th at Keyes, San Jose 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 Southern Culture On The Skids, Los Straightjackets at Moes Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz 21+ *** sep 11 fri Mozart Season, The Subtle Way, A Lot Like Vegas at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $10/$12 6:30pm ** @ sep 11 fri The Honey Brothers (Adrian Grenier of Entourage) at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $15 9:30pm ** sep 11 fri The Kinetics, Compadre at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $7 9pm ** sep 11/12 Hot Buttered Rum, Jerry Hannan Band (fri), Nicki Bluhm Band (sat) at Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 12 sat Babyland, Caustic, Syndika:Zero, Savior at 924 Gilman a/a 7:30pm *** @ sep 12 sat Zombie Holocaust (cd release), Premunition, Savage Machine, Laceration, Reaperduce at B.R.S., Richmond a/a $5 7:30pm *** @ sep 12 sat Paolo Nutini at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $25 8pm # ** sep 12 sat The Revtones, Mighty Slim Pickens, Blue Diamond Fillups at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 12 sat Mendozza, Crooked Beast, Zaticoy, Curmudgeon at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $7 ** sep 12 sat Southern Culture On The Skids, Los Straitjackets at Slim's, S.F. a/a $18 9pm *** 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, Soko, His Orchestra 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 Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm * sep 12 sat Elliot Randall, Gina Villalobos, James DePrato And The Diptet at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/10pm ** sep 12 sat Groundskeeper, Skirts On The Rise, Flip Cassidy Of Weasels Exist (L.A.) at the Retox Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5 ** sep 12 sat Reel Big Fish, Suburban Legends, One Pin Short at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $20 7pm/8pm *** @ sep 12 sat Skin Like Iron, Grace Alley, The Farley Overdose (Reno), Flat Out, Strike To Survive at Saulo's House, 840 Masson Ave., San Bruno a/a $2 6pm *** @ sep 12 sat Assailant, Meitherium, Tartatus, Last To Die, A Contorted Smile at Dreamland, Hayward a/a ** @ sep 12 sat Levator (Seattle) 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 The Lovemakers, Hundred Days, Dirty Pillows 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 Reflective Intelligence, Verbal Venom, Floe Montana, Omatic, Theek, Ditty The Dog Matician at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $7 6pm/10pm ** (6pm-9pm art show) sep 12 sat Blink-182, Weezer, Taking Back Sunday, Chester French at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Rd., Marysville a/a # *** @ sep 13 sun Rocknroll Adventure Kids, Shannon & The Clams, High Heels (Denmark) at 924 Gilman a/a 7:30pm *** @ sep 13 sun Thomas Schultz (piano), Franz Schubert (sonata) at Old First Concerts, 1751 Sacramento Street, S.F. a/a $15/$12 4pm * sep 13 sun Slaid Cleaves at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 13 sun The Honorary Title (Brooklyn), Good Old War (acoustic), Cory Branan at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 13 sun Enanitos Verdes, Monte Negro at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $42.50 7pm/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 Vieux Farka Toure at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 13 sun Japanther, Ninjasonik, Unit Breed at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** sep 13 sun Third Date at the Octopus Lounge, 180 Eureka Square, Pacifica 21+ free 9pm * 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 13 sun Levator (Seattle) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a 4pm ** sep 13 sun Reel Big Fish, Suburban Legends, One Pin Short at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $17/$20 7pm/8pm *** @ sep 13 sun Memoirs & Landmines at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 7pm ** 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 Pojama People (tribute) at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 9pm * sep 14 mon The Honorary Title (Brooklyn), Good Old War (acoustic), Cory Branan at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 7pm/7:30pm ** sep 14 mon Sugar Ray, Dirty Heads, Aimee Allen at Empire Events Center, 1417 R Street, Sacramento a/a $25/$27 6:30pm/7pm *** sep 14 mon New Found Glory at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a *** sep 14 mon Flogging Molly, Hepcat, Fitz And The Tantrums at the Senator Theater, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a *** sep 14 mon Southern Culture On The Skids Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico ?/? *** sep 15 tue Sugar Ray, Dirty Heads, Aimee Allen at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** sep 15 tue Joey Cape, Jon Snodgrass, Chad Rex at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm *** sep 15 tue Mayer Hawthorne & The County, Buff 1 (Detroit), 14kt, Cambo at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** sep 15 tue No Babies, 2 Up (Japan), Afternoon Brother 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 Gavin Castleton, Gardening Not Architecture, Horsewolf at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. $7 8pm ** sep 15 tue Get Dead, Street Justice, Bad Coyotes at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/10pm ** sep 15 tue Chris Garneau, Christina Courtin, Emily Jane White at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm ** (Trevor Hall cancelled) 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 Collin's Beat, Chairman Wow at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $10 6pm/7pm *** sep 15 tue Dragonforce, Taking Dawn, After The Flesh at Empire Events Center, 1417 R Street, Sacramento a/a $20/$22 7pm/7:30pm ** @ sep 15 tue Pete Bernhard at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $8 9pm ** sep 15/16 Bad Brains, Trouble Andrew at Slim's, S.F. a/a $26 8pm ** sep 16 wed Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal (alone and together) at Paramount Theatre, 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 Pete Bernhard (cd release), Leopold & His Fiction, Erin Brazill, The Devil Makes Three at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 8pm ** sep 16 wed Oh My God, Highway Patrol, Wave Array at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** sep 16 wed Yourself And The Air, Excuses For Skipping, Mister Loveless at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 16 wed Joshua James & Cory Chisel at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 16 wed Disastroid, The Solid, Sticks And Stones at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 16 wed The Love Language, All Smiles at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** sep 16 wed James Taylor at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $249.50-$75 5:30pm/7:30pm ** sep 16 wed Moodrunner, Atlantic Line, Tractor Beams at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** sep 16 wed Sugar Ray, Aimee Allen at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $20/$25 7pm/8pm *** sep 16 wed Mayer Hawthorne & The County, Buff 1 at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 16 wed The Avengers, Pansy Division, Fire Whiskey, The Paul Collin's Beat, I Want Out at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz 21+ $8 *** @ sep 16 wed World/Inferno Friendship Society at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $10 8pm ** sep 16 wed Southern Culture On The Skids, Los Straightjackets at Last Day Saloon, 120 5th St. at Davis St., Santa Rosa 21+ *** sep 17 thr Ben Harper And The Relentless7 at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $35 8pm # ** (KFOG) sep 17 thr The Avengers, Pansy Division, The Paul Collin's Beat at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm *** @ sep 17 thr Happy Mondays, The Psychedelic Furs, 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 Blues Traveler at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # ** sep 17 thr Chairlift, Micachu, El Ten Eleven at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 17 thr Throw Me The Statue, The Brunettes (N.Z.), My First Earthquake at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** sep 17 thr Rademacher, Young Hunting, The Gold Medalists at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 17 thr Monotonix, Triclops!, Anavan at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 17 thr Jahlectrik, Big Lion, Arrica Sunshine Lee at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $6/$8 8pm ** sep 17 thr The Scott Amendola Trio at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm * (experimental jazz) sep 17 thr Alan Braxe, One Man Party at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $10/$12/$15 9pm ** sep 17 thr Pink, The Ting Tings at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $49.50-$39.50 8pm # *** sep 17 thr Skinlab at Voodoo Lounge, San Jose 21+ *** sep 17 thr The Devil Makes Three at the Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz a/a ** sep 17 thr Steel Pulse, Band Of Brotherz at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $26/$30 7pm/8pm *** sep 17 thr Elliot Randall, Gina Villalobos at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 17 thr Noisepsalm, Waning, Seasons Of Sorrow at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** sep 17 thr Southern Culture On The Skids, Los Straightjackets at John Ascuaga's Nugget Casino, Sparks, NV 18+ *** sep 17-21 Les Claypool, Cocorosie, OS Mutantes, Yard Dogs Road Show, Amon Tobin, Bassnectar, Freeland Live Band, Shpongle dj, 100+ more bands, art, workshops at Symblosis Gathering, Yosemite a/a $180 *** sep 18 fri Flip The Switch, Aught 7, Los Arambula, Nino Zombi (Mexico), Dear Horizon (Australia) at 924 Gilman a/a 7:30pm *** @ (SKA night) 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 $13 8pm ** sep 18 fri The Avengers, Pansy Division, The Paul Collin's Beat at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/10pm *** @ sep 18 fri Method Of Defiance (Bill Laswell, Dr. Israel, Bernie Worrell, Guy Licata, Toshinori Kondo, Hawk at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $25/$37.50 8pm/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 Timber Timbre (Toronto), The Harbours (acoustic) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 6pm ** sep 18 fri Sex Vid (Olympia), Never Healed, Christian Mistress (Olympia), Ecoli at Sub-Mission, S.F. a/a $7 8:30pm *** @ sep 18 fri Sea Wolf, Sara Lov at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 18+ $15 8pm/9pm ** sep 18 fri Frightened Rabbit, The Twilight Sad, We Were Promised Jetpacks at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** (sold out) sep 18 fri The Drones, Model/Actress, The Spyrals at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** sep 18 fri Grand Lake, White Cloud, Rad Cloud at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** sep 18 fri The Illness, Sideshow Fiasco, Groundskeeper at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 18 fri Marshall Tucker Band at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $35 7:30pm/8:30pm *** sep 18 fri Verbal Abuse, The Disciples, Sad Boy Sinister, Zero Bull Shit, Step Up at Dreamland, Hayward a/a *** @ 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 Dredg, After Midnight Project at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10.49 9pm *** sep 18 fri Fast Times at Britannia Arms, 5027 Almaden Expressway, San Jose 21+ free 9:30pm * sep 18 fri Michael Franti & Spearhead at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $30/$35 8pm/9pm *** sep 18 fri Brooke White, Michael Johns, Benton Paul at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $20/$22 8pm/8:30pm ** sep 18 fri Nevada Backwards, Not An Airplane 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 fri Miss Derringer (L.A.), The Pine Box Boys at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $8 9pm ** sep 18 fri Hello Astronaut, A Current Affair, K Sera, Greener By Color at Club Retro, 4450 N. Brawley, Suite 111, Fresno a/a ** (first show at new all ages club) sep 18 fri The Devil Makes Three at Cafe Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave., Chico a/a ** sep 18/19 Citizen Cope at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** sep 18/19/20 Furthur, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Jeff Chimenti John Kadlecik, Jay Lane, Joe Russo, Vice (sat) at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $49.50 7:30pm (fri & sun) 6:15pm sat *** sep 19 sat The Dave Rude Band at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 19 sat Meat Puppets, Dead Confederate, Ume at Slim's, S.F. a/a $17/$19 9pm *** @ sep 19 sat Dragonforce, Sonata Arctica, Taking Dawn at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** @ sep 19 sat Dirty Three, Faun Fables 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 Starving Weirdos, William Fowler Collins, Metal Rouge, Darwinsbitch, Jim Haynes, John Davis, Danny Paul Grody at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $10 2pm ** sep 19 sat David Cross at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** sep 19 sat Amazing Baby, The Entrance Band, Total Hound at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/10pm ** sep 19 sat Tarentel, Keith Fullerton Whitman, The Alps, Ducktails, Pete Swanson, Joe Grimm, Operativ at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 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 Sex Vid, Corpus at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 5pm ** (early show) sep 19 sat Broken Nobles, Long Legged Woman at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** (late show) sep 19 sat No Alternative, Druglords Of The Avenues, The Downtown Struts at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/10pm ** sep 19 sat Lou Dog Trio, Audiodub, Search Party at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** sep 19 sat Gods Outlaw, Feral Depravity, Mystic Rage, Wraithwall at Dreamland, Hayward a/a $5 8pm ** @ 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 (U.K.), 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 Eyesores (San Jose) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 7pm ** sep 19 sat Addamantium at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** sep 19 sat Young & Reckless (album release), Dirty Penny at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 19 sat Kill The Precedent, The Cuf, Storytellers, Lesdystics, Our Hometown Disaster at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 8pm/8:30pm ** sep 19 sat Save And Continue (last show, Sacramento), Silent Treatment, One Dying Secret, Echopheen, S.T.D. (acoustic) at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $10 7:30pm ** sep 19 sat dj Shortkut, The Addict Merchant at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $7 9pm ** sep 19 sat Andre Nickatina at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a ** sep 19 sat The underlings (Eugene), Nipplepotamus, Splinter Cell at the Arcata Theater Lounge, 1036 G Street, Arcata 18+ $5 9pm ** sep 19 sat Beowulf, Head On Collision (MO), Amongst The Dead at Bubba Thrasher's Tavern, 2704 Hartnell Ave., Redding 21+ 8pm *** @ sep 19 sat cancelled: Beowulf, Head On Collision, Oppressed Logic, Verbal Abuse, The Lewd at the Evil Dead Shed, Concord (see Redding show) sep 19/20 Bajofondo at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $25 8pm/9pm (sat) 7pm/8pm (sun) ** sep 20 sun MaximumRockNRoll Record Swap at 924 Gilman, Berkeley a/a free 7am til 3:30pm sep 20 sun Beowulf, Head On Collision, Zombie Holocaust, Invection, It at 924 Gilman a/a $8 4:30pm *** @ sep 20 sun The Deadbeats, Daikaiju (AL), The Hobo Gobbelins, Mystery Dope, Captain Advice at B.R.S., Ricmond a/a $5 7:30pm ** @ sep 20 sun Gaslight Anthem, Murder By Death, Te Loved Ones, Frank Turner at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm # ** sep 20 sun Grouper, Christina Carter, Ilayas Ahmed, Barn Owl, Sun Circle, Common Eider, King Eider, Brendon Murray at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market St., S.F. a/a $20 6:30pm ** sep 20 sun Austin Lucas, Two Cow Garage, Mike Hale at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8 ** sep 20 sun Ming & Ping, Wooden Ponies at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** sep 20 sun Flood, Emeralds, Early Graves at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 20 sun Pink Mountaintops, The Pack AD 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 Tigercity, Royal Bangs, The Actors at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 20 sun These United States at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 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 20 sun Lessons In Failure, Scowndrolls, Keeping Score, Walking Dead at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 6pm ** @ sep 20 sun Tao Rodriguez-Seeger at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $12 5pm/6pm * sep 20 sun In Flames, Between The Buried And Me, 3 Inches Of Blood, The Faceless at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a *** @ 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 Titus Andronicus, The So So Glos at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8 8:30pm/9pm ** @ sep 21 mon Buffalo Collision at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 21 mon Stitch Hopeless & The Sealegs (Phoenix), Keyside Strike (U.K.), Desolate Graves (AZ) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 3pm ** 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 Wallpaper at Amoeba Music, 2455 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a free 7pm ** sep 22 tue Five Finger Death Punch, Shadows Fall, Otep, 2 Cents at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** sep 22 tue Bon Iver, Megafaun at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** sep 22 tue Iron Witch And Rabbits (Portland), Prizehog at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 22 tue Erin McCarley, Landon Pigg at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 22 tue The Most Serene Republic, Grand Archives, The Lonely Forest at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 22 tue Complaints, Sharp Objects, High & Tight (first show) at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/10pm ** sep 22 tue Mason Jennings, Crash Kings at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $19/$23 7pm/8pm * sep 22 tue Portugal. The Man, Drug Rug at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $12 8pm ** sep 22 tue The Capitalist Hippie Complex (L.A.) at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $7 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 Circus at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** @ sep 23 wed Dance Gavin Dance, Emarosa, Of Mice And Men, Tides Of Man at Slim's, S.F. a/a $14 8pm ** sep 23 wed Pitbull at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $28/$33 8pm # ** sep 23 wed Dillinger Four (Minneapolis), Riverboat Gamblers, The Arrivals, Young Offenders at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 6:30pm/7pm *** @ sep 23 wed The Do, Hollywood, Mon Amour at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 23 wed Goh Nakamura, Doug Paisley (Toronto), Lesser Lights at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** sep 23 wed David Dondero, Christopher Lockett, Shaun Paul Gordon at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 23 wed Portugal. The Man, Drug Rug at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 23 wed The Temptations, The Four Tops at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75-$45 5:30pm/7:30pm *** sep 23 wed Rebelution, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, Passafire at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$20 7pm/8pm ** sep 23 wed August Burns Red, The Acacia Strain, Impending Doom, My Children My Bride at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $16.50/$18 6:30pm/7pm *** @ sep 23 wed Pepper at Empire Events Center, 1417 R Street, Sacramento $22 5:30pm/6pm ** @ sep 23 wed Low vs. Diamond (N.Y.) at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $8 9pm * 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 Shadow Society, dj Fact.50, dj Tomas Diablo, The Hallowed Din at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** sep 24 thr Jerry Jeff Walker, Django Walker at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** (seated show - KPIG) sep 24 thr John Brown's Body (Cambridge, MA), The Black Seeds at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15/$17 8:30pm ** sep 24 thr The B-52s, Venus Infers 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 Cormorant (cd release), Velnias, Fell Voices, Elm, Servile Sect, at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8 9pm ** @ sep 24 thr OM, Lichens at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 24 thr Mark Eitzel, Victor Krummenacher at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 8pm ** sep 24 thr World Record Appreciation Society at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 24 thr La Plebe, King City, Jesse Morris And The Man Cougars at the Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St. S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm/9pm ** @ sep 24 thr Cotton Jones, Frontier Ruckus, Garrett Pierce at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 24 thr Wynonna at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65-$45 5:30pm/7:30pm ** sep 24 thr Happy Birthday Secret Weapon (Seattle) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 5pm ** sep 24 thr The Obsessors, Stand Fight Resist at Caravan, 98 South Almaden Ave., San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** sep 24 thr Pepper, Iration, Illscarlett at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$24 8pm/9pm *** @ sep 24 thr The Radiators at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $22/$25 7pm/8pm ** 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 24 thr Revolting Cocks, The Jim Rose Circus, Blownload, Left Spine Down at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15 7pm/7:30pm *** @ sep 24 thr Claire Voyant (cd release), Stripmall Architecture, Unwoman at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $7 9pm ** sep 24 thr Rebelution at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a ** sep 24 thr Insane Clown Posse at the Senator Theater, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a $28.50 7pm/8pm *** @ sep 25 fri Blood On The Dance Floor, Electric Valentine (L.A.), Metroid, Sassy at 924 Gilman a/a 7:30pm *** (Gilman Dance Party) 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 Hammer, Whodini at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $66/$46 8pm ** sep 25 fri Faun Fable at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 25 fri The Radiators at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 25 fri Billy Talent, Poison The Well, 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 ** sep 25 fri The Proclaimers, Pants Pants Pants at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9:30pm ** sep 25 fri 3 Leafs at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm * sep 25 fri Wonder Bread 5 at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** sep 25 fri This Charming Band, Erasure-Esque, Love Vigilantes at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm ** sep 25 fri Dead Seal, Corpus Animus, Clint Stewart, Marc Smith, Jason Short, Hac Le at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ ** sep 25 fri One In The Chamber, Sabertooth Zombie, Hell Hath No Fury (L.A.), Waylin Jenocide at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm/9:30pm *** @ sep 25 fri A Sense Of Dementia at Dreamland, Hayward a/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 fri Los Olvidados, Drunk Injuns, Ribzy at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 25 fri Cash'd Out (tribute), Plough Man at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $12/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 25 fri Contagious at the Fire Escape Bar, Citrus Heights 21+ $5 8pm * sep 25 fri Psychostar, Blame Betty, Pets, Smoke at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $8 9pm ** sep 25/26 Gov't Mule, Carney at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** sep 25/26 Tainted Love, Mustache Harbor (fri) at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+$23 8pm/9pm ** sep 25/26/27 Sound Tribe Sector 9, India Arie, Galactic, Lyrics Born, Sly And Robbie, The Devil Makes Three, Pnuma Trio, Blvd, Eoto, Fort Knox Five, Crown City Rockers, Albino!, Mighty Dub Killas, Lo Cura, dj Vadim, Bluetech, Moonalice, Blue Turtle Seduction, Lynx And Janover, Trillian Green, March Fourth Marching Band, Boombox, dj's, art, cinema, theater, performing art, camping (no pets/open fires) at Earthdance, Black Oak Ranch, Hwy. 101, Laytonville a/a $170/$200 (3 day pass with camping) $75 sunday only 8am *** sep 26 sat Black Fork, Shankers, Street Eaters (record release), Schlitz Clairborne at 924 Gilman a/a $7 7:30pm *** @ sep 26 sat Deadfall, A.N.S. (TX), T.V. Evangelists, Face The Rail, Duck And Cover at B.R.S., Richmond a/a 8pm *** @ sep 26 sat Paulina Rubio at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $70-$40 8pm ** 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 $15 10pm ** sep 26 sat Hope Sandoval at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** sep 26 sat Wallpaper (cd release) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15 ($10 if 21+) 9pm ** sep 26 sat The Grannies, Meat Sluts at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ ** @ sep 26 sat !!!, Indian Jewelry at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 26 sat Telefon Tel Aviv, The Race at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/10pm ** sep 26 sa Ovipositort, Generalissimo, Cartographer at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm * sep 26 sat Notorious, Glorified HJ at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** sep 26 sat Locked Up A.D. at Dreamland, Hayward a/a ** @ sep 26 sat Tony Bennett at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $149.50-$59.50 5:30pm/7:30pm *** sep 26 sat Katie Garibaldi at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** (7th Annual SF Joe Strummer Tribute & Benefit For Strummerville) sep 26 sat Dead Souls, Love Vigilantes at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 26 sat The B Foundation, Mike Pinto at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 26 sat S.T.D., Man Automatic, Category 7, Wings Of Innocence, 5 Days Dirty, The Battle Of Midway, Autumn Sky at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $8 ($5 + 2 or more non perishable food items) 6:30pm/7pm *** @ (Stephen's Birthday Show and Sacramento Food Bank Food Drive) sep 26 sat Dance Gavin Dance, Emarosa, Of Mice & Men, Tides Of Man, Of Machines at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15 7pm/7:30pm ** sep 26 sat ColdCokt (cd release) at the Fire Escape Bar, Citrus Heights 21+ $5 8pm * sep 26 sat Sol Peligro, Atapaz, Caf' Sociedad at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $7 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, Haste at Telegraph, Berkeley a/a free 11am til 7pm ** sep 27 sun Edguy, Epicurean, Luna Mortis at Slim's, S.F. a/a $22 8pm ** 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 (solo), J.B.M. at Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 27 sun Train, Colbie Caillat, Howie Day at Sharon Meadow, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a free noon til 5pm *** (Alice 97.3 Now and Zen Fest) sep 27 sun Honor Society at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** sep 27 sun Blitzen Trapper at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 27 sun Didimao, Swahili at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 27 sun Bonfire Madigan, Kelli Rudick, Odessa Chen at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** sep 27 sun Pepper, Iration, IllScarlett at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $20 7pm/8pm *** @ sep 27 sun The Average White Band at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $22/$25 7pm/8pm *** sep 27 sun Flesh Consumed, Fallujah, Choir Of Carnage, Metal Inc, Apophis at Mutiny, 422 West 2nd Street, Antioch a/a $8 5pm ** @ sep 27 sun Cheech & Chong, Shelby at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65-$45 5:30pm/7:30pm *** sep 27 sun Los Olvidados, No Use For A Name, Claywheels, Shitkickers, Street Score at Raging Waters, 2333 South White Road, San Jose a/a free noon til 8pm *** @ (professional pool skating contest) sep 27 sun Motorgrater, Dark Sun, Damage Over Time, SynSystem, Grey Atlas at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 6pm ** sep 27 sun Aaron Beaumont (L.A.), Justin Farren at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $5 5pm ** sep 28 mon Alice In Chain at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** @ sep 28 mon Dead Meadow, Spindrift, dj's at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 28 mon Rain Machine at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm * sep 28 mon Darkest Hour, Trivium, White Chapel at the Senator Theatre, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a *** @ sep 29 tue Kailash Kher at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** sep 29 tue Crown City Rockers, Spaceheater, Destani Wolf at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $10.99 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 29 tue Sian Alice Group (U.K.), Leopold & His Fiction at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 29 tue Samvega, The Shimmies, Maere at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 29 tue Trivium, White Chapel, Darkest Hour, The Dirge Within at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $19.99/$21.99 7pm/7:45pm *** @ sep 29 tue Soja at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cru 16+ $14/$17 7:30pm/8:30pm ** sep 29 tue Urgehal, Spearhead, Eyes Of Noctum, Killgasm, Chronaexus at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 7pm ** @ sep 29/30 Mason Jennings, Crash Kings at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 30 wed Jokes For Feelings at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm * sep 30 wed Soja, Kapakahi, The Movement at Slim's, S.F. a/a $18/$21 9pm ** sep 30 wed Ida Maria And Ladyhawk at the Fillmore, 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, Molly Jenson at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm *** sep 30 wed Stripmall Architecture, Sweet Trip, Boy In Static at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 30 wed Little Fish at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** sep 30 wed Danger Death Ray (Portland) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** sep 30 wed Family Room, Them Hills, Devojka at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ Free 9pm ** sep 30 wed Beenie Man at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $17/$21 7pm/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 Carol Burnett at Paramount Theatre, Oakland a/a $125-$60 8pm # *** oct 1 thr Ziggy Love, Darling Freakhead, Midline Errors at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** oct 1 thr Datarock, Esser, Kav at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16 8:30pm *** oct 1 thr Gillian Welch at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** oct 1 thr Kylesa, Saviours, Bison B.C., Kowloon Walled City at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $12/$15 7pm/8pm *** @ oct 1 thr David Bazan, Say Hi at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 1 thr Hot Fog, Private Dancer, Careerers at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** oct 1 thr The Hot Toddies, Foxes! (U.K.), The Ian Fays, dj's at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm *** oct 1 thr Collie Buddz And The New Kingston Band, Devin The Dude, Top Shelf at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $28/$30 7:30pm/8pm *** 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 1 thr Danger Death Ray (Portland) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** oct 1/2 Boz Scaggs & The Blue Velvet Band, Buddy Miller at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** oct 2 fri T.S.O.L., Oppressed Logic, Everything Must Go, Disciples Bum City Saints at 924 Gilman a/a $10 8pm *** @ oct 2 fri Fauna Valetta, Yellow Fever (TX), The Splinters, Outlaw at Ghost Town Gallery, Oakland a/a $8 9pm ** oct 2 fri Damage Inc. (tribute), Paradise City (tribute) at the Starry Plough, Berekely 21+ 9pm ** oct 2 fri K-Flay at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm * (Sham 69 cancelled) oct 2 fri Stomacher (cd release), The Federalists, I The Mighty, Wave Array at Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave. at Bancroft, Berkeley 21+ 8:30pm ** oct 2 fri Asobi Seksu, Loney Dear, Anna Ternheim at Slim's, S.F. a/a $17 9pm ** oct 2 fri Paramore, Paper Route, The Swellers at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** oct 2 fri Gil Scott-Heron at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** oct 2 fri Destroyer 666 (Australia), The Accused (Seattle), Witchaven, Vietus Mortuus, dj Rob Metal at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $12/$15 9pm *** @ oct 2 fri Jon Langford And The Pine Valley Cosmonauts at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $20 7:30pm * oct 2 fri Clipd Beaks, Experimental Dental School, Piles at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 2 fri Collie Buddz And The New Kingston Band, Devin The Dude at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $28 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 2 fri Eric McFadden, The Hooks, Cliff Truesdell, The Armagideons, Dead Ringers at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm/9pm *** oct 2 fri Carlos Mencia at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** oct 2 fri The Velisha, Septic Shock, D.E.G., Nihilist Cunt, Manson Family Fude at Dreamland, Hayward a/a *** @ oct 2 fri Pink Martini at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $63-$45 5:30pm/7:30pm ** oct 2 fri We Should Be Dead, Maldroid, Like Me's at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** oct 2 fri Kylesa, Saviours, Ludicra, Bison B.C. at the Voodoo Lounge, San Jose 21+ $10 *** @ oct 2 fri Zion 1, The Jacka at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$18 8pm/9pm ** 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 fri Sour Diesel, Cesura, Shotblast at the Fire Escape Bar, Citrus Heights 21+ $5 8pm ** oct 2/3/4 Dark Star Orchestra at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $31 8pm/9pm (7pm/8pm sun) # *** oct 2/3/4 Billy Joe Shaver, Hayes Carll, Mike Farris & The Roseland Rhythm Revue, Rodney Crowell, Moonalice, Aimee Mann, Dr. Dog, The Chieftains, Austin Lounge Lizards, Marianne Faithfull, Todd Snider, Earl Scruggs, Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women, Natalie MacMaster, Galactic, Robyn Hitchcock, Elizabeth Cook, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Richie Havens, Red Wine, Marshall Crenshaw, Kimmie Rhodes, Mavis Staples, Doc Watson & David Holt, Marley's Ghost With Cowboy Jack Clement, John Prine, Gillian Welch, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, The Brothers Comatose, Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands, Rosie Flores With Jon Langford And The Pine Valley Cosmonauts, Buddy Miller, The Duhks, Steve Earle & The Bluegrass Dukes, Marty Stuart, Malo, The Claire Lynch Band, Nick Lowe, World Party, The Wronglers, Guy Clark & Verlon Thompson, Boz Scaggs And The Blue Velvet Band, Eliza Gilkyson, Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys, The Flatlanders, Amadou & Mariam, The Tim O'Brien Band, Elvis Perkins In Dearland, Old 97's, Poor Man's Whiskey, Lyle Lovett & His Large Band, Allen Toussaint, Little Feat, Hazel Dickens, The Knitters, Pamela Rose With Wild Women, The Del McCoury Band, Dr. Magpie, Darrell Scott Band, Dry Branch Fire Squad, Steve Martin With The Steep Canyon Rangers, Tom Morello, Dar Williams, Steve Earle & Allison Moorer, Great American Taxi, Okkervil River, Fireants, Aboriginal Country & Western Songbook, Billy Bragg, Abalone Dots, ODC/Dance, Robert Earl Keen, MC Hammer, Jorma Kaukonen, Neko Case, Barefoot Nellies, Booker T. & The Drive-By Truckers, Kevin Welch, Kieran Kane & Fats Kaplin, Emmylou Harris, Old Crow Medicine Show, Reckless Kelly at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a 10am free *** oct 3 sat Third Date at Bay Street Plaza, 5616 Bay Street, Emeryvill a/a free 3pm * oct 3 sat Rudiger Oppermann, Park Stickney, Ann & Charlie Heymann, Carlos Reyes, Cheryl Ann Fulton, Chris Caswell, Youssoupha Sidibe, Diana Stork at the Chapel of the Chimes, 4499 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland a/a $5-$15/$10-$20 5pm til 9pm ** (Festival of Harps) oct 3 sat Shinedown, Sick Puppies, Cavo, Adelitas Way at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** oct 3 sat The Horrors, Japanese Motors 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 Slim Cessna's Auto Club at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm ** oct 3 sat Jack Pe'ate, Miike Snow, Loquat at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 3 sat Love Songs, Ed Mudshi (Marseille, France), Cobra Skulls, Airfix Kits at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm *** @ oct 3 sat Antagony at Dreamland, Hayward a/a ** @ oct 3 sat Fire Whiskey (Santa Cruz) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** oct 3 sat Collie Buddz & The New Kingston Band, Devin The Dude, Top Shelf at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $25/$29 8pm/9pm ** oct 3 sat Still Time, Matt Masih & The Messengers at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** 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 3 sat Gun Down, Flounder at the Fire Escape Bar, Citrus Heights 21+ $5 8pm ** oct 4 sun Cattle Decapitation, Soulfly, Prong at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** @ oct 4 sun New Model Army, dj Decay, dj Malderor at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10/$12 7pm/7:30pm ** @ oct 4 sun Jolie Holland, Michael Hurley at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 4 sun Chris Botti at Montalvo Arts Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga a/a ** oct 4 sun Despised Icon, Through The Eyes Of The Dead, Abacabb, Molotov Solution, Martyrdom at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 6:30pm/7pm *** @ oct 4 sun Family Force 5, Breathe Carolina, Cash Cash, Queens Club, I Rival at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $15/$17 6:30pm/7pm ** 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 mon God Dethroned (Netherlands), Abigail Williams, Woe Of Tyrants, Augury, dj Rob Metal at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $12/$15 8pm *** @ oct 5 mon Project, Classical Revolution at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** (experimental) 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 $15 8pm ** 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 Bus Driver, Themselves at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** (hip hop) oct 6 tue Emmylou Harris at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a *** oct 6 tue A Day To Remember at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a ** oct 7 wed Starfucker at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 7 wed Andrew W.K. & Calder Quartet at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $25 8pm ** oct 7 wed People Under The Stairs at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** oct 7 wed Mumlers, Emily Jane White, Osage Orange at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 7 wed Lotus, Break Science at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $1-$20 (Pay What You Want Tour) 8:30pm/9pm *** oct 7 wed A Day To Remember, Parkway Drive, In Fear And Faith, I See Stars at Empire Events Center, 1417 R St., Sacramento a/a $20 5pm/5:30pm ** @ oct 8 thr Kenny Loggins And Jimmy Messina, The Gabe Dixon Band at Paramount Theatre, Oakland a/a $80-$40 8pm # *** oct 8 thr Toubab Krewe at Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 8 thr Teenage Jesus & The Jerks, Mika Miko, T.I.T.S. at Slim's, S.F. a/a $25 8pm ** 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 Foreigner at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # *** oct 8 thr Atomic Bomb Audition, Diminished Men at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 8 thr Boombox, Ana Sia at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 8 thr Mute Math at Empire Events Center, 1417 R Street, Sacramento a/a $20/$22 8pm/8:30pm *** oct 8 thr Thursday, The Fall Of Troy, The Dear Hunter, Touch' Amor' at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $20 6:30pm/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 $27.50/$30 6pm/7pm # *** @ oct 9 fri Mutemath at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $24.50 8pm/9pm # ** oct 9 fri Ingrid Michaelson, Matthew Perryman Jones 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 Polvo at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** 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 9 fri The Rosewood Thieves, The Dead Trees, Mist And Mast (cd release) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** oct 9 fri The Raincoats, Section 25, Gang Of Four (dj set), For Against, Weave, Magic Bullets, Nodzzz, Death Sentence: Panda!, Grass Widow at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $20/$25 8pm til 3am *** @ oct 9 fri Wallpaper, Dirtbag Dan at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** oct 9 fri Andre Nickatina at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $26/$29 8pm/9pm ** oct 9 fri Satyricon, Toxic Holocaust, Chthonic at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $16/$18 8:30pm/8pm *** @ oct 10 sat Ludicra, Subarachnoid Space, OvO (Italy) at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ 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, Gramps Morgan at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** oct 10 sat Satyricon, Bleeding Through, Toxic Holocaust, Chthonic at Slim's, S.F. a/a $18/$20 8pm *** @ oct 10 sat Tower Of Power at the Fillmore, 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, Big Blue Whale, The Solid at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 10pm ** (late show) oct 10 sat Kyle Hollingsworth Band, Zach Gill at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 10 sat Metronomy, Fool's Gold, Leopold And His Fiction at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/10pm ** oct 10 sat La Plebe, Get Dead, Compton S.F., The Keeners at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm/9:30pm ** @ oct 10 sat Jamie Foxx at the Pavilion, Concord a/a # *** oct 10 sat Dennis Is Dead, Octoclopse, Before The End, Last Chance For Victory, Alighieri at Dreamland, Hayward a/a ** @ oct 10 sat Longliner (San Jose) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** oct 10 sat Mary Axe (San Jose) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** oct 10 sat State Radio, The Skaflaws at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $12/$16 8pm/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 10/11 Bob Dylan And His Band at the Greek Theatre, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a $50 (ga) 7:30pm *** oct 11 sun The Academy Is..l., May Day Parade, Set Your Goals, The Secret Handshake, You Me At Six at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** @ oct 11 sun Thursday, The Fall Of Troy, The Dear Hunter at Slim's, S.F. a/a $18/$20 7:30pm *** @ oct 11 sun Raya Nova, Inner Sunset, Accept Your Fate, Dopesick Tight, Illucinus, A Moment Of Clarity, Vuotan, Baysic Wonder, Enduring The Sun at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10/$12 5:30pm *** (battle of the bands) oct 11 sun Elliott Brood at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm * oct 11 sun ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Future Of The Left at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 7:30pm/8pm *** oct 11 sun Nadja, Gregg Kowalsky, Portraits at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm * oct 11 sun Nomeansno, Triclops!, The Pack A.D. at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm *** @ oct 11 sun Zach Gill, Kyle Hollingsworth at Hopmonk Tavern, 230 Petaluma Avenue, Sebastopol 21+ ** oct 11 sun Thomas Schultz (piano) at Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University a/a free 2:30pm * oct 12 mon Mono, Maserati at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 12 mon Sean Kingston, Flo Rida, New Boyz at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** oct 12 mon Nomeansno, Triclops!, The Pack A.D. at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16 8pm *** @ (moved from Slim's) oct 12 mon Sean Wheeler, Zander Schloss, Tater Famine, Manzanita at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 ** oct 13 tue Sunny Day Real Estate at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # *** oct 13 tue The Pogues, DeVotchKa, Sean Wheeler, Zander Schloss at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** oct 13 tue The Subdudes at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (KPIG) oct 13 tue Juliette Lewis at Slim's, 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, The Baths at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** oct 13 tue Zach Gill, Kyle Hollingsworth at the Red Fox, Eureka 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 These Arms Are Snakes, DD/MM/YYYY, Glaciers (lp release) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 14 wed The Lickets, Marianne Dissard, Andrew Collberg at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** 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 14 wed Intelligence, Dirty Pillows at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $5 9pm ** oct 14 wed cancelled: Crystal Stilts at Slim's, S.F. oct 15 thr Gogol Bordello, Apostle Of Hustle at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $32.50 8pm # ** oct 15 thr K.M.F.D.M., Legion Within, Angel Spit at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** @ oct 15 thr Moby at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** oct 15 thr Mae, Locksley, Deas Vail at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $13/$14 7:30pm/8pm oct 15 thr Say Anything, Eisley, Moneen, Moving Mountains at Slim's, S.F. a/a $17/$20 7:30pm ** oct 15 thr Jail, Mojomatics, Pipsqueak at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 15 thr Glenn Tilbrook at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** oct 15 thr Pretty Lights, dj Rootz at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20/$22 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 15 thr Deicide at Voodoo Lounge, San Jose 21+ ** @ oct 15/16 The David Bromberg Big Band at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a $40 8pm ** oct 16 fri Warbringer, Witchaven, Hatchet, Havok, Crucial Cause, Demonslaught at 924 Gilman a/a $10 7:30pm *** @ 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 $16 9pm ** oct 16 fri The Queers, TA80 at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm *** @ oct 16 fri The Phenomenauts, Go Jimmy Go, The Struts, Horror X at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8pm/8:30pm *** @ oct 16 fri Sky Larkin, Peggy Sue & The Pirates at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $9 9:30pm ** oct 16 fri Floater at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** oct 16 fri Factory Minds, Murder Never Dies, Sick Mess at Dreamland, Hayward a/a ** @ oct 16 fri Brand New, Manchester Orchestra at the Event Center, San Jose State a/a $25 7:30pm # ** oct 16 fri Miniature (Seattle) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** oct 16 fri Rascal Flatts With Darius Rucker at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # ** oct 16 fri Brigitte Handley & The Dark Shaddows at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** (new date) oct 16 fri Brother Ali, Evidence, Toki Wright, BK One at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $12/$16 8pm/9pm ** oct 16 fri The Streets at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $20 8pm/8:30pm ** oct 16/17 Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a * oct 17 sat Schlong at 924 Gilman a/a 7:30pm *** 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 $15 9pm ** oct 17 sat Nerf Herder, Goodbye Gadget (cd release), Lone Angels (L.A./Santa Barbara) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/10pm *** oct 17 sat Orchid at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ ** oct 17 sat A Place To Bury Strangers, These Are Powers, All The Saints at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm *** oct 17 sat Goodbye Nautilus, The Chop, My First Earthquake at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** oct 17 sat Ludicra, King City, Futur Skullz at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm ** @ (Frank El Rio and Scott Alcoholocaust's birthday) oct 17 sat Nerf Herder, Goodbye Gadget (cd release) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. ?/? *** oct 17 sat Maxwell, Common And Chrisette Michele at the Pavilion, Concord a/a # ** oct 17 sat Cobalt Cranes (L.A.) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** oct 17 sat The Devil Makes Three at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $15/$18 8pm/9pm *** oct 17 sat The Black Dahlia Murder, Skeletonwitch, Trap Them at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a *** @ oct 17 sat Nomeansno, Victims Family, Kai Kln, Mike Watt at Harlow's, 2708 J St., Sacramento 21+ $15 8pm *** @ $ 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 All That Remains, Lacuna Coil, Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster, Taking Dawn at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** @ oct 18 sun La Roux at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 18 sun Garotas Suecas (Brazil), Lumerians, Grass Widow at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 18 sun Slick Idiot, Saints Of Ruin, Diabolic Disciple at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** 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 18 sun Thomas Schultz (piano) at Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University a/a free 2:30pm * oct 18 sun Koffin Katz at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 6pm * oct 19 mon Owl City, The Scenic Aesthetic, Brooke Waggoner at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13/$16 7:30pm ** (Live 105) oct 19 mon Beach House at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $14 8:30pm/9pm * oct 19 mon Jay Reatard, Nobunny, Hunx & His Punx, Box Elders, Digital Leather at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** oct 19 mon Phantom Kicks, Navigator vs. Navigator at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 7pm ** (early show) oct 19 mon Joan Osborne, The Holmes Brothers, Paul Thorn at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $35 7pm/8pm *** oct 19 mon Ani DiFranco, Anais Mitchell at the Crest Theatre, 1013 K St., Sacramento a/a $38/$40 7:30pm *** oct 20 tue The Koffin Kats at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm * oct 20 tue Strike Anywhere, Crime In Stereo, Ruiner at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 7:30pm/8pm *** oct 20 tue Patrick Watson at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 20 tue Nodzzz, Thomas Function, Yusseff Jerusalem at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 20/21 Brandi Carlile at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $26 7pm/8pm # ** oct 21 wed Blind Pilot, The Low Anthem at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 21 wed Kurt Vile & The Violators at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm * oct 21 wed UFO, Zen Vendetta 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 Daniel Johnston at the Regency Ballroom, 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 The Dont's, Finn Riggins, Total Hound at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** oct 22 thr Emmitt-Nershi Band, Assembly Of Dust at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 22 thr Rodney Carrington at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** oct 22 thr Dr. Acula, American Me, Attilla, Chelsea Grin at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12 7pm/7:30pm ** oct 23 fri Islands, Jemina Pearl at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $14 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 23 fri Boys Like Girls, Cobra Starship, The Maine, A Rocket To The Moon, Versa Emere at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** oct 23 fri Liam Finn & Eliza Jane, Jason Lytle at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 23 fri Dos Hermanos (Germany) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** oct 23/24 The Bouncing Souls, Bayside, Broadway Calls at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ oct 23/24 Exotic Erotic Ball & Expo at the Cow Palace, S.F. 18+ ** oct 24 sat The Sounds, Foxy Shazam at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** oct 24 sat Rachel Grimes & Sarah Cahill at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $17 7:30pm * oct 24 sat Stirling Says, Finest Dearest at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** oct 24 sat The Mummies, The Fevers, The Brentwoods, Donny Denim at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm/9pm **** @ $ (Budget Rock 8) oct 24 sat Meshell Ndegeocello at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 24 sat The Heavy at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm * oct 24 sat The Flying Karamazov Brothers, Tom Noddy at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $75/$45 7pm/8pm ** (seated show) (Benefit TagAway Tattoo Removal Program at Dominican Hospital) oct 25 sun Rose Melberg, Kellarisan at 924 Gilman, Berkeley a/a 5pm ** oct 25 sun Leslie West, Lester Chambers, Country Joe McDonald, Denny Laine, The Original Lowrider Band, Greg Errico, Jerry Martini, Cynthia Robinson, David And Linda La Flamme, Michael McClure And Ray Manzarek, Lydia Pense And Cold Blood, Terry Haggerty, Annie Sampson And Her Band, Nick Gravenites Band, Harvey Mandel And The Snake Band, Barry 'The Fish' Melton, Jerry Miller And Jim Post, George Walker And Mountain Girl, Lost Creek Gang And The Merry Pranksters With Ken Babbs, El Chicano, Alameda All Stars, Edwin Hawkins, David Denny With Prairie Prince, Diana Mangano, Greg Douglas, Carlos Rios, PF Sloan, Jimmy McCarty, Peter Kaukonen, John York, Leigh Stevens, Narada Michael Walden, Kathi McDonald And Friends, Cathy Richardson Band, Vilenti And Saunders, Mitchell Holman, Jose Neto And Friends, The Mutaytor, Rock Hendricks, speakers, art, dj's 3,000+ guitar players playing 'Purple Haze' for world's record (West Fest - 40th Anniversary of Woodstock) oct 25 sun Gossip at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** oct 25 sun Andrew McMahon at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market St., S.F. a/a $25 7:30pm ** oct 25 sun Compression Of The Chest Cavity Miracle, Elise Baldwin, Sgt. Cobra Queef, David Kendall, Horseflesh, V.S.L.S. at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm *** (Brutal Sound Effects Festival #67) oct 25 sun Gris Gris, Thee Oh Sees, Dan Melchior Und Das Menace, The Fresh And Onlys at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm/9pm *** (Budget Rock 8) oct 25 sun The Disciplines at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** oct 25 sun Umphrey's McGee (Chicago) at the Eureka Theater, 612 F Street, Eureka a/a ** oct 26 mon Sunset Rubdown at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a * oct 27 tue Emilie Autumn at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 18+ ** oct 27 tue Le Loup, Nurses at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 27 tue The Heavy at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 27 tue Dead Man's Bones at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $16 7:30pm ** oct 27 tue Pierre Le Robot, Weatherbox, Little Brazil, Raised By Robots at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** oct 27 tue Spanish Harlem Orchestra at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a * oct 27 tue Urgehal (Norway), Spearhead (U.K.), Eyes Of Noctum (L.A.) at the Voodoo Lounge, San Jose 21+ *** @ (black metal) oct 28 wed Urgehal (Norway), Spearhead (U.K.), Eyes Of Noctum (L.A.) at the Metro, Oakland a/a *** @ (black metal) oct 28 wed MC Chris, Whole Wheat Bread, I Fight Dragons at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13 8:30pm ** oct 28 wed Former Ghosts, White Hinterland at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** oct 28 wed Amy Millan at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm * oct 28 wed Umphrey's McGee (Chicago) at McNears Mystic Theater, 23 Petaluma Blvd., Petaluma ?/? ** oct 29 thr Deadmau5 at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** oct 29 thr Joshua Radin, The Watson Twins at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a $20 8pm ** oct 29 thr MurderMurder at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** oct 29 thr Mumiy Troll (Russia) at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** oct 29 thr UFO at Fat Cat, 930 11th Street, Modesto 21+ *** oct 29 thr Urgehal (Norway), Spearhead (U.K.), Eyes Of Noctum (L.A.) at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights ?/? *** @ (black metal) oct 30 fri Ghoul, Cannabis Corpse, Brainoil, Population Reduction, Ramming Speed at the Metro, Oakland a/a $10 7pm *** @ oct 30 fri Regina Spektor at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $37.50 8pm ** oct 30 fri Kevin Smith (Silent Bob speaks) at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** oct 30 fri No Age at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 30 fri Melt Banana at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 9pm *** @ oct 30 fri Nobunny, East Bay Grease, Apache Dropout at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** 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 $16 9pm *** @ $ (15th Anniversary Soapbox Party) oct 31 sat Hightower, Future Skullz at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 31 sat Polar Bears, Prizehog at Last Record Store, 1899 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa a/a 6pm ** 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 ** oct 31 sat Motel Drive (Fresno) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** oct 31 sat Aroarah, Fairgame, Man Automatic, One Dying Secret, Brand X Savior at the Fire Escape, 7431 Madison Avenue, Citrus Heights 21+ 7pm ** nov 1 sun Shonen Knife (Japan), Ty Segall, Dreamdate at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $14 9pm *** @ nov 1 sun Skinny Puppy at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** @ nov 1 sun Possessed (reunion), Impaled, Sadistic Intent, Witchaven (L.A.), dj Rob Metal at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $20/$25 5pm/6pm *** @ nov 1 sun The Rakes at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** nov 1 sun Jason Reeves, Curtis Peoples at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm * nov 1 sun UFO, Travis Larson Band at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 7:30pm/8pm *** nov 1 sun Lucero, Jack Oblivion, John Paul Keith, The One Four Fives at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $22 7:30pm/8pm ** nov 2 mon The Airborne Toxic Event, The Henry Clay People at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $21 7pm/8pm # *** nov 2 mon The Tiger Lillies at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 3 tue Atlas Sound, Broadcast at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 4 wed Timmy Curran at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $10/$12 9:30pm * nov 4 wed Pete And J at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8pm * nov 5 thr Mat Kearney, Vedera at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** nov 5 thr Blues Control at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * nov 5 thr Hanson, Hellogoodbye, Steel Train, Sherwood at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** nov 5 thr Mum at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $23 7:30pm/8pm ** nov 6 fri Citizen Fish (U.K.), Star Fucking Hipsters, Severance Package, Molotov Compromise, Bum City Saints at 924 Gilman a/a 7:30pm *** @ nov 6 fri Dropkick Murphys at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $30-$26 7:30pm *** @ nov 6 fri The Limousines at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** nov 6 fri Battlehooch, Ghost And The City (cd release), Picture Atlantic at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/10pm ** nov 6 fri The Bravery at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** nov 6 fri Chuck Ragan, Jim Ward, Frank Turner at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** nov 6 fri David Foster & Friends at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # ** nov 6 fri Cash'd Out (tribute) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** nov 6 fri Mickey Avalon, Machete Fight at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $25/$29 8pm/9pm ** 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, Matt Hires at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16/$18 8:30pm ** nov 7 sat Norm MacDonald at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** nov 7 sat The Finches, Little Wings, The Mantles at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** nov 7 sat Thunderhorse (San Jose) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 7pm ** nov 7 sat Dropkick Murphys at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $22/$25 7pm/8pm *** @ 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 Panther, Death Sentence: Panda!, Shakes Gown at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** nov 8 sun John Cleese at the Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway, Redwood City a/a $70-$50 8pm ** nov 8/9 Pixies at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a *** nov 9 mon Ian Anderson at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** nov 9 mon The Raveonettes at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. ?/? ** nov 10 tue Over the Rhine at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 10 tue Five For Fighting (acoustic) at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market St., S.F. a/a $27.50 7:30pm ** nov 10 tue Ian Anderson at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a *** nov 11 wed The Used, The Almost, Drive A at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** nov 11 wed All Time Low, We The Kings, Hey Monday, The Friday Night Boys at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** nov 11 wed Pete And J at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8pm * nov 11 wed Jad Fair at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * nov 11/12 The Lawrence Arms, Teenage Bottlerocket, Cobra Skulls For the Win (thr) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $14 8:30pm/9pm *** @ nov 12 thr Headlights, Anni Rossi, Pomegranates at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** nov 13 fri Cartel, This Providence, The Summer Set, The Dares at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16/$18 7:30pm ** nov 13 fri Insane Clown Posse at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** @ $ nov 13 fri Pinback at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. ?/? *** nov 13 fri Cy Curnin at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** nov 13 fri Lover!, Bass Drum Of Death at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** nov 13 fri Free Energy, The Drums at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $14 9:30pm ** nov 13 fri Leonard Cohen at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # ** nov 13 fri Kung Fu Vampire at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** nov 13/14 Cock Sparrer at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** 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 $14 9pm ** nov 14 sat Jackopierce at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $20/$25 9pm ** nov 14 sat Or, The Whale (cd release), Hello Kavita, The Brothers Comatose at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** nov 14 sat The Turks, Rats Eyes, Gusto at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** nov 14 sat Marc Anthony at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # ** nov 14 sat Misfits, Skitzo at the New Oasis, 2100 Victorian Ave., Sparks, NV a/a $25 *** @ nov 15 sun Ray Lamontagne at Nob Hill Masonic Center, S.F. a/a # ** nov 15 sun The White Tie Affair, The Traveling Talent Show, Every Avenue, Stereo Skyline, Runner Runner at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** nov 15 sun David Lindley, John Hammond at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (seated show) nov 15 sun Playing For Change Band at Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon St., S.F. a/a $45 (seated) 8pm # ** nov 15 sun David Choi at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** nov 15 sun The Sippy Cups at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. ?/? ** nov 15 sun Finch, Blessthefall, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Of Mice & Men, Let's Get It at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $14/$17 7pm/8pm *** nov 16 mon dj Spooky at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 8:30pm/9pm ** (was oct 19th) nov 17 fri The Big Pink, Crystal Antlers, IO Echo at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** 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 17/18 Keller Williams (Fredericksburg, VI) at Moes Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz 21+ ** nov 18 wed Brokencyde, Kill Paradise, The Ready Set, Watch Out! There's Ghosts, Blood On The Dance Floor, The Greenlight District at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a a/a $13 6pm/6:30pm ** @ nov 19 thr Royksopp at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** nov 19 thr brokeNCYDE, Kill Paradise, The Ready Set, Watchout! There's Ghosts at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ nov 19 thr Keller Williams (Fredericksburg, VI) at Mystic Theater, Petaluma ?/? ** nov 19 thr Gwar, Job For a Cowboy, Red Chord at the Senator Theatre, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a # *** @ nov 19/20 Peter Bjorn & John, El Perro Del Mar at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 20 fri Maldroid at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** nov 20 fri Steven Wright at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** nov 20 fri Lisa Lampanelli at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** nov 20 fri Gwar, Job For a Cowboy, Red Chord at the New Oasis, 2100 Victorian Ave., Sparks, NV a/a # *** @ nov 20 fri Keller Williams (Fredericksburg, VI) at Eureka Theatre, Eureka a/a ** nov 20/21 Y & T at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $35 7pm/8pm *** nov 21 sat Keb'Mo' And Solomon Burke at Paramount Theatre, Oakland a/a $67-$22 8pm # ** nov 21 sat Jaguares at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** nov 21 sat Keller Williams (Fredericksburg, VI) at the 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 22 sun The Disco Biscuits at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $16/$19 7pm/7:30pm ** nov 23 mon Keller Williams (Fredericksburg, VI) at the Big Room, The Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, Chico ?/? ** nov 24 tue Gwar, Job For a Cowboy, Red Chord at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** @ nov 25 wed Vader, Decrepit Birth, The Amenta, Warbringer, Augury at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** @ nov 25 wed Del Tha Funky Homosapien at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 27 fri Savoy Family Cajun Band at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a * nov 28 sat Straight No Chaser at Palace of Fine Arts, S.F. a/a $29.50 8pm ** nov 28 sat New Riders Of The Purple Sage at the Great American Music Hall, 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 Mary Axe (San Jose) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** nov 28 sat Igor & Red Elvises at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $16/$20 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 29 sun Black Ganion (Japan), Laudanum at 924 Gilman a/a *** @ nov 30 mon The Vic Chesnutt Band, 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 The Moore Brothers at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** dec 4 fri Damage Inc. (tribute), Paradise City (tribute), Aaron Pearson (covers) at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** dec 6 sun Imagination Movers at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $40-$20 1:30pm and 4:30pm shows ** dec 6 sun Marduk at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a ** 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/$35 8pm *** dec 31 thr Audrye Sessions, The Soft White Sixties 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 ** jan 9 sat D.R.I. at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ 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 Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a 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 Streetlight Records, 980 S. Bascom Ave., San Jose a/a Streetlight Records, 939 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz a/a Stork Club, 2330 Telegraph, Oakland 21+ 510-444-6174 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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