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 February 5, 2010 feb 5 fri Eskapo, Mormons On Bicycles, Pretty Colors, Rats, Migrane at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ (Memorial show for Jody Handy) feb 5 fri Extra Action Marching Band, dj Zoe Jakes, The Turks, Sugar Butt Tiger, Cowboy Girls, dj Junk Drawer, mc Flash Hopkins, raffle at the Metro, Oakland a/a $15-$100 sliding scale ** (Benefit for Vanessa) feb 5 fri grand opening of Fraggle's and Rebecca's Beer Revolution at Beer Revolution, 464 3rd Street, Oakland 21+ (opens at noon) feb 5 fri Aaron Cometbus art showing at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, 423 40th Street, Oakland a/a free 7pm til 10pm feb 5 fri Throw Rag, Turbonegra (tribute), Truckers Wife at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 (free b4 9pm) 6pm/9pm ** feb 5 fri Thao With The Get Down Stay Down, The Thermals at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a $17/$19 9pm ** feb 5 fri Infected Mushroom, Christopher Lawrence, Dyloot at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** (was jan 17th) feb 5 fri La Plebe, King City, Dead To Me, Love Songs at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 7pm/8pm *** @ (Benefit for Haiti Direct Relief International) feb 5 fri Black Cobra at Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F. a/a free 6pm ** feb 5 fri Make Me, Schande, The Seizure (L.A.) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** feb 5 fri Stomacher, Mister Loveless, Mata Leon, Links at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9:30pm ** feb 5 fri Nikola Baytala, J. Rogers, Tommy Lexxus at 222 Hyde Street at Turk, S.F. 21+ free b4 10pm/$5 10pm-11pm/$10 after 11pm * (dubstep/techno) feb 5 fri Alter Of Extinction, Pandiscordian Necrogenisis, WoldWarden at the Anu, 43 6th Street, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** @ feb 5 fri Everything Must Go, Fracas, Stagger And Fall at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** feb 5 fri Compton SF, Rockfight, The Tempermentals at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $5 ** feb 5 fri The Pimps Of Joytime, J-Boogie's Dubtronic Science, dj Concerned at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 5 fri Melt (covers) at La Barca, 2036 Lombard Street, S.F. 21+ free 9pm * feb 5 fri Hail Satan (tribute), Dalton, Floating Goat, Potential Threat at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** @ feb 5 fri God's Oddities, Distant Relatives, Alchemy, Rob-I-Root, New Day, Dahlak at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** @ feb 5 fri Lizzy Borden, Damage Inc. (tribute), Aftertayst (Santa Rosa), Sfarzo String Company at Last Day Saloon, 120 5th St., Santa Rosa 21+ $15 7:30pm ** @ feb 5 fri Elliot Randall And The Deadmen (cd release) at Armando's, 707 Marina Vista, Martinez 21+ * feb 5 fri This Charming Band (tribute), Sing Blue Silver (tribute) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** feb 5 fri Angry Samoans, Good Neighbor Policy, Los Dryheavers, Bum City Saints, Jaminator Killers, Idiot Dope Fiend, Law Abiding Citizens, Dun Bin Had, The Inferiors at 418 Project, 418 Front Street, Santa Cruz a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm *** @ feb 5 fri Dr. Know, Deers!, So Stressed, In Desperation, Dance For Destruction at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm # *** @ feb 5 fri Fate Under Fire, Kaleiding Design, Automatic Static, Not Your Style, Dogfood at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm ** @ feb 5 fri Falling To Pieces, Conducting From The Grave, Awaiting The Apocalypse, Fallujah, I Wish We Were Robots, Journal at the Professional, 2101 Arden Way, Sacramento a/a $10 7pm *** @ feb 5 fri cancelled: Ocote Soul Sounds at Slim's, S.F. feb 6 sat Angry Samoans, Dr. Know, Oppressed Logic, Bum City Saints, Nihilist Cunt, Guantanamo Dogpie at 924 Gilman a/a 7pm *** @ (Cyco Loco Mike's Birthday) feb 6 sat Bob Ostertag David Tudor at Littlefield Concert Hall, Mills College, Oakland a/a $15/$10 8pm * feb 6 sat Wayne Hancock, The Mighty Slim Pickens at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm *** feb 6 sat Cormorant, The Atomic Bomb, Audition, Times Of Desperation, Fights Monstera at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** feb 6 sat The Stone Foxes, Luke Franks Or The Federalists at the Starry Plough, Berkeley 21+ $8 9pm ** feb 6 sat Anvil, Attitude Adustment at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm # ** @ feb 6 sat New Monsoon at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** feb 6 sat Laura Marling at the Swedish American Hall, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** feb 6 sat This Hallowed Covenant, Idomeneo, Thunder Horse at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 2pm/3pm til 8pm ** feb 6 sat Joe Jack Talcum, Lord Grunge, The Bassturd, dj Jester The Filipino Fist, The Rhombus at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** feb 6 sat Eoin Harrington, Bryan Bros Band (cd release), Forget About Boston, Chi Mcclean at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** feb 6 sat The Lonely H, Leopold And His Fiction, The Blank Tapes at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** feb 6 sat Mr Turkey, The Creak, Burnthouse at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $5 ** feb 6 sat Rhett Miller With The Serial Lady Killers, Leslie And The Badgers at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 6 sat Inferno Of Joy, Unko Atama, Fast Love, dj Dead Meat at the Stud, 399 9th Street at Harrison, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** feb 6 sat Rex Per Diem, Anthem, Der Spazm, Annonimato, Shortcuts Fame, Mollygag at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** @ feb 6 sat Wonderbread 5 at the Mystic Thatre, Petaluma ?/? ** feb 6 sat The Record Winter, Dave Smallen, Ghost And The City, The Constellation Branch (AZ) at Homestead Lanes, Cupertino a/a $8 8pm ** feb 6 sat Cash'd Out (tribte), Preaching To The Animals at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** feb 6 sat Adam Rex Bishop (San Jose) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** feb 6 sat Y & T at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $19/$23 8pm/9pm *** feb 6 sat Throw Rag, Turbonegra (tribute), Northern Rail, Truckers Wife at Coasters, Boardwalk Bowl, 115 Cliff Street, Santa Cruz 21+ $10 ** (Bildo's Birthday) feb 6 sat Ryan Russell, Brad Clinkenbeard, Cole Thomason, Roy Dean, Curt Baer, Johnny Young, Brian Stevens at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a $5 7pm ** feb 6 sat Poisin'd (tribute), Cry Envy, Fashion City Scandal at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $3 6:30pm ** feb 6 sat Watch Out! There's Ghosts, The Greenlight District, Killing The Party, Sierra Skyline at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10/$12 7pm/7:30pm ** @ feb 6 sat Sexcity, Our Battle Within, The Kennedy Veil, Amidst Our Buried Sorrow at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm # ** feb 6 sat Elliot Randall And The Deadmen (cd release) at Hard Rock Cafe, 645 Downtown Plaza, Sacramento 21+ * feb 6 sat cancelled: Sacto Punk Swap #3 at the Java Lounge, Sacramento feb 7 sun Arcadio at Rasputin's Music, Berkeley a/a free 2pm * feb 7 sun Lasse Marhaug, John Wiese, R. Jencks, Michael Gendreau at Terminal, 3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland a/a ** feb 7 sun Little Boy Blue, Girl George & Guy Michel, Poor Boy's Soul, Dear Indugu, Rizzy The Rizzmaster, Corey The Comedian, Roberto Miquel at Long Haul, 3124 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley a/a free 7pm til 11pm ** (bring food to share for cafe nite) feb 7 sun Dos Amigos (Millbrae), Koppojutsu (San Diego), Kobra Kommander (Sacramento), Out Of Spite at 324 Peralta Street, Oakland a/a free 6pm ** (Eric's Birthday) feb 7 sun Lasse Marhaug, John Wiese (L.A.), R. Jencks, Michael Gendreau at Terminal, 3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland a/a $6 9pm ** feb 7 sun Nouvelle Vague (France), Findlay Brown at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** feb 7 sun Ali Weiss Band at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm/4pm til 7pm * ($5 BBQ) feb 7 sun Grains, Weatherbox, Da Bears at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** feb 7 sun Bait And Switch, BitchBeCool, North Fork, Eskimo Parade, Mujaheddin Bernstien Affair at the Milk Bar, 1840 Haight St., S.F. 21+ free 3pm ** feb 7 sun The Dry Spells, The Sarees, The Lambs at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** feb 7 sun Jackal Fleece, Problem With Dragons, Hesperian at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $6 ** feb 7 sun The Thralls, Monarchs, Slow Trucks, The Dead Westerns, Street Pyramids, Damage The Dream (acoustic) at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ $8 6pm/7pm ** feb 7 sun Kepi Choulie Electric, The Little Medusas, The Custom Kicks, Hardgirls, The Pillowfights at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a $5 ($3 if you buy ticket for evening show) 2pm ** @ (early show) feb 7 sun Angry Samoans, Bum City Saints, Good Neighbor Policy, Dishonorable Discharge at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a $8 6pm *** @ (late show) feb 7 sun Dcoi!, G.D.P. at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $7 7:30pm/8pm # * feb 8 mon Arch Enemy, Exodus, Arsis, Mutiny Within at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $23/$25 7:30pm # *** @ feb 8 mon St. Vincent, Wildbirds & Peacedrums at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** feb 8 mon Scott H. Biram, Dirt Daubers, The Ferocious Few at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 8 mon Editors, The Antlers, The Dig at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $20.25 7:30pm # ** feb 8 mon Veil Of Maya, Animals As Leaders (D.C.), Circle Of Contempt (Finland), Periphery, dj Rob Metal at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm/8:30pm *** @ feb 8 mon Nouvelle Vague (France) at Rio Theater, 1205 Soquel, Santa Cruz a/a ** feb 8 mon Facade, Kills And Thrills, Renae at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a $5 7pm ** @ feb 8 mon Problem With Dragons at the Press Club, 2030 P Street at 21st, Sacramento 21+ ** feb 9 tue film "5th Element" at 924 Gilman free movie night a/a free 7:30pm feb 9 tue Cycloptopus, Problem With Dragons (MA), Einstye, Mid-Atlantic Nightmare at Victory Warehouse, 24th and San Pablo Avenue, Oakland a/a $5 8pm ** feb 9 tue Oakland Active Orchestra, Go Go Fightmaste at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** feb 9 tue Mujaheddin Bernstien Affair at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ * feb 9 tue Vivian Girls, Best Coast, The Bananas at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm *** @ $ feb 9 tue Dave Rawlings Machine at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** feb 9 tue Dave Rawlings Machine at Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F. a/a free 5:30pm ** feb 9 tue Garrett Pierce, Mountain Man (Vermont) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** feb 9 tue Airfix Kits, Rank/Xerox, La Corde at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ free 8:30pm/9:30pm ** feb 9 tue The Jolly Goodfellows, Erica Sunshine Lee, The Golddiggers at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** feb 9 tue Sex With No Hands, Meshuggah Beach Party at Amnesia, 853 Valencia, S.F. 21+ $5-$10 sliding scale 7pm/8pm ** (Schmaltz Brewing Company) feb 9 tue Scott H. Biram, Shitkickers, The Dirt Daubers at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 8pm ** feb 9 tue Badfish (tribute), Thrive at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$19 7pm/8pm ** feb 9 tue Chris Shiflett, Tony Sly at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12 7pm/7:30pm ** (solo acoustic) feb 10 wed The Warriors, First Blood, Alcatraz, Maya Over Eyes (video shoot), Echo Of Bullets (Philippines), Boundaries (Sacramento) at the Metro, Oakland a/a $10 7pm *** @ feb 10 wed Sagaval, Third Rail West, Un-I.D. at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** feb 10 wed Eyedea & Abilities, Dosh, Cubik & Origami at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 10 wed Curse Of The Birthmark, Careerers, Tank Attack at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** feb 10 wed Houndsound, Eats Tapes, T.I.T.S., dj C.L.A.W.S., dj Kit Clayton, dj Sutekh at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ sliding scale 9pm ** (Benefit for Haiti Disaster Relief) feb 10 wed Holloys, Wise Wifes, Shredding at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm ** feb 10 wed Black Cobra at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** feb 10 wee Plantain, Slow Trucks, The High Sea at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** feb 11 thr Alice In Chains, Creature With The Atom Brain at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** @ feb 11 thr Shannon And The Clams at Amoeba Music, 2455 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a free 6pm ** feb 11 thr Andre Nickatina, The Jacka, Smoov-E, Tebo, RaiderDave at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** feb 11 thr Chris Shiflett, Tony Sly, Karina Danike, Hanalei at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 9pm *** (solo acoustic evening) feb 11 thr The Hollyhocks, Hoi Polloi, Hey Brontosaurus at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 11 thr Nothing People, Moon Duo, Epikurs Euforie (Norway) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** feb 11 thr Club Foot Orchestra, Alterboys, Longshoremen, Bay Of Pigs at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $16 8pm ** feb 11 thr Wild Beasts, Still Life Still, Magic Bullets at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8pm ** feb 11 thr The Album Leaf, Sea Wolf at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $14 8pm *** feb 11 thr Black Cobra at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** feb 11 thr Elliot Randall And The Deadmen (cd release) at Bocci's Cellar, 140 Encinal Street, Santa Cruz 21+ * feb 11 thr Jack's Mannequin, Fun, Vedera at University Union Ballroom, Sacramento State a/a $18/$24 7pm *** feb 11 thr Abacabb, Molotov Solution, Dr. Acula, Upon A Burning Body, Sexciety, Beneath The Rapture at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12 6:30pm/7pm ** @ feb 12 fri Grass Moon, Fleabag, Dirty Marquse, Mutoid Men at 924 Gilman a/a **** @ $ (Benefit for Avandi - 1 band to be added) feb 12 fri Dahrio Wonder, Corey Action, The Musonics at the Metro, Oakland a/a $15 8pm/8:30pm ** feb 12 fri Top That, Anti-Bite, Walker Brown, Slut Wolf, Jamiebux, [..j0n..] at the Roll Up, 4401 San Leandro St., Oakland a/a ** (electronic show) feb 12 fri Chico Debarge at the Shattuck Down Low, Berkeley 21+ * feb 12 fri Victoria & The Vaudvillains, Can Cannibals, Culo A Boca at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** (Zombie Face Painting Booth) feb 12 fri Badfish (tribute), Scotty Don't, The Holdup at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** feb 12 fri The Album Leaf at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** feb 12 fri Lucha Vavoom at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 8pm/9pm # ** feb 12 fri Banana, Greg Anton, Michael Hinton, Pete Sears, Tony Saunders, Michael Emerson, Margo LeDuc at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** (tribute to Norton Buffalo) feb 12 fri Van Dyke Parks, Clare And The Reasons, Josh Mease at the Swedish American Hall, S.F. a/a $22/$25 7:30pm ** feb 12 fri A Wilhelm Scream, Druglords Of The Avenues, Heartsounds at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 9pm ** @ feb 12 fri Alec Ounsworth, Grand Lake, The Attachments at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $16 8:30pm *** feb 12 fri Burning Leather (Portland), Ruleta Rusa, Dopecharge, Ghastly Chains at the Li-Po Lounge, 916 Grant Ave., S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** @ feb 12 fri Company Car, Cast Of Thousands (cd release), The Paper Sons at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** feb 12 fri East Bay Grease, These Hills Of Gold, Lotus Moon at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** feb 12 fri Sex With No Hands, Mass Fiction, dj's at Irelands 32, 3920 Geary Blvd., S.F. 21+ free 8pm/9pm ** (Fundraiser for the FORGE foundation) feb 12 fri Top Shelf, Natural Incense at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm ** feb 12 fri Loudon Wainwright III, Solid Air at the Mystic Thatre, Petaluma ?/? ** feb 12 fri Chris Shiflett & Tony Sly, Ari Shine at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** (solo acoustic night) feb 12 fri Falling To Pieces, From The Fog, 3rdRail, Damaura, Eken Is Dead at Pine Street Grill, 875 Rincon Ave., Livermore 21+ $10 8pm ** @ feb 12 fri Roxxy, Running Riot, Decendants, Twitch Angry, Zero For Zero at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm # ** @ feb 12/13 Leftover Salmon at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $29.50 8:30pm/9pm ** (KPIG) feb 13 sat Defeater (MA), Burning Leather (Portland), Comadre, All Teeth, Boar Hunter at 924 Gilman a/a *** @ feb 13 sat Poison Control, Gain To Lose, Dun Bin Had, StandFightResist, at B.R.S., Richmond a/a 7pm *** @ feb 13 sat Knife Thru Head, Keep Sweet, Can-Cannibals, La Plebe, Tara Quinn, Rose Harden, Zig-Zag, Luna Del Fuego, Evil Eye Belly Dance, Fire Smoothie, Dottie Lux at Your House, Oakland a/a $6-$10 7:30pm *** @ (Va-Boom's Valentine Punk Rock Cabaret) feb 13 sat The Phenomenauts, Sharp Objects, Damon And the Heathens, The Up And Downs, Rockin Richie, Prince J at the Command Center, 2630 Union Street, Oakland 17+ $10 9:30pm *** @ feb 13 sat Billy Joel & Elton John at the Arena, Oakland a/a 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** (new date) feb 13 sat STS9, Nalepa Dub Orchestra at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $27.50 8pm # *** feb 13 sat Mortified at the Starry Plough, Berkeley 21+ $10 8:30pm ** feb 13 sat Mystic Knights Of The Cobra, Jellyfish Kiss Burlesque, Bobby Joe Ebola & The Children Macnuggits at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** feb 13 sat Justin Townes Earle, Joe Pug at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** feb 13 sat dj Bob Mould, dj Rich Morel at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** feb 13 sat Mickey Hart & Friends, Giovanni Hidalgo, Sikiru Adepoju, Rebeca Mauleon, Big Head Todd & The Monsters, Brett Dennen, Amos Lee at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 ($100 vip) 7pm/8pm # *** (Mickey Hart's Heartbeat For Haiti Benefit) feb 13 sat Ty Segall, The Mantles, Ggreen, Peter Grimm at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** feb 13 sat Filthy Thieving Bastards, The Hooks, Bad Friends at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/10pm ** @ feb 13 sat Polkacide (25-Year Anniversary), Kitten On The Keys at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** feb 13 sat Jerks Of Grass, Whiskey Puppy, The Mighty Ghosts, Erik Clampitt at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $13/15 8:30pm ** (bluegrass) feb 13 sat The Paranoids, Tokyo Raid, Siddharta at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $7 ** feb 13 sat Wayward Guns, Rule 5, Free With Purchase, The Blenders at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm ** @ feb 13 sat The Lost Boys, Cloverleaf Drive at the Mystic Thatre, Petaluma ?/? ** feb 13 fri The Thermals, Thao With The Get Down Stay Down, The Albert Square (record release) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $14 9pm ** feb 13 sat Callow at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** feb 13 sat Dead Prez, Pep Love, Nima Fadavi at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ ** feb 13 sat Save Amos, Jon Maurer, Isaac Lopez, Sarah Morreale, Sledding With Tigers, Suddenly Seymour, Two Saturn Wreaths, Andrew Byars, Clark Jewett at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a $7 7pm ** (acoustic show) feb 13 sat Social Concern, Flip-Offs, The Snot-Cocks, Machine City, Save Amos at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm # ** @ feb 14 sun Chonk at Rasputin's Music, Berkeley a/a free 2pm * feb 14 sun Jeff Dunham at the Arena, Oakland a/a 4pm/5pm ** (comedy) feb 14 sun Mike Epps at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $76-$40 6pm/7pm # ** feb 14 sun Dead Prez, Pep Love, Nima Fadavi at the Shattuck Down Low, Berkeley 21+ ** feb 14 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap, at McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. a/a $3 ($20 6am early entry) 10am feb 14 sun Girls, Magic Kids at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** feb 14 sun The Damned at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ feb 14 sun Back 4 at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm/4pm til 7pm * ($5 BBQ) feb 14 sun Stephen Stills at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $39.50 7pm/8pm # ** feb 14 sun The Entrance Band, Sic Alps, Lights at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 7:30pm/8pm ** feb 14 sun Bassnectar at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$24 8pm/8:45pm ** feb 14 sun Kepi Choulie Acoustic, Tom H. & Jessie Ramone, Miguel From Oakland at Plea for Peach Center, Stockton a/a $5 4:30pm ** feb 14 sun STS9 at the Grand Sierra Ballroom, Reno NV ?/? # ** feb 15 mon Viktoria Mullova plays Bach at Littlefield Concert Hall, Mills College, Oakland a/a 8pm * feb 15 mon Rob Bell at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** feb 15 mon MC Frontalot, Brandon Patton at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** feb 15 mon Mirros, A Night In Hollywood, If Looks Could Kill at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 15 mon Golden Boy, Curtains For You at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm ** feb 15 mon Gene Loves Jezebel (U.K.), Sky Parade (L.A.), The Blank Tapes, Silent Pictures, dj Yule Be Sorry, dj Deadbeat at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** (KUSF) feb 15 mon Tiny Knives (Portland) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** feb 15 mon Theory Of A Deadman at Modesto Center Plaza, Modesto a/a $22 6pm/7pm ** @ feb 16 tue film "Suburbia" at 924 Gilman free movie night a/a free 7:30pm feb 16 tue James McMurtry at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** feb 16 tue Matt Hires, Jason Castro, Caitlin Crosby at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** feb 16 tue Motion City Soundtrack, Set Your Goals, This Providence, The Swellers at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $18.50 6:30pm # *** feb 16 tue Sarah Bettens at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** (songwriter) feb 16 tue Oceanography, The Pentacles, Mumble Mumble at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** feb 16 tue Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Zigaboo Modeliste & The New Aahkesstra at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $22 7:30pm 8pm ** feb 16 tue Dalton, Hazzard's Cure, Ironwitch at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ free 8:30pm/9:30pm ** feb 16 tue Billy Joel & Elton John at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** (new date) feb 16 tue Theory Of A Deadman at the Senator Theatre, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a $20 6pm/7pm ** @ feb 17 wed Zbigniew Karkowski at Terminal, 3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland a/a * feb 17 wed C U Next Weekend, The Blind, Black Balloon at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** feb 17 wed Epica, Threat Signal, Blackguard at Slim's, S.F. a/a $18 8pm ** feb 17 wed Theory Of A Deadman, Halestorm, Adelitas Way, Taking Dawn at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $20 7pm # ** @ feb 17 wed Mark Matos & Os Beaches, Little Wings, Apache Thunderbolt, Moomaw at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** feb 17 wed Sister Grizzly, Big Blue Whale, Meta at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** feb 17 wed Excuses For Skipping, Jetskiis, dj Omar at Harlot, 46 Minna, S.F. a/a $5 9pm ** feb 17 wed Boom Boom Stereo, Dirty Odd Seven, Angeles at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** feb 17 wed Beerijuana, The Backup Razor, The End, Thrash Compacter at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 ** feb 17 wed Knifethruhead, Bedlam Of Cacophony, Hunab Ku, Malevolent at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm # ** @ feb 18 thr The Wonder Years, Man Over Board, Therefore I Am, Bring It Home, The Golden Hour at the Metro, Oakland a/a $10 7pm ** @ feb 18 thr Mirah at Amoeba Music, 2455 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a free 6pm *** feb 18 thr The Minks, Beauty & The Beat, Casey Castille, Lola Vauntz, Miss Balla Fire, Madam Chartreuse & Sister Kate at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** (Benefit for Lighting up the Sky) feb 18 thr Alborosie at the Shattuck Down Low, Berkeley 21+ * feb 18 thr G. Love & Special Sauce at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** (KFOG) feb 18 thr Alkaline Trio, Cursive, The Dear & Departed at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $20/$23 7pm/8pm # *** @ feb 18 thr P.O.S., Grieves + Budo, Dessa at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 18 thr Rykarda Parasol, Chambers, Summer Blonde at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** feb 18 thr DJ Lebowitz (piano), B.I.N.K.Y., The Reaction at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** feb 18 thr The Cowlicks, The Whiskey Richards, Mad Cow String Band, Lady A & Her Heel Draggers at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $13/15 8:30pm ** (bluegrass) feb 18 thr Brendan Benson, Frank Fairfield at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16 7:30pm/8pm ** feb 18 thr I Love My Label (Stiff Records tribute), Gang Of Fourty (tribute), Economen, dj Shannon, dj Some Guy Named Joe at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ ** feb 18 thr Misty Knight, Elysian Heights at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $9/$11 6:30pm ** feb 18 thr Paul Dianno at the New Oasis, Sparks NV a/a ** feb 19 fri Greg Attonito, Kepi Ghoulie, Kevin Seconds, Shanti Wintergate, Dino at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** feb 19 fri Dreadful Children (Seattle), Rebel Spell (Canada), Boar Hunters (San Jose), The Nerv at Your House, Oakland a/a $6 7:30pm *** @ feb 19 fri Erykah Badu, Goapele at the Fox Theater, Oakaland a/a 8pm # ** feb 19 fri Michael Rose at the Shattuck Down Low, Berkeley 21+ ** feb 19 fri Belly Of The Whale, Roberto Miguel, Jenweisberg Experience, Isabella at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** (acoustic night) feb 19 fri Los Lonely Boys, Alejandro Escovedo, Carrie Rodriguez at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $28.50 8pm/9pm # *** (KFOG) feb 19 fri J.G.B. at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** feb 19 fri Eddie Griffin, Kwame Siegel at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** feb 19 fri Sloan, H.I.J.K. at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** feb 19 fri Top Critters, Unit Breed, Helene Renaut, Sleeptalks, Ugly Winner, dj Neil Martinson at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 ($16 for two day pass) 9pm/9:20pm *** (Scatterbrain Jamboree day 1 - Benefit for S.F. AIDS Foundation) feb 19 fri Colossal Yes, dj Scott Soriano, Wounded Lion (L.A.) at Y.B.C.A. Forum, 701 Mission Street, S.F. a/a $12/$15 8pm ** (Ren'e Green art opening) feb 19 fri Airfix Kits, Tropical Sleep, Ingot Rot at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** feb 19 fri Birdmonster, GirlBand (reunion), Boy In The Bubble (cd release), Here Come The Saviors at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 19 fri The Junior Panthers, Addison, The High Nobles at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** feb 19 fri Sidestepper, Diego's Umbrella, dj Stepwise at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 19 fri Sweet Psychosis, Death Valley High, Blush My Dear, Goodbye Gadget, dj Hem-Dog at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** feb 19 fri Elle Nino, Moira Scar, Miles Cooper, dj Bunnystyle at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $3-$5 sliding scale ** (Benefit for Doctors without Borders going to Haiti) feb 19 fri Blackbird Raum, The Crux, Hardly Likely, The Young Suns, Waters (in lobby), Jughead (in lobby) at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** @ feb 19 fri Salmon, Insolence, Tribal Disco Noise, Los Bastardos de Amor, Da Hermit at the Voodoo Lounge, San Jose 21+ $15 8pm/9pm *** @ (Benefit City of Hope Cancer Hospital) feb 19 fri The Buzzcocks at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm *** @ feb 19 fri G. Love & Special Sauce, Redeye Empire at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm ** feb 19 fri Hudson Criminal (cd release), Wolves & Thieves, Among The Living, Hounds & Harlots at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a $7 7pm *** @ feb 19 fri Five Finger Death Punch, Shadows Fall, Throwdown, 2 Cents at Knitting Factory, 211 North Virginia Street, Reno, NV a/a *** @ feb 19 fri Les Claypool at Montbleu Resort Casino & Spa, 55 Highway 50, Stateline NV 21+ *** feb 20 sat Dead To Me, Worn In Red (VA), Litany For The Whale, Why I Hate at 924 Gilman a/a $8 8pm *** @ feb 20 sat Beatworm, The Careerers, Million Star Hotel, Measures, Lunch, dj Don Guapo, art show at the Warehouse, 416 26th Street, Oakland a/a 7:30pm $5-$8 ** (Oakland Music & Art Extravaganza) feb 20 sat Sentinel Beast, Desecrater, Sarcosis, Einstye, Il Malocchio at Victory Warehouse, 24th and San Pablo Avenue, Oakland a/a free/donations 7pm *** @ feb 20 sat Gregory Isaacs, Barrington Levy, Capleton, Cocoa Tea, Tarrus Riley, Sister I-Live at the Fox Theater, Oakaland a/a 6pm # ** (Ragga Muffins Festival) feb 20 sat Julia Wolfe at Littlefield Concert Hall, Mills College, Oakland a/a $15 8pm * feb 20 sat Warm Streams, Steeples, Butcher Cover at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 10pm ** feb 20 sat The Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** feb 20 sat Ron White at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $49 8pm/9pm # ** (early and late shows) feb 20 sat John Butler Trio at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** feb 20 sat A.L.O. at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # ** (KFOG) feb 20 sat Street Score, Hightower, Clay Wheels, Dan P & The Bricks, Hans Keller, Evacuee, The Dead Westerns, Paranoids, Bird, Botron, Talky Tina, dj Yawnshade, dj Jen Schande, dj RS2 at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 ($16 for two day pass) 3pm *** (Scatterbrain Jamboree day 2 - Benefit for S.F. AIDS Foundation) feb 20 sat I The Mighty (cd release), Via Coma, Finish Ticket, Ryan Karazija at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8pm/10pm ** feb 20 sat Hot Lunch, Sassy!, Smoke Stacks at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** feb 20 sat Pine Box Boys, Pine Hill Haints, Old Man Markley at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $13/15 9pm ** (bluegrass) feb 20 sat Blvd, Mimosa at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8:3pm/9pm ** feb 20 sat Wicked Mercies, Titan-Ups, Minks (tribute) at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ ** feb 20 sat E-40, Husalah at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $25 7:30pm/8pm *** $ (was incorrectly listed as March 5th) feb 20 sat Gallagher (comedy) at Mystic Theater, 23 Petaluma Blvd., Petaluma 16+ $20 7pm/8pm ** feb 20 sat Dirty Pillows (San Jose), Tourister at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 3pm ** feb 20 sat Good Hustle, The Emerald Hill, Please Do Not Fight, Vincent Do at Homestead Lanes, Cupertino a/a $8 8pm *** feb 20 sat Cheers To Doerr (last show), Rockit Zombies, Soccer Mom at Nickel City, 1711 Branham Lane, San Jose a/a ** feb 20 sat Alborosie at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ * feb 20 sat Still Time, Forrest Day at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ ** feb 20 sat Jokes For Feelings, Brass Hysteria (Chico), Explosion Sauce (Holister), Braata (Manteca), Amont Ashheaps & Millionaires (Modesto), Ten More Weeks (Turlock) at Plea for Peach Center, Stockton a/a $6 7:30pm *** @ (Nocal SKA Showcase) feb 20 sat Man Up! Nancy, Dance My Heart, Ten After Two, A Lot Like Birds, Sierra Sunrise at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $8/$10 6:30pm *** @ (Hardcore vs Pop) feb 20 sat The Chariot, Greeley Estates, Inhale/Exhale, Memphis May Fire, The Color Morale at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 6:30pm/7pm ** feb 20 sat Hero's Last Mission, Body Electric, Wings Of Innocence, Perfect Example, Pleasure Kills at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm # ** feb 20 sat Five Finger Death Punch, Shadows Fall, Throwdown, 2 Cents at Senator Theater, 517 Main St., Chico a/a $20/$23 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** @ feb 21 sn Electronics Swap Meet at 924 Gilman a/a feb 21 sun No Babies (record release), Strip Mall Seizures, Whitman, Christmas Magic, Sass On 3 at someplace, Oakland a/a 2pm/4pm ** (BBQ at 2pm) feb 21 sun Jorma Kaukonen & G.E. Smith at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (seated show) feb 21 sun Medeski Martin & Wood at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 7pm/8pm # ** feb 21 sun Nickel Slots at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3m/4pm til 7pm * ($5 BBQ) feb 21 sun MC Lars, K.Flay at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $10/$12 6:30pm/7pm ** feb 21 sun Nick Castro & The Young Elders, Raul Rauelsson, Kacey Johansing at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 5:30pm ** (early show) feb 21 sun Marco Eneidi, Steve Adams Group at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** feb 21 sun Bob Schneider, Smile Smile at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 7:30pm/8pm ** feb 21 sun Sharp Objects, The Rebel Spell (Vancouver, B.C.), Dreadful Children (Seattle), Ruleta Rusa at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 5pm/5:30pm *** @ feb 21 sun Pete Bernhard, Jake Mann, Leopold And His Fiction at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** feb 21 sun G Love and Special Sauce plus Redeye Empire at the Mystic Thatre, Petaluma ?/? ** feb 21 sun Tan Sister Radio at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** feb 21 sun Greg Attonito, Kepi Ghoulie, Kevin Seconds, Dave Smallen at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $10 8pm ** feb 21 sun Les Claypool at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ *** feb 21 sun Old Man Markley, Tater Famine at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz ?/? ** feb 21 sun Settle, Friday Night Fever, The Pleasure Kills, The Haymarket Sqaures, Clockwork Hero at Plea for Peach Center, Stockton a/a $7 6pm *** @ feb 21 sun Worn In Red, Rat Damage, Catch Hell at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm # ** feb 22 mon We The Kings, Mayday Parade, A Rocket To The Moon, There For Tomorrow, Stereo Skyline 6:30pm at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $14 6:30pm # *** @ (Take Action Tour) feb 22 mon Fanfarlo at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** feb 22 mon Blacklisted, Skin Like Iron, Grace Alley at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8/$10 8pm ** feb 22 mon Disgust Of Us, Venus Bogardus, Tomihira at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** feb 22 mon Bon Jovi at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # *** feb 22 mon Capture The Flag (OR), Bright City Magic at Plea for Peach Center, Stockton a/a 7pm ** @ feb 23 tue film "Freeway 2: Confessions of a Trick Baby" at 924 Gilman free movie night a/a free 7:30pm feb 23 tue Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band (Cornelius, Yuka Honda, Sean Lennon), Deerhoof at the Fox Theater, Oakaland a/a 8pm # ** (Noise Pop) feb 23 tue Calling Doctor Howard, Benvenue, Raelin, Dirty Rock at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 23 tue Groundation at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm ** (10th Annual Bob Marley tribute) feb 23 tue Royalchord (Austrailia), Kelley Stoltz, Greg Dalbey, Prairie Dog at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** feb 23 tue Harlem at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** feb 23 tue On My Honor (TN), Second To Last, Skouts Honor at Plea for Peach Center, Stockton a/a $5 7pm ** @ feb 23 tue The Expendables at the Senator Theater, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a *** feb 23/24/25 Richard Thompson at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** feb 24 wed Foreign Born, Free Energy at Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a 8pm/8:30pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 24 wed Left Alone, Hounds & Harlots at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8 8pm ** @ feb 24 wed Rogue Wave, Princeton, Man/Miracle, Two Sheds at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $15 7pm/8pm *** $ (Noise Pop) feb 24 wed Harlem, Japanese Motors, The Sandwitches at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 7pm/8pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 24 wed Pepi Ginsburg, Pepper Rabbit at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** feb 24 wed Venus Bogardus (Santa Fe), Pete & Repete at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** feb 24 wed Venus Bogardus (Santa Fe) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** feb 24 wed La Circa, Create Avoid, Give Em Hell, The Golden Knife at Plea for Peach Center, Stockton a/a $7 7pm ** @ feb 24 wed Scary Kids Scaring Kids, The Sleeping, A Night In Hollywood, Abbey Sky at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15 6:30pm/7pm ** feb 25 thr 311, The Wailers at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $37.50 8pm # *** feb 25 thr Zee Avi at Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8pm/8:30pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 25 thr Far, Stomacher, Picture Atlantic, The Trophy Fire at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $14 7pm/8pm *** @ feb 25 thr Space Monkey Gangstas, Ru36, 5 Days Dirty, The Release at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** feb 25 thr Scattered Like Birds, Magnanimous, Casey Chisholm at Adobe Books, 3166 16th St, S.F. a/a 7pm ** feb 25 thr Anti-Social, The Poor Luckies at Depot, S.F.S.U. Student Center, 1650 Holloway Ave., S.F. a/a free 5pm ** feb 25 thr Moe. at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # *** (KPIG) feb 25 thr Scout Niblett, Greg Ashley, Tape Deck Mountain at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 7pm/8pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 25 thr Zaimph, Vodka Soap, Bill Orcutt, Stellar OM Source at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** feb 25 thr The Cute Lepers, Clorox Girls, The Primitivas, Boats! at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** @ feb 25 thr Bill Kreutzmann at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 25 thr Left Alone, Peaceable Jones, Stigma 13, 9:00 News at Plea for Peach Center, Stockton a/a $10 7pm *** @ feb 25 thr Sorrower, Black Hell at the Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm # ** reb 26 fri Tera Melos, All Leather, We Be The Echo, Songs For Snakes, Abstersion at 924 Gilmam, Berkeley a/a 8pm *** @ feb 26 fri Black Cobra, Acephalix, Somnolence, Hazard's Cure, No Gods No Dairy at Your House, Oakland a/a $6-$20 sliding scale 7:30pm *** @ (Benefit Street Level Health Project Herbal Medicine Program) (and Benefit Navajo Resistance Against Desert Rock Power Plant) feb 26 fri Stapled Shut, Thousandswilldie, Endless Demise, Go Like This, Goner, Verlaten, A Fashionable Disease, What Shame, Wasteoid at the Wolves Den, 1209 8th Avenue, Oakland a/a $6 8pm *** @ feb 26 fri Mariah Carey at the Arena, Oakland a/a $130-$60 7pm/8pm # ** feb 26 fri Brian McKnight, Lalah Hathaway at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** feb 26 fri Bang Data, Funky C, Vomito Lriko, dj Kool Kyle at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** feb 26 fri Atlas Sound, Geographer at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a $16/$18 7pm/8pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 26 fri Wallpaper, The Limousines at Slim's, S.F. a/a $14 7pm/8pm *** (Noise Pop) feb 26 fri The Expendables, Iration, Passafire, Pour Habit, Roots Down Below at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $19.50 8pm/9pm # *** feb 26 fri John Vanderslice, Nurses, Honeycomb at Swedish American Hall, S.F. 21+ $15 7pm/8pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 26 fri Judgement Day, Scissors For Lefty, Ghost And The City, Glaciers at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8pm/9pm *** feb 26 fri The Mumlers at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 26 fri Four Tet, Nathan Fake at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16/$18 7pm/8pm *** (Noise Pop) feb 26 fri Ovens, Sopors, Bikefight, Bobby Joe Ebola And The Children MacNuggits at Pissed Off Pete's, 4528 Mission Street, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** feb 26 fri The Blank Stares, Wild Yaks (Brooklyn) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** feb 26 fri Sleeping Giant, The Waiting Ends, Burn The Ruin, All For Nothing, We Set Fire at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10/$12 7:30pm/8pm *** @ (was listed as February 20th) feb 26 fri Social Unrest, Ribzy, Sporadic Spontaneous at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm *** @ feb 26 fri Watchers & Hunters, A Lover Plea, Twelve O'Clock In English, When We Arrive, Aurora Sunset at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a $6 7pm *** @ feb 26 fri Torture Path, Twitch Angry, X-Ray Cats at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm # ** @ (Benefit Abortion Anthony) feb 26 fri Mozart Season, One Dying Secret, Hello Sailor, Running Riot, Batten Down Your Heart at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm ** feb 27 sat Phobia (Orange County), P.L.F. (TX), Kill The Client (TX), Laughing Dog (N.M.), Wasteoid (NE), Thousandswilldie, Progeria (L.A.), Masacre (San Jose), Stapled Shut (L.A.), Goner (L.A.), Whatshame? (L.A.), Bird (San Jose), Dos Amigos (Millbrae) at 924 Gilman a/a 7pm *** @ (UGZ speed Trials - 15 minute sets) feb 27 sat Killer Instinct (San Leandro), Fix My Head, Follow Blindly (Sunnyvale), T.V. Evangelist, Side Effects (Davis) at Your House, Oakland a/a $5 7pm *** @ feb 27 sat Magnetic Fields, Mark Eitzel at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $32.50 8pm # ** (Noise Pop) feb 27 sat We Were Promised Jetpacks, The Lonely Forest, Bear Hands at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16 7pm/8pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 27 sat Mark Kozelek (solo acoustic) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a $26/$30 7pm/8pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 27 sat Memory Tapes, Loquat, Birds & Batteries, Letting Up Despite Great Faults at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8pm/9pm ** feb 27 sat Turbonegra (tribute), The Grannies, Shootin' Lucy Sioux City Pete And The Beggars (seattle) at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm ** (Benefit for Khate's Green Card) feb 27 sat Big Jay McNeely, The Hollywood Combo (L.A.), The Hi Rhythm Hustlers at the Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa, S.F. a/a $20/$25 7:45pm/9pm ** (rhythm & blues) feb 27 sat Mirah, Carletta Sue Kay at the Swedish American Hall, S.F. a/a $15 8pm *** (Noise Pop) feb 27 sat Eyes Speak Treason, Annonimato, Hemorage at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 2pm/3pm til 8pm ** feb 27 sat Shelby Cobra, Get Dead, The Sore Thumbs, New York Ninja at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** feb 27 sat The Soundtrack Of Our Lives, Nico Vega, Music For Animals, Imaad Wasif at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16 7pm/8pm *** (Noise Pop) feb 27 sat Children Of The Damned (tribute), Hangar 18 (tribute - L.A.), Strangers In The Night (tribute) at Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** feb 27 sat Shannon & the Clams, Pharmacy, Rantouls, Bebe McPhereson at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** feb 27 sat Pee at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 27 sat !!! (chk chk chk), Maus Haus, Sugar & Gold, My First Earthquake at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $20 7pm/8pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 27 sat Chain & The Gang (D.C.), Strange Boys, Ty Segall, Nodzzz at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 9pm ** feb 27 sat Jello Biafra, The Guantamano School Of Medicine at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $15 7:30pm/8pm *** feb 27 sat Tera Melos, All Leather, Amonie, Mammoth Exploration Society at Homestead Lanes, Cupertino a/a $8 8pm *** feb 27 sat Visqueen at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ * feb 27 sat Gwen Stacy, Vanna, Oceana, Divided We Fall, Beyond All Ends, Erendira at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a 5pm *** feb 27 sat Scary Kids (farewell tour), A Night In Hollywood at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $13/$15 6:30pm ** feb 27 sat Havenside, Last Night In Town, River City Massacre, Memento Mori, Dressed In White at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm ** feb 27 sat Pressure Point at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm # ** feb 27 sat Scary Kids Scaring Kids, A Night In Hollywood at Fresno Club Retro, 450 N. Brawley Ave, Fresno a/a $13/$15 6:30pm ** @ feb 27 sat Otep, Bury Your Dead, Throught The Eyes Of The Dead at the New Oasis, Sparks NV a/a $15 *** @ feb 28 sun Brianna Lea Pruett at Rasputin's Music, Berkeley a/a free 2pm * feb 28 sun Heel Draggers at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm/4pm * ($5 BBQ) feb 28 sun Cannabis Corpse (Richmond, VA), Stormcrow, Voetsek, Wasteoid (Lincoln, NB), Sorrower (Phoenix) at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8 8pm/8:30pm *** @ feb 28 sun Dizzy Balloon, The Hounds Below, Big Beat, Visqueen, Laarks at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 noon/1pm *** feb 28 sun Evan Dando at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $16 8pm ** feb 28 sun The Northern Key, Edward Sharpe, The Magnetic Zeros at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. ?/? ** (Noise Pop) feb 28 sun Orchestra Nostalgico, Tango No. 9, Mila Salazar (dance lessons) at Amnesia, 853 Valencia at 20th, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8pm/8:30pm * (tango) feb 28 sun Elliot Randall And The Deadmen at Lagunitas Brewing Co, 1280 N McDowell Blvd., Petaluma 21+ * feb 28 sun Hardgirls, Chotto Ghetto, Gnarboots at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a 6:30pm ** feb 28 sun Nightmare In The Twilight, Journal, Idekay, Siphon Soul, Stand Behind The Giant at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 6:30pm # ** mar 1 mon Magnetic Fields at the Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Avenue, S.F. a/a $32.50 8pm ** (Noise Pop) mar 1 mon The Cute Lepers at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ * mar 2 tue film "Brick" at 924 Gilman free movie night a/a free 7:30pm mar 2 tue Taken By Trees, El Perro Del Mar at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** mar 2 wed The Dry Spells, Foxtails Brigade at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** mar 2 tue Unko Atama, The Started-Its, The Custom Kicks at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ free 8:30pm/9:30pm ** mar 3 wed Fever Charm at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** mar 3 wed Allen Toussaint (solo) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** mar 3 wed La Corde, Stirling Says, Only Sons at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** mar 3 wed Big John Bates & The Voodoo Dollz, Reverend Deadeye at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm ** mar 3 wed Generalissimo, Cartographer, Assistant Cobra at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** mar 3 wed The Golden Hour, Gnarboots at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** mar 3 wed Hard Money Saints (WA) at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a 7pm * mar 3 wed Knifethruhead, Nux Vomica, Order Of The Vulture, Caulfield at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm # ** @ mar 4 thr Midlake at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** mar 4 thr Rocky Votolato, Adam Stephens at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 4 thr The Dashing Suns, Sunbeam Rd. at Adobe Books, 3166 16th St, S.F. a/a free 7pm ** mar 4 thr Ash Reiter, Tippy Canoe + Mikie Lee Prasad, Anna Ash at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** mar 4 thr Big Light (album release), Guns For San Sebastian at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8pm ** mar 4 thr Saviours, Lecherous Gaze, Futur Skullz at the Eagle Tavern, 398 12th Street, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/10pm *** mar 4 thr The Red Verse, Starry Saints (Portland), Delle Vellum at the Milk Bar, 1840 Haight St., S.F. ** mar 5 fri Factory Minds, Aught 7 at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm ** (SKA night) mar 5 fri Tegan And Sara, Holly Miranda, Steel Train at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** $ mar 5 fri Little Teeth, The Splinters, Ted Nesseth at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** mar 5 fri Joe Henry at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** mar 5 thr Jarrod Gorbel at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $12 7:30pm * mar 5 fri Barcelona at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** mar 5 fri Carlton Melton, Electric Jellyfish (Australia) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** mar 5 fri FlexXBronco, The Corruptors, Spitting Cobras, All Bets On Death at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** @ mar 5 fri Hightower, Lozen (Tacoma, WA), Sugar Sugar Sugar (Bellingham, WA) at Pissed Off Pete's, 4528 Mission Street, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm/10pm ** mar 5 fri No Bunny, TV Ghost, The Outdoorsmen, Mom at thee Parkside, 1600 17th Street, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** @ mar 5 fri Hillstomp, The Brothers Comatose, Waters at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm ** mar 5 fri Igor And The Red Elvises, The Pyronauts at Mystic Theater, 23 Petaluma Blvd., Petaluma 21+ $15 7pm/8pm ** mar 5 fri Shrinebuilder, Steve Von Till, Harvestman, A Storm Of Light, Brain Oil at the Voodoo Lounge, San Jose 21+ $20 8pm/9pm *** @ mar 5 fri Danny Secretion, The Enlows, Autumn Sky, Ricky Berger at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm # ** (acoustic night) mar 5/6 Galactic, Big Freedia at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $29.50 8pm/9pm # ** mar 5/6 Stockholm Syndrome at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $23/$25 8:30pm/9pm *** mar 5/6 Alesana, A Skylit Drive, Of Mice & Men, The Word Alive, We Came As Romans at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15 6:30pm/7pm *** mar 6 sat Creepshow, Plan 9, Stellar Corpses, Mutilators, Horror X at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ mar 6 sat Shrinebuilder, Steve Von Till, Harvestman, A Storm of Light, Laudanum at the Metro, Oakland a/a $18 8pm/9pm *** @ mar 6 sat Brwn Bflo, Do Dat, Toqueson at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** mar 6 sat Mike Doughty (acoustic) at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** mar 6 sat Little Teeth, Hermit Thrushes, Woom at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** mar 6 sat Elliot Randall And The Deadmen, Jay Nash And The Famous at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ * mar 6 sat Elliot Randall & The Deadmen (cd release), The Famous at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** mar 6 sat Falling To Pieces, Un-I.D., Almost Dead, J.B.D., Damaura at the Time Out, 1822 Grant Street, Concord 21+ $10 8pm ** @ mar 6 sat Hard Girls, Joyce Manor at Homestead Lanes, Cupertino a/a $8 8pm ** mar 6 sat F.T.B. at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** mar 6 sat The Pack, Dev, 2 Coast at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $14/$17 8pm/9pm ** mar 6 sat Los Dryheavers, The Forgotten, The Disciples, Hounds & Harlots at Coasters, Boardwalk Bowl, 115 Cliff Street, Santa Cruz 21+ $6 ** @ mar 6 sat French Cassettes, Genius & Thieves at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a 8pm ** mar 6 sat Give Em Hell, Red Tape, Create Avoid, The Challenge, Havenside, Recognize at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm # ** mar 7 sun Christina Antipa at Rasputin's Music, Berkeley a/a free 2pm * mar 7 sun Killswitch Engage, The Devil Wears Prada, Dark Tranquility at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $27 7:30pm # *** mar 7 sun Eric Bibb at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (seated show) mar 7 sun Two Dollars Out The Door, Birthday Suits, Steeples at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** mar 7 sun Shrinebuilder, Harvestman, A Storm Of Light at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 8:30pm/9pm *** @ mar 7 sun Igor And Red Elvises at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz ?/? ** mar 7 sun Hounds & Harlots at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a 6pm * mar 7 sun Remains Of The Tyrant, Chasm Of Illmen, The Wrath Of Vesuvius, The Descolada Virus, Beyond All Means at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm # ** @ mar 8 mon Delta Spirit at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 8 mon Amber Rubarth, Jim Bianco, Foxtails Brigade at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $10/$12 9:30pm ** mar 9 tue film "Pan's Labyrinth" at 924 Gilman free movie night a/a free 7:30pm mar 9 tue Zac Brown Band, MCs Joey & Rory at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 7pm ** mar 9 tue The Clientele at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** mar 9 tue Little Boots, Fan Death, Dragonette at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm # ** mar 9 tue Sevendust, Drowning Pool at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7:30pm ** mar 9 tue Extra Life (N.Y.C.), Ora Corgan, Chelsea Wolfe, Neighbors at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** mar 9 tue Mike Watt + The Missingmen, Lite (Tokyo), Low Red Land at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 9 tue The Cave Singers, The Dutchess And The Duke, The Moondoggies at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 7:30pm/8pm ** mar 9 tue Abe Vigoda, Lovvers (U.K.), So Cow (Ireland) at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $8 8pm *** mar 9/10 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Whigs at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** mar 10 wed The Big Pink, Crystal Antlers, IO Echo at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (postponed from nov 17th) mar 10 wed So Cow, Dreamdate at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** mar 10 wed Laura Veirs & Hall Of Flames, The Old Believers, Cataldo at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 9pm ** (KCRW) mar 10 wed Quasi, Explode Into Colors at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 7:30pm/8pm ** mar 10 wed The Pack A.D. at thee Parkside, 1600 17th Street, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm ** mar 10 wed Man Versus, Moon Cadillac at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** mar 10 wed Young Dubliners at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz ?/? ** mar 10 wed I Am Ghost, Modern Day Escape, The Becoming, Misery Loves Comfort, Ten After Two, Sell Your Secrets at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $10/$12 6:30pm *** @ mar 10/11 Billy Cox, Joe Satriani, Sacred Steel, Jonny Lang, Eric Johnson, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Ernie Isley, David Hidalgo, Cesar Rosas, Brad Whitford, Doyle Bramhall II, Living Colour, Chris Layton at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** (Experience Hendrix tribute tour) mar 11 thr Young Dubliners at the Shattuck Down Low, Berkeley 21+ ** mar 11 thr Geographer (record release), LoveLikeFire, Altars at Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** mar 11 thr Manchester Orchestra, The Features, Biffy Clyro, O'Brother at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** mar 11 thr A Sunny Day In Glasgow, Gold Medalists, Apopka Darkroom at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** mar 11 thr The Pack A.D., Blood And Sunshine, Gunslingers (France), Superfinos VTO at thee Parkside, 1600 17th Street, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** @ mar 11 thr Mist And Mast, B and Not B (record release), The Thingers at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** mar 11 thr David Wilcox at the Mystic Thatre, Petaluma ?/? ** mar 11 thr The Slants at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm # ** mar 12 fri Dangers (record release), Owen Hart (WA), Power (WA), Sabertooth Zombie at 924 Gilman a/a *** @ mar 12 fri Matthew Good, Automatic Loveletter at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** mar 12 fri Chelsea Handler (comedian), Josh Wolf at Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium, S.F. a/a $76/$46 7pm/8pm # ** (sold out) mar 12 fri Chelsea Handler (comedian) at Davies Symphony Hall, S.F. a/a $76/$50 9:30pm/10:30pm # ** (late show) mar 12 fri The Temper Trap at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # ** mar 12 fri Furthur at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a 6pm/7:30pm # ** (Benefit Unbroken Chain Foundation and Haitian Earthquake relief) mar 12 fri Vinicio Capossela at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ ** mar 12 fri You Say Party! We Say Die! at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** @ mar 12 fri Gunslingers (France), Beaches (Australia) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** mar 12 fri Trainwreck Riders, The Brothers Comatose, Kemo Sabe, Dead Westerns at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/12 9pm ** (bluegrass) mar 12 fri Or The Whale, The Maldives at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 8:30pm/9pm *** mar 12 fri Embers, Nux Vomica (Portland), Order Of The Vulture (Portland), Vastum (first show) at thee Parkside, 1600 17th Street, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm *** @ mar 12 fri Terran Traumantics, Cor Leonis (N.Y.C.), Sybil Brand, dj Durt, dj Amber at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $5 ** (Benefit for Lyon Martin Clinic) mar 12 fri Audrye Sessions, Y La Bamba (OR), Worker Bee at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $8/$10 8pm *** mar 12 fri Chase Long Beach at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a 8pm ** (ska) mar 12 fri Monster Squad, Whiskey Rebels, Static Thought, Media Blitz at Ruggles Wharehouse, 3130 Branch Street, Sacramento a/a $5 7pm ** @ (Benefit for 924 Gilman Street) mar 12 fri Angry Samoans, Bum City Saints, The Secretions, Boats!, Unko Atama at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm # *** @ mar 12 fri Dance Gavin Dance at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15 7pm/7:30pm ** mar 12 fri Elliot Randall & The Deadmen at Shanachie Pub, Willits 21+ * mar 13 sat Monster Squad, La Plebe, Dcoi!, Earslaughter, Pullout, Side Effects at 924 Gilman a/a $7-$10 7pm/7:30pm *** @ (924 Gilman Benefit) mar 13 sat Angry Samoans, Bum City Saints, Stigma 13 at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm *** @ mar 13 sat Smokey Robinson at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 9pm # *** mar 13 sat New Found Glory, Saves the Day, Hellogoodbye, Fireworks at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $20 8pm # *** @ mar 13 sat Audrye Sessions, Dave Smallen a/a $12 8:30pm/10pm at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/10pm ** mar 13 sat Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, The New Mastersounds, Salvador Santana Band at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** mar 13 sat The Adolescents, Youth Brigade at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ mar 13 sat Culann's Hounds, Colm O'Riain, The Gas Men at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** mar 13 sat SambaDa (album release), La Colectiva at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 13 sat The Long And Short Of It (San Diego), The Mother's Anger (Seattle), The Walker Bros. at Bender's, 806 South Van Ness Ave., S.F. 21+ ** mar 13 sat Future Blondes, Bangs Of Hunger at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** mar 13 sat Worker Bee at Homestead Lanes, Cupertino a/a $8 8pm ** mar 13 sat Tess Dunn (Santa Cruz) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** mar 13 sat Voodoo Glow Skulls at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm *** @ mar 13 sat Di Bravura, Joyce Manor, Koalacaust, Deers! at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm # ** mar 13 sat Moonshine Bandits at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12 7:30pm/8pm ** mar 14 sun Del McCoury Band at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** mar 14 sun Voodoo Glow Skulls, The Atom AGe, Destruction Made Simple (record release), Before Twenty at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a $10 6pm *** @ mar 15 mon Balkan Beat Box at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** mar 15 mon Twiztid, Blaze, Kung Fu Vampire at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $20 7:30pm/8pm *** @ mar 16 tue film "Cabaret" at 924 Gilman free movie night a/a free 7:30pm mar 16/17 The Vagina Monologues (theatrical) at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $20 9pm ** (Benefit to end violence towards Women & Girls) mar 17 wed Zoo Station (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** mar 17 wed The Kegels, Jokes For Feelings, The Mitchell Experiment at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 17 wed Iron Witch at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * mar 17 wed New Found Glory, Saves The Day, Hellogoodbye, Fireworks at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$24 6:30pm/7:30pm *** @ mar 17 wed Steve Mahoney at Powerhouse Pub, 614 Sutter Street, Folsom 21+ free 7:30pm * mar 17 wed Twiztid, Blaze, Kung Fu Vampire at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $21/$22 7pm/7:30pm *** @ mar 17/18/19 Gomez at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** mar 18 thr Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** mar 18 thr H.I.J.K. (cd release) at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** mar 18 thr Hurry Up Shotgun, Victory And Associates, Genius & The Thieves at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** mar 19 fri Verbal Abuse, Fukm, Sad Boy Sinister, Nihilist Cunt, War Of Aggression at Your House, Oakland a/a $6 8pm *** @ mar 19 fri Jucifer, Disastroid at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** mar 19 fri Voodoo Glow Skulls, Hub City Stompers at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/10pm *** @ mar 19 fri Blasphemous Rumours (tribute), The Cured (tribute), Luv 'n Rockets (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** mar 19 fri Deceptikon, Captain Ahab (L.A.), Twin Crystals (Vancouver) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** mar 19 fri Pama at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a 8pm * mar 19 fri The Cosmonauts, Adhara, Self Centered, Category 7, Cry Envy at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm # ** @ mar 19 fri Wings Of Innocence, Zero Ground at Captain's Table, 461 Bridge Street, Yuba City a/a $5 7:30pm ** mar 20 sat Savage Machine , Wonfra, Naked Lady Wrestler, Count Dante at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ mar 20 sat Xiu Xiu, Tune-Yards, Noveller at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/10pm ** mar 20 sat Tim Barry, Possessed By Paul James, Fire Whiskey at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm ** mar 20 sat Evolution (tribute), Dirty White Boys (tirbute) at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** mar 20 sat Ron Silva & The Monarchs, Franco Nero Ska at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** mar 20 sat The Rocky Horror Picture Show (movie showing & shadow cast) at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 11pm/11:30pm *** mar 20 sat Ray Manzarek & Roy Rogers, Country Joe McDonald at Mystic Theater, 23 Petaluma Blvd., Petaluma 21+ $25 7pm/8pm ** mar 20 sat Audrye Sessions at Homestead Lanes, Cupertino a/a $8 8pm *** mar 20 sat Idle Threats, Hollowbodies, Skin-n-bones, Fifth Month, Dying Prayer at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm # ** @ mar 21 sun Silian Rail at Rasputin's Music, Berkeley a/a free 2pm * mar 21 sun Kreator, Kataklysm, Evile, Lightning Swords Of Death at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ mar 21 sun Massive Moth, Your Cannons, Here Come The Saviours at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** mar 21 sun From First To Last, Eyes Set To Kill, Confide, Black Veil Brides, Sleeping With Sirens, Paint Over Pictures at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 6:30pm/7pm ** @ mar 23 tue Ted Leo And The Pharmacists at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** mar 23 tue Jamie Cullum at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # ** mar 23 tue Devendra Banhart at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** mar 23 tue Serena Maneesh, The Depreciation Guild at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 23 tue All Time Highs at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** mar 23 tue Jason Collett, Bahamas, Zeus at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm ** mar 23 tue The Devil Makes Three at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $15 7:30pm/8pm *** mar 23 tue Smile Empty Soul, Soil, Nova, Red Sunday at the Avalon, 777 Lawrance Expressway, Santa Clara a/a ** mar 23 tue Hot Rod Carl (OR), Fat City Jokers at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a 7pm ** (rockabilly) mar 23 tue Blowfly, Crazy Ballhead, FLower Vato, dj Hailey at the Press Club, 2030 P Street at 21st, Sacramento 21+ $10 9pm ** mar 24 wed Acid Mothers Temple, OGOD (Over-Gain Optimal Death) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F 21+ $12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** mar 24 wed Chief Nowhere, Federale at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** mar 24 wed Jay-Z, Young Jeezy, Trey Songz at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $130-$46 6pm/7pm # *** mar 24 wed W.A.S.P., Bomb And Scary, Mystic Rage at the Avalon, 777 Lawrance Expressway, Santa Clara a/a ** @ mar 25 thr Cymbals Eat Guitars, Bear In Heaven at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 25 thr Al Qaeda, Nondor Devai & Ben Wolcott at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** mar 25 thr Project 86, Flatfoot 56, Wavorly at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $12 7:30pm/8pm ** mar 25 thr Our Skyline Sisters (Santa Cruz), I Hate You Just Kidding at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** mar 25 thr Voodoo Glow Skulls, Punch The Clock, The Enlows, Spin 45 at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $12 7:30pm/8pm # *** @ mar 26 fri Air, Am at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $37.50 8pm # ** mar 26 fri Hammerfall, PoserGlove, Ruffians at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** mar 26 fri The Low Anthem at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** mar 26 fri The Fall Of Troy, Envy On The Coast, Twin Atlantic at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** mar 26 fri Field Music, The Old-Fashioned Way at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm ** mar 26 fri Neon Indian, Nite Jewel at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** mar 26 fri Coathangers, Spencey Dude & The Doodles, The Aerosols at the Hemlock, S.F .21+ ** mar 26 fri Culo A Boca at the Pioneer Saloon, 2925 A Woodside Road, Woodside 21+ $5 * mar 26 fri John Mayer, Michael Franti & Spearhead at the Shark Tank, San jose a/a $76-$36 6pm/7pm # ** mar 26 fri Marti Brom at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** mar 26 fri The Phenomenauts, Peelander-Z, (Japan/N.Y.), The Huxtables at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $12 8pm *** @ mar 26 fri Final Summation (7" release) at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a 8pm ** @ mar 26 fri Raw Nerves, Bully at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm # ** mar 27 sat Marti Brom, Quarter Mile Combo, The Tantrums at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm ** mar 27 sat The Sun Kings at the Shattuck Down Low, Berkeley 21+ ** mar 27 sat Copeland, I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody's Business, Person L, Deas Vail at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** mar 27 sat Chrisette Michele, Laura Izabor at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** mar 27 sat Dead Meadow, Imaad Wasif at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** mar 27 sat Tobacco, The Hood Internet at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/10pm ** mar 27 sat Static Static, Wizzard Sleeve, Andy Human at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** mar 27 sat Sex With No Hands, The Minks, Antioquia at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** mar 27 sat Tumbledown, Ha Ha Tonka, Andrew Anderson, Jesse Morris & The Man Cougars at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** mar 27 sat The Phenomenauts, Peelander-Z (Japan/N.Y.) at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10/$12 8pm/8:30pm *** @ mar 27 sat AC/DShe (tribute) at the Mystic Thatre, Petaluma ?/? ** mar 27 sat Nite Jewel at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm * mar 27 sat Final Summation at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm # ** mar 27 sat Wolves & Thieves at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a 8pm ** @ mar 27 sat We Are The In Crowd, Swimming With Dolphins, Places And Numbers at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm ** mar 28 sun The Paper Chase), Generalissimo, Kiss Kiss at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** mar 28 sun Catchers (WA) at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a 7pm * mar 28 sun Every Time I Die, Four Years Strong, The Polar Bear Club, Trapped Under Ice at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $16/$18 7pm/7:30pm *** @ mar 28 sun Super Happy Storytime Land at the Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm # * mar 29 mon Nellie McKay at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (seated show) mar 29 mon Jonny Craig, Tides Of Man at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a 6pm ** mar 30 tue Otep, Bury Your Dead, Through The Eyes Of The Dead, Destrophy, Arise at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $18/$22 6:30pm/7pm *** @ mar 30 tue Pierced Arrows, Lullabye Arkestra, Jason Small, Only Sons at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 30 tue The Morning Benders, Miniature Tigers at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** mar 30 tue Tech N9ne at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $28 7:30pm/8pm *** mar 31 wed Never Shout Never, The Cab, Hey Monday, Every Avenue, The Summer Set at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7pm # *** @ mar 31 wed Kasey Anderson at the Plough and Stars, 116 Clement St., S.F. 21+ * mar 31 wed Our Skyline Sisters, I Hate You Just Kidding at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** apr 1 thr Lesbian, White Mice (Providence), CCR Headcleaner, Nuclear Death Wish at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** apr 1 thr Yikes! A Lion! (L.A.) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** apr 2 fri Rottin Out, Creatures, Downpresser at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm ** @ apr 2 fri Embrace The End, First Blood, Alcatraz, Tiefighter (L.A.), At Our Heels, As the Fallen Ascend at the Metro, Oakland a/a $10 7pm/7:30pm *** @ apr 2 fri Veil Veil Vanish, Mister Loveless, Chambers at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** apr 2 fri Larry Graham & Graham Central Station at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $52/$42 8pm # *** apr 2 fri The Black Eyed Peas at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $90-$47 7:30pm # ** apr 2 fri Dead Souls at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** apr 2 fri Static Thought, Vampirates at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a 8pm ** @ apr 2 fri The Kelps at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm # ** apr 2 fri Jonny Craig, Tides Of Man, Eye Alaska, Romance On A Rocketship, Modsun at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12 7:30pm/8pm ** apr 2/3 Yonder Mountain String Band at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** apr 3 sat Blowfly at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm ** apr 3 sat The Mo'fessionals, Fungo Mungo, Bang Data at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** (Benefit for City of Hope Cancer Center of Los Angeles) apr 3 sat The Contribution (Tim Carbone, Keith Mosley, Jason Hann, Phil Ferlino, Jeff Miller) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** apr 3 sat Five For Fighting, Matt Wertz at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $27.50 8pm # ** apr 3 sat The Love Dimension, Honey, The Spyrals, Greg Ashley at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** apr 3 sat Tyrone Wells, Tony Lucca, Roy Jay at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $14/$16 9:30pm ** apr 3 sat Flower Violence, Antioch Synopsis, Journal at the Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm # ** apr 4 sun Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm ** apr 5 mon Patty Griffin, Buddy Miller at Zellerbach Auditoriua, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a $35 7pm/8pm # ** apr 5/6 Owl City, Lights, Paper Route at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 5:30pm/6:30pm # ** apr 7 wed No Bragging Rights, Affiance at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a 7pm ** apr 7 wed The Black Eyed Peas at Arco Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a # ** apr 8 thr Miles Kurosky, Pancho-San at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm/8:30pm ** apr 8 thr Bridez, Numerators at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** apr 9 fri 7 Seconds, Betrayed, Mindset, On at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ (React showcase) apr 9 fri Miko Marks at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** apr 9 fri Love Of Diagrams at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * apr 9 fri Falling To Pieces, Desecrion, Miseria, Sympathy Ends, Octoclops, Silent Sinner, Dennis Is Dead at West Valley College, 14000 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga a/a $8/$10 5pm *** @ Apr 9 fri B-Movie Monsters (IN), Church For Sinners (WA) at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a 8pm ** apr 9/10 Citizen Cope at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # *** apr 10 fri The Oh Sees at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** apr 10 sat McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Ralph Carney's Serious Jass Project at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * apr 10 sat Carlos And The Bandidos (U.K.), Santos (L.A.), The Rhythm Shakers (L.A.), Texas Steve, Jailbreak (Fresno), La Cholita (burleque), dj Don't Scratch The Wax, dj Tanoa at Clarion Hotel, 4091 E. Millbrae Ave., Millbrae ?/? 3pm/7pm $18/$20 ** apr 10 sat Family Room, Benjamin Henderson, Bobby Joe Ebola & The Children MacNuggits at Homestead Lanes, Cupertino a/a $8 8pm ** apr 10 sat Across Tundras (Nashville) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** apr 11 sun Record Swap at 924 Gilman a/a 7am til 3pm (new date - was feb. 28th) apr 12 mon The Ruby Suns, Toro Y Moi at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 13 tue Mark Knopfler at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a # $100-$50 8pm # ** apr 13 tue Spoon, Deerhunter, Micachu & The Shapes at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 7:30pm # *** apr 13/14 Dark Star Orchestra at the Mystic Thatre, Petaluma ?/? ** apr 14 wed Muse, Silversun Pickups at the Arena, Oakland a/a $60/$45/$35 7pm/8pm # *** apr 14 wed La Roux at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** apr 14 wed The Whitest Boy Alive (Erlend Oye, Marcin Oz, Sebastian Maschat, Daniel Nentwig) at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** apr 14 wed Faith No More at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $42.25 8pm # *** $ apr 14 wed Rx Bandits, The Builders And The Butchers, Zechs Marquise at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15 7pm/7:30pm *** @ apr 15 thr RX Bandits, The Builders And The Butchers, Zechs Marquise at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ apr 15 thr Yann Tiersen at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** apr 15 thr The Dead Weather at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** apr 15 thr Bart Davenport, Kacey Johansing, JL Stiles at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** apr 15/16 Miike Snow, Delorean at the Independent, S.F. 21 8:30pm/9pm *** (apr 15th sold out) apr 16 fri Murderass, Abandon, Earslaughter, Agro Crag at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ apr 16 fri Hot Chip, The XX at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** apr 16 fri Deadbolt at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12/$15 9pm ** apr 16 fri JJ at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/10pm ** apr 16 fri Major Lazer, Rusko, Destructo, Bad Neighbors at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $25 9pm till 3am ** apr 17 sat Static Thought at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm ** apr 17 sat The Avett Brothers, Truth & Salvage Co. at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** apr 17 sat Yeasayer at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 8pm/9pm # ** apr 17 sat Collie Buddz And The New Kingston Band, Devin The Dude at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $28 8:30pm/9pm ** (was oct 2nd) apr 17 sat N.V.S. at Homestead Lanes, Cupertino a/a $5 8pm ** apr 18 sun Overkill, Vader, God Dethroned, Warbringer, Evile, Woe Of Tyrants at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $26.50 6:30pm # *** @ apr 19 mon Bitch at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8pm ** apr 19/20 Vampire Weekend at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** $ apr 20 tue The Almighty Defenders at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** apr 20 tue Him, We Are The Fallen, Dommin, Drive A at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7pm # *** @ apr 20 tue Killola, Sick Of Sarah, Perfect Machines at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8 8pm/8:45pm ** apr 20 tue Moonalice at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** apr 21 wed Pete Covington at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** apr 21 wed Camera Obscura at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** apr 21 wed Norah Jones at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $60 7pm/8pm # ** (tickets only availabe on line - this is a will call only event) apr 21 wed Bruce Cockburn at Mystic Theater, 23 Petaluma Blvd., Petaluma 18+ $35 7pm/8pm ** apr 21 wed Powerglove, The Battle Of Midway at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12 6:30pm/7pm ** apr 22 thr Sonata Arctica, Mutiny Within, Powerglove at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** apr 22 thr The Bloody Beetroots at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 22 thr Spun In Darkness, Cura Cochino at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm # * apr 22/23/24 Yo La Tengo, Camera Obscura (thr), Thee Ohsees (fri), Sic Alps (sat) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # *** apr 23 fri The Slackers (N.Y.) at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** apr 23 fri Andre Nickatina at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $25 7:30pm/8pm *** (was listed as April 10th) apr 23/24 Dark Star Orchestra at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a (8pm fri/noon sat) # ** apr 24 sat rock poster art show at 924 Gilman a/a apr 24 sat Or The Whale, Odawas, Ghost And The City at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm *** apr 24 sat Mayhem, Ludicra, Tombs at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ apr 24 sat Finntroll, Moonsorrow, Swallow The Sun, Survivors Zero, dj Rob Metal at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $20/$24 9pm ** @ apr 24 sat The Slackers (N.Y.) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $14 9pm ** apr 24 sat Sepsism Embryonic Devourment at the Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm # * apr 24/25 Dr. Dog, Deer Tick (sun) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** apr 25 sun Blue Oyster Cult at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** $ apr 27 tue Liars, Fol Chen at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** apr 29 thr A Day To Remember, August Burns Red, Silverstein, Enter Shikari, Go Radio at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 6:45pm # *** @ apr 30 fri Rouge Wave at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $19.50 8pm/9pm # ** apr 30 fri Shpongle at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** apr 30 fri Sightings, Bill Orcutt at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * apr 30 fri Eagles at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # *** $ may 1 sat AC/DShe (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 1 sat Broken Social Scene at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** may 2 sun Blood Red Throne, Insanity, Funerus (Johnstown, PN), Hod (San Antonio, TX), Cyanic (San Jose) at Voodoo Lounge, San Jose 21+ *** @ may 4 tue Needtobreathe, Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers, Seabird at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 6 thr Reckless Kelly at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 6 thr The Shondes, Ex-Boyfriends, Excuses For Skipping, The Bruises at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** may 7 fri Los Campesinos! at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** may 7 fri Martin Sexton at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** may 7 fri Red Sparowes at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** may 7 fri The Impalers, The Inciters, The Titan-Ups, Revival Sound System (dj) at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** may 7 fri The Atom Age at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm # * may 8 sat Sonic Boom 6, Knock Out at 924 Gilman a/a ** (SKA Night) may 8 sat Drive By Truckers at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** may 8 sat Old And In The Way, Ten Mile Tide at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 9 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap, at McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. a/a $3 ($20 6am early entry) 10am may 14 fri Johann Johannsson at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (seated show) may 15 sat Portal, Morbosidad, Sanguis Imperem, Dispirit, dj Rob Metal at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $12 9pm/9:30pm ** may 18 tue Shout Out Louds at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** may 19 wed Chris Pureka at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 19 wed Frightened Rabbit at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** may 20 thr Carrie Underwood, Craig Morgan, Sons Of Sylvia at Arco Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a # ** may 21 fri Kaki King at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 8pm/9pm # ** may 21 fri Carrie Underwood, Craig Morgan, Sons Of Sylvia at Reno Events Center, 300 N Center St., Reno, NV # ** may 24 mon X (Australia), A-Frames at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** may 27 thr The National at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** may 27 thr Nada Surf at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** jun 3 thr A Billion Ernies at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a 8pm ** jun 5 sat Primal Fear, Luna Mortis at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** jun 16 wed U2 at the Oakland Coliseum a/a $250-$30 5pm/7pm # *** $ (more tickets just released today Jan 20th) jun 21 mon Brian Jonestown Massacre at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # ** jun 25 fri Pavement at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a $39.50 8pm # *** jun 26 sat After Midnight Project, Alesana, AM Taxi, Anarbor, Andrew W.K., Angry Samoans, Artist Vs Poet, Attack Attack, Automatic Loveletter, Breathe Carolina, Breathe Electric, Bring Me The Horizon, Call The Cops, Closure In Moscow, Confide, Dickies, Emarosa, Emmure, Enter Shikari, Eyes Set To Kill, Face To Face, Fake Problems, Far From Finished, Fight Fair, Four Year Strong, Gardening Not Architecture, Hey Monday, I Can Make A Mess Like Nobodys Business, I See Stars, In Fear And Faith, Left Alone, Mayday Parade, Mike Posner, NeverShoutNever, Of Mice And Men, Parkway Drive, Pierce The Veil, Polar Bear Club, Riverboat Gamblers, Set Your Goals, Sparks The Rescue, Suicide Silence, Sum 41, Tess Dunn, The All-American Rejects, The Bouncing Souls, The Cab, The Casualties, The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Mighty Regis, The Pretty Reckless, The Reverend Peytons Big Damn Band, The Rocket Summer, The Sparring, The Summer Set, The Swellers, VersaEmerge, We Are The In Crowd, We The Kings, Whitechapel, You Me At Six at Warped Tour, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # *** @ jul 11 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap, at McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. a/a $3 ($20 6am early entry) 10am jul 11 sun Korn, Rob Zombie, Lamb Of God, Five Finger Death Punch, Atreyu, Norma Jean, In This Moment, 3 Inches Of Blood, Hatebreed, Chimaira, Shadows Fall, Winds Of Plague at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # *** @ aug 12 thr After Midnight Project, Agent Orange, Alesana, AM Taxi, Anarbor, Andrew W.K., Anti-Flag, Artist Vs Poet, Assorted Jelly Beans, Attack Attack, Automatic Loveletter, Breathe Carolina, Breathe Electric, Bring Me The Horizon, Burning Empires, Chase Long Beach, Closure In Moscow, Cobra Skulls, Confide, Deas Vail, Death Punch, Disco Curtis, Dropkick Murphys, Emarosa, Emmure, Every Time I Die, Eyes Set To Kill, Face To Face, Fake Problems, Far From Finished, Fight Fair, Gardening Not Architecture, Green Jelly, Haste The Day, Hey Monday, I Can Make A Mess Like Nobodys Business, In Fear And Faith, iwrestledabearonce, Left Alone, Longway, Manic Hispanic, Mayday Parade, Mike Posner, Neo Geo, NeverShoutNever, Of Mice And Men, Our Last Night, Parkway Drive, Pierce The Veil, Reel Big Fish, Riverboat Gamblers, Set Your Goals, ShiraGirl, Suicide Silence, Sum 41, The B Foundation, The Cab, The Casualties, The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Early Strike, The Fabulous Rudies, The Jukebox Romantics, The Pretty Reckless, The Reverend Peytons Big Damn Band, The Rocket Summer, The Sparring, The Summer Set, The Untouchables, The Word Alive, This Time Next Year!, VersaEmerge, We Are The In Crowd, Whitechapel, You Me At Six at Warped Tour, the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Marysville a/a # *** @ aug 25 wed Dave Matthews Band, Raphael Saadiq at the Pavilion, Concord a/a # *** aug 27 fri Dave Matthews Band, Raphael Saadiq at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Marysville a/a # *** aug 28 sat Dave Matthews Band, Raphael Saadiq at Shoreline, One Amphitheatre Pkwy., Mountain View a/a # *** aug 31 tue Slayer, Megadeth, Testament at the Cow Palace, S.F. a/a $39.50 7pm # *** @ sep 1 wed Slayer, Megadeth, Testament at Arco Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a # *** @ sep 29 wed Kamelot, Leaves' Eyes at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** * recommendable Shows a/a all ages $ will probably sell out @ pit warning ^ under 21 must pay more # no ins/outs Live Radio Shows ---------------- feb 18 thr Bobby Joe Ebola And The Children MacNuggits on Social Diesase Radio with Jason Storm www.9thfloorradio.com 3pm-5pm Radio/TV Shows --------------- Berkeley Liberation Radio 104.1FM www.berkeleyliberationradio.org Maximum Rock'n'roll Radio radio.maximumrocknroll.com 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 Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ 831-423-7117 Boardwalk, 9426 Greenback Lane, Orangevale a/a 916-988-9247 Boom Boom Room, 1601 Fillmore, S.F. 21+ 415-673-8000 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 Coda, 1710 Mission Street, S.F. 21+ 415-551-2632 Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz a/a DNA Lounge, 375 11th Street at Harrison, S.F. 21+ a/a 415-626-1409 Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley 21+ 510-548-1159 Shire Road Club, 5525 Auburn Boulevard, Sacramento a/a # 916-988-6691 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 ($3 yearly membership) 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 Homestead Lanes, 20990 Homestead Rd., Cupertino a/a 408-255-5700 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+ Lounge Underground, 638 Wave St, Monterey 21+ 831-655-4419 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 Plea for Peace Center, 630 E Weber Ave, Stockton a/a ($2 yearly membership) Rasputin's Music, 2401 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a 800-350-8700 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+ 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 Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a 415-861-5016 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 Vixens, 906 Victorian Avenue, Sparks NV a/a 21+ 775-358-6969 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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