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 March 27, 2010 mar 27 sat Violation, Decent Criminal, Point Of View, War Of Aggresion, Zebra Mountain, Insert at 924 Gilman a/a 7:30pm *** @ mar 27 sat Bum City Saints, IV, Street Justice, Gain To Lose, Public Suicide at B.R.S., Richmond a/a *** @ mar 27 sat Photons, Electroass, Jeff Thorsby, The Pentacles at Mama Buzz Cafe, 2318 Telegraph Ave. at 23rd, Oakland a/a ** mar 27 sat Serpent Crown, Lecherous Gaze, Lazy Dogs, Red Handed (Portland) at Your House, Oakland a/a $6 7:30pm ** @ mar 27 sat Dezu, Yogurt, Moon Cadillac, Los Amplifiers, Dia Del Astronauta, Downhill From Hill, Into The Quiet, dj Ollin at the Metro, Oakland a/a $12/$15 8pm til 2am *** (Pirate Cat Radio) mar 27 sat Iditarod, Brainstorm, Summer Blondes, Jeffrey Jerusalem, Clarissa Explains It All at Victory Warehouse, 24th and San Pablo Avenue, Oakland a/a a/a donation 8pm ** (Friend Fest Oh' Ten) mar 27 sat The Paperchase (Dallas), Hurry Up Shotgun, Kiss Kiss (N.Y.C.), Cartographer at Ghost Town Gallery, 2519 San Pablo Ave, Oakland 18+ $6 9pm ** 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 Khi Darag, The Fuxedos, Rube Waddell, Freddi Prince at Starry Plough, Berkeley 21+ $10 9pm ** mar 27 sat Every Thing Must Go, Fracas, J.R.K., Mad Manix at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** @ mar 27 sat The People Party, dj Cali, dj B Brown, dj Cecil at the New Parish, Oakland 21+ 9pm * mar 27 sat NN, Duck And Cover, Opt Out, Condenada at Thrillhouse Records, Mission at 30th, S.F. a/a 7pm ** mar 27 sat Copeland, I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody's Business, Person L, Deas Vail at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16/$17 8pm ** 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 Neal Schon at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 8pm/9pm # *** mar 27 sat Ben Sollee, Daniel Martin Moore at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** mar 27 sat Henry's Dress, Brilliant Colors, Go Sailor at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $15 ($10 if 21+) 10pm *** (advance tickets sold out - Slumberland Records 20th Anniversary) mar 27 sat FLESHIES, Classics Of Love, Tubers (St. Augustine, FL) at El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/10pm *** @ (FLESHIES Japanese tour Benefit) mar 27 sat Tobacco, Of Black Moth Super Rainbow, The Hood Internet, The New Slave at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/10pm ** mar 27 sat Wizzard Sleeve, Andy Human, Steeples 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 8pm/9pm ** mar 27 sat Heavy Liquid & Friends at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 2pm/3pm ** mar 27 sat Tumbledown, The Famous, Andrew Anderson, Jesse Morris & The Man Cougars at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** mar 27 sat Ruleta Rusa, Tabaltix, Fast Love at the Li-Po Lounge, 916 Grant Ave., S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** mar 27 sat Hamin, Paige, Graham Patzner, Whitney Nicole, Nkechi at 133 Beale Street at Mission, S.F. 21+ ** mar 27 sat Weedeater (N.C.), Black Tusk (Savannah), The Gates Of Slumber (IN), Struck By Lightning at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $11/$13 9pm *** @ mar 27 sat Big Sam's Funky Nation, Quinn DeVeaux And The Blue Beat Review at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 27 sat High Noon Sons, Watch It Sparkle (Seattle), The Pentacles, Scattered Like Birds at Pissed Off Pete's, 4528 Mission Street, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** mar 27 sat He Who Cannot Be Named, Hightower at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 10pm ** mar 27 sat 7 Orange A.B.C., Meta, Spiro Agnew at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** mar 27 sat The Phenomenauts, The Revolts, Peelander (Japan), The Subtones at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10/$12 7:30pm/8pm *** @ mar 27 sat AC/DShe (tribute) at the Mystic Thatre, Petaluma ?/? ** mar 27 sat Nights On First, In Cadence, Mathilde And The Raconens, Allutte, Body Or Brain at the Red House, Walnut Creek a/a $10 7pm ** mar 27 sat Nite Jewel, Moon Cadillac, Little Red Radio at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8/$10 9pm ** mar 27 sat Cheapskate, Trouble Maker, Law Abiding Citizens at Caravan, 98 South Almaden Ave., San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** @ mar 27 sat The Chop Tops, The Infamous Swanks, The Jim Rowdy Show, The Scrawnies at British Bankers Club, 1090 El Camino Real, Menlo Park 21+ $10 8:30pm ** mar 27 sat This Providence, The Higher, The Audition, 5606, many more at Community Center, 19655 Allendale Avenue, Saratoga a/a 6pm ** @ mar 27 sat Dum Spiro Spero at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** mar 27 sat Hank III, Assjack at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $16/$19 8pm/9pm *** mar 27 sat The China Cats at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $5/$8 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 27 sat Final Summation, Civil War Rust, Captain 9's And The Knickerbocker Trio, The Sore Thumbs 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 The Mentors, Rotting Beef Carcasses, The Vampire Teabags, Complete Disaster, The Tankers at the Battered Beaver, 108 N. Yosemite Ave., Oakdale 21+ $10 9pm *** @ 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 27 sat Desperadoes, Realists, Brown Hustlas, Pego Harlem, Americano, Soarred IV at the 16th Street Cafe, Sacramento a/a $8 8pm ** @ mar 27 sat Otep at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a ** mar 28 sun The Blank Tapes, Silian Rail at Rasputin's Music, Berkeley a/a free 2pm ** mar 28 sun Dave Smallen at Amoeba Music, 2455 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a 2pm ** note: new time - now at 2pm mar 28 sun Monkey at Oakland Running Marathon, Lake Merrit Stage, Oakland a/a free 8am ** mar 28 sun Bottle Choir (acoustic), The Fightin' Tinnitans (acoustic) at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $7 4pm/5pm ** (BBQ - Festival of Puppets) mar 28 sun The Clarences, Bunny Numpkins & The Kill Blow-Up Reaction, The Happy Clams, Stove, Inferno Of Joy, Lance Burden, at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 7pm ** mar 28 sun What Shame? (L.A.) Butcher Cover, Badr Vogu (1st show) at John Patrick's, 1813 Park Street, Alameda 21+ $3 9pm ** mar 28 sun Washed Out, Small Black, Pictureplane, Young Prisms at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 7pm ** (advance tickets sold out) mar 28 sun Titus Andronicus, Let's Wrestle at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13/$15 8pm ** mar 28 sun Krishna Das, Deva Premal & Miten, Manose at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # ** mar 28 sun Ten Foot Tall, 80 Proof at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm/4pm ** ($5 BBQ) mar 28 sun The Paper Chase), Generalissimo, Kiss Kiss at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** mar 28 sun Clair, True Margrit, Jill Knight at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 6pm/7pm ** mar 28 sun Groundskeeper, Black Acacias, Kemo Kemoss, Everything All Of The Time at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 8:30pm ** mar 28 sun The Bodice Rippers (ep release), The Gilded Rooks, Valerie Kuehne's Dream Zoo at Amnesia, 853 Valencia at 20th, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** mar 28 sun Hank III, Kyle Turley at Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** 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 16th Street Cafe, Sacramento a/a $8 8pm ** mar 28 sun cancelled: Super Happy Storytime Land at the Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a mar 29 mon Nellie McKay at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (seated) mar 29 mon Greg Ginn & The Taylor Texas Corrugators, Guella, Barney Cauldron at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8pm ** mar 29 mon Agent Orange, Gutwrench, Fukm at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm/9pm *** @ mar 29 mon The Photo Atlas (Denver), The Rouge (Denver), Rival Parties at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** mar 29 mon Jonny Craig, Tides Of Man at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a 6pm ** mar 29 mon For Today, Aethere at Building E, 285 E. Alisal St., Salinas a/a 6pm ** mar 29 mon Every Time I Die, Four Year Strong, Polar Bear Club, Trapped Under Ice at the New Oasis, Sparks NV a/a *** @ 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 Hank III, Assjack, Kyle Turley at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** mar 30 tue Story Of The Year, Maylene & The Sons Of Disaster, After Midnight Project, Terrible Things at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15/$17 7:30pm *** mar 30 tue Ruiner, Comadre, Xibalba, The Wrath, Troubled Coast at Sub-Mission Art Space, S.F. a/a $8 7:30pm *** @ 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, The Mumlers at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm *** mar 30 tue Patrick Cress' Telepathy at Coda, 1710 Mission Street at Duboce, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** (jazz) mar 30 tue Camp Out, Fever Dream, Lets Get Lost, Electric Leaves at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** mar 30 tue Moonbell, Sea Bright, Heavy Hills at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** mar 30 tue Tech N9ne, Equipto at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $28 7:30pm/8pm *** mar 30 tue Chicago at Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa a/a # *** mar 31 wed Fischer, Delay (OH), Mothercountry Motherfuckers at the Hive, 1420 Tenth Street, Oakland a/a 7pm ** mar 31 wed Hal Brooks Was Here, Mermaid Bones at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm * mar 31 wed Never Shout Never, The Cab, Hey Monday, Every Avenue, The Summer Set at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 6pm # *** @ mar 31 wed The Perfect Age of Rock n' Roll Blues Band (Pinetop Perkins, Hubert Sumlin, Sugar Blue, Steady Rollin' Bob Margolin, Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith, Bob Stroger), Ray Manzarek, Elvin Bishop & Tim Reynolds, Mark Karan, Jemimah Puddleduck at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a $25/$30 7pm/8pm *** (KFJC) (was listed as at the Fillmore) mar 31 wed Laura Gibson & Ethan Rose, Emily Jane White, Garrett Pierce at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** mar 31 wed Koalacaust, Ghost Town Refugees, Travis Hayes at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $7 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 31 wed Kasey Anderson at the Plough and Stars, 116 Clement St., S.F. 21+ * mar 31 wed Radio Moscow, Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound, Naam (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Zodiac Death Valley at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 9pm *** mar 31 wed Golda & The Guns, The Skyflakes, Tiny Little Blackouts, Rachel Wonder at the Rockit Room, S.F. 21+ $5 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 31 wed Kidz In The Hall, 88-Keys, Izza Kizza, Donnis at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 7:30pm/8pm ** mar 31 wed Dirty Pillows, David Knight, The Record Winter at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** mar 31 wed Our Skyline Sisters (Santa Cruz), I Hate You Just Kidding at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** mar 31 wed Out Of Reach, Breaking Ground at the 16th Street Cafe, Sacramento a/a $8 8pm ** mar 31 wed Mad Bob Howard, Cheatin Hearts, dj Jessica at Lost on Main, Chico, 319 Main Street, Chico 21+ 9pm * apr 1 thr Mykee Ramen, Bobby Joe Ebola & The Children Macnuggits, The Clash Bros. (Metal Mike and Bob Fagan) Small Wars (Canada), Michie Rat at 924 Gilman a/a $5-$10 sliding 7pm *** (acoustic nite) apr 1 thr Leather Feather, Turbo Fruits, Elmo Marconi, Bridges, Grand Lake, Weekender at Victory Warehouse, 24th and San Pablo Avenue, Oakland a/a $7 7pm *** (April Fools Indie Garage Surf Rock Super Party Fest) apr 1 thr Loretta Lynch, Joe Rut, Yard Sale at Starry Plough, Berkeley 21+ $7 8pm * apr 1 thr Jonny Craig, Tides Of Man, Eye Alaska, Romance On A Rocketship, Mod Sun at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 7:30pm/7:30pm ** apr 1 thr Voetsek, D.F.A. (Canada), Tarantuja (Canada), Vomblast, Black America at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $6 7:30pm *** @ apr 1 thr Surfer Blood at Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F. a/a free 6pm ** apr 1 thr Terror, Ignite, Hour Of The Wolf, Crucified, Boundaries at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm ** @ apr 1 thr Zion-I at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $18/$20 8:30pm *** apr 1 thr Delay (Ohio), Fisher, Sexy Crimes (Richmond VA), Knify Spoony, Homeowners at Thrillhouse Records, S.F. a/a 7pm ** apr 1 thr Lesbian, White Mice (Providence), CCR Headcleaner, Nuclear Death Wish at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** apr 1 thr David Murphy, David Phipps, Nalepa Dub Orchestra, The Flying Skulls, Virtual Boy, Savage Henry & Knowa Knowone at Temple, 540 Howard Street, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** (1320 Records showcase) apr 1 thr Tim Reynolds & Tr3, Alma Desnuda, Marcus Eaton at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $15-$30 sliding scale 8pm ** (Benefit Victims of Haitian Earthquake) apr 1 thr Man/Miracle, Butterfly Bones, Red Blue Yellow, Beehive Spirit at the Milk Bar, 1840 Haight St., S.F. free 8pm ** apr 1 thr Yikes! A Lion! (L.A.) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** apr 1 thr Yonder Mountain String Band at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $20/$25 7:30pm/8:30pm * apr 2 fri Rotting Out, Crucified, Creatures, Ruckus, Expire, Reviver at 924 Gilman, Berkeley a/a 7:30pm *** @ apr 2 fri Jeff The Brotherhood, The Splinters, Summer Blondes, Casy & Brian at Your House, Oakland a/a $6 7:30pm ** apr 2 fri Veil Veil Vanish, Mister Loveless, Chambers, The Ferocious Few at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** (listining party for new cd by M.G.M.T. at 6pm) apr 2 fri The Trespassers, The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit, Xenia Rudnickya at Starry Plough, Berkeley 21+ $8 9pm * apr 2 fri Larry Graham & Graham Central Station, Slave, dj Harry D at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $52/$42 8pm # *** apr 2 fri Surfer Blood, Turbo Fruits, Ganglians at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/10pm ** apr 2 fri Scraping For Change, Solid State Logic, Cloverleaf Drive, Fever Charm at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** apr 2 fri Honor Society, Just Kait, Ashlyne Huff at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** apr 2 fri The Okmoniks, Touch-Me-Nots, The Wrong Words at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** apr 2 fri Jesse Jay Harris, 77 El Deora, East Bay Greaser, Merle Jagger at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** (country/bluegrass) apr 2 fri Zion I at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 8:30pm/9pm *** apr 2 fri Texas Thieves, Sharp Objects (7" release), Ruleta Rusa, Bad Tickers at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm ** apr 2 fri Astronautalis, Oona, Le Vice at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** apr 2 fri Gooferman, The Gun & Doll Show at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 9pm ** apr 2 fri The Bang (60's girl group covers), Private Idaho (tribute), I Love My Label (Stiff Records tribute) at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** apr 2 fri Gwyneth & Monko at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm * apr 2 fri The Black Eyed Peas at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $90-$47 7:30pm # ** apr 2 fri Dead Souls (tribute), Luv'n Rockets (tribute) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** apr 2 fri Andre Nickatina, Traxamillion at the Avalon, 777 Lawrance Expressway, Santa Clara ?/? *** apr 2 fri Culo A Boca, Mordor, Sonic Decay, 3UpFront at Coasters, Boardwalk Bowl, 115 Cliff Street, Santa Cruz 21+ $7 8pm ** apr 2 fri Static Thought, Vampirates at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a 8pm ** @ apr 2 fri Der Spasm, The Kelps, Prieta, Plasma Cannon 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 fri cancelled: Embrace The End, First Blood, Alcatraz, Tiefighter (L.A.), At Our Heels, As the Fallen Ascend at the Metro, Oakland apr 2/3 Yonder Mountain String Band at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** apr 2/3/4 Wondercon (comics and pop culture) at Moscone Center South, 747 Howard St., S.F. a/a $5-$20 ($10-$40 18+) apr 3 sat The Lewd, Verbal Abuse, Hammerlock, Handierarz (Fresno), Beerlords (Sacramento), Guantanamo Dogpile at 924 Gilman a/a 7pm *** @ apr 3 sat Psychosomatic, Hexen (L.A.), Fog Of War, Pillager, Liquid Pain at B.R.S., Richmond a/a 7pm *** @ (Skate Comp and BBQ at 6pm) apr 3 sat dj Dirti Hari, Red Meat, The Crosstops, Kit And The Branded Men, The Goat Family at Taste for Artisans, 93 Broadway Ave., Oakland a/a free 5pm til 11pm *** (farmers market - art show - De Young Artists-in-Residence) apr 3 sat Blowfly, Marky Starr, Ozone, Clarence Reid at the Metro, Oakland a/a $15/$20 *** (funk) apr 3 sat Black Balloons, Scar Pink, Echo Location, Why I Hate at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** apr 3 sat The Hot 8 Brass Band (New Orleans) at the New Parish, Oakland 21+ $7 9pm * apr 3 sat Stereo Freakout, Glimpse Trio, Inner Ear Brigade at Starry Plough, Berkeley 21+ $10 9pm ** apr 3 sat Bang Data, Butterscotch at Slim's, S.F. a/a $20 8:30pm ** (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 $20 9pm ** apr 3 sat Five For Fighting, Matt Wertz at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $27.50 8pm # ** apr 3 sat The Hundred Days, Saint Motel (L.A.) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/10pm *** apr 3 sat Murkin, J. Ward, Head Slide at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm ** apr 3 sat Tokyo Raid, Heavy Hills, The Ferocious Few, Brown Dwarf at Goforaloop Gallery, 1458 San Bruno, S.F. a/a free 7pm/8pm ** apr 3 sat The English Beat (Birmingham, England), The Impalers at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 18+ $22 8pm/9pm *** apr 3 sat Culo A Boca, Dammit, Vengince at L.G.B.T. Community Center, 1800 Market St., S.F. ?/? $10-$15 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 Deadfall, Dean Dirg (Germany), Face The Rail at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm ** @ apr 3 sat Flosstradamus at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 3 sat Pop Rocks at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm * apr 3 sat Death Valley High, Distance From Shelter, Kinabra at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** apr 3 sat Flesh Consumed, Mefitis, Dissimulated at the Red House, Walnut Creek a/a $10 7pm ** @ apr 3 sat Soul Stripper (San Jose) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** apr 3 sat Locura at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 3 sat Flower Violence, Antioch Synopsis, Journal, Kneehigh In Dwarves at the Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm # ** apr 3 sat Wings Of Innocence, No Quarter, Planet Zer0, Body Electric at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 7:30pm ** apr 3 sat Photons at Cafe Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave., Chico a/a * apr 4 sun Dean Dirg (Germany), Wild Thing, Duck And Cover, Yadokai, Ghastly Chains at B.R.S., Richmond a/a 7pm ** @ apr 4 sun Brianna Lea Pruett at Rasputin's Music, Berkeley a/a 2pm * apr 4 sun Sweet Nothing, Scattered Like Birds (ep release), Himrobot at Mama Buzz Cafe, 2318 Telegraph Ave. at 23rd, Oakland a/a free 6pm ** apr 4 sun Nobunny, The Bananas, Mayyors, The Rantouls, The Splinters, Sir Lord Von Raven at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $10 8pm *** @ (Nobunny's 9th annual Easter Egg Bash) apr 4 sun The Tomorrow Men, Hurtinanny at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm ** (early show) apr 4 sun Flatliners, Broadway Calls, Cobra Skulls, Longway at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** (late show) apr 4 sun Triclops! (cd release), Tubers (St. Augustine, Florida), Rock School Kids (covers), Mujaheddin Bernstein Affair at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 4:30pm/5pm *** @ apr 4 sun Kesha, Jay Sean and Iyaz at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm ** (Movin 99.7) apr 4 sun Music For Animals, Mata Leon, Links, Doll & The Kicks at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a 7pm ** apr 4 sun Grayceon, Lesbian (Seattle), Hazzard's Cure at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $5 5pm/6pm ** apr 4 sun Havenside, Beneath The Rapture, At The Crossroads, Last Night In Town at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm # ** @ apr 4 sun cancelled: Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. apr 5 mon Patty Griffin, Buddy Miller at Zellerbach Auditoriua, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a $35 7pm/8pm # ** apr 5 mon meeting to create an all ages show space in S.F. at Thrillhouse Records, S.F. a/a 8:30pm apr 5 mon Puddle Of Mudd, Burn Halo, Veer Union at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** apr 5 mon Angels & Airwaves, Say Anything at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** apr 5 mon Dadfag, Sodomy Wizard, Reckless, Tank Attack at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $3/$5 7pm ** apr 5 mon Macabea, Ruinitas (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil) at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm * apr 5 mon Mirthquake, Havarti Party at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm * apr 5/6 Owl City, Lights, Paper Route at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 5:30pm/6:30pm # ** apr 6 tue The Church (acoustic) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** apr 6 tue Adam Green, The Dead Trees at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** apr 6 tue Jeepster, Build Us Airplanes, X-Ray Press (Seattle), The Aimless Never Miss (acoustic) at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** apr 6 tue Flood, Snail, Razorhoof at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** apr 7 wed Tokyo Raid at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** apr 7 wed Patty Griffin, Buddy Miller at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm/9pm # *** apr 7 wed Sherwood, Seabird, Black Gold, Reece at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$15 7pm ** apr 7 wed Adam Green, The Dead Trees at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9:30pm ** (a/a show on April 6th) apr 7 wed Slow Poisoner, Attic Ted, Moira Scar at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** apr 7 wed Gram Rabbit, Spindrift, Foxtail Somersault at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5/$8 8pm ** apr 7 wed Boy In The Bubble, The Actors, Catholic Radio, dj Dudehouse at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** apr 7 wed Rjd2, Busdriver, Happy Chichester at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 7:30pm/8pm *** (sold out) apr 7 wed Diving Bells, Catano at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm * apr 7 wed Northern Son, Angeles, Hurricane Roses at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** apr 7 wed Rogue Wave, Man/Miracle at Rio Theater, 1205 Soquel, Santa Cruz a/a # ** 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 Light This City, Comadre, The Funeral Pyre, Early Graves at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $12 9pm/9:30pm ** @ apr 8 thr Murder By Death, Ha Ha Tonka, Linfinity at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** @ apr 8 thr The Growlers, The Sandwitches at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8/$10 8pm ** 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 8 thr Montana 1948, DownDownDown, Beta State, Brooks was Here at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** apr 8 thr Orchestra Of Antlers, Not to Reason Why at the El Rincon, S.F. 18+ 7pm * apr 8 thr How Many Birds, Sticky K at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm * apr 8 thr Con Brio, Tiny Television, Bloomsday Rising at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5/$8 8pm ** apr 8 thr The Mallard, Street Sirens, Trumpet Solo at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** apr 8 thr Gram Rabbit, Spindrift at Harlow's, 2708 J Street, Sacramento 21+ ** apr 9 fri Betrayed, Get The Most, Punch, True Colors, Circles, Gone But Not Forgotten, Damages at 924 Gilman a/a $10 7pm/7:30pm *** @ (React showcase day 1) apr 9 fri Photons, X-Ray Press, Planets, Midline Errors at 21 Grand, 416 25th St., Oakland a/a ** apr 9 fri The Paper Sons, Superfinos VTO, Disgust Of Us, The Illness, My Parade at the Metro, Oakland a/a *** apr 9 fri The Dark Shadows (Australia), The Tell-Tale Heartbreakers at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** apr 9 fri Bonnie 'Prince' Billy / The Cairo Gang, J. Tillman (solo) at the New Parish, Oakland 21+ $12 6:30pm/7:30pm and 10pm/10:30pm ** (all acoustic - sold out) apr 9 fri Miko Marks, Andre Thierry at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16 9pm ** (95.7 The Wolf) apr 9 fri 7 Walkers, George Porter Jr. at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** apr 9 fri Fear Factory, Amon Amarth, Eluveitie, Dirge Within at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm ** apr 9 fri Parae, Speak Friend, Callow, The Albert Square, The Northern Flickers at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $5 8pm ** apr 9 fri Love Of Diagrams (Australia), Weekend, Fever Dream at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** apr 9 fri Rube Waddell, Cheetahs On The Moon at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $9 8:30pm/10pm ** apr 9 fri Noodles (Japan), All Ages, Golda And The Gunz, El Nino at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$12 8pm ** apr 9 fri Disastroid, King Loses Crown, Die Fistery at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** 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 Bring It Home, Quiet Game Starting Now, Avenue Of The giants, Heavy Lies The Crown, Stickup Kid at the Red House, Walnut Creek a/a $10 7pm ** @ apr 9 fri Ugly Winner at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ ** 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 9/10 Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, dj Logic at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $23/$25 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 9/10 Big Head Todd And The Monsters at John Ascuaga's Nugget Casino, Sparks, NV 18+ ** apr 10 sat 7 Seconds, Mindset, On, Common Cause, Keep It Clear, Nails, Praise, Not Sorry, Secret People at 924 Gilman a/a $12 6pm/6:30pm *** @ (React showcase day 1) apr 10 sat Toxic Holocaust (OR), Bonded By Blood (L.A.), Zombie Holocaust, Fueled By Fire (L.A.), Prayers Of Sanity (Portugal), Fog Of War, Premunition (L.A.), Sakrificer (L.A.), Golers (Canada), Laceration, Knuckle Duster, dj Shredder (N.Y.) at the Metro, Oakland a/a $15 6pm **** @ (Slaughter by the Water) apr 10 sat Exene Cervenka at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, 423 40th Street, Oakland a/a free 1pm *** apr 10 sat Summer Blondes, Ava Mendoza/Mike Guarino, Jackal Fleece, Entropy Density at 21 Grand, 416 25th St., Oakland a/a $6 8:45pm ** apr 10 sat Alicia Keys, Robin Thicke, Melanie Fiona at the Arena, Oakland a/a # ** apr 10 sat Train, Butch Walker And The Black Widows at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** apr 10 sat Thee Oh Sees, Grass Widow, Tropical Sleep at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** apr 10 sat Bonnie 'Prince' Billy / The Cairo Gang, Mariee Sioux (solo) at the New Parish, Oakland 21+ $12 8pm/9pm ** (all acoustic - sold out) apr 10 sat Exene Cervenka at Rasputin's Music, 69 Powell Street, S.F. a/a free 4pm *** apr 10 sat We Are Wolves, Parlovr at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/10pm ** apr 10 sat dj Bob Mould, dj Rich Morel at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 10pm ** apr 10 sat Tornado Rider, Stomacher, 3rd Rail, I The Mighty at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** apr 10 sat Society Dog, Hot Farm, Empireslum at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm ** apr 10 sat Kowloon Walled City, Hollow Mirrors, Across Tundras, Lost Machine at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm *** apr 10 sat McCabe & Mrs. Miller, The Orange Peels, Ralph Carney's Serious Jass Project at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** apr 10 sat Singing Bear, YM3B, My Addiction (cd release) at the El Rincon, S.F. 18+ 7pm * apr 10 sat The Grannies, The Fast Takers, The Blank Stares at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** apr 10 sat Reptile House, Erasure-Esque Luv'n Rockets, Madam And The Ants at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8pm ** apr 10 sat Genius & The Thieves, Sister Grizzly, Bright Blues at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** 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 The New Trust, Benjamin Henderson, Hanalei, Bobby Joe Ebola & The Children MacNuggits, Big Kids, Benjamin Brackett at Homestead Lanes, Cupertino a/a $8 8pm ** apr 10 sat Children Of The Information Age at the Refuge, 19624 Homestead Road, Cupertino a/a 6pm * apr 10 sat Across Tundras (Nashville) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** apr 10 sat Defiance, Desecrater, Stillborn Portrait at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm *** @ apr 10 sat The Black Keys, Common, Les Claypool, N.E.R.D, dj QBert, The Glitch Mob, Hamsa Lila, Bayonics, dj Beats Antique, Blix Cannon, dj Apollo, Dyloot, The Flying Skulls, Georgia Anne Muldrow & Declaime, John Beaver vs. dj Hill, Majitope, Random Rab, Savage Henry, Super Natural & dj Shortkut, Tomas Cruzio, Vibesquad, speakers, astronauts, artists, musicians, scientists and engineers at N.A.S.A. Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Sunnyvale ?/? noon til 12am # *** apr 10 sat Endure The Beheading (cd Release), Dressed In White, Beyond All Means, Sounds Of Destruction at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 # ** @ apr 10 sat Un-I.D. Pinky's, 6985 Garden Highway, Sacramento ?/? * apr 11 sun Record Swap at 924 Gilman a/a free 7am til 3pm (tables $30) apr 11 sun Koffin Kats, Tantrums, Switchblade Riot, Los Difuntos, The Sawyer Family at 924 Gilman a/a $10 6pm *** @ apr 11 sun Gosta Berling at Rasputin's Music, Berkeley a/a free 2pm ** apr 11 sun Hoodslam (Pro wrestling and metal) at Victory Warehouse, 24th and San Pablo Ave., Oakland a/a 4pm ** @ apr 11 sun Former Thieves, Tigon, Caufield, Benoit, Ordstro at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a free 8pm ** @ apr 11 sun Michael Rose at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** apr 11 sun The Country Casanovas a/a free 3pm * apr 11 sun Slough Feg, Bible Of The Devil, Orchid at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** apr 11 sun Edie Sedgwick, Headdress at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** apr 11 sun Festizo, Deborah Crooks (ep release), Grace Woods at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 8pm ** apr 11 sun Gado Gado, Gemini Six, Chief Enablers at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** apr 11 sun John Prine, Dan Reeder at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a $20-50 7:30pm # ** apr 12 mon Slough Feg, Bible Of The Devil, Elk, Cold Grave at the Metro, Oakland a/a 6:30pm ** @ apr 12 mon The Ruby Suns, Toro Y Moi, Dreamdate at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 12 mon Darkest Hour (D.C.), Dillinger Escape Plan, Iwrestledabearonce, Animals As Leaders at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a *** @ apr 12/13 M.G.M.T. at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 6pm/7pm # *** $ apr 12/13/14 Faith No More at Warfield, S.F. a/a $42.25 8pm # *** (sold out) 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 tue Nebula at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $10/$12 8pm ** apr 13 tue Blue Scholars at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** apr 13 tue Neighbors, Lazer Zeppelin, Ghost To Falco at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** apr 13 tue Marrow (album release) at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** apr 13 tue Jaws, Jealousy, 1994 at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** apr 13/14 Little Dragon, VV Brown, Hottub at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 ($30 two day) 8:30pm/9pm *** (KCRW) 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 Ra Ra Riot at the New Parish, Oakland a/a $18 8:30pm ** 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. $16/$18 9pm a/a *** apr 14 wed Sia, Body Language at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm ** apr 14 wed Frank Turner, Franz Nicolay, Jonathan Devoto at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** apr 14 wed Beach House, Bachelorette at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 18+ $16/$18 7pm/8pm ** apr 14 wed The Pleasure Kills, Tranzmitors, Facts On File at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** apr 14 wed Beatbeat Whisper, Todayokay (record release), Vandella at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** apr 14 wed Tebucky Jones, Grand National, Useless Desires at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** apr 14 wed City Center, Casey Chisholm at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** apr 14 wed Koffin Kats, Stellar Corpses, Memphis Murder Men at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz ?/? $8/$12 ** @ apr 14 wed RX Bandits, The Builders And The Butchers, Zechs Marquise (El Paso) at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15 7pm/7:30pm *** @ apr 14/15 Atoms For Peace, Flying Lotus at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** apr 15 thr Jonsi at Zellerbach Auditorium, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a $35 7pm/8pm # ** apr 15 thr Jaguar Love, Make Me at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** apr 15 thr RX Bandits, The Builders And The Butchers, Zechs Marquise (El Paso) at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16 8pm *** @ apr 15 thr Yann Tiersen at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** apr 15 thr Corinne Bailey Rae, Daniel Merriweather, Overtone at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm ** apr 15 thr Passion Pit, Mayer Hawthorne & The County, Bear Hands at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** apr 15 thr Rubbersidedown at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** apr 15 thr King Khan & The Shrines, The Fresh & Onlys at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 18+ $17 7pm/8pm ** apr 15 thr Bart Davenport, Kacey Johansing, JL Stiles at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** apr 15 thr The Soft Pack, Male Bonding at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 15 thr Psychedelic Horseshit, Dadfag, The Murkins at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** apr 15 thr Cashed, Gutwrench, Chronic Narcosis, Meatslab at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** @ apr 15 thr Foolproof Four, Caldecott, The Riot Professor at Grant & Green, 1371 Grant St., S.F. 21+ free 9pm ** apr 15 thr Damage The Dream at the Paradise Lounge, 308 11th St., S.F. 21+ $7 8pm/9pm * (Benefit Haight-Ashbury Street Fair) apr 15 thr Foreign Cinema, Tokyo Raid, Paranoids at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $6 8pm/9pm ** apr 15 thr Zoe at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $30/$35 7pm and 10pm shows ** apr 15 thr Problem Girls, The Tranzmitors, Rat O Matic, Boats! at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm # ** @ apr 15/16 The Dead Weather at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # ** apr 15/16 Miike Snow, Delorean at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 8:30pm/9pm *** (sold out) apr 16 fri Acephalix, Abrupt, Abandon (Portland), Murderess (Portland), Earslaughter at 924 Gilman, Berkeley a/a $7 7:30pm *** @ apr 16 fri Hot Chip, The XX at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** (sold out) apr 16 fri Deadbolt, White Barons, The Harrington Saints at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12/$15 9pm ** apr 16 fri JJ, Seventeen Evergreen at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/10pm ** apr 16 fri Bad Lieutenant, Run Run Run at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm ** apr 16 fri Orbital at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** apr 16 fri Jeff Beck at Nob Hill Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $78-$42.50 7pm/8pm # ** apr 16 fri Wolves In The Throne Room, Earth, Lori Goldston at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** apr 16 fri Crime In Stereo, Robbers at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8 9pm ** apr 16 fri Dutch Crunch, Street Justice, Crucified at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a ** @ apr 16 fri Love Is All, Princeton, The Butterfly Bones at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm ** apr 16 fri Major Lazer, Rusko, Destructo, Bad Neighbors at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $25 9pm till 3am ** apr 16 fri City Center, Baths, Ben Bracken at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** apr 16 fri Red Meat, Dave Gleason, The Golden Cadillacs at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** (country) apr 16 fri The Uptones, Jimmy 2 Times at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10-$20 sliding scale 9pm *** (Benefit Victims of Haitian Earthquake) apr 16 fri Distant Voices, Stoned At Heart, Languas Largas at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** apr 16 fri Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs, Preaching To The Animals at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** apr 16 fri Collie Buddz at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm ** apr 16 fri The Infamous Swanks at the Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 # * apr 16 fri Victims Family at Blue Lamp Lounge, 1400 Alhambra Blvd., Sacramento 21+ *** @ apr 16/17 Tea Leaf Green at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a # *** apr 17 sat Static Thought at 924 Gilman, Berkeley a/a 8pm ** apr 17 sat The Zeros, The Mutants, No Alternative at the Metro, Oakland a/a $18 8pm/9pm *** @ (East Bay Express) apr 17 sat The Avett Brothers, Truth & Salvage Co. at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** apr 17 sat The Pack at the New Parish, Oakland a/a $10/$15 9pm ** apr 17 sat Method Man at Shattuck Down Low, Berkeley 21+ *** apr 17 sat Yeasayer, Sleigh Bells at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 8pm/9pm # ** apr 17 sat Debora Iyall, Persephone's Bees at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** apr 17 sat Public Image Limited at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** apr 17 sat Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jogger AM at Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street, S.F. a/a # ** (all reserved) apr 17 sat Economen (tribute), The Dust, Mariana Trench at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm ** apr 17 sat Collie Buddz, Phife Dawg at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $28 8:30pm/9pm ** (was oct. 2nd) apr 17 sat Holly Golightly & The Broke-Offs at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9:30pm ** apr 17 sat Paranoids, Midnight Strangers (cd release), Pets at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** apr 17 sat American Drag, Pebble Theory, The Miles Schon Band, Midnight Sun at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** apr 17 sat Wires In The Walls (L.A.), The Real Numbers, The Procrastinistas at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** apr 17 sat Downndurdy, Audible Smoke Signal at Homestead Lanes, Cupertino a/a $5 8pm ** apr 17 sat Sky Highway, Fighting The Villain, Fighting Amoria, Chasing Desolation, Kiss The Girls at the Refuge, 19624 Homestead Road, Cupertino a/a 6pm ** @ apr 17 sat Son Of Aurelius at Rasputin's Music, 630 San Antonio Avenue, Mountain View a/a ** apr 17 sat Phoenix at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $25/$29 8pm/9pm *** apr 17 sat Archeology at the Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 # * apr 17 sat Ratt at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a *** 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 18 sun Foxy Shazam, The Young Veins, Bad Rabbits at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 18 sun Blue Diamond Fill Ups, Ghost Writer at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm ** apr 18 sun Yoshitake Expe, Barn Owl, The Why Because at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** apr 18 sun Society Of Rockets, Little Bridges, Panduh at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** apr 18 sun Ceu, Boca do Rio, DJ Felina at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $22 7:30pm/8pm ** apr 18 sun Bermuda Triangle Service, Canja Rave, Bouvier Girls at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** apr 18 sun The Nerv, Bitchbecool!, The Sprains, Bring The Robot, Skar Buller, Mitch Park at the Milk Bar, 1840 Haight St., S.F. 21+ free ** apr 18 sun Cast Iron Crow, In Vein at Mutiny, 422 West 2nd Street, Antioch 21+ 8pm ** apr 18 sun Deadbolt, Infamous Swanks, Los High Tops at Coasters, Boardwalk Bowl, 115 Cliff Street, Santa Cruz 21+ $8 ** (small car show) apr 18 sun Brian Regan at the Bob Hope Theatre, 242 East Main Street, Stockton a/a $39.50 6pm/7pm # *** apr 18 sun Echo And The Bunnymen at John Ascuaga's Nugget Casino, Sparks, NV 18+ ** apr 19 mon Afroman at Shattuck Down Low, Berkeley 21+ * apr 19 mon Band Of Skulls, The 22-20s, Saint Motel at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8pm ** @ apr 19 mon Echo & The Bunnymen, Hatcham Social at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # *** apr 19 mon As Tall As Lions, Bad Veins at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** apr 19 mon Bitch at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8pm ** apr 19 mon Mark Sultan, Hank IV, The Primitivas at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 19 mon Mr. Gnome (Cleveland) at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ ** apr 19 mon John Brown's Body, Toubab Krewe at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 7:30pm/8pm ** apr 19 mon Syndicate, Get Down! To Brass Tacks at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** apr 19 mon cancelled: Gossip, Rye Rye at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. apr 19/20 Vampire Weekend, Abe Vigoda at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** $ (sold out) apr 20 tue Afroman at the Avalon, 777 Lawrance Expressway, Santa Clara ?/? * 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, Jonesin at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8 8pm/8:45pm ** apr 20 tue Moonalice at Slim's, S.F. a/a $4.20 8pm ** apr 20 tue Gary Numan (performing Pleasure Principle) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # ** apr 20 tue Cypress Hill at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $39 8pm # *** apr 20 tue Chantelle Tibbs, Tyler Stafford, Nathan Hughes at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 20 tue Lidtoker, Hazzard's Cure, Nine Worlds, Burns Red at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm/9pm ** apr 20 tue Megafaun, Trampled By Turtles, Breathe Owl Breathe at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 7:30pm/8pm ** 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, Sasha Dodson 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 Jooklo Duo, Phil Musra Trio, Cottom Museum at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 8:30pm ** apr 21 wed Taargus Taargus, Cola Cola, Now What? at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm *** apr 21 wed The Bronx, Violent Soho, Mariachi El Bronx, Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 7:30pm/8pm ** apr 21 wed Mirthquake, Moccretro at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm * apr 21 wed Tablatronica, Janaka Selekta at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $25 7pm/8pm ** apr 21 wed Bruce Cockburn at Mystic Theater, 23 Petaluma Blvd., Petaluma 18+ $35 7pm/8pm ** apr 21 wed Mammoth Exploration Society, Unit Breed at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** apr 21 wed Exene Cervenka at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 5pm ** apr 21 wed Powerglove, The Battle Of Midway at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12 6:30pm/7pm ** apr 21 wed James Hunnicut, Ghostwriter, Cheatin Hearts, dj Jessica* at Lost on Main, Chico, 319 Main Street, Chico 21+ 9pm ** apr 22 thr Devil Makes Three at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $20 8pm/9pm *** apr 22 thr Sonata Arctica, Mutiny Within, Powerglove at Slim's, S.F. a/a $21/$23 8pm *** apr 22 thr The Cuban Cowboys, Chicha Libre (N.Y.C.) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a 8pm ** apr 22 thr The Bloody Beetroots, Tenderlions, Nisus at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 22 thr The B Foundation, Pigeon John at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 22 thr Hood, Icekat, Ziggyaking, Culo A Boca at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** apr 22 thr Spun In Darkness, Cura Cochino at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm # * apr 22/23 Conan O'Brien at the Nob Hill Masonic, S.F. ?/? $80-$40 8pm ** apr 22/23/24 Yo La Tengo, Camera Obscura (thr), Thee Ohsees (fri), Sic Alps (sat) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $26.50 7pm/8pm (thr) 8pm/9pm (fri/sat) # *** apr 23 fri Baader Braws at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm * apr 23 fri Sublime With Rome, The Dirty Heads, Del Mar at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm *** (Live 105) apr 23 fri La Colectiva at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $8/$12 9:30pm ** apr 23 fri The Real Tom Thunder at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** apr 23 fri The Slackers (N.Y.), The Phenomenauts at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16 9pm *** @ apr 23 fri Shelby Lynne, Findlay Brown at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** apr 23 fri The Dear Hunter, Kay Kay And His Weathered Underground at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 7:30pm/8pm ** apr 23 fri Children Of The Damned, Hatchet, Witchaven, Invection, dj Rob Metal at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8 9pm/9:30pm *** @ apr 23 fri Hellbound Glory (Reno - cd release), Soda & The Pawnshop Three (L.A.), Lightin' Woodcock (L.A.), The Rhinestone, Shelby Cobra & Cliff Greenwood at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** @ apr 23 fri Stripmall Architecture (cd release), Geographer, Delle Velum at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm ** apr 23 fri He Who Cannot Be Named, Early Graves at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** apr 23 fri Japandroids, Avi Buffalo, Pepper Rabbit at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 23 fri Mantra, The Thralls at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** apr 23 fri Josh Rouse, Bart Davenport at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $22.50 8pm/9pm ** apr 23 fri Andre Nickatina at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $25 7:30pm/8pm *** (was listed as April 10th) apr 23 fri For The Win (record release), Classics Of Love, The Atom Age, Gnarboots at Nickel City, San Jose a/a $10 7pm ** apr 23 fri Hayride To Hell, Jonny Manak & The Depressives, Motel Drive at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** apr 23 fri The Them at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm # ** apr 23/24 Drew Mason, Xavier Toscano, Tori Fixx, Salvimex, Xebic (comic) at the Metro, Oakland a/a $25 8pm ** (Homo HipHop Rap Event) (HIV Benefit / Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation) apr 23/24 Dark Star Orchestra at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a (8pm fri/noon sat) # ** apr 23/24 The Devil Makes Three at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ (16+ sat) $16/$19 8pm/9pm *** apr 24 sat rock poster art show at 924 Gilman, Berkeley a/a apr 24 sat Knife Fight, Never Healed, Lecherous Gaze, Nails, Dry Rot, E. Coli at B.R.S., Richmond a/a 7:30pm *** @ apr 24 sat Los Del Kumbiaton, La Banda Skalavera, Jokes For Feelings, La Mu'eca Y Los Muertos at Blake's, Berkeley 18+ $8/$10 9pm *** (ska) apr 24 sat Or The Whale, Odawas, Ghost And The City at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm *** apr 24 sat Hellbound Glory (Reno - cd release), Soda & The Pawnshop Three (L.A.), Lightin' Woodcock (L.A.), The Rhinestone, Shelby Cobra & Cliff Greenwood at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** @ apr 24 sat The Reefrider, Llyods Garage, Suck It at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm ** apr 24 sat Finntroll, Moonsorrow, Swallow The Sun, Survivors Zero, dj Rob Metal at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $20/$24 ($40 vip) 9pm *** @ apr 24 sat Picture Atlantic (cd release), Bird By Bird, Please Do Not Fight at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 24 sat Luce at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** apr 24 sat Sleepy Sun, Late Young at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm ** apr 24 sat Hijk, Teen Challenge, Wendy Darling at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** apr 24 sat The Wedding Present (performing bizarro), Mister Loveless, Surf Cinema at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm *** apr 24 sat Foreverland, Sex With No Hands at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10-$20 sliding scale 9pm ** (Benefit Victims of Haitian Earthquake) apr 24 sat Callow, Belly Of The Whale, Hearts And Minutes, The Friendly Skies at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** apr 24 sat Record Winter (San Jose), Angeles (San Jose) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** apr 24 sat K Sera, The Even Tide at the Refuge, 19624 Homestead Road, Cupertino a/a 6pm ** apr 24 sat Brooks & Dunn, Jason Aldean at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # *** apr 24 sat The Slackers (N.Y.), Phenomenauts, Los Hot Boxers at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $12/$14 9pm *** @ apr 24 sat Pink Floyd Laser Extravaganza at State Theater, 1307 J Street, Modesto a/a $38-$20 (laser show) apr 24 sat Tais, Mookiesaake, MC Postal, Cloud City, dj Esef, dj Mookie at the Capitol Garage, 15th & K Street, Sacramento 21+ free 9pm ** apr 24 sat cancelled: Mayhem, Ludicra, Tombs at Slim's, S.F. apr 24/25 Dr. Dog, Sean Bones (sat), Deer Tick (sun) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** apr 25 sun Blue Oyster Cult, Medieval Knievel at Slim's, S.F. a/a $30 8pm *** $ apr 25 sun Gen-11, Longliner at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm ** apr 25 sun Shearwater, Wye Oak, Hospital Ships at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 25 sun Mallard, Le Switch at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** apr 25 sun Emily Wells, Gabriel Kahane + Rob Moose, Timmy Straw at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** apr 25 sun Jennifer Knapp, Pawnshop Kings at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm ** apr 25 sun Dark Star Orchestra (tribute) at State Theater, 1307 J Street, Modesto a/a $35-$25 7pm * apr 26 mon Leon Redbone at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (seated) apr 26 mon Keith Emerson & Greg Lake at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # * apr 27 tue Liars, Fol Chen at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm ** apr 27 tue The Mary Onettes, The Magic Bullets, Here Come The Saviours at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** (KALX) apr 27 tue Aqualung, Krista Polvere at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market St., S.F. a/a $17/$20 8pm ** apr 27 tue Tempo No Tempo, Dinowalrus, Ingot Rot at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** apr 27 tue Build Them To Break at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm * apr 27 tue Eagles (Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Joe Walsh, Timothy B.) at Arco Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a # *** apr 28 wed Growing, Eric Copeland at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $10/$12 8pm ** apr 28 wed Chad Price, Michael Dean Damron, Micah Schabnel, Piss Pissedoffherson at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm/8:30pm ** apr 28 wed Stymie And The Pimp Jones Love Orchestra, Funk Revival Orchestra at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** (funk) apr 28 wed The Emerald Hill, Kitten at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** apr 28 wed Days Of The New, Nova, Red Sunday, Scott Rose, Cherry Nova at the Avalon, 777 Lawrance Expressway, Santa Clara a/a $12 ** 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 29 thr The Spill Canvas, Tyler Hilton, AM Taxi, New Politics at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** apr 29 thr Murs at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** apr 29 thr The Moog (Budapest, Hungary) at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8 9pm ** apr 29 thr Aquaserge, Casper & The Cookies at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** apr 29 thr Arcadio, Guns For San Sebastian, Charles Gonzalez at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** apr 29 thr Emily Jane White, Helene Renaut, Chloe Makes Music at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** apr 29 thr Emily Mclean (cd release), Quinn DeVeaux, Street Sirens at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5/$8 8pm ** apr 29 thr Travis Hayes, Moonlight Orchestra, Man vs Child at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** apr 29 thr Gin Blossoms at State Theater, 1307 J Street, Modesto a/a $45/$35 7pm/8pm *** apr 30 fri Nobunny, Younger Lovers, Endemics at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm ** apr 30 fri The Coup, Katdelic at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $20 8:30pm ** (was mar 19th) apr 30 fri Death Valley High, Tell Tale Heartbreakers, Vacant Churches, Hooray For Everything at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 ** apr 30 fri Rogue Wave, Man/Miracle at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $19.50 8pm/9pm # ** apr 30 fri Shpongle, A.D.H.K., Hallucinogen at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** apr 30 fri The Ponys, Disappears, Spencey Dude & The Doodles at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/10pm *** apr 30 fri Joe Rut (cd release), Will Franken at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** apr 30 fri Lava, Mestizo, Carmen Milagro at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** apr 30 fri Clipd Beaks, Sightings, Bill Orcutt at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * apr 30 fri Flexx Bronco, My Revolver, The Bourbon Saints, Sister Electric at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** apr 30 fri Room For A Ghost, Ventid, Groundskeeper at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** apr 30 fri Monkey, Pion 2 Zion, M.M.F.M., Fly High at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm *** apr 30 fri Sugarland, Julianne Hough, Vonda Shepard at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $56-$32 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** apr 30 fri Shinobu, Pteradon, Hard Girls, The High Sea, Seabright, DeatHat, Gnarboots, The Albert Square, The Runaway Five at Nickel City, San Jose a/a $10 ($7 with can of food) 7pm *** (Cuddlefest) apr 30 fri Love Vigilantes (tribute), Reptile House at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** apr 30/may 1 Eagles (Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Joe Walsh, Timothy B.) at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $180-$52 # *** (apr 30th sold out) may 1 sat Big Dan, Los Rakas, Tragik Kiwi, Powerstruggle at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** may 1 sat AC/DShe (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. a/a $14 9pm ** may 1 sat Broken Social Scene at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** may 1 sat Plushgun, Music For Animals, Fake Your Own Death at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** may 1 sat Laudanum, Worm Ouroboros, Dispirit at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** @ may 1 sat The Antlers, Phantogram at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $14 8:30pm/9pm ** may 1 sat Warren Teagarden Collisionville, Charmless at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** may 1 sat A Night In Hollywood, The Subtle Way, This Awakening, Sink This Ship!, The Even Tide at the Red House, Walnut Creek a/a $10 7pm ** @ may 1 sat Ludicra, Dusted Angel, Zaticoy, Nordic Forge at Coasters, Boardwalk Bowl, 115 Cliff Street, Santa Cruz 21+ $10 ** @ may 1 sat Chop Tops (cd release), Fire Whiskey, Swillbillies at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz ?/? $8/$12 ** may 1 sat Powerman 5000 at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a ** may 2 sun Nobunny, Younger Lovers, Enormics at 924 Gilman a/a *** may 2 sun Boy in the Bubble at Rasputin's Music, Berkeley a/a 2pm ** may 2 sun The Standard, Bamuthi, The Park at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $5/$10 7pm ** may 2 sun Wanderlust, Rupa & The April Fishes at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 4pm/8pm # * (yoga group teaching at 4pm) may 2 sun 3 Leafs, Nymph, Woom at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** may 2 sun Eluvium, Benoit Pioulard at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm ** may 2 sun Socialized at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm * may 2 sun Blood Red Throne, Insanity, Funerus (Johnstown, PN), Hod (San Antonio, TX), Cyanic (San Jose) at Voodoo Lounge, San Jose 21+ *** @ may 3 mon Green River Ordinance, Angel Taylor at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $12 9pm ** may 4 tue Needtobreathe, Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers, Seabird at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 4 tue Lupe Fiasco, B.O.B. at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** (was May 2nd at the Regency Ballroom) may 4 tue Rangers, Jon Porras, Radiant Husk, Centipede Eest at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** may 4 tue Heartless Bastards, Hacienda, Amy Cook at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 6:30pm/8pm ** may 4 tue Thrice, Manchester Orchestra at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $18/$22 6:30pm/7:30pm *** may 4 tue Green River Ordinance at State Theater, 1307 J Street, Modesto a/a $12 7pm ** may 4 tue Conan O'Brien at Grand Sierra Resort and Casino, 2500 East 2nd Street, Reno NV ** may 5 wed Julieta Venegas, Ceci Bastida at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** may 5 wed Cannibal Corpse, 1349, Skeletonwitch, Lecherous Nocturne at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ may 5 wed Coheed And Cambria, Circa Survive, Torche at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** may 5 wed Owen Pallett at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16 7:30pm/8pm ** (KALX) may 5 wed Bane, Alpha & Omega, Wolves & Thieves, Streetwalkers at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? $12 8pm *** @ may 5 wed Conan O'Brien at San Jose State, San Jose ?/? $80-$40 8pm ** may 5 wed Her Demise My Rise, Fit For A King, Eyes Like Diamonds, Harp & Lyre at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 # ** may 5/6 Red Sparowes, Fang Island at the Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz a/a ** may 6 thr Reckless Kelly at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16 9pm ** (KPIG) may 6 thr The Hold Steady at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 7pm/8pm # ** may 6 thr Murder City Devils at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** may 6 thr Tussle, Javelin, Bronze at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** may 6 thr The Shondes, Ex-Boyfriends, Excuses For Skipping, The Bruises at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** may 6 thr Dosh, White Hinterland at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** may 6 thr Mariee Sioux at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm * may 6 thr King Sunny Ade & His African Beats at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 7:30pm/8pm ** may 6 thr Kid With Katana, Boy In The Bubble, Van Buren at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $6 8pm/9pm $3 8pm ** may 6 thr Daughtry at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # *** may 6 thr Culo A Boca, Seduce The Dead, Dulcet Tone at Cafe Mare, 740 Front Street, Santa Cruz ?/? $5 9pm ** may 6 thr Conan O'Brien at Sacramento Memorial Auditorium, 16th & J St., Sacramento a/a ** may 7 fri The Memorials, Club Crasherz at Blake's, Berkeley 18+ 9pm ** may 7 fri The Mumlers at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/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 9pm # ** may 7 fri Red Sparowes, Fang Island at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 7 fri Murder City Devils at the Slim's, 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 Wallpaper, dj Morale at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** may 7 fri Stagnant at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm * may 7 fri The Velvet Teen, Goodriddler (cd release), The Iditarod, Not To Reason Why, The Crux, The Americas, art by: Jake Christensen, Justin Margitich, & Nate Glomb at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7pm/8pm *** may 7 fri Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a $26-66 8pm # *** may 7 fri The Atom Age, Mad Jody, 9:00 News at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm # ** @ may 8 sat Sonic Boom 6, Knock Out, Dan Pottast, Los Arambula, IV at 924 Gilman, Berkeley a/a $8 7pm *** @ (SKA Night) may 8 sat The Missing Link, Mastodon, Between The Buried And Me, High On Fire, Baroness, Priestess, Valient Thorr, Black Cobra, Bison B.C. at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 4pm # *** @ (107.7 The Bone) may 8 sat Hot Tub, Isis G at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** 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 ** (KPIG) may 8 sat Mono, The Twilight Sad at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 8 sat Tropical Sleep at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * may 8 sat Stanton Moore Trio, The Good Band at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16/$18 8:30pm/9pm *** may 8 sat The Illness at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm * may 8 sat Susan Z, Crunchy Frog, Griffin Stoller & Kenny Blacklock, Third Rock, The Boogeymen at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a 7pm/8pm *** (Benefit for the Mountain Play and the Phoenix Theater) may 8 sat The Shondes at Sally's, someplace, Davis ?/? * may 9 sun Grand Lake at Rasputin's Music, Berkeley a/a free 2pm ** 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 9 sun The Tallest Man on Earth, Nurses at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $14/ 7:30pm/8pm ** may 10 mon Alexisonfire, Trash Talk, Therefore I Am, La Dispute at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** may 10 mon The Besnard Lakes, Happy Hollows, The New Slave at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 7:30pm/8pm ** may 11 tue Prizehog, Dogshredder at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** may 11 tue M.D.C., The Restarts (London, U.K.), Seduce The Dead at Coasters, Boardwalk Bowl, 115 Cliff Street, Santa Cruz 21+ $8 *** @ may 11/12 Midnite at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $28 8:30pm/9pm ** may 12 wed M.D.C., The Restarts (London, U.K.), La Plebe, Dopecharge at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 8pm/8:30pm *** @ may 12 wed Fuck Buttons at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 12 wed Jakob Dylan And Tree Legs at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** may 12 wed Spider Garage, Williford at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** may 12 wed Sad Bastard Book Club, Summer Of Glaciers, Dolphin War at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** may 12 wed Whitechapel, Son Of Aurelius at Modesto Virtual, 947 10th Street, Modesto a/a ** @ may 12 wed Nasville Pussy, Psychostick, Gree Jelly at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a ** may 13 thr Thirty Seconds To Mars, Mute Math, Neon Trees, Street Drum Corps at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 7:30pm # *** (Live 105) may 13 thr Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers (acoustic), Jason Boots at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 13 thr Whitechapel, Son Of Aurelius at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** @ may 13 thr Zoo, Entropy Density at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** may 13 thr The Sweet Revenge, Gentlemen, Fire Whiskey at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** may 13 thr Meklit Hadero at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $15/$18 7pm/8pm ** may 13 thr Baby Bash, Iyaz, Kesha, B.O.B., Lil Jon, Usher, New Boyz, Trey Songz at Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $94-$20 7:30pm # *** (Wild 94.9 Wild Jam) may 13 thr Flaw (Louisville, Kentucky), Skinlab, Saint Vernon, Syndicon at the Avalon, 777 Lawrance Expressway, Santa Clara a/a *** @ may 14 fri Dcoi!, Bum City Saints (cd release), Short Attn. Span, Side Effects, Public Suicide at 924 Gilman a/a $7 7:30pm *** @ may 14 fri The Bitter Honeys, Brian Glaze And The Nightshift at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** may 14 fri Johann Johannsson at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (seated) may 14 fri Fun. at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 14 fri Lucha VaVoom at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** may 14 fri Pyramiddd, The Butterfly Bones, Fake Drugs at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** may 14 fri Disastroid, Love Songs, The Famous at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** may 14 fri Tendaloins, The Swapmeet Ensemble, Siaira Shawn at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm * may 14 fri Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Zigaboo Modeliste at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $75 ($150 vip) 7pm/8pm ** (Benefit Blue Bear's Music Programs for Youth Music Education) may 14 fri Whitechapel, Son Of Aurelius at Club Retro, 4450 N. Brawley, Suite 111, Fresno a/a ** @ may 15 sat Bobby Joe Ebola & The Children Macnuggits, Emily's Army at 924 Gilman a/a ** may 15 sat Kevin Hart at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $40-$30 7pm/8pm # ** may 15 sat Portal, Morbosidad, Sanguis Imperem, Dispirit, dj Rob Metal at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $12 9pm/9:30pm ** may 15 sat Converge, Coalesce, Lewd Acts, Black Breath at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16/$18 8pm *** @ may 15 sat Gil Mantera's Party Dream at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm * may 15 sat Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, Black Nature at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** may 15 sat Monkey at the Red Hat, 1860 Monument Blvd., Concord 21+ 9pm ** may 15 sat Chayanne at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # ** may 15 sat The Velvet Teen, Pyramiddd at Homestead Lanes, Cupertino a/a $8 8pm ** may 15 sat Western Hymn (Olympia), Monster Women, Splinter at the Red Lion, 5th & P Streets, Eureka 21+ $5 9:30pm ** may 16 sun Set Your Goals, Comeback Kid, Title Fight, The Story So Far at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** may 16 sun Ben Folds And A Piano, Kate Miller-Heidke at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $33 8pm # ** may 16 sun Bullet For My Valentine, Chiodos, Airbourne, Arcanium at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $23 6:30pm # *** may 18 tue Shout Out Louds at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** may 18 tue Magic Bullets at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm * may 18 tue Groundation, Orgone at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25/$27 8:30pm/9pm *** may 19 wed Chris Pureka at Slim's, S.F. a/a $14/$16 8pm ** may 19 wed Frightened Rabbit at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** may 19 wed Pebble Theory, Fleeting Trance, JJ Schultz, Wolf Larsen at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** may 19 wed Khi Darag, Charming Hostess, Mitch Marcus Quintet at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** (Benefit Friends of KUSF) may 19 wed Jubilant Low, The Finches, Katy Davidson at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** may 20 thr Roky Erickson & Okkervil River at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** may 20 thr 30db at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 20 thr Danny Cohen, Jonah Kit, Powell St. John at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** may 20 thr Carrie Underwood, Craig Morgan, Sons Of Sylvia at Arco Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a # ** may 21 fri Crow (Japan), Conquest For Death, Cross Stitched Eyes (Germany), Acephalix, Surrender, No Statik (floor) at 924 Gilman a/a 7:30pm *** @ may 21 fri Tracy Bonham, The American Professionals, Dolorada at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm ** may 21 fri Kaki King at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 8pm/9pm # ** may 21 fri The Pillows, Noodles at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 21 fri Dredg at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 21 fri Clem Snide, The Heligoats at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/10pm ** may 21 fri Culo A Boca at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ 8pm * may 21 fri Carrie Underwood, Craig Morgan, Sons Of Sylvia at Reno Events Center, 300 N Center St., Reno, NV # ** may 22 sat Walls (WA) at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm ** @ may 22 sat Moonshine, The Pendletons, Ill gotten Gainz, Horror x, The Tomorowmen, Sharp Objects at B.R.S., Richmond a/a 7pm *** @ may 22 sat KFOG Kaboom, someplace in S.F. a/a $15/$20 (fireworks/bands) may 22 sat This Charming Band (tribute), Love Vigilantes (tribute), Dead Souls (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** may 22 sat Y & T, Don Dokken at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $36.50 8pm/9pm # *** may 22 sat The Finches, Key Losers, Breezy Days Band at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** may 22 sat He Said She's Dead, Last Year's Best, Amalgrama, Versailles, Zebra Mountain, As He Wept at the Red House, Walnut Creek a/a $10 7pm ** may 22 sat John Vanderslice, Family Room at Homestead Lanes, Cupertino a/a $10 8pm ** may 23 sun Little Muddy at Rasputin's Music, Berkeley a/a 2pm * may 23 sun Horse Feathers, Dawn Landes at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** may 23 sun The Slaves (Portland), Tunnels at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** may 23 sun 3OH!3, Cobra Starship at Grand Sierra Resort and Casino, 2500 East 2nd Street, Reno NV ?/? ** may 24 mon X (Australia), A-Frames, Hank IV at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ *** may 24 mon Caribou, Toro Y Moi at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 7:30pm/8pm ** may 25 tue Spectrum, Wooden Shjips at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** may 25 tue Maus Haus, Boomsnake, Hosannas at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** may 25 tue Plants And Animals at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 7:30pm/pm ** may 25 tue Foreigner, Styx, Kansas at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $90-$20 6pm/7pm # *** may 25 tue Smile Empty Soul, Soil, Black Sunshine, Crushdown, Red Sunday at the Avalon, 777 Lawrance Expressway, Santa Clara a/a ** may 25/26 Massive Attack, Martina Topley-Bird at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** may 26 wed Ok Go, Earl Grayhound at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # *** may 26 wed Minus The Bear at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** may 26 wed Patrick Watson at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $14 8:30pm ** may 26 wed Silian Rail, By Sunlight at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** (SideWithUs Records) may 26/27 The National, Ramona Falls at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** may 27 thr Nada Surf, Telekinesis at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** may 27 thr Band Of Horses at Freeborn Hall, U.C. Davis a/a # ** may 28 fri End Of A Year (N.Y.), Wolves + Thieves, Nails at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ may 28 fri Fuga at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $10/$12 9pm ** may 28 fri Grand Lake, Maus Haus at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** may 28 fri Cobra Starship, 3OH!3, Travie McCoy, The Lazarus Project, I Fight Dragons at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** @ may 28 fri Casiotone For The Painfully Alone, Nodzzz, Antarctica Takes It!, English Singles at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8pm/9pm ** may 28 fri Complaints at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** may 28/29/30 Furthur (Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Jeff Chimenti, John Kadlecik, Jay Lane, Joe Russo), Electric Hot Tuna, Jackie Greene, Galactic (sat), Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams, Mark Karan & Jemimah Puddleduck, The Mother Hips, The Waybacks, Common Rotation, Carney, Maiden Lane, Blue Light River Calaveras County Fairgrounds, 101 Frogtown Road, Angels Camp a/a $62.50 (2 day ticket/includes camping) *** (Mountain Aire) may 29 sat Dr. Know, Deadfall, In Defence (MN), Instant Asshole, In Defence, Fix My Head at 924 Gilman a/a $8 7:30pm *** @ may 29 sat She & Him at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $30 8pm # ** may 29 sat Armin Van Buuren, Infected Mushroom, Benny Benassi, Fedde Legrand, Boys Noize, Gareth Emery, Steve Aoki, LA Riots, Dyloot at the Cow Palace, 2600 Geneva Ave., Daly City 16+ $40-$85 4pm til 2am *** may 29 sat Frog Eyes, Mt. St. Helen's Vietnam Band at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** may 29 sat The Baths, Hot Shear, Mirthquake, RF Maston at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 10pm ** may 29 sat The Expendables, Big B, Tomorrow's Bad Seeds, Dirty Penny at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $20 7pm/8pm *** @ may 29 sat Tim McGraw, Lady Antebellum, Love and Theft at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # ** may 29 sat Beyond All Means at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm # ** may 30 sun Good Luck, Sourpatch, Hard Girls at 924 Gilman a/a ** @ may 30 sun Loudon Wainwright III at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (seated) may 30 sun Young Prisms at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * may 30 sun Alessa Is Red, Vivera at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm # ** may 31 mon The Very Best at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 7:30pm/8pm ** jun 1/2 The xx at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jun 2 wed Why?, The Donkeys, Josiah Wolf at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $16 8pm ** jun 2 wed Mumford And Sons, The Middle East at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jun 2 wed Enrique Bunbury at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $45 7pm/8pm # ** jun 2 wed Doctor Nurse, Sleeptalks, Mountain Animal Hospital at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** jun 3 thr Local Natives at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $12 8:30pm/9pm * jun 3 thr Suishou No Fune, Moon Duo at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** jun 3 thr Gema, Sang Matiz, The Clean-Up at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 8pm ** jun 3 thr A Billion Ernies at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a 8pm ** jun 4 fri FILTH (reunion), FLESHIES, Monster Squad at 924 Gilman a/a 7:30pm *** @ (The List - 20th Anniversary) jun 4 fri Maxwell & Jill Scott at the Arena, Oakland a/a # $152-$42 6pm/7pm # ** (hip-hop) jun 4 fri Sage Francis at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # *** jun 4 fri Isis at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jun 4 fri Cute Is What We Aim For, Friday Night Boys, The Bigger Lights, Down With Webster at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** jun 4 fri Born Ruffians, Young Rival at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm ** jun 4 fri X (Australia), A Frames, The Mantles, dj Cityhobb at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/10pm *** jun 4/5 The Radiators at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 4/5 Big Light, Jonas Reinhardt, The Atomic Sherpas (L.A.), I See Hawks in L.A. (L.A.), The Trespassers (Yosemite), The Green Machine, The Adam Burns Band (Yosemite), The String Slingerz, Carlos Guitarlos (L.A.), Cave Country (L.A.), Fighting Chance (San Luis Obispo), Warsaw Poland Bros., Monkey (San jose), The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit, Alma Melodiosa, Dwayne Bumgardner, Denise Ludington, Bret Neilson Band at Carter Ranch Music Festival, 6260 Carter Road, Mariposa a/a (under 18 need a responsible adult - under 12 free) $40 (weekend pass/$10 premier parking) 2pm fri till 2am sat *** (free onsite camping) jun 5 sat Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, Joe Cocker at the Arena, Oakland a/a $131-$50 7:30pm # *** jun 5 sat Primal Fear, Havok at Slim's, S.F. a/a $21 9pm *** jun 5 sat U.S. Air Guitar Champion Regional at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 8pm/9pm # ** jun 5 sat Insane Clown Posse, Kottonmouth Kings, Coolio, Kittie, Necro at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $29.75 7pm # *** @ $ jun 5 sat Captured! By Robots at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jun 5 sat All Time Low, Boys Like Girls, Third Eye Blind, Forever The Sickest Kids, Good Charlotte, Hellogoodbye, Shwayze, A Cursive Memory, Cady Groves, Great Big Planes, Mercy Mercedes, The Downtown Fiction, The Ready Set, Vita Chambers at the Pavilion, Concord a/a noon # *** @ (Bamboozle Roadshow) jun 6 sun Another Breath, Sex Control at 924 Gilman a/a ** @ jun 8 tue Henry Rollins (spoken) at the Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Avenue, S.F. a/a $25 8pm # ** jun 8 tue It Prevails, Close Your Eyes, Carry The Torch at the Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 # ** jun 10 thr Stiff Little Fingers at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jun 10 thr Slippery People, Baby Seal Club, Exit Wonderland at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** jun 11 fri Subhumans (U.K.), A-Heads (U.K.) at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ jun 11 fri Red Meat, The B Stars, East Bay Grease at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 11 fri Tortoise at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jun 11 fri Stiff Little Fingers at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $20 9pm ** jun 12 sat Sting With The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $151-$31 7pm/8pm # *** jun 13 sun Haight-Ashbury Street Fair, S.F. a/a jun 16 wed U2 at the Oakland Coliseum a/a $250-$30 5pm/7pm # *** $ jun 16 wed Potato Pirates at Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm # * jun 18 fri Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express, Stephanie Finch & The Company Men, dj Kelley Stoltz at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jun 18 fri Wang Chung at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jun 18 fri Chicago at the Pavillion, Concord a/a # *** jun 19 sat The Hot Toddies (record release), Please Do Not Fight at Homestead Lanes, Cupertino a/a $8 8pm ** jun 20 sun Andy McKee at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (seated) jun 20 sun Iron Maiden, Dream Theater at the Pavilion, Concord a/a 7:30pm # *** jun 20 sun Montgomery Gentry, Jamey Johnson, Little Big Town, Jack Ingram, Eric Church, Eli Young Band, The Lost Trailers, Heidi Newfield, Ryan Bingham, Jonathan Singleton & The Grove, Emily West, Ashley Ray, Brad Tursi, Cory Branan, Dave Pahanish, Jedd Hughes, Sarah Buxton, Troy Olsen, Walker Hayes at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # *** (Throwdown Tour) 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 25 fri Sharon Jones And The Dap Kings, The Heavy at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 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, Monkey, 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, The Uptones, VersaEmerge, We Are The In Crowd, We The Kings, Whitechapel, You Me At Six at Warped Tour, Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $20.49/$36 11am # *** @ jul 1-4 Widespread Panic, The Black Crowes, The Avett Brothers, Ozomatli, Femi Kuti And Positive Force, Railroad Earth, B'la Fleck, Zakir Hussain And Edgar Meyer, Dr. Dog, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Blitzen Trapper, Lotus, Cornmeal, March Fourth Marching Band, Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros, The Radiators, The New Mastersounds, The Mother Hips, Nels Cline Singers, The Infamous Stringdusters, Surprise Me Mr. Davis, The Slip, Carolyn Wonderland, Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons, Darol Anger's Republic Of Strings, Blvd, Beats Antique, Pimps of Joytime, Jerry Joseph And Wally Ingram, Telepath, Truth And Salvage Co., Great American Taxi, Nathan Moore, Johnny Vidacovich, Robert Walter Duo, Coryell, Auger, Sample Trio, Big Light, New Fangled Wasteland, Orgone, Trampled By Turtles, Zach Deputy, Chris Chandler And Paul Benoit, Living Folklore at High Sierra Music Festival, Plumas-Sierra Fairgrounds, Quincy a/a $175 adult 4-day pass/$50 kids 5-12 4-day pass *** (camping) jul 2 fri The Rob and Zach Show (Rob Crow and Zach Smith), Little White Teeth at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $14 9pm ** jul 3 sat Femi Kuti at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** jul 3 sat The Rob And Zach Show, Little White Teeth at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 6 tue Suprise Me Mr. Davis at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm * jul 7 wed A Sinful Attraction, Author & Finisher at the Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 # ** jul 9 fri Melvins at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $15 9pm *** @ 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 # *** @ jul 17 sat Altar Of Plagues (Ireland), Fell Voices, Velnias (CO), Elk, Lake Of Blood (L.A.) at Your House, Oakland a/a 7pm *** @ jul 18 sun The New Pornographers, The Dodos, Imaad Wasif at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 7:30pm # ** jul 24 sat Sleepytime Gorilla Museum at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 29-aug 1 Moby (dj set), Brazilian Girls, Pretty Lights, Yard Dogs Road Show, Rupa & the April Fishes, Beats Antique, MC Yogi, Ana Sia, Orgone, Dave Stringer, Princess Superstar, dj Dragonfly, Shaman's Dream, Rara Avis, Suzanne Sterling, The Mayapuris, Desert Dwellers at Wanderlust, 1960 Squaw Valley Road, Olympic Valley a/a ** (music & Yoga) jul 30 fri Soilwork (Sweden), Death Angel at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ aug 6 fri Toby Keith at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # ** aug 11-15 S.F. Doomed Fest, S.F. (Benefit Maximum Rock n Roll - S.F. all age showspace) 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, Monkey, 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 Uptones, 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 $20.49/$36 11am # *** @ aug 13/14 House Of Usher at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ 8pm *** aug 16/17 Lady Gaga at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a 8pm # *** aug 19/20/21 Aziz Ansari (comedy) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35.50 7pm/8pm thr / 6pm/7pm fri-sat # ** aug 20 fir Y & T at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a *** aug 25 wed Dave Matthews Band, Raphael Saadiq at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $70-$40 7pm # *** 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 $70-$40 # *** aug 29 sun The Juliana Theory at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 7:30pm/8pm *** 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 2 thr Stereo Total at Slim'a, S.F. a/a ** sep 12 sun D.R.I. at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a *** @ sep 15 wed Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker, Justin Moore Tickets at Shoreline, One Amphitheatre Pkwy., Mountain View a/a 7:30pm # ** sep 17 fri Paramore, Tegan And Sara at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a 6:30pm # *** sep 29 wed Kamelot, Leaves' Eyes at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 8 fri Rascal Flatts, Kellie Pickler at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View 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 ---------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16th Street Cafe, 2416 16th Street, Sacramento a/a 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 Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa a/a 707-546-3600 Club Retro, 6521 Hazel Ave., Orangevale 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 Shoreline Amphitheatre, One Amphitheatre Pkwy., Mountain View a/a 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 New Parish, 579 18th at San Pablo Avenue, Oakland 21+ 18+ a/a 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 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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