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 July 4, 2010 jul 4 sun Defiance, Ohio, Songs For Moms, American Splits, Frozen Embryos, Mothercountry Motherfuckers at 924 Gilman a/a 5pm *** @ jul 4 sun The Eldorados, The Poontonies, Grooming The Crow, The Everlovin at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a 4pm ** jul 4 sun Mighty Dub Killaz (Janaka Selekta, Papa Roads, Anthony Dellavalle), dj Sep at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $8/$11 9pm ** jul 4 sun John Wayne Zink And The Brown Liquor Cowboys at Norm's Place, Hartz Ave., Danville 21+ * jul 4 sun Caulfield & His Magic Violin (Texas), Skinny Whiskers (WA) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** jul 4 sun 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 5 mon Ruleta Rusa, Butcher Cover, Skirts On The Rise, Bronco Tatonka at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ ** jul 5 mon Sam Coad And The Gums, Shari La Las, The Snails at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $5 ** jul 5 mon Newsboys (Australia) at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a $10 *** jul 5 mon Caulfield And His Magic Violin (WA), Skinny Whiskers (WA) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 5pm ** jul 5 mon Sarah McLachlan, Heart, Miranda Lambert, Colbie Caillat, A Fine Frenzy, Marina & The Diamonds, Susan Justice, The Submarines, Ann Atomic at Shoreline, One Amphitheatre Pkwy., Mountain View a/a $126-$33 2:30pm/3pm # *** (Lilith Fair) jul 5 mon Evangelist (Seattle), Virulent Death, Instagon, The Wait at On The Y, 670 Fulton Ave., Sacramento 21+ $6 8pm ** @ (moved from 16th Street Cafe) jul 6 tue Evangelist (Seattle), Gruk, The Wobblies at Your House, Oakland a/a 8pm ** @ jul 6 tue Bobby Long, He Is We, Trouble Over Tokyo at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 6 tue Charming Hostess (Bowls Project Opening) at Y.B.C.A. Forum, 701 Mission Street, S.F. a/a 6pm ** jul 6 tue Seahaven (L.A.), Troubled Coast, Mourningside AD (O.C.), Feel Bad Now (O.C.), Since Always, Ordstro at the Tenderloin, S.W. corner of Hyde & Eddy, S.F. a/a donations 8pm *** @ (across from Cadillac Market) jul 6 tue Suprise Me Mr. Davis at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm * jul 6 tue Kasey Anderson at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ * jul 6 tue Dadfag, Gay Beast (Minneapolis), Ezee Tiger & The Soundguys at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jul 6 tue Secret Cities (Fargo, N.D.), Bye Bye Blackbird, Lucky Cloud at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jul 6 tue Spell Talk, Cousin Chris Show, Bias Tape at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** jul 6 tue Guitar Wizards Of The Future, Suicide Dragons at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ * jul 6 tue Maria Muldaur (blues) at Todos Santos Plaza, Willow Pass Road, Concord a/a free 6:30pm ** jul 7 wed Bye Bye Blackbird, Olivia Mancini (D.C.), Tippy Canoe at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a 7pm * jul 7 wed Songs For Snakes, Light Rail Radical at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** jul 7 wed Evangelist (Seattle), Embers, Pillager, Fourth World at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 8pm ** @ jul 7 wed The Maine, This Century at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jul 7 wed Kajillion, Amanda's X, The Real, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** jul 7 wed Fol Chen, Aim Low Kid, Jhameel at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm * jul 7 wed Meta, The Rec Set, Colony Collapse at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** jul 7 wed Beehive Spirit, Satellite Crush (L.A.), Happy Talk at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jul 7 wed AB & The Sea, What Laura Says, dj Ted at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $5 9:30pm ** jul 7 wed Dave Dub, Matt Gamin, Tape Mastah Steph at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 7pm ** (hip hop) jul 7 wed Magic Bullets, The Contrail, Casu Consulto at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** jul 7 wed A Sinful Attraction, Author & Finisher at the Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a $10 8pm # ** jul 7 wed Death Angel, Demension 13, Miscreated at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a $15 7pm *** @ jul 7 wed Chimaira (Cleveland, Ohio), Shadows Fall at the Senator Theater, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a *** @ jul 8 thr Brian Belknap, Not An Airplane, Gashcat, Bears And Bridges at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a 7pm * jul 8 thr Judge Jackson (L.A.) at Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck, Berkeley 21+ free ** jul 8 thr Deerhoof, The Donkeys, Southeast Engine at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 8 thr Mob Figaz, Strong Arm Steady at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jul 8 thr The Downer Party, dj Mother Barry, dj Mattfiesta, dj Scissorwolf, dj Swords at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm * jul 8 thr Wisecracker (Germany), Spawn Atomic, Jokes For Feelings at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm *** @ jul 8 thr Evangelist (Seattle), Colonize The Rotting, Deadly Remains, Eviscerator, Nuclear Death Wish at Pissed Off Pete's, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** @ jul 8 thr One After Another, Add Moss, Mykee Ramen at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** jul 8 thr The Bell Brothers at Todos Santos Plaza, Willow Pass Road, Concord a/a free 6:30pm ** jul 8 thr Grand Funk Railroad at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a $10 *** jul 8 thr Bomb And Scary at the Avalon, Santa Clara 21+ ** jul 8 thr After The Burial, Memento Mori, Beneath The Rapture, Project, Lifeforms, Decima at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12 6:30pm/7pm ** @ jul 8 thr Chimaira (Cleveland, Ohio), Shadows Fall at Knitting Factory, 211 North Virginia Street, Reno, NV a/a *** @ jul 9 fri Wisecracker (Germany), Big City Bombers (FL), Jokes For Feelings, Smilodons, Insert, Pollo Cero, Joint Venture at 924 Gilman a/a $8 7pm *** @ jul 9 fri Naked Aggression, Oppressed Logic, Violent Society (PA), Combat Crisis (PA), Follow Blindly at Your House, Oakland a/a $8 7pm/8pm # *** @ jul 9 fri Boats!, Loaded Words, Escapement, Kevin Maclane, Jungle Juju, Bad Protein at B.R.S., Richmond a/a 7pm ** (Jungle Party - come dressed as an animal) jul 9 fri Why I Hate, Punk Funk Mob, The Bullheads at Blake's, Berkeley 18+ $10 9pm ** jul 9 fri California Honeydrops at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jul 9 fri The Dandelion War, Silian Rail, Manatee at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** jul 9 fri Shelby Cobra, Ocenography, Rabbit Ears at Merchants Saloon, 401 2nd Street, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** jul 9 fri The-Hi Rhythm Hustlers (cd release), Slim Jenkins, Rockin Raul at the Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa at Potrero, S.F. a/a $13/$15 8pm jul 9 fri Wicked Mercies at 111 Minna Gallery, S.F. a/a free 6pm * jul 9 fri N.F.F.U. (Boise), The Forgotten, Resilience, The Angst (FL), Combat Crisis (Philladelphia) at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a *** @ jul 9 fri El Guincho, Still Flyin', dj Ghosts On Tape at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $13/$15 8:30pm ** jul 9 fri Skinlab, Attitude Adjustment, A Thousand Kingdoms, Un-I.D. at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ jul 9 fri Erasure-Esque, Sing Blue Silver at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** jul 9 fri Ettrick, Sean (Seattle), Peji/Kunin, Pink Canoes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** jul 9 fri The Dwares, Thee Merry Widows, Tater Famine at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm *** (acoustic night) (Another Hole In The Head Summer Music Festival) jul 9 fri Music For Animals, The Hundred Days, The Foreigh Resort at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9:30pm *** (Another Hole In The Head Summer Music Festival) jul 9 fri Flexx Bronco, Neon Nights (Seattle), Bite, Karma Bomb (Seattle) at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm/9pm ** @ jul 9 fri Tycho, Solvent, The Sight Below, Mux Mool, Shigeto at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $20/$25 9pm ** jul 9 fri Hillside Fire, 26MPG, Our Vinyl Vows, Zap Syndicate, The Mud. The Blood. The Beer at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** jul 9 fri Carta Marina, The Subtle Way, Giving The Devil His Due, La Circa at the Red House, 1667 Botelho Drive, Walnut Creek a/a $10 7pm ** jul 9 fri Lee (Blues Macdaddy) James at Cameron's Inn, 1410 S. Cabrillo Hwy., Half Moon Bay 21+ 9pm * jul 9 fri Tonic at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a $10 ** jul 9 fri Court Yard Hounds at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $55-$35 7:30pm # ** jul 9 fri Melvins (2 sets), Totimoshi at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $15 9pm *** @ jul 9 fri Pressure Point, Factory Minds at the Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a # 8pm ** @ jul 9 fri Coolfield, The Pollination Vectors, Dog Food, Clark Reese, Exhale at the Refuge, 1723 L Street, Sacramento a/a $5 7pm ** jul 9 fri Method Echo, Heros Last Mission, The Reel, Amberglance, Even The Atlantic at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm ** @ jul 9 fri Evangelist (Seattle), Fall The Giants at the Alibi, 744 9th St., Arcata 21+ $3 8pm ** @ jul 10 Sabertooth Zombie, Owen Hart, The Helm, Xibalba, Purple Mercy at 924 Gilman a/a $8 7:30pm *** @ jul 10 sat The Audrye Sessions, Picture Atlantic, Man In Space, Steve Taylor at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 10 sat Au Revoir Simone at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 10 sat Paul McCartney at AT&T Park, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # *** jul 10 sat Jordin Sparks, Ashlyne Huff, Days Difference at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** jul 10 sat Dave Gleason & The Golden Cadillacs at Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F. a/a free 2pm ** jul 10 sat Victim Nation at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm/5pm ** jul 10 sat The Goldenhearts, Soft White Sixties, Happy Idiot at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm *** (Another Hole In The Head Summer Music Festival) jul 10 sat Triple Cobra, The Butlers, He Who Cannot Be Named, dj Omar at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9:30pm *** (Another Hole In The Head Summer Music Festival) jul 10 sat Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Magic Kids, Pearl Harbor at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 18+ $15 8pm/9pm ** jul 10 sat Dm Stith (Bloomington), Inlets (Brooklyn), Silje Nes (Norway) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 5pm ** jul 10 sat Black Nite Crash, Sky Parade, These Hills Of Gold, Silent Pictures at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** jul 10 sat Carbon Leaf at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $16 9:30pm ** jul 10 sat No Captains, Chasing Shapes at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** jun 10 sat Husalah, Fed-X, AP.9, Rydah J. Klyde, The Jacka, dj Amen at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $25 7:30pm/8pm *** jul 10 sat Thizznick, In Cadence, Sibb Amour, 14k, Inane Attraction at the Red House, 1667 Botelho Drive, Walnut Creek a/a $10 7pm ** jul 10 sat Lonestar (TN) at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a $10 ** jul 10 sat Rihanna, Kesha, Travie McCoy at Shoreline Amphitheatre, One Amphitheatre Pkwy., Mountain View a/a $106.25-$31.25 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** jul 10 sat Gipsy Kings at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $150-$55 7:30pm # ** jul 10 sat Ray Fresco (Ventura) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** jul 10 sat Zolar X at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 10 sat Pop Bottle Bombers (Watsonville) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** jul 10 sat The Rob & Zach Show, Little White Teeth at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $12/$16 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 10 sat The Flip-Offs, American Habit, Protest Authority at 330 Cernon Street, Vacaville a/a 8pm ** @ jul 10 sat Silent Treatment (L.A.), The Rainman Suite (L.A.), Wings Of Innocence (Sacramento), Body Electric (Sacramento), 5 Days Dirty (Concord), Punch The Clock (Sacramento) at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $5/$10 6:30pm7pm *** @ (Stephen's 18th Birthday - Benefit Katmom/Dogdad local animal shelter) jul 10 sat Carcerys Vale, Early On The Morrow, To Save A Hero, Above The City, Solidus at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm ** @ jul 11 sun Short Attn Span, Holiday Bowl, Dresden (WI), The Parish (WI), Side Effects, Agro Crag at 924 Gilman a/a 5pm *** @ jul 11 sun Bird By Bird, Please Do Not Fight, Buckeye Knoll, James Leste at Blake's, Berkeley a/a $8 6pm ** jul 11 sun Smegma, Jozef Van Wissem, Pod Blotz/Inca Ore, Rare Earth Ensemble, Atrophy Motor at Terminal, 3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland 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 Streetlight Manifesto, The Supervillains, The Wonder Years, Dan Potthast at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** jul 11 sun Gipsy Kings at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $125-$55 7pm/8pm # ** (moved from Knob Hill Masonic Auditorium) jul 11 sun The Nickel Slots at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a 4pm * jul 11 sun Drowning With Our Anchors, Towers (Philadelphia), Dogs Of Ire (Riverside), Daikon, Pills at Sub-Mission Gallry, S.F. a/a *** @ jul 11 sun The Ferocious Few, Fake your Own Death, Murder Of Lilies, Death Valley High at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 7:30pm/8pm *** (Another Hole In The Head Summer Music Festival) jul 11 sun Austin Lucas, Cory Branan at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** (Another Hole In The Head Summer Music Festival) jul 11 sun Colossal Yes, Lazarus, Donovan Quinn And Zachary Cale at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jul 11 sun Birds & Batteries, Grand Hallway, The Moanin' Dove at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm ** jul 11 sun Bears Bears Bears, Odd Owl, Il Gato at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** jul 11 sun Weed Diamond (Denver), Dash Jacket (L.A.), Tan Dollar (L.A.). at Milk, 1840 Haight Street, S.F. 21+ free 4pm ** jul 11 sun Raelin, Only Human, Venat, Demon Seed at the Red House, 1667 Botelho Drive, Walnut Creek a/a $10 6pm ** jul 11 sun War at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a $10 *** jul 11 sun Korn, Rob Zombie, Lamb Of God, Five Finger Death Punch, Hatebreed, Chimaira (Cleveland, Ohio), Shadows Fall, Winds Of Plague, Atreyu, Norma Jean, In This Moment, 3 Inches of Blood, Big Jay Oakerson at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $55-$25 # *** @ (Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival) jul 11 sun Yes, Peter Frampton at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $125-$50 7:30pm # *** jul 11 sun Rey Fresco (Ventura) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** jul 11/12/14 Neil Young (solo), Bert Jansch at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** $ (jul 11/12 sold out) jul 12 mon Tool at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a $60 8pm/9pm # *** @ jul 12 mon Miggs at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** jul 12 mon Farmer Dave Scher, Seventeen Evergreen at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm * jul 12 mon Murkins, Genius And Thieves at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? $8 9pm ** (Another Hole In The Head Summer Music Festival) jul 12 mon Signals, Battlehooch at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $10 8pm ** jul 13 tue The Hot Toddies at Amoeba Music, 2455 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a free 6pm ** jul 13 tue Oakland Active Orchestra, Myrmyr at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** jul 13 tue Malo at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 13 tue The Mynabirds, Honeycomb at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 6pm ** jul 13 tue Prize Hog, Black Skies, Flood at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jul 13 tue Glitter Wizard, Gypsy Hawk, Space Vacation at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** jul 13 tue Maren Parusel, Fight Of Flight at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** (Another Hole In The Head Summer Music Festival) jul 13 tue Hanalei, James Leste, Rob Carter & Ruben Diaz, Sean McArdle at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 13 tue Halsted (record release), Dave Smallen at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** jul 13 tue Worker Bee, Sleeptalks, Serene Lakes at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** jul 13 tue Yes, Peter Frampton at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa ages 5+ $20-$126 7:30pm # *** jul 13 tue Tool at Arco Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy., Sacramento a/a 8pm # *** jul 13 tue Swingin Utters, The Cute Lepers at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ *** @ jul 14 tue Deep Magic, Holiday Special, LaCygne, Psychic Handbook at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a 7pm * jul 14 wed Summercamp Cassanova, Four & Half Pounds Of Sunlight at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** jul 14 wed Black Skies, Prizehog, A Fashionable Disease at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $6 9pm ** jul 14 wed Bettye LaVette at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 14 wed Sean Bonnett, Kepi Ghoulie, Gnarboots at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 14 wed Excuses For Skipping, Lovers (Portland), Fake Your Own Death at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jul 14 wed Rykarda Parasol, Kevin Junior (Chicago), Mark Matos & Os Beaches (vinyl release), The Dolly Rocker Movement at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 9:30pm ** jul 14 wed The Rattlesnakes (record release), Zodiac Death Valley at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jul 14 wed Endroit, Phantoms, Richard Bitch at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ ** jul 14 wed Audrye Sessions, Dave Smallen, Calvin Sturges at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** jul 14 wed Swingin Utters, The Cute Lepers at Nick's Night Club, 1414 Park Ave., Chico 21+ *** @ jul 14 wed Danny Cohen at Lost on Main, Chico, 319 Main Street, Chico 21+ 9pm * jul 15 thr Mary Gauthier at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $20 8:30pm ** jul 15 thr Zane Lamprey at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $29.50 7pm/8pm # ** jul 15 thr Built To Spill at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** jul 15 thr The Action Design, Hypernova, The Yellow Dogs (Iran) at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a 9pm $8 ** jul 15 thr Very Be Careful, Franco Nero, dj Special Lord B, dj Ben Bracken, dj Phengren Oswald at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** jul 15 thr Tippy Canoe & The Paddlemen, Olivia Mancini, AntonetteG at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jul 15 thr Agar Agar, Black Acacias, Dumb Dumb Club at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ ** jul 15 thr Battlehooch, Cash Pony, Wise Wives at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 15 thr Weekend, Ty Segall (solo), Terry Malts, Whirl at Milk, 1840 Haight Street, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** jul 15 thr Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65-$35 6:30pm # ** jul 15 thr Neil Young (solo), Bert Jansch at Mondavi Center, U.C. Davis a/a 8pm # *** jul 15 thr Pref1x, Cooley Mac'n, House, Gnostek, Shaadie, Dap The Stampede, Project at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 8pm/8:30pm ** jul 16 fri Abstersion, Grimer, Whitelighter, Torpid, Mysticism at 924 Gilman a/a 7:30pm *** @ jul 16 fri Galdr (Seattle), Abrupt, Badr Vogu at 324 Peralta Street, West Oakland a/a $3-$5 7pm ** @ jul 16 fri Michael Franti & Spearhead, Brett Dennen at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a # ** jul 16 fri Warbringer, Bonded By Blood, Savage Machiine (last show), Zombie Holocaust at Blake's, Berkeley 18+ $10 9pm *** @ (was jul 17th) jul 16 fri Birdmonster at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** jul 16 fri Teenage Bottlerocket, Banner Pilot, Complaints at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/10pm *** @ jul 16 fri Antibalas at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 16 fri 3rd Rail, Absent Society, Saint Vernon, Falling To Pieces at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ (Hostility not playing) jul 16 fri Die Antwoord, dj Jeffrey Paradise at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $25 8:30pm ** (sold out) jul 16 fri Maria Taylor Andy LeMaster, Foolproof Four, Morgan LeMaster at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jul 16 fri Carlton Melton, Nothing People, Hans Keller at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** jul 16 fri The Struts, The Mighty Slim Pickins! at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ 9pm $10 ** jul 16 fri Inquisition, Alter Of Plagues (Ireland), Velnias (CO), Dispirit at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $11/$13 8pm ** jul 16 fri The Pagan Blonde, Sugar Sugar Sugar, The Mallard, Fearsnakeface at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ ** jul 16 fri Kevin Never Talks, Body Or Brain, Porcelain People, Ghost In The City at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** jul 16 fri Smokey Robinson at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $100-$40 7:30pm # *** jul 16 fri Zion I, The Pack at the Avalon, Santa Clara 16+ ** jul 16 sat Sweethead at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm * jul 16 fri Joe Q. Citizen, Dun Bin Had at Caravan, 98 South Almaden Ave., San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** jul 16 fri Admiral Radley at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ ** jul 16 fri Skinlab, Envirusment, A Thousand Kingdoms at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a $10 7pm *** jul 16 fri Ben Taylor & Katie Herzig at Arcata Playhouse, 1251 9th Street, Arcata ?/? ** jul 16 fri Seahaven (L.A.), Troubled Coast at 621 Skateshop, 2321 First Street, Livermore a/a 6:30pm ** @ jul 17 sat Zolar X, Swann Danger, Terran Traumantics, Kill The Capulets (L.A.), The Need at 924 Gilman a/a $8 7:30pm *** @ jul 17 sat Altar Of Plagues (Ireland), Fell Voices, Velnias (CO), Lake Of Blood (L.A.), Astron Argon at Your Haus, Oakland a/a $8 7pm *** @ jul 17 sat The White Buffalo at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $8/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 17 sat Forrest Day at the Shattuck Down Low, Berkeley 21+ ** jul 17 sat Igor & Red Elvises at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jul 17 sat Sons Of Champlin, Electric Flag, Fishbear at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 7pm/8pm # ** jul 17 sat Maps & Atlases, Cults (N.Y.), The Globes at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/10pm ** jul 17 sat Rob Halford at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # *** jul 17 sat Ben Taylor, Katie Herzig at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 18+ $18 8pm/9pm ** jul 17 sat Bare Wires (record release), Moccretro, Heavy Hills, Family Matters at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** jul 17 sat The Stone Foxes (album release), Mata Leon, Strange Vine at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** jul 17 sat Meow, Hooray For Everything, Mind, C'mon Everybody at Pissed Off Pete's, S.F. 21+ $5 ** jul 17 sat Drink Up Buttercup (Philadelphia) at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** jul 17 sat Plutocracy, Acephalix, Self-Inflicted, Vaccuum at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 5pm til 9pm *** @ (early show) jul 17 sat Howlin Rain, Sean Smith & The Present Moment, 3 Leafs at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** (Mission Creek Music Festival) jul 17 sat Lily Tomlin at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $125-$50 8pm # ** jul 17 sat Good Hustle, Lakes, Archeology (OR), The High Sea, Angeles at X Sports Bar, 20990 Homestead Road, Cupertino a/a $8 8pm ** (was at Nickel City) jul 17 sat Secretions, Bastards Of Young, Off With Their Heads!, In Defence at the Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a # 8pm *** @ jul 17 sat Alex Band at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $15 7pm/7:30pm ** jul 17 sat For The Fallen Dreams, Legend, I Declare War, This Or The Apocalypse (Lancaster, PN), At The Crossroads, Belmont at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12 7pm/7:30pm *** @ jul 17 sat Cold Grave, Accidentally Murdered at On The Y, 670 Fulton Ave., Sacramento 21+ 9pm ** @ jul 17/18 Mission Creek Festival, McLaren Park, S.F. a/a jul 18 sun The New Pornographers, The Dodos, Imaad Wasif at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $27.50 7:30pm # ** jul 18 sun Mahjongg (Chicago), Return To Mono, The Actors at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 18 sun Origin, Gigan, Brain Drill (record release), Embryonic Devourment, dj Rob Metal at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $14/$16 7pm/7:30pm *** @ jul 18 sun The Secret History (N.Y.), Jetskiis, Kids On A Crime Spree, Matthew Edwards And The Unfortunates at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 7pm ** jul 18 sun Sweethead at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** jul 18 sun The Secretions, Ashtray, Hounds & Harlots, Bastards Of Young at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ 8pm $6 ** @ jul 18 sun Peace (4:30pm), Da Island Way (2:30pm), The Billy Martini Show (12:30pm), community stage: Exit 27, Dirt Band, Crosscut Blues Band, Pure Bandido And LuvStoned, Vibe Project at Rolph Avenue (off of Pomona), Crockett a/a free 11am til 6pm ** (Sugartown Festival and Sreet Fair) jul 18 sun The Beach Boys at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $90-$35 7:30pm # *** jul 18 sun Alejandro Sanz at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $70-45 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** jul 18 sun Silverstein, Emery, Dance Gavin Dance, We Came As Romans, I Set My Friends On Fire, Sky Eats Airplane, Ivoryline, Close To Home at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $17.50/$20 4:30pm/5pm *** @ jul 18 sun C Rayz Walz (Bronx, N.Y.), Afro Classics, Sleep (Portland), Louis Logic (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Bash Bros, Himself (L.A.), The Apprentice, Rameses, Black Rock City Allstars, Metaphysical, Last Minute, Tree Woodz, Yours Truly, Mic-Rob, Westyle Virus, Spoken Views, Trevercrow, Wordplay, Guilty One, J1three, Smoke, Knowledge, The Halve Two, Ree_Set:One, Scarz Of Marz, Winston Savage, Koalat, Toc Roc at Wingfield Park, Reno a/a $10 3pm til 10pm ** (Hip Hop Art Festival) jul 19 mon Summer Of Glaciers, James & Evander, P. D. Wilder, Posted at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a 7pm ** jul 19 mon The Dig, Amateurbation, The Poison Control Center at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 19 mon Alex Band at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** jul 19 mon Sunflower, Kings Road at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ * jul 19 mon Sentinel Beast, Inter Arma, Bastard Sapling at the Li-Po Lounge, 916 Grant Ave., S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** @ jul 19 mon Barenaked Ladies at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $73-$38 7:30pm # *** jul 19 mon Miss Lizzy Divine at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm * jul 20 tue Keane, Ingrid Michaelson, Fran Healy at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 7pm # *** jul 20 tue (Hed)p.e., Kutt Kalhoun, Johnny Richter, Big B, Slaine at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jul 20 tue Happy Birthday, Residual Echoes, Young Prisms at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** jul 20 tue Con Brio (cd release), California Honeydrops, Blood And Sunshine at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm ** jul 20 tue Kevin Seconds at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** jul 20 tue Kowloon Walled City, Rosetta (Philadelphia), City Of Ships (Richmond, VA), Litany For The Whale at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ free 7:30pm/8:30pm *** @ jul 20 tue The Tunnel, Tigon, Red River Choir at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jul 20 tue Jubilent Low, The New Limb, My My My at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ ** jul 20 tue Lyle Lovett And His Large Band at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa ages 5+ $90-$20 8pm # *** jul 20 tue Jamie Cullum at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $60-$35 7:30pm # ** jul 20 tue Salinger at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** jul 20 tue Off With Their Heads (MN), Hard Girls, In Defence (MN), Wayne Arms (cd release) at Nickel City Arcade, San Jose a/a $10 7pm ** @ jul 20 tue Barenaked Ladies at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a # ** jul 21 wed M.G.M.T., Francis And The Lights at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** jul 21 wed Barenaked Ladies, Kris Allen, Angel Taylor at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** jul 21 wed Grand Archives (Seattle), S, The Northern Key at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** jul 21 wed Andre Nickatina, Smoov-E, Tmills, Dot Dot Curve at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** (early show) jul 21 wed Andre Nickatina, Bizzy Bone, Glasses Malone at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** (late show) jul 21 wed Jay Nash / Joe Firstman at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** jul 21 wed Liturgy (N.Y.C.), Common Eider King Eider, Base Of Bass at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 21 wed House Of Doors, Pillars, Interchangeable Hearts at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ ** jul 21 wed The Spits, Nobunny, Scumby, dj Carolyn Keddy at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm *** @ jul 21 wed New Limb (Orange County) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 6pm ** (was July 22nd) jul 21 wed Obits, Night Marchers, Worker Bee at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $13/$15 9pm ** jul 21 wed Off With Their Heads, In Defence, Dun Bin Had, Benedict Arnold, Number 9 Hard at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ ** jul 21 wed 6SikVI6 Battle Cry at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7pm * jul 21/22/23 Jonathan Richman, Olof Arnalds at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** jul 22 thr John Krausbauer, A Story Of Rats, Brown, Preyers at Terminal, 3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland a/a ** jul 22 thr Chris Riffle, Jord Peck & The Squid, The Experimentalist, Chonk at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a 7pm * jul 22 thr Or, The Whale, Dusty Rhodes at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** jul 22 thr Sick Of It All, Trash Talk, 50 Lions, Alpha & Omega at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ jul 22 thr The Dead Weather, Harlem at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** jul 22 thr Anoraak, Loose Shus, Shane King at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 9pm ** jul 22 thr The Graves Brothers Deluxe, Human Toys, Juanita And The Rabbit at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** jul 22 thr Me In The Zoo, Sonya Cotton, Ben And Ashi at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** jul 22 thr Lecherous Gaze, Lazy Dogs (Oxnard), Red Handed (Portland), Mojo Hand at the Eagle Tavern, 398 12th Street, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm ** @ jul 22 thr Schrondinger's Kitten, Lorin Benedict at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ * jul 22 thr Foxtail Somersault (cd release), Vir (cd release), Astral (cd release), Tomihira (cd release) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm/8:30pm *** jul 22 thr Skillet at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $17 6pm/7pm ** jul 22 thr Lyle Lovett And His Large Band at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$45 7:30pm # ** jul 22 thr Adema, Insolence, Solid State Logic, Nova, Zed at the Avalon, Santa Clara a/a ** @ jul 22 thr Ballyhoo!, Mike Pinto, Fubar at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 22 thr cancelled: The Go-Go's at the Fillmore, S.F. jul 22/23 The Devil Wears Prada, Miss May I, Your Demise at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $16 7pm/7:30pm *** jul 23 fri Weekend Nachos, Low Threat Profie, Terrorism at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm ** @ jul 23 fri Aerosmith, Sammy Hagar, The Wabos at the Arena, Oakland a/a $200-$45.50 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** jul 23 fri Attitude Adjustment, Everything Must Go, Cheapskate, Loose Endz at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm *** @ jul 23 fri Toad The Wet Sprocket at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 8pm/9pm # *** jul 23 fri Adam Lambert, Orianthi at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** (sold out) (also July 25th at the Warfield) jul 23 fri White Cloud, Red Blue Yellow, The Paranoids at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** jul 23 fri Admiral Radley, Sea Of Bees, Built Like Alaska at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8:30pm/10pm ** jul 23 fri Neckmeat, Dylan Connor, Eli Braden at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** jul 23 fri The Parties, Headslide, Dangermaker at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ ** jul 23 fri Not To Reason Why, Goodriddler, Daytes, The Devotionals, At All Times at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** @ jul 23 fri Aziz Ansari (comedy) at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $50-$35 8pm # ** jul 23 fri Los Hot Boxers at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jul 23 fri Crimson Sky, The Mainland, The Paper Melody, The Pollination Vectors at the Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a # 8pm ** jul 23 fri Colonel Jimmy & The Blackfish, Dry County Drinkers at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** jul 23 fri Phenomenauts, Truckers Wife at Lost on Main, Chico, 319 Main Street, Chico 21+ 9pm *** @ jul 23/24 Tainted Love at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $23 8pm/9pm ** jul 24 sat Jackson Browne, David Lindley at Greek Theatre, Hearst & Gayley, U.C. Berkeley a/a $86/$56 8pm # *** jul 24 sat Jen Weisberg, Normandie Wilson, Rabbit Ears at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a 7pm * jul 24 sat Minipop, The Trophy Fire, The Hot Toddies, Geoff Register at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ 410 9pm *** jul 24 sat Cashed, Fukm, Gutwrench, Agro Crag, Black Dream, Nihilist Cunt, Spawn Atomic, M.C. Meathook And The Vital Organs, Insert at Warm Water Cove, bay end of 24th Street, S.F. a/a free noon *** @ (Fuckfest III) jul 24 sat Sleepytime Gorilla Museum at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 24 sat Vicente Fernandez, Edith Marquez at Cow Palace, 2600 Geneva Ave., Daily City a/a $131-$56 7pm/8pm # ** jul 24 sat Off With Their Heads, Static Thought, In Defence at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8 9pm ** @ jul 24 sat Fishbear, Bob Hill Band, Moonlight Orchestra at Slim's, S.F a/a ** jul 24 sat Francesca Lee And The New Believers, The Welcome Matt, Owen Roberts at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** jul 24 sat River City Tanlines (Memphis), Top Ten, Leaders (Portland) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** jul 24 sat Robyn & Kelis, Dan Black, Far East Movement at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $25 ($40 vip) 7pm ** jul 24 sat Tang!, Crazy Ballhead at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 10pm ** (funk) jul 24 sat Asada Messiah, Berringia at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ ** jul 24 sat The Sore Thumbs, Code 4-15, Dynamite 8, Switchblade Riot at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** @ jul 24 sat City Of Progress (L.A.) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** jul 24 sat Good Hustle, The Sidekicks (OH), Tigers Jaw (PA), Ghost In The Aqueducts at X Sports Bar, 20990 Homestead Road, Cupertino a/a $8 8pm ** jul 24 sat Los Olvidados at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jul 24 sat Drop Dead, Gorgeous, Attilla, Sleeping With Sirens, Abandon All Ships, For All Those Sleeping, Woe, Is Me, Scarlett O'Hara, Ten After Two at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15 4pm/4:30pm *** @ jul 25 sun Tomorrow Men, Moonshine at 924 Gilman a/a 5pm ** @ jul 25 sun The Memorials, Points North, Ben Benkert & The Burnouts, The Seth Chaplas at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jul 25 sun Queensryche at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** @ $ jul 25 sun Adam Lambert, Orianthi at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** (sold out) (also July 23th at the Warfield) jul 25 sun The Country Casanovas at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a 4pm * jul 25 sun 100 Monkeys, The Kissing Club at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 25 sun Thollem, Dieterich, Amendola (with films of Martha Colburn), Shudder, John Shiurba at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** (jazz) jul 25 sun Nihlotep, Locusta, Argentinum Astrum, Pale Chalice at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** @ jul 25 sun Toadies, Dead Country, The Famous at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $16 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 25 sun Up Your Alley Fair, Dore between Folsom & Howard, S.F. ?/? free 11am-6pm (leather/sex) jul 25 sun The Never Never, Sears, Lum at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ ** jul 25 sun Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster, For Today, Blessed By A Broken Heart, A Plea For Purging, The Color Morale, The Crimson Armada, I The Breather, The Great Commission, In The Midst Of Lions, Hundredth, Galatia, Man Up! Nancy, Dressed In White at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $16/$18 2:30pm/3pm *** @ jul 25/26 Ghosts of the Phoenix Theater: Investigation & Lecture at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a ** jul 26 mon Blank Tapes, Graves, Range Of Light Wilderness at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a 7pm * jul 26 mon Bear In Heaven, Twin Sister at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 7:30pm ** jul 26 mon The Dangerous Summer, The Morning Of, Places And Numbers at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 7:30pm/8pm ** jul 26 mon Martina McBride at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75-$45 7:30pm # ** jul 27 tue Laura Marling at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 27 tue The Night Marchers, Obits, Moonhearts at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $14/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 27 tue The Delta Mirror (L.A.), Borneo, Here Comes The Saviours at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8/$10 7pm ** jul 27 tue Paper Tongues at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jul 27 tue The Goodnight Loving, The Touch-Me-Nots, The Switchbacks at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 27 tue The Reaction, Dos Peros Locos at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $3 9pm ** (all ages show space benefit) jul 27 tue Jamie Cullum at Center for Arts, 50 Mark W. Springs Road, Santa Rosa ages 5+ $55-$15 8pm # *** jul 27 tue Pat Benatar, REO Speedwagon, Edwin McCain at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $125-$45 6:30pm # *** jul 27 tue Shane Lamb (Nashville) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** jul 27 tue The Black Seeds (New Zealand), Pacific Dub at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 28 wed The Black Seeds, The Holdup, Pacific Dub at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** jul 28 wed Morcheeba at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # ** jul 28 wed Pocahaunted, Mi Ami, Late Young, Peaking Lights at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** jul 28 wed Pepper Rabbit, Candy Claws, That Ghost at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 28 wed Space Vacation, Wildildlife, Emeralds, Sons Of Glory at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ ** jul 28 wed Phosphorescent, Little Wings, J. Tillman at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 28 wed Circa Survive, The Dear Hunter (MA), O? Brother (GA) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $16/$20 8pm/8:30pm *** jul 28 wed Reo Speedwagon at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa ages 5+ $85-$25 8pm # *** jul 28 wed Shane Lamb (Nashville) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 6pm ** jul 28 wed Tomorrows Bad Seeds at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12 6:30pm/7pm ** jul 29 thr Big Head Todd And The Monsters at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $31.50 7pm/8pm # ** jul 29 thr Villagers, Greg Ashley at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** jul 29 thr Generalissimo (record release), Ovipositor, Cartographer at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jul 29 thr Cormorant, Stonehaven, Mary Shelley, Deafheaven, dj Rob Metal at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm *** @ jul 29 thr Genesis Climber, Gimli's Tit at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ ** jul 29 thr Negative Trend, The Hashashins, Monarchs at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm *** jul 29 thr Kenny Loggins at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $90-$40 7:30pm # *** jul 29 thr Wolf Parade, The Moools at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$22 7pm/8pm *** jul 29 thr Anuhea, The Green, Stranger, Tamarama at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 29 thr Serious, Mr. P Chill, The Glove, W.O.W. Ent, Dope Monstaz at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 8pm/8:30pm ** jul 29 thr Toby Keith, Trace Adkins at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Marysville 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 Violation, Decent Criminal, Detach Dolls, Atomic Machine, Spirits In The Basement, IV at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ jul 30 fri Vitamin Party, Jason white And The Handsome, Shake me, dj Isaac Owen Money at the Craneway Pavilion, 1414 Harbour Way South, Richmond a/a $5 9pm *** @ (Jason's 40th party) jul 30 fri Wolf Parade, Moools, Zola Jesus at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $27.50 8pm # *** jul 30 fri Make Me, Dreamdate, Schande at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 30 fri Chop Tops at the Shattuck Down Low, Berkeley 21+ ** jul 30 fri Soilwork (Sweden), Death Angel at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ jul 30 fri Kinky Friedman at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jul 30 fri Level 42, The World Famous Rick & Russ Show at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** jul 30 fri Mad Caddies at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm/9:30pm *** @ jul 30 fri Addison, Junior Panthers, Soft Bombs at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** jul 30 sat The Twelves, Mark Romboy, John Tejada at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** jul 30 fri Father President, Siddhartha at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ ** jul 30 fri Michael McDonald at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa ages 5+ $90-$20 8pm # ** jul 30 fri Civil War Rust, Stigma 13, The 132 at the House, 130 Sunrise Drive, Brentwood a/a free 6pm ** jul 30 fri Squeeze, The English Beat at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75-$40 7:30pm # *** jul 30 fri Hottub at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jul 30 fri Otep, The Birthday Massacre, Beneath The Sky, The Agonist, Damage Over Time, Jack Ketch at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $20/$22 7pm/7:30pm *** @ jul 31 sat Black Star (Mos Def & Talib Kweli), Zion-I at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # 8pm ** jul 31 sat Swingin Utters, The Cute Lepers at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ jul 31 sat The Plastic Saints, The Tempermentals, Rock Fight at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm/5pm ** jul 31 sat Nathaniel Rateliff at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm ** jul 31 sat Kenseth Thibideau, Danny Paul Grody, Radius at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 5pm ** (early show) jul 31 sat Rantouls, Saucy Jacks, Dirty Cupcakes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** (late show) jul 31 sat Tokyo Raid, Swaybone, The Trees at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ ** jul 31 sat Dave Rude Band, FlexXBronco, Monte Casino at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jul 31 sat 400 Blows (L.A.), Turks, Swann Danger at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/10pm ** @ jul 31 sat Le Verita at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** jul 31 sat Michael McDonald, Chaka Khan at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$50 7:30pm # ** jul 31 sat Mad Caddies at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm *** jul 31 sat (hed) p.e., Kutt Calhoun, Johnny Richter, Big B, Slaine, Quette Daddie at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $20/$22 7pm/7:30pm *** jul 31/aug 1 California World Guitar Show at Marin Civic Center, San Rafael a/a aug 1 sun As I Lay Dying, Underoath, Between The Buried And Me, Blessthefall, The Acacia Strain, Architects, Cancer Bats, War Of Ages at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 7pm # *** @ (Cool Tour) aug 1 sun Squeeze, English Beat at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $42.50 7pm/8pm # *** aug 1 sun Rickie Lee Jones, Meklit Hadero at Stern Grove, 19th Avenue & SLoat Blvd., S.F. a/a free 2pm *** aug 1 sun Tartufi, Silian Rail (cd release) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** aug 1 sun T-Model Ford & Gravel Road, Horror-X at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** aug 1 sun Il Gato, Bill Baird, Jesse Woods at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 1 sun Scorpions, Cinderella at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $89.50-$19.50 6pm/7pm # *** aug 1 sun John Legend at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $150-$55 7:30pm # ** aug 1 sun Hoods at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 6pm ** @ aug 1 sun Weird Al Yankovic at State Fair, Sacramento a/a # *** aug 2 mon Joanna Newsom, Robin Pecknold at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** (all seated) aug 2 mon Bomb the Music Industry, Shinobu, Dan Potthast at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 3 tue Siversun Pickups, Against Me, Henry Clay People at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $35 7:30pm # *** @ aug 3 tue Ratt at the Metro, Oakland a/a # *** aug 3 tue Matisyahu at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $30 7pm/8pm # ** aug 3 tue Aunt Dracula (Philadelphia) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 3 tue The Watson Twins, Ferraby Lionheart at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm ** aug 3 tue (Hed) p.e., Kutt Kalhoun, Johnny Richter, Big B, Blestenation at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $20 7:30pm/8pm *** aug 3 tue David Crowder Band at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa ages 5+ $20-$50 8pm # ** aug 3 tue Bomb The Music Industry, Dan Potthast (solo - cd release), Shinobu, Gnarboots at Nickel City, 1711 Branham Lane, San Jose a/a $8 7pm ** aug 3 tue Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $150-$80 8pm # *** aug 3 tue Tonight Is Glory, As Am I, Killing The Party, Ezera, A Story Untold, Speak No More at the Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a # 7:30pm ** aug 3 tue Adema, Tantric, Miscreated at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a 7pm ** @ aug 4 wed Blondie, Gorevette at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $55 8pm/9pm # *** aug 4 wed Human-Clad Monsters at Slim's, S.F a/a ** aug 4 wed Gram Rabbit, Dylan Trees (L.A.), Planet Booty at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** aug 4 wed The Parties, Bye Bye Blackbird, Lotus Moons at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 4 wed Apollo Sunshine, Big Light at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 7:30pm ** aug 4 wed (Hed)p.e. at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** aug 4 wed Bomb The Music Industry, Dan Potthast (solo - cd release), Shinobu at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $8 8pm ** aug 5 thr Tremor, El Remolon, Chancha via Circuito, El G, Ghosts On Tape, dj Disco Shawn at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 9pm ** aug 5 thr Lights (acoustic) at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm ** (sold out) aug 5 thr Shannon & The Clams, White Mystery (Chicago) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 5 thr My First Earthquake, Elissa P., Hunt With A Cat at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 5 thr Blondie at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa ages 5+ $25-$80 8pm # *** aug 5 thr Shawn Colvin (solo acoustic), Mary Chapin Carpenter at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75-$35 7:30pm # ** aug 5 thr cancelled: Cross Canadian Ragweed, Micky & The Motorcars at Slim's, S.F. aug 5 thr cancelled: Tift Merritt at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. aug 5/6/7 Phish at the Greek Theatre, Hearst & Gayley, U.C. Berkeley a/a $50 6:30 (thr), 7pm (fri & sat) # ** aug 6 fri Agrimonia (Sweden), Alaric at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ aug 6 fri The Mighty Underdogs, The Stone Foxes, Bang Data, Zydeco Flames, Cheetahs On The Moon, Birds & Batteries, Everything Must Go!, Kit And The Branded Men, The Memphis Murder Men, Finish Ticket, Belle Monroe And Her Brewglass Boys, Fans Of Jimmy Centruy, at Jack London Square waterfront, Oakland a/a free 6pm *** (East Bay Express Best of the East Bay Party) aug 6 fri Crystal Castles, Rusko, Sinden, Proxy at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $35/29.50 7pm # ** aug 6 fri White Mystery (Chicago) at Ghost Town Gallery, Oakland 18+ ** aug 6 fri The Frail, Stripmall Architechture, Buddy Akai, Ted Nessith at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ 6pm/9pm ** aug 6 fri Camila at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $47.50 7pm/8pm # ** aug 6 fri Scraping For Change, Solid State Logic, Roosevelt Radio, Five Minutes To Freedom at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** aug 6 fri Orgone at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 7:30pm ** aug 6 fri The Phenomenauts (album release), The Struts, Bobby Joe Ebola And The Children MacNuggits at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $13 8:30pm/9:30pm *** @ (see Aug. 7th) aug 6 fri The Zeros (L.A.), Gorevette, Primitivas at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 9pm/10pm *** @ aug 6 fri Devotionals (cd release) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 6 fri Mary Chapin Carpenter at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa ages 5+ $19-$45 8pm # ** aug 6 fri Toby Keith, Trace Adkins, James Otti at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $74-$28 6pm/7:30pm # *** aug 6 fri Los Lonely Boys, The Fabulous Thunderbirds at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $80-$40 7pm # ** aug 6 fri Dave Koz, Jonathan Butler, Sheila E. at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $85-$40 7:30pm # ** aug 6 fri The Paragraphs at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** aug 6 fri cancelled: Proudflesh, Fracas at the Oakland Metro, Oakland aug 6 fri cancelled: Kerasphorus, Nocturnal Blood, Sanguis Imperem, Altar Of Extinction, dj Rob Metal at thee Parkside, S.F. aug 6 fri A Skylit Drive, The Divine, Aloversplea, Batten Down Your Heart, Twenty Days With Julian at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15 7pm/7:30pm ** aug 6/7 7 Walkers (Bill Kreutzmann, Papa Mali, George Porter, Jr.) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** aug 7 sat Hunx And His Punx, Tropical Sleep, Wrong Words at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 7 sat We Are Scientists at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** aug 7 sat Man In Space (cd release), Young The Giant, Fever Charm at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 7 sat The Phenomenauts (album release), Classics Of Love, Kepi Ghoulie Electric at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $13 8:30pm/9:30pm *** @ (see Aug. 6th) aug 7 sat The Rabbles, The Reaction, Sweet Bones at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** aug 7 sat Thee Oh Sees, Yellow Fever, Bare Wires at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8:30pm ** aug 7 sat White Mystery (Chicago) at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ ** aug 7 sat Chelsea Handler at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $110-$50 8pm # ** aug 7 sat Call Me Ugly (Coloma) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** aug 7 sat Sloe at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** aug 7 sat Scott Allen Project, Mack Jones, Split Self at the Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a # 8pm ** aug 7 sat A Skylit Drive, The Divine, Ezera, Paint Over Pictures, Pledge The Silence at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15 7pm/7:30pm ** aug 7 sat Lynch Mob at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a ** @ aug 8 sun McCabe And Mrs. Miller, True Margrit, The Family Crest at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 2:30pm/3pm ** aug 8 sun Styx at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$45 7:30pm # *** aug 8 sun Summer Darling (L.A.) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 3pm ** aug 8 sun Call Me Ugly (Coloma) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** aug 9 mon Trevor Hall at Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley a/a ** aug 9 mon Don McGlashan (New Zealand) at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $18 8pm ** aug 9 mon Kele, Jessica 6, dj Miles, dj Aaron Axelsen at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm ** aug 8 sun Calm Palm Vapor, Change! at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm * aug 9 mon Rush at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $120-$24 6pm/7:30pm # *** aug 9 mon Natalie Merchant at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $70-$40 7:30pm # ** aug 9 mon The Ataries at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** aug 10 tue Weird Al Yankovic at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $125/$59/$36 8pm # *** $ aug 10 tue Joan Armatrading at Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street, S.F. a/a $100-$40 7pm/8pm # ** aug 10 tue Seu Jorge And Almaz at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** aug 10 tue Devildriver, Kataklysm, Skeletonwitch, Saviours at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ aug 10 tue Corrosion Of Conformity, Goatsnake, Black Breath, Eagle Twin, Righteous Fool at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $20/$25 6pm *** @ $ (Southern Lord Fest) aug 10 tue Teri Falini, Blair Hansen, Black Balloon at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** (Girlstock) aug 10 tue The Overnight Lows, Bad Assets at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 6pm ** aug 10 tue CCR Headcleaner, Puffy Areolas, Arms & Legs at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** (late show) aug 10 tue Frazey Ford at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 7:30pm ** aug 10 tue Blondie, The B52s at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $120-$50 7:30pm # *** aug 10 tue Huey Lewis And The News at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a # *** aug 11 wed Natalie Merchant at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** aug 11 wed Autolux, This Will Destroy You at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** aug 11 wed Porcupine Tree at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** aug 11 wed Thralls, Sunbeam Rd at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 11 wed Proclamation (Spain), Obeisance (TX), Nocturnal Blood, Maleficusa, dj Rob Metal at thee Parkside, S.F. 21 $10/$13 8pm *** @ aug 11 wed Pancho-San, Dinosaur Feathers, Lonnie Walker at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 11 wed Rule 5, Brass Hysteria, Rude Intoxicant, Firegills at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm ** @ aug 11 wed Huey Lewis & The News at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$50 7:30pm # *** aug 11 wed Wax Fingers (OR), Evan Jewett at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** aug 11 wed Rev. Horton Heat, Split Lip Rayfield, Hillstomp at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $12/$16 7pm/8pm ** aug 11 wed Black Veil Brides, Vampires Everywhere, Modern Day Escape, Get Scared, Tag You're Dead at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 7pm/7:30pm ** aug 11-15 S.F. Doomed Fest, S.F. (Benefit Maximum Rock n Roll - S.F. all age showspace) aug 12 thr Reverend Horton Heat at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # *** aug 12 thr White Hills, Carlton Melton, Headless at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 12 thr Or, The Whale, These United States at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** 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 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 12 thr Joan Baez at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $95-$40 7pm # *** aug 13 fri Fang, Final Conflict, Oppressed Logic, Set Offenders (K.C.), So Unloved TX at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ aug 13 fri Akron Family, White Hills, Bad Weather California at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $15 8pm/9pm ** aug 13 fri Deceased, Rumpelstiltskin Grinder, Embryonic Devourment, Deadly Remains, dj Rob Metal at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10/$12 9pm *** @ aug 13 fri Aratic, Domeshots, Calling Doctor Howard at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** aug 13 fri Te Vaka at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** aug 13 fri Leslie Stevens & The Badgers, Charlie Wadham, Amy Blaschke at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** aug 13 fri Cotton Jones, The Parson Red Heads, Roadside Graves at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** aug 13 fri Skitzo, Seeds Of Hate, Thought Vomit at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** @ aug 13 fri Anthony Hamilton, Kem, Jaheim, Raheem Devaughn at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $126-$40 6pm/7pm ** aug 13 fri Finding Stella at Lions Wayside Park, 1st & Neal St., Pleasanton a/a free 7:30pm ** aug 13 fri Smash Mouth at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm *** @ aug 13/14 House Of Usher at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ 8pm *** aug 14 sat Carolyn Wonderland, The Mother Truckers at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** aug 14 sat Pie Rats, Rottoncore, Goolog at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm/5pm ** aug 14 sat Jello Biafra & The Guantanamo School Of Medicine at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** @ aug 14 sat American Steel, Ghost And The City, The RattleSnakes at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/10pm ** @ aug 14 sat Os Beaches, Blank Tapes, Apache Thunderbolt at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** aug 14 sat George Benson, Natalie Cole, Brian Culbertson, Lucy Woodward at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $91-$25.50 3pm/4pm # *** (Mount Diablo Jazz Festival) aug 14 sat Ron White at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $70-$40 8pm # ** aug 14 sat Eek A Mouse at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $14/$19 8pm/9pm *** aug 14 sat Furthur (Phil Lesh & Bob Weir), Gogol Bordello, The Levon Helm Band, Cat Power, Wolfmother, Bassnectar, Pretty Lights, Tokyo Police Club, Beats Antique, Rebirth Brass Band, Wild Beasts, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, Daniel Lands' Black Dub, Langhorne Slim, Mayer Hawthorne & The County, The Pimps Of Joytime, Electric Six, Dawes, The Soft Pack at Outside Lands Fest, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a $75 ($125 2 day) # *** aug 15 sun Rasputina at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** aug 15 sun Maceo Parker, Darondo at Stern Grove, 19th Avenue & SLoat Blvd., S.F. a/a free 2pm *** aug 15 sun Kings Of Leon, Phoenix, Social Distortion, Al Green, Nas & Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley, Empire Of The Sun, Cromeo, Edward Share & The Magnetic Zeros, The Temper Trap, Janellemonae, Amos Lee, The Devil Makes Three, The Budos Band, Aterciopelados, Garage A Trois, People Under The Stairs, Vieux Farke Toure, Nneka, The Whigs, Little Wings at Outside Lands Fest, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a $75 ($125/$145 2 day) # *** aug 15 sun Dan Sartain, Leopold & His Fiction, The Twinks at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 15 sun Black Cobra, Howl, Monarch at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 15 sun Rob Thomas at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $125-$50 7:30pm # ** (Benefit Sidewalk Angels Foundation) aug 15 sun Michsel Schenker Group at the Avalon, Santa Clara a/a ** aug 16 mon The Upsidedown, 1776 at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 16 mon Dezarie at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25/$27 7:30pm ** aug 16 mon Billy Idol at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $90-$40 7:30pm # *** aug 16 mon Xavier Rudd (Australia) at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$25 7pm/8pm ** aug 16/17 Lady Gaga at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $178-$52.50 7pm/8pm # *** aug 17 tue Witchburn, Cast The Circle at the Metro, Oakland a/a *** aug 17 tue Enthroned (Belgium), Destroyer 666 (Australia), Pathology, Estuary, Necrite, Dj Rob Metal at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $17/$20 7pm/7:30pm *** @ aug 17 tue Billy Idol at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $59.50 8pm/9pm # *** aug 17 tue Hashshashin at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm * aug 17 tue The Blank Tapes, Ash Reiter, Pat Hull at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 17 tue Cyndi Lauper at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75-$40 7:30pm # *** aug 17 tue The Michael Schenker Group at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $22/$25 7pm/7:30pm ** aug 18 wed Black Francis (solo acoustic) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (seated) aug 18 wed Wavves at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** aug 18 wed Greg Davis, Aures, Moholy-Nagy at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 18 wed BoDeans at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 7:30pm ** aug 18 wed Woven Bones, The Sandwitches, The Splinters at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 18 wed Lucinda Williams With Robert Earl Keen at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $70-$35 7:30pm # *** aug 18 wed Smile Brigade (Seattle), The Shimmies at Lost on Main, Chico, 319 Main Street, Chico 21+ 9pm ** aug 18 wed postponed: Christina Aguilera, Leona Lewis at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View aug 19 thr Darrell Scott (solo acoustic) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (seated show - was originally August 27th) aug 19 thr The Lickets, Odd Owl, Tied To The Branches at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 19 thr Ida, Michael Hurley at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 19 thr The Swell Season at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75-$35 7:30pm # ** aug 19 thr Bill Maher at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $100-$55 8pm # ** aug 19 thr Chris Isaak at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a # *** aug 20 fri Jucifer at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 20 fri Still Time, The Shamblers, John Howland at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** aug 20 fri Ghostland Observatory at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** aug 20 fri Crooked Still at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** aug 20 fri Jogger, Shlohmo at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm ** aug 20 fri The Morlocks at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** aug 20 fri Pinkerton, The Hot Toddies, As A People at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** (Weezer Tribute Show) aug 20 fri Jack Bruce, War, Rare Earth, Mitch Ryder, Badfinger at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$40 6:30pm # * (hippiefest) aug 20 fri Al Jarreau, George Duke Trio at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $95-$50 7pm # ** aug 20 fri John Mayer, Owl City at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $79.50/$36 6pm/7pm # ** aug 20 fri Trevor Hall at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 20 fri Bleeding Through, Terror, The Ghost Inside, Suffokate, Nightmare In The Twilight at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $14/$15 7pm/7:30pm *** @ aug 20 fri Y & T, Determind, The Calmer at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a $20 7pm *** @ aug 21 sat Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** aug 21 sat Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Xavier Rudd & Izintaba at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # ** aug 21 sat Sputterdoll, Pedro Gil, The Skyflakes, Rocking Kids Sing-a-long, Keenwild at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm/5pm ** aug 21 sat Hepcat at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** aug 21 sat The Lucky Stars (L.A.), The B Stars, dj Rockin Raul at the Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** aug 21 sat Espinoza Paz at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** aug 21 sat The Armagideons, The Hooks, Monkey, Sistas In The Pit, Stigma 13, Interecords at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm *** (Joe Strummer Tribute - Benefit for Strummerville) aug 21 sat Man/Miracle, Slang Chickens, The Yellow Dress at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** aug 21 sat Cool Water Canyon at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 7:30pm ** aug 21 sat B.B. King, Buddy Guy at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $125-$45 7:30pm # *** aug 21 sat The Eyesores (San Jose) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 7pm ** aug 21 sat Picture Atlantic, PK, Audrye Sessions, Le Verita at X Sports Bar, Homestead Road, Cupertino a/a $8 8pm ** aug 21 sat Callow at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** aug 21 sat Bob Dylan and His Band at the Monterey County Fairgrounds, Monterey a/a # *** aug 21 sat John Mayer, Owl City at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Marysville a/a # ** aug 21 sat Los Lobos, John Hiatt & The Combo at Rodney Strong Winery, Healdsburg ?/? ** aug 22 sun Rock Make Street Festival at Treat & 18th Avenue in the Mission, S.F. a/a free 11am til 6pm ** (music, crafts, visual arts, fashion) aug 22 sun Mat Kearney at Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market St., S.F. a/a $20 8pm ** (KFOG) aug 22 sun They Might Be Giants, Rogue Wave at Stern Grove, 19th Avenue & SLoat Blvd., S.F. a/a free 2pm *** aug 22 sun The Horde And The Harem (Seattle), The Aimless Never Miss, The Buttercream Gang, And I Was Like, What? (Portland) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 7pm ** aug 22 sun Sarah Jaffe at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * aug 22 sun Only Sons, Burnt House at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 (free before 5pm) 2:30pm/5:30pm ** (Firehouse Kustom Rockart poster show) aug 22 sun Los Lobos, John Hiatt & The Combo at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $70-$35 7:30pm # ** aug 22 sun Snoop Dogg, Warren G, Tha Dogg Pound, A Tribe Called Quest, Wu-Tang Clan, Lauryn Hill, Rakim, KRS-One, Slick Rick, dj Premier Street Sweeper Social Club, Murs And 9th Wonder, Immortal Technique, Wiz Khalifa, Clipse, Brother Ali, Jedi Mind Tricks, Big Sean, Muggs And Ill Bill, Yelawolf, Supernatural, dj Rocky Rock at Shoreline Amphitheatre, One Amphitheatre Pkwy., Mountain View a/a $131-$56 10am/10:30am # *** (Rock the Bells) aug 23 mon Decapitated, The Faceless, All Shall Perish, The Red Chord, Veil Of Maya, Cephalic Carnage, Decrepit Birth, Carnifex, Animals As Leaders, Vital Remains at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 3pm/3:30pm # *** @ $ (Summer Slaughter Tour) aug 23 mon Crowded House, Lawrence Arabia at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** aug 23 mon Girl In A Coma, Gringo Star, Agent Ribbons at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 23 mon Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $60-$35 7:30pm # ** aug 24 tue Something Corporate at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8:30pm # ** aug 24 tue Bad Brains at Slim's, S.F a/a *** aug 24 tue Eastern Conference Champs, Voxhaul Broadcast at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 24 tue Scene Of Action, The Paper Sons, Pebble Theory at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 24 tue Crowded House at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$45 7pm # ** aug 24 tue The Hold Steady at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $16/$19 7pm/8pm ** aug 25 wed Blind Willies at Union Square, S.F. a/a free 6pm * aug 25 wed Thriving Ivory, Ryan Star at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** aug 25 wed Double Plus Good at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * aug 25 wed Oneida, Jonas Reinhardt, The Lights (Seattle) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 25 wed Dave Matthews Band, Raphael Saadiq at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $70-$40 7pm # *** aug 25 wed Garrison Keillor (A Prairie Home Companion) at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$40 7:30pm # ** aug 25 wed By Sunlight, Manuok at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** aug 25 wed ZZ Top at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a # *** aug 25 wed Izzy And The Kesstronics at Lost on Main, Chico, 319 Main Street, Chico 21+ 9pm * aug 26 thr Lydia at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 7pm/8pm ** aug 26 thr Lazer Sword, Rainbow Arabia (L.A.), Religious Girls, Sister Crayon, dj Miggy Stardust at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8pm ** aug 26 thr BlackMahal, Boy In The Bubble, Soul Wide World at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 26 thr The Mercy Hot Springs at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 26 thr Melissa Etheridge at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $105-$40 7:30pm # *** aug 27 fri Norah Jones, Corinne Bailey Rae at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # ** aug 27 fri Planet Booty, K-Flay at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 27 fri Nekromantix, The Howlers, The Mutilators at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ aug 27 fri UV Race (Australia), Total Control at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 27 fri Cannons And Clouds, By Sunlight (Seattle) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** aug 27 fri Blasphemous Rumours (tribute) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm * aug 27 fri Dave Matthews Band, Raphael Saadiq at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Marysville a/a # *** aug 27/28 Chris Isaak at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$46 7:30pm # *** aug 28 sat The Chemical Brothers at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $42.50 8pm # ** aug 28 sat Extra Action Marching Band at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $15 9pm ** aug 28 sat From Monument To Masses (final show), Judgement Day, Silian Rail at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** @ aug 28 sat Melissa Etheridge at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** aug 28 sat Panteon Rococo at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** aug 28 sat Emily Wells, Valerie Orth, Kindness And Lies at Slim's, S.F a/a ** aug 28 sat Guitar v. Gravity, Moneypenny, Charmless at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 28 sat Blasphemous Rumours (tribute), Luv'n Rockets (tribute) at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm ** aug 28 sat Dave Matthews Band, Raphael Saadiq at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $70-$40 # *** aug 28 sat Brian Regan at the Center for Performing Arts, 255 Almaden Boulevard, San Jose a/a $38.50 7pm/8pm # *** aug 28 sat N.V.S. (cd release), F.T.B., Relapse at X Sports Bar, 20990 Homestead Rd., Cupertino a/a $5 8pm ** aug 28 sat Nekromantix, The Mutilators, The Howlers at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $13/$15 7:30pm/8pm *** @ aug 29 sun Slash at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** aug 29 sun The Juliana Theory at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 7:30pm/8pm *** aug 29 sun Junius, Orbs at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 29 sun Celtic Woman at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $100-$40 7:30pm # ** aug 29 sun Lynyrd Skynyrd, Blue Oyster Cult, The Greg Kihn Band at Shoreline Amphitheatre, One Amphitheatre Pkwy., Mountain View a/a $75-$10 5pm/6pm # *** (KFOX 98.5) aug 30 mon Earth, Wind and Fire at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a # *** aug 31 tue Slayer (playing Seasons In The Abyss), Megadeth (playing Rust In Peace), Testament at the Cow Palace, S.F. a/a $39.50 6pm/7pm # *** @ aug 31 tue Earth, Wind & Fire at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $105-$55 7:30pm # ** 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 2 thr Jenny & Johnny at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 3 fri Definite Articles, Poor Bailey at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** sep 3 fri Lights Over Paris at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** sep 3 fri The Sore Thumbs, Compton SF (cd release), Get Dead, Murderland at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm *** @ sep 3 fri ZZ Top, .38 Special at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $79.50-$10.77 4pm/6pm # *** (Bone Bash XI) sep 3 fri Watch Out! There's Ghosts, Sunshine Estates, Princess Die at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12 7pm/7:30pm ** @ sep 4 sat Garotas Suecas at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 8pm ** sep 4 sat J.G.B. With Melvin Seals & Stu Allen at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 4 sat GREEN DAY, A.F.I. at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $50/$20 6pm/7pm # *** sep 4 sat Westwood & Willow at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** sep 5 sun Cold Cave, Abe Vigoda at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 5 sun The Lambs, Glass Trains, Makeing Tents at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 6 mon Panda Bear at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $8 # ** sep 6 mon Man Man at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 7 tue Mark Olson at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** sep 7 tue Southern Culture On The Skids at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ ** sep 8 wed Crooked Fingers, The Mynabirds at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm ** sep 8 wed The Night Beats at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * sep 9 thr The Clientele at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ ** sep 9 thr Sundowner, Hanalei at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 9 thr Alessandro Cortini / BlindOldFreak, John Chowning, Lissom at Brava Theatre, 2781 24th Street, S.F. a/a $16 ($10 students/$40 3 day pass) 8pm ** (S.F. Electronic Music Festival) sep 9 thr Little Wings, Michael Musika, Honeycomb at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** sep 9 thr Swanifant at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * sep 10 fri David Gray And Ray LaMontagne at the Greek Theatre, Hearst & Gayley, U.C. Berkeley a/a # ** sep 10 fri M.K.M., Trimpin, Pod Blotz a/a $16 ($10 students/$40 3 day pass) 9pm ** (S.F. Electronic Music Festival) sep 10 fri La Corde, Procedure Club, Ggreen at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 10 fri Andre Nickatina at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $25 7:30pm/8pm *** sep 10 fri Craig Ferguson at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75-$35 7:30pm # ** sep 11 sat The Business (U.K.), The Hollowpoints, Hounds & Harlots, Box Squad at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a 9pm $13/$15 *** @ sep 11 sat Craig Ferguson at Davies Symphony Hall, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** sep 11 sat Southern Culture On The Skids at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 11 sat AC/DShe at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** sep 11 sat Stephan Mathieu, Caroliner, Joseph Hammer a/a $16 ($10 students/$40 3 day pass) 8pm ** (S.F. Electronic Music Festival) sep 11 sat 3 Stoned Men, Wig Torture, Natural Fonzie, Smile God loves you, Count Dante, Field Trip, David Nudelman Not All UKE Band at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ *** (Rotfest II) sep 11 sat The Doobie Brothers at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85-$55 7:30pm # *** sep 11 sat The Robert Cray Band, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $95-$55 7:30pm # ** sep 12 sun Sleep at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $23 7pm/8pm # *** @ $ sep 12 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap, at McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. a/a $3 ($20 6am early entry) 10am sep 12 sun Thrift Store Cowboys, Warren Jackson Hearne, Slow Poisoner at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 12 sun Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $95-$50 7pm # *** sep 12 sun Exodus at the Avalon, Santa Clara 21+ *** sep 12 sun D.R.I. at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a *** @ sep 13 mon Willie Nelson, Ryan Bingham at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a # *** sep 13 mon Exodus at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a *** sep 14 tue The Head Cat at the Metro, Oakland a/a *** sep 14 tue Menomena, Suckers at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 14 tue PRIMUS, Mariachi el Bronx at Memorial Auditorium, 16th & J St., Sacramento a/a $38 7pm/8pm # *** @ sep 14/15 Sheryl Crow at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $151-$56 7:30pm # *** sep 15 wed Jeff The Brotherhood at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** sep 15 wed The Chapin Sisters at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** sep 15 wed Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker, Justin Moore, Easton Corbin, Steel Magnolia, Josh Thompson at Shoreline Amphitheatre, One Amphitheatre Pkwy., Mountain View a/a $55-$24 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** sep 16 thr Mumiy Troll, Run Run Run at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm *** sep 17 fri Nomeansno at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $15 9pm *** @ sep 17 fri Los Super Seven at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 17 fri Mist & Mast, Sands Yeltsin at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * sep 17 fri Paramore, Tegan And Sara at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $35 5pm/6:30pm # *** sep 17 fri Creedence Clearwater Revisited at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $90-$50 7:30pm # ** sep 17 fri Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Marysville a/a # *** sep 18 sat Tab Benoit at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 18 sat Kathy Griffin at Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave., S.F. a/a $79.50-$45 7pm/8pm # ** sep 18 sat Savage Republic, Five Oceans, Carta at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 18 sat Nomeansno, Ezeetiger at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/10pm *** @ sep 18 sat Stunt Monkey, The Muckruckers at X Sports Bar, Homestead Road, Cupertino a/a $8 8pm ** sep 18 sat Harry Connick Jr. & Orchestra at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $150-$51 7:30pm # ** sep 18 sat Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $98-$38 5pm/7pm # *** sep 18/19/20 All American Tattoo Festival at Sacramento Convention Center, 1400 J Street, Sacramento a/a $20 ($40 weekend) fri (2pm-11pm) sat (11am-11pm) sun (11am-7pm) sep 19 sun Melvins at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ sep 19 sun cancelled: Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato at the Pavilion, Concord sep 20 mon Willie Nelson & Family at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $69/$76 6pm/7pm *** sep 21 tue The Do at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 21 tue Harry Connick Jr. at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a # *** sep 20/21 Hanson, A Rocket To The Moon at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 22 wed Blue October at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** sep 22 wed Local Natives, The Love Language at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm # ** sep 22 wed Willie Nelson & Family, Ryan Bingham at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $125-$45 7:30pm # *** sep 22 wed Disturbed, Avenged Sevenfold at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Marysville a/a # *** @ (Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival) sep 23 thr The XX (London), Warpaint at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $25 8pm # ** sep 23 thr Foreigner at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $90-$45 7:30pm # *** sep 24 fri Band Of Horses at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a # *** sep 24 fri FLESHIES, Mystic Knights Of The Cobra, Bobby Joe Ebola & The Children MacNuggits (cd release) at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm *** @ sep 24 fri New Monsoon, Tracorum at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 24 fri Katatonia, Swallow The Sun, Orphaned Land at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $18/$20 ($45 8:30pm early entry/vip) 9pm *** @ sep 24 fri Tommy Keene, The Paul & John at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * sep 24 fri Rykarda Parasol, Mister Loveless at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/10pm ** sep 24 fri Cheech & Chong at Convention Center, 700 Auditorium Drive, Redding a/a $47.50/$37.50 7pm/8pm # *** sep 25 sat Vampire Weekend, Beach House, The Bery Best at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # *** sep 25 sat ArnoCorps, Nihilist, Static Thought, Saint Vernon at Blake's, Berkeley 18+ $10/$12 9pm ** @ sep 25 sat Dirty Projectors at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm ** sep 25 sat dj Bob Mould, dj Rich Morel Melvins at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** sep 25 sat Paul Collins' Beat, The Pleasure Kills, Sharp Objects at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ *** sep 25 sat Margaret Cho at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65-$35 8pm # ** sep 26 sun Folsom Street Fair, Folsom St. between 7th st. & 12th St., S.F. a/a 11am-6pm (music/leather/sex) sep 26 sun Nevermore, Warbringer, Mutiny Within, Hatesphere at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ sep 27 mon Daryl Hall & John Oates at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$50 7:30pm # *** sep 27 mon Paul Collins Beat, Boats!, The Poonteens at the Shire Road Club, Sacramento a/a # 8pm *** sep 28 tue Fennesz at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $20 8pm ** sep 28 tue Joe Buck Yourself (Murray, KY), Truckers Wife at Bombay's, 1730 California Street, Redding 21+ 9pm/9:30pm ** sep 29 wed Kamelot, Leaves' Eyes at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** sep 29 wed The Jon Spncer Blues Explosion at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. ?/? ** sep 29 wed Joe Buck Yourself (Murray, KY), Truckers Wife, WitchDick at Lost on Main, Chico, 319 Main Street, Chico 21+ 9pm/9:30pm ** sep 29/30 The Black Keys, Nicole Atkins at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** (wed sold out) sep 30 thr Easy Star All-Stars, Cas Haley at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** sep 30 thr Matt & Kim at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $18.50 7pm/8pm # ** sep 30 thr Nautical Almanac, Daniel Higgs at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 1 fri Flaming Lips, Ariel Pink at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # $39.50 8pm # *** $ oct 1 fri Train, Needtobreathe at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # *** oct 1/2/3 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Golden Gate Park a/a free *** oct 2 sat Wanda Sykes at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$45 6pm/8pm ** oct 3 sun David Allan Coe at the Metro, Oakland a/a *** oct 3 sun Vamps at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 3 sun Gotan Project at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** (KUSF) oct 5/6 Jack Johnson, G. Love & Special Sauce (oct 5), Alo (oct 6), Zee Avi at Greek Theatre, U.C. Berkeley a/a $59.50 5pm/6:30pm # ** oct 8 fri Tom Tom Club (N.Y.) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** oct 8 fri Rascal Flatts, Kellie Pickler at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # ** oct 8 fri Cheap Trick at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75-$40 7:30pm # *** oct 9 sat Wayne Hancock at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 8pm ** oct 9 sat Particle at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 9 sat Hot Lunch, Blank Stares, 3 Stoned Men, Philosophy Of Genocide, mc Lynn Breedlove at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** @ (Bike Messenger Appreciation Day) oct 9 sat Chapterhouse (U.K.), Ulrich Schnauss, dj Aaron Axelsen at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $17 9pm *** $ oct 11 mon Eels at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # *** oct 11 mon The Corin Tucker Band at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 11 mon Alice In Chains, Deftones, Mastodon at Event Center, San Jose State University a/a $39.50 6pm/7pm # *** @ oct 12 tue Devin Townsend Project at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 12 tue Teenage Fanclub at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $26.50 7pm/8pm # *** oct 12 tue Bettie Serveert at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9:30pm ** oct 13 wed The Script at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** oct 13 wed Los Lobos at U.C. Davis, Davis a/a # ** oct 14 thr Hoodoo Gurus at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 15 fri Gaelic Storm at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 15 fri Matt Costa at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 15 fri Legendary Shack Shakers at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** oct 16 sat Legendary Shack Shakers at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12/$14 9pm ** oct 16 sat Morning Benders, Twin Sister, Cults at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 8pm/9pm # *** oct 16 sat Jimmy Buffett And The Coral Reefer Band at Shoreline Amphitheatre, One Amphitheatre Pkwy., Mountain View a/a $137-$37 6pm/8pm # ** oct 16/17 Treasure Island Music Festival a/a $65 ($115 two days) oct 17 sun Hot Chip at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** oct 19 tue Mike Birbiglia at Palace of Fine Arts, S.F. a/a $55 7pm/8pm # ** oct 21/22/23 Aziz Ansari (comedy) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35.50 7pm/8pm and 10pm/10:30pm thr - 6pm/7pm and 9:30pm/10pm fri-sat # ** oct 22 fri Shakira at the Arena, Oakland a/a $149.50-$39.50 7pm/8pm # ** oct 23 sat The Rubinoos (40th anniversary) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 28 thr Celtic Thunder at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** nov 4 thr Two Door Cinema Club at Slim's, S.F a/a ** nov 5 fri Cheech & Chong at Civic Auditorium, 307 Church Street, Santa Cruz a/a $55-$29.50 7pm/8pm # *** nov 6 sat Thee Oh Sees at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 8pm ** (Uptown's 3rd Anniversary) nov 14 sun Nile, Ex-Deo, Psycroptic, Keep Of Kalessin Dan Potthast at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** nov 14 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap, at McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. a/a $3 ($20 6am early entry) 10am nov 18 thr Yo Gabba Gabba, Biz Markie at Memorial Auditorium, 1400 J Street at 15th, Sacramento a/a 3pm and 7pm shows # ** nov 20 sat Black Label Society, Children Of Bodom, Clutch, 2 Cents at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $36.75 7:30pm # *** @ nov 20 sat Tunng at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** nov 20/21 Yo Gabba Gabba, Biz Markie at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a 2pm and 5pm shows # ** dec 3 fri Roger Waters (performing The Wall) at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $251.50-$55.50 7pm/8pm # *** $ dec 4 sat Margaret Cho at Nob Hill Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $49.50/$29.50 7pm/8pm # ** dec 6 mon Roger Waters (performing The Wall) at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $253.50-$58.50 7pm/8pm # *** $ dec 8 wed Roger Waters (performing The Wall) at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $253.50-$58.50 7pm/8pm # *** $ dec 10 fri Forbidden at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a *** dec 12 sun The Judds at Arco Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a $77.50-$37.50 # ** mar 22 tue Lady Gaga, Semi Precious Weapons at the Arena, Oakland a/a $184-$52 7pm/8pm # *** * 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 Alameda County Fair, 4501 Pleasanton Ave., Pleasanton a/a 925-426-7600 Avalon Nightclub, 777 Lawrance Expressway, Santa Clara 21+ a/a 408-241-0777 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 5+ 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 ($2 yearly membership required) http://www.924gilman.org 5pm membership meetings 1st and 3rd sat. of each month Great American Music Hall, 859 O'Farrell, S.F. a/a 415-885-0750 Harlow's, 2708 J Street, Sacramento 21+ 916-441-4693 Hemlock, 1131 Polk at Post, S.F. 21+ 415-923-0923 Henfling's Firehouse Tavern, 9450 Highway 9, Ben Lomond 21+ 408-335-1642 Hotel Utah Saloon, 500 4th St. at Bryant, S.F. 21+ 415-546-6300 Independent, 628 Divisadero, S.F. 21+ 415-771-1420 Java Lounge, 2416 16th St., Sacramento a/a Kimo's Bar, 1351 Polk at Pine, S.F. 21+ 415-885-4535 Kennel Club, 5821 Auburn Blvd., Sacramento 21+ 916-339-1675 Knockout, 3223 Mission St., S.F. 21+ 415-550-6994 Konocti Harbor, 8727 Doda Bay Road, Kelseyville a/a 800-660-LAKE Li-Po Lounge, 916 Grant Ave., S.F. 21+ Lounge Underground, 638 Wave St, Monterey 21+ 831-655-4419 Mama Buzz Cafe, 2318 Telegraph at 23rd., Oakland a/a 510-465-4073 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 Pissed Off Pete's, 4528 Mission Street, S.F. 21+ 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 Terminal, 3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland a/a Thrillhouse Records, Mission at 30th, S.F. a/a Warfield, 982 Market St., S.F. a/a 415-775-7722 Underground Cafe, 2401 Olympus Drive, Roseville a/a 916-786-7940 Underground, 555 East 4th St., Reno NV 21+ Uptown, 1928 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland 21+ 510-451-8100 Vixens, 906 Victorian Avenue, Sparks NV a/a 21+ 775-358-6969 Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose 21+ 408-286-8636 X Sports Bar, 20990 Homestead Road, Cupertino a/a 408-255-5700 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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