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 June 3, 2011 jun 3 fri Saint Vernon, Fog Of War, Apothesary, Hysteria, Lyceum at 924 Gilman a/a $8 7pm *** @ jun 3 fri Alaric, Atriarch (Portland), Swann Danger, Hazzard's Cure, Crucifixion at the First Church of the Buzzard, 2601 Adeline, Oakland a/a $6 8pm/9pm *** @ jun 3 fri Anthony David at Rasputin Music, Berkeley a/a free 4:30pm ** jun 3 fri Bachaco, Los Del Kumbiaton, Pata De Perro, Codigo at the Metro, Oakland a/a $10 7pm # ** jun 3 fri Little Wings, Blank Tapes, Pancho-San, Whiskerman at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** jun 3 fri Architecture In Helsinki at Amoeba Music, S.F. a/a free 6pm *** jun 3 fri Architecture In Helsinki, Hooray For Earth at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $21 8pm/9pm *** (also June 2nd at the Great American Music Hall) jun 3 fri Blackfield, Jordan Rudess at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $26 8pm/9pm ** jun 3 fri The Wombats, Wild Party (TX), The Tender Box (L.A.) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $15 9pm ** jun 3 fri The Dead Westerns (7" release), Slow Trucks (album release), Pony Village (Portland) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jun 3 fri The White Buffalo at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** jun 3 fri The Album Leaf at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm *** jun 3 fri Empty Space Orchestra, Bend, OR) at Boom Boom Room, 1601 Fillmore, S.F. 21+ * jun 3 fri Damon & Naomi, Amor De Dias, Colossal Yes at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jun 3 fri Orchid, Black Mackerel, Curmudgeon B.C., Midnight at Cafe Cocomo, 650 Indiana at Mariposa, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** jun 3 fri Fast Times, Erasure-esque, Night Train at the Show Room, 1000 Van Ness Avenue, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** jun 3 fri Yeibichai, Death Valley High, Gun Runner, The Tunnel at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** (John's Birthday) jun 3 fri Luvplanet at George's, San Rafael 18+ ** jun 3 fri Fallujah, Aenimus, Simoom, Ashkira, Native Shores at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** jun 3 fri Super Diamond at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ ** jun 3 fri Monkey at Billco's Billiards, Napa ?/? ** jun 3 fri Quiet Game Starting Now at the Red House, Walnut Creek a/a 7pm ** jun 3 fri The Glowing Stars, San Francesca, Goodriddler, dj K-Von at Subzero Festival, South First Street at San Carlos, San Jose a/a free 6pm til midnight ** (KSCU 103.3FM) jun 3 fri Quiet Riot, Angerhead, Mukagee at the Avalon, Santa Clara a/a $15 7pm/8pm *** @ jun 3 fri Frontier Wives, Lawn Vultures, Bad Dog Sit at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 3 fri Hub City Stompers (N.J.), Tried And True, Trouble Maker, The Young Idea at Johnny V's, 31 East Santa Clara St., San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** jun 3 fri Animism, Chernobog, Misamore, In Deep at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10/$12 7pm/8pm # ** jun 3 fri The String Slingerz, The Carmkin Rebellion, Big Light, Fatso Jetson, The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit, Gwyneth And Monko at Carter Ranch, 6260 Carter Road, Mariposa 18+ (a/a an adult) $30/$40 weekend pass with camping noon *** (no dogs) jun 3 fri One Day, Love Songs From The Hated at Monstros Pizza, 628 W. Sacramento Ave., Chico a/a $5 8:30pm ** @ jun 3 fri Truckers Wife (last show), Viva Le Vox, Shivaree, Fight Music at Monstros Pizza, 628 W. Sacramento Ave., Chico a/a 9pm ** jun 3/4 Furthur (with Phil Lesh & Bob Weir) at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $66-$31 6pm/7:30pm # ** jun 4 sat Algernon Cadwallader, Joyce Manor, 1994, Snowing, Yi at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $7 7:30pm *** @ jun 4 sat Germ Attak (Ontario, Canada), Ruleta Rusa, Verraterisch, Xeroxide at the Swamp, 877 35th St., West Oakland a/a $6 8pm *** @ jun 4 sat Adele at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # ** jun 4 sat JE Double F at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a donation 7pm * jun 4 sat Fishbone, Keno Mapp, Heart Touch (with Angelo Moore), Eyezon And A People Like Us Band, Thumper, dj Dylan C at the New Parish, Oakland a/a $15/$20 8:30pm/9:30pm *** jun 4 sat Instant Asshole, Fix My Head, The Dead Beats, Zero Progress, Good Neighbor Policy, Code Of Conduct at the IA House, 2914 East 7th Street, Oakland a/a $5 *** @ jun 4 sat Eliyahu & The Qadim Ensemble at Rasputin Music, Berkeley a/a free 4:30pm ** jun 4 sat Mamadou & Vanessa at Amoeba Music, Berkeley a/a free 3pm * jun 4 wat Druid Sisters Tree Party, Riffat Sultana & Suhawat Ali Khan, Fito Reinoso y su Ritmo y Armonia, Belly Dance Bazaar, The Beth Custer Ensemble, Eliyahu & The Qadim Ensemble, Forr, Brazuca, The Helladelics, Jie Ma & Daniel Berkman, Mamadou & Vanessa, Rafael Manriquez & Ingrid Rubis, Pusaka Sunda, Sadza Marimba, San Francisco Balalaika Ensemble at World Music Festival, Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley a/a free noon ** jun 4 sat The Dickies, TurbonegrA, Culo A Boca at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm *** @ jun 4 sat Adele at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8:45pm # ** (sold out) jun 4 sat Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr, Ema, Burnt Ones at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm ** jun 4 sat Earth, Wind & Fire at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a # *** jun 4 sat Bootsy Collins at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 9pm # *** jun 4 sat Picture Atlantic, Rin Tin Tiger, Handshake, Lakes at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 4 sat The Earl Brothers, Hang Jones, Tiny Television, Pops at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $13 8pm/8:30pm ** jun 4 sat Civil War Rust, 5 Days Dirty, Trillick, Biting The Dog at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $12 8pm/9pm ** jun 4 thr Agatha (WA), My Parade (WA), Mugwort, American Splits at Thrillhouse Records, S.F. a/a free 7pm ** @ jun 4 sat Stornoway, Sea Of Bees at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 9pm ** jun 4 sat The Obsessors, The Rinds at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm ** jun 4 sat Walken, Aerial Ruin, Saturn Returns at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm ** jun 4 sat The Buds (two sets) at the Riptide Bar, 3639 Taraval St., S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:45pm * jun 4 sat Surfer Blood, Innerpartysystem, The Vaccines, Geographer, dj Aaron Axelsen at Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $17/$20 8pm *** (Live 105's BFD Pre Party) jun 4 sat Vygr, At Our Heels, The Funeral Pyre, Viral at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** @ jun 4 sat The Illness (album release), Disastroid, Outshined at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** (rock poster art show) jun 4 sat Planet Booty, Tigercat, Tres Lingerie at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm ** jun 4 sat Headless Lizzy And Her Ice Box Pussy, Atriarch (Portland), Sutekh Hexen at the Retox Lounge, S.F. 21+ 8pm/9:30pm ** jun 4 sat Ken Mode (Canada), Deaf Heaven at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $8 6pm til 9pm ** (early show) jun 4 sat The Quick & Easy Boys, Shut Up at Grant & Green, 1371 Grant St., S.F. 21+ free 9pm ** jun 4 sat White Noize, Jared-F, Nima G at Ruby Skye, 420 Mason at Geary, S.F. 21+ 9pm * (dress code) jun 4 sat Our Vinyl Vows, Brooks Was Here, Fire Child, Semi Evolved at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** @ jun 4 sat Powerage (tribute), Speak Of The Devil (tribute), Destroyer (tribute) at Club Fox, 2223 Broadway, Redwood City 21+ $12/$14 8pm ** (Lynda's Birthday) jun 4 sat Laaz Rockit, Heathen, Ikki Crane, Hatchet, Angerhead at the Avalon, Santa Clara a/a *** @ jun 4 sat Dirtbag Dan, Language Arts Crew, A_Rival, Ichy The Killer, Boboso & Friends, Input (CO) at X Bar, Cupertino a/a $8 8pm ** (hiphop) jun 4 sat Northern Son, Jonny Manak & The Depressives, Cova at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $5 9pm ** jun 4 sat Fast Asleep, The Groogs, Seduce The Dead, T.C., In The Bunker at 600 Encinal & Dubois, Santa Cruz a/a free 2pm ** (Benefit for Patrick Blackstorm) jun 4 sat Frontier Wives, Stryder Callison & The Jackwagons at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 4 sat Americaz Mozt Haunted, Tragik Magik, Lower Level, Cylince, T.N.T., Divided Allegiance, Chernobog, Brutha Smith, Bliss N Blane, Cali Colab at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 6pm/6:30pm # ** jun 4 sat Forever The Sickest Kids (5pm), Anarbor (4pm) at Sunrise Mall, 6172 Sunrise Mall, Citrus Heights a/a free noon *** (Skate Contest & Sate Team Demos - Zumiez Couch Tour) jun 4 sat The Trespassers And Friends, The Atomic Sherpas, I See Hawks In L.A., Nicki Bluhm And The Gramblers, The Trespassers, Lazy Brad Lewis, Alma, The Green Machine, The Adam Burns Band, Hellbat! at Carter Ranch, 6260 Carter Road, Mariposa 18+ (a/a an adult) $30/$40 weekend pass with camping noon *** (no dogs) jun 5 sun Your MetaForest Guidebook, Wild Assumptions, Cher Horewitz, Bascom, My Parade, Agatha at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $7 5pm *** @ jun 5 sun Rad Cloud, Seth Pettersen & The Undertow (Ventura) at Rasputin Music, Berkeley a/a free 1pm ** jun 5 sun Al Qaeda, Seven Lies About Girls, Null Static Void, Furfur, Cumberbund, Coagulator, Paul Knowles, Group Rhoda, Jackal Fleece at Toxic Beach, Bay End of 24th Street, S.F. a/a free 2pm *** jun 5 sun A.J. Swearingen & Jonathan Beedle at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $20/$25 5:30pm/6pm ** (Simon & Garfunkel Restrospective) jun 5 sun Aswat at Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street, S.F. a/a 3pm * (Arabic Choral and Instrumental Ensemble) jun 5 sun Winter's Fall, Mike (of Birds & Batteries - solo), Kissing Cousins, Mist Giant at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** jun 5 sun Coffin Hunter at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm * jun 5 sun Anna Calvi at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 9pm ** jun 5 sun Woodsman, Tapedeck Mountain, Fatality Reality at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jun 5 sun Linkin Park, Snoop Dogg, The Strokes, Cage The Elephant, Bad Religion, Neon Trees, The Airborne Toxic Event, Manchester Orchestra, Foster The People, Biffy Clyro, Middle Class Rut, Young The Giant, Awolnation, I Am Empire, Forrest Day, K. Flay, Beta State, Finish Ticket, The Relay Company, Young Digerati, Wolfgang Gartner, Blaqk Audio, The Limousines, Innerpartysystem, Harvard Bass, Rac, The Tenderloins, Saint John, Party Ben, Jeffery Paradise, KidHack, Miles The DJ, Dan B at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $59.50/$39.50 11am # *** @ $ (Live 105 BFD) jun 5 sun Almost Cut My Hair (tribute) at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $15/$20 7pm/7:30pm * jun 6 mon Foster The People at Amoeba Music, S.F. a/a free 6pm ** jun 6 mon David Lowery (of Cracker) at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $22/$24 8pm ** jun 6 mon Father President, Bleached Palms, Symbolic Jews at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 7 tue Youth Of Today, Mouthpiece, All Teeth, Fast Asleep at the Metro, Oakland a/a $16 7:30pm # *** @ jun 7 tue U2, Lenny Kravitz, Moonalice at the Coliseum, Oakland a/a # *** jun 7 tue Glasvegas, Gliss at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $20 8pm/9pm ** jun 7 tue Sarah Jarosz, The Crooked Jades, Megan Keely at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $14 8pm ** jun 7 tue Agnes Obel, Jhameel, Birds By Snow at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** jun 7 tue Katie Garibaldi at Coffee Adventures, 1331 Columbus Ave., S.F. a/a free 11am * jun 7 tue Orange Goblin, The Gates Of Slumber, Naam, dj Rob Metal at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** @ jun 7 tue Sloan at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9:30pm ** jun 7 tue Corpus Callosum, Eleanor Murray, Ben Henderson at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 7 tue The Devil Whale at Amnesia, 853 Valencia at 20th, S.F. 21+ * jun 7 tue Dirty Cupcakes, The Paper Bags, The Basements, dj Taypoleon at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $5 8:30pm ** jun 7 tue Street Urchins (Sacramento) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 5pm ** jun 7 tue Bruno Mars, Janelle Monae Hooligans at the Grand Theater, Reno NV ?/? $32.50 ** jun 7 tue cancelled: Tyrone Wells at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. jun 8 wed Jordan Knecht, Brandon Mayer, Tim Holehouse at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a donation 7pm * jun 8 wed Illusion Self at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** (KALX 90.7FM) jun 8 wed Loquat, Inu at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** jun 8 wed Hombres G y Enanitos Verdes at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # * jun 8 wed Friendly Fires, Wise Blood at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm ** (sold out) jun 8 wed Rough Waters, Junior Boogie at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 8 wed My First Earthquake (cd release), Le Vice, dj Bortvans Ltd. at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** jun 8 wed Matmos, Wobbly at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $15/$18 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jun 8 wed Dirty Boots, The Astral Force, Kelly McFarling at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** jun 8 wed John Prine, Jason Wilber at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm ** jun 8 wed Lyle Lovett And John Hiatt (acoustic) at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$35 7:30pm # ** jun 8 wed Talky Tina, Silent Pictures, Shores at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** (KSCU) jun 8 wed The Devil Whale at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a * jun 8 wed Les Dudek, Gator Tail at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $12/$16 8:30pm/9pm * jun 9 thr films: Inland Empire & City of God at B.R.S., Richmond a/a free 7pm (movie night) jun 9 thr Little Lost Boys at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a donation 7pm * jun 9 thr DJ Lebowitz (piano player) at Disco Volante, 247 14th Street at Webster, Oakland a/a free * jun 9 thr Yoma Band, Heart Touch, Matthew Weide Joint at Lounge 3411, 3411 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** jun 9 thr Throwrag, The Chop Tops, The White Barons at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm ** jun 9 thr Love Axe, The Pentacles, Yearling at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ 6pm ** jun 9 thr Krisna Das at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** jun 9 thr Death Cab For Cutie (Seattle), The Lonely Forest at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 8pm/9pm # *** jun 9 thr Grouplove at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a * jun 9 thr Bambi Lake, Ben McCoy, Brontez, Christraper Sings, Double Duchess, Kirk Read at Center for Sex and Culture, 1349 Mission Street, S.F. ?/? $12-$25 8pm ** (day 1) jun 9 thr Tied To The Branches, Slowness, Summer Of Glaciers at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 9 thr M.E.L.T. (Mark, Emilio, Larry & Ted - 80's covers) at La Barca, 2036 Lombard Street, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** jun 9 thr Signal Path, The Malah, The Neurovoltaic Orchestra at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 9 thr Lyle Lovett & John Hiatt at the Marin Center, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael a/a # ** jun 9 thr Trances, I Am The Ocean at the Red House, Walnut Creek a/a $10/$12 7pm ** jun 9 thr Brian McKnight at Montalvo Arts Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga a/a # ** jun 9 thr The Skatalites at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ ** jun 9 thr Creepshow, The Devil's Train, The Jetsinns, Avenue Saints at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$15 7pm/8pm # ** jun 9 thr Blind Willies at the Caspar Inn, 14957 Caspar Road, Caspar 21+ 9:30pm ** jun 10 fri Creepshow, Mempis Murder Men, Cold Blue Rebels, Plasma Cannon at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm *** @ jun 10 fri Hurray For The Riff Raff (New Orleans), The Tumbleweeds (New Orleans) at Lobot Gallery, 1800 Campbell St., Oakland a/a $3-$6 8pm ** jun 10 fri Peter Gabriel, New Blood Orchestra at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # *** (KFOG) jun 10 fri R. Kelly, Keyshia Cole, Marsha Ambrosius at the Arena, Oakland a/a # *** jun 10 fri Locura, Bang Data at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $10/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 10 fri Crystelles, Agness Twin, Unholy Trinity Dancers, dj Death Boy, dj Ambones, dj Dark Star at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** jun 10 fri Chronic Narcosis, mc Meathook And The Vital Organs, Radio Revolt, Skin And Bones at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $5 6pm ** @ (Crash and Burn Fest) jun 10 fri Timber Timbre, Marissa Nadler at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** jun 10 fri Buzzcocks, Images at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $35 9pm *** @ $ (KUSF) jun 10 fri Carlos Varela at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $25 8pm/9pm ** jun 10 fri Farewell Continental, Gold Motel, Here Come The Saviours at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $13/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 10 fri Avenue Saints, The Mengz, Culo A Boca at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a 8pm ** (also June 11th - Gore Noir Magazine release) jun 10 fri Extra Action Electric Marching Band, Itchy-O Marching Band at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** jun 10 fri Palms Spring at Lake Gallery, 661 Divisadero at Grove, S.F. a/a free 7pm * (reception for visual artist Naomi Vanderkindren) jun 10 fri Philip Huang, TT Baum, George Birimisa, Cassandra Gorgeous, Cyd Nova, Kirk Read at Center for Sex and Culture, S.F. ?/? $12-$25 8pm ** (day 2) jun 10 fri Young Widows, My Disco (Melbourne, Australia), Hides, Name at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 9pm ** jun 10 fri The Old Firm Casuals, Toughskins (L.A.), Hounds & Harlots at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** @ jun 10 fri Detroit Cobras, Girl In A Coma at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** jun 10 fri Laura Thomas at the Union Room, 401 Mason Street, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm/9pm * jun 10 fri Petty Theft (tribute) at George's, San Rafael 21+ $15/$20 9pm * jun 10 fri Skylark, 14 Planets Out To Lunch, Conceive And Leave, Push, Happy Tension at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** jun 10 fri Tainted Love, Private Idaho at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm ** jun 10 fri Malevolent, Arkaik, Fallujah, Burning At The Stake, Feast at the Red House, Walnut Creek a/a 7pm *** @ jun 10 fri Brothers Of Brazil, Los Hot Boxers at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm $7 ** jun 10 fri Side FX Band (Washington, D.C.) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** jun 10 fri Too Short, dj Toure, Krypto, Antdog Da Beast at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm *** jun 10 fri Craig's Brother, The Lonely Kings, Russ Rankin at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $6/$8 9pm/9:30pm ** jun 10 fri The Devil Whale at Sophia's Thai Bar, 129 E Street Suite E, Davis 21+ * jun 10 fri Memphis May Fire, Decoder, That's Outrageous, Ten After Two, Paint Over Pictures at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7pm/7:45pm *** jun 10 fri For All I've Done, Wings Of Innocence, Demension 13 (Reno, NV), Steel Savior at Shenanigan's, 705 J Street, Sacramento 21+ $10 8pm ** jun 10/11/12 PRIMUS (sun), The Flaming Lips (sat), Michael Franti & Spearhead (fri), G. Love & Special Sauce, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Railroad Earth, Krishna Das With Natacha Atlas & Tiraline, Ghostland Observatory, lost At Last Tribe, Soja, Rootz Underground, David Starfire Ensemble, Gaudi, Opiuo, Shimshai, Moon Alice And David Nelson Band, Luminesque, Visionary Alliance, The Soft White Sixties, El Radio Fantastique, Three Legged Sister, Mike Farrell, Mariel Hemingway & Bobby Williams, John & Ocean Robbins, Will Durst, Caroline Casey, James Twyman, Dr. Steven Greer, Mahendra Kumar Trivedi at the Harmony Festival, Fairgrounds, Santa Rosa a/a $138-$374 (3 day passes) $52 (1 day pass) # **** @ jun 11 sat Title Fight, Touche' Amore', Menzingers, Dead End Path, Shook Ones at 924 Gilman a/a $12 7pm *** @ jun 11 sat Jokes For Feelings, Ben. Battered & Broken, Mr. Mar, Grow Well, Cesar Delly, BlasFemme, Eduardo Estrada, Swag County Misfits at the Metro, Oakland a/a $5 8pm *** jun 11 sat Dispatch at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # *** jun 11 sat Karl Alfonso Phillip Greenlief Sam Ospovat Trio, Josh Allen Timothy Orr Duo at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a donation 7pm * jun 11 sat Gutwrench (San Jose), Zero Bullshit, Mental Disaster, Cashed, Hukaholix, Bobby Adopted (solo acoustic) at Your Haus, Oakland a/a $6 7:30pm *** @ jun 11 sat Extra Action Marching Band, Itchi-O-Marching Band, The Something Experince, Bitter Lover, dj JunkDrawer at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $15 9pm *** jun 11 sat Serpent Crown, Dusted Angel, Lecherous Gaze at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $8 7pm ** @ jun 11 sat Avenue Saints, The Mengz, Culo A Boca at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a noon ** (also June 10th - Gore Noir Magazine release) jun 11 sat An Horse (Australia), Poor Bailey, Steve Taylor at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 11 sat Evolfo Doofeht, Rozzi Crane, Candlespit Collective at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $13/$15 9pm ** jun 11 sat RuPaul (signing only) at Amoeba Music, S.F. a/a free 2pm jun 11 sat Panteon Rococo at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 9pm # * jun 11 sat Miasmal (Sweden), Bone Sickness (Seattle), Mortuous at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** @ jun 11 sat The Mutaytor, Brass Menazerie, Motion Potion at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20/$25 9pm ** jun 11 sat Shannon And The Clams, Rank/Xerox, Outdoorsmen, dj Yeah Right at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/10pm ** jun 11 sat Brothers Of Brazil, Chucha Santamaria Y Usted at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** jun 11 sat The Edge, The Whitney Myer Band at George's, San Rafael 18+ $15/$20 9pm ** jun 11 sat Minnesota, B33son, Wes V2.0, Tyler Jackson, Randomchuck at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 7pm/8pm *** jun 11 sat A Night In Hollywood at the Red House, Walnut Creek a/a $10/$12 7pm ** jun 11 sat Justin Bieber at Mountain Winery, 14831 Pierce Road, Saratoga a/a $250 7pm/8:30pm ** (Benefit for College Track After School Program) jun 11 sat The Chop Tops, Throwrag, The Rocketz, Henchmen, Craic Haus, Coffin Hunter, Motorpunx at the Avalon, Santa Clara 21+ (a/a if accompanied by 21+) $12/$15 6:30pm/7:30pm *** @ jun 11 sat Always Ready (Visalia), Tony (from Stickupkid - solo acoustic) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 6pm ** jun 11 sat Tim McGraw, Luke Bryan, The Band Perry at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $75-$30 5:30pm/7pm # ** jun 11 sat Old Firm Casuals, The Forgotten, Tough Skins at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** @ jun 11 sat Vibrant Eyeris, Vokab Company at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $8/$10 8:30pm/10pm ** jun 11 sat Los Dryheavers (final show), Los Fracasos (final show), Pop Bottle Bombers, P+, Sea Wolves at GHWR Youth Center 30 Maple Avenue, Watsonville a/a $6 7pm # *** @ jun 11 sat Arkiak (Riverside Couonty), Falluiah, Damage Over Time, Malevolent, Internal Decapitation, Exylum (Grass Valley) at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10/$12 7pm/7:45pm # ** jun 11 sat Abandon Theory (acoustic) at the Club Car, 836 Lincoln Way, Auburn 21+ 9:30pm ** jun 11 sat Metal Health, Lovedrive (tribute) at El Dorado Saloon, 879 Embarcadaro Drive, El Dorado Hills 21+ free 8pm ** jun 11/12 Black Lips, Cerebral Ballzy, Personal & The Pizzas at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16 9pm *** jun 11/12/13 School of Rock Battle of the Bay at San Mateo County Fair, 2495 S Delaware Ave., San Mateo a/a ** jun 12 sun Bastards Of Young, Spanish Gamble (Gainsville, FL), French Exit (L.A.), Flamingo Nosebleed (Fort Wayne, IN), Wayne Arms at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $7 5pm *** @ jun 12 sun Miasmal (Sweden), Undergang (Denmark), Laudanum, Bone Sickness (Seattle), Acephalix at Victory Warehouse, 24th and San Pablo Avenue, Oakland a/a $10 6pm *** @ jun 12 sun Florence + The Machine at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # *** (Live 105) jun 12 sun Dear Indugu, The Bayonettes, Comodo Complex, Brave Ulysses, Marta Alvarez at the Starry Plough, Berkeley a/a $10-$20 sliding scale 2pm til 6pm ** (Benefit Japan Relief Fund) jun 12 sun Whirl, Anne at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a donation 7pm * jun 12 sun The Agent Deadlies (4pm), many more Haight Ashbury Street Fair, S.F. a/a free ** jun 12 sun indiemart at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free noon jun 12 sun Mother Mother, The Frail at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** jun 12 sun The Crystelles, Tonge And Teeth, Agness Twin at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $9 7pm ** jun 12 sun Brendan Perry, Robin Guthrie at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $25 7pm/8pm ** jun 12 sun Our Vinyl Vows, The Resurrection Men, Pounders, John Heart Jackie at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** jun 12 sun Santa Cruz Teen Nightclub at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz ages 14-19 $10/$20 8pm jun 13 mon Slow Motions (Tokyo, Japan), Crazy Spirit (N.Y.C.), Neon Piss, Power at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $7 6pm ** jun 13 mon Deftones, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Le Butcherettes (Mexico City) at Warfield, S.F. a/a 6:30pm/7:30pm $33/$42.50 # *** @ (floor sold out) jun 13 mon Sourpatch, Hissyfit (New Zealand), Neonates (L.A.), Palms Spring, Onesie (New Zealand) at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $6 7pm *** @ jun 13 mon Wildbirds & Peacedrums at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $14 9pm ** jun 13 mon Sean And Zander, Cunt Sparrer, Love Songs From The Hated, Roland Finn at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 7pm ** jun 14 tue The Shitty Limits (U.K.), Black America, Zero Progress, Power at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a $4 6pm/7pm ** jun 14 tue The Maine, Augustana at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/7:30pm # ** jun 14 tue Mark Lanegan (acoustic), Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $25 8pm ** (seated show) jun 14 tue Times New Viking, King Tuff, Spencey Dude & The Doodles at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** jun 14 tue Rockfight, Atomic Machines, Unko Atama at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $8 9pm ** jun 14 tue Barbara Manning, Simon Comber (New Zealand), Meridians at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jun 14 tue Jesse Morris And The Man Cougers, Saint Christopher (Lincoln, NE), Kemo Sabe, dj Jay Jaworski at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $5 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jun 14 tue Punk Funk Mob, Night Train at Grant & Green, 1371 Grant St., S.F. 21+ free 9pm ** jun 14 tue Poison Control Center (Iowa), Tim Holehouse (England) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 6pm ** jun 14 tue This Or The Apocalypse, The Human Abstract, Scale The Summit, No Gragging Rights at the Venue, 4 New York AVenue, Los Gatos a/a $12 6pm/6:30pm *** @ jun 14 tue Jethro Tull (Aqualoung 40th anniversary tour) at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $125-$50 7:30pm # *** jun 14 tue The Vows at Streetlight Music, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** jun 14 tue Deftones, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Le Butcherettes (Mexico City) at Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ jun 14 tue Big Head Todd And The Monsters, Toots & The Maytals at Knitting Factory, 211 North Virginia Street, Reno, NV a/a ** jun 14 tue cancelled: Jeff "Skunk" Baxter at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. jun 15 wed Vestiges, Lake Of Blood, Monuments Collapse, Pale Chalice, Indian Giver at Your House, Oakland a/a $6 ** @ jun 15 wed Myrmyr, Fielded (Chicago), Pale Reverse at Fingerling's Grotto, 4038 MLK, Oakland a/a $5 7pm ** jun 15 wed Relatives, Town Hall, Snuffaluffagus, Silian Rail (acoustic) at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a donation 7pm ** jun 15 wed The Glowing Stars, Crashfaster at the New Parish, Oakland ?/? ** (Japan Benefit) jun 15 wed Shameless & Seamless at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** (KALX 90.7FM) jun 15 wed Slapstick, MU330, The Chinkees at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $20 8pm *** (sold out - Asian Man Records Anniversary) jun 15 wed Motley Crue, Poison, New Your Dolls at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a # *** $ jun 15 wed X, Devil's Brigade at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $31 8pm *** jun 15 wed Blind Willies at Union Square, S.F. a/a free 12:30pm ** jun 15 wed Deep Teens, Moira Scar, Primary Colors, dj Necromos Spirtus at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $5 9pm ** jun 15 wed Stephen Marley at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** jun 15 wed Blasted Canyons, The Boom Bang, The Fine Steps at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 15 wed Grand Hallway, Goh Nakamura, Jane Lui at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** jun 15 wed Part Time, Weapons Of The Future, Pow!, Party Owl at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 15 wed Crystal Antlers, Audacity, Tijuana Panthers, Devon Williams at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** jun 15 wed Oh Boy!, Abatis, Over The Falls at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 15 wed Jack's Mannequin, Lady Danville at Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** jun 15 wed This Or The Apocalypse, The Human Abstract, Scale The Summit, No Gragging Rights, Elitist at the Alley, 906 Victorian Way, Sparks, NV a/a *** @ jun 15 wed The Airborne Toxic Event, Voxhaul Broadcast at the Knitting Factory, Reno, NV a/a *** jun 16 thr films: Jarrad's double feature at B.R.S., Richmond a/a free 7pm (movie night) jun 16 thr Poor Bailey, Anchors Up, Lia Rose, Platypus at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a donation 7pm ** jun 16 thr DJ Lebowitz (piano player) at Disco Volante, 247 14th Street at Webster, Oakland a/a free * jun 16 thr Uzi Rash, Fine Steps, Eat Skull, Blasted Canyons at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ 6pm ** @ jun 16 thr Slow Gherkin (reunion), Buck-O-Nine, Unsteady, Monkey at the Parkside, S.F. a/a $15 8pm *** @ (sold out - Asian Man Records Anniversary) jun 16 thr Alkaline Trio, The Hot Toddies, Kepi Ghoulie, Atom Age at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $20 7:30pm/8:30pm *** @ (sold out - Asian Man Records Anniversary) jun 16 thr Sioux City Kid (album release), Con Brio, Uncle Rebel at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $13 8pm ** jun 16 thr Libertas, Reckless, Alibaster Choad at Thrillhouse Records, S.F. a/a free 7pm ** jun 16 thr Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm ** jun 16 thr Victory & Associates, Poison Control Center (Iowa), Genius And The Thieves at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jun 16 thr Narooma, The Speed Of Sound In Seawater (Sacramento), The Relatives (N.Y.), Town Hall (N.Y.) at Revolution Cafe, 3248 22nd St., S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** jun 16 thr Funkanauts at 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway Blvd., Fairfax 21+ free 9:30pm * jun 16 thr The Glowing Stars, Crashfaster, Algo + The Rhythms at Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St., Santa Rosa a/a ** jun 16 thr X, Devil's Brigade at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ $35 *** jun 16 thr Allegaeon, Repulsive Infestation, Truth Decays, Repaid In Blood, Damaura at the Red House, Walnut Creek a/a $10/$12 7pm *** @ jun 16 thr Gutwrench, Short Fuse, Thunderfuck, The Grumpers at the Swingin' Door, 106 E. 25th Avenue, San Mateo 21+ free 9pm ** jun 16 thr Big Head Todd And The Monsters, Toots & The Maytals at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $60-$40 7:30pm # ** jun 16 thr Robert Jon & The Wreck at Streetlight Music, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** jun 16 thr New Kingston, The Midtones at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16_ $8/$12 8pm/8:30pm ** jun 16 thr Britney Spears, Nicki Minaj, Jessie And The Toy Boys, Nervo at the Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a 7pm # *** jun 16 thr The Airborne Toxic Event, Voxhaul Broadcast at Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** jun 16 thr Mother Mother (Vancouver, BC, Canada) at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 7pm/8pm # ** jun 16 thr Soft Crest, Lonely Kings at Lost on Main, Chico, 319 Main Street, Chico 21+ 9pm ** jun 16/17/18 Butch Whacks & The Glass Packs at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $45 ($50 sat) 7pm/8pm ** jun 17 fri Agent Orange, Sabertooth Zombie, Crucial Cause, Resist & Exist, Media Blitz, Concussion, Crisis, Hooded Justice at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $12 6pm *** @ (Gnarmageddon Fest) jun 17 fri Beme at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a donation 7pm * jun 17 fri Vusi Mahlasela at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $20/$26 8pm/9pm ** jun 17 fri The Bellrays, Damon & The Heathens, Jonny Manak & The Depressives at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 17 fri Turbo A.C.'s (N.Y.), Memphis Murder Men, Disguster (L.A.), Bite at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $8 7pm ** @ jun 17 fri Andrew Jackson Jihad, Sinobu, O Pioneers!!! (Houston, TX), The Wild (Atlanta, GA), Pteradon at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 7:30pm/8:30pm *** (Asian Man Records Anniversary) jun 17 fri The Emergency Room, Dan Potthast, Ratasucia, Bagheera at the Parkside, S.F. a/a $15 9pm *** (sold out - Asian Man Records Anniversary) jun 17 fri Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, Maria Taylor, Doc Dailey at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16 8pm ** jun 17 fri Shpongle, Random Rab, An-Ten-Nae at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 8pm/9pm # ** jun 17 fri The Texas Tornados, Red Meat at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $25 8:30pm ** jun 17 fri John Vanderslice & The Magik Magik Orchestra (permorming White Wilderness) at Herbst Theater, S.F. a/a $20 8pm # ** jun 17 fri Vestiges, Lake Of Blood, Monuments Collapse, Indian Giver at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $6 ** @ jun 17 fri Meat Puppets, The Black Box Revelation at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16 9pm *** @ (KUSF) jun 17 fri Horrid Red, Burial Hex, Brute Heart at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** jun 17 fri The Mother Hips & Jay Blakesberg at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $30 8:30pm ** (book release and 2 sets) jun 17 fri Blind Willies, Danny Cohen at Amnesia, 853 Valencia at 20th, S.F. 21+ 7pm ** jun 17 fri Dublin Death Patrol, Severed Fifth, Kaos, Fog Of War at Cafe Cocomo, 650 Indiana at Mariposa, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm *** jun 17 fri Devil In The Machine, F.L.I. High, Daydream Generation, Sanctuary Lost, Heap Of Stone at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** jun 17 fri El Deora at Rancho Nicasio, Town Square, Nicasio 21+ free 8:30pm * (near Point Reyes) jun 17 fri Big Head Todd And The Monsters, Toots & The Maytals at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ ** jun 17 fri Amalgrama (cd release), Aviadora at the Red House, Walnut Creek a/a 7pm ** @ jun 17 fri Soul Asylum, Dada at Montalvo Arts Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga a/a # *** jun 17 fri Diana Krall at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $130-$60 7:30pm # ** jun 17 fri English Beat, Buck-O-Nine, Monkey at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm *** jun 17 fri The Honey Wilders, Melted Horses at Caravan, 98 South Almaden Ave., San Jose 21+ 10pm ** jun 17 fri Poison Control Center (Iowa) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** jun 17 fri X, Devils Brigade at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm *** jun 17 fri Subliminal Tha Kid (Concord, CA), Wikid Axe Clowns, Ryan M, Shadow The Creeper, J Haze And Nhe, DRaw, Lil Stevie, John Doe at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10/$15 7pm/8pm # ** jun 17 fri Brett Dennen, Dawes at the El Rey Theatre, Chico a/a $20 7:30pm/8:30pm *** jun 18 sat Bohunks, Oola Rocksteady, Lucky Eejits, Spankshaft, Astro Nuts, Kung Pow at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm/8pm *** @ (ska night) jun 18 sat Matt & Kim, The Thermals, Autobot From Flosstradamus at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** jun 18 sat Lazer Tag at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a donation 7pm * jun 18 sat And You Will know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Ringo Deathstarr, Follow That Bird at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $18/$20 9pm *** @ jun 18 sat T.S.O.L., Civet, Hounds & Harlots at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm *** @ jun 18 sat battle of the corporate bands at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 noon/12:30pm jun 18 sat The Queers, Classics Of Love, The Apers (Rotterdam), The Max Levine Ensemble (Washington, DC), Gnarboots at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 7:30pm/8:30pm *** @ (Asian Man Records Anniversary) jun 18 sat Sundowner, Brendan Kelly, Mike Hale, I Sing The Body Electric, Grant Olney at the Parkside, S.F. a/a $15 7pm *** (sold out) (Asian Man Records Anniversary) jun 18 sat Megan Slankard, The Welcome Matt (cd release), Acacia at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 9pm ** jun 18 sat North Fork, Virgin Islands (Seattle), Peace Creep at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** (House Of Honour cancelled) jun 18 sat Bill Callahan, Michael Chapman at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm *** jun 18 sat Rayos X (L.A.), T.V. Evangelists, Poliskitzo (L.A.) at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm/9:30pm ** jun 18 sat Current Swell (Victoria, B.C. - two sets) at the Riptide Bar, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:45pm ** jun 18 sat Not To Reason Why, The New Trust, Goodriddler, Shuteye Unison, Odd Bird, You Are Plural at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** jun 18 sat The Story So Far (cd release), The American Scene, Second To Last, Stickup Kid, Stateside at the Red House, Walnut Creek a/a 7pm *** @ jun 18 sat Passion Kings at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** jun 18 sat Britney Spears, Nicki Minaj, Jessie And The Toy Boys, Nervo at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # *** jun 18 sat Blue Order (tribute) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm * jun 18 sat Slow Gherkin (reunion), Mu330, Vancougar (Vancouver, Canada) at Rio Theater, 1205 Soquel, Santa Cruz a/a $12/$15 7:30pm/8pm *** @ jun 18 sat Tech N9ne, Mayday at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $36/$41 8pm/9pm *** jun 18 sat The Inciters, Harrington Saints, Factory Minds at Coasters, Boardwalk Bowl, 115 Cliff Street, Santa Cruz 21+ $8 ** @ jun 18 sat Stagnant, Tomorrow's Dream, Zed, The Vending Machine at Pine Street Grill, 875 Rincon Ave., Livermore 21+ $5 8pm ** jun 18 sat T. Mills, Goldenwest, Fade, Wesley Avery, Confidential, Nam Classic at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10/$12 7pm/8pm # ** jun 18 sat Meat Puppets at Humboldt Brewery, 856 10th at I, Arcata 21+ *** @ jun 18 sat postponed: Jennifer Hudson at Nob Hill Masonic Center, S.F. jun 18/19 The Civil Wars, James Vincent McMorrow at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16 9pm ** (sat sold out) jun 19 sun Total Chaos, Resilience, N.F.F.U. (ID), Gutwrench (San Jose), The Velisha at 924 Gilman a/a $10 4pm *** @ jun 19 sun The Lawrence Arms, Toys That Kill, Short Round, Spraynard (West Chester, PA), Chotto Ghetto at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $18 7pm/8pm *** @ (sold out - Asian Man Records Anniversary) jun 19 sun Bomb The Music Industry, Hard Girls, Laura Stevenson And The Cans, Mikey Erg, Mike Park at the Parkside, S.F. a/a $15 8pm *** (sold out) (Asian Man Records Anniversary) jun 19 sun Tech N9ne, Jay Rock, Krizz Kaliko, Kutt Calhoun, Big Scoop, Mayday, Steve Stone at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** jun 19 sun Kid Cudi, Chip Tha Ripper at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a # ** jun 19 sun Ida Maria at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a * jun 19 sun The Civil Wars, James Vincent McMorrow at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jun 19 sun Elle Nino, Spacehunter, Fa Fa Fa at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 19 sun Marc Broussard at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm *** jun 19 sun Symbolick Jews, The Tremulants (AZ), The Suggies, Narooma at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 19 sun Mickey Avalon, dj Aspect, The Divine, Ty Dollar Sign at the Avalon, Santa Clara a/a $20 7pm/8pm *** jun 19 sun Virgin Islands (Seattle) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** jun 19 sun Wooden Birds at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $12 8pm * jun 19 sun Face To Face at Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ jun 20 mon The Credentials (MA), Balusi River, Diesel Dudes, Frigface at Mystery Crack Theatre 3000, 528 28th St. at Telegraph, Oakland a/a ** jun 20 mon The Mountain Goats at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # ** jun 20 mon Sea Lions, Horse Marriage, Uranium Orchard at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 6pm ** jun 20 mon Tiger Honey Pot, The Sweet Bones, Bite, Tarantula Tango at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** jun 20 mon Narooma, Arms N' Legs, Pacific Nomadic (WA) at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** jun 20 mon Tech N9ne at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $32 7pm/8pm *** jun 20 mon Face To Face at Knitting Factory, Reno, NV a/a *** @ jun 21 tue Origin, Hate Eternal, Vital Remains, Abysmal Dawn at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $17/$19 8pm *** jun 21 tue Bell X1 at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jun 21 tue Odd Future at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** jun 21 tue No Statik, Martyrdod (Sweden), Yadokai, dj Ken Prank at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm/9:30pm ** @ jun 21 tue Ayahuasca Travellers, Marcocosm, Ironwitch at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jun 21 tue Chris Garneau, Keren Ann at Yoshi's, 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland ?/? ** jun 21 tue Religious Girls, Metal Mother at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. ?/? ** jun 21 tue The Story So Far (acoustic) at Rasputin Music, 1280 Willow Pass Road, Concord a/a free 6pm ** jun 21 tue Mary Chapin Carpenter, Marc Cohn at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75-$35 7:30pm # ** jun 21 tue Face To Face, Strung Out, Blitzkid at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$25 7pm/8pm *** @ jun 21 tue Abandon Theory (two sets - acoustic) at Hot Tuesday Nights, Downtown Roseville a/a free 6pm ** jun 22 wed Okkervil River, Titus Andronicus, Julianna Barwick at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 7:30pm # ** jun 22 wed Death Valley High, Machine Zero, The Dangs, Box Office Poison at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** (KALX 90.7FM) jun 22 wed Jaga Jazzist at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jun 22 wed Panic At The Disco, Fun, Funeral Party at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # *** jun 22 wed Face To Face, Strung Out, Blitzkid, The Darlings at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** @ jun 22 wed Wiz Khalifa, Big Sean, Chevy Woods, dj Bonics at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a # ** jun 22 wed Taking Back Sunday, Thursday, Colour Revolt, The New Regime at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # *** @ jun 22 wed Kid Congo Powers And The Pink Monkey Birds, Non!, Allah-Las, Midnite Snaxxx at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** jun 22 wed The Kooks at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** jun 22 wed Hex Machine, Dead Meat, Listo at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jun 22 wed Nikka Costa at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 8pm ** jun 22 wed Flood, Hollow Mirrors, Owl at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm/10pm ** jun 22 wed The Trims, San Francesca, Bell Thieves at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** jun 22 wed Tim Holehouse (England) at Streetlight Music, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** jun 22 wed America at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a # ** jun 23 thr films: Wild Zero & The Dark Crystal at B.R.S., Richmond a/a free 7pm (movie night) jun 23 thr Wesley Woo at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a donation 7pm * jun 23 thr DJ Lebowitz (piano player) at Disco Volante, 247 14th Street at Webster, Oakland a/a free * jun 23 thr Peter Murphy at Amoeba Music, S.F. a/a free 6pm ** jun 23 thr Thao & Mirah, Led To Sea at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jun 23 thr Jorma Kaukonen, David Bromberg Quartet at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 7pm/8pm # ** jun 23 thr Rooney, Voxhaul Broadcast at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 8pm ** jun 23 thr Holly Golightly And The Brokeoffs, The Ferocious Few, Tumbleweed Wanderers at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 23 thr Bill Orcutt, Derek Monypeny, Jozef Von Wissem, Date Palms at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jun 23 thr Saints Of Ruin (cd release), Tokyo Raid, Foreign Cinema at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** jun 23 thr The Prids (Portland), Books On Tape at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm/10pm ** @ jun 23 thr Grant Hart (of Husker Du) at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** jun 23 thr Brian Regan at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $60-$35 8pm # *** jun 23 thr Black Love, The Groggs at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $5/$7 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 23/24/25 Jackie Green (acoustic) at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $25 8pm ** jun 24 fri Hooray For Everything (record release), Angris, Neon Piss, Detached Dolls at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a *** @ jun 24 fri My Morning Jacket, Everest at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** (sold out) jun 24 fri The Pleasants at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a donation 7pm * jun 24 fri The Glitch Mob, Ana Sia, Comma at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # *** jun 24 fri Duncan Sheik, The Watson Twins at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $25 9pm ** jun 24 fri The Show Is The Rainbow, Manicorn at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** jun 24 fri Foreverland (tribute) at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $25 9pm ** jun 24 fri Serpent Crown at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ 9pm/9:30pm ** jun 24 fri Peter Murphy, Reckless In Vegas at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $25/$30 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jun 24 fri Pride & Joy at George's, San Rafael 21+ 9pm ** jun 24 fri Angel Island, Fire Child, Great Magnet, Punk Floyd at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** jun 24 fri Finish Ticket, Playing In The Streets at the Red House, Walnut Creek a/a $10/$12 7pm ** jun 24 fri Careless Hearts at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jun 24 fri A Band Of Orcs, Warbringer, Hatchet, Exmortus, Witchhaven at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$12 8pm/8:30pm *** @ jun 24 fri Monkey at Jose's Underground Lounge, 638 Wave St., Monterey 21+ ** jun 24 fri Queen Alice, Draw From The Effect, Creative Chaos at Turkey Creek Golf Club, 1525 Highway 193, Lincoln a/a $5 8pm ** jun 24 fri Brett Dennen, Dawes at Knitting Factory, Reno, NV a/a $20-$40 7pm/8pm *** jun 24/25 Zoe Keating at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** (seated) jun 24/25 US Air Guitar Championships at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm *** jun 24/25/26 Libertatia at someplace, somecity jun 25 sat Old Firm Casuals, Pressure Point, Factory Minds, Plead The Fifth, Sydney Ducks, Those Unknown at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ (Benefit for medical bills of Karen Wesoldwski) jun 25 sat Autopsy, Nuclear Assault (N.Y.), Whiplash (N.J.), Cattle Decapitation (San Diego), Zombie Holocaust, Warbringer (L.A.), Ludicra, Undivided (N.Y.), Hatchet, Dread (N.M.), Vindicator (OH), Ex Mortus (L.A.), Witchaven (L.A.), Insanity at Craneway Pavilion, 1414 South Harbor Way, Richmond a/a $32.50/$35 ($50 vip) 2pm *** @ (Slaughter by the Water) (Winners of Food Network Challege, Grill em All Heavy Metal Food Truck) jun 25 sat Martyrdod (Sweden), No Statik, Negative Standards, Arrastrados, Permanent Ruin at First Church of the Buzzard, 2601 Adeline, Oakland a/a $7 7:30pm *** @ jun 25 sat Brett Dennen, Dawes at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** (KFOG) jun 25 sat Alison Krauss & Union Station, Paper Airplans at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # ** jun 25 sat Strike To Remember, Ruined Tongue at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a donation 7pm ** jun 25 sat The Paperhead at the Fuzzplex, 3014 MLK Way, Oakland a/a ** jun 25 sat The Disciples, Troublemaker, Stagger And Fall, Switchblade Frankie (Sacramento), Cigarette Bums (L.A.) at East Bay Rats Headquarters, 3025 San Pablo Ave., Oakland 18+ $7 7:45pm/8pm *** @ jun 25 sat Zeke, The Hookers (Lexington, KY), Black Wizard, Electric Sister at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm *** jun 25 sat Black Balloon, Electric Chair Repair Co., Weapons Of The Future at Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck, Berkeley 21+ $10 8:30pm ** jun 25 sat An Idol's Plague, Not Again, Betty White, Butt Problems at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ 7pm ** @ jun 25 sat The Wooden Birds, The Definite Articles, White Cloud at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/10pm ** jun 25 sat Children Of Bodom, Devin Townsend, Septicflesh, Obscura at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $31 7pm *** @ jun 25 sat The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** jun 25 sat Power, Stares, Street Justice, Face The Rail at Queens Nails Art Gallery, Mission and Valencia, S.F. a/a $5 7:30pm ** jun 25 sat Andre Williams, Jail Weddings at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm and 10pm shows ** jun 25 sat Blackalicious at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm ** jun 25 sat Tres Hombres XXX (tribute), Lightnin Woodcock & The Bad Mothafuckers (L.A.) at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** jun 25 sat The Velvet Teen, Siren, Cropduster, Aim Low Kid, Stoner Dad, The 50/50's, mc Jeff Bretz at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 7pm/7:30pm *** (Benefit for Nicole McCracken's Cancer Treatment) jun 25 sat March Into Paris (Sacramento) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** (Boris Smile cancelled) jun 25 sat Lucinda Williams at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $70-$35 7:30pm # ** jun 25 sat Lujan & The Yard Stylee All-Stars, Militia Of Love, dj Donette G at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $5/$8 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 25/26 San Francisco Pride Festival, Civic Center, S.F. a/a free jun 26 sun Kacey Johansing at Rasputin Music, Berkeley a/a free 1pm ** jun 26 sun Dayglo Abortions, Verbal Abuse, The Nerv at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 8pm *** @ jun 26 sun The Meat Sluts, Lightnin Woodcock & The Bad Mothafuckers (L.A.), Jesse Morris & The Man Cougars, Go Time! at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $7 3pm ** (free BBQ) jun 26 sun Chris Robinson Brotherhood at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jun 26 sun Two Headed Spy, Disastroid, Unholy Mess at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm ** jun 26 sun Wax Idols, The Paperhead, Lilac, The Wrong Words at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $6 8pm ** jun 26 sun Lance Burden, Zoo, Knights Of The New Crusade at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 26 sun Rush (playing Moving Pictures) at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $135-$40 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** jun 26 sun Santa Cruz Teen Nightclub at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz ages 14-19 $10/$20 8pm jun 26 sun Tech N9ne at the Knitting Factory, Reno NV a/a $25 *** jun 27 mon The Hookers (Lexington, KY), Black Wizard (Vancouver, B.C.), White Barons at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm *** jun 28 tue Phillips/Mezzacappa/Levis, Shelton/Forbes/Felix-Heule Oslo Bay at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** (experimental/jazz) jun 28 tue Octant, The Muticians, Little Bridges at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ 6pm ** jun 28 tue Sondre Lerche at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jun 28 tue Freschetta, Kate Voegele, Andy Grammer at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $21 8pm ** jun 28 tue Hickoids (Austin, TX), The Grannies, Possum & Lester at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/9:30pm ** jun 28 tue Alps Of New South Wails (Austraila), Michael Beach, Bleached Palms at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 28 tue The Fleshtones, East Bay Grease at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jun 28 tue cancelled: Brooke Fraser, The Cary Brothers at the Fillmore, S.F. jun 28/29 Dr. Dog, Billy & Dolly (tue), The Growlers (wed) at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8pm ** jun 29 wed Chris Chandler, Paul Benoit at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a donation 7pm * jun 29 wed 1manBanjo at Rasputin Music, Berkeley a/a free 1pm * jun 29 wed Blonde Redhead, Nosaj Thing at the New Parish, Oakland a/a $25 8pm/9pm ** jun 29 wed The Tet Holiday, Manatee, Kids On A Crime Spree at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** (KALX 90.7FM) jun 29 wed Dropkick Murphys at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # *** @ $ jun 29 wed Tera Melos (Sacramento), Le Butcherettes (L.A.), Adebsi Shank (Dublin, Ireland) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $14 7:30pm *** @ jun 29 wed La Corde, Octant, Tender Frame at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 29 wed Burlap To Cashmere at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm * jun 29 wed Viking Moses, Assageague at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** jun 29 wed Can Toker, Vampirates, The Backup Razor at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $5/$7 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 30 thr films: They Live & Fido at B.R.S., Richmond a/a free 7pm (movie night) jun 30 thr Rihanna, Cee Lo Green, J. Cole at the Arena, Oakland a/a $96-$21 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** jun 30 thr Alela Diane + Dylan Leblanc at the New Parhish, Oakland a/a $15 8pm/9pm ** jun 30 thr DJ Lebowitz (piano player) at Disco Volante, 247 14th Street at Webster, Oakland a/a free * jun 30 thr Bobby Joe Ebola And The Children MacNuggits (full band), The Dead Westerns, The Reaction, Freedom Club, Emily's Army, mc Mary Van Note (comedian) at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8 9pm/9:30pm *** jun 30 thr Dom Kennedy at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $18 9pm ** jun 30 thr Blonde Redhead, The Luyas at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8pm ** jun 30 thr The Patsychords, Emily Anne, The Bye And Byes at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** jun 30 thr Howlin Rain, Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound, Meg Baired at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** jun 30 thr Monkey at Street Dance, Morgan Hill a/a ** jun 30 thr Beerijuana, Frost Hammer at Caravan, 98 South Almaden Ave., San Jose 21+ ** jun 30 thr Automatic Animal, The Bad Light at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $5/$7 8pm/8:30pm ** jul 1 fri Guilty By Association, Go Time, Lazer Wolf, Protest Authority at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a *** @ jul 1 fri The Mumlers, Poor Bailey, Upside Drown, Tastyville at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** jul 1 fri Rikk Agnew at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ 7pm ** jul 1 fri Group Doueh, Nick Waterhouse + The Tarots, Mark Gergis (dj set) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** jul 1 fri Giant Squid, Judgement Day, Cormorant at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8 9pm ** jul 1 fri Scene Of Action, Fighting The Villain, 5606, Hometown at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jul 1 fri Sonny & The Sunsets, The Sandwitches at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jul 1 fri Battlehooch, Ghost And The City at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13 9pm ** jul 1 fri The Donkeys, He's My Brother She's My Sister, Red Pony Clock at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** jul 1 fri Richie Hawtin at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $22.50 9pm ** jul 1 fri Complaints (7" release), Ruleta Rusa, Face The Rail at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm/9:30pm ** @ jul 1 fri Neko Case, Calexico at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75-$35 7:30pm # ** jul 1 fri Vultures Await at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jul 2 sat Killing The Dream (last show), The Carrier, All Teeth at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $12 7pm *** @ jul 2 sat Groundskeeper at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a donation 7pm ** jul 2 sat Los Amigos Invisibles, Funky-C at the New Parhish, Oakland 18+ $20/$22 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 2 sat L.A. Guns, The Butlers at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12/$15 9pm *** jul 2 sat Attitude Adjustment, Psychosomatic, Zombie Holocaust, Abrupt at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $13 8:30pm *** @ jul 2 sat Animals And Men, Grass Widow, Rank/Xerox at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** jul 2 sat Royal Baths, Nucular Aminals, Psychic Feline, Dadfag at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 2 sat Ty Segall at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 9pm ** @ jul 2 sat Coliseum (Louisville, KY), Futur Skullz, Blown To Bits, Pins Of Light at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/9:30pm ** jul 2 sat Le Panique (ep release), The Hooks, The Shell Corporation, Survival Guide at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** jul 2 sat 3OH!3, A Day To Remember, A Skylit Drive, Against Me!, Asking Alexandria, Attack Attack!, August Burns Red, Bad Rabbits, Big B, Big Chocolate, Big D And The Kids Table, Black List Royals, Black Veil Brides, Blood On The Dance Floor, Cold Forty Three, Dance Gavin Dance, Enter Shikari, Every Avenue, Foxy Shazam, Go Radio, Good Guys In Black, Grieves With Budo, Hellogoodbye, I Set My Friends On Fire, IllScarlett, It Boys!, Larry And His Flask, Less Than Jake, Lionize, Lucero, Madina Lake, MC Lars with Weerd Science, Miss May I, Moving Mountains, New Years Day, Of Mice And Men, Passafire, Pepper, Relient K, Set Your Goals, Sharks, Shut Up And Deal, Simple Plan, So Long Arletta, Stephen Jerzak, Street Dogs, Terrible Things, Tess Dunn, The Acacia Strain, The Aggrolites, The Bots, The Dance Party, The Dangerous Summer, The Devil Wears Prada, The Expendables, The Exposed, The Ready Set, The Sheds, The Wonder Years, The Word Alive, There For Tomorrow, Unwritten Law, Vonnegutt, We Came As Romans, Winds Of Plague, Woe Is Me at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # *** @ (Warped Tour) jul 2 sat New Kids On The Block, Backstreet Boys at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $93-$32 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** jul 2 sat The Jacka at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $24/$29 8pm/9pm ** jul 3 sun Harm's Way, Xibala, Buried At Birth at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 5pm ** @ jul 3 sun Kicker, Lecherous Gaze, Hazzard's Cure, Vulvalard, dj What's His Fuck at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $7 6pm/6:30pm *** @ jul 3 sun The Philistines, Truxton, Excuses For Skipping at the Bottom of the Hil, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 3 sun Santa Cruz Teen Nightclub at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz ages 14-19 $10/$20 8pm jul 3 sun Rev. Horton Heat, The Swingin' Utters at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $12/$16 8pm/9pm *** @ jul 4 mon Adam Carolla (comedy) at Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street, S.F. a/a $50/$35 6pm/7pm # *** jul 4-6 George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic at Yoshi's, 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland ?/? *** jul 5 tue Owl, On Lock, Funerl Stain, High Tower at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ 6pm ** jul 5 tue Ted Nugent at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $55 8pm *** jul 5 tue Religious Girls, Zorch, Primary Colors at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jul 5 tue J-Roddy Walston And The Business at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm * jul 5 tue Reverend Horton Heat, Swingin' Utters, Ghost Town Hangmen at the Avalon, Santa Clara a/a $20 7pm/8pm *** @ jul 5 tue Steely Dan at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $225-$65 7:30pm # *** jul 5 tue cancelled: Quintron And Miss Pussycat at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. jul 6 wed Seefeel at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jul 6 wed Darwin Deez, Dirty Gold at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 6 wed Anais Mitchell at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $21 9pm ** jul 6 wed The Rosebuds at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8pm ** jul 6 wed The Tunnel, Aranya, Black Caucus at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jul 6 wed Reverend Horton Heat, Swingin' Utters at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma 21+ $20 7pm/8pm # *** @ jul 6 wed Summer Of Glacirs at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jul 7 thr films: Venture Bros (comedy cartoon epissodes theme) at B.R.S., Richmond a/a free 7pm (movie night) jul 7 thr Trainwreck Riders, Buxter Hoot'n, Quinn DeVeaux, Fox & Woman at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 8pm ** jul 7 thr Vanessa Carlton at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $25 8pm ** jul 7 thr The Glowing Stars, Crashfaster at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a ** jul 7 thr Gillian Welch at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** jul 7 thr Bobby Joe Ebola And The Children MacNuggits at the Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St. S.F. 21+ ** jul 7 thr Massive Moth, Soft Tags, Teenage Sweater at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 7 thr The Moanin Dove, Audio Out Send, Beep at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 7 thr Smashmouth at Montalvo Arts Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga a/a # *** jul 7 thr Ballyhoo, the Bastard Suns at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$14 8pm/8:30pm ** jul 7/8 Buckethead at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** jul 7/8/9 Reverend Horton Heat, Swingin' Utters at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm *** @ jul 7-10 George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic at Yoshi's, 1330 Fillmore Street, S.F. 21+ *** jul 8 fri The Hoods, Maya Over Eyes, Give 'Em Hell, Haven Side, Boundaries at 924 Gilman Street, Berkele a/a *** @ jul 8 fri Old Man Markly, Blag Dahlia, Jesse Morris And The Man Cougars at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 8 fri Embers at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ 7pm ** jul 8 fri Riverboat Gamblers, Dead To Me, Off With Thier Heads, The Underground Railroad To Candyland, Big Kids at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $12/$14 9pm *** @ jul 8 fri Tipper, VibesquaD, Dov, Hypnotech at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** jul 8 fri Ac/DShe (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 9pm ** jul 8 fri The Trophy Fire, The Bruises, Hate Factory, Eighteen Individual Eyes at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm *** jul 8 fri Sunbeam Road, The Bassturd, Coolzey at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** jul 8 fri The Phenomenauts at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $12 8pm *** @ jul 8 fri The Supervillains, Tomorrows Bad Seeds at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $12/$15 8pm/8:30pm ** jul 8 fri Hero's Last Mission, Zen Arcadia, Built By Stereo at Turkey Creek Golf Club, 1525 Highway 193, Lincoln a/a $5 8pm ** jul 8/9 Widespread Panic at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** (food drive - KFOG) jul 8/9 Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons at the New Parhish, Oakland 18+ $10 9pm/10pm ** jul 9 sat Dezu, The Action League, Nine 5 One, Nothing Knows Best at 924 Gilman Street, Bereley a/a $10 7pm *** @ (ska night) jul 9 sat Ugly Kids, Mind Martian Collective, Death Medicine, Boats at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a donation 7pm ** jul 9 sat Turbonegra, Plan 9, Descendage at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $8 7pm ** @ (tribute night) jul 9 sat The Rumble Strippers, Quarter-Mile Combo at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ 9pm $10 ** jul 9 sat Washed Out at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jul 9 sat Finish Ticket, Happy Body Slow Brain, Bird By Bird, PK at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 7:30pm/8:30pm ** jul 9 sat Mindless Behavior, Lil Twist, Tiga, Jawan Harris, Trevante at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $28.50 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** jul 9 sat Leaders (Portland), Uzi Rash at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** @ jul 9 sat Paradise City (tribute), Points North, Bad Boy Eddy at Club Fox, 2223 Broadway, Redwood City 21+ $12/$14 8pm ** jul 9 sat Anya Marina at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm * jul 9 sat The Holdup at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $14/$18 8pm/9pm ** jul 10 sun Comic Convention at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 11am-7pm jul 10 sun Drew Grow & Pastor's Wives, Winnie Byrd, Chineke at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 10 sun Ian Moore & The Lossy Coils (cd release), Bare Wires, The Lotus Moons at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 10 sun main stage: Disturbed, Godsmack, Megadeth, Machine Head (6:25pm), 2nd stage: Testament (5:05pm), Suicide Silence, All Shall Perish, Straight Line Stitch (2:05pm), 3rd stage: Trivium (5:40pm), Unearth, Kingdom Of Sorrow, Red Fang, Jager Band (1:45pm) at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $36-$61 1:30pm # *** @ (Rockstar Mayhem Festival) jul 10 sun The Monkees (Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork) at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $150-$50 7:30pm # *** jul 10 sun Santa Cruz Teen Nightclub at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz ages 14-19 $10/$20 8pm jul 11 mon Horns Of Happiness at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 6pm * jul 11/12 Eddie Vedder, Glen Hansard at Paramount Theatre, Oakland a/a $77 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** jul 12 tue Oslo, Violet Isle, Hosannas at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 12 tue Wild Assumptions, Western Hymn at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 12 tue Reverend Horton Heat, Swingin' Utters at El Rey Theatre, 230 West 2nd St., Chico 21+ $17.50 8pm/8:30pm *** @ jul 13 wed Faster Pussycat, Venrez at the New Parhish, Oakland a/a $10/$15 8:30pm/9:30pm *** jul 13 wed Godstomper, Amonie, Tolteca Extra, IThinkThere'sSomeDamage at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** jul 13 wed The Elected at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 13 wed David Bazan, Rocky Votolato at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** jul 13 wed Mist, Sudden Oak, Headboggle, Swanox at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 13 wed Sophisticates, Gods In Graves, Disciples Of Bacchus at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 8pm/8:30pm ** jul 13 wed Reverend Horton Heat, Swingin' Utters at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ jul 13 wed Albert Lee & John Jorgenson at the El Rey Theatre, 230 West 2nd St., Chico 18+ (a/a with adult) $18 7pm/8pm ** jul 14 thr films: South Park & Futurama (comedy cartoon epissodes theme) at B.R.S., Richmond a/a free 7pm (movie night) jul 14 thr Cousin Eddie, Curt Baer, Rustwater at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a donation 7pm * jul 14 thr Jail Weddings at Brick & Mortar Music Hall, 1710 Mission Street, S.F. a/a ** jul 14 thr The Dead Westerns, Slow Motion Cowboy, The Bad Backs at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 14 thr Three Day Stubble, Borts Minorts, Weird Paul (Pittsburgh), Shitappa Oyaburn (Kyoto), HogWind at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm *** (Nerd Rock Fest Night #1) jun 14 thr Steve Kimock at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ ** jul 14 thr Cousin Eddie (Redding), Curt Baer (Redding), Rustwater (Vacaville) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 5pm ** (all acoustic) jul 15 fri Kromosome, Warcry at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 8pm ** @ jul 15 fri Hammerlock, Surrounded By Thieves, Fracas at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ 7pm ** @ jul 15 fri Streetlight Manifesto, Reel Big Fish, Rodeo Ruby Love, The Maxies at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7pm # *** @ jul 15 fri Steve Kimock at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jul 15 fri Strangelove (tribute), Luv'n Rockets (tribute), Spellbound (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 9pm ** jul 15 fri The Dear Hunter, Kay Kay & His Weathered Underground, O'Brother, Naive Thieves at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $13/$15 7pm/7:30pm *** jul 15 fri Generationals, Gardens & Villa at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** jul 15 fri Three Day Stubble, Chablis, John Trubee, Gyoriagyo (Kyoto), Merchants Of The New Bizarre at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm *** (Nerd Rock Fest Night #2) jul 15 fri Vertical Horizon at Montalvo Arts Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga a/a # ** jul 15 fri Dudley And The Doo-Rights at Turkey Creek Golf Club, 1525 Highway 193, Lincoln a/a $5 8pm * jul 15 fri Monkey at Ukiah Brew, Ukiah ?/? ** jul 16 sat Arnocorps, Memphis Murder Men, Culo A Boca, Stab Your Back, Skin & Bonez at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 8pm *** @ jul 16 sat Proudflesh, One In The Chamber, Condemned To Death, Moses at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ 7pm ** @ jul 16 sat The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit, Misisipi Rider at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jul 16 sat Alkaline Trio, Smoking Popes, Dead Country at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $22/$25 8pm *** @ jul 16 sat Seun Kuti & Eeypt 80, Khaira Arby at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** jul 16 sat Form & Fate, Shuteye Unison (lp release), Glaciers at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** jul 16 sat Black Diamond Sound Orchestra, Lord Loves A Working Man (cd release), The Struts at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/10pm ** jul 16 sat Left Alone, Los Kung Fu Monkeys, Static Thought, Civil War Rust at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** jul 16 sat Kathy Griffin at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $100-$50 8pm # ** jul 16 sat Strange Love (tribute) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm * jul 16 sat Y & T at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $19/$23 8pm/9pm *** jul 16 sat First Class Citizen, Silent Treatment, Nam Classic, EgoStall, The Realists at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7pm/8pm # ** jul 17 sun Turkish Techno, Rational Anthems at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 5pm ** jul 17 sun Spittin Cobras, Flexx Bronco at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ 7pm ** jul 17 sun Alkaline Trio, Smoking Popes, Dead Country at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $23/$25 7pm/8pm *** @ (sold out) jul 17 sun The Mallard, Poodles, The Woolen at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jul 17 sun Ancestree (Santa Cruz) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 7pm * jul 17 sun Sarah McLachlan & Friends at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$45 7:30pm # *** jul 17 sun Santa Cruz Teen Nightclub at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz ages 14-19 $10/$20 8pm jul 18 mon Breathe Carolina, Chiados, I See Stars, The Color Morale, Tek-One, The Air I Breathe at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8:45pm # *** jul 18 mon The Movement, Pacific Dub at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$12 8pm/8:30pm ** jul 19 tue Owl City, Mat Kearney, Unwed Sailor at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 7pm # ** jul 19 tue Yourself & The Air at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** jul 19 tue Griffin House (solo) at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** jul 19 tue Parenthetical Girls, Extra Life (N.Y.C.), Sam Mickens at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 19 tue Inxs, Berlin at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $90-$35 7:30pm # *** jul 19 tue My Machete (L.A.) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** jul 19/20 The Avett Brothers, Jessica Lea Mayfield (tue), The David Mayfield Parade (wed) at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** jul 20 wed Liturgy (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Chelsea Wolfe, Common Eider King Eider at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 20 wed The Spyrals, VonVeederVeld, Nectarine Pie, Outlaw at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** jul 20 wed Faster Pussycat at the Avalon, Santa Clara a/a $12 7:30pm/8pm *** jul 20 wed Ancestree (Santa Cruz) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm * jul 21 thr films: Aqua Teen Hunger Force (comedy cartoon epissodes theme) at B.R.S., Richmond a/a free 7pm (movie night) jul 21 thr Aiden, Eyes Set To Kill, Get Scared, Vampires Everywhere, Dr Acula at the Metro, Oakland a/a $12 7pm *** @ jul 21 thr Baysic Wonder, Ex Masheena, Songs For Snakes at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** jul 21 thr Crooked Still at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jul 21 thr Soundgarden, The Mars Volta at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a # *** @ jul 21 thr Midnite at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$25 7:30pm/8:30pm *** @ jul 21 thr Earth, Tangelo Spencer et Les Hauts Sommets at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $12/$15 8pm/8:30pm ** jul 21 thr Chris Isaak at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a # *** jul 21 thr cancelled: Screeching Weasel at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. jul 21 thr cancelled: Matthew Morrison at Mountain Winery, Saratoga jul 22 fri Angry Samoans, Boats!, Battle Flask (LA.), Cashed, Moderate Excess at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7:30pm *** @ jul 22 fri Nobunny, Personal & The Pizzas, The Cute Lepers, The Bananas, Unnatural Helpers, Uzi Rash, dj King Khan, dj Russell Quan, mc Blag Dahlia at the Metro, Oakland a/a $12/$14 8pm/8:30pm *** @ (1-2-3-4 Records) jul 22 fri Harrington Saints at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ 7pm ** jul 22 fri The Velvet Teen, Silian Rail, Worker Bee, Not To Reason Why at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** jul 22 fri Ben Folds at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** jul 22 fri The B'z at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** jul 22 fri Earth, World Garage, Angelo Spencer et Les Hauts Sommets, Whirl at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** jul 22 fri Love Is Chemicals, Mist & Mast, To The Sea at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** jul 22 fri Sebastian Parker - Colin Williams - Rick Rivera at Bruno's Pizza Cucina, 1375 Fillmore Street, S.F. a/a free 10pm * jul 22 fri Roy Rogers & The Delta Rhythm Kings at George's, San Rafael 18+ 9pm ** jul 22 fri The Marshall Tucker Band, Moonalice at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm ** jul 22 fri Chris Isaak at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $100-$50 7:30pm # *** jul 22 fri Human Toys at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jul 22 fri Hurricane Roses at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $10 8pm * jul 22 fri Faster Pussycat, Big Boss Graffiti, Venrez, Restrayned at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $20/$22 7pm/8pm *** jul 22 fri Revolver And Wings Of Innocence (tribute) at Turkey Creek Golf Club, 1525 Highway 193, Lincoln a/a $5 8pm ** jul 23 sat Dan Potthast, Unko Atama, Chump Change, Drinking Water, Thug Life, I.V., Joint Venture at 924 Gilman St., Berkeley a/a 8pm *** @ (ska night - Jeff's Birthday) jul 23 sat King Khan & Gris Gris, Shannon & The Clams, The Sneaky Pinks, Rock'n'roll Adventure Kids, King Lollipop, Elvis Christ, dj Hunx, mc Blag Dahilia at the Metro, Oakland a/a $12/$14 8pm/8:30pm *** @ (1-2-3-4 Records) jul 23 sat Cryptics, The Hague at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a donation 7pm * jul 23 sat Blood Shot And Dilated, Cashed, Black Dream, Mental Disaster,w Sad Boy Sinister, Short Changed, Oppressed Logic, Deaf Mute Dingus VS KittenDonkeyPunch, Battle Flask (L.A.) at Toxic Beach, Bay End of 24th Street, S.F. a/a free noon *** @ jul 23 sat Mister Loveless, Books On Tape, Stripmall Architecture at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/10pm ** jul 23 sat Mammatus, Glitter Wizard (record release), Poor Sons at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 23 sat Alvarius B, Porest, Cave Bears at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm ** jul 23 sat The Trims, San Francesca at Streetlight Music, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** jul 23 sat Grace Potter & The Nocturnals at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $50-$35 7:30pm # ** jul 23 sat Cute Lepers at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jul 24 sun Zero Boys, Rigngers, Arctic Flowers, Neon Piss, Street Eaters at the Metro, Oakland a/a $12/$14 8pm/8:30pm *** @ (1-2-3-4 Records) (record swap/flea market noon-4pm) jul 24 sun S.F. Indie Mart at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a noon jul 24 sun Emily Wells at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** jul 24 sun The Coathangers (Atlanta) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 24 sun Dolly Parton at the Pavilion, Concord a/a # *** jul 24 sun Indigo Girls, Mount Moriah at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $50-$35 7:30pm # ** jul 24 sun Santa Cruz Teen Nightclub at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz ages 14-19 $10/$20 8pm jul 25 mon Cold Cave, Austra at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jul 25 mon Cults, Guards, Writer at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 26 tue The Foreign Exchange at the New Parhish, Oakland a/a $25 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jul 26 tue Bombino at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $25 8pm ** jul 26 tue Thurston Moore, Kurt Vile & The Violators at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jul 26 tue Ghost Animals at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 * jul 26 tue Los Lonely Boys, Los Lobos at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85-$40 7pm # ** jul 26 tue Queens Of The Stone Age at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $40/$45 7:30pm/8:30pm *** jul 27 wed Humilitate at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 27 wed Jason Aldean, Clay Walker, Thompson Square at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # ** jul 27 wed Thera at Streetlight Music, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** jul 27 wed Slightly Stoopid at Harveys Amphitheater, Lake Tahoe ?/? # *** jul 28 thr films: Lucy Daughter of the Devil & Robot Chicken at B.R.S., Richmond a/a free 7pm (movie night) jul 28 thr The Damnwells, Harper Blynn, Josh Fletcher at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** jul 28 thr Eat Skull, Unnatural Helpers, Uzi Rash at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** @ jul 28 thr Nekromantix at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $13/$15 8pm/8:30pm ** jul 28 fri David Allan Coe (Akron, OH), Dry Country Drinkers at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $30/$35 7pm/8pm # *** jul 28 fri The Hooten Hallrs at Origami Lounge, 708 Cherry Street, Chico a/a 9pm * jul 29 fri Slightly Stoopid, Rebelution, Shwayze, Cisco Adler at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # *** jul 29 fri Hot Buttered Rum at the New Parhish, Oakland 18+ $15/$20 8pm/9pm ** jul 29 fri Kevin Seconds, Bobby Joe Ebola And The Children MacNuggits, Bryan McPherson, The Everlovin' at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 29 fri The Black Dahlia Murder, Whitechapel at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $39 3:30pm # *** @ (Summer Slaughter) jul 29 fri American Steel, Angry Amputees, Shot Down at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/10pm ** @ jul 29 fri Maps & Atlases at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 9pm ** jul 29 fri Ben Sollee at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** jul 29 thr M.E.L.T. (Mark, Emilio, Larry & Ted - 80's covers) at La Barca, 2036 Lombard Street, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** jul 29 thr Mean Jeans, Black Jaspers, Guantanamo Baywatch, The Teutonics at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** (Total Trash Fest) jul 29 thr The Phenomenauts, Tornado Rider, The Secretions at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm *** @ jul 29 fri Kid Rock, Sheryl Crow at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # *** jul 29 fri Melissa Etheridge at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $110-$45 7:30pm # *** jul 29 fri Dirtbag Dan at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm * jul 29 fri Monkey at Nine Lives, Gilroy ?/? ** jul 30 sat Ringworm, Nails, Bitter End, New Lows, Crucified at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7:30pm *** @ jul 30 sat A Perfect Circle at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # *** jul 30 sat CJ Ramone at the New Parhish, Oakland a/a $10/$15 8:30pm/9:30pm *** jul 30 sat The Muffs, The Angry Amputees, The Bruises, Talky Tina at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12/$15 9pm ** @ jul 30 sat dj Bob Mould, dj Rich Morel at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 10pm ** (Blowoff) jul 30 sat Bam Bam, Silent Pictures, Schande at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** jul 30 sat Those Darlins, Motopony at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/10pm ** jul 30 sat Cornmeal at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 9:30pm ** jul 30 sat The South Bay Surfers, The Okmoniks, Shruggs, Night Howls, Slobsters at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** (afternoon show - Total Trash Fest) jul 30 sat The Spits, Black Jaspers, Personal And The Pizzas, Therapists, Apache at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? *** @ (late show - Total Trash Fest) jul 30 sat Creedence Clearwater Revisited, Three Dog Night at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$45 7:30pm # *** jul 30 sat Winchester Skatepark 30th Anniversary at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jul 30 sat RX Bandits, Maps & Atlases at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$17 7pm/7:30pm ** jul 30 sat Steel Savior, For All Ive Done, Pythagora, Mortal Atrocity, Silence Of The Grimm at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7pm/8pm # *** @ jul 31 sun Rasputina at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jul 31 sun Up Your Alley Street Fair, S.F. a/a jul 31 sun Zoe at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** jul 31 sun Debora Lyall, True Margrit, Kate Kilbane & The Cellar Doors at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 5pm/6pm ** jul 31 sun D.D. Lang And The Siss Boom Bang at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $102-$41 7:30pm # ** jul 31 sun Santa Cruz Teen Nightclub at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz ages 14-19 $10/$20 8pm jul 31 sun RX Bandits, Maps & Atlases at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** aug 1 mon Tally Hall, Speak, Casey Shea at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 1 mon Buffalo Killers, Greg Ashley Band at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 1 mon Brandi Carlile at the El Rey Theatre, Chico 18+ (a/a with adult) $23.50 7pm/8pm ** aug 2 tue Matisyahu, Trevor Hall at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** aug 2 tue Audacity, Fuzz at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 2 tue George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Kenny Wayne Shepherd at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $90-$35 7pm # *** aug 3 wed Styx, Yes, Kansas, The Greg Kihn Band at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $80-$18 4:30pm/5:30pm # *** aug 3 wed The Doobie Brothers at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a # *** aug 4 thr Algernon Cadwallader, Joyce Manor, 1994, Snowing, Yi at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $7 7:30pm *** @ aug 4 thr Exhumed, Macabre, Cephalic Carnage, Withered at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16 8pm *** @ aug 4 thr Tornado Rider, The Phenomenauts, Judgement Day at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** @ aug 4 thr Z Bug, Libertas at the Luggage Store Gallery, 1007 Market St., S.F. a/a 8pm $6-$10 sliding scale ** aug 4 thr Axxonn, En, Holly Herndon at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * aug 4 thr The Doobie Brothers at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $90-$50 7:30pm # *** aug 4 thr Chineke at Streetlight Music, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** aug 5 fri Digitalism (live), Jack Beats, Caspa, Gesaffelstein at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 7pm # ** aug 5 fri Howlin' Rain, Skystone at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** aug 5 fri Mustache Harbor at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 9pm ** aug 5 fri K.M.F.D.M., Army Of The Universe, 16volt, Human Factors Lab at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # *** @ aug 5 fri New Monsoonageddon, New Monsoon, Sean Leahy & Friends, Kiyoshi Foster at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 5 fri Ggreen at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * aug 5 fri Toby Keith, Eric Church at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # ** aug 5/6/7 Pacific Cannabis Expo at Craneway Pavilion, 1414 Harbour Way South, Richmond 18+ aug 6 sat Yob, Deark Castle at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a ** @ aug 6 sat Torche, Big Business, Thrones at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 9pm *** @ aug 6 sat Dredg at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** (postponed from May 6th) aug 6 sat The Devil Makes Three at Petaluma Music Festival, Petaluma a/a ** aug 6 sat The Phenomenauts, Plan 9, Sugar Daddy's, Shitkickers, Trashkannon, Culo A Boca at the Avalon, Santa Clara a/a $12/$15 7pm/8pm *** @ aug 6 sat Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, Dennis DeYoung at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $100-$40 7:30pm # *** (music of Styx) aug 6 sat Godstomper, Tolteca Extra, IThinkThere'sSomeDamage at Plainfield Station, 23944 Country Road 98, Woodland a/a $5 4pm ** aug 7 sun RX Bandits, Zechs Marquise at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # ** aug 7 sun Bowling For Soup, The Dollyrots, Sunderland at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm/9pm ** @ aug 7 sun Yob, Dark Castle at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 3pm ** aug 7 sun Think And Die Thinking Fest at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free ** aug 7 sun The Beach Boys at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $90-$35 7:30pm # *** aug 7 sun Santa Cruz Teen Nightclub at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz ages 14-19 $10/$20 8pm aug 9 tue Tortured Genies, Roommate, Sunbeam Rd at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 9 tue Gipsy Kings at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $150-$55 7:30pm # ** aug 10 mon Mordecai at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * aug 11 thr Eels at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** aug 11 thr White Pee, Birch Cooper And Polly Darton at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 11 thr Warped Tour at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Marysville a/a # *** @ aug 12 fri Against Empire at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a ** @ aug 12 fri We The Kings, The Summer Set, The Downtown Fiction, Hot Chelle Rae, Action Item at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 6:30pm # ** aug 12 fri The Damned Things at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7:30pm/8pm # ** aug 12 fri The Sadies, Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 12 fri Trainwreck Riders, Pine Hill Haints, Pops at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm** aug 12 fri The Mercy Hot Springs at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 12 fri Rule 5, Handshake, Ghost And The City at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7pm/8pm *** aug 12 fri Katy Perry at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $48-$36.50 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** aug 12 fri Robert Cray Band at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ ** aug 12 fri Pat Travers (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), Rue The Night, Righteous Sire, Blacksheep at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $20 7pm/8pm # *** aug 12-14 Muse, Phish (2 sets), Arcade Fire, The Black Keys, Deadmau5, The Shins, M.G.M.T, Girl Talk, The Decemberists, John Fogerty, Erykah Badu, The Original Meters, Beirut, The Roots, Arctic Monkeys, Big Audio Dynamite, Sts9, Warren Haynes Band, Big Boi, Major Lazer, Little Dragon, Julieta Venegas, Sia, Ok Go, The Greyboy Allstars, Josh Ritter & The Roya City Band, Old 97S, Mavis Staples, !!!, Latyrx, Best Coast, Collie Buddz, Phantogram, Charles Bradley, foster The People, Lotus, Strfkr, Junip, Pajama Party, The Infamous Stringdusters, The Vaccines, Toro Y Moi, Vetiver, The Limousines, The Stone Foxes, The Joy Formidable, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Wye Oak, Ana Tijoux, Orgone, Lord Huron, Tamaryn, Grouplove, The Fresh & Onlys, Ximena Sarinana, Ty Segall, Sunbirds, Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers, Diego's Umbrella, Ghost Robot at Outside Lands Festival, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a $200 3-day ticket ($450 vip) # *** @ aug 13 sat Circle One, Disciples, Fukm, Crisis, You Die at 924 Gilman a/a *** @ (Suzie Birthday) aug 13 sat Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys, Eilen Jewell, Zoe Muth And The Lost High Rollers at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 8pm ** aug 13 sat Huel Lewis & The News at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $100-$45 7:30pm # ** aug 14 sun Four Tommorow (Japan), Gnarboots at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a ** aug 14 sun Cosa Brava at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 14 sun Bare Wires, Liquor Store, Natural Child at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 14 sun Santa Cruz Teen Nightclub at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz ages 14-19 $10/$20 8pm aug 15 mon Alpinist (Germany), Masakari at Your House, Oakland a/a $8 8pm ** @ aug 15 mon In Fear And Faith, Vanna, A Loss For Words, Close To Home, Ten After Two, Adestria, Chunk! No Captain Chunk! at Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** aug 16 tue The Go Go's at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # *** aug 16 tue Heavy Hawaii, Bleached, Plateaus at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 16 tue Zed at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 7pm ** aug 17 wed Amos Lee, Calexico at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** aug 17 wed Reckless Kelly, Randy Rogers Band at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** aug 17 wed The Mallard, Chase Frank at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 17 wed Groundation, Bambu Station, Kevin Kinsella at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $18/$20 7:30pm/8:30pm ** aug 17 wed Sade, John Legend at the Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a 7pm # ** aug 18 thr The Weepies (acoustic) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** aug 18 thr Blisses B, The Grownup Noise (Boston) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 18 thr U.S. Bombs at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** @ aug 18 thr Daniel Tosh (two shows) at Center for the Performing arts, San Jose a/a $55/$45 6pm/7pm and 9:15pm/10pm shows # ** (seated) aug 18 thr Aimee Mann at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $55-$35 7:30pm # ** aug 19 fri El Elle, Sisu, Bam! Bam! at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 19 fri Public Enemy at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # *** aug 19 fri Nick 13 (of Tiger Army) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 19 fri Toad The Wet Sprocket at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ ** aug 19 fri Christopher Cross at Montalvo Arts Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 19 fri Lewis Black at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65-$35 8pm # ** aug 19 fri Conducting From The Grave, The Contortionist, Scale The Summit, Rings Of Saturn, Volumes, Structures at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 7pm/8pm # *** @ (Slaughter Survivors Tour) aug 19 fri Gwamba & Friends, The Posse at Turkey Creek Golf Club, 1525 Highway 193, Lincoln a/a $5 8pm ** aug 20 sat Black Fag, Turbonegra, The Grannies, Go Time at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a *** @ aug 20 sat Dave Alvin & The Guilty Ones, Los Straitjackets at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 20 sat Ray Manzarek And Robby Krieger (of The Doors) with Dave Brock (vocals) at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # *** aug 20 sat Systematic, Black Gates, 3rdrail, Mudface at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** aug 20 sat Z-Trip at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** aug 20 sat God Is An Astronaut at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 20 sat Battlehooch, Mr. Free & The Satellite Freakout, Chris Thayer at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 20 sat Toad The Wet Sprocket, A.L.O. at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $55-$35 7:30pm # *** aug 20 sat Monkey at Henfling's Firehouse Tavern, 9450 Highway 9, Ben Lomond 21+ ** aug 20 sat Conducting From The Grave, The Contortionist, Scale The Summit, Rings Of Saturn, Volumes, Structures at the Skatehouse, 867 Eloise Avenue, South Lake Tahoe a/a *** @ (Slaughter Survivors Tour) aug 21 sun Herb Alpert at Montalvo Arts Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 21 sun Goo Goo Dolls, Michelle Branch, Parachute at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85-$35 7:30pm # *** aug 21 sun Santa Cruz Teen Nightclub at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz ages 14-19 $10/$20 8pm aug 22 mon Obits, Disappears, Beaters at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 23 tue 100 Monkeys at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** aug 23 tue Emmure, Blessthefall, Born Of Osiris, In This Moment, Iwrestledabearonce, The Ghost Inside, Chelsea Grin, Motionless In White, Sleeping With Sirens, Attila, For All Those Sleeping at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 1pm # *** @ aug 23 tue Josh Groban at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $99/$79 7pm/8pm # ** aug 23 tue 311, Sublime With Rome at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $56-$21 5pm/6:30pm # *** aug 23 tue Garrison Kellor's A Prairie Home Companion at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$45 7:30pm # ** aug 24 wed Kottonmouth Kings, Kingspade, Johnny Richter, D-Loc, dj Bobby B at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** aug 24 wed Unstoppable Death Machine, Dead (Australia) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 24 wed Megafauna (Austin, TX), Plantain at Streetlight Music, San Jose a/a free 5pm ** aug 24 wed Brian Wilson at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85-$35 7:30pm # *** aug 24 wed Josh Groban at the Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a 7pm # ** aug 25 thr Ben Harper at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** (KFOG) aug 25 thr White Mystery (Chicago) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 25 thr Brian Wilson at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ *** aug 25 thr Sade, John Legend at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $179-$53 7pm/8pm # ** aug 26 fri mc Lars, Mighty Regis, Lucky Eejits, Kung Pow, Dun Bin Had at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a *** @ (ska night) aug 26 fri Still Time, Matt Masih & The Messengers, Lucas Ohio & The Shamblers at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** aug 26 fri Joan Rivers at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm *** aug 26 fri Sugarland, Sara Bareilles at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # ** aug 26 fri Jeff Bridges at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85-$45 7:30pm # ** aug 26 fri Montrose, The Scott Allen Project, Pointdexter at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $20/$25 7pm/8pm # *** aug 26 fri Autumn Sky, The Kimberly Trip, Bad Connection at Turkey Creek Golf Club, 1525 Highway 193, Lincoln a/a $5 8pm ** aug 26/27 Sade, John Legend at the Arena, Oakland a/a a/a $176-$50 7pm/8pm # ** aug 27 sat La Banda Skalerora, Left Alone, Nino Zombies, Jokes For A Feeling, Tomorrow Men, Pata De Pero, Chump Champ at 924 Gilman, Berkeley a/a *** @ (ska night) aug 27 sat Miranda Cosgrove at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 7pm # ** aug 27 sat Tribal Seeds, The Hold Up, Seedless at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** aug 27 sat Air Supply at Montalvo Arts Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga a/a *** aug 27 sat Lauryn Hill, Nas, Cypress Hill, Black Star, Raekwon And Ghostface, Mobb Deep, Genius/GZA, Immortal Technique, Slaughterhouse, Mac Miller, Currensy, Big K.R.I.T., Black Moon, Soulds Of Mischief, Childish Gambino, Blu, Exile, Fashawn, Masta Killa, Freddie Gibbs, Roc Marciano, The RZA, Murs 3:16, Supernatural at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $131-$56 10am/10:30am # *** (Rock the Bells) aug 27 sat Snail, Ken Kraft, Bob O'Neill, Donny Baldwin, Brett Bloomfield at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $18/$23 7:30pm/8:30pm ** aug 28 sun Monkey, Boss 501, Franco Nero at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a ** @ aug 28 sun Mouthbreathers at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * aug 28 sun Kenny G, Michael Bolton at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $125-$55 7:30pm # *** aug 28 sun Pat Travers Band (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), Lonero at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $18/$22 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 30 tue The Ferocious Few, Bryan John Appleby at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 1 thr Taylor Swift at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # ** sep 2 fri Steller Corpses at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a ** @ sep 2 fri Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Keri Hilson, Far East Movement, Lloyd at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # *** sep 2 fri Montrose, Michael Lee Firkins at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm *** sep 2/3 Archers Of Loaf at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** sep 3 sat Reagan Youth, No Thanks, Oppressed Logic, Gutwrench, Zero Progress at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm *** @ sep 3 sat Handsome Furs at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** sep 3 sat Kaskade, Pretty Lights, Disco Biscuits, Booka Shade, Pete Tong, Steve Aoki, Nero, The Crystal Method, White Shadow, La Riots, Aeroplane, Jessie And The Toy Boys, Datsik, Holy Ghost!, Hercules And Love Affair, Le Castle Vania, Doorly, Chad Hugo, Marshall Barnes, The Eye at Shoreline Amphitheatre, One Amphitheatre Pkwy., Mountain View a/a $40+ # *** (Identity Electronic Music Festival) sep 3 sat Taylor Swift, Need To Breath at the Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a 7pm # ** sep 4 sun Kenny Loggins at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ *** sep 6 tue Groundation at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 7 wed The Jim Jones Revue at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** sep 7 wed Black Whale (Seattle) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 8 thr Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs, Vusi Mahlasela, Brandi Carlile at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # ** (KFOG) sep 8 thr Vreid, Kampfar at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** sep 8 thr Ladybug Transistor, Red Pony Clock, Sea Lions at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 8 thr Vreid, Kampfar at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** sep 8 thr The B-52's, The Human League, Men Without Hats at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85-$35 7:30pm # *** sep 8 thr Tears For Fears at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a # *** sep 9 fri The Kills at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8:30pm # *** sep 9 fri Def Leppard, Heart, Evan Watson at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $29-$131 7:30pm # *** (was September 10th) sep 9 fri Tears For Fears at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$45 7:30pm # *** sep 10 sat Battalion Of Saints, Attitude Adjustment, Visual Discrimination Sad Boy Sinister, Ill Content at 924 Gilman, Berkeley a/a $10 *** @ sep 10 sat Tears For Fears at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm *** sep 10 sat Daryl Hall & John Oats at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $100-$50 7:30pm # *** sep 10 sat Kings Of Leon, Band Of Horses at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $71-$31 5:30pm/7:30pm # *** sep 11 sun Vibrators, Boats!, Emilys Army, Bobby Joe Ebola And The Children MacNuggits, Ol Cheeky Bastard at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a *** @ sep 11 sun Bostich & Fussible at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # * sep 11 sun Willie Nelson And Family at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $125-$45 7:30pm # *** sep 12/13 Iggy And The Stooges at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** @ sep 13 tue Boyce Avenue at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm # ** sep 13 tue Willie Nelson at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ *** sep 14 wed Kamelot, Alestorm, Blackguard, The Agonist at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $26 8pm *** sep 14 wed Kesha, Lmfao, Spank Rock at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a # *** sep 14 wed Bob Log III at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * sep 14 wed The Psychedelic Furs, Tom Tom Club at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $55-$25 7:30pm # *** sep 15 thr Train, Maroon 5 at the Pavilion, Concord a/a # *** sep 15 thr Kenny Loggins at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $90-$40 7:30pm # *** sep 16 fri The Gourds, James McMurty at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $22 9pm ** sep 16 fri Blue October, Iamdynamite at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** sep 16 fri Rascal Flatts, Sara Evans, Justin Moore at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # ** sep 16 fri U.F.O. at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $25/$30 7pm/8pm # *** sep 16/17 Chicago at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $125-$45 7:30pm # *** sep 17 sat Demetri Martin at Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street, S.F. a/a $37.50 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** (seated) sep 17 sat Kitchen's Floor (Austraila), Fat History Month (Boston) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 17 sat Rob Schneider at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm ** sep 17 sat U.F.O., Luv Planet at the Avalon, Santa Clara a/a *** sep 18 sun Grave, Blood Red Throne, Pathology, Gigan at Slim's, S.F. a/a $21 8pm *** @ sep 18 sun Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers, Shawn Colvin at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $90-$35 7:30pm # ** sep 19 mon Low at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** sep 21 wed James Blake at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** sep 21 wed Don Henley at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $190-$60 7:30pm # *** sep 21 wed D.R.I. at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ sep 22 thr Return To Forever at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** sep 22 thr Boz Scaggs, Michael McDonald at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $125-$50 7:30pm # *** sep 23 fri Marck Anthony at the Arena, Oakland a/a # *** sep 23 fri Two Door Cinema Club at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** sep 23 fri Smokey Robinson at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $100-$50 7:30pm # *** sep 23/24 React Fest at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a *** @ sep 24 sat J.G.B. With Melvin Seals at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 24 sat BB King, Buddy Guy at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $125-$50 7:30pm # *** sep 24 sat Santana, George Lopez at Shoreline, One Amphitheatre Pkwy., Mountain View a/a # *** sep 24 sat Polar Bear Club, Fireworks, Balance & Composure at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $13/$15 7pm/8pm # ** sep 25 sun D Generation, The Biters, Primma Donna, Flexx Bronco at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $15 9pm ** sep 25 sun Santana, George Lopez at the Pavilion, Concord a/a # *** sep 25 sun D Generation at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $15 9pm ** @ sep 25 sun Folsom Street Fair, S.F. a/a free sep 27 tue Dr. John / Little Feat, The Blind Boys Of Alabama at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85-$40 7:30pm # ** sep 28 wed John Prine at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65-$38 7:30pm # ** sep 29 thr Emmylou Harris at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $81-$41 7:30pm # ** sep 30 fri DeVotchKa, Gomez at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $50-$30 7:30pm # ** sep 30/oct 1/2 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass at Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a free oct 1 sat Royal Headache (Austraila) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 1 sat Keith Urban at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # *** oct 2 sun Queensryche at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # *** @ oct 2 sun Espernza Spalding - Chamber Music Society at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 7:30pm ** oct 2 sun Merie Haggard, Kris Kristofferson at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$45 7:30pm # *** oct 2 sun Keith Urban at the Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a 7:30pm # *** oct 4 tue ZZ Top at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $150-$60 7:30pm # *** oct 5 wed Evergrey, Blackguard, Sabaton, PowerGlove, The Absence at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7pm # ** oct 5 wed Journey, Foreigner, Night Ranger at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $144-$34 5:30pm/7pm # *** oct 5 wed Blink-182, My Chemical Romance, Matt And Kim at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # *** oct 6 thr Peter Bjorn & John at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** oct 6 thr Badfish (tribute), Scotty Don't, Just Chill at the Avalon, Santa Clara a/a $20 7pm/8pm ** oct 7 fri Enrique Iglesias, Pitbull, Prince Royce at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # ** oct 8 sat Peter Bjorn & John at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** oct 8 sat Billy Idol at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$35 7:30pm # *** oct 9 sun S.F. Indie Mart at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a noon oct 9 sun The David Crowder Band, Gungor, Chris August and John Mark McMillan at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** oct 14 fri Frank Turner, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Into It Over It at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** oct 15 sat Journey, Foreigner, Night Ranger at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $144-$34 5:30pm/7pm # *** oct 16 sun Steven Wright at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ ** oct 17 mon The Musical Box at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** oct 19 wed Kd Lang at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # *** oct 19 wed The Miles Davis Experience at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 7:30pm ** oct 21 fri Roger Daltrey (performs the Who's Tommy) at the San Jose Civic, 135 San Carlos St., San Jose a/a # *** $ oct 26 wed Judas Priest at the Arena, Oakland a/a # *** oct 28 fri Jonny Lang at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ ** oct 28 fri Rivals at the Avalon, Santa Clara a/a ** oct 29 fri Powerage (tribute), Rat Bastard (covers), 667 Neighbor Of The Beast (tribute) at Club Fox, 2223 Broadway, Redwood City 21+ 8pm ** nov 19 sat Damage Inc. (tribute), Roses And Guns (tribute), Points North at Club Fox, 2223 Broadway, Redwood City 21+ ** dec 16 fri D.R.I. at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** @ * 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 KVHS-FM 90.5 The Edge www.kvhs.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 wed Wednesday Night Live on Radio KZSU 90.1FM 9pm-10pm 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 Ace of Spades, 1417 R Street, Sacramento a/a Alley, 906 Victorian Way, Sparks, NV a/a Amoeba Music, 2455 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a 510-549-1125 Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F. a/a 415-831-1200 Annie's Social Club, 911 Folsom St. at 5th, S.F. 21+ 415-974-1585 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 Cell Space, 2050 Bryant at 18th, S.F. a/a 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 Edinburgh Castle, 950 Geary, S.F. 21+ El Rey Theatre, 230 West 2nd St., Chico 18+ (a/a with adult) 530-342-2727 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 George's, 842 Fourth St., San Rafael 21+ 415-457-1515 Great American Music Hall, 859 O'Farrell, S.F. ages 6+ 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 Ironstone Vineyards, 1894 Six Mile Road, Murphys a/a 209-728-1251 Java Lounge, 2416 16th St., Sacramento a/a Johnny Foley's Irish House, 243 O'Farrell Street, S.F. 21+ 415-954-0777 Kimo's Bar, 1351 Polk at Pine, S.F. 21+ 415-885-4535 Kennel Club, 5821 Auburn Blvd., Sacramento 21+ 916-339-1675 Knitting Factory, 211 North Virginia Street, Reno, NV a/a 775-323-5648 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 Mystic Theater, 23 Petaluma Blvd., Petaluma a/a 18+ 21+ 707-765-2121 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 Milk Bar, 1840 Haight Street, S.F. 21+ 415-387-6455 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 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 Hat, 1860 Monument Blvd., Concord 21+ 925-685- 2122 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 Riptide Bar, 3639 Taraval St., S.F. 21+ 415-681-8433 Rockit Room, 406 Clement at 5th Avenue, S.F. 21+ 415-387-6343 Route 92, 2128 South El Camino Real, San Mateo 21+ Senator Theatre, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a 530-891-1809 Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley 21+ 510-548-1159 Shire Road Club, Sacramento (all shows cancelled - club closed) Shoreline Amphitheatre, One Amphitheatre Pkwy., Mountain View a/a Slim's, 333 11th St., S.F. ages 6+ 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 Bar, Homestead Lanes, 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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