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 Febuary 25, 2012 feb 25 sat La Infinita, La Noche Oskura, Drunken Starfighter, Seven Year War, The Opera at 924 Gilman St., Berkleey a/a $10 7pm *** @ (ska night) feb 25 sat The Groggs (Santa Cruz), Burning Monk, Fukm', Miss & Mister Oakland Pagent at East Bay Rats Club, 3025 San Pablo Ave., Oakland a/a $5 8:30pm ** (looking for pagent contestants - punkrockpagent@gmail.com for info) feb 25 sat Lagwagon, Cobra Skulls, Nothington at the Metro, Oakland a/a 8pm/8pm # *** @ feb 25 sat Eli Conley And Hip For Squares, Dear Indugu, The Skinny at La Pena, 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley a/a $10-$20 sliding 8pm ** feb 25 sat Swarm Intelligence (first show), Ross Hammond Quartet at Swarm Gallery, 5260 2nd Street at Clay, Oakland a/a $5 donation ** (live KALX broadcast) feb 25 sat record swap at 2601 Adeline St. @ 26th, Oakland a/a 11am-4pm feb 25 sat Fidlar, others at Cloyne Court, 2600 Ridge Rd., Berkeley 18+ ** feb 25 sat Prizehog, Iron Mtn (L.A.), Abstracter, Mouring Ring at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ 8pm ** @ feb 25 sat High On Fire, Fracas, Rockonigles at Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm *** @ (Tim, Khate & Stash's Birthdays) feb 25 sat The People Party at the New Parish, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm/9pm * feb 25 sat A.L.O., Nicki Bluhm & The Gamblers at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # *** feb 25 sat dj Bob Mould, dj Rich Morel at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 10pm ** (Blowoff) feb 25 sat Archers Of Loaf, The Big Sleep, Hospitality, Built Like Alaska at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $26 7pm/7:30pm *** (Noise Pop) feb 25 sat Laura Veirs & The Tumble Bees at Swedish American Hall, S.F. a/a $18 3pm ** (children's - Noise Pop) feb 25 sat Laura Veirs & The Hall Of Flames, Foxtails Brigade, Carlos Forster, Tyler Lyle at Swedish American Hall, S.F. a/a $16 8pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 25 sat Christie Front Drive, Jonah Matranga, Young Mammals, Great Apes at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $15 7pm/8pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 25 sat Imperial Teen at Amoeba Records, S.F. a/a free 2pm *** feb 25 sat Bats In The Belfree, Hate Crime at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 2pm/3pm ** feb 25 sat ZZ Topless (tribute), Chick Jagger (tribute) at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** feb 25 sat Atlas Sound, Electric Flower, Carnivores, Frank Broyles at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $20 7pm/8pm # ** (sold out - Noise Pop) feb 25 sat Surfer Blood, The Lonely Forest, Cate Le Bon, The She's at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 7:30pm ** (sold out - Noise Pop) feb 25 sat Big Freedia at the Public Works, 161 Erie Street at Mission, S.F. 21+ ** (Noise Pop) feb 25 sat Odd Owl, Hungry Hungry Ghost at the Make-Out Room, S.F. 21+ $8 7:30pm ** feb 25 sat dj Krush (20 year anniversary show) at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** feb 25 sat Green & Wood (L.A.), Hazzard's Cure, Wild Hunt at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm ** feb 25 sat Elektrik Sunset (two sets 10pm & 11:15pm) at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/10pm ** feb 25 sat Bell Witch (Seattle), Bruxers, Larvae at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $5 4pm til 7pm ** @ (early show) feb 25 sat Overwhelming Colorfast, Oranger, Slouching Stars, Peppercorn at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm/9pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 25 sat Sic Alps, Asabov Sobelo, No Boss, Patrick Mullins at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm/9pm ** feb 25 sat Pride & Joy at George's, San Rafael 21+ $20 9:30pm ** feb 25 sat Black Cobra, Hot Fog, Floating Goat, Hornss at Bender's, S.F. 21+ free 5pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 25 sat The Jacka, Husalah, J Stalin at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $25 8pm *** feb 25 sat The Growlers, Alla-Las at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 16+ $14/$16 7:30pm/8:30pm ** feb 25 sat Seeds Of Hate, The King Must Die, Infex at Spancky's, 8201 Old Redwood Highway, Cotati 21+ ** feb 25 sat Built To Spill at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ *** feb 25 sat The Like Me's, The Cleveland Browns, Dog Party at X Sports Bar, 20990 Homestead Road, Cupertino a/a $8 8pm ** feb 25 sat Via Coma, Twin Atlantic, P.K., Monument, Joe Skandalaris at the Red House, Walnut Creek a/a 7pm ** feb 25 sat Tumbleweed Wanderers, The Best Friends, Marty O'Reilly at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $8 9pm ** feb 25 sat Mistah Fab & Fashawn, Young L at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$19 8pm/9pm ** feb 25 sat Atomic Aces at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ ** feb 25 sat Ghoul, Beerijuana, Seduce The Dead at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ $8 9pm ** feb 25 sat The English Beat at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** feb 25 sat Bypassing Oblivion, BraudSide, From Cities To Salt, Descendant, Terra Ferno, Force Of Habit at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7pm/8pm ** @ feb 25 sat Peter Cetera at Cache Creek Casino Resort, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 21+ ** feb 26 sun Why I Hate, Beside Myself, Hear The Sirens, Advocate at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $9 5pm *** @ feb 26 sun Colton Saylor, Ali Crockett, Lil' Bo And The Tooth Faire, Castan, Clouds & Mountains, D. Allen (reading), Elwin Cotman (folk tales) at Long Haul, 3124 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley a/a 6pm ** (vegan food) (Benefit Food Not Bombs) feb 26 sun Fucktard, Under 15 Seconds, Las Malas Pulgas, Dead Set, Maura Sullivan at B.R.S., Richmond a/a free 8pm *** @ (A.C.E.H. Indonesia Solidarity Show) feb 26 sun Rusty Zinn And His Band at Cafe Rande Vu, 2430 Broadway, Oakland a/a $6 6pm til 9pm * feb 26 sun Jane Jane Pollock, Aloonaluna, Andrew Weathers Ensemble at Subterranean Arthouse, 2179 Bancroft Way, Berkeley a/a $10 9pm ** feb 26 sun Willy Tea Taylor, Lila Nelson, The Sumner Brothers at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ 9pm ** feb 26 sun The Muddy Roses, The Wounded Men at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 2pm/4pm ** feb 26 sun The Dodos, AU, Cannon & Clouds, Here Here at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $20 7pm/8pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 26 sun Drone Church, Jozef Van Wissem, Chuck Johnson, Diego Gonzalez at Episcopal Church, 1661 15th Street, S.F. a/a $8-$20 7pm/8pm ** feb 26 sun Carletta Sue Kay, Helene Renaut, Karina Denike at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 6pm ** feb 26 sun BatChild, Madi & Cici, Pinata Puncher, Cassidy Payne, The Christopher Mustree Band, Wasabi Bomb at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10/$12 4pm/4:30pm ** @ feb 27 mon The Jealous Sound, Books On Tape, Please Do Not Fight at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 27 mon Leslie & The Ly's, Pennyhawk, Ramona & The Swimsuits at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $13 8pm ** feb 27 mon Fatlip, Cee Knowledge at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 21+ $15/$20 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 27 mon Elephant Listening Project (2 sets) at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ free 9pm ** feb 27 mon The Jaunting Martyrs, Elena Beth Alderman, The Good Sams at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 ** feb 28 tue Monica Naranjo at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** feb 28 tue Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks, Nurses at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $20 7pm/8pm ** feb 28 tue Jenny Owen Youngs, Little Hurricane (San Diego), Terese Taylor at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 28 tue Two Cow Garage (Columbus), Kevin Seconds at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** feb 28 tue Dirty Pillows, Starlight Girls (Brooklyn) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 6pm ** feb 29 wed Electric Jellyfish (Australia) at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oakland a/a 7pm til 10pm ** feb 29 wed The Wounded Men, The Porch Flies at Disco Volante, Oakland a/a free 8:30pm ** feb 29 wed Younger Lovers, Pink Swastika, Hooray For Everything, Dark Beach, Human Waste at Sugar Mountain, Oakland a/a (free if you dress up) 8pm ** feb 29 wed Father John Misty, Magic Trick, Jenny O at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $12/$15 8pm/9pm ** feb 29 wed Susan SurfTone (surf guitar) at Forbidden Island Tiki Lounge, 1304 Lincoln Ave., Alameda 21+ ** feb 29 wed Mad River, Mark Nelsen, Bees Table, Steel & Camouflage at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** feb 29 wed Reckless Kelly, Rose's Pawn shop at Slim's S.F. 6+ $16 7pm/8pm ** feb 29 wed Slag Off, Spectre (tape release), Stares, Living Eyes at Thrillhouse Records, S.F. a/a 6:30pm ** (Benefit for Thrillhouse Records) feb 29 wed Adios Amigo, Genius And The Thieves, Gold Medalists at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $10 8pm ** feb 29 wed Wes Leslie And His Deadly Medley (record release), Geronimo's Dream, Black Cobra Vipers at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 29 wed The Business, The Downtown Struts, Sydney Ducks at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $13 8pm *** @ feb 29 wed Hank IV, Bill Orcutt, Musk at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ donation 9pm ** (Letha Melchior Benefit) feb 29 wed The Record Winter at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm * feb 29 wed Alkaline Trio at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $18/$22 7pm/8pm *** @ feb 29 wed Nobunny, Radios In Caves at the Shanty. 213 3rd St., Eureka 21+ $5 ** @ mar 1 thr Go Van Gogh at Cafe Van Kleef, 1621 Telegraph Ave., Oakland a/a $5 9pm ** mar 1 thr Hadag Nahash at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ 8pm/9pm ** (Jewish Music Festival) mar 1 thr dj Lebowitz at Disco Volante, Oakland a/a 5pm til 7:30pm ** mar 1 thr Zola Jesus, Wymond Miles (lp release), Talk Normal at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $21 8pm/9pm ** mar 1 thr Every Avenue, We Are The In Crowd, Plug In Stereo, The Audition at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $13/$15 6:30pm/7pm ** @ mar 1 thr Alkaline Trio, Riverboat Gamblers at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** @ mar 1 thr Grandma's Boyfriend at Depot, SFSU Student Center, 1650 Holloway Ave., S.F. a/a free 6pm ** mar 1 thr Between The Cities Are Stars, Hypergiant, Bats In The Belfree, Dixon Dixon at Sub-Mission Gallry, S.F. a/a $5 8pm ** mar 1 thr Ema, Reptar (Athens, GA), dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $13 9pm ** mar 1 thr Kill Moi, Fake Your Own Death, Excuses For Skipping, Sporting Life at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $7/$10 8pm/9pm ** mar 1 thr Chadwick Stokes, The Shants at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $17 8pm/9pm ** mar 1 thr They Are All Dead, Monogamy Party (Seattle), Dead Man at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** mar 1 thr The Spittin' Cobras, Flexx Bronco, The Butlers, Bobby Joe Ebola And The Children McNuggits, dj Ace at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 7:30pm/8pm *** mar 1 thr Rags & Ribbons at the Rockit Room, S.F. 21+ ** mar 1 thr George Thorogood & The Destroyers at the Uptown Theater, Napa 16+ (12+ with an adult) 8pm *** mar 1 thr Mox Morbus, Demon Seed, Gravethirst, Hemotoxin at the Red House, Walnut Creek a/a 7pm ** @ (battle of the bands) mar 1 thr Eligh & Aml Live at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Crux 16+ ** mar 1 thr The War Within, Serpenera, Unwanted Droids, Thea Skotia at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7pm/8pm ** @ mar 2 fri Zombie Holocaust, Scythe (L.A.), Deathstryke, Pillager, Side Effects, Excreta at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $8 7pm *** @ mar 2 fri Nu Sensae, Lenz, Index, Violent Change at 1-2-3-4 Go! Reocrds, Oakland a/a $6 7pm til 10pm ** mar 2 fri Flipper, East Bay Ray And The Killer Smiles, Peligro, Legendary Stardust Cowboy at the New Parish, Oakland a/a $15/$20 8pm/9pm *** @ mar 2 fri The Blank Tapes, Whiskerman, Tumbleweed Wanderers, The Love Dimension at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** mar 2 fri Rat Damage, Deception, Rad, Rhygin HC, Concussion, Right at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $6 7pm *** @ mar 2 fri Ty Segall, White Fence, Mikal Cronin (L.A.), The Feeling Of Love at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $13/$15 8pm/8:30pm *** mar 2 fri O'Brother, Junius, Happy Body Slow Brain at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 2 fri Eligh & Amp Live, Shotgun Wedding Quintet at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 8pm/9pm ** mar 2 fri Pierce & Pierce, Gemini 6, 90's Band, Strong Like Bull at Lennon Studios, 271 Dore Street, S.F. a/a 8pm ** mar 2 fri Elliott Brood, The Pack A.D., Mwahaha at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 9pm ** mar 2 fri Stages Of Sleep, Starlight Girls (Brooklyn), Gorgeous Byrdmen at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** mar 2 fri Rachael Yamagata, Dan Wilson at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** mar 2 fri Bobb Saggeth, Prizehog, Hell Ship at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** mar 2 fri Emeli Sande at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $20 9:30pm ** mar 2 fri Super Diamond, Mustache Harbor at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $22 8pm/9pm # ** mar 2 fri House Of Floyd (tribute 9 two shows) at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ $22 8pm show / $20 10pm show ** mar 2 fri Arctic Flowers (Portland), Vivid Sekt (Portland), Neo Cons, Effluxus at the Retox Loung, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** @ mar 2 fri Ladysmith Black Mambazo at the Uptown Theater, Napa 16+ (12+ with an adult) 8pm ** mar 2 fri The Trims, Anya & The Get Down, Silent Pictures at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** mar 2 fri Lagwagon, Cobra Skulls, Nothington at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $18/$20 8pm/9pm *** @ mar 2 fri Every Avenue, We Are The In Crowd, Plug In Stereo, The Audition, Simple As Surgery at the at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $14/$15 6:30pm/7:30pm ** @ mar 2/3 Funky Meters, Eddie Roberts Trio, Jazz Mafia (sat) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $26.50 8pm/9pm # *** mar 2/3 PRIMUS at Knitting Factory, Reno, NV a/a $52/$85 8pm/9pm *** @ $ mar 3 sat Monkey, Day Labor, Imposters, Angry Starfish, Toriyamas at 924 Gilman Street, Berkley a/a 7:30pm *** @ (ska night) mar 3 sat The Pets, Wrong Words, Spency Dude And The Doodles at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oakland a/a 7pm til 10pm ** (Benefit) mar 3 sat He Whose Ox Is Gored (Seattle), Formorrow, They Are All Dead at B.R.S., Richmond a/a donation 8pm ** @ mar 3 sat J Boog at the New Parish, Oakland 21+ $32/$35 9:30pm/9:30pm ** mar 3 sat Cloud Nothings, Mr. Dream, Your Cannons at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/10pm ** mar 3 sat Roky Erickson, Night Beats at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $25 8pm/9pm ** mar 3 sat Salvador Santana & Band, Bianca, Ruckatan at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $14/$16 8pm *** mar 3 sat Hutinanny, The Number Prophets at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 2pm/3pm ** mar 3 sat He's My Brother She's My Sister, Bad Weather California at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $8/$11 8pm/9pm ** mar 3 sat The Meat Sluts, Girls With Guns, Inferno Of Joy at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** mar 3 sat MJ's Brass Boppers, East Bay Brass Band at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** mar 3 sat No Way Back, Esg, Junior (L.A.), Conor, Solar at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** mar 3 sat Vagabond Lovers Club, Beso Negro, Black Kat Kabaret, dj Tanoa at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** mar 3 sat Eyezon, Wristgang, The Avenues at Club 6, 60 6th Street, S.F. 21+ $15 ($10 b4 9:30pm) 9pm ** mar 3 sat Adam Del Rio & The Fizzy Lifters, Subject To Change at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/10pm ** (two sets 10pm & 11:15pm) mar 3 sat Geographer, Miniature Tigers, The Chain Gang Of 1974, Pretty & Nice at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 8pm *** (sold out) mar 3 sat The Dig-Its, Riot Earp, The AM's (ep release) at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** mar 3 sat Eyezon, Wristgang, The Avenues, dj Antitdope at Club 6, 60 6th Street, S.F. 21+ $15 ($10 b4 9:30pm) 9pm til 2am ** mar 3 sat Walk The Atmosphere, Fusion 72, Set The World Ablaze, Nineteen 95, Gurchuch at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 8pm *** mar 3 sat Wonderbread 5 at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $18 8:45pm/9:45pm ** mar 3 sat Supplements, Stressors, Happy, Mud Mouth, Yi at Serra Bowl, 3301 Junipero Serra Blvd., Daly City a/a free 8:30pm ** @ mar 3 sat The Temptaiongs at Heritage Theater, 1 W. Campbell Avenue, Campbell a/a $61-$46 8pm ** mar 3 sat The Bang, Talky Tina at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** mar 3 sat Gappy Ranks, 7th Street Band at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 3 sat Silvara, Embodied Torment, Evil Plan at G Street Wunderbar, 228 G Street, Davis 21+ ** @ mar 3 sat Dance Gavin Dance, A Lot Like Birds, Just Like Vinyl, Decoder, Overwatch at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** mar 3 sat cancelled: Musical Charis (Sacramento), ZuhG (Sacramento) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz mar 3 sat Shane Dwight at the 9Lives Club, Gilroy 21+ $10 8pm ** mar 4 sun Dairy Queens, Mykee Ramen, SoLow, Bobby Joy Ebola And The Children MacNuggits, The Rockonigles, Cartoon Violence, Mud Mouth, Las Malas Pulgas, Sweet Nothing, Alabaster Chode, Burning Monk at 924 Gilman, Berkeley a/a 4:20pm *** @ (Marcus Birthday - Pyrates vs Geeks) mar 4 sun Schoolboy Q at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ ** mar 4 sun Barbwyre, Maurice Tani at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 2pm/4pm ** mar 4 sun Korn, Sluggo, J Devil at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** @ $ mar 4 sun Typhoon, Motopony, Ravenna Woods at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 4 sun Ganglians, A Classic Education, French Cassettes at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$13 8pm ** mar 4 sun The Deephearted With Los Amplifiers, Puppet Radio at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $5/$8 8pm/9pm ** mar 4 sun Victor E Leo, dj Hilario, dj Roberto Martins at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $115 8pm/9pm ** mar 4 sun Hungry Hungry Ghost, Pets With Pets (Austrailia) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** mar 4 sun Roddy Radiation And The Skabilly Rebels, Monkey, dj Shameless (U.K.) at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $14/$18 8pm ** mar 4 sun Spider Heart, The Better Maker, Jet Black Ropes at the Make-Out Room, S.F. 21+ 7:30pm ** mar 4 sun Javier Colon at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ ** mar 4 sun Nobunny, The Shames, Ditch The Pilot at Holland Project Show Space, 121 Vesta Street, Reno, NV a/a ** @ mar 4 sun J. Book at the El Rey Theater, Chico 18+ (a/a with adult) $13 7:30pm/8pm # *** @ mar 4 sun The Parson Red Heads (Portland), Blitzen Trapper at Humboldt Brewery, 856 10th, Arcata 21+ ** mar 5 mon Javier Colon, Reed Waddle at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $35 8pm ** mar 5 mon Veronica Bush at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $5-$7 sliding scale 7pm/8pm * mar 5 mon The Driftwood Singers, Birdhouse, Lauren Shera, Infantree at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 7:30pm/8:30pm ** mar 5 mon Summer Twins at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ ** mar 5 mon Willy Tea Taylor, The Sumner Brothers at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a 9pm ** mar 5 mon The Parson Red Heads (Portland), Blitzen Trapper at Harlow's, 2708 J Street, Sacramento 21+ ** mar 5/6/7 Cold War Kids, Superhumanoids at Bottom of the Hill S.F. a/a $20 ($50 3 day pass) 8:30pm/9:30pm *** @ mar 6 tue Tacocat, King Lollipop, Bad Backs at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oakland a/a 7pm til 10pm ** mar 6 tue Trevor Hall at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ ** mar 6 tue Happa at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $27 7pm/8pm ** (seated show) mar 6 tue Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Anders Parker, Yim Yames at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** mar 6 tue Andrew W.K., Math The Band at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** mar 6 tue Chris Webby at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16/$18 9pm ** mar 6 tue Ceremony at Amoeba Records, S.F. a/a free 6pm ** mar 6 tue Burnt Ones, Blasted Canyons, Soft Swells at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ free 7pm/8pm ** mar 6 tue Delta Rae at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 18+ $10 8pm * mar 6 tue Thee Oh Sees, Magnetix, Pets With Pets, The Mallard at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13 8pm ** mar 6 tue Lecherous Gaze, The Shrine, Buffalo Tooth at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** @ mar 6 tue Teutonics, Gravys Drop, Whoosie What's It's at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm/9:30pm ** mar 6 tue Virt, Freaky DNA, Minusbaby, Crashfaster, The Glowing Stars, Zen Albatross, A_Rival, Louis Gorenfeld at the DNA Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$12 8pm ** (chip music/electro) mar 6 tue Cruz (Sao Paulo, Brazil), Tribe (L.A.), The Institution at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** mar 6 tue Said The Whale (Vancouver, Canada), Shanya & The Bulldog, The Sumner Brothers at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** mar 6 tue Eliquate at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** mar 6 tue Coasting at the Robot Rocket Residence, 633 M Street, Davis a/a ** mar 6 tue The Parson Red Heads (Portland), Blitzen Trapper at the Cellar Door, 101 W. Main Street, Visalia 21+ ** mar 7 wed Mobb Deep at the New Parish, Oakland 21+ $25 8pm/9pm ** mar 7 wed Soja, Gentleman & The Evolution, Anuhea at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # ** mar 7 wed La Sera, Cold Showers, Swiftumz at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm *** mar 7 wed Big Lou, Deutscher Musikverein (Germany), dj's, dance at the Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa, S.F. a/a $10-$12 7pm/7:30pm ** (Save KUSF Benefit & Polka Party) mar 7 wed Foreign Cinema, Tito Ramsey (Seattle), Elle Nino at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $3 8pm ** mar 7 wed Swahili, Blonde Stranger, Feelings at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** mar 7 wed Korallreven at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** mar 7 wed Mean Jeans (Portland), Guantanamo Baywatch (Portland), Primitive Hearts, The Wrong Words at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm/9pm ** mar 7 wed Coasting, Midnite Snaxxx, The Younger Lovers, Shivas at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ ** mar 7 wed The Horde And The Harem (Seattle), Archaeology (Portland), The Bitter Honeys at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** mar 7 wed The Twilight Sad (Scotland), Micah P. Hinson at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $12/$14 9pm ** mar 7 wed Sleepy Sun at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ ** mar 7 wed 311 at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ mar 7 wed The Green, Passafire, Simple Creation, Eazy Dub at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15 7pm/8pm ** mar 8 thr Jeepneys, Sunny Reaper, American Splits, Fat Transfer at Jam City, 1570 7th Street, West Oakland a/a $5 7pm til 11pm ** mar 8 thr dj Lebowitz at Disco Volante, Oakland a/a 5pm til 7:30pm ** mar 8 thr Vetiver, Dominant Legs, Simone Rubi at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $15 8pm/9pm ** mar 8 thr The Shrine, Hot Lunch, Lecherous Gaze at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8/$10 9pm ** @ mar 8 thr Bela Fleck And The Flecktones, Casey Driessen at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $32.50/$45.50 8pm # *** mar 8 thr Punch Brothers, Aoife O'Donovan at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** mar 8 thr Andrew Jackson Jihad, Laura Stevenson And The Cans, Roar at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 8 thr Lonesome Locomotive, Jugtown Pirates, Howdy! at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $7/$10 8pm/9pm ** mar 8 thr Zulu Winter, Twin Atlantic, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $10/$12 9pm ** mar 8 thr Tortured Genies, The Curious Mystery, Grace Sings Sludge at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** mar 8 thr The Twilight Sad, The Velvet Teen, Micah P. Hinson at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** mar 8 thr Erica Sunshine Lee, Chi McClean at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 8:30pm ** mar 8 thr Railroad Earth at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ ** mar 8 thr A Lot Like Birds, I Te Mighty, From Indian Lakes, Playing In The Streets, Wake Up Dolly, Raised Threshold at the Red House, Walnut Creek a/a 7pm ** mar 8 thr Soja, Gentleman & The Evolution, Anuhea at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$25 7pm/8pm ** mar 8 thr Cherry Red, Cal Fig, O.C. Ent, SLR Gang, Cali Grown, R.A.P.E., Geek 1000, Logic, Dumbknockz, 2HK at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7:30pm/8:30pm ** mar 9 fri Pandemonaeon, RaZor Skyline, dj Jason Pitzl-Waters, fashion show, dance performances at the Metro, Oakland a/a $20 8pm/9pm ** (Hexenfest) mar 9 fri Martin Luther, Kev Choice, Silk-E at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $10/$15 8:30pm/9:30pm ** mar 9 fri Deke Dickerson, The RevTones, The B-Stars at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm ** mar 9 fri Tumbleweed Wanderers, Guy Fox, Fox & Woman at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 9 fri Points North, Full On Flyhead, Seth Chapla, Bad Boy Eddy at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $14/$18 8pm/9pm ** mar 9 fri Crocodiles, Bleeding Rainbow, Terry Malts at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 9pm ** mar 9 fri The Counting Crows at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $45 9pm *** $ (also at Great American Music Hall on March 10th) mar 9 fri Big Light, Flowmotion Is The True Spokes, Current Swell at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $7/$10 8pm/9pm ** mar 9 fri Sioux City Kid, Tiny Television, Erin Brazill And The Brazillionaires at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** mar 9 fri The Crazies Will Destroy You, The Shotgun Break, The Hi-Tones (Austin) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** mar 9 fri Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, Papa Grows Funk at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 9pm *** mar 9 fri Foreverland (tribute), Livewire at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $22 8pm/9pm ** mar 9 fri The Stitches, Smogtown, Sharp Objects, The Complaints, Lazerwolf at Fourth Street Tavern, 711 Fourth St., San Rafael 21+ $15 9pm *** @ (Slicks Bash) mar 9 fri Molotov Solution at the Red House, Walnut Creek a/a 7pm ** mar 9 fri Jake Nielsen's Triple Threat at the 9Lives Club, Gilroy 21+ $10 8pm ** mar 9 fri The Old Screen Door, Egg, Downshift, Friday, Nature, Cascade at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7pm/7:30pm ** mar 9 fri Mickey Hart Band at El Rey Theater, Chico 18+ (a/a with adult) $30 8pm/9pm ** mar 9 fri Asking Alexandria, Trivium, Dir En Grey, I See Stars, Motionless In White, The Amity Affiction at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $29.50 5pm/5:30pm # *** mar 9 fri Foreigner at the Cascade Theatre, 1731 Market St., Redding a/a # *** mar 9/10 Railroad Earth, Greensky Bluegrass (fri), New Monsoon (sat) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** mar 9/10 Jackie Greene at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $26/$28 7pm/8pm ** mar 9/10 Vina Morales & Vhong Navarro at Cache Creek Casino Resort, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 21+ ** mar 10 sat Ceremony (record release), Cold World, The Old Firm Casuals, The Nubs, No Sir at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $12 7:30pm *** @ mar 10 sat Sarcalogos (Portland), Times Of Desperation (Sacramento), Funeral Stain, Mexico Cabron (Mexico), John The Cannibal, Ill Content at B.R.S., Richmond a/a 7pm *** @ mar 10 sat Feeling Of Love, Meercaz, Delacave, Musk at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oakland a/a 7pm til 10pm ** mar 10 sat Stellar Corpses (cd release), Plan 9, Guantanamo Dogpile (Portland), The Badmen, Crooked As Fuck, The Refuzniks, The Returners at the Metro, Oakland a/a $8 8pm/8:30pm *** @ mar 10 sat Flogging Molly, Suedhead, Sean Wheeler, Zander Schloss at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 7:30pm # *** $ mar 10 sat The Digitour, Dave Days, Ricky Ficarelli, Alex Goot, Asher Monroe at the New Parish, Oakland a/a 6pm/6pm ** mar 10 sat Tornado Rider, Caldecott, Major Powers And The LoFi Symphony at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** mar 10 sat Fracas, Ding Dang (reunion), Young Lions at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland $7 8pm/9pm *** mar 10 sat Saul Williams, CX Kidtronix at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $22 8pm/9pm ** mar 10 sat Counting Crows at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $45 8pm/9pm *** $ (also at Slim's on March 9th) mar 10 sat Voodoo Saints, Black Caucus at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 2pm/3pm ** mar 10 sat Hot Lunch, Glitter Wizard, Lecherous Gaze, Knifey Spoony at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** @ mar 10 sat Slow Club, Signals at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $9/$12 7pm/8pm ** mar 10 sat The Red Elvises (2 sets) at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm ** mar 10 sat William Fitzsimmons, Denison Witmer at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm ** mar 10 sat Seeking Empire, The Trophy Fire, Water And Bodies (Portland) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/10pm *** mar 10 sat Grave Babies, Permanent Collectiohasms at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** mar 10 sat The Stitches, Smogtown, Sharp Objects, The Complaints, Sore Thumbs at the Rockit Room (upstairs), S.F. 21+ $15 9pm *** @ (Slicks Bash) mar 10 sat The Mighty Kegels (cd release), Laserwolf, Penny Dreadfuls at the Rockit Room (downstairs), S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** (Slicks Bash) mar 10 sat Hank IV, Electric Jellyfish (Melbourne, Australia), Mike Donovan, Carlton Melton at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 ** mar 10 sat The Gypsy Moonlight Band (two sets 10pm & 11:15pm) at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/10pm ** mar 10 sat Harvey Mandel, The Miles Schon Band at George's, San Rafael 21+ $15/$20 9pm ** mar 10 sat Beerly Beer Bellys, West Coast Fury, Infex, From Cities To Salt at Chris' Club, 656 Benicia Rd., Vallejo 21+ $5 8:30pm ** mar 10 sat Drake, Kendrick Lamar & Asap Rocky at the Event Center, San Jose State a/a $75 7pm/8pm # ** mar 10 sat Wordsmith, Lucid Optics at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** (hip-hop) mar 10 sat Deke Dickerson at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** mar 10 sat Time Spent Driving, Happy Body Slow Brain, Mooneater at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $10 8pm ** mar 10 sat The Angus Scrimm, Bobby Joe Ebola And The Children MacNuggits at Alternative Cafe, 1230 Fremont Blvd., Seaside a/a ** mar 10 sat String Theory, Whiskey Back, Tuco Ramirez, Black Mast at the 9Lives Club, Gilroy 21+ $10 8pm ** mar 11 sun Porkchop Express at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 2pm/4pm ** mar 11 sun Three Bad Jacks, Tombstone Brawlers (N.J.), Cash Prophets, Stigma 13, Not For Not, Swamp Angel, Justice James at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $15 1pm til 9pm ** mar 11 sun Anthony Green, The Dear Hunter, Kay Kay & His Weathered Underground at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 8pm ** mar 11 sun Yellow Monsters, Crying Nut, 3rd Line Butter at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 18+ $12 9pm ** mar 11 sun Disastroid, Backwoods Payback (PA), Bottom at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** mar 11 sun Hapa at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $26 7pm/8pm ** mar 11 sun Caught In Motion at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Crux 21+ ** mar 12 mon Sublime With Rome, Everlast at Senator Theater, Chico a/a $37.50 7pm/8pm # *** mar 12/13 The Joy Formidable, A Place To Bury Strangers at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm ** mar 13 tue Oakland Active Orchestra at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** mar 13 tue Grandma's Boyfriend, Pink Films, The Broonies at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** mar 13 tue Belligerator at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm/9:30pm ** mar 13 tue Shai-Hulud, A Plea For Purging, Counterparts, Dead Icons at Dosa Biryani, 250 E Java Drive, Sunnyvale a/a $15 7pm/8pm *** @ mar 14 wed Magnus Magnetic, Little Wolves, Headcavern, The Attracted, The Loose Cannons at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** mar 14 wed Guster at the Palace of Fine Arts, S.F. a/a $30 7pm/8pm # ** mar 14 wed The Raincoats, Grass Widow at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $20/$22 8pm/9pm ** mar 14 wed Fulton And The 44th, Threat Level Orange at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 6pm ** (Boys Hope Girls Hope Benefit) mar 14 wed ReCardiacs Fly, PG13, Surplus 1980 at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** mar 14 wed The Knux, The Vibrant Sound at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** mar 14 wed Huch Cornwell, Glen Matlock at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** mar 14 wed Shrouded Strangers at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a ** mar 14 wed Kirsten Opstad (MA) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** mar 14 wed Steve Aoki, Datsik at Estrellita Ballroom, Sacramento ?/? ** mar 14 wed The Devil Wears Prada, Every Time I Die, LetLive, Oh Sleeper at Knitting Factory, Reno, NV a/a $17.50/$39 6pm/7pm *** @ mar 15 thr Willie Nelson, Pegi Young & The Survivors at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** mar 15 thr dj Lebowitz at Disco Volante, Oakland a/a 5pm til 7:30pm ** mar 15 thr Michael Gira, Sir Richard Bishop at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $19 7:30pm/8pm ** mar 15 thr Balkan Beat Box at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 422.50 7pm/8pm # ** mar 15 thr Robert Schwartzman, The Relationship at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** mar 15 thr The Pretty Reckless, The Parlor Mob at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 15 thr Tied To The Branches, The Yes Go's, Der Spazm (Sacramento) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** mar 15 thr Jenni And The Jerks, Whoa Nellies at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** mar 15 thr The Nightgowns, Standard Poodle, Bad Boys, The Big No at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm/9pm ** mar 15 thr Bonneville Power (Portland), Gillbillies at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 6pm ** (was March 8th) mar 15 thr Marty Party, Boggan at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** mar 15 thr Kidd Upstairs, Eco Green, Cali Colab, Kentastik, Iris, Sunny B, New Aira, Boss Biz, BaBnit, Serpent & Seraph at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7:30pm/8:30pm ** mar 16 fri Skating For Satan, Moderate Excess, Harsh Vibes, Eros, Skopes at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $7 7pm *** @ mar 16 fri Sambada at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $8/$10 8pm/9pm ** mar 16 fri Hot Buttered Rum, Cornmeal at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $21 8pm/9pm ** mar 16 fri Drive By Truckers, Robert Ellis at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # *** mar 16 fri Feed Me With Teeth at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** mar 16 fri Street Dogs, Devil's Brigade, Old Man Markley, Murder The Stout at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** mar 16 fri Shrouded Strangers, Range Of Light Wilderness, Sad Vicious at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** mar 16 fri MegaFlame, The Gomorran Social Aid & Pleasure Club, The Nice Guy Trio at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** mar 16 fri The Fall Risk, Belle Monroe & Her Brewglass Boys, The Courtney Janes at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 9pm ** mar 16 fri Huch Cornwell, Glen Matlock at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ ** mar 16 fri Ed Schrader's Music Beat, The Re-Volts at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** mar 16 fri Iration, The Holdup, Thrive at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $15/$18 8pm *** @ mar 16 fri Beerijuana at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** mar 16 fri The Juncos, Springcutters at Pierce Ranch Vineyards Tasting Room, Montery ?/? free 8:30pm ** mar 16 fri Johnny Lima, Gundacker Project, Tony Ortiz at the 9Lives Club, Gilroy 21+ $10 8pm ** mar 16/17 The Eoin Harrington Irish Session at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $15/$20 8pm/9pm ** mar 17 sat Blammos, Tyrannasauros Zebra, Sci-Fi Caper at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a ** @ mar 17 sat Terry Malts, Kids On A Crime Spree, Manatee at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oakland a/a 7pm til 10pm ** mar 17 sat Umphrey's McGee, The Mother Hips at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 7:30pm # *** $ mar 17 sat Chrisette Michele at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** mar 17 sat Cool Moms, American Splits, Stillsuit, Love Devotion at the Church, 24th and Linden Street, Oakland a/a $5 8pm ** @ mar 17 sat Robert Glasper Experiment at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $20/$25 7pm/8pm ** mar 17 sat The McMemphis Murdermen, Golden West Trio, McMari & The Monitors, dj Bildo McDildo at Fireside Lounge, 1453 Webster Street, Alameda 21+ free 7pm ** mar 17 sat The Hooks, Mystic Knights Of The Cobra, Eastern Span, Jokes For Feelings at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $7 9pm *** @ mar 17 sat The American Economy, Monkeys In Space, AMA Evolution, Rocha, Hell On Wheels at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** mar 17 sat Public Nuisance (L.A.), Out Of Tune (Pico Rivera), Guantanamo Dogpile, You Die! at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $5 8pm *** @ mar 17 sat Axe Wound, Lost Puppy at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 2pm/3pm ** mar 17 sat Swingin' Utters, The Struts, Sharp Objects at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm *** @ mar 17 sat Jim Akanishi at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** mar 17 sat Culann's Hounds at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** mar 17 sat Waterstrider, Dreams, The Buttercream Gang at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/10pm ** mar 17 sat Jonny Mac And The Downtown Hawks, Toyboat Toyboat Toyboat (Portland) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 5:30pm ** (early show) mar 17 sat Alabaster Choad, Soda Machine, The Rabbles at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** @ (late show) mar 17 sat Lucia Comnes, The Gasmen, The Jaunting Martyrs at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $17/$20 9pm ** (folk/irish) mar 17 sat Sage Francis at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm *** mar 17 sat Go Time!, Ruleta Rusa, Side Effects, The Nerv, Let It Bleed at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $6 3pm/4pm (over by 8pm) ** (early show) mar 17 sat La Plebe, Snake Cranium, The Fucking Buckaroos at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/10pm ** @ (late show) mar 17 sat The Royal Deuces (two sets 10pm & 11:15pm) at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/10pm ** mar 17 sat Peter Frampton at the Marin Center, San Rafael a/a # *** mar 17 sat Marshall Tucker Band at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ *** mar 17 sat The Afiara String Quartet at Nichols Auditorium, 500 Saratoga Ave., San Jose a/a $20 8pm * mar 17 sat Iration, Thrive, Top Shelf at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$18 8pm/9pm ** mar 17 sat Shrouded Strangers Bows & Arrows Collective, 1815 19th Street, Sacramento a/a ** mar 17 sat Stepchild (cd release), FallRise, Prylosis, Americaz Mozt Haunted, Misamore at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$15 7pm/7:30pm ** @ mar 18 sun Crashed Out (U.K.), City Of Van, Between Your Teeth, The 132, The Blank Spots at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a *** @ mar 18 sun Roland Finn, The Corburns at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 2pm/4pm ** mar 18 sun The Amazing Embarrassonic Human Karaoke Machine, Metal Circus (tribute) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 2:30pm/3pm ** (save KUSF Benefit) mar 18 sun Robert Glasper Experiment at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm ** mar 18 sun Feedtime (Australia), Dead Meat, Musk at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 6pm ** (early show) mar 18 sun Hungry Hungry Ghost, Collin Ludlow-Mattson, The Folks at Grand Lodge at Viracocha, 998 Valencia St., S.F. 21+ 8pm ** mar 18 sun Little Feat at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ ** mar 18 sun Jimmy Buffett And The Coral Reefer Band at the Shark Tank, Can Jose a/a $137-$37 7pm/8pm # *** mar 18 sun Rehab, Moonshine Bandits at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $10/$14 8pm/8:30pm ** mar 18 sun cancelled: Imagination Movers at the Fox Theater, Oakland mar 19 mon Needtobreathe, Ben Rector at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** $ mar 19 mon Skream & Benga, Alvin Risk, Sgt Pokes, Artwork, Hijak at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** mar 19 mon Boyce Avenue, Secondhand Serenade at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** mar 20 tue Deicide, Jungle Rot, Abigail Williams, Lecherous Nocturne at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** @ mar 20 tue Kaiser Chiefs, Walk The Moon, Transfer at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** mar 20 tue Loney Dear at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 20 tue Dan Bern at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $20 8pm ** mar 20 tue Dustin Wong, Moonbell, Woodsman at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** mar 20 tue ZZZ's, Nokies!, Kao=S, Vampillia at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm *** (Japan Nite) mar 20 tue Rehab, Moonshine Bandits at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** mar 20 tue Great Apes, Daikon, Know Your Saints, Mud Mouth at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm/9:30pm ** @ mar 20 tue Whitechapel, Miss May I, After The Burial, The Plot In You, Structures at Knitting Factory, Reno, NV a/a $17.50/$39 6pm/6:30pm *** @ mar 20 tue cancelled: Ian McCulloch at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. mar 21 wed Nada Surf, An Horse at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # *** mar 21 wed Of Montreal, Deerhoof, Kishi Bashi at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** (also mar 22 at the Fillmore) mar 21 wed George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** mar 21 wed Nobunny, Hunx & His Punx, Heavy Cream at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** @ mar 21 wed Sharon Van Etten, The War On Drugs at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm ** mar 21 wed Perfume Genius at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** mar 21 wed The Wrong Words, Outer Minds, Dimples, Radar Eyes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** mar 21 wed River Whyless (North Carolina) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** mar 21 wed Whitechapel, Miss May I, After The Burial, The Plot In You, Structures at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ mar 22 thr Ganglians, Uzi Rash, G.Green, Twin Steps at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oakland a/a 7pm til 10pm ** @ mar 22 thr dj Lebowitz at Disco Volante, Oakland a/a 5pm til 7:30pm ** mar 22 thr Fucktard, Burning Monk, Bloodshot And Dilated, Puke N Rally at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ 8pm ** @ mar 22 thr Of Montreal, Deerhoof, Kishi Bashi at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22 7pm/8pm # *** (also mar 21 at Slim's) mar 22 thr Allen Stone, A B & The Sea, ZZ Ward at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $15 7pm/8pm ** mar 22 thr Peter And The Testube Babies, The Generators, Sydney Ducks, The Guitar Gangsters at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $15 9pm *** @ mar 22 thr Dervish at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm ** mar 22 thr Niki & The Dove, 2:54, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $12 8pm ** mar 22 thr Cast Iron, White Orange, Case In Theory at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** mar 22 thr Milagres at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 22 thr Of Monsters And Men, Lay Low at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** mar 22 thr Jackie Green, Blue Bear Youth Bands at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. ?/? $75 7pm/7:30pm *** (Benefit Blue Bear School of Music) mar 22 thr Pennywise, Guttermouth, Civil War Rust at the Vice UltraLounge, 1251 Arroyo Way, Walnut Creek 21+ $20 7pm *** @ mar 22 thr Red Rover, Voices And Echoes, Trench, Evolutia, Self-Proclaimed at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7pm/8pm ** mar 23 fri 2nd Class Citizens (cd release) at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 8pm ** @ mar 23 fri Santa Cecilia, Las Bomberas De La Bahia at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $7/$10 9:30pm/9:30pm ** mar 23 fri Lost Coves, Granted Earth, Charles Albright, Bad Daddies at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** mar 23 fri Economen (tribute), Libertas, Brian Kenney Fresno at the Starry Plough, Berkeley 21+ $7-$10 sliding scale 8:30pm/9:30pm ** mar 23 fri RANCID, Cock Sparrer, Noi!se at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** @ (sold out) mar 23 fri Lucero, The Drowning Men at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** mar 23 fri Ray Romano & Kevin James at Nob Hill Masonic Center, 1111 California Street, S.F. a/a $75-$50 7pm/8pm # ** mar 23 fri Wallpaper, A-1 at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm *** mar 23 fri 7 Walkers at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** mar 23 fri Cops!, Gagakirise (Japan), VvdBlk (Japan) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9:30pm ** mar 23 fri Lost In The Trees, Poor Moon, Yellow Ostrich at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/10pm ** mar 23 fri Whiskerman / Song Preservation society, Steve Taylor, The Record Highs at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** mar 23 fri Spiral Arms at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** mar 23 fri Conducting From The Grave, Soma Ras, Paint Over Pictures, Awaiting The Apocalypse, Beyond All Ends at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12 7pm/7:30pm ** @ mar 22/23 Paul Kelly at the Swedish American Hall, S.F. a/a $16 7:30pm ** mar 23/24 Todd Snider, David Jacobs Strain at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $22 8pm/9pm ** (seated) mar 23/24/25 King Tuff, Strange Boys, King Lollipop, Guantanamo Baywatch (Portland), Sir Lord Von Raven, Rantouls, Mom, Audacity, Cosmonauts, White Mystery, Coathangers, Tough Shits, Gravys Drop, Pangea, Cyclops at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? *** (Burger Boogaloo) mar 24 sat The Magnetic Fields, Bachelorette at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** mar 24 sat Fog Of War, Blasphemous Creation, Blessed Curse, Deathstryke at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 8pm ** @ mar 24 sat Y & T, Haunted By Heroes at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $36.50 8pm/9pm # *** mar 24 sat Good Old War, The Belle Brigade, Family Of The Year at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** mar 24 sat Say Anything, Kevin Devine And The Goddamn Band, Fake Problems, The Front Bottoms at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # ** mar 24 sat Classics Of Love, Joyce Manor, Gnarboots, Kill The Bats at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $9 8pm/8:30pm *** @ mar 24 sat Conspirator at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** mar 24 sat Howler, Static Jacks at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** mar 24 sat The Lumineers at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm * mar 24 sat Pine Box Boys, King City, Trainwreck Riders at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/10pm ** mar 24 sat Jinx Jones & The King Tones (two sets 10pm & 11:15pm) at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/10pm ** mar 24 sat Wild Child (tribute) at George's, San Rafael 21+ $20/$25 8:30pm ** mar 24 sat Thought Vomit, Sticky Eyelids, Blown Load, The Publiquors, Youths, Paperchain at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 8pm *** @ mar 24 sat House Of Floyd (tribute) at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $21/$26 7:30pm/8:30pm ** mar 24 sat Mary Axe at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 7pm ** mar 24 sat Richard Marx at Heritage Theater, 1 W. Campbell Avenue, Campbell a/a $46-$36 8pm ** mar 24 sat Color Scouts, Survival Guide at X Sports Bar, 20990 Homestead Road, Cupertino a/a $8 8pm ** mar 24 sat Tyga at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ ** mar 24 sat Lost Coves, Charles Albright, Godspeed, Bad Daddies at Plea for Peace Center, Stockton a/a $5 7pm ** mar 24 sat Metal Health Plex at Marilyn's on K, 908 K Street at 9th, Sacramento 21+ $5 9pm ** mar 24 sat Melvin Seals & J.G.B. Band, The Coalition at the Auburn Event Center, 145 Elm Ave., Auburn a/a $25/$25 7pm/8pm ** mar 24 sat The Soft White Sixties, Sleepy Sun at St. James Infirmary, 445 California Avenue, Reno NV 21+ ** mar 25 sun The Harrington Saints, Toughskins at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $15 8pm ** @ mar 25 sun We Came As Romans, Emmure, Blessthefall, Woe Is Me, The Color Morale at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7pm *** @ mar 25 sun The Ting Tings, Mndr at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** mar 25 sun Marcus Foster at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** mar 25 sun Amy Ra, Lindsay Fuller at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16 7pm/8pm ** mar 25 sun Nero Order, Wreck And Reference at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 6pm ** mar 25 sun Todd Snider, David Jacobs-Strain at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $26 7pm/8pm ** mar 25 sun For Today, A Skylit Drive, Stick To Your Guns, My Children My Bride, Make Me Famous at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** mar 25 sun Soulfly at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $25 7pm/7:30pm ** mar 26 mon White Rabbits, Gull at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** mar 26 mon Alameda (Portland), Bridgit Jacobsen at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** mar 27 tue Kick Me, Feral Depravity, Traversing The Axis, Spu at B.R.S., Richmond a/a 7pm/7:01pm *** @ (Rhonda, Genevieve, Nick and Benny Birthday show) mar 27 tue Ani Difranco, Seth Giler at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $33.50 7pm/8pm # *** mar 27 tue The Wonder Years, Polar Bear Club, Transit, The Story So Far at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** mar 27 tue Kendrick Lamar at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** mar 27 tue Michael Rose, Reggae Angels at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 9pm ** mar 27 tue Mr. Gnome (Cleveland), Electric Shepherd & Outlaw, Plastic Villains at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** mar 27 tue Black Snakes, Ultramarine at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** mar 27 tue The Orges, Chuckleberries, Female Trouble at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ 8:30pm ** mar 27 tue Black Tusk, East Of The Wall at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 27 tue Midi Matilda (debut show), Peck The Town Crier (album release) at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** mar 28 wed Shinedown, Adelitas Way, New Medicine at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7pm # ** mar 28 wed Sea Of Bees, Radiation City, The Loom at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** mar 28 wed Aziatix, Russel W. at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 18+ $17/$20 8pm ** mar 28 wed fun. at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm ** (sold out) mar 28 wed Dirty Ghosts, Chapter 24 (U.K.) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** mar 28 wed JC Brooks And The Uptown Sound, The Slippery Slope, Riot Earp at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 28 wed The Dirty Hand Family Band, Viva Le Vox, Rachel Brooke, The Slow Poisoner at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm ** mar 28 wed Five Finger Death Punch, Soulfly at the Redding Civic Auditorium, Redding a/a $34/$37 7pm/8pm # *** mar 29 thr The Contortionist, All Shall Perish, Carnifex, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Conducting From The Grave at the Metro, Oakland a/a # *** @ mar 29 thr dj Lebowitz at Disco Volante, Oakland a/a 5pm til 7:30pm ** mar 29 thr Will Franken, Chris Stroin at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 7pm ** (comedy) mar 29 thr Fun at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $18 7pm/8pm ** (sold out) mar 29 thr The Ferocious Few, Zodiac Death Valley, B. Hamilton at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $14 8pm/8:30pm ** mar 29 thr Tyga, Yg at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** mar 29 thr Stomacher, Via Coma, Briertone at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** mar 29 thr Flight Facilities, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $12/$14 10pm ** mar 29 thr Tyrone Wells, Joe Brooks, Mike Annuzzi at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16/$18 8pm ** mar 29 thr Fights Without Fears Within, Broken Cities, Groundskeeper at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** mar 29 thr The Grannies, Kamikaze Queens, Rough Mix, dj Platform Whore at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ ** mar 29 thr Henry Rollins (spoken word) at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $26 7pm/8pm ** mar 29 thr Ani DiFranco at the Uptown Theater, Napa 16+ (12+ with an adult) 8pm *** mar 29 thr Lions! Tigers! Bears!, Triumph Over Shipwreck at the Red House, Walnut Creek a/a 7pm ** @ mar 29 thr Monkey at Tres Gringos, 83 South 2nd Street, San Jose 21+ free ** mar 29 thr The Saw Doctors at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** mar 29 thr The Moth Anatomy, Our Endless Obsession, The Sun Sets Here, A Plague Upon Her, Become The Oracle, Slaves Of Manhattan at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 6:30pm/7pm ** mar 30 fri 2nd Class Citizens (cd release), Fukm, Ill Content at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a *** @ mar 30 fri Beats antique at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** mar 30 fri Mindless Self Indulgence, Hyro Da Hero at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** mar 30 fri Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $18 8pm/9pm ** mar 30 fri Cumbia Tokeson, Inspector Gadje Brass Band, Gamelan X, dj Izzy Wise at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 9pm ** mar 30 fri Pins Of Light (album release), Kowloon Walled City, Elephant Rifle, Chris Thayer at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** mar 30 fri Metallagher, White Shit at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** mar 30 fri Lynchmob, Bang Tango, Bad Boy Eddy, Restrayned, Sucker Punch at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $25 7pm/8pm *** @ mar 30/31 The Saw Doctors at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $25 7pm/8pm *** mar 30/31 Galactic, Corey Glover, Corey Henry, Soul Rebels Brass Band at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $29.50 8pm/9pm # *** mar 31 sat Bloody Phoenix, Backslider (PA), Permanent Ruin, T.A.D.R.O.E.V., Connoisseur at the Swamp, 877 35th St., West Oakland a/a $6 *** @ mar 31 sat Bob Weir, Bruce Hornsby at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** (sat sold out - see Apr 1) mar 31 sat Orgy at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm ** mar 31 sat The Stripminers at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm ** mar 31 sat Turtle Rising, Elektrik Sunset at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 2pm/3pm ** mar 31 sat Stompy Jones (cd release), dance lessons, dj's at the Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa at Potrero, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** mar 31 sat dj Harry Duncan at Amoeba Records, S.F. a/a free 2pm ** mar 31 sat Ghosts Of Electricity (tribute) at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $17/$20 8:30pm/9pm * mar 31 sat Glitter Wizard, Creepers, Havarti at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** mar 31 sat Kathleen Edwards at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm ** mar 31 sat Hollow Mirrors, Days Of High Adventure at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm/ 10pm ** mar 31 sat Tom Armstrong (two sets 10pm & 11:15pm) at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/10pm ** mar 31 sat Shellshag (N.Y.C.), Street Eaters, Neon Piss, Apogee Sound Club at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 3pm/4pm (over by 7pm) *** mar 31 sat The Kingston Trio, Bob Shane at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ ** mar 31 sat I Am Empire at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** mar 31 sat Vincents Ear at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ ** mar 31 sat One-Eyed King, California Child, The Fourth Horseman at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7pm/8pm ** mar 31/apr 1 Anarchist Bookfair at Hall of Flowers, 9th & Lincoln Way, S.F. a/a free sat 10am-6pm sun 11am-5pm (vendors - speakers - art) apr 1 sun Rvivr (WA), Street Eaters, Acid Fast at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $7 5pm *** apr 1 sun Bob Weir, Bruce Hornsby at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** (also see March 31) apr 1 sun The Shants, The Quiet American, Tippy Canoe at Disco Volante, Oakland a/a free 7pm ** apr 1 sun The Wedding Present (performing 'Seamonsters'), Pinky Piglets at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm *** $ apr 1 sun Races, No at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** apr 2 mon Protest The Hero, Periphery, Jeff Loomis Band, The Safety Fire at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** apr 3 tue The Polyphonic Spree, New Fumes at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $20 7pm/8pm ** apr 3 tue Megafaun, Field Report at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** apr 4 wed Dr. Frank, Bobby Joe Ebola And The Children MacNuggits, Franz Nicolay, The Sansa & Shiri Show, Sean McArdle at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $7/$10 8pm/9pm *** apr 4 wed Cults, Spectrals, Mrs. Magician at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $21 7pm/8pm ** apr 4 wed The Black Dahlia Murder, Nile, Skeletonwitch, Hour Of Penance at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** $ apr 4 wed Kitty Daisy & Lewis at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 9pm ** apr 4 wed Sam Sparro at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** apr 4 wed Sweet Chariot, Chelsea Crowell (Nashville), Circus Cat at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** apr 4 wed Hot Snakes at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** apr 4 wed Portugal. The Man, The Lonely Forest at Knitting Factory, Reno, NV a/a $10/$30 7pm/8pm *** apr 5 thr Rodrigo Y Gabriela, C.U.B.A. at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** (sold out - KFOG) apr 5 thr Cults, Spectrals at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** apr 5 thr Heartless Bastads, David Vandervelde, Brian Lopez at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm # ** apr 5 thr Kevin Seconds, Kepi Ghoulie, Franz Nicolay at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8/$10 9pm ** apr 5 thr Devil Driver, The Faceless, Dying Fetus, Job For A Cowboy, 3 Inches Of Blood, Impending Doom, Wretched at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $22/$25 5pm/6pm *** @ (Metal Alliance Fest) apr 5 thr The Barr Brothers at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $106 8pm ** apr 5 thr Rubblebucket at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $12/$15 8pm/9pm ** apr 5 thr Rootz Underground at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16/$18 9pm ** apr 5 thr Il Gato, Passenger & Pilot, Red Weather, Drew Victor at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** apr 5 thr Coast Jumper, Masxs, Trails And Ways at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** apr 5 thr Sudden Lovelys (Minneapolis) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** apr 5 thr Firehose, Tera Melos at Harlow's, 2708 J Street, Sacramento 21+ *** apr 5 thr Bobby Joe Ebola And The Children MacNuggits at Origami Lounge, 708 Cherry Street, Chico a/a ** apr 5 thr Gwar, Municipal Waste, Ghoul, Legacy Of Disorder at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $20 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** @ apr 5/6/7 Dark Star Orchestra at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $30 8pm/9pm *** apr 6 fri California Honeydrops at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ 8pm/9pm ** apr 6 fri Religious Girls, Mister Loveless, B. Hamilton, French Cassettes at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** apr 6 fri Swervedriver at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $19/$21 8pm/9pm ** apr 6 fri Steven Wilson at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 8pm/9pm # ** apr 6 fri Gwar, Municipal Waste, Ghoul, Legacy Of Disorder at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** @ $ apr 6 fri Kinky Buddha, The Sleeping Giants at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $7/$10 8pm/9pm ** apr 6 fri Dead Prez, Bowerbirds, Dry The River at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** apr 6 fri Thrones, Helms Alee, Grayceon at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** apr 6 fri The Phenomenauts at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $12 8pm *** @ apr 6 fri Jack Russell's Great White, Wings Of Innocence at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $20/$25 7pm/8pm ** @ apr 6 fri Mat Kearney, Young Love at the El Rey Theater, Chico 18+ (a/a with adult) $22 7pm/8pm ** apr 7 sat The Plurals (MI), City Mouse, Dead Ringer at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a ** @ (Danny Destruction's Birthday) apr 7 sat J.K. Sampson & The Provincial Band, Shotgun Jimmie, Slow Moving Lions Of The Vegetable World at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 7 sat Carolina Chocolate Drops at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** apr 7 sat Slaughterhouse, Crooked I, Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz, Royce Da 5'9 at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** apr 7 sat Hanni El Khatib, Tijuana Panthers at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm ** apr 7 sat Paper Diamond at the Indepenent, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 9pm ** apr 7 sat Blammos, Blue Skies For Black Hearts, Boats! at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** apr 7 sat A Space Between, Crsb, Skunk Funk Soundsystem, D.U.B. at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 8pm *** apr 7 sat Monkey at Chris' Club, 656 Benicia Rd., Vallejo 21+ 10pm ** apr 7 sat Designer Drugs at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** apr 8 sun Jim Jones at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $22/$25 8pm/9pm ** apr 8 sun The Black Seeds at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** apr 8 sun Bear In Heaven, Blouse, Doldrums at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** apr 8 sun John K. Samson & The Provincial Band, Shotgun Jimmie at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $10/$12 8pm/8:30pm ** apr 9 mon Dark Star Orchestra at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $28 7:30pm/8:30pm *** apr 9/10 Jeff Mangum at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** apr 10 tue Mike Doughty, The Book of Drugs (reading) at the Swedish American Hall, S.F. a/a $20 8pm ** apr 10 tue Chairlift, Nite Jewel at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** apr 10 tue Astral, Space Waves, Sundaze at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** apr 10 tue Train at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $35 9:30pm *** apr 10 tue Dark Star Orchestra at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $25/$30 7pm/8pm *** apr 11 wed M. Ward, Jonathan Richman at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 7pm/8pm # *** apr 11 wed Firehose, Tera Melos at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** (sold out) apr 11 wed Mazzy Star, The Entrance Band, Alina Hardin at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** apr 11 wed Sepultura (Brazil), Krisium, Havoc at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $22/$25 7pm/7:30pm *** @ apr 11 wed Oberhofer, Pond at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** apr 11 wed Train at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** apr 11 wed Tiger Honey Pot at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** apr 11 wed Mat Kearney at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ ** apr 11 wed Comeback Kid, Close Your Eyes, Foundation, Such Gold, Living With Lions, Quiet Game Starting Now at the Red House, Walnut Creek a/a $15 6:30pm *** @ apr 11 wed Radiohead, Other Lives at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # *** apr 11 wed Melvins at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm *** @ apr 11 wed Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons at Moes Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz 21+ ** apr 12 thr Miike Snow, Penguin Prison at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** apr 12 thr Band Of Skulls, We Are Augustines at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $19.50 7pm/8pm # *** apr 12 thr Metronomy at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 8pm/9pm ** apr 12 thr Melvins, Unsane at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $21 8pm/9pm *** @ apr 12 thr Gotye, Kimbra the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm ** (sold out) apr 12 thr Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons, Boom Chick at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 9pm ** apr 12 thr Train at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ *** apr 13 fri Andrew Bird, Laura Marling at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** (sold out) apr 13 fri Wayne Hancock, 77 El Deorea at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ 9pm $12 ** (was listed as apr. 14th) apr 13 fri Nero, Dillon Francis at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** apr 13 fri Brokedown In Bakersfield at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** apr 13 fri Anders Osborne, Tracorum at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm ** apr 13 fri Youth Lagoon at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** (sold out) apr 13 fri Damien Jurado, Peter Wolf Crier, Dear Indugu at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 13 fri Merchandise, Rat Columns, Neo-Cons, Wild Moth at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** apr 13 fri Train at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** apr 13 fri Sabertooth Zombie, All Teeth, Not To Reason Why, No Sir, Strike To Survive, In Possession, The Vibrating Antennas, Sexual Receptacle at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 8pm *** @ apr 13 fri Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma ?/? ** apr 13 fri Kungfu Vampire at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm *** apr 13 fri King's X, Sedona, Bonebag at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $20/$22 7pm/8pm *** apr 13 fri Gallagher (comedian) at the El Rey Theater, Chico 18+ (a/a with adult) $18 7:30pm/8:30pm *** apr 13/14 Yonder Mountain String Band, Brown Bird at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** apr 14 sat Dan P. And The Bricks, Nino Zombi, Jokes For A Felling (cd release), My Last Line at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 7:30pm *** @ (Ska night) apr 14 sat Kings-X, Spiralarms, Points North at the Metro, Oakland a/a $20 7:30pm/8pm # ** apr 14 sat Prima Donna at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm ** apr 14 sat Blame Sally at Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $31 7:30p/8:30pm ** (seated show) apr 14 sat Richard Cheese & Lounge Against The Machine at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $45/$65 8pm/9pm # ** apr 14 sat Hot Lunch, Tropical Sleep, Superior Units at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** apr 14 sat Train at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** apr 14 sat Psychosomatic, Hatchet, Hemoptysis, Fog Of War, Untimely Demise, Syndicon at the Annex, 2554 Grant Avenue, San Lorenzo a/a $12/$15 5:15pm/5:45pm *** @ apr 14 sat Ozzy Alive (tribute), Lovedrive (tribute), Ancient Mariner (tribute) at Club Fox, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City 21+ 7pm/8pm ** apr 14 sat Wayne Hancock at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** apr 14 sat Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons at Humboldt Brewery, 856 10th at I, Arcata 21+ ** apr 15 sun Elvis Costello & The Imposters at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** apr 15 sun Givers at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** apr 15 sun Accessory (Germany), Dismantled, Cephalgy, Demodulate, dj Decay, dj Mr. Smith at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $6/$12 8pm/9pm ** apr 15 sun The Big Pink, New Diplomat at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $17 7pm/8pm ** apr 15 sun Train at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # *** apr 16 mon Counting Crows at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** apr 16 mon Explosions In The Sky at Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street, S.F. a/a # *** apr 16 mon Dom Kennedy at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** apr 16 mon Kasabian at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # ** apr 16 mon The Horrors, The Black Angels, dj Nako, dj Omar at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $25 7pm/8pm # ** (also apr 17th) apr 16 mon Sbtrkt, Machinedrum at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20/$22 9pm ** apr 16/17/18/19/20 Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Pierced Arrows (mon/tue/wed), Total Life (thr/fri) at Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $21 7pm/8pm *** (4/19 and 4/20 sold out) apr 17 tue Justice, The Rapture at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** (sold out) apr 17 tue Bombino at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $15/$18 8pm/9pm ** apr 17 tue Fanfario at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** apr 17 tue Pulp at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** apr 17 tue Turisas (Finland), Alestorm (Scotland), Ex Deo (Rome), Arkona (Russia), Huntress, Pale Chalice, Hysteria at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $20/$25 6pm/6:30pm *** @ apr 17 tue Wanda Jackson, Sallie Ford, The Sound Outside at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** apr 17 tue Wu Lyf at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16/$18 8pm ** apr 17 tue The Black Angels, The Horrors, dj Nako, dj Omar at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $25 7pm/8pm # ** (also apr 16th) apr 17 tue Guitar Wolf, Transistors at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $16 8:30pm/9pm ** @ apr 17 tue Swanifant, Spaceburn at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** apr 17 tue Country Mice at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ ** apr 17 tue Rise Against, A Day To Remember, Title Fight at the Event Center, San Jose State a/a $39.50 6pm/7pm # *** @ apr 17 tue Florence And The Machine, Blood Orange at Grand Sierra Resort, 2500 East 2nd St., Reno NV a/a 7:30pm # *** apr 18 wed Wild Flag at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm # ** apr 18 wed First Aid Kit at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16/$19 8pm/9pms ** apr 18 wed Refused, The Hives, The Bronx at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** (sold out) apr 18 wed The Cryptics (N.H.) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** apr 18 wed Zeds Dead at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 18+ ** apr 18 wed Florence And The Machine, Blood Orange at Mondavi Center, UC Davis a/a # *** apr 18 wed Childish Gambino at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** apr 18 wed Escape The Fate (Las Vegas), Attack Attack, The Word Alive, Secrets, Mest at Senator Theater, Chico a/a $20 6pm/6:30pm # *** @ apr 19 thr Rvivr (WA) at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oakland a/a 7pm til 10pm ** apr 19 thr Childish Gambino, Danny Brown at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** apr 19 thr Afroman at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $15/$20 8pm/9pm ** apr 19 thr The Cat Empire at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $26 8pm/9pm ** apr 19 thr Bon Iver, All Tiny Creatures at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** apr 19 thr Escape The Fate, Attack Attack!, The Word Alive, Secrets, Mest at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 6:30pm # *** @ apr 19 thr Squeeze at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # ** apr 19 thr Grant-Lee Phillips at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm ** apr 19 thr Black Elk, Totimoshi, Minot at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** @ apr 19 thr Guitar Wizards From The Future, Dic Stusso And The Boy Toys, Creepy Marbles at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** apr 19 thr Last Night In Town, Take Pride, Wolf Bronski at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7pm/8pm ** apr 20 fri Witchaven, Temple Of Dagon, Wilt, Badr Vogu, Boar Hunter at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm *** @ apr 20 fri Fungo Mungo at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $14.20/$20 8pm/9pm *** apr 20 fri Buzzcocks, Images at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $35 9pm *** @ apr 20 fri Zeds Dead, Araabmuzik, XI at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** apr 20 fri Phenomenauts, La Plebe, The Custom Kicks at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/10pm *** @ apr 20 fri School Of Seven Bells, Exitmusic at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** apr 20 fri Monnalice at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** apr 20 fri Goldenboy, Adios Amigo at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** apr 20 fri Les Sans Culottes (N.Y.C.), Cyclub, Facts On File at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** apr 20 fri The Holdup, Afroman at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ ** apr 20 fri Tag Your Dead, The Sun Sets Here, Thou The Giant, Auburn Nightmare, Dead By Nightfall, Chasing Hallows at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7pm/8pm ** @ apr 20/21 STS9 at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** apr 21 sat Deep Green Festival at Craneway Pavillion, Richmond 18+ (Cannabis) apr 21 sat Poor Man's Whiskey, Jugtown Pirates at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $20 8pm/9pm ** apr 21 sat The Naked And Famous, Vacationer, Now Now at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 9pm # *** apr 21 sat Lotus at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** apr 21 sat Chuck Ragan, Tom Gabel, Nathaniel Rateliff, Cory Branan at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** apr 21 sat El Elle at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm * apr 21 sat The O'Jays at Cache Creek Casino Resort, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 21+ ** apr 22 sun Trial, All Teeth, Run With The Hunted at 924 Gilman Street, S.F. a/a 5pm *** @ apr 22 sun Kevorkian Death Cycle, Hex Rx, Scar Tissue, Loss Of Signal, dj's at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $9/$13 8pm/9pm ** apr 22 sun Debbie Reynolds at the Marin Center, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael a/a # *** apr 22 sun Tech Nine at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ *** apr 22/23 M83, I Break Horses at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $28 7pm/8pm # ** (sold out) apr 23 mon Screaming Females (N.J.), Wild Assumptions (7" release), Hot Stuff Magazine at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oakland a/a $7 7pm til 10pm ** apr 23 mon Behemoth, Watain, The Devil's Blood, In Solitude at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** apr 23 mon Real Estate at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ ** apr 23 mon The Shins, Gardens And Villa at Mondavi Center, Davis a/a 8pm # *** apr 24 tue St. Vincent, Tune-Yards, Kapowski at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 7:30pm # ** apr 24 tue Neon Indian, Lemonade at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** apr 24 tue Real Estate, The Twerps, Melted Toys at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $17 7pm/8pm ** apr 24 tue Caveman at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $9/$12 8pm/9pm ** apr 24 tue Japanther, Boys Who Say No at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** apr 24 tue Tech N9ne, Machine Gun Kelly at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $35 8pm *** apr 24 tue Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # *** apr 25 wed Ingrid Michaelson at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** (sold out) apr 25 wed Griffin House at the Swedish American Hall, S.F. a/a $16 8pm ** apr 25 wed The Bright Light Social Hour at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm * apr 25 wed The Shins, Gardens And Villa at Grand Sierra Resort, 2500 East 2nd Street, Reno NV a/a 8pm # *** apr 26 thr Ben Kweller, Sleeper Agent, Noah Gundersen at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $19 7pm/8pm ** apr 26 thr Kittie, Blackguard, The Agonist, Bonded By Blood at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # *** @ apr 26 thr Greensky Bluegrass at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** apr 26 thr Fruit Bats, Kelley Stoltz, Gold Leaves at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 8pm ** apr 27 fri Opeth, Mastodon, Ghost at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** @ apr 27 fri The Skatalites, Francos Nero at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $17/$20 *** apr 27 fri Matt Alber, Jeb Havens at the Swedish American Hall, S.F. a/a $18 8pm ** apr 27 fri Sean Leathy Trio, Huckle at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** (Guitarmageddon Blues Ball) apr 27 fri The Inciters, The Bang, Police And Thieves at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** apr 27 fri Cumstain, Meatmarket at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** apr 27 fri film "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 11:30pm apr 27 fri Chris Isaak at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ *** apr 27 fri Miranda Lambert, Chris Young, Jerrod Neimann, JT Hodges, Frankie Ballard, Kristen Kelly at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $50-$25 5:30pm/6:30pm # ** (95.3 KRTY) apr 27 fri The Contortionist, All Shall Perish, Carnifex, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Conducting From The Grave at the Alley, 906 Victorian Way, Sparks, NV a/a *** @ apr 27 fri Tech N9ne, Machine Gun Kelly at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $23 7pm/8pm # *** apr 27 fri Y & T at the El Rey Theater, Chico 18+ (a/a with adult) # *** @ apr 27/28 Coldplay at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $110-$50 6pm/7pm # *** apr 28 sat Union 13, Cerebro, Between Your Teeth, Decoi at 924 Gilman Street, S.F. a/a 7:30pm *** @ apr 28 sat Jim Gaffigan (two shows) at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 7:30pm and 10pm shows # ** apr 28 sat Femail Trouble at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a 3:30pm * apr 28 sat Go Radio, There For Tomorrow, Tonight Alive, Tyler Carter at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 7pm/7:30pm ** apr 28 sat Culture Kids, Opt//Out, Crimson Scarlet, Midnite Brain at the Li-Po Lounge, 916 Grant Ave., S.F. 21+ $4 8pm ** apr 28 sat Planet Booty, Greenhorse at the Swedish American Hall, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm ** apr 28 sat Planet Booty, Greenhorse at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm ** apr 28 sat Muck And The Mires (Boston) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** apr 28 sat Leaders, Mirrors, Watchers & Hunters, Under Cities, The Kids We Used To Be, Youthquake AD, Covenant (CA) at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 8pm *** @ apr 28 sat The Contortionist, All Shall Perish, Carnifex, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Conducting From The Grave at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ apr 28 sat Y & T at Knitting Factory, Reno, NV a/a $19.50/$51 4pm/8pm *** apr 29 sun Apocryphon, Prizehog, Author & Punisher, Badr Vogu at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ *** @ apr 30 mon Tennis at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8pm ** may 1 tue Old Monk at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** may 2 wed Overkill (N.J.), Belphegor, Aborted, Suidakra, System Divide, Diamond Plate at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $28-$65 7pm/8pm *** @ may 2 wed Re-volts at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** may 3 thr Katie Herzig at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8pm ** may 3 thr Zun Zun Egui (U.K.) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** may 3 thr March Fourth Marching Band at Knitting Factory, Reno, NV a/a $20/$35 7pm/8pm ** may 4 fri The Black Keys, Arctic Monkeys at the Arena, Oakland a/a # *** may 4 fri The Hundred Days at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** may 4 fri Lambchop at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $20 8pm/9pm ** may 4 fri Trainwreck Riders, Passage Walkers, Bobby Joe Ebola And The Children MacNuggits, Apogee Sound Club at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm *** may 4 thr Ruins Alone (Japan) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** may 4 fri David Sedaris at the Uptown Theater, Napa 16+ (12+ with an adult) 8pm ** may 4/5 Snow Patrol, Ed Sheeran (fri) at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** (fri sold out) may 4/5 MarchForth Marching Band, Diego's Umbrella at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm ** may 5 sat Negative Standards (record release) at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 7:30pm ** may 5 sat Mark Sultan at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * may 5 sat The Black Keys, Arctic Monkeys at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Marysville a/a # *** may 6 sun Meshuggah, Baroness, Decapitated at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $29.50 7pm/8pm # ** may 6 sun Portugal. The Man, The Lonely Forest at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 8pm *** (sold out) may 8 tue Negura Bunget (Romania), Eclipse Eternal (Canada), The Way Of Purity (Norway) at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $12/$15 8pm ** may 8 tue Allo Darlin', The Wave Pictures at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** may 8 tue The Jezabels, Benjamin Francis Leftwich at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8pm ** may 8 tue X at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ *** may 8 tue San Francesca at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm * may 8/9 Death Cab For Cutie With The Magik Magk Orchestra, Youth Lagoon at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** (Tuesday sold out) may 10 thr Delta Spirit, Waters, Tijuana Panthers at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm # ** may 10 thr Chris Pureka at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $14/$16 9pm ** may 11 fri Rufus Wainwright at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** may 11 fri The Meteors (U.K.), Stellar Corpses at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12/$15 9pm *** may 11 fri Roger Waters (performing "The Wall") at the Giants Ball Park, S.F. a/a $250-$30 6pm/8:15pm # *** $ may 11 fri The Brian Jonestown Massacre at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # *** may 11 fri Yann Tiersen, Piano Chat at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** may 11/12 Royal Southern Brotherhood at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 8pm/9pm ** may 12 sat Still Time at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** may 15 tue The Boxer Rebellion, Canon Blue at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16 7pm/8pm *** may 16 wed Great Lake Swimmers, Cold Specks at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** may 17 thr Kina Grannis at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $19.50 7pm/8pm # ** may 17 thr Ane Brun at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** may 17 thr Suckers at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. ?/? ** may 17 thr BoDeans at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8pm ** may 18 fri Eddie Jobson, John Wetton, Terry Bozzio at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** may 19 sat This Charming Band (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** may 19 sat Greg Lake at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** may 19 sat Natalie Cole at Cache Creek Casino Resort, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 21+ ** may 20 sun Eric Hutchinson at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** may 22 tue The Real McKenzies at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** may 23 wed Spiritualized at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 7pm/8pm # ** may 23 wed The Real McKenzies at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** may 23 wed Mark Lanegan Band, Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** may 24 thr The Briefs at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm ** may 24 thr Imelda May at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** may 24 thr Star linger, The Hood Internet at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** may 24 thr I Break Horses at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $13 9pm ** may 25 fri The Hookers (KY), The White Barons, Bad Coyotes, El Camaro (Netherlands) at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** may 26 sat Antisect (U.K.), Kicker, Opposition Rising (Boston), Short Changed at the Metro (small room), Oakland a/a $10 *** @ may 26 sat Tab Benoit at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** may 27 sun Hugh Laurie at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** may 27 sun Antisect (U.K.), Proudflesh, Vaccuum, Bloodkrow Butcher (MA) at the Rocket Room (upstairs), S.F. 21+ $10 7pm/8pm *** @ may 27 sun Effluxus, Midnite Brain at the Rocket Room (downstairs), S.F. 21+ $10 midnight ** jun 1 fri The Beach Boys at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a 8pm # *** $ jun 1 fri Mogwai at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** jun 1 fri Billy Martin & Wil Blades Duo at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $18 8pm/9pm ** jun 1 fri Jerry Jeff Walker at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ *** jun 1 fri Sugarland at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # ** jun 1/2/3 The Head And The Heart at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm (7pm/8pm sun) # ** (sat sold out) jun 2 sat ArnoCorps at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12/$15 4pm ** @ (Monsters of Geek) jun 2 sat The Tubes at George's, San Rafael 21+ 9:30pm *** jun 3 sun Van Halen, Kool & The Gang at the Arena, Oakland a/a $150-$50 # *** $ jun 5 tue Van Halen at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # *** $ jun 6 wed Hammerlock, Against The Grain (Detroit), Angels Of Vice, Hooray For Everything at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 8pm ** @ jun 6 wed The Maine at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm # ** jun 7 thr The Polecats at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12/$15 9pm ** jun 8 fri Polecats at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jun 10 sun Patrick Watson at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jun 12-jul 8 American Idiot (play) at Orpheum Theater, 1192 Market St., S.F. a/a $100/$157/$184 2pm (sun/wed/sat) 8pm (tue-sat) # *** jun 17 sun The Meat Sluts, Spot 1019 at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 2pm/3pm ** jun 18 mon Nickelback, Bush, Seether, My Darkest Days at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $90-$45 5pm/6pm # *** jun 23 sat The Avett Brothers, Jackie Greene at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # *** (KFOG) jun 23 sat The Muffs, The Pleasure Kills at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12/$15 9pm *** @ jun 23 sat A Loss For Words, After The Burial, Ballyhoo!, Bangups, Bayside, Blessthefall, Born Of Osiris, Breathe Carolina, Captain Capa, CatchingYourClouds, Champagne Champagne, Chelsea Grin, Chunk! No Captain Chunk!, Dead Sara, Divided By Friday, Echo Movement, Every Time I Die, Fireworks, For Today, Funeral Party, G-Eazy, Hostage Calm, Hyro Da Hero, I Am The Avalanche, I Call Fives, I Fight Dragons, Impending Doom, It Boys!, iwrestledabearonce, Living With Lions, Lost In Society, Machine Gun Kelly, Make Do And Mend, Man Overboard, Matt Toka, Mayday Parade, Memphis May Fire, Mighty Mongo, Mod Sun, Motionless In White, Oh No Fiasco, Polar Bear Club, Rise To Remain, Senses Fail, Sick Of Sarah, Skip The Foreplay, Sleeping With Sirens, Stepdad, Super Water Sympathy, T. Mills, The Constellations, The Ghost Inside, The Green, The Silver Comet, Title Fight, Tomorrow's Bad Seeds, Tonight Alive, Transit, Twin Atlantic, Vampires Everywhere!, Vanna, Wax, We Are The In Crowd, You Me At Six at Warped Tour, S.F. a/a # *** @ (bands may change) jun 23 sat Locos Por Juana, Bang Data at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $9/$12 8pm/9pm ** jun 29 fri Foster The People, Mayer Hawthorne at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a 7:30pm # *** $ jun 29 fri Marillion, Sun Domingo at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $50 8pm/9pm # ** jun 29 fri Justin Townes Earle, Tristen at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $21 8pm/9pm ** jul 1 sun Slipknot, Slayer, Anthrax, As I Lay Dying, Whitechapel, High On Fire, many more at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # *** @ (Rockstar Energy) jul 12 thr Codeine at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jul 13 fri Chicago, The Doobie Brothers at Harveys, Lake Tahoe NV ?/? 7pm # *** jul 15 sun The Beach Boys at Harveys, Lake Tahoe NV ?/? 7:30pm # *** jul 26 thr Stephane Wrembel at Wanderlust Festival, Lake Tahoe ?/? * jul 27 fri Brad Paisley, The Band Perry at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # ** aug 3 fri Iron Maiden, Coheed And Cambria at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $96-$26 6pm/7:30pm # *** aug 7 tue Neil Diamond at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $120-$55 7pm/8pm # *** aug 12 sun Toby Keith, Brantley Gilbert at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # ** aug 14/15 Red Hot Chili Peppers at the Arena, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** aug 19 sun Diana Krall at Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave., S.F. a/a # ** aug 22 wed Pat Travers at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm *** aug 25 sat Fred Frith at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** (was Feb. 26th) sep 1 sat The Promise Ring at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # *** sep 9 sun Dave Matthews Band, Allen Stone at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $75/$40 5:30pm/7pm # *** sep 11 tue The Vibrators, Pops at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 8pm *** @ sep 14 fri Rascal Flatts, Little Big Town, Eli Young Band, Edens Edge at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # ** sep 28 fri Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # ** oct 5/6/7 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, G.G.P, S.F. a/a free *** oct 6/7 Madonna at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $359-$48 8pm # *** $ oct 18 thr Adam Ant at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** (was Feb. 24th) * 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.net 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 in exile KUSF 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-2am C L U B I N F O R M A T I O N ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, 420 40th, Oakland a/a (shows over by 10pm) 510-985-0325 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 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 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 Brick & Mortar Music Hall, 1710 Mission Street, S.F. 21+ 18+ 415-371-1631 Cafe Du Nord, Inc., 2170 Market Street, S.F. 21+ 415-861-5016 Cafe Cocomo, 650 Indiana at Mariposa, S.F. 21+ 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 Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz a/a 831-429-6994 DNA Lounge, 375 11th Street at Harrison, S.F. 21+ a/a 415-626-1409 Disco Volante, 247 14th Street at Webster, Oakland a/a 510-663-0271 Dosa Biryani, 250 E Java Drive, Sunnyvale a/a 408-400-0007 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+ Fillmore, 1805 Geary Blvd., S.F. a/a 415-346-6000 leave soon after the last band for a free poster at the exit 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 Johnny Foley's Irish House, 243 O'Farrell Street, S.F. 21+ 415-954-0777 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+ 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 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+ Pioneer, 105 Pioneer Street, Santa Cruz a/a 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 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 Stud Bar, 399 9th Street at Harrison, S.F. 21+ 415-863-6623 Sub-Mission Art Space, 2183 Mission Street, S.F. a/a Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a 415-861-5016 Swingin' Door, 106 East 25th Avenue, San Mateo 21+ Terminal, 3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland a/a Thrillhouse Records, Mission at 30th, S.F. a/a Transient Lounge, 400 E. Todd Road, Santa Rosa a/a Warfield, 982 Market St., S.F. a/a 415-775-7722 Uptown, 1928 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland 21+ 510-451-8100 Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third Street, Napa 16+ (12+ with an adult) Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa at Potrero, S.F. a/a 415-505-8530 Vitus, 201 Broadway @ 2nd., Oakland 21+ 510-452-1620 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 Yoshi's, 1330 Fillmore Street, S.F. 21+ Yoshi's, 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland 21+ 510-238-9200 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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