Web (and searchable) version at http://jon.luini.com/thelist/ T H H EEEEEE L I SSSS TTTTT T H H E L I S T T HHHHHH EEEEE L I SSSS T T H H E L I S T T H H E L I S S T T H H EEEEEE LLLLLLL I SSSS T funk-punk-thrash-ska Upcoming shows of interest July 20, 2012 jul 20 fri Verbal Abuse, Crooked As Fuck, Blank Expressions (L.A.), Five Fingers Of Death, Malicious Dismemberment at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $8 7pm *** @ jul 20 fri The Moans, Shark Stapler, Lenz at the Space Lounge, 2175 Allston Way, Berkeley a/a $5 8pm ** jul 20 fri Stellar Corpses, The Memphis Murder Men, Custom Kicks at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12/$15 9pm *** @ jul 20 fri King Britt at the New Parish, Oakland 21+ $10/$15 8pm/9pm ** jul 20 fri Dimesland, Stone Burner (Portland), Ninth Moon Black (Eugene), Natures Grave at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $7 8pm *** @ jul 20 fri Aziz Ansari at Nob Hill Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $39 6:30pm/7:30pm and 9:30pm/10pm # ** (also July 18th) jul 20 fri Melvins Lite, Hepa, Titus at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $21 8pm/9pm *** jul 20 fri Sam Bush, Alison Harris, The Barn Owls at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $26 8pm/9pm ** jul 20 fri Glimpse Trio, Points North, S.K.O.P.E. at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/10pm ** jul 20 fri Grayson at Coffee Adventures, 1331 Columbus, S.F. a/a free noon ** jul 20 fri Ian Fays, Strangled Darlings at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** jul 20 fri Slim Jenkins, Frantic Rockers, Golden West Trio, dj Tanoa, burlesque at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 9pm ** jul 20 fri Pow!, Permanent Collection, Future Twin, Al Lover & The Haters at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 21+ $5/$8 8pm/9pm ** jul 20 fri Fast Times at Maggie McGarry's, 1353 Grant St., S.F. 21+ free 9pm * jul 20 fri Moonbell, Some Ember, Chasms, dj Eevin Johnson, dj Nako at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** jul 20 fri The Mother Hips at Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Avenue, Mill Valley a/a ** jul 20 fri Push, Eat The Undead, Don't Tip The Tweester, On Three at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7pm/8pm *** @ jul 20 fri Wonderbread 5 at Last Day Saloon, 120 5th St., Santa Rosa 21+ $20 9pm/9:30pm ** jul 20 fri The Mavericks at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ ** jul 20 fri Linda Imperial Band at 23 Club, Brisbane a/a $5 8:30pm ** jul 20 fri John Mellencamp at the California Theater, South 345 First Street, San Jose a/a # *** jul 20 fri Crypt Keeper, Utter Failure, Scaphe (MN), Venkman at Johnny V's, 31 East Santa Clara St., San Jose 21+ free 9pm *** @ jul 20 fri Plantain, Li Xi, The Oddly Even at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $5 9pm ** jul 20 fri The Stitch Up, Kepi Ghoulie, Dog Party at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $10 8pm ** jul 20 fri Militia Of Love, Omani at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 20 fri Demi Lovato, Adam Lambert, Owl City, Karmin at the Pavilion, 1 Sports Parkway, Sacramento a/a $73-$47 6:30pm # *** jul 20 fri Rad, Buried At Birth at the Dungion, Sacramento a/a 8pm ** @ jul 20 fri Too Short & Smoov-E, Okwerdz, Young Collage, First Degree The D.E., Quette Daddie, Optimiztiq, Rae Rock, Lil Meek, Liq, dj True Justice at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $29 7pm/7:30pm *** jul 20 fri Masyah, Rig Veda, The Vicious Kenits, Barrel Fever, The Ostrich Theory, One More Night, Smelling Colors at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7pm/8pm ** jul 20 fri Hard Pipe Hitters, The Oisters, Private Intrest at Monstros Pizza, 628 W. Sacramento Ave., Chico a/a $5 8pm ** @ jul 20 fri Fox Street Allstars at Humboldt Brews, 856 10th at I, Arcata 21+ $10 9:30pm ** jul 20/21 Tainted Love, Sean Tabor Band at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $23 8pm/9pm ** jul 21 sat Attitude Adjustment, Hollywood Hate (L.A.j), Fracas, Fukm, Concussion at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm *** @ jul 21 sat Replica, Midnite Brain at the Swamp, West Oakland a/a $5 8pm ** @ jul 21 sat Hot Einstein at Disco Volante, Oakland a/a $5 9pm * jul 21 sat Manmade God, 8mm, Beer Drinker And Hell Raisers at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $15/$20 8pm/9pm ** jul 21 sat Abrupt, Ill Content, Bloodshot & Dialated, Beat Guts, Epileptic Seizure at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ 6pm *** @ (was listed as June 21st) jul 21 sat Petty Theft (tribute), The Butlers, Beer Drinkers And Hell Raisers at Pyramid Alehouse, 901 Gilman Street, Berkeley 21+ $25 noon free ** (unlimited beer samples) jul 21 sat Steve Kimock, Bernie Worrell, Wally Ingram, Andy Hess, Jugtown Pirates at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $29.50 8pm/9pm # ** jul 21 sat Owl City, Jayme Dee at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $21/$25 7pm/8pm ** (sold out) jul 21 sat The Fresh & Onlys, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Gardens & Villa, Dominant Legs, La Sera, Sea Of Bees, Mwahaha at Potrero Del Sol Park, 25th & Utah, S.F. a/a $7-$10 noon ** (Phono del Sol Music and Food Festival) jul 21 sat The Dig, Happy Body Slow Brain, Time Spent Driving at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/10pm ** jul 21 sat Cockasterphy, Edge Play at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm ** jul 21 sat My Best Fiend, White Cloud, Body Swap at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $7/$10 8pm/9pm ** jul 21 sat Thunderbleed A.K.A. Blind Vengeance, Nate Denver's Neck, dj Real at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** jul 21 sat Too Short with Live Band at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ $30 10:30pm # *** (sold out) jul 21 sat Sonny & The Sunsets, Wet Illustrated, Pink Films, Cool Ghouls at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 9pm ** jul 21 sat Hot Fog, Dusted Angel at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 10pm ** jul 21 sat Sydney Ducks, Ruleta Rusa, Between Your Teeth at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm *** @ jul 21 sat Low Rollers at the Riptide Bar, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** jul 21 sat Fast Times at Top of the Mark, 1 Nob Hill, S.F. 21+ free 8pm * jul 21 sat Zvoov, Moonbell, Broken Cities, Groundskeeper at Club 6, 60 6th Street, S.F. 21+ jul 21 sat Frosted Tips, Life Changing Decisions at Broadway Studios, 435 Broadway, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** jul 21 sat Blind Willies at the Beach Chalet, 1000 Great Highway, S.F. a/a free 2pm ** jul 21 sat City Deluxe, The Limes, Sir Lord Von Raven at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** jul 21 sat Death's Eminence, Massacration at Brown's Binyerd, 1009 1st. St., Novato 21+ 8pm/9pm ** jul 21 sat Clyde Carson, The New Boyz, Loverance, Cali Swag District, Starting Six, Rejectz & Finatticz, Liz, dj Amen at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $25 7:30pm/8pm *** jul 21 sat Daniel Castro Band at Last Day Saloon, 120 5th St., Santa Rosa 21+ $20 9pm/9:30pm ** jul 21 sat Whiskey Bent at Winter's Tavern, Pacifica 21+ * (afternoon show) jul 21 sat Weapon 11 at Winter's Tavern, Pacifica 21+ 9pm * (late show) jul 21 sat Hopeful Romantics (Martinez), Ami Pienknaguar at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** jul 21 sat Good Hustle, Antwon, A Rival, Boboso at X-Bar, Homestead Lanes, Cupertino a/a $8 8pm ** jul 21 sat The Expendables at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$25 7pm/8pm ** @ jul 21 sat Fallujah, Pathology, Fit For An Uatopsy, Enfold Dar at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $7/$9 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 21 sat Moonshine Bandits, Dry Country Drinkers, Brodi Nicholas at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** jul 21 sat Before You Fall, The Sun Sets Here, Truly Terrifying, Wolf Bronski, Machine City, Into The Desert at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7pm/8pm *** @ jul 21 sat Ninth Moon Black (Eugene), Stone Burner (Portland), Amarok at Monstros Pizza, 628 W. Sacramento Ave., Chico a/a $5 *** @ jul 21 sat The Intelligence at the Shanty. 213 3rd St., Eureka 21+ ** jul 21 sat David Nelson Band, Moonalice at Humboldt Brews, 856 10th at I, Arcata 21+ $20/$25 8pm ** jul 22 sun Son Of Aurelius, Warscythe, Deadly Remains, Dissimulated, Viral at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 5pm *** @ jul 22 sun Sublime With Rome, Cypress Hill, Pepper at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a $45 6pm # *** jul 22 sun Authority Zero (Mesa, AZ), Versus The World at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $13/$16 7pm/8pm *** @ jul 22 sun Total Fucking Destruction, Deras, Krieg, Biocidio (Phoenix), Oust (Phoenix), Mrsa at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $6 7pm ** @ jul 22 sun Rome, Lux Interna, Unwoman at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $12/$15 7pm/8pm ** jul 22 sun The E Family at Stern Grove Festival, 19th Ave. at Sloat Blvd., S.F. a/a free 2pm ** jul 22 sun The Devil's Own, The Grief Counselors at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm ** jul 22 sun City Of Ships, Young Lions, Abstracter at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 6pm ** jul 22 sun Big Time Rush, Cody Simpson, Rachel Crow at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # $65-$20 5:30pm/7pm *** jul 22 sun Palmz, Picture Atlantic, Cartoon Bar Fight, film 'Green" at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $8 8pm ** jul 22 sun A Thousand Shall Fall, Eviscerate, Deconstruct at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $7 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 22 sun Conducting From The Grave, Ellipsis, A Holy Ghost Revival, The Moth Anatomy, Beyond All Ends, Ask For Embla, No Quarter at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 5:30pm/6:30pm *** @ jul 22 sun The Intelligence at the Townhouse, 1517 21st Street, Sacramento 21+ ** jul 22/23 Leo Kottke at Yoshi's, Oakland 21+ *** jul 23 mon Communion Of Thieves (El Paso), Terrorist (El Paso), Deras Krig, Crypt Keeper at the Pink String, West Oakland a/a $5 7pm ** @ jul 23 mon Fleeting Trance at Disco Volante, Oakland a/a 8pm * jul 23 mon Midnite at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $25/$30 8pm/9pm *** jul 23 mon A Volcano, Burnt Thrones Club, Rodents Of Unusual Size at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ 7pm ** @ jul 23 mon Reel Big Fish, Big D And The Kids Table, Suburban Legends, The Maxies at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7pm # *** @ jul 23 mon Religious Girls, Young Lions, Hides at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 23 mon Before You Fall, The Light Iris, Truly Terrifying, The Sun Sets Here, For A Better Kind at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. a/a $5/$8 7pm/8pm *** @ jul 23 mon Adventure Playground, Hearts & Minutes (L.A.), Froadz at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** jul 23 mon Becoming The Archetype, Wolves At The Gate, Crush The Adversary, Mirrors at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm *** @ jul 23 mon To Our Legends, Hard Of Heart, Hemorage at Johnny V's, 31 East Santa Clara St., San Jose 21+ free 8pm ** jul 23 mon Pepper, Arden Park Roots, Official Response at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** jul 24 tue The Brewing Co. at Disco Volante, Oakland a/a 8pm * jul 24 tue Allstar Weekend, Honor Society, Namesake, Rocky Loves Emily at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 ($66 vip) 7:30pm/7:30pm *** jul 24 tue Ava Luna, That Ghost, Youngman Grand at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 24 tue System And Station (Portland), Brain On Fire, Control-R at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 24 tue Donna Jean Godchaux Band, Mark Karan, Mookie Siegel at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 21+ $10/$13 8pm/9pm ** jul 24 tue Hollow Earth, Heavy Action, Winter Teeth, dj Handlebars at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jul 24 tue Yanni at the San Jose Civic, 135 San Carlos St., San Jose a/a ** jul 24 tue Mars, Mastermind, Wicked Wayz, 420 Darkside Boyz, Foothill Fam, Klouded Jugmit, Side FX, 2HK, Paradox at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 6:30pm/7pm ** jul 24 tue Relient K, Hellogoodbye, William Beckett, House Of Heroes at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** jul 24 tue Reel Big Fish at Fat Cat Music, 930 10th St., Modesto 21+ $22 6:30pm/7:30pm *** @ jul 25 wed Karl Evangelista, Grex, Aram Shelton, Jason Hoopes, Jordan Glenn, Zeina Nasr at Swarm Gallery, 560 2nd St., Oakland a/a $5-$10 sliding scale 8pm ** (all playing Ornette Coleman) jul 25 wed Stephane Wrembel at Yoshi's, Oakland 21+ ** jul 25 wed Kajillion at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** (KALX) jul 25 wed Teenage Bottlerocket, The Dopamines, Elway at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** @ jul 25 wed Spoek Mathambo, Duckwrth, Armani Cooper at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $10/$13 8pm/9pm ** jul 25 wed Mewithoutyou, Kevin Devine, Buried Beds at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 7pm/8pm ** jul 25 wed Relient K, Hellogoodbye, William Beckett at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** jul 25 wed Crystal Stilts, The Mantles, Wymond Miles at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $15 7pm/8pm ** jul 25 wed Magic Leaves, The Lawlands, Grand Lodge at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** jul 25 wed Carletta Sue Kay, Detective Agency (Seattle), Bugs In Costumes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 25 wed Tiger Honey Pot, Heavy Voodoo (Portland), Elegy, Crimson Scarlet, dj Laurgactyl at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm/9pm ** jul 25 wed Alberta Cross, Everest, Aaron Lee Tasjan at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** jul 25 wed Kelly Clarkson, The Fray, Carolina Liar at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $79-$29 6pm/7pm # *** jul 25 wed Hawk Jones, Man Your Horses, Ghosts In The Aqueducts at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** jul 25 wed Allstar Weekend, Honor Society, Namesake at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $20 ($70 vip) 7pm/7:30pm *** jul 25 wed Pacific Dub, Katastro, Eazy Dub, Island Of Black & White at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** jul 26 thr dj Lebowitz (piano) at Disco Volante, Oakland a/a 5pm * jul 26 thr The Mau Maus (L.A.), Bite, The Memphis Murder Men at the Lucky 13, 1301 Park St, Alameda 21+ free *** @ jul 26 thr Embers, Ghosts Of Glaciers (Denver), Satya Sena at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $7 7pm/7:30pm ** @ jul 26 thr Tumbleweed Wanderers (Seattle - record rlease), Rin Tin Tiger, Ghost And The City at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** (free records to first 200 in the door) jul 26 thr Harry & The Potters, Potter Puppet Pals, The Home Alones at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 7pm/7:30pm ** jul 26 thr King Tuff, Jaill, The Coathangers, dj Ted Bagel Radio at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 26 thr St. Lucia at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ *** jul 26 thr The Ettes, Nectarine Pie, Warm Soda at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 26 thr Sweet Chariot, Cuates, Josh Harmony at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 26 thr Pacific Dub, Katastro at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** jul 26 thr Sioux City Kid, The Ferocious Few, Mahgeetah at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** jul 26 thr The Pops, The Black Cobra Vipers, Dylan And The Wave, Emily Rath at the Rockit Room, S.F. 21+ $5 7:30pm ** jul 26 thr Owl, Serpent Crown at Winter's Tavern, Pacifica 21+ ** jul 26 fri Thirt9 Fingers, Down For The Count at Swingin Door, 106 E. 25th Ave., San Mateo 21+ free 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jul 26 fri Emery (Seattle), My Children My Bride, To Speak Of Wolves, Paint Over Pictures, Every Hand Betrayed, Last Night In Town at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15 7pm/7:30pm *** @ jul 26 fri Launch X Cut+Paste, OOOOO, Dusty Brown, Who Cares, Little Foxes, Young Aundee, dj Whores, dj E Squared at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** jul 26 fri Fast Times at Crawdad's, 1375 Garden Highway, Sacramento 21+ $8 8:30pm * jul 26 thr Stephane Wrembel at Wanderlust Festival, Lake Tahoe ?/? * jul 26 thr Sublime With Rome, Cypress Hill, Pepper, HB Surround Sound at MontBleu Casino, Stateline NV 18+ $54.45 6pm # *** jul 26 thr Reproacher, Fatal Birth, Teeph, Into The Open Earth at Monstros Pizza, 628 W. Sacramento Ave., Chico a/a $5 8pm ** @ jul 27 fri Wisecracker (Germany), Fixed Idea (TX), Self-Inflected Wounds, Impposters, Break The Cycle (San Diego) at 924 Gilman, Berkleey a/a $10 7pm *** @ (ska night - Jeff's Birthday) jul 27 fri Dirty Projectors, Wye Oak at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** jul 27 fri Autopsy, Ghoul, Noothgrush, Acephalix at the Metro, Oakland a/a $20 7pm # *** @ (Benefit for Nikki & Jef "Leppard" Davis) jul 27 fri The Bells at Disco Volante, Oakland a/a 8pm * jul 27 fri The Thirsty Three, Brass Hysteria, Ghost Town Hangmen, Them Rude Boys at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $7 7pm ** jul 27 fri Char-Man, Hunchies, Hooray For Everything, Pang at Merchants Saloon, 401 2nd Street, Oakland 21+ free 8pm ** jul 27 fri Jokes For Feelings, Jack Killed Jill, Civil War Rust, Let It Burn at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $7 9pm *** @ jul 27 fri Doug Ellington & A New Urban Groove, Clifford Brown III & The Brewing Co, Steven Husted & The Low End Initiative, George Lacson Project at Vitus, 201 Broadway @ 2nd., Oakland 21+ $10 8pm ** jul 27 fri The Malone Brothers, Huckle at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $21/$25 8pm/9pm ** jul 27 fri For A Better Kind, Out For Blood, Hemorage, Infinito In Torqueo, To Our Legends at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm *** @ jul 27 fri Big K.R.I.T., Casey Veggies, Big Sant, Tito Lopex at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $21 8pm/9pm ** jul 27 fri Kathy Griffin at Nob Hill Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $80-$46 7pm/8pm # ** jul 27 fri The Intelligence, Personal & The Pizzas, Ggreen at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** jul 27 fri The Memorials, The Seshen, Mission Bells at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 21+ $10/$15 8pm/9pm ** jul 27 fri The Tambo Rays, Meat Market, Cogito, Evil Eyes at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jul 27 fri The Bruises (cd release), Dirty Ghosts, Sporting Life, dj Danny at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jul 27 fri Bone Awl, Cirrhus (Portland), Verglas (Quebec, Canada) at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** @ jul 27 fri Ill Repute, Resilience, Slandry, Violation, M-Section at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** @ (at Sub-Mission on July 28th) jul 27 fri The Donna Jean Godchaux Band, Mark Karan, Mookie Siegel at Last Day Saloon, 120 5th St., Santa Rosa 21+ $15 9pm/9:30pm ** jul 27 fri Ziggy Marley at the Uptown Theater, Napa 12+ (under 16 with an adult) $50 8pm ** jul 27 fri Johnny J Blair at 23 Club, Brisbane a/a $5 8:30pm ** jul 27 fri Brad Paisley, The Band Perry, Easton Corbin at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $65-$30 5:30pm/7:30pm # ** jul 27 fri Firme, The Philthy Dronez at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 27 fri The Limousines (dj set), Crashfaster, Doctor Popular at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $10 8pm ** jul 27 fri Blitzkid, Stellar Corpses at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm *** @ jul 27 fri Demon Hunter, Bleeding Through, Cancer Bats, The Plot In You, Willows at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ jul 27 fri Iron Maidens (tribute), Restrained, Bad Boy Eddy, Descendant, Eulogy at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$15 7pm/8pm ** jul 28 sat Blitzkid, Stellar Corpses, Thee Merry Widows, Culo A Boca, Nitro 454 at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm *** @ jul 28 sat Fiona Apple, Blake Mills at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** (sold out) jul 28 sat The Intelligence at Hearts & Palms, 1045 East 12th Street, Oakland a/a ** jul 28 sat Allegaeon, Dissipate, Casket Of Cassandra, Deprivation, Short Fuse, Weapon Status Red, Better Left Unsaid, Falling To Pieces, Prey For Sleep, Dead Earth Politics, Repaid In Blood, RepaidInBlood Kaos, Mudface, Skinner, Hysteria at the Metro, Oakland a/a 4pm # *** @ (Bay Area Metal Festival) jul 28 sat Limnus, Ghost Of Glaciers, Hellbeard at the Space Lounge, 2175 Allston Way, Berkeley a/a $6 8pm ** jul 28 sat Go Van Gogh at Disco Volante, Oakland a/a 8:30pm ** jul 28 sat Exit Eden at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** jul 28 sat Swamp Angel, The Pendletons at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** (Birthday celebration for Geoff Braithwaite & Richard Gibbon) jul 28 sat The Mau Maus (L.A.), Ruleta Rusa, Bad Coyotes, Awesome, Anti Social at Eli's, Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $8 7pm *** @ jul 28 The People Party at the New Parish, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 28 sat Ill Repute, Resilience, Sad Boy Sinister, Stagger And Fall, Epeleptic Seizure at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $12 7:30pm/8pm *** @ (at the Phoenix Theater on July 27th) jul 28 sat Yanni at Nob Hill Masonic Center, 1111 California St., S.F. a/a $125-$50 7pm/8pm # ** jul 28 sat Hamsa Lila, Fanna-Fi-Allah Sufi Qawwali Party at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm ** jul 28 sat Kaskade at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a $49.50 # ** jul 28 sat Loquat, Young Digerati, Foxtail Somersault, The Tzigane Society, dj Galine MoDemoiselle at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $14 8pm/8:30pm ** jul 28 sat Drms (album release), The Shotgun Wedding Quintet, St. Tropez at Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** (KALX) jul 28 sat Year Of The Fist at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm * jul 28 sat Joyce Manor, Wild Moth, Summer Vacation, Yulia at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm *** @ jul 28 sat Urban Blight, Creem, Permanent Ruin, Hunting Party at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** @ jul 28 sat Truth & Salvage Co. at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** jul 28 sat Owl, Wild Eyes at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 10pm ** jul 28 sat Planet Booty, Jaysonic at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 8pm/9pm ** jul 28 sat M.C. Meathook & The Vital Organs, Butt Problems, Go Time!, Tender at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm ** @ jul 28 sat Quarterman Jack & The Rusty Nails at the Riptide Bar, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** jul 28 sat Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds at Boom Boom Room, 1601 Fillmore, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** jul 28 sat Steel Pulse (U.K.) at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $35 9pm ** jul 28 sat The Paperhead (Nashville) at the Make-Out Room, S.F. 21+ ** jul 28 sat Embryonic Devourment, Paranoid Freak Out, Apocraphon, Massacration, Fabricant at Riff Gallery, 77 Joseph Court, San Rafael a/a $6 9pm ** @ jul 28 sat Petty Theft (tribute) at George's, San Rafael 21+ $15/$20 9pm ** jul 28 sat Sopwith Camel, Danny Sorentino at Last Day Saloon, 120 5th St., Santa Rosa 21+ $12 8pm/8:30pm ** jul 28 sat Chris Von Sneidern at 23 Club, Brisbane a/a $5 8:30pm ** jul 28 sat Suck My Pepper (tribute) at Winter's Tavern, Pacifica 21+ ** jul 28 sat Crashfaster, The Glowing Stars, Doctor Popular, Hello The Future!, Slime Girls, Gnarboots, Cartoon Violence, dj Coco at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 5101 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara a/a $40 11am til 2am *** (California Extreme Classic Gaming Show) (free arcade / pinball play) jul 28 sat Big K.R.I.T., Casey Veggies, Big Sant at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$19 8pm/9pm ** jul 28 sat St. Lucia at Launch Festival, Cesar Chavez Plaza, Sacramento a/a *** jul 29 sun Hooligan (Ireland), City Of Vain, Old Glory, Hounds & Harlots, Let It Burn at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $8 5pm *** @ jul 29 sun The Acacia Strain, Oceano, Impending Doom, Like Moth To Flames, For All Those Sleeping, Close To Home, Volumes, Hands Like Houses at the Metro, Oakland a/a $18.50 5pm/5pm # *** @ jul 29 sun Low Rollers, Danny Allen at Disco Volante, Oakland a/a 7pm * jul 29 sun Pangea, Part Time, Burnt On at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ 7pm ** @ (Total Trash Fest) jul 29 sun Watsky, Dumbfoundead & The Breezy Lovejoy Band at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $14/$16 8pm/9pm ** jul 29 sun Caustic, Everything Goes Cold, Crashfaster, Whormongr, dj Mr. Smith, dj Scrawny at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $8/$11 8pm/8:30pm *** @ jul 29 sun Neon Trees, Penguin Prison, Jjamz at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm # *** jul 29 sun The Golddiggers, Whiskey Pills Fiasco at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm ** jul 29 sun The Dangerous Summer, New Empire, From Indian Lakes at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 18+ $10 8:30pm ** jul 29 sun The Psychic Paramount, Phil Manley Life Coach, Barn Owl at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $9/$12 7pm/8pm ** jul 29 sun Extra Classic, Low Flying Owls, Pony Village (Portland) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 29 sun Up Your Alley Street Fair, Dore Alley, S.F. 11am jul 29 sun The Inciters, Factory Minds, Ska-Skank Redemption (Denver) at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** @ jul 29 sun Bordertown Saints, Get Dead (acoustic), The City at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 12:30pm/1pm ** jul 29 sun Iron Maidens (tribute), Hell Fire, Mr. Thumb at Broadway Studios, 435 Broadway, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** jul 29 sun record swap at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free noon til 4pm jul 29 sun Attack Attack!, We Came As Romans, Woe Is Me, Abandon All Ships, Texas In July, In Fear And Faith, Secrets, Glass Cloud, At The Skylines at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ jul 29 sun Prylosis (cd release), Two Nooses, Lost Freedom, Keeping Score, Sour Diesel at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10/$12 7pm/8 ** @ jul 30 mon Rose Windows, Dum Spiro Spero, Iska Daaf at Disco Volante, Oakland a/a 8pm ** jul 30 mon The Psychic Paramount, Phil Manley Life Coach, Cariton Melton at the New Parish, Oakland 21+ $9/$12 7pm/8pm ** jul 30 mon One Direction at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $90-$30 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** (boy band) jul 30 mon Media Blitz at Ground Zero, 324 East Taylor Street, Reno, NV a/a $5 8pm ** jul 31 tue One Direction at the Arena, Oakland a/a $90-$30 7:30pm # ** (boy band) jul 31 tue J Standards Jazz Trio at Disco Volante, Oakland a/a 8pm * jul 31 tue Soulfly, Incite, Lody Kong at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $26 8pm *** jul 31 tue Civil War Rust, Hear The Sirens, Dead Ringer, Hold Tight! (VA), Pedals On Our Pirate Ships (VA) at the Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $5 7pm *** @ jul 31 tue Electric Shepherd, Billions And Billions at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jul 31 tue Solid Attitude, CCR Headcleaner, Raw Nite, Molestations at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** jul 31 tue Kissing Party, Bam! Bam!, Party Owl at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 21+ $7/$7 8pm/9pm ** jul 31 tue The Razor Skyline, Drop Black Sky, dj Kit at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** (industrial) jul 31 tue Barenaked Ladies, Blues Traveler, Big Head Todd & The Monsters, Cracker at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** jul 31 tue The Hood Internet, Psalm One, Tanya Morgan at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 18+ $10/$13 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 31 tue Kottonmouth Kings, Big B, Prozak at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** jul 31 tue cancelled: Sinead O'Connor at the Fox Theater, Oakland aug 1 wed Peaking Lights at the New Parish, Oakland 21+ $15 8pm/9pm ** aug 1 wed The Yolks, The Biz, Teenage Burritos, The Vomettes at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ 6pm ** aug 1 wed Juicy J, Smoke Dza, Chip Tha Ripper, Fat Trel, Joey BadAss at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** aug 1 wed The Sights, Southeast Engine, Slow Moving Lions Of The Vegetable World at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 1 wed The Mynabirds, Deep Time at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** aug 1 wed Lucy Michelle And The Velvet Lapelles, Audiafauna, Morgan Manifacier at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 1 wed Pierced Arrows (Portland), The Husbands, Trainwreck Riders at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm/9:30pm ** @ aug 1 wed The Hood Internet, Tanya Morgan, Psalm One at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 9pm ** aug 1 wed The Devfits, Sleeping People (San Diego), Minot at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $5 9pm *** aug 1 wed The Inciters, The Wild Ones, The Ballantynes at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $7 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 1 wed The Secretions, Fight Music, Born Into This at Monstros Pizza, 628 W. Sacramento Ave., Chico a/a $5 8pm ** @ aug 2 thr Sekta Core, La Plebe at the New Parish, Oakland 21+ $12 8pm/9pm ** @ aug 2 thr Hudu, The Pendletons at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** aug 2 thr Squarepusher at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $27/$30 8pm # ** aug 2 thr Tears For Fears, Carina Round at the Nob Hill Masonic, S.F. a/a $65/$55/$40 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** aug 2 thr CandleSpit Collective, Dregs One, Projekt Seer, Understudies Crew, Gee & B. Durazzo at Slim's, S.F. a/a $8 8:30pm ** (indie hip hop) aug 2 thr Lenz, Uzi Rash, City Deluxe at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** @ aug 2 thr Sleeping People, Minot at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 2 thr Buraka Som Sistema at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm ** aug 2 thr John Fogerty at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 2 thr Owls Of Walden, Them Guns at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $7 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 2 thr As Dreamers (Citrus Heights), Thou The Giant, Citadel, Anthem, Sound The Sirens, Az'rael, Ask For Embla at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7pm/7:30 ** @ aug 2 thr Creed (Tallahassee, FL) at Civic Center, 700 Auditorium Dr., Redding a/a $33-$65 7pm/8pm # *** aug 3 fri Atom Age, Falcon A, War Of Aggression, Union Hearts, The Blast at 924 Gilman Street, Oakland a/a *** @ (Estebo's Birthday) aug 3 fri V.E.X., M.O.M., Riot Ghoul film show at Black Hole Cinematheque, 1028 24th Street, Oakland a/a free 7:30pm ** (plus film shorts by Oakland film geeks, Ladies and queers) aug 3 fri Elzhi, Locksmith at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $20 8pm/9pm ** aug 3 fri Elvin Bishop at Yoshi's Oakland 21+ *** aug 3 fri The Unmanned Pilots at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ 8pm/9pm ** aug 3 fri Lumerians at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** aug 3 fri Judgement Day, Giant Squid, A Sun That Never Sets at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/10pm ** aug 3 fri Woods, Peaking Lights, Wet Illustrated at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16 8pm/9pm ** aug 3 fri Chris James & The Showdowns, Bc3, Pubic Heroinne, The Parmisans, Tith, Loose Blues at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $20 8pm ** aug 3 fri Teratism, Hellgoat, Sacrament Ov Impurity, Pale Chalice, Rotten Funeral, Blood Etchings at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $12 8pm *** @ aug 3 fri Brener Monducci, Tambores Do Brazil, Sotaque Baiano, Tony Santos at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $15/$20 9pm ** (Brazilian Music Fest) aug 3 fri Night Birds (N.J.), Sharp Objects, Ruleta Rusa, Bad Coyotes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** @ aug 3 fri Soul Asylum at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm ** aug 3 fri Persephone's Bees (album release), Bart Davenport at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm ** aug 3 fri The Congress (Denver, CO), at Grant & Green, 1371 Grant St., S.F. 21+ 9:30pm ** aug 3 fri The Pharcyde at 1015 Folsom, S.F. 21+ $20/$25 10pm ** aug 3 fri Tower Of Power at the Dolano County Fair, Vallejo a/a *** aug 3 fri Ill Content, Mrsa, Excreta, Deep Shit at Chris' Club, 656 Benicia Rd., Vallejo 21+ $5 ** @ aug 3 fri Greenfields at 23 Club, Brisbane a/a $5 8:30pm ** aug 3 fri Iron Maiden, Coheed And Cambria at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $96-$26 6pm/7:30pm # *** aug 3 fri Michael Franti, Spearhead at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 3 fri Juicy J, Smoke Dza, Fat Trel, Joey Badass at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $17/$22 8pm/9pm ** aug 3 fri Ghambit, dj Pumba at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 3 fri Y & T, End Of Days, Deadlands, Sucker Punch at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** aug 3 fri Souls Of Mischief, Pep Love, Casual at the El Rey Theater, Chico a/a $15 8pm/8:30pm ** aug 4 sat Night Birds (N.J.), Bobby Joe Ebola And The Children MacNuggets, Neon Piss, No Mistake, The Marshmallows at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $8 7pm *** @ aug 4 sat Aerosmith, Cheap Trick at the Arena, Oakland a/a $150-$50 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** aug 4 sat Luce, Blame Sally, Dyloot, Garrison Starr, dj Dyloot (late night), Souls Of Mischief, Frank Fairfield, Metal Mother, Saviours, Vetiver at Art & Soul Festival, Downtown Oakland a/a $10/$15 (12 & under free) 2pm til midnight *** (art installations) aug 4 sat Exhuasted Pipes at the Space Lounge, 2175 Allston Way, Berkeley a/a $5 8pm * aug 4 sat Brother Nature (Minneapolis), Fuck Detector (Fargo), Stillsuit, Yogurt Brain at Good Bellies Cafe, 4659 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland a/a $5 7pm ** @ aug 4 sat Dumpstaphunk, Zigaboo Modeliste at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm *** aug 4 sat Jay Brannan, Chris Pureka at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16 9pm ** aug 4 sat Murder By Death, Lia Rose, Ha Ha Tonka at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15/$17 8pm/10pm ** aug 4 sat New Diplomat, The Hundred Days, Koll Moi, Ownership, dj Mario Muse, dj Jacob Fury at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $13 8:30pm ** @ aug 4 sat Meek Mill at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** aug 4 sat Dodos, Pillowfight, Craft Spells, Taken By Trees, dj's at Speakeasy Ales and Lagers, 1195 Evans at Keith, S.F. a/a $50/$60 (includes food) noon til 5pm ** (Noisette - food & music) aug 4 sat The English Beat, The Champions Inc at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $22/$25 8pm/9pm *** aug 4 sat The Pleasure Kills, The Sweet Pups, The Ballantynes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** aug 4 sat Extra Action Marching Band, Itchy-O Marching Band at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 21+ $15/$20 8pm/9pm ** aug 4 sat Fracas, Blown To Bits, Guantanamo Dogpile, Proto-Regime at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7-$100 sliding scale 9pm/10pm ** @ (Benefit for Nikki Davis) aug 4 sat Jinx Jones at the Riptide Bar, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** aug 4 sat Brad Burns at 23 Club, Brisbane a/a $5 8:30pm ** aug 4 sat Run 4 Cover at Winter's Tavern, Pacifica 21+ * aug 4 sat Alexandra Starlight, Stock Foto at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 7pm ** aug 4 sat Electrc Kngdm, dj Shea Butler, dj K-Von, Unicorn Blood at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $5 9pm ** aug 4 sat The Grouch & Eligh at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $16/$19 8pm/9pm ** aug 4 sat Wino, Conny Ochs at Alternative Cafe, 1230 Fremont Blvd., Seaside a/a $10 9pm ** aug 4 sat Super Diamond at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** aug 4 sat New Era, Boss Biz, Sunny B, Cell, Louis V, T. Chris, Babnit at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10/$12 7pm/8pm ** aug 4 sat Iron Maiden, Coheed And Cambria at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Marysville a/a # *** aug 4 sat The Hooten Hallers, Actors Killed Lincoln, Last To Leave, Thom Chowder & Friends at the Hideout Lounge, 240 South Park Street, Reno, NV 21+ $5 9pm ** @ aug 5 sun Dime runner (L.A.), Suzi Trash (MO), Deal Me In (TN), October Desire, Avalance, Happly Clams at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $7 5pm *** @ aug 5 sun Lalah Hathaway, Kellye Gray, Forest Day, Oceanography, Churches, Persephone's Bees, Whiskerman, Dear Indugu, Caldecott, Free Food, Dynamic Truth at Art & Soul Festival, Downtown Oakland a/a $10/$15 (12 and under free) noon til 6pm ** (art installations) aug 5 sun Richie Spice, Hotta Tunes, dj Daddy, Rolo dj Veyn at the Metro, Oakland a/a $40 8pm/9pm # ** aug 5 sun Kill Devil Hill at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $15/$18 8pm/9pm ** aug 5 sun Murder By Death, Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons, Ha Ha Tonka at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15/$17 8pm/9pm ** aug 5 sun Ozomatli, Smod at Stern Grove Festival, 19th Ave. at Sloat Blvd., S.F. a/a free 2pm ** aug 5 sun Los Enanitos Verdes at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** (was listed as July 27th) aug 5 sun The Wild Kindness, Former Friends Of Young Americans (Tempe, AZ), Casual Dolphins at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 5 sun Radio Moscow, The Dirty Streets at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm ** aug 5 sun Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, Black Nature Band, Naia Kete at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm ** aug 5 sun Slow Motion Cowboys, Tater Famine (Santa Cruz) at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 5pm/6pm ** (early show) aug 5 sun Chris Isaak at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm *** aug 5 sun Tears For Fears at the San Jose Civic, 135 San Carlos St., San Jose a/a $55/$65 7:30pm # ** aug 5 sun Wino, Conny Ochs at Vinyl Revolution, 230 Lighthouse Avenue, Monterey a/a free 10am ** aug 5 sun Thee Oh Sees, others at the Woodsist Festival, Big Sur a/a ** aug 6 mon Sutekh Hexen, Hallow (Eugene), The Rain And Endless Fall (Portland), Riqis at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** (metal) aug 6 mon Cory Chisel & The Wandering Sons at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 6pm ** aug 6 mon The World Alive, A Skylit Drive, I See Stars, Winds Of Plague, Stick To Your Guns, Attila, For The Fallen Dreams, Stray From The Path, Make Me Famous, Betraying The Martyrs, Obey The Brave, Ice Nine Kills at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ aug 6/7 Chris Isaak, Shawn Colvin at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 7 tue Kasey Chambers, Sarah Jarosz at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # ** aug 7 tue Fang Island, Zechs Marquise at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 7 tue Cosmonauts, Gap Dream at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 7 tue Foxygen, No, Dylan Shearer at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 21+ free 8pm/9pm ** aug 7 tue War Trash, Meth Sores (San Jose), Midnite Brain, Gaskill (1st show), dj Wizard at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm/9:30pm ** @ aug 7 tue Slick Idiot, Mona Mur & Len Esch, Promonium Jesters, Loveless Love, dj Julian, dj Mr. Smith at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** @ (industrial) aug 7 tue Langhorne Slim & The Law, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Benyaro at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16/$18 8pm ** aug 7 tue Neil Diamond at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $120-$55 7pm/8pm # *** aug 7 tue Lostprophets, Cherri Bomb, All In A Day at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** aug 7 tue Theory Of A Deadman, Aranda, Charm City Devils at Modesto Center Plaza, 1000 L Street, Modesto a/a $23 6:30pm/7:30pm ** aug 7 tue Souls Of Mischief, Pep Love, Casual at Humboldt Brews, 856 10th at I, Arcata 21+ $15/$18 9:30pm ** aug 8 wed Rape Revenge (Canada), Permanent Ruin, Connoisseur, StressXRelief (Redding), Easy Living at Rec Center Studios, 1701 MLK Way, Oakland a/a $5 7:30pm/8pm *** @ aug 8 wed Lostprophets at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** aug 8 wed Redd Kross at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** aug 8 wed Two Gallants at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a 8pm *** aug 8 wed Blind Willies at Union Square, S.F. a/a free 12:30pm * aug 8 wed Mansfield Aviator, The Philistines, Domestic Electrics at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 8 wed Fox & Woman, The Thoughts (Seattle), Split Screens at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 8pm/9pm ** aug 8 wed Cellar Doors, The Madeira (Indiana), The Hampton Wicks, dj Sid Presley, dj Galine MoDemoiselle at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 8 wed Shovels & Rope (Charleston, S.C.) at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** aug 8 wed Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$18 9pm ** aug 8 wed Enrique, J.L.O., Wisin & Yandel, Enrique Iglesias, Jennifer Lopez, Wisiny Yandel at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a 7:30pm # *** aug 8 wed Audible Smoke Signal, Dustonius Maximus at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** aug 8 wed Martina McBride at the Bob Hope Theatre, 242 East Main Street, Stockton a/a # ** aug 8 wed Fade, Rhyme Progression, Artisan Flow, Haze, Tisdale at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7pm/8pm ** aug 8 wed The Phenomenauts, Prima Donna, The Hooten Hallers, Severance Package at Monstros Pizza, 628 W. Sacramento Ave., Chico a/a $5 8pm *** @ aug 9 thr Cafe Tacvba at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** aug 9 thr YG at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $18-$30 8pm/8:30pm ** aug 9 thr Great American Taxi at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** aug 9 thr Shuteye Unison, Silian Rail, B. Hamilton at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 9 thr Young Moon (record release), Vestals, Danny Paul Grody at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 9 thr Wino, Conny Ochs at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** aug 9 thr Kerry Wing, Aaron Blyth, Jethro Jeremiah at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm/9pm ** aug 9 thr The Lee Boys at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 7pm/8pm ** aug 9 thr Heavy Kingdom at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 9pm ** aug 9 thr Andrew Bird, Kelly Hogan at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $50 8pm *** aug 9 thr Of Monsters And Men, Papa, dj Britt Govea at California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park 21+ 7:30pm *** aug 9 thr Blind Willies at Sausalito Seahorse, 305 Harbor Drive, Sausalito 21+ 8:30pm ** aug 9 thr Lie Still, Swamp Wolf (AZ), Whorpath, Mrsa at Riff Gallery, 77 Joseph Court, San Rafael a/a $6 8pm ** @ aug 9 thr Arrival (tribute - Sweden) at George's, San Rafael 21+ 9pm ** aug 9 thr Yeird Al Yankovic at the Uptown Theater, Napa ?/? 8pm *** aug 9 thr Rasco, 4two7, Equipto, Z Man, Playa Rae, Trey C, A-1, dj True Justice at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 7pm ** aug 9 thr Bow Prometheus (Dallas), Take This City, Desiderata, They Call It Mercy, Our Endless Obsession, Become The Oracle, Life Uh'Duh Party at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10/$12 7pm/8pm *** @ aug 10 fri Black Square (HI), Dan P., Skunkadelics, Dope Collective, PJ & Burnouts & THe Burn-Outs (Alaska) at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm *** @ (ska night) aug 10 fri La Misa Negra, Blind Willies at Point Richmond Square, Washington Ave. & Park Place, Roint Richmond a/a free 5:30pm ** aug 10 fri Whitey Morgan & The 78's, Miss Lonely Hearts at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** (country) aug 10 fri Powerage (tribute), Cruella (tribute), Haunted By Heroes at Slim's, S.F. a/a 8pm/9pm *** aug 10 fri Dear Landlord (Carbondale, IL), The Murder Burgers (Scotland), Hear The Sirens, Rockfight at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8 9pm *** @ aug 10 fri Astral, O Presidente, Farewell Typewriter at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a ** aug 10 fri Sharon Van Etten, Dosh at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a 10pm ** aug 10 fri Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Foo Fighters, Beck, Justice, Andrew Bird, Mstrkrft, Die Antwoord, Fitz And The Tantrums, Of Monsters And Men, The Walkmen, Washed Out, Reggie Watts, Two Gallants, Yacht, Antibalas, Sharon Van Etten, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Wallpaper, Tennis, White Denim, Jukebox The Ghost, Tanlines, Papa, Futurebirds at Outside Lands, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a # $95 ($225 3 day) *** aug 10 fri White Denim, Futurebirds at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ 10pm ** aug 10 fri Shonen Knife (Japan), The Mallard, The Chuckleberries at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8:30pm/10pm *** @ aug 10 fri Pissed Off Punks at the Plough and Stars, 116 Clement St., S.F. 21+ ** aug 10 fri Sporting Life, My Second Surprise, Vir at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** aug 10 fri Lost Dog Found, Mari & The Monitors, burlesque dancers at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $10 10pm ** (rockabilly) aug 10 fri Midtown Dickens, Possum And Lester, Three Times Bad at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $11/$13 9pm ** (bluegrass) aug 10 fri Washed Out at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 10pm ** aug 10 fri Future Virgins (Chattanooga, TN), Zippers To Nowhere (Chattanooga, TN), Neon Piss, Street Eaters at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 5pm/6pm *** (early show) aug 10 fri Seal, Macy Gray at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 10 fri Maze, Patti Labelle, The O'Jays, Kenny Edmonds, Tank at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $151-$36 5pm/6:30pm # ** aug 10 fri Kenny Aronoff, Tim Yeung, Cora Coleman-Dunham, Street Drum Corps, San Jose Taiko (in plaza 4:30pm) at Repertory Theater, San Jose a/a $35/$30/$20 5pm/6:30pm *** (seated) (drum museum - drum exhibits - workshops) (Benefit Lincoln High School Music Programs) aug 10 fri Shadow Beat Ritual, The Devil Himself, Space Hooker at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 10 fri Theory Of A Deadman (Vancouver, Canada) at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $23 7pm/7:30pm ** aug 10/11/12 Mountain Vibe Music Gathering fri: Ben Benkert, Troy Hazelton, The Human Will, From The Bottom, sat: Lyrics Born, Forrest Day, Lavish Green, Arden Park Roots, Space Monkey Gangstas, Oola Rocksteady, Burnt, Zuhg, Conscious Souls, Thanks For Leaving, Brothers Gow, Stone Child, sun: The Stone Foxes, Hellbound Glory, Pine Box Boys, Bandit, Swoon, Full On Flyhead, The Chaw, Coffin Hunter, Stone Roots, 7eat9, Tiny Television, Terrel Liedstrand at Shinneyboo Creek Resort, 11820 Eagle Lakes Road, Soda Springs a/a $75 fri 5pm sat/sun *** (camping - music - swimming - forest) aug 11 sat Cobra Skulls, Dear Landlord, Dr. Frank, The Murder Burgers (Scotland), Hard Girls, Dead Ringer at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 8pm *** @ aug 11 sat 45 Grave, Hellbillys (reunion), Black Widow Gothic Strip Revue, The Disciples, Mutilators, Culo A Boca at the Metro, Oakland 18+ $12/$15 8pm # *** (Rabid Magazine) aug 11 sat Heavy action, Crawlin' (Seattle), Crypt Keeper, Satya Sena at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $6 8pm/9pm *** @ aug 11 sat Agalloch, Taurus at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 11 sat Bow Wow at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** (was June 9th) aug 11 sat Red Eye Revue (cd release), Mr. Chin's HOt Sauce, Sunny Gunn's Firestorm, Jim Bruno at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** aug 11 sat The Rinds, Self Inflicted Wounds, Black Bend at thee Parkside, S,F. a/a free 3pm ** aug 11 sat Metallica, Sigur Ros, Norah Jones, The Kills, Passion Pit, Grandaddy, Big Boi, Explosions In The Sky, Portugal. The Man, Alabama Shakes, Dr. Dog, MImosa, Tame Impala, The Be Good Tanyas, Geographer, Thee Oh Sees, Zola Jesus, Michael Kiwanuka, Sean Hayes, Father John Misty, Yellow Ostrich, Animal Kingdom, Cory Chisel And The Wandering Sons, Honey Island Swamp Band at Outside Lands, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a # $95 ($225 3 day) *** aug 11 sat Electric Guest, Midi Matilda at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ 10pm ** aug 11 sat Los Hooligans, The Boars, Custom Fit at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** (Black Sheep Scooter Club) aug 11 sat Lovely Bad Things, Dikes Of Holland (Austin), Wimps, The Golden Pelicans (FL) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 11 sat Taxes, Fake Your Own Death, The Ian Fays at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** aug 11 sat The Stairwell Sisters, The Country Mourns, The Better Haves, dj Blaze Orange at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $11/$13 9pm ** (country) aug 11 sat Mstrkrft, The M Machine at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $35 10pm *** aug 11 sat Back 40 at the Riptide Bar, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** aug 11 sat Bomb Shells at 23 Club, Brisbane a/a $5 8:30pm ** aug 11 sat Reverie at Winter's Tavern, Pacifica 21+ * aug 11 sat Buddy Guy at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 11 sat Major Powers And The Lo-Fi Symphony at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** aug 11 sat Shonen Knife (Japan), The Mallard, Girls With Guns at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $12 9pm *** @ aug 11 sat Bad Ending, The Scowndrolls, Yankee Brutal, Chaos Chrisis, Final Decay, The Aberzombies at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10/$12 7pm/8pm *** @ aug 11 sat Roger Hodgson at Cache Creek Casino Resort, Brooks 21+ 8pm ** aug 11 sat Heartless Bastards, Little Hurricane at Cargo, 255 N. Virginia Street, Reno NV a/a ** aug 12 sun Judgement Day, As We In (Santa Fe, N.M.), Cash Pony, Silian Rain at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 5pm *** @ aug 12 sun Dead Can Dance at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a 7:30pm # *** aug 12 sun Pitbull, Havana Brown, dj Slick D at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a $49.50 7:30pm # ** aug 12 sun Ethan Bortnick at Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon St., S.F. a/a # ** aug 12 sun Allen Stone at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a 10pm ** aug 12 sun Stevie Wonder, Jack White, Skrillex, Dispatch, Regina Spektor, Bloc Party, Santigold, Franz Ferdinand, Rebelution, Fun., Amadou & Mariam, Wolfgang Gartner, City And Colour, Trampled By Turtles, Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman, Bomba Estereo, Big Gigantic, Allen Stone, The M Machine, Jovanotti, Electric Guest, Caveman, Birdy, Infantree at Outside Lands, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a # $95 ($225 3 day) *** aug 12 sun Tied To The Branches, The Dry Season, W.L. at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 12 sun A Flock Of Seagulls (U.K.) at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ $25 7pm *** aug 12 sun The Seshen, Karyn Paige, Ex-Pyramids at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** aug 12 sun Grandaddy, Caveman at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 10pm ** aug 12 sun The Mentors at Winter's Tavern, Pacifica 21+ *** @ aug 12 sun Toby Keith, Brantley Gilbert, Thomas Rhett at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $89-$28 6pm/7pm # ** aug 13 mon Serpent Crown, Assada Messiah at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 7pm ** aug 13 mon Heart at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 13 mon We Are Defiance (Ocala, FL), Us From Outside, City Lights, To Each His Own, Before You Fall, Straight Up Grizzly, Without An Answer at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$15 5:30pm/6pm *** @ aug 13 mon Heartless Bastards, Little Hurricane at Harlow's, 2708 J Street, Sacramento 21+ ** aug 14 tue These Are ur Hours, Alex Pinto Trio at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** aug 14 tue Sutekh Hexen, Common Eider King Eider, Good Willsmith at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 14 tue Whisky Pills Fiasco, Furious (Liverpool, U.K.), The Limit Club (Phoenix, AZ), Rocketship Rocketship, dj Mike Decay at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm/9pm ** aug 14 tue Yes at the San Jose Civic, 135 San Carlos St., San Jose a/a # ** aug 14 tue Heartless Bastards, Little Hurricane at Rio Theater, 1205 Soquel, Santa Cruz a/a ** aug 14 tue Polarization (L.A.), Mouth Of The Serpent, Malevolent, Awaiting The Apocalypse, Gentlemen Behold!, As Dreamers at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 6:30pm/7pm *** @ aug 14 tue Battalion Of Saints (San Diego), Chingado, Act Of Sabotage, Zabaleen, The Oisters at Origami Lounge, 708 Cherry Street, Chico a/a $8 8pm *** @ aug 14/15 Red Hot Chili Peppers at the Arena, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** aug 15 wed Civil War Rust, Red City Radio, Hear The Sirens, Weekender at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm *** @ aug 15 wed Lynn Drury, Gal Holiday And The Honky Tonk Revue at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $8/$8 8pm/9pm ** aug 15 wed Hot Panda, Apopka Darkroom at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 15 wed Little Hurricane, Vandella at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 15 wed Shannon & The Clams, Audacity (Fullerton), Primitive Hearts, dj Lightnin' Jeff G. at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9:30pm ** aug 15 wed Love Ax, The Follow, Hodges at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** aug 15 wed Kiss, Motley Crue, The Treatment (U.K.) at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $32-$158 7pm # *** aug 15 wed Case In Theory, Stop Motion Poetry, Atlas at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** aug 15 wed Gavin Degraw, Colbie Caillat at the Bob Hope Theatre, 242 East Main Street, Stockton a/a # ** aug 15 wed Mureau (Thousand Oaks), Kingdom Of Giants, Parley, I Wish We Were Robots, The Silver Lining, Behold The Device, Truly Terrifying at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10/$12 5:30pm/6pm *** @ aug 15 wed The Phenomenauts at the Press Club, 2030 P St., Sacramento 21+ *** @ aug 16 thr Johnny Dilks & The Highway Kind, Beso Negro, Shelby Cobra at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 8pm/9pm ** aug 16 thr Nicki Bluhm And The Gramblers at the New Parish, Oakland 21+ $15 7pm/8pm ** aug 16 thr Prizehot, Pink Films, Residual Echoes at Vitus, 201 Broadway @ 2nd., Oakland 21+ $5 9pm/10pm ** aug 16 thr Twin Shadow at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 16 thr Phenomenauts, Prima Donna, The Dirty Hand Family Band at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 16 thr Alexz Johnson at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $15/$30 7pm/8pm ** aug 16 thr Matty Charles at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 6pm * (early show) aug 16 thr The Northeries, The Country Mourns, Shawerma at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 16 thr Cherry Poppin' Daddies (OR) at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ $22 8pm # ** aug 16 thr The Mallard, Wimps, Big Drag at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 16 thr Alejandro Escovedo, Jesse Malin at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $25 7pm/8pm ** aug 16 thr Kiss, Motley Crue, The Treatment (U.K.) at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $159-$38 5:30pm/7pm # *** (107.7 Bone Bash) aug 16 thr Touch'd Too Much (tribute) at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 16 thr Human Filth (Sacramento), Brain Rott, Serpentera, Fall Of Man, Incrusted Dust, Refuge at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7pm/7:30pm ** @ aug 16 thr Red City Radio, Bastards Of Young, Civil War Rust, Urban Wolves at the Press Club, 2030 P Street at 21st, Sacramento 21+ $7 *** @ aug 16 thr All American Regects (Stillwater, OK), Eve 6 at the Senator Theater, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a $20 7:30pm/8:30pm ** aug 16/17 Dr John And The Lower 911 at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $39.50 9pm ** aug 17 fri American Lies at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 8pm ** aug 17 fri Samothrace (Seattle), Exhausted Prayer (L.A.), Badr Vogu, Same Sex Dictator (WA), D.H.C., Iron Mountain (L.A.), Mortuous (San Jose), Duke Nukem Forever, Connoisseur, Yidhra (L.A.), Stares, Dead Man, Caffa, Queefer Sutherland, Cemetery, Wake The Machines (Concord), Wrought Of Ills, Nihlotep, Ripgut at the Metro, Oakland a/a $8 7pm/8pm # *** @ $ (Deadfest day 1) aug 17 fri Nashville Pussy, Dolorata, Spare Parts For Broken Hearts, Playboy School at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12/$15 8:30pm ** aug 17 fri Residual Echoes, Swiftumz, SF Watercooler at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** aug 17 fri Tremor Low, Genevapop, Riot Earp at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** aug 17 fri Buxter Hoot'n (ep release), Jugtown Pirates at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** aug 17 fri Acid Blast, Bar Fight at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** (KUSF Benefit) aug 17 fri Super Diamond (tribute), Duran Duran Duran (tribute) at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $22 8pm/9pm ** aug 17 fri Too Short, Philthy Rich at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $25 7:30pm/8pm *** aug 17 fri Manhattan Transfer, Kellie Fuller at the Uptown Theater, Napa ?/? 8pm ** aug 17 fri Greenfields at 23 Club, Brisbane a/a $5 8:30pm ** aug 17 fri Eric Prydz, Excision, Paul Van Dyk, Hardwell, Bingo Players, Showtek, Noisia, Doctor P, Arty, Le Castle Vania, Audrey Napoleon at Shoreline, Mountain View 16+ 2pm # ** (Identity Festival) aug 17 fri War at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 17 fri This Charming Band at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 17 fri Cherry Poppin' Daddies at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $19/$23 8:30pm/9pm ** (Hank 3 now aug 22) aug 17 fri Great White, Faster Pussycat, Pretty Boy Floyd, Bullet Boys at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** aug 17 fri Dire Peril (Citrus Heights), Solanum, Legion's Requiem, Zombie Death Stench, Shades Of Devastation at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a free 7pm/8pm ** @ aug 17 fri ZZ Top at Thunder Valley Casino, 1200 Athens Avenue, Lincoln 18+ 8pm *** aug 17 fri The English Beat (Brimingham, England) at Humboldt Brews, 856 10th at I, Arcata 21+ $20 9pm *** aug 17/18 Super Diamond (tribute), Duran Duran Duran (tribute) at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $22 8pm/9pm ** aug 17/18/19 Phish at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a $60 7:30pm # ** (sold out) aug 17/18/19 Hiroshima at Yoshi's, Oakland 21+ $28 (8pm & 10pm fri/sat) (6pm & 8pm sun) ** aug 18 sat Piss & Blood (Orange County), The Downstrokes (WA), Decent Criminal, Elegant Trash at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 8pm *** @ aug 18 sat Negative Standards, Burmese, Bloody Phoenix (L.A.), Amarok (Chico), War Trash, God Awful Noise (AZ), Reivers, Bruxers (San Jose), Semtex Vest (L.A.), Your Enemy, Worthless Eaters (Portland), Aputossos (L.A.), Pigeonwing (L.A.), Harassor (L.A.), Human Waste, Short Changed, Death King (L.A.), Grinding Detrament (L.A.), Chetwrecker, Infernal Damnation (L.A.), Old Crow, Detest (L.A.), Satya Sena, Dead Pressure (San Jose), These Are Da Results Of A Thousand Electric Voltz (San Jose), They...Are All Dead, Mrsa, Limbs, Knife Gun, Corruption Scheme, Instincts, Warscythe, Venkman, Ladies Nite (San Jose), Crypt Keeper at the Metro, Oakland a/a $8 3pm/4pm # *** @ $ (Deadfest day 2) aug 18 sat Peter Murphy, Ours at the New Parish, Oakland 21+ $30/$35 8:30pm/9pm *** aug 18 sat Mrs. Magician at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 18 sat Catacomb Creeps, Hornss, Guitar Magazine at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 5pm ** (early show) aug 18 sat Permanent Collection, Bilinda Butchers, Love Cuts at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** (late show) aug 18 sat 3 Mile Pilot, Dramady at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $17/$20 8:30pm/10pm ** aug 18 sat Lee Fields & The Expressions at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 9pm ** aug 18 sat Mad Mama And The Bona Fide Few at the Riptide Bar, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** aug 18 sat Cherry Poppin Daddies, Deke Dickerson at the Uptown Theater, Napa ?/? 7pm ** aug 18 sat V-Town Have-Nots (reunion), Bankrupt District, D.U.B., Uvr, Spu at Chris' Club, 656 Benicia Rd., Vallejo 21+ $5 9pm ** aug 18 sat Huey Lewis & The News, Joe Cocker at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $134-$20 6:30pm/8pm # *** (103.7 Summerfest) aug 18 sat Death Master at Winter's Tavern, Pacifica 21+ ** aug 18 sat Eliquate at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** (hip-hop) aug 18 sat ZZ Top at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 18 sat Charlie Tweddle at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm * aug 18 sat Kyle Turley Band at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $7/$11 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 18 sat Stepchild, Soul Motor, Zeroclient, For All I've Done, Are We Human at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** aug 18 sat Riff/Raff (tribute), Love Drive (tribute), Rue The Night (tribute) at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10/$12 7pm/8pm ** aug 18 sat Blackstreet at Cache Creek Casino Resort, Brooks 21+ 8pm ** aug 19 sun Scorched-Earth Policy, Grandma (tribute), The King Must Die at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 4pm ** (early show) aug 19 sun indie-mart at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free noon til 7pm aug 19 sun Diana Krall at Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave., S.F. a/a # ** aug 19 sun Braid, Owen, TS & The Past Haunts at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** aug 19 sun Me First And The Gimme Gimmes, Old Man Markley, Runny, dj Big Nate at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $16 8pm/9pm *** @ aug 19 sun Calvin Johnson, Katie & The Lichen, The Shivas, The Memories at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $8 9pm ** aug 19 sun EmptyRoom, MnttaB (Austrailia), Diesel Dudes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 19 sun Chiddy Bang at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm ** aug 19 sun ZZ Top, The Cult at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $125-$20 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** (107.7 The Bone BBQ) aug 19 sun Strung Out, The Darlings, Handguns, Lonely Kings at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** @ aug 20 mon Polica (Minneapolis), Supreme Cuts at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** (sold out) aug 21 tue Kayo Dot, Hollow Mirrors, Wild Hunt, Marching Mind, Abstracter at the Metro, Oakland a/a $8 6pm/7pm # ** aug 21 tue Measure, Kirk Hamilton, Whitney Nichole at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $5/$8 8pm/9pm ** aug 21 tue Dana Falconberry, Emily Jane White at the Hemlock, S.F. $8 9pm ** aug 21 tue The Dunwells at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8pm ** aug 21 tue Battalion Of Saints (San Diego), 13 Scars (Tacoma, WA), The Judas Bunch (Stockholm, Sweden), Bum City Saints, dj Taypoleon at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm/9pm *** @ aug 21 tue Chiddy Bang, K-Ottic, J. Sirus, Brodi Nicholas at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** aug 22 wed Pat Travers, LoNero at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm *** aug 22 wed Apache Dropout, Burnt Ones at the Hemlock, S.F. $7 9pm ** aug 22 wed AM & Shawn Lee at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8pm * aug 22 wed Colbie Caillat, Gavin DeGraw at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 22 wed Up & Go at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** aug 22 wed Hank 3 at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $19/$24 8pm/9pm *** aug 23 thr Kool A.D. at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $15/$20 9pm *** aug 23 thr Saything, The F-Holes, The Goldenhearts, Gladiators Eat Fire (Seattle) at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** @ aug 23 thr The Iguanas at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 23 thr Matthew Stewart, Paige And The Thousands (ep release), Roem Baur at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $10 7pm til 10pm ** aug 23 thr Eleni Mandell, David Dondero at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8pm ** aug 23 thr El Cajon, Steakhouse at the Hemlock, S.F. $6 9pm ** aug 23 thr The Night Beats at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ ** aug 23 thr Brian Regan at Center for Performing Arts, 255 Almaden Blvd., San Jose a/a # *** aug 23 thr Chris Botti at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $95-$50 6:30pm/7:30pm ** aug 23 thr Three Mile Pilot, Dramady, Time Spent Driving at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $15 8pm/9pm ** aug 23 thr Pat Travers (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), Larisa Bryski, The Hunter And The Wolf, Island Of Black & White at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $20 7pm/8pm *** aug 24 fri Sworn Vengeance at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 8pm ** @ aug 24 fri Corey Action And The Verbs at the Metro, Oakland a/a $10 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** aug 24 fri Schande at the Space Lounge, 2175 Allston Way, Berkeley a/a $5 8pm * aug 24 fri Cannibal Corpse, Between The Buried And Me, The Faceless, Periphery, Veil Of Maya, Job For A Cowboy, Goatwhore, Exhumed, Cerebral Bore at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 2:30pm # *** @ $ (summer Slaughter) aug 24 fri The Mermen, Red Meat at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 24 fri Hank 3, Hellbilly, Attention Deficit Domination, 3 Bar Ranch' at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8:30pm # ** aug 24 fri American Steel, The Reckless Kind, Ilona Staller at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** @ aug 24 fri Nasty FM, Mr. Nitty, Krishna, Rugby at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** aug 24 fri Turks, Winter Ox at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** aug 24 fri Texas Steve & The Tornados (cd release), The Rumble Strippers, Golden West Trio, Dottie Lux (brulesque), dj Tanoa at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** (rockabilly) aug 24 fri Aftermath at 23 Club, Brisbane a/a $5 8:30pm ** aug 24 fri Gift Of Gab, Max Bundles at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** aug 24 fri Restrayned (cd release), Overwatch, The Absolutes, Illusions Echo at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10/$12 7pm/8pm ** @ aug 25 sat Battalion Of Saints (San Diego), 13 Cars (Seattle, WA), Dairy Queens, The Nerv, Blood Shot & Dilated at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm *** @ aug 25 sat Slaughter by the Water at the USS Hornet, 707 Hornet Way, Alameda a/a 2pm til 10pm *** @ aug 25 sat Female Trouble at Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck, Berkeley 21+ * aug 25 sat Fred Frith at Slim's, S.F. +6 ** (was Feb. 26th) aug 25 sat The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit, The Trespassers, The Harmed Brothers at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 25 sat Grave Ritual, Sanguis Imperum, Valdur, Black Fucking Cancer, Crucifixion, Rotten Funeral at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm *** # aug 25 sat Petty Theft (tribute), The Minks (tribute) at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $$15 9:30pm ** aug 25 sat The Hooks, Eastern Span, Static Thought, InterChords at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm *** @ (Joe Strummer tribute - Benefit for Strummerville) aug 25 sat The Mantles, English Singles, New Faultlines at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** aug 25 sat In Rare Form (cd release), The New Up, Sean Leahy Trio, Blisses B at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 21+ $10/$13 8pm/9pm ** aug 25 sat Foreverland (tribute) at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $22 8pm/9pm ** aug 25 sat Dave Koz, BeBe Winans at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $85-$40 6:30pm/7:30pm ** aug 25 sat Rosanne Cash, Shawn Mullins at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm ** aug 25 sat Burke, Stiles & Jones at 23 Club, Brisbane a/a $5 8:30pm ** aug 25 sat Butlers at Winter's Tavern, Pacifica 21+ * aug 25 sat The Phenomenauts, Bomb The Music Industry (N.Y.), Prima Donna, Kepi Ghoulie, Dog Party, Pets, dj Coco at X-Bar, Homestead Lanes, Cupertino a/a $10 8pm *** @ aug 25 sat Full Blown Stone at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** aug 25 sat Lonely Avenue (Placerville), Wearing It Out In Public at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7pm/8pm ** aug 25 sat George Benson at Cache Creek Casino Resort, Brooks 21+ 8pm ** aug 25 sat Hank 3 at Knitting Factory, Reno, NV a/a ** aug 25 sat Airpocalypse, The Fabulous Downey Brothers, Season Of The Witch at Monstros Pizza, 628 W. Sacramento Ave., Chico a/a $5 8pm ** @ aug 25 sat The Brothers Comatose at Humboldt Brews, 856 10th at I, Arcata 21+ $10 9:30pm ** aug 25/26 Kid Cudi, Nas, Atmosphere, Mac Miller, Common, A$ap Rocky, Jadakiss, Deltron 3030, Ice Cube, Method Man & Redman, Wu Block, The Hit Squad (reunion), Kendrick Lamar, Dipset, Tyga, Immortal Technique, Pusha T, 2 Chainz, Naughty By Nature, MixMaster Mike, dj Quik, Big Daddy Kane, Salt-N-Pepa, Slick Rick, Prodigy, dj Lance Rock & Friends, Yelawolf, Schoolboy Q, AB-Soul, Jay Rock, Murs + Fashawn, Zion-I + Grouch + Eligh, Dom Kennedy, Watsky, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony at Shoreline, Mountain View 18+ $240-$99 11:30am/noon # *** (Rock the Bells) aug 26 sun The American Scene, Daybreaker (Boston), Troubled Coast, Build Us Airplanes, Burnt Thrones Club at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $8 5pm *** @ aug 26 sun OK Go, The Family Crest at Stern Grove Festival, 19th Ave. at Sloat Blvd., S.F. a/a free 2pm *** aug 26 sun Kristin Hersh at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $17/$20 9pm ** aug 26 sun Steve Martin And The Steep Canyon Rangers at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 26 sun Marc Anthony, Chayanne, Marco Antonio Solis at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a 7pm # *** aug 26 sun Bomb The Music Industry, Dan Potthast, Shinobu (reunion), Gnarboots at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $8/$10 8pm/9pm ** aug 26 sun Bobaflex (Point Pleasant, W.V.), Long In The Tooth, Six Weeks Sober, The Andromeda Project at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$15 6pm/7pm *** @ aug 26 sun Saving Abel at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** aug 27 mon Bomb The Music Industry, Classics Of Love, Street Eaters at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $9 8pm/8:30pm *** @ aug 27 mon Neil Diamond at the Pavilion, 1 Sports Parkway, Sacramento a/a 8pm a/a # *** aug 28 tue Windham Flat, Side Hackers at the Hemlock, S.F. $6 9pm ** aug 28 tue Beres Hammond, 9Tomorrows, dj Inferno at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $30 9pm ** aug 28 tue Crashfaster, Awkward Terrible (WI), Minusbaby (N.Y.), Slime Girls at X-Bar, Homestead Lanes, Cupertino a/a free 8pm ** aug 28 tue Desaparecidos, The Velvet Teen at Senator Theater, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a $22 7:30pm/8:30pm *** @ aug 28 tue cancelled: David Allan Coe at the El Rey Theater, Chico aug 29 wed Desaparecidos, The Velvet Teen at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $25 8pm # ** aug 29 wed Dirty Power, Enorchestra (tribute) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** (Benefit for Blixa) aug 29 wed cancelled: Coolzey, The Rhombus at the Hemlock, S.F. aug 29 wed Civil Twilight, Morning Parade, Vanaprasta at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8pm ** aug 29 wed cancelled: David Allan Coe at the Uptown, Oakland aug 30 thr Michael Rose at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm ** aug 30 thr Why? at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 30 thr Juanita And The Rabbit at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9:30pm * aug 30 thr Lusjoints (cd release), Extra Classic, Sun Life at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** aug 30 thr Ugly Winner, Hazel's Wart, Big Mittens at the Hemlock, S.F. $6 9pm ** aug 30 thr Black Mountain, Quest For Fire at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $17 8pm ** aug 31 fri Citizen's Arrest (N.Y.C.), Talk Is Poison, Acephalix, Hunting Party, No Mistake at the New Parish, Oakland a/a $13 8pm *** @ (Prank Fest Night 1) aug 31 fri Eyehategod, Noothgrush, Bastard Noise, Stone Burner, Embers, Badr Vogu at the Metro, Oakland a/a $20/$23 # *** @ aug 31 fri Refused (Sweden), Sleigh Bells at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a # *** @ aug 31 fri A.A. Bondy at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 31 fri Super Adventure Club at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/10pm * aug 31 fri Turbonegro at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** @ $ aug 31 fri CyClub, East Bay Brass Band at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** aug 31 fri Chromatics at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ ** aug 31 fri 311, Slightly Stoopid, Soja at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # 6:30pm # *** aug 31 fri Trench, Secure Sounds, The Jet Black Popes, Saythia, Dammit Kayla at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$15 6pm/7pm ** aug 31 fri Dierks Bentley at Reno Events Center, 300 N Center St., Reno, NV a/a 8pm # ** sep 1 sat Yeasayer, Daughn Gibson (Carlisle, PA) at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** sep 1 sat The Promise Ring, The One AM Radio at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # *** sep 1 sat Foxtails Brigade, Yesway, Whiskerman at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** sep 1 sat Band Of Heathens at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 9:30pm ** sep 1 sat Sands, Body Swap, 3 Leafs at the Hemlock, S.F. $7 9:30pm ** sep 1 sat Brown Bird, These United States at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 9pm ** sep 1 sat The Reefriders at 23 Club, Brisbane a/a $5 8:30pm ** (surf) sep 1 sat Tongue N' Groove at Winter's Tavern, Pacifica 21+ ** sep 1 sat Chixdigget (Calgary, Canada), Boats! at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$15 7pm/8pm *** @ sep 1/2 Sarah Geronimo at Cache Creek Casino Resort, Brooks 21+ 8pm ** sep 2 sun Iron Lung, Slices (PA), Brainoil, Walls, Needles at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 5pm *** @ (Prank Fest Night 3) sep 2 sun Author & Punisher, Abstracter at the Lucky 13, 1301 Park St, Alameda 21+ free 9pm ** (new date - was August 30th) sep 2 sun Old 97's, Those Darlins, Rhett Miller at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** sep 2 sun The Pharcyde at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ $22/$26 10:30pm ** sep 2 sun The Men at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** sep 2 sun John Hiatt at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm ** sep 2 sun The Melvins at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ sep 3 mon Beirut, Van Dyke Parks at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** sep 3 mon Lightning Bolt at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $12/$14 8pm/9pm ** sep 3 mon Hot Snakes at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** sep 3 mon Purity Ring, Evian Christ, Headaches, dj Nako at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 3 mon Gold Panda, Doldrums at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 3 mon David Allan Coe at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ *** sep 3 mon John Maus, I Break Horses at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13 9pm ** sep 3 mon Steel Pulse (U.K.) at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $28/$33 7pm/8pm ** sep 3 mon Future Islands at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $10/$13 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 3 mon Against Me!, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Joyce Manor at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ sep 4 tue King Khan & The Shrines, Apache at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 4 tue The Heavy at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** sep 4 tue Something Fierce, Occult Detective Club at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** sep 4 tue Future Islands at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $14/$16 8pm ** sep 4 tue David Allan Coe, Colonel Jimmy & The Blackfish, Matt W. Gage, Dry County Drinkers at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** sep 5 wed Fucked Up, Ceremony at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** @ sep 5 wed Daughn Gibson (Carlisle, PA) at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ ** sep 5 wed Toyboat Toyboat Toyboat at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 5 wed The Heavy at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $12/$14 9pm *** sep 5 Rehab, Moonshine Bandits at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $12/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 5 wed Powerman 5000, Prylosis, Fair Struggle, White Minorities, The Origina at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** sep 5 wed Beats Antique at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $18 8:30pm/9pm *** sep 6 thr Gotye (Australia), Chairlift, Jonti at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # *** sep 6 thr The Tallest Man On Earth, Strand Of Oaks at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** sep 6 thr Missy Higgins, Katie Herzig at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** sep 6 thr Blue Skies For Black Hearts, Bye Bye Blackbirds, John Moreman's Floatation Device at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** sep 6 thr Buckethead at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** sep 7 fri Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros, Clap Your Hands And Say Yeah at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus, Berkeley a/a # ** sep 7 fri Young Prisms, Mwahaha, Clipd Beaks! at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** sep 7 fri Big Freedia at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $15/$20 8pm/9pm ** sep 7 fri Katatonia, Devin Townsend Project, Paradise Lost, Stolen Babies at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $24 7pm/8pm ** sep 7 fri Roach Gigz at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** sep 7 fri Buckethead at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 9pm # *** sep 7 fri The Hi-Nobles, Pre-Legendary And The Dreamers, Angstroms at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** sep 7 fri Linkin Park, Incubus, Mutemath at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $106-$36 5:30pm/6:30pm # *** sep 7 fri BB King at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** sep 7 fri Scissors For Lefty, Mr. Loveless, Sporting LIfe at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm *** sep 7 fri Tedeschi Trucks Band at the Bob Hope Theatre, 242 East Main Street, Stockton a/a # ** sep 8 sat Roddy Radiation, Skabilly Rebels, Impalers, Jokes For A Feelngs, Imposters at 924 Gilman, Berkeley a/a 8pm *** @ (Sounds of Underground) sep 8 sat The Adicts at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** @ $ sep 8 sat Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, Kasey Anderson & The Honkies at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 8 sat Doe Eye (cd release) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9:30pm * sep 8 sat Crystal Antlers, Pang at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** sep 8 sat The Fresh & Onlys, Terry Malts, dj Britt Govea at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** sep 8 sat High n Tight at Winter's Tavern, Pacifica 21+ ** sep 8 sat Crosby, Stills & Nash at the San Jose Civic, 135 San Carlos St., San Jose a/a # *** sep 8 sat Tedeschi Trucks Band at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** sep 8 sat Buckethead at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm *** sep 8 sat Rehab at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** sep 8 sat Arsonists Get All The Girls, Hypno5e, Exotic Animal Petting Zoo, Of Reflections, Calista Sky, In Theory, The War Within at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$15 6:30pm/7pm *** @ sep 8 sat Ziggy Marley at Cache Creek Casino Resort, Brooks 21+ 8pm ** sep 9 sun Oppressed Logic, Zero Bull Shit, The Whoremoans, Beverly Beer Bellys, Rat Damage, Mykee Ramen, Pissed Of Punks, John The Baker at 924 Gilman, Berkeley a/a $10 4pm *** @ (Niki Davis Benefit) sep 9 sun Dokken, Spiral Arms, The Butlers at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $27/$30 8pm *** @ sep 9 sun Covenant (Sweden), The Break Up, dj Decay at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $15/$22 8pm/9pm *** sep 9 sun Shannon And The Clams, Mikal Cronin, dj Jonathan Toubin, dj Primo at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** (clap & dance off) sep 9 sun Get Dead, Burn Burn Burn!, The Savage Henrys at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 6pm ** (early show) sep 9 sun Tigon, Mercy Ties at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** (late show) sep 9 sun Buckethead at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ *** sep 9 sun Dave Matthews Band, Allen Stone at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $75/$40 5:30pm/7pm # *** sep 9 sun Fiona Apple, Blake Mills at the San Jose Civic, 135 San Carlos St., San Jose a/a # *** sep 9 sun Styx at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** sep 9 sun The Vibrators, Boats! at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 8pm *** @ sep 9 sun The Fresh & Onlys, Terry Malts at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$13 8:30pm/9pm ** @ sep 10 mon The Hives at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** sep 10 mon Blondie, Devo at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $93-$40 7pm/8pm # *** $ sep 10 mon Swans, Xiu Xiu at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** sep 10 mon JC Brooks And The Uptown Sound at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $10/$12 9:30pm ** sep 10 mon Buckethead at the El Rey Theater, Chico a/a $22 8pm/8:30pm *** sep 11 tue Hot Chip at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** sep 11 tue The Vibrators, Pissed Off Punks at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 8pm *** @ sep 11 tue Korpiklaani, Moonsorrow, Tyr at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $20/$25 7pm/7:30pm *** @ sep 11 tue Fiona Apple, Blake Mills at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** sep 11 tue Blaqk Audio at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** sep 11 tue The Fresh & Onlys at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** sep 12 wed Silversun Pickups, School Of Seven Bells, Atlas Genius at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 7:30pm # *** $ sep 12 wed Thrill Kill Kult, Total Accomplishment at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $18/$20 7pm/8pm *** sep 12 wed Forever Goldrush, Electric Sheep at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 12 wed Moonface, Foxygen at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** sep 12 wed Eternal Summers, Bleeding Rainbow (Philadelphia) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ ** sep 12 wed Blaqk Audio at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 90pm *** sep 13 thr Night Nurse at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** sep 13 thr Huckle, True Spokes at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** sep 13 thr Rascal Flatts, Little Big Town at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a # ** sep 13 thr James McMurtry, The Gourds at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $21/$25 7pm/8pm ** sep 14 fri Yeastie Boys Guantanamo Dogpile, Go Time, Seduce The Dead at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 8pm *** @ sep 14 fri GG Amos, Delta Wires at Point Richmond Square, Washington Ave. & Park Place, Roint Richmond a/a free 5:30pm ** sep 14 fri Bonnie Raitt, Mavis Staples at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a 8pm # *** sep 14 fri Mana at the Arena, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** sep 14 fri Tha Dogg Pound at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $22-$40 8pm/9pm ** sep 14 fri Roxette (Sweden) at Nob Hill Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $95-$45 7:30pm # ** sep 14 fri James McMurtry, The Gourds at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 14 fri Mercy Me, Francis Chan at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 7pm # ** sep 14 fri The Aerosols, Sea Dramas, WetDreamsDryMagic at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** sep 14 fri Lila Downs at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm ** sep 14 fri Def Leppard, Poison at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $134-$29 6pm/7pm # *** sep 14 fri Rascal Flatts, Little Big Town, Eli Young Band, Edens Edge at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # ** sep 14 fri Anthrax, Testament, Death Angel at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ $ sep 14 fri Rose Funeral (Cincinnati, OH), The Kennedy Veil, Soma Ras, Gary Busey Amber Alert, ...And Came Back Brutal, A Plague Upon Her at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10/$12 5:30pm/6:30pm *** @ sep 15 sat My Morning Jacket, Shabazz Palaces at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # *** @ sep 15 sat M.I.R.V. at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $15/$20 8pm *** sep 15 sat Weekend at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 8:30pm ** sep 15 sat Metalocalypse, Dethklok, Lamb Of God, Gojira (France) at Civic Center, 99 Grove St., S.F. a/a $38/$40.50 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** @ sep 15 sat Los Straitjackets, Big Sandy And His Fly-Rite Boys at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 15 sat The Good Hurt, Matt Masih And The Messengers at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** sep 15 sat Boyjazz, Hot Lunch, Hot Fog at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** sep 15 sat The Mutaytor at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20/$25 9pm *** sep 15 sat The White Barons, Dalton at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm/10pm ** sep 15 sat Skyline Blues Band at Winter's Tavern, Pacifica 21+ ** sep 15 sat E-Family at Cache Creek Casino Resort, Brooks 21+ 8pm ** sep 16 sun Polkacide, Erin Brazill & The Brazillionaires, Sassy at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $5-$10 11am ** (PolkaPalooza - Benefit J.Serra Elementary School) sep 16 sun Austra, Nightmare Fortress, Vice Device at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm *** sep 16 sun Numinous Eye, Blake Mackey at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** sep 17 mon B'z at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # ** sep 19 wed Icon Of Coil, Sitd, dj Decay at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $15/$22 8pm/9pm ** sep 19 wed August Burns Red, Of Mice And Men, The Color Morale, The Overseer at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $20 7pm/7:30pm *** sep 19/20 Crosby, Stills & Nash at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $61 7pm/8pm # *** sep 20 thr Maximo Park at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** sep 20 thr Azure Ray at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** sep 20 thr Working From Home, Talk Tonight at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** sep 20 thr Casey Neill, Victor Krumenacher, Passenger & Pilot at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** sep 20 thr Sondre Lerche at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** sep 20 thr Tomorrows Bad Seeds, Through The Roots at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** sep 20 thr Big Time Rush, Cody Simpson at Reno Events Center, 300 N Center St., Reno, NV a/a 7pm # *** sep 21 fri Los Amigos Infisibles at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm ** sep 21 fri The Trophy Fire, Picture Atlantic, Case In Theory at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 8pm *** sep 21 fri Huun Huur Tu at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** (seated) sep 21 fri Bob Mould (performing Copper Blue & Silver Age) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # *** sep 21 fri Easy Star All-Stars, Passafire at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** sep 21 fri Dev, Cataracs, Starting Six, dj J Espinosa, dj Trevor Simpson at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $22/$24 7pm/8pm (was June 30th) sep 21 fri Yob, Acid King, Norska at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $12/$15 8pm/9pm ** sep 21 fri Allen Toussaint, The California Honeydrops at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $75-$150 7pm/8pm ** (Benefit Bay for the Bayou) sep 21 fri Reptar at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** sep 21 fri Blues Traveler at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm *** sep 21/22 Wilco at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a $49.50 7:30pm # *** sep 21/22 Animal Collective, Micachu And The Shapes at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** sep 21/22/23 Aerial Ruin, Aluk Todolo, Arktau Eos, Ash Borer, Blood Axis, Burial Hex, Changes, Circulation Of Light, Cota, Funerary Call, Hail, Hell, Hooded Archer, Ironwood, L'Acephale, Lasher Keen, Lux Interna, Maa, Menace Ruine, Novemthree, Pyha Kuolema, River, sangre De Muerdago, Servile Sect, Sutekh Hexen, The Lindbergh Baby, The Sterling Sisters, Velnias, Vradiazei, Waldteufel, Will-O-The Wisp, Wolvserpent at Shinneyboo Creek Resort, 11820 Eagle Lakes Road, Soda Springs a/a $150/$180 *** (camping - music - swimming - forest) (Stella Natura: The Light of Ancestral Fires Fest) sep 22 sat dj Bob Mould, dj Rich Morel at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** (Blowoff) sep 22 sat Bits Of Shit (Austrailia) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** sep 22 sat The King's Men, Kirk Franklin, Marvin Sapp, Donnie McClurkin, Israel Houghton at the Pavilion, Concord a/a 7:30pm # ** sep 22 sat George Thorogood & The Destroyers at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** sep 22 sat Nvs at X-Bar, Homestead Lanes, Cupertino a/a $5 8pm ** @ sep 22 sat Easy Star All Stars at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $14/$19 8pm/9pm ** sep 22 sat Crosby, Stills And Nash at Reno Events Center, 300 N Center St., Reno, NV a/a 8pm # *** sep 23 sun Folsom Street Fair, Folsom St. between 7th and 12th, S.F. 11am sep 23 sun Merle Haggard at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** $ sep 23 sun Deftones at Discovery Park, Sacramento a/a # *** @ sep 23 sun Wilco at Grand Sierra Casino, 2500 East 2nd St., Reno NV a/a $39.50 7pm # *** sep 24 mon Kreator, Swallow The Sun, Black Mackerel, Blessed Curse at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ sep 25 tue Accept, Kreator, Swallow The Sun at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7:30pm *** @ sep 25 tue Ryan Bingham at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 25 tue Menomena at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 25 tue Obituary, Broken Hope, Decrepit Birth, Jungle Rot, Encrust at the Alley, 906 Victorian Way, Sparks, NV a/a *** @ sep 26 wed Susan Surftone at Forbidden Island, 1304 Lincoln Avenue, Alameda 21+ ** (surf) sep 26 wed Papa Bear And The Easy Love, Kelly McFarling, Lauren Shera at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 26 wed Ryan Bingham at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** sep 26 wed Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** sep 26 wed Obituary, Broken Hope, Decrepit Birth, Jungle Rot, Encrust at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a # *** @ (Carnival of Death) sep 26 wed Paula West at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ $30 8pm ** (also Sep 27th) sep 26 wed Monomena at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $20 7pm/8pm ** sep 27 thr Paula West at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ $30 (8pm show) $20 (10pm show) ** sep 27 thr Tyrannosaurus Christ, Hysteria at the Swingin Door, 106 East 25th Av., San Mateo 21+ free 8pm/9:30pm ** sep 27 thr Hatebreed, Whitechapel, All Shall Perish, Deez Nuts at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ sep 27 thr Train, Mat Kearney, Andy Grammer at Reno Events Center, 300 N Center St., Reno, NV a/a 7pm # *** sep 28 fri Con Brio, Calaveras at Point Richmond Square, Washington Ave. & Park Place, Roint Richmond a/a free 5:30pm ** sep 28 fri Train, Mat Kearney, Andy Grammer at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a 7pm # *** sep 28 fri Beach House, Dustin Wong at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** (sold out) sep 28 fri Hatebreed, Whitechapel, All Shall Perish, Deez Nuts at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # *** @ sep 28 fri Pentatonix at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 28 fri Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # ** sep 28 fri Jason Mraz, Christina Perri at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a 7:30pm # ** sep 28 fri Insolence, Los Bastardos De Amore at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $15 7pm *** (Cactus Club 10 Year Anniversary Weekend) sep 28 fri Dirty Heads at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $17 7:30pm/8:30pm ** sep 29 sat Citizen Cope at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** sep 29 sat The Velveteen at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 29 sat Il Volo at Nob Hill Masonic Center, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # ** sep 29 sat JGB with Melvin Seals at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 29 sat William Elliott Whitmore, Samantha Crain at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** sep 29 sat Aimee Mann at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** sep 29 sat Rodriquez at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm/9pm ** sep 29 sat Firewater, Damon & The Heathens at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 9pm ** sep 29 sat Scott Kelly, Mike Scheidt at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm ** sep 29 sat The Shins, Tegan And Sara, Alison Krauss And Union Station, Beats Antique, Matisyahu, Jimmy Cliff, Kimbra, The Dirty Heads, Givers at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $50-$75 2pm # *** (KFOG) sep 29 sat Lisa Lampanelli at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** sep 29 sat Odd Numbers, Shitkickers, Hayride To Hell at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $15 7pm ** (Cactus Club 10 Year Anniversary Weekend) sep 30 sun Hot Water Music at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** sep 30 sun Joe Walsh at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $125-$60 6pm/7pm ** sep 30 sun Furthur (with Phil Lesh & Bob Weir) at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $65-$31 7:30pm/7pm # ** oct 1 mon Garbage at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** oct 1 mon Deerhoof, Buke And Gase, Raleigh Moncrief at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** oct 1 mon Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Dam Funk, Bodyguard at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $20 7pm/8pm ** oct 2 tue Slash, Foxy Shazam at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 7:30pm # *** oct 2 tue Patrick Wolf (acoustic) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** (seated show) oct 2 tue Peter Gabriel at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a 8pm # *** oct 2 tue The Offspring, Neon Trees, Dead Sara at the San Jose Civic, 135 San Carlos St., San Jose a/a 7:30pm $39.50 # *** @ oct 3 wed Nightwish, Kamelot at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** oct 3 wed Strung Out, The Swellers, Such Gold at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** @ oct 3 wed Seether, Sick Puppies, Kyng, Young Guns at Modesto Center Plaza, 1000 L Street, Modesto a/a $32 7pm/8pm *** oct 4 thr Jason Mraz, Christina Perri at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # ** oct 4 thr Delhi 2 Dublin at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** oct 4 thr Helio Sequence at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 8pm ** oct 4 thr Joe Jackson, Regina Carter at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $90-$40 6pm/7pm # ** oct 4 thr Strung Out, The Swellers, Such Gold at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $18/$20 7:30pm/8pm *** @ oct 5 fri Amon Tobin at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # ** oct 5 fri Kevin Hart at the Arena, Oakland a/a $125-$50 7pm/8pm # ** oct 5 fri Jel Of Anticon, Evander & James, Parentz at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** oct 5 fri Joe Jackson at Nob Hill Masonic Center, 1111 California Street, S.F. a/a $75/$45 7pm/8pm # ** oct 5 fri Laetitia Sadier, Orca Team at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/9:30pm ** oct 5 fri The DK Kennedys at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** @ oct 5 fri Dry The River at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** oct 5 fri Tyos That Kill, Pins Of Light at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm *** @ oct 5 fri Florence & The Machine, The Weekend at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $66-$25 7pm/8pm # *** oct 5 fri Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Doobie Brothers at the Stockton Arena, 248 W Fremont Street, Stockton a/a # *** oct 5 fri Roach Gigz at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $15 8pm/8:30pm *** oct 5/6/7 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, G.G.P, S.F. a/a free *** oct 6 sat Justin Bieber, Carly Rae Jepsen at the Arena, Oakland a/a 7pm # ** $ (scream warning) oct 6 sat Glen Hansard at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** oct 6 sat Prizehog, Apocryphon at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm/10pm ** oct 6 sat Native Cats (Austrailia) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 6 sat The Maccabees at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 9pm ** oct 6 sat Lynyrd Skynyrd at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** oct 6 sat Roach Gigz at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $19/$24 8pm/9pm *** oct 6 sat Metal Health at Corner Pocket, 7777 Sunrise Boulevard, Citrus Heights 21+ $5 8pm ** oct 6 sat Kevin Hart at the Pavilion, 1 Sports Parkway, Sacramento a/a 8pm a/a # ** oct 6/7 Madonna at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $359-$48 8pm # *** $ oct 7 sun Michael Kiwanuka at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm ** oct 7 sun Steve Vai at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm ** oct 9 tue Grizzly Bear (Brooklyn) at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** oct 9 tue Ben Howard at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** oct 9 tue Steve Vai, Beverly McClellan at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** oct 10 wed Dinosaur Jr. at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 8pm # *** @ oct 10 wed Adam Parfrey at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 10 wed Steve Vai, Beverly McClellan at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** oct 11 thr Passenger & Pilot, Alameda (Portland), Joseph Childress at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 11 thr D.R.I., Rad, Chaos In Mind, Twitch Angry, Art Of Chaos at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ oct 12 fri Morbid Angel, Dark Funeral, Grave at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** @ oct 12 fri Circa Survive, Touche Amore, Balance And Composure, O'Brother at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # *** oct 12 fri Fink at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $12/$15 8pm/9pm ** oct 12 fri Blisses B at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** oct 12 fri The Raveonettes at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $25 8pm/9pm ** oct 12 fri Yelawolf, Rittz, Trouble Andrew, dj Vajra at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $19/$24 8pm/9pm ** oct 12 fri Carrie Underwood, Hunter Hayes at Reno Events Center, 300 N Center St., Reno, NV a/a 7pm # *** oct 12/13 Dark Star Orchestra at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 8pm/9pm # *** oct 13 sat Gaelic Storm at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** oct 13 sat Girl Talk, The Presets, Porter Robinson, Public Enemy, Sbtrkt, Tycho, Araabmuzik, Matthew Dear, Toro Y Moi, Grimes, The Coup, K. Flay, Dirty Ghosts at Treasure Island Music Festival, S.F. Bay a/a # *** oct 13 sat Bell X1 (acoustic) at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $20 7:30pm ** oct 13 sat Books On Tape at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm * oct 13 sat She Haw at Winter's Tavern, Pacifica 21+ * (country) oct 13 sat Morbid Angel, Dark Funeral, Grave, Soma Ras at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ oct 13 sat Carrie Underwood, Hunter Hayes at the Pavilion, 1 Sports Parkway, Sacramento a/a 7:30pm a/a # *** oct 14 sun The XX, M83, Gossip, Best Coast, Divine Fits, Youth Lagoon, Los Campesinos, The War On Drugs, Ty Segall, Hospitality, Imperial Teen, The Neighbourhood at Treasure Island Music Festival, S.F. Bay a/a # *** oct 14 sun Xavier Rudd at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** oct 14 sun Carrie Underwood, Hunter Hayes at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a 7:30pm # *** oct 15 mon David Byrne & St. Vincent at the Orpheum Theater, 1192 Market Street, S.F. a/a # *** oct 15 mon The Sheepdogs, Black Box Revelation at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** oct 17 wed First Aid Kit, Dylan LeBlanc at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** oct 17 wed Strfkr at Harlow's, 2708 J Street, Sacramento 21+ ** oct 18 thr Adam Ant at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** (was Feb. 24th) oct 18 thr Poi Dog Pondering at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** oct 18 thr Frightened Rabbit at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm ** oct 19 fri Bombay Bicycle Club, Vacationer at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # ** oct 19 fri Neverever, Kids On A Crime Spree at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 19 fri Aaron Freeman at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $22/$25 9pm ** oct 19 fri Stephen Kellogg And The Sixers, Northern Son, Miggs at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 9pm ** oct 20 sat Jorma Kaukonen at Swedish American Hall, S.F. a/a $32/$35 7pm and 10pm shows ** oct 20 sat Wanda Sykes at the Nob Hill Masonic, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** oct 20 sat Stars at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** oct 20 sat Cheap Time, Warm Soda at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 20 sat Rock On Broadway at Winter's Tavern, Pacifica 21+ * oct 20 sat Gnarboots at X-Bar, Homestead Lanes, Cupertino a/a $10 8pm ** oct 20 sat Allen Stone, Tingsek, Sister Sparrow, Yuna, Selah Sue at the El Rey Theater, Chico a/a $15/$18 7pm/8pm # ** oct 21 sun indie-mart at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free noon til 7pm oct 21 sun Macklemore and Ryan Lewis at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** oct 21 sun Tony Lucca, Justin Hopkins at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** oct 21 sun Snow Patrol at the San Jose Civic, 135 San Carlos St., San Jose a/a $38.50/$30 7:30pm # *** oct 22 mon Dan Deacon, Height With Friends, Chester Endersby Gwazda, Alan Resnick at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 23 tue Two Door Cinema Club, Friends at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** oct 23 tue Dan Deacon, Height With Friends, Chester Endersby Gwazda, Alan Resnick at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** oct 23 tue Calexico, The Dodos at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** oct 23 tue From The Jam, Right The Stars, Odd Numbers at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $20/$25 8pm *** oct 23 tue Motion City Soundtrack, Jukebox The Ghost, Not Now at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** oct 24 wed Rasputina, Faun Fables at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** oct 24 wed Lord Huron at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8pm ** oct 24 wed Alesana at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** oct 25 thr Staff Benda Bilili at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** oct 25 thr Brother Ali, Blank Tape Beloved, Homeboy Sandman, dj Sosa, The Reminders at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** oct 26 fri Calvin Harris, Benny Benassi, Example, Datsik, R3hab, Miles The dj, Burns, Aaron Axelson at the Arena, Oakland 18+ 7pm/8pm $55 # *** (Live 105's Spookfest) oct 26 fri Slough Feg, Skelator at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 26 fri John Mayall at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm ** oct 26 fri Brother /Ali, Blank Tape Beloved, Homeboy Sandman dj Sosa, The Reminders at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $14/$19 8pm/9pm ** oct 30 tue Other Lives, Indians at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** nov 1 thr Matt Wertz at Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market St., S.F. a/a $18/$20 7:30pm ** nov 2 fri Judgement Day at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** nov 2 fri Destroyer (tribute), Loverdrive (tribute), Cruella (tribute) at Club Fox, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City 21+ ** nov 3 sat Grace Potter & The Nocturnals at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** nov 3 sat The Grannies, Go Time! at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5+ 9pm/10pm ** (Benefit for Blixa) nov 3 sat Zammuto at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** nov 3 sat Black Tooth at Winter's Tavern, Pacifica 21+ ** nov 5 mon Jens Lekman, Taken By Trees at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** nov 7 wed Afghan Whigs at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 8pm # ** nov 7 wed Leonard Cohen at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a 8pm # ** nov 8 thr Benjamin Francis Leftwich at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 9 fri Eric Church, Justin Moore, Kip Moore at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a 7:30pm # ** nov 10 sat The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** nov 10 sat Black Skies, Caltrop, Prizehot at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm ** nov 10 sat Eric Church, Justin Moore, Kip Moore at the Pavilion, 1 Sports Parkway, Sacramento a/a 7:30pm a/a # ** nov 11 sun Eric Church, Justin Moore, Kip Moore at Reno Events Center, 300 N Center St., Reno, NV a/a 7pm # ** nov 14 wed Epica, Alestorm, Insomnium, System Divide, Destiny Potato at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** nov 14 wed Minus The Bear, Cursive, Girl In A Coma at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** nov 15 thr The Rezillos at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $13/$15 9pm *** @ nov 15 thr Rush at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $126-$46 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** nov 15 thr The Fresh Beat Band at Reno Events Center, Reno, NV a/a 7pm # ** (kids band) nov 16 wed Morrissey at Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave., S.F. a/a # *** nov 16 wed The Rezillos (Scotland), The Phenomenauts, Jonny Manak & The Depressives at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $13/$15 9pm *** @ nov 18 sun The Fresh Beat Band at Nob Hill Masonic Center, S.F. a/a 5:30pm # ** (kids band) nov 18 sun Russell Peters at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a 7:30pm # ** nov 23 fri Andrea Bocelli at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a 8pm # ** nov 27 sun Alice Cooper at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** @ $ dec 1 thr Simian Mobile Disco at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ *** dec 11/12/14/15/16 Chris Robinson Brotherhood at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** dec 13 thr Chris Isaak at the Knob Hill Masonic, S.F. a/a $125-$50 $7pm/8pm # *** dec 15 sat The Parov Stelar Trio at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** dec 31 sat Above & Beyound, Ferry Corsten, Dash Berlin, Andy Moor at the Arena, Oakland 18+ 5pm til 2am # ** feb 1 fri The Who (performing Quadrophenia) at the Arena, Oakland a/a # *** $ feb 2 sat The Who (performing Quadrophenia) at Event Center, Reno a/a # *** $ * recommendable Shows a/a all ages $ will probably sell out @ pit warning ^ under 21 must pay more # no ins/outs Live Radio Shows ---------------- Radio/TV Shows --------------- Berkeley Liberation Radio 104.1FM www.berkeleyliberationradio.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 Stanford Radio KZSU 90.1FM 9pm-10pm sat KALX live on UC Berkeley Radio KALX 90.7FM 9pm-midnight sun Rampage Radio on S.F. 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Records, 420 40th, Oakland a/a (shows over by 10pm) 510-985-0325 23 Club, 23 Visitacion Avenue, Brisbane a/a 415-467-7717 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 a/a 21+ 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 Cache Creek Casino Resort, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 21+ 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 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 Mountain Winery, 14831 Pierce Road, Saratoga a/a 408-741-2822 Monstros Pizza, 628 W. Sacramento Avenue, Chico a/a Montalvo Arts Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga a/a 408-961-5800 Mystic Theater, 23 Petaluma Blvd., Petaluma a/a 18+ 21+ 707-765-2121 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 Nob Hill Masonic Center, 1111 California Street, S.F. a/a 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 Winter's Tavern, 1522 Francisco Blvd., Pacifica 21+ 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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