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 August 25, 2012 aug 25 sat Battalion Of Saints (San Diego), 13 Cars (Seattle, WA), Dairy Queens, The Nerv, Blood Shot n Dilated at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm *** @ aug 25 sat main stage (5pm inside): Exodus, Philm, Severed Fifth, Absu, Witchaven, Impaled, Autopsy, Fog of War, Abysmal Dawn, pier stage (noon - free): Enemy In Peril, Desecrator, Necrosin, Hemotoxin, Ulysses Siren, Scars Of Envy, Z.H. at the USS Hornet, 707 Hornet Way, Alameda a/a $35/$45 noon/5pm *** @ (Slaughter by the Water - ship tours $12) aug 25 sat Sopwith Camel at Art House Gallery, 2905 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley 18+ (a/a with an adult) $10 ($15 after 8:30pm) 7pm/8pm ** aug 25 sat Female Trouble at Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck, Berkeley 21+ * aug 25 sat Fucktard, Mrsa, Sharkfin, Pillager, Proto Regime at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** @ aug 25 sat Chronic Town (tribute) at Fireside Lounge, 1453 Webster Street, Alameda 21+ 9pm ** aug 25 sat Glitter Wizard, The Turks, Winter Ox at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** aug 25 sat Fred Frith, Aaron Novik's Thorny Brocky & The Dominique Leone Band, Wobbly, William Winant at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $20 8pm/9pm ** (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+ $15 8pm/9pm ** 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 Moira Scar, Prizehog, Jeweled Snakes, dj Junkdrawer at Bay Area 51, 1667 Jerrold Avenue, S.F. a/a $3-$5 sliding scale 9pm ** aug 25 sat Weed (Vancouver), Babysitter (Vancouver), Shop Talk, Snob Palace at Casa Sanchez, 2278 24th Street, S.F. a/a $5 6pm ** @ aug 25 sat Dr. Dog at the Marina Green, S.F. a/a free 5pm ** aug 25 sat San Francisco Rock Project at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $5 1pm ** aug 25 sat Hammerlock at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 5pm ** 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, Chris Von Sneidern, Eastern Span, InterChords, dj Jesse Luscious at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm *** @ (Joe Strummer tribute - Benefit for Strummerville & Save KUSF) 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 Roadside Bombs, Sydney Ducks, Synthetic ID at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10-$15 sliding scale 8:30pm ** @ (Benefit the Bruce Roehrs Memorial Fund) aug 25 sat The Cutthroats 9, Rock Bottom at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm/10pm ** aug 25 sat The Dirty Hand Family Band at the Riptide Bar, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** aug 25 sat The Aquamen, Go-Going-Gone Girls, The Boars! at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm ** aug 25 sat Naked Aggression, Sharp Objects, Just Breathe at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $12 8pm *** @ aug 25 sat Rosanne Cash, Shawn Mullins at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm ** aug 25 sat Via Coma, The Firewall, Beta State, The Great Work, PB&J at the Red House, Concord a/a $10/$12 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 Tennis Bionic Man, Lee James, One Man Blues/Jazz Show at Farmers Market, Orange Ave. & Tennis Drive, S. S.F. a/a free 10am ** aug 25 sat Weird TV (Olympia), American Splits, Street Easters, No Babies, Tender Buttons, Bascom (San Jose), film: "Riot Ghoul" (5:45pm), Hazel's Wart, Bam Bam, Pig DNA (Philly), Endemics, Crabapple at Billy DeFrank Center, 938 The Alameda, San Jose a/a $7-$10 sliding scale 2pm/2pm *** @ (Think and Die Thinking Fest day 2) 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 Dave Koz, BeBe Winans at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $85-$40 6:30pm/7:30pm ** aug 25 sat Sound Tribe Sector 9 (acoustic) at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $29.50-$45 7:30pm # ** aug 25 sat Chris Rene, Royalty at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz a/a $19/$23 8pm/9pm ** (KDON) aug 25 sat Spinfarm, The Devil Himself, Thirty9Fingers at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 25 sat Full Blown Stone, Street Urchinz, El Loma Prieta, Devin Wright 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 Fast Times (80's covers) at Black Oak Casino, 19400 Tuolumne Road North, Tuolumne 21+ free 9pm * 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 Fast Times (4pm til 5:30pm) at Chinatown Streetfest, 7th & Broadway, Oakland a/a free 10am-6pm ** aug 26 sun The Fashion Slaves (5pm), The Phenomenauts (4pm), Dark Beach, Haunted By Heroes (2pm), Miss Lonely Hearts, The Dandelion War (noon) at Telegraph Avenue between Dwight & Durant, Berkeley a/a free 11am *** (Last Sundays Fest - stage at Haste Street) aug 26 sun Grex at Cafe Van Kleef, 1621 Telegraph Ave., Oakland a/a 8pm ** aug 26 sun Stupid Man Suit, Tender Buttons at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** aug 26 sun Golden West Trio at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $7 1pm ** (BBQ) 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 San Francisco Rock Project (paying Pink Floyd) at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $5 1pm ** aug 26 sun Alabaster, Tell River at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 5pm ** aug 26 sun Brain Tumors, Coma, Caged Animal, Reckless at the Fortress, 214 Clara Street, S.F. a/a $5 7pm til 10pm ** aug 26 sun Col Bruce Hampton, Haberdasher at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $3.50/$10 7pm/7:30pm ** (early show) aug 26 sun The Park, The Buttercream Gang, Swiftumz (dj set) at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ free 9pm/10pm ** (late show) aug 26 sun Kristin Hersh, The Moore Brothers, Terese Taylor at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $17/$20 8pm/8:30pm ** aug 26 sun screening of rockumentary "Bananazzz", Kevin O'Shea (comedy), Joey Devine (comedy) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** aug 26 sun The Kegels, Get Dead, Code-415, Murderland, Lazer Wolf at the Rockit Room, S.F. 21+ $5 4pm ** @ aug 26 sun Maribelle (Chicago), Neutralboy (Bremerton, WA), The Lean, Murderland (L.A.) at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 4pm/5pm ** @ (early show) aug 26 sun Our Last Night, Casino Madrid, For All I Am, Adestria, The Silver Lining at the Red House, Concord a/a $10/$12 6:30pm ** aug 26 sun Placentaur, Fat Transfer, Wild Moth, Acid Fast, Femteen, Hesse (Santa Barbara), Pang, Salt Flat, Thrishi (Santa Cruz) at Billy DeFrank Center, 938 The Alameda, San Jose a/a $7-$10 sliding scale 4pm/4:30pm *** @ (Think and Die Thinking Fest day 3) aug 26 sun Marc Anthony, Chayanne, Marco Antonio Solis at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a 7pm # *** aug 26 sun Steve Martin And The Steep Canyon Rangers at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** 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 Battalion Of Saints (San Diego), Union Hearts, By The Throat, Backstabbers, Get Bent at Plea for Peace Center, Stocton a/a 6pm *** @ 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, Track Fighter, Overwatch at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** aug 27 mon Bomb The Music Industry, Classics Of Love, Street Eaters, Point Of View at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $9 8pm/8:30pm *** @ aug 27 mon Clipd Beaks, Creepers, Feral Kizzy (L.A.), Disappearing People, dj Longhairs at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** aug 27 mon Neil Diamond at the Pavilion, 1 Sports Parkway, Sacramento a/a 8pm a/a # *** aug 28 tue Desaparecidos, The Velvet Teen at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm *** aug 28 tue Windham Flat, Side Hackers, Los Broskis 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 Mean Jeans (Portland), Big Eyes (Seattle), Meat Market at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 7pm/7:30pm ** aug 28 tue Kayo Dot (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Author & Punisher, Mirthkon, The Atomic Bomb Audition at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 28 tue The Mallard, Cool Ghouls, Dead Ghosts (Vancouver, B.C., Canada), dj Lee Harvey Garagewald at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm ** 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 Ana Tijoux, Los Rakas, 2Mex at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 28 tue cancelled: Desaparecidos, The Velvet Teen at Senator Theater, Chico aug 28 tue cancelled: David Allan Coe at the El Rey Theater, Chico aug 29 wed The Chiefs, Sludgebucket, Disasteroid, Conceal at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** @ aug 29 wed Desaparecidos, The Velvet Teen at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $25 8pm # ** aug 29 wed Churches, French Cassettes, Brass Bed at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** @ aug 29 wed Virgil Shaw And The Killer Views, The Human Condition, Devotionals, Luke Sweeney & Wet Dreams, Dry Magic at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $10/$12 7:30pm/8pm ** aug 29 wed Johnny Legend, Top Ten, Chuckleberries at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $7 8pm/9pm ** aug 29 wed Thee Oh Sees, Enorchestra (tribute), Dirty Power at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $14 sliding scale 8:30pm/9pm ** (Benefit for Blixa, 4 year old son of Sluggo from The Grannies) aug 29 wed Civil Twilight, Morning Parade, Vanaprasta at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8pm ** aug 29 wed Versions, Monuments Collapse, Cascabel, Braeg Noafa at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** aug 29 wed Guella, Grand Nationals, One Way Station at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 29 wed Bleached Palms, Big Drag, Standard Poodle, Apopka Darkroom at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 29 wed Siren Songs (Vancouver, B.C., Canada), Muhammed Ali (Houston, TX), Fault Lines, Oog Nasty at the Pink String, 8th & Campbell, West Oakland a/a donation 7pm ** aug 29 wed Joe Demaree & The Broken Windows at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** aug 29 wed Son Of Aurelius, Fiends At Feast at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $7 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 29 wed Saving Abel at Fat Cat Music, 930 10th Street, Modesto 21+ $9.67 6:30pm/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 Kicking Spit, The Shrine at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** aug 30 thr Why?, Doseone, Serengeti, dj Sodapop at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $18 8pm/9pm ** aug 30 thr Ten Thousand Leagues, Lyburnum, Drowning With Our Anchors No Tongue at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $8 7pm ** aug 30 thr The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, AB & The Sea, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $15/$17 9:30pm ** aug 30 thr Erica Sunshine Lee, Windy Hill at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $5/$7 8pm/9pm ** aug 30 thr Yonat & Her Muse, Juanita And The Rabbit, The Bye Bye Blackbirds at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** 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 30 thr Fiends At Feast at the Swingin' Door, San Mateo 21+ free 8:30pm/9:30pm ** aug 30 thr Aesop Rock with Rob Sonic & dj Big Wiz, Dark Time Sunshine, Open Mike Eagle at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $16/$20 7:30pm/8:30pm ** aug 30 thr The Inciters, Jack Rabbit Stew at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $7 8pm/8:30pm ** aug 30 thr Turquoise Jeep, Kmac, F.A.M.E., Lil Bit at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** aug 30 - sep 3 K.D. Lang & The Siss Boom Bang, John Hiatt & The Combo, Greensky Bluegrass, Hot Rize, O'Brien Party Of 7, The Pimps Of Joytime, Walking Woody's Road, The Trisha's, Cahalen Morrison & Eli West, Birds Of Chicago, Langhorne Slim, Hoots & Hellmouth, Jelly Bread, The Honeycutters, Band Of Heathens, Rita Hosking & Cousin Jack, The Navigators, Marley's Ghost, Jimmy LaFave, Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion at Strawberry Fest, Camp Mather, 35250 Mather Road, Groveland a/a $200 (4 day) $65 (1 day) *** aug 31 fri Whiskey Rebels (last Bay Area show), Pressure Point, Factory Minds, Gravemaker, Shambles at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 9pm *** @ aug 31 fri Eyehategod, Noothgrush, Bastard Noise, Stone Burner, Embers, Badr Vogu at the Metro, Oakland a/a 7pm $20/$23 # *** @ aug 31 fri Refused (Sweden), Sleigh Bells at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** @ (was at S.F. Civic Center) aug 31 fri Carlton Melton, Feral Ohms, Buffalo Tooth at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $8 8pm/9pm ** aug 31 fri The Girlfriend Experience, Rodents Of Unusual Size, The Divvys at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** aug 31 fri A.A. Bondy, E.S.P., U.F.O. at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $17/$19 8pm/9pm ** aug 31 fri Solwave, Super Adventure Club, Major Powerw & The Lo-Fi Symphony at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9:30pm ** aug 31 fri Turbonegro at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $28 8pm/9pm *** @ $ aug 31 fri Jounce, Elephants In Mud at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $5/$8 7pm/7:30pm ** (early show) aug 31 fri The Revision, Evenodds at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $8/$10 10pm/10:30pm ** (late show) aug 31 fri CyClub, East Bay Brass Band at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** aug 31 fri Chromatics, Bronze, Breakdown, Valentine, dj Omar at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm *** aug 31 fri Swamp Angel, Fascinating Creatures Of The Deep, The Badmen at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 31 fri Chixdiggit! (Canada), The Meat Sluts, Boats! at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** @ aug 31 fri The Last Days ( Brooklyn, N.Y.), The Better Maker at Connecticut Yankee, 100 Connecticut Street, S.F. 21+ free 9pm ** aug 31 fri Apothesary, Walk The Atmosphere, Aviadora, Opus Dei, Osasuna at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 8pm *** @ aug 31 fri Big Daddy Sunshine at St. James Gate, 410 Old County Rd., Belmont a/a 9pm ** aug 31 fri 311, Slightly Stoopid, Soja at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # 6:30pm # *** aug 31 fri Champions Inc., Thee Joan Wyder at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 31 fri Banda La Recia, Banda Continental De Santa Cruz at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $12/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 31 fri Tidelands at the Black Water Cafe, 914 N. Yosemite Ave., Stockton a/a 9pm ** 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 Altessa, Abstract Abyss, Lost Freedom, No Sympathy at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** aug 31 fri Dierks Bentley at Reno Events Center, 300 N Center St., Reno, NV a/a 8pm # ** aug 31 fri cancelled: Ten Thousand Leagues, Stressors, Lyburnum, No Tongue, Nancy Drew pentagrams at Rec Center Studios, Oakland aug 31 fri cancelled: Citizen's Arrest, Talk Is Poison, Acephalix at the New Parish, Oakland (Prank Fest - see Sep. 1st at the Metro) sep 1 sat The Hugs (Portland), Matador, Owl Paws, Piranha Party, Young Coconut at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $8 8pm *** @ sep 1 sat Drop Dead (Rhode Island), Citizens Arrest (N.Y.C.), No Statik, Bumbklaat (San Diego), Effluxus, Deathraid (WA), Merdoso, Hunting Party, Replica, No Mistak at the Metro, Oakland a/a $20 7pm # *** @ (Prank Fest) sep 1 sat Yeasayer, Daughn Gibson (Carlisle, PA) at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** sep 1 sat Moira Scar, Red Voice Choir, dj JunkDrawer at the Gem+Bolt, 411 2nd Street, Oakland 18+ $5 9pm ** sep 1 sat Young Lions, Sloe, Rivals, Michaeljon Leonardy, Build Them To Break, Ben Flanagan, Dangerous Beauties (burlesque) at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $5 8pm *** @ (Tony Sly tribute/memorial show) sep 1 sat The Promise Ring, The One AM Radio at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # *** sep 1 sat Citizens Arrest (N.Y.C.), Yadokai, Rat Damage (Sacramento), Stressors, Wartrash at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 2pm/3pm *** @ (Prank Fest) sep 1 sat Goldenboy at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** sep 1 sat Burn River Burn, Fortress, Cormorant, Prizehog at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $8 8pm/8:30pm *** @ sep 1 sat Foxtails Brigade, Yesway, Whiskerman at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/10pm ** sep 1 sat Lost Bayou Ramblers, Tyler Matthew Smith at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $7/$10 7pm/8pm ** sep 1 sat Band Of Heathens, The Trishas at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 9:30pm ** sep 1 sat Sands, 3 Leafs, Body Swap 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 Honey Wilders Band at the Riptide Bar, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** sep 1 sat Slim Jenkins, Golden West Trio, dj Tanoa at the Verdi Club, S.F. a/a $5 8pm/9pm ** sep 1 sat Soja, Thrive at the Uptown Theater, Napa 16+ (12+ with adult) $30 7pm/8pm ** sep 1 sat Addiction To Affliction, Safety Hazard, Gurschach, Born To Be Rad, Crossroads 2012, Good Burritos Don't Fall Apart at the Red House, Concord a/a 7pm *** @ 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 Big Business, Black Cobra, Amonie at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10/$12 9pm *** sep 1 sat Chixdigget (Calgary, Canada), Boats! at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$15 7pm/8pm *** @ sep 1 sat Tidelands at Java Lounge, 2416 16th St., Sacramento a/a 1pm ** sep 1/2 Sarah Geronimo at Cache Creek Casino Resort, Brooks 21+ 8pm ** sep 2 sun Iron Lung, Slices (PA), Brainoil, Walls (WA), Mutant Video (WA), Whate Wards (WA) at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 6pm *** @ (Prank Fest) 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 Drop Dead (Providence, R.I.), Bumklatt (San Diego), Permanent Ruin, Vaccuum, Elegy at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 1pm/2pm *** @ (Prank Fest) sep 2 sun Vektor (Phoenix, AZ), Hatchet, Apocryphon at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** sep 2 sun Sandro Perri at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** sep 2 sun film "The Chemical Brothers: Don't Think" at the Roxie Movie House, 3117 16th St. at Valencia, S.F. a/a 9pm 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 Tidelands (record release), Yassou Benedict, Hannah Werdmuller at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** (early show cancelled) sep 2 sun Elle Varner at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm ** sep 2 sun John Hiatt at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm ** sep 2 sun Brik, Rust, Nights On First, The Chaw, Lucas Paul at the Red House, Concord a/a $10/$12 8pm ** sep 2 sun The Melvins, Big Business at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ sep 3 mon Hieroglyphics, Blackalicious, Planet Asia, Equipto, Moe Green, Kev Choice, Z Man, Honor Roll, dj DSharp at Hiero Day Fest, San Pablo Ave. @ 17th, Oakland a/a free *** 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 Mean Jeans (Portland), Big Eyes (Seattle), Isaac Rother & The Phamtoms (Olympia), Primitive Hearts at Eli's Mile High Club, Okaland 21+ 6pm ** @ sep 3 mon Hot Snakes, Mrs. Magician at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $19.50/$23 7pm/8pm ** sep 3 mon Purity Ring, Evian Christ, Headaches, dj Nako at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 5pm/5:30pm and 8:30pm/9pm *** (sold out) sep 3 mon Gold Panda, Doldrums, Nanosaur at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16/$18 7pm/8pm ** sep 3 mon Blacklisted, Living Eyes, Stares, Counter at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $10 7:30pm ** sep 3 mon John Maus, I Break Horses at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13 9pm ** sep 3 mon 77 El Deora, The Rumble Strippers, The Patsychords, Kit & The Branded Men, Kitty Rose at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $10 3pm/4pm ** (free BBQ while it lasts) sep 3 mon Superhumanoids, Jjamz at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** sep 3 mon Hornsss, Elephant Rifle (Reno) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 2pm/5pm ** 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 3 mon cancelled: David Allen Coe at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ sep 4 tue American Nightmare, Ceremony, Blacklisted at the Metro, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** @ sep 4 tue King Khan & The Shrines, Apache at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16 8pm ** sep 4 tue The Heavy, The Silent Comedy at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 7pm/8pm *** sep 4 tue Lightning Bolt, No Babies, Future Twin at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8pm ** sep 4 tue The Ferocious Few, Tumbleweed Wanderers, Brent Amaker And The Rodeo, dj Britt Govea at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ free 8pm/9pm ** 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 Kishi Bashi, The Last Bison at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 7:30pm ** sep 4 tue Big Business, Federation X, Pins Of Light at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 4 tue True Mutants, Apogee Sound Club, The Yes Go's, dj Fred Thrillhouse at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm/9:30pm ** sep 4 tue Chaka, In Watermelon Sugar, Peachelope at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $5 7pm ** sep 4 tue Wild Nothing, Diiv at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $12/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** (folkyeah) sep 5 wed Fucked Up, Ceremony at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $17/$19 8pm/9pm *** @ (moved from the Great American Music Hall) sep 5 wed Wild Nothing, Diiv at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $17 9pm ** sep 5 wed Old Man Gloom, William Fowler Collins, Sad Vicious, dj Rob Metal at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** @ sep 5 wed The Stripminers, Gram Rabbit, The Pleasure Kills at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** sep 5 wed Sensations, Birdhouse, Sea Of Bees, Naia Kete at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $8/$10 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 5 wed Daughn Gibson (Carlisle, PA), The Emily Anne Band at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 9pm ** sep 5 wed Inner Ear Brigade, Toyboat Toyboat Toyboat (Portland), Froadz at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 5 wed Cheap Girls, The Drowning Men (Ocenside), FayRoy at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8pm ** 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 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 Big Black Delta, Youngblood Hawke, The Dramantics at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 6 thr Nite Jewel, Soft Metals, Cosmetics, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $13 9pm ** sep 6 thr This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb, Wild Assumptions, Nasty Christmas at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8 9pm *** 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 Ahnnu, Sri, Waxy Tomb, Jungle Jim at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** sep 6 thr Buckethead, Samples at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** sep 6 thr Daughn Gibson (Carlisle, PA) at the Chapel Tavern, Reno NV 21+ ** sep 7 fri Defeater, Rotting Out, Hundredth, Silver Snakes, Broken Ties at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $12 7pm *** @ sep 7 fri KALX exhibit (celebrating 50 years) at Rock Paper Scissors, 2278 Telegraph, Oakland a/a free 6pm-9pm 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 This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb, Street Eaters, Pins Of Light, Nasty Christmas at Saturn Cafe, 2175 Allston Wy, Berkeley a/a $7 8pm *** sep 7 fri Surf Shit, Straight Crimes, Heavy Medical, Bubonic Bear at the Couch Palace, 5822 Shattuck Avenue, Oakland a/a donation 8pm ** 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 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 7 fri Roach Gigz, Main Attraction, A-1, Baby E, dj Nima Fadavi at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $19/$24 9pm *** sep 7 fri Buckethead at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 9pm # *** sep 7 fri Gravys Drop, Debora Iyall Band, Warm Soda, Spanish Moss (Santa Cruz) at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $8 8:30pm/9:30pm ** (Spot-On Sound Records) sep 7 fri The Entrance Band (vinyl release), Matt Baldwin at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $10/$12 9pm/9:30pm ** sep 7 fri The Hi-Nobles, Pre-Legendary And The Dreamers, Angstroms at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** sep 7 fri Wildlife Control, Mercies, The Dandelion War at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** sep 7 fri Carl Sonny Leyland Trio, The B-Stars, The West Coast Ramblers, dj Tanoa at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 9pm ** (rockabilly) sep 7 fri Violent Vickie, Darling Gunsel, Samuelroy, Erleen Nada, dj Chicken at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** sep 7 fri Big Daddy Sunshine at Maggie McGarry's, 1353 Grant Street, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** sep 7 fri Capital Cities (L.A.), Midi Matilda, Pacific Disco at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** 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 Arsonists Get All The Girls, Hypnose, Exotic Animal Zoo at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm *** sep 7 fri Tedeschi Trucks Band at the Bob Hope Theatre, 242 East Main Street, Stockton a/a # ** sep 7 fri Static X, Winds Of Plague, The Browning, Davey Suicide, Chernobog at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento 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 Eli Conley, Dear Indugu, Emily Moldy at La Pena, 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley a/a $10 8pm ** sep 8 sat Thee Oh Sees, Sic Alps, The Mallard, Breakarts at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12/$15 9pm ** sep 8 sat The Adicts, Brothers Of Brazil at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $23/$25 9pm *** @ $ sep 8 sat Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, Kasey Anderson & The Honkies at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $17 9pm ** sep 8 sat Doe Eye (cd release), Churches, Eazy Tiger at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9:30pm *** sep 8 sat Ten Mile Tide, Delta Nove at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $10/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 8 sat Crystal Antlers, Lenz, Dimples, 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 Rock N Roll Adventure Kids, Glitz, Chief, Visions & Tones at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm *** sep 8 sat Matt Lax & Nearly Beloved at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** sep 8 sat Megan Slankard, A City On A Lake at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 9pm ** sep 8 sat Tumbleweed Wanderers at the Milk Bar, 1840 Haight St., S.F. 21+ 9pm * sep 8 sat Taj He Spitz, D-Lo, Beeda Weeda, HD at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $25/$30 8pm *** 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 Cold Blood, Zigaboo Modeliste, Ray Charles Project, Girls Got The Blues at Big Easy Music Festival, downtown San Jose a/a $15/$20 11am til 7pm ** (more bands, food and craft vendors) sep 8 sat Tedeschi Trucks Band, Lee Boy Simpson at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $45-$85 7:30pm # ** sep 8 sat Buckethead, Samples at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm *** sep 8 sat Rehab, Moonshine Bandits, Matt W. Gage 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 8 sat Static X, Winds Of Plague, The Browning, Davey Suicide at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $22 6:30pm/7pm ** 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 Gotye (Australia), Chairlift, Jonti at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # *** (was listed as September 6th) sep 9 sun Chris McFarland at Disco Volante, Oakland a/a ** sep 9 sun Dokken, Spiral Arms, The Butlers at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $27/$30 8pm *** @ sep 9 sun Rattus (Finland), Armistice (Wilmington, CA), Blown To Bits, Elegy, dj Death Punk Disaster at Elil's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $8 4pm/5pm *** @ (early show) 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+ $13 8pm ** (clap & dance off) sep 9 sun Spider Heart, Tokyo Raid, Atomic Bride, The Spiral Electric at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $5/$8 6pm/7pm ** sep 9 sun Tigon, Mercy Ties, Commissure at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** (early show cancelled) sep 9 sun Willie Nelson at the Marin Center, San Rafael a/a *** sep 9 sun Buckethead at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ *** sep 9 sun Ivy Drive, The Toriyamas, Orpheus, Cheap Shots, First Contact at the Red House, Concord a/a $10/$12 6:30pm ** sep 9 sun Dave Matthews Band, Allen Stone at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View 6+ $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 Against Me!, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Joyce Manor at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $16/$18 7pm/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, Fidlar 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, Karina Denike at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $10/$12 9:30pm ** sep 10 mon Hellfire, Gypsyhawk, At Our Heels, Wild Eyes at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** sep 10 mon Trust, DZ Deathrays, Nightmare Fortress, dj Omar, dj Aaron Axelsen at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $12.50 8pm ** sep 10 mon Blaqk Audio, Hi Deaf at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** sep 10 mon Buckethead at the El Rey Theater, Chico a/a $22 8pm/8:30pm *** sep 11 tue Hot Chip, Yacht 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 Sandi Thom, Francesca Lee at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 9:30pm ** sep 11 tue The Stops (Portland) at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm/9:30pm ** sep 11 tue People's Temple at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 11 tue The Custom Kicks, City Deluxe, Courtney And The Crushers at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 11 tue Mary Gauthier at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 5pm ** sep 11 tue The Fresh & Onlys at Blue Lamp Lounge, Sacramento 21+ ** (was at Ace of Spades) sep 11 tue Chris McFarland at Jub Jubs Thirst Parlor, 71 S Weels Avenue, Reno NV 21+ ** 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 Eternal Summers, Bleeding Rainbow (Philadelphia), Callow at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** @ sep 12 wed Chelsea Wolfe, Crypts (Seattle), Dia Dear, dj S4nta_Mu3rte, dj Nako at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** sep 12 wed Angus Stone at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** sep 12 wed Agesandages at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $7/$10 8pm/9pm ** sep 12 wed Forever Goldrush, Electric Sheep, Female Trouble at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 12 wed Moonface, Foxygen at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** sep 12 wed Blaqk Audio at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 90pm *** sep 12 wed Scott H. Biram, Restavrant at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 12 wed Iration, The Expendables, Cisco Adler at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** sep 13 thr Bobby Joe Ebola & The Children MacNuggits, Al Scorch, Thee Hobo Gobbelins, For Fear The Hearts Of Men Are Falling! at the Space Lounge, 2175 Allston Way, Berkeley a/a $6 8pm *** sep 13 thr Badr Vogu, Night Nurse (Portland), Gaskill at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm ** sep 13 thr Huckle, True Spokes at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** sep 13 thr Dillon Francis, Flosstradamus, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $20 9pm ** sep 13 thr Dangermuffin, Wheeler Brothers at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $7/$10 8pm/9pm ** sep 13 thr Nommo Ogo (cd release), Candle Labra, Secret Sidewalk at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 13 thr Badr Vogu, Night Nurse (Portland), Gaskill at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm/9pm ** @ sep 13 thr Willie Nelson, Pegi Young & The Survivors at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $45-$125 7:30pm # *** 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 13 thr Aesop Rock, Dakr Time Sunshine at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** sep 13 thr Expendables, Iration at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $18/$20 7:30pm/8:30pm *** sep 14 fri Yeastie Boys, TurbonegrA, Guantanamo Dogpile, Go Time, Seduce The Dead at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm *** @ 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 Mister Loveless at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $5 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 AC/DShe (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** sep 14 fri Mac Demarco, Melted Toys, Surf Club, Justin (dj set) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 9pm ** sep 14 fri The Expendables, Iration at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** sep 14 fri The Jealous Sound, Daytrader, Taxes at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** sep 14 fri Zeros, Wimps, Midnight Snaxxx, dj Missy at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $15 8pm/9pm *** sep 14 fri The Aerosols, Sea Dramas, WetDreamsDryMagic at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** sep 14 fri Dead Leaf Echo (Brooklyn, N.Y.) at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ ** sep 14 fri Battleme, San Francesca at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** sep 14 fri Bag Raiders (dj set), Jeffrey Parsdise, Miles the dj, BT Magnum at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** 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 14 fri The Left Hand, Bobby Joe Ebola & The Children MacNuggits, Mad Judy, Cold Heart Re-Press, The Community at Luigi's Fun Garden, 1050 20th Street, Sacramento a/a $5 8pm *** (Bat Guano Fest day 1) sep 14 fri Aesop Rock, Rob Sonic, dj Big Wiz, Dark Time Sunrise at the El Rey Theater, Chico a/a $18 8pm/9pm ** sep 15 sat My Morning Jacket, Shabazz Palaces at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # *** @ sep 15 sat Kai Eckhardt's Zeitgeist, Movement In Threes at Uptown Body and Fender, 401 26th Street, Oakland a/a $9 7pm/8pm ** sep 15 sat M.I.R.V. at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $15/$20 8pm *** sep 15 sat Weekend, Deafeaven, Wild Moth at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 8:30pm ** 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 Cannons And Clouds, By Sunlight, Dr. Foxmeat at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $10 8pm/9pm ** 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 Scott H. Biram, Restavrant, T.V. Mike And The Scarecrowes at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/10pm ** sep 15 sat The Grannies, The Divvys, Dead Air Saviours at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8-$100 sliding scale 9pm/10pm ** @ (Benefit for Blixa) sep 15 sat The Old Firm Casuals, City In Vain, Toughskins, Bricktop, Old Glory at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** sep 15 sat The Slippery Slope, Paranoids at 50 Mason Social House, 50 Mason @ Eddy, S.F. 21+ free 9pm ** sep 15 sat The Gypsy Moonlight Band at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** sep 15 sat Leaders, Dynasty, Watchers & Hunters, Isolation, Youthquake AD at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** @ sep 15 sat Skyline Blues Band at Winter's Tavern, Pacifica 21+ ** sep 15 sat Talky Tina at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 7pm ** sep 15 sat Belle Noire at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** sep 15 sat Big Bad Voodoo Daddy at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $19/$24 8pm/9pm ** sep 15 sat Angel Ortis Y Sus Centenarios, Banda Escuela Del Rancho, Grupo Jalavu Ortiz at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $15/$19 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 15 sat Tumbleweed Wanderers at Sophia's Thai Kitchen, 129 E Street, Suite E, Davis 21+ 9pm * sep 15 sat The Walking Dead, Support The Rabid, Rat Damage, The Strange Party, Union Hearts, Killdevil, The Croissants, The Porter Project, Dead Dads, Sneeze Attack!, Crude Studs, Abandoned Generation at Luigi's Fun Garden, 1050 20th Street, Sacramento a/a $7 3pm *** (Bat Guano Fest day 1) sep 15 sat Quiet Riot, Maxxx, Force Of Habit, Force Multiplied at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** sep 15 sat E-Family at Cache Creek Casino Resort, Brooks 21+ 8pm ** sep 15 sat Eliot Lipp (Brooklyn, N.Y.) at the El Rey Theater, Chico a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 15 sat cancelled: Metalocalypse, Dethklok, Lamb Of God, Gojira (France) at Civic Center, S.F. sep 16 sun Trainwreck Riders, Nude Beach (N.Y.), Tooth Soup (IN), Great Apes, Huff Stuff Magazine, Full-On Dweeb at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $7 5pm/6pm *** @ sep 16 sun Feral Depravity, Desmadre En Krisis, Phalgeron (Seattle), P.D.P. (L.A.) Las Malas Pulgas at BRS, Richmond a/a 7pm ** @ 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 Aesop Rock, Rob Sonic, dj Big Wiz, Edison, Dark Time Sunshine at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 7pm/8pm # ** (new date - was July 15th) sep 16 sun Neung Phak (album release) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** sep 16 sun Austra, Nightmare Fortress, Vice Device at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm *** sep 16 sun Blake Mackey, Numinous Eye, Diego Gonzalez at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** sep 16 sun Avengers, The Mutants, The Urge at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 6:30pm/7pm *** @ sep 16 sun Bear The Ark, Reformers, Giving The Devil His Due, Infinito In Torqueo, Tbw Bee at the Red House, Concord a/a $10/$12 7pm ** sep 16 sun Pure Roots, Miss Roszone, Clear Conscience at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $7/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 17 mon B'z at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # ** sep 17 mon Flobots, Astronautalis at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $13/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 17 mon Love Songs, Synthetic ID, Nude Beach (N.Y.C.), Yogurt Brain at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm/9pm ** @ sep 18 tue Broncho, Lovely Bad Things, Bad Weather California at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** @ sep 18 tue Serpent Crown at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm/9:30pm ** sep 18 tue Flobots, Astronautalis, Forrest Day at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** sep 19 wed Unwoman at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 8pm ** sep 19 wed Icon Of Coil, Sitd, dj Decay at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $15/$22 8pm/9pm ** sep 19 wed Breton, Michna, Kyle Hunt & The King Gypsy at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $9/$12 8pm/9pm ** sep 19 wed The Bright Light Social Hour, French Cassettes, Guy Fox at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 19 wed Slug Guts (Austrailia), Little Queenie at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** sep 19 wed Broncho, Lovely Bad Things, Bad Weather California at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a ** @ sep 19 wed Tomorrows Bad Seeds, Through The Roots at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$14 8:30pm/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 Fell Voices, Ash Borer, Menace Ruine (Canada), Servile Sect, Sutekh Hexen at the Metro, Oakland a/a $10 *** @ sep 20 thr Anthony Hamilton, Estelle, Antoine Dunn at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a # ** sep 20 thr Amtwon, Cities Aviv, Friendzone Spaceghost, Chippy Nostop, RNB Millionaires at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8/$10 8pm ** sep 20 thr Maximo Park, Zambri 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 Dub FX, Flower Fairy, Snareophobe, Starfighterz at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** sep 20 thr Moving Units, Gold Fields, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $12 9:30pm ** 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 Between The Cities Are Stars, Night Fruit, Seatraffic, Tomihira at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** sep 20 thr Zee Avi, Joey Dosik at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $12/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** (folkyeah) sep 20 thr Tomorrows Bad Seeds, Through The Roots, Simple Creation, Street Urchinz, Island Of Black & White 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 Bonded By Blood, Hatchet, Fog Of War, Deathstryke, Trecelence at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $8 7:30pm *** @ 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, I Was Totally Destroying It at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 8pm *** sep 21 fri City Deluxe, Moon Eater, Pre-Legendary at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $6 9pm ** 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 Gov't Mule, The Revivalist at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** sep 21 fri Holograms, dj Omar at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 9pm ** sep 21 fri Yob, Acid King, Norska at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $12/$20 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 Lord Loves A Working Man, The Struts, Blammos at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 21 fri Outlaw, The Shivas, Peachelope at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** sep 21 fri The Insufferables, The Better Maker, The Vivids (L.A.) at the Abbey Tavern, 4100 Geary Blvd., S.F. 21+ 9:30pm ** sep 21 fri Hank IV, Mad Macka, Musk at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ ** sep 21 fri Gui Boratto at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $16.50 9pm ** sep 21 fri Blues Traveler at the Uptown Theater, Napa 16+ (12+ with adult) $37/$47 7pm/8pm *** sep 21 fri Carolyn Wonderland, Chris Cain Band at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $10/$15 8pm/9pm ** sep 21 fri Leche De Tigre, 7 Come 11, The Magic Hats at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $9/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 21 fri The Used, Twin Atlantic, Stars In Stereo at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $23 7pm/8pm # ** (was listed as September 1st) sep 21 fri Souls Of Mischief, Pep Love, Casual at the El Rey Theater, Chico a/a $15 8pm/8:30pm *** sep 21/22 Wilco, Jonathan Richman (sat) 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 7 Seconds, Heartsounds, Bastards Of Young, City Of Vain at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $12 7pm *** @ sep 22 sat Bonecrusher, Harrington Saints, Kicker, Sad Boy Sinister, Blank Spots at the Metro, Oakland a/a $10 8pm # *** @ sep 22 sat dj Bob Mould, dj Rich Morel at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** (Blowoff) sep 22 sat Tainted Love at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # 9pm ** sep 22 sat Stevie Jackson, The Softies, Lilys, Kim Baxter, Allen Clapp, mc Daniel Handler at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $20 7:30pm ** (Chickfactor fanzine) sep 22 sat Bits Of Shit (Austrailia), Yi, Synthetic ID, Man Hands at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** sep 22 sat Hydrophonic, Black Tape at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** (Daniel Webster Benefit) sep 22 sat The Royal Deuces at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm * sep 22 sat Six Organs Of Admittance, Young Moon at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/10pm ** sep 22 sat Ozomatli at the Uptown Theater, Napa 16+ (12+ with adult) $35 7pm/8pm *** sep 22 sat Taking Us Alive, Aviadora, Drop Thyne Anchor, Corelia, Through The Walls, Amidst The Kings, In Your Silence at the Red House, Concord a/a $10/$12 7pm *** @ 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, Santa Cruz 16+ $14/$19 8pm/9pm ** sep 22 sat Little Sister, Bad Light at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 22 sat The Used at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** @ 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 Sean Paul at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** sep 23 sun Terraplane Sun, The Mowgli's at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8pm/8:30pm ** sep 23 sun Luna, Hawkins And Silver, Swim To Sydney, Demi And The Gods, Greater Sirens at the Red House, Concord a/a $10/$12 7pm ** 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 Serj Tankian at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 8pm # ** sep 24 mon Orbital at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** sep 24 mon The Niners, Sxo, The Surgeon Generals at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** 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 GZA, Sweet Valley at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** sep 25 tue Vktms, Nihilist Cunt, Nanash 774, dj Agitator at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm/9:30pm *** @ sep 25 tue City Tribe, Redwood Wires, Windham Flat at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 25 tue Menomena at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 18+ $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 (two sets) at Forbidden Island, 1304 Lincoln Ave., Alameda 21+ $5 8pm/9pm ** (surf) sep 26 wed The Hooks, film 'The Rise and Fall of the Clash' at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 7:30pm ** @ 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, Feast at DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $14/$18 6pm/6:15pm # *** @ (Carnival of Death) sep 26 wed Owl City at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** sep 26 wed Local H at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $12/$15 8pm/9pm ** 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 26 wed Cuchillo (Barcelona, Spain) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** sep 26 wed Dragonette, The Knocks, Aaron Axelsen at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $18 9pm ** sep 26 wed Gza, Sweet Valley, Killer Mike, Bear Hands at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** sep 27 thr Mac Miller, Travis Porter, YG at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** sep 27 thr Brass Hysteria at the Lucky 13, 1301 Park St, Alameda 21+ free * sep 27 thr Rawdad, Electric Shepherd, Hydrophonic, Vinyl Intermissions at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** sep 27 thr Hey Champ, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $12 9:30pm ** sep 27 thr Dreamdate, The Parlour Suite, The She's, The Ian Fays, dj Neil Martinson at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $7/$10 9pm/10pm ** sep 27 thr Paula West at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ $30 (8pm show) $20 (10pm show) ** sep 27 thr Moggs, Keiki (Brussels), Goldring/Tompson at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** sep 27 thr TurbonegrA (tribute), Ancient Mariner, Year Of The Fist at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 27 thr Necrosin, Secrets Of The Sky, Lycanthrope, Silent Redemption, Of Elements at the Red House, Concord a/a $10/$12 8pm ** @ 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 Good Riddance at the Metro, Okland a/a $15 8pm # *** @ 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+ ** (sold out) sep 28 fri Zodiac Death Valley, Sporting Life, The Dandelion War, dj Galine MoDemoiselle at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** sep 28 fri Kacey Johansing (album release) at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $9/$12 8pm/9pm ** sep 28 fri Jonah Matranga at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 28 fri Vir, Here Come The Saviours, Erik Blood (Seattle) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** sep 28 fri This Charming Band (tribute), For The Masses (tribute) at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10.50/$12 9pm ** sep 28 fri Colleen Green, Plateaus, Pamela at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** sep 28 fri Scissors For Lefty, Two Left Feet Caldecott, Minute To Midnight, Miracle Me, The Bear Necessities at the Red House, Concord a/a $10/$12 7pm *** sep 28 fri Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Rachel Farley, Deeja Silver at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # ** (sold out) sep 28 fri Jason Mraz, Christina Perri at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a 7:30pm # ** sep 28 fri Killer Queens (tribute) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $15 7pm ** sep 28 fri Odd Future at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz a/a $30/$35 8pm/9pm *** sep 28 fri Banda Independencia, La Diferencia De Mexico, dj The Beat, dj N9ne at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $12/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 28 fri Culo A Boca, Burning Monk, Thrash Compactor (Santa Cruz) at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 9pm ** @ sep 28 fri Ozomatli at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** sep 28 fri The Dirty Heads at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $17 7:30pm/8:30pm ** sep 28 fri Led Zepagain (tribute) at the El Rey Theater, Chico a/a $15 7pm/8pm ** sep 29 sat Citizen Cope at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** sep 29 sat Beyound Wonderland at the Coliseum, Oakland a/a # ** 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 SafetySuit, Go Radio at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 29 sat dj Bluer, Chunky Turtlenecks, The Straight Ups!, Oddville, Elegant Trash, visual artists at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $7/$10 8pm/8:30pm ** 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 Daniel Bedingfield (New Zealand) at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 9pm ** sep 29 sat Big Daddy Sunshine at St. Charles Parish, 880 Tamarack Avenue, San Carlos a/a ** sep 29 sat The Shins, Tegan And Sara, Jimmy Cliff, Alison Krauss And Union Station, Beats Antique, Kimbra, Matisyahu, The Dirty Heads, Eric Hutchinson, Givers, dj Dragonfly, dj Zack Darling at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $40-$90 noon/2pm # *** (KFOG Harmony) 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 29 sat Good Riddance at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $15 8pm/9pm *** @ sep 29 sat Dead Rabbits, Get Scared, Rob the Cartel, Oh! The Horror, The Silver Lining at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** sep 30 sun The Gaslight Anthem at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 7:30pm # ** sep 30 sun Scott Kelly, Mike Scheidt, Alucarda at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 8pm ** sep 30 sun Hot Water Music at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** sep 30 sun Maria Minerva, Father Finger, Bobby Browser at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** sep 30 sun The Album Leaf, Drew Andrews at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 30 sun Inner Ear Brigade, Marco Eneidi Shattered, Mutual Aid Project at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm ** 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 Grouplove, Alt-J at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm # *** $ oct 1 mon Blood Red Shoes (U.K.), Happy Fangs, Starskate at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** @ 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 Ron Pope at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $12/$15 7:30pm ** oct 2 tue Space Vacation, Natur, Ironwitch at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** oct 2 tue The Sidekicks, John Moremen's Flotation Device at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** 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 Melissa Etheridge at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** oct 3 wed Jucifer at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** 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 Wax Tailor, Tom Thump at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** oct 3 wed The Outlaws at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ ** 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 Stephen Marley at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** oct 4 thr Niki And The Dove, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $13 9:30pm ** oct 4 thr Helio Sequence at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 8pm ** oct 4 thr Dead Western, Exquisite Corps at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** oct 4 thr Street Justice, Lord Nasty & The Seekers Of Perversion, Fuck You Cop You Fucking Cop at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm/10pm ** oct 4 thr Mount Eerie, Bouquet at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** 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 New Order at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** (sold out) 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, Pageants at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/9:30pm ** oct 5 fri The DK Kennedys, Fang, Guantanamo Dogpile, 13 Scars at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # *** @ oct 5 fri Mono (Japan), Chris Brokaw at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$14 9pm ** oct 5 fri Dead Winter Carpenters, Hackensaw Boys at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $15/$20 8pm/9pm ** oct 5 fri Dry The River at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** oct 5 fri Toys That Kill, Pins Of Light at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm *** @ oct 5 fri Zion I, Minnesota at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm *** oct 5 fri Florence & The Machine, The Weekend at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $66-$25 7pm/8pm # *** oct 5 fri San Francesca at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $10 8pm ** oct 5 fri Diego's Umbrella, Vokab Kompany at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 5 fri Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Doobie Brothers at the Stockton Arena, 248 W Fremont Street, Stockton a/a # *** oct 5 fri J Boog, Hot Rain, Squarefield Massive at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento 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 Blind Willies at the Beach Chalet, 1000 Great Highway, S.F. a/a free 2pm * oct 6 sat Big Gigantic, Griz at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm ** oct 6 sat Dead Winter Carpenters, The Shotgun Wedding Quintet at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $12/$15 8pm/9pm ** oct 6 sat Prizehog, Apocryphon at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm/10pm ** @ oct 6 sat Native Cats (Austrailia), Buttons at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** oct 6 sat The Maccabees at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 9pm ** oct 6 sat Wave Array, She Beards, Warbler at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9:30pm ** 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 Zion I, Minnesota, K-Ottic at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** 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 Ewert And The Two Dragons, The Lighthouse And The Whaler, The Family Crest at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 7 sun Michael Kiwanuka at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm ** oct 7 sun Li XI, Rubedo (Denver), Mosshead, Oiler at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 7pm ** oct 7 sun Admiral Fallow at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8:30pm ** oct 7 sun Steve Vai at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm ** oct 7 sun Iwrestledabearonce, Oceano, Within The Ruins, The Plot In You, Surrounded By Monsters, Merchants, Vanna at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ oct 8 mon Imagine Dragons at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** (sold out) oct 9 tue Grizzly Bear (Brooklyn), Lower Dens at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** oct 9 tue Body Language, The Hood Internet at the New Parish, Oakland ?/? # ** 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 9 tue Bad Books, Harrison Hudson at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $16/$19 7pm/8pm *** oct 9 tue Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby, John Murry at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** oct 10 wed Dinosaur Jr. at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 8pm # *** @ oct 10 wed The Corin Tucker Band, Magic Mouth at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 18+ $15 9:30pm ** oct 10 wed Adam Parfrey at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** oct 10 wed Com Truise, Poolside, Bonde Do Role at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** oct 10 wed Lydia Loveless, The Lonely Wild, Mick Leonardi at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 10 wed Steve Vai, Beverly McClellan at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** oct 10 wed Chevelle (IL) at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $23/$25 7pm/8pm ** oct 11 thr Jeff The Brotherhood, Diarrhea Planet at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 11 thr D.R.I., Rad, Chaos In Mind, Twitch Angry, Art Of Chaos at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ oct 11 thr Leo Kottke at the El Rey Theater, Chico a/a $30 7pm/7:30pm *** oct 11 thr Zion I, Minnesota at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $15/$18 7:30pm/8:30pm *** oct 11 thr cancelled: Passenger & Pilot, Alameda at the Hemlock, S.F. oct 12 fri Dawn Penn, Franco Nero, dj's at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $17.50/$20 9pm ** 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 Joshua Radin & A Fine Frenzy at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** oct 12 fri Thee Oh Sees, Sic Alps, Sonny Smith at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** oct 12 fri Smashing Pumpkins at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a # *** @ $ oct 12 fri Fink at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $12/$15 8pm/9pm ** oct 12 fri Blisses B, Tyler Matthew Smith, Dad's LP at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 12 fri The Raveonettes at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $25 8pm/9pm ** oct 12 fri Fuxa, Bloom, Disappearing People at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** oct 12 fri Cash'd Out (tribute) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** oct 12 fri Yelawolf, Rittz, Trouble Andrew, dj Vajra at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $19/$24 8pm/9pm ** oct 12 fri Saint Vitus (L.A.), Weedeater, Sourvein at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $15/$18 8:30pm/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 B, Karina Denikeell X1 (acoustic) at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $20 7:30pm ** oct 13 sat David Choi, Clara C at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** oct 13 sat Sleepy Sun, Glitter Wizard, Juju, Al Lover & The Haters, dj Al Lover at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $13/$15 8pm/9pm ** oct 13 sat Books On Tape (cd release), City Of Women, Tomihira at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 13 sat Dreamdate, Sort Of Invisible at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** oct 13 sat Roach Gigz, Iamsu, A-1, Baby E, Nima Fadavi at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $25 8pm *** oct 13 sat She Haw at Winter's Tavern, Pacifica 21+ * (country) oct 13 sat Zion 1, Minnesota at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $14/$19 8pm/9pm *** 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 13 sat Reel Big Fish, Less Than Jake (Gainesville, FL) at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $22/$25 8pm/8:30pm *** @ 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 Billy Joe Shaver at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** oct 14 sun Elliot Schneider at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm ** oct 14 sun Carrie Underwood, Hunter Hayes at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a 7:30pm # *** oct 14 sun Abandon All Ships, For All Those Sleeping, Skip The Foreplay, Upon The Dawning, Palisades at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** 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 16 tue Old Crow, Old Iron, Hellbeard at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** oct 16 tue Jeff The Brotherhood at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** oct 16 tue Matisyahu at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** oct 17 wed First Aid Kit, Dylan LeBlanc at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** oct 17 wed Sonny Landreth at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** oct 17 wed Minus Gravity, Headlines, James Cavern at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $10/$12 8pm/9pm ** oct 17 wed The Word Alive, Born Of Osiris, Norma Jean, I The Breather, Crown The Empire, Incredible Me at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** @ oct 17 wed Strfkr at Harlow's, 2708 J Street, Sacramento 21+ ** oct 17 wed Funtcase (Bournemouth, U.K.), High Rankin, Schoolboy, Nerd Rage at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $17/$20 8pm/8:30pm ** oct 17/18 Bob Dylan & His Band, Mark Knopfler at the Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a # *** oct 18 thr The Script at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** oct 18 thr Adam Ant, Brothers Of Brazil 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 The Soft Pack, Crocodiles at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** oct 18 thr Jane's Addiction, Thenewno2 at the Warfeild, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** $ oct 18 thr Frightened Rabbit at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm ** oct 18 thr Freelance Whales (Queens, N.Y.), Geographer at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm ** oct 18 thr Tift Merritt, Amy Cook at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $16/$18 8pm ** oct 18 thr Chris Cohen, Ashley Eriksson, Coconut at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** oct 18 thr Funtcase (Bournemouth, U.K.), High Rankin, Schoolboy, Nerd Rage at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 18+ $20 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 18 thr Tea Leaf Green at the El Rey Theater, Chico a/a $16/$18 8pm/8:30pm *** oct 18/19 The Funkin' Truth at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $15/$20 (thr) $20/$25 (fri) 8pm/9pm *** oct 19 fri Bob Dylan & His Band, Mark Knopfler at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # *** oct 19 fri Major Lazer at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** oct 19 fri Stomacher, The Bruises at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** oct 19 fri Bombay Bicycle Club, Vacationer at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # ** oct 19 fri Beth Orton, Sam Amidon at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** oct 19 fri The Whigs at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$15 9pm ** oct 19 fri Jason Lytle, Sea Of Bees at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market St., S.F. a/a $18/$20 8pm ** oct 19 fri John Brown's Body, Kyle Hollingsworth Band at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** oct 19 fri Neverever, Kids On A Crime Spree at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** 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 19 fri Emancipator, Welder, Boca 45 at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm ** oct 19/20 Tiger Army at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** @ oct 20 sat Peligro Social, Born/Dead, Kicker at the Metro, Oakland a/a $10 7pm *** @ oct 20 sat Marti Brom, Rosie Flores at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12/$15 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 Bassnectar at the Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a # *** oct 20 sat Willis Earl Beat at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 20 sat Wax Idols, Evil Eyes at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $7/$10 7pm/8pm *** oct 20 sat Cheap Time (TN), Unnatural Helpers, Warm Soda, The Krells at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** oct 20 sat film "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 8pm ** (live shadow cast) oct 20 sat Rock On Broadway at Winter's Tavern, Pacifica 21+ * oct 20 sat Hard Girls, Gnarboots at X-Bar, Homestead Lanes, Cupertino a/a $10 8pm ** oct 20 sat Taking Back Sunday, Bayside at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $25 7pm/8pm *** oct 20 sat Del The Funky Homosapien, Gift Of Gab at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** 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 Bobb Saggeth (6pm - tribute), Hooves, SF Rock Project, Disappearing People, Meat Market, dj Sarah Delush, dj Malila Tequila at indie-mart, outside thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $3 noon til 7pm ** oct 21 sun Macklemore and Ryan Lewis at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** oct 21 sun Taking Back Sunday, Bayside, Man Overboard at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # *** oct 21 sun Allen Stone, Yuna, Tingsek at the Great American Music Hall, 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 21 sun Tiger Army at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$22 7pm/8pm *** @ oct 22 mon Crystal Castles, Health, Kontravoid at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 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 22 mon Switchfoot at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $23/$27 7pm/8pm *** oct 23 tue Two Door Cinema Club, Friends at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** 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 Switchfoot, Paper Route at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** oct 23 tue Bitch Magnet (reunion) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** oct 23 tue Bill Orcutt, Marissa Anderson (Portland) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** oct 23 tue Neil Halstead at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $16 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 23 tue Omar Rodriquez-Lopez Group, Crypts at Harlow's, 2708 J Street, Sacramento 21+ ** oct 23 tue Cheap Time (TN) at the Cellar Door, 101 W. Main St., Visalia 21+ ** oct 24 wed Omar Rodriquez-Lopez Group, Crypts at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ ** oct 24 wed Rasputina, Faun Fables at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** oct 24 wed Crime And The City Solution at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** oct 24 wed Perfume Genius at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $15 7:30pm ** oct 24 wed White Arrows, Miles the dj at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $10.53/$13 9pm/9pm *** (Live 105) oct 24 wed Lord Huron at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8pm ** oct 24 wed Hunter Valentine, Queen Caveat at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8pm ** oct 24 wed Lost In The Trees, Midtown Dickens, Dana Buoy at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 24 wed White Manna, Midday Veil at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** oct 24 wed Macklemore & Ryan Lewis at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $18/$23 7:30pm/8:30pm ** oct 24 wed Alesana, I Wish We Were Robots at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** oct 25 thr Flying Lotus at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** 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 25 thr Public Image Limited at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8:30pm # *** oct 25 thr Peelander-Z (Japan), Electric Eel Shock at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm *** oct 25 thr Apogee Sound Club, Bobby Joe Ebola And The Children McNuggits, Love Songs at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm *** oct 25 thr The Dig, The We Shared Milk at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** oct 26 fri Matt & Kim at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** oct 26 fri Hellbillys, Memphis Murder Men, Black Rose Phantoms, Back Alley Barbers, Sex Star at the Metro, Okland 18+ $12 *** @ (Rabid Magazine) 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 Lights at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** oct 26 fri Converge, Torche, Nails, Kvelertak at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** @ oct 26 fri Further Seems Forever at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $23/$26 8:30pm/9:30pm *** oct 26 fri Slough Feg, Skelator, Midnight Chaser at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** oct 26 fri John Mayall at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm ** oct 26 fri Deities, Common Crooks, The Great Work, Culprit, The Most Sad at the Red House, Concord a/a $10/$12 7pm ** 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 26 fri Los Shakas De La Banda, Banda Puro Ayotitlan, dj The Beat, dj N9ne at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$19 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 27 sat Red Fang, Black Tusk, Lord Dying at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** oct 27 sat Wolfgang Gartner, Pierce Fulton, Popeska at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** oct 27 sat Cult Of Youth at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** oct 27 sat Groundation, Trevor Hall, Squarefield Massive at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** oct 28 sun Willie Nelson, Jamey Johnson, Band Of Horses, John Reilly at someplace (trainstation), Oakland a/a # *** oct 28 sun One Night Tour at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** oct 28 sun Earth, Fontanelle, Stebmo at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** oct 29 mon Cadence Weapon at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $8/$10 8pm/9:30pm ** oct 29 mon Balmorhea at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9:30pm ** oct 30 tue Other Lives, Indians at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** oct 30 tue All Time Low, The Summer Set, The Downtown Fiction, Hit The Light at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm # *** oct 30 tue Chamberlin Buxton at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $10/$12 7pm/8pm ** oct 30 tue New Spell (record release), Treehouse Orchestra, St Tropez at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 30 tue Dizzy Wright, Swizzz, Jarren Benton, dj Hoppa at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 31 wed The Undead Boys, Flexx Bronco (performing as The Ramones) at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm *** @ oct 31 wed All-American Rejects, Boys Like Girls, Parachute at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # *** oct 31 wed Groundation, Trevor Hall at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $18/$22 7:30pm/8:30pm ** nov 1 thr Matt Wertz at Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market St., S.F. a/a $18/$20 7:30pm ** nov 1 thr Bowerbirds at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** nov 1 thr Skeletonwitch, Havok, Mutilation Rites, Folivore at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$13 8pm/8:30pm *** @ nov 2 fri Judgement Day at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** nov 2 fri Chilly Gonzales (piano) at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market St., S.F. a/a $17/$20 8pm ** nov 2 fri The Stone Foxes at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** nov 2 fri The Soft White Sixties at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** nov 2 fri Nneka, Raw-G, Earth Amplified, dj Leydis at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $12/$15 8pm/9pm ** nov 2 fri Destroyer (tribute), Loverdrive (tribute), Cruella (tribute) at Club Fox, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City 21+ ** nov 2 fri Jerry Garcia Band at the El Rey Theater, Chico a/a $18/$20 8pm/9pm ** nov 3 sat Grace Potter & The Nocturnals at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** nov 3 sat Strung Up, Born/Dead, Scurvy Dogs, Deadfall, Blown To Bits, Rotten Fux at the Metro, Oakland a/a $10 7pm *** @ nov 3 sat Dark Dark Dark, Emily Wells, Little Teeth at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm/9:30pm ** nov 3 sat Evolution (tribute) at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** nov 3 sat Donna The Buffalo at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** 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 Walken at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** nov 3 sat Fred Wesley & The New JB's, Clyde Stubblefield, Jabo Starks, Fred Thomas, Lyrics Born Band at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $35 9pm *** nov 3 sat Black Tooth at Winter's Tavern, Pacifica 21+ ** nov 3 sat Colt Ford at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** nov 4 sun LeCrae, Trip Lee, Tedashii, KB, Pro, Andy Mineo at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # ** nov 4 sun The Devil Makes Three, Jonny Fritz Corndawg at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # *** nov 4 sun Con Bro Chill at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm * nov 4 sun Rosco Bandana (Gulfport, Mississippi)) at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ ** nov 5 mon Jens Lekman, Taken By Trees at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** nov 5 mon Metz (Toronto, Canada) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** @ nov 5 mon Gwar, Devildriver, Cancerbats, Legacy Of Disorder at the Catalyst, Santa Curz 16+ $25/$28 6:30pm/7:30pm *** @ $ nov 5 mon Datsik at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $20 7pm/8pm ** nov 6 tue Cat Power at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** nov 6 tue Title Fight, Pianos Become The Teeth, Single MOthers, Whirr at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $12 7:30pm ** @ nov 6 tue Mr. Gnome, Eighteen Individual Eyes, The Bruises at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** nov 6 tue Gwar, Devildriver, Cancer Bats, Legacy Of Disorder at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ $ nov 7 wed Afghan Whigs at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 8pm # ** nov 7 wed Asia at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** nov 7 wed Mike Watt & The Missingmen, Victory And Associates, Jokes For Feelings at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** @ nov 7 wed Leonard Cohen at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a 8pm # ** nov 7 wed Title Fight, Pianos Become The Teeth, Single MOthers, Whirr at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Curz 16+ $12/$14 8pm/8:30pm ** nov 7 wed The Devil Makes Three at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $20/$23 8pm/9pm *** nov 8 thr Benjamin Francis Leftwich at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 8 thr The Sea And Cake at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** nov 8 thr Afghan Whigs at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # *** nov 8 thr Tilly And The Wall at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** nov 8 thr Lovely Bad Things, Cosmonauts, Vacant Lots at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** nov 8 thr Miss May I, The Ghost Inside, Like Moths To Flames, The Amity Affliction, Glass Cloud at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** nov 9 fri Delta Spirit at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** nov 9 fri The Fall Risk at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** nov 9 fri Meat Sluts, Freakstar at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** nov 9 fri Eric Church, Justin Moore, Kip Moore at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a 7:30pm # ** nov 9 fri Blue October at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** nov 9/10 Rebirth Brass Band, The California Honeydrops (fri) at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $22 9pm ** nov 10 sat The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** nov 10 sat Blue October, Barcelona, A Silent Film at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** nov 10 sat Black Skies, Caltrop, Prizehog at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm ** nov 10 sat Spiral Arms at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** 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 11 sun Dropkick Murphey's (Quincy, MA) at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $28.50/$30 7pm/8pm *** @ nov 12 mon Tyler Ward at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 7:30pm/8:30pm ** nov 12 mon Japandroids, Bleached at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # *** nov 13 tue Minus The Bear, Cursive, Girl In A Coma at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** nov 13 tue Ben Gibbard at Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street, S.F. a/a # ** nov 13 tue Sera Cahoone at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $10/$12 8pm/9pm ** nov 13 tue Generationals, Races at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** nov 13/14 Average White Band (U.K.) at Yoshi's, Oakland 21+ ** nov 14 wed Epica, Alestorm, Insomnium, System Divide, Destiny Potato at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # *** nov 14 wed Andrew Jackson Jihad, Future Of The Left at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** nov 14 wed Gentleman Jesse & His Man at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** 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 The Birthday Massacre, William Control, Aeshtetic Perfection at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** nov 15 thr Tame Impala, The Amazing at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** nov 15 thr The Blank Tapes, Brand New Trash, Jonny Cat And The Coo Coo Birds at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/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 fri Morrissey at Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave., S.F. a/a # *** nov 16 fri The Green, Natural Vibrations at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** nov 16 fri Glitter Wizard, Hot Lunch, Pork Torta at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** nov 16 fri The Rezillos (Scotland), The Phenomenauts, Jonny Manak & The Depressives at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $13/$15 9pm *** @ nov 16 fri The Faint, Trust, Casket Girls at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** nov 17 sat Self Defense Family, Fell To Low at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $8 7:30pm ** nov 17 sat Walk The Moon, Family Of The Year at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** nov 17 sat The Faint, Trust, Casket Girls at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** nov 17 sat Philistines, Minot, Zbormak at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** 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 18 sun Pierce The Veil, Sleeping With Sirens, Tonight Alive, Hands Like Houses at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** nov 19 mon Patrick Watson at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** nov 19 mon The Maine, Mayday Parade, The Postelles at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** nov 19 mon Woe Is Me, Chunk! No Captain Chunk, Our Last Night, Secrets, Capture The Crown, The Seeking at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** nov 20 tue Pierce The Veil, Sleeping With Sirens, Tonight Alive, Hands Like Houses at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** (sold out) nov 21 wed John Legend, Stacy Barthe at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** nov 21 wed Boz Scaggs at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ *** nov 21/23/24 Jackie Greene at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $28.50 7pm/8pm (wed) 8pm/9pm (fri & sat) # *** nov 23 fri Andrea Bocelli at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a 8pm # ** nov 23 fri UFO at the Catalyst, Santa Curz 21+ $24/$29 8pm/9pm *** nov 27 tue Alice Cooper at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** @ $ nov 30 fri Yellowcard, The Wonder Years, We Are The In Crowd at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm # *** nov 30 fri Charles Bradley at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** nov 30 fri Curbside at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** dec 1 sat Rezurex, Calabrese, Stellar Corpses, Memphis Murder Men, Limnus at the Metro, Oakland a/a $12 # *** @ dec 1 sat Simian Mobile Disco at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $22 9pm *** dec 4 tue Moon Duo at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/4!2 8:30pm/9pm ** dec 6 thr Streetlight Manifesto, Hostage Calm, Lionize at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** dec 6 thr Barry Manilow at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $175-$10 7:30pm # *** dec 7 fri Streetlight Manifesto, Hostage Calm, Lionize at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** dec 8 sat Chris Robinson Brotherhood at the Catalyst, Santa Curz 21+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm ** (Folkyeah) dec 8 sat Motionless In White, Chelsea Grin, Stick To Your Guns, Crown The Empire, Upon This Dawning at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** dec 11 tue Blood On The Dance Floor, Jeffree Star, New Years Day, Davey Suicide at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** 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 14 fri Boys Noize at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** dec 14 fri Supersuckers at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm *** dec 14 fri The English Beat at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** dec 14 fri Kreayshawn at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $17.50/$20 7pm/8pm ** dec 14/15 Psychic TV, Lumerians, King Dude at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $23 9pm *** dec 15 sat The Parov Stelar Trio at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** dec 15 sat The Soft Moon, Group Rhoda at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** dec 21/22 The Mother Hips at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** dec 22 sat Punch The Clown, Coffee & Donuts, The Louies, Edaline, Headboard, Jr. Anti-Sex League, Seven Year Winter at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $15 5pm *** @ dec 31 mon Above & Beyound, Ferry Corsten, Dash Berlin, Andy Moor at the Arena, Oakland 18+ 5pm til 2am # ** dec 31 mon Mother Hips at the El Rey Theater, Chico a/a $40 7pm/8pm ** 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. State Radio in exile KUSF 2am-8am sun NewHotBands on public access TV Comcast Ch 29 12:30pm sun Earwhacks with Paul and Che on Sacramento KRXQ 98.5FM 10pm-11:30pm sun Neonate with Punk Roge and Riot on UC Davis Radio KDVS 90.3FM 12am-2am C L U B I N F O R M A T I O N ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, 420 40th, Oakland a/a (shows over by 10pm) 510-985-0325 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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