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 September 7, 2012 sep 7 fri Defeater, Rotting Out, Hundredth, Silver Snakes, Broken Ties, Troubled Coast 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 $35 7:30pm # ** 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 Deaed Language (Olympia), Strife (Olympia), Northern Draw (Portland) at Long Haul, 3124 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley a/a free 8pm ** sep 7 fri Night Nurse, R.I.P., Deras Krig, Natures Grave at the Swamp, Oakland a/a 7pm ** @ sep 7 fri Big Freedia at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $15/$20 8pm/9pm ** sep 7 fri Young Prisms, Mwahaha, Clipd Beaks!, Alison Stevenson (comedy) at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** sep 7 fri Gypsy Hawk, Midnight Chaser, At Our Heels, Viral at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** 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 8pm/9pm *** sep 7 fri Buckethead, Ben Samples 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 William Basinski, Machine Shop, Damion Romero at Brava Theater, 2781 24th Street, S.F. a/a 8pm ** 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 Les Sins, Silver Hands, Yr Skull, dj's at the Underground SF, 424 Haight Street at Webster, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** sep 7 fri The Hi-Nobles, Pre-Legendary And The Dreamers, Angstroms at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** sep 7 fri 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. 21+ $10 9pm ** 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 Sic Alps (record release), Violent Change, Burnt Ones at the Make-Out Room, S.F. 21+ $8 7:30pm ** sep 7 fri Linkin Park, Incubus, Mutemath at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $106-$36 5:30pm/6:30pm # *** sep 7 fri B.B. 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 Cova, Parachute On Fire, Dance Party Boys at Johnny V's, 31 East Santa Clara St., San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** sep 7 fri Be-Bop at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free ** (jazz) 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 7 fri Splinter Cell, Atomic Bride (Seattle), The Bandage at Li Red Lion Coctail Lounge, 5th Street, Eureka 21+ $5 10pm ** sep 8 sat Impalers, Jokes For A Feelngs, The Young Idea, Imposters, Day Labor at 924 Gilman a/a $8 7pm *** @ (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 Lucky Dragons, Pine, Believe, Taser Island at Liminal Space, 150 54th St., Oakland a/a $5-$15 sliding scale 9pm ** sep 8 sat Los Shimmy Shakers, Swamp Angel, Mari Mac, Thirsty Three, dj's at the Metro, Oakland a/a $10 1pm # ** (early show) sep 8 sat Thee Oh Sees, Sic Alps, The Mallard, BreakArts at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12/$15 9pm ** sep 8 sat Judgement Day, Good Day To Die, Don't Be A Hero at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 8 sat The Shants, Max Porter, Mavis Piggot at the Night Light, 3rd & Broadway, Oakland 21+ $5-$15 sliding scale 9pm ** sep 8 sat The Adicts, Brothers Of Brazil at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $23/$25 8pm/9pm *** @ $ sep 8 sat Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, Kasey Anderson & The Honkies at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $17 8pm/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 Red Dons, Estranged, The Stops at Thrillhouse Records, S.F. a/a free 7pm ** sep 8 sat Dieter Moebius, Richard Lerman, Loud Objects, Cheryl Leonard at Brava Theater, 2781 24th Street, S.F. a/a ** sep 8 sat Gundpowder, Raging Free Radicals, Redwood Wires at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm ** 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 Giggle Party, In Watermelon Sugar, Girls In Suede, Church at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $6 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 TheBobbyEffect, Sage The Gemini, The WhyBees, Rglnd at the Red House, Concord a/a $13/$15 8:30pm ** 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 The Most Sad, Vulture Smile, Chronoscopes at Caravan, 98 South Almaden Ave., San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** 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, John The Baker, Pissed Off Punks 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 Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $8 4pm/5pm *** @ (early show) sep 9 sun Dirty Hand Family Band, Sweet Felony at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $7 1pm ** (all you can eat BBQ - early show) sep 9 sun Covenant (Sweden), The Break Up, The Deephearted, dj Decay, dj Daniel Skellington 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 Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $13 7pm/8pm ** (clap & dance off) sep 9 sun Sweet Chariot, E Minor And The Dirty Daimonds, Misty Mountain, Buffalo Tooth, Pleasure Gallows (2pm) at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free noon/2pm ** (indie mart outside) sep 9 sun Throats, Massken, Pigs In The Ground, Coagulator, John Cage-Radio Music, Divorce, Canner & Tralphaz, Andrew Scott Young, Filthmilk, Daniel Hintz at Potrero Del Sol Park, 26th & Potrero, S.F. a/a noon *** (Noise Show) sep 9 sun Negativwobblyland, James Fei, Chuck Johnson at Brava Theater, 2781 24th Street, S.F. a/a ** 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, Orpheus, Cheap Shots, First Contact at the Red House, Concord a/a $10/$12 7pm ** 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 $65 7:30pm # *** sep 9 sun Styx at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** sep 9 sun The Vibrators, Boats!, Factory Minds 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 Dead Man, Versions, Mercy Ties, Downstaaiirs at Sugar Mountain, Oakland a/a 8:30pm ** sep 10 mon Glitter Wizard, Crag Dweller, Creepers at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** 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 $15 8pm *** sep 10 mon Buckethead at the El Rey Theater, Chico a/a $22 8pm/8:30pm *** sep 11 tue John Benson, Relay For Death, New Happiness (first show), Surf Shit, Ccr Headcleaner at Hecos, 7th & Peralta St., Oakland a/a 99cents 8pm ** (510badsmut Benefit) 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 (Finland), Moonsorrow, Tyr, Metsatoll 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, Hi Deaf at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $15 7pm/8pm *** sep 11 tue Sandi Thom, Francesca Lee at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 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 Blondie, Devo at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 7:30pm # *** $ 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 11 tue cancelled: The Stops (Portland) at the Knockout, S.F. sep 12 wed Silversun Pickups, School Of Seven Bells, Atlas Genius at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 7:30pm # *** $ sep 12 wed The California Honeydrops at City Center, Broadway between 12th & 14th, Oakland a/a free noon ** (Oakland Loves our Sports Teams Ralley) sep 12 wed Moonfox, Fleeting Trance, The Gregors, The Punctuals at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** (KALX) sep 12 wed Bath Party, Warm Soda, Cum Stain at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** sep 12 wed Casy And B rian, Bam!Bam!, Lessons, Coast Jumper at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** sep 12 wed Thrill Kill Kult, Left Spine Down, dj Mario Muse, dj Jacob Fury 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+ $18 7pm/8pm ** 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 Pokey LaFarge & The South City Three, The Two Man Gentleman Band at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12.50/$14 9:30pm ** sep 12 wed Zoo, High Anxiety, Dark Beach at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** sep 12 wed Chicago at the San Jose Civic, 135 San Carlos St., San Jose a/a $76-$96 7:30pm # *** sep 12 wed Blaqk Audio, Hi Deaf at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $15 8pm *** 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 Obacha (Canada), Skuff (Canada), Ordstro, Chetwrecker at the Pink String, 8th & Campbell, West Oakland a/a donation 7pm ** sep 13 thr Grizzle And The Plenty, Rin Tin Tiger, Eight Belles, Cave Clove at Starry Plough, Berkeley 21+ $7-$12 sliding scale 8pm/9pm ** sep 13 thr Chronic Town (tribute) at the Kensington Circus Pub, Berkeley 21+ 8pm ** sep 13 thr B Stars Tiki Tio, Fallen Angel Soul Revue at Lucky 13, Alameda 21+ free ** sep 13 thr Huckle, True Spokes, Dad's LPs 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 ** (sold out) sep 13 thr Buffalo Tooth, Down And Outlaws, American Sharks (TX), Disappearing People at Sub-Mission Galler, S.F. a/a $5 ** sep 13 thr Dead Leaf Echo (Brooklyn, N.Y.) at 367 Debvoise, S.F. ?/? ** sep 13 thr Dangermuffin, Wheeler Brothers at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $7/$10 8pm/9pm ** sep 13 thr Badr Vogu, Night Nurse (Portland), Gaskill at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm ** 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 The Legendary Stardust Cowboy, Rock N Roll Adventure Kids, The Atom Age at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** sep 13 thr Crabapple, Breathing Patterns (San Jose), Neonates (L.A.) at Kitty Castle, Santa Clara a/a $5 7pm ** (text 408-896-6990 for info) 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, Guantanamo Dogpile, Seduce The Dead, You Die!, Malicious Dismemberment 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 $39.50-$115 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, B. Hamilton, Bilinda Butchers at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 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+ $22/$25 8pm/9pm ** sep 14 fri Mercy Me, Francis Chan at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 7pm # *** sep 14 fri AC/DShe (tribute), Hellfire, Space Vacation at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 8pm/9pm ** 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, Cisco Adler at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** 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 Casey Ley, Duat Mai, Jesse Elias, Miles K, Yayne Abeba, Channing Kennedy, Jesse Fernandez, Magnanimous, films at A.T.A., 992 Valencia St at 21st St., S.F. $8 8pm ** 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, The Tambo Rays, San Francesca at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** 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 Heller, Ordstro, Skuff (Canada), Night Nurse (Portland), Chetwrecker, Obacha (Canada), Self Inflicted at Riff Gallery, San Rafael a/a $6 7:30pm ** @ sep 14 fri Lila Downs at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm ** sep 14 fri Def Leppard, Poison at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $134-$29 6pm/7pm # *** sep 14 fri Doug E. Fresh, Sugar Hill Gang, Kurtis Blow at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 7:30pm # *** sep 14 fri Rascal Flatts, Little Big Town, Eli Young Band, Edens Edge at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # ** sep 14 fri Three Bad Jacks, Ghost Town Hangmen, Jim Brantley at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** 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 $45 7:30pm # *** @ 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 Pigs, High Anxity, Younger Lovers, Dark Beach on the Bus and Albany Bulb a/a free 5pm *** 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 Kicker, Night Nurses, Young Lions at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** @ sep 15 sat The Love Dimension, Atomic Bride (Seattle), Mystery School at Starry Plough, Berkeley 21+ $7-$12 sliding scale 8:30pm/9:30pm ** sep 15 sat John Vanderslice, Tartufi, Exray's, Will Sprott, Burnt Ones, Drms, Yalls, Twin Steps, The Mallard, Permanent Collection, Metal Mother, Kids on a Crime Spree, arts & crafts vendors, food trucks at Rock Make Street Festival, Treat and 18th Street, S.F. a/a donation noon til 7pm *** sep 15 sat Los Straitjackets, Big Sandy And His Fly-Rite Boys at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $20 8pm/9pm ** sep 15 sat The Good Hurt, Matt Masih And The Messengers, Thrive at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $13/$15 8pm/9pm ** 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 Secret Suspenders, Wave Commission at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm ** sep 15 sat The Old Firm Casuals, City In Vain, Toughskins, Bricktop, Old Glory at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $12 9pm ** 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, I Built The Cross, The Kids We Used To Be, Reformers 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 The Doobie Brothers, David Jacobs-Strain at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 7:30pm # *** sep 15 sat Bascom (San Jose), Joyride, Wild Assumptions, Tooth Soup at Kitty Castle, Santa Clara a/a $5 6:30pm ** (info text 408-896-6990) sep 15 sat Talky Tina at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 7pm ** sep 15 sat Belle Noire, Via Coma, April Chase at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 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 Symbolik, Parasitic Ejaculation, Ripgut, Primality at Dudes Garage, 2416 Marina Avenue, Livermore a/a $3 5pm til 11pm ** 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 (Brooklyn), 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 Rich McCully, The Golddiggers at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm ** sep 16 sun Aesop Rock, Rob Sonic, dj Big Wiz, Dark Time Sunshine, Open Mike Eagle, Edison at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 7pm/8pm # ** (new date - was July 15th) sep 16 sun Neung Phak (album release), Lumerians, dj Bobby Ganush at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** sep 16 sun Merle Haggard at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 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 The Offs, No Alternative, L'Gregoire at the On Broadway, 435 Broadway, S.F. 21+ 9pm *** @ sep 16 sun Bear The Ark, Reformers, Giving The Devil His Due, Infinito In Torqueo 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 (Brooklyn), Yogurt Brain at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm/9pm ** @ sep 17 mon Natural Child (Nashville, TN), Cool Ghouls, Buffalo Tooth at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 9pm ** sep 17/18 Blue Bear School of Music Band showcases at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $12-$20 sliding scale 7:30pm ** sep 18 tue Crucifixtion, Aggravator, Steel Bearing Hand, Vile Mass at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** @ 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 Paloma Faith at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** sep 18 tue Hemorage, Serpent Crown, Ironwitch, dj D.Jake at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm/9:30pm ** sep 18 tue David Liebe Hart at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** sep 18 tue Flobots, Astronautalis, Forrest Day at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** sep 19 wed Unwoman (record release) at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 8pm ** sep 19 wed Oceanography, Horror Scopes, Vir, dj Mashi Mashi at the Night Light, 3rd & Broadway, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** sep 19 wed Icon Of Coil, Sitd, Savior, dj Decay, dj Melting Girl, dj Unit 77 at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $15/$22 8pm/9pm ** sep 19 wed mc Crumbsnatcher, Blythe Baldwin, Wonder Dave, open mic at Magnet, 4122 18th Street, S.F. a/a 7:30pm/8pm ** 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), Neon Piss, Little Queenie at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** sep 19 wed Mournful Congregation (Australia), Velnias, Lux Interna, Wreck & Reference at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 19 wed Hides, Bad Liar (record release) at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ donation 9:15pm/10pm ** 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 TV Mike And The Scarecrowes, The Tenderloins, Lotus Moons at Disco Volante, 247 14th Street at Webster, Oakland a/a free 9pm ** sep 20 thr Antwon, Cities Aviv, Friendzone Spaceghost, Chippy Nostop, RNB Millionaires at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 8pm/9pm ** sep 20 thr Sioux City Pete And The Beggars at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** sep 20 thr Maximo Park, The Neighbourhood, Zambri at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $18/$20 8pm/9pm ** sep 20 thr Azure Ray, Soko, Haroula Rose 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. 21+ $7 9pm ** 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 Religious Girls, Field Trips, Buttons, Pong, George Chen (comedy), Alison Stevenson (comedy) at the Night Light, 3rd & Broadway, Oakland 21+ $5-$15 sliding scale 9pm ** sep 21 fri Song Preservation Society (cd release), David Dondero, Graham Patzner at Starry Plough, Berkeley 21+ $10-$15 sliding scale 8:30pm/9:30pm ** sep 21 fri Damon And The Heathens at Cafe Van Kleef, 1621 Telegraph Ave., Oakland 21+ $5 8pm * sep 21 fri Huun Huur Tu (throat singers of Tuva) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $26 8pm ** (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+ $20 8pm/9pm ** sep 21 fri Gov't Mule, The Revivalist at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** sep 21 fri Holograms, Maus Haus, Group Rhoda, 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+ $7 9pm ** sep 21 fri Gui Boratto at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $16.50 9pm ** sep 21 fri Sabertooth Zombie, No Sir, State Faults, Creative Adult at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a 8pm *** @ sep 21 fri Blues Traveler at the Uptown Theater, Napa 16+ (12+ with adult) $37/$47 7pm/8pm *** sep 21 fri In The Mourning, The Pickups, The Body Rampart, K Sera, At Any Moment, Rise Over Me! at the Red House, Concord a/a $10/$12 7pm ** sep 21 fri Hayride To Hell at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** 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 fri cancelled: Dev, Cataracs, Starting Six at Regency Ballroom, S.F. sep 21/22 Wilco, Cibo Matto (fri), 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 Psychosomatic, Cyanic, Paranoid Freak Out, Tinnitus, Ill Content, Apocryphon, Fabricant at the Metro, Oakland a/a $10 # *** @ (Benefit for Jef & Nikki) sep 22 sat Micachu And The Shapes at Amoeba Music, Berkeley a/a free 2pm * sep 22 sat Boyfrndz (Austin, TX), Feuding Fathers at the Yellow House, Oakland a/a ** sep 22 sat He's My Brother She's My Sister (L.A.), The Family Folk Explosion, Shaky Graves (TX) at Starry Plough, Berkeley 21+ $12-$16 sliding scale 8:30pm/9:30pm ** sep 22 sat dj Bob Mould, dj Rich Morel at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 10pm ** (Blowoff) sep 22 sat Tainted Love, Duran Duran Duran 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 Hydrophonic, Black Tape (cd release) at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm ** (Daniel Webster Benefit) sep 22 sat Bits Of Shit (Austrailia), Yi, Synthetic ID, Man Hands at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** 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 The Real Nasty, Jay Trainer Band (cd release), Seque, Roem Baur at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** sep 22 sat Cut Hands, Burmese, Bestial Mouths (L.A.), dj Crackwhore at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** (noise/experimental) sep 22 sat Flexx Bronco, Rock Bottom, Tiger Honey Pot at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm/10pm ** sep 22 sat The Royal Deuces at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** sep 22 sat Kreayshawn, Husalah at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $25 8pm *** sep 22 sat Ozomatli at the Uptown Theater, Napa 16+ (12+ with adult) $35 7pm/8pm *** sep 22 sat Taking Us Alive, Drop Thyne Anchor, Corelia, Aviadora, 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 Dirtbag Dan at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** 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 Rat city Ruckus (WA), The 132, The Crunchees, Set Aside at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $7 5pm *** @ 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, dj D Sharp, dj Slick D at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** 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 Jinx Jones And The King Tones at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm ** sep 23 sun Boyfrndz (Ausin, TX), Feuding Fathers, Sunbeam Rd., The Haters at the Milk Bar, 1840 Haight St., S.F. 21+ ** sep 23 sun City Deluxe, The Killing Floor at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 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 6:30pm ** 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 Mournful Congregation, Velnias (CO), Sangre De Muerdago (Spain), Pendulous (L.A.) at the Metro Side Room, Oakland a/a $10 7pm ** @ sep 24 mon Serj Tankian, Viza at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 8pm # ** 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 24 mon cancelled: Orbital at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. 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, Killer Mike, Bear Hands at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** sep 25 tue Vktms, Nihilist Cunt, Bad Coyotes, Nanash 774 (1st show), 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 Space Times, Frozen Folk, Baus, Pirhana Party, Cameron Vannini (comedy) at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** 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, The Simple Pleasure, Jherek Bischoff 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/6:30pm # *** @ (Carnival of Death) sep 26 wed Owl City, Matthew Koma at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # ** sep 26 wed Local H, Ambassadors (Brooklyn) 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 False (Minneapolis), Blown To Bits, Lycus at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm ** @ sep 26 wed Wounded Men at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** sep 26 wed The Record Winter at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 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, Alameda 21+ free * sep 27 thr Endrah (Brazil), Grandma (tribute), Wonderland Syndrome, Cuttin Loose at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** sep 27 thr Brass Hysteria, The Thirsty Three at Lucky 13, Alameda 21+ free ** sep 27 thr Rawdad, Electric Shepherd, Hydrophonic, Vinyl Intermissions at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** sep 27 thr Hey Champ, Frank + Derol, 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 The Grannies, The Jetsinns, Psychology Of Genocide at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $7-$100 sliding scale 9pm *** (Blixafest / Boomfest) sep 27 thr Agent Orange, Total Chaos, 5 Days Dirty, Sleeperisis at the Red House, Concord a/a $12/$15 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 Angent Orange, Killroy, Jack Killed Jill, The Quitters, Falcon A! at 924 Gilman Street, Berkely a/a $12 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 $39.50-$79.50 7pm # *** sep 28 fri Beach House, Dustin Wong at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** (sold out) sep 28 fri The Dodos at BAM/PFA, 2626 Bancroft Way, Berkeley a/a $7 7:30pm ** (KALX) sep 28 fri Girls In Suede at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** sep 28 fri Churches, Talk Hot, Cerfs, Dempsey, dj's at the Night Light, 3rd & Broadway, Oakland 21+ $5-$15 sliding scale 9pm ** sep 28 fri GREEN DAY at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $49.50 9pm # *** @ $ 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, Finish Ticket, The Dandelion War, The Chaw, dj Galine MoDemoiselle at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** sep 28 fri Kim Lenz & The Jaquars, The B-Stars, Rocketship Rocketship at the Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa at Potrero, S.F. a/a $10 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, Courtney And The Crushers, Pamela at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** sep 28 fri Pine Box Boys, King City, Trainwreck Riders at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 9pm/9:30pm ** sep 28 fri Tender Mercies, The Windshield Cowboys at George's, San Rafael 21+ $10/$15 9pm ** sep 28 fri Scissors For Lefty, Two Left Feet, Minute To Midnight, Miracle Me, The Bear Necessities, Airborne 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 Seduce The Dead, Ruleta Rusa, Back Alley Abortions, Epileptic Seizure, Mental Disaster, 2 Hot 3 Fast, Peroxide Youth, Vulgar Nuns, Severed State, Deception at the Maxx House, 1314 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz a/a $5 5:30pm *** @ 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 Hellbillys, Culo A Boca, Brass Hysteria, Thirsty Three, Black Dream at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm *** @ sep 29 sat Chetwrecker, Fabricant, Hemotoxin, Limbs, Ripgut at B.R.S., Richmond a/a 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 Conspiracy Of Venus, Super Natural, 21st Century at the 25th Street Collective, 477 25th Street, Oakland a/a $7-$10 sliding scale 8pm ** sep 29 sat The Velve Teen, Metal Mother, Mortar And Pestle, David Gborie (comedy), Miles K (comedy) at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** (live screen printing) sep 29 sat Embers, Spectral Tombs at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** sep 29 sat Marmalade Mountain, Michael Stasis, The Broads at the Night Light, 3rd & Broadway, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** sep 29 sat Shananagens, Box Of Kittens, Seamus O'harantain at Toot's, 627 Second Avenue at Pomona, Crockett 21+ $5 8:30pm ** 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, Field Report 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 (midnight), Oddville, The Straight Ups!, Chunky Turtlenecks, Elegant Trash (8:30pm), visual artists at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $7/$10 8pm/8:30pm ** @ (Benefit Equilibrium Institue & The American Red Cross) 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 Carlton Melton (record release), Phil Manley Life Coach, White Manna (Arcata) at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/10pm ** sep 29 sat Rustangs at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm * sep 29 sat Trainwreck Riders, Saything, Slow Trucks, Ugly Winner, Speak Friend, Quiet Americans, Future Space And Time, Big Mittens, The Fay Wrays, Hazel's Wart, One Hundred Percent, Excited States at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10-$20 1pm/2pm *** @ (Benefit Make-A-Wish Foundation) sep 29 sat Agent Orange, Resilience, Killroy, Falcon A, Bobby Adopted & The Self-Inflicted Wounds at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $12 8pm *** @ sep 29 sat The Bay-Sicz, MU, Five Star Music, Friends Of The Friendless, Quincy, Elephant In The Room, Young Naija at the Red House, Concord a/a $10/$12 7pm *** (hip-hop) 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 Slow Children, Hemorage, Five Fingers Of Death, Burning Monk, Cuttin' Loose at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $7 5pm *** @ sep 30 sun The Gaslight Anthem at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 7:30pm # ** sep 30 sun Scott Kelly & The Road Home, Mike Scheidt, Alucarda at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8/$10 8pm ** sep 30 sun Girls In Suede, Que Se Mueran, The Parmeasans at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** sep 30 sun Hot Water Music at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** sep 30 sun Maria Minerva, Father Finger, Bobby Browser, dj's 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 Coyote Grace, MaMuse at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 30 sun Inner Ear Brigade, Marco Eneidi Shattered, Mutual Aid Project at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm ** sep 30 sun Vows, The Blank Tapes, Ash Reiter, Li Xi, Cannons And Clouds, Fpod Bpod, Upstairs Downstairs, The Wild Kindness, Sugar Candy Mountain, One F, Owl Paws at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10-$15 1pm/2pm *** @ (Benefit Make-A-Wish Foundation) 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, Screaming Females 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, 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 Communist Daughter at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ ** oct 2 tue Port-Royal (Italy), Dryft, Another Electronic Musican at the DNA Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 7pm/8pm ** 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, Shana Halligan, dj Tom Thump at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** oct 3 wed Assemblage 23 (Seattle), Espermachine, Demodulate, dj Decay at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $12/$18 8pm/9pm ** oct 3 wed Spiral Electric at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm * oct 3 wed The Outlaws at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ ** oct 3 wed Froads at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** 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 $59.50 7pm # ** oct 4 thr Delhi 2 Dublin at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** oct 4 thr Stephen Marley at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** oct 4 thr Niki And The Dove, Wolf Gang, 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, Blue Oaks at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** 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 The Generators (L.A.), Memphis Murder Men, Sad Boy Sinister, Anti-Social, The Blank Spots at 924 Gilman, Berkely a/a $10 7pm *** @ oct 5 fri The Uptones, Ska Kings And Queens at Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley a/a $12/$15 ** oct 5 fri Amon Tobin, Kronos Quartet, Holy Other at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a $39.50 8pm # ** 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 Weekend at BAM/PFA, 2626 Bancroft Way, Berkeley a/a $7 7:30pm ** (KALX) 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, Jon Porras at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$14 9pm ** oct 5 fri Nick Lowe, Jesse Winchester at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** (seated show) 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 Jucifer at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** 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 The Fashion Slaves, Zoobombs (Japan), The Next, Edge City Ruins at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $8 7pm *** @ oct 6 sat Justin Bieber, Carly Rae Jepsen at the Arena, Oakland a/a 7pm # ** $ (scream warning) oct 6 sat Glen Hansard, The Lost Brothers 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 Hell On Wheels, Burning Monk at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm ** 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 The Mantles, Swiftumz, Cocktails at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/10pm ** oct 6 sat Michael Ward With Dogs And Fishes at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm * oct 6 sat The Inciters, The Impalers, Wicked Mercies, dj Dion at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** oct 6 sat No Limit Creation, Mikey, Can't Get Enuff Ent, Starkiller, The Inferno at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 8pm ** (hip-hop) oct 6 sat Lynyrd Skynyrd at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** oct 6 sat George Lopez at the San Jose Civic, 135 San Carlos St., San Jose a/a $43-$63 8pm # ** 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 sat The Connies (Santa Rosa), Splinter Cell at the Alibi, 744 9th St., Arcata 21+ $5 11pm ** 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 Stepdad, Rich Aucoin, Terror Pigeon Dance, Revolt at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a *** oct 7 sun She Wants Revenge, Pyyramids at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** 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 Don't Be The Hero, The Voided, Born To Be Rad, Rour O Clock Heroes, The Break Light Skulls at the Red House, Concord a/a $10/$12 7pm ** @ 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 8 mon Patti Smith at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** 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 These Are Our Hours, Alex Pinto Trio at thee Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** 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 7:30pm # *** oct 9 tue Bad Books, Harrison Hudson at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $16/$19 7pm/8pm *** oct 9 tue Io Echo, Gliss (ep release), Cruel Summer at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** oct 9 tue Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby, John Murry at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** oct 9 tue Secret People, No Mistake, Stressors, Total Fucker, dj Laurgactyl at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm/9:30pm ** @ oct 9 tue Patti Smith at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ ** oct 10 wed Sleepy Sun at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ ** oct 10 wed Dinosaur Jr. at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 8pm # *** @ oct 10 wed Deftones, Scars On Broadway at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** @ oct 10 wed Il Gato (albume release) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** oct 10 wed Anthony B, Baijie, Jah Warrior & The Crew at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** (rastafari) oct 10 wed The Corin Tucker Band, Magic Mouth, Mecca Normal 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 Tav Falco And The Unapproachable Panther Burns, The Switchbacks, Musk at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** oct 10 wed Dude City at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 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 Circa Survive, Touche Amore, Balance And Composure, O'Brother at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # *** (was listed as oct 12th) 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 Yelawolf, Ritzz, Trouble Andrew, Vajra at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** oct 11 thr Violens, Strange Talk, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ ** oct 11 thr Jamestown Revival, Kingsfoil, Luna, Coyote, The Bellafonte, John Thatcher at the Red House, Concord a/a $10/$12 7pm ** oct 11 thr Sleepy Sun at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a ** 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 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 Eraserheads at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8:30pm # *** oct 12 fri Tomorrows Workd, Housse De Racket, Citizens!, Lescop at the Reickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** oct 12 fri Fink at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $12/$15 8pm/9pm ** oct 12 fri Das Racist, Le1f, Safe, Lautis at the DNA Lounge, S.F. 18+ $25 ($20 b4 Oct 1) 10pm ** 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 Moral Crux, The Secretions, Deadones USA, Urban Wolves, Good Day To Die at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm *** @ 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 Bell X1 (accoustic) at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market St., S.F. a/a $20 7:30pm ** 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 at Maxx Cabello Jr. at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** 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 Silver Threads at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm ** 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 Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul, Jay Rock, Stalley, Fly Union at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** oct 16 tue Exitmusic, Sun Airway, Pure Bathing Culture at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** 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 Imperative Reaction, Everything Goes Cold, The Ludovico Technique, The Witch Was Right, dj Decay at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $12/$18 8pm/9pm ** oct 17 wed Minus Gravity, Headlines, James Cavern at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $10/$12 8pm/9pm ** oct 17 wed Radney Foster at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** (country) oct 17 wed Moral Crux, Deaddones at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** oct 17 wed Matisyahu at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ ** 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 & The Good The Mad & The Lovely Posse, 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 Van She at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ ** 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 The Generators (L.A.), The Sore Thumbs, The Shell Corporation, Bastards Of Young at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 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 7:30pm # *** (sold out) 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 8pm # ** oct 19 fri The Whigs, The Record Comany, Fake Your Own Death 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 fri The Phenomenauts, Minibosses, Gnarboots, Hard Girls at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 8pm *** @ oct 19 fri Too Short at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ *** oct 19 fri Kaki King at the El Rey Theater, Chico a/a $15 7:30pm/8pm ** 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, The Rumblestrippers 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, Diamond Rings, California Wives 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 Pre Legendary, Chingadero at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm ** 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 20/21 Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Jack White, Guns n Roses, The Flaming Lips, Sarah McLachlan, Foster The People, Lucinda Williams, Steve Martin And The Steep Canyon Rangers, K.D. Lang And The Siss Boom Bang, Gary Clark Jr. at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $150/$75/$35 3pm (sat) 2pm (sun) # *** $ Bridge School Benefit) 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, Ryan Lewis, Dee-1, Xperience at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** 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 Mike Stud at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** oct 21 sun Tony Lucca, Justin Hopkins at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** oct 21 sun Mako Sica at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 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 Shiny Toy Guns, Mndr at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a *** 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 8pm # *** oct 23 tue Bitch Magnet (reunion), Life Coach, Gold Medalists 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 (Seattle) 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 (Seattle) at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ ** oct 24 wed Civil War Rust, They Stay Dead, Weekender, Get Dead at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** (KALX) 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 Collie Buddz, New Kingston, The Holdup, Los Rakas at the Fillmore, S.F. 6+ $25 8pm # ** 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 Joe Demaree & THe Broken Windows at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 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 Light Asylum, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ ** 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, Oberhofer 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 Pickwick, Fox & Woman at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** oct 26 fri Slough Feg, Skelator, Midnight Chaser at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** oct 26 fri Goodnight Texas (record release), Elliot Randall And The Deadmen, Jesse Thomas at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** 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 8pm ** oct 26 fri Brother /Ali, Blank Tape Beloved, Homeboy Sandman dj Sosa, The Reminders at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $14/$19 8pm/9pm ** oct 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 26 fri Collie Buddz, New Kingston, Los Rakas, The Holdup at the Arcata Theater, Arcata 21+ $25 ($45 vip) 8:30pm ** oct 27 sat Agression (Oxnard), Public Nuisance (L.A.), Condemned 2 Death, Nihilist Cunt, No Mistake at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm *** @ 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 The Asteroids at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** oct 27 sat Clamhawk, My Parade at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm ** oct 27 sat Forrest Day, Ghost & The City, dj Brother Grimm at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a *** oct 27 sat Cult Of Youth at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** oct 27 sat Collie Buddz, New Kingston, Los Rakas, The Holdup at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $25 ($45 vip) 8pm ** 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 28 sun Bar Fight, The Tough Brothers at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm ** oct 28 sun Keller Williams, The Travelin' McCourys at the Hangtown Halloween Ball, Placerville ?/? ** 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 Lights at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm # *** oct 30 tue Deviant (U.K.), C/A/T, Carved Souls (L.A.), For All The Emptiness (Toronto), Citizen 16, dj Drin Kki at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10/$13 8pm/9pm *** 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 Stay Sick (tribute), Mutilators, Superfinos VTO, dj Bildo, dj Death Boy at Lucky 13, Alameda 21+ free *** @ oct 31 wed All-American Rejects, Boys Like Girls, Parachute at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # *** oct 31 wed Collie Buddz, New Kingston, Los Rakas at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $28.50 8pm/9pm ** 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 Waka Flocka Flame, Wooh Da Kid, Reema Major at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** nov 1 thr Revocation, Ken Mode, A Life Once Lost at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $10/$13 6:30pm/7pm *** nov 1 thr Skeletonwitch, Havok, Mutilation Rites, Folivore at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$13 8pm/8:30pm *** @ nov 2 fri Shotgun Wedding Quintet at BAM/PFA, 2626 Bancroft Way, Berkeley a/a $7 7:30pm ** (KALX) nov 2 fri Judgement Day, Religious Girls 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 Saint Etienne, Sea Of Bees at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 9pm # *** nov 2 fri Twerps at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** 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 Dance Gavin Dance, A Lot Like Birds, I The Mighty, The Orphan, The Poet at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 6:30pm # *** 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 8pm # *** nov 4 sun Komor Kommando, dj Decay at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10/$15 8pm/9pm ** 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 4 sun The Infamous Stringdusters at Humboldt Brewery, 856 10th at I, Arcata 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 5 mon The Infamous Stringdusters at Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico 21+ * 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. 21+ $8 8pm ** nov 6 tue Gwar, Devildriver, Cancer Bats, Legacy Of Disorder at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ $ nov 7 wed Asia at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** nov 7 wed Twin Sister, Some Ember at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** nov 7 wed Smoking Popes (playing Born to Quit), Luther at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** 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 Build Them To Break, Weekender, The Loss (Seattle) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 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 7/8 Afghan Whigs, Van Hunt at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 8pm # *** 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 Tilly And The Wall at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** nov 8 thr Jeffrey Lewis & The Junk Yard at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** 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 Cypress String Quartet at BAM/PFA, 2626 Bancroft Way, Berkeley a/a $7 7:30pm * nov 9 fri Delta Spirit, Jeff The Brotherhood, Fidlar at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 9pm # *** nov 9 fri The Fall Risk at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** nov 9 fri Rupa & THe April Fishes at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** nov 9 fri Those Darlins, Pangea, Heavy Cream at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** nov 9 fri Meat Sluts, Freakstar, 1906 at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** nov 9 fri Carina Round, Rosi Golan at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm * nov 9 fri Girls In Suede (cd release show) at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $5 8pm *** (free cd) 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 Touch'd Too Much (tribute) at Lucky 13, Alameda 21+ free ** 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 Steve Winwood, The Wood Brothers at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 9pm # *** 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 Onuinu at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 6pm * 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 8pm # *** 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, Midnite Snaxxx, Coctails at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** nov 14 wed Minus The Bear, Cursive, Girl In A Coma at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** nov 14 wed Halestorm at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a # ** nov 15 thr The Rezillos, The Phenomenauts 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 8pm # ** 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 Nothing People, Lorelle Meets the Obsolete (Mexico City) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** 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 El Ten Leven at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** nov 16 fri Halestorm, In This Moment, Eve To Adam at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** nov 16 fri Glitter Wizard, Hot Lunch, Pork Torta at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** nov 16 fri Witch Mountain (Portland, OR), Castle, Serpent Crown at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** @ 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 (playsing Danse Macabre), Casket Girls at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** nov 17 sat Lianne La Havas at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** nov 17 sat Philistines, Minot, Zbormak at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** nov 17 sat Neon Kross, Courtesy Flush, Moon Cadillac, Surf Club at Coasters, Boardwalk Bowl, 115 Cliff Street, Santa Cruz 21+ $8 ** 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 7pm # *** 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 20 tue Counting Crows at the Masonic, S.F. a/a # *** 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 Rndm (jeff Ament, Joseph Arthur, Richard Stuverud) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** 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 25 sun Enrique Bunbury at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** nov 27 tue Alice Cooper at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** @ $ nov 29 thr Craic Haus (L.A.), Tater Famine at Lucky 13, Alameda 21+ free ** nov 29 thr Walk Off The Earth at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # ** 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 Prince Royce at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # ** nov 30 fri Drms, Ash Reiter (album release), Cannons And Clouds at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** nov 30 fri Curbside at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** nov 30 fri Craic Haus, The Atomic Aces, Fascinating Creatures Of The Deep, Head Casket at Coasters, 115 Cliff Street, Santa Cruz 21+ $8 ** 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 7/8 Ozomatli at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 9pm # *** dec 8 sat Ozokidz at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 3pm # ** (afternoon show) 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 10 mon Macklemore And Ryan Lewis, Dee-1 at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** 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 The Chop Tops, The Thirsty Three, dj Bildo at Lucky 13, Alameda 21+ free ** dec 13 thr Chris Isaak at the Knob Hill Masonic, S.F. a/a $125-$50 $7pm/8pm # *** dec 13 thr Lamb Of God, In Flames, Hellyeah, Sylosis (U.K.) at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** @ dec 13 thr Wooden Shjips, Trans Am, Barn Owl, Man Foreever, Eternal Tapestry Liturgy at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ *** 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 16 sun Graham Parker & The Rumour at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** dec 21 fri Zero Bull Shit, Oppressed Logic, Fuky, Trouble Maker, 2nd Class Citizens, Guantanamo Dogpile, Nihilist Cunt, Gutwrench, Skin & Bonez, Moerate Excess, The Quitters, Crypt Keeper at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $12 12:21pm *** @ (End of the World Fest) dec 21 fri The Limousines at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 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 27 thr The Growlers at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** dec 28 fri The Metermen (Zigaboo Modeliste, Leo Nocentelli, George Porter Jr., Rich Vogel), dj Harry Duncan at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** dec 29 sat Gimme Danger (tribute), dj Bildo at Lucky 13, Alameda 21+ free ** 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 # *** $ feb 9 sat Sabaton (Sweden) at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $15-$40 9pm *** apr 6 sat Rihanna at the Shark Tank, San Jose 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+ Lucky 13, 1301 Park St, Alameda 21+ 510-523-2118 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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