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 February 6, 2013 feb 6 wed Negitive Standards, Fuck The Facts (Canada), Your Enemy, No Fucks Given, Pancake Lizard (Concord) at Zombieland, West Oakland a/a $5 8pm *** @ feb 6 wed Jackson Browne (acoustic) at Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $90/$60/$45 7:30pm # ** feb 6 wed The Toasters, Mrs. Skannotto, Monkey at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $12 8pm *** @ feb 6 wed Balance And Composure, The Jealous Sound, Daylight at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8pm/9pm ** feb 6 wed People Under The Stairs, Revolutionary Rhythm at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $20 8pm/9pm *** feb 6 wed Thao & The Get Down Stay Down at Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F. a/a free 6pm ** feb 6 wed Boy at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market St., S.F. a/a $15 7:30pm ** feb 6 wed Johnny Lawrie, Je Noodle, The Garden Band at the UndergroundSF, 424 Haight Street at Webster, S.F. 21+ $5 6pm ** feb 6 wed Sandy's, The She's, Farallons, dj Jing at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $7/$10 8pm/9pm ** feb 6 wed The Spiral Electric, Kingdom Of The Holy Sun (Seattle), Tokyo Raid at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** feb 6 wed Worth Taking, We Shot The Moon, The Fourth And King at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** feb 6 wed Sufis, Hungry Skinny, The Greening, Posole at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** feb 6 wed M. Ward at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ ** feb 6 wed The Golden Hour, Melvoy, Bradbury at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** feb 6 wed The Wailers at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** feb 7 thr Fun., Andrew McMahon at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** (sold out) feb 7 thr All Hail The Yeti, The Acid Helps at the New Parish, Oakland a/a $8/$10 7pm/8pm ** feb 7 thr Spellbound, The Reptile House, dj Death Boy at the Lucky 13, 1301 Park St, Alameda 21+ free ** feb 7 thr Elaine Romanelli, The Lemon Hammer at Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck, Berkeley 21+ $7-$12 8pm/8pm ** feb 7 thr Slim Cessna's Auto Club, Some Ember, Carletta Sue Kay at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $15 8pm/9pm ** feb 7 thr Forrest Day, Midtown Social, Vinyl Spectrum, Hellman Hoedown, dj Michael Gabriel at Slim's, S.F. 6+ donation 7pm *** (Benefit Families of S.M.A.) feb 7 thr The Hot 8 Brass Band, Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound, dj Platum at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $13/$15 8pm/9pm ** feb 7 thr Girls In Suede, Buzzmutt, Black Hole Oscillators at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** feb 7 thr The Wailers (performing Survival) at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** feb 7 thr The Spyrals, Wild Wild Wets, Barbarian, Midnight Palms at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** feb 7 thr Picture Atlantic, Cash Pony, Dogcatcher at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 7 thr Not To Reason Why, Amonie, Commissure at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** feb 7 thr Imaginary Pants, Sourpatch, Salt Flat, Ugly Winner at Finca Mission, San Jose a/a ** feb 7 thr Hot Water Music, La Dispute, The Menzingers at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** feb 7 thr The Choke, M.D.L., Beerlords, Concussion at the Press Club, 2030 P Street at 21st, Sacramento 21+ $5 8:30pm ** feb 7/8/9/10 Jackie Greene, Phil, Neal Casal, Tony Leone, Adam MacDougall at Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Drive, San Rafael a/a $65 7pm ** feb 8 fri Dewey & The Peoples, Simple Creation, Stu Tails, Randy Marsh at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeely a/a $10 7pm *** @ feb 8 fri Ellie Goulding, St. Lucia at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** (sold out) feb 8 fri Trails And Ways, Incan Abraham, Bells, Cuckoo Chaos at the New Parish, Oakland a/a $7/$10 8pm/9pm ** feb 8 fri Thee Hobo Gobbelins, Awesome, mc Crumbsnatcher, Mykee Ramen, 1-Man-Banjo at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $8 8pm/9pm ** (Benefit for the Sexual Diversity Committee of San Jose State) feb 8 fri Lee Dewyze (acoustic) at Yoshi's, Oakland 21+ ** feb 8 fri Verbal Abuse, Fukm, Hellbeard, Cheapskate, Five Fingers Of Death at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ *** @ (Tomy's Birthday) feb 8 fri Ed Sheeran, Rizzle Kicks, Foy Vance at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 7pm # ** (sold out) feb 8 fri Henhouse Prowlers, Dustbowl Revival, Front Country, Red Dog Ash at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $15 7pm/8pm ** (SF Bluegrass Festival) feb 8 fri Ghost Parade, The Soonest, The Chaw at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $6/$8 8pm/9pm ** feb 8 fri Newcomers, Nekhi Foster at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $13 8pm/9pm ** feb 8 fri I The Mighty, Beta State, High Society, Belle Noire at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8pm/8:30pm ** feb 8 fri Nova Albion, Aaron Axelsen, Escondido at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $7/$10 8pm/9pm ** feb 8 fri Nashville Pussy, The Meat Sluts, The Fucking Buckaroos at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm *** @ feb 8 fri Residual Echoes, Colin L. Orchestra, A White Hunter at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** feb 8 fri Reignwolf at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** feb 8 fri The Rumble Strippers, Rocketship Rocketship at the Make Out Room, S.F. 21+ $8 7pm ** feb 8 fri La Vampires (dj set), Roche, Yr Skull, dj's at the UndergroundSF, 424 Haight St. at Webster, S.F. 21+ $5 (free before 10pm) 9pm ** feb 8 fri Elvin Bishop at Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley a/a 8pm ** feb 8 fri Final Last Words, Push, Space Between, Two Steves at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 8pm *** feb 8 fri Bill Cosby at Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd., Santa Rosa a/a 8pm *** feb 8 fri Them Creatures, Turtle Rising at the Bistro, 1001 B at Main, Hayward 21+ free 7pm ** feb 8 fri dj Camo/Seabright, Sim Castro (Milpitas), Hello The Future (L.A.), Bit Brigade (Athens, Georgia), Make A Scee SJ, Curious Quail, Cartoon Bar Fight, San Francesca, Good Hustle at San Jose Woman's Club, 75 South 11th Street, San Jose a/a $20-$30 (3 day pass) 3pm *** (Rockage 2.0 day 1 - video games) feb 8 fri Minibosses, The English Language, The Oarsmen at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $5 9pm ** feb 8 fri Filthy Thieving Bastards, The Inciters, Custom Fit, The Young Idea at Coasters, 115 Cliff Street, Santa Cruz 21+ $10 9pm *** @ (Bildo's Birthday) feb 8 fri Before You Fall, A Shattered Hope, We Rise The Tides at the Boardwalk, Orangevale $12 7pm/7:30pm ** feb 8 fri The Secretions, Bobby Joe Ebola & The Children McNuggets, Love Songs, Minsky Blackouts, Mad Judy, Dead Dads at the Where House!, 5451 Warehouse Way, Sacramento a/a $5 7pm *** @ feb 8 fri Andrew McMahon, The Reel at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** feb 8 fri Galvineyes, No Beatings From Holly, Sour Diesel, Truly Terrifying at On The Y, 670 Fulton Ave., Sacramento 21+ $5 9pm ** feb 8/9 North Mississippi Allstars at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** feb 9 sat Potential Threat, Kill The Messenger, Megaton, Kurusoh, Arsa at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm *** @ feb 9 sat Nephlim, Lazer Wolf, Cookie Mongoloid, Pot House Shindies, Cat Sweet, Dottie Lux, Archegonium, The Can-Cannibals, Helena Handbasket at the Metro, Oakland a/a $10 8:22pm # ** (Can-Cannibals Valentines Creepshow) feb 9 sat Sundowner, Miracles (Montreal), Great Apes, Kill The Bats at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** @ feb 9 sat Enslaved, Pallbearer, Royal Thunder, Ancient Wisdom at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $17 7pm/8pm ** @ feb 9 sat Lewis Black at the Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $75/$56/$40 8pm # ** feb 9 sat Off!, Negative Approach, Bad Antics at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16 8pm/9pm *** @ feb 9 sat Glowing Cat Eyes, Sun Clay, Tears Club, Barn Burning at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $6 8:10pm/8:40pm ** feb 9 sat Third Date, My Name Is Joe at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm/4pm ** feb 9 sat New Monsoon, Lonesome Locomotive at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $13/$20 8pm/9pm *** feb 9 sat Third Date at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 5pm * feb 9 sat Sabaton (Sweden), Hatchet, Midnight Chaser at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $15-$40 9pm *** feb 9 sat Grandma's Boyfriend, Party Owl, Big Drag at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** feb 9 sat The Bar Feeders, Unko Atama, Whoosie What's It's, Nanash 774 at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm ** @ feb 9 sat Flaming Telepaths (tribute) at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** feb 9 sat BroFX, Dance Party Boys, Commonwealth at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** feb 9 sat Rubblebucket, Materialized, North Beach Brass Band, Painting By Lebo at the Fillmore, S.F. 21+ $30 8pm/9pm # ** (Cosmic Love Ball) feb 9 sat Secret Secretaries, High Anxiety, Buzzmutt at Amnesia, 853 Valencia at 20th, S.F. 21+ ** @ feb 9 sat The Jacka, Husalah, J Stalin at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $25 7:30pm/8pm *** feb 9 sat Connoisseur, Select Sex (San Diego), Dead Pressure, Crypt Keeper at the Greenhouse, 3109 Meadowbrook Drive, Concord a/a donation 5pm ** feb 9 sat dj Mr Smith, Cartoon Violence, Jean Baudin (Redwood City), Gnarboots, Slime Girls (San Juan Bautista), Shinobu, Bit Brigade (Athens, Georgia), Crashfaster, Minibosses (Phoenix), at San Jose Woman's Club, 75 South 11th Street, San Jose a/a $20-$30 (3 day pass) noon *** (Rockage 2.0 day 2 - video games) feb 9 sat Nashville Pussy, Them Slack Jawed Sons Of Bitches at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $12/$15 9pm *** feb 9 sat Them Creatures, Protest Authority, Olde Smoke at Polomonies Bar, 1845 1st Street, Livermore 21+ free 9pm ** feb 9 sat Project Born at the Boardwalk, Orangevale $12 7pm/8pm ** feb 9 sat canceled: Filthy Thieving Bastards, He Who Cannont Be Named, The Odd Numbers, Jack Killed Jill, Edge City Ruins at the Metro, Oakland feb 9 sat Bobby Joe Ebola & The Children McNuggets, Love Songs at Monstros Pizza, 628 W. Sacramento Ave., Chico a/a *** feb 10 sun White Murder (L.A.), The Gash, Catharsis For Cathedral, Cumstain, Mud Mouth, Whistle Tips at Sugar Mountian, Oakland a/a 6pm/7pm ** feb 10 sun Warrior King, W.B.L.K. Sound, One Blood Sound at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $12/$15 9pm/10pm ** feb 10 sun The Saloons, Slaughters Daughters at Fireside Lounge, 1453 Webster Street, Alameda 21+ free 8pm ** feb 10 sun Select Sex (L.A.), Mortuous, Crpt Keeper, Tadroaev, 2084 at Eli's Mile High Club, Oaklnad 21+ $5 3pm ** @ (BBQ) feb 10 sun Wooden Fish Ensemble (old and new music from the Pacific Rim) at Old First Church, 1751 Sacramento Street, S.F. a/a $14-$17 4pm ** feb 10 sun The Better Haves, Dirty Shakers at the Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm til 7pm ** feb 10 sun Cliff Burton Tribute, Damage Inc. (tribute), Trauma, Hell Fire at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $12/$15 7pm/7:30pm ** feb 10 sun Big Tree, Idea The Artist, Waiting Room at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm/9pm ** feb 10 sun Daniel Hart (Dallas), Awahnichi at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 6pm ** feb 10 sun Lewis Black at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ ** at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 10 sun dj Coco (Yokohama, Japan), Fun Fun Records, Mega Ran/Random, Jazzybosses (Phoenix), Dog Party (Sacramento), Mathew Joseph Payne, Bit Brigade (Athens, Georgia) at San Jose Woman's Club, 75 South 11th Street, San Jose a/a $20-$30 (3 day pass) noon *** (Rockage 2.0 day 3 - video games) feb 10 sun Armadillo Music & KDVS vinyl and music Fair at Davis Senior Center, 646 A Street at 7th, Davis a/a 9am till 4:30pm feb 10 sun Bloodsky, Raidd, Madi & Cici at the Boardwalk, Orangevale $8/$10 4:30pm/4:30pm ** (Graham Music Pros School of Music) feb 10 sun Schoolboy Q at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** feb 10 sun Bobby Joe Ebola & The Children McNuggets, Love Songs at Chud's Dojo, 1401 Market Street Unit C, Redding a/a *** feb 11 mon Eric Roberson, Nte', dj D-Sharp at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $20/$30 9pm ** feb 11 mon The Living Deadbeats (Vancouver), The Bottle Kids at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** feb 11 mon Ra Ra Riot, Pacific Air, Cayucas at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** feb 11 mon Sister Chief, Old And Gray, Ugly Winner at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $5/$8 8pm/9pm ** feb 11 mon What Made Milwaukee Famous at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm ** feb 11 mon Scrapers, Hatchet, Pow!, Mane at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** feb 11 mon Retox, Rat Damage, So Stressed, Tom Hanks at the Press Club, 2030 P Street at 21st, Sacramento 21+ $6 8:30pm *** @ feb 12 tue Merauder, Murder Death Kill, Brawl, Domination, No Limbs at the Metro Sideroom, Oakland a/a $10 7pm *** @ feb 12 tue Seduction Feroce at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $7 8pm/9pm ** feb 12 tue Stupid Man Suit (L.A.), The Heroic Trio, Ton Trio II at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 12 tue Terminator 2, Morning Ablaze at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** feb 12 tue The Stone Foxes at Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F. a/a free 6pm ** feb 12 tue King Loses Crown (ep release), Drop Dead 60, Angels Of Vice at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8pm/9pm ** feb 12 tue Ralph Carney's Serious Jass Project, The Cottontails at the Chapel, S.F. a/a free 7pm ** feb 12 tue The Yes Go's, The Krells, Bellyfruit at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm *** (KUSF in Exile) feb 12 tue White Barons, Owl, Winter Teeth, dj Love Gun at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm/9:30pm ** feb 12 tue Vassafor (New Zealand), Knelt Rote (Portland), Dispirit at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 7:30pm ** @ feb 12 tue Paige And The Thousand, Fred Torphy And Marc Friedman, Acacia at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** feb 12 tue Spencer Owen Timeshare, Wet Dreams Dry Magic, Shotgun Brautigan at Amnesia, 853 Valencia at 20th, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** feb 12 tue Spu, Victim Of Society, Civilian Assault, Get Off My Lawn at Sprenger's Tap Room, 446 B Street, Santa Rosa a/a $5 8pm ** @ feb 12/13 Soundgarden at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** @ (sold out) feb 13 wed The Stone Foxes, Mahgeetah, Black Cobra Vipers at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ free 8pm/9pm ** feb 13 wed Unknown Mortar Orchestra, Foxygen, Wampire at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $17 7pm/8pm ** feb 13 wed Shawn Mullins, Max Gomez at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $22 8pm ** feb 13 wed The Ruby Suns, Seatraffic at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 13 wed Giggle Party, Turtle Rising, Guitar Wizards Of The Future at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ free 8pm/9pm ** @ feb 13 wed Dylan Ryan Sand, Joao Erbetta Trio at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** feb 13 wed Bonnie & The Bang Bang, Brooke D, Casey Jones at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** feb 13 wed The Green, New Kingston, Street Urchinz, Brodi Nicholas at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** feb 13/14/15/16/17 Swedish House Mafia at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a $65 6pm/7pm # *** $ (13,14,15,16 sold out) feb 14 thr Knelt Rote (Portland), Vassafor (New Zealand), Dispirit at Terminal, 3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland a/a $8 8pm ** @ feb 14 thr Sean Hayes, Fog Dub at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $18/$22 8pm/9pm ** feb 14 thr Cold Blue Rebels at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ * feb 14 thr War Party, Black Market Prophets, Fault Lines, art showcase at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $4 8pm/10pm ** @ (was listed as febuary 15th) feb 14 thr Delta Rae, ZZ Ward, Martin Harley at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16 8pm ** feb 14 thr Red Baratt, Sun Hop Fat at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16/$18 9pm ** feb 14 thr Starred, Gambles, The Sister Ruby Band at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $14 7:30pm ** feb 14 thr Kris Allen at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $14/$17 8pm ** feb 14 thr Melanie Fiona, Mara Hruby, The World Famous Rick & Russ Show at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** feb 14 thr MegaFlame (two sets), The John Brothers Piano Company at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 14 thr Coed Pageant (Urbana, IL), Whirl'd, Try The Pie, Wolf Factory/JamesDeanMcQueen at El Gato Negro, Santa Clara a/a $5 7pm ** feb 14 thr In Flames (Sweden), Demon Hunter, All Shall Parish, Battlecross at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $29/$34 6:30pm/7:30pm *** @ feb 14 thr Gyptian, Valu Fa, NiceUp at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** feb 14/15 Feed Me With Teeth, Mord Fustang at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** feb 15 fri Beak at Amoeba Music, Berkeley a/a free 6pm ** feb 15 fri Every Time I Die, The Acacia Strain, Vanna, Hundredth, No Bragging Rights at the Metro, Oakland a/a $17 7pm # *** @ feb 15 fri Vassafor (New Zealand), Undergang (Denmark), Knelt Rote (Portland), Necrot, Scolex at the Metro Sideroom, Oakland a/a $10 7pm # *** @ feb 15 fri Beast Nest, Gregawatt, P.T.P. at Long Haul, 3124 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley a/a 9pm ** feb 15 fri The Cockney Rejects, Youth Brigade, Sydney Ducks at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $20/$25 9pm *** @ feb 15 fri Bedrucken, Archer, Forgotten Gods, Sludgebucket at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** @ feb 15 fri Freddie Gibbs, Killing Time at the New Parish, Oakland 21+ $15/$18 8pm/9pm ** feb 15 fri The Vaccines at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $21.50 8pm/9pm # *** feb 15 fri French Cassettes, Black Cobra Vipers at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9:30pm ** feb 15 fri Terror, Bane, Backtrack, Code Orange Kids at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $16 9pm *** @ feb 15 fri Dead Meadow, Strangers Family Band, Matt Tow at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $12/$15 9pm ** feb 15 fri dj Vadim at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. ?/? $10 9pm * feb 15 fri Mean Jeans (Portland), Apache, Long Knife (Portland) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm/10pm ** @ feb 15 fri This Charming Band (tribute), The Purple Ones (tribute) at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10.50/$12 9pm ** feb 15 fri Tijuana No! (Mexico), dj Alberto at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $14/$16 10pm ** (ska) feb 15 fri Pride & Joy at George's, San Rafael 21+ $20 9:30pm ** feb 15 fri Grandpa Banana's Band, Snap Jackson & The Knock On Wood Players at Studio 55, 1455 East Francisco Blvd., San Rafael a/a $13/$15 8pm ** feb 15 fri Anya & The Get Down, Sweet Hayah, Jurassic at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** feb 15 frei Replica at Not Your Average Fest, Santa Cruz a/a ** @ feb 15 fri Starting Six at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $14/$19 8pm/9pm ** feb 15 fri Pounders, February Zero, Rivals at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $5/$8 8:30pm/9pm ** @ feb 15 fri Marilyn Manson at Modesto Center Plaza, 1000 L Street, Modesto a/a # *** @ feb 15 fri Baby Bash, Reign, Playah K, Richard The Rockstar, No Mutiny Cliq, Suave Debonaire, R Dot Carter, Baeza, Mark Snipes, C.B.K., Lucky Lefty at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** feb 15 fri Kris Allen at the El Rey Theater, Chico a/a $15 7pm/8pm # ** feb 15/16 Graveyard, The Shrine at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $19/$20 ($33 two day pass) 9pm ** feb 15/16 Tomahawk, Retox at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $25 9pm *** feb 15/16 The Dirty Dozen Brass Band at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** feb 15/16 Tainted Love, For The Masses (fri), Spinout (sat) at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $23 8pm/9pm ** feb 16 sat Scrapers, Centre, Queen Crescent, Slime Queen at Jam City, 1570 7th Street, West Oakland a/a $5 8pm til 11pm ** feb 16 sat Tony Rebel, Queen Ifrica at the New Parish, Oakland 21+ $25/$30 8pm/9pm ** feb 16 sat The Grannies, Fracas, Custom Kicks at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** @ feb 16 sat Silke Berlinn & The Addictions, Bite, Sorrow Church, Voyaj at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** feb 16 sat George Lopez at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** (comedy) feb 16 sat Eels at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 8pm/9pm # *** feb 16 sat Camper Van Beethoven at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** feb 16 sat Ghost Town Gospel at Mission Bad Art Gallery, S.F. a/a ** (Indie Fest) feb 16 sat The Wedding Present, Nightmare Air at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15/$17 8:30pm/9:30pm *** (also February 17th) feb 16 sat Blood Party, Mr Manager at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm/4pm ** feb 16 sat The Brothers Comatose, Arann Harris And The Farm Band, Willy Tea Taylor at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** feb 16 sat The Warlocks, LSD And The Search For God, Cellar Doors, dj Joel Gion at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $6/$10 8pm/9pm ** feb 16 sat The Ian Fays, Johnny Render, Brett Shady at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** feb 16 sat Mano Cherga at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** feb 16 sat The Dollyrots, Daikon at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** feb 16 sat Undergang (Denmark), Mortuous, Scolex, Necrot at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 5:30pm til 8:30pm ** feb 16 sat Bill Evans, Evie Ladin Band at Studio 55, 1455 East Francisco Blvd., San Rafael a/a $13/$15 8pm ** feb 16 sat Iration, The Green, Passafire, Pacific Dub at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $15/$18 7pm/8pm *** feb 16 sat Los Lobos at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ ** feb 16 sat For Today, Memphis May Fire, The Word Alive, Upon A Burning Body, Gideon, Incredible Me at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** feb 16 sat Agent Orange, Simpl3jack, The Aberzombies, No Beatings From Holly, Rebel Radio at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15 7pm/8pm *** @ feb 16 sat In Flames (Sweden), Demon Hunter, All Shall Parish, Battlecross at Knitting Factory, 211 North Virginia Street, Reno, NV a/a *** @ feb 17 sun Noothgrush, Lidtoker, Swamp Witch, Connoisseur, War Trash, Right at the Metro, Oakland a/a $7 7pm # *** @ (Jayson Stormcrow's 35th Birthday) feb 17 sun The Badmen, Tiger Honey Pot at Fireside Lounge, 1453 Webster Street, Alameda 21+ free 8pm ** feb 17 sun Moniker, Sunfighter, The Institution, Kavarzee at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** feb 17 sun Mark Kozelek, Red House Painters at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $25/$30 8pm ** feb 17 sun Coffin Hunters, Blue Diamond Fillups at the Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm til 7pm ** feb 17 sun Nil Lara Unplugged at Brick & Mortar, S.F. ?/? $10/$13 7pm/8pm ** feb 17 sun The Wedding Present, Me Of A Kind at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 8:30pm/9:30pm *** (also February 16th) feb 17 sun Mouse On Mars at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm ** (was oct 16th) feb 17 sun Apogee Sound Club, Future Twin, Mulch at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** feb 17 sun Uuvvwwz (Lincoln, NE) at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** feb 17 sun David Bromberg Quartet at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 16+ $31/$33 7pm/8pm ** feb 17 sun Pelvis Wrestlies (Reno), Boar Hunter at El Gato Negro, Santa Clara a/a $3-$5 6pm ** feb 17 sun Soulfly, Incite, Damage Over Time, Chernobog at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** feb 17 sun Boyz II Men at Cache Creek Casino, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 21+ ** feb 17 sun The Green, New Kingston at the El Rey Theater, Chico a/a $13 8pm/8:30pm ** feb 18 mon Mike Cooley at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $18/$20 9pm ** feb 18 mon Buke And Gase, Aleuchatistas at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** feb 18 mon Billy Cramer And Share The Land, Spiral Electric, Buzzmutt at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** feb 18 mon Pink, The Hives at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $100-$30 6pm/7:30pm # *** feb 19 tue Patrick Cress' Telepathy (2 sets) at Duende, 468 19th Street, Oakland 21+ $10 8pm ** feb 19 tue Allura, Laid In Stone, Disonova at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** feb 19 tue Marilyn Manson, Butcher Babies at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** @ feb 19 tue Ralph Carney's Serious Jass Project, The Cottontails at the Chapel, S.F. a/a free 7pm ** feb 19 tue Dave Brogan, Garrin Benfield, Kate Gaffney, Tom Freund at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. ?/? free 7pm/7:30pm ** feb 19 tue Israel Vibration at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** feb 19 tue High & Tight, Year Of The Fist, The Rinds, dj Kilgore Bass at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm/9:30pm ** feb 19 tue Fox & Woman, Terrible Buttons, Split Screens at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** feb 19 tue Unknown Relatives, The Tender Few, The Campbell Apartment at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 19 tue Wild Eyes, Twin Trilogy, Sketches Of Pain at Amnesia, 853 Valencia at 20th, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** feb 19 tue The Mowgli's, Desario, Cold eskimo at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** feb 20 wed Leftover Salmon at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $29/$34 9pm ** feb 20 wed Shannon & The Clams, The Mallard, Blasted Canyons, Switfumz at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. ?/? $10-$100 sliding scale 8pm/9pm ** (Benefit fire victim Ursula Rodriquez) feb 20 wed Apopka Darkroom, Bleached Palms at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** feb 20 wed Big Drag, Standard Poodle, Big Long Now at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 20 wed The Spell, Rosa Grande, Future Space And Time at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** feb 20 wed The Nerv, Burning Monk, Culo A Boca at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 8pm ** feb 20 wed OM, Sir Richard Bishop at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** feb 20 wed Usurper Vong, Chronoscopes, Profile Of A Line at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** feb 20 wed Robert Randolph & The Slide Brothers (jazz) at Rio Theater, 1205 Soquel, Santa Cruz a/a $25-$40 6:30pm/7:30pm ** feb 21 thr Turisas, Firewind, Stolen Babies at the Metro, Oakland a/a $20 8pm/8:30pm # *** @ feb 21 thr Txas Steve & The Tornados, Slack Jawed S.O.B.'s at Lucky 13, Alameda 21+ free ** feb 21 thr Hudu at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm * feb 21 thr Coheed And Cambria, Between The Buried And Me, Russian Circles at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** @ feb 21 thr Baby Bear And The Easy Love, The Mowgli's, Whiskerman, The Sufis at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $14 8:30pm ** feb 21 thr Salvador Santana, Scribe Project at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 8pm *** feb 21 thr Steven Bernstein, Sex Mob, Seep Space Quartet, Klaxon Mutant Allstars at Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $10/$13 8pm/9pm ** feb 21 thr Doro (Germany), Sister Sin, Bottom at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $16 9pm ** feb 21 thr The Night Marchers, The Intelligence, Mrs. Magician at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12.50/$15 8:30pm ** feb 21 thr Meg Baird, Daniel Bachman, Luke Sweeney at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** feb 21 thr Our Vinyl Vows, Pounders, Dangermaker at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 21 thr Pansy Division (10:30pm), Zbornak, dj Brown Amy, dj Carnita, Anna Conda at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9:30pm *** feb 21 thr Wallpaper, Con Bro Chill, Diamond Dez & Shaun Slaughter at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** feb 22 fri Pansy Division, McCrumsnatcher, Bobby Joe Ebola & The Children McNuggets at 924 Gilman St., Berkeley a/a 8pm *** (Punk Rock Joel's Birthday) feb 22 fri Replica (record release), Effluxus (record release), Hunting Party, Caged Animal, Deras Krig at the Swamp, Oakland a/a $4 7pm ** @ feb 22 fri Wehrmacht (Seattle), S.M.D. (L.A.), Voetsek, Crypt Keeper at the Metro, Oakland a/a $10 8pm *** # @ feb 22 fri Foreverland (tribute) at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $15/$20 8pm/9pm ** feb 22 fri Japanther at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** feb 22 fri Dave Alvin & The Guilty Ones, Marshall Crenshaw at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $22 8pm ** feb 22 fri Indians, Night Beds, Cat Martino at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. a/a $12 8pm/9pm ** feb 22 fri The Seshen, Guy Fox at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** feb 22 fri Wallpaper, Con Bro Chill at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16/$18 9pm ** feb 22 fri Robert DeLong at Amoeba Music, S.F. a/a free 6pm ** feb 22 fri Big Sandy And His Fly-Rite Boys, Deke Dickerson With dj Slim Jenkins at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $18 9pm ** (rockabilly) feb 22 fri Tambo Rays, Sunbeam Rd., Thralls at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** feb 22 fri Inspector Gadje, The Gomorran Social Aid & Pleasure Club, La Dee Da at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm/9pm ** feb 22 fri Rakim, Sellassie, Khafre Jay, dj Mr.E, dj Mark Divita, The Widdler, Abakus, Alpha Data at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** feb 22 fri San Juaqien Steamers, Hazzards Cure, Prizehog, Stone Vengeannce, Locusta, Brainoil, Internal Corrosion, Artillery Breath, The Cutthroats 9, Black Tusk at Neck of the Woods, 401 Clement St., S.F. 21+ $12/$16 6pm *** @ feb 22 fri In Your Silence, Walk The Atmosphere, Kakota, Synnova, Arrythmia at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 8pm *** @ feb 22 fri Iration, Passafire, Pacific Dub at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$19 8pm/9pm ** @ feb 22 fri Voodoo Glow Skuls, La Plebe at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm *** @ feb 22 fri Molly Hatchet, Relic 45, Maxxx at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** feb 22 fri Trikome, Wearing It Out In Public, The Lampshade Tango, Despite The Aftermath at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7pm/8pm ** feb 22 fri Armed For Apocalypse (Chico), Tom Hanks, 30.06, Rat Damage at Oak Park Boiz House, Sacramento a/a donation 7pm *** @ feb 22/23 A.L.O., Diego's Umbrella (fri), The California Honeydrops (sat) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm *** feb 22/23 The Mother Hips at Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Dr., San Rafael a/a $20 7:30pm ** feb 23 sat Oceanside Sound System, Imposters, Dope Collective, The Young Idea, The Failures at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm *** @ (ska nite) feb 23 sat Kicker, Ill Content, Short Changed, Hooray For Everything at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $8 8pm/9pm *** @ feb 23 sat Cheapskate, Good Day To Die, Altar De Fey, Fracas at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** @ feb 23 sat Burnt Ones, Bad Vibez, Cocktails at the Night Light, 311 Broadway, Oakland 21+ ** feb 23 sat The Phenomenauts, La Plebe, The Dirty Hand Family Band, The Bruises, dj What's His Fuck at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 9pm *** @ feb 23 sat Tyrone Wells, Graham Colton, Brett Young at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $18 8pm ** feb 23 sat Middle Class Murder, Imperial Pints at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm/4pm ** feb 23 sat Rangda, Blues Control at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $18/$22 9pm ** feb 23 sat Spindrift, Gram Rabbit, Matthew Tow, Pow!, dj Scott Vitt at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $10/$12 9pm/10pm ** feb 23 sat Permanent Collection, Cobalt Cranes (L.A.), Legs at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** feb 23 sat Foxtail Somersault, Tomihira, Astral, United Ghosts at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** feb 23 sat Life's Torment, Feast, Old Crow, I Madman, Fallujah, Scrap Metal, Maggot Colony, Draconis, Cyanic, Impaled, Battlemaster, Phobia, Dreaming Dead, Exhumed, Destroyed In Seconds, Broken Hope (Chicago) at the Neck of the Woods, 406 Clement, S.F. 21+ $20/$25 4pm *** @ feb 23 sat Carlton Melton, Glitter Wizard at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm/10pm ** (Rich Millman's Birthday) feb 23 sat Kit & The Branded Men at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** feb 23 sat Super Diamond, Pop Rocks, Lovefool at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $22 8pm/9pm ** feb 23 sat Burn River Burn, Disastroid, Fortress at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** feb 23 sat Chris Rene, Taj He Spitz, Kool John, Nio The Gift, Dot Goodie, B Legit, Young Curt, Lil Rue, Dem Hoodstarz, Gerdes, dj CRS Fader at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $28 7:30pm *** (Memorial Fundraiser Celebration for Alyssa Byrne) feb 23 sat Pride & Joy at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ *** feb 23 sat Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys, The B-Stars at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** feb 23 sat The Devil Wears Prada, As I Lay Dying, For Today, The Color Morale at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$23 6pm/7pm *** @ feb 23 sat Kingdom Of Giants, Within These Casket Walls, The Great Destroyer, Sleeping Until The End, Petroglyphs, Incisus at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** feb 24 sun Memphis Murder Men, Rock N Roll Rubys at Fireside Lounge, 1453 Webster Street, Alameda 21+ free 8pm ** feb 24 sun Singin' Utters, The Inciters, The Impalers, dj Dion, dj Evil Justin at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 8pm *** @ feb 24 sun Morrissey, Kristeen Young at Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave., S.F. a/a # *** feb 24 sun David Crosby, Marty Balin, mc Contry Joe McDonald at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $50 8pm *** (seated show - Benefit for Slick Aguilar) feb 24 sun Brickbat, Hot Lunch, Mitchell & Manley, Hank IV, Sean Kean (comedy), mc Parker Gibbs at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 2pm/3pm *** (The Scott Jones Medical Benefit Rock Show) feb 24 sun Mad Mama And The Bona Fide Few, Rocketship Rocketship at the Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm til 7pm ** feb 24 sun The Residents at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $35 7pm/8pm *** feb 24 sun Judgement Day, Satya Sena, Iron Moutain, Armed For Apocalypse at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 6pm/7pm ** @ feb 24 sun Spencer Moody, Corey Brewer at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 10:30pm ** feb 24 sun Grant-Lee Phillips, Garrin Benfield at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm ** (singer-songwriter) feb 24 sun Goitse (Ireland) at Studio 55, 1455 East Francisco Blvd., San Rafael a/a $13/$15 3pm ** feb 24 sun Alan Parsons Live Project at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ ** feb 24 sun Whiskey Sunday, Talky Tina, The Fucking Buckaroos, Jonny Manak And The Depressives, Utter Failure at Johnny V's, 31 East Santa Clara St., San Jose 21+ $5 5pm ** feb 24 sun The Summer Set, We Are The In Crowd, Go Radio at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** feb 24 sun As I Lay Dying, The Devil Wears Prada, For Today, The Color Morale at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $20/$23 6pm/7pm *** @ feb 24 sun postponed: NoMeansNo at the Uptown, Oakland feb 25 mon Black Leather Jesus, Whitegloves And Partymanners, Striations, 7 Lies About Girls, Struggle Session at the Metro, Oakland a/a $7 # ** feb 25 mon Carrie Underwood, Hunter Hayes at the Arena, Oakland a/a 7:30pm # *** feb 25 mon Surfer Blood, Grand Rapids Live, Aaron Axelsen at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $10.53 8pm *** (Live 105) feb 25 mon Touche, Starskate, Teenage Sweater at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** feb 26 tue The Used, We Came As Romans, Crown The Empire, Mindflow at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 6pm/7pm # *** @ (Benefit It Gets Better Project - Take Action tour) feb 26 tue Kishi Bashi, Shugo Tokumaru, Tall Tall Trees at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ 8pm ** (sold out) feb 26 tue Jason Lytle, Jenny-O, Will Sprott at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 7pm/8pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 26 tue Schematic, Rekapse, Asker, Treehouse at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 7:30pm ** feb 26 tue Bobb Saggeth (tribute), Killbossa (tribute), SFO+H (tribute) at Amnesia, 853 Valencia at 20th, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** feb 26 tue B.B. King at Golden State Theater, 417 Alvarado St., Monterey a/a # 8pm *** feb 26 tue Carrie Underwood, Hunter Hayes at the Arena, Stockton a/a 7:30pm # *** feb 26 tue Blaze Ya Dead Homie, Anybody Killa, 420 Darksdie Boyz at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** feb 27 wed A Silent Film, Royal Teeth, Jillette Johnson at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $14 8pm ** feb 27 wed The Fresh & Onlys, R. Stevie Moore, Plateaus, Burnt Ones at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 7pm/8pm *** (Noise Pop) feb 27 wed Ceremony, Comadre at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8pm *** (Noise Pop) feb 27 wed The Cabin Down Below Band, Nick Valensi, Boz Scaggs, Chuck Prophet, Tom Johnston, Tim Bluhm, Nicki Bluhm, Matt Sorum & Ace Harper, Butch Walker, Ryan Miller, Jesse Malin, Har Mar Superstar, Jenny O., Jody Porter, Ewan Currie at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** (Petty Fest - The Music of Tom Petty - Benefit Sweet Relief) feb 27 wed Country Joe Mcdonald at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm ** (Woody Guthrie tribute) feb 27 wed Ramona Falls, Social Studies, Harriet, Mahgeetah at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 7pm/8pm *** (Noise Pop) feb 27 wed Lovely Bad Things at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** feb 27 wed Free Energy, In The Valley Below, Miner at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8pm/9pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 27 wed All City Elite, Seabright, Casey Chisolm at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** feb 27 wed Kishi Bashi, Shugo Tokumaru at Moe's Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz 21+ ** feb 27 wed Pennywise, Lagwagon, Stick To Your Guns, Yankee Brutal at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a 6pm *** @ feb 27 wed Sound Tribe Sector 9 at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $25 7pm/8pm *** feb 28 thr B.B. King at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** feb 28 thr Brujeria, Black Mackerel, Sangre, Your Enemy at the Metro, Oakland a/a $13/$18 8pm # ** feb 28 thr Birthday Suits (Minneapolis) at Sugar Mountain, Oakland a/a ** feb 28 thr Glass Atlas (album release), Dear Indugu, Starskate, Davey Dave and the Magic Jester Theater (theatrical performances) at Starry Plough, Berkeley 21+ $5-$15 sliding scale 8:30pm ** (Fundraiser for "The Ballad of Ellie: Gen Mod") feb 28 thr Reckless Kelly, Micky & The Motorcars, Sturgill Simpson at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 9pm ** feb 28 thr Anberlin at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 6pm/7pm ** feb 28 thr Punk in Africa (film) at A.T.A., 992 Valencia St at 21st St., S.F. a/a $10 7pm (82 mins) feb 28 thr White Arrows, The Yellow Dogs, The Mallard at Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $21/$23 7pm/8pm # *** (Noise Pop) feb 28 thr Xxyyxx, Teen Daze (dj set), dj dials, Nanosaur at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $20/$25 9pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 28 thr Bear Mountain, Man Without Country, Sir Sly, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $12/$14 9pm ** feb 28 thr Psychic Ills, Mike Donovan, Follakzoid, Aan at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 28 thr Family Of The Year, Doe Eye, Psychic Friend, Rin Tin Tiger at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 7pm/8pm *** (Noise Pop) feb 28 thr Obn III's, Fuzz at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $8 7pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 28 thr Paul Basic, SuperVision, DevonWho at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 7:30pm ** (Noise Pop) feb 28 thr Free Energy, In The Valley Below, Warm Soda, Miner at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8pm *** (Noise Pop) feb 28 thr Dun Bin Had, The Runs, Domino & The Derelicts at Caravan, 98 South Almaden Ave., San Jose 21+ free 10pm ** feb 28 thr The Residents at Rio Theater, 1205 Soquel, Santa Cruz a/a $48/$27 8pm # *** feb 28 thr Testament, Overkill, 4Arm, Solanum at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ feb 28 thr Ceremony, Vibrating Antennas, Rad Damage, Alarms at the Where House!, 5451 Warehouse Way #109, Sacramento a/a $10/$12 7pm *** @ feb 28 thr Secondhand Serenade, Alex Goot, Tyler Rich, Self Proclamed, Mercedes Avenue at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** mar 1 fri Mindset, Step Aside, Living Eyes, Counter, New Deal at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 410 7:30pm *** @ mar 1 fri Obn Ii's, The Fuzz at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oakland a/a ** mar 1 fri Sound Trire Sector 9, Tycho at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $29.50 8pm # *** mar 1 fri Z-Trip, Deejay Saurus, dj Platurn, dj Goldenchyld at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $25/$30 8pm/9pm ** mar 1 fri Krieg, Icon Of Phobos, Odium Totus, Sein Und Zeit, Rotten Funeral at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $10 7pm ($5 before 7:30pm) ** @ mar 1 fri Starfucker, Blackbird Blackbird at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $22.50/$25 9pm ** (Noise Pop) mar 1 fri Pennywise, Lagwagon, Death By Stereo at the Warfield Theater, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** @ mar 1 fri Damien Jurado, Aaron Espinoza, Peggy Honeywell at the Chapel, 777 Valencia, S.F. a/a $15 7pm ** (Noise Pop) mar 1 fri The Thermals, Dirty Ghosts, The She's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm *** mar 1 fri What Did You Expect? Archer's of Loaf Live at Cat's Cradle (film) at A.T.A., 992 Valencia St at 21st St., S.F. a/a $10 7pm (Noise Pop) mar 1 fri Marcus Cohen & THe Congress, Jennifer Johns, Naima Shalhoub at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** mar 1 fri Psychic Ills, Mike Donovan, Follakzoid at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm ** (Noise Pop) mar 1 fri Califone at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 7pm ** (Noise Pop) mar 1 fri The English Beat at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $22/$25 8pm/9pm *** mar 1 fri Rogue Wave, Brainstorm at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 8pm/9pm ** (Noise Pop) mar 1 fri Toro Y Moi, Sinkane, Dog Bite, Drms at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $22 7:30pm ** (Noise Pop) mar 1 fri Miles Schon at George's, San Rafael 21+ 9pm ** mar 1 fri Elephant Listening Project at Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Avenue, Mill Valley a/a ** mar 1 fri Sisu, Dune Rats, Dirty Pillows at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** mar 1 fri Meshuggah, Animals As Leaders, Intronaut at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** mar 1 fri C.B.K., J-Shift, B Mac, Zo at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7pm/8pm ** mar 1/2 Galactic, Corey Glover, Latyrx, Lateef The Truthspeaker at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $31.50 8pm/9pm # *** mar 1/2 Diiv, Wax Idols (sat), Sisu (sat), Lenz (sat) at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8pm/9pm *** (sat sold out - Noise Pop) mar 1/2 Toro Y Moi, Sinkane, Dog Bite, Drms (fri), James And Evander (sat) at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** (sold out - Noise Pop) mar 2 sat H.R., Guantanamo Dogpile, Punk Funk Mob, Skunkadelics, Skin And Bonez at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $12 7pm *** @ mar 2 sat Leonard Cohen at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a # ** mar 2 sat Rat City Riot, Troublemaker at the Metro, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** mar 2 sat Ships In The Night at the New Parish, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** mar 2 sat Sonny & The Sunsets, Magic Trick, Cool Ghouls, Dune Rats at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8pm/9pm ** (Noise Pop) mar 2 sat DNF, Replica, Ordstro, Stares, Behavior (L.A.) at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $7 9pm *** @ mar 2 sat Yacht (L.A.) at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $18/$20 2pm ** (Noise Pop) mar 2 sat Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside, Kacey Johansing at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $17/$19 7pm ** (Noise Pop) mar 2 sat Jukebox The Ghost, Matt Pond, The Lighthouse And The Whaler, French Cassettes at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $13/$15 8pm *** (Noise Pop) mar 2 sat Bronze, Holy Balm (Australia), Screature at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** mar 2 sat Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit, The Preservatin, Tom VandenAVond at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** mar 2 sat Swamp Angel, The Meat Sluts, The Jetsinns (Sacramento) at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm ** @ mar 2 sat Porkchop Express at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** mar 2 sat Toro Y Moi, Sinkane, Dog Bite, James & Evander at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $22 7:30pm ** (Noise Pop) mar 2 sat Pins Of Light, White Barons, Wild Eyes, Owl at Bender's, S.F. 21+ free 5pm til 8pm ** (Noise Pop) mar 2 sat Bone Thugs-n-Harmony at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a 8pm *** mar 2 sat Foreverland (tribute) at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $21 8pm/9pm ** mar 2 sat Pennywise, Lagwagon at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $20/$24 7pm/8pm *** @ mar 2 sat Morrissey, Kristeen Young at John Ascuaga's Nugget Casino, Sparks, NV 18+ # *** mar 2/3 Leonard Cohen at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a # ** mar 3 sun Mustard Plug, Dan P. And The Bricks, Monkey, The Interrupters, Violation, 132 at 924 Gilman, Berkeley a/a $10 4:30pm *** @ mar 3 sun Caspian, Native, The Dandelion War at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 5pm/6pm ** (Noise Pop) mar 3 sun Flying Color, Toiling Midgets, The Muskrats, Frightwig, Blue Movie, Ugly Stick, Penelope Houston And The Honey Badgers, Peter Cas at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** (tribute to Tom Mallon) mar 3 sun Minor Birds, Kat Jones, The Parmesans, Misisipi Mike at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. ?/? $5/$8 8pm/9pm ** mar 3 sun Electric Six, Gabriel The Marine at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16 8pm ** mar 3 sun The Air I Breathe, For All I Am, Famous Last Worlds, With Wolves, The Romantic Tragedy, Forty Fathoms, The Fourth Horseman at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12 5:30pm/6pm *** mar 3 sun 10 Years, Young Guns, Track Fighter at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** mar 4 mon Morrissey, Kristeen Young at U.C. Davis Freeborn Hall, Davis a/a # *** mar 4 mon Maserati, Minot, Silian Rail at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** (Noise Pop) mar 4 mon Shannon & The Clams, Meat Market, Scrapers at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/9:30pm *** mar 4 mon The Family Crest, The Horde And The Harem, Vandella at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** mar 4 mon Black Veil Brides, William Control at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $18 7pm/7:30pm ** mar 5 tue Alabama Shakes, Michael Kiwanuka, Sam Doores & Riley Downing at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** (sold out) mar 5 tue Why?, Astronautalis at the New Parish, Oakland a/a $17/$20 8pm/9pm ** mar 5 tue Yes at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $49/$79 7pm/8pm *** mar 5 tue G-Eazy at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** (Must Be Nice Tour) mar 5 tue Outasight, The Ready Set at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** mar 5 tue Hey Marseilles (Seattle) at the Chapel, 777 Valencia, S.F. a/a 8pm/9pm ** mar 5 tue Low Hums (Seattle) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** mar 5 tue Joshua James, Noah Gunderson at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm ** mar 5 tue The View at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** mar 5 tue Reverend Horton Heat, Guttermouth, Matt W. Gage at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** mar 5 tue Iron Lung, Column Of Heaven (Toronto, Canada), Rad Damage, Alarms, Rad at the Colony, 3512 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento a/a *** @ mar 5 tue Iron Lung, Column Of Heaven, Rad Damage, Alarms, Rad at the Colony, 3512 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento a/a $10 7pm *** @ (Rad Damage / Alarms split 7" relase) mar 5 tue Black Veil Brides, William Control at Knitting Factory, 211 North Virginia Street, Reno, NV a/a ** mar 6 wed Broncho (Oklahoma City), White Lungs, Wax Idols at the New Parish, Oakland 1/1 $7/$10 8pm/9pm *** @ (1234-Go Records) mar 6 wed The Dirty Hand Family Band, The Crybabies, Sweet Felony at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** mar 6 wed Great Big Sea at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # *** mar 6 wed Timeflies at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** mar 6 wed Why!, Dream Tiger at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** mar 6 wed Junius, Silver Snakes, Form And Fate, Death Valley High at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10/$13 7pm/7:45pm *** mar 6 wed Polecat at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $7/$10 8pm/9pm ** mar 6 wed Marcus Foster, Sean Rowe, Ruston Kelly at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $14 7pm/8pm ** (Noise Pop) mar 6 wed Simon Townshend at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** (was Feb. 6th) mar 6 wed Nu Sensae, Synthetic ID, Straight Crime at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** mar 6 wed Iron Lung, Column Of Heaven (Toronto, Canada), Replica, Permanent Ruin, Caged Animal at Finca Mission, San Jose a/a *** @ mar 6 wed G-Eazy at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $14/$17 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 6 wed Alabama Shakes, Michael Kiwanuka, Sam Doores & Riley Downing at Mondavi Center, Davis a/a ** mar 6 wed Black Veil Brides, William Control, Overwatch at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** mar 7 thr Fiction Reform, Jack Killed Jill, Lazerwolf at the Lucky 13, 1301 Park St, Alameda 21+ free ** @ mar 7 thr Darwin Deez, Caged Animals, Marqiss at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 7 thr Passion Pit, Matt & Kim at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a # *** mar 7 thr Chris James And The Showdowns, Mavalour, American Professionals, Emmett Peixoto at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $5/$8 7pm/8pm ** mar 7 thr Assembly Of Dust, Strage Folk Acoustic Duo at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 8pm ** mar 7 thr Pharmacy (Seattle), Shivas at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** mar 7 thr Iron Lung, Column Of Heaven (Toronto, Canada), Neon Piss, No Love at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm/10pm *** @ mar 7 thr Reverend Horton Heat at Fat Cat Music, 930 10th Street, Modesto 21+ *** mar 7/8 Robert Glasper Experiment at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $30/$35 8pm/9pm ** mar 8 fri Rival Mob, Young Offenders, Never Healed, Living Eyes at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oakland a/a ** mar 8 fri Marduk, Moonspell, Inquisition, The Foreshadowing, Death Wolf at the Metro, Oakland a/a $20 6:30pm/7pm *** mar 8 fri Iron Lung (Seattle), Column Of Heaven (Toronto, Canada), Vaccuum, Miscreant, Permanent Ruin, Striations at First Church of the Buzzard, 2601 Adeline, Oakland a/a $8 7pm *** @ mar 8 fri Black Veil Brides, William Control at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7:30pm ** mar 8 fri Orchid, Glitter Wizard, Hell Fire at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm/9pm ** mar 8 fri New Diplomat, Rags And Ribbons, Via Coma at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** mar 8 fri Black Veil Brides, William Control at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $19.50/$22 7:30pm # ** mar 8 fri Youngblood Hawke at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a *** mar 8 fri The Hush Sound, The Last Royals, Sydney Wayser at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** mar 8 fri Major Powers & The Lo-Fi Symphony, Bend Sinister, Hungry Skinny at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** mar 8 fri Pickwick at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** mar 8 fri Stickers (Seattle), Pony Time at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** mar 8 fri Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers, The Easy Leaves at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm/9pm *** mar 8 fri The Legendary Stardust Cowboy, Johnny Legend, Girls With Guns, Gaviotas at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** mar 8 fri Los Lonely Boys (acoustic) at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ ** mar 8 fri Fiction Reform, Ill Content, Aspergers, Bite, Edge City Ruins at the Red Hat, 1860 Monument Blvd., Concord 21+ $6 ** @ mar 8 fri Owl, Sons Of Intrepid at Winter's Tavern, 1522 Francisco Blvd., Pacifica 21+ 9pm ** mar 8 fri Guttermouth, Anti-Social at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $12/$15 9pm ** mar 8 fri Otep, One Eyed Doll, Picture Me Broken at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** mar 8 fri D.R.I., Gehenna, Rat Damage, Rad, 10 Cent Mistake at Shea's Tavern, 715 S. Virginia Street, Reno NV 21+ $10 10pm *** @ mar 8 fri Pauly Shore at the El Rey Theater, Chico a/a $22/$25 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 8/9 G. Love & Special Sauce at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** mar 9 sat Flogging Molly, Mariachi El Bronx, Donots at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** @ $ mar 9 sat No Beginning No End at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $17/$20 7pm/8pm ** mar 9 sat D.R.I. at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** @ mar 9 sat Morrissey, Kristeen Young at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $69.50/$72 8pm # *** $ mar 9 sat Eric Prydz, Fehrplay at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** mar 9 sat Six60 at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $13/$15 8pm/9pm ** mar 9 sat K.M.F.D.M., Legion Within at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 9pm *** mar 9 sat Emily Jane White, Ora Corgan at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** mar 9 sat The Jaunting Martyrs, The Rogers, Victoria And The Vaudevillains, Coffee Shop Dropout, host Jamie DeWolf at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 9 sat Rank/Xerox, Violent Change, Cheap Bliss at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm ** mar 9 sat Thee Merry Widows at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** mar 9 sat The James Hunter Six at Bimbo's 365 Club, San Jose 21+ $25 8pm/9pm ** mar 9 sat Damage Inc. (tribute), Lovedrive (tribute) at Club Fox, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City 21+ 7pm/8pm ** mar 9 sat Fiction Reform, Jack Killed Jill, Sa90, Head Casket at Coasters, Boardwalk Bowl, 115 Cliff Street, Santa Cruz 21+ ** @ mar 9 sat Yes at the Silver Legacy Casino, 407 N. Virginia St., Reno NV 18+ 8pm *** mar 10 sun Folkeiis (Nagoya City, Japan), Mauser (Gainseville, FL), Mundo Muerto, Effluxus, Stressors, Fema Coffin (first show) at the Metro, Oakland a/a # $10 7pm *** @ mar 10 sun Alicia Keys, Miquel at the Arena, Oakalnd a/a # *** mar 10 sun Abba The Concert (tribute) at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** mar 10 sun Cradle Of Filth, The Faceless, Decapitated, The Agonist at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $26.50 7pm/8pm # *** @ mar 10 sun Letlive, Hrvrd, Night Verses, Rescuer at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 7pm/8pm ** mar 10 sun Emile Welman at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $15/$18 8:30pm ** mar 10 sun No Beginning No End at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $17/$20 8pm/9pm ** mar 10 sun Bernie Jungle, The Verms, Sister Exister at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 6pm ** mar 10 sun Chvrches, Dan Croll at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** (sold out) mar 10 sun Yes at Golden State Theater, 417 Alvarado St., Monterey a/a *** mar 11 mon Efterklang at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** mar 11 mon Frightened Rabbit at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $23 7pm/8pm # ** mar 11 mon Autre Ne Veut, Majical Cloudz at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** mar 12 tue Kim Walker-Smith, Derek Johnson at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** mar 12 tue Joe Ely, Joe Pug at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** mar 12 tue Goh Nakamura, Kevin Large, Trevor Garrod at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** mar 13 wed Luicidal, Guantanamo Dogpile, Nihilist Cunt at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $8 7pm *** @ mar 13 wed The Adicts at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ mar 13 wed James Nash & The Nomads at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $7/$10 8pm/9pm ** mar 13 wed Richard Buckner at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm ** mar 13 wed Maroon 5, Neon Trees, Owl City at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $80/$50/$30 7:30pm # *** mar 13 wed Greensky Bluegrass, Ryan Montbleau at the El Rey Theater, Chico a/a $15/$18 7:30pm ** mar 14 thr The Lawlands, The Disposition, Magic Fight at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $5/$8 8pm/9pm ** mar 14 thr Brookhaven, Winchester Revival at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** mar 15 fri Tammy's Camaro, The Aktion at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $7/$10 8pm/9pm ** mar 15 fri Black Prairie, Ashleigh Flynn at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $13/$15 8:30pm/10pm ** mar 15 fri Steven Wright at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** mar 15 fri Greensky Bluegrass, Ryan Montbleau Band at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** mar 15 fri A Wilhelm Scream, Heartsounds, Stickup Kid, I Don't Wanna Hear It at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 9pm ** mar 15 fri Martha Wainwright at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market St., S.F. a/a $20 7:30pm ** mar 15 fri The Chop Tops, Slim Jenkins, Tony T. & The Pendletons, The Bastard Makers at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** mar 15 fri Brad Brooks, Jay Trainer, Felsen, Robin Applewood at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $7/$10 8pm/9pm ** mar 15 fri Gaytheist, Tigon at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** mar 15 fri Rocker-T, Persistence, Ancient Mystic, Mendo Dope, Pure at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8/$10 8pm *** mar 15 fri Los Olvidados, Drunk Injuns, Rock Bottom at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $15 9pm ** (Benefit for Bass Player Ray Stevens' Medical Bills) mar 15 fri Emancipator, Little People, Odessa at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $15/$18 8:30pm/9pm ** mar 15 fri Floater at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $15/$18 7:30pm/8:30pm *** mar 16 sat Umphrey's McGee, The Bright Light Social Hour at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $25 7:30pm # *** mar 16 sat Necrot, Satya Sena, Burning Monk, Nephilim, Slag, Umbilical Noose at the Metro Sideroom, Oakland a/a 7pm *** @ mar 16 sat Big Head Todd & The Monsters at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $29.50 8pm/9pm # ** mar 16 sat Imagine Dragons, Atlas Genius, Nico Vega at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $25/$27 7pm/8pm # *** $ mar 16 sat JGB With Melvin Seals at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** mar 16 sat A-1, Dregs One, Nate, Sayknowledge at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** mar 16 sat Zoo Station (tribute) at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. ?/? $15/$20 7pm/8pm ** mar 16 sat Brilliant Colors, The Mantles, Scrapers at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** mar 16 sat Pablo Cruise at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ ** mar 16 sat Andre Rieu at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # ** mar 16 sat Deadlands, War NRV, Force Of Habit, Steel Saviour at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$15 7pm/8pm *** mar 16 sat Floater (acoustic) at the El Rey Theater, Chico a/a $12/$15 8pm/9pm *** mar 16 sat Kenny Rogers at the Silver Legacy Casino, 407 N. Virginia St., Reno NV 18+ 8pm *** mar 17 sun The Story So Far, Man Overboard, Tonight Alive, Citizen, The American Scene at the Metro, Oakland a/a 6pm *** @ mar 17 sun Earthless, Mammatus at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** mar 17 sun Michelle Shocked at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ $22/$25 7pm ** mar 17 sun Gigi & Pop (N.Y.C.), Kitty Chow & The Fisherman at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 6pm ** mar 17 sun Volbeat, Danko Jones at Knitting Factory, 211 North Virginia Street, Reno, NV a/a ** mar 18 mon Black Lips at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** mar 19 tue Folkeiis (Nagoya City, Japan), Mauser (Gainseville, FL), Mundo Muerto, Midnite Brain at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm *** @ mar 19 tue Tiberius, Wiener Kids at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** mar 19 tue Luicidal, The Nerv, Girl-Illa Biscuits at Winter's Tavern, 1522 Francisco Blvd., Pacifica 21+ $8 8pm *** @ mar 20 wed Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** mar 20 wed Owl, The Shrine (L.A.), Dirty Fences (N.Y.C.), Buffalo at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $7 9pm ** mar 20 wed Chelsea Light Moving, Grass Widow at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** mar 20 wed Ivan And Alyosha, The Lone Bellow, Lemolo at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. a/a $9/$12 8pm/9pm ** mar 20 wed Yi, G. Green, Tiaras at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** mar 20 wed Texas Thieves, Pale Ape, Dick Wolf at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm/9:30pm ** mar 20 wed Lake Street Dive at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** mar 20 wed Rebelution, J Boog, Hot Rain at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** mar 21 thr Kermit Ruffins And The BBQ Swingers, Billy Luso And Restless Natives, The Will Magid Trio at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $12/$15 7pm/8pm ** mar 21 thr Landmine Marathon, At Our Heels, Apocryphon, Man Among Wolves at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $8/$10 8pm/9pm *** @ mar 21 thr Theo Katzman, Joey Dosik, Caleb Hawley at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. a/a $12/$15 7pm/8pm ** mar 21 thr Swells, The Torn ACL's, Sunrunners at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** mar 21 thr Books On Fate, The Dandelion War, In Letter Form, Upstairs Downstairs at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** mar 21 thr Leo Kottke at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ *** mar 22 fri Jeff Dunham at the Arena, Oakland a/a # ** mar 22 fri Colors, Har Mar Superstar, The Virgins at the New Parish, Oakland ?/? $17/$20 8pm/9pm *** mar 22 fri Murs, Prof, Fashawn at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** mar 22 fri Lianne La Havas, Jamie N Commons at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** mar 22 fri Hoodie Allen at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** mar 22 fri Nick Offerman at the Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $33 7pm/8pm # ** mar 22 fri The Frail, Night Club, Happy Fangs, dj Starr at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm/9pm *** @ mar 22 fri The Joy Formidable, Guards, Fort Lean at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # ** mar 22 fri Wavves, Fidlar, Cheetahs at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $18 8pm/9pm *** @ $ mar 22 fri Django Django at the Public Works, 161 Erie Street at Mission, S.F. 21+ ** mar 22 fri Sex Church (Vancouver, Canada) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** mar 22 fri The Ponies, Kelly McFarling, Gareth Asher at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm ** mar 22 fri Boz Scaggs at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ *** (sold out) mar 22 fri Chop Tops, The Henchmen, Ghost Town Hangmen at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** mar 22 fri Today Is The Day, Black Tusk, Ken Mode, Fight Amp at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $12/$14 8pm/8:30pm *** mar 22 fri P.D.P., Aghori, Legion's Requiem, Journal, The Kennedy Veil at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10/$12 7pm/7:30pm ** mar 22/23 Kermit Ruffins And The BBQ Swingers, Billy Luso And The Restless Natives, New Orleans Cuisine at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $15/$20 8pm/9pm ** mar 23 sat Matt Costa at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** mar 23 sat Lotus, VibeSquaD at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** mar 23 sat Andrew McMahon at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** mar 23 sat The Specials at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** @ mar 23 sat Dengue Fever, Jhameel, dj Vinroc at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $30/$35 9pm *** mar 23 sat Steel Panther at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** mar 23 sat Will Sprott, La Luz, Anna Hillburg at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** mar 23 sat The Deer Tracks, Magic Wands at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** mar 23 sat Turn Me On Dead at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** mar 23 sat Murs, Prof. Fawshawn at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $18/$23 8:30pm/9pm *** mar 23 sat I Wish We Were Robots, Merchants, Outsiders, Between Realms, Before You Fall, Lifeforms at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10/$12 6:30pm *** @ mar 23 sat The Joy Formidable at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** mar 24 sun What's Eating Gilbert, Pentimento, Candy Hearts, Allison Weiss, Stickup Kid at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 5pm *** @ mar 24 sun Nile at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** mar 24 sun Mutilation Rites, Inter Arma, Embers, Wild Hunt at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $8/$10 8pm/8:30pm *** @ mar 24 sun Alexz Johnson, Charlene Kaye at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $15/$35 6pm/7pm ** mar 24 sun Reptiel, Cassowary at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 6pm ** mar 24 sun Pirates Canoe, Jake Stone Garage, Josy, Yamazaki Chihiro+Route 14 Band, Four Minutes Till Midnight at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm *** (Japan Nite tour) mar 24 sun Today Is The Day, Black Tusk, Ken Mode, Fight Amp at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $12/$14 8pm/8:30pm *** @ mar 24 sun Enter Shikari, Architects, Heartist, Crossfaith, Maid Of The Mist at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** mar 25 mon French Montana at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** mar 26 tue Dispirit, Occultation (N.Y.), Borrowed Time (Detroit), Ionophore at the Metro, Oakland a/a $8 7pm *** @ mar 26 tue Iceage, Merchandise, Wet Hair, Synthetic ID at the New Parish, Oakland a/a $12 8pm/9pm ** mar 26 tue Veronica Falls, Brilliant Colors, Golden Grrrls at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a *** mar 26 tue Clutch, Orange Goblin, Lionize, Kyng at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $2/$24 7:30pm # *** mar 26 tue Caveman at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** mar 26 tue Acid Baby Jesus (Greece), Hellshovel, Gravy's Drop, Primitive Hearts at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** mar 26 tue Caveman, Pure Bathing Culture at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8pm ** mar 27 wed Living Colour (performing Vivid) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # *** mar 27 wed Castle, Occultation, Borrowed Time at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $8/$10 8pm/9pm *** mar 27 wed Michael Nesmith at Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street, S.F. a/a $49.50 7pm/8pm # ** mar 27 wed Poolside at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** mar 27 wed Mindless Self Indulgence at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** @ mar 27 wed Lotus at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $18/$20 8pm/9pm ** mar 28 thr Bobby V at the New Parish, Oakland a/a $20/$30 8pm/8:30pm ** mar 28 thr Steve Kimock at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** mar 28 thr Anthrax, Exodus, High On Fire, Municipal Waste, Holy Grail at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $30/$32 7pm/8pm # *** @ $ mar 28 thr Everyone Is Dirty, The Love Dimension, Brasil, Feather Bright at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** mar 28 thr Fol Chen at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm * mar 28 thr Spencer Day (two shows) at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ $22 8pm / $16 10pm ** mar 28 thr Blasted Canyons, Useless Eaters, Nightmare Boyzzz at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** mar 28 thr Major Lazer, Angel Haze, Lunice at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** (sold out) mar 28/29/30 Railroad Earth at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm (thr) 8pm/9pm (fri/sat) # ** mar 29 fri Raw Dawg, Spu, Puke-N-Rally, D.u.b., Dizastor, Penguin, skate contest at B.R.S., Richmond a/a 7pm/7:30pm *** @ (Rhondapalooza day 1) mar 29 fri Graves At Sea, Aldebaran (Portland), Brainoil, Lycus at the Metro, Oakland a/a $10/$12 *** @ mar 29 fri Billy Bragg, Kim Churchill at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** mar 29 fri Planet Booty, Super Adventur Club at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** mar 29 fri The Seshen, Le Vice, Karyn Paige at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $10/$15 8pm/9pm ** mar 29 fri Texas Is The Reason at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm/9pm *** mar 29 fri Jamie Lidell at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** mar 29 fri Hightower at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** mar 29 fri Shitkickers at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** mar 29 fri Burn Halo, The Moth Anatomy, Without Conclusion, For All Ive Done at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12 7pm/8pm *** @ mar 30 sat Las Malas Pulgas, Spu, Residuals, Black Market Prophets, Infex at B.R.S., Richmond a/a 7pm/7:30pm *** @ (Rhondapalooza day 2) mar 30 sat Sevendust, Coal Chamber, Lacuna Coil, Candlelight Red at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** @ mar 30 sat Heartless Bastards at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** mar 30 sat Wax Idols, The Mallard, Chasms, dj Nako at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $8/$11 8pm/9pm ** mar 30 sat Polish Ambassador, Papadosio at Inner Missin, Somplace, S.F. ?/? ** mar 30 sat Future Space And Time, Couches, Pony Village (Portland), Li Xi at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** mar 30 sat War Child, Crag Dweller (Portland) at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm/10pm ** mar 30 sat Fungo Mungo, Victimes Family, Gretchen Menn at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9:30pm *** @ mar 30 sat Iron Assault, Reckless Flesh, Frailed Sanity, Amongst Reason at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 8pm *** @ mar 30 sat Jesus & The Rabbis at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** mar 30 sat George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** mar 31 sun Parkway Drive at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** mar 31 sun Graves At Sea, Aldebaran, Dispirit, Larvae at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10/$12 7pm/8pm *** @ mar 31 sun Daedelus at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** mar 31 sun Date Palms, Danny Grody, Chuck Johnson at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 6pm ** mar 31 sun Sevendust, Coal Chamber, Lacuna Coil, Candlelight Red at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** apr 1 mon Tech N9ne, Brotha Lynch Hung, Krizz Kaliko, Kutt Calhoun, Rittz, Ces Cru at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $35 8pm *** apr 2 tue Ryan Leslie at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** apr 2 tue Tech N9ne, Brotha Lynch Hung, Krizz Kaliko, Kutt Calhoun, Ces Cru, Rittz, Americaz Mozt Haunted at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** apr 3 wed Lindsey Stirling, The Vibrant Sound at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** apr 3 wed Low at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** apr 3 wed Fu Manchu, dj Rob Metal at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm *** apr 3 wed Lectric Was House, Duckyousucker at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** apr 3 wed Tech N9ne at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $27/$30 7:30pm/8:30pm *** apr 4 thr Dirtyphonics, Liquid Stranger, Nerd Rage at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** apr 4 thr Esben And The Witch, Heliotropes at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $10/$13 8pm/9pm ** apr 4 thr Pierce The Veil, Memphis May Fire, LetLive, Issues at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $17.50/$20 6pm/7pm *** apr 5 fri Soilwork, Jeff Loomis, Blackguard, Wretched at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** @ apr 5 fri Whiskerman, Decker, Kelly McFarling at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 5 fri Sweet Chariot, Share The Land, TV Mike And The Scarecrows at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** apr 5 fri Dash Rip Rock, The Jackwagons at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** apr 5 fri Jonny Craig, Kurt Travis, Hail The Sun, The Seeking, James Cavern, Visiting Days at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** apr 5/6 Papa Grows Funk at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $18/$25 8pm/9pm ** apr 6 sat Victory And Associates, The Bismarck (Seattle) at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a ** apr 6 sat Dash Riprock at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** @ apr 6 sat Netsky at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** apr 6 sat Stephen Lynch at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35.50 7pm/8pm # ** apr 6 sat Michael Beach, Pile, Fat History Month (Boston) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30p ** apr 6 sat The Fuxedos, Borts Minorts at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** apr 6 sat Rihanna at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $150-$35 7pm/8pm # *** apr 6 sat Soul Asylum at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** apr 7 sun Hurry Up Shotgun, Bismarck at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 6pm ** apr 9 tue James McCartney at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** apr 10 wed Alt-J at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** apr 10 wed Shovels & Rope, Denver at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** apr 11 thr The Airborne Toxic Event at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $25/$27 7:30pm/8:30pm # *** apr 11 thr The Asteroid No. 4, Cellar Doors, dj Joel Gion at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. ?/? $7/$10 8pm/9pm ** apr 11 thr The Rocket Summer, The Classic Crime, Joe Brooks at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** apr 12 fri Lucero, Langhorne Slim at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # ** apr 12 sat Omd at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** apr 12 fri Hazzard's Cure, Apocrphon, Necrot at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm/10pm ** apr 12 fri Yeasayer at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ ** apr 12 fri Jody Foster's Army at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm *** @ apr 12/13 Dark Star Orchestra at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** apr 13 sat Marc Maron at Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street, S.F. a/a $29.50 6pm/7pm # ** apr 13 sat Johnny Marr at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $29.50 8pm/9pm # ** apr 13 sat Modestep, Mimosa at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** apr 13 sat Plica at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ ** apr 13 sat Sugar Candy Mountain, The Aerosols, Pale Blue Dot at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** apr 13 sat Polica at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ ** apr 13 sat Brian Regan at Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa a/a $50-$30 6pm/7pm # *** apr 13 sat The Expendables, Tomorrow's Bad Seeds, Arden Park Roots at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** apr 13/14 Leo Kottke at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ $35 8pm *** apr 14 sun Bat For Lashes at the Regency BAllroom, S.F. a/a # ** apr 14 sun Aaron Carter at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $15/$17 8:30pm ** apr 14 sun Stab city, Big Long Now at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 6pm ** apr 14 sun The Expendables at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $15/$18 6:30pm/7:30pm ** apr 14/15 Ben Howard, Tom Curren at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # ** apr 15 mon A Day To Remember, Of Mice & Men, Issues at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 6pm # *** apr 15 mon Band Of Horses at Golden State Theater, 417 Alvarado St., Monterey a/a ** apr 15/16 Purity Ring, Blue Hawaii at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm ** apr 16 tue Beach House at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 7pm/8pm # ** apr 16 tue The Selecter, Lee "Scratch" Perry at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** apr 16 tue The Funs (Chicago) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** apr 17 wed Sigur Ros at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a # ** apr 17 wed Bullet For My Valentine, Halestorm, Young Guns, Stars In Stero at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 6:30pm # *** mar 17 wed Bad Religion, Against Me!, Polar Bear Club at the Regench Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** @ apr 17 wed Sleepy Sun, The Blah Boutique, The Surgeon Generals at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm ** apr 17 wed The Selecter, Lee "Scratch" Perry at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** apr 18 thr Get Dead, The Shell Corporation, Uncommonmenfrommars at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** apr 18 thr Skinny Lister at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 8:30pm * apr 18 thr Joe Bonamassa at the San Jose Civic, 135 San Carlos St., San Jose a/a # ** apr 19 fri The Mother Hips at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $22/$25 8pm/9pm *** apr 19 fri Cypress Hill, Berner at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $39.50/$42 9pm # *** apr 19 fri The California Honeydrops at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** apr 19 fri The King Khan & BBQ Show at Slim's, S.F. 6+ * apr 19 fri The Gaslight Anthem at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** @ apr 19 fri Goodbye Taxes Hello Mary Jane!, Jugtown Pirates, Three Times Bad, Salacious, Underground Burlesque, JD Limelight at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $7/$10 8pm/9pm ** apr 19 fri Meat Market, Organs (N.Y.C.) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** apr 19 fri The English Beat at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** apr 20 sat Infest, Capitalist Casualties, Voetsek, Strung Up, Fast Asleep at the Metro, Oakland a/a $10 8pm *** @ (sold out) apr 20 sat Infected Mushroom at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $25/$35 9pm # *** apr 20 sat Chuck Ragan, Dave Hause, Tim McIlrath, Jenny O. at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** apr 20 sat White Mystery, Warm Soda, Burnt Ones, Glitz, Cumstain, Sir Lord Von Raven, Peter Pants at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. ?/? $10 4:20pm ** apr 20 sat Scorched Earth Policy at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ *** apr 20 sat film "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 11:30pm apr 21 sun Queensryche at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $40 7pm/8pm # *** $ apr 22 mon Aesop Rock With Rob Sonic & dj Big Wiz, Busdriver at the New Parish, Oakland a/a $18/$20 8pm/9pm ** apr 22 mon Black Rebel Motorcycle Club at the Fillmore, S.F. 32.50 7pm/8pm # *** apr 22 mon Queensryche at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** apr 23/22 Medeski Martin & Wood (acoustic) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** apr 23 tue Alex Clare at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** apr 23 tue Senses Fail, Such Gold, Real Friends, Major League at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $16/$19 6:30pm/7:30pm *** apr 23 tue Rodriquez at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** apr 23 tue Local Natives, Super Humanoids at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $14/$18 7pm/8pm ** apr 24 wed Flosstradamus, dj Spinzy at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $20/$22 9pm # ** apr 24 wed Los Amigos Invisibles at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** apr 24 wed Telekinesis at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** apr 24 wed Alex Clare at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** apr 25 thr Watsky at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** apr 25 thr Lydia, From Indian Lakes, Sweet Talker at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** apr 25 thr Ghost B.C., Ides Of Gemini at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** apr 25 thr Bon Jovi at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a 7:30pm # *** apr 25 thr Katchafire, Maoli, Simple Creation at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** apr 26 fri Broken Water (Olympia, WA), Centre, Wet Drag at 1234 Go! Records, Oakland a/a $5 7pm ** apr 26 fri The Proclaimers (acoustic), JP at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** (seated show) apr 26 fri Kevin Burke & John Carty at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. ?/? $15/$20 7pm/8pm ** apr 26 fri Shuggie Otis at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $25/$40 9pm ** apr 26 fri Lady Antebellum, Rodney Atkins, Jana Kramer at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a # ** apr 27 sat Harrington Saints, Toughskins, Bricktop, Old Glory, Custom Fit at the Metro, Oakland a/a $10 *** @ apr 27 sat Crystal Castles, Doldrums at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** apr 27 sat Soja at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** apr 28 sun Absu, Pale Chalice, Cyanic at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $15/$17 7pm/8pm *** @ apr 28 sun The Killers, The Felice Brothers at the Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # *** apr 28 sun The Cave Singers at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** apr 28 sun The Lady Crooners, The Brough Brothers at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $5/$8 8pm/9pm ** may 2 thr Cowboy Jonkies at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ *** may 3 fri Mindless Self Indulgence, Chantal Claret at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8:30pm # ** @ may 3 fri Killing Joke at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 8pm/9pm # *** @ may 3 fri Bonobo, dj Lo Down Loretta Brown, El Ten Eleven at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $26/$36 9pm # ** may 3 fri K's Choice at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm ** may 3 fri Young Fresh Fellows, The Chuckleberries at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm *** may 4 sat Paramore (TN), Kitten at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 7pm # *** @ may 4 sat The Stone Foxes at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $21.50 8pm/9pm # *** may 4 sat Bleached, Ex-Cops at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** may 5 sun Bleached, Ex Cops at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8pm ** may 6 mon Marina And The Diamonds, Charli XCX at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** may 8 wed Macklemore & Ryan Lewis at Napa Valley Expo, 575 3rd Street, Napa a/a ($299 3 day / $399 4 day pass) # *** (Bottle Rock Festival) may 8 wed Paul Collins Beat, The Cry!, Hot Nun at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** may 8 wed That 1 Guy at the El Rey Theater, Chico a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm *** may 9 thr Steven Wilson at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 7pm/8pm # ** may 9 thr That1Guy at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** may 9 thr Glitter Wizard, Carlton Melton, Joy (San Diego) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** may 9 thr Furthur, Black Crowes, Primus, A.L.O., Cafe Tacuba at Napa Valley Expo, 575 3rd Street, Napa a/a ($299 3 day / $399 4 day pass) # *** (Bottle Rock Festival) may 10 fri The Black Keys, The Shins, The Flaming Lips, Alabama Shakes, Dirty Projectors, Andrew Bird, Blues Traveler, Vintage Trouble, Flagship, Allah-Las, Justin Townes Earle, Tristan Prettyman at Napa Valley Expo, 575 3rd Street, Napa a/a ($299 3 day / $399 4 day pass) # *** (Bottle Rock Festival) may 11 sat Blame Sally at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** may 11 sat Kids On A Crime Spree, Number One Smash Hits at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** may 11 sat Kings Of Leon, Jane's Addiction, Ben Harper, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Bad Religion, Dwight Yoakam, Iron & Wine, Donovan Frankenreiter, Rndm, Allen Stone, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Best Coast, Sharon Van Etten, Tift Merritt at Napa Valley Expo, 575 3rd Street, Napa a/a ($299 3 day / $399 4 day pass) # *** (Bottle Rock Festival) may 11 sat Miranda Lambert, Dierks Bentley at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a # ** may 12 sun Pierce The Veil, All Time Low, Mayday Parade, You Me At Six at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 6:30pm # *** may 12 sun Jim James at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $31 7pm/8pm # *** may 12 sun Zac Brown Band, Train, Michael Frantie & Spearhead, Cake, Wallflowers, Grouplove, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Brandi Carlile, Rogue Wave, Mavis Staples, Erin O'Hara, Charlie Musselwhite at Napa Valley Expo, 575 3rd Street, Napa a/a ($299 3 day / $399 4 day pass) # *** (Bottle Rock Festival) may 14 tue Iamx at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** may 16/17 Sandra Bernhard at Bimbo's 365 Club, San Jose 21+ $45 8pm/9pm *** may 17 fri The Black Angels, Hanni El Khatib, Wall Of Death at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** may 18 sat Juanes at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** may 18 sat Adam Carolla & Dr. Drew (Loveline Tour) at Uptown Theater, Napa ?/? may 21/22 Boris at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** may 22 wed Shout Out Louds at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** may 22 wed Fleetwood Mac at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $150/$80/$50 7pm/8pm # *** $ may 22 wed Juanes at Community Center Theater, 1301 L St., Sacramento a/a # ** may 23 thr Cold War Kids at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** may 24 fri Black Moth Super Rainbow, The Hood Internet, Oscillator Bug at the Fillmore, S.F. $19.50 8pm/9pm # ** may 24 fri Imperial Teen at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/10pm *** may 25 sat Warbringer at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** may 28 tue The Kids, The Bodies, Neon Piss, The Re-Volts, Cyclops at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm *** jun 1 sat The xx at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # ** jun 2 sun Sting at the America's Cup Pavilion, Piers 27/29, S.F. a/a # *** $ jun 6 thr the DK Kennedy's at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $20/$25 9pm ** @ jun 9 sun Tim McGraw, Brantley Gilbert, Love And Theft at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a # ** jun 14 fri They Might Be Giants at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** $ jun 15 sat Dispatch, Guster at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # *** jun 16 sun Fall Out Boy at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 7pm # *** jun 21 fri Father John Misty, White Fence at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22 8pm/9pm # ** jun 22 sat She & Him, Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # *** jun 22 sat Goldfinger, For The Foxes, New Years Day, The Summer Set, Outasight, Stephan Jacobs, Middle Finger Salute, While She Sleeps, Man Overboard, Allstar Weekend, Rdgldgrn, Attila, Mac Lethal, The Amity Affliction, mc Lars, The Chariot, Forever The Sickest Kids, Tonight Alive, VersaEmerge, The Early November, Upon A Burning Body, Architects (U.K.), Shy KidX, Action Item, Oh Sleeper, Stick To Your Guns, Hands Like Houses, Anarbor, Hawthorne Heights, Letlive The Black Dahlia Murder, Wallpaper, Woe Is Me, I See Stars, Go Radio, The Story So Far, Like MOths To Flames, Big Chocolate, Blessthefall at Warped Tour, Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $37.50 11am # *** @ jun 26 wed Justin Bieber at the Shark Tank, SanJose a/a # *** $ jun 29 sat Powerage (tribute), Jungle Rooster at Club Fox, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City 21+ ** jun 30 sun rockstar energy drink mayhem festival at Shoreline, Mountain View jul 2 tue Beyonce at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $253-$48 7pm/8pm # *** $ jul 6 sat Fleetwood Mac at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Marysville a/a # *** jul 7 sun New Kids On The Block, 98 Degrees, Boyz II Men at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $93/$73/$53/$30 # *** (also July 12) jul 12 fri New Kids On The Block, 98 Degrees, Boyz II Men at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $93/$73/$53/$30 # *** (also July 7) jul 25 thr Kenny Chesney, Eli Young Band, Kacey Musgraves at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a # ** jul 30 tue One Direction at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $90-$30 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** jul 31 wed One Direction at the Arena, Oakland a/a $90-$30 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** sep 13 fri The Mission UK at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # *** sep 29 sun Folsom Street Fair, S.F. a/a aug 9 fri Luke Bryan, Thompson Square, Florida Georgia Line at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a # ** aug 9/10/11 outside lands festival at Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a aug 22 thr Brad Paisley, Chris Young, Lee Brice at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a # ** sep 21 sat Keith Urban, Little Big Town, Dustin Lynch at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a # ** oct 12 sat Jason Aldean, Jake Owen, Thomas Rhett at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a # ** oct 19/20 Treasure Island Music Festival, S.F. Bay a/a oct 28 mon Sarah Brightman at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $225-$55 7pm/8pm # *** (was March 26th) nov 23 sat John Waters at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ 8pm $40 / 10pm $30 ($75 vip) *** * recommendable Shows a/a all ages $ will probably sell out @ pit warning ^ under 21 must pay more # no ins/outs Radio Shows ----------- feb 24 sun Rad, Crude Studs, Fearection on Davis Neonate Radio, KDVS 90.3FM midnight 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 Golden State Theater, 417 Alvarado St., Monterey a/a 831-372-4555 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 Neck of the Woods, 406 Clement at 5th Avenue, S.F. 21+ 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 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 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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