Web (and searchable) version at http://jon.luini.com/thelist/ T H H EEEEEE L I SSSS TTTTT T H H E L I S T T HHHHHH EEEEE L I SSSS T T H H E L I S T T H H E L I S S T T H H EEEEEE LLLLLLL I SSSS T funk-punk-thrash-ska Upcoming shows of interest July 2, 2013 jul 2 tue Communion Of Thieves (El Paso, TX), Biocidio (Phoenix, AZ), Your Enemy, Shadow Of Progress, Slow Mover (Philadeophia) at the Metro Sideroom, Oakland a/a $6 7pm # *** @ jul 2 tue Antikythera, Abstracter, Dark Earth at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $5 7pm ** @ jul 2 tue Blackie Valentino & The Bastard Family at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 8pm ** jul 2 tue July Talk, Grounders, Forms., Cheating Daylight at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 7:30pm/8pm ** jul 2 tue Pure Bathing Culture, Cocktails, Cannons & CLouds, dj CoolGreg at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ free 8pm/9pm ** jul 2 tue Los Headaches (Mexico City), Indian Wars, Gravy Drops at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** jul 2 tue Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. $10 8pm * jul 2 tue Los Vincent Black Shadows (Mexico City), Little Thin Dimes, The Copper Gamins (Zinacantepec, Mexico), Born Petrified, dj Johnny Dismal at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ 8:30pm/9:30pm *** jul 2 tue Loyd Family Players, Fresh Juice Party, Chaos Revolution Theory at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** jul 2 tue Scraper, Grandma's Boyfriend, Pleasure Gallows, White Pee Wee at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $10 ** jul 2 tue Beyonce at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $253-$48 7pm/8pm # *** (sold out) jul 2 tue Face To Face, Teenage Bottlerocket, Blacklist Royals, Joshua Black Wilkins at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $14/$19 7pm/8pm *** @ jul 2 tue Caravanserai (tribute) at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a 5:30pm/7pm ** jul 3 wed fireworks at Marina Bay, Richmond a/a free 9pm jul 3 wed Civil War Rust, Heroes At Gunpoint, Hell Fish at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** @ jul 3 wed MF Ruckus, The Courtneys (Vancouver, Canada), Easy Living, Unstrung, The Pleasure Routine at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 8pm ** jul 3 wed Side Effects (record release), Eel (Pittsburgh), Reckless, Fema Coffin, Pig DNA at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ *** @ jul 3 wed Face To Face, Teenage Bottlerocket, Blacklist Royals, Joshua Black Wilkins at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $20/$25 7pm/8pm *** @ jul 3 wed Kacey Johansing, Farallons (ep release), Assateague at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** jul 3 wed Fruition at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ free 6pm/7pm ** jul 3 wed Jaill, Cosmonauts, Disappearing People, Scraper, dj Joel Gion at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $8/$10 8pm/9pm ** jul 3 wed Bob Log III, Los Vincent Black Shadows (Mexico City) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm ** jul 3 wed Frankmusik at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 9:30pm ** jul 3 wed Pow!, ManeM, Generation Loss at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** jul 3 wed The Boars, The Whoosie What's Its at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ 9:30pm ** jul 3 wed The Resignators (Australia), Hela Jalapenos at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 8pm ** jul 3 wed Zepparella (tribute) at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a 5:30pm/7pm ** jul 3 wed Mindless Behavior, Omg Girlz, Coco Jones at the Bob Hope Theatre, 242 East Main Street, Stockton a/a # ** jul 3 wed Psychosomatic, Spellcaster, Blessed Curse, Self Inflicted, Trial By Combat at the Colony, 3512 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento a/a $8 8pm ** @ jul 4 thr The Body, Subservient Fuck, Negative Standards at 1-2-3-4 Go!, Oakland a/a $7 7pm *** @ $ jul 4 thr Tara Linda, Del Mars, Musical Arts Quintet, Ed Reed Quartet, Rusty Zinn & His Band, Suhaila Int'l Dance Co. (belly dance), Fely Tchaco, Debora Iyall, dj's at Cerrito Vista Park, Moeser at Pomona, El Cerrito a/a free 10am ** (World One Festival) jul 4 thr Midnite at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $25/$30 9pm/10pm *** jul 4 thr Control, Umbilical Noose, Anisoptera, Toxic Shock Syndrome at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** @ jul 4 thr Giraffage, Mister Lies at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $13 9:30pm ** jul 4 thr Creative Adult, Cat Party (L.A.), The New Flesh at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm/10pm ** jul 4 thr Apopka Darkroom, Peace Creep, C-Minus at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 1pm/5pm ** (1pm free BBQ) jul 4/5/6/7 The Sensational Space Shifters (Robert Plant), PRIMUS, Thievery Corporation, moe., Steel Pulse, Leftover Salmon, The Greyboy Allstars, Gramatik, Emancipator, The John Scofield Uberjam Band, The Infamous Stringdusters, Lee Fields & The Expressions, Allen Stone, North Mississippi Allstars, Pimps Of Joytime, Lord Huron, White Denim, Carolyn Wonderland, Rubblebucket, The Barr Brothers, Papadosio, The M Machine, Moksha, Orgone, Peter Apfelbaum & Sparkler, Sarah Jarosz, Anders Osborne, The Hot 8 Brass Band, Mike Dillon Band, Aoife O'Donovan, Houndmouth, Lukas Nelson & P.O.T.R., The Revivalists, Futurebirds, Nataly Dawn, Silent Frisco, Tumbleweed Wanderers, The Melodic, The Whiskey Sisters, Miner, Octopus Nebula, The David Mayfield Parade, Fruition, The California Honeydrops, Jelly Bread, Scott Pemberton, Living Folklore, Skerik, Jennifer Hartswick at High Sierra Music Festival, Quincy a/a $85-$205 *** jul 5 fri Versklaven (Houston TX), Caffa, Plague Phalanx, Abnutivum at the Pink String, West Oakland a/a $3-$5 sliding scale 8pm ** @ jul 5 fri Mindless Behavior, Omg Girlz, Coco Jones at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a 7pm # ** jul 5 fri Pangea, Gravy's Drop at Amoeba Music, Berkeley a/a free 5pm ** jul 5 fri Stolen Babies, Mirthkon, Free Salamander Exhibit at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $12/$15 8pm/9pm *** @ jul 5 fri Emily Jane White, Foxtails Brigade, Eliza Rickman at the Starry Plough, Berkeley 21+ $8 ($10-$15 at door) 8pm/9pm ** jul 5 fri Bart Davenport, Extra Classic, Legs, She Owl at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** jul 5 fri Matt Holdaway's Army, Puff Puff Beer, burlesque at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ free 7pm ** jul 5 fri Sloughfeg, Speelcaster, Midnight Chaser at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** @ jul 5 fri Intronaut, Scale The Summit, Castle at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 8pm/9pm ** jul 5 fri The Mountain Men, Windy Hill, Emily Bonn & The Vivants, The Creak at the Great American Musci Hall, S.F. 6+ $15 7pm/8pm ** (bluegrass) jul 5 fri Beta State, Back Pocket Memory (L.A.), the Material (L.A.), Fighting The Villain at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm/8:30pm ** jul 5 fri Rx Bandits, Northern Faces at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8:30pm # *** jul 5 fri Skywalkers, Pep Love, Okwerdz, Dirtbag Dan, Knobody, Hazel Rose, Rey Resurrection, Farid Xan at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8pm/9pm ** jul 5 fri Inferno Of Joy, The Vans, Pony Fight at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** jul 5 fri Human Animation Lab, Scarlet Stoic, Abatis, 1989 at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** jul 5 fri Federale And Cellar Doors, dj Joel Gion at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 9:30pm ** jul 5 fri Rubblebucket (Brooklyn), Drms at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** (KALX) jul 5 fri Secret Cat, Rags, The Angus Scrimm, Rainbow Noir, Floral, NorthWestClue, dj Scissorfeild at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 8pm *** jul 5 fri Communion Of Thieves (El Paso, TX), Biocidio (Phoenix, AZ), Boar Hunter, Invertebrate at San Jose Rock Shop, 30 N 3rd Street, San Jose a/a $5/$7 7pm *** @ jul 5 fri Ziggy Marley, Steel Pulse at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $100-$50 7:30pm # *** jul 5 fri The Tubes at the Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a free 6:30pm and 8:30pm *** jul 5 fri Banda Escuela De Rancho at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ free 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 5 fri Fiends At Feast (Santa Cruz), Chronaexus, Apocryphon, Necrogenic at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 8pm ** @ jul 5 fri Weird Al Yankovic at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a 5:30pm/7pm *** jul 6 sat The Resignators (Australia), The Lucky Eejits, River Ratts, Rusholme, Rising Tide, Night Rail at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm/8pm *** @ (ska night) jul 6 sat Common Human Traits, Deadbeats, Atom Age, Kaimera at B.R.S., Richmond a/a 7:30pm ** @ jul 6 sat Whiplash, Iron Reagan, Witchaven at the Metro, Oakland a/a $13 8:52pm # ** @ jul 6 sat Redd Kross, Jonathan Richman, Trashwomen, Ty Segall's Traditional Fools, Mikal Cronin, Shannon & The Clams, Pangea, Peach Kelli Pop, dj Russell Quan at Mosswood Park, 3612 Webster, Oakland a/a $25 ($50 two day pass) noon/12:30pm *** (Burger Boogaloo day 1) jul 6 sat Jim Kweskin Jug Band at the Freight & Salvage, 2020 Addison Street, Berkeley a/a $38.50 * jul 6 sat High Anxiety, The Gash, General Hospital at the Ivy Room, 858 San Pablo Avenue at Solano, Albany 21+ 8pm ** @ jul 6 sat Kenneth Atchley, Mean Faces, Lisa Graciano, The Golden Path at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** jul 6 sat Ghost Town Gospel, The Shams Eire, McCrae's Battalion at the Starry Plough, Berkeley 21+ $7-$12 8pm/9pm ** jul 6 sat Needles, La Urss (Granada, Spain), Ruleta Rusa, Street Eaters at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8 9pm/9:30pm *** @ jul 6 sat The Frail, Parallels, Doe Eye, Tremor Low at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $13 8pm/9pm *** jul 6 sat Kottonmouth Kings, X Clan, Imperial Soundclass at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $21 8pm/9pm ** jul 6 sat The Love Dimension, Zodiac Death Valley, Lotus Moons, dj Duke Of Windsor at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** jul 6 sat Miles Schon Band at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 6 sat Titan Ups at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** jul 6 sat Rocketship Rocketship, Horror X at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 9:30pm ** jul 6 sat Low Magic, Ffeelings, The Skunks at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9:30pm ** jul 6 sat The Family Crest, Blisses B, Cash for Gold at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jul 6 sat Pale Chalice, Fiends At Feast (Santa Cruz), Chronaexus at the Ouija Club, 214 Clara Street, S.F. ?/? $5 7pm ** @ jul 6 sat Sanctuary Lost, Boo Radle's House, Waxwyng, Viral, Sepulchre at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 8pm *** @ jul 6 sat La Plebe, Civil War Rust, The 132 (cd release - Last Show), Imposters, Mad Judy at the Red Hat, 1860 Monument Blvd., Concord 21+ $6 8pm *** @ jul 6 sat Feral Depravity, Toxic shock Syndrome (Long Beach) at Mutiny, 422 West 2nd Street, Antioch ?/? ** @ jul 6 sat Nvs, Sweet Hayah at Homestead Lanes, Cupertino a/a $5 8pm ** jul 6 sat Dead Beat at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm * jul 6 sat Zendaya at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a 5:30pm/7pm ** jul 6 sat With Wolves, Havenside, Soma Ras, Defy The Odds at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 6pm/6:30pm ** jul 6 sat Steel Pulse at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** jul 6 sat Fleetwood Mac at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Wheatland a/a # *** jul 6 sat Yes at Vina Robles Amphitheater, Paso Robles a/a $93-$43 8pm # *** jul 6/7 Fillmore Jazz Festival, S.F. a/a free jul 7 sun Suburban Legends, Spankshaft, Dope Collective, Survay Says, Skank Bank, Rosanonymous at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 5pm/5:30pm *** @ (ska night) jul 7 sun Oblivians, Zeros, Ty Segall's Fuzz, Mean Jeans, Guantanamo Baywatch, Audacity, Gravy's Drop, dj Jonathan Toubin's NY Night Train at Mosswood Park, 3612 Webster, Oakland a/a $25 ($50 two day pass) noon/12:30pm *** (Burger Boogaloo day 1) jul 7 sun punk garage sale at Doomplex, 703 34th St., Oakland free 10am-3pm jul 7 sun Lighting Swords Of Death (L.A.), Valdur (Mammoth Lakes), Cyanic (San Jose), Fiends At Feast (Santa Cruz), Larvae at the Metro, Oakland a/a $10/$13 7pm # *** @ jul 7 sun Rocketship Rocketship at Forbidden Island, 1304 Lincoln Avenue, Alameda 21+ free 3pm ** (Annual Vintage Bicycle Hop) jul 7 sun Bite, The Yes Go's at Fireside Lounge, 1453 Webster Street, Alameda 21+ free ** jul 7 sun Mom, Mean Jeans, Pleasure Gallows, Iron Reagan, Cumstain at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** @ jul 7 sun Say Anything, Esley, Hrvrd, I The Mighty at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # *** @ jul 7 sun Twin Steps, Hausu (Portland), FF (Seattle) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** jul 7 sun You Are Plural, Wild Ones, Li Xi at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 8pm ** (country) jul 7 sun Lee James Macdaddy at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 11am/4pm ** jul 7 sun Lenz, Pure Bliss, Tiaras, dj's at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $6 8pm ** jul 7 sun We Are The Men, Alex Rather-Taylor, Sad Bitch at Showdown Bar, 10 Sixth Street, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** jul 7 sun Bio Crisis, Ignit, Shadow Of Progress, Refuge, Shit Show at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7pm *** @ 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 7 sun Yes at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 7:30pm # *** jul 7 sun Clay Walker at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a 5:30pm/7pm ** jul 7 sun Bermuda, Beyond the shore, Barrier, In Theory, Lifeforms, God Van Damme at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 ($22 vip) 6pm/6:30pm ** jul 8 mon In Disgust, Pizza Hi Five (Lima, OH), Lt. Dan (Detroit, MI), No Fucks Given, Tom Hanx, Xhostagex at Zombieland, Union Street, Oakland a/a $5 9pm *** @ jul 8 mon The Lonely Revolts, Hoist The Colors, Them Creatures, Heroes At Gunpoing at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** jul 8 mon Ian Anderson (playing Thick as a Brick 1 & 2) at the War Memorial Opera House, 301 Van Ness Avenue, S.F. a/a $50-$100 8pm # *** jul 8 mon Jeffrey Lewis With Jaimee Garbacik, Odawas at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $12 9pm ** jul 8 mon Kelly Jones, The Real Numbers, The Corner Laughers, Melanie Penn at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 7:30pm ** jul 8 mon White Murder (L.A.), Trenches, Bad Daddies at the Make-Out Room, S.F. 21+ $5 7pm ** jul 8 mon Railroad Earth, Bruce Hornsby And the Noisemakers at Mountain Winery, 14831 Pierce Road, Saratoga a/a $95-$35 7:30pm # ** jul 9 tue Rodrigo Y Gabriela at the Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $59.50/$49.50/$35 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** jul 9 tue Mad Caddies, Flexx Bronco, The Breaks at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15/$18 8pm/9pm *** @ jul 9 tue Night Worship, Charnel House, A.C. Way at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** jul 9 tue Los Headaches (Mexico City), Macho Borrachos, The Lost Luvs (Eureka), The Shanghais, dj Phil In at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jul 9 tue Luxury Liners, Buture bible Heroes at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jul 9 tue Gentlemen Hall, Nova Albion, Rin Tin Tiger at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 9 tue The Go-Go's, The B-52s at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 7:30pm # *** jul 9 tue Bruce Homsby And The Noisemakers, Railroad Earth at Vina Robles Amphitheater, Paso Robles a/a $69-$39 8pm # ** jul 10 wed Apocryphon, Azathoth, Gloam, Abnutivum at the Metro, Oakland a/a $10 8pm # ** @ jul 10 wed Chris Pureka, Emy Reynolds Band at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $10/$12 7pm/8pm ** jul 10 wed Plots, Spectrum Electric, Banshee Boardwalk, Spero at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 8pm ** jul 10 wed False Priest, Everyone Is Dirty, Merrimack at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 10 wed The Melodic, Song Preservation Society, Dyllan Hersey at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** jul 10 wed Flamin' Groovies, Deniz Tek, Chuckleberries at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $20/$25 9pm *** jul 10 wed Davinci, Main Attrakionz, Young Gully, Shady Blaze, Ammbush, Sayknowledge at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ free 8pm/9pm ** jul 10 wed Nighmare Air / Happy Hollows, The Broadheds at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** jul 10 wed Tambo Rays, Twin Steps, dj Phntm Club, dj Popgang at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ free 9pm ** jul 10 wed Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Alex Wilson at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $90-$50 7:30pm # ** jul 10 wed Whirl'd, The Closers (L.A.), Bearsbearsbears at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** jul 10 wed The New Trust, You Are Plural at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $8 8pm ** jul 11 thr Feral Depravity, Wrath Of Asyria at Casa Sanchez, 2278 24th Street, S.F. a/a ** @ jul 11 thr Etana, Bobby Hustle, dj King I-Vier, dj Triple Crown at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm ** jul 11 thr The Lost Years, Father President, Cuban Cigar Crisis, Sweat Lodge at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** jul 11 thr Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys, Horseshow Hill at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15/$17 9pm ** jul 11 thr Great American Cities, Matt Jaffe & The Distractions, M. Lockwood Porter at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 11 thr Hunter Hunted, Meg Myers at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $12 9:30pm ** jul 11 thr Kendra Morris, Myron & E, dj Platum at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 8pm/9pm ** jul 11 thr Japonize Elephants (vinyl release) at Amnesia, 853 Valencia, S.F. 21+ $7-$10 sliding scale 9:30pm * jul 11 thr SK Kakraba Lobi With Aaron M Olson, Stephen Steinbrink, Filardo at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** jul 11 thr The Titan Ups, Kelly Stoltz, James Finch Jr at the Eagle Tavern, S.F. 21+ ** jul 11 thr New American Farmers, Tin Cup Serenade, Maurice Tani And 77 El Deora at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** jul 11 thr Daikaiju, Aloha Screwdriver at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 11 thr Smash Mouth, Sugar Ray, Gin Blossoms, Vertical Horizon, Fastball at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 6:30pm # *** jul 11 thr Jesse Burns (acoustic), Massive Delicious at SactoMoFo, 180 Vernon Street, Roseville a/a free 5pm ** (Sacto Mobile Food Fair) jul 12 fri Izeovasis, Journal, Dissipate, Name, Octoclops at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $8 7pm/8pm *** @ (metal night) jul 12 fri Bryaugh, Jedi Scum, Agata, Venkman, Pancake Lizard, World Of Shit, Under 15 Seconds at B.R.S., Richmond a/a 7pm *** @ jul 12 fri Weedeater, Asg, Black Cobra at the Metro, Oakland a/a $13 8pm # ** jul 12 fri Sonny & The Sunsets, SK Kakraba Lobi, Pure Bliss at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $12/$14 8pm/9pm ** jul 12 fri Harrington Saints, Slick 46, Rust, Blank Spots at John Patrick's, 1813 Park Street, Alameda 21+ $7 ** jul 12 fri Sundries, Minute, The Ethel Mermen Demos, West Night Core at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 8pm ** jul 12 fri Exhausted Pipes, Thunderbird (Atlanta), The Grizzled Mighty (Seattle), Moonfox at the Starry Plough, Berkeley 21+ $7-$12 8pm/9pm ** jul 12 fri Sonny Vincent (N.Y.C.), Sharp Objects, Glitz at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $10 8pm/9pm ** @ jul 12 fri Todd Rundgren at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 8pm/9pm # *** jul 12 fri Kalin And Myles, Megan Nicole at Slim's, S.F. 6+ 9pm ** (sold out) jul 12 fri Lydia Pense & Cold Blood, Paula Harris, Jeff Tamiller, the Tribal Blues Band at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16 8pm ** jul 12 fri Megan Keely And Jessie Bridges Dual (cd release) at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $12/$15 9pm ** jul 12 fri New Dealers at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm ** jul 12 fri Urban Waste, Out Of Tune, Guantanamo Dogpile, Ill Content at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm *** @ jul 12 fri Glaciers (record release), Beware Of Safety, Winfred E. Eye at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jul 12 fri Rezzin, Count Dante at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** jul 12 fri Con Brio / Whiskerman, Hogs Of Change at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** jul 12 fri Winds Of Plague, Betrayal, To Each His Own, Destruction Of A King, A Sun That Never Sets, Dakota, The King Must Die at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $12/$16 7pm *** @ 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 12 fri This Charming Band (tribute) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jul 12 fri Blue Oyster Cult at the Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a free 6:30pm and 8:30pm *** jul 12 fri Crashfaster, 8 Bit Weapon, Computeher, Treasure Mammal (AZ) at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $10 8pm ** jul 12 fri Cylinder at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 12 fri Weird Al Yankovic at Vina Robles Amphitheater, Paso Robles a/a $99-$39 8pm # *** jul 12 fri Apparations, Mouth Of Serpent, Between Realms, Fallujah, Awaiting The Apocalypse, Decipher at the Boardwalk, Oragenvale a/a $10/$12 6:30pm/7pm *** @ jul 12 fri Celly Cel, The Real McCoy, Writers Block, Nef, Jr J, Gunji, Nash And Unseen, Freddie Bo, Richard The Rockstar at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** jul 12 fri Scorpion Child, Horseneck, Death Valley High, Armed For Apocalypse at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ *** jul 12/13 Garrison Keillor (a Prairie Home Companion) at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 7:30pm # ** jul 13 sat Urban Waste (N.Y.), Oppressed Logic, Strung Up, Out Of Tune, No Mistake at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm/8pm *** @ jul 13 sat Stoic Violence, Permanent Ruin, Ritual Control, Provos at the Swamp, Oakland a/a $5 7pm *** @ (no dogs) jul 13 sat Portugal The Man (Portland), Avi Buffalo at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** jul 13 sat Death Valley High, Armed For Apocalypse, Horseneck, Guttershark at the Night Light, Oakland 21+ $7 9pm ** @ jul 13 sat Stool, Girls With Guns, Killer Queens at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** jul 13 sat Hot Nun, Love Axe, The Last Out at the Starry Plough, Berkeley 21+ $7-$12 8pm/9pm ** jul 13 sat Palms, Crypts at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $18 9pm ** jul 13 sat Thee Oh Sees, Yacht, Bleached, Marnie Sterm at Potrero Del Sol Park, 26th & Potrero, S.F. a/a $20/$25 *** jul 13 sat Mammatus, Residual Echoes, Peace at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $12/$15 9pm ** jul 13 sat Hackensaw Boys at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $12/$15 8pm/9pm ** jul 13 sat Shugo Tokumaru (Japan), Tara Jane O'Neil, Strawberry Smog at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 13 sat Violent Change, Etts Feats (Austin), Pow! at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** jul 13 sat Big Black Cloud (Portland, OR), Drunk Dad at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ ** jul 13 sat Sweet Felony at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** jul 13 sat Butt Problems, Secret Secretaries at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm/10pm ** jul 13 sat Sweet Felony at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** jul 13 sat Hot Buttered Rum at Osher Marin Jewish Center, 200 North San Pedro Road, San Rafael a/a $20/$25 (17 and under free) 6:15pm/7pm ** jul 13 sat Once Was Lost, In Your Silence, Dakota, Walk The Atmosphere at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 8pm *** @ jul 13 sat Hemorage, Mystic Rage, Star Destroyer, Feral Depravity at the Annex, 2554 Grant Avenue, San Lorenzo a/a *** @ jul 13 sat Crashfaster, 8 Bit Weapon, Computher, Slime Girls, GnarBoots, Treasure Mammal (AZ), dj Coco at Hyatt Regency, Santa Clara a/a 7pm ** jul 13 sat Sonny & The Sunsets at Art Walk, Central City, Sacramento a/a free ** jul 13 sat Too Short, Lil Bit, Suave Debonaire, Babnit, Who Ride, Knox, K-Ottic at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** jul 13 sat Raidd, Kung Pao Chicks, the Sweater Kittens, Madi & Cici, Snakes N Cider at the Boardwalk, Oragenvale a/a $8/$10 noon/12:30pm ** jul 13 sat Fiends At Feast (Santa Cruz), Skoptsy, Crimson Funeral, Aku at the Ink Annex, 47 West 3rd Street, Eureka a/a $7 6pm ** @ jul 14 sun AcxDc, New Brigade, Clear, Intent, Sleepwalkers, Stressors at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $8 5pm/6pm *** @ jul 14 sun Muncie, Before The Brave, Warbler at the Starry Plough, Berkeley a/a free 2pm/4pm til 7pm ** jul 14 sun Big Black Cloud (Portland, OR) at the Night Light, Oakland 21+ * jul 14 sun The Closers, Tribesmen, Sock Children, Little Pilgrims, Mom at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** jul 14 sun Kronos Quartet, Geographer, Real Vocal String Quartet at Stern Grove, 19th Avenue & SLoat Blvd., S.F. a/a free 2pm ** jul 14 sun Country Jeb Boynton at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 11am/4pm * jul 14 sun Chico Mann at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $10/$13 8pm/9pm ** jul 14 sun Lauren Mann And The Fairly Odd Folk at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 7:30pm ** jul 14 sun Zack Blizzard, Hunters, Akron Engine at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 6pm ** jul 14 sun Name, Armed For Apocalypse, Lament Cityscape, Guttershark, Wave Well at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** jul 14 sun Jim Gaffigan at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 7:30pm # ** jul 14 sun Mad Caddies at Knitting Factory, 211 North Virginia Street, Reno, NV a/a *** @ jul 14 sun cancelled: American Idol Tour at the Arena, Oakland jul 15 mon ACxDC, Sleepwalkers, Ordstro, Deadpressure, XhostageX, Volatile Substance (first show) at 1530 E. 12th Street, Oakland a/a $4 8pm ** (Monday Night Creep Show) jul 15 mon Washing Machines (L.A.), Andy Human, Younger Lovers at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** jul 15 mon Deafheaven, Marriages, Monument Collapse, dj Rob Metal at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm *** jul 15 mon The B-52s at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $49.50 7pm/8pm # *** jul 15 mon Jolie Holland, Mark Olson at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $20 9pm ** jul 15 mon Slick 46 (Australia), Rust at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 7pm ** jul 15 mon Shannon McNally Band at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm * jul 15 mon Big Black Cloud (Portland, OR) at the Bike Collective, 1221 4th Street, Davis a/a * jul 16 tue Hari Kondabolu (comedy - two shows) at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $10/$12 6pm/7pm & 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 16 tue Stereo Cure at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ * jul 16 tue Blistered Earth (tribute), Invader (tribute), Hyper Grant, Rune at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** jul 16 tue Dessa at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 18+ $15 8pm ** (hip-hop/soul) jul 16 tue The Baptist Generals at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. a/a $9/$12 7pm/8pm ** (early show) jul 16 tue Eddie Spaghetti at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $9/$12 8pm/9pm ** jul 16 tue Commisure, Set And Setting at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** jul 16 tue The Fucking Buckaroos, Sweat Lodge, The Parmesans, dj Alberto at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jul 16 tue Vinyl Spectrum, The Grizzled Mighty, The Iron Heart at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 16 tue Creedence Clearwater Revisited, 38 Special at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 7:30pm # *** jul 16 tue Black Flag at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm *** @ jul 16 tue Mobile Deathcamp, Hollywood Jesus, Moment Of Clarity, Kalima, Cellsomatic, Defyant Circle, Animism at the Boardwalk, Oragenvale a/a $12 7pm/8pm *** @ jul 17 wed Abstracter, Set Adn Setting, Monuments Collapse at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $7 7pm ** @ jul 17 wed Passenger, Stu Larsen at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 8pm ** (sold out) jul 17 wed Six Feet Under, Decrepit Birth, Cannablis Corpse at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $15/$20 7pm/7:30pm ** @ jul 17 wed The Cat Empire, That 1 Guy at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $28.50 7pm/8pm # ** jul 17 wed Joyce Manor, Merry Christmas, Tony Molina at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** @ (Asian Man) jul 17 wed Six Feet Under, Decrepit Birth, Cannabis Corpse, Dealey Plaza, Saint Vernon at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $15/$20 7pm/7:30pm ** @ jul 17 wed Kirby Krackle (Seattle), H2Awesome, dj Real at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** jul 17 wed Owl Paws, Cold Eskimo, Dogcatcher, The Crux at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** jul 17 wed Wiz Khalifa, Asap Rocky, B.O.B., Joey Badass, Pro Era, Berner, Chevy Woods, Smoke DZA at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $76-$15 # ** (hip-hop) jul 17 wed Mega Ran (AZ), Danimal Cannon (N.Y.), Boboso, dj Mr Smith at Cafe Stritch, San Jose a/a free 8pm ** jul 17 wed Dessa at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$18 8pm/9pm ** jul 17 wed Counting Crows, The Wallflowers at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a # *** jul 18 thr Drop City Yacht Club at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** jul 18 thr Turkuaz (N.Y.C.), Harry And The Hitmen at the Starry Plough, Berkeley 21+ $7 ($9-$12 at door) 8pm/9pm ** jul 18 thr Cannabis Corpse, Necrot at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** @ jul 18 thr Counting Crows, The Wallflowers at America's Cup Pavilion, S.F. a/a $91-$31 6pm/7pm # *** jul 18 thr Poco at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $26 8pm ** jul 18 thr Le Youth at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $13 9:30pm ** jul 18 thr Grex, Alto!, Efft, Street Priest at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** jul 18 thr Apogee Sound Club, Death Cheetah, Sex Snobs at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $9 8:30pm/9pm ** @ jul 18 thr Hollow Mirrors, Winter Teeth, Illusions Of Self at the Eagle Tavern, S.F. 21+ ** jul 18 thr Futurebirds at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jul 18 thr Randy Newman at Montalvo Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga a/a $125-$40 5:30pm/7:30pm ** jul 18 thr Big Head Todd And The Monsters, Soul Asylum, The Wailers, Matthew Sweet at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85-$35 6:30pm # *** jul 19 fri Superfinos, V.T.O., Spider Heart, Rare Animals at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $8 7pm/7:30pm *** @ jul 19 fri Ephemeros (Portland), Larvae, Serpents Of Dawn, Druggernaut at the Metro Sideroom, Oakland a/a $7 7pm # *** @ jul 19 fri Slightly Stoopid, Atmosphere, Tribal Seeds, The Grouch & Leigh at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a $42.50 6pm # *** jul 19 fri Malo, La Gente at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm ** jul 19 fri Whitney Myer Band (Reno), Mad Noise, Starter Kit at the Starry Plough, Berkeley 21+ $6 ($9-$12 at door) 8pm/9pm ** jul 19 fri The Plurals (Lansing, MI), The Blast, One After Another, Fashion Slaves at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** jul 19 fri The Dillinger Escape Plan, Animals As Leaders, Periphery, Norma Jean, Cattle Decapitation, The Ocean, Revocation, Aeon, Rings Of Saturn, Thy Art Is Murder at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 3:15pm # *** @ (Summer Slaughter Tour) jul 19 fri Orchid, The Saint James Society, Hell Fire at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 9pm ** @ jul 19 fri Supermule, James Nash & The Nomads, Blind Willies at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $13/50/$15 9pm ** jul 19 fri My Gold Mask, California Wives at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** jul 19 fri Kelly McFarling (cd release), Cave Clove, Laura Benitez & The Heartache, dj Mish Mosh, dj KillyKill at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 8pm/9pm ** jul 19 fri Coolzey, Mr. Goodnight, Sunbeam Rd. at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** jul 19 fri Mister Loveless, Transfer, Dante Elephante at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jul 19 fri Captured! By Robots, Elephant Rifle (Reno), Pins Of Light at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm/9:45pm *** (was listed at Knockout) jul 19 fri Bonnie & The Bang (cd release), French Cassettes, Down And Outlaws at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** jul 19 fri Foreverland (tribute) at Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley a/a $16 8pm/9pm ** jul 19 fri T-Shirt Tuxedo, Antonette Paviera, Just2FreshJV, Kendyl Sta Rosa, Mary Artille, Victor C., #onlyfortonite at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 8pm *** jul 19 fri Akris (VA), Rune, Wolfrobe at the Red Hat, 1860 Monument Blvd., Concord 21+ $5 ** jul 19 fri Ozomatli, Sonido Clash Sessiones at Music in the Park, St. James Park, N. First @ St. James St., San Jose a/a $10/$15 (12 and under free) 5pm/5:30pm ** jul 19 fri Noothgrush, Beerijuana, Caffa-C at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm *** @ jul 19 fri Dave Koz & Friends, Mindi Abair, Gerald Albright, Richard Elliot at Montalvo Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga a/a $125-$40 6pm/7:30pm ** jul 19 fri Cracker/Camper Van Beethovan at the Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a free 6:30pm and 8:30pm *** jul 19 fri Luicidal at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$13 8:30pm/9pm *** @ jul 19 fri Arden Park Roots, Thrive, Simple Creation, Island Of Black & White, They Went Ghost at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** jul 19/20 The Stylistics at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ ** jul 20 sat Tea Leaf Green, Zigaboo Modeliste And The Arkhestra at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $12/$15 8pm/9pm ** jul 20 sat Stripmall Architecture, Teenage Sweater, Mortar And Pestle at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm *** jul 20 sat The Silver Threads, Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers, Miss Lonely Hearts (Santa Cruz) at the Starry Plough, Berkeley 21+ $7 ($10-$15 at door) 8pm/9pm ** jul 20 sat Mannequin Planet, Quart Of Blood Technique, Heart Touch, Mudface at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** jul 20 sat Papa, Wardell, Wet Dreams Dry Magic at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jul 20 sat Luicidal, Oppressed Logic, Nihilist Cunt at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 9pm *** @ jul 20 sat The Dan Band at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** jul 20 sat Geezer (tribute), Frosted Tips (covers), Rocksteady (tribute), Rage Against Florence And The Machine (tribute) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $15 8pm ** jul 20 sat Lia Rose (album release), We Became Owls, Annie Lynch And Michaela Anne at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $12/$15 9pm ** jul 20 sat Radical Something at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 8pm ** jul 20 sat Conte at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $10/$13 8pm/9pm ** jul 20 sat Wild Hunt, Ionophore, Ephemeros, Thoabath at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** jul 20 sat Dominique Leone, Matti Bye & This Forgotten Land, Corima, Once & Future Band, Inner Ear Brigade, dj Neil Martinson at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm ** jul 20 sat Qui (L.A.), Feral Ohms, Pigs at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $8 3pm/4pm ** @ jul 20 sat The Meat Sluts, Bad Cop/Bad Cop (L.A.), Jabber at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm ** jul 20 sat Threat Level Orange at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** jul 20 sat Rupa & The April Fishes, Classical Revolution at Osher Marin Jewish Center, 200 North San Pedro Road, San Rafael a/a $20/$25 (17 and under free) 6:15pm/7pm ** jul 20 sat E-40, Too Short at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $35 8pm *** jul 20 sat The Pendletons, The Secretions, Stigma 13, Pookie And The Poodlez at the Red Hat, 1860 Monument Blvd., Concord 21+ $7 ** @ (car show) jul 20 sat David Byrne & St. Vincent at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 7:30pm # *** jul 20 sat Psychosomatic, Wasted Noise, Spin Farm, F.U.X., Infirmities at the County Fairgrounds, Monterey a/a $15 (under 12 free) 11am # ** @ (Ink of the Bay Tattoo Fest) jul 20 sat Jason Charles Miller at Arcadia Blues Clubs, Arcadia ?/? ** jul 21 sun Buck-O-Nine, Jokes For Feelings, Imposters, Skandalism, Defunked at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 5pm/6pm *** @ (ska night) jul 21 sun Seahaven at the Metro, Oakland a/a $12 7pm # ** jul 21 sun David Byrne & St. Vincent at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** jul 21 sun Asphyxian at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** jul 21 sun Red Baraat, Fanfare Ciocarlia at Stern Grove, 19th Avenue & SLoat Blvd., S.F. a/a free 2pm ** jul 21 sun Hoboagogo, TJ Kong And The Atomic Bomb at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 11am/4pm * jul 21 sun Common Eider King Eider, Powerdove, Windchimes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 6pm ** jul 21 sun Roadkill Ghost Choir, Shady Maples, Anjus Pale Blue Eyes at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 21 sun Tijuana Panthers, Grmln, the She's at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 21 sun Moonalice at Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley a/a free 2pm ** jul 21 sun Mary Chapin Carpenter, Marc Cohn at Montalvo Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga a/a $85-$35 5:30pm/7:30pm ** jul 21 sun Jonny Lang, Robert Randolph & The Family Band at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 7:30pm # ** jul 21 sun Emblem3, Mkto at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** jul 21 sun Stripmall Architecture, Books On Fate at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ *** jul 22 mon Sabertooth Zombie, Earth Control, White Widows, Living Eyes, Monuments Collapse at the Metro, Oakland a/a $8 7pm # *** @ jul 22 mon Colleen Gren at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $9/$12 8pm ** jul 22 mon Black Flag, Good For You at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ jul 23 tue Black flag, Good For You at the Metro, Oakland a/a $25 7pm # *** @ jul 23 tue Rotten Youth, The Industry, United Defiance, Get Dead at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** @ jul 23 tue Peter Murphy at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # *** jul 23 tue Midnight Cinema at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm ** jul 23 tue Gaucho, The Mano Cherga Band, The Graveside Quartet at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm/9:30pm ** (jazz - folk) jul 23 tue NegativWobblyLand, Mitchell Brown (L.A.), Ecstatic Music Band at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** jul 23 tue Psychosomatic at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a 8pm ** jul 23 tue Matchbox Twenty, Goo Goo Dols at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $95-$25 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** jul 23 tue Amy Grant at the San Jose Civic, 135 San Carlos St., San Jose a/a 7:30pm # *** jul 23 tue Johnny Winter at the Boardwalk, Oragenvale a/a $25/$30 7pm/8pm *** jul 24 wed Cockeyed Optimist, the Cires, Beautiful Machines at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** jul 24 wed The Soft Offs, Overland, Them Bones And Bootleggers at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** @ jul 24 wed Soft Metals (L.A.), Black Marble, Rainbow Arabia, dj Omar Perez, dj Justin Anastasi at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $8/$10/$12 9pm ** jul 24 wed Irony Butterfly, Buzzy Frets, The Doubt Factory at Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ ** jul 24 wed Samvega, The Mondegreens, Telenovela at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** jul 24 wed Brian Kenney Fresno, MoeTar, Extra Ordinary Astronauts at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 24 wed Comet Empire, The Lower 48, Big Bang, Split Screens at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** jul 24 wed Guttermouth, Agent Orange, The Atom Age, Trashboat at Heros, 821 L Street, Modesto a/a $12/$15 7pm/8pm *** @ jul 24 wed Suburban Legends, Rebel Radio, Let's Go Show, The Auxillary at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10/$12 7pm/8pm *** jul 24 wed John Mayer, Phillip Phillips at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Wheatland a/a $70-$37 6pm/7pm # ** jul 25 thr Betty Soo (Austin), Charlie Faye (Austin), Val Esway, Andrew St. James, Antonetteg, Luke Sweeney at the Starry Plough, Berkeley 21+ free 8pm/9pm ** jul 25 thr New Liberty, Flexx Bronco at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** jul 25 thr Weezer at America's Cup Pavilion, S.F. a/a $47.50 6pm/7pm # *** @ jul 25 thr Cannons And Clouds, Jonah Matranga, Strange Vine, The Town Quartet at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** jul 25 thr Speedy Ortiz, Grmln, Wild Moth at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** @ jul 25 thr The 1975, Bad Suns at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ 9:30pm ** (sold out) jul 25 thr Holy Grail, Serpent Crown at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm/9:30pm ** jul 25 thr Cool Ghouls, Zebra Hunt, Leo Gebhardt at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ 47 8:30pm ** jul 25 thr Reagan Youth (N.Y.), Oppressed Logic, Dust Angel (N.Y.), Skin & Bonez at Winter's Tavern, 1522 Francisco Blvd, Pacifica 21+ *** @ jul 25 thr Kenny Chesney, Eli Young Band, Kacey Musgraves at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $90/$35 5:30pm/7pm # ** jul 25 thr Bruno Mars, Ellie Goulding at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # ** jul 25 thr Jeff Bridges & The Abiders at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 7:30pm # ** jul 25 thr Guttermouth, Agent Orange, D.I. at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $12/$16 7pm/8pm *** @ jul 25 thr Trapt, The Cringe, Darling Parade, Allinaday, Dedvolt, Overwatch at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ jul 25 thr Xanthochroid, Brumal, Shades Of Devastation, Artemis Gone, Animism, Defy the Odds, Human Filth at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7pm/8pm *** jul 26 fri Reagan Youth (N.Y.), Decry, Dust Angel (N.Y.), 13 Scars (WA), Cold Feelings at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 8pm *** @ jul 26 fri Fang, Bonecrusher, Edge City Ruins, Lecherous Gaze, Reckless, 13 Scars at the Metro, Oakland a/a $9 7pm # *** @ jul 26 fri The Purple Ones (tribute), dj Dave Paul at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $10/$15 8pm/9pm ** jul 26 fri The Shames, the Rinds at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** jul 26 fri Goldenboy, Camille Rose at Starry Plough, Berkeley 21+ $7-$12 8pm/9pm ** jul 26 fri Underground Railroad To Candy Land, Pins Of Light, Bad Coyotes at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ *** @ jul 26 fri Jay-Z And Justin Timberlake at Candelstick Park, S.F. a/a $250-$40 7:30pm # *** jul 26 fri Tiny Television, Dustbowl Revival at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $15 9pm ** jul 26 fri The Uncluded, Hamell On Trial at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $21 9pm ** jul 26 fri Skylar Grey at the Chapel, S.F. a/a ** jul 26 fri Identity Crisis at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $7/$10 7pm/7:30pm ** jul 26 fri Vokab Kompany at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $10 9pm/9:30pm ** jul 26 fri First Church Of the Sacred Silversexual, dj at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $13 9pm ** jul 26 fri Midtown Social at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** jul 26 fri The Orange Peels, Vela Eyes, The Corner Laughers at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jul 26 fri John Doe at Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley a/a 9pm *** jul 26 fri Blisses B, The Visibles at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** jul 26 fri John Mayer, Phillip Phillips at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $80-$36 # ** jul 26 fri Dana Carvey, Dennis Miller, Kevin Nealon at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 7:30pm # ** jul 26 fri Guttermouth, Agent Orange, Anti-Social at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm *** @ jul 26 fri Berlin at the Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a free 6:30pm and 8:30pm *** jul 26 fri Whiskey Avengers, Rin Tin Tiger, The Ghost Of Wrights at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $10 8pm ** jul 26 fri Del The Funky Homosapien at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$19 8pm/9pm *** jul 26 fri We The Kings, T. Mills, The Ready Set, Headllines at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** jul 26 fri Gary Hoey, 3rd Class Citizen at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $20 7pm/8pm ** jul 26/27 The Postal Service, Big Freedia (fri), Divine Fits (sat) at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a $45 8pm # *** (fri sold out) jul 27 sat All Ages, Empire Slum, Brothers Beard, Tonight We Fight (Las Vegas), Global Affront at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm/8pm *** @ jul 27 sat Couches, Forever Ever, Everyone Is Dirty at Starry Plough, Berkeley 21+ $5 8pm/9pm ** (20 Sided Records) jul 27 sat The Lumerians at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $20 9pm ** jul 27 sat The Lopez, Yogurt Brain, Elvis Christ, Pookie And The Poodlez at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** jul 27 sat Red Meat, I See Hawks In LA, Rick Shea at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 9pm ** jul 27 sat Bad Rabbits, Air Dubai, B. Lewis at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 27 sat The Cult, White Hills at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $45 7pm/8pm # *** jul 27 sat Mark Karan's Buds, Ghosts Of Electricity at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $20 9pm ** jul 27 sat Dead Meadow at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15/$17 9pm *** jul 27 sat The Business End, M Section, Flesh Gordo at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free noon/3pm ** jul 27 sat The Dickies, Sharp Objects, The Nerv, Boats! at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm *** @ jul 27 sat Underground Railroad To Candyland, White Night (San Pedro), Swiftumz at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm *** @ jul 27 sat Inspector Gadjet Brass Band, Jill Parker & Foxglove Sweethearts, dj Zeljko at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** jul 27 sat Proudflesh, Eligy, Verzerrung at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm/10pm ** jul 27 sat Face The Giant at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** jul 27 sat Run Boy Run at Studio 55, 1455 East Francisco Blvd., San Rafael a/a $13/$15 8pm ** jul 27 sat Hapa at Osher Marin Jewish Center, 200 N. San Pedro Road, San Rafael a/a $20/$25 (17 and under free) 6:15pm/7:15pm ** (hula before show) jul 27 sat The Unauthorized Rolling Stones at Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley a/a 9pm ** jul 27 sat Raunch (L.A.), The Slow Forward (L.A.) at the Mardi Gras, 1628 El Camino Real, Redwood City 21+ ** @ jul 27 sat Huey Lewis And The News at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 7:30pm # *** jul 27 sat Whiskey Avengers, French Cassettes at San Pedro Square Market, San Jose a/a free 7pm ** jul 27 sat D.I. at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm *** @ jul 27 sat Banner Pilot at Hero's Sports Lounge & Pizza Co., 821 L St, Modesto a/a ** @ jul 27 sat Y&T, End Of Days, Restrayned at Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** jul 27/28 bay area world guitar show at Marin Civic center Exhibit Hall, San Rafael a/a jul 27/28 incorrect listing: Damination Celebration at the Phoenix Theater) jul 28 sun Khafre Jay, Day/Four, The Broken Record, Bottom Hammer, Champlu, Mike Incite at 924 Gilman, Berkeley a/a $10 5:30pm/6pm *** (conscious hip hop night) jul 28 sun Shai Hulud, Early Graves, To The Wind, Vital Nerve, Pocketknife at the Metro, Oakland a/a $10 7pm # ** @ jul 28 sun The Slippery Slope, the Titan Ups at Starry Plough, Berkeley a/a free 2pm/4pm til 7pm ** jul 28 sun We The Kings, T. Mills, The Ready Set at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 6:30pm # *** jul 28 sun Fitz And The Tantrums, The Colurist at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** jul 28 sun Trash Talk, Ratking at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 8pm ** jul 28 sun Maurice Tani at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 11am/4pm ** jul 28 sun Up Your Alley Fair, S.F. 18+ jul 28 sun Naam (Brooklyn, N.Y.) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ 9pm/9:30pm ** jul 28 sun Into Eternity, Abnormal Thought Patterns, Ontogeny at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** jul 28 sun Pushing The Sun, The Adarna, Illusion Of Self at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 7:30pm/8pm ** jul 28 sun Kid Rock, ZZ Top, Uncle Kracker at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $20 5pm/6:45pm *** jul 28 sun Ten Years After, Edgar Winter Band, Canned Heat, Rick Derringer, Pat Travers at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 7:30pm # *** jul 28 sun Guttermouth, Another Damn Disappointment, Simpl3jack at the Boardwalk, Orangemale a/a $13/$15 7pm/8pm *** @ jul 29 mon Iron Fist, Lust Hogs, Ewig Frost, Vile Mass, Speeboozer at B.R.S., Richmond a/a 7pm *** @ jul 29 mon Convalescents, Stabbed In The Back, Civil War Rust at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** @ jul 29 mon Detective, Silent Pictures at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** jul 30 tue Casey Veggies, Travis Scott, Quincy Mosby, dj Hugo at the New Parish, Oakland a/a $20/$25 7pm/8pm ** jul 30 tue Spyn Reset, The Higgs, Angus Scrimm at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** jul 30 tue Epi-Demic, Bum City Saints, Nililist Cunt at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** @ jul 30 tue Sun Volt at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** jul 30 tue Daughn Gibson, William Tyler, Carletta Sue Kay at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** jul 30 tue From Indian Lakes, Tallhart, Makeshift Prodigy at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $10/$12 8pm/9pm ** jul 30 tue Spider Heart, Snake Island, The Green Door, dj Big Nate at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 8pm ** jul 30 tue Deerpeople, L'anarchiste at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** jul 30 tue Shakey Graves, The Sam Chase, The Creak at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 30 tue One Direction at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $90-$30 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** jul 30 tue Gipsy Kings at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 7:30pm # ** jul 30 tue Fitz & The Tantrums, Hunter Hunted, The Colourist at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** jul 30 tue Alex Goot, Sam Tsui, King The Kid, Against The Current at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15/$18 6:30pm/7:30pm ** jul 30 tue ZZ Top at Vina Robles Amphitheater, Paso Robles a/a $99-$59 8pm # *** jul 31 wed Guttermouth, Agent Orange, Civil War Rust, Swillerz at the New Parish, Oakland a/a $12/$15 8pm/9pm *** @ (1234Go! Records) jul 31 wed One Direction at the Arena, Oakland a/a $90-$30 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** jul 31 wed Sebadoh at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** jul 31 wed Pale Chalice, Larvae, Verdant Realm at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm/9pm ** jul 31 wed Al Lover, Coo Coo Birds, Face Tat, Bubblegum Crisis at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 31 wed The Dirty Heads, The Expendables, Bib B at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** jul 31 wed Bubba Sparxxx, Charlie Muscle, Retro Gang at the Boardwalk, Orangevale ala ** jul 31 wed Kid Rock, ZZ Top, Uncle Kracker at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Wheatland a/a $20 6:45pm *** aug 1 thr 311, Cypress Hill, G. Love & Special Sauce at the America's Cup Pavilion, S.F. a/a $40 5pm/6pm # *** @ aug 1 thr The Dirty Heads, The Expendables at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** aug 1 thr Every Time I Die, Chelsea Grin, Veil Of Maya, Terror, Stray From The Path, Volumes, Capture The Crown, iwrestledabearonce, For All Those Sleeping, Dayshell, Ice Nine Kills at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 2:45pm # *** @ aug 1 thr Owen, Laura Stevenson, Shawn Alpay at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $13/$15 8pm/9pm ** aug 1 thr Cat Power at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** aug 1 thr The Dangerous Summer, Tommy And The High Pilots, Rare Monk, Breaking Laces at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 7:30pm ** aug 1 thr Styx, Don Felder at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 7:30pm # *** aug 1 thr Ty Segal, Daughn Gibson, Mike Donovan, William Tyler at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $13/$15 8pm/8:30pm *** aug 1 thr J Book, Hot Rain at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** aug 2 fri Witchaven at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ 8pm ** @ aug 2 fri The Smithereens at The Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $26 8pm/9pm *** aug 2 fri Phish at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a # ** aug 2 fri Happy Body Slow Brain, Via Coma at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** aug 2 fri Luther Dickinson, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Andy Cabic, Richard Osborn, Jimbo Mathus at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $15/$20 7pm/8pm ** aug 2 fri One Drop, Midnight Raid, Jethro Jeremiah And The Soulmates at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** aug 2 fri Filthy Thieving Bastards, Jayke Orvis & The Broken Band, Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 2 fri Kenny Loggins, Blue Sky Riders at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 7:30pm # *** aug 2 fri The Odd Numbers at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** aug 2 fri Y&T at the Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a free 6:30pm and 8:30pm *** aug 2 fri Xavier Rudd at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $22/$27 8pm/9pm ** aug 2 fri Dogfood (cd release), Element Of Soul, Humble Wolf, The Three Way, James Cavem at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** aug 2/3 RANCID, The Transplants, The Interrupters (fri), Harrington Saints (sat) at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** @ aug 2/3 The Sword, American Sharks at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** aug 2/3 Neil Michael Hagerty & The Howling Hex, Sands (fri), Sweet Chariot (sat) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 9pm ** aug 3 sat Masked Intruder, Elway, Sam Russo, Druglords Of The Avenues, Jabber at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 7pm/8pm *** @ aug 3 sat The Fashion Slaves, The RaveUps, Wild Ass at the Starry Plough, Berkeley 21+ 8pm/9pm ** aug 3 sat Donna The Buffalo at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 3 sat Guy Fox, Ghost And The City, Fortress Social Club at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** aug 3 sat Afrofunk Experience, Brown Fellinis at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $7/$10 8pm/9pm ** aug 3 sat Vincent Gallo, Spindrift, Guy Blakeslee, Outlaw, Greg Ashley, The Groggs, Wild Honey, Meat Market, Cool Ghouls, Virgin Hymns, MoonFox at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $30 noon/2pm ** (San Frandelic Summerfest) aug 3 sat Conspirator at Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm ** aug 3 sat Los Pinguos, Locura at Osher Marin Jewish Center, 200 North San Pedro Road, San Rafael a/a $20/$25 (17 and under free) 6:15pm/7pm ** aug 3 sat Gladys Knight And The O'Jays at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 7:30pm # *** aug 3 sat Andre Nickatina at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $23/$28 8pm/9pm ** aug 3 sat One More Time (tribute) at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** aug 3 sat Misery Signals, The Color Morale, Elitist, The Kindred, Lifeforms, Life Ahead at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 6pm ** aug 3/4 Art & Soul Festival, Downtown Oakland a/a $15-$8 noon aug 4 sun Shuggie Otis, The Relatives at Stern Grove, 19th Avenue & SLoat Blvd., S.F. a/a free 2pm ** aug 4 sun Sublime with Rome, Descendents, Pennywise at America's Cup Pavilion, S.F. a/a $40-$30 5pm/6pm # *** aug 4 sun Mac Miller, Action Bronson, Chance The Rapper, Vince Staples, The Internet at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** aug 4 sun Balmorhea, Young Moon at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9:30pm ** aug 4 sun Bob Dylan And His Band, Wilco, My Morning Jacket, Ryan Bingham at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $90-$25 4:30pm/5:30pm # *** (Americanarama Festival of Music) aug 4 sun Dwight Yoakam at Rodney Strong Vineyards, 11455 Old Redwood Highway, Healdsburg 21+ ** aug 4 sun Masked Intruder, Elway, Sam Russo at Luigi's Fun Garden, 1050 20th Street, Sacramento a/a *** @ aug 5 mon M.O.T.O., Surprise Vacation, Manatee at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 6pm ** (early show) aug 5 mon Chicago at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a *** aug 5 mon Masked Intruder, Elway, Sam Russo at Hero's Sports Lounge & Pizza Co., 821 L St, Modesto a/a *** @ aug 6 tue Sierra Leons's Refugee All Stars, Black Nature Band at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $17/$20 7pm/8:30pm ** aug 6 tue Lightsystem, Catapult the Dead at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** aug 6 tue Panteon Rococo at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 8pm/9pm # ** aug 6 tue Dead Serious, Bob Nick & Sutro, Black Belt Karate at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8 8:30pm/9pm ** @ aug 6 tue MC Chris, Dr. Awkward, Jesse Dangerously, Tribe One at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** aug 6 tue Lightning Dust, Louise Burns at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ free 7pm/8pm ** aug 6 tue Chicago at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 7:30pm # *** aug 6 tue Masked Intruder, Elway, Sam Russo at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ ** @ aug 7 wed Chicago at the Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $85-$45 7pm/8pm # *** aug 7 wed Nothington, Masked Intruder, Elway, Sam Russo at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm *** @ aug 7 wed Harry Connick Jr. at Davies Symphony Hall, S.F. a/a $100-$50 7pm/8pm # *** aug 7 wed White Fence, Jessica Pratt, Chris Cohen at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** aug 7 wed White Wizzard at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10/$13 7:30pm/8pm ** aug 7 wed Lyle Lovett at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 7:30pm # *** aug 7 wed Panteon Rococo, Lost Acapulco at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** aug 7 wed M.D.C., Opposition Rising, Wartorn, Komatose (Arcata) at the Ink Annex, 47 West 3rd Street, Eureka a/a *** @ aug 8 thr M.D.C., Opposition Rising, Wartorn at the Metro, Oakland a/a 7pm # *** @ aug 8 thr The Goddamn Gallows, The Calamity Cubes, Kountry Kittens at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 8 thr Goodnight Texas at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** aug 8 thr Headboggle, Marielle Jakobsons, Goodwillsmith (Chicago), Black Hat at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm ** aug 8 thr Luke Bryan, Thompson Square, Florida Georgia Line at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Wheatland a/a # ** aug 8 thr Lyle Lovett & His Large Band at Vina Robles Amphitheater, Paso Robles a/a $83-$43 8pm # ** aug 9 fri Stellar Corpses, Darrow Chemical Company, The Revolts, Self Inflicted Wounds, Blacktop Tragedy, Spawn Atomic at 924 Gilman Street, Berkely a/a $10 7pm/7:30pm *** @ aug 9 fri Ivete Sangalo at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** aug 9 fri Paul McCartney, Pretty Lights, The National, D'Angelo, Band Of Horses, Yeasayer, Zedd, Rhye, Jessie Ware, Surfer Blood, Chromatics, Smith Westerns, Wavves, The Heavy, Twenty One Pilots, Daughter, Anuhea, Wild Belle, The Men, Midi Matilda, Houndmouth, Foy Vance, Naia Kete, The Plump DJs, Stanton Warriors, Motion Potion, All Good Funk Alliance, Lexel at Outside Lands Festival, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a $105/$250 # *** aug 9 fri Whitesnake at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** @ aug 9 fri Whiskey Shivers, Wild Child, Grow And Twine at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 9 fri Burnt Ones, The Hussy at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** aug 9 fri The Inciters, The Boars, French Boutique at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** aug 9 fri Luke Bryan, Thompson Square, Florida Georgia Line at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $55-$30 5:30pm/7pm # ** aug 9 fri The Goddamn Gallows at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** aug 9 fri War at the Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a free 6:30pm and 8:30pm *** aug 9 fri Slime Girls, 1000 Needles at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $8 8pm ** aug 9 fri Plane White T's, F.F.G. at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** aug 9 fri Los Lobos, Los Lonely Boys, Alejandro Escovedo at Vina Robles Amphitheater, Paso Robles a/a $69-$39 8pm # ** aug 10 sat Augurs, Abstracter, Lust Hogs, Held Down at Ghost Town Barn, Oakland a/a donation 7pm ** @ aug 10 sat The Lady Crooners, Loretta Lynch, New American Farmers at the Starry Plough, Berkeley 21+ 8pm/9pm ** aug 10 sat Nine Inch Nails, Phoenix, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Jurassic 5, Grizzly Bear, Young The Giant, The Head And The Heart, The Tallest Man On Earth, Youth Lagoon, Gary Clark Jr., Baauer, The Mother Hips, Griz, The Growlers, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, Bombino, Milo Greene, Atlas Genius, The Soft White Sixties, James McCartney, The Lone Bellow, Cherub, LoCura, Krafty Kuts, Lazy Rich, dj Shotnez, dj Sam Spiegel, Dub Gabriel at Outside Lands Festival, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a $105/$250 # *** aug 10 sat Powerage (tribute), Evolution (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. 6+ 8pm/9pm ** aug 10 sat Cheech & Chong, War at the America's Cup Pavilion, S.F. a/a $80-$35 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** aug 10 sat Tommy Tutone, Chris Solberg, Greg Douglass, Byron Allred, David Denny, Garry Mallabar, The Great American Robber Barons With Dion & Diana Mangano at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** (Lonnie Turner Memorial Concert) aug 10 sat 3 Stoned Men, Icky Boyfriends, Camel Toe, The Uke Band, Natural Fonzie at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 6pm *** (Rotfest) aug 10 sat The Red Elvises, Custom Kicks at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $20 9:30pm ** aug 10 sat Tomihira, Space Waves, In Letter Form at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9:30pm ** aug 10 sat Andre Thierry & Zydeco Magic at Osher Marin Jewish Center, 200 North San Pedro Road, San Rafael a/a $20/$25 (17 and under free) 6:15pm/7pm ** aug 10 sat Incredible Me, I Wish We Were Robots, Merchants, Kingdom Of Giants, Outsiders, Altessa, Before You Fall, Ellipsis, Citadel & Sleep City, Sleep at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** aug 10 sat Train, The Script, Gavin DeGraw at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Wheatland a/a # *** aug 10 sat Tony Bennett at Vina Robles Amphitheater, Paso Robles a/a $130-$44 8pm # *** aug 11 sun Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kaskade, Vampire Weekend, Willie Nelson & Family, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Matt & Kim, A-Trak, Foals, Dawes, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Kurt Vile And The Violators, Emeli Sand, Dillon Francis, Camper Van Beethoven, Rudimental, Fishbone, King Tuff, Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, Ms Mr, Deap Vally, Kopecky Family Band, Little Green Cars, Bhi Bhiman, The Easy Leaves, dj Pierre, Gene Farris,w Sleight Of Hands, WhiteNoize, Griffin Camper at Outside Lands Festival, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a $105/$250 # *** aug 11 sun Pink Martini, La Santa Cecilia at Stern Grove, 19th Avenue & SLoat Blvd., S.F. a/a free 2pm ** aug 11 sun Train, The Script, Gavin DeGraw at the America's Cup Pavilion, S.F. a/a $80-$40 # *** aug 11 sun Elliot Schneider at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm ** aug 11 sun Laudanum, Bottom Feeder (Copenhagen), Lady Bird (AZ), Uzala at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 4pm/6pm ** @ (early show & BBQ) aug 11 sun Los Lobos, Los Lonely Boys, Alejandro Escovedo at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85-$35 7pm # *** aug 11 sun Matisyahu at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** aug 12 mon San Cisco, Smallpools at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** aug 12 mon Mike Tramp (solo acoustic) at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$15 7pm/8pm ** aug 13 tue Jonas Brothers at the America's Cup Pavilion, S.F. a/a $80-$30 6pm/7pm # *** aug 13 tue Daughtry, 3 Doors Down at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # *** aug 13 tue Sean Bonnette, Jeff Rosenstock, Hard Girls, Dog Party at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm *** @ (Asian Man Records) aug 13 tue Derrick Hodge, Jazz Mafia at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $17/$20 8pm/9pm ** aug 13 tue Zebroids, Dirty Few at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** aug 13 tue Jame N Commons at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** aug 13 tue Lyle Lovett at the Marine Center, San Rafael a/a # *** aug 13 tue Michael Franti & Spearhead, Amanda Shaw, Ethan Tucker at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85-$45 7:30pm # *** aug 13 tue My Ticket Home, Night Verses, I Am King at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** aug 14 wed Derrick Hodge at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $17/$20 8pm/9pm** aug 14 wed Buildings (Minneapolis), Hawks (Atlanta) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** aug 14 wed The Monkees at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 7:30pm # *** aug 14 wed The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, The Material at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $13/$15 7pm/8pm ** @ aug 14 wed Michael Franti & Spearhead at Vina Robles Amphitheater, Paso Robles a/a $79-$39 8pm # *** aug 15 thr Zap Mama at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $22/$25 7:30pm/8:30pm ** aug 15 thr Perhapsy, In Watermelon Sugar, Andrew Maurer at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** aug 15 thr Reckless Kelly, Micky & The Motorcars, Wade Bowen at Slim's, S.F. 6+ 8pm ** aug 15 thr Best Coast at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** aug 15 thr Molotov at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** aug 15 thr The Love Dimension, The Tenderloins, The Chaw at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $7 8pm/9pm ** aug 15 thr The Lonely Wild, Kris Orlowski, The Sad Bastard Book Club at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 15 thr Howl, Lord Dying at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 15 thr Brandi Carlile at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 7:30pm # *** aug 15 thr The Monkees at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ *** (was listed as August 14th) aug 15 thr Led Zeppelin 2 (tribute) at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** aug 15/16 Lewis Black at Montalvo Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga a/a $125-$45 6pm/7:30pm ** aug 16 fri Dropdead (R.I.), Graves At Sea, Stoneburner (Portland), Endless Demise (L.A.), Agenda Of Swine, Turbokrieg (TX), Nibiru (TX), Worthless Eaters (Portland), Connoisseur, Reivers, Dead Pressure Komatose (Arcata), Noxcrutch (Stockton), No Fucks Given, Xhostagex at the Metro, Oakland a/a $15 8pm # *** @ (Deadfest day 1) aug 16 fri Mike Stud, Kurt, dj Mtk at the New Parish, Oakland a/a $13 6pm/6:30pm ** aug 16 fri Zoo Station (tribute), Chronic Town (tribute) at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** aug 16 fri Reckless Kelly, Mikey & The Motorcars, Wade Bowen at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ 8:30pm ** aug 16 fri Wade Bowen at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ 8:30pm ** aug 16 fri Foreigner at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 7:30pm # *** aug 16 fri Foghat at the Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a free 6:30pm and 8:30pm *** aug 16 fri Molotov at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** aug 16 fri Darius Rucker at Vina Robles Amphitheater, Paso Robles a/a $99-$49 8pm # ** aug 16 fri Mentors at the Hideout Lounge, 240 S. Park Street, Reno NV 21+ *** @ aug 17 sat Slime Girls, Piranha Party!, Robodda, Esther Moser, The Invisible Sundial at 924 Gilman, Berkeley a/a 7pm/7:30pm *** @ aug 17 sat Dropdead (R.I.), Noothgrush, Brainoil, Transient (Portland), War Master (TX), Night Nurse (Portland), Sorrower (AZ), Elitist (Portland), Mind Boil (TX), Usnea (Portland), Destroyed In Seconds (L.A.), Primitive Man (CO), Age Of Collapse (San Diego), Amarok (Chico), Lolita Black (R.I.), Completed Exposition (Japan), Final Draft (Inglewood), War Sound (L.A.), AcxDc (L.A.), Dead Issue (L.A.), Your Enemy, Burmese, Negitive Standards, Black Fucking Cancer (San Jose), Lycus, Death Row, Deras Krig, Whorpath (santA Rosa), Crypt Keeper, Pancake Lizard at the Metro, Oakland a/a $15 4pm # **** @ (Deadfest day 2) aug 17 sat Rebelution, Matisyahu, Collie Buddz, Zion 1 at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a $39.50 6:30pm # *** aug 17 sat Mentors at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ *** @ aug 17 sat Birdmonster, Collisionville, Grit & Gold at the Starry Plough, Berkeley 21+ 8pm/9pm ** aug 17 sat Steely Dan, The Deep Blue Organ Trio at the America's Cup Pavilion, S.F. a/a $200-$35 # *** aug 17 sat Led Zeppelin 2 at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** aug 17 sat Bobby Long at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9:30pm ** aug 17 sat Evangelista at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** aug 17 sat Venat, Rubber Duckee, live pro wrestling at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 5:30pm *** aug 17 sat Straight No Chaser at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 7:30pm # ** aug 17 sat Shinobu at Homestead Lanes, Cupertino a/a $8 8pm ** aug 17 sat Tainted Love at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $10/$15 8pm/9pm ** aug 17 sat Stepchild, Some Fear None, For All I've Done, Fair Struggle, Kryptic Memories at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** aug 18 sun Earth Crisis at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 5pm *** @ aug 18 sun Space Waster, Glimpse Trio, At Gunpoint, Lucabrazzi at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** aug 18 sun Gayle Lynn And The Hired Hands, Rich McCulley at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 11am/4pm ** aug 18 sun Lazy (Kansas City) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** aug 18 sun Peter Bradley Adams at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 8pm ** aug 18 sun Mentors, Potty Mouth, Aborticide, False Freedom, Alfred Hitchcockk, Sedated at the Black Room, 83 South Stewart Street, Sonora a/a $10 5:30pm *** @ aug 18 sun Chris Isaak at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 7:30pm # *** aug 18 sun Les Claypool's Due de Twang at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ *** aug 18 sun Steely Dan at Reno Events Center, 300 N Center St., Reno, NV # *** aug 18 sun Willie Nelson, The Devil Makes Three, The Wild Feathers at Pozo Saloon, 90 West Pozo Road, Pozo a/a $32.50-$85 4pm *** aug 19 mon Weatherside Whiskey Band, The Creak, Eight Belles at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 20 tue The Molecules (reunion), Gentlemen Surfers at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 20 tue Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers at the Regency Ballroom Lodge, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** aug 20 tue Bored Spies, Grand Hallway, Goh Nakamura at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** aug 20 tue The She's, The Yes Go's at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 20 tue Queensryche at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ aug 21 wed Bad Weather California, Sauna, Skating Polly at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 21 wed Animal As Leaders, Navene, Journal, Legion's Requiem, Bispora at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** aug 21 wed Les Claypool's Due de Twang at the Center for the Arts, Grass Valley a/a *** aug 22 thr The Brothers Comatose at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $12/$15 8pm/9pm ** aug 22 thr Melvins, Honky at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** @ aug 22 thr Roky Erickson at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 22 thr Lemme Adams, Cool Ghouls, Black Cobra Vipers at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 22 thr Brad Paisley, Chris Young, Lee Brice, The Henningsens at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $65.25-$30.25 6pm/7pm # ** aug 22 thr Toad the Wet Sprocket, Grant Lee Buffalo at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $58-$38 7:30pm # *** aug 22 thr Usnea, Komatose (Arcata) at the Ink Annex, 47 West 3rd St., Eureka a/a ** @ aug 22/23 Kermit Ruffins And The BBQ Swingers at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $15/$20 8pm/9pm ** aug 23 fri Funky Meters, dj Platurn, Jordan And The Ritual at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $45/$50 8pm/9pm *** aug 23 fri Sarah & The Tall Boys, Brian Belknap at the Starry Plough, Berkeley 21+ 8pm/9pm ** aug 23 fri Gregory Alan Isakov at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 23 fri Pinback at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # *** aug 23 fri Robin Applewood, La Gente, Sang Matiz, Naked Soul at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 9pm ** aug 23 fri Sunrunners, Curious Quail, Father President at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9:30pm ** aug 23 fri Sutekh Hexen, Blue Sabbath Black Cheer (Seattle), Eye Of Nix at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** aug 23 fri Truth & Salvage Co. at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm ** aug 23 fri Chris Botti at Montalvo Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga a/a $125-$45 6pm/7:30pm ** aug 23 fri Ron White (comedy) at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 7:30pm # ** aug 23 fri Far From You at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** aug 23 fri Eddie Money at the Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a free 6:30pm and 8:30pm *** aug 23 fri Majical Cloudz at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 23 fri The Melvins, Honkey at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ aug 23 fri George Lopez at Vina Robles Amphitheater, Paso Robles a/a $83-$43 8pm # ** aug 24 sat Gama Bomb (Ireland), Artillery (Denmark), Bonded By Blood, Fueled By Fire, Fog Of War, Kinnefret, Cultural Warfare, Enemy In Peril, Skinner, Potential Threat, Xenotaph, Archea, Warpath Assassins, Zombie Death Stench at the Metro, Oakland a/a $15 # *** @ aug 24 sat Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile, Aoife O'Conovan at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # ** aug 24 sat Majical Cloudz, SomeEmber at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 9pm ** aug 24 sat American Death Machine, Hot Nun, One After Another at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free noon/3pm ** aug 24 sat Andrew Belle, Grizfolk at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $10/$12 7pm/8pm ** aug 24 sat M.D.C., Nihilist Cunt, Bum City Saints, the Judas Bunch at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10j 9pm *** @ aug 24 sat The Spyrals, Cellar Doors, Super 78! at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** aug 24 sat O'Brother, Native, Daylight at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** aug 24 sat Slow Motion Cowboys, Secret Town (cd release), The Silver Threads (cd release) at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** aug 24 sat George Lopez at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 7:30pm # *** aug 24 sat Maze, The Isley Brothers at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $126-$36 5pm/6:30pm # ** aug 24 sat Kill The Precedent (cd release), Will Haven, Death Valley High, Lesdystics, Sex Rat at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ aug 24/25 Modest Mouse, Passion Pit, Mgmt, Neko Case, Beach House, Toro Y Moi, Devendra Banhart, Washed Out, Okkervil River, Deerhunter, Purity Ring, Dr. Dog, The Hold Steady, Delta Spirit, The Black Angels, Father John Misty, Capital Cities, Lucero, The Antlers, Blitzen Trapper, Civil Twilight, Electric Guest, Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks, Delta Rae, The Dodos, Tennis, Akron/Family, Quadron, Bleached, Generationals, Eli "Paperboy" Reed, Guards, jefertitti's Nile, Guy Blakeslee, Seventeen Evergreen, Light Fantastic, carnival rides, games at First City Festival, 2004 Fairground Road, Monterey a/a $125-$279 (2 day pass) noon # *** aug 25 sun Kermit Ruffins And The BBQ Swingers at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $15/$20 5pm/6pm ** aug 25 sun indie mart at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a noon till 6pm aug 25 sun Wintersun, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Arisis, Starkill at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $22/$25 6pm/7pm *** @ aug 25 sun Escort at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ ** aug 25 sun Little Comets at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 7:30pm ** aug 25 sun George Thorogood And the Destroyers, Buddy Guy at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 7:30pm # *** aug 26 mon Black Sabbath, Andrew WK at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $131-$31 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** aug 27 tue The Breeders at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 7pm/8pm # *** aug 27 tue Sun Foot, Mike Donovan, Franklin's Mint at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** aug 27 tue Il Volo, Nikki Yanofsky at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $100-$40 7pm/8pm # ** aug 27 tue Fun., Tegan & Sara at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, 15 Hwy 50, Stateline, NV ?/? # *** aug 28 wed Heart, Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience at the America's Cup Pavilion, S.F. a/a $101-$26 6pm/7pm # *** aug 28 wed Fidlar at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8pm/9pm *** @ $ aug 28 wed Everest, White Dove at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm ** aug 28 wed Banner Pilot, Civil War Rust, The Breaks at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** @ aug 28 wed Fronds, Is/Is (Minneapolis) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** aug 28 wed Peter Frampton, B.B. King at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 7:30pm # *** aug 28 wed Gary Numan, Cold Cave at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** aug 29 thr Goodie Mob at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** aug 29 thr Lucius at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $10 8pm/9pm ** aug 29 thr Scout Niblett, P.G. Six at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm ** aug 29 thr Brian Regan at Montalvo Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga a/a $70-$40 5:30pm/7:30pm *** aug 29 thr G-Eazy at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $15 7pm/8pm # ** aug 29/30 Alt-J at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** (thr sold out) aug 30 fri Icona Pop, K.Flay, Sirah at the Fillmore, S.F. $25 8pm/9pm # ** (99.7 Now) aug 30 fri Paul Van Dyk at 1015 Folsom, S.F. 21+ $40/$60 9pm ** aug 30 fri Owl Paws, There's Talk (record release), Dead Feather Moon (San Diego) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 30 fri Lil Wayne, T.I. at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $96-$36 6pm/7:30pm # ** aug 30 fri Papa Doo Run Run at the Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a free 6:30pm and 8:30pm ** aug 30 fri Ziggy Marley, Steel Pulse at Vina Robles Amphitheater, Paso Robles a/a $79-$39 8pm # *** aug 31 sat Delsen, Fat Opie, Victoria George at the Starry Plough, Berkeley 21+ 8pm/9pm ** aug 31 sat Rin Tin Tiger, French Cassettes, Picture Atlantic at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 31 sat Andre Nickatina at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** aug 31 sat The Asteroid No. 4, Stranger Family Band (record release), dj Joel Gion at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $7/$10 8pm/9pm** aug 31 sat SicKnif (tribute), Devolutionaries (tribute), Gimme Danger (tribute) at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $8 ** aug 31 sat The Greening (vinyl release), Major Powers & The Lo-Fi Symphony at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9:30pm ** aug 31 sat The Human League, Andy Bell, Howard Jones, Information Society at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 7:30pm # *** aug 31 sat Battlehooch, David Knight at San Pedro Square Market, San Jose a/a free 7pm ** aug 31 sat Peter Frampton With B.B. King at Vina Robles Amphitheater, Paso Robles a/a $113-$53 7pm # *** sep 1 sun Jason Mraz at the America's Cup Pavilion, S.F. a/a $59.50 5:30pm/7pm # *** sep 1 sun B.B. King at Rodney Strong Vineyards, 11455 Old Redwood Hy., Healdsburg 21+ *** sep 1 sun The Psychedelic Furs at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ ** sep 2 mon Ty Segall, Mike Donovan, David Novick at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** sep 3 tue Gary Numan at the Metro, Oakland a/a 7pm # ** sep 3 tue Superchunk, Mikal Cronin at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $26.50 7pm/8pm ** sep 3 tue Charli XCX, Kitten, Little Daylight at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** sep 3 tue Brendan James at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 8:30pm ** sep 4 wed Roses at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * sep 4 wed Dave Matthews Band at Harveys Outdoor Arena, Stateline, NV ?/? *** sep 4 wed Sammy Hagar at Vina Robles Amphitheater, Paso Robles a/a $131-$61 8pm # *** sep 5 thr Ty Segall, Mike Donovan, Jessica Pratt, David Novick at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $18/$20 8pm/9pm *** sep 5 thr Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires at the Great American Music Hall, S.f. 6+ ** sep 5 thr Enanitos Verdes at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $45 7pm/8pm # ** sep 5 thr Saves The Day, Into It. Over It., Hostage Calm at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** @ sep 5 thr Hiss Golden Messenger at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm ** sep 5 thr Teepee (Miami) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 5 thr Cannons And Clouds, Wild Pack Of Canaries, Mosshead at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 5 thr Wallpaper, An Angle, Mister Metaphor at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** (Launch Festival kick-off) sep 6 fri Parasites, Flamingo Nosebleed, Jabber at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 8pm ** @ sep 6 fri The Mickey Hart Band at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27 8pm/9pm # ** sep 6 fri Gui Boratto at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** sep 6 fri Broncho, Mozes & The Firstborn, Hindu Pirates at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 6 fri Wayne Hancock at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm *** sep 6 fri Bam Margera (as Fuckface Unstoppable), (hed)pe, Howitzer at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** sep 6/8 Fun., Tegan And Sara at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a $43.50 8pm # *** $ (fri sold out) sep 7 sat Vader, Vital Remains, Sacrifical Slaughter, Excration, Extremely Rotten at the Metro, Oakland a/a $18 5pm # *** @ sep 7 sat Sammy Hagar at America's Cup Pavilion, S.F. a/a $85-$40 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** sep 7 sat JGB With Melvin Seals at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 7 sat Hepcat at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** sep 7 sat Sundowner (record release), Kevin Seconds, Great Apes, The Started-Its at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm *** @ (Asian Man Records) sep 7 sat Royal Thunder (Atlanta) at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 7 sat Joan Jett And The Blackhearts at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 7:30pm # *** sep 7/8 Imagine Dragons, Girl Talk, Rocket From The Crypt, Minus The Bear, Blonde Redhead, Van She, Grieves, Cults, Surfer Blood, Doomtree, Geographer, Family Of The Year, P.O.S., Gold Fields, Dessa, Turquoise Jeep, Exquisite Corps, Frank Jordan, DoomBird, Life In 24 Frames, Paper Pistols, Dlrn, The Bell Boys at Cesar Chavez Park, 910 I Street, Sacramento a/a $85/$95 noon *** @ sep 8 sun Backstreet Boys, Jesse McCartney at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $109-$29 6pm/7pm # ** sep 8 sun Dave Matthews Band, Mariachi El Bronx at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $79/$45 7:30pm/7pm # *** sep 8 sun One Republic at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 7:30pm # *** sep 8 sun Earth Wind & Fire at the San Jose Civic, 135 San Carlos St., San Jose a/a # *** sep 9 mon Ewert And The Two Dragons at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 9/10 Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Total Life at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** (mon sold out) sep 10 tue Bleeding Rainbow at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** sep 10 tue Tab Benoit at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm ** sep 10 tue Mob 47 (Sweden), Koszmar (Canada), Replica, Ritual Control at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm *** @ sep 10 tue Melissa Etheridge at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 7:30pm # *** sep 11 wed Earth Wind & Fire at Masonic Center, 1111 California St., S.F. a/a $86-$45 7pm/8pm # *** sep 11 wed Jimmy Cliff at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $39.50 7pm/8pm # *** sep 11 wed The Breaks, Wringer (Bloomington, IN), The Vans at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** sep 11 wed Alice In Chains, Jane's Addiction, Coheed And Cambria, Circa Survive, Walking Papers, Middle Class Rut, New Politics, Danko Jones, Chuck Shaffer Picture Show at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $75-$20 2pm # *** @ (Rockstar Energy Uproar Festival) sep 11 wed Adam Ant, Prima Donna at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** sep 12 thr Local Natives, Wild Nothing at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** sep 12 thr Adam Ant, Prima Donna at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** sep 12 thr Patricia Kaas (France), Kass Chante Piaf at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $95/$65/$45 7pm/8pm # ** sep 12 thr Ra Ra Riot, Caveman at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** sep 12 thr S, Night Cadet (Seattle) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 12 thr The Slackers at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** sep 13 fri The Weeknd at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # ** sep 13 fri Mob 47 (Sweden), Desperat, Koszmar (Canada), Side Effects, Filthchain, Femacoffin at the Metro Sideroom, Oakland a/a $10 7pm *** @ sep 13 fri The Mission UK, Keeping The Faith at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $29.50/$43 8pm/9pm # *** sep 13 fri Coeur de Pirate at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 13 fri The Slackers at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** sep 13 fri The Moondoggies, The Maldives at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ $10/$12 8pm/9pm ** sep 13 fri Foxtails Brigade, Bells Atlas, The spencer Owen Time Share at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** sep 13 fri The Doobie Brothers at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 7:30pm # *** sep 13 fri Steel Panther at Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** @ sep 14 sat Murderburgers, Strong City at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oakland a/a 7pm ** sep 14 sat Sensation at the Arena, Oakland a/a # ** sep 14 sat Matt Wertz at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 14 sat Big Tree, Waterstrider, Ghost Tiger at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** sep 14 sat Korn, Megadeth, Shinedown, Papa Roach, Skillet, Buckcherry, In This Moment, Steel Panther, Device, P.O.D., Pop Evil, Otherwise, Soil, Heaven's Basement at Discovery Park, 1600 Garden Highway, Sacramento a/a $54.50 ($99.50 2 day) 11am # *** @ (Aftershock day 1) sep 14 sat The Doobie Brothers at Vina Robles Amphitheater, Paso Robles a/a $83-$43 8pm # *** sep 14/15 Big K.R.I.T., Black Hippy, Bodega Bamz, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Brother Ali, Chase & Status, Common, Curren$y, Danny Brown, Dilated Peoples, Dizzy Wright, Dom Kennedy, E40 And Too Short, Earl Sweatshirt, Flatbush Zombies, Hit Boy, Hopsin, Immortaltechnique, Jhene Aiko, Kid Cudi, Lecrae, Mimosa, Prof, Rakim, Snow Tha Product, Supernatural, Talib Kweli, Tech N9ne, Tyler The Creator, Wu-Tang Clan, Action Bronson, Deltron 3030, Freddie Gibbs, Freeway, Girl Talk, Krs-One, Pusha T, Riff Raff, Slick Rick & Doug E. Fresh, Sean P, Smoke DZA, Yg Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $240-$89 # *** (Rock the Bells X) sep 15 sun Hem at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ # ** sep 15 sun Darwin Deez at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $13/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 15 sun KC & The Sunshine Band, Village People at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 7:30pm # *** sep 15 sun Avenged Sevenfold, Volbeat, A Day To Remember, Asking Alexandria, Halestorm, Him, Falling In Reverse, All That Remains, Airbourne at Discovery Park, 1600 Garden Highway, Sacramento a/a $54.50 ($99.50 2 day) 11am # *** @ (Aftershock day 2) sep 15 sun Mason Jennings at the El Ray Theater, Chico a/a $18/$20 5:30pm/6:30pm # ** sep 17 tue The Vibrators, Bite, Pops at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm *** @ sep 17 tue Stars, Trails And Ways at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 17 tue The Julie Ruin, La Sera at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** sep 17 tue Carly Rae Jepsen at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 7:30pm # ** sep 18 wed The Orb at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** sep 18 wed Hanni El Khatib, Bass Drum Of Death at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 18 wed Stars, Trails And Ways at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** sep 18 wed Adam Ant at Golden State Theater, 417 Alvarado St., Monterey a/a *** sep 19 wed Blondie, X at Nob Hill Center, S.F. a/a $80/$55/$40 7pm/8pm # *** (also Sep 20th in Saratoga) sep 19 wed Bastille at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 19 wed Human Eye (Detroit) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 19 wed Iration, Through The Roots, Fortunate Yough, Micah Brown at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** sep 20 fri Kamelot (Tampa, FL), Delain, Eklipse at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $26 7pm/8pm *** @ sep 20 fri the New Mastersounds at the Great American Music Hall, S.f. 6+ ** (Benefit for the Coalition on Homelessness) sep 20 fri Iration, Through The Roots, Fortunate Youth, Micah Brown at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # ** sep 20 fri Jonny Craig, Mod Sun, Kyle Lucas at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 ($40 vip) 8pm/9pm *** sep 20 fri Blondie, X at Montalvo Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga a/a $88/$78/$53 7pm/8pm # *** (also Sep 19th in S.F.) sep 20 fri Windhand (VA) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 21 sat Boz Scaggs at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** sep 21 sat Fall Out Boy, Panic! At The Disco at America's Cup Pavilion, S.F. a/a $39.50 6pm/7pm # *** sep 21 sat Zepparella at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** sep 21 sat Rain Parade, Powder at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 21 sat Mv & Ee at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * sep 21 sat Ozzy Alive (tribute), Rat Bastard (covers), Rock On Broadway (covers) at Club Fox, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City 21+ $12/$14 7pm/8pm ** sep 21 sat Keith Urban, Little Big Town, Dustin Lynch at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $59/$44/$30 5:30pm/7pm # ** sep 21 sat Kathy Griffin (comedy) at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 7:30pm # ** sep 21/22 Polk Street Blues Festival, S.F. a/a free sep 22 sun Jimmy Eat World at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** @ sep 22 sun Dirty Beaches, Sisu, Chasms at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 22 sun Tech N9ne at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $30/$35 7pm/8pm *** sep 22 sun Lynyrd Skynyrd at Vina Robles Amphitheater, Paso Robles a/a $104-$54 8pm # *** sep 22 sun Keith Urban, Little Big Town, Dustin Lynch at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Wheatland a/a # ** sep 23 mon The Vaccines at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** sep 23 mon Porcelain Raft at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 23 mon The Living Jarboe, Faun Fables, Amber Asylum at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 7pm ** sep 23 mon Frightened Rabbit at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** sep 25 wed Michael Hurley at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 25 wed The Lumineers (Denver), Dr. Dog, Nathaniel Rateliff at America's Cup Pavilion, S.F. a/a $39.50 5:30pm/6:30pm # *** sep 26 thr Unknown Mortal Orchestra at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm # ** sep 26 thr the Dear Hunter With String Quartet at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** sep 26 thr Depeche Mode, Crystal Castles at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $127-$36 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** sep 27 fri Marc Anthony at the Arena, Oakland a/a $150-$41 7pm/8pm # *** sep 27 fri Artic Monkeys at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** $ sep 27 fri Peter Hook & The Light at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ ** sep 27 fri Matthew Good, Pete Murray at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $20 9:30pm ** sep 27 fri Synthetic ID at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 27/28/29 Furthur at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # ** sep 28 sat Title Fight, Balance And Composure, Cruel Hand, Slingshot Dakota at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $14 7pm/8pm *** @ sep 28 sat Julieta Venegas at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** sep 28 sat Phosphorescent at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $21.50 8pm/9pm # ** sep 28 sat Wrong Words at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 28 sat Brian McKnight, Johnny Gill, Jagged Edge at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 7:30pm # ** sep 29 sun Folsom Street Fair, S.F. a/a sep 29 sun Jake Bugg at the Fillmore, S.F. $15 7pm/8pm ** sep 29 sun Glenn Tillbrook at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** (seated show) sep 29 sun Olafur Arnalds, Hauschka at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** sep 29 sun Gordon Lightfoot at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 7:30pm # *** sep 30 mon Chelsea Wolf at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 30 mon Frightened Rabbit at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** oct 1 tue Anathema, Alcest, Mamiffer at the Metro, Oakland a/a $20 7pm # ** @ oct 1 tue Between The Buried And Me, The Faceless, Contortionist, Safety Fire at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ oct 1 tue Maroon 5, Kelly Clarkson, Rozzi Crane at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Wheatland a/a # *** (Honda Civic Tour) oct 2 wed Yellowcard, Geoff Rickly at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** oct 2 wed Maroon 5, Kelly Clarkson, Rozzi Crane at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $100-$30 5:30pm/7:30pm # *** (Honda Civic Tour) oct 3 thr Jagwar Ma, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $13 9:30pm ** oct 3 thr Conor Oberst, The Felice Brothers at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $48-$38 7:30pm # ** oct 3 thr Bonnie Raitt at Vina Robles Amphitheater, Paso Robles a/a $103-$53 8pm # *** oct 4 fri Matt Nathanson, Joshua Radin at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** oct 4/5/6 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, S.F. a/a free **** oct 5 sat Christian Death at the Metro, Oakland a/a $17 8pm # *** oct 5 sat Pet Shop Boys at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** (sold out - see Oct. 7th) oct 5 sat Travis, Luke Rathborne at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $30/$45 9pm # ** oct 5 sat The Onyas (Austrailia) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 6 sun Castro Street Fair, S.F. a/a free oct 6 sun You Me At Six (England) at Slim's, S.F. 6+ 7pm *** oct 6 sun Saxon, Fozzy, Halcyon Way at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $20/$25 6:30pm/7pm ** oct 6 sun Bonnie Raitt at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 7:30pm # *** oct 7 mon Pet Shop Boys at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** $ (Oct. 5th sold out) oct 7 mon Josh Groban (in the round) at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $100-$50 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** oct 8 tue Stereophonics at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 7pm/8pm # ** oct 8 tue Hugh Cornwell at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15/$18 9pm ** oct 8 tue Steve Martin And The Steep Canyon Rangers at Vina Robles Amphitheater, Paso Robles a/a $89-$39 8pm # ** oct 9 wed White Lies at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** oct 9 wed Blue October at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $29.50 7pm/8pm # ** oct 10 thr Pink at the Arena, Oakland a/a $125/$100/$70/$40 7:30pm # *** oct 11 fri Michael Franti & Spearhead at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** oct 11 fri Jason Aldean, Jake Owen, Thomas Rhett at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Wheatland a/a # ** oct 12 sat John Fogerty at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # *** oct 12 sat Jack Johnson, Bahamas at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a (on line lottery for tickets) # *** oct 12 sat The Avett Brothers, Nicholas David at America's Cup Pavilion, S.F. a/a $49.50/$37.50 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** (KFOG) oct 12 sat Jason Aldean, Jake Owen, Thomas Rhett at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a # ** oct 13 sun King Khan & The Shrines, Hell Shovel at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** oct 13 sun Tony Lucca at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** oct 14 mon Langhorne Slim & The Law at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** oct 15 tue Pink at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $125/$100/$70/$40 7:30pm # *** oct 16 wed Pepper at the Warfield Theater, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm # *** (Live 105) oct 16 wed Frank Turner at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** oct 17 thr Walk the Moon, The Mowgli's at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** oct 17 thr Dying Fetus, Exhumed, Devourment, Waking The Cadaver, Abiotic at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $14/$20 6:30pm/7pm *** @ oct 17 thr Lionel Richie at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $125-$50 5:30pm/7pm # *** oct 18 fri City And Colour, The Paper Kites at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** oct 18 fri Hawkwind, Perhaps at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $25 8pm # *** oct 18 fri Serengeti, Open Mike Eagle, Cars & Trains at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 19 sat The Jill and Julia Show at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $20 8pm ** oct 19/20 Atoms For Peace, Beck, Animal Collective, Major Lazer, James Blake, Little Dragon, Sleigh Bells, Phantogram, Strfkr, Holy Ghost!, Japandroids, Tricky, Real Estate, Disclosure, Lord Huron, dj Falcom, Haim, Palma Violets, Poolside, Adult., Cayucas, Robert DeLong, IO Echo, Giraffage, Deep Sea Diver, Antwon at Treasure Island Music Festival, S.F. Bay a/a oct 20 sun Goblin, Secret Chiefs 3 at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** oct 22 tue Emilie Autumn at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** oct 23 wed Radical Face at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** oct 24 thr Boyce Avenue at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $23 7pm/8pm # ** oct 24 thr Knapsack at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** oct 24 thr The Moody Blues at the Marin Center, San Rafael a/a # *** oct 25 fri The Naked And Famous at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** oct 25 fri The Moody Blues at the Masonic Center, S.F. a/a # *** oct 25 fri Parmalee at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** oct 25 fri Joe Satriani at Vina Robles Amphitheater, Paso Robles a/a $69-$39 7:30pm # *** oct 26 sat Godflesh, Prurient, Nails at the Metro, Oakland a/a $25 8pm # *** @ oct 26 sat Joe Satriani at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** oct 26 sat Bonobo at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** oct 26 sat Jonny Craig, Mod Sun, Kyle Lucas & Hearts & Hands at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** oct 27 sun Moody Blues at the San Jose Civic, 135 San Carlos St., San Jose a/a # *** oct 28 mon Sarah Brightman at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $225-$55 7pm/8pm # *** (was March 26th) oct 29 tue Two Door Cinema Club, St. Lucia, Peace at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** oct 29 tue The Moody Blues at Vina Robles Amphitheater, Paso Robles a/a $89-$39 8pm # *** nov 1 fri Iron & Wine at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** nov 2 sat The Dwarves, Mystic Knights Of The Cobra at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm *** @ nov 7 thr Atlas Genius, Family Of The Year, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $24.50 7pm/8pm # ** nov 10 sun Selena Gomez at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $71-$31 6pm/7pm # *** nov 11 mon Clutch, The Sord, American Sharks at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** nov 12 tue Radiolab at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a # ** nov 13 wed Radiolab at the Flint Center, 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino a/a # ** nov 13 wed Aaron Carter at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$18 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 14 thr Kreator, Overkill at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** @ nov 14 thr Misfits at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ nov 16/17 Beats Antique at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 8pm/9pm (sat) 7pm/8pm (sun) # *** nov 17 sun Churches (Glasgow, Scottland) at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** nov 18 mon Drake, Miguel, Future at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Wheatland a/a # ** nov 19 tue Drake, Miguel, Future at the Arena, Oakland a/a $100/$70/$50 6pm/7pm # ** nov 22 fri Kate Nash at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # ** nov 23 sat John Waters at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ 8pm $40 / 10pm $30 ($75 vip) *** nov 30 sat Michael Buble at the Arena, Oakland a/a # ** dec 2 mon Beyonce at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $250-$45 7pm/8pm # *** $ dec 11 thr Blood On The Dance Floor, Heavygrinder, Farewell My Love, The Relapse Symphony, Haley Rose at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ dec 14 sat The Blind Boys Of Alabama at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ ** dec 19 thr Blood On The Dance Floor at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a 6:30pm # *** dec 20 fri The Limousines at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** * recommendable Shows a/a all ages $ will probably sell out @ pit warning ^ under 21 must pay more # no ins/outs 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 America's Cup Pavilion, Piers 27/29, S.F. 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+ Cafe Stritch, 374 South First Street, San Jose a/a 408-280-6161 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 Chapel, 777 Valencia Street at 19th, 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 Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St. S.F. 21+ 415-626-0880 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 ($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 Homestead Lanes, 20990 Homestead Road, Cupertino a/a 408-255-5700 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 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 Night Light, 311 Broadway, Oakland 21+ 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+ San Pedro Square Market, 87 North San Pedro St., San Jose a/a 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 Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Avenue, Mill Valley a/a 415-388-1700 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 Vina Robles Amphitheater, 3800 Mill Road, Paso Robles a/a 805-227-4812 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 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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