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 7, 2014 jul 7 mon Septicflesh, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Hour Of Penance, Necronomicon at the Metro, Oakland a/a $21 6pm # *** @ jul 7 mon Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** (KALX) jul 7 mon Cloud Nothings, Metz, The Wytches at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $20 7pm/8pm ** $ jul 7 mon Amen Dunes, Axxa/Abraxas, Vaniish at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** jul 7 mon Serpent Crown, Tetrach (Atlanta), Bedrucken at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jul 7 mon The Gizmos, Dancer at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm ** jul 7 mon Kuza, Awoken Shadows, Controlled Demise, VX36, Barren Altar, Snow White Smile at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 8pm *** @ jul 8 tue Cross Examination (St. Louis, MO), Overdoser (St. Louis, MO), Total Badass (San Jose), Under 15 Seconds, Prison Scare (Santa Rosa) at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $8 6pm/7pm *** @ jul 8 tue Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** (KALX) jul 8 tue Chevelle at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** jul 8 tue Man With A Mission (Japan), Growwler, Chuckleberries at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 8 tue Jimbo Trout at the Chapel Bar, S.F. a/a free 8pm ** jul 8 tue T.V. Static, The 100Keens, Dirty Denim, dj Lacy Lust at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jul 8 tue David Mayfield Parade at Lagunitas Brewing Company, 1280 N. McDowell Blvd., Petaluma ?/? ** jul 8 tue Richard Thompson at City Winery, 1030 Main Street, Napa a/a $35-$45 6pm/8pm ** jul 8/9 Mac DeMarco, Calvin Love, Holy Shit (tue), Juan Wauters (tue), Meatbodies (wed) at Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ 7pm/8pm ** (sold out) jul 8/9 Steely Dan at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** jul 9 wed Gag, Apriori, Fatigue at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oaland a/a 7pm *** jul 9 wed Attik Door, Ron Dre, Moxie Kids, Bristol To Memory at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** jul 9 wed Moonalice at Union Square, S.F. a/a free 6pm ** jul 9 wed Mkto at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 6pm/7pm # ** jul 9 wed Peter Matthew Bauer at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 9 wed Running In The Fog at the Chapel Bar, S.F. a/a free 8pm ** jul 9 wed Swahili (Portland), Li Xi, Disappearing People at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** jul 9 wed Wild Moth, Creepers, Drab Majesty, dj's at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ free 9pm ** jul 9 wed Fossor House, Bad Daddies, Sexless, Schleim at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $5-$10 9pm ** @ (MRR & Thrillhouse Records) jul 9 wed Chris Botti at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $120-$45 6pm/7:30pm ** jul 9 wed Picture Atlantic, Rio Rio, N.T.N.T. at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** jul 9 wed Chris Issak at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a *** jul 9 wed cancelled: Beach Fossils at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 8pm ** jul 10 thr Behexen (Finland), Ritual Combat (L.A.), Black Fucking Cancer, Lluvia, Akatharsia at the Metro, Oakland a/a $15/$20 7pm *** @ jul 10 thr Pep Love, A Plus, Amplive, Locksmith at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $20 7pm ** jul 10 thr Reefriders at Forbidden Island, 1304 Lincoln Avenue, Alameda 21+ free 8:30pm ** jul 10 thr Flotsam & Jetsam, Exmortus, Hatchet at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16/$21 7:30pm/8pm ** @ jul 10 thr Waters, Cathedrals at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $12 8pm/9pm *** $ (Live 105) jul 10 thr Robert Francis & The Night Tide, Vikesh Kapoor at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jul 10 thr Skyscraper Mori, Safeword, Identical Homes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** jul 10 thr Lecherous Gaze, Hot Lunch, Mondo Drag at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ 47 8pm/9pm ** @ jul 10 thr Patrol Car, Push, Sarum at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a 6pm *** jul 10 thr Steely Dan at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $207-$34 7pm/8pm # *** jul 10 thr Hit The Lights, Second To Last, The Restless Hearts, Safety Hazard, Mariner at the Red House, Walnut Creek a/a $13/$15 6:30pm/7pm *** @ jul 10 thr Boyz II Men at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** jul 10 thr Through The Roots, Hirie, Hi Roots at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $12/$15 7pm/8pm # ** jul 10 thr Miss Lonely Hearts (cd release), McCoy Tyler Band, Travis Upright at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm # ** jul 10 thr Unauthorized Rolling Stones (tribute) at El Dorado Hills Town Center, 4364 Town Center Blvd., El Dorado Hills a/a free 6:30pm ** jul 11 fri Between Your Teeth, Twitches, Trench Warfare, Tailband, Clumsy Concentration at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $5 7pm/8pm *** @ jul 11 fri War Master, Pillager, Cannibal, Druid, Archea at the Road House, 18th and Castro, West Oakland a/a donation 6pm *** @ jul 11 fri Armedalite Rifles (N.Y.), Apogee Sound Club, Yi at the Boat, 3833 MLK near MacArthur, Oakland a/a ** @ jul 11 fri Civil War Rust, Gentlemen Prefer Blood, Drunk Dial, Weekender at ABCo Artspace, 3135 Filbert Street, Oakland a/a $5 7pm ** @ jul 11 fri Gabriel Saloman, Father Murphy at the Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way, Berkeley a/a $7 7pm ** jul 11 fri Troublemaker, P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S. (Portland), Ruleta Rusa, Agata at Eli's Mile High Club, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm/9pm ** @ jul 11 fri New Order, La Roux at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a # *** jul 11 fri The Antlers (Brooklyn), Yellow Ostrich at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $21 8pm/9pm *** (sold out) jul 11 fri Before The Brave, Travis Hayes (record release), Trebuchet, Christian Le Hutson (Nashville) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 11 fri Overland, Space Monkey Gangstas, The Whoa, Ben Benkert & Muppetmen at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $20 8pm/9pm ** jul 11 fri Cynic, Lesser Key at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # ** jul 11 fri Lia Rose, We Became Owls (album release) at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $12/$15 8pm/9pm ** jul 11 fri Ookay, Tropkillaz, UltraViolet, Napsty at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** jul 11 fri Wehrmacht, Raptor, Rude at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** @ jul 11 fri Violent Change, Civil Union (New Zealand), Michael Beach, Legs at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 11 fri Blue Sky Black Death, Real Magic at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jul 11 fri Lindsay Lou And the Flatbellys at Studio 55 Marin, San Rafael a/a $14-$17 8pm ** jul 11 fri Price Tribute Band, John Payne And The Hurt at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $15/$20 7:30pm/8pm *** jul 11 fri This Charming Band (tribute), Japanese Baby at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 11 fri Diogenes The Cynic, Kushgrinder, Dickless Juli, Bad Angle at Johnny V's, 31 East Santa Clara St., San Jose 21+ free ** jul 11 fri Macy Gray at the Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a free 6:30pm and 8:30pm *** jul 11 fri Bleeding Through, Scars Of Tomorrow, Lionheart, Moria at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$18 6pm/6pm # *** @ jul 11 fri Flotsam & Jetsam at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** @ jul 11 fri The Haunted Windchimes (Pueblo, CO), The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit, The Mountain Men, The Once and Future Band, Life Coach, Three Leafs at Yosemite Music Festival, Mariposa County Fairgrounds a/a $20 ($40 both days) 3pm *** (camping on site) jul 12 sat Days N Days, The Mengz, World Of Shit, Medicinal Anarchy, Mikee Ramen at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $5-$10 sliding scale 7pm *** @ (Benefit for Taking it to the Streets SF) jul 12 sat Fossor House, Baus, Sexless, fiscal Cliff at Midagaze Hut, 24th and MLK, Oakland a/a 8pm ** (Benefit for Antione Tomas) jul 12 sat 45 Grave, Roadside Memorial, Altar De Fey, Crimson Scarlet, Anti-Social, Funeral Kings at the Metro, Oakland a/a $15/$20 7pm *** @ jul 12 sat Wye Oak, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, Nick Waterhouse, Blackbird Blackbird, White Fence, Yalls, Tony Molina, A Million Billion Dying Suns, The Tambo Rays, Bill Baird at Potrero Del Sol Park, 25th Street at Utah, S.F. a/a $25/$30 noon *** (Phono Del Sol) jul 12 sat Waterstrider, Guy Fox, Yassou Benedict at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $14 8pm/9pm ** jul 12 sat The Sam Chase, Foxtails Brigade, The Crux at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $15 8pm/9pm ** jul 12 sat Xavier Rudd, Ash Grunwald at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** jul 12 sat The Young Turks at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** jul 12 sat Sonny & The Sunsets, The Reds, Pinks And Purples, Bouquet at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $13/$15 9pm ** jul 12 sat Victory, Pressure Point, Assault & Battery, Blank Spots at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $12 9pm *** @ jul 12 sat Odd Owl, The Senators, Cave Clove, Lauren O'Connell at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm/8:30pm ** jul 12 sat U.S. Air Guitar Championships Semifinals at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** jul 12 sat See Minus, Lozen, Qui, Hazzard's Cure at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** jul 12 sat Armedalite Rifles (N.Y.), Apogee Sound Club, Future Twin, Little Sister at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ 4pm ** @ jul 12 sat Mammatus, Flood (record release), Debartolo (1st show) at Bender's, S.F. $5 9pm/10pm ** jul 12 sat Sweet Felony at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** (Christa & Carl's Birthday) jul 12 sat Razor, Rob G, Da Liva, Mac Purp, Sub 4, Dboy $hif, Mind Over Matter, Lazy Boy Scratch Off, Chrys Yup, Lop at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $12 7:30pm/8pm *** jul 12 sat Roadside Bombs, Cornelius Asperger And The Bi-Curious Unicorns, Bobby Hollywood And The Quitters, Instant Gratification at El Verano Inn, 705 Laurel Ave., Sonoma 21+ free 9pm *** @ jul 12 sat Nwa Resurrection, Cali Bear Gang, Weddojanson, Diamond Dez at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $18 7pm ** jul 12 sat New Tomorrow, Fatso Jetson, Yawning Man, The Atomic Sherpas, Brett Michael Wise, The Easy Leaves, Bootstrap Circus, The Jespersons, Green Machine, The Mountain Men at Yosemite Music Festival, Mariposa County Fairgrounds a/a $20 10am *** (camping on site) jul 12/13 Disgorge (San Diego), Cerebral Incubation (Las Vegas), Embryonic Devourment (Ukiah), Inanimate Existence, Stages Of Decomposition (L.A.), Splattered, Parasitic Ejaculation (Santa Cruz), Embodied Torment (Sacramento), Abhorration (Redondo Beach), Crypt Infection (Ventura), Impaled Offering (Albuqueruqe, N.M.), Colpolscopy (Oxnard), Shattered Eyes (Mexico), Logistic Slaughter (Livermore), Viral, Accidentally Murdered (Stockton), Deceive (L.A.), Dismembered Carnage (Concord), Incisus (Manteca), Litany (Antioch), Asterion (Salinas), Cerebral Engorgement, Iniquitous Deeds (Walnut Creek), Leprous Divinity at the Red House, Walnut Creek a/a sat 1pm sun noon *** @ (Bay Area Death Fest) jul 13 sun Bastard Feast, Plague Widow at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $8 6pm ** @ jul 13 sun MattyB at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 4pm # ** jul 13 sun Wuv, Dennis, Bad History Month, Dust From 1000 Years at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** jul 13 sun Western Justice, West Coast Wildfire at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 11am/4pm ** jul 13 sun Whiskey Shivers, Misisipi Mike And The Midnight Gamblers, The Up & Down at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** jul 13 sun Magic Man, Night Terrors Of 192, Prides at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jul 13 sun Negative Standards, Argentavis, Barren Altar, Screaming Mimi's at Rosaland Compound, Santa Rosa a/a $5 3pm *** @ jul 13 sun Ringo Starr at City National Civic, 135 San Carlos St., San Jose a/a # *** jul 13 sun the Turtles at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** jul 13 sun Fountain Of Bile, A Thousands Shall Fall, Vampirates, Teraton at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $7 8:30pm/9pm # ** jul 14 mon Sam Flax, Melted Toys (album release) at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $12 7:30pm/8pm ** jul 14 mon Martha Wainwright (Canada) at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ $22/$26 8pm ** jul 14 mon Planes Mistaken For Stars, All Eyes West, Walken, Station & The Monster at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 9pm ** jul 14 mon V.E.X., Ritual Howls (Detroit), Violent Vickie, Orson Wagon, dj Grimmy Grum, dj 2 Dudes In Love at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $5 8:30pm ** @ jul 14 mon J. Roddy Walston & The Business at Lagunitas Brewing Company, 1280 N. McDowell Blvd., Petaluma ?/? ** jul 14 mon Tiny Ruins at Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St., Santa Rosa a/a ** jul 15 tue Spoonboy at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oaland a/a 7pm ** jul 15 tue Tiny Ruins, Dim Peaks at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** jul 15 tue Dwarves, The Queers, Masked Intruder, The Atom Age at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $20 8pm/9pm *** @ $ jul 15 tue A Sunny Day In Glasgow, Cruel Summer, Switfumz, Roses at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** jul 15 tue Filter, Helmet, Local H at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 7:30pm/8pm *** @ jul 15 tue Wild Eyes, Sweet Chariot, Banquet, dj Handlebars at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jul 15 tue Martha Wainwright (Canada) at City Winery, 1030 Main Street, Napa a/a $20-$30 6pm/8pm ** jul 15 tue Boz Scaggs, Los Lobos at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** jul 16 wed Mike Sempert at the New Parish, Oakland ?/? ** jul 16 wed Jessica Hermandez & The Deltas, Hungry Skinny, The Tropics at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $12 8pm/9pm ** jul 16 wed The Polyphonic Spree, Sarah Jaffe at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $20 7pm/8pm ** jul 16 wed OK Go at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $22 7:30pm/8pm *** jul 16 wed Grimace And The Fakers, The Quiet Men, Turtle Rising at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 16 wed The Chemtrails, Control-R, Jeffry Lilianthal And The Crooked Tails at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** jul 16 wed Impaled, Wayfarer (CO), Dreadnaught (CO), Larvae at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** @ jul 16 wed Kenny Loggins at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $125-$35 6pm/7:30pm # *** jul 16 wed Pat Metheny Unity Group at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** jul 16 wed Craft Spells at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $10/$12 8pm/8:30pm # ** jul 16 wed Wynonna & The Big Noise at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a ** jul 16 wed Mkto at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $17 7pm ** jul 17 thr Backtrack, Expire, Harm's Way, Bitter End, Suburban Scum, Downpresser, Iron Mind, Will To Die at the Metro, Oakland a/a $20 5:30pm/6pm # *** @ jul 17 thr Prelude To A Pistol at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** jul 17 thr The Mitch Polzak Show at Forbidden Island, 1304 Lincoln Avenue, Alameda 21+ free 8:30pm ** jul 17 thr Civil War Rust, The Restless Hearts, Kingfishers (N.M.), Cut Up at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $5 8pm ** @ jul 17 thr Andy Grammer, Andrew Ripp, Brendan James at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $20 8pm ** jul 17 thr Wolves In The Throne Room, Dispirit, Nommo Ogo at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 8pm ** jul 17 thr Morbid Angel, Dying Fetus, The Faceless, Thy Art Is Murder, Goatwhore, Origin, Decrepit Birth, Within The Ruins, Fallujah, Unhailoed, Boreworm at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $29.50/$32 2pm # *** @ jul 17 thr Craft Spells, The Bilinda Butches (record release) at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $13/$15 9pm ** jul 17 thr Damien Dempsey, The Shams at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $25 8pm/9pm ** jul 17 thr Gas Rag (Chicago), Warsong (Zaragoza, Spain), Blazing Eye (L.A.), Scalped at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm/10pm *** @ jul 17 thr Sporting Life, J. Kick & Rent Control, Y-Axes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** jul 17 thr Redredred, Bezier, Max & Mara at the Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St. S.F. 21+ ** jul 17 thr Sean Flinn & The Royal We, Piranha Party, Be Calm Honcho at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** jul 17 thr Colbie Caillat at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** jul 17 thr The English Beat, The Holdup, Finish Ticket at St. James Park, San Jose a/a $10/$20 4:45pm/5:15pm ** (Live 105) jul 17 thr Li Xi, Everyone Is Dirty at Cafe Stritch, 374 South 1st Street, San Jose a/a free 9pm ** jul 17 thr The Native Sibling, Hurricane Roses at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $10/$12 8pm/8:30pm # ** jul 18 fri Lo Cash Ninjas, For The Record, Iwanaga, The Soundwaves, Backseat Lovers, Naked Discrimination at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7:30pm/7:45pm *** @ (Lexy's Birthday) jul 18 fri Slightly Stoppid, NoFX, Stephen Marley at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a 5:30pm # *** @ jul 18 fri Nick Harmer, Winston Smith, Lawrence Azerrad, David Pescovitz at Oakland Museum of California, Oakland a/a 7pm (panel discussion) jul 18 fri Seis Pistos, Road Vikings, Dance Party Boys at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** jul 18 fri Vulgar Trade, Roland, The Mass at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $7 8pm/9pm ** @ jul 18 fri The Foreign Exchange, dj Hector at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $26/$31 9pm ** jul 18 fri Zongo Junction (album release), Afrolicious, Brass Magic at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $17 8pm/9pm ** jul 18 fri Kev Choice, Erk tha Jerk (album release), Justice On The Beat at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 9pm ** jul 18 fri Zed, Parachute On Fire, Time Spent Driving at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 18 fri The Field, Blu Farm at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18/$22 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 18 fri Minipop at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 18 fri Daikaiju (Huntsville, Alabama), Round Eye (Shanghai, China), The Copper Tones at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 5:30pm/6pm *** (surf) jul 18 fri The Tantrums, Aloha Screwdriver, Swamp Angel at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ 9pm *** @ jul 18 fri Coo Coo Birds, Happy Fangs, Major Powers 7 The Lo-Fi Symphony, Dangermaker at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** jul 18 fri The Faultliners at Studio 55 Marin, San Rafael a/a $13-$15 8pm ** jul 18 fri Jimmy Clif at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $75-$35 6pm/7:30pm # *** jul 18 fri Jewel at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** jul 18 fri Strangelove (tribute) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jul 18 fri The Fixx at the Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a free 6:30pm and 8:30pm *** jul 18 fri Wolves In The Throne Room at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$17 8pm/8:30pm # *** jul 18 fri Sir Mix-A-Lot at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$20 8pm/9pm # *** jul 18/19 The English Beat at City Winery, 1030 Main Street, Napa a/a $50-$40 6pm/8pm *** jul 19 sat Mfb, Slime Girls, The Suburbanists, Icko Sicko, Smiling Vargrants, Gabriela Santi, The Invisible Sundial, Alisa at 924 Gilman, Berkeley a/a $8 5:30pm/7pm *** @ (Haeden's Brithday) jul 19 sat Max & Mara, Redredred, Bezier, dj Josh Cheon, dj Flora Palmer at Terminal, 3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland a/a $7 9pm ** jul 19 sat The Zoopy Show, Oinga Boinga at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 19 sat Battalion Of Saints, Zero Bull Shit, Cornelius, Asbergers & The Bi-Curious Unicorns, Speedwobbles at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $10 7pm *** @ (Vastum, Old Skin, Lycus cancelled) jul 19 sat Them Creatures, Mean Dave (comedy), Kushgrinder, Anti-Social, System Assault, Black Dream, Sad Boy Sinister, No Brainer, Final Decay, Hukaholix at 3rd and Army, S.F. a/a *** @ (Fuckfest VII) jul 19 sat Jimmy Cliff at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $39.50 8pm/9m # *** jul 19 sat The Aquabats, Koo Koo Kanga Roo at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7pm # ** jul 19 sat Radical Something, Solwave, Louder Space at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16/$18 9pm ** jul 19 sat Joe Bataan, Dakila, Lil Brown Brother at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $45/$50 8pm ** jul 19 sat Strangelove (tribute), Temptation (tribute) at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 8pm/9pm ** jul 19 sat Magik Markers, Jackie O. Motherfucker, Penny Machine at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** jul 19 sat Yung Lean & Sadboys at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jul 19 sat Black Fork (20th anniversary), Kicker, Wet Spots at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm/10pm *** @ jul 19 sat Jason Cruz And Howl, The Darlings, The Pullmen, The Famous at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 19 sat Huntinanny, Gene Widerness, Deep Fried, Blonde Rage at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 19 sat Meredith Axelrod & Craig Ventresco at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** jul 19 sat Swingin' Utters, Darius Koski, Shelby Cobra, Ryan Davidson at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm *** @ (Slicks Bash) jul 19 sat Suffokate, Abiotic, Aegaeon, As They Sleep, Burn The Savior, Cyborg Octopus, Walk the Atmosphere at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10/$14 6:30pm/7pm *** @ jul 19 sat Rich Robinson at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ $20/$35 8pm *** jul 19 sat The Rikk Agnew Band at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jul 19 sat Shwayze, Bmbc at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $12/$15 8pm/9pm # ** jul 19 sat The Polyphonic Spree at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm # ** jul 19 sat Blood On The Dance Floor, Millionaires, Haley Rose, Lonely Avenue, Internet Friends, Zach Van Dyck at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $15 6pm *** jul 19 sat Prylosis, Zed (San Jose), Madison Ave, ForNeveR (1st show) at the Back 9, 7925 Arcadia Drive, Citurs Heights a/a free 7pm/8pm ** jul 20 sun Kushgrinder, Hershel Krom, Invertebrate, BoB Plant, Misophonia, Scully at the Pizza Palace, 34th and Adeline, Oakland a/a donation 6pm ** @ jul 20 sun Body Of Light, Some Ember, Window at the Night Light, Oakland 21+ ** jul 20 sun The Grief counselors, Dick And Jane at the Fireside Lounge, Alameda 21+ $3 ** jul 20 sun May'n (Japan), dj Amiga at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $46/$51 8pm *** jul 20 sun Blue Diamond Fillups at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a 11am/4pm ** jul 20 sun Rich Robinson, Prophet Omega, Tango Alpha Tango at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $22/$25 7pm/8pm ** jul 20 sun Unstrung, The Dirty Nil (Canada), Just Friends, Cut Up at the Honey Hive Gallery, 4117 Judah Street, S.F. a/a $10 7pm ** @ jul 20 sun Floating Goat, Hornss, Lungrust at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 6pm ** (early show) jul 20 sun Balms at the Make-Out Room, S.F. 21+ ** jul 20 sun Kenny Loggins at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ *** jul 20 sun The Go Go's, Patty Smyth And Scandal, Martha Davis And The Motels, Cutting Crew, Naked Eyes at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $50-$120 5:30pm # *** jul 21 mon Tori Amos at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $45/$60 7pm/8pm # *** jul 21 mon The Hold Steady, Cheap Girls at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $30 8pm ** jul 21 mon The Chain Gang Of 1974, Empires, The Frail at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 21 mon The Restless Hearts, Reverse The Curse (OH) at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** jul 21 mon Goo Goo Dolls & Daughtry, Plain White T's at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** jul 22 tue Opposition Rising (Boston), Disaster Strikes (Boston), Fucktard, Jedi Scum at B.R.S., Richmond a/a free *** @ jul 22 tue Old Man Wizard, Blackwulf, Pale Ape at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $7 7pm ** jul 22 tue Say Anything, The Front Bottoms, The So So Glos, You Blew It! at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7pm # *** jul 22 tue White Lung, Was Idols at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** jul 22 tue Ben Watt With Bernard Butler at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $22/$25 7pm/8pm ** jul 22 tue The Gallery, Honor By August, Alexis Keegan (L.A.) at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 22 tue Midnite at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jul 22 tue Secret Secretaries, The Radishes at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jul 22 tue Stimuli, Extra Ordinary Astronauts, Clementines Day at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** jul 22 tue Lyle Lovett And His Large Band at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** jul 23 wed Man Or Astro-Man? at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** jul 23 wed Forgotten Gods, Old Man Wizard, Blackwulf at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** jul 23 wed Motley Crue, Alice Cooper at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $25-$125 5:30pm/7pm # *** jul 23 wed Chris Isaak at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** jul 23 wed Rittz at the Catayst, Santa Cruz 16+ $22/$25 7pm/8pm # ** jul 23 wed Roach Gigz, Philthy Rich, Kid Swag at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $25 7pm *** jul 24 thr Loren Davidson at Forbidden Island, 1304 Lincoln Avenue, Alameda 21+ free 8:30pm ** jul 24 thr Agnostic Blunt, Kushgrinder, No Brainer, Hukaholix, Bryaugh at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $6 6:30pm/7:30pm ** (Weedfest) jul 24 thr The Cache Valley Drifters at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $20/$23 7pm/8pm ** jul 24 thr Erica Sunshine Lee, Misisipi Mike & The Dempsey Wolf Project, The Go Ahead, Lou Evans at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16/$20 8pm ** jul 24 thr Kitten at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 7:30pm/8:30pm ** jul 24 thr Annie Girl And The Flight, Split Screens, Perhapsy at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** jul 24 thr Shadowhouse (Portland), Apocalypse Now at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ 8pm/9pm ** jul 24 thr Darrow Chemical Company, Spawn Atomic, Them Creatures at the Neck of the Woods, 406 Clement at 5th Avenue, S.F. 21+ ** @ jul 24 thr The Dustbowl Revival at Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley a/a $12/$15 7pm ** jul 24 thr Toni Braxton at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** jul 24 thr Jason Cruz & Howl, The Pullmen, The Darings at the Catayst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm # ** jul 24 thr Moonshine Bandits, Dry Country Drinkdrs at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $16 6:30pm ** jul 24 thr cancelled: Claudio Simonetti's Goblin, Hate Eternal, Stolen Babies at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. jul 25 fri Roid Rage, Beach Bums, Midnite Snaxxx, Party Bus, Her at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $5 7pm/7:15pm *** @ jul 25 fri A Minor Forest, Mansion at the Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way, Berkeley a/a $7 7pm ** jul 25 fri FallRise (Sacramento), Blood Party (cd release), Kryptic Memories, Oculus at the Metro, Oakland a/a $12 7pm # *** @ jul 25 fri Julianne Hough And Derek Hough at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** jul 25 fri Scissors For Lefty, Anaura (cd release), Rio Rio at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jul 25 fri Seedless, Da Mainland, Cali-Hi, King I-Vier at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $13/$16 9pm ** jul 25 fri Matt Alber, Lou Jane at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $21 9pm ** jul 25 fri Titan Ups, Carletta Sue Kay, Dead Ships, dj Kelley Stoltz at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $12/$14 9 ** jul 25 fri Wander, Bread Club, Matt Pless (N.Y.), cursed Graves (San Diego), Strange Bloom at Sub-Missiong Gallery, S.F. a/a $7 8pm ** @ jul 25 fri Life Stinks, Hank Wood And The Hammerheads (N.Y.), Bad Daddies, Quaaludes, Violence Creeps, Blazing Eyes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 6pm ** jul 25 fri Au Revoir Simone, Haerts at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jul 25 fri Patchy Sanders, Sound Of Sirens at Studio 55 Marin, San Rafael a/a $15-$18 8pm ** jul 25 fri Exmortus, Thought Vomit, VX36, Refuge, Sepulchre, Trecelence at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10/$13 8pm *** @ jul 25 fri Random Chaos (final show), Olde Smoke, Brain Fragment (L.A.) at the Red Hat, Concord 21+ $5 8:30pm ** jul 25 fri Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, Rick Springfield at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** jul 25 fri Hurricane Roses at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jul 25 fri Gregg Rolie (from Santana) at the Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a free 6:30pm and 8:30pm ** jul 25 fri Taj He Spitz, Lil Blood, Lil Rue, Ant Dog at the Catayst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$25 8:30pm/9pm # ** jul 25 fri Journey, Steve Miller Band at the Amphitheater, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Marysville a/a # *** jul 25 fri Anthrax at Thunder Valley Casino, 1200 Athens Avenue, Lincoln 18+ # *** jul 25 fri Motley Crue, Alice Cooper at Reno Events Center, 300 N Center St., Reno, NV a/a 7pm # *** jul 25/26 The Neighbourhood, 100s, White Arrows at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $27.50 8pm # ** (fri sold out) jul 26 sat Druglords Of The Avenues, Death March, Nihilist Cunt, Self-Inflicted Wounds, Los Creepers, Baja Sociedad at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 6:30pm/7pm *** @ (Jeff Armstrong's Birthday day 1) jul 26 sat Doperunner (Denver, CO), Vulva Essers (L.A.), Fiend (Fresno), Swamp Wolf (Flagstaff, AZ), L.D.T. (L.A.), Slag, Backstabber, Bob Plant, Deras Krig, Ordstro, XHostageX, No Fucks Given, Argentavis, Corporal at World Rage Center, 911 35th St., Emeryville a/a $10 3pm *** @ (Myk Arthur Benefit Memorial - Fuck Your Life Fest) jul 26 sat Yob, Black Cobra, Augurs at the Metro, Oakalnd a/a $12 8pm # *** @ jul 26 sat Victoria And The Vaudevillians, Unwoman, Sorrow Church at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 26 sat The Purple Rain Ones (tribute), The Goldenhearts, Phone Sex Operators, dj Rockin at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16/$20 9pm ** jul 26 sat The Dustbowl Revival, The Record Company at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16/$18 9pm ** jul 26 sat Johnathan Rice, Pearl Charles And The Pipes Canyon Band at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 8pm/9pm ** jul 26 sat Soulfly at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # *** jul 26 sat Matt Pryor, What's Eating Gilbert, The Josh Berwanger Band at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8pm/9pm ** jul 26 sat M.O.T.O., Sharp Objects, The Boars at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** jul 26 sat Stu Tails, Dewey & The Peoples, Among Criminals at Neck of the Woods, S.F. 21+ $5/$7 9pm/9:30pm ** jul 26 sat Voodoo Glow Skulls, La Plebe, Monkey at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm *** @ jul 26 sat The Dead Westerns at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** jul 26 sat Diego's Umbrella at Marin JCC, 200 North San Pedro Road, San Rafael a/a $22/$25 (17 and under free) 6:15pm/7pm ** jul 26 sat Petty Theft (4pm), Fast Times 80's, Bohemian Highway at First & B Streets, Benicia a/a $10 11am ** (Waterfront Fest) jul 26 sat Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Bad Jones at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ $35/$45 8pm ** jul 26 sat Margaret The King at San Pedro Square Market, San Jose a/a free ** jul 26 sat Verbal Abuse, Sad Boy Sinister, Zero Bull Shit, The Backstabbers at the Rock Shop, San Jose a/a $5 7pm *** @ jul 26 sat Journey, Steve Miller Band, Tower Of Power at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $151-$40 5pm/6:45pm # *** jul 26 sat Don McLean, Judy Collins at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** jul 26 sat The Holdup at the Catayst, Santa Cruz 16+ $16/$20 7pm/8pm # *** jul 26 sat Tainted Love at Harlow's, 2708 J Street, Sacramento 21+ ** jul 27 sun Voodoo Glow Skulls, Left Alone, Jokes For Feelings, The Skunkadelics at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $12 4:30pm/5pm *** @ (Jeff Armstrong's Birthday day 2) jul 27 sun Brain Fragment (L.A.), World Of Shit, Skin n Bonez, Enemigo (San Jose), Penguin at the Pink String, 8th & Campbell, W. Oakland a/a donation 5pm/6pm ** @ jul 27 sun Petty Theft (3:30pm - tribute) at Park Street Art & Wine Faire, Alameda a/a free 10am ** jul 27 sun Up Your Alley Fair, S.F. jul 27 sun The Clientele, The Tyde, Matt Kivel, dj Andy Cabic at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $17 7pm/8pm ** jul 27 sun Alabaster And The Original Bastards, Colonel Jimmy at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 11am/4pm ** jul 27 sun Balm at Honey Hive Gallery, 4117 Judah Street, S.F. a/a ** jul 27 sun Sea Of Bones at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** jul 27 sun Sly & Robbie at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jul 27 sun Tortilla Soup, The Kevin Russell Band, House Of Floyd at First & B Streets, Benicia a/a $10 11am ** (Waterfront Fest) jul 27 sun Santana at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $156-$32 7pm/8pm # *** jul 27 sun Bret Michaels at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** jul 27 sun The Flesh Hammers, The Gashers, Backseat Lovers, Boomrang Kids at Blue Lamp Lounge, 1400 Alhambra Blvd., Sacramento 21+ $5 8pm/9pm ** @ jul 28 mon Andrew Jackson Jihad, Hard Girls, Dogbreth at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 8pm ** jul 28 mon Wolfmother at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $29.50 9pm/10pm # ** jul 28 mon Undergang (Denmark), Vastum, Trepanation (Seattle), Astraes Pestis (Seattle) at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm *** @ jul 28 mon Castle, Slough Feg at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** @ jul 28 mon Un Chien (TX), Feather Bright, Wicked Winds at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jul 28 mon Foreigner at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** jul 28 mon Kevin Gates, Chevy Woods at the Catayst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$18 8:30pm/9pm # ** jul 29 tue Dub Thompson, All Your Sisters at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 29 tue Hundred Waters at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jul 29 tue Hellfire, Night Demon (Ventura), Iron Kingdom (Surrey, Canada), Midnight Chaser, dj Clza at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm/9:30pm ** @ jul 29 tue Journey, Steve Miller Band, Tower Of Power at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $154/$40 5pm/6:45pm # *** jul 29 tue Andrew Jackson Jihad, Hard Girls, Dogbreth at Rio Theater, 1205 Soquel, Santa Cruz a/a $12/$15 7:30pm ** jul 29 tue Motley Crue, Alice Cooper at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Wheatland a/a # *** jul 29 tue cancelled: Brasil, Sealion at the Hemlock, S.F. jul 30 wed Emily's Army at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oaland a/a 7pm *** @ jul 30 wed Stooges Brass Band at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $18/$20 8pm/9pm ** jul 30 wed Everyone Is Dirty, Mall Walk at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** jul 30 wed The Budos Band at the Independent, S.F .21+ $25 7:30pm/8pm ** jul 30 wed Free Salamander Exhibit, Dead Rider, Faun Fables at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 30 wed Cold Beat, Ruby Pins, Silver Shadows at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ 47 8pm/9pm ** jul 30 wed Exhausted Prayer (L.A.), Infinite Waste, Cyanic at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** jul 30 wed Fleec, Michael And the Strange Land, Ultra Light, Baus at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** @ jul 30 wed Arcade Fire at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $71-$31 6pm/7:30pm # *** @ jul 30 wed An Atomic Whirl at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jul 30 wed Journey at Outdoor Arena, Harveys, Lake Tahoe ?/? *** jul 31 thr Spraynard, Colossal Wrecks, Leer, Happy Driving at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oakland a/a $10 7pm *** jul 31 thr Skinny & D8ch at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** (hip-hop) jul 31 thr Jay Brannan, Terra Naomi at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $14 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 31 thr Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, The Pine Box Boys at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $12/$15 9pm ** jul 31 thr Miniature Tigers, Holychild, The Griswolds at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $15/$17 8pm *** jul 31 thr Adam Widener, Those Howlings (Austin, TX), Jet Trash at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** jul 31 thr Rustie at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jul 31 thr Chicago, REO Speedwagon at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $99-$30 # *** jul 31 thr Prince Royce at the Event Center, 290 S 7th Street, San Jose State a/a # ** jul 31 thr Dierks Bentley, Chris Young, Chase Rice, Jon Pardi at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $54-$30 5:30pm/7pm # *** jul 31 thr Taj Mahal Trio, John Hiatt & The Combo at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $95-$40 6pm/7:30pm ** jul 31 thr Xlu Xlu, Circuit Des Yeux at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz ?/? *** jul 31 thr Mania (tribute) at El Dorado Hills Town Center, 4364 Town Center Blvd., El Dorado Hills a/a free 6:30pm ** aug 1 fri Undergang (Denmark), Necrot, Scolex at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ 7pm *** @ aug 1 fri Real Estate at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/10pm # *** aug 1 fri Foxy Shazam at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** aug 1 fri Sila, Native Elements at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $17/$20 8pm/9pm ** aug 1 fri Papa Bear And The Easy Love, Michael Mowgli And Friends, Rachel Lark, Trevor Bahson, Michael James, Patchy Sanders at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 1 fri Xlu Xlu, Circuit Des Yeux, Father Murphy (Italy) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/9:30pm *** aug 1 fri Mad Noise at the Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St. at 23rd., S.F. a/a $10-$15 7pm/7:30pm ** aug 1 fri Omar Souleyman at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** aug 1 fri Soft Bombs, The Moore Bros., The Rabbles at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 1 fri Petty Theft (tribute), Tainted Love at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ ** aug 1 fri Aan (Portland, OR), Yassou Benedict (N.Y.), Nathan Blaz (dj set) at the Milk Bar, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8:30pm ** aug 1 fri The Beach Boys at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 1 fri Talky Tina at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 8pm/9pm ** aug 1 fri Y&T at the Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a free 6:30pm and 8:30pm *** aug 1 fri Mike Stud, Cody Brazil at the Catayst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $14-$50 8:30pm/9pm # ** aug 2 sat Them Creatures, Tides, The Unending Thread, Build Them To Break, Wreck Department at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $8 7pm/8pm *** @ aug 2 sat New Edition, Joe & The World Famous Rick And Russ Show at the Arena, Oakland a/a # ** aug 2 sat Cosmic Gate, Andrew Rayel at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $38.50/$42.50 7:30pm # ** aug 2 sat Zepparella at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** aug 2 sat Echo & The Bunnymen at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # *** aug 2 sat Ceremony at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8pm *** aug 2 sat The Loudmouths, Slouching Stars, Society Dog, Exploding Castro Cigars, We Could Be Friends, Raging Malcontents, Off The Grid (Hilo HI), Uke Band, Peddlers, David Nudelman (solo) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 6pm *** @ (Rotfest) aug 2 sat Trainwreck Riders, Pine Hill Haints, Zealous Doxy, Sean Solow at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 2 sat The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit at Marin JCC, 200 North San Pedro Road, San Rafael a/a $22/$25 (17 and under free) 6:15pm/7pm ** aug 2 sat Galactic, the Mother Hips, Brokedown In Bakersfield, Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds, David Luning, T Sisters, Andre Thierry & Zydeco Magic, Adam theis & Jazz Mafia, The Highway Poets, The Pine Needles, The Market Farmers Band, Iriefuse, Levi Lloyd & The 501 Band, Ariel Garcia at the Petaluma Music Festival, 175 Fairgrounds Drive, Petaluma a/a $40 ($85 vip) noon *** aug 2 sat Real Estate at Gundlach Bundschu Winery, 2000 Denmark St., Sonoma a/a $40 6pm/7:30pm *** aug 2 The Ferments, Kushgrinder, Scully (Santa Cruz), Gardens (Salinas), Machetaso Profano (Portland) at the Rock Shop, San Jose a/a $2-$4 ** @ aug 2 sat Boston, The Doobie Brothers, John Kay & Steppenwolf at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $106-$31 5:30pm/7pm # *** (Bonebash) aug 2 sat Austin Mahone, The Vamps, Fifth Harmony, Shawn Mendes at Event Center, 290 S. 7th St., San Jose State a/a # *** aug 2 sat Andrew Bird & The Hands Of Glory at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 2 sat Dead Souls (tribute) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** aug 2 sat Snap (covers) at Seabright Brewery, 519 Seabright Ave. #107, Santa Cruz a/a ** aug 2 sat Gentleman And The evolution at the Catayst, Santa Cruz 16+ $28/$32 8pm/9pm # ** aug 2 sat The Beach Boys at the Silver Legacy Casino, 407 N. Virginia Street, Reno NV 18+ 8pm *** aug 2 sat Xlu Xlu, Circuit Des Yeux at Jambalaya, 915 H Street, Arcata 21+ *** aug 3 sun Axwell at the Craneway Pavilion, 1414 Harbour Way, Richmond a/a $30/$50 7pm/8pm # ** aug 3 sun Scale The Summit, Glass Cloud, Erra, Reflections, Monuments, Aethere at the Metro, Oakland a/a $13 6pm # *** @ (was at thee Parkside) aug 3 sun Third World, See-I at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** aug 3 sun Sweet Ghosts, The Human Condition at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** aug 3 sun Creedence Clearwater Revisited, Robert Randolph & The Family Band at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 3 sun Real Estate at the Catayst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $22/$25 8pm/9pm # *** aug 3 sun Boston at Outdoor Arena, Harveys, Lake Tahoe ?/? *** aug 4 mon Sea Of Shit at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oakland a/a 7pm ** aug 4 mon Primitive Man (CO), Hexis (Denmark), Plague Widow, Augurs at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a 7pm *** @ aug 4 mon Hurry Up Shotgun, Songs For Snakes, Skinaffect at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** @ aug 4 mon Bad Suns, Kiev at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** aug 4 mon Foxygen at Lagunitas Brewing Company, 1280 N. McDowell Blvd., Petaluma ?/? ** aug 4 mon Nickel Creek at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 5 tue Primitive Man, Hexis, Negative Standards, Abstracter at the First Church of the Buzzard, 2601 Adeline, Oakland a/a *** @ aug 5 tue Balms at the Night Light, Oakland 21+ ** aug 5 tue Our Last Night, Set If Off, Heartist at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8pm/8:30pm *** @ aug 5 tue Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Stagnant Pools at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** aug 5 tue Michael McDonald, Toto at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 5/6 Beyonce, Jay Z at S.F. Giants Ball Park, S.F. a/a $256-$41 6pm/8pm # *** (tue sold out) aug 6 wed The Good Life, Big Harp, You Are Plural at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 7pm/8pm ** aug 6 wed Emerson Hart & Tony Lucca at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ $22/$24 8pm ** aug 6 wed Yonatan Gat at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** aug 6 wed !Aparato! at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** aug 6 wed Tony Bennett at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a *** aug 7 thr Glen Hansard, Sean Hayes at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $35 8pm # ** aug 7 thr Wild Cub at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 7 thr RX Bandits, The Dear Hunter, From Indian Lakes at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # *** aug 7 thr Coo Coo Birds, The Singles, Wag at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm *** aug 7 thr Ian Fays, Happy Otherwise at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** aug 7 thr Drenge at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 7 thr New Monsoon at City Winery, 1030 Main Street, Napa a/a $30-$20 6pm/8pm ** aug 7 thr Sarah Brightman at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 7 thr Foxygen at Gundlach Bundschu Winery, 2000 Denmark St., Sonoma a/a $37.50 6pm/7:30pm *** aug 7 thr Cash Prophets (tribute) at El Dorado Hills Town Center, 4364 Town Center Blvd., El Dorado Hills a/a free 6:30pm ** aug 8 fri Civil War Rust, The Bombpops (L.A.) at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $6 9pm ** @ aug 8 fri Crocodiles at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $12/$15 8pm/9pm *** aug 8 fri Karl Denson's Tiny Universe at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $29.50 9pm/10pm *** (jazz/funk sax) aug 8 fri Smith Westerns, Wampire, Social Studies at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ ** aug 8 fri Black Market Prophets, Absinthe Rose, The Parmesans at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 8 fri Early Graves, Theories, Bedrucken at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm *** @ aug 8 fri Joan Rivers at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $35-$75 5:30pm # *** aug 8 fri Shitkickers at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 8pm/9pm ** aug 8 fri Starship at the Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a free 6:30pm and 8:30pm ** aug 8 fri Juicy J, Project pat at the Catayst, Santa Cruz 16+ $35/$39.50 8pm/9pm # *** aug 8 fri Miranda Lambert, Justin Moore, Thomas Rhett, Jukebox Mafia at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Wheatland a/a $54-$30 6pm/7:30pm # *** aug 8 fri Aerosmith, Slash, Myles Kennedy And the Conspirators at Harveys, Stateline NV ?/? # *** aug 8-11 Kanye West, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Killers, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Arctic Monkeys, Tiesto, Death Cab For Cutie, Disclosure, The Flaming Lips, Ray LaMontagne, Spoon, Atmosphere, Cut Copy, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Tegan & Sara, Duck Sauce, Haim, Chromeo, Ben Howard, Lykke Li, Chvrches, Paolo Nutini, Capital Cities, Kacey Musgraves, Local Natives, Jenny Lewis, Grouplove, John Butler Trio, Tycho, The Kooks, Sbtrkt, Nicki Bluhm And The Gramblers, Boys Noize, Phosphorescent, Run The Jewels, Deer Tick, Holy Ghost!, Warpaint, Flume, Lucius, Typhoon, Dum Dum Girls, The Soul Rebels, Gold Panda, Christopher Owens, Greensky Bluegrass, Bleachers, Big Freedia, Jagwar Ma, Woods, Watsky, Nahko And Medicine For The People, Valerie June, Mikal Cronin, Imelda May, Vance Joy, The Brothers Comatose, Gardens & Villa, Jonathan Wilson, Tumbleweed Wanderers, Givers, Aer, Courtney Barnett, Bear Hands, Finish Ticket, The Districts, RayLand Baxter, Night Terrors Of 1927, Trails And Ways, Nocona at Outside Lands, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a $255/$275 # *** (sold out) aug 9 sat Union 13, Nihilist Cunt, Antisocial, F.U.X., Heavy Hands, Let It Burn, Granted Earth, Heroes At Gunpoint, N.M.E., Blank Spots, Ridicule, Thares, Losing Teeth, Hellfish at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $8 4pm/5pm *** @ aug 9 sat Street Eaters at the Boat, Oakland a/a ** aug 9 sat Sweat Lodge at the Legionnaire Saloon, Oakland 21+ ** aug 9 sat Milo Greene, Wild Belle at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** aug 9 sat Big Sam's funky Nation at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $18/$20 8pm/9pm ** aug 9 sat Ex-Cult, Zig Zags, Quaaludes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** @ aug 9 sat Forrest Day at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 9 sat City Heat, Mwahaha, Wild Eyes at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $5 3pm ** aug 9 sat Blame Sally at Marin JCC, 200 North San Pedro Road, San Rafael a/a $22/$25 (17 and under free) 6:15pm/7pm ** aug 9 sat Mick Foley at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $25 7pm/8pm *** (seated) aug 9 sat Miranda Lambert, Justin Moore, Thomas Rhett, Jukebox Mafia at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a # *** aug 9 sat Amos Lee Amy Helm & The Handsome Strangers at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 9 sat George Lopez at City National Civic, 135 San Carlos Street, San Jose a/a 8pm # ** aug 9 sat .38 Special, Creedence Clearwater Revisited at Thunder Valley Casino, 1200 Athens Avenue, Lincoln 18+ 7pm ** aug 9 sat Chrysalis, Lose Control at Jub Jub's Thirst Parlor, 71 S Weels Avenue, Reno NV 21+ ** aug 9/10 Railroad Earth, Zappa Plays Zappa, Rodney Crowell, Animal Liberation Orchestra, James McMurtry Band, Dead Winter Carpenters, New Monsoon at Mountain Sol, Roaring Camp Meadows, Felton a/a noon *** aug 10 sun Blue Sabbath Black Cheer, Echo Beds, Rust Worship at Terminal, 3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland a/a ** aug 10 sun Us The Duo at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** aug 10 sun King Tuff, The Men at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ ** aug 10 sun Apogee Sound Club, Violence Creeps, Nerve Beats, Tyrants at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm *** @ aug 10 sun The Coathangers, Pizza Punx at someplace, Santa Rosa a/a ** @ aug 10 sun Ex-Cult, Zig Zags at Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St., Santa Rosa a/a ** @ aug 10 sun Aaron Neville And Dr. John & The Nite Trippers, The New Orleans Suspects at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 10 sun Unauthorized Rolling Stones (tribute), Petty Theft (tribute), Foreverland (tribute) at Hamburger & Hops Music Fest, 100 Aptos Creek Road, Aptos a/a 11am ** aug 11 mon Basement, Cloakroom, Creative Adult, Fell To Low at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 7pm/7:30pm *** @ aug 11 mon Nonono at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 11 mon Justin Timberlake at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $200-$50 7pm/8pm # *** aug 11 mon Smash Mouth, Sugar Ray, Blues Traveler, Uncle Kracker at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 11 mon I Declare War, Oceano, The Last Ten Seconds Of Life, Barrier at the Catayst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $12/$15 6pm/6pm # *** aug 11 mon The Coathangers at Don Quixotes, 6275 Highway 9, Felton ?/? ** @ aug 11 mon Ex-Cult, Zig Zags at the Shanty. 213 3rd St., Eureka 21+ ** @ aug 12 tue The Coathangers at the Rick Shawstop, S.F. a/a ** @ aug 12 tue Antemasque, Le Butcherettes at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** $ aug 12 tue No Body, Be Calm Honcho at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** aug 12 tue ZZ Top & Jeff Beck at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 12 tue Usnea, Forn, Augurs, Abstracter at the Witch Haus, Santa Cruz a/a 7pm ** @ aug 13 wed Della Mae, The Easy Leaves (duo) at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15/$17 7pm/8pm ** aug 13 wed Fka Twigs at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $15 8pm/9pm ** aug 13 wed Wimps (Seattle) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** aug 13 wed Aerosmith, Slash, Myles Kennedy And the Conspirators at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $225-$49 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** aug 13 wed Communion Of Thieves, Negative Standards, Folivore, Deathgrave at the Rock Shop, San Jose a/a 7pm *** @ aug 13 wed Lila Downs at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $75-$35 6pm/7:30pm ** aug 13 wed Deep Purple at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 13 wed The Sonics at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 8pm/9pm ** aug 13 wed The Coathangers at Holland Project, 121 Vesta St., Reno, NV a/a ** @ aug 14 thr Sara Bareilles at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # ** aug 14 thr Paul McCartney at Candlestic Park, S.F. a/a 8pm # **** $ aug 14 thr The Life And Times, Wildlife, Together We Can Rule The Galazy at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 14 thr Street Eaters (record release) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** aug 14 thr Whitey Morgan And the 78's, Elliot Randall & The Deadmen at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 14 thr Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a ** aug 15 fri Impaled, Sourvein (VA), Bloody Phoenix (L.A.), Splatter House (Portland), Bell Witch (Seattle), Endless Demise (L.A.), Megaton Leviathan (Portland), Strong Intention (MD), Harassor (L.A.), Age Of Collapse (San Diego), Pig Life (San Diego), Angst (L.A.), Negative Standards, Augurs, Connoisseur, Enemigo at the Metro, Oakland a/a $20 6:45pm/7pm # *** @ (Deadfest) aug 15 fri Counting Crows, Toad The Wet Sproket, Daniel & The Lion at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a $85-$39.50 7pm # *** aug 15 fri The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit, The Weary Boys at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 15 fri MC Lars, Mr. Kind (ep release), Rivvrs (record release) at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 15 fri The Mighty Mighty Bosstones at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 8pm/9pm # *** @ aug 15 fri Spray Paints (Austin), Life Stinks at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 15 fri The Copyrights at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 15 fri Built To Spill, Slam Dunk, The Warm Hair at the Uptown Theater, Napa 12+ $25 8pm *** aug 15 fri Some Fear None, Shotgun Harlot, Pushing The Sun at Vinnie's Bar, 2045 Mount Diablo Street, Concord 21+ ** aug 15 fri Bruno Mars at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # *** aug 15 fri Wanda Jackson at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** aug 15 fri Eddie Money at the Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a free 6:30pm and 8:30pm *** aug 15 fri Marty O'Reily And the Old Soul Orchestra, Carolyn Sills Combo at the Catayst, Santa Cruz 21+ $15/$18 8pm/8:30pm # ** aug 15 fri ZZ Top, Jeff Beck at Ironstone Vineyards, Murphys a/a $153-$48 7pm # *** aug 15/16 Brownout, The Nibblers, Jelly Bread, Stymie, Afrofunk Experience, Big Sticky Mess, Drop Theory, Funk Revival Orchestra, GravyBrain, Groovincible, High Beamz, Idea Team, Indian From Pluto, Mark Sexton, Mission Players, Mojo Green, Moksha, Swamp Zen, Sway, Tracorum, Zuhg at Forthe Funk of It Festival, Belden a/a *** (camping) aug 16 sat Excruciating Terror (L.A.), Noothgrush, Mass Grave (Canada), Gehenna, Night Nurse (Portland), Transient (Portland), Raw Nerves (Portland), Usnea (Portland), Forn, Communion Of Theives (TX),Bio Crisis (Mexico), Theories (Seattle), Wake (Canada), War Fair? (AZ), Biocidio (AZ), Dead Issue (L.A.), Final Draft (L.A.), Diatribe (San Diego), Funerary (AZ), Green Terror Marron Berry (L.A.), Godstomper (Campbell), Your Enemy, Dead Pressure (San Jose), Plauge Widow (Sacramento), Tomxhanks (Sacramento), Ordstro, Feind (Fresno), No Fucks Given, Volatile Substance, Monte (San Jose) at the Metro, Oakland a/a $20 4pm # **** @ (Deadfest) aug 16 sat Mordred, My Victim, Proudflesh at Leo's Music Pro Audio, 54th & Telegraph, Oakalnd a/a ** aug 16 sat Lila Downs at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $38 8pm/9pm # ** aug 16 sat Stu Allen And Mars Hotel, The Fall Risk at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 16 sat Lynyrd Skynyrd at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** aug 16 sat Night Riots at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 16 sat The Donkeys, Extra Classic, Hot Toddies at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $12 8pm/9pm ** aug 16 sat Silent Pictures at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 16 sat Grandma's Boyfriend the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ ** aug 16 sat Against Me, Creepoid at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $18 7:30pm/8pm *** @ aug 16 sat Reckless Kelly at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ ** aug 16 sat Kool & The Gang, En Vogue at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 16/17/18 Built To Spill, Slam Dunk, The Warm Hair at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** aug 17 sun M. Lockwood Porter, Feeding Frenzy at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 11am/4pm ** aug 17 sun Reckless Kelly, Micky & The Motorcars, Cody Canada & The Departed at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ 8pm ** aug 17 sun Bell Witch (Seattle), Badr Vogu, Ephemeros (Portland), Larvae at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $8 4pm *** @ aug 17 sun Modern Kicks, Dirty Denim, Dirty Eyes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** aug 17 sun Fall Out Boy, Paramore, New Politics at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $69-$29 6pm/7pm # *** aug 17 sun Lynyrd Skynyrd at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 18 mon City Mouse at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oakland a/a 7pm ** aug 18 mon Man Man, Landlady at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $20 8pm/9pm ** aug 19 tue Darto, Wild Moth at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oakland a/a 7pm ** aug 19 tue The Dirty Heads, Pepper at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $29.50/$32 7pm/8pm # ** aug 19 tue Fucked Up, Tijuana Panthers at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** @ aug 19 tue Amanda X, Beach Day (Miami, FL) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** aug 19 tue Yes at City National Civic, 135 San Carlos St., San Jose a/a # *** aug 20 wed Balance And Composure, Seahaven, The American Scene at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** aug 20 wed Boris, Marriages at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 7:30pm/8pm *** aug 20 wed Koward, Green Beret, Condition, Trenches at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** @ aug 20 wed Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Galactic at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 20 wed The Murder City Devils at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm *** aug 20 wed Man Man at Catayst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $16/$18 8pm/8:30pm # ** aug 20 wed Dirty Rotten Imbeciles at Lost on Main, Chico, 319 Main Street, Chico 21+ *** @ aug 21 thr Bell Witch (Seattle), Ephemeros (Portland), Lycus, Gloam at the Night Light, Oakland 21+ $8 7pm *** @ aug 21 thr Rixton at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** aug 21 thr Joanna Gruesome, Manatee, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $12/$14 9:30pm ** aug 21 thr Hawthorne Heights, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ $19/$23 8pm *** aug 21 thr Ride The Blinds, the Richmond Sluts, Hot Lunch at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 21 thr Dirty Rotten Imbeciles, Angerhead, Iron Assault at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $20 6:30pm/7pm *** @ aug 21 thr Boris, Marriages at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $16/$17 8pm/8:30pm # *** aug 21 thr Journey Unauthorized (tribute) at El Dorado Hills Town Center, 4364 Town Center Blvd., El Dorado Hills a/a free 6:30pm ** aug 21/22 Murder City Devils, Deep Creep (thr), Constant Lovers (fri), Corey J. Brewer at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** aug 22 fri Dirty Rotten Imbeciles, Hatriot, Blind Illusion, Angerhead, Cultural Warfare, The King Must Die at the Metro, Oakland a/a $25 6:30pm/7pm # *** @ aug 22 fri Little Dragon at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** (sold out - see oct 24th) aug 22 fri B.B. King at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** aug 22 fri Patrizio (Italy) at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $38/$40 8pm/9pm ** aug 22 fri Cocktails, Zodiac Death Valley, O Presidente at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 22 fri Lee Scratch Perry at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** aug 22 fri The Marshall Tucker Band at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ ** aug 22 fri Dave Koz & Friends, Mindi Abair, Gerald Albright & Richard Elliot at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $125-$40 6pm/7:30pm ** aug 22 fri Wiz Khalifa, Tyga, Rich Homie Quan, Iamsu, Mack Wilds, dj Drama at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $79-$29 5pm/6pm # ** aug 22 fri Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 22 fri Great White at the Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a free 6:30pm and 8:30pm *** aug 22 fri Fiji at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $23/$28 8pm/9pm # ** aug 22 fri Rascal Flatts, Sheryl Crow, Gloriana at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Wheatland a/a # *** aug 22/23 Jack White at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a # *** aug 22/23/24 Dave Matthews Band at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a 7pm # *** aug 23 sat Peresephone's Bees, Fredo Ortiz, Brigid Dawson, Karina Denike at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $18/$20 8pm/9pm ** aug 23 sat Keyshia Cole at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $29.50 8pm/9pm # ** aug 23 sat Wolf Hamlin & The Front Porch Drifters, Jon Emery & The Dry County Drinkers, Miss Kay Marie at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** (honky-tonk showdown) aug 23 sat Kawehi at the Conservatory of Music, 40 Oak Street, S.F. a/a ** aug 23 sat Charmless, Half Blast, Lucky Jesus at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 23 sat Sylvan Esso, Dana Buoy at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 23 sat Rascal Flatts, Sheryl Crow, Gloriana at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $76-$28 6pm/7:30pm # *** aug 23 sat B.B. King, The Blind Boys Of Alabama at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 23 sat The Spit Muffins at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** aug 23 sat Y&T, Restrayned, Force Of Habit at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $22 7pm *** aug 23/24 Beck, The National, The Naked And Famous, Phantogram, Best Coast, Dawes, Cults, Cocorosie, Blind Pilot, Lake Street Dive, Tokyo Police Club, Geographer, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Midlake, How To Dress Well, San Fermin, The Men, Lo-Fang, Miniature Tigers, Midi Matilda, Speedy Ortiz, Sleepy Sun, The Stepkids, Mimicking Birds, Quilt, Mr Little Jeans, The Lonely Wild, The Family Crest, Doe Eye, Cool Ghouls, Survival Guide, Liars, Future Islands, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Tanlines, Connan Mockasin, vauderville, carnival, marketplace at County Fair & Event Center, 2004 Fairground Road, Monterey a/a $160 (2 day) # *** (First City Festival) aug 24 sun Hornss, No Limbs, United Defiance, and many more at Linden Street Brewery, 95 Linden Street, Oakland a/a noon *** (Fraggle Fest - Benefit and Memorial) aug 24 sun The Tough Brothers at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 11am/4pm ** aug 24 sun Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 24 sun Ancient Altar at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** aug 24 sun Nine Ince Nails, Soundgarden, Death Grips at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $106-$36 6pm/7pm # *** @ aug 24 sun Brian Regan at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 24 sun Dirty Rotten Imbeciles, Ghoul, Evol, Total Badass at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$24 8pm/8pm # *** @ aug 25 mon Dropdead, Brainoil, Full Of Hell, Noisem, Augurs at the Metro, Oakalnd a/a $12 7pm # *** @ aug 25 mon Slint at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # *** aug 25 mon Earth Wind & Fire at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 25/26 Jason Mraz, Raining Jane at Davies Symphony Hall, S.F. a/a $75/$45/$25 7pm/8pm # ** aug 26 tue Jack Johnson, Michael Kiwanuka at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # ** aug 26 tue Nick Turner's Hawkwind, Witc Mountain at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12/$15 9pm ** aug 26 tue Apocryphon, Connoisseur, Infinite Waste at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** @ (Jesika Christ Benefit) aug 26 tue The Rosebuds at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 7:30pm/8pm ** aug 26 tue Frampton's Guitar Circus at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 26 tue Presidents Of The United States Of America, July Talk at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $22/$25 7pm/8pm # *** aug 26 tue Dropdead, Godstomper, Full Of Hell, Noisem at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $22/$25 8:30pm/9pm # *** @ aug 26 tue Earth Wind & Fire at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a *** aug 27 wed The Presidents Of The United States Of America at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** aug 27 wed Groundation at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** aug 27 wed Gipsy Kings, Ole' Noys at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 27 wed Bog Oak at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 8pm/9pm ** aug 27 wed The Beach Boys at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a 8:15pm *** aug 28 thr Brand New, Joyce Manor, Broncho at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** (sold out) aug 28 thr David Gray (U.K.) at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $90-$40 7pm/8pm # ** aug 28 thr Upstairs Downstairs, Origami Ghosts (Seattle), Maria Jose Montijo at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** aug 28 thr The Members (U.K.) at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm *** @ aug 28 thr Panic! At The Disco, Walk The Moon, Youngblood Hawke at the Event Center, 290 S 7th Street, San Jose State a/a $35 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** aug 28 thr Matisyahu, Ozomatli, Makua Rothman at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 28 thr Super Huey (tribute) at El Dorado Hills Town Center, 4364 Town Center Blvd., El Dorado Hills a/a free 6:30pm ** aug 29 fri Whiplash at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** aug 29 fri Marshall Crenshaw, The Bottle Rockets, Dan Bern at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** aug 29 fri Rat Columns, Cold Beat, Yi at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 29 fri Mission Of Burma at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** $ aug 29 fri The Fab Four (tribute) at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 29 fri Papa Doo Run Run at the Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a free 6:30pm and 8:30pm ** aug 29 fri J-Boog, Groundation at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $30/$35 8pm/9pm # *** aug 30 sat Jesse McCartney at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** aug 30 sat Richie Kotzen, Michael Lee Firkins, Ben Woods at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 30 sat Strand Of Oaks at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** aug 30 sat The Young at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 9pm ** aug 30 sat Black Carl at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 30 sat Dog Party at San Pedro Square Market, San Jose a/a free ** aug 30 sat Tom Bailey, Howard Jones, Midge Ure, Katrina at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 31 sun The Highway Poets at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 11am/4pm ** aug 31 sun Pookie & The Poodles, The Gooch Palms (Austrailia), Elvis Christ at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 31 sun Bombino at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $22/$25 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 31 sun Babyface, Blackstreet, Jagged Edge, 112, Dru Hill & Next at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $134-$31 4pm/5pm # ** (KBLX) aug 31 sun The Offspring, Bad Religion, Pennywise, The Vandals, Stiff Little Fingers at Shoreline Parking Lot, Mountian View a/a $26 2:30pm/3:30pm # *** @ sep 2 tue Elvis Costello & The Imposters at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** sep 3 wed Enrique Bunbury at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $49.50 7pm/8pm # ** sep 3 wed Kins at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** sep 3 wed Bear In Heaven at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm *** sep 3 wed Joey Cape, Chris Cresswell, Brian Wahlstrom at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** sep 4 thr Hail The Sun, Stolas at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 9pm ** sep 4 thr Skynnyn Lynnyrd Band (tribute) at El Dorado Hills Town Center, 4364 Town Center Blvd., El Dorado Hills a/a free 6:30pm ** sep 5 fri Senses Fail, No Bragging Rights, Knuckle Puck at Slim's, S.F. 6+ 8pm *** sep 5 fri Tribal Seeds, New Kingston, The Expanders at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # ** sep 5 fri Luce, The Ponies, New American Farmers, Melissa Phillips And James DePrato at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 5 fri Film School, Hot Fog (record release), Ad Hawk, Peace Creep, dj Foodcourt at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 5 fri The Chop Tops at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** sep 5 fri The California Honeydrops at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$19 8pm/9pm # ** sep 6 sat Feed Me at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** sep 6 sat The Bruce Lee Band at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/412 8:30pm/9pm *** @ sep 6 sat Keith Urban, Jerrod Niemann, Brett Eldredge at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $60-$30 # ** sep 6 sat Huey Lewis And The News at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** sep 7 sun Coheed And Cambria, Thank You Scientist at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $29.50 7:30pm # *** sep 7 sun Marc Anthony at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $234-$39 6pm/7pm # *** sep 7/8 Dita Von Teese at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a ** sep 8 mon Shakey Graves at Lagunitas Brewing Company, 1280 N. McDowell Blvd., Petaluma ?/? ** sep 8/9 Swans, Carla Bozulich at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** sep 11 thr Passenger at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $28.50 8pm # ** sep 11 thr Slow Magic at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** sep 11 thr Chicago at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** sep 12 fri Owen Pallett at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 12 fri Porter Robinson at Civic Center, 99 Grove St., S.F. a/a # ** (EDM) sep 12 fri Il Sogno Del Marinaio, Lite, Apogee Sound Club at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/412 8:30pm/9pm *** @ sep 12 fri Wanda Sykes at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $95-$35 6pm/7:30pm ** sep 13 sat Cornelius Asbergers And The Bi-Curious Unicorns, Blank Spots, Instant Gratification, Them Creatures at Merchants Saloon, 401 2nd Street, Oakland 21+ $5 8:30pm ** @ sep 13 sat Greg Brown at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 13 sat The Phenomenauts at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm *** @ sep 13 sat Blake Shelton, The Band Perry, Dan + Shay, Neal McCoy at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $59/$29.25 5:30pm/7pm # *** sep 13 sat Weezer, The Offspring, Limpbizkit, Awolnation, Chevelle, Bad Religion, pepper, Black Label Society, Hellyeah, Memphis May Fire, Fuel, Dead Sara, Nothing More, The Last Internationale, Butcher Babies, Emmure, Sleepwave, Anti-Mortem (OK), Eyes Set To Kill, Viza, Dig The Kid at Discovery Park, 1600 Garden Hwy., Sacramento a/a $59.50 11am **** @ (Aftershock Festival day 1) sep 14 sun R5 at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $32.50/$35 5:30pm/6:30pm # ** $ sep 14 sun Ben Harper at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** sep 14 sun Black Label Society, Butcher Babies, Anti-Mortem at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $29/$33 7pm/8pm ** @ sep 14 sun Roberto Carlos at Event Center, 290 S. 7th St., San Jose State a/a # ** sep 14 sun Rob Zombie, Godsmack, Five Finger Death Punch, Rise Against, See Ther, Mastodon, Pennywise, Theory Of A Deadman, Buckcherry, Of Mice & Men, We Came As Romans, Black Stone Cherry, Kyng, Otherwise, Lacuna Coil, Redlight King, We Are harlot, Burn Halo, Crossfaith, New Medicine, Cilver at Discovery Park, 1600 Garden Hwy., Sacramento a/a $59.50 11am **** @ (Aftershock Festival day 2) sep 15/16 The Stylistics at Yoshi's, Oakland 21+ ** sep 16 tue Yanni at the Arena, Oakland a/a # ** sep 16 tue James McMurtry at Lagunitas Brewing Company, 1280 N. McDowell Blvd., Petaluma ?/? ** sep 16 tue Heart at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** sep 16 tue Rob Zombie at City National Civic, 135 San Carlos Street, San Jose a/a # *** sep 16 tue Drake vs. Lil Wayne at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $140-$35 6pm/7pm # *** sep 17 wed Ian Anderson (the Best of Jethro Tull) at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $45.50 8pm # *** sep 17 wed Cloud Cult at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 17 wed Drake, Lil Wayne at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Wheatland a/a # ** sep 18 thr the Vibrators, Point Of View at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm *** @ sep 18 thr Natalie Cole at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $125-$40 6pm/7:30pm *** sep 18 thr Martina McBride at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** sep 18 thr Sole & dj Pain 1, Open Mike Eagle at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$14 8:30pm/9pm # ** sep 18 thr Linkin Park, Thirty Seconds To Mars, A.F.I. at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Rd., Wheatland a/a $108-$40 # *** @ sep 18/19/20 The Airborne Toxic Event at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm (thr) 8pm/9pm (fri/sat) # *** sep 19 fri Dillon Francis, Diplo, Fatboy Slim, Strfkr at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # ** sep 19 fri Rise Against, Touche Amore, Radkey at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $39.50 7:30pm # *** @ $ sep 19 fri Monarchy at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $15/$17 9:30pm *** sep 19 fri Kaiser Chiefs, Howler at the Regency Ball Room, S.F. a/a $27/$30 8pm/9pm # *** sep 19 fri Jon Batiste & Stay Human at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 19 fri Toast Machine at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm *** sep 19 fri Linkin Park, Thirty Seconds To Mars, A.F.I. at the Pavilion, Concord a/a 6:30pm # *** @ sep 19 fri Crosby Stills and Nash at City National Civic, 135 San Carlos Street, San Jose a/a # *** sep 20 sat Old Crow Medicine Show at Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $37.50 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** sep 20 sat Meshell Ndegeocello at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 20 sat Son Lux, Helado Negro at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** sep 21 sun Folsom Street Fair, S.F. sep 21 sun Walrus, Hot Lunch, Brubaker, Isaiah Mitchell, dj Sasquatch Borracho, dj Blake Davis at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 6pm/7pm *** (Cancer Relief Benefit show for Garth Petal) sep 21 sun Gerry & The Pacemakers, Chad & Jeremy, Billy J. Kramer, Mike Pender's Searchers, Denny Laine at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** sep 21/22 Train at Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $55 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** sep 22 mon Australian Pink Floyd Show at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $35/$55 8pm # ** sep 22/23 Katy Perry, Tegan And Sara at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # *** sep 23 tue George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Trampled Under Foot at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $38.59 7pm/8pm # *** sep 23 tue Kopecky Family Band at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 23 tue Temples, Wampire, Fever The Ghost at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $20 8pm/8:30pm # ** sep 23 tue cancelled: Little Mix at National Civic, San Jose sep 24 wed Temples, Wampire at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** sep 25 thr Die Antwoord at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $39.50 8pm # *** sep 25 thr Within Temptation, Amaranthe at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** sep 25 thr Zac Brown Band at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $88.50-$38.50 6pm/7pm # ** sep 26 fri Paolo Nutini at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $29.50 8pm # *** sep 26 fri Bob Mould, Cymbals Eat Guitars at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # *** sep 26 fri Andre Nickatina at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** sep 26 fri A Day To Remember, Bring Me The Horizon, Chlodos at Event Center, 290 S. 7th St., San Jose State a/a $38.50 5:30pm/6:30pm # *** @ sep 26 fri Patti LaBelle, Lyfe Jennings at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** sep 26 fri Amon Amarth, Sabaton, Skeletonwitch at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $25/$29 7pm/8pm # *** @ sep 26 Aaron Carter at Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $15-$65 8:30pm/9pm # ** sep 27 sat Green Jelly, Guantanamo Dogpile, Mystic Knights Of The Cobra, Culo A Boca, Older Threat at 924 Gilman, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm/8pm *** @ sep 27 sat The Gaslight Anthem, Against Me!, Twopointeight at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $29.50 7:30pm # *** $ sep 27 sat bay area record fair at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a ($5 for 11am entry) free noon sep 27 sat The Orwells, Skaters at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** sep 27 sat Nerf Herder at the Bottom of the Hil, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/9:30pm *** @ sep 27 sat Clean Bandit, Little Daylight, dj Aaron Axelsen at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # ** sep 27 sat Houndmouth at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** sep 27 sat Jason Aldean, Florida Georgia Line, Tyler Farr at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $59.50/$29.75 6pm/7:30pm # ** sep 27 sat Dana Carvey, Dennis Miller, Kevin Nealon at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** (comedy) sep 27 sat Andre Nickatina at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $23/$28 8pm/9pm # ** sep 27 sat Amon Amarth, Sabaton, Skeletonwitch at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ sep 28 sun Sam Smith at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** (sold out) sep 28 sun Sonata Arctica, Delain, Xandria at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** sep 28 sun Aaron Carter at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** sep 28 sun Slim Cessna's Auto Club at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 28 sun Boney James, Jazz Attack, Jason Bodlovich Group at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** sep 28 sun The Orwells, Skaters at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$18 7pm/8pm # ** sep 30 tue Pixies, Royal Blood at Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $60/$50 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** oct 1 wed Living Colour at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** oct 1 wed Kings Of Leon, Young The Giant at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $66-$30 6pm/7pm # *** oct 1 wed Elton John at the Arena, 1 Sports Arena Pkwy, Sacramento a/a $30-$160 7pm/8pm # *** oct 2 thr Moon Taxi at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** oct 2 thr Savoy, Bright Lights at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** oct 2 thr Tera Melos, Pinback at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ # *** oct 2 thr Leo Kottke at City Winery, 1030 Main Street, Napa a/a $40-$30 6pm/8pm *** oct 2 thr Elton John at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # *** oct 2 thr Cymbals Eat Guitars at the Cellar Door, 101 W. Main Street, Visalia 21+ ** oct 2/3 Lorde, Majical Cloudz at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a $49.50 8pm # *** oct 3 fri Twin Shadow at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** oct 3 fri Stromae at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ ** oct 3 fri Larry The Cable Guy at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** oct 3/4 King Crimson at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $55-$125 8pm *** oct 3/4/5 Hardley Strictly Bluegrass, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a free *** oct 5 sun Bombay Bicycle Club, Milo Greene at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** oct 5/6 The War On Drugs, Class McCombs at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # *** oct 6 mon Kasabian at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $29 8pm # *** oct 7 tue Carbon Leaf (Richmond, VA) at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ $24/$29 8pm ** oct 8 wed Lily Allen at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $35 8pm # ** oct 8 wed The Pretty Reckless, Adelitas Way at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** oct 9 thr GusGus, Kiko King & Creativemaze at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $22 8pm/9pm ** oct 9 thr Ghost Parade, Rags & Ribbons, Kiven at the Bottom of the Hil, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9:30pm ** oct 9 thr Nick Waterhouse, Pep at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** oct 9 thr Sondre Lerche at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 10 fri Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats, Danava at Slim's. S.F. 6+ ** oct 10 fri The Weekend, Schoolboy Q, Jhene Aiko at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a $49.50 7:30pm/8:30pm # ** oct 10 fri Shonen Knife (Japan), Death Valley Girls, Great Apes at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8:30pm/9:30pm *** @ oct 10 fri Fink at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** oct 10 fri Slaughter And The Dogs (U.K.), Juicehead, Modern Kicks at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm *** @ oct 11 sat Bluchunks at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a *** (Cancer Relief Benefit show for Garth Petal) oct 11 sat Pomplamoose at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9m # ** oct 11 sat Anberlin at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** oct 11 sat Bahamas at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** oct 11 sat Eddie & The Hot Rods, Dime Runner, The Richmond Sluts, Bad Coyotes at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm *** oct 13 mon Turquoise Jeep at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 7pm/8pm ** oct 14 tue Enrique Iglesias, Pitbull at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # ** oct 14 tue Turquoise Jeep at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $17/$20 8:30pm/9pm # ** oct 14/15 Of Montreal, Pillar Point at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** oct 15 wed La Ley at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $45 7pm/8pm # ** oct 15 wed Stick Figure, Pacific Dub, Hirie at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ ** oct 16 thr The Horrors, Moon Duo at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** oct 16 thr Stick Figure, Pacific Dub, Hirie at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz ?/? ** oct 17 fri Hozler, James Bay at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** oct 17 fri Daryl Hall & John Oates at Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $65/$55 7pm/8pm # *** oct 17 fri Cherub, Ghost Beach, Gibbz at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $19.50 8pm/9pm # ** oct 17/18 Luke Bryan, Lee Brice, Cole Swindell at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $59.25/$29.50 5:30pm/7pm # ** oct 18 sat Billy Cox, Buddy Guy, Zakk Wylde, Jonny Lang at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $115-$55 8pm # *** (Experience Hendrix) oct 18 sat Megan Slankard at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** oct 18 sat Luke Bryan, Lee Brice, Cole Swindell at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a # ** oct 18/19 Outkast, Massive Attack, Zedd, Alt-J, TV On The Radio, Janelle Monae, The New Pornographers, Washed Out, St. Lucia, Banks, Jungle, White Denim, M0, Polica, The Growlers, Classixx, Chet Faker, Ryan Hemsworth, Ana Tijoux, Asgeir, Xxyyxx, Ratking, Tobacco, Bleached, Painted Palms, Waters at the Treasure Island Festival, S.F. Bay a/a $85-$275 # *** oct 19 sun Kodaline, Birds Of Tokyo at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 6pm/7pm # *** oct 19 sun The Slackers at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** oct 19 sun Sinkane, Helado Negro at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$18 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 22 wed Mineral, Into It. Over It. at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** oct 23 thr Trampled By Turtles, Elephant Revival at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $29.50 8pm # *** oct 23 thr The Afghan Whigs at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # *** oct 23 thr Mineral at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $20 8pm/9pm ** @ oct 23 thr Metronomy at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** oct 24 fri Little Dragon at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $29.50 8pm # *** oct 24 fri Bonobo (dj set), Dark Sky (dj set) at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** oct 24 fri Tennis at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** oct 24-27 Railroad Earth (3 nights), Meter Men, Leftover Salmon, A.L.O., Jeff Austin Band, The Motet, Poor Man's Whiskey, Jelly Bread, Robert Walter's 20th Congress, Shook Twins, MerryGold, The Nibblers The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit, Front Country, Achilles Wheel, at El Dorado Fairgrounds, Placerville a/a $25-$190 # *** (camping) (Hangtown Halloween Ball) oct 25 sat Rachael Yamagata at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** oct 25 sat Cherub, Ghost Beach, Gibbz at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$17 8pm/9pm # ** oct 27 mon The Janoskians at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** oct 28 tue Broken Bells, Austra at the Nob Hill Masonic Center, 1111 California St., S.F. a/a # *** oct 28 tue Betty Who, Joywave, Great Good Fine Ok at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm # ** oct 30 thr Yelle at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** oct 30 thr King Diamond at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** oct 31 fri Freeman at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** nov 1 sat Erasure at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $55/$45 8pm # *** nov 1 sat Boy & Bear, Reuben And The Dark at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $20/$22 8pm/9pm # ** nov 3 mon The Black Keys, Jake Bugg at the Arena, Oakland a/a $80-$40 7pm/8pm # *** nov 3 mon Black Veil Brides at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $26.50/$29 6pm # *** $ nov 4 tue Crowder (Waco, TX), All Sons & Daughters, Capital Kings at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $25/$28 7:30pm # ** (was april 9th) nov 4 tue The Black Keys, Jake Bugg at the Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy., Sacramento a/a # *** nov 4/5 Citizen Cope at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $43.50 7pm/8pm # *** nov 6 thr The Matches at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** $ nov 7 fri I Am Hardwell, Dannic at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. 18+ $65 7pm/8pm # ** (dj) nov 7/8 The Matches at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** $ (sat sold out) nov 8 sat Foster The People, Sylvan Esso at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $42.50 8pm # *** $ nov 8 sat Bassnectar, Griz at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a $45 8pm # ** nov 9 sun Julian Casablancas + The Voidz at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** nov 10 mon Arch Enemy, Kreator, Huntress at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $25/$27 6pm/6:30pm # *** @ nov 10 mon The Psychedelic Furs, The Lemonheads at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # *** nov 11 tue Nils Frahm at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** nov 11 tue Mac Demarco at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** nov 12 wed Slayer, Suicidal Tendencies, Exodus at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $59.50/$39.50 7:30pm # *** @ $ nov 12/13 Boyce Avenue at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 6pm/7pm # ** nov 13 thr First Aid Kit at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $25 8pm # *** nov 15 sat J Mascis at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 17 mon Bastille at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a # *** nov 18 tue Jordan Knight & Nick Carter at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** nov 18 tue Gruff Rhys at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $14 7pm/8pm ** nov 18 tue The 1975 at Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $35 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** nov 19 wed James Vincent McMorrow at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** nov 22 sat Angry Samoans, Wasted Ones, Oppressed Logic, Cornelius Asperger & The Bi-Curious Unicorns, Instant Gratification at 924 Gilman St., Berkeley a/a $10 *** @ nov 22 sat Justin Timberlake at the Arena, Oakland a/a # *** nov 24 mon Fleetwood Mac at the Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy., Sacramento a/a # *** nov 25 tue Fleetwood Mac at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $200-$50 7pm/8pm # *** nov 29 sat A John Waters Christmas at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** dec 3 wed Fleetwood Mac at the Arena, Oakland a/a $200-$50 7pm/8pm # *** dec 4 thr Suicide Girls at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. 18+ $25/$27 8pm # *** dec 6 sat John Waters at City Winery, 1030 Main Street, Napa a/a $45/$55/$65 8pm *** dec 7/8 Steve Hackett: Genesis Extended at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # ** dec 10 wed My Brightest Diamond at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** dec 12 fri American Football at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** dec 18 thr MythBusters at City National Civic, San Jose a/a *** (tv show) dec 29/30/31 Snow Globe Music Festival at Bijou Park, Lake Tahoe Community College Campus, CA a/a $109-$134 * recommendable Shows a/a all ages $ will probably sell out @ pit warning ^ under 21 must pay more # no ins/outs Live Radio & TV Shows --------------------- Radio 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 San Francisco Community Radio www.savekusf.org 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 fri Jesse Luscious on UC Berkeley Radio KALX 90.7FM 6am-9am sat KALX live on UC Berkeley Radio KALX 90.7FM 9pm-midnight sun dj Jesse Luscious at the Ruby Room, 132 14th St., Oakland 9pm-2am sun Rampage Radio on S.F. State Radio in exile KUSF 2am-8am sun NewHotBands on public access TV Comcast Ch 29 12:30pm sun Earwhacks with Paul and Che on Sacramento KRXQ 98.5FM 10pm-11:30pm sun Neonate with Punk Roge and Riot on UC Davis Radio KDVS 90.3FM 12am-2am C L U B I N F O R M A T I O N ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, 420 40th, Oakland a/a (shows over by 10pm) 510-985-0325 23 Club, 23 Visitacion Avenue, Brisbane a/a 415-467-7717 Ace of Spades, 1417 R Street, Sacramento a/a Alley, 906 Victorian Way, Sparks, NV a/a Amoeba Music, 2455 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a 510-549-1125 Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F. a/a 415-831-1200 Assembly Music Hall, 1000 K St., Sacramento a/a 18+ 21+ 916-341-0176 Avalon Nightclub, 777 Lawrance Expressway, Santa Clara a/a 21+ 408-241-0777 Bender's Bar And 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 and 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 Caravan Lounge, 98 South Almaden Avenue, San Jose 21+ 408-995-6220 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 DNA Lounge, 375 11th Street at Harrison, S.F. 21+ a/a 415-626-1409 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 Fireside Lounge, 1453 Webster Street, Alameda 21+ 510-864-1244 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 Legionnaire Saloon, 2272 Telegraph Ave., Oakland 21+ 510-891-8660 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+ 510-433-0340 Masonic Center, 1111 California Street, S.F. a/a Octopus Lounge, 180 Eureka Square, Pacifica 21+ 650-355-7775 On the Y, 670 Fulton Ave., Sacramento 21+ 916-487-3731 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 Rock Shop, 30 N 3rd Street, San Jose a/a ($2 yearly membership) 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 Studio 55 Marin, 1455 East Francisco Blvd., San Rafael a/a 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 Toot's Tavern, 627 Second Avenue at Pomona, Crockett 21+ 510-787-4840 Tupelo, 1337 Grant Ave., S.F. a/a (during sun shows) 415-981-9177 Warfield, 982 Market St., S.F. a/a 415-775-7722 Witch Room, 1815 19th Street, Sacramento a/a 18+ 916-508-0213 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 pass The List on to friends. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The List is e-mailed out each week normally on Friday afternoon. 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