Web (and searchable) version at http://jon.luini.com/thelist/ T H H EEEEEE L I SSSS TTTTT T H H E L I S T T HHHHHH EEEEE L I SSSS T T H H E L I S T T H H E L I S S T T H H EEEEEE LLLLLLL I SSSS T funk-punk-thrash-ska Upcoming shows of interest September 27, 2014 sep 27 sat Mystic Knights Of The Cobra, Older Threat (tribute), Green Jelly, Guantanamo Dogpile 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 The Ian Fays, film 'Dinosaurs', stories at Chabot Space & Science Center, Oakland a/a $12 6pm ** sep 27 sat Dom Kennedy, Sza, The Lovemakers, Jesse Boykins III, Esta, So Super Sam, Part Time, Mara Hruby, J Boogie, Clear Conscience, Sweater Funk, Meat Market, Chuy Gomez, Mr. E, Trackademicks & The Hnrl, 1-O.A.K., Latin Soul Brothers, dj D-Sharp, dj FUZE, Trill Team 6, Kool Kyle, Hi Scores, Aebl Dee, Namorados da Lua, Ezale, Miggy Stardust, Turbo Sonidero, Vell at Oakland Music Festival, 22nd St. at Franklin, Oakland a/a noon *** sep 27 sat Dispirit, Negative Standards, Deathgrave, Zanna Nera at the Metro, Oakland a/a $7 8pm *** @ sep 27 sat Sound Of Sirens at Caffe Trieste, 2500 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley a/a free 8pm * sep 27 sat Skate Stone, Victoria & The Vaudevillains, Thee Hobo Gobbelins at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8-$20 9pm ** (Baudeville Benefit) sep 27 sat Plant Tribe, Hot Lunch, Queen Crescent at the Night Light, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm/9:30pm ** sep 27 sat Three O'Clock Rock, Wild Moth, Hot Flash Heat Wave, dj Vin Sol, dj's at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free ($5 for 11am entry) noon ** (Bay Area Record Fair) sep 27 sat The Orwells, Skaters at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16/$18 8pm/9pm *** sep 27 sat Nerf Herder, Fartbarf, Sun Valley Gun Club at the Bottom of the Hill, 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 Wu-Tang Clan, Rza, Gza, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface, Masta Killa, U-God, Inspectah Deck at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** sep 27 sat The Dodos, Dylan Shearer at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $18/$20 8pm/9pm ** sep 27 sat Sabertooth Zombie, Black Teeth (Peoria, IL), Daggers (Belgium), No Sir, Power, Nervous at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $4 7pm *** @ (Twelve Gauge Records Anniversary) sep 27 sat Puddles Pity Party (two shows) at the Lodge, Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $26.50/$28 7pm/8pm and 9:30pm/10pm ** (8pm show sold out) sep 27 sat The New Mastersounds, The Nth Power, Zigaboo Modeliste at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $25/$30 ($100 vip) 8pm/9pm ** sep 27 sat Houndmouth at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** sep 27 sat Super Diamond (tribute), Reckless In Vegas at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $22 8pm/9pm ** sep 27 sat Saviours (10 year anniversary), Moses, Hazzard's Cure at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm *** @ $ sep 27 sat The Aerosols, Extra Classic, Floating Action at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** sep 27 sat Simian Mobile Disco at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $25 9pm ** sep 27 sat Gone To Ground, The Mud Lords (cd release), High & Tight, Sweetwater Black at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 3pm/4pm ** sep 27 sat Face The Giant at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** sep 27 sat Mad Mama & The Bonafide Few, Pineapple Princess, Lost Puppy at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm/10pm ** (Boomfest + Jennzennapalooza) sep 27 sat Victim's Family (30th anniversary), Black Cat Grave, Brubaker, Sea Men at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $12 8pm *** @ sep 27 sat Split Screens, Witchdream Mansion, John Miller at San Pedro Square Market, San Jose a/a free 7pm ** 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 Hewhocannotbenamed, Aggro Culture US, Young Idea, Class System, Talky Tina, Rex Goliath at Johnny V's, 31 East Santa Clara St., San Jose 21+ $7 8pm *** @ sep 27 sat Slim Cessna's Auto Club at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $15 9pm ** sep 27 sat Amon Amarth, Sabaton, Skeletonwitch at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $25 7pm *** @ sep 27 sat Aaron Carter, This Boy That Girl, Matt Ryan King, Zach Van Dyck at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $20-$65 6:30pm ** sep 27 sat Moonshiner Collective at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 5:30pm/6:30pm ** sep 27 sat Petty Theft (tribute) at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $15 9:30pm/10pm ** sep 27 sat Social Distortion, Hank 3, The Whigs, Jonny Two Bags, Jade Jackson at Pozo Saloon, 90 West Pozo Road, Pozo a/a $32.50 (10 and under free) 2pm/3pm # *** @ sep 27/28 Rainbow Girls, The Bennys, Idea Team, Pine Street Ramblers, Massive Delicious, Crvsh-MacRuss, Climpsetrio, dust Bowl Dawn, The Bumptet, Ruppidy Buppidy, Spanky, TJ McKulty, Awkward Lemon, Big Sticky Mess, Cicantis, Michael Tobias, Miss Maddy's F Street Stompers, Island Of Black & White, Saint Solitary, Campfire Crooners, Cfr, Oh!, City Of Trees Bassband, The Royal Jelly, Adrian Bellue, Sean Fleming, The Rugs, Cuero, Ol' Fashion at Sierra Shangri-La Resort, 12 Jim Crow Canyon Rosd, Downieville a/a $25-$40 # *** sep 28 sun M.D.C. (acoustic), Mr. Chi Pig, Cinder Block & Bill Collins, Chuck Coles, John The Baker, Alisa Hair at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 4pm/5pm *** (punk rock campfire) sep 28 sun Pink Pile, Sara Century (Seattle), Mirror Fears (Denver), Jesus Tape at the Boat, Oakland a/a $5 6pm ** sep 28 sun Manzo Rally, Afrofunk Experience, Crosscut, Bautista, Caesar Myles & The Dreaded Truth, art, crafts at Cesar Chavez Park, 11 Spinnaker Way, Berkeley a/a free noon-7pm ** sep 28 sun Sam Smith, Broods at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** (sold out) sep 28 sun One Of Many, The Saint Ides, Banshee Bones, Lost In Tapes at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $5/$7 7pm til 10pm ^ ** sep 28 sun Nu Pogodi! (Leeds, U.K.), Connoisseur, Ragana, Backstabber, Crack & Oakes at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $5 6pm/7pm ** @ sep 28 sun Sonata Arctica (Kemi, Finland), Delain, Xandria at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $30/$32 7pm/8pm # *** sep 28 sun Aaron Carter, This Boy That Girl, Matt Ryan King, Nick Neufeld at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $17/$20 7pm/8pm ** sep 28 sun Slim Cessna's Auto Club, Pine Box Boys at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 28 sun The Aislers Set, Cold Beat, The Mantles at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $18/$20 8pm/9pm *** sep 28 sun The Deadlies at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 11am/4pm ** sep 28 sun Beast Fiend, Silver Shadows, Bad Daddies, Bitter Fruit, Void Boys at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $7 7pm ** @ (Benefit for S.F. Suicide Prevention) sep 28 sun Trust (Toronto), Crater (Seattle, WA) at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ ** sep 28 sun Ricardo Scales & Ronnie Hudson at Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley a/a $20/$25 7pm/8pm ** (Harvey Scales Birthday Celebration) 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 28 sun Parachute, Matt Wertz at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $16 7pm ** sep 28 sun cancelled: Part Time at the Hemlock, S.F. sep 29 mon Christina Perri at Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $35 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** sep 29 mon Rat Columns, Generation Loss, Fossor House at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm/9:30pm ** sep 29 mon O.A.R. & Andy Grammer at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $20-$50 6:30pm ** (Now 100.5 Breast Concert Ever) sep 30 tue Royal Skins, Hamartia, Boners To Mudertroyed, Sounjaneer, Shelly And The Donuts at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 8pm ** sep 30 tue Pixies, Royal Blood at Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $60/$50 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** sep 30 tue Karl Jobe, Warren Barfield at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** sep 30 tue Slothrust, Void Boys, Baus at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9:30pm ** @ sep 30 tue Denzel Curry, Deniro Farrar, Chauncey CC, S4nta_Mu3rte at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. a/a $12/$15 8pm/9pm ^ ** sep 30 tue Duncan Trussell Family Hour at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** sep 30 tue So What, Meercaz & The Visions, Dirty Denim, dj Hotline at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm/9:30pm ** sep 30 tue Sweet Chariot, The Low Rollers at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ free 8:30pm ** sep 30 tue Re-Ignition (tribute), Voodoo Dolly (tribute), San Cha at Rock Shop, San Jose a/a $6-$7 7:30pm ** @ sep 30 tue Merchandise, Lower at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $12/$14 8pm/8:30pm # ** sep 30 tue The Lone Bellow, Hugh Bob And The Hustle at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $15/$18 7pm/8pm ** oct 1 wed Zach Deputy, Rachel Lark at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $12/$15 7pm/7:30pm ^ ** oct 1 wed Typical Ritual, Fast Piece Of Furnitaure at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 8pm ** oct 1 wed Brother Ali, Bambu, dj Last Word, host Mally at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $25 8:30pm/9:30pm ** (hip hop) oct 1 wed Living Colour at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** oct 1 wed Dominion (Philippines), Crimson Scarlet, Mane at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm/9pm ** oct 1 wed The Shivas (Portland), Cellar Doors, Ancient River (FL), Spiral Electric, dj Vikki Vaden (Atlanta) at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** oct 1 wed Buckwheat Zydeco (Louisiana) at Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley a/a $22/$25 7pm/8pm ** oct 1 wed Robert Earl Keen, Doug Seegers at City Winery, Napa a/a $30/$35/$40 8pm ** oct 1 wed Kings Of Leon, Young The Giant, Kongos at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $66-$30 6pm/7pm # *** oct 1 wed Thievery Corportion at City National Civic, San Jose a/a $39.50 7pm/8pm # *** oct 1 wed Pinback, Tera Melos at Rio Theater, 1205 Soquel, Santa Cruz a/a *** oct 1 wed Elton John at the Arena, 1 Sports Arena Pkwy, Sacramento a/a $30-$160 7pm/8pm # *** oct 1 wed Gordon Lightfoot at the Crest Theatre, 1013 K St., Sacramento a/a $39-$65 7pm/8pm # *** oct 1 wed Being As An Ocean, Fit For A King, Gideon, Wolves At The Gate, Capsize, Lonely Avenue at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $13 6pm ** oct 1 wed Kalin And Myles, Ryan Beatty at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $18-$60 6:30pm ** oct 1 wed Sister Sparrow And The Dirty Birds at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $10 7pm/8pm ** oct 1 wed Echosmith at Knitting Factory, Reno, NV a/a # *** oct 1 wed Social Distortion at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a # *** @ oct 2 thr Thievery Corporation, BoomBox at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** oct 2 thr Decide Today, Evolve, Divtech at Econo Jam Records, 2519 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland a/a 6pm ** oct 2 thr Black Cobra, Lo-Pan, Buffalo Tooth at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $12/$15 8pm/9pm ^ ** @ oct 2 thr Heroes At Gunpoint, The Lucky Eejits, The Soundwaves, Atomic Machines at the Night Light, Oakland 21+ ** @ oct 2 thr Embryonic Devourment, Cyanic, Apocryphon, Logistic Slaughter at the Legionnaire, Oakland 21+ $7 8:30pm *** @ oct 2 thr Moon Taxi, The Lonely Wild, The Bad Jones at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16/$18 7pm/8pm ** oct 2 thr Dark Star Orchestra at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $29.50/$32 7pm/8pm # *** oct 2 thr Crowbar, Revocation, Havok, Fit For An Autopsy, Armed For Apocolypse, dj Rob Metal at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $15/$18 ($43 vip) 6:30pm/7:30pm *** oct 2 thr Robert Earl Keen, Johnnyswim at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $29.50 7pm/8pm # ** oct 2 thr Whograss at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $20 8pm ** oct 2 thr Fuzz SoLow (Las Vegas), The Nopes, Pan's Emissaries, Jesse Mosher (speed painter) at Honey Hive Gallery, 4117 Judah Street, S.F. a/a $7 7pm ** oct 2 thr The Telescopes, LSD & The Search For God, Cariton Melton, Magic Castles at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ $10/$12 8pm/9pm ^ ** oct 2 thr Savoy, Bright Lights at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** oct 2 thr Pinback, Tera Melos at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $25 7pm/8pm *** oct 2 thr Cobalt Cranes, The Electric Magpie, Night School at the Milk Bar, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** oct 2 thr Thriftworks, Abjo, Blapdeli, 2Birds at 1015 Folsom, S.F. 21+ (free before 9pm) ($5 before 10pm) ** oct 2 thr Steakhouse (albume release), The Black Marshmallows (album release), The Verms at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 2 thr Safeword, Perfect Loss, Pornoriots at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** oct 2 thr Mean Jeans (Portland), Dancer, Pookie And The Poodlez, The Rinds at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/9:30pm ** oct 2 thr Minot (record release), Flexx Bronco, Inferno Of Joy at the Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St. S.F. 21+ $7 ** oct 2 thr Leo Kottke at City Winery, Napa a/a $40-$30 6pm/8pm *** oct 2 thr Elton John at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a 8pm # *** oct 2 thr Weezer, Kongos, Young Rising Sons at the Event Center, 290 S 7th Street, San Jose State a/a $49.50 7pm/8pm # *** oct 2 thr Social Distortion at Red Lion Hotel, 500 Leisure Lane, Sacramento a/a $32 5:30pm/6:30pm # *** @ oct 2 thr Dave Alvin And Phil Alvin With The Guilty Ones at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $25/$30 6:30pm/7:30pm ** 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 Dr Know, Attitude Adjustment, Zero Bull Shit, No Fraud (FL), No Limbs at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $12 7pm/8pm *** @ oct 3 fri Bitter Fruit, Moira Scar, Decide Today, Evolve (Cincinnati), Divtech at Session Space, 5867 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland a/a donation *** @ oct 3 fri Rising Appalachia, T Sisters at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $17/$20 8pm/9pm ^ ** oct 3 fri Papercuts, Big Titis, The Saucy Jacks at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** oct 3 fri Minot (record releas), Big Long Now, Fortune Club (Portland) at the Night Light, Oakland 21+ $7 9pm ** oct 3 fri Spirit Family, The Felice Brothers at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** oct 3 fri Glass Animals, Rome Fortune at Slim's, S.F. 6+ 8pm/9pm *** (sold out - was at the Chapel) oct 3 fri The Lone Bellow, Hugh Bob & The Hustle at The Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** oct 3 fri Hank 3, Attention Deficit Domination, 3 Bar Ranch at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $26/$28 7pm/8pm # ** oct 3 fri Explosions In The Sky, The New Year at the Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $39.50/$55 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** oct 3 fri Justin Townes Earle, American Aquarium at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $23 8pm/9pm ** oct 3 fri Stromae at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ ** oct 3 fri Phaeleh (Bristol, U.K.) at 1015 Folsom, 1015 Folsom, S.F. 21+ ** oct 3 fri Hot Buttered Rum, Supermule at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** oct 3 fri Ice Cream (ep release), The Green Door, Sweet Plot at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** oct 3 fri Living Colour, The Bad Jones at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ ** oct 3 fri Larry The Cable Guy at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** oct 3 fri Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys at City Winery, Napa a/a $35/$40/$45 8pm ** oct 3 fri Total Badass, Boar Hunter, Pyrotanic at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $7 9pm ** oct 3 fri The Aquabats, Emily's Army at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz ?/? $20/$22 6pm/7pm # *** @ oct 3 fri Jimmy Eat World at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $28 7pm *** @ oct 3 fri Twiztid, Kung Fu Vampire, Neurotic November, P.W.D., J Terrible at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $25 6:30pm ** @ oct 3 fri postponed: Twin Shadow at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. oct 3/4 King Crimson at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $55-$125 8pm *** oct 3/4/5 Social Distortion, The Flatlanders, Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Butch Hancock, Earls of Leicester, Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun, Waxahatchee, The Good Life, Jonathan Wilson, Sharon Van Etten, Dawes, Conor Oberst, X Acoustic, Chris Isaak, Lake Street Dive, Joe Russo's Almost Dead, Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys, Parker Millsap, Shelly Colvin, The Felice Brothers, The Go To Hell Man Clan, The Waybacks, Hot Rize, Dave Rawlings Machine, The High Bar Gang, Kevin Welch, Kieran Kane & Fats Kaplin, Lucinda Williams, Willie Watson, The Apache Relay, Alison Brown Quintet, Emmylou Harris, Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin with The Guilty Ones, The Lone Bellow, Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn, The Sam Chase, Rosanne Cash, Malawi Mouse Boys, Jason Isbell, Caitlin Rose, Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express, The McCrary Sisters, Hurray For The Riff Raff, Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds, Bad Luck Jonathan, Holler Down The Hollow, Whograss, Robert Earl Keen, Built To Spill, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Kate York, Striking Matches, Nikki Lane, Shawn Colvin, Tony Joe White, Buddy Miller & Friends, Dry Branch Fire Squad, Moonalice, Red Baraat, Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas, Ryan Adams, Johnnyswim, Dwight Yoakam, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Evolfo, The Mastersons, Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands, Sarah Jarosz, Yo La Tengo, Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real, Rising Appalachia, Justin Townes Earle, Sun Kil Moon, Carlene Carter, Blue Rodeo, Jesse DeNatale, Cibo Matto, Bruce Cockburn, Peter Rowan's Twang An' Groove, Buckwheat Zydeco, Poor Man's Whiskey, The Time Jumpers, Kenny Sears, Dawn Sears And Ranger Doug Green, Reckless Kelly, T Bone Burnett, Blackie And The Rodeo Kings, The Aquabats!, Mavis Staples, John Prine, Tweedy, Chuck Cannon, Deltron 3030 With The 3030 Orchestra, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, Rose's Pawn Shop, Robbie Fulks, Steve Earle & The Dukes, Chris Smither, at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a free 11am **** oct 3/4/5 Justice, Blondie, Moby, Empire Of The Sun, Dillon Francis, Explosions In The Sky, Gramatik, Ms Mr, The War On Drugs, Kurt Vile & The Violators, Rac, Yacht, Cherub, Diiv, Deltron 3030, Goldroom, Danny Brown, Blackalicious, Keys N Krates, Com Truise, Mndr, Beach Fossils, Metz, The Drums, Skaters, Little Daylight, Axxa/Abraxas, Drowners, Smallpools, Mainland, Carousel, Nick Waterhouse, Ghost Beach, Reputante, Lolawolf, Craft Spells, La Sera, Mighty Mouse, Teen Daze, Flashlights, Total Slacker, Exmag, Kauf, Wildcat! Wildcat!, French Horn Rebellion, Sister Crayon, Heavenly Beat, Coasts, Basecamp, The Crookes, Young Rising Sons, Terraplane Sun, Paws, Story Of The Running Wolf, Incan Abraham, The Most Definitely, The Pizza Underground, 8th Grader, Autumn Sky, James Cavern & The Council, Male Gaze, Tiaras, Cruel Summer at TBD Fest, Riverfront Park, West Sacramento a/a $179/$199 # *** oct 4 sat La Plebe, The Gr'ups, Bobby Joe Ebola & The Children MacNuggits, Love Songs, Bill Collins & Cinder Block (acoustic), Bhangra Dance Performance & Lesson at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm/8pm *** @ (Kamala's and Frank Marriage Celebration) oct 4 sat Pleasure Leftists, Dark Blue (Philadelphia) at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oakland a/a free 7pm til 10pm ** oct 4 sat Baauer, Boys Noize, dj Lido, Spank Rock, Nadus at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 7pm # ** oct 4 sat y que?, Nanci Cat, Spirit Descending, Dick And Jane, Menstrual Psycho, Bad Angle, Penguin, The Crunchees, Years Of Agression, Rosaleen Pereira, Sa90, Shon Kennedy, Blasfemme, Lipshock, Medicinal Anarchy, Spu, Gypsy Flight, Sarah Paine, Jack Killed Jill, Rachel Napalm, Nihilist Cunt at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $5-$20 sliding scale 3pm *** @ (Breast Cancer Benefit) oct 4 sat Ought, Mall Walk at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** @ oct 4 sat Cibo Matto, Talk In Tongues at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm ** oct 4 sat The Polish Ambassador, Liminus, Mr. Lif, Ayla Nereo & Wildlight at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $22.50/$28 8pm/9pm # ** oct 4 sat Everybody Row, Sleep Spindles, Alaska (Las Vegas), Twin Cities, Trust Club at Honey Hive Gallery, 4117 Judah Street, S.F. a/a $10 7pm ** oct 4 sat Conor Oberst, Jonathan Wilson, The Good Life at The Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** oct 4 sat Dawes, Caitlin Rose at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $25 8pm/9pm ** oct 4 sat Telepathe, Lincoln Jesser at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ $15/$17 8pm/9pm ^ ** oct 4 sat dj Shadow & Cut Chemist at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $35 8pm/9pm ** oct 4 sat Dark Hollow at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** oct 4 sat Cruel Summer, Literature, Smiles at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** oct 4 sat The Low Rollers at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** oct 4 sat Best Coast, Sonny & The Sunsets, Meatbodies at Soma StrEat Food Park, 428 11th St., S.F. 21+ 5pm ** (rsvp required - JanSport Bonfire Sessions) oct 4 sat Patrol Car, Mobb, One Armed Joey, Sarum at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 8pm *** @ oct 4 sat The Phenomenauts, Kepi Ghoulie, Images at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $12/$14 8pm *** @ oct 4 sat Roland Dyens at Harris Center, 10 College Parksway, Folsom a/a $33-$45 7pm/8pm # ** oct 4 sat Katchafire, Mystic Roots, Jordan T. Music at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $20 7pm *** oct 4 sat Leo Kottke at the Crest Theatre, 1013 K St., Sacramento a/a $30-$45 7pm/8pm # *** oct 4 sat Tyr, Eluveitie, Metsatoll at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $17 6:30pm *** oct 4 sat Apathy Cycle, Get Out at Colonial Cafe, 3520 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento a/a $5 ** oct 4 sat Buck Ford (tribute) at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 5:30pm/7pm ** oct 4 sat Axxa/Abraxas at Holland Project Show Space, 140 Vesta Street, Reno, NV a/a ** oct 4 sat Hank 3 at Knitting Factory, Reno, NV a/a # ** oct 4 sat Twiztid, Kung Fu Vampire, Neurotic November, P.W.D. at the Alley, 906 Victorian Way, Sparks, NV a/a ** @ oct 4/5 Alternative Press Expo at Fort Mason Center, 2 Marina Blvd., S.F. a/a $10-$20 (tickets cheaper online) 11am-7pm (sat) 11am-6pm (sun) oct 4/5 Leftover Salmon & Friends at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** oct 5 sun Juicy Karkass, Instant Gratification, Wreck Department, Leftover Bowlskis, No Time Now at 924 Gilman, Berkeley a/a $8 4:30pm/5pm *** @ oct 5 sun Sistahs Of The Drum (for Prayers, Pride, Power and Love) at Montclair Women's Cultural Arts Center, 1650 Mountain Blvd., Oakland a/a $15/$20 (12 and under $5) 2:30pm/3:30pm ** oct 5 sun Animal Hospital at Econo Jam Records, 2519 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland a/a 3pm * oct 5 sun Tyr, Eluveitie, Metsatoll at the Metro, Oakland a/a # *** oct 5 sun Pat Kearns (solo) at the Starry Plough, Berkeley ?/? 4pm ** oct 5 sun Bombay Bicycle Club, Milo Greene at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $27/$37 7pm/8pm # *** oct 5 sun Minibosses, Curious Quail, GnarBoots at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 7:30pm/8pm ** @ oct 5 sun Retox, Hot Nerds, Doomsday Student at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a *** @ oct 5 sun Lonesome Lester T. Raww, Feral at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 11am/4pm ** oct 5 sun Lucinda Williams at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** (see site for tickets) oct 5 sun White Fang (Portland), Scraper, Meat Market, Mope Grooves at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm/9pm *** oct 5 sun Katchafire at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ oct 5 sun Justin Townes Earle, American Aquarium at City Winery, Napa a/a $30/$35/$45 8pm ** oct 5 sun CCR Headcleaner, Dark Blue (Philadelphia), Pleasure Leftists (Cleveland) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** oct 5 sun Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Steve Winwood at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # *** oct 5 sun McCoy Tyler Band, The Crow and The Canyon at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $10 9pm ** oct 5/6 The War On Drugs, Class McCombs at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** oct 6 mon Kasabian, Bo Ningen at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $29 8pm # *** oct 6 mon The Drums, Beverly at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ 7pm/8pm ** (sold out) oct 6 mon Paloma Faith, Liam Bailey at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 7pm/8pm ** oct 6 mon Drowners, Bully at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 7:30/8pm ** oct 6 mon Gigan (Chicago), Pyrrhon (N.Y.), Artificial Brain, Dimesland at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 9pm ** (metal) oct 6 mon Jason Isbell, Amanda Shires at City Winery, Napa a/a ** 8pm (sold out) oct 6 mon Voodoo Glow Skulls at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm *** @ oct 6 mon Operators at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 7pm/8pm ** oct 7 tue Xhostagex, Dendritic Arbor (Pittsburg), Argentavis (Santa Rosa), Haggus at 1691 12th Street, Oakland a/a donation 7:30pm *** @ oct 7 tue Sham 69, Total Chaos, Harrington Saints, Nihilist Cunt at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12/$15 8pm *** @ oct 7 tue The Body (Portland), Sandworm (Providence), Burmese, Striations at the Night Light, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm *** @ oct 7 tue The Thurston Moore Band, Sebadoh at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $21 7pm7pm//8pm *** oct 7 tue Wakey! Wakey!, Ben Fields at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $12/$14 7pm/8pm *** oct 7 tue SonReal at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 7 tue Belphegor, Rotting Christ, Beheaded, Svart Crown at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a *** @ oct 7 tue Get The Led Out at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $31 7pm/8pm ** oct 7 tue Lake Street Dive, Ages And Ages at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** oct 7 tue Andrew St. James at Doc's Lab, 124 Columbus Avenue, S.F. a/a ** oct 7 tue Carbon Leaf (Richmond, VA) at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ $24/$29 8pm ** oct 7 tue Life Stinks, Deaf Wish (Australia), Musk at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** oct 7 tue Blitzen Trapper, Cassorla at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** oct 7 tue Bumbklaatt (Tijuana, Mexico), Femacoffin, Fractures, No Limbs, dj Ken Prank at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm/9:30pm *** @ oct 7 tue Everyone Is Dirty, Wood Shoppe, Melvoy, Girlpool at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 21+ 7pm/8pm ** oct 7 tue The Lone Bellow, Hugh Bob & The Hustle at City Winery, Napa a/a $22/$25/$27 8pm ** oct 7 tue Coasts at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $8/$10 8pm/8:30pm # ** oct 7 tue Storm Large & Le Bonheur at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $20/$25 5:30pm/7pm ** oct 8 wed The Funeral And The Twilight, The Kill Myselfs', Menstrual Psycho, Straight Crimes, Mighty Morphine Power Trippers at House between two Churches, MLK & MaCarthur, Oakland a/a 8pm ** oct 8 wed Lily Allen, LolaWolf at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** oct 8 wed Unbecome at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 8pm ** oct 8 wed Heaven (N.Y.C.) at Leo's, 5447 Telegraph, Oakalnd a/a ** oct 8 wed The Pretty Reckless, Adelitas Way at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $20/$22 7pm/8pm # *** oct 8 wed The King Khan & BBQ Show, Isaac Rother & The Phantoms at Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16 8pm ** oct 8 wed Aaron Behrens & The Midnight Stroll at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 8pm/9pm ** oct 8 wed Sham 69, Total Chaos, Sharp Objects at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $13 8pm *** @ oct 8 wed Rich Girls at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** oct 8 wed Disappear Incompletely, Mercury Falls at Viracocha, 998 Valencia St., S.F. 21+ $10/$15 8pm/8:30pm ** oct 8 wed Angus & Julia Stone at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** (sold out) oct 8 wed Zola Jesus, Operators at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $22 7pm/8pm ** oct 8 wed The Body (Portland), Sandworm (Providence, R.I.), Cosmic Toilet at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm/9pm ** oct 8 wed Midday Veil (Portland), Swahiliat (Portland), Ornament (N.Y.C.), Katiee the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** oct 8 wed Cool Ghouls at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ free 9pm ** oct 8 wed Carbon Leaf at City Winery, Napa a/a $15/$20/$25 8pm ** oct 8 wed The Shrews at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 8pm/9pm ** oct 8 wed Thurston Moore, Sebadoh at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz ?/? *** oct 8 wed Guttermouth, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Against The Grain, F.F.G., Yankee Brutal at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $15 6:30pm *** @ oct 8 wed Blitzen Trapper at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $18/$20 7pm/8pm ** oct 8 wed Retox, Hot Nerds, Doomsday Student at the Press Club, 2030 P Street at 21st, Sacramento 21+ *** @ oct 8/9 Kygo (Norway) at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ ** oct 9 thr Nick Waterhouse, Pep at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $23/$25 8pm/9pm ^ ** (was at Regency) oct 9 thr Toy Guitar, The Blood types, Static And The Cubes, Dirty Denim at the Golden Bull, 412 14th Street at Broadway, Oakland 21+ $7 9pm ** 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 Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9:30pm ** oct 9 thr Justin Currie, The Mastersons at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $25/$30 8pm/9pm ** oct 9 thr Imelda May, The Rhythm Shakers at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $29.50 7pm/8pm # ** oct 9 thr Empire Empire! (MI), Free Throw (TN), Wander, Place Called Home, Long Knives, Owl Paws at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $12/$10 8pm ** oct 9 thr Royal Jelly, The Highway Poets, Marty O'Reilly & The Old Soul Orchestra at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $13/$16 8pm ** oct 9 thr White Fence at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ ** oct 9 thr Sondre Lerche, Teen at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 9 thr Peter Jefferies (New Zealand), Meg Baird at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm ** oct 9 thr Teebs, Taylor McFerri, Boats, B Lewis at 1015 Folsom, S.F. 21+ (free before 9pm) ($5 before 10pm) ** oct 9 thr Brenda Xu, Hamartia, Sounjaneer, Dyllan Hersey, Jean Marc, Maya Hall at 50 Mason Social House, 50 Mason Street, S.F. 21+ $5 7pm ** oct 9 thr James Conner, Rara Replica, Claire On A Dare at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm/9pm ** oct 9 thr Heaven (N.Y.C.) at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ ** oct 9 thr Storm Large at City Winery, Napa a/a $25/$30/$35 8pm ** oct 9 thr Retox, Hot Nerds, Doomsday Student at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz ?/? *** @ oct 9 thr Never Neverland Sacramento at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $15 8pm ** oct 9 thr Frankie Ballard, Jackson Michelson at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $17 7pm ** oct 10 fri S, Silver Shadows, Slowfast at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oakland a/a 7pm til 10pm ** oct 10 fri Swiftumz, film 'To Be an Astronaut', stories at Chabot Space & Science Center, Oakland a/a $12 6pm ** oct 10 fri Frankie Rose, Cold Beat, Ephrata at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $10/$12 7pm/8pm ** oct 10 fri The Memphis Murder Men, Remones, Displayed Laborores Sideshow at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** @ oct 10 fri Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats, Danava at Slim's. S.F. 6+ 9pm ** (sold out) oct 10 fri Calle 13 at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** oct 10 fri Ethan Johns at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $16/$18 7:30pm ** (early show) oct 10 fri Vaud & The Villains at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $25 10:30pm/11pm ** oct 10 fri Puro Bandido, Crossfire, Sol Tavel at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $20 8pm ** oct 10 fri Violent Femmes at The Fillmore, S.F. a/a $39.50 8pm/9pm # *** @ oct 10 fri Clumsy Concentration, Twitches, Parhelion at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $5 7pm/8pm ** oct 10 fri Maya Songbird, Wizard Apprentice, Beast Nest, Los Sirenas, Them Are Us Too at the Honey Hive, 4117 Judah St., S.F. a/a $10-$20 sliding scale 6pm/7pm ** (Bay Area Ladyfest) oct 10 fri Glenn Tilbrook at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ $17/$20 7pm/8pm ^ ** 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, Douglas Dare 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 10 fri Balms, Vibragun, Foreign Resort at the Neck of the Woods, S.F. 21+ ** oct 10 fri Tom Rush at City Winery, Napa a/a $40/$45/$50 8pm ** oct 10 fri Super Soul Bros., Crashfaster, Viking Guitar, Lady Game Lyric at Cafe Stritch, 374 South 1st Street, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** oct 10 fri Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, The Game, Warren G, The Dogg Pound, Too Short, Suga Free at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $131-$25 4:30pm/6pm # *** @ oct 10 fri Revri at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** oct 10 fri Zeroclient, Once An Empire, Misamore, Madison Avenue, Blood Party at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $10 6:30pm ** oct 10 fri Raw at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a 7pm ** oct 10 fri David Bazan + Passenger String Quartet at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $20 8pm/9pm ** oct 10/11 The Weeknd, Schoolboy Q, Jhene Aiko at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a $49.50 7:30pm/8:30pm # ** (fri sold out) oct 10/11 Tainted Love, The Jean Genies (tribute) at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ ** oct 11 sat Connoisseur, Folivore, Cold Blue Mountain, Venkman, Backstabber at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $7 7pm/8pm ** @ oct 11 sat Unconditional Arms, Minnow (L.A.), Ovvn at Totally Intense Fractal Mindgaze Hut, 24th St., Oakland a/a $7 9pm ** oct 11 sat Face Plant, Sory Not Sorry, This Or That, Ancient Wing, Silver Shadows, Solo Rats, Jesus Tape at Trees, 1502 8th Street, Oakland a/a $10-$20 sliding scale 8pm/8:30pm ** (Bay Area Ladyfest) oct 11 sat Seeing Red, Minerva, Pandora's Hammer, Under The Radar at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 8pm *** oct 11 sat Pomplamoose, John Schroeder at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9m # ** oct 11 sat Anberlin, Lakes at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $22.50/$25 7pm/8pm # ** oct 11 sat Bahamas, Basia Bulat at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 9pm ** oct 11 sat Christoper Owens, The Tyde, Carletta Sue Kay at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $21/$23 9pm ** oct 11 sat The Bluchunks, Hellworms, Kai Kln, dj Jello Biafra, dj Sasquatch Borracho at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $16/$18 + sliding scale 7pm/8pm *** (Cancer Relief Benefit show for Garth Petal) oct 11 sat B1a4 (South Korea) at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $50-$180 7pm # ** oct 11 sat Nvo at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $12/$15 9pm ** oct 11 sat Saintseneca, Robert Francis & The Night Tide at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ $10/$12 8pm/9pm ^ ** oct 11 sat Eddie & The Hot Rods, Dime Runner, The Richmond Sluts, Bad Coyotes at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm *** oct 11 sat Zodiac Death Valley, Apache Dropout, Bozmo at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** oct 11 sat David Bazan, Passenger String Quartet at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** oct 11 sat La Plebe at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $10 3pm/4pm *** @ $ oct 11 sat Pins Of Light, Golden Void, The Low Rollers at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** oct 11 sat The Reefriders at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** oct 11 sat French Girls, Farmhouse Odyssey, Electric Shepherd, Bleached Signals at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 8pm *** oct 11 sat Dark Star Orchestra at City Winery, Napa a/a $35 8pm *** (balcony sold out) oct 11 sat The Soundwaves, Mind Of Emotion, The Millards at the Englander, 101 Parrott St., San Leandro a/a $5 7pm ** @ oct 11 sat Hemlock, Venting Machine, Potential Threat, Aod, Mystic Rage, Flesh Assembly, Hemorage, It's Clobberin' Time at Memorial Park Amphitheater, Hayward a/a free 1pm *** @ (MetalFest / Canned Food Drive - please bring a can of food) oct 11 sat Rusty Zinn And His Band at Little Lou's BBQ, 2455 Winchester Blvd., Campbell a/a free 8pm * oct 11 sat Andre Nickatina, Gfn, Mac Mall at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $25 7pm *** oct 11 sat Jacob Whitesides at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $20-$100 6:30pm ** oct 11 sat Emily Kollars, Joanna Borromeo at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $10 5:30pm/6:30pm ** (early show) oct 11 sat Noel Gourdin at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 9:30pm/10pm ** (late show) oct 11 sat Cheech & Chong, War at the Rose Ballroom, Nugget Casino, Sparks, NV 18+ $65/$69 *** (seated) oct 12 sun Saoirse Alesandro, Lauren Arrow, Irina Rivkin, Emily Shore, Annah Anti-Palindrome, Francisse Elaine at 1824 Rose Street, Berkeley a/a $5-$20 sliding scale 7:30pm/8pm ** (Bay Area Ladyfest - venue has a fragrance free/no smoking policy) oct 12 sun Gerard Way at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # ** oct 12 sun Ne-Yo at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** oct 12 sun Brendan James at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15/$18 9pm ** oct 12 sun Fujiya & Miyagi, Magic Touch at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** oct 12 sun Secrets Of The Sky, God Hunter (AZ), Sorxe (AZ), Bludded Head (TX), Lament Cityscape, Burmese at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 6pm/7pm *** @ oct 12 sun Petr Janda at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $22/$30 6pm/7pm ** oct 12 sun Smooth Hound Smith, Thirteen Button Trousers at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 2pm/4pm ** oct 12 sun The Breaking Yard (Portland), Rose Droll, Cougar On A Meth Binge at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** oct 12 sun Tumbleweed Wanderers at Hopmonk, 230 Petaluma Avenue, Sebastopol 21+ ** oct 12 sun Rickie Lee Jones at City Winery, Napa a/a $45/$55/$60 8pm *** oct 12 sun Turquoise Jeep at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $15 6:30pm ** oct 12 sun Tom Rush at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $35/$40 5:30pm/7pm ** oct 12 sun Junior Marvin, Nappy Riddem at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $15 10pm ** (late show) oct 13 mon Turquoise Jeep, Yip Deceiver at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 7pm/8pm ** oct 13 mon Sam Amidow, Bill Frisell, Shahzad Ismaily, Cy Dune at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $21 8pm ** oct 13 mon Walk The Moon, Beginners at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $20 9pm ** (sold out) oct 13 mon Mutual Benefit, Julie Byrne at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** oct 14 tue Ray LaMontagne, The Belle Brigade at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** oct 14 tue Together Pangea, Mozes & The Firstborn, The Memories, Aj Davila & Terror Amor at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 8pm ** (Burger Records) oct 14 tue Prong, The Devil In California, Serpent Crown at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $18 8pm ** oct 14 tue Andrew St. James at Doc's Lab, 124 Columbus Avenue, S.F. a/a ** oct 14 tue The Atlas Moth, The Proselyte (Boston), Abstracter at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** @ oct 14 tue Fancy Ketchup, Vinyl Spectrum, Chad Galactic at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 14 tue The Kokoro, Skyroads, Dorine Levy at Mission Workshop, S.F. 21+ $23.75 (fest pass) 5pm ** (Culture Collide - Israel Happy Hour) oct 14 tue Solander (Sweden), Dogcatcher, Love X Stereo at Mission Workshop, S.F. 21+ $23.75 (fest pass) 7:30pm ** (Culture Collide) oct 14 tue Grmln, Tacocat, Alphabetics (Costa Rica), Kamp! (Poland), Takeoffs & Landings (Peru), From the Airport (Korea) at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $23.75 (fest pass) 7pm *** (Culture Collide) oct 14 tue Autostrad (Jordan), Go Back To The Zoo (Netherlands), Skyroads (Israel), Glass Towers (Australia), Cloud Nothings at the Chapel, S.F. 21+ $23.75 (fest pass) 7pm *** (Culture Collide) oct 14 tue Sampology (Australia), Dorine Levy (Israel), Haunted Summer, Big Phony (Korea), Rock N Roll Radio (Korea) at Amnesia, 853 Valencia at 20th, S.F. 21+ $23.75 (fest past) 7pm *** (Culture Collide) 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 tue Dirty Heads, Rome at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $26 7:30pm ** oct 14/15 Of Montreal, Pillar Point, French Cassettes (tue), Battlehooch (wed) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $21 ($36 2 day pass) 8pm *** oct 15 wed Cupine at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 8pm ** oct 15 wed La Ley at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $45 7pm/8pm # ** oct 15 wed Lecrae, Andy Mineo, dj Promote at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** oct 15 wed Young Rebel Set at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ $8/$10 7pm/8pm ^ ** oct 15 wed Kill The Noise, Millo & Otis, Ape Drums at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. 18+ $25/$30 7pm/8pm # ** oct 15 wed Meat Market, Ausmuteants (Austrailia), Bicycle Day at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** oct 15 wed Rubblebucket, Royal Canoe at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** oct 15 wed No Sinner (Canada), Cafeine (Canada), The Oaths (Mexico) at Mission Workshop, SF 21+ $23.75 (fest pass) 6pm ** (Culture Collide) oct 15 wed Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Nervous Nellie (Sweden), Nothing But Thieves (U.K.), Gossling (Australia), Level & Tyson (Norway) at the Chapel, S.F. 21+ $23.75 (fest past) 7pm *** (Culture Collide) oct 15 wed Beat Connection, Sleep Thieves (Ireland), Monokini (Netherlands), The Delta Riggs (Australia), Wag, Popstrangers (U.K.) at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $23.75 (fest pass) 7pm *** (Culture Collide) oct 15 wed Stick Figure, Pacific Dub, Hirie at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ ** oct 15 wed The Tossers (Ireland) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 8pm/9pm *** oct 15 wed Consider Me Dead, Catching Your Clouds, The Paramedic, The Persevering Promise at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a *** @ oct 15 wed Melvins, Le Butcherettes at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $18 8pm *** @ oct 15 wed The Earls Of Leicester (tribute) at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $35/$40 5:30pm/7pm ** oct 16 thr Gin Blossoms at Yoshi's, Oakland 21+ ** oct 16 thr The Horrors, Moon Duo at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** oct 16 thr O, Cash For Gold (album release), Taxes, Bed at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $13 8pm ** oct 16 thr Quantic Live, La Gente at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $20/$23 8:30pm ** oct 16 thr Walter TV, Tonstartssbandht at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ $8/$10 8pm/9pm ^ ** oct 16 thr Russian Red, Babes at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** oct 16 thr Wildcat! Wildcat!, White Hinterland, Rio Rio at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 16 thr Twin Steps, Homebody, Cross, Never Young at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** oct 16 thr Badbadnotgood, Saint Pepsi at Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, S.F. 21+ $12 6pm ** oct 16 thr Alex And The XO's, Raised by Zebras, Cuban Cigar Crisis, Subculture at 50 Mason Social House, 50 Mason Street, S.F. 21+ ** oct 16 thr Russ Liquid, Little People, Lost Midas at 1015 Folsom, S.F. 21+ (free before 9pm) ($5 before 10pm) ** oct 16 thr Stick Figure, Pacific Dub, Hirie at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$19 7pm/8pm ** oct 16 thr Born Of Osiris, Thy Art Is Murder, Betraing The Martyrs, Within the Ruins, Erra, Before You Fall at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $16 6pm *** @ oct 16 thr Mastodon, Gojira, Kvelertak at Grand Sierra Resort, 2500 East 2nd St., Reno NV a/a 7:30pm # *** @ oct 17 fri Koffin Kats, Stellar Corpses, A Man Called Stu, The Independent, Memphis Murdermen, Blacktop Tragedy, Oc45 at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $12 7pm/8pm *** @ oct 17 fri Screaming Females, Pujol at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oakland a/a $10 7pm til 10pm *** oct 17 fri Walter TV, Tonstartssbandht One Fam Community Center, 1600 7th Street, West Oakland a/a ** oct 17 fri Macabre, Ringworm, Impaled, Panzerfaust, Your Enemy at the Metro, Oakland a/a $15 7pm/8pm # *** @ oct 17 fri Sbtrkt at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** oct 17 fri Childish Gambino, Erykah Badu at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a 7:30pm # ** oct 17 fri Bluetech, Mumukshu, Push/Pull, Devin Kroes, Spacegeisha at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $12/$17 8pm/9pm ^ ** oct 17 fri Neon Hitch at Leo's Music Pro Audio, 5447 Telegraph, Oakalnd 18+ ** oct 17 fri The Manatees at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $7 7pm ** oct 17 fri Hozier, James Bay at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $20 8pm/9pm # ** (sold out) 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 fri Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness, Hunter Hunted, Junior Prom at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $35 8pm ** oct 17 fri Jon Bellion, dj Rhetorik, Kyle M. Terrizzi at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8pm/9pm ** oct 17 fri Pup at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ $10/$12 8pm/9pm ^ ** oct 17 fri The Asteroids Galaxy Tour at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ ** oct 17 fri Revenge, The Haunting Presence, Antebellum, Invocation War, Actualli at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ *** (black metal) oct 17 fri The Tossers (Ireland), Continental, Druglords Of The Avenues at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm *** oct 17 fri J. Roddy Walston And The Business, Fly Golden Eagle at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** oct 17 fri Suzy Bogguss at City Winery, Napa a/a $25/$28/$32 8pm ** oct 17 fri Zoso (tribute) at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $18/$21 8pm/9pm ** oct 17 fri Big Mountain at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $15 8pm ** 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 English Dogs (U.K.), Oppressed Logic, Mass Terror (L.A.), Trouble Maker, Guantanamo Dogpile at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $12 7pm/8pm *** @ 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 Sweet Blossom String Band, Totally Dead, Wake Of the Dead, Reckoning at Civic Center Park, Berkeley a/a free 10am ** oct 18 sat Lagos Roots Afrobeat Ensemble, Albino, Bodac Cultural Group at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $12/$15 8pm/9pm ^ ** oct 18 sat The Punkettes, The Butlers, The Last Rights at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $25 9pm ** @ (Benefit for Chad Newhouse Foundation) oct 18 sat Outkast, Zedd, Janelle Monae, St. Lucia, Jungle, M0, Classixx, Ryan Hemsworth, Ana Tijoux, Xxyyxx, Ratking, Tobacco, Painted Palms at the Treasure Island Festival, S.F. Bay a/a $85-$275 # *** (day 1) oct 18 sat Megan Slankard, Quinn Deveaux, The Blue Beat Review at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16/$21 9pm ** oct 18 sat The California Honeydrops at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # ** oct 18 sat Matisyahu, Radical Something, Cisco Adler at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $30/$32 7pm/8pm # ** oct 18 sat Ceci Bastida, Fermin Muguruza, Tania de Sousa, Nina Coyote eta Chico Tornado at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ $12-$15 8:30pm ** oct 18 sat Screaming Females, Pujol, Acid Fast at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm *** oct 18 sat Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness, Hunter Hunted, Junior Prom at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** oct 18 sat Vktms, The Grannies, Evil Ted & The Thick Pink Antiseptic (Anchorage, Alaska), The Divvys at Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 3pm/4pm *** @ (Scott Alcoholocaust Birthday) oct 18 sat Black Cobra, Wild Eyes, Culture Abuse at Benders, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm/10pm ** @ (Scott Alcoholocaust Birthday) oct 18 sat Rock Soup Ramblers at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** oct 18 sat Petaluma Whiskerino 2014 (56 annual Bill Soberanes Memorial) at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a free 3pm (beards & Moustaches) oct 18 sat The Rocky Horror Picture Show (screening with shadow cast) at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 11:30pm oct 18 sat Loudon Wainwright III at City Winery, Napa a/a $40/$45/$50 8pm ** oct 18 sat Luke Bryan, Lee Brice, Cole Swindell at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a # ** oct 18 sat Random aka Mega Ran, Coolzey, Fresh Kils at Homestead Bowl, Cupertino a/a $8 8pm ** (hip hop/nerdcore) oct 18 sat Koffin Kats at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 8pm/9pm *** @ oct 18 sat The Wonder Years at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz ?/? *** oct 18 sat Villains at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $15-$25 8pm ** oct 18 sat Zoso (tribute) at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 9pm/10pm ** oct 18 sat Styx at Montbleu Casino, 55 Highway 50, Stateline NV 21+ $75.50/$65.50/$55.50 8pm/9pm *** (seated show) oct 18 sat cancelled: J. Stalin at Slim's, S.F. oct 19 sun Nas at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** (sold out/see oct 21st) oct 19 sun Ed Motta (Brazil) at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $30 6pm/7pm ^ ** oct 19 sun Hewhocannotbenamed, Roadside Bombs at Fireside Lounge, 1453 Webster Street, Alameda 21+ $5 8pm ** @ oct 19 sun Massive Attack, Alt-J, TV On The Radio, The New Pornographers, Washed Out, Banks, White Denim, Polica, The Growlers, Chet Faker, Asgeir, Bleached, Cathedrals at the Treasure Island Festival, S.F. Bay a/a $85-$275 # *** (day 2) oct 19 sun Kodaline, Birds Of Tokyo at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 6pm/7pm # *** oct 19 sun The Slackers, Sammy Kay at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 8pm ** oct 19 sun Run Boy run, Sour Mash Hug Band at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 11am/4pm ** oct 19 sun Sinkane, Helado Negro at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$18 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 19 sun Beast Fiend, Manatees (Memphis, TN), Bad Daddies at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** oct 19 sun The Dynamic Duet at City Winery, Napa a/a $20 5:30pm ** oct 19 sun Matisyahu at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz ?/? ** oct 19 sun Ab-Soul, Bas, J.Sirus, Luke Tailor, Dret at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $23-$100 7pm ** oct 19 sun Wayne Hancock at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $15/$18 5:30pm/7pm *** oct 20 mon Bass Drum Of Death at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $13/$16 8pm ** oct 20 mon Kimbra, Empress Of at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** (sold out) oct 21 tue Catheter (Denver), Trigger (Germany), Love Gun (Germany), Backstabber at the Metro, Oakland a/a $5 8pm # *** @ oct 21 tue Nas at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** (Oct. 19st sold out) oct 21 tue Melvins, Le Butcherettes at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $23 9pm *** @ oct 21 tue Andrew St. James at Doc's Lab, 124 Columbus Avenue, S.F. a/a ** oct 21 tue The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** oct 21 tue Effortless Good Looks, Physical Suicide Deterrent System Project, Ice Cream at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 21 tue Austin Lucas, Jon Snodgrass, Northcote, Jayke Orvis at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 7pm/8pm ** oct 21 tue Pookie & The Poodles, Chastity Belt, Cumstain at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** oct 21 tue Mane, Rakta (Sao Paulo, Brazil), Interior 27 at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 7pm/8pm ** @ oct 21 tue Obliterations (L.A.), Baptists (Vancouver, B.C., Canada), Torch Runner (Greensboro, N.C.), Fassbender (1st show) at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9:30pm ** oct 21 tue Keiko Matsui at City Winery, Napa a/a $25/$30/$35 8pm ** oct 21 tue Capture The Crown, For All Those Sleeping, Ice Nine Kills, Palisades, Myka Relocate, Youth In Revolt at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $13 6pm *** @ oct 21 tue G-Eazy, E-40, Jay Ant at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $25 7pm *** oct 21 tue Walter TV at the Witch Room, 1815 19th Street, Sacramento 18+ ** oct 22 wed Happy Diving (record release), Fishbreath, Walter TV at 1-2-3-4 Go!, Oakland a/a $8 7pm ** oct 22 wed Suffocation, Katklysm, Jungle Rot, Pyrexia, Internal Bleeding, dj Rob Metal at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $18/$22 6:30pm/7:30pm *** @ oct 22 wed Kat Edmonson at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $20 8pm ** (seated) oct 22 wed Ab-Soul, Bas, Earthgang, Fashawn at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** oct 22 wed Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Miniature Tigers, Madi Diaz at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm # *** oct 22 wed Griffin House at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $18/$20 8pm ** oct 22 wed Dry The River, Nathaniel Ratelife at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ $13/$15 8pm/9pm ^ ** oct 22 wed Mineral, Into It. Over It., Holiday Friends at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** oct 22 wed Feather-Bright at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 22 wed Turn Me On Dead Man, Twin Trilogy, Older Sun at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm/9pm ** oct 22 wed Perfume Genius, Matteah Baim at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $15 7pm/8pm ** oct 23 thr Trampled By Turtles, Elephant Revival at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $29.50 8pm # *** oct 23 thr I-Wayne at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $17/$20 8pm/9pm ^ ** oct 23 thr The Afghan Whigs, Joseph Arthur at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # *** oct 23 thr Mineral, Into It. Over It. at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $20 8pm/9pm ** @ oct 23 thr Metronomy, Dawn Golden at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $27.50/$30 7pm/8pm # ** oct 23 thr Lewis Watson, Tim Cohen (solo) at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15/$17 7pm/8pm ** oct 23 thr Placebo at the Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $35 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** oct 23 thr Belle Monroe & Her Brewglass Boys, The T Sisters, American Nomad, The Beauty Operators String Band at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 8pm ** oct 23 thr Passenger & Pilot, Love Inks (TX), Exit Glaciers (TX), Betsy & Beau at Fortress Callosum, 750 Natoma, S.F. a/a 7:30pm ** oct 23 thr The Blank Tapes, The Love Dimensions, The Soft Bombs, Exquisite Corps, Cellar doors, Mad Alchemy, Liguid Light Show at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ $7 8pm/8:30pm ^ *** oct 23 thr Marketa Irglova, Rosi Golan at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $28 7pm/8pm ** oct 23 thr Con Bro Chill at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** oct 23 thr Desert Dwellers, David Starfire, Sixis, Evolutionista at 1015 Folsom, S.F. 21+ (free before 9pm) ($5 before 10pm) ** oct 23 thr Saszuatch, White Dynomite, Blackwulf at the Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St. S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/9:30pm ** oct 23 thr Lorelle Meets The Obsolete (Mexico), Carlton Melton, David Novick at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** oct 23 thr Enemy You, Civil War Rust, The Restless Hearts at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm/10pm ** @ oct 23 thr Leon Russel at City Winery, Napa a/a $30/$35/$40 8pm ** oct 23 thr Walter TV at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz ?/? ** oct 23 thr Catfish & The Bottlemen at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $10 7pm ** oct 23/24 Amendola vs. Blades, McTuff, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey at Duende, 468 19th Street, Oakland 21+ $15 9:30pm ** oct 24 fri Our Brother The Native, Talk Of Shamans, Balms, Emotional, Clumsy Concentration, Expired Logic (Seattle), dj Rick Moranis at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm *** oct 24 fri Little Dragon, Shy Girls at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $29.50 8pm # *** oct 24 fri Incendiary, Downpresser, God's Hate, Bad Times Crew at the Metro, Oakland a/a $12 7:30pm/8pm *** @ oct 24 fri Lumerians, White Manna, Mondo Drag, Disappearing People, dj Darragh Skelton, dj Neel Boyett at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $12/$15 8pm/9pm ^ ** oct 24 fri The Classless Chaps, Acrylics, Erkma, Regression, Nest Of Nettles at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** oct 24 fri Bonobo (dj set), Dark Sky (dj set), Jeremy Sole at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $28/$30 8pm/9pm # ** oct 24 fri Tennis, Pure Bathing Culture at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $17/$18 9pm ** oct 24 fri Foxygen, Dub Thompson at The Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # ** oct 24 fri The Phenomenauts, Crash Faster, Physics Cirus With Zeke Kossover at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 8pm/9pm *** @ oct 24 fri Public Safety, M.F.B., The Soundwaves, Precambrian at Honey Hive Gallery, 4117 Judah Street, S.F. a/a $10 7pm ** @ oct 24 fri Gorgon City at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** oct 24 fri Harrington Saints, Argy Bargy, Reducers SF, Custom Fit at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm *** @ (Rock the Ship opening show) oct 24 fri Angry Amputees, Get Dead, Toy Guitar, Lazerwolf at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm/9pm *** @ oct 24 fri Mad Caddies, Lumanation, The Champions Inc. at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $15/$18 8pm *** @ oct 24 fri Roy Rogers & The Delta rhythm Kings, Carlos Reyes at City Winery, Napa a/a $20/$25/$30 8pm ** oct 24 fri Fritz Montana at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** oct 24 fri Grieves at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$20 8pm/9pm ** oct 24 fri Beartooth, Vanna, Sirens & Sailors, Sylar, Alive Like Me at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $12 6pm ** oct 24 fri The Dustbowl Revival at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 8pm/9pm ** oct 24/25 Foreverland (tribute), Hot Einstein (fri), Rusty Bage (sat) at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ ** oct 24-26 Railroad Earth (3 nights), Moe., The Meter Men, Leftover Salmon, A.L.O., Jeff Austin Band, The Motet, Poor Man's Whiskey, Robert Walter's 20th Congress, Dead Winter Carpenters, New Monsoon, The Brothers Comatose, Shook Twins, The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit, Mountain Standard Time, Scott Pemberton Trio, The Nibblers, Groove Session, Front Country, Achilles Wheel, Mark Sexton Band, SunSquabi, The Absynth Quintet, Mojo Green, Lonesome Locomotive, Paige Anderson & The Fearless Kin, Whiskey Tango, Jelly Bread, MerryGold, Sierra Drifters at El Dorado Fairgrounds, Placerville a/a $145-$389 # *** (camping) (Hangtown Halloween Ball) oct 25 sat Potential Threat, Star Destroyer, Mystic Rage, Flesh Assembly, A Morbid Curiosity, Gurschach at 924 Gilman St., Berkeley a/a $8 *** @ oct 25 sat From Hell, Bedrucken, Serpent Crown, Ion, Dwell at the First Church of the Buzzard, 2601 Adeline, Oakland a/a $6 8pm *** @ (Heavy metal Halloween) oct 25 sat Cock Sparrer, Bouncing Souls (N.J.), Street Dogs, Bishops Green, Suede Razors, Bum City Saints, Smalltown, Lenny Lashley's Gang Of One at Wisconsin Street at 16th, S.F. a/a $35 11am/11:30am **** @ $ (Rock the Ship) oct 25 sat Charli XCX, Elliphant, Femme at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $20 9pm ** (sold out) oct 25 sat Alter Bridge at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** oct 25 sat The Titan Ups, Carletta Sue Kay, The Dead Ships, dj Kelley Stoltz at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a free 2pm ** (S.F. Motorcycle Club 110th Anniversary) oct 25 sat Delta Spirit, Sacco at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** oct 25 sat Truth & Salvage Co., Sean Rowe at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** oct 25 sat Rachael Yamagata at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** oct 25 sat Satan, Slough Feg, Magic Circle, Space Vacation at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ ** @ oct 25 sat The Downtown Struts (Chicago), The Workin' Stiffs, dj's at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm/9pm *** @ (sold out) (Rock the Ship closing show) oct 25 sat Peachelope, Tet Holiday, Th Mrcy Hot Sprngs, Banditos at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** oct 25 sat Matt Lax & Nearly Beloved at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** oct 25 sat Blown To Bits, High & Tight at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5-$100 sliding scale 9pm/10pm ** @ (Gathering in Solidarity for Bret Cushman) oct 25 sat Iris Dement at City Winery, Napa a/a $30/$35/$35 8pm ** oct 25 sat Minerva, Dread I Knights, Castles In Spain, Pete Munoz at D. Tequila Lounge, 851 Main Street, Redwood City 21+ $5 8:30pm *** oct 25 sat WJM (William, Jeremy & Max - 5th graders) at San Pedro Square Market, San Jose a/a free 7pm ** oct 25 sat Cherub, Ghost Beach, Gibbz at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$17 8pm/9pm # ** oct 25 sat Jake Shimabukuro at the Crest Theatre, 1013 K St., Sacramento a/a $35-$55 7pm/8pm # ** oct 25 sat Black Dahlia Murder, Chelsea Grin, Alterbeast, Jack Ketch, Salytia at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $17 7pm ** oct 25 sat James Garner at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $15/$18 5:30pm/7pm ** (tribute to Johnny Cash) oct 25 sat McTuff, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey at Cracy Horse, Nevada City 21+ ** oct 25/26 Neil Young, Pearl Jam, Florence + The Machine, Brian Wilson, Tom Jones, Soundgarden, Norah Jones And Puss N Boots, Band Of Horses, Pegi Young & The Survivors at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $150/$75/$35 3pm/5pm (sat) noon/2pm (sun) # *** (Bridge School) oct 26 sun Timeflies, Kap Slap at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7pm/8pm # ** oct 26 sun Songbird Studios Student Performance Showcase at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $5 4pm/4:30pm ** (early show) oct 26 sun Suicide Silence, The Black Dahlia Murder, Chelsea Grin, Alterbeast at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/7:30pm # *** @ oct 26 sun The Protomen, Urizen at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 8pm ** oct 26 sun Jaheim at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** oct 26 sun Satan Wriders, Neighbors (Seattle), Pat Thomas at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** oct 26 sun Bridget Everett at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** oct 26 sun Paige & The Thousand, Go By Ocean, Paula Frazer at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 7:30pm/8pm ** (late show) oct 26 sun McTuff, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey at Zodiacs, 256 Petaluma Blvd. North, Petaluma ?/? ** oct 26 sun Perla Batalla at City Winery, Napa a/a $20/$25/$30 3pm ** oct 26 sun Bam Margera & Fuckface Unstoppable, Lionize, Polkadot Cadaver Dead In Seconds at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $20-$50 6:30pm *** oct 26 sun Bryan White And Scotty Emerick at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $15/$18 5:30pm/7pm ** oct 27 mon The Janoskians, Blush, Eric Dash at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** oct 27 mon Tinariwen at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $55/$60 7pm/8pm ** oct 27 mon Vacationer, Brick + Mortar at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 8pm ** oct 27 mon Warpaint at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $25/$27 7pm/8pm # ** oct 27 mon Rural Alberta Advantage at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** oct 27 mon Corners, Drinking Flowers, The Videos at the Milk Bar, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm ** oct 27 mon Tech N9ne, Krizz Kaliko, Cherry Red at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $35 6:30pm ** oct 27/28/29 Phish at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # ** (sold out) oct 28 tue Broken Bells, Austra at the Masonic Center, 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 28 tue The Wild Feathers, The Apache Relay, Desert Noises at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $20 7pm/8pm ** oct 28 tue MC Chris, mc Lars, Spose at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 28 tue Jake Miller, T. Mills, Colette Carr at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $26 7pm/8pm ** oct 28 tue Pegi Young & The Survivors at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $18/$20 8pm ** oct 28 tue Andrew St. James at Doc's Lab, 124 Columbus Avenue, S.F. a/a ** oct 28 tue O'Death at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ $12/$15 8pm/9pm ^ ** oct 28 tue La Santa Cecilia at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** oct 28 tue Ruleta Rusa, Los Huaycos, T.V. Static, dj Up Yer Rash at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm/9:30pm ** @ oct 28 tue Bam Margera & Fuckface Unstoppable, Lionize, Polkadot Cadaver at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $20/$25 7:30pm/8pm *** oct 28 tue Airborne Toxic Event at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $20 7pm *** oct 28 tue Alejandro Escovedo, Peter Buck at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 7pm/8pm ** oct 28/29/30 Bob Dylan at the Paramount Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** oct 29 wed King Tuff, La Sera at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16/$18 7pm/8pm ** oct 29 wed The Kills, Baby In Vain at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # *** oct 29 wed Ben Frost at Grey Area Gallery, 371 11th St., S.F. a/a ** oct 29 wed Bernhoft, The Winds + The Waves at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $23/$25 8pm/9pm ** oct 29 wed Big K.R.I.T., Two-9 at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $25 9pm ** oct 29 wed The Preatures, Circa Waves at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** oct 29 wed Hormones (tribute), Astrozombies (tribute), Gi Gi And the Jabbers (tribute) at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm/9pm ** @ oct 29 wed Tinariwen, The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer at City Winery, Napa a/a $30/$40/$40 8pm ** oct 29 wed Colt Ford, Demun Jones at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $20 7pm *** oct 29 wed Bad Rabbits at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $10 7pm ** oct 30 thr Tycho, Com Truise at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** oct 30 thr Saul Williams, Donte Clark, Chinaka Hodge, Trobekile Mbanda, Amir Sulaiman at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $17/$20 8pm/9pm ^ ** oct 30 thr The Skunkadelics, The Soundwaves, Screaming Mimi's, The Millards at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $7 8:30pm ** @ oct 30 thr Yelle (France) at Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $25/$27 7pm/8pm # ** oct 30 thr King Diamond at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** oct 30 thr Patty Griffin, John Fullbright at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 7pm/8pm # ** oct 30 thr La Femme, Sego at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 9pm ** oct 30 thr Alejandro Escovedo, Peter Buick at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $26 8pm ** oct 30 thr Cafe Tacvba (Mexico) at the Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $55/$47.50 # ** oct 30 thr Robert Ellis, Jonny Fritz at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** oct 30 thr Pond (Perth, Australia) at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** oct 30 thr Charlie Megira, White Mystery (Chicago), Sir Lord Von Raven, Pre Legendary, Michael & The Strange Land at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 7:30pm ** oct 30 thr Rusko at 1015 Folsom, S.F. 21+ (free before 9pm) ($5 before 10pm) ** oct 30 thr The Krypters, The Crimson Ghostbusters, The Wastedeads at the Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St. S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/9:30pm ** oct 30 thr Brotha Lynch Hung, Ianc at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $21 7pm ** oct 31 fri Zion I, Grieves, Dizzy Wright at the Metro, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** oct 31 fri Alesso, Chromeo, Gareth Emery, Duke Dumont, Henry Fong, Slaptop, Aaron Axelson, St. John at the Arena, Oakland a/a $75-$45 5pm/5pm # *** (Live 105 Spookfest) oct 31 fri Extra Action marching Band, Itchy-O Marching Band at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $12/$15 8pm/9pm ^ *** oct 31 fri The Undead Boys, cabaret, comedy at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12/$15 9pm ** (Hubba Hubba Review) oct 31 fri Supermule, Henhouse Prowlers, Immigrant Union at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 9pm ** oct 31 fri The Pimps Of Joytime at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # *** oct 31 fri Iamsu!, Sage the Gemini, Kool John, P-Lo, Jay ant, Skipper, Casey Veggies, Kreayshawn, Kehlani at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** oct 31 fri Forest Day, Ghost & The City, Eliquate at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $16/$18 9pm ** oct 31 fri Freeman, Arc Iris at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** oct 31 fri Andre Nickatina, Smoov-E, Town Biz at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $30 8pm *** oct 31 fri Bear Hands at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $12 7pm ** oct 31 fri cancelled: Machine Head, Children Of Bodom, Epica, Battlecross at the Fox Theater, Oakland oct 31/nov 1 Jack Yo Lantern, Flosstradamus, Madeon, New World Punx, Seven Lions, Tjr at Event Center, 290 S. 7th St., San Jose State a/a # ** nov 1 sat Urban Waste (N.Y.C.), Out Of Tune, Stay Scared at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oakland a/a 4pm *** @ (early show) nov 1 sat Eyehategod, Today Is The Day, Power Trip, Iron Reagan, Connoisseur at the Metro, Oakland a/a $20 7pm # *** @ nov 1 sat Erasure, Superhumanoids at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $55/$45 8pm # *** (sold out) nov 1 sat Boy & Bear, Reuben And The Dark at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $20/$22 8pm/9pm # ** nov 1 sat The Julie Ruin at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 8pm/9pm # ** nov 1 sat Mark Lanegan Band, Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss Lyenn at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $25 8pm/9pm ** nov 1 sat Flyleaf at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $20 8pm ** nov 1 sat The Stone Foxes, Strange Vine at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $17/$20 9pm ** nov 1 sat Forward (Japan), Long Knife, The Light, Isotope at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm *** @ nov 1 sat The Bug, Wolf Eyes, Manga at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** nov 1 sat Super Diamond at Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley a/a ** nov 1 sat Gungor at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $20 7pm/8pm ** nov 1 sat Three Bad Jacks at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** nov 1 sat Oleander, RallRise, Hero's Last Mission, Some Fear None at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $17 6pm *** nov 1 sat Too Short at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $27 7pm *** nov 1 sat Life In The Fast Lane (tribute) at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 5:30pm/7pm ** nov 1 sat Cube, Thought Broadcast at Terminal, 3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland a/a ** nov 2 sun B.o.B, Kevin Gates at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** nov 2 sun New Politics, Bad Suns, Some Kinda Wonderful at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm # *** nov 2 sun Them Travelin' Birds, Pacific Grass & Electric at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a 11am/4pm ** nov 2 sun John Mooney & Bluesiana at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $10 7pm/8pm ** nov 2 sun Cameron Esposito at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** nov 2 sun Cole Lodge, Unkle Funkle at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** nov 2 sun New Found Glory, We Are The In Crowd, Fireworks, Better Off at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $19 6:30pm *** @ nov 2 sun Mountain Standard Time at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 7pm/8pm ** 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 3 mon San Fermin & Courtney Barnett, Mikhael Paskalev at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** nov 3 mon Feral Kizzy at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** nov 3 mon Citizen Cope at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $36-$150 8pm/9pm # *** nov 4 tue Rusted Root, Rumbache at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $22/$25 7pm/8pm ^ ** nov 4 tue Crowder (Waco, TX), All Sons & Daughters, Capital Kings at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $25/$28 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** nov 4 tue Pissed Jeans, Stickers at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 7pm/8pm ** nov 4 tue Frankie Rose, Cold Beat, Devon Williams at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 4 tue Dripkick Murphys, Blood Or Whiskey, Sydney Ducks at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** @ nov 4 tue Electric Youth, Midnight Faces, dj Mr. Smith, dj Devon at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $14 7:30pm/8pm ** nov 4 tue We Were Promished Jetpacks, The Twilight Sad at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $25 7pm/8pm *** nov 4 tue All Them Witches (Nashville), The Well, Planes Of Satori at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** nov 4 tue Daley at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** 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 5 wed Real Friends, Neck Deep, Cruel Hand, Have Mercy at the Metro, Oakland a/a $14/$16 6:30pm/7pm # ** nov 5 wed Dick Dale at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $25/$30 8pm *** nov 5 wed Finch, Maps & Atlases, Wounds, Helen Earth at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $21 7pm/8pm ** nov 5 wed Gwar, Decapitated, American Sharks at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** @ nov 5 wed JD McPherson, Cactus Blossoms at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $21 7pm/8pm ** nov 5 wed Wallpaper. at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** nov 5 wed The Blind Shake, Circles (Chicago), Quttinirpaaq (Austin) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** nov 6 thr United Nations, Silver Snakes, Sick Feeling, Everybody Row at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a *** @ nov 6 thr Partynextdoor at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ 8pm/9pm ^ ** (sold out) nov 6 thr Gloam, Xenotaph, Akatharsia, Void Omnia at the Legionnaire, Oakland 21+ $7 8:30pm ** @ nov 6 thr The Matches at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $18 8pm/9pm *** (sold out) nov 6 thr Nick Swardson at Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $39.50 7pm/8pm # ** nov 6 thr Intronaut, Anciients, dj Rob Metal at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a ** nov 6 thr Four Year Strong, Transit, Such Gold, Seaway at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16/$19 7pm/7:30pm *** nov 6 thr Ziggy Marley at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $36 7pm/8pm # ** nov 6 thr Bleachers, Wild Cub at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** (sold out) nov 6 thr Sweater Beats, Promnite, Jaw Jam at 1015 Folsom, S.F. 21+ (free before 9pm) ($5 before 10pm) ** nov 6 thr California, Taxes, El Terrible at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm *** nov 6 thr Bart Davenport, Bye Bye Blackbirds, Blue Skies For Black Hearts, American Professionals at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** nov 6 thr Finch, Maps & Atlases, Weatherbox at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $20 6:30pm ** nov 6 thr Bassnectar at Montbleu Casino, 55 Highway 50, Stateline NV 21+ $39 7pm/8pm ** nov 7 fri Losing Skin, Chaos Order, Werewolf Congress, Funeral, Brick Break at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $7 8pm *** @ nov 7 fri Jel Of Anticon at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** nov 7 fri Rebirth Brass Band, The Jazz Mafia's Subharmonic at the New Parish, Oakland 21+ $25/$30 8pm/9pm ** nov 7 fri Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $13/$15 8pm/9pm ** nov 7 fri New Found Glory, We Are The In Crowd, Fireworks, Better Off at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $22/$26 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** @ nov 7 fri I Am Hardwell, Dannic at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. 18+ $65 7pm/8pm # ** (dj) nov 7 fri Slowdive (U.K.), Low at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $35/$38 8pm # ** nov 7 fri Bear's Den, Dan Mangan & Blacksmith, Christof at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16 8pm/9pm ** nov 7 fri Boombox at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # ** nov 7 fri Digitalism at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** nov 7 fri One Man Canyon, The Peach Kings at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 9pm ** nov 7 fri Michael Roe With Derri Daugherty, Michael Knott, Dead Artist Syndrome at Christ Community Church, 1650 Ashbury Dr., Concord a/a $15 6pm/7pm ** nov 7 fri Petty Theft (tribute) at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $12/$17 8:30pm/9pm # ** nov 7 fri Method Man, Redman, B-Real, Mick Jenkins at the Catalyst, Santa Curz ?/? 9pm # ** nov 7/8 The Matches at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $18 8pm/9pm *** (sold out) nov 7/8 Tainted Love at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 9pm/10pm ** nov 8 sat Foster The People, Sylvan Esso, Soko at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $42.50 8pm # *** (sold out - Live 105) nov 8 sat Bassnectar, Griz at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a $45 8pm # ** nov 8 sat Secret Chiefs 3, Atomic Ape at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $20 8pm/9pm *** nov 8 sat Shovels & Rope, Willie Watson at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** nov 8 sat Method Man & Redman, B-Real, Berner, Mick Jenkins, Shiest Bubz at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $29.50/$32 7pm/8pm # ** nov 8 sat The Stone Foxes, Annie Girl And the Flight at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $17/$20 9pm ** nov 8 sat Mariachi El Bronx, Tijuana Panthers, Pounded By The Surf at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** nov 8 sat Everyone Is Dirty, Couches, Mosshead, Li Xi at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** nov 8 sat New Found Glory at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ *** @ nov 9 sun Soul Search, Fury, No Sir, Scalped, Alcatraz, No Sir, Busted Outlook at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 4pm/5pm *** @ (SF Music Collective) nov 9 sun Rhye, Lo Fang at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 7:30pm # ** nov 9 sun Julian Casablancas + The Voidz at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $32/$35 7pm/8pm # ** nov 9 sun moe. at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 7pm/8pm # *** nov 9 sun Lagwagon, Swingin' Utters, Western Addiction, This Legend at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $23/$25 7pm/8pm *** @ nov 9 sun The In at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 6:30pm/7:30pm ** nov 9 sun Jeff Bridges & The Abiders, Jessie Bridges at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $65 7pm/8pm *** nov 9 sun Mirah, Yesway at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 8pm *** nov 9 sun Black Oak Arkansas, Wild Eyes at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $17 8pm ** nov 9 sun Relient K, Blondfire, From Indian Lakes at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $17 6:30pm ** nov 9 sun Chase Rice, Michael Ray at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $17 7pm ** nov 9 sun The Features at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $12.50/$15 6pm/7pm ** nov 10 mon Delay, Acid Fast at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oakland a/a 7pm til 10pm ** nov 10 mon Frankie Rose, Cold Beat, Ephrata at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $10/$12 7pm/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 10 mon Hiss Golden Messenger at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a ** nov 10 mon Foster The People, Sylvan Esso at Memorial Auditorium, 1400 J Street, Sacramento a/a 8pm # *** nov 11 tue Nils Frahm, Dawn Of Midi at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $26/$31 7pm/8pm ** nov 11 tue Mac Demarco, Chris Cohen at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** nov 11 tue Blonde Redhead at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $23/$25 7pm/8pm # *** nov 11 tue Relient K, Blondfire, From Indian Lakes at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $21 7pm/8pm ** nov 11 tue Death, Obituary, Massacre, Rivers Of Nihil at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a *** @ nov 11 tue Truman's Water, Octagrape, Permanent Makeup at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** nov 11 tue Hiss Golden Messenger, Phil Cook at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** nov 11 tue Misfits, The Devils Train, Conceived In Chaos at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $20 7pm *** @ nov 11 tue Adrian Belew Power Trio at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $12 9pm/10pm ** nov 11/12 Slayer, Suicidal Tendencies, Exodus at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $59.50/$39.50 7:30pm # *** @ $ (wed sold out) nov 12 wed Adrian Belew Poser Triio at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $28/$32 7pm/8pm ** nov 12 wed Dads, Tiny Moving Parts, Choir Vandals at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 7:30pm/8pm ** @ nov 12 wed Shakey Graves, Rayland Baxter at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** (sold out) nov 12 wed La Hell Gang (Chile), Burning Palms at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** nov 12 wed No Statik, Lies, Trenches, Busted Outlook at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** nov 12/13 Boyce Avenue, Kris Allen at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 6pm/7pm # ** nov 13 thr First Aid Kit, Samantha Crain at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $25 8pm # *** nov 13 thr Squidling Brothers Circus Sideshow (circus) at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** nov 13 thr Lights (Toronto, Canada) at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $20/$23 7pm/8pm # ** nov 13 thr Generationals, Springtime Carnivore at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $13/$15 7pm/8pm ** nov 13 thr The Presets, Antwon, Chela, Franki Chan at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $25/$30 7pm/8pm # *** nov 13 thr The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die, The Hotelier, Rozwell Kid, Posture & The Grizzly at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 6pm/7pm *** @ nov 13 thr Scott Bradlee, Postmodern Jukebox at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $25 7pm/8pm ** nov 13 thr Generationals, Springtime Carnivore at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $13/$15 8pm ** nov 13 thr Water Liars at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** nov 13 thr Hard Working Americans, The Congress at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma 21+ $30 7pm/8pm *** (bar show) nov 13 thr Adrian Belew Power Trio at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $25/$28 7pm/8pm ** nov 13 thr Self Defense Family, Creative Adult, Wild Moth at the Press Club, 2030 P Street at 21st, Sacramento 21+ *** @ nov 13 thr Ellis Paul And Steve Poltz at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $25/$30 5:30pm/7pm ** (seated show) nov 13/14 Sean Hayes, Eric + Erica at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** nov 14 fri Atriarch, Dispirit, Altar De Fey, Akatharsia at the First Church of the Buzzard, 2601 Adeline, Oakland a/a *** @ nov 14 fri Tegan And Sara at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** nov 14 fri The Killer Queens, Pushing The Sun, Spirit In The Room at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** nov 14 fri Hard Working Americans, The Congress at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $26/$28 9pm # *** nov 14 fri Hoodle Allen, Chiddy Bang, Taylor Bennett at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** nov 14 fri Petty Theft (tribute), Stealing Nicks at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15/$18 8pm/9pm ** nov 14 fri The Sam Chase, El Radio Fantastique at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15/$18 9pm ** nov 14 fri The English Beat at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ *** nov 14 fri Self Defense Family, Creative Adult, Wild Moth, Slow Bloom at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm *** @ nov 14 fri Phoenix Pro Wrestling (2 hours of live professional wrestling) at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $2-$10 8pm nov 14 fri Deltron 3030 at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm ** nov 14 fri Mariachi El Bronx at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $18 7pm ** nov 14 fri Wonderbread 5 at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $12 9pm/10pm ** nov 14/15 Greensky Bluegrass at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # *** nov 15 sat Twin Peaks at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/8:30pm ** nov 15 sat Rac, The Knocks at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** nov 15 sat Front Country, Steep Ravine at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 8pm/9pm ** nov 15 sat This Charming Band (tribute), Zoo Station (tribute), Reckless In Vegas at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $15 7:30pm/8:30pm ** nov 15 sat J Mascis, Luluc at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 15 sat Freak Vibe (Seattle), Pig DNA, Mutant Cross, Varicaps at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** nov 15 sat Razor Train, Hands Of Time at the Bistro, 1001 B at Main, Hayward a/a free 8pm ** (Toy Drive - Please bring a toy to donate) nov 15 sat Hard Working Americans, The Congress at Cocoanut Grove, 400 Beach Street, Santa Cruz a/a *** nov 15 sat Ana Moura at the Crest Theatre, 1013 K St., Sacramento a/a $30-$55 8pm # ** nov 15 sat Creed's Scott Stapp, We As Hman, Rocket Queen at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $25 7pm ** nov 15 sat JJ Grey, Marc Broussard, Anders Osborne, Luther Dickinson at Cargo, 255 N. Virginia St., Reno NV a/a ** (Southern Soul Assembly) nov 15/16 Tame Impala, Delicate Steve at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $35 8pm # *** (sat sold out - Live 105) nov 16 sun Chicano Batman, Chhoti Maa, dj's at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $12/$20 6pm til 10pm ^ ** (Benefit for Migrant Children) nov 16 sun JJ Grey, Marc Broussard, Anders Osborne, Luther Dickinson at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # ** (Southern Soul Assembly) nov 16 sun Yellowcard & Memphis May Fire, Emarosa at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $25/$27 7pm/8pm # ** nov 16 sun Death, Obituary, Massacre, Rivers Of Nihil at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a # *** @ nov 16 sun Hot Water Music, Dave Hause, The Flatliners at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $23 7pm/8pm *** nov 16 sun Sons Of Bill, David Wax Museum, JJ Von Briesen at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16 7pm/8pm *** nov 16 sun Culture Club at the Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $60-$125 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** nov 16 sun Los Straitjackets at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $20/$23 9pm ** nov 16 sun Bob Schneider at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** nov 16 sun Judas Priest at City National Civic, 135 San Carlos Street, San Jose a/a # *** @ nov 17 mon Culture Club at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** $ nov 17 mon Bastille at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a # *** nov 17 mon The Ghost Inside, Every Time I Die at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # *** @ nov 17 mon Daniel Lanois, Lonnie Holley at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $28 7pm/8pm ** nov 17 mon Death From Above 1979 at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** (sold out) nov 18 tue Skull Katalog, Time Ghost, Skate Laws at Terminal, 3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland a/a ** nov 18 tue Jordan Knight & Nick Carter at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $39.50/$45 7pm/8pm # *** nov 18 tue The 1975 at Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $35 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** $ nov 18 tue Somo, Francesco Yates at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** nov 18 tue Deerhoof, Crystal Skulls, Go Dark at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $18 7pm/8pm ** nov 19 wed Capital Cites, Sneaky Sound System, Night Terrors Of 1927 at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** nov 19 wed James Vincent McMorrow at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** nov 19 wed Dirty Loops (Stockholm, Sweden) at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $25/$27 7pm/8pm ** nov 19 wed Red Molly, Robbie Schaefer at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $19/$21 7:30pm/8pm ** nov 19 wed Jon Anderson at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # *** nov 19 wed Fortunate Youth, Thrive, The Expanders at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15/$18 9pm *** nov 19 wed Purling Hiss, Feral Ohms, Andy Human & The Reptoids at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** nov 19/20 Har Mar Superstar, The Pizza Underground, Toby Goodshank & Candy Boys (wed), Lizzo (thr) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm/9pm *** nov 20 thr Mursday, Ces Cru at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $20 8pm/8:30pm ^ ** nov 20 thr Minus The Bear, Mansions at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $27 7:30pm/8:30pm *** nov 20 thr Fka Twigs at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $25/$27 8pm/9pm # ** (was at Regency) nov 20 thr T.T.N.G. (Oxford, England), Emma Ruth Rundle, Mylets at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $13 9pm *** nov 20 thr Chadwick Stokes at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $21/$23 8pm ** nov 20 thr Govinda, Djedi at 1015 Folsom, S.F. 21+ (free before 9pm) ($5 before 10pm) ** nov 20 thr The Boars, Gravys Drop at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** nov 20 thr X Ambassadors, Grizfolk at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** nov 20 thr Fortunate Youth, The Expanders, Thrive at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $12 6:30pm ** nov 20/21 Smallpools, Magic Man, Panama Wedding at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** (thr sold out) nov 20/21/22 Drive-By Truckers, Sturgill Simpson at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm (thr) 8pm/9pm (fri-sat) # *** nov 20/21/22/23 The Chris Robinson Brotherhood at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $31 8pm/9pm ** nov 20/21/22/23 Goapele at Yoshi's, Oakland 21+ ** nov 21 fri Cold War Kids, Waters, Avid Dancer at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** $ nov 21 fri Tokimonsta, Crnkn, dj Dials at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** nov 21 fri Gardens & Villa at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a 9pm ** nov 21 fri Cold Specks at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ ** nov 21 fri Seu Jorge at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ ** nov 21 fri Peter Hook & The Light at Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ ** nov 21 fri Brantley Gilbert, Tyler Farr, Chase Bryant, Brian Davis at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # ** nov 21 fri Fortunate Youth, Thrive at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$18 8pm/9pm ** nov 21 fri Murs, Mayday, M-Theory at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $18 6:30pm *** nov 21 fri Abney Park (Seattle) at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $22 7pm *** nov 21 fri Cheap Trick at Montbleu Casino, 55 Highway 50, Stateline NV 21+ $49.50/$39.50 6:30pm/7:30pm *** nov 21/22/23 Lucero at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $25 8pm/9pm (fri-sat) 7pm/8pm (sun) *** nov 22 sat Angry Samoans, Wasted Ones, Oppressed Logic, Cornelius Asperger & The Bi-Curious Unicorns, Instant Gratification at 924 Gilman St., Berkeley a/a $12 7pm/8pm *** @ nov 22 sat Justin Timberlake at the Arena, Oakland a/a # *** nov 22 sat Sts9 at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 9pm # *** nov 22 sat Pacific Mambo Orchestra, Duamuxa, Susie Sheridan & The Dos Sulos Blues Revue, Danza Tonatzi at the Craneway Pavilion, 1414 Harbour Way, Richmond a/a free 11am ** (Greening Richmond Together) nov 22 sat Noah Gundersen, The Wild Reeds, Angelo De Augustine at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15/$17 8pm/9pm ** nov 22 sat Cheap Trick at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** nov 22 sat Brillz + Snalls at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** nov 22 sat Peanut Butter Wolf at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ $15/$18 8pm/9pm ^ ** nov 22 sat Mustache Harbor at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $22 8pm/9pm ** nov 22 sat Gardens & Villa at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** nov 22 sat Greg Ashley, John Wesley Coleman (Austin) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** nov 22 sat Murs, Mayday, Ces Cru at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $20 7pm/8pm *** nov 22 sat Star Destroyer, Mystic Rage, A Morbid Curiosity, It's Clobberin' Time, Hands Of Time at the Annex, 2554 Grant Avenue, San Lorenzo a/a $10 7pm *** @ nov 22 sat Cold War Kids at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $20 8pm/9pm *** nov 22 sat Arden Park Roots, Element Of Soul, Riotmaker, Hero's Last Mission, A Mile Till Dawn at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $10 6:30pm ** nov 22 sat Foreverland (tribute) at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $15 9pm/10pm ** nov 23/24 Sky Ferreira at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** (sun sold out) nov 23 sun Mirel Wagner at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ $7/$10 8pm/9pm ^ ** nov 23 sun Netsky at 1015 Folsom, S.F. 21+ ** nov 23 sun Sturgill Simpson at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $15/$18 7pm/8pm ** nov 24 mon Todd Rundgren at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # *** nov 24 mon Rudy Mancuso at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 6:30pm/7:30pm ** nov 24 sun Foxing, Gates at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** nov 24 mon Usher, August Alsina, dj Cassidy at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $153-$41 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** nov 24 mon Fleetwood Mac at the Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy., Sacramento a/a # *** nov 25 tue dj Shadow & Cut Chemist at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** nov 25 tue Circa Survive, Title Fight at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** nov 25 tue Trentemoller at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** nov 25 tue Broad City at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $25 7pm/8pm ** nov 25 tue Fleetwood Mac at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $200-$50 7pm/8pm # *** nov 25 tue Alice Cooper at the Bob Hope Theatre, 242 East Main Street, Stockton # *** nov 25 tue Issues, I Killed The Prom Queen, GhostTown, Marmozets, Nightmares at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $18 6pm ** nov 26 wed G-Eazy at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** nov 26 wed New Riders Of The Purple Sage, Doobie Decibel System at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $26 7pm/8pm ** nov 26 wed the Brothers Comatose, The T Sisters at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $18/$20 8pm ** nov 26 wed Brokedown In Bakersfield at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 8pm *** nov 26 wed Trans-Siberian Orchestra (two shows) at the Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy., Sacramento a/a $61.50-$33.50 3pm/4pm and $71.50-$33.50 7pm/8pm # *** nov 27 thr Starship Connection, B Bravo, Teeko at 1015 Folsom, S.F. 21+ (free before 9pm) ($5 before 10pm) ** nov 28 fri Watsky, Kyle, Anderson Paak at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $19.50/$22 7pm/8pm # ** nov 28 fri Jamestown Revival, Nikki Lane, Pete Molinari at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16/$18 8pm/9pm ** nov 28 fri Arnocorps, Death Hymn #9, Burning Image, dj Jello Biafra at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15/$18 8pm/9pm *** @ nov 28 fri Attila, Crown The Empire, Like Moths To Flames, Sworn In at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $20 6pm *** nov 28/29 Jackie Greene at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $29.50 8pm/9pm # *** nov 29 sat London Grammar, Untill The Ribbon Breaks at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** nov 29 sat Alvvays (Toronto), Absolutely Free at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** nov 29 sat Vance Joy, Jaymes Young at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $19 8pm/9pm ** (sold out) nov 29 sat A John Waters Christmas at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 18+ $47.50 7pm/8pm *** nov 29 sat Tea Leaf Green at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 9pm *** nov 29 sat Dustin Wong + Takako Minekawa, Genuis at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** nov 29 sat The Albert Square, Time Spent Driving at San Pedro Square Market, San Jose a/a free 7pm ** nov 29 sat Steelin' Dan (tribute) at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 5pm/6:30pm ** nov 29 sat The Cheeseballs at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 9:45pm/10:15pm ** nov 29 sat Bret Michaels at Montbleu Casino, 55 Highway 50, Stateline NV 21+ $62.50/$52.50 8pm/9pm ** nov 30 sun Alex Clare at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** nov 30 sun Asking Alexandria (U.K.), Bless The Fall, Chelsea Grin, Upon A Burning Body, The Family Ruin at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** @ dec 1 mon Angel Olsen, Kevin Morby at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $18/$20 7pm/8pm ** dec 1 mon Kelela at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** dec 2 tue Bastard Feast, Plague Widow, Badr Vogu, Backstabber, PaperxCut at the Metro, Oakland a/a $5 8pm # *** @ dec 2 tue The Birthday Massacre, New Years Day at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $19/$21 7pm/8pm *** dec 2 tue Chrissie Hynde at the Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $39.50/$55/$75 7pm/8pm # ** dec 2 tue Eric Hutchinson, Tristan Prettyman at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** dec 2 tue Courage My Love at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** dec 3 wed Fleetwood Mac at the Arena, Oakland a/a $200-$50 7pm/8pm # *** dec 3 wed Horse Feathers at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $15/$17 7pm/8pm ** dec 3 wed De La Soul at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # ** dec 3 wed Cass McCombs, Meat Puppets at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** dec 3 wed Ntnt at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** dec 3 wed The Birthday Massacre, New Years Day at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $16 6:30pm *** dec 4 thr Suicide Girls at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. 18+ $25/$27 8pm/9pm # *** dec 4 thr Molotov at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # ** dec 4/5 The Oh Sees at the Chapel, S.F. a/a *** dec 5 fri Stevie Wonder at the Arena, Oakland a/a $150-$50 6:30pm/8pm # *** dec 5 fri Aimee Mann, Ted Leo at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 8pm/9pm # ** dec 5 fri Michelle Chamuel at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $21 8pm/9pm ** dec 5 fri Eoto, Bluetech at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** dec 5 fri The Rikk Agnew Band at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** dec 5 fri Dance Gavin Dance, Secrets, Alive Like Me, Defeat the Low, Wolf & Bear at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $16 6:30pm *** dec 5 fri Goapele at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $20/$25 9pm/10pm ** dec 5 fri Pierce The Veil, Sleeping With Sirens, Beartooth, The Wild Life at Knitting Factory, 211 North Virginia Street, Reno, NV a/a # *** $ dec 6 sat Dyro x Bassjackers at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** dec 6 sat The Family Crest at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** dec 6 sat John Waters at City Winery, 1030 Main Street, Napa a/a $45/$55/$65 8pm *** dec 6 sat Andy McKee at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $25/$30 5:30pm/7pm ** dec 6 sat California Honeydrops at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 9:30pm/10pm ** dec 6 sat Eoto at Cargo, 255 N. Virginia Street, Reno NV a/a ** dec 7 sun Pallbearer, Solstafir, Mortals at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $13/$15 7pm/7:30pm ** @ dec 7 sun Qui at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** dec 7 sun Dance Gavin Dance at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz ?/? ** dec 7 sun Down, Orange Goblin, Bl'ast at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $26 6pm *** @ dec 7/8 Steve Hackett: Genesis Extended at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $60/$62 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** (sold out) dec 8 mon Down, Orange Goblin, Bl'ast, King Parrot at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # *** @ dec 10 wed My Brightest Diamond, Rabbit Rabbit at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $21 7pm/8pm ** dec 10 wed Augustana at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** dec 10 wed Owen at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm/9pm ** dec 11 thr Kina Grannis at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $22.50/$25 8pm # ** dec 11/12 American Football at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm (thr) 8pm/9pm (fri) # *** (fri sold out) dec 12 fri Yusuf / Cat Stevens at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $100.50/$150.50 6pm/8pm # *** $ dec 12 fri Riders In The Sky at Rio Theater, 1205 Soquel, Santa Cruz a/a $39.50 7pm/8pm # ** dec 12 fri Johnny Marr at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $25 7pm ** dec 12 fri Hot Buttered Rum at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ 9pm/10pm ** dec 12 fri Daniel Tosh at Montbleu Casino, 55 Highway 50, Stateline NV 21+ $75/$65/$55 7pm and 9pm shows ** dec 12/13 Dragon Smoke at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** dec 13 sat Noothgrush, Alaric, Kicker, Deathgrave, 2084 at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $9 7pm/8pm *** @ dec 13 sat Los Lobos at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $42.50 8pm/9pm # *** dec 13 sat Riders In The Sky at Harris Center, 10 College Parkway, Folsom Lake College, Folsom a/a $36/$46 7pm/8pm # ** dec 14 sun SF Rock Project student & family bands (3 song mini sets) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 + sliding scale 5pm/5:30pm *** dec 14/15 Johnny Marr at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** dec 16 tue Yung Lean & Sad Boys, Gravity Boys at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** dec 16 tue A Winged Victory For The Sullen, Hildur Gudnadottir at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** dec 16 tue Blood On The Dance Floor, Whitney Peyton, Sweet Ascent, Internet Friends, Lonely Avenue at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $15 6pm *** dec 17 wed Animals As Leaders, Devin Townsend Project, Monuments at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $19.75/$22 7pm/8pm # *** dec 18 thr Dillon Francis at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** dec 18 thr Funky Meters, Vinyl, dj HeyLove at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $39.50/$47 8pm/9pm ^ *** dec 18 thr Opeth, In Flames, Red Fang at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 7pm # *** @ dec 18 thr Say Anything, Saves the Day, Reggie And The Full Effect at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # *** @ dec 18 thr Tyler The Creator With Taco at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** dec 18 thr MythBusters at City National Civic, San Jose a/a *** (tv show) dec 19 fri Melvin Seals And JGB at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm ^ ** dec 19 fri Skinny Puppy (Canada), VNV Nation, Haujobb, Youth Code at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $37.50/$40 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** dec 19 fri J Rocc at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ $15/$18 8pm/9pm ^ ** dec 20 sat Ozokidz at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $10 2:30pm/3pm # ** dec 20 sat Ozomatli at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $26.50 8pm/9pm # *** dec 20 sat Kalin And Myles at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** (sold out) dec 20 sat Schlong, The Skirt Boys, Slow Gherkin, The Librarians, The What-Nots, Chomp Hard, Escape Engine, Fight Like Fight at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $15 5pm *** @ (Nostalgia Fest 2014 - Benefit for the Phoenix Theater) dec 21 sun Dave Koz & Friends at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** dec 21 sun Kalin & Myles at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** dec 22 mon Finish Ticket at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $19.50 7pm/8pm # *** dec 27/28 Cracker, Camper Van Beethoven at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 9pm *** dec 29/30/31 Snow Globe Music Festival at Bijou Park, Lake Tahoe Community College Campus, CA a/a $109-$134 dec 31 wed PRIMUS at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $65 8:30pm/9:30pm # *** @ dec 31 wed Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, North Mississippi Allstars at the Masonic, S.F. a/a $80/$49.50 8pm/9pm # ** dec 31 wed Cut Copy at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ *** dec 31 wed Strfkr at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** dec 31 wed Cake, Nellie McKay at City National Civic, San Jose a/a $75/$60 9pm # *** jan 2 sat Jucifer, Noothgrush, Ragana, Burmese, Your Enemy at the Metro, Oakland a/a $12 8pm # *** @ jan 3 sun The Holdup at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 8pm/9pm *** jan 15 thr The Dictators (N.Y.C.), Angry Samoans, Motor 666, The Unfortunate Bastard at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $18/$21 7pm/8pm *** @ $ jan 25 sun Dark Tranquillity, Insomnium, Apothesary at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $26 7pm/8pm ** feb 10 tue Hozier at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** feb 11 wed Hozier at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $25 7pm ** mar 5 thr Stars at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $26.50 7pm/8pm # ** mar 6/7 Galactic at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 8pm/9pm # *** mar 31 tue Maroon 5, Magic!, Roxxi Crane at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $30-$125 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** apr 12 sun Ariana Grande at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $60-$30 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** apr 24 wed Kaiser Chiefs at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # *** may 14 thr Kamelot, DragonForce at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # 8pm *** jul 21 tue 5 Seconds Of Summer at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $70-$20 # *** jul 22 wed 5 Seconds Of Summer at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $70-$20 # *** jul 25 sat John Mellencamp, Carlene Carter at the Paramount, Oakland a/a # *** jul 26 sat John Mellencamp, Carlene Carter at Community Theater, Sacramento a/a # *** * 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 City National Civic, 135 San Carlos Street, San Jose a/a City Winery, 1030 Main Street, Napa a/a 707-260-1600 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 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 Bowl, 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 Leo's Music Club, 5447 Telegraph, Oakalnd a/a 888-477-9288 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 Masonic Center, 1111 California Street, S.F. a/a 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 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 415-345-0900 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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