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 November 1, 2008 nov 1 sat Blacklisted (PA), Ceremony, Have Heart (WA), Let Down, Sabertooth Zombie at 924 Gilman a/a $10 8pm *** @ nov 1 sat The Floating Corpses, Vinsantos, Ominivorous Scinscillium at the First Church of the Buzzard, 2601 Adeline at 26th St. Oakland a/a $3-$7 sliding 9pm ** @ (art show - funhouse) nov 1 sat Troublemaker, Fukm, Cheapskate, New Earth Creeps, KillKops, You Die, Cycloptopus at Your Hauz, Oakland a/a $6 7:30pm *** @ (costume contest) nov 1 sat Kem at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a # ** nov 1 sat Envenomist (OH), Monsturo, (L.A.), Rale, (L.A.), Riqis at Terminal, 3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland a/a $5 9:30pm ** nov 1 sat The Phenomenauts, Undertaker And His Pals, Pleasure Kills, Safari So Goody at the Command Center, Oakland 18+ 9:32pm/9:59pm *** @ (The Zombie Party) nov 1 sat The Lovemakers, The Heavenly States, Minipop, dj Jen Schande at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $15 9pm ** nov 1 sat Dynamite 8, The Excuse, Lepish, Farticus, Psychology Of Genocide at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $7 ** @ (Squeaky's 6-6-6 B-Day) nov 1 sat Paul Van Dyk, Christopher Lawrence, Junkie XL, Deep Voices at the Craneway Pavilion, 1414 Harbour Way South, Richmond ?/? ** nov 1 sat Umphrey's McGee at Slim's, S.F. a/a $28 9pm ** (sold out) nov 1 sat Tom Morello: Nightwatchman at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** nov 1 sat Scissors For Lefty (ep release), White Lies (U.K.), Japanese Motors (Costa Mesa), dj Aaron Axelsen at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm *** nov 1 sat Matt Nathanson, Jessie Baylin at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** nov 1 sat Mount Eeerie, Thanksgiving, White Fang, Common Eider King Eider at Million Fishes Art Gallery, 2501 Bryant Street, S.F. a/a ** nov 1 sat The Pie Rats, Orbiter 500, Rottencore, Happy Idiot at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm ** nov 1 sat The Spinto Band, Frightened Rabbit, Half-Handed Cloud at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $12/$14 9pm/10pm ** (see nov 2 for a/a show) nov 1 sat Parts & Labor at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * nov 1 sat Lykke Li, Friendly Fires, Vin Sol at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 1 sat Switch, Claude Von Stroke, Worthy, Eric Sebastian at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $17 9pm ** nov 1 sat Snowy Plover, The Unit Breed, Hammer Horror Classics, Cloister at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** (was listed as at Parkside) nov 1 sat Axton Kincaid, Misisipi Ryder at the Make-Out Room, S.F. 21+ 7:30pm ** nov 1 sat Toubab Krewe & Albino at McNears Mystic Theater, Petaluma 18+ $15 8pm/9pm ** (funk) nov 1 sat Skitzo, Sentienal Beast, many others at the Metal Barn, Maureen Court off of Dutton Meadows Road, Santa Rosa a/a 5pm till midnight ** @ nov 1 sat Marcos Witt at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $60/$50/$40/$20 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** nov 1 sat No Use For A Name, Jonny Manak & The Depressives, Switchblade Riot at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $12 9pm *** @ nov 1 sat Drifting Compass, Rubyred, Ambience, Solaren at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ free 9pm ** (in atrium) nov 1 sat Thee Imposters, The Disgusteens, Banda Newsense at Java Lounge, 2416 16th St., Sacramento a/a $5 8pm ** nov 1 sat S.T.D., Wings Of Innocence, Lessons In Failure, For Steven, Playground Patriots, Standing Annoyance, The Revolution, The Battle Of Midway, Garrote, Arden Park Roots at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $10 ($8 in costume) 6:30pm/7pm *** @ (80's tribute nite) nov 1 sat The Evening Episode (farewell show), Two Playa Game, Citystate, at Luigi's Fun Garden, 1050 20th Street, Sacramento a/a $5 8pm ** nov 1 sat Ill Effect (cd release), The Realists, M.L.S., Max Bundles, 2-4-1, M. Arenas at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 9pm 8pm ** nov 1 sat Abandon Theory, The Devilles at the Fairgrounds, 204 Fairground Road, Quincy a/a $10/$15 9pm ** (costumes required) nov 1 sat Neil Young, Death Cab For Cutie, Everest at Reno Events Center, 300 N Center St., Reno, NV # *** nov 1 sat The Fat Stickys, The Justins at Nick's Night Club, 1414 Park Ave., Chico 21+ 9:30pm * nov 1 sat Fishbone at Jerry's Pizza, 1817 Chester Ave., Bakersfield a/a *** nov 1/2 Madonna at the Arena, Oakland a/a $390/$195/$120/$70 7pm/8pm # *** nov 1/2 Roky Erickson, The Black Angels at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (KUSF) nov 2 sun Boom Boom Kid (Argentina), Eskapo, Venganza (Anaheim), Fuga, Los Fracasos at 924 Gilman a/a $8 4:30pm *** @ (Dia de los Muertos) nov 2 sun change your clocks back 1 hour this morning nov 2 sun Jason Mraz, Lisa Hannigan, Two Spot Gobi at the Greek Theatre, U.C. Berkeley a/a $42.50 3pm # ** nov 2 sun Shudder To Think, Rykarda Parasol at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** nov 2 sun Jack's Mannequin, Eric Hutchinson, Treaty Of Paris at Slim's, S.F. a/a $29 7:30pm ** (Live 105) nov 2 sun The Spinto Band, Frightened Rabbit, The Chop at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** (see nov 1 for 18+ show) nov 2 sun Hubert Sumlin at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** nov 2 sun She & Him, Lavender Diamond at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 18+ $20/$25 7pm/8pm ** nov 2 sun The Hackensaw Boys, Bhi Bhiman at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm ** nov 2 sun Magnetic Morning, Drew Andrews at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 7:30pm/8pm ** nov 2 sun dj Jen Schande, Lowlights at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ free 9pm * nov 2 sun The 88 at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** nov 2 sun The Pigs, Little Boy Blue, Mykee Ramen, The Attracted at 800 Larkin Bar, Larkin & O'Farrell, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** (Benefit for Cindy Sheehan for Congress) nov 2 sun Save & Continue, A Fear Of Silence, Larisa Bryski, Northern Lights at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $7 ($5 if 21+) 6pm ** nov 3 mon Ray Lamontagne at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $49.50/$35/$25 7pm/8pm # ** nov 3 mon Citizen Cope (solo acoustic) at the Palace of Fine Arts, S.F. a/a $30 8pm # ** nov 3 mon Diplo, Abe Vigoda, Telepathe, Boy 8 Bit at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 3 mon Tiger Lilies at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market St., S.F. a/a $27 7:30pm ** nov 3 mon Torche, Coliseum, Clouds at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13 8pm ** nov 3 mon Mitch Mitchell, Billy Cox, Buddy Guy, Jonny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Eric Johnson, David Hidalgo, Cesar Rojas, Robby Krieger, Hubert Sumlin, Chris Layton, Mato Nanji, Doyle Bramhall at Nob Hill Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $80/$60/$45 7pm/8pm # ** (tribute to Jimi Hendrix) nov 3 mon Secret Machines, The Dears at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $22 7:30pm/8pm ** nov 3 mon Highway Patrol, Oh My God, My First Earthquake at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 3 mon Cannons & Clouds, Build Us Airplanes, Atomic Lucy at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** nov 4 tue Carla Kihlstedt, Matthias Bossi at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** nov 4 tue Victoria And The Vaudevillains, Rebecca Cross, Celeste Paradise at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 ** nov 4 tue All Time Low, Mayday Parade, The Maine, Every Avenue at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** nov 4 tue Crystal Stilts, Cause Co-Motion!, Zach Hill, Brilliant Colors at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 4 tue Cretaceous, Sindios (Seattle), Tarrakian at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm/10pm ** nov 4 tue The Independents, The Blameshifters, It'll Grow Back at the Black Water Cafe, 914 N. Yosemite Ave., Stockton a/a $7 7pm ** nov 5 wed Blisses B, Collider, Wild Things at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** nov 5 wed Dragon Force, Turisas, Power Glove at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** nov 5 wed Little Feat at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 5 wed Enanitos Verdes at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # ** nov 5 wed Goh Nakamura, Audio Out Send, Evening Empire at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** nov 5 wed The R&B Freejazz Gospel Supreme 80, Michael Zapruder (cd release), 1090 Club at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 5 wed Donovan Quinn & The Thirteenth Month, Lazarus, Sarees at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** nov 5 wed Greg Laswell, Jenny Owen Youngs at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm * nov 5 wed Kit And The Branded Men, Coyote Grace, Big Mistake at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $5 5pm/8pm ** nov 5 wed Les Hormones (record release), The Outdoorsmen, Ghost Echoes, dj's at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** nov 5 wed Citizen Cope (solo acoustic) at Rio Theater, 1205 Soquel, Santa Cruz a/a $20 8pm ** nov 5 wed Jedi Mind Tricks, Outerspace, Reef The Lost Cauze, King Magnetic at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$18 7pm/8pm ** nov 5 wed New American Mob, 3 Up Front, Law Abiding Citizens, Seduce The Dead at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 ** nov 5 wed All Time Low, Mayday Parade, The Maine, Every Avenue at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $20 7pm/7:30pm ** nov 5 wed Live Manikins at Serna Plaza, Sac. State, 6000 J St., Sacramento a/a free noon ** nov 6 thr Boom Boom Kid, Shotwell, Punkin Pie, Master Pie at 2515 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland a/a 8pm ** (no hanging out in front) nov 6 thr Steven Bernstein's Sex Mob West, Plays Monk, Ben Goldberg, Amendola, Hoff at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm * nov 6 thr Face To Face, Guttermouth at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** @ nov 6 thr Electric Six, Local H, Your Vegas at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 6 thr Jedi Mind Tricks, Outerspace, Reef The Lost Cauze at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16/$18 8pm ** nov 6 thr Jeremy Jay (L.A.), Musee Mecanique, dj Sleeves On Hearts at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** (KALX) nov 6 thr Jeans Tea, French Disco, The Whispertown2000, dj Pam at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 6 thr Brett Dennen at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** (sold out) nov 6 thr Finest/Dearest, Belaire (Austin), The Aimless Never Miss at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** nov 6 thr The Dodos, Kelley Stoltz at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $16 7pm/8pm ** nov 6 thr California Love, The Funeral Pyre, Early Graves, Embryonic Devourment, Sol Asunder at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** @ nov 6 thr Leo Kottke at John Ascuaga's Nugget Hotel/Casino, Sparks NV ?/? ** nov 7 fri Insect, The Holy Kiss, Swann Danger, Veil Veil Vanish, Clouds at 924 Gilman a/a 7:30pm *** @ nov 7 fri Farticus, Kowloon Walled City, You Die, Cycloptopus, Rape Fantasy at Your Hauz, Oakland a/a $6 8pm ** @ (discount in fetish attire) (Heather & Ivonas Fetish Themed Birthday) nov 7 fri Third Date at Beckett's, 2271 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley 21+ free 10pm * nov 7 fri Silian Rail, Schande, Belly Of The Whale free at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** nov 7 fri Jim Gaffigan, Gemma Hayes at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** nov 7 fri Ingrid Michaelson, Newton Faulkner, David Ford at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 7 fri Steel Train, Dear And The Headlights, Forgive Durden, The Federalists at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8pm/8:30pm ** nov 7 fri Thriving Ivory, Aidan Hawken, The Trophy Fire at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15/$17 9pm ** nov 7 fri Method Man, Redman, Termanology, Evidence & Alchemist at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** nov 7 fri Lovelikefire at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 10pm ** nov 7 fri Master/Slave, Starfucker (Portland), Man/Miracle at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** nov 7 fri Daniel Wang (Berlin), Jonas Reinhardt, Robot Hustle, Pickpocket at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $10 10pm ** nov 7 fri Kofy Brown, Stymie And The Luv Orchestra, Sistas In The Pit, Shelley Doty at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 8pm ** nov 7 fri Rogue Wave, Minipop, Vin Sol at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** (D.A. Taylor Charitable Foundation Benefit) nov 7 fri Overdrive A.D. (reunion show), Hollowbodys (Medford), Lepish at Benders, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm/10pm ** nov 7 fri Revenge, Krieg, Morbosidad, Sumeria, Necrite, Bestial Incarnation at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $12 7pm *** @ nov 7 fri Fast Times at Maggie McGarry's, 1353 Grant Street, S.F. 21+ free 9pm * nov 7 fri Danger!Acid!, Mike Dred (U.K.), Exillon, dj's at Club 6, 60 6th Street, S.F. 21+ $10 ($5 b4 11pm) * nov 7 fri The Expendables, Rebelution, Opm at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $17/$19 6:30pm/7:30pm *** nov 7 fri Rise Against, Alkaline Trio, Thrice, The Gaslight Anthem at the Event Center, San Jose State a/a $29.50 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** @ nov 7 fri Timmy Curran, The White Buffalo at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm * (in atrium) nov 7 fri Eek A Mouse at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $16/$21 8pm/9pm ** nov 7 fri The Faint at Sacramento State, 6000 J Street, Sacramento a/a $15/$20 7:30pm ** nov 7 fri Atom Bomb, Damnweevil, Murderlicious at the Distillery, 2107 L Street, Sacramento 21+ $8 9pm ** nov 7 fri Japanese Motors, Goodness Gracious Me at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $8/$10 9:30pm ** nov 7 fri Missy Higgins, Joshua Radin at El Rey Theatre, 230 W. 2nd St., Chico a/a $17/$20 7:30pm/8:30pm ** nov 7 fri Sex Rat, Fingers Of Passion (9:30pm), Rock Hounds (7pm) at Nick's Night Club, 1414 Park Ave., Chico 21+ 7pm ** nov 7/8 Old Crow Medicine Show at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $28.50 7pm/8pm # ** nov 7/8 Issac Delgado at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ ** nov 8 sat Corrupted (Japan), Asunder, Amber Asylum, Stormcrow at 924 Gilman a/a $10 7:30pm *** @ nov 8 sat Howard Stelzer, Jim Haynes, Gerritt Wittmer at 426 Jefferson St. Oakland a/a $5 9pm * nov 8 sat The Kev's Choice Ensemble, Damon & The Heathens, Mic Gillette, Monophonics at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** nov 8 sat Cowboy Mouth at Slim's, S.F. a/a $20 9pm ** nov 8 sat The Faint With Dr. Doom (AKA Kool Keith), Natalie Portman's Shaved Head at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** nov 8 sat Loquat (cd release), The Frail, Mist And Mast at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/10pm ** nov 8 sat The Dust, Space Vacation, Kumbulus, Fear The Fiasco at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm ** nov 8 sat Oozzies (reunion), Static Thought, T.V. Evangelists, Down We Go (Seattle), Angels With Dirty Facesca at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $7 9pm/9:30pm *** @ nov 8 sat Stop Motion Poetry, Dear Indugu, Badd Habitt, Plastic Fantastic Lovers at the El Rincon, S.F. 18+ $8 8pm ** nov 8 sat Heartless Bastards, The Broken West at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 8 sat Sleepy Sun, Citadelle, Slang Chickens at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** nov 8 sat As A People, Vin Rouge, The Cons at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 8pm ** nov 8 sat Derrick Carter, dj Sneak, Stacy Pullen at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $30/$22 9pm ** nov 8 sat Passive Aggressives, Castles In Spain, Lane Four, Ayssa Suede at Broadway Studios, 435 Broadway, S.F. 21+ ** nov 8 sat James Caran, Yacouba Diarra, Michael Ward With Dogs & Fishes at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm * nov 8 sat Without Notice, The Parade Route at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm ** nov 8 sat Fistifuks, S.Y.F., Hudson Criminal, Flesh Torn Face at the SoundTank, Santa Rosa a/a $5 8pm ** @ nov 8 sat Ron Cornelius, The Untouchables at the Moose Lodge, San Palbo Avenue, San Pablo ** nov 8 sat Attitude Adjustment, Psychosomatic, Pillager, Pleasant Kill at the Evil Dead Shed, corner of Clayton and Galindo, Concord a/a $5 6pm til 10pm *** @ nov 8 sat Up And Down, Ex Post Wave (acoustic) at the Bistro, 1001 B at Main, Hayward a/a 9pm * nov 8 sat Method Man, Redman, Termanology, Evidence, Alchemist, Richie Cunning at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $28/$32 8pm/9pm *** nov 8 sat Dough Knees (tribute) at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ free 9pm * (in atrium) nov 8 sat Copeland, Lights, Lovedrug, Lydia at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** nov 8 sat Mickie Rat's Rat-O-Matic, The Pizzas, Bathtub Gins, Rat Damage, Bottom Dwellers, Jim Rowdy Show, The Losin Streaks, Hellbound Glory at Gearhead Records, 39 5th St., Suite C, Woodland a/a noon till 7pm ** (Benefit Woodland Sexual and Domestic Violence Shelter) (Gearhead Records Anniversary) nov 8 sat Major League Spiters, The Bridge, Doey Rock, 7evin at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $7 8pm ** nov 8 sat The Expendables, Rebelution, O.P., Rebelution, Ten Feetm at Senator Theatre, 517 Main St., Chico a/a $13/$15 7:30pm/8:30pm *** nov 8 sat Jonatha Brooke, Glen Phillips at El Rey Theatre, 230 W. 2nd St., Chico a/a $20/$23 7:30pm/8:30pm ** nov 9 sun Fireworks (Detroit), This Time Next Year, First To Leave, The Pillowfights at 924 Gilman a/a $7 4:30pm *** @ nov 9 sun The Ruse, Calamity Magnet, The Sixteens at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** nov 9 sun Glen Phillips, Jonatha Brooke at Slim's, S.F. a/a $30 8pm ** (seated show) nov 9 sun Keller Williams, Mosley, Droll And Sipe at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # ** nov 9 sun The King Khan, The Dutchess & The Duke, Buzzer at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 9 sun TV On The Radio, The Dirtbombs at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** nov 9 sun Hawthorne Heights, Emery, The Color Fred, Tickle Me Pink, The Mile After at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** nov 9 sun The Porch Flies, Val Esway, El Mirage at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 5pm ** nov 9 sun Ecoli, Royal Noble (Reno), No School Fridays, Black America, Medium Alumni at Mary Park Lounge, S.F. State, 802 Font Blvd, S.F. a/a free 6:30pm ** nov 9 sun Forever, Shannon & The Clams, Schwule at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** nov 9 sun Abja, Volcano, Danny I, Tuff Lion at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 9 sun Virgil Shaw, Okie Rosette, Joel Murach at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $7 7:30pm * nov 9 sun Method Man, Redman at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $30/$35 6:30pm/7:30pm *** nov 9 sun The Medic Droid at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** nov 10 mon Danzig, Dimmu Borgir, Skeletonwitch, Winds Of Plague, Moonspell at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** @ (Blackest Of The Black Festival) nov 10 mon Dungen, Women (Canada), Social Studies at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $14 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 10 mon Copeland Lovedrug, Lydia at Slim's, S.F. a/a $14/$16 7:30pm ** nov 10 mon Pale Young Gentlemen at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 7pm * nov 10 mon Alice Russell at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 10 mon The Incorrigible Danny Pearson, Ultralash, Touched By A Janitor at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** nov 10 mon cancelled: Mago De Oz at the Fillmore, S.F. nov 11 tue Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers, The Mother Truckers at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16 8pm ** nov 11 tue Uh Huh Her at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm # ** nov 11 tue Crooked Fingers, Port O' Brien, Sarah Jaffe at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 11 tue Vic Chesnutt (Athens), Elf Power at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** nov 11 tue The Nightingales (U.K.), Donny Hue & The Colors, Airfix Kits at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** nov 11 tue Saros, Lesbian (Seattle), Conifer (Portland, Maine) at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm/10pm ** @ nov 11 tue Ludo, The Higher, Eye Alaska, Army Of Freshmen, The Graduate at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 7pm/7:30pm ** nov 12 wed The Nightingales (U.K.), Mute Socialite, Duckmandu, Childrens Militant Hour at the Fishtank, 3405 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland a/a $7-$10 8pm ** nov 12 wed Borstal Holiday, Deeper, Stereo Freakout at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** nov 12 wed Pigs, Flood, Glaciers, Mind at the Stork Club, S.F. 21+ $7 ** nov 12 wed Ludo, The Higher, Eye Alaska, The Graduate at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 7pm/7:30pm ** nov 12 wed Robyn Hitchcock (performing record "I Often Dream of Trains") at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 7pm/8pm # ** nov 12 wed John Hiatt & The Ageless Beauties, Ben Taylor at the Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Avenue, S.F. a/a $49.50 8pm # ** nov 12 wed Bishop Allen, An Horse, Electric Owls at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** nov 12 wed Spindrift (cd release), LSD And The Search For God, Candy Apple at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** nov 12 wed The Dead Westerns, Paul Chesne, Kathleen Grace at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** nov 12 wed Spencey Dude And The Doodles, Greg Ashley, Grampall Jookabox at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 * nov 12 wed Potholder And The Lid, The Jonah Kit, The Papers, Tiny Television at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ ** nov 12 wed Hanson, Matt Wertz, Everybody Else at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** $ nov 12 wed Broken Bottles, Crucial Unicorn at Henfling's Firehouse Tavern, 9450 Highway 9, Ben Lomond 21+ free * nov 12 wed Mason Jennings, Zach Gill at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $19/$23 7pm/8pm ** nov 12 wed Vic Chesnutt (Athens), Elf Power at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $12 8pm ** nov 12 wed Ozomatli (with Chali 2na), Slank at Senator Theatre, 517 Main St., Chico a/a $18/$20 7:30pm/8:30pm ** nov 13 thr Underoath, Saosin, The Devil Wears Prada, The Famine at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** @ nov 13 thr Mason Jennings at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** nov 13 thr Bat Makumba, dj Jeremiah & The Afrobeat Nation, Sambamora Dance Co., Blocura, dj Sep at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 13 thr Blank Blue (dj Nobody and Niki Randa), Damon Aaro, dj Cool Chris, dj Guillermo at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm * nov 13 thr Ben Folds, Missy Higgins at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** nov 13 thr Stripmall Architecture, Claire Voyant, Bloodwire at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10 7:30pm ** nov 13 thr Polysics, Jaguar Love, Black Gold at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 13 thr What Made Milwaukee Famous, The Little Ones at Popscene, 330 Ritch Street, S.F. 18+ ** nov 13 thr Long Legged Woman, 60 Watt Kid, Electric Jellyfish at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** nov 13 thr Tainted Love at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm ** nov 13 thr Darker My Love at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 13 thr Wild Women Of The Accordian, Big Lou's Polka Casserole, Kugelplex, Renee de la Prade at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** nov 13 thr Hadag Nahash (Israel), Universal Language at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $24/$28 7:30pm/8:30pm ** nov 13 thr Matt Masih & The Messengers (ce release), Forrest Day, North Swell at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $6/$9 8:30pm/9pm ** (in atrium) nov 13 thr Fishbone, Heavy Mojo, Red Eye Empire at Hero's Sports Lounge & Pizza Co., 821 L St, Modesto ?/? *** nov 13 thr Slum City Skunks, Paint Over Pictures, Graven Image, Please Die!, Brazen Bull, Flawless Design, The Final Heist at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $9/$10 5:30pm *** @ nov 13 thr The Ruse, Calamity Magnet at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 8pm ** nov 14 fri Trash Talk, Never Healed, Landmine Marathon (AZ), Foreign Nature, Violation (L.A.), Alpha + Omega at 924 Gilman a/a $8 7:30pm *** @ nov 14 fri Decrepit Birth, Abigail Williams, Neuraxis, The Faceless, Veil Of Maya at the Metro, Oakland a/a *** @ nov 14 fri Elephone, Facts On File at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** nov 14 fri John Doe & Kathleen Edwards at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** nov 14 fri Mudvayne, 10 Years, Snot at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** @ nov 14 fri Cafe Tacvba at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** nov 14 fri Danielson, Cryptacize, Bart Davenport at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/10pm ** nov 14 fri 2 Foot Yard, Magik Magik Orchestra at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market St., S.F. a/a $20 7:30pm ** nov 14 fri Peligro Social, Sista Sekunden (Malmo, Sweden), Acts Of Sedition, Acephalix, Pullout Pullout at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8 9pm/9:30pm *** @ nov 14 fri Onerepublic, Augustana, The Spill Canvas, The Hush Sound at Masonic Center, Nob Hill, S.F. a/a $36.50/$33.50 6pm/7pm # ** nov 14 fri Gang Gang Dance, Marnie Stern, Growing at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 18+ $15 8pm/9pm ** (KUSF) nov 14 fri Ty Segall at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * nov 14 fri The Grannies, Steel Tigers Of Death, Ashtray, Scurvy And The Pox at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm *** @ nov 14 fri The B-52's at Marin County Civic Center, San Rafael a/a # ** nov 14 fri A Pack of Wolves, The Americas, Pet Sounds, Goodriddler at the Phoenix Theatre, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm ** @ nov 14 fri Ozomatli (with Chali 2na), Slank at McNears Mystic Theater, Petaluma 18+ $30/$32 8pm/9pm ** nov 14 fri Music For Animals, The Scenic, Brighten, TV/TV, First To Leave at El Balazo, 250 Market Place, San Ramon 21+ $8 8pm ** nov 14 fri Desecrato, Nasci, Interseed at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** nov 14 fri Collie Buddz, Rise Of The Revolution, The Skaflaws at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$24 8pm/9pm ** nov 14 fri One Drop, The Holdup at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $6/$9 8:30pm/9pm ** (in atrium) nov 14 fri Shitkickers, Fire Whiskey, The Cranks, Darktown Rounders at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 ** nov 14 fri The Squires, Luther Red, Mercutio, World To Be, Fourth Wall, SoundProof, Italia Conte at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $9/$10 5:30pm ** @ nov 14 fri A Single Second, Giant Squid, Prize Country (OR), Voyslis at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 8pm ** nov 14 fri Fishbone, Heavy Mojo, Natives Of The New Dawn, Red Eye Empire at Mazzotti's, 773 8th Street, Arcata 21+ *** nov 14 fri Lightning Bill Woodcock Trio, The Cheatin Hearts at Nick's Night Club, 1414 Park Ave., Chico 21+ 9:30pm * nov 14/15 The Legendary Pink Dots at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $17/$20 9:30pm ** nov 14/15 Galactic, Crown City Rockers at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $28.50 8pm/9pm # *** nov 14/15 The Breeders at Slim's, S.F. a/a $27 9pm *** nov 14/15 Grace Potter And The Nocturnals at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 15 sat Peligro Social, A.D.T., Sista Sekunden (Sweden), Pull Out, Morpheme at 924 Gilman a/a $7 7:30pm *** @ nov 15 sat Crucial Cause, Bad Reaction, Fix My Head, Migraine, Knuckle Puck, Liquid Pain at B.R.S., Richmond a/a 8pm *** @ nov 15 sat K.D. Lang at the Paramount, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $61/$46/$37 7pm/8pm # ** nov 15 sat Carrie Underwood, Little Big Town at the Arena, Oakland a/a # ** nov 15 sat Violation, Crucified, Foreign Nature, Red Handed, Wolves And Thieves, Among The Living at the Temescal Arts Center 511 48th St., Oakland a/a *** @ nov 15 sat Everybody Out!, Deadly Sins at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm *** nov 15 sat Joe Satriani, Mountain at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** nov 15 sat American Steel, Olehole, Druglords Of The Avenues at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/10pm *** @ nov 15 sat Officer Down, Lockie-N-Load, Space Madness at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm ** nov 15 sat Impossible Shapes, Devon Williams, Campo Bravo at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** nov 15 sat Fracas, 7 Crowns (Bath, England), Seize The Night at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm ** @ nov 15 sat Great American Taxi, Montana Slim String Band at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** nov 15 sat The Phenomenauts, The Struts, Horror X, A Red Cup Affair, Tabaltix (in lobby) at the Phoenix Theatre, Petaluma a/a $12 7:30pm/8pm *** @ nov 15 sat AC/DShe (tribute), Total BS (tribute) at McNears Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $15 8pm/9pm ** nov 15 sat Cheapskate, Psychosomatic, 2nd Class Citizens at the Caravan, 98 South Almaden Ave., San Jose 21+ free 10pm ** nov 15 sat John Doe And Kathleen Edwards at Rio Theater, 1205 Soquel, Santa Cruz a/a $15 8pm ** nov 15 sat Ozomatli (with Chali 2na), Slank at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $24/$28 8pm/9pm ** nov 15 sat Jaguar Love at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz a/a $10/$12 8pm/8:30pm * (in atrium) nov 15 sat Job For A Cowboy, Hate Eternal, All Shall Perish, Animosity, Annotation Of An Autopsy at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15/$17 7pm/7:30pm *** @ nov 15 sat Push Push Pull, A Moments Notice, Josiah James, The Color Amnesty at Club Retro, Orangevale $10 6:30pm ** nov 15 sat Trans-Siberian Orchestra at Arco Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a # ** nov 16 sun The (International) Noise Conspiracy, Night Horse, Maldroid at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$15 8pm/8:30pm *** nov 16 sun The Shys, Army Navy, The Takeover UK at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8/$10 8pm ** nov 16 sun Back 40 at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 5pm * nov 16 sun Jason Isbell (acoustic) at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm * nov 16 sun Dead Confederate, Apollo Sunshine, Big Light at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm/8pm ** nov 16 sun Hecuba, Pit er Pat, Lucky Dragons at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** nov 16 sun Fastball, Josiah Leming at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** nov 16 sun Lightnin Woodcock (L.A.), Kemo Sabe at Bender's, S.F. 21+ free 2pm/7pm ** nov 16 sun Groundation at McNears Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $22/$20 8pm/9pm ** nov 16 sun Trans-Siberian Orchestra at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $49.50/$39.50 7pm/8pm # ** nov 16 sun Ian MacKaye (spoken) at Jot Travis Building, Room 100, University of Nevada, Reno a/a free ** nov 16/17 Lucinda Williams, Buick 6, The Black Crowes (mon) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $42,50 7pm/8pm # *** nov 17 mon Alanis Morissett, Alexi Murdoche at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $65/$59/$40 8pm # *** nov 17 mon Rachael Yamagata, Meiko, Thao Nguyen, Kate Havnevik, Lenka, Emily Wells at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 17 mon Misfits, Lonely Kings, Tall Black Girls at Slim's, S.F. a/a $20/$25 9pm ** nov 17 mon Groundation, dj Stepwise at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20/$22 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 17 mon Alex Cuba at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm * nov 17 mon Helms Alee, Kowloon Walled City at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ free 7pm * (early show) nov 17 mon Containers, Dome Theater at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 17 mon Generalissimo, Smiles at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** nov 17 mon Chaser (Orange County), Chon Travis, Villans & Victims at Nick's Night Club, 1414 Park Ave., Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** @ nov 18 tue Weasel Walter Clarinet Choir, Pink Canoes at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm * nov 18 tue Jay Brannan, Chiara Angellicola (cd release) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/9:30pm * nov 18 tue Blues Traveler at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # ** nov 18 tue El Gran Silencio at Slim's, S.F. a/a $22/$25 8pm ** nov 18 tue Usher at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** nov 18 tue Bruises, Archways, Efft at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * nov 18 tue East Village Opera Company at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm ** nov 18 tue Pylon at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** nov 18 tue Thee Double D's, The Reaction, Pink Elephants at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm/10pm ** nov 18 tue The Shys, Army Navy, The Takeover UK at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $6/$9 7:30pm/8pm ** (in atrium) nov 18 tue Minus The Bear, Annuals, Helms Alee at Empire Events Center, 15th & R St., Sacramento a/a $18/$20 7:30pm ** nov 18 tue Beardo, Mickey Avalon at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** nov 18 tue Gwar, Kingdom Of Sorrow, Toxic Holocaust at the New Oasis, Sparks, NV a/a *** @ nov 18/19 Joan Baez at the Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Avenue, S.F. a/a $49.50 8pm # *** $ nov 19 wed Vance Gilbert (cd release) at Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison, Berkeley a/a $18.50/$19.50 8pm * nov 19 wed mc Lars, mc Frontalot at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $15 9pm * nov 19 wed Los Lonely Boys at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # ** nov 19 wed Jon McLaughlin, Delta Goodrem at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 19 wed Capgun Coup, The Pleasure Kills, The Love X Nowhere at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** nov 19 wed Minus The Bear, Annuals, Helms Alee at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 18+ $20/$22 7pm/8pm ** nov 19 wed Melissa Ferrick at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 7:30pm/8pm ** nov 19 wed Brothers & Sisters (Austin) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** nov 19 wed Buckethead, That One Guy at McNears Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $25 8pm/9pm *** nov 19 wed Heavenly Trip To Hell, Death Pilot, Left Of Christ, Storybook Of Stars at Voodoo Lounge, 14 S. Second St., San Jose 21+ ** @ nov 19 wed Coal Beautiere at Serna Plaza, Sac. State, 6000 J St., Sacramento a/a free noon ** nov 19 wed Gwar, Kingdom Of Sorrow, Toxic Holocaust at the Senator Theatre, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a $18/$20 7pm/8pm *** @ nov 19/20 Mickey Avalon, Dirt Nasty, Beardo at Slim's, S.F. a/a $20 8:30pm ** nov 20 thr Roger Rocha & The Goldenhearts, Dolorata, Juanita And The Rabbit at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $8 ** nov 20 thr Gwar, Kingdom Of Sorrow, Toxic Holocaust at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** @ nov 20 thr Matthew Sweet at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 20 thr The Hot Toddies, The Attachments, The Ian Fays, dj Elise Nordling at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 8pm ** nov 20 thr Lucha VaVoom at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** nov 20 thr Love Is All, Vivian Girls, Nodzzz at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 20 thr Immortal Technique, Hassan Salami, Da Circle, Ras Ceylon, dj Gijoe at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $19/$22 8:30pm ** (Benefit For Afghanistan's Children of War) nov 20 thr Tainted Love at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm ** nov 20 thr Elisa at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** nov 20 thr Viking Moses, Cordero, The Theatre Fire at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** nov 20 thr Ludovico Einaudi at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $50 6:30pm/8pm ** (KDFC) nov 20 thr Buckethead, That One Guy at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $18/$23 7pm/8pm *** nov 20 thr Numerous & The Soul Science Live Band, Against The Spread, Rawdiculous at Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $3/$5 8:30pm/9pm ** (in Atrium) nov 20 thr AIDS Wolf, AH Kraken, Mayyors, Deathday Party, D.W.L. at the Old Firehouse, U.C. Davis Campus a/a $6 7pm ** (KDVS) nov 20 thr Los Lonely Boys at University Union Ballroom, Sacramento State, 6000 J St., Sacramento a/a $25 ($20 Sac. State students) 7:30pm ** nov 20 thr Candy Bullet, Diciembre Gris, Cynthia, Todd Morgan & The Emblems at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $9/$10 5:30pm ** nov 21 fri Voetsek, Mind Of Asian (Japan), Lack Of Interest (L.A.), California Love, Strains Of The Apocalypse at 924 Gilman a/a $8 8pm *** @ nov 21 fri B.W.U.H., Vitamin Party, Collisionville at Temescal Arts Center, 511 48th St., Oakland a/a $10 ** (acoustic) nov 21 fri Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys, Kit And The Branded Men, Cassidy Crowley at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm ** nov 21 fri Donna The Buffalo, David Gans at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 21 fri Of Montreal, Health at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** nov 21 fri In Flames, All That Remains, Gojira, 36 Crazyfists at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** @ nov 21 fri ohGr at Slim's, S.F. a/a $21 9pm ** nov 21 fri Krs-One, Richie Cunning, Celsius 7 at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $25 8pm *** nov 21 fri Or, The Whale, The Silent Comedy at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** nov 21 fri O'Death, Hillstomp, The Theater Fire at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 21 fri El Guincho, Tussle, Still Flyin', Disco Shawn And Oro11 at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 21 fri Trainwreck Riders, The Dead Westerns, Millbrae Bros. at Irelands 32, 3920 Geary Blvd. at 3rd Ave., S.F. 21+ 8pm ** nov 21 fri Jokes For Feelings, Gutwrench, The Yes-Gos at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** nov 21 fri Pleaseeasaur, Joe Jack Talcum, Chris Garcia at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** (comedy) nov 21 fri Lisa Lampanelli at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a # ** nov 21 fri Buckethead, That One Guy at the Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway, Redwood City a/a $20 8pm *** nov 21 fri The Stitches, The Forgotten, The Runs at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** @ nov 21 fri Hayride To Hell, The Mutilators, The Jim Rowdy Show, Sean Kennedy at Henfling's Firehouse Tavern, 9450 Highway 9, Ben Lomond 21+ $10 ** nov 21 fri Decrepit Birth, Abigail Williams, Neuraxis, The Faceless, Veil Of Maya at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a *** @ nov 21 fri Sgyf (CO), James Hunicutt at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** nov 21 fri Abandon Theory at Chief Crazy Horse Inn, 230 Commercial St., Nevada City 21+ $5 9pm ** nov 21 fri Transfer, Magic For Animals, Lonely H at Nick's Night Club, 1414 Park Ave., Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** nov 21/22 Gov't Mule at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $36.50 7pm/8pm # ** nov 21/22 Y & T, Stef Burns at McNears Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $35 7pm/8pm ** (sat sold out) nov 21/22 Slightly Stoopid at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $25 7:30pm/8:30pm ** nov 22 sat Stitches (L.A.), Bodies, The Forgotten, Wild Weekend (San Diego), Angels With Dirty Faces at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ nov 22 sat Cheech & Chong at Community Theatre, 2134 Martin Luther King Way, Berkeley a/a $59.50/$39.50 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** (sold out) nov 22 sat The Judy Experience, Learned Helplessness, Social Junk, Entropy Density))), Moira Scar at ABCo Artspace, 3135 Filbert St., West Oakland a/a ** nov 22 sat Concealed, Almost Dead at the Metro, Oakland a/a $8 7pm ** (KVHS) nov 22 sat Black Widows Gothic Strip Review (burlesque/goth) at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm * nov 22 sat Gooferman, The Fuxedos, Party Of Ten at the Starry Plough, Berkeley 21+ $10 8:30pm/9:30pm ** nov 22 sat My Brightest Diamond, Clare & The Reasons at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market St., S.F. a/a $16 7:30pm ** nov 22 sat Metro Station, Shmayze, Tyga, Cash Cash at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** nov 22 sat Honest Thomas, Clever Girl at Slim's, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** nov 22 sat Drastic Actions, Compound, 5 Fingers Of Death at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm ** nov 22 sat Aids Wolf, Arrington de Dionyso, A.H. Kracken (France) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** nov 22 sat Grayceon, Worm Ouroboros, Drift Of A Curse at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9:30pm ** nov 22 sat Kraak & Smaa, Supertaster, Motion Potion at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$18 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 22 sat Yeasayer, Icy Demons at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 18+ $15 8pm/9pm ** nov 22 sat The Dead Hensons, The Missing Teens, The Crymuscles, Dick Nasty, TopR Peck The Town Crier, Adam Infanticide at Mighty, 119 Utah St., S.F. ?/? $12 8pm ** (Mishap Science Fair) nov 22 sat Pop Rocks at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** nov 22 sat The Namedroppers (Eddie Money, Randy Forrester, Donny Baldwin, Tommy Miller, Jeff Tamelier), Moreality at the Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway, Redwood City 21+ $25 8pm # ** nov 22 sat Mac Lethal, Grieves, Soulcrate Music at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $8/$12 8:30pm/9pm * (in Atrium) nov 22 sat Pierce The Veil, Breathe Carolina, Four Letter Lie, Emarosa at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/8pm ** nov 22 sat dj Rob Fatal,The Disgusteens, Caufield, Flower Violence, Dead Pony Society, The Secretions, The Pizzas, Social Concern, The Compound, Smash The Glass, Losing All Pride, Unko Atama, Drastic Actions, Ashtray, No Goodniks, Heroes & Legends at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $10 6:30pm *** @ (15 bands - 10 minutes each) nov 22 sat Alan Jackson, James Otto, Trace Adkins at Arco Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a # ** nov 22 sat Goldmind (Chico), Barebones at Nick's Night Club, 1414 Park Ave., Chico 21+ 9:30pm * nov 23 sun Ghoul (PN), Mind Of Asian (Japan), Voetsek, I Will Kill You Fucker, Dr. Kill Em All at B.R.S., Richmond a/a $7 7pm *** @ nov 23 sun Five Finger Death Punch, In This Moment, Bury Your Dead, Another Black Day at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** @ nov 23 sun Bring Me The Horizon, Misery Signals, Ghost Inside, Johnny Truant at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16/$18 7pm ** nov 23 sun Matisyahu, Flobots, Chester French at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** nov 23 sun Cheech & Chong at Nob Hill Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $59.50/$39.50 7pm/8pm # *** nov 23 sun Atir & Daniel Owens at Pirate Cat Cafe, S.F. a/a 8pm * nov 23 sun The Entrance Band, Rodriquez, Sleepy Sun, Matt Baldwin Electric Band, dj's at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a * nov 23 sun The Peacemaker, Careless Hearts, Elektrik Sunset at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 5pm ** nov 23 sun Hurts To Laugh (Nashville), Taargus Taargus, The Domestic Electrics at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** nov 23 sun Little Dragon at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** nov 23 sun Sponge, RubberSideDown at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** nov 23 sun 7 Crowns (Bath, England), Fracas, Throat Oyster, Law Abiding Citizens at the Red Hat, 1860 Monument Blvd., Concord 21+ $6 9pm ** nov 23 sun Metro Station, Shwayze, Tyga, Cash Cash at the Senator Theatre, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a $17/$19 7:30pm/8pm ** nov 23/24 Hold Steady, Drive By Truckers at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 7pm/8pm # ** nov 24 mon Deerhunter, Times New Viking at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 24 mon Portugal. The Man, Earl Greyhound, Wintersleep at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13/$15 8pm ** nov 24 mon Ben Sollee, Kim Taylor at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 18+ $12 8pm ** nov 24 mon The Rosebuds, Jonah Ray at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 7:30pm/8pm ** nov 24 mon My Brightest Diamond, Clare, The Reasons, Little Dragon (Sweden) at Rio Theater, 1205 Soquel, Santa Cruz a/a $10 8pm ** nov 24 mon Matisyahu at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $25/$29 7pm/8pm ** nov 25 tue Hellogoodbye, Ace Enders, PlayRadioPlay! at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16 7:30pm ** nov 25 tue The Decemberists, Loch Lomond at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** nov 25 tue Lumerians, Nudity, Freeball & Lightning at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** nov 25 tue Portugal The Man, Earl Greyhound, Wintersleep at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** nov 26 wed The Sisters Of Mercy at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** nov 26 wed Secondhand Serenade, Cute Is What We Ame For, Rocket To The Moon at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** nov 26 wed Glenn Washington at Slim's, S.F. a/a $22 9pm ** nov 26 wed Half Handed Cloud, The Pope Of Yes, Fertile Crescent at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** nov 26 wed Lyrics Born at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 26 wed Papersons, Disgust Of Us at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ 8:30pm ** nov 26 wed The Tell-Tale Heartbreakers, The Privies, Luvhed at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 28 fri Tippy Canoe & The Paddlemen, Starlene, Mississippi Mike at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** nov 28 fri M83, School Of Seven Bells at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $21.50 8pm/9pm # ** nov 28 fri New Riders Of The Purple Sage, Moonalice at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (KPIG) nov 28 fri Cute Is What We Aim For, A Rocket To The Moon, Automatic Loveletter at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** nov 28 fri Rube Waddell, Culann's Hounds, Eoin Harrington, Loop! Station at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm ** nov 28 fri Nas, Goapele at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** nov 28 fri Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs, Sassy!!!, Delaney Davidson at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/10pm ** nov 28 fri Benevento/Russo Duo at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 8:30pm/9pm * nov 28 fri Notorious at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** nov 28 fri Hey Three Eyes, Aunt Dracula at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** nov 28 fri Andre Nickatina at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $24/$28 8pm/9pm * nov 28 fri Dr. Know, Good Neighbor Policy, Highway Murderers, Dephinger at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 *** @ nov 28 fri After The Flesh, Zero Ground, See The Elephant, Kut Pile at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 8pm ** nov 29 sat Flipsyde, Forrest Day, Young Cutty at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm ** nov 29 sat Hot Buttered Rum at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # ** nov 29 sat Blowoff (hosted & dj'd by Bob Mould & Rich Morel) at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** nov 29 sat Green Jelly, Mandown, Radioactive Chickenheads, Rosemary's Billygoat at Balazo Gallery, 2183 Mission, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** nov 29 sat The Mermen (Jim Thomas, Allen Whitman, Martyn Jones) at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 29 sat Dr Know, White Trash Debutantes, The Lewd, Girls With Guns at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30/9pm *** @ nov 29 sat Kickstarter, Uzi Tattoo, Million Dollar Itch at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm ** nov 29 sat Bowerbirds, Palms at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** nov 29 sat Bustle In Your Hedgerow (tribute) at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 8:30pm/9pm * nov 29 sat Les Hormones, Personal & The Pizzas, Wild Thing at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9:30pm ** nov 29 sat Delta Wires, Hey Hey Mama, Dogman Joe, Dave Armo at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 7:30pm ** nov 29 sat New Riders Of The Purple Sage, Moonalice at McNears Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $25 7pm/8pm ** nov 29 sat The Stone Foxes, Buxter Hoot'n at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ free 9pm ** (in atrium) nov 30 sun Dr. Know, Oppressed Logic, Fukm, Throat Oyster at Yer Haus, Oakland a/a $7 7pm *** @ nov 30 sun Hanson Brothers, Triclops!, The Bar Feeders at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** @ $ nov 30 sun Dir En Grey, The Human Abstract at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** nov 30 sun The Birthday Massacre, Tub Ring, Creature Feature at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16 8pm ** nov 30 sun Jaks Skate Team, Dog Patch Winos, Chix Pack at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free (after game) ** nov 30 sun The Herbaliser, dj Shortkut at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 30 sun Cheech & Chong at the Performing Arts, San Jose a/a $59.50/$39.50 6pm/7pm # *** (sold out) dec 1 mon Birds & Batteries, Strip Mall Architecture, Junior Panthers, dj Elise at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** dec 2 tue AC/DC, The Answer at the Arena, Oakland a/a $94.50 (all reserved seating) 8pm # *** (also dec 4th) dec 2 tue The Sea And Cake, The Uglysuit at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** dec 2 tue Bryan Adams at Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street, S.F. a/a $49.50 8pm # *** dec 2 tue Blitzen Trapper, The Parson Red Heads, Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 7:30pm/8pm ** dec 2 tue Jonah Matranga, Kevin Seconds, Christopher Fairman at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm * dec 3 wed Oasis, Ryan Adams & The Cardinals, Matt Costa at the Arena, Oakland a/a $69.50/$49.50/$39.50 6pm/7pm # *** dec 3 wed Room For A Ghost, Mental Hygene, Sugarspun at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** dec 3 wed The Australian Pink Floyd Show at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $40 7pm/8pm # * dec 3 wed Silicon Valley Rocks at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a * dec 3 wed Wu-Tang Clan at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** dec 3 wed Saturn Returns, People People at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** dec 3 wed Kid Sister at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** dec 3 wed The Old-Fashioned Way (cd release), My First Earthquake at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** dec 3 wed Jesse McCartney, Boys Like Girls, Katy Perry, Shontelle, David Archuleta at Arco Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a # ** dec 4 thr AC/DC, The Answer at the Arena, Oakland a/a $94.50 (all reserved seating) 8pm # *** (also dec 2nd) dec 4 thr Over The Rhine at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $28.50 7pm/8pm # ** dec 4 thr Los Amigos Invisibles, Funky-C at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $22 8:30pm/9pm ** dec 4 thr Dub Trio, Middle Class Rut at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** dec 4 thr The Dilettantes, Sir Lord Von Raven, The Parish at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** dec 4 thr Buxter Hoot'n, Ride The Blinds, Jugtown Pirates at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** dec 4 thr D.M.I., Top Shelf at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $3/$5 8:30pm/9pm ** (in atrium) dec 4 thr Dengue Fever (Cambodia) at Scripps College Performing Arts Center, Claremont a/a free ** dec 5 fri George Lopez at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a # ** dec 5 fri Hurry Up Shotgun, Mount Vicious, The Family Curse, Silian Rail, The Turks at Ghost Town Galleries, 2519 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland a/a 7:30pm/9pm ** (Art reception) dec 5 fri The Hormones, Luvhead, The Margaret Scranton Band at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** dec 5 fri The Morning Benders, The Muslims, Miniature Tigers at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 9pm ** $ dec 5 fri Darondo, Nino Moschella at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16/$21 9pm * dec 5 fri Toby Love at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** dec 5 fri Ours, Plain Jane Automobile at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** dec 5 fri Love Is Chemicals, Mist & Mast, We Is Shore Dedicated at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** dec 5 fri Meat Beat Manifesto, Dub Gabriel at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm *** dec 5 fri Joel Mchale at the Flint Center, Cupertino a/a $32.50 7pm/8pm # ** dec 5/6 Los Lobos, David Lindley at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $39.50 7pm/8pm # ** dec 6 sat Black Cobra, Totimoshi, Who Rides The Tiger, The Worship Of Silence at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $8 ** @ dec 6 sat Chicago Blues Reunion Band at Slim's, S.F. a/a $25 9pm ** dec 6 sat Frank Caliendo at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** dec 6 sat God Is An Astronaut at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$!2 8:30pm/10pm ** dec 6 sat Tussle, Jonas Reinhart, Explode Into Colors at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** dec 6 sat Low Vs. Diamond, Barcelona at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $14 8:30pm/9pm ** dec 6 sat Sometimes Jones, Indout Indout, Shitbox at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ free 9pm ** (in atrium) dec 6 sat Tower Of Power at Cache Creek Casino, 14455 Hw. 16, Brooks 18+ ** dec 6 sat Von Iva, RunRunRun at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm $8 ** dec 7 sun Meshell Ndegeocello, The Coup at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $29.50 7pm/8pm # ** dec 7 sun Jonathan Richman, The Felix Dukes at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** dec 7 sun The Armagideons, Cliff Truesdell, Eric McFadden, The Hooks, RubberSideDown, Dead Ringers, The Ferocious Few at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 6:30pm/7pm ** (Joe Strummer Tribute - all proceeeds go to Strummerville) dec 7 sun Top Critters, Must I Lose a Limb, Reptiel, Parker Frost at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ sliding scale 6pm ** (Benefit Modern Times Bookstore) dec 9 tue Pontiak at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ * dec 9 tue Leopold & His Fiction, Excuses For Skipping, Man/Miracle at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ 9pm ** (Benefit Mills Dance Collective) dec 9 tue Dressy Bessy, Colourmusic, Baby Grand at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** dec 9 tue The Family Curse at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * dec 9 tue Exodus, Mantic Ritual (L.A.), Currency 357, Bomb And Scary at Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose 21+ 8pm/8:30pm $17/$20 *** dec 10 wed The Blind, Toni Sicoli, The Molestations at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** dec 10 wed Invasives (Vancouver) at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ * dec 10 wed Gretchen Wilson at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** dec 10 wed Rosie Thomas And Friends, Sheila Saputo at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9:30pm * dec 10 wed Pat McGee, Ernie Halter, Five AM at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** dec 11 thr The Killers, Block Party, Death Cab For Cutie, Franz Ferdinand, Jack's Mannequin at the Arena, Oakland a/a $58/$33 ($125 vip) 6pm/6:30pm # *** @ (Live 105 Not So Silent Night) dec 11 thr Wilderness, San Serac, Wildbirds & Peacedrums at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** dec 11 thr Longwave (N.Y.C.) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** dec 11 thr Tartufi at the Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St. S.F. 21+ 10pm * dec 11 thr Subtle, Yoni Wolf at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** dec 11 thr Lamb Of God, The Faceless, The Sword at the Senator Theatre, 517 Main St., Chico a/a *** @ dec 11/12/13/14 Ozomatli (with Chali 2na) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $26.50 7pm/8pm thr/sun 8pm/9pm fri/sat # ** dec 12 fri Stella (Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, David Wain) at Wheeler Auditorium, UC Berkeley a/a $29.50 8pm # ** dec 12 fri 18th Dye (Berlin) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/10pm ** dec 12 fri Big Sandy And His Fly-Rite Boys at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 8pm ** dec 12 fri Mudhoney, Wooden Shjips, SF Dirty Stealer at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 8:30pm/9pm *** @ dec 12 fri Something With Genitals, The Pirate Band at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** dec 12 fri Elvin Bishop at Biscuits and Blues, 401 Mason Street, S.F. a/a ** dec 12 fri Karate High School, I Set My Friends On Fire, You Me And Everyone We Know at San Jose Skate, 397 Blossom Hill Rd., San Jose a/a ** @ dec 12 fri Mudhoney at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** @ dec 12 fri Longwave, The New Trust at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm ** dec 12 fri Dead Souls (tribute), Devolutionaries (tribute), Tell Tale Heartbreakers, Darkwave at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 ** dec 12 fri Nine Inch Nail, The Bugs at Arco Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a # *** dec 12/13 Kottonmouth Kings, Potluck, Pyrx (fri), Moonshine Bandits (sat) at Slim's, S.F. a/a $24 9pm ** dec 13 sat Vienna Teng at Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street, S.F. a/a $27.50 8pm # ** dec 13 sat The Briggs, Nothington, Red Tape at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/10pm ** @ dec 13 sat Knockout Brothers, Anna Maria Flechero, California Flight at El Rincon, S.F. 18+ $15 8pm ** dec 13 sat Dolorata, Francis Bakin, Sticks And Stones at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 8pm ** dec 13 sat Crime In Choir, What's Up at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** dec 13 sat Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** dec 13 sat Mudhoney at the Rio Theater, 1205 Soquel, Santa Cruz a/a ** @ dec 13 sat Rezurex, Stellar Corpses, Thee Merry Widows, The Cruz Missiles, Old Rusty Kobra at 418 Project, 418 Front St., Santa Cruz a/a $10 ** @ dec 13 sat Karate High School, I Set My Friends On Fire, You Me And Everyone We Know at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a ** @ dec 13 sat Amanda Palmer And The Danger Ensemble, The Builders And The Butchers, Zoe Keating at Harlow's, 2708 J Street, Sacramento 21+ $20/$25 9pm ** dec 14 sun These Arms Are Snakes, Narrows, Trap Them at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** dec 14 sun Blevin Blectum, Freddy McGuire, Dominique Leone at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm * dec 14 sun Fishbone at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm *** dec 14 sun Pontiak, Eyes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** dec 15 mon Leon Russell at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 7:30pm/8pm ** dec 15/16/17/18/19/20 The Black Crowes at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $49.50 (8pm/9pm mon-thr) (9pm/10pm fri/sat) *** dec 16 tue The Mantles, White Music at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** dec 16 tue Sarah Brightman at Arco Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a # ** dec 17 wed The Cheetah Girls at the Arena, Oakland a/a # * dec 17 wed The Butterfly Jones at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm * dec 17 wed Merce & Rebel Jim at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * dec 17 wed Sarah Brightman at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $250/$125/$75/$50 7pm/8pm # ** dec 17/18 Mercury Rev, The Duke Spirit at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 7:30pm/8pm ** dec 18 thr Loquat, Built For The Sea at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** dec 18 thr Guitar vs. Gravity, Hurry Up Shotgun, Ovipositor at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** dec 18 thr The Dead Westerns, Static Mind Fi at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** dec 18 thr Flaw, The Dreaming, T.K.O., Displaced, Stepchild, In The Absence at the VooDoo Lounge, San Jose 21+ 8:15pm ** dec 18 fri Consecrated, S.T.D., The Martyrs at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $5 6:30pm *** @ dec 19 fri D.I., Oppressed Logic, Neighborhood Watch (Venice), Fukm, Dont Care at 924 Gilman a/a $8 7pm *** @ dec 19 fri The Vandals, Time Again, Goodbye Gadget at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16 9pm *** dec 19 fri The Aggrolites at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 8pm ** dec 19 fri Noah And The Whale at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** dec 19 fri Wicked Mercies at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * dec 19 fri Wicked Mercies, The Blank Stares, The Ferocious Few at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** dec 19 fri Dead Souls (tribute) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $7 9pm * dec 19 fri S.T.D., Consecrated The Martyrs at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $5 6:30pm ** dec 19/20 The Mother Hips at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** dec 20 sat Neighborhood Watch, Last Round Up, Instant Asshole, Mental Cancer at B.R.S., Richmond a/a 7pm *** @ dec 20 sat Metallica, Lamb Of God, The Sword at the Arena, Oakland a/a $83.50 (ga floor) $61.50 (reserved seating) 7pm # *** @ $ dec 20 sat Jesse Michaels, Mike Park, Kevin Seconds, Dan Potthast at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm *** (Plea for Peace Holiday Toy Drive - Please Bring an Unwrapped Toy) dec 20 sat Jethro Jeremiah Band, Dogman Joe, Josh Fix at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm * dec 20 sat Change!, Midstates at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** dec 20 sat Nat Keefe Concert Carnival at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 ($35 reserved seating - pairs only) 8:30pm/9pm ** dec 20 sat Zepparella (tribute) at McNears Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $15 8pm/9pm ** dec 20 sat Left Of Christ, Dark Heavens, Paper City Skyline, Rivals at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** dec 21 sun Beth Custer Ensemble, Ramon and Jessica, David James' GPS at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $13 8pm ** dec 25 thr The Dead Westerns at Bender's, 806 S. Van Ness Ave., S.F. 21+ 8pm * dec 26 fri Two Gallants at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 8pm/9pm # ** dec 26 fri Particle (Michael Kang, Phil Lesh), Eoto at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** dec 26 fri Wayne Hancock, The Shitkickers, Steve Soto at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $12 9pm ** dec 26/27 X at Slim's, S.F. a/a $31 9pm *** dec 27 sat Wayne Hancock, The B-Stars at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12/$15 9pm ** dec 27 sat Blackalicious at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $26.50 8pm/9pm # ** dec 27 sat A Holiday Extravaganza On Ice, Lord Loves A Working Man, The Kehoe Nation at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** dec 27 sat Michael Talbott & The Wolfkings at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * dec 27 sat Cracker, Camper Van Beethoven at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $23 8:30pm/9pm *** dec 27 sat Frontier Wives at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm * dec 27 sat Rock Hounds at Nick's Night Club, 1414 Park Ave., Chico 21+ 9:30pm * dec 28 sun Camper Van Beethoven, Cracker at McNears Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $25 7pm/8pm ** dec 28 sun Wayne The Train Hancock, The Cheatin Hearts at Nick's Night Club, 1414 Park Ave., Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** dec 28/29/30/31 The Radiators at the Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $40 ($100 12/31) 9pm ** dec 30 tue Tea Leaf Green at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $25/$27 8pm/9pm ** dec 30 tue Alo, Big Light at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $22 8:30pm/9pm * dec 30/31 Phil Lesh & Friends, Bob Weir & Ratdog, Jackie Greene at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a # ** dec 31 wed Sugar & Gold at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** dec 31 wed The Slackers, The Impalers at Slim's, S.F. a/a $30 9pm ** dec 31 wed Les Claypool, Zappa Plays Zappa, Tim Fite at War Memorial Opera House, 301 Van Ness Ave., S.F. a/a # *** $ dec 31 wed George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, The Greyboy Allstars at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** $ dec 31 wed Fantomas "The Director's Cut", Tipsy, Zach Hill at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** $ dec 31 wed Thievery Corporation, Bassnectar, The Mutaytor, Cirque Bezer, Blvd, Motion Potion, Little John, Maneesh The Twister, Malarkey at the Concourse, 620 7th Street, S.F. a/a 9pm till 4am # ** dec 31 wed Tea Leaf Green at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $30/$35 ($75 vip) 9pm/10pm ** dec 31 wed Alo at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $85 8:30pm/9pm * (open bar) dec 31 wed Tommy Castro, Hillside Fire at McNears Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $55/$60 8pm/9pm ** jan 1/2 Dengue Fever (L.A.) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 9pm ** @ jan 2 fri Reel Big Fish, Streetlight Manifesto, One Pin Short, Tip The Van at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm # *** jan 2/3 The Wailers (performing there album Exodus) at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm ** jan 3 sat Zoo Station (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** jan 3 sat Banyan (Mike Watt, Eric McFadden, Stephen Perkins, Willie Waldman) at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm *** jan 7 wed Sun House at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm * jan 7 wed The Dwarves, ArnoCorps, White Barons at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm *** @ jan 9 fri Lee Rocker (of the Stray Cats) at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm ** jan 9 fri Ron White at Center for the Performing Arts, San Jose a/a $42.75 7pm/8pm # ** jan 9/10 Tower Of Power at the Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway, Redwood City 21+ ** jan 10 sat Angry Samoans, Midnight Bombers, Shootin' Lucy, Officer Down at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30/9pm *** @ jan 10 sat The Monophonics, James Caran, Eric McFadden at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jan 10 sat Mike Watt, Eric McFadden, Stephen Perkins, Willie Waldman at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm *** jan 11 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap, at McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. $3 10am jan 13/14/15 Robben Ford at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jan 14 we The Reverend Horton Heat, Throw Ragd at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # *** jan 16 fri Loudon Wainwright III, Jill Sobule at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (seated show) jan 17 sat Soul Control, Sabertooth Zombie, Skin Like Iron, Red Handed, Foreign Nature, Streetwalkers at the Temescal Arts Center, 511 48th Street, Oakland a/a *** @ jan 17 sat Wonder Bread 5 at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** jan 17/18 Jonathan Coulton, Paul & Storm at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (seated show) jan 18/19 Fountains Of Wayne (acoustic) at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $25 8pm ** $ jan 22 thr Curumin at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jan 22 thr Built For The Sea, The Aimless Never Miss, Shuteye Unison, Silian Rail at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** jan 23 fri Tapes 'n Tapes at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** jan 23 fri The Knitters at Slim's, S.F. a/a $25 9pm *** $ jan 23 fri Jerry Seinfeld at the Davies Symphony Hall, S.F. a/a # *** jan 23 fri The Raveonettes at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ ** jan 24 sat The Knitters at McNears Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $22/$25 7pm/8pm *** jan 25 sun Amebix at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** @ jan 29 thr Adele at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm # ** jan 31 sat Leo Kottke at the Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Avenue, S.F. a/a ** jan 31 sat Paradise City (tribute), Damage Inc. (tribute), Roadkill Romeos at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm ** feb 3 tue Badfish (tribute), Scotty Don't, The Holdup at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$19 7pm/8pm ** feb 5 thr Hot Toddies, Atom Age, Jokes For Feelings, Kung Pow at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm/8:30pm ** feb 7 sat AC/DShe (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** feb 7 sat Lou Dog Trio, Audiodub at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm * feb 8 sun Funeral For A Friend, The Sleeping, Emarosa, The Blackout at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 7:30pm ** feb 10 tue NoFX at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ feb 10 tue Cradle Of Filth, Satyricon at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a $25 8pm *** @ feb 11 wed NoFX at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** @ feb 13 fri NoFX at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm *** @ feb 13 fri The Reverend Horton Heat, Throw Rag at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma 18+ $25 7pm/8pm *** (full bar show) feb 13 fri Kungfu Vampire at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** feb 13/14 Todd Snider at John Ascuaga's Nugget Hotel/Casino, Sparks NV ?/? ** feb 14 sat NoFX at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a *** @ feb 28 sat Cheech & Chong at the Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a # *** mar 5 wed Soilwork, Darkane, Warbringer, Swallow The Sun at Slim's, S.F. a/a $18 8pm *** @ mar 7 fri 20 Minute Loop at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm ** mar 28 sat Evolution (triubte), Dirty White Boys (tribute) at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $16/$18 9pm ** mar 29 sun Lily Tomlin at the Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway, Redwood City a/a $85/$75/$65/$60 7:30pm ** apr 16 thr Kenny Rogers at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** apr 17 fri Kim Lenz at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm * apr 17/18 Boyz II Men at John Ascuaga's Nugget Hotel/Casino, Sparks NV ?/? ** apr 28 tue Kreator, Exodus, Belphegor, Warbringer at Slim's, S.F. a/a $24 7:30pm *** @ $ (Hordes of Chaos) may 11 mon Enslaved, Swallow The Sun, Keep Of Kalessin at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** @ * recommendable Shows a/a all ages $ will probably sell out @ pit warning ^ under 21 must pay more # no ins/outs Live Radio Shows ---------------- nov 2 sun Midnight Bombers on Pirate Cat Radio with Bassy Stacy 87.9FM 3pm Radio/TV Shows --------------- Berkeley Liberation Radio 104.1FM www.berkeleyliberationradio.org Maximum Rock'n'roll Radio www.byofl.org/maximum/radio Pirate Cat Radio 87.9FM www.piratecatradio.com mon Next Big Thing on UC Berkeley Radio KALX 90.7FM 6pm-7pm tue Dead Air with dj Vicious and dj Tanner on Berkeley Liberation Radio 104.1FM 6pm-8pm sat KALX live on UC Berkeley Radio KALX 90.7FM 9pm-midnight sun Rampage Radio on S.F. State Radio KUSF 90.3FM 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-3am C L U B I N F O R M A T I O N ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Annie's Social Club, 911 Folsom St. at 5th, S.F. 21+ 415-974-1585 Balazo Gallery, 2183 Mission, S.F. a/a 415-255-7227 Bender's Bar & Grill, 806 South Van Ness Ave., S.F. 21+ 415-824-1800 Betty's Rock Bar, 1251 Arroyo Way, Walnut Creek 21+ 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 Boardwalk, 9426 Greenback Lane, Orangevale a/a 916-988-9247 Bottom of the Hill, 1233 17th St., S.F. a/a 21+ 415-621-4455 Cafe Du Nord, Inc., 2170 Market Street, S.F. 21+ 415-861-5016 Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz a/a book 831-423-1338 831-423-1336 Club Retro, 6521 Hazel Ave., Orangevale a/a DNA Lounge, 375 11th Street at Harrison, S.F. 21+ a/a 415-626-1409 Edinburgh Castle, 950 Geary, S.F. 21+ 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 Empire Events Center, 1417 R Street at 15th, Sacramento a/a Fat City, 314 11th Street at Folsom, S.F. 21+ 415-252-7666 Fillmore, 1805 Geary Blvd., S.F. a/a www.thefillmore.com 415-346-6000 leave soon after the last band for a free poster at the exit Fire Escape, 7431 Madison Ave., Citrus Heights 21+ a/a Gilman, 924 Gilman St. at 8th, Berkeley a/a book 510-524-8180 510-525-9926 membership meetings 1st and 3rd sat. each month http://www.924gilman.org Great American Music Hall, 859 O'Farrell, S.F. a/a 415-885-0750 Harlow's, 2708 J Street, Sacramento 21+ 916-441-4693 Hemlock, 1131 Polk at Post, S.F. 21+ 415-923-0923 Hotel Utah Saloon, 500 4th St. at Bryant, S.F. 21+ 415-546-6300 Independent, 628 Divisadero, S.F. 21+ 415-771-1420 Java Lounge, 2416 16th St., Sacramento a/a Kimo's Bar, 1351 Polk at Pine, S.F. 21+ 415-885-4535 Knockout, 3223 Mission St., S.F. 21+ 415-550-6994 Konocti Harbor, 8727 Doda Bay Road, Kelseyville a/a 800-660-LAKE Li-Po Lounge, 916 Grant Ave., S.F. 21+ Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd St. at Mission, S.F. 21+ 415-647-2888 Metro, 630 3rd St. at M.L.K., Oakland a/a 510-763-1146 Mezzanine, 444 Jessie Street at Mint, S.F. 21+ 415-625-8880 Mountain Winery, 14831 Pierce Road, Saratoga a/a 408-741-2822 Mystic Theater, 23 Petaluma Blvd., Petaluma a/a 18+ 21+ 707-765-2121 New Oasis, 2100 Victorian Ave., Sparks, NV a/a 530-898-1497 Nick's Night Club, 1414 Park Ave., Chico 21+ Octopus Lounge, 180 Eureka Square, Pacifica 21+ 650-355-7775 Old Ironsides, 1901 10th St., Sacramento 21+ 916-443-9751 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+ Pirate Cat Radio Cafe, 2781 21st Street, S.F. a/a Red Devil Lounge, 1695 Polk at Clay, S.F. 21+ 415-921-1695 Red House, 1667 Botelho Drive, Walnut Creek a/a 21+ 925-938-6900 Regency Grand 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 Rockit Room, 406 Clement at 5th Avenue, S.F. 21+ 415-387-6343 Slim's, 333 11th St., S.F. a/a 415-522-0333 Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck, Berkeley 21+ (sometimes a/a) 510-841-2082 Stork Club, 2330 Telegraph, Oakland 21+ 510-444-6174 Thrillhouse Records, Mission at 30th, S.F. a/a (all live shows cancelled) Warfield, 982 Market St., S.F. a/a 415-775-7722 Underground Cafe, 2401 Olympus Drive, Roseville a/a 916-786-7940 Underground, 555 East 4th St., Reno NV 21+ Uptown, 1928 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland 21+ 510-451-8100 Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose 21+ 408-286-8636 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please feel free to copy The List and pass out copies to friends. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The List is e-mailed out each week. 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