Web (and searchable) version at http://jon.luini.com/thelist/ T H H EEEEEE L I SSSS TTTTT T H H E L I S T T HHHHHH EEEEE L I SSSS T T H H E L I S T T H H E L I S S T T H H EEEEEE LLLLLLL I SSSS T funk-punk-thrash-ska Upcoming shows of interest July 17, 2009 jul 17 fri Sabertooth Zombie, Time For Living, These Days, Grace Alley, Crucified at 924 Gilman a/a $7 8pm *** @ jul 17 fri Desolation (last show), Abrupt, Acts Of Sedition, Population Reduction, Acephalix at Yer Hauz, Oakland a/a 8pm *** @ jul 17 fri Inkblots, Con Of Man, Dezu, Los Valenberg, Sagaval, Tierra & Fuego, Qodice at the Oakland Metro, Oakland a/a $15 8:30pm ** @ (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival) jul 17 fri Agent Orange, Jack Killed Jill, Gutwrench at Blake's, Berkeley 18+ 8pm *** @ jul 17 fri Johnny Hootroc, The Tabaltix, Memphis Murdermen at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 17 fri Incineration (Saint Louis), Wild Hunt at the Stork Club, Okland 21+ 9pm/9:30pm ** jul 17 fri Infected Mushroom, dj Taj at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** jul 17 fri Cage at Rasputin's Music, 69 Powell Street, S.F. a/a free 5:30pm ** jul 17 fri Cage, Yak Ballz at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a $16 8pm/9pm ** jul 17 fri Men, Tussle, The Younger Lovers at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/10pm ** jul 17 fri Brand New at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** (sold out) jul 17 fri Koalacaust, Ordstro/Swank, We Be The Echo, Deers!, Shimomitsu at Sub-Mission Art Space, S.F. a/a $6 7pm ** @ jul 17 fri The Swingin' Utters, Off With Their Heads, Dear Landlord at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $15 9pm *** @ jul 17 fri The Zeros, FLESHIES, The Hooks at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $10/$13 9:30pm *** @ jul 17 fri Pterodactyl (Brooklyn), Bridez at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm * jul 17 fri Flipper, Toiling Midgets, Savage Republic at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $16 9pm *** @ (KFJC) jul 17 fri Sila And The Afrofunk Experience, Bayonics, Loco Bloco, dj Walt Digz at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 17 fri Casey & Brian (7" release), Unicorn Basement, Kitten Forever, Elle Nino at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival) jul 17 fri Lord T And Eloise, Kalrissian, The Feed at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 9pm ** jul 17 fri The Hex Dispensers (Austin), Young Offenders, Outdoorsmen, Complaints, dj Big Nate at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9:30pm *** @ (Red Devil Records Anniversary) jul 17 fri Carla Bozulich/Evangelista, Oaxacan, Brandon Nickell, Limousine, Braden Diotte, Art Lessing & The Flower Vato at the Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St. S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival) jul 17 fri Great Northern, Edward Sharpeand The Magnetic Zeros, Eulogies, City Light, dj Aaron Axelsen, dj Miles The Intern at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm *** (Live 105's Emerging Artist Series) jul 17 fri David Douglas, Anchors Of Maine, Kindness And Lies, visual artists at 111 Minna at 2nd, S.F. 21+ 5pm til 9pm ** jul 17 fri Blackstone Heist, Great Sand Waste, Hello Echo at the Rockit Room, S.F. 21+ ** jul 17 fri Stevie Coyle (cd release) at Mill Valley Masonic, 19 Corte Madera Avenue, Mill Valley a/a 8:30pm/9pm * jul 17 fri Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** jul 17 fri Abriel, Antagony, 7 Eat 9, Prelude To Ruin, Through The Fiasco at Dreamland, Hayward a/a $5 7:30pm *** @ jul 17 fri Chixdiggit! (Canada), Kepi Ghoulie, Public Display Of Aggression, Head (WA), Stunt Monkey (reunion) at Nickel City, San Jose a/a $10 7pm ** @ jul 17 fri The Ego Trippers, Drowning In Audio, Eudemon, The Monterey Jacks at the Camden Youth Center, 3369 Union Ave., San Jose a/a free 3pm ** jul 17 fri Cowboy Junkies, Son Volt at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $55-$45 7:30pm *** jul 17 fri Boz Scaggs, Michael McDonald at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $99-$59.50 5:30pm/7:30pm *** jul 17 fri Voodoo Glow Skulls, Monkey, Dustonious Maximus at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10/$12 9pm *** jul 17 fri Graveyard at Brookdale Inn And Spa, Brookdale ?/? ** jul 17 fri Bleeding Kansas, Thriller, Tigon at Cafe Pergolesi, 418 Cedar St., Santa Cruz a/a free 8pm ** jul 17 fri Bad Touch, Culo A Boca, Sinvida at the Pioneer Saloon, 2925 A Woodside Road, Woodside 21+ $5 9pm ** jul 17 fri Solange Knowles at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a $10 6pm and 8pm shows ** jul 17 fri Abandon Theory, Las Pesadillas, The Dirty Feet at Marilyn's on K, 908 K Street at 9th, Sacramento 21+ ** jul 17 fri Chicago Afrobeat Project at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm * jul 17 fri Love Songs, Air Guitar at Art+Music Market, West St. Market between 1st and 2nd, Reno, NV a/a free 5pm/9pm ** jul 17 fri 24 Satellites (cd release), The Amblers at Duffys, 337 Main Street, Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** jul 17/18 the Crucible's Fire Arts Festival at Wake Avenue & Engineer Road, Oakland a/a $35-$95 8pm *** jul 17/18 the habit project (created by actors 10 to 17 years old from interviews with addicts, behavioral psychologists, environmentalists, philosophers, martial artists) at the Pheonix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 8pm ** jul 18 sat Mika Miko, Audacity, Street Eaters, Boats! at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ jul 18 sat Verbal Abuse, One In The Chamber, Cheapskate, The Gobo Goblins, The Can-Canibals at the Oakland Metro, Oakland a/a $5 8pm *** @ jul 18 sat The Bayliens, Hopipitshard, Dlabrie, Dub Esq at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 18 sat The Hex Dispensers (Austin), Primitivas, Nocturnal Em at the Stork Club, Okland 21+ $8 9pm/9:30pm *** @ (Red Devil Records Anniversary) jul 18 sat Cashed, Gutwrench, The Jibbers, Burned Beyond Recognition, Black Dream, Gain To Lose, Rockfight, Thought Vomit at Warm Water Cove, Bay end of 24th Street, S.F. a/a free noon *** @ jul 18 sat Acts Of Sedition, Lifetime Problems, Maladie (Mexico), Bokanovsky (France), Trembling Hands at Flowershop, 992 Peralta, S.F. a/a $5 8pm *** @ note: corrected address jul 18 sat Arc Angels, Cyndi Harvell at Slim's, S.F. a/a $26 8pm/9pm ** jul 18 fri Dead Meadow (L.A.) Kelley Stoltz, Persephone's Bees, The Rubies, Bart Davenport, Xoel Lopez (Spain), Leopold & His Fiction, The Moore Brothers, Brian Glaze & The Night Shift, Coatsie & Mellows, dj Neil Martinson, dj Vikki Vaden at Jerry Garcia Amphitheater, McLaren Park, S.F. a/a free 11:30am *** (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival) jul 18 sat The Scrawnies, Penny Dreadfuls at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm til 8pm ** (ealry show) jul 18 sat Three Mile Pilot, Optiganally Yours at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $10/$12 8:30pm/10pm ** (sold out - Mission Creek Festival) jul 18 sat Chixdiggit, Kepi Ghoulie, Head (Seattle), The Pleasure Kills at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** (late show) jul 18 sat Urinals, Brilliant Colors, Rank/Xerox at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 18 sat Vieux Farka Toure, Luke Top, dj Jeremiah at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 18 sat Peter Holsapple & Chris Stamey at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $18 8pm ** jul 18 sat Unagi (record release), Melina Jones, Orukusaki, Gigio, Linkletterz, Substitute Teachers, dj Animal at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 10pm ** jul 18 sat Small Change Romeos, Finding Stella, Art In Heaven at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 3pm til 8pm ** (BBQ) jul 18 sat Stormcrow, Born/Dead (last U.S. show with Will), Laudanum, T.V. Evangelists at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm *** @ (late show - Will Kisner's Farewell Party) jul 18 sat Marcel Woods (Netherlands), dj's at 1015, 1015 Folsom Street, S.F. 21+ $15 10pm til 7am ** jul 18 sat Juan Son (Mexico), Nacotheque, Pop Noir, dJ Fancy Guey at the Blue Macaw, 2565 Mission Street, S.F. 21+ $15/$20 9pm ** (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival) jul 18 sat The Mentors, Before I Hang, Hammerlock, The Mutilators at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm *** @ jul 18 sat Richard Cheese, Lounge Against The Machine, Project: Pimento at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $35 8pm/9pm ** jul 18 sat The Itals at Mill Valley Masonic, 19 Corte Madera Ave., Mill Valley a/a 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 18 sat Self-Centered, Park Lane, Dead City Sunday, The Stalking Distance, One Dying Secret, Butcher at Chris' Club, 656 Benicia Rd., Vallejo 21+ $5 8pm ** @ jul 18 sat Maya Over Eyes, Break Free, Betrayal, Murder Death Kill, Mark These Words at Dreamland, Hayward a/a $10 7:30pm ** @ jul 18 sat M.A.B., Pillager, It, Nato, Generic Kids, Rudo, Horse Flesh, Driven By Pigs, Endless Attack, P.O.S. at 159 El Dorado, Hayward a/a $3 1pm ** @ jul 18 sat Boy Kicks Girl, H.B.A., I.N.F.M. at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 18 sat Indigo Girls at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $47.50-$37.50 5:30pm/7:30pm ** jul 18 sat Ozomatli at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $55-$45 7:30pm ** jul 18 sat Fast Times at Britannia Arms Almaden, 5027 Almaden Expressway, San Jose 21+ free 9:30pm * jul 18 sat Cry For Tomorrow at Streetlight Records, 939 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** jul 18 sat Con Funk Shun at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a $10 6pm and 8pm shows ** jul 18 sat Build Us Airplanes, Albert Square, Golden Arm, Love Songs at the Shaq, 213 C St, Davis a/a free ** jul 18 sat Mozart Season, Josiah James, Consider The Thief, The Glorious Fall, Carcerys Vale, Sleepwell, From Indian Lakes, Hello Sailor, Batten Down Your Heart, To Save A Hero at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $10/$14 ($20 vip) 3:30pm *** @ jul 18 sat Sexciety, I Wish We Were Robots, Of Ashes, Bloodprint at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** jul 18 sat Abandon Theory at the Golden Gecko Gardens, 4665 Marshall Rd., Garden Valley a/a * jul 18 sat Falling To Pieces, The Venting Machine at Vet's Hall, 189 Pine Street, Valley Springs a/a $10 8pm ** @ jul 18 sat Voodoo Glowskulls, Monkey at the Tonic Lounge, 231 W. 2nd St., Reno, NV 21+ ** jul 18 sat Fistifuks, Semi-Evolved Simians, Zabaleen, Gruk at Yer Mom's Haus, Chico a/a 7pm ** jul 19 sun Kepi The Band, The Supercutes, The Pillowfights, Curdle Motif, Danger Death Ray (OR), Tuck and Roll (OR) at 924 Gilman a/a $8 4pm *** @ jul 19 sun Asymmetrical Warfare (WA), Blod Rott, Violation at B.R.S., Richmond a/a $5 8pm ** @ jul 19 sun Crucial Cause (Fairfield), T.V. Evangilists, C.O.P. (L.A.), Gross Negligence, Duck And Cover at 2914 East 7th Street, East Oakland a/a 3pm *** @ jul 19 sun The Atom Age, The Bugs, The Secretions, Friday-Night (reunion) at Blake's, Berkeley a/a $10 ($8 if 21+) 7pm *** @ jul 19 sun Toadies, The Willowz at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16 7pm/8pm ** jul 19 sun Judgement Day, Triclops!, The Definite Articles at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm *** @ (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival) jul 19 sun Extortion, The Passive Aggressives, many more at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10 5pm ** @ (battle of the bands) jul 19 sun Val Esway El Mirage, Joe Rut Band, Cris McFarland (Austin), The Blue Swamis at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 2pm ** (Benefit for Sunny) jul 19 sun I Love My Label, Skimpy Portions at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 6pm ** (early show) jul 19 sun Trespassers William, The Theater Fire, Robert Gomez at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** (late show) jul 19 sun Lavay Smith, Carmen Getit, Belle Monroe at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 7pm and 9:30pm shows ** (Crazy in Love with Patsy Cline) jul 19 sun Pato Banton, Better Chemistry at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 8:30pm/9pm *** jul 19 sun Craig Ventresco, Xoel Lopez (Spain), dj Neil Martinson, dj Vikki V. at Bambuddah Lounge, Phoenix Hotel, 601 Eddy, S.F. 21+ free 3pm ** (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival) jul 19 sun Fauna Valetta, Branden Daniel & Everybody Gets Laid (Seattle), Brandendaniel, The Old Stoic, Mode at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ ** (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival) jul 19 sun Cool Kid Collective at the Rockit Room, S.F. 21+ * jul 19 sun Negative Trend at Lucky 13, 2140 Market Street at Church, S.F. 21+ 4pm ** jul 19 sun Arc Angels, The Aces at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $25 7pm/8pm ** jul 19 sun The Subdudes at Rancho Nicasio, Town Square, Nicasio 21+ $32/$35 ** (BBQ) jul 19 sun The Zydeco Flames, Da Island Way, The Very Bad Boys, Monsters Are Not Myths, Blue Sky, Last One Picked, Crunchy Frog at Sugartown Festival, Pomona Street at 2nd, Crockett free 11am/1pm ** jul 19 sun Talk Jonny at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** jul 19 sun The Littlest Viking at Streetlight Records, 939 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** jul 19 sun Aaron Tippin at Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton a/a $10 6pm and 8pm shows ** jul 19 sun F.B.S., Unisef, Snot Cocks, Left Handed at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 6pm ** jul 19 sun J Boogie at Grand Sierra Resort, 2500 East 2nd Street, Reno NV ?/? ** jul 20 mon Blue Oyster Cult, The CoverGrrlz at Slim's, S.F. a/a $30 7pm/8pm *** (107.7 The Bone - was in march) jul 20 mon Kanon Wakeshima (Japan) at Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F. a/a free 6pm ** jul 20 mon William Hooker at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 7pm * jul 20 mon Balthrop, Alabama, Ne'er Do Evers (N.Y.), Spencey Dude And The Doodles, Ded Pigeons (San Diego) at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jul 20 mon Miranda Lee Richards (L.A.), Emily Jane White, Helene Renaut, Chloe Makes Music at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm ** (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival) jul 20 mon Dirty Jacky And The Rug Burns, The Jank, Cheetahs On The Moon at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** jul 20 mon Children Of The Damned, Brocas Helm at Route 92, San Mateo 21+ free ** jul 20 mon Susan Rancourt at Marqs, 1143 Crane Street, Menlo Park 21+ 7pm * jul 20 mon Talk Jonny at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** jul 20 mon The Boils, Unit 6, Seduce The Dead, Dun Bin Had at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 ** jul 20 mon The Secretions, Rat Damage (Sacramento), Greenback at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a 8pm *** @ jul 20 mon Judgement Day at the Press Club, 2030 P Street at 21st, Sacramento 21+ ** jul 20 mon Joe Buck Yourself (Murray, KY), The Donikers, Cheatin Hearts at Lost on Main, Chico, 319 Main Street, Chico 21+ 8:30pm ** jul 21 tue XYX (Mexico), Rank/Xerox, Hot Summer at Mama Buzz Cafe, 2318 Telegraph Ave. at 23rd, Oakland a/a $5 7pm ** jul 21 tue Weasel Walter's Large Ensemble at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm * jul 21 tue Cameron Ochs, Erica Sunshine Lee, Big Lion, Dirk Diggler & His 12 inch B at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** jul 21 tue The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart (N.Y.C.), Girls, The Champagne Socialists (L.A.) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 7:30pm ** jul 21 tue August Burns Red, BlessTheFall, Enter Shikari, Iwrestledabearonce at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16/$18 7:30pm/8pm *** jul 21 tue Casiotone For The Painfully Alone, Concern, David And Joanna at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 21 tue Indigo Girls, Common Rotation at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $38.50 7pm/8pm # *** (jul 20th show cancelled) jul 21 tue Made In Mexico, Shakes Gown, Dark Lingo at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 21 tue Birds & Batteries, Sam Flaxx Keener, Sean Smith & The Present Moment, Chris Lacey at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm ** (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival) jul 21 tue Hot Lunch, Paula Frazer, Casual Fog (Nevada City), Jeff Ramuno at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival) jul 21 tue Inca Ore, The Sarees, Ora Cogan, Black Bow at Argus Lounge, 3187 Mission St., S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival) jul 21 tue The Limit Club (AZ), Luv N Rockets, The Returners, The Tabaltix at the Rockit Room, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** jul 21 tue No Doubt, Paramore, The Sounds at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $90/$70/$60/$25 7:30pm # *** jul 21 tue Francis Harold & The Holograms at Streetlight Records, 939 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** jul 21 tue Pat Benatar, Blondie, The Donnas at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$55 5:30pm/6:30pm *** jul 21 tue Jewel at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $69.50-$45 7pm *** jul 21 tue Judgement Day at the Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz a/a ** jul 21 tue F.B.S., UniSef at Monstros Pizza, Chico a/a $5-$7 8pm ** jul 21 tue Joe Buck Yourself (Murray, KY), Rabid Badgers, Poop, Truckers Wife at Bombay's, 1730 California Street, Redding 21+ 9pm ** jul 21/22 Gregg Allman, Jerry Hannan at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $45 7:30pm/8pm ** jul 22 wed Clutch, Baroness, Lionize at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** jul 22 wed La Roux, Io Echo at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $12/$15 8pm ** jul 22 wed Brain Killer (Boston), Acephalix, Steeples at Sub-Mission Art Space, S.F. a/a $6 8:30pm ** @ jul 22 wed Warpaint at Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F. a/a free 6pm ** (Mission Creek Music & Arts Festival) jul 22 wed The Everyday Visuals, Pierre de Reeder at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 22 wed 3 Leafs, Long Legged Woman, Jaws, Sex Worker, dj Tristes Tropiques at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** (Mission Creek Music & Arts Festival) jul 22 wed Shy Grape, The Slaves, Kwisp, Temptation, NVH at Argus Lounge, 3187 Mission St., S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival) jul 22 wed Warpaint (L.A.), Xoel Lopez, White Music, Moonrats (L.A.) at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival) jul 22 wed Ninja Gun, Fake Problems at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. ?/? ** jul 22 wed Carey Head, Julie Zee at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm * (acoustic night) jul 22 wed George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Jonny Lang at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75-$55 5:30pm/7:30pm *** jul 22 wed Gem Tops, Your Cannons, Amonie at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** jul 22 wed Lucabrazzi, Helm at Henfling's Tavern, Ben Lomond 21+ 8pm ** jul 22 wed Pat Benatar, Blondie, Neil Giraldo at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a *** jul 23 thr Rayos X (L.A.), Tuberculosis (L.A.), Brainkiller (MA), The Free Radicals (Portland) at the Poverty Shack, 818 Pine Street, Oakland a/a $5 7pm ** @ jul 23 thr Madball, Poison The Well, Bane, Terror, War Of Agers, The Ghost Inside, Death Before Dishonor, Trapped Under Ice, This Is Hell, Crime In Stereo, Vision Of Disorder at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a $10 3pm *** @ jul 23 thr De La Soul, Kenan Bell at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $29.50 8pm/9pm # *** jul 23 thr Solid State Logic, Punchface, A Band Called Pain, Scraping For Change at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13 7:30pm/8pm *** jul 23 thr The Weakerthans, Jason Collett at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a $16 8pm/9pm ** jul 23 thr The Handsome Family, Daniel Knox at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm * jul 23 thr Sic Alps, Linda Hagood, Tom Greenwood, Dragging An Ox Through Water at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** (Mission Creek Music & Arts Festival) jul 23 thr William Fitzsimmons, Jenny Owen Youngs at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** jul 23 thr The Dead Westerns, Maggie Morris, Mr. Turkey, David, Dirt Porch at Red Vic, 1665 Haight Street, S.F. a/a $2 7pm ** jul 23 thr Extra Action Marching Band, Jessie Evans, Bronze, The Something Experience at the Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St. S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival) jul 23 thr Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 8pm ** jul 23 thr Geographer, The Old-Fashioned Way, White Clouds, 100 Swans at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** jul 23 thr The Botticellis, Gravid Wives, Family Trea at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival) jul 23 thr kkn, Jason Grier, Kid Alice at Argus Lounge, 3187 Mission St., S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival) jul 23 thr The Cuban Cowboys, The Grave Brothers Deluxe, Carne Cruda at the Blue Macaw, 2565 Mission Street, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival) jul 23 thr Eclectic Method, dj Adrian, dj Mysterious D at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $17 ($12 S.F.F.S. members) 7pm/7:30pm ** jul 23 thr Justin Martin, Worthy, Christian Martin, Claude Vonstroke, J.Phlip at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $15 10pm til 4am * (late show) jul 23 thr Pinky Swear, SpekrFreks at Esta Noche Club, 3079 16th St., S.F. 21+ $5-$10 sliding scale 9pm ** (Benefit Community United Against Violence) jul 23 thr Daily-Daily, Floozy, The Arcadists at Grant & Green, 1371 Grant St., S.F. 21+ free 9pm ** jul 23 thr Buckle, Never Knows Best, Tremor Low at the Stud, 399 9th Street at Harrison, S.F. 21+ $3 9pm ** jul 23 thr H.W.C.B.N., Sonic Negroes (Sweden), Luxury Pushers, Red City Radio at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm ** jul 23 thr The Donnas, Sticks & Stones, Luv Planet at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $20 7pm/8pm *** jul 23 thr Big Sandy & His Fly Rite Boys at Todos Santos Plaza, Willow Pass Road at Grant, Concord a/a free 6:30pm til 8pm ** (East Bay Cities Mayor's Cookoff) jul 23 thr Il Divo (David Miller, Carlos Mar'n, Urs Buhler, S'bastien Izambard) at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $130/$90/$60 7:30pm # ** (opera) jul 23 thr The Moody Blues at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $79.50-$55 5:30pm/7:30pm *** jul 23 thr Music For Animals, Wendy Darling at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 23 thr Kathy Griffin at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a ** jul 23 thr Drop Dead, Gorgeous, He Is Legend, Before Their Eyes, Eyes Set To Kill, Watchout! There's Ghosts at Modesto Virtual, 947 10th St., Modesto a/a $14 6pm ** jul 23 thr Carnifex, Impending Doom, Miss May I, Conducting From The Grave, Molotov Solution at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 6:30pm/7pm ** jul 23 thr Tre Burt And A Big Gust Of Wind, The Tease, Perfect Example, Michaelryan McCauley, Adrian Bourgeois And The Coincidence, Caution Under Pressure, Shoot For Sunrise at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $9/$12 6:30pm ** jul 23 thr The Boils (PA), Excuse The Blood at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** jul 23 thr Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Two Sheds at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $15/$18 9pm ** jul 24 fri Bodies, Forgotten, Boils, Evacuate, Unit 6 (FL), Decent Criminal at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ jul 24 fri Of Montreal, Jon Brion at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** jul 24 fri Big City Orcheastre, 15 Degrees Below Zero, Noisepsalm, Eli Keszler, Ashley Paul at Terminal, 3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland a/a 9pm ** jul 24 fri Say Bok Gwai at Yer Casa, Oakland a/a ** jul 24 fri Daily-Daily, Montana 1948, The Blank Tapes at Yeah Live TV (BCM Studio), 2239 Martin Luther King Jr., Berkeley a/a free 5pm ** jul 24 sat Sila & The Afrofunk Experience, dj Jeremiah at Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley a/a $10/$13 ** jul 24 fri Wayne Hancock, Lil' Anne & The Tune Wranglers, Cassidy Crowley & The Buckshot Boys at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12/$15 9pm ** jul 24 fri Mans Red Fire, The Solid, Cycloptopus, 66Seven at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm ** jul 24 fri Bedouin Soundclash at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jul 24 fri Jay Brannan, Terra Naomi, Two Sheds at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 24 fri Asher Roth, Kid Cudi, B.O.B., Pac Div at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** jul 24 fri Shimomitsu, Softserv at Adobe Book Shop, 3166 16th St., S.F. a/a free * (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival) jul 24 fri Thorny Brocky, Ramon And Jessica, Joni Davis & Dawn McCarthy, Poor Sweet Creatures at Socha Cafe, 3235 Mission Street @ Valencia, S.F. a/a $7 9pm ** (moved from Amnesia) jul 24 fri Hunx & His Punx, Icy Lytes, Myles at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 10pm ** (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival) jul 24 fri Go Going Gone Girls, The Barbary Coasters, Howlies at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** jul 24 fri The New Deal at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $23 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 24 fri Master, Dreaming Dead, Pathology at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm/9pm ** jul 24 fri Lumaya at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 9pm * jul 24 fri Glitter Wizard, Bare Wires, Metal Shakespeare Company at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** jul 24 fri The Drums, Wendy Farina & Bianca Sparta, William Winant Trio, Weasel Walter, Moe! Staiano, Jason Gonzales at Argus Lounge, 3187 Mission St., S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival) jul 24 fri Hard Place (L.A.), Harry Merry (Netherlands), Agent Ribbons (Sacramento), Franklin's Mint at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival) jul 24 fri Colm Riain, Khi Darag at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm/9pm * jul 24 fri The Black Hollies, Ribbons (N.Y.) at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** jul 24 fri Afrobeat Down at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $10 * jul 24 fri Triclops!, Vau De Vire Society, Gooferman, The Diamond Daggers, Cowboy Girl, Sisters Of Honk, dj Smooth, Jello Biafra at the DNA Lounge, S.F. 21+ $20 *** @ jul 24 fri Shock G3 Trio, Syncere & H-Nut, Taeda Boy, G-Saleem at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a 7:30pm/8pm *** jul 24 fri Luciano, Lumanation at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $22/$25 8pm/9pm ** jul 24 fri Monkey at Mutiny, 422 West 2nd Street, Antioch 21+ ** jul 24 fri Space Monkey Gangsters, Point Of Vier, The Benefits, Poor AJ, Agent Deadlies at Dreamland, Hayward a/a $5 7:30pm ** @ jul 24 fri Brain Killer (Boston), Tuberculosis (L.A.), Rayos X (L.A.) at the Smile Factory, Behind 888 E. Santa Clara St. San Jose a/a $5 7pm *** @ jul 24 fri Slightly Stoopid, Snoop Dogg, Stephen Marley, Mickey Avalon at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $37.50/$25.50 5pm/6pm # *** jul 24 fri Kathy Griffin at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $89.50-$49.50 5:30pm/7:30pm ** jul 24 fri Boney James, Fourplay at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $85-$49.50 7:30pm ** jul 24 fri Three Mile Pilot, Optiganally Yours at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $15 9pm ** jul 24 fri Daily-Daily (L.A.), Shadows Edge, Aces And 8's, Pharmies at the Quarter Note, 1214 Apollo Way, Sunnyvale 21+ $8 9pm ** jul 24 fri Agent Orange, D.I., Total Chaos at Brookdale Inn And Spa, Brookdale ?/? *** @ $ jul 24 fri Gillian Welch at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $25/$28 7pm/8pm ** jul 24 fri Emery, Maylene And Sons Of Disaster, Closure In Moscow, Secret & Whisper, Kiros at Modesto Virtual, 947 10th St., Modesto a/a $14 6pm ** jul 24 fri Drop Dead, Gorgeous, He Is Legend, Before Their Eyes, Watch Out! There's Ghosts, Eyes Set To Kill at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15 8pm/8:30pm ** jul 24 fri Abandon Kansas, Paper Mache at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $10 6:30pm ** jul 24 fri No Doubt, Paramore, The Sounds at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Rd., Marysville a/a # ** jul 24 fri Startlight Mints, JP Inc. at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** jul 24 fri Il Divo at Reno Events Center, 300 N Center St., Reno, NV # ** jul 24 fri Surrogate (cd release), The Shimmies, Zach Zeller (solo acoustic) at Duffys, 337 Main Street, Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** jul 24/25 Rebirth Brass Band, Hackensaw Boys (fri), Extra Action Marching Band (sat), dj Concerned at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a $23/$25 8pm/9pm ** jul 24/25 Tainted Love, Mustache Harbor (fri), Sex Type Thing (sat) at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ $23 8pm/9pm ** jul 25 sat Mystic Knights Of The Cobra, Shellshag, Metal Shakespeare Company, Hobo Goblins, Yankee Kamikazee at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ jul 25 sat Liquid Pain, Assassin Empire, Warscythe, Vietus Mortuus, Cyanic, Pillager, Condemned To Live, Passive Agressive, Embers, Zombie Holocaust at 925 High Street, Oakland a/a $8 2:30pm *** @ (Oakland Grimefest) jul 25 sat Har Mar Superstar at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** jul 25 sat Solcraft, Daily-Daily (L.A.), Forget About Boston, Stereo Freakout at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9:30pm ** jul 25 sat The Undertaker & His Pals, Thee Swank Bastards (Las Vegas), Horror-X at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** jul 25 sat Vamps (Japan) at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** jul 25 sat Blowoff, dj Bob Mould, dj Rich Morel at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jul 25 sat Evacuate (San Diego), Resilience, Excuse The Blood, Step Up!, Knocked Out Cold (L.A.) at Sub-Mission Art Space, S.F. a/a 8pm $7 ($6 with can of food) ** jul 25 sat The Goat Family, One Man Banjo, Aesthetic Cling, 5 Cent Coffee, Reverend And Missus McCubbin, Vagabondage, Just Henry, Liquor Cake at Marx Meadow, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a free 11am ** (Junkstock) jul 25 sat Jesse Morris & The Man Cougars, Fluffgrrl at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm til 8pm ** jul 25 sat The Filthy Thieving Bastards, Joe Buck Yourself (Murray, KY), Lightnin' Woodcock & The Bad Motherfuckers at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 25 sat Rabbles, The Reaction, The Toques at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** jul 25 sat The Glitch Mob, Daddy Kev, Ana Sia, Eskmo at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $22.50 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 25 sat Sex With No Hands, Super Adventure Club, Griddle at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** jul 25 sat Luciano at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 25 sat Midnight Bombers, Fracas, East Bay Chasers at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm ** @ jul 25 sat Maus Haus, Rainbow Arabia, Pierre Le Robot at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 18+ $10 9:30pm ** (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival) jul 25 sat T.I.T.S., Kit, The Amazements, White Pee at Bay Area 51, 1667 Jerrold Ave. at 3rd St., S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival) jul 25 sat DoubleDouble, The Party Fouls, The Bad Beginning, dj Nasty Nate at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ $6/$10 9pm ** jul 25 sat The Texas Thieves, The Corruptors, The Meat Sluts at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** @ jul 25 sat Fast Time at Grant & Green, 1371 Grant St., S.F. 21+ free 9pm * jul 25 sat Surrendered, Uncut Faith, Your Pain My Victory, Second to Last, A Storybook Romance, Dilemachine/Covenant (lobby) at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** (Broken.FM Benefit) jul 25 sat Stimga 13, Harrington Saints, TRouble Maker, Bum City Saints at the Red Hat, 1860 Monument Blvd., Concord 21+ $7 9pm ** @ jul 25 sat Lyrics Born, Albino, Sean Hayes, The Green String Farm Band, The Far West Station Stars, The Honey Dewdrops, Red Meat, Susan Z at Love Field, Point Reyes a/a $25/$30 ** jul 25 sat Cretaceous, Devour The Masses, Suspended (N.M.), Manias (N.M.), Sonic Discharge at the Evil Dead Shed, Concord a/a $5 5pm til 10pm ** @ jul 25 sat Destroy All Operating Systems, I Shot The Sheriff, The American Dream, Red Fall at Dreamland, Hayward a/a $10 7:30pm ** @ jul 25 sat No Doubt, Paramore, The Sounds at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $90/$60/$25 7:30pm # *** jul 25 sat Black Chords, Perfect Machines, Talky Tina at Caravan, 98 South Almaden Ave., San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jul 25 sat Hottub at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 25 sat Dengue Fever at UC Davis, Davis a/a # *** jul 25 sat Falling To Pieces, After The Flesh, I Dekay, 12 Gauge Facelift, Otis at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a 8pm ** @ jul 25 sat The Stalking Distance, Fair Game, S.T.D., The Battle Of Midway, Brand New Lions at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $8/$10 6:30pm ** @ jul 25 sat Fear, Agent Orange, D.I., Total Chaos, Psychosomatic, Step Child, Bloodhook, Oppressed Logic, Red Tape, No Compy, Anti Social, 3 Up Front, Don't Care, 5 Fingers Of Death, The Left Hand, Twitch Angry at the Kennel Club, 5821 Auburn Blvd., Sacramento a/a $18 1pm *** @ $ jul 25 sat Damage, Silent Treatment (cd release), Grey Atlas, Split Self, Unmata at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** jul 25 sat Lacuna Coil, Kill Hannah, Seventh Void, Dommin at the New Oasis, 2100 Victorian Ave., Sparks, NV a/a # ** jul 25 sat Poison The Well, Madball, Bane, Terror, War Of Agers, The Ghost Inside, Death Before Dishonor, Trapped Under Ice, This Is Hell, Crime In Stereo at the Senator Theatre, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a $10 *** @ jul 25 sat Journey, Heart at Reno Events Center, 300 N Center St., Reno, NV # *** jul 25/26 California World Guitar Show at the Marin Civic Center, San Rafael a/a jul 26 sun Suspended (Albuquerque, N.M.), Manias (Albuquerque, N.M.), Strains Of The Apocalypse, Neurotoxicity, Pillager, Mrsa at Your House, Oakland a/a $6 7pm *** @ jul 26 sun M.A.B., Bad Touch, Damn Girl, Nachos!, IThinkThere'sSomeDamage, Nevermind The Buttocks Here's The Piss Shits, Something Horrible, Bum Jug Butt Plug at B.R.S., Richmond a/a $5 3pm *** @ (Shitty Band Night, Round Two) jul 26 sun Counting Crows, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Augustana at the Greek Theatre, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a $86-$40 7pm # *** jul 26 sun Eric Benet, Mint Condition, Ledisi at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $83-$50 7pm # ** (KBLX) jul 26 sun Up Your Alley Street Fair, Dore Alley at Folsom, S.F. a/a 11am-6pm (leather/sex themed street party) jul 26 sun Band Of Skulls at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** jul 26 sun Light Rail, Chris Jones at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm til 7pm ** jul 26 sun Quintron & Miss Pussycat, Mika Miko, Ty Segall, Audacity, dj Jonathon Toubin (N.Y.) at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** jul 26 sun Shrouded Strangers, Miss Massive Snowflake at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** jul 26 sun Tough Luxury, Tremor Low, The Highlands at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jul 26 sun Starlight Mints, JP Inc., The Union Trade at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ ** jul 26 sun Wayne Hancock, B-Stars at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 8pm ** jul 26 sun 2Me at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 6pm * jul 26 sun Fear, Agent Orange, D.I., Total Chaos at the New Oasis, 2100 Victorian Ave., Sparks, NV a/a # *** @ $ jul 26 sun Kill Hannah, Lacuna Coil, Seventh Void, Dommin at the Senator Theatre, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a ** @ jul 27 mon Lacuna Coil, Kill Hannah, Seventh Void, Dommin at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jul 27 mon Floating Action, Generationals, Jake Mann And The Upper Hand at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** jul 27 mon Spinnerette, Mini Mansions, Woah Hunx at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a $14 8pm/9pm ** jul 27 mon Glasvegas, Ida Maria at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** jul 27 mon Elvin Bishop, Rancho Deluxe at Rancho Nicasio, Town Square, Nicasio 21+ $20 *** (BBQ) jul 27 mon Zombie Death Stench at Route 92, San Mateo 21+ free ** jul 27 mon Mika Miko, Judgement Day, Audacity, The Mammoth Exploration Society at Nickel City, San Jose a/a $10 7pm ** @ jul 28 tue Jonathan Mann (two sets) at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** jul 28 tue Jarvis Cocker at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 8pm/9pm # ** jul 28 tue Mekons, Trumfio Trio at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a $17 7:30pm/8pm *** @ jul 28 tue Noisettes at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** jul 28 tue Jewel at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** jul 28 tue Lazarus, Tiny Vipers, Jakob Olausson at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jul 28 tue Rocher Rocha & The Goldenhearts, Otis, Alex Statan at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** jul 28 tue Amphibious Gestures, Vibrating Lung Transducer, Horaflora, Nerfbau, Cruisers, Calms, dj's at the El Rincon, S.F. 21+ ** jul 28 tue Future Of The Left, Disastroid, Make Me at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ ** jul 28 tue Stencil, Skeletons With Flesh On Them at Streetlight Records, 980 S. Bascom Ave., San Jose a/a free 4pm ** jul 28 tue Ru36, The Tattooed Millionaires, The Passive Aggressives, The Ferocious Few at Lake Tulloch Resort, 7260 O'Byrnes Ferry Road, Copperopolis a/a free noon ** jul 29 wed The Saucy Jacks, Thee Fine Lines, Tiny Vipers, Lazarus at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm ** jul 29 wed The Mitchell Experiment, Pierats, The Tet Holiday at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** jul 29 wed Kottonmouth Kings, Swollen Members, Big B, Dirtball, Short Dawg Tha Native at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** jul 29 wed Mark Matos & Os Beaches, Frank Fairfield, Mira Cook, Nate Grace (Austin) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 29 wed Magnolia Electric Company, The Donkeys at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 29 wed Etienne De Crecy (dj set) at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm * jul 29 wed Boyz IV Men at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ 9pm * jul 29 wed A Decent Animal, T.V. Mike And The Scarecrowes, Room3 at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 29 wed Top Critters, The Gibbs, Bellegrator at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm ** jul 29 wed Trapt, Since October (FL), Divide The Day, Inept at Last Day Saloon, 120 5th St., Santa Rosa 21+ 8pm/8:30pm ** @ jul 29 wed Steve Miller Band at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a ** jul 29 wed Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert, Lady Antebellum at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, 15 Hwy 50, Stateline, NV 21+ ** jul 30 thr Mother Of Mercy, Skin Like Iron, Title Fight, Foundation, Black Breath at Sub-Mission, S.F. a/a $8 ** jul 30 thr N.E.R.D., Clipse at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** jul 30 thr TV Ghost, Photobooth, Outdoorsmen at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 30 thr Black Cobra, Giant Squid, Grayceon, Cormorant at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** jul 30 thr Freddie McGregor, Laden And Chino, Revival Sound System at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $23/$25 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 30 thr Lord Loves A Working Man, The Struts, The Hi-Nobles, The Devil-ettes at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** jul 30 thr Trashcan Sinatras, Brookville, The Music Lovers at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $17/$20 8pm ** jul 30 thr Dolorata, Audrey Howard And The Misters, Two Against One at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm/9pm ** jul 30 thr Dave Crimmen Band at Todos Santos Plaza, Willow Pass Road at Grant, Concord a/a free 6:30pm til 8pm ** jul 30 thr In Disgust, Coke Bust (D.C.), Sick Fix (D.C.), Cruiser (OR), Futur Skullz at Smile Factory, Behind 888 E. Santa Clara St. San Jose a/a $5 7pm *** @ jul 30 thr Motley Crue, Godsmack, Drowning Pool, Theory of a Deadman, Charm City Devils at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $101/$81/$55.50 4pm/5pm # *** (Crue Fest 2 - was incorrectly listed as July 31st) jul 30 thr Men At Work, Monkey at Market & Park Avenue, San Jose a/a ** (music in the park) jul 30 thr Chris Pureka, Lucy Walsh at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $3/$5 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 30 thr The Squires, Don't Make Me Destroy You, The Walter Bere Band at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $9/$12 6:30pm ** @ jul 30/31 Gomez, Blind Pilot at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 8pm/9pm # *** jul 30/31 Steve Miller Band at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $149.50-$55 5:30pm/7:30pm ** jul 31 fri Voetsek, In Disgust, Infernal Stronghold (Philladelphia), Coke Bust (D.C.), Sick Fix (D.C.), Raw Nerves (Portland), Crucial Cause at B.R.S., Richmond a/a $7 7pm *** @ (Ami LawLess 43rd Birthday) jul 31 fri Earth, Wind & Fire, Chicago at the Greek Theatre, U.C. Berkeley a/a $126/76/56/40 7pm # *** jul 31 fri Sadus, Scarecrow, Concrete Coffin, Tryannosaurus Christ, Crushdown at the Oakland Metro, Oakland a/a $10/$12 7:30pm *** @ jul 31 fri Makeme at Amoeba Music, 2455 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a 6pm ** jul 31 fri Matthew Hansen at Blake's, Berkeley 18+ $10 9pm * jul 31 fri The Mumlers, Colossal Yes, Painted Cakes at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** jul 31 fri The Attracted at Eli's, 3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland 21+ $7 9pm/9:30pm * (acoustic nite) jul 31 fri The Offspring at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** @ $ (limited free tickets at samsungsummerkrush2009.com) jul 31 fri Classics Of Love, Toys That Kill, Ready The Jet, For.The.Win at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm *** @ (Food Drive For The Homeless) jul 31 fri Stan Ridgway & The Voodoo Band at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** (seated show) jul 31 fri The Lou Dog Trio (tribute), Little Bitches (tribute), Audiodub at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** jul 31 fri French Miami, Adam Stephens, Odawas, Or The Whale at the Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa at Potrero, S.F. a/a 8pm ** (The Bay Bridged Fundraiser) jul 31 fri Death By Stereo at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10/$12 9pm ** jul 31 fri Cross Canadian Ragweed, Band Of Heathens at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 31 fri Castanets, Warmer Milks, Lake Millions at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** jul 31 fri Trashcan Sinatras at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $17/$20 9pm ** jul 31 fri Zigaboo Modeliste at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** jul 31 fri French Miami, Adam Stephens And The Finite Plain, Or The Whale (acoustic), Leopold And His Fiction, dj John Vanderslice, dj Joshua Rampage at the Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa at Potrero, S.F. 21+ $15-$30 sliding scale ($50 vip) 7:30pm ** (Benefit The Bay Bridged) jul 31 fri Sabertooth Zombie, Eskapo, Sons Of Oswald, Rat Damage (Sacramento) at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm/9:30pm ** @ jul 31 fri Ensnared, Pasnuta & The Maximals, Decent Criminal, Construct X at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** jul 31 fri The Mermen at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $12/$15 8pm/9pm ** jul 31 fri Judas Priest, Whitesnake at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $80-$25 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** jul 31 fri Radio Active Cosmic Cereal, Tofu, Chubby Chubbies, Cold Cuts at Dreamland, Hayward a/a $5 7:30pm ** @ jul 31 fri The Ego Trippers, Michael Chaffin, The Spanish Gamble, The Monterey Jacks at the Big Yellow House, 2174 Coronet Drive, San Jose a/a $4 6pm ** jul 31 fri Bison B.C. (Canada), Lazarus A.D. (WI), Woe Of Tyrants, Silent Sinner, Psychomatic at Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose 21+ *** @ jul 31 fri Suicidal Barfly, Soft White Sixties, Talky Tina at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** jul 31 fri Stellar Corpses at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 31 fri Dr. Know, Highway Murderers, Truckers Wife, Thrash Compactor at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 ** @ jul 31 fri Spires, 1994! at Monstros Pizza, Chico a/a $5-$7 8pm ** aug 1 sat Dead To Me, Rational Anthem (FL), Turkish Techno at 924 Gilman a/a $7 8pm *** @ aug 1 sat Toys That Kill, Classics Of Love, The Singularity, Anchor Down, The Pillowfights, The Hot Toddies, Atom Age, For the Win, Mike Park, Ready The Jet at the Oakland Coliseum (far corner), Oakland a/a free 4pm *** @ (Asian Man Records 13th anniversary BBQ) aug 1 sat Dashing Suns, Soft White Sixties, Disgust Of Us, Raised By Robots at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** (Benefit Habitat for Humanity) aug 1 sat Stellastarr at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** aug 1 sat The Script, Angel Taylor at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** aug 1 sat Gutwrench, Hukaholix, Build Them To Break at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm ** @ aug 1 sat Shannon & The Clams, Hunx And His Punx, Terran Tromatics at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** aug 1 sat Wild Breed, Wig Torture, Three Stoned Men, Clap Band, Pirate Band, Mensclub, David Nudleman Solo, Smile God Loves You, Natural Fonzie at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 6pm ** (Rotfest - San Mateo band reunions) aug 1 sat Colin Hay, Bhi Bhiman at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $31 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 1 sat The Heavenly States, French Miami, Railcars, 60 Watt Kid, Anderson Congress, Vitiligo at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 7:30pm ** (Deli Magazine Dorkfest) aug 1 sat Dirty Power, Three Weeks Clean, Man's Red Fire at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 1 sat The Flakes, Th' Losin Streaks (Sacramento), I Love My Label (label tribute) at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm ** (Deb Danger's Birthday( aug 1 sat Malo, La Ventana at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $22/$25 7pm/8pm ** aug 1 sat Ru36, 5 Days Dirty, Saint Vernon, Tornado Rider, Amalgrama at the Red House, 1667 Botelho Drive, Walnut Creek a/a $12 6:30pm/7pm ** aug 1 sat The Mumlers, Shellshag (N.Y.), Screaming Females (N.J.), Doctor Nurse, Ghost And The City at Nickel City, San Jose a/a $10 7pm ** @ aug 1 sat The Fray, Jack's Mannequin, Vedera at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $70/$40/$20 5:30pm/7pm # ** aug 1 sat Social Unrest at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** @ aug 1 sat Judas Priest, Whitesnake, Tesla, Saliva, Trapt, Powerman 5000, Cavo, Rehab, Since October (FL), Pop Evil at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Rd., Marysville a/a 3:30pm # *** @ (Rockalottapus) aug 1 sat Abandon Theory at the Capitol Club, 525 Main Street, Quincy * aug 1/2 Lake Festival, Lakeshore Avenue, Oakland a/a free 10am til 6pm aug 2 sun Doomsiren (TX), Elk, Stormcrow, In Disgust at Your House, Oakland a/a 7pm ** @ aug 2 sun Screaming Females, Shellshag at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, 423 40th Street, Oakland a/a free 3pm ** aug 2 sun Sonic Youth, Awesome Color at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $35.50 8pm # *** $ aug 2 sun Hirax (L.A.), Wehrmacht (Portland), Voetsek, Scarecrow, Insanity, dj Rob Metal at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $15/$18 4pm til 10pm *** @ aug 2 sun Deerhoof at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** aug 2 sun Spot 1019, Catheads at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 1pm/2pm ** aug 2 sun Japandroids, Weekend at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 2 sun Foxtail Somersault, Astral, Space Waves at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** aug 2 sun 40Love, The Polaroid Babies, W.C. Von Der Berc's Cabaret, dj Djinti & Kindle at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $5/$7 8pm ** (Amoebapalooza) aug 2 sun The Beach Boys at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $69.50-$45 5:30pm/7:30pm *** aug 2 sun Eleonora, I Am Empire, Death Valley High, My Love, My Love at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 6pm ** aug 3 mon Reel Big Fish, The English Beat, The Supervillains at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** @ aug 3 mon Bowerbirds, Megafaun, Dame Satan at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm ** aug 3 mon Dezarie at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $23/$25 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 3 mon Iron Age, Mammoth Grinder, Foreign Nature, Secret People at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 7pm ** aug 3 mon Agent Ribbons, Jel, Sister Crayon at the Elbo Rooom, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** aug 3 mon Psyched To Die (N.J.), Deep Sleep (Baltimore) at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm/9pm ** aug 3 mon Jonas Brothers, Jordin Sparks, Honor Society at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $90/$70/$50/$30 6pm/7pm # ** aug 3 mon Entragian, Super Happy Story Time Land, Kha'nos, Winston Smith at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ 8pm ** aug 3 mon Gretchen Wilson at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a ** aug 4 tue film El Topo "free movie night" at 924 Gilman a/a free 7:30pm aug 4 tue John Doe & The Sadies at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** aug 4 tue Iron Age (Austin), Mammoth Grinder, Steeples at Sub-Mission Art Space, S.F. a/a $6 8:30pm ** @ aug 4 tue Roxy Epoxy & The Rebound, The Action Design, Tell-Tale Heartbreakers at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8 8pm ** aug 4 tue Elizabeth And The Catapult at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** aug 4 tue Dalton, Pegataur, thirtythreeandathird (Arcata) at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/10pm ** @ aug 4 tue Nebula, The Entrance Band, Kaura at the Elbo Rooom, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** aug 4 tue Quintron & Miss Pussycat, Hank IV, Ratas del Vaticano (Mexico) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 4 tue Rock My Soul, Steve Sage's Rock Rhythm & Blues Revue, Duo Gadjo at Todos Santos Plaza, Willow Pass Road at Grant, Concord a/a free 6:30pm til 9:30pm * (annual national night out) aug 4 tue Rod Stewart, The Kin at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $125/$75/$55 8pm # *** aug 4 tue Company Of Thieves at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $5 9pm ** aug 4/5 Lyle Lovett at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85.50-$50 5:30pm/7:30pm ** aug 5 wed Deeper, Zombie Defense League, Bigelows Treehouse at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** aug 5 wed Rebelution, Iration, Tribal Seeds at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** aug 5 wed Jesse Winchester at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** aug 5 wed The Pine Box Boys, Ha Ha Tonka, Kemo Sabe at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** aug 5 wed Softserve, Sabertooth Cavity & The Free Pop Arkestra at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** aug 5 wed Prizehog, H'st, Necrite, Gumbi, dj Rob Metal at 917 Folsom Street at 5th Street, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** aug 5 wed PrizeHog, Host, Necrite, Gumbi at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** aug 5 wed Madeleine Peyroux at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** aug 5 wed Phish at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $49.50 5:30pm/7pm # ** aug 5 wed Roxy Epoxy & The Rebound, Action Design, Like Me's at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $5 9pm ** aug 6 thr Roxy Epoxy & The Rebounds, The Action Design, Goodbye Gadget, dj Squid at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 6 thr The Infamous Stringdusters at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** aug 6 thr The Briggs at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 6 thr The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Monty Are I at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** aug 6 thr Zodiac Death Valley, In the Dust, Hott Daxx at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 6 thr The Blasters at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 8pm ** aug 6 thr Michael Rose at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $27 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 6 thr Kelley Stoltz, The Dry Spells (album release), Jessica Pratt at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 6 thr T.O.F.U. (Titties On A Fuckin Unicycle), Angela Chase, The Nerv at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** aug 6 thr Johnny Winter, Hillside Fire at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $27/$30 7pm/8pm ** aug 6 thr Madeleine Peyroux at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $65-$45 7pm ** aug 6 thr Devilkin at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $9/$12 6:30pm ** aug 6 thr cancelled: Honor Society at the Fillmore, S.F. aug 7 fri Dcoi, The Insurgence, Slow Children, United Defiance, Snag, 3Upfront at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ aug 7 fri Goapele, Social Unrest, The Souls Of Mischeif, The Heavenly States, Dizzy Balloon, Maldroid, Superfinos VTO, The Thrill Of It All, CU Next Weekend, Mystic Rage, Swann Danger, Fracas, 7th Street Band, art, bike exhibits and demos, magic shows at the Oakland Museum, 1000 Oak Street, Oakland a/a free 5pm till midnight *** aug 7 fri Underworld, Damian Lazarus at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $43.50 8pm # ** aug 7 fri Pulse Emitter, Grasslung, Brown, A Story Of Rats, Squim at Terminal, 3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland a/a 9pm ** aug 7 fri Bart Davenport, Sam Flax Keener, dj The Duke Of Windsor at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** (East Bay Express "Best of Bay" Party) aug 7 fri In Reverent Fear, The Frail, Via Coma, Honest Thomas at Slim's, S.F. a/a $13/$16 8:30pm ** aug 7 fri The Gris Gris at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** aug 7 fri Lucha Vavoom at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 8pm/9pm # ** aug 7 fri Yacht at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** aug 7 fri Floating Goat, Lozen, Canyon Canyon at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 7 fri Fast Times at Maggie McGarry's, 1353 Grant St., S.F. 21+ free 9pm * aug 7 fri Sassy!!!, The Bare Wires, The Plastic Saints at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** aug 7 fri Bobby Long (acoustic) at the Elbo Rooom, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 8pm til 10pm ** (early show) aug 7 fri Facepilot (Portland), Kowloon Walled City, Damnweevil, dj Rob Metal at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 7 fri Leather Feather, Tornado Rider, LSD And The Search For God, dj Audrock at the Independent, S.F. 21+ free 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 7 fri The 808 Band With Robert Herrera (album release), SonicBloom, Dublin, dj B-Cause at Hopmonk Tavern, 230 Petaluma Avenue, Sebastopol 21+ $10 (includes cd) 9pm ** aug 7 fri Smokey Robinson at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $79.50-$49.50 5:30pm/7:30pm ** aug 7 fri Melvins at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $15 9pm *** @ aug 7 fri Johnny Winter at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $21/$24 7:30pm/8:30pm ** (show 1) aug 7 fri James Intveld at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** (show 2) aug 7 fri With A Bullet at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** aug 7 fri Abandon Theory at Main Street Brewery, 101 Main Street, Roseville 21+ * aug 7 fri Pat Green at the Senator Theatre, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a ** aug 7/8 Poor Man's Whiskey, Buxter Hoot'n at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 9pm ** aug 8 sat Triclops!, Psyched To Die (N.J.), Deep Sleep (MD), Broken Patterns at 924 Gilman a/a $7 8pm *** @ aug 8 sat N.I.B.U.R.U. (Houston), Dissent (Houston), I Will Kill You Fucker, Honduran (Portland), Strains Of The Apocalypse at Your House, Oakland a/a $6 8pm *** @ aug 8 sat Seasick (N.J.), Acts Of Sedition, Face The Rail, Bad Coyotes at B.R.S., Richmond a/a *** @ aug 8 sat James Intveld, Red Meat, Kit & The Branded Men at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm ** aug 8 sat Leela James, Bilal, Anthony David (solo) at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** aug 8 sat Led Zepagain at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** aug 8 sat Los Amigos Invisibles, Funky C, Joya at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** aug 8 sat Paul Green's School of Rock West Coast All-Stars at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $8/$10 2pm ** aug 8 sat Jesse Brewster, Dear Indugu, Eloy Cipriano, Kali, dj Dr. Spook, dj Sausee, art at the El Rincon, S.F. 18+ $8 8pm ** (ND Fest) aug 8 sat Frustrations (Detroit) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 6pm ** aug 8 sat Barbara Manning & The Sleaze Tax, Woog Riots, Best Wishes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** (late show) aug 8 sat Sunno))), The Accused at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16/$18 8:30pm/9pm *** aug 8 sat FreeX, My Parde, The Lllness at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** aug 8 sat La Plebe, The Bar Feeders, Hightower, The Fucking Buckaroos at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8-$20 sliding scale 3pm/4pm ** (early show - Benefit for the San Francisco Tenants Union) aug 8 sat The Love Me Nots (Phoenix), Go Going Gone Girls, Jonny Manak And The Depressives (San Jose) at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/10pm ** (late show) aug 8 sat The Excuse (final show), Get Dead!, New Tomorrow, The Singularity, Radio Crimes at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ free 8pm/9pm ** @ aug 8 sat Tom Rigney, Flambeau, Alvon at Cal Maritime, 200 Maritime Academy Drive, Vallejo a/a $10 5pm/6pm ** aug 8 sat Attack Disarm Takeover, Deface, Arise, Hukaholix, Chump Change at the Evil Dead Shed, Concord a/a $5 5pm til 10pm *** @ aug 8 sat Ziggy Marley, 311, The Expendables at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a 12:30pm *** (early show) aug 8 sat Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers, Toots And The Maytals at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $55-$45 5:30pm/7:30pm ** (late show) aug 8 fri Hour Of The Wolf, Wolves And Theives, Among The Living, Descendage at 418 Project, 418 Front Street, Santa Cruz a/a $8 8pm ** @ aug 8 sat Shitkickers, Fire Whiskey, The Cranks at the Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz a/a $10 ** aug 8 sat The Pack, The Cataracs, Dizzy Balloon, Pep Love Of Hieroglyphics, The Holdup, The Skaflaws at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $12/$15 8pm/9pm ** (show 1) aug 8 sat Lukas Nelson & The Promise Of The Real at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** (show 2) aug 8 sat The Nickel Slots, Drinking At Your Funeral at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** aug 8 sat Omarr Escoffie (solo acoustic) at Duffys, 337 Main Street, Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** aug 9 sun Cryophonik, dj Tasty Cheasty, dj Spire, dj Gate One, C. Kay at Blake's, Berkeley 18+ $8 9pm ** aug 9 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap at McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. a/a $3 ($20 6am early entry) 10am aug 9 sun Tecumseh, Oaxacan, Barn Owl, Squim at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 9 sun Agent Ribbons, Foxtails Brigade, Garrett Pierce, Devotionals at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** aug 9 sun Reduce To Ruin, Richard March at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** aug 9 sun Butch Whacks & The Glass Packs at Rancho Nicasio, Town Square, Nicasio 21+ $25 ** (BBQ) aug 9 sun Banda Newsense, Decrats (L.A.), Society's Low, Slow Children (L.A.) at the Red Hat, 1860 Monument Blvd., Concord 21+ $5 5pm ** (BBQ) (Benefit STAND! against domestic violence) aug 9 sun Melissa Etheridge at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $99.50-$55 5:30pm/7:30pm *** aug 9 sun Nas, Damian Marley, The Roots, Common, Busta Rhymes, House Of Pain, Big Boi, Reflection Eternal, Tech N9ne, Rza, Krs-One, Sage Francis, Slaughterhouse, Slum Village, Mop, Raekwon, K'naan, Murs, The Knux, Supernatural, Necro, Eyedea And Abilities, Buckshot, Chali2na, Pete Rock, Psycho Realm, Mystic Journeyman, Mickey Facts, The Alchemist, Evidence, Tabi Bonney, B. Dolan at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $81-$41.50 11am/noon # *** (Rock the Bells) aug 9 sun Beneath The Rapture, Bloodshot Pizza, Tag Your Dead, Vesuvious at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 6pm ** aug 10 mon Casiokids, The Wave Pictures, Slow Club at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 10 mon Heaven And Hell, Coheed And Cambria at Event Center, San Jose State a/a ** aug 10 mon Cobra Skulls, The Singularity, The Copyrights, Pop Bottle Bombers, The Pillowfights at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 8pm ** @ aug 11 tue film Holy Mountain "free movie night" at 924 Gilman a/a free 7:30pm aug 11 tue Cobra Skulls, The Copyrights, Rockfight at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8 8:30pm ** aug 11 tue Book Of Black Earth, Landmine Marathon, DJ Rob Metal at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8/$10 8pm ** aug 11 tue The Lickets, Caroline Weeks, Corridor at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 12 wed Fire Whiskey, Neon Anyway at the Uptown, Oakland, 21+ free 9pm ** aug 12 wed Nodzz, Younger Lovers, Rank Xerox, Robocop 3, Fugitive Kind, Celine Dion, Awesomes, Year One at Sub-Mission Art Space, S.F. a/a $5 8pm *** (MR&R/Thrillhouse S.F. is Doomed Fest) aug 12 wed Diana Krall at Davies Symphony Hall, S.F. a/a $125/$90/$80 8pm # ** (KKSF) aug 12 wed Barcelona, Meese at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** aug 12 wed Casual Fog (solo), Neil Morgan, Aaron Ross at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 12 wed Better Than Ezra at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 7:30pm/8pm *** aug 12 wed Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm * aug 12 wed The Kegels, The Party Fouls, Jokes For Feelings at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** @ aug 12 wed Lions, Flexx Bronco at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** aug 12 wed Depeche Mode, Peter, Bjorn & John at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View $99/$79/$36 6pm/7:30pm # ** aug 12 wed Los Lonely Boys, Los Lobos at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $80-$50 5:30pm/7:30pm *** aug 13 thr Parasites Go! (last show), Yankee Kamikaze, Seasick, Mutoid Men, Danger Stranger at Sub-Mission Art Space, S.F. a/a $5 8pm *** (MR&R/Thrillhouse S.F. is Doomed Fest) aug 13 thr Raised By Robots, M. Bison, Buttercream Gang at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 13 thr Dramarama at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 8pm ** aug 13 thr Skin Like Iron, Young Offenders, Never Healed, Airfix Kits, Dirty Cupcakes at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** (MR&R/Thrillhouse S.F. is Doomed Fest) aug 13 thr Gregory Isaacs at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $28 ** aug 13 thr Society Of Rockets, Dominique Leone, Reptiel at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 13 thr The Photons, X-Ray Press (Seattle), Huff This!, Chasing Shapes at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** aug 13 thr Commissure, Room For A Ghost, An Isotope at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm ** aug 13 thr Huey Lewis And The News at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** aug 13 thr Diana Krall at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a ** aug 14 fri ArnoCorps, Order Of The White Rose, Savage Machiine, Ghost Next Door at 924 Gilman a/a $10 8pm *** @ aug 14 fri Mystic Knights Of The Cobra, Soft White Sixties, Pocos Perro Locos, Nosebleed Academy, The Moonlight Orchestra at the Oakland Metro, Oakland a/a $10 8pm *** aug 14 fri 3RD Rail at Blake's, Berkeley 18+ $10 9pm ** aug 14 fri The Hot Toddies, Vitamin Party at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** (Benefit to save San Francisco's All-Ages Music Venues) aug 14 fri Bananas, Underground Railroad To Candyland, Love Songs, Pretty Boy Thorson And The Falling Angels, Shangalang, Rvivr at Sub-Mission Art Space, S.F. a/a $5 8pm *** @ (MR&R/Thrillhouse S.F. is Doomed Fest) aug 14 fri Conquest For Death, Acephalix, Vaaska, NN, Descarados, Adelitas at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $5 9pm *** @ (MR&R/Thrillhouse S.F. is Doomed Fest) aug 14 fri Down, Melvins, Weedeater, Danava at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** @ aug 14 fri Quantic And His Combo Barbaro at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** (was Sunday August 16th) aug 14 fri Flood, Pigs at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** @ (MR&R/Thrillhouse S.F. is Doomed Fest) aug 14 fri Dalmacio Von Diamond And The Enochian Keys, New Thrill Parade, Al Qaeda (with Mike Watt), Droughter at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 14 fri Mark Farina, Metro Area, dj Fluid, Rob G, J-Boogie, The Whooligan, Al Velilla at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $15/$20 10pm ** (Om records) aug 14 sat Windsurf, Tussle, Jonas Reinhardt, dj's at Amnesia, 853 Valencia at 20th, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** (was aug 8th) aug 14 fri Sekouba Bambino Diabate at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25/$30 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 14 fri Mental Conflict, Body Or Brain, Nana de Carlo, Waters at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** @ aug 14 fri Vicki Genfan, Ken Bonfield, Peter Janson, Larry Pattis, Steve Wildey at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** (Healdsburg Guitar Festival) aug 14 fri The Iron Maidens at Voodoo Lounge, San Jose 21+ $12/$15 ** aug 14 fri This Charming Band at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 14 fri Aroarah, American Radio, Automatic Static, Save And Continue, Red Velvet Kiss at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 8pm/8:30pm ** aug 14 fri Early Times Band at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** aug 14 fri Chimaira, Decimation Of The Nation, Hatebreed, Wings Of Plague, Dying Fetus, Toxic Holocaust at the New Oasis, 2100 Victorian Ave., Sparks, NV a/a # *** @ $ aug 14/15 Huey Lewis & The News at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85.50-$50 5:30pm/7:30pm *** aug 14/15 Alan Parsons Live Project at John Ascuaga's Nugget Casino, Sparks, NV 18+ ** aug 15 sat Dead Souls (tribute), Luv N' Rockets (tribute), The Hormones, dj Squid at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** (Benefit for East Bay Innovations) aug 15 sat Wild Child (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** aug 15 sat Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, Eric Krasno, Chapter 2 at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # *** aug 15 sat Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** aug 15 sat 50 Million, Screaming Females, Shellshag, Kreamy Lectric Santa, Reaction at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $5 8pm *** @ (MR&R/Thrillhouse S.F. is Doomed Fest) aug 15 sat 666 Hell on earth show at Sub-Mission Art Space, S.F. a/a $5 8pm *** @ (MR&R/Thrillhouse S.F. is Doomed Fest) (625 Records, Deep Six records, Six Weeks Records) aug 15 sat Bo Burnham at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** aug 15 sat Dubious Ranger, Static Mind-FI, James Devane at Brainwash, 1122 Folsom St., S.F. a/a free 7:30pm ** aug 15 sat Leopold & His Fiction, Spyrals, Candy Apple at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 15 sat The Octopus Project at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/10pm * aug 15 sat The Iron Maidens (tribute), Oreo, Sticks And Stones at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 15 sat N.A.S.A. at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 15 sat The Fighting Supaks, Paleface, Ledbetter And His Best Best at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** aug 15 sat The Disciples, Holy Rolemodel, The B-Cups, Nontoxic, Entangled at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** @ aug 15 sat Bill Mize, Richard Gilewitz, Kinloch Nelson, William Coulter at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** (Healdsburg Guitar Festival) aug 15 sat Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy, Drake at the Pavilion, Concord a/a # ** aug 15 sat The Zygoats at Dreamland, Hayward a/a 7:30pm * aug 15 sat Buddy Guy at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $80-$50 7:30pm ** aug 15 sat Beerijuana at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 15 sat E-40, Potluck, Big Co, Alias John Brown at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $35/$40 8pm/8:30pm *** aug 15 sat Coolfield at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $8/$10 6:30pm ** aug 15 sat Fair Game at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm * aug 15 sat Chimaira, Decimation Of The Nation, Hatebreed, Wings Of Plague, Dying Fetus, Toxic Holocaust at the Senator Theatre, 517 Main St., Chico a/a $19/$22 5:30pm *** @ $ aug 15 sat F.M.A.M., The Donnikers, Hellzapoppin (sideshow revue) at Lost on Main, Chico, 319 Main Street, Chico 21+ 9:30pm ** (Benefit for the Chico Elementary Music Program) aug 15/16 Oakland Art & Soul Festival, Downtown Oakland a/a $10 ** aug 16 sun Crime, Wild Thing, Primitivas, Lou Lou And The Guitarfish at Sub-Mission Art Space, S.F. a/a $7 8pm *** @ (MR&R/Thrillhouse S.F. is Doomed Fest) aug 16 sun Half Handed Cloud, Red Pony Clock, Boat at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 16 sun Loop! Station, Jill Tracy, Nicki Jaine at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** aug 16 sun indie mart at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free noon aug 16 sun Grooming The Crow, Lariats Of Fire at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** aug 16 sun Method Man, Redman, Ghostface Killah at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $35 7pm/8pm *** aug 16 sun Gregory Isaacs, Midnight Sun at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $25 8pm/9pm ** aug 16 sun Mimi Fox, Harvey Reid, Steve Seskin, Tim Sparks, Stevie Coyle at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** (Healdsburg Guitar Festival) aug 16 sun Toby Keith, Trace Adkins at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View $74-$20 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** aug 16 sat Chimaira, Decimation Of The Nation, Hatebreed, Wings Of Plague, Dying Fetus, Toxic Holocaust at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $19/$21 6pm/7pm *** @ $ aug 16 sun Lessons In Failure, Our Hometown Disaster, Vomit at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a 6pm ** aug 16 sun Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $17.50/$20 9pm ** aug 17 mon Elvis Costello, The Sugarcanes at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $89.50-$55 5:30pm/7:30pm *** aug 17 mon Xavier Rudd, Jeremy Fisher at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$25 7pm/8pm ** aug 17 mon Arnocorps, Good Neighbor Policy, Dagobah, Teraton at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ $7 ** @ aug 17 mon RX Bandits at Empire Events Center, 1417 R Street, Sacramento a/a # ** aug 18 tue film Flying Guillotine "free movie night" at 924 Gilman a/a free 7:30pm aug 18 tue Emiliana Torrini at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a * aug 18 tue Pissed Jeans, Mi Ami at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a 9pm ** aug 18 tue Scrabbel, Pregnant, Imra at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 18 tue Max Tundra at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm * aug 18 tue GREEN DAY, Franz Ferdinand at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $49.50/$25 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** @ aug 18/19 Diana Krall at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $99-$59.50 5:30pm/7:30pm ** aug 19 wed Jackson Browne at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $60/$50/$40 7pm/8pm # ** aug 19 wed Crocodiles, Pens, Graffiti Island at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** aug 19 wed Panda at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $39.50 7pm/8pm # *** aug 19 wed Stone Foxes, The Lonely H at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ * aug 19 wed Mother Mother at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** aug 19 wed The Have Nots (Boston), Stigma 13, Flatout at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $6 8pm ** aug 19 wed Horror X, Boats!, The Spurts, The Pranks at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $6 8pm ** aug 19 tue Xavier Rudd, Jeremy Fisher at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $20 7:30pm/8:30pm ** aug 19 wed Aerosmith, ZZ Top at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $199.50-$36.50 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** (Bone Bash X) aug 19 wed Joan Baez at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $55-$39.50 7pm *** aug 19 wed Stegosaurus Rex at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** aug 19 wed Trevor Hall at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 19 wed Elvis Costello, Jerry Douglas, Jim Lauderdale at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a *** aug 20 thr Daughtry at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm # ** aug 20 thr The Toy Soldiers, Battlehooch at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** aug 20 thr San Kazakgascar, When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth (Austin) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 20 thr Strip Mall Architecture, The Love X Nowhere, Silian Rail at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 20 thr Hillstomp, Slowfinger, The Brothers Comatose at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** aug 20 thr Blowfly, Blag Dahlia Rock Legend, Mad Macka (The Onyas, Australia) at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 20 thr Lisa Williams at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** aug 20 thr 3oh!3, A Day To Remember, A Skylit Drive, Aiden, Alana Grace, Alexisonfire, All Time Low, Attack Attack, Bayside, Big D And The Kids Table, Black Tide, Breathe Carolina, BrokenCyde, Cash Cash, Channel 3, Chiodos, Dirty Heads, D.O.A., Dr Madd Vibe Experiment, Early States, Escape The Fate, Every Avenue, Fear, Fishbone, Forever The Sickest Kids, Gallows, H.D.R., Hit The Lights, I Set My Friends On Fire, In This Moment, InnerPartySystem, Left Alone, Less Than Jake, Longway, LoveHateHero, Madina Lake, Meg and Dia, Midori Audioclique, Millionaires, NoFX, P.O.S., Saosin, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Senses Fail, Shad, Shooter Jennings, Silverstein, Sing It Loud, Single File, Streetlight Manifesto, TAT, The A.K.A.s, The Adicts, The Architects, The Devil Wears Prada, The Maine, The Reverend Peytons Big Damn Band, The Truth, The White Tie Affair, Thelonious Monster, There For Tomorrow, Therefore I Am, This Providence, Thrice, Total Chaos, TV/TV, UK Subs, Underoath, Valencia, VersaEmerge, Virgin Pancakes, We The Kings, Westbound Train, YB, You Me At Six at Warped Tour, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $26.75 10:30am/11am # *** @ (only one main stage - bands on main stage play 40 minuits each) aug 20 thr Lewis Black at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $69.50-$49.50 5:30pm/8pm *** aug 20 thr The Pyrx Band, Playz, Chris Rene at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 20 thr Jeffree Star, Artist Vs. Poet, Watch Out! There's Ghosts, Let's Get It, The Divine at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 8pm/8:30pm *** aug 21 fri Graham Patzner, Jonathan Devoto, The Trophy Fire, I The Mighty at Blake's, Berkeley 18+ $10/$13 8:30pm ** aug 21 fri Aphrodesia, dj Jeremiah at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** aug 21 fri Beres Hammond, Harmony House Singers, Culture, Lenya Wilks at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** aug 21 fri Set Your Goals, Four Year Strong, Polar Bear Club, Fireworks at Slim's, S.F. a/a $15 8pm *** aug 21 fri Tussle, Grass Widow, Psychic Reality, Royalchord at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 21 fri Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson, Savannah Jo Lack at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 21 fri Steve Bug, John Tejada at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ 10pm ** (Poker Flat Recordings) aug 21 fri Forrest Day, Dizzy Balloon at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm ** aug 21 fri Elvis Costello, Jerry Douglas, Jim Lauderdale at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a *** aug 21 fri When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth (TX), Dirty Pillows, Matsuri at Nickel City, San Jose a/a $10 7pm ** @ aug 21 fri Classics Of Love, The New Trust, Touche Amore, Crushed On You, San Narcisco at 418 Project, 418 Front St., Santa Cruz a/a $8 8pm ** @ aug 21 fri Slacktone, The Concaves, The Restless Kings at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 21 sun 3oh!3, A Day To Remember, A Skylit Drive, Aiden, Alana Grace, Alexisonfire, All Time Low, Attack Attack, Bayside, Big D And The Kids Table, Black Tide, Breathe Carolina, BrokenCyde, Cash Cash, Channel 3, Chiodos, Dirty Heads, D.O.A., Dr Madd Vibe Experiment, Early States, Escape The Fate, Every Avenue, Fishbone, Forever The Sickest Kids, Gallows, H.D.R., Hit The Lights, I Set My Friends On Fire, In This Moment, InnerPartySystem, K Sera, Left Alone, Less Than Jake, Longway, LoveHateHero, Madina Lake, Meg and Dia, Millionaires, NoFX, P.O.S., Saosin, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Senses Fail, Shad, Shooter Jennings, Silverstein, Sing It Loud, Single File, Streetlight Manifesto, Tat, The A.K.A.s, The Adicts, The Architects, The Devil Wears Prada, The Maine, The Reverend Peytons Big Damn Band, The Truth, The White Tie Affair, Thelonious Monster, There For Tomorrow, Therefore I Am, This Providence, Thrice, Total Chaos, TV/TV, UK Subs, Underoath, Valencia, VersaEmerge, Virgin Pancakes, We The Kings, Westbound Train, Y.B., You Me At Six at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Rd., Marysville a/a # *** @ (Warped Tour) aug 21/22 Tracy Chapman at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $50 8pm/9pm # *** (fri sold out) aug 21/22/23 Chris Isaak at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85.50-$55.50 5:30pm/7:30pm *** aug 22 sat 7 Generations, Die Young, The Seperation, Abandon, Lockstep, Pussy Whipped at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ aug 22 sat Beowulf (L.A), Pyschosomatic, Last Round Up, Killing California (L.A), Super Buick (PA) at B.R.S., Richmond a/a 7pm *** @ aug 22 sat Grand Lake, Guidance Counselor, Off Campus, The Super Cutes at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 22 sat Forbidden at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ aug 22 sat Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** aug 22 sat New Hope For The Dead, Ovsrdrive A.D., Hot Heresy at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** aug 22 sat The Ex-Boyfriends, My First Earthquake, Vitamin Party at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 22 sat Low Red Land, Appomattox at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 6pm ** (early show) aug 22 sat T.I.T.S., Plastic Crimewave, Wicked Wicked Ways at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** (late show) aug 22 sat Jedi Mind Tricks, mc Esoteric, Reef The Lost Cauze, Bound By Honor at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 22 sat Anita Baker, Boney James, Jazz Attack, Rick Braun, Jonathan Butler And Richard Elliott, Fourplay, Nathan East, Larry Carlton And Harvey Mason, Times 4 at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $75-$25 3pm/4pm # *** (Mount Diablo Jazz Festival) aug 22 sat The Ego Trippers, I Am Empire, Evolution, Overview, This Is War at the Venue, behind L.G.H.S., 4 New Your Ave., Los Gatos a/a $10 6pm ** aug 22 sat Cedric The Entertainer, Cheech & Chong, Tracy Morgan, Carlos Mencia, Gabriel Iglesias, Anjelah Johnson, Kevin Hart, Greg Giraldo, Edwin San Juan at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $80-$31 6pm/7pm # *** (JV's Comedy Jam - Wild 94.9) aug 22 sat Nathan Maxwell & The Original Bunny Gang at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 22 sat Falling To Pieces, Kicking K8 at Pine Street Grill, 875 Rincon Ave., Livermore 21+ 8pm ** @ aug 23 sun The Cult at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** aug 23 sun The Matches, Dizzy Balloon, Judgement Day at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $21 7pm/8pm # *** aug 23 sun Tartufi, Odawas, Magic Bullets, Geographer, Low Red Land, Two Sheds, The Ferocious Few, The Dont's, Photons, Agent Ribbons, The Psychotherapists, Secret Cat, crafts, art at Treat Street between 17th St. and 18th St., S.F. a/a free *** (Rock Make Street Festival) aug 23 sun Maggie Morris, Ghosties at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** aug 23 sun Six Organs Of Admittance, Master Musicians Of Bukkake at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm/8pm ** aug 23 sun The Sacred Profanities at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** aug 23 sun Arnocorps, A Band Of Orcs, Untapped Fury, Dagobah at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** @ aug 23 sun J Tillman, The Moore Brothers, Pearly Gate Music at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $11/$13 8pm ** aug 23 sun Hellogoodbye, Fun., Limbeck, My Favorite Highway at the Empire Theater, 1825 Pacific Avenue, Stockton a/a $15 7pm ** aug 24 mon Pete Yorn at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $28.50 8pm/9pm # ** aug 24 mon Pins Of Light, Libyans at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 7pm ** (early show) aug 24 mon GREEN DAY at Arco Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a # *** @ aug 25 tue Box Elders at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 6pm * (early show) aug 25 tue Pharmakon, R. Jencks, Orhima at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9:30pm * (late show) aug 25 tue Fruit Bats, Death Vessel at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 7:30pm/8pm ** aug 25 tue Diana Krall at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** aug 25 tue Deadbolt at Voodoo Lounge, San Jose 21+ $12 ** aug 25 tue Monkey at Moes Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz 21+ ** aug 26 wed Dredg, RX Bandits, As Tall As Lions at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** aug 26 wed Jefferson Starship, Ten Years After, Canned Heat, Big Brother & The Holding Company, Tom Constanten, Country Joe McDonald at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $79.50-$49.50 5:30pm/7pm *** (Heroes of Woodstock) aug 26 wed Mudvayne, Black Label Society, Static-X, Suicide Silence, Dope, Bury Your Dead, Hellzapoppin at Reno Events Center, 300 N Center St., Reno, NV # *** @ (Pedal To The Metal Tour) aug 27 thr The Rats, The Back CC's at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 27 thr Sex Type Thing at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 9pm ** aug 27 thr Horror X, The Goddamn Gallows, The Mutilators, Frankenstein L.I.V.S. at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm ** aug 27 thr Have Heart, Ceremony, Cruel Hand, Shipwreck at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $12 9pm ** @ (was listed as aug 28th) aug 27 thr Hellogoodbye, Fun., Limbeck, My Favorite Highway at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $15 8pm ** aug 27 thr Susan Tedeschi, Jackie Greene at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $55-$43.50 5:30pm/7:30pm ** aug 27 thr David Sanborn With David Benoit at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $85-$49.50 7pm ** aug 27 thr Chris Isaak at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a *** aug 27 thr The Phenomenauts, Re-Volts at the Tonic Lounge, 231 W. 2nd St., Reno, NV 21+ *** @ aug 28 fri Judgement Day, Ninja Academy, Prids, Red Giant, Anon Remora at 924 Gilman a/a 7:30pm *** @ aug 28 fri Turbonegra (tribute), Death Valley High, Distance From Shelter, Loudness Of The Brethren at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 28 fri Pearl Jam, Incubus, Thievery Corporation, Tom Jones, Silversun Pickups, The National, Q-Tip, Built To Spill, Midnite, Kinky, Tea Leaf Green, Autolux, The Dodos, Los Campesinos, Akron/Family, The Duke Spirit, Zee Avi, Blind Pilot, Sambada, West Indian Girl at Outside Lands Music Festival, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a ($595-$200 3-day ticket / $89.50 single day) 1pm # *** @ aug 28 fri The Velvet Teen, The Ghost, Drowning With Our Anchors, For.The.Win. at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 9pm ** aug 28 fri Opio & Pep Love, Bicasso With dj Fresh, Cambo, The Understudies, JB Nimble, Venture Capitalists & Ro Knew Influence, dj Ren The Vinyl Archaeologist, dj Mike Gao at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** aug 28 fri Mayyors, Lamps, Christmas Island, Wounded Lion at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 28 fri The Phenomenauts, Re-Volts at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm *** @ aug 28 fri Lovemakers at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+$12 9pm ** aug 28 fri Showbread, Goodnight Caulfield, Bomb The Hill at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $10/$12 6:30pm ** @ aug 28 fri Blondie at Grand Sierra Resort, 2500 East 2nd Street, Reno NV ?/? *** aug 29 sat Insted (reunion), Betrayed, Punch, Never Healed, Secret People at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ aug 29 sat Death Angel, Skinlab at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $15 9pm *** @ aug 29 sat Dave Matthews Band, Black Eyed Peas, The Mars Volta, Jason Mraz, TV On The Radio, Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Mastodon, Raphael Saadiq, Os Mutantes, Street Sweeper Social Club, JJ Grey & Mofro, Deerhunter, Lila Downs, Zion I, Bat For Lashes, Groundation, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Dengue Fever, The Dirtbombs, Portugal. The Man, Ryan Bingham, Extra Golden, Infantree at Outside Lands Music Festival, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a ($595-$200 3-day ticket / $89.50 single day) noon # *** @ aug 29 sat Jason Webley, Stefanko Iancu, Mark Growden, Geoff Berner, Eric Stern at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** (Monsters of Accordion) aug 29 sat Big B And His Snakeoil Saviors at the Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa at Potrero, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/10pm * aug 29 sat The Sermon, The Dirtbombs at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** aug 29 sat Mt. Vicious, Ifihadahifi, Pegataur at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 29 sat Short Fuse, Deadringer, Tyrannosauruschr at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** aug 29 sat Slender (reunion), Trevor Childs, The Corruptors at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 29 sat David Allan Coe, Hardly Likely at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma 21+ $25 7:30pm/8pm *** (bar show) aug 29 sat Chris Isaak, Kristina Train at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a *** aug 29 sat The Pretenders, Cat Power at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85-$50 5:30pm/7:30pm *** aug 29 sat Chop Tops at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 29 sat Smoke at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** aug 29 sat Nico Vega, Aubrey Debauchery & The Puke Boots at the Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz a/a $8 ** aug 29 sat Brian Regan at Golden State Theatre, Monterey a/a $43.50 7pm/8pm ** aug 29 sat The Phenomenauts, The Revolts at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $10 6:30pm *** @ aug 29 sat Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Dungen, Farmer Dave Scher, Gang Gang Dance, Kurt Vile, Saviours, VietNam, Wooden Shjips, Woods at Henry Miller Library, Highway One, Big Sur a/a $31 noon til 11pm *** (Big Sur Festival 2009) aug 29 sat Ween at the Eureka Theater, 612 F Street, Eureka a/a $37 *** aug 30 sun Beastie Boys, M.I.A., Ween, Modest Mouse, Band Of Horses, The Dead Weather, Atmosphere, Lucinda Williams, Alpha Blondy, Brett Dennen, The Avett Brothers, Calexico, Bettye Lavette, Heartless Bastards, Cage The Elephant, Lenka, John Vanderslice, Matt & Kim, The Morning Benders, Darondo With Nino Moschella, Big Light at Outside Lands Music Festival, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a ($595-$200 3-day ticket / $89.50 single day) noon # *** @ aug 30 sun The Minus 5, The Baseball Project, Steve Wynn at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** aug 30 sun George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** aug 30 sun Space Waves, Dreamtiger, Heavy Water Experiments at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** aug 30 sun Harkenbacks at thee Parkside, S.F. ?/? ** aug 30 sun O Pioneers!!! (TX), Shinobu, The Anchor (TX) at Nickel City, San Jose a/a $10 7pm ** aug 30 sun Brian Regan at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $65-$45 8pm ** aug 31 mon Smile Brigade at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** aug 31 mon Foreigner at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $69.50-$49.50 5:30pm/7:30pm *** aug 31 mon Sheryl Crow at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a *** aug 31 mon Nickelback, Papa Roach, Hinder, Saving Abel at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Rd., Marysville a/a # *** @ sep 1 tue Tinted Windows at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** sep 1 tue The Casualties, Krum Bums, Mouth Sewn Shut at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** sep 1 tue DeatHat, Peculiar Pretzelmen, Corpus Callosum at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 1 tue Smile Brigade (Seattle), Astral, Virs, Bunny Numpkins/The Psycho Orchestra at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ ** sep 1 tue Sheryl Crow at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a *** sep 1 tue Nickelback, Papa Roach, Hinder, Saving Abel at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $80/$60/$35 5pm/6pm # *** sep 2 wed Al Green at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** sep 2 wed Mitchel Musso at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm # ** sep 2 wed Davila 666, Mannequin Men, No Bunny, Bridez at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** sep 2 wed AC/DC, The Answer at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $92.50 8pm # *** sep 2 wed Def Leppard, Poison, Cheap Trick at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $131/$96/$56/$36 6pm/7pm # *** sep 2/3 The Nels Cline Singers, Ava Mendoza at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $14 9:30pm/wed 8pm/thr ** sep 2/3 Sheryl Crow at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $135-$55 5:30pm/7:30pm *** sep 3 thr Deadbolt, The Chop Tops, The Hellbillys, Switchblade Riot, dj Wednzdai at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 8pm *** (East Bay Psycho-Fest) sep 3 thr Jucifer, Grayceon at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8pm ** sep 3 thr Shannon & The Clams, Jonesin', Sandwitches at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 3 thr Otep, Mudface, Ru36, Mystic Rage at Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose 21+ *** @ sep 3 thr Hayride To Hell, Pickled Punks (Austin), Mutilators at Coasters, Boardwalk Bowl, 115 Cliff Street, Santa Cruz 21+ $6 ** sep 3 thr Def Leppard, Poison, Cheap Trick at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Rd., Marysville a/a # *** @ sep 4 fri Wallpaper, Battlehooch at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** sep 4 fri The Neville Brothers, Dr. John at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** sep 4 fri Punchface, Triple Cobra at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 4 fri Alexander Spit & Overview, Trackademicks, J-Billion, Hopie Spits Hard, dj Ant-1 at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** sep 4 fri Devon Williams, Outrageous Cherry, Thee Makeout Party at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 4 fri Division Day, Bad Veins, LoveLikeFire at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** sep 4 fri S.M.P. (Sounds Of Mass Production), Stiff Valentine, Slave Unit at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 4 fri Deerhoof at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $12 7:30pm/8pm *** sep 4 fri Chuck Mead at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $18/$20 7:30pm/8:30pm ** sep 4/5 Kathy Griffin at Davies Symphony Hall, S.F. a/a $75-$45 7pm/8pm (fri) 6pm/7pm (sat) # ** sep 4/5 Daryl Hall And John Oates at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $79.50-$49.50 5:30pm/7:30pm ** sep 5 sat Rhubarb Whiskey, Honey Body Moon Bee, Cello Joe at Sunshine Artisan Factory, 851 81st Ave, Oakland a/a $5-$15 10pm * sep 5 sat Jucifer at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 5 sat Wire Train, Translator at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** sep 5 sat The Tubes at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 5 sat New Radiant Storm King at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** sep 5 sat Hightower, Emeralds, Space Vacation at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** sep 5 sat Kid Dynamo, Ground Round, Caffeine, Blindspot, The Invalids, Schoolbox, Mickey & The Bigmouths, Twine, Milkfat, The Catnips at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 4:30pm/5pm *** @ (BBQ - Nostalgia Fest) sep 5 sat Israel Vibrations at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $22/$25 8pm/9pm ** sep 5 fri Division Day, Ugly Winner, Bad Veins (OH), Lovelikefire Nickel City Arcade, San Jose a/a $10 7pm ** @ sep 5 fri James Williamson & The Careless Hearts at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** sep 5/6 Stockholm Syndrome at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $23/$25 9pm *** sep 6 sun John Legend, India.Arie, Vaughn Anthony at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a $89.50-$39.50 7:30pm # ** sep 6 sun Jucifer, Amonie, Death Valley High at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** sep 7 mon Davy Knowles & Back Door Slam at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** sep 7 mon Israel Vibration, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm *** sep 8 tue Sea Wolf at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm ** sep 9 wed Obituary, Goatwhore, Krisiun, The Berzerker at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ sep 9 wed Vivian Girls, The Beets at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8pm ** sep 9 wed Soulsavers at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 10 thr Maximo Park at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** sep 10 thr The Doobie Brothers at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $59.50 7pm/8pm # *** sep 10 thr Perpetual Groove at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 10 thr El Capitan, Telegraph Canyon, Winters Fall at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** sep 10 thr Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey (Tulsa, OK) at Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz ?/? ** sep 10 thr Flogging Molly, Hepcat, Fitz And The Tantrumsy at the Grove/Radisson Hotel, 500 Leisure Lane, Sacramento a/a $26.50/$30 6pm *** sep 11 fri Flogging Molly, Hepcat at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $29.50 7pm/8pm # *** (Live 105) sep 11 fri The Hooks at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 11 fri Brent Weinbach (album release), Moshe Kasher, Alex Koll, Laura Weinbach at the Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** (comedy - seated show) sep 11 fri Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey (Tulsa, OK) at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 9:30pm ** sep 11 fri The Lovemakers at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $14/$16 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 11 fri Bare Wires, Blood Drained Cows at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** sep 11 fri Marco Antonio Solis at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** sep 11 fri Mumlers, Kelley Stoltz, Botticellis at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** sep 11 fri Mozart Season, The Subtle Way, A Lot Like Vegas at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $10/$12 6:30pm ** @ sep 10/11 Gipsy Kings at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $125-$75 5:30pm/7:30pm ** sep 11/12 Hot Buttered Rum at Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 12 sat Paolo Nutini at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $25 8pm # ** sep 12 sat Southern Culture On The Skids, Los Straitjackets at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** sep 12 sat Glitter Wizard, The Groggs, Dirty Cupcakes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 12 sat The Honey Brothers at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 12 sat Levator at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** sep 12 sat The Doobie Brothers at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $72.50-$49.50 5:30pm/7:30pm *** sep 12 sat The Killers at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $81-$25 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** sep 12 sat Lovemakers at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $12 9pm ** sep 12 sat Saddle Tramps, Los High Tops, The End at the Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz a/a $10 ** sep 12 sat Blink-182, Weezer, Taking Back Sunday, Chester French at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Rd., Marysville a/a # *** @ sep 13 sun The Honorary Title, Good Old War, Cory Branan at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. ?/? $12 8pm ** sep 13 sun Mendozza (Vancouver), Damnweevil, Skin Horse, Litany For The Whale, Burns Red at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $7 6pm ** sep 13 sun Levator at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** sep 13 sun BonTaj Roulet, (Bonnie Raitt & Taj Mahal alone and together) at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95.25-$55.25 5:30pm/7:30pm *** sep 13 sun Peter Frampton at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $85-$48 7pm *** sep 13 sun Blink 182, Weezer, Taking Back Sunday, Chester French at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $69/$40/$20 5:30pm/6:30pm # *** $ sep 14 mon Collective Soul, Black Stone Cherry, Ryan Star at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** sep 14 mon The Honorary Title, Good Old War, Cory Branan at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $14 7:30pm ** sep 15 tue Sugar Ray, Aimee Allen, Dirty Heads at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** sep 15 tue 2 Up (Japan), Woman Year at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 15 tue Lynyrd Skynyrd at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $99-$56 5:30pm/7:30pm *** sep 15 tue Southern Culture On The Skids, Los Straightjackets at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $15/$17 8pm ** sep 15 tue Pansy Division, The Paul Collins Beat, Boats! at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ *** sep 15 tue Pete Bernhard at the Blue Lamp, Sacramento 21+ $8 8:30pm ** sep 15/16 Bad Brains, Trouble Andrew at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** sep 16 wed Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal (alone and together) at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $60-$40 8pm # *** sep 16 wed Every Time I Die, Bring Me The Horizon, Oh Sleeper, Architects at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** @ sep 16 wed Oh My God, We Is Shore Dedicated, Wave Array at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 16 wed James Taylor at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $249.50-$75 5:30pm/7:30pm ** sep 16 wed Sugar Ray at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $20/$25 7pm/8pm *** sep 16 wed The Avengers, Pansy Division, Fire Whiskey, Paul Collins, I Want Out at the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ $8 *** @ sep 17 thr The Avengers, Pansy Division, The Paul Collins Beat at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm *** @ sep 17 thr The Psychedelic Furs, Happy Mondays, Amusement Parks On Fire at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** sep 17 thr World/Inferno Friendship Society at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 17 thr Rademacher, Young Hunting at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 17 thr Monotonix, Anavan at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 17 thr Pink, The Ting Tings at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $49.50-$39.50 8pm # *** sep 17 thr Steel Pulse at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $26/$30 7pm/8pm *** sep 17 thr Noisepsalm at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm ** sep 18 fri Miley Cyrus, Metro Station at the Arena, Oakland a/a $80-$40 7pm # ** sep 18 fri White Witch Canyon, 3rdrail at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm * sep 18 fri Porcupine Tree, That 1 Guy at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** sep 18 fri Mestizo, Caravanserai, Vortex Tribe at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** sep 18 fri Pansy Division, The Avengers, The Paul Collins Beat at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 *** @ sep 18 fri Frightened Rabbit, The Twilight Sad, We Were Promised Jetpacks at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 18 fri Marshall Tucker Band at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $35 7:30pm/8:30pm *** sep 18 fri Crosby, Stills & Nash at Civic Auditorium, 408 South Almaden Blvd., San Jose a/a # ** sep 18 fri Creedence Clearwater Revisited at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65.50-$50.50 5:30pm/7:30pm ** sep 18 fri Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $55-$39.50 7:30pm ** sep 18 fri Travis Chance (Solo) at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ 8pm * sep 18 fri Southern Culture On The Skids, Los Straightjackets at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $18/$20 9:30pm *** sep 18/19 Citizen Cope at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** sep 19 sat The Dave Rude Band at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 19 sat Meat Puppets, Dead Confederate at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ sep 19 sat DragonForce, Sonata Arctica, Taking Dawn at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** @ sep 19 sat Dirty Three at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 19 sat Patton Oswalt at Nob Hill Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $33.50 7pm/8pm ** sep 19 sat Little Boots, Music Go Music, Yes Giantess, dj Aaron Axelsen at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$17 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 19 sat Wildildlife, Broken Nobles, The Late Young at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 19 sat Beowulf, Head on Collision, Oppressed Logic, Verbal Abuse, The Lewd at the Evil Dead Shed, Concord a/a $5 5pm til 10pm *** @ sep 19 sat The Marshall Tucker Band, Moonalice at the Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway, Redwood City a/a $$45-$25 8pm ** sep 19 sat The underlings (Eugene), Nipplepotamus, Splinter Cell at the Arcata Theater Lounge, 1036 G Street, Arcata 18+ $5 9pm ** sep 19/20 Bajofondo at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ ** sep 20 sun Beowulf, Head On Collison at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm ** @ sep 20 sun The Gaslight Anthem, Murder By Death at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm # ** sep 20 sun Flood, Emeralds, Early Graves at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 20 sun Pink Mountaintops at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30m/8pm ** sep 20 sun Austin Lucas, Two Cow Garage, Mike Hale at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** sep 20 sun The Beach Boys at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a *** sep 20 sun Miley Cyrus, Metro Station at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $80-$40 7pm # ** sep 20 sun Etta James And The Roots Band, The Robert Cray Band at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $79.50-$45 5:30pm/7:30pm ** sep 21 mon The Get Up Kids, Youth Group, Pretty & Nice at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $23.50 7pm/8pm # *** sep 21 mon In Flames, Between The Buried And Me, 3 Inches Of Blood, The Faceless at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** @ sep 21 mon James Taylor at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a *** sep 22 tue Iron Witch, Rabbits at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 22/23 Pet Shop Boys, Pandemonium at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** sep 23 wed Rodrigo Y Gabriela at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $35.50 8pm # ** sep 23 wed Christopher Lockett, Shaun Paul Gordon at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 23 wed The Temptations, The Four Tops at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75-$45 5:30pm/7:30pm *** sep 24 thr acoustic SKA night at 924 Gilman a/a 7pm ** sep 24 thr Bon Iver at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $22.50 8pm # ** sep 24 thr Jerry Jeff Walker, Django Walker at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a *** (seated show) sep 24 thr John Brown's Body, The Black Seeds at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15/$17 9pm ** sep 24 thr Wynonna at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65-$45 5:30pm/7:30pm ** sep 24 thr Karate High School, Blood On The Dance Floor, Electric Valentine, Metroid, Greenlight District at Club Retro, Orangevale a/a $11/$9 6:30pm ** @ sep 25 fri Chickenfoot (Joe Satriani, Chad Smith, Michael Anthony, Sammy Hagar), Queensryche, Davy Knowles And Back Door Slam at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a $65-$40 7pm # *** @ sep 25 fri The Radiators at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 25 fri Dave&Confused, Spaceload, Funky Beulah at the Rockit Room, S.F. 21+ ** sep 25 fri Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley, Jimmy Wayne at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # ** sep 25 fri Tower Of Power, Average White Band at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65-$45 5:30pm/7:30pm *** sep 25/26 Gov't Mule at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** sep 25/26/27 STS9 at Earthdance Festival, Laytonville a/a ** sep 26 sat Chambers, Repeater, The Drowning Men at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 26 sat Tony Bennett at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $149.50-$59.50 5:30pm/7:30pm *** sep 26 sat Dead Souls, Love Vigilantes at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 26 sat Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley, Jimmy Wayne at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Rd., Marysville a/a # ** sep 27 sun Edguy, Luna Mortis at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** sep 27 sun Folsom St. Fair, Folsom St. between 7th & 12th, S.F. a/a 11am-6pm (leather/sex themed street party) sep 27 sun Sondre Lerche at Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 27 sun Blitzen Trapper at the Independent, S.F. 21+ * sep 27 Didimao, Swahili at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 27 sun The Average White Band at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $22/$25 7pm/8pm *** sep 27 sun Cheech & Chong, Shelby at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65-$45 5:30pm/7:30pm *** sep 28 mon Alice In Chain at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** @ sep 29/30 Mason Jennings, Crash Kings at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** sep 30 wed Soja at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** sep 30 wed The Sermon, Voodoo Organist, The Blank Stares at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 30/oct 1 Kylie Minogue at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $99.50-$58.50 8pm # ** oct 1 thr Animation Night 2 at 924 Gilman a/a 7pm ** oct 1 thr Ziggy Love, Darling Freakhead, Midline Errors at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** oct 1 thr Datarock at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** oct 1 thr Pink Martini at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a *** oct 1 thr John Prine at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65-$45 5:30pm/7:30pm ** oct 2 fri T.S.O.L., Oppressed Logic, Everything Must Go, Disciples at 924 Gilman a/a 8pm *** @ oct 2 fri Asobi Seksu, Loney Dear at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 2 fri Experimental Dental School, Piles at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 2 fri Carlos Mencia at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** oct 2 fri Pink Martini at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $63-$45 5:30pm/7:30pm ** oct 2 fri The Hot Toddies, The Huxtables, Foxes (U.K.) at the Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz a/a $8 9pm ** oct 2/3/4 Hayes Carll, Doc Watson & David Holt, Lyle Lovett And His Large Band, Jorma Kaukonen, Allen Toussaint, Okkervil River, Abalone Dots, Barefoot Nellies, Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys, The Wronglers, The Knitters, Dar Williams, Marley's Ghost, ODC/Dance, Mavis Staples, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Emmylou Harris, Steve Martin With The Steep Canyon Rangers, Dry Branch Fire Squad, Steve Earle & The Bluegrass Dukes, Richie Havens, Allison Moorer, Gillian Welch, Marianne Faithfull, Marshall Crenshaw, Boz Scaggs And The Blue Velvet Band, John Prine, Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women, Hazel Dickens, Elizabeth Cook, Kimmie Rhodes, Tom Morello, Austin Lounge Lizards, The Aboriginal Country & Western Songbook, The Tim O'Brien Band, The Flatlanders, Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Butch Hancock, Rodney Crowell, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, The Brothers Comatose, Kevin Welch, Kieran Kane & Fats Kaplin, Elvis Perkins In Dearland, Mike Farris & The Roseland Rhythm Revue, Moonalice, Reckless Kelly, Pamela Rose, The Fireants, Nick Lowe, Billy Bragg, Laurie Lewis, The Duhks, Buddy Miller, World Party, Billy Joe Shaver, Marty Stuart, Charlie Haden, Amadou & Mariam, Robert Earl Keen, Booker T. & The DBTs, Neko Case, Old Crow Medicine Show, Earl Scruggs, Robyn Hitchcock, Aimee Mann, The Chieftains, Dr. Dog, The Del McCoury Band, Eliza Gilkyson, Malo, MC Hammer, Rosie Flores With Jon Langford And The Pine Valley Cosmonauts, Todd Snider, Red Wine, Old 97's, Little Feat, The Claire Lynch Band, Darrell Scott Band, Guy Clark, Verlon Thompson at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a 10am free *** oct 3 sat The Horrors at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 8:30pm/9pm ** oct 3 sat The Bugs, Sad Horse at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 4 sun Jolie Holland at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 5 mon Fever Ray at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** oct 5 mon Motorhead, Reverend Horton Heat, Nashville Pussy at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** @ oct 5/6 Loggins & Messina at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $125-$55 5:30pm/7:30pm ** oct 6 tue Stratovarius, Pagan's Mind at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm ** oct 6 tue School Of Seven Bells, Magic Wands at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 6 tue Emmylou Harris at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a *** oct 8 thr Toubab Krewe at Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 8 thr Wisin Y Yandel at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** oct 8 thr Teenage Jesus & The Jerks, Mika Miko, T.I.T.S. at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 8 thr Mutemath at Empire Events Center, 1417 R Street, Sacramento a/a 7pm # ** oct 9 fri Children Of Bodom, The Black Dahlia Murder, Austrian Death Machine, Skeletonwitch at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** @ oct 9 fri Mutemath at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $24.50 8pm/9pm # ** oct 9 fri Ingrid Michaelson at Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 10 sat Kenny Rogers at the Warfield, S.F. $55/$48 8pm # *** (was apr 16th) oct 10 sat The Tommy Castro Band, The Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue at Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 10 sat Smashed Glass, Splinter Cell at the Alibi, 744 9th St., Arcata 21+ $5 10:30pm ** (Benefit for Humboldt Council of the Blind) oct 11 sun Elliott Brood at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm * oct 12 mon Mono at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** oct 12 mon Nomeansno, Triclops!, The Pack, A.D. at Slim's, S.F. a/a *** @ oct 13 tue Sunny Day Real Estate at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # *** oct 13 tue The Pogues, DeVotchKa at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** oct 14 wed The Pogues, DeVotchKa at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** oct 14 wed The Charlatans UK at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. ?/? *** oct 14 wed Lyle Lovett, John Hiatt at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a *** oct 15 thr K.M.F.D.M., Legion Within, Angelspit at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** @ oct 15 thr Moby at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** oct 16 fri Snow Patrol, Plain White T's at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $35 8pm # *** (KFOG) oct 16 fri Ani Difranco at Zellerbach Auditorium, Berkeley a/a $35 7pm/8pm # *** oct 16 fri Nomeansno, Victims Family, Triclops! at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $13 9pm *** @ (KFJC) oct 16 fri Butthole Surfers at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm/9pm *** @ oct 16/17 Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a * oct 17 sat The Jesus Lizard at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # *** @ $ oct 17 sat Mike Birbiglia at Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Ave., S.F. a/a $35/$27.50 7pm/8pm ** oct 17 sat M.G.M.T., Mstrkrft, Girl Talk, Brazilian Girls, The Streets, Passion Pit, L.T.J. Bukem, dj Krush, Federico Aubele, Dan Deacon, Murs, Crown City Rockers, The Limousines at Treasure Island Music Festival, S.F. Bay a/a $115 two day $65 single day ($250 vip 2 day) 11am/noon # *** oct 17 sat NoMeansNo, Victims Family, Kai Kln at Harlow's, 2708 J St., Sacramento 21+ $15 9pm *** @ $ oct 18 sun The Flaming Lips, The Decemberists, Beirut, Grizzly Bear, Yo La Tengo, The Walkmen, Bob Mould, Thao With The Get Down Stay Down, Vetiver, Spiral Stairs, Sleepy Sun, Tommy Guerrero, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros at Treasure Island Music Festival, S.F. Bay a/a $115 two day $65 single day ($250 vip 2 day) 11am/noon # *** oct 18 sun The Devil Makes Three at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a *** oct 18 sun Rob Thomas, One Republic, Carolina Liar at the Events Center, San Jose State, San Jose a/a $66-$40 6pm/7pm # ** oct 19 mon Owl City, The Scenic Aesthetic, Brooke Waggoner at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** oct 19 mon Joan Osborne, The Holmes Brothers, Paul Thorn at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $35 7pm/8pm *** oct 19 mon Ani DiFranco at the Crest Theatre, 1013 K St., Sacramento a/a $38/$40 7:30pm *** oct 20 tue Strike Anywhere, Polar Bear Club, Crime In Stereo, Ruiner at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8pm *** oct 20 tue Brandi Carlile at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $26 7pm/8pm # ** oct 21 wed UFO at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $22/$26 7pm/8pm *** oct 22 thr Heart at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** oct 22 thr Needtobreathe, Serena Ryder, The Alternate Routes at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $12/$15 8pm *** oct 22 thr Rodney Carrington at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** oct 23/24 Exotic Erotic Ball & Expo at the Cow Palace, S.F. 18+ ** oct 25 sun Country Joe, Denny Laine, Lester Chambers, Harvey Mandel, Barry 'The Fish' Melton, David Denny, Alameda All Stars, Dan Hicks And The Hot Licks, Michael McClure (poet), Ray Manzarek, PF Sloan, Michael Narada Walden, Jimmy McCarty, Peter Kaukonen, Terry Haggerty, Leigh Stevens, Greg Douglass, El Chicano, David And Linda La Flamme, 3,000+ guitar players playing 'Purple Haze' for world's record at Speadway Meadows, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a free 9am til 6pm ** (Woodstock's 40th Anniversary) oct 27 tue Spanish Harlem Orchestra at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a * oct 29 thr Deadmau5 at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** oct 29 thr UFO at Fat Cat, 930 11th Street, Modesto 21+ *** oct 30 fri Kevin Smith at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** oct 31 sat Rhubarb Whiskey, Victoria & The Vaudevillians, One Beer Prophet at Sunshine Artisan Factory, 851 81st Ave, Oakland a/a $5-$15 10pm * oct 31 sat Mystic Knights Of The Cobra at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** oct 31 sat Damage Inc. (tribute), Paradise City (tribute), Children Of The Damned (tribute), Strangers In The Night (tribute) at the Little Fox, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City 21+ 8pm ** nov 1 sun UFO at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** nov 2 mon The Airborne Toxic Event at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $21 7pm/8pm # ** nov 5 thr Mat Kearney at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** nov 7 sat Tyrone Wells, Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers at Slim's, S.F. a/a ** nov 7 sat Norm MacDonald at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** nov 8 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap, at McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. a/a $3 ($20 6am early entry) 10am nov 9 mon Ian Anderson at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** nov 10 tue Ian Anderson at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a *** nov 13 fri Pinback at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. ?/? *** nov 14 sat Billy Joel, Elton John at the Arena, Oakland a/a $186/$102/$54 7:30pm # *** nov 15 sun The Sippy Cups at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. ?/? ** nov 17 tue Jeremy Camp at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** nov 17 tue Billy Joel, Elton John at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $180/$100/$55 7:30pm # *** nov 20 fri Lisa Lampanelli at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** nov 20/21 Y & T at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $35 7pm/8pm *** nov 21 sat Jaguares at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a ** nov 21 sat Keller Williams at Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a ** nov 21 sat Lisa Lampanelli at the Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway, Redwood City a/a $42.75 6pm/7pm # ** nov 25 Vader, Decrepit Birth, The Amenta, Warbringer, Augury at the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F. a/a *** @ nov 28 sat Roy Rogers And The Delta Rhythm Kings (cd release) at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $20 7pm/8pm ** nov 28 wed Igor & Red Elvises at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $16/$20 8:30pm/9pm ** dec 2/3 Richard Thompson at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 18+ $30 7:30pm/8:30pm ** dec 8/9 Larry The Cable Guy at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** dec 10 thr Johnny Mathis at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** dec 12 sat Heidi Newfield at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** dec 12 sat Metallica at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $72.50 (ga floor & reserved)/$52.50 7pm # *** dec 15 tue Dave Koz, Rick Braun, David Benoit, Brenda Russell, Peter White at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a ** (Smooth Jazz Christmas) dec 20 sun Brian Setzer at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** dec 26/27 Brian Setzer at Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa a/a *** dec 29 tue X (Exene Cervenka, John Doe, Billy Zoom, dj Bonebrake) at Harlow's, Sacramento 21+ $30 8pm *** dec 31 thr Tommy Castro at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $50/$60 7pm/8pm ** feb 14 sun KUSF Rock 'n' Swap, at McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F. a/a $3 ($20 6am early entry) 10am * recommendable Shows a/a all ages $ will probably sell out @ pit warning ^ under 21 must pay more # no ins/outs Live Radio Shows ---------------- 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 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 Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa a/a DNA Lounge, 375 11th Street at Harrison, S.F. 21+ a/a 415-626-1409 Dreamland, 22449 Foothill Blv., Hayward a/a 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 Eli's Mile High Club, 3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland 21+ 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 Fox Theater, 1807 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland 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 Henfling's Firehouse Tavern, 9450 Highway 9, Ben Lomond 21+ 408-335-1642 Hotel Utah Saloon, 500 4th St. at Bryant, S.F. 21+ 415-546-6300 Independent, 628 Divisadero, S.F. 21+ 415-771-1420 Java Lounge, 2416 16th St., Sacramento a/a Kimo's Bar, 1351 Polk at Pine, S.F. 21+ 415-885-4535 Kennel Club, 5821 Auburn Blvd., Sacramento 21+ 916-339-1675 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 Monstros Pizza, 628 W. Sacramento Avenue, Chico a/a Montalvo Arts Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga a/a 408-961-5800 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+ Nickel City, 1711 Branham Lane, San Jose a/a 408-448-3323 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 Route 92, 2128 South El Camino Real, San Mateo 21+ Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave. at Bancroft, Berkeley 21+ 510-548-1159 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 Streetlight Records, 980 S. Bascom Ave., San Jose a/a Streetlight Records, 939 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz a/a Sub-Mission Art Space, 2183 Mission Street, S.F. a/a Thrillhouse Records, Mission at 30th, S.F. a/a 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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