Web (and searchable) version at http://jon.luini.com/thelist/ T H H EEEEEE L I SSSS TTTTT T H H E L I S T T HHHHHH EEEEE L I SSSS T T H H E L I S T T H H E L I S S T T H H EEEEEE LLLLLLL I SSSS T funk-punk-thrash-ska Upcoming shows of interest July 7, 2011 jul 7 thr films: Venture Bros (comedy cartoon epissodes theme) at B.R.S., Richmond a/a free 7pm (movie night) jul 7 thr Cast Iron Crow, The Glimpse Trio, Death Between Sons at the New Parish, Oakland a/a $10/$15 7:30pm/8:30pm ** jul 7 thr Limp Wrist, Permanent Ruin, Livid, No Statik at the Big Gay Warehouse, 250 Industrail, S.F. a/a *** jul 7 thr My Life As A Dog, Blonde Kill at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $2 ** (Alexa Dora art reception) jul 7 thr Trainwreck Riders, Buxter Hoot'n, Quinn DeVeaux, Fox & Woman, Jimmy Sweetwater, Robin DiCarlo, Jelal Huyler at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** jul 7 thr Vanessa Carlton at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $25 8pm ** jul 7 thr Bit Shifter (N.Y.C.), Crashfaster, The Glowing Stars, Starpause, Awkward Terrible (Milwaukee), dj Doctor Popular at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $12/$16 7pm/8pm ** jul 7 thr Gillian Welch at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** jul 7 thr Realization Orchestra, Stupid Man Suit at Dolores Park Cafe, 501 Dolores St. at 18th., S.F. a/a free 7:30pm ** jul 7 thr dj Rac, Bass Drum Of Death, dj Aaron Axelsen, dj Omar at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $12 9pm ** jul 7 thr Bobby Joe Ebola And The Children MacNuggits at the Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St. S.F. 21+ ** jul 7 thr Massive Moth, Soft Tags, Teenage Sweater at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 7 thr The Moanin Dove, Audio Out Send, Beep at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 7 thr Morning Commute, Rad Cloud, All My Young Dead Friends at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 7 thr All Or Nothing, Dressed In White, Chasing Truth, Our Living Memory, Long Live The King at Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** @ jul 7 thr Smashmouth at Montalvo Arts Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga a/a # *** jul 7 thr Ballyhoo, The Bastard Suns at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$14 8pm/8:30pm ** jul 7 thr Lulacruza, Willow Springs at the Yo'Garage, 29085 State Highway 49, North San Juan ?/? 8pm * jul 7 thr Machine Head at Knitting Factory, Reno, NV a/a *** @ jul 7/8 Buckethead, Wolff at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $27/$30 9pm *** (fri sold out) jul 7/8/9 Reverend Horton Heat, Swingin' Utters at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 (8pm thr) (9pm fri/sat) *** @ jul 7/8/9/10 George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic at Yoshi's, 1330 Fillmore Street, S.F. 21+ *** jul 8 fri The Hoods, Maya Over Eyes, Give 'Em Hell, Boundaries, Domination at 924 Gilman Street, Berkele a/a $8 7pm *** @ jul 8 fri Pat Jordache at Fractal Mindgaze Hut, 671 24th Str., Oakland a/a ** jul 8 fri Lulacruza at the Nexus, 1414 Harbour Way South, #1010, Richmond a/a $15/$20 8pm * jul 8 fri Clarissa Explains It All, Realization Orchestra, Stupid Man Suit at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a $3 7pm ** jul 8 fri Old Man Markly, Blag Dahlia, Jesse Morris And The Man Cougars at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 8 fri Aranya (Portland), Crucifiction, Bryaugh at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $6 7pm ** (Embers not playing) jul 8 fri Riverboat Gamblers, Dead To Me, Off With Thier Heads, The Underground Railroad To Candyland, Big Kids at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $12/$14 9pm *** @ jul 8 fri Tipper, VibesquaD, Dov, Hypnotech at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** jul 8 fri AC/DShe (tribute), Thunderbleed, Hell Fire at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 8pm/9pm ** jul 8 fri The Trophy Fire, The Bruises, Hate Factory, Eighteen Individual Eyes at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm *** jul 8 fri Graffiti6 (London), The Hundred Days, A Silent Film (U.K.), dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $12 9pm ** jul 8 fri Sunbeam Road, The Bassturd, Coolzey at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** jul 8 fri Limp Wrist, Drapetomania, Brilliant Colors at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm *** jul 8 fri Tracing Figures, Tomihira, Your Cannons, Caught In Motion at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 9pm ** jul 8 fri New Diplomat, Reckless Kind, Please Do Not Fight, dj Huffy, dj Reyka at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** jul 8 fri Nosebleed Academy, Brooks Was Here at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ ** jul 8 fri Zoo Station (tribute), Stung (tribute) at George's, San Rafael 21+ $10/$15 9pm ** jul 8 fri And Come Back Brutal, My Bloodshed Kills, In Dismemberance, Escalon at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** @ jul 8 fri Fast Times at Britannia Arms, 5027 Almaden Expressway, San Jose 21+ free 9pm * jul 8 fri The Phenomenauts, The Megas, Survival Guide at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $12 8pm *** @ jul 8 fri The Supervillains, Tomorrows Bad Seeds at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $12/$15 8pm/8:30pm ** jul 8 fri Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, White Minorities at the Ace of Spaeds, Sacramento a/a ** jul 8 fri Full Blown Stone (Fair Oaks), Dogfood at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7pm/8pm ** jul 8 fri Hero's Last Mission, Zen Arcadia, Built By Stereo at Turkey Creek Golf Club, 1525 Highway 193, Lincoln a/a $5 7pm/8pm ** jul 8/9 Widespread Panic at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 7pm/8pm # *** (food drive - KFOG) jul 8/9 Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $10 9pm/10pm ** jul 9 sat Dezu, La Toska, The Action League, 941, Never Know Best, Brass Hysteria at 924 Gilman Street, Bereley a/a $10 7pm *** @ (ska night) jul 9 sat Ugly Kids, Mind Martian Collective, Death Medicine, Boats at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a donation 7pm ** jul 9 sat Animals As Leaders, Intronaut, Dead Letter Circus, Last Chance To Reason, Evan Brewer at the Metro, Oakland a/a $12 7pm # ** jul 9 sat Turbonegra, Plan 9, Descendage at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $8 7pm ** @ (tribute night) jul 9 sat Quarter-Mile Combo, The Rumble Strippers, The Tomorrowmen at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ 9pm $10 ** jul 9 sat The American Professionals, Dirty Rigs, DiFranco's Dick, Black Tooth at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 ** jul 9 sat Sungsang, Horaflora, Realization Orchestra, Stupid Man Suit, Teen Aged Must Ash at Da Garage, 3150 18th St., S.F. a/a free 8:30pm ** jul 9 sat Washed Out, Class Actress, Chain Gang Of 1974 at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16 9pm ** (sold out) jul 9 sat Finish Ticket, Happy Body Slow Brain, Bird By Bird, PK at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 7:30pm/8:30pm ** jul 9 sat Mindless Behavior, Lil Twist, Tiga, Jawan Harris, Trevante at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $28.50 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** jul 9 sat Absent Society, Name, Ashkira, Memento Mori at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $14 8pm/9pm ** jul 9 sat Static Sound, Imaginary Colors at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 2pm/4pm ** jul 9 sat Leaders (Portland), Midnite Snaxxx, Uzi Rash, Slam Dunk (Canada) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** @ jul 9 sat The West Coast Ramblers, Slim Jenkins, The Stillmen at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 9 sat Jinx Jones (two sets 9:45pm & 11pm) at the Riptide Bar, S.F. 21+ free 9pm ** jul 9 sat Lydia Pense, Cold Blood at George's, San Rafael 21+ $15/$20 9pm ** jul 9 sat Goodriddler, Daytes, Triptych, In Possession, Headlands at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7pm/8pm *** jul 9 sat Jefferson Starship, Linda Imperial Band at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm *** jul 9 sat Fast Times at Bases Loaded Restaurant, 400 G Street, Antioch a/a free 8pm * jul 9 sat War Of Aggression, Black Mackerel (Sacramento), Violation, Bloodshot And Dilated at the Red Hat, Concord 21+ $5 9pm *** @ jul 9 sat Paradise City (tribute), Points North, Bad Boy Eddy at Club Fox, 2223 Broadway, Redwood City 21+ $12/$14 8pm ** jul 9 sat Makeup Sex (L.A.) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** jul 9 sat The Phenomenauts, The Megas, 8 Bit Weapon, ComputeHer, Jean Baudin, Crashfaster, Awkward Terrible (Milwaukee, WI), Gnarboots, A_Rival, Survival Guide, dj coco at Hyatt Regency, 5101 Great America Parksway, Santa Clara a/a 6pm *** @ (California Extreme Classic Gaming Expo) jul 9 sat Anya Marina, Lisa Dewey, The Make-Up Sex at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 9 sat Ronnie Montrose, Michael Lee Firkins, T. Clemente at the Avalon, Santa Clara a/a $25 8pm *** jul 9 sat The Holdup, Fashawn at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $14/$18 8pm/9pm ** jul 9 sat Ribsys Nickel, Ian Bell at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $5/$7 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 9 sat Seduce The Dead, The Bum-City Saints, Culo a Boca at the Jury Room, 712 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz 21+ free ** jul 9 sat A Silent Film (England) Tragic Culture at the Boardwalk, Sacramento a/a $10 7pm/8pm ** (Radio 94.7) jul 9 sat Brass Drum Of Death, Tyrannosarus Zebra at the Cellar Door, 101 W. Main Street, Visalia 21+ $5 9:30pm ** jul 10 sun Comic Convention at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 11am-7pm jul 10 sun KUSF Rock'N'Swap in Exile at Lightrail Studios, 672 Toland Place, S.F. a/a 7am-4pm (see below) jul 10 sun The Aerosols (3pm), Fake Your Own Death, The Blank Stares, Midnight Bombers (noon) at Light Rail Studios, 672 Toland Place, S.F. a/a $5 ($20 7am-10am) 7am/noon ** (KUSF in Exile Rock N' Swap) jul 10 sun The Lee Vilenski Trio at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 2pm/4pm ** jul 10 sun Realization Orchestra, Stupid Man Suit, Jeff Landau at Brainwash, 1122 Folsom St., S.F. a/a free 6pm ** jul 10 sun David Berkeley at Book Passage, Ferry Building, S.F. a/a ** jul 10 sun David Berkeley at KC Turner House, someplace, S.F. a/a ** jul 10 sun Krawl, Thy Winter Shadow, To Memory And Me, Defying Truth, Madman's Lullaby, Twisted Blues, Sanctuary Lost, Pyrozombies, None Of A Kind at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10/$12 5:30pm *** (battle of the bands - 30 minute sets) jul 10 sun The Supervillains, Tomorrows Bad Seeds at Bricks and Mortar Music Hall, 1710 Mission St., S.F. 18+ ** jul 10 sun Drew Grow & Pastor's Wives, Winnie Byrd, Chineke at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 10 sun Ian Moore & The Lossy Coils (cd release), Bare Wires, The Lotus Moons at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 10 sun Anya Marina at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm * jul 10 sun Dum Spiro Spero, Singing Knives (Portland), The Better Maker, Grandpa Paws at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** jul 10 sun main stage: Disturbed, Godsmack, Megadeth, Machine Head (6:25pm), 2nd stage: Testament (5:05pm), Suicide Silence, All Shall Perish, Straight Line Stitch (2:05pm), 3rd stage: Trivium (5:40pm), Unearth, Kingdom Of Sorrow, Red Fang, Jager Band (1:45pm) at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $36-$61 1:30pm # *** @ (Rockstar Mayhem Festival) jul 10 sun The Monkees (Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork) at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $150-$50 7:30pm # *** jul 10 sun Pat Jordache at Baz, someplace, San Jose ?/? ** jul 10 sun Santa Cruz Teen Nightclub at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz ages 14-19 $10/$20 8pm jul 10 sun Alison Krauss, Good Old War (Philadelphia) at Harvey's, Lake Tahoe, Stateline NV ?/? 7pm ** jul 10 sun Reverend Horton Heat, The Singin' Utters at the Alley, 906 Victorian Way, Sparks, NV a/a *** @ jul 11 mon Those Unknown, Old Firm Casuals, Stagger And Fall, Hounds & Harlots at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ** (Benefit for Dannyboy's Mom) jul 11 mon John Doe & Jill Sobule at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $17/$20 8pm ** jul 11 mon The Guverment, Illusion Of Self, The Illness at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jul 11 mon Widespread Panic at Grand Sierra Resort, 2500 East 2nd Street, Reno NV a/a 8pm # *** jul 11 mon Millionaires, Breath Electric, Christian TV, Set It Off at the Alley, 906 Victorian Way, Sparks, NV a/a ** jul 11 mon cancelled: Horns Of Happiness at the Hemlock, S.F. jul 11/12 Eddie Vedder, Glen Hansard at Paramount Theatre, Oakland a/a $77 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** jul 12 tue Cht, Demoni (Boise, ID), Fucktard, Under 15 Seconds, Las Malas Pulmas, Mykee Ramen (solo) at B.R.S., Richmond a/a $5 7pm *** @ jul 12 tue Business Etiquette, Radio People, Palmetto Moon Electronic Group, Pantykhrist, dj Terror Apart, dj Tapeheadcleaner at Lewcid Joosebox, 1131 24th Street #104, Oaland a/a $3 8pm ** jul 12 tue School of Rock Allstars at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $20 6:30pm til 9:30pm *** (Benefit local Ronald McDonald houses & charities) jul 12 tue Oslo, Violet Isle, Hosannas at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 12 tue Pacific Pride, Goochi Boiz (Denver) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 12 tue Stagger & Fall, Downtown Struts (Chicago, IL), Rocketship Rocketship, dj Lightnin' Jeff G. at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $5 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jul 12 tue Behold The Device, To Paint The Sky, Divine Restoration, The Relay Company, Alacer at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7pm/8pm ** @ jul 12 tue Reverend Horton Heat, Swingin' Utters at El Rey Theatre, Chico 21+ $17.50 8pm/8:30pm *** @ jul 13 wed Faster Pussycat, Venrez at the New Parish, Oakland a/a $10/$15 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jul 13 wed Godstomper, Amonie, Tolteca Extra, IThinkThere'sSomeDamage at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** jul 13 wed Moonbell, Endroit, The Height, Broken Cities at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm ** (KALX) jul 13 wed The Elected, Whispertown (with Jake Bellows), Mike Bloom at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 13 wed Foxtail Somersault, Fake Our Own Death, Foreign Cinema, Manatee at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** jul 13 wed David Bazan, Rocky Votolato at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** jul 13 wed Mist, Sudden Oak, Headboggle, Swanox at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 13 wed Phantom Kicks, Bad Bibles, Here Come The Saviours at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** jul 13 wed Local Legends, Dirty Pillows, Town Crier at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** jul 13 wed Sophisticates, Gods In Graves, Disciples Of Bacchus at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 8pm/8:30pm ** jul 13 wed Reverend Horton Heat, Swingin' Utters, Another Damn Disappointment at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ jul 13 wed Albert Lee & John Jorgenson at the El Rey Theatre, Chico 18+ (a/a with adult) $18 7pm/8pm ** jul 14 thr films: South Park & Futurama (comedy cartoon epissodes theme) at B.R.S., Richmond a/a free 7pm (movie night) jul 14 thr Cousin Eddie, Curt Baer, Rustwater at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a donation 7pm * jul 14 thr Sean Hayes at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $16/$20 8pm/9pm ** jul 14 thr Jail Weddings at Bricks and Mortar Music Hall, 1710 Mission Street, S.F. a/a ** jul 14 thr Portugal The Man, White Aarows, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $13 9pm ** jul 14 thr Luke Legs (solo album release) at Delores Park Cafe, 18th & Delores, S.F. a/a free 8pm * jul 14 thr Street Eaters (album release), Yi, Detach Dolls at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $5 ** jul 14 thr The Dead Westerns, Slow Motion Cowboy, The Bad Backs at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 14 thr Three Day Stubble, Weird Paul (Pittsburgh), Shitappa Oyaburn (Kyoto), HogWind at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm *** (Nerd Rock Fest Night #1) jul 14 thr The Standells, The Devil-Ettes, C'mon Everybody, The Bitter Honeys, Ruby White (burlesque), Russell Quan (dj Set), dj Carolyn, dj Fari, dj Chris Cook at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8pm *** (save KUSF Benefit) jul 14 thr My Victim, Midnight Chaser, Lazerwolf, dj's at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** (Rampage Radio - Save KUSF Benefit) jul 14 thr Pyrozombies, Damascus, Civilian Assault, Release te Kraken at Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** @ jul 14 thr Steve Kimock, Bobby Vegal at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm ** jul 14 thr Against Empire (L.A.), Spracta Snut Skallar, Seduce The Dead, Cashed The 32's (Fresno), Velisha (Fresno) at the Red Hat, Concord 21+ $5 9pm *** jul 14 thr cancelled: Cousin Eddie, Curt Baer, Rustwater at Streetlight Records, San Jose jul 14 thr Surf City Burlesque, Stella By Barlight at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 15 fri Kromosome (Melbourne, Australia), Warcry (Portland), Negative Standards, Blighted, Deras Krig at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 8pm *** @ jul 15 fri Dead Man, Prawn, John Cota, Burn Idols, Diesel Dudes at Your Haus, Oakland a/a $5 8pm *** @ jul 15 fri Cycloptopus, Decent Criminal (Sacramento), Crypt Keeper, Skin & Bonez at the Metro, Oakland a/a 8pm ** @ (art auctions/raffles local tattoo shops) jul 15 fri Wyld Wyzrds (Portland), Gkfoes Vjgoaf (New Zealand), Selaroda, Petit Mal at Fingerling's Grotto, 4038 MLK, Oakland a/a $5 7pm ** jul 15 fri Deep, Marques Wyatt, Blackcoffee at the New Parish, Oakland 21+ $15/$20 8pm/9pm ** jul 15 fri Hammerlock, Surrounded By Thieves, Fracas at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ 7pm ** @ jul 15 fri Hayride To Hell, Te Badmen, Motel Drive at John Patrick's, 1813 Park Street, Alameda 21+ $7 ** jul 15 fri Streetlight Manifesto, Reel Big Fish, Rodeo Ruby Love, The Maxies at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7pm # *** @ jul 15 fri Steve Kimock at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $26/$30 9pm ** jul 15 fri Strangelove (tribute), Luv'n Rockets (tribute), Spellbound (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 8pm/9pm ** jul 15 fri The Dear Hunter, Kay Kay & His Weathered Underground, O'Brother, Naive Thieves at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $13/$15 7pm/7:30pm *** jul 15 fri Generationals, Gardens & Villa at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** jul 15 fri Three Day Stubble, Chablis, John Trubee, Gyoriagyo (Kyoto), Merchants Of The New Bizarre at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm *** (Nerd Rock Fest Night #2) jul 15 fri Dirty Vegas, The Frail, Polaris At Noon at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 9pm *** jul 15 fri Taunted, Skitzo, Hysteria, Umlaut, The Nukes at Cafe Cocomo, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm/8:30pm ** @ jul 15 fri The Crazy Squeeze, L. Ydia & The Projects at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 15 fri Abatis, Red Valley Trappers, The Dig-Its at the Rockit Room, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** jul 15 fri Roach Gigz, H.B.K., DB Tha General, The N.H.T. Boys at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $25 7:30pm/8pm *** jul 15 fri American Steel, Nothington, Semi Evolved Simians, Over The Falls, My Last Line at Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St., Santa Rosa a/a $13 6pm/7pm *** @ jul 15 fri Vertical Horizon at Montalvo Arts Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga a/a # ** jul 15 fri Ru36, The Memorials, Fazed Too, Dirty Cello at the Time Out, 1822 Grant Street, Concord 21+ $10 8pm ** jul 15 fri Infected Mushroom at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 18+ $25/$30 8pm/8:30pm *** jul 15 fri The Inciters at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $5/$7 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 15 fri Valencia (Philadelphia, PA), Anarbor (Phoenix, AZ), Conditions, Taking's Not Stealing at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 7pm/8pm ** @ jul 15 fri Dudley And The Doo-Rights at Turkey Creek Golf Club, 1525 Highway 193, Lincoln a/a $5 7pm/8pm * jul 15 fri Monkey at Ukiah Brew, Ukiah ?/? ** jul 15/16 Lulacruza at the Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St. at 23rd., S.F. a/a $12-$20 sliding scale 8:30pm/9pm * jul 16 sat Arnocorps, Memphis Murder Men, La Plebe, Culo A Boca, Stab Your Back, Skin & Bonez at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 8pm *** @ jul 16 sat Dead Meadow, Hot Lunch, Moccretro at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $10 8pm/9pm ** jul 16 sat Condemned, Proudflesh, Moses at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ 7pm ** @ jul 16 sat Aesop Rock, Mirah, Man/Miracle, Magik Magik Orchestra, Religious Girls, Appetite (Sacramento) at Potrero Del Sol Park, 25th & San Gruno, S.F. a/a free noon-6pm *** (Phono Del Sol Festival) jul 16 sat The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit, The Brothers Comatose, Misisipi Rider at Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $15 8pm/3:30pm ** jul 16 sat Alkaline Trio, Smoking Popes, Dead Country at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $22/$25 7pm/8pm *** @ (sold out) jul 16 sat Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, Khaira Arby at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** jul 16 sat Form & Fate, Shuteye Unison (lp release), Glaciers at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** jul 16 sat Black Diamond Sound Orchestra (L.A.), Lord Loves A Working Man (cd release), The Struts at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/10pm ** jul 16 sat Left Alone, Static Thought, Civil War Rust, Los Kung Fu Monkeys at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $7 9pm ** @ jul 16 sat The Silent Comedy, Saint Motel at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** jul 16 sat Quinn DeVeaux And The Blue Beat Review, The Mumlers at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** jul 16 sat Burn River Burn, Art In Heaven, Mission:Blackout, Chris James, Mavalour at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 4pm til 8pm ** (Patiopalooza) jul 16 sat Warcry (Portland, OR), Kromosom (Melbourne, Australia), Xeroxide, Geister (Edmonton, Canada) at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/10pm *** @ jul 16 sat North American Scum (tribute), Hey Rogue at Grant & Green, 1371 Grant St., S.F. 21+ free 9pm ** jul 16 sat The Volker Strifler Band, The Gentry Bronson Band at George's, San Rafael 21+ $12/$15 9pm ** jul 16 sat Names In Numbers, Pictures In Sound, These Paper Satellites, Us As A Nation, Elyphaunt at Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** @ jul 16 sat Ancestree (Santa Cruz) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 7pm * jul 16 sat Kathy Griffin at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $100-$50 8pm # ** jul 16 sat Forbidden, Ulysses Siren, Embyronic Devourment (Willits), Potential Threat, Sympathy Ends, Lyceum, Short Fuse, Hell Fire, Kinetik, Left Of Christ, Desecrater, Repaid In Blood, Something Left Unsaid, Izeovasis, Endings For Anastasia, One Punch Machine Gun, Chained Existence, Casket Of Cassandra, Dissipate at the Avalon, Santa Clara a/a $15/$20 *** @ $ (Bay Area Metal Fest) jul 16 sat Eddie Izzard at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $81-$25 7pm/8pm ** jul 16 sat Strange Love (tribute) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm * jul 16 sat Resistant Me, Blackwood Royalty, As Giants Sleep at Caravan, 98 South Almaden Ave., San Jose 21+ free 10pm ** jul 16 sat Y & T at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $19/$23 8pm/9pm *** jul 16 sat Gentlemen Of Japan at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $5/$7 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 16 sat Atomic Aces, Swamp Angel, Country Trash, SA90 at Coasters, Boardwalk Bowl, 115 Cliff Street, Santa Cruz 21+ $7 ** jul 16 sat First Class Citizen, Silent Treatment, Nam Classic, EgoStall, The Realists at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7pm/8pm # ** jul 16 sat Havenside, Paint Over Pictures, Bulltrue, Beyond All Ends, Man Up! Nancy, Rise Of Serapis, Lifeforms, Last Night In Town, The Descolada Virus, Brothers To Arms, Enmity at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ jul 16 sat cancelled: Lionel Richie at Harvey's, Lake Tahoe, Stateline NV jul 17 sun Rational Anthems, Turkish Techno, 9:00 News at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 5pm ** @ jul 17 sun Spittin Cobras, Corruptors, Flexx Bronco at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $7 7pm ** jul 17 sun Alkaline Trio, Smoking Popes, Dead Country at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $23/$25 7pm/8pm *** @ (sold out) jul 17 sun Kings And Crooks, Lambs Become Lions, Weslester, Tunestone, Flesh Weapon, Day Four, Inquisitor, St. Valentinez, Sugar Water Purple, Vent at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10/$12 5:30pm *** (battle of the bands - 30 minute sets) jul 17 sun The Mallard, Poodles, The Woolen at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jul 17 sun Sarah McLachlan & Friends at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$45 7:30pm # *** jul 17 sun Santa Cruz Teen Nightclub at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz ages 14-19 $10/$20 8pm jul 18 mon Breathe Carolina, Chiados, I See Stars, The Color Morale, Mod Sun, The Air I Breathe at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8:45pm # *** jul 18 mon Liam O'Maonlai, Colm O'Riain, Lucia Comnes at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $18/$20 8pm ** jul 18 mon Neighborhood Brats, Shotdown at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm ** jul 18 mon Yourself & The Air (Chicago, IL) at the Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz a/a ** jul 18 mon Balto (N.Y.C.) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** jul 18 mon Yourself And The Air (Chicago), Writer (San Diego), Time Machine Modulus at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $8 8pm ** jul 18 mon The Movement, Pacific Dub, Dino Planet at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$12 8pm/8:30pm ** jul 19 tue Bury Your Dead, Evergreen Terrace, For The Fallen Dreams, In The Midst Of Lions, Thick As Blood, Hundredth, Betrayal, Murder Death Kill at the Metro, Oakland a/a $15 6pm # *** @ jul 19 tue Owl City, Mat Kearney, Unwed Sailor at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 7pm # ** jul 19 tue Yourself And The Air (Chicago, IL), Angel Island, Jake Mann & The Upeer Hand at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8/$10 8pm ** jul 19 tue Griffin House (solo) at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** jul 19 tue Parenthetical Girls, Extra Life (N.Y.C.), Sam Mickens at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 19 tue Mishka, The Beautiful Girls, Mat McHugh (solo), Anuhea, Ethan Tucker at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** jul 19 tue Scarlet Stoic (cd release), The Rumblefish, The Blank Manuscript at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm/8:30pm ** jul 19 tue Face The Rail, Porkeria (McAllen, TX), Bum City Saints, dj The Wizard at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $5 8:30pm/9:30pm ** @ jul 19 tue Inxs, Berlin at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $90-$35 7:30pm # *** jul 19 tue My Machete (L.A.) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** jul 19 tue Breathe Carolina, Chiodos, I See Stars, The Color Morale, The Air I Breathe, Modsun at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** jul 19/20 The Avett Brothers, Jessica Lea Mayfield (tue), The David Mayfield Parade (wed) at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** jul 20 wed Liturgy (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Chelsea Wolfe, Common Eider King Eider, dj Rob Metal at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 20 wed The Spyrals, VonVeederVeld, Nectarine Pie, Outlaw at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** jul 20 wed The Jean Genies (tribute), dj 2Shy-Shy, dj Melt at the Make-Out Room, S.F. 21+ $5 7:30pm * jul 20 wed Barn Owl, Sean Smith, 3 Leafs at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** jul 20 wed Paper City at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ $6 8pm * jul 20 wed Faster Pussycat at the Avalon, Santa Clara a/a $12 7:30pm/8pm *** jul 20 wed Hans Keller, Amonie at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** jul 20 wed Ancestree (Santa Cruz) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm * jul 20 wed Tether Horse, Country Trash at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 20 wed Whitechapel, Oceano, Within Ruins, 12 Gauge Facelift, A Holy Ghost Revival at Knitting Factory, Reno, NV a/a *** @ jul 20 wed Soundgarden, The Mars Volta at Harvey's, Lake Tahoe, Stateline NV ?/? 7pm *** jul 20 wed Greeley Estates, Life On Repeat, The Plot In You, Everyone Dies In Utah, Miracle AT St. Anna at the Alley, 906 Victorian Way, Sparks, NV a/a ** jul 21 thr films: Aqua Teen Hunger Force (comedy cartoon epissodes theme) at B.R.S., Richmond a/a free 7pm (movie night) jul 21 thr Foxtails Brigade, The Botticellis at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $10/$12 8pm/9pm ** jul 21 thr Baysic Wonder, Ex Masheena, Songs For Snakes at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** jul 21 thr Crooked Still, Cahalen, Morrison & Eli West at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $20 7pm/8pm ** jul 21 thr Soundgarden, The Mars Volta at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # *** @ jul 21 thr Memory Tapes, Sleep Over, Painted Palms at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 8pm/9pm ** jul 21 thr Big Talk, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15 10pm ** jul 21 thr Zodiac Death Valley, Lilac, Cannons And Clouds, dj Mikey Tashjian at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** jul 21 thr Steel Hot Cakes, Olive Ewe, Inferno Of Joy at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** jul 21 thr Superhumanoids, Half-Handed Cloud at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 21 thr Crosstops, Thee Merry Widows, Jesse Morris & The Man Cougars at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm ** jul 21 thr Con Brio, Audiafauna at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$13 8:30pm ** jul 21 thr Midnite at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$25 7:30pm/8:30pm *** jul 21 thr Earth, Angelo Spencer et Les Hauts Sommets at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $12/$15 8pm/8:30pm ** jul 21 thr Chris Isaak at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a # *** jul 21 thr New Year's Day (Anaheim), It Boys, The Material, Goodnight Sunrise at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 7pm/8pm ** jul 21 thr cancelled: Screeching Weasel at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. jul 21 thr cancelled: Matthew Morrison at Mountain Winery, Saratoga jul 22 fri Angry Samoans, Boats!, Battle Flask (LA.), Cashed, Moderate Excess at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7:30pm *** @ jul 22 fri Nobunny, Personal & The Pizzas, The Cute Lepers, The Bananas, Unnatural Helpers, Uzi Rash, dj King Khan, dj Russell Quan, mc Blag Dahlia at the Metro, Oakland a/a $12/$14 8pm/8:30pm *** @ (1-2-3-4 Records) jul 22 fri Warcry (Portland), Mundo Muerto (L.A.), Abrupt, Dein Fleisch (first show) at First Church of the Buzzard, 2601 Adeline, Oakland a/a $8 8pm *** @ jul 22 fri Transient (Portland), Clingingtothetreesofaforestfire (CO), The Burial Tide, Man Amoung Wolves, Feast (Concord), Boarhunter (San Jose0 at Your House, Oakland a/a $6 8pm *** @ jul 22 fri Slum Village at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $20/$25 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jul 22 fri Harrington Saints, The Inciters, Hounds & Harlots, The Satisfactions at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $7 7pm ** @ jul 22 fri Death Valley High, Electric Chair Repair Co., Echolocation at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** jul 22 fri The Velvet Teen, Silian Rail, Worker Bee, Not To Reason Why at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $13 8pm/8:30pm *** jul 22 fri Ben Folds, Kenton Chen at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** jul 22 fri The B'z at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** jul 22 fri Earth, Angelo Spencer et Les Hauts Sommets, Whirr at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 9pm ** jul 22 fri Dillon Francis (L.A.), Adam F, Ototoxik, Manics, Ultraknock, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $16 ($13 if 21+) 10pm ** jul 22 fri I The Mighty, A Lot Like Birds, Case In Theory, Quiet Game Starting Now at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm/8:30pm ** jul 22 fri Odd Future at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** (sold out) jul 22 fri Love Is Chemicals, Mist & Mast, To The Sea at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** jul 22 fri Sebastian Parker - Colin Williams - Rick Rivera at Bruno's Pizza Cucina, 1375 Fillmore Street, S.F. a/a free 10pm * jul 22 fri Langhorne Slim, Henry Wolfe at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** jul 22 fri The Old-Fashioned Way, Altars, Upstairs Downstairs, Honey For The Bears at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$22 9:30pm ** jul 22 fri Roy Rogers & The Delta Rhythm Kings at George's, San Rafael 21+ $15/$20 9pm ** jul 22 fri The Marshall Tucker Band, Moonalice at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm ** jul 22 fri Godstomper, Anal Mucus, Ill Content, Hosebeast, Wake The Machines at the Red Hat, Concord 21+ $5 9pm *** @ jul 22 fri Chris Isaak at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $100-$50 7:30pm # *** jul 22 fri Human Toys at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jul 22 fri Jonah Matranga, Hurricane Roses, Jonathan Sontag at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $8 8pm ** jul 22 fri Faster Pussycat, Big Boss Graffiti, Venrez, Restrayned, Sucker Punch at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $20/$22 7pm/8pm *** jul 22 fri Axe Morder Boyz, Mindshot, F.L.O.W.S., Intrinzik, Wikid Axe Clowns, Shadow The Ceeper at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ jul 22 fri Revolver And Wings Of Innocence (tribute) at Turkey Creek Golf Club, 1525 Highway 193, Lincoln a/a $5 7pm/8pm ** jul 23 sat Dan Potthast, Unko Atama, Chump Change, Joint Venture, Drinking Water, I.V., The Blanks, Thug Life at 924 Gilman St., Berkeley a/a $10 7pm *** @ (ska night - Jeff Armstrong's Birthday) jul 23 sat King Khan & Gris Gris, Shannon & The Clams, The Sneaky Pinks, Rock'n'roll Adventure Kids, King Lollipop, Elvis Christ, dj Hunx, mc Blag Dahilia at the Metro, Oakland a/a $13/$14 8pm/8:30pm *** @ (1-2-3-4 Records) jul 23 sat Bloody Phoenix, Blown To Bits, Agents Of Satan, Bruxers, Shitty Fucker, Sin Vida, Connoisseur at First Church of the Buzzard, 2601 Adeline, Oakland a/a $7 8pm *** @ jul 23 sat Cryptics, The Hague at Mama Buzz Cafe, Oakland a/a donation 7pm * jul 23 sat Garrincha & The Stolen Elk (Portland), Excavacations, Ava Mendoza & Nick Tanburro at Fingerling's Grotto, 4038 MLK, Oakland a/a $5 7pm ** jul 23 sat Thee Swank Bastards, Snorting Pole, Deth Sike, Unifried, Headboggle, Key West, Darph/Nader, Chess Crimes, Striations, Blood Into Water at Your Hauz, Oakland a/a 5pm *** @ jul 23 sat Blood Shot And Dilated, Cashed, Black Dream, Mental Disaster,w Sad Boy Sinister, Short Changed, Oppressed Logic, Deaf Mute Dingus VS KittenDonkeyPunch, Battle Flask (L.A.) at Toxic Beach, Bay End of 24th Street, S.F. a/a free noon *** @ jul 23 sat Short Fuse, Abriel, Out For Blood, Feral Depravity, John The Cannibal, A Thousand Shall Fall at La Raza Skatepark, 25th Street at Utah Street, S.F. a/a 11:30am free *** @ (Procration Mitigation) jul 23 sat Mister Loveless, Books On Tape, Stripmall Architecture at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/10pm ** jul 23 sat Wallpaper, The Hood Internet at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16/$19 8pm/9pm ** jul 23 sat Nothington, Build Us Airplanes, Semi Evolved Simians, Why I Hate at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8 9pm ** jul 23 sat Uncle Rebel, The Soft White Sixties, The Hypnotist Collectors at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $14 8:30pm ** jul 23 sat dj EmDee, dj RamblinWorker, Little Wings (solo electro) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 ($7 if 21+) 10pm ** jul 23 sat Maurice Tani, Jenn Courtney, 77 El Deora at St. Cyprian's Church, 2097 Turk St., S.F. a/a $12-$15 8pm ** jul 23 sat Mammatus, Glitter Wizard (record release), Poor Sons at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 23 sat Alvarius B, Porest, Cave Bears at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm ** jul 23 sat Audiodub, Sean Tabor Band, Starving Millionaires at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** jul 23 sat Embers, Days Of High Adventure at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm/9:30pm ** @ jul 23 sat Quarterman Jack & The Rusty Nails (two sets 10pm & 11:15pm) at the Riptide Bar, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/10pm ** jul 23 sat Minivan Disaster, Gillbillies, Thee Heart Beats, Horror X, Bite, The Revtones, Ava Lanche, Lily LeRouge, Ophelia Coeur De Noir at 628 20th Street, S.F. 21+ $10 2pm ** (pre '69 car and bike show) jul 23 sat Zoo Station (tribute), Lovefool at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** jul 23 sat Carmen (record release), Corrine, Hottub, Tres Lingerie, dj's at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 23 sat Super Diamond (tribute) at George's, San Rafael 21+ $20 9pm * jul 23 sat The English Beat, The Fixx at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm *** jul 23 sat The Trims (San Jose), San Francesca (San Jose) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** jul 23 sat Grace Potter & The Nocturnals at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $50-$35 7:30pm # ** jul 23 sat Cute Lepers at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jul 23 sat Hayride To Hell, Swillbillys, Sa90 at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 23 sat Tyler Rich, Method Echo, Autumn Sky, Fate Under Fire, The Repair, Addhara at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** jul 23 sat The Angry Samoans, Boats!, Flip-Offs!, No Beatings From Holly, The Scowndrolls at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12 7pm/8pm # *** @ jul 23/24 California World Guitar Show at Marin Civic Center Exhibit Hall, San Rafael jul 24 sun D.Y.S., Opt Out, Wolves & Thieves, Short Changed at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 5pm *** @ jul 24 sun record swap/flea market at the Metro, Oakland a/a free (tables $30) noon til 4pm (1-2-3-4 Records) jul 24 sun Zero Boys, Rigngers, Arctic Flowers, Neon Piss, Street Eaters at the Metro, Oakland a/a $13/$14 8pm/8:30pm *** @ (1-2-3-4 Records) jul 24 sun Atif Asiam at the Arena, Oakland a/a # ** jul 24 sun Hottub, Religious Girls, Krishna, dj Miggy Stardust at Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave. at Bancroft, Berkeley 21+ ** jul 24 sun S.F. Indie Mart at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a noon jul 24 sun Cody Canada & The Departed at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 8pm ** jul 24 sun Emily Wells at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** jul 24 sun The Coathangers (Atlanta), Swann Danger, The Morning Crazies at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 24 sun The Barfeeders, Go Time!, The Meat Sluts at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 4pm/4:30pm ** @ (Kat & Charlie's Going Away Party) jul 24 sun The Haters, Xome, Chrome Genie, Cerebral Roil, Pulsating Cyst, Nerfbau, Nature Abhors Normality VS. Tenticular Genocide, Liver Cancer, Overdose The Katatonic, Sharkiface, Pete Von Petrin, Bonus Beast, AC Way at the Retox Lounge, S.F. 21+ 3:30pm *** @ jul 24 sun Dolly Parton at the Pavilion, Concord a/a # *** jul 24 sun Indigo Girls, Mount Moriah at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $50-$35 7:30pm # ** jul 24 sun Santa Cruz Teen Nightclub at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz ages 14-19 $10/$20 8pm jul 24 sun Fallstar (Portland, OR), A Sequence Of Ghosts, And Came Back Brutal, Divine Restoration, Brood Of Fenrir, Escalon at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10/$12 6:30pm/7:30pm *** @ jul 25 mon Thurston Moore, Kurt Vile & The Violators at the New Parish, Oakland a/a $20/$25 8pm/9pm *** jul 25 mon Cold Cave, Austra, Prurient at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16 7:30pm/8pm ** jul 25 mon Cults, Guards, Writer at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 25 mon Fucked Up at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** jul 25 mon Project Film, Moonbell, Horsefly at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ ** jul 25 mon Iceage (Denmark), Cult Of Youth, dj Omar at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** jul 26 tue The Foreign Exchange at the New Parish, Oakland a/a $25 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jul 26 tue Bombino, Magic Leaves at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $25 8pm ** jul 26 tue Thurston Moore, Kurt Vile & The Violators, Hush Arbors at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** jul 26 tue Ghost Animals, Kids On A Crive Spree, Permanent Collection at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 26 tue Yuck, Unknown Mortal Orchestra at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8pm ** jul 26 tue Te Sheens, The Sad Bastard Book Club, The Cryptics at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 26 tue Tidelands, Debbie Neigher (record release), Blue Rabbit at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** jul 26 tue Los Lonely Boys, Los Lobos at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85-$40 7pm # ** jul 26 tue Queens Of The Stone Age, Le Butcherettes at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $40/$45 7:30pm/8:30pm *** jul 27 wed Go Time!, Atomic Machines, Why I Hate at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** jul 27 wed The Definite Articles, Dirty Mittens (Portland, OR), Il Gato at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** jul 27 wed Sabertooth Zombie, Humilitate (Basque, Spain), Street Justice at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm/9pm ** @ jul 27 wed The Buttercream Gang, The Horde And The Harem, Brownshoe at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** jul 27 wed Grass Widow, Cold Showers, Dunes, Petals at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** jul 27 wed The Memorials, Rough Waters, The Straight Ups at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 27 wed My Parade, The White Barons, Axwound at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jul 27 wed Jason Aldean, Clay Walker, Thompson Square at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # ** jul 27 wed Noise-A-Tron, The Number Fox at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** jul 27 wed Thera at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** jul 27 wed Equipto, Chris Rene, Slop Opera, Mac Jar & Monikape at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $8/$10 8pm/8:30pm ** jul 27 wed Slightly Stoopid, Rebelution, Schwayze & Cisco Adler at Harveys Amphitheater, Lake Tahoe ?/? $37.50 6:30pm # *** jul 27 wed Thurston Moore, Kurt Vile & The Violators, dj Malikmiko at Henry Miller Library, Big Sur a/a $28.75 5:30pm *** jul 28 thr films: Lucy Daughter of the Devil & Robot Chicken at B.R.S., Richmond a/a free 7pm (movie night) jul 28 thr The Cool Kids at the New Parish, Oakland a/a $20/$25 8pm/9pm ** jul 28 thr Thee Oh Sees, Royal Baths, Mike Donovan at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** jul 28 thr Greensky Bluegrass at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 9pm * jul 28 thr Zach Roque at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $14 8pm ** jul 28 thr Skylar Grey at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $12 9pm ** jul 28 thr The Damnwells, Harper Blynn, Josh Fletcher at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 8pm ** jul 28 thr Eat Skull, Unnatural Helpers, Uzi Rash at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** @ jul 28 thr The Frail, Survivor Guide, TigerCat at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm *** jul 28 thr Insanity, Futur Skullz, Serpent Crown at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm/9pm ** @ jul 28 thr Nekromantix at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $13/$15 8pm/8:30pm ** @ jul 28 fri David Allan Coe (Akron, OH), Dry Country Drinkers, Colonel Jimmy & The Blackfish at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $30/$35 7pm/8pm # *** jul 28 fri Black Dahlia Murder, Whitechapel, Darkest Hour, Six Feet Under, Dying Fetus, Powerglove, As Blood Runs Black, Oceano, Fleshgod Apocalypse & Within The Ruins at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ jul 28 fri The Hooten Hallrs at Origami Lounge, 708 Cherry Street, Chico a/a 9pm * jul 29 fri Zero Progress, E.T.C., Secret People, Classics Of Love at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a *** @ jul 29 fri Slightly Stoopid, Rebelution, Shwayze, Cisco Adler at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a 6pm # *** jul 29 fri Nekromantix, The Brains, Swamp Angel at the Metro, Oakland a/a 8pm $14 *** @ jul 29 fri Hot Buttered Rum at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $15/$20 8pm/9pm ** jul 29 fri Kevin Seconds, Bobby Joe Ebola And The Children MacNuggits, Bryan McPherson, The Everlovin' at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 29 fri The Black Dahlia Murder, Whitechapel at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $39 3:30pm # *** @ (Summer Slaughter) jul 29 fri American Steel, Angry Amputees, Shot Down at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/10pm ** @ jul 29 fri Maps & Atlases, Sister Crayon at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 9pm ** jul 29 fri Ben Sollee at the Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** jul 29 fri The California Honeydrops, Con Brio, Neurovoltaic Orchestra at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $30 8pm ** (fundraiser) jul 29 thr M.E.L.T. (Mark, Emilio, Larry & Ted - 80's covers) at La Barca, 2036 Lombard Street, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** jul 29 thr Mean Jeans, The Black Jaspers, Guantanamo Baywatch, The Teutonics at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10-$30 9pm ** (Total Trash Fest) jul 29 thr Prizehog, Nero Order, Ghetto Blaster at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** jul 29 thr Woods, The Fresh & Onlys, The Mantles, dj Britt Govea at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $16 9pm ** jul 29 thr Heather Combs Band, The Ponies (ep release), Alden at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** jul 29 thr Das Racist, Blackmahal at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** jul 29 thr The Phenomenauts, Tornado Rider, The Secretions at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm *** @ jul 29 thr Norm MacDonald at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm ** jul 29 thr Leon Rosslson & Robb Johnson (U.K.) at Unitarian Universalist Church, 505 E. Charleston Road, Palo Alto a/a $20 8pm ** jul 29 fri Kid Rock, Sheryl Crow at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a # *** jul 29 fri Melissa Etheridge at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $110-$45 7:30pm # *** jul 29 fri Dirtbag Dan at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm * jul 29 fri Seduce The Dead, Crooked As Fuck, Can Toker at Caravan, 98 South Almaden Ave., San Jose 21+ free ** jul 29 fri E-40, Raider Dave, Alias John Brown, Quette Daddie, Mr. Wilson, The Ricky James Project, Stupid Youth, The Realists at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** jul 29 fri Monkey at Nine Lives, Gilroy ?/? ** jul 29 fri Lady Antebellum, Troy Olsen at Harveys Amphitheater, Lake Tahoe ?/? 7:30pm ** jul 30 sat Ringworm, Nails, Bitter End, New Lows, Crucified at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7:30pm *** @ jul 30 sat A Perfect Circle, Red Bacteria Vacuum at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a 8pm # *** jul 30 sat CJ Ramone, Eastern Span, Jokes For Feelings at the New Parish, Oakland a/a $10/$15 8:30pm/9:30pm *** jul 30 sat The Muffs, The Bruises, Talky Tina at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12/$15 9pm ** @ jul 30 sat dj Bob Mould, dj Rich Morel at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 10pm ** (Blowoff) jul 30 sat Bam Bam, Silent Pictures, Schande at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** jul 30 sat Those Darlins, White Arrows, Motopony at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/10pm ** jul 30 sat Cornmeal at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 9:30pm ** jul 30 sat The South Bay Surfers, The Okmoniks, Shruggs, Night Howls, The Slobsters at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 2pm ** (afternoon show - Total Trash Fest) jul 30 sat The Spits, Black Jaspers, Personal And The Pizzas, Therapists, Apache at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm *** @ (Total Trash Fest) jul 30 sat Black Cobra, Hot Lunch, Lecherous Gaze, Hightower at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 3pm/4pm ** @ (Beerspit Magazine Release) jul 30 sat Hank IV (7" release), John Wesley Coleman, Rayon Beach (Austin) at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 ** jul 30 sat Migraine, White Wards (Olympia, WA), Dream Decay, Permanent Ruin at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ 9:30pm/10pm ** @ jul 30 sat Pollo De Mar (two sets 10pm & 11:15pm) at the Riptide Bar, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/10pm ** jul 30 sat Kafana Balkan, Brass Menazeri, dj Zeljko at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 30 sat Creedence Clearwater Revisited, Three Dog Night at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$45 7:30pm # *** jul 30 sat Dublin Death Patrol, Ikki Crane, Skinner, Angerhead at the Avalon, Santa Calra a/a ** @ jul 30 sat Monkey, Aloha Screwdriver, Virginia City Shakedown, Soft Volume, Hella Jalapenos at X Sports Bar, 20990 Homestead Road, Cupertino a/a $8 8pm ** jul 30 sat Winchester Skatepark 30th Anniversary at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jul 30 sat Roach Gigz, Los Rakas, Nima Fadavi at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $14/$19 8pm/9pm ** jul 30 sat RX Bandits, Maps & Atlases at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$17 7pm/7:30pm *** jul 30 sat Filter (L.A.), Anew Revolution, Heart-Set Self Destruct, Prylosis, White Minorities at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $20/$23 7pm/7:30pm # *** @ jul 30 sat Nekromantix, The Brains, The Infamous Swanks, Avenue Saints at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ jul 30 sat Steve Miller Band, Dave Mason at Harveys Amphitheater, Lake Tahoe ?/? 7:30pm *** jul 30 sat Nodzzz, Art Museums, Ducktails, Woods/Fre3sh & Onlys Big Band at Fernwood Resort, 47200 Highway 1, Big Sur a/a 9pm ** (sold out) (Woodsist Festival day 1) jul 30/31 Leon Rosslson & Robb Johnson (U.K.) at La Pena, 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley a/a $18/$22 7:30pm ** jul 31 sun Rasputina, Smoke Fairies at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jul 31 sun Up Your Alley Street Fair, S.F. a/a jul 31 sun Zoe at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** jul 31 sun Mandatory Merle at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 2pm/4pm ** jul 31 sun Debora Lyall, True Margrit, Kate Kilbane & The Cellar Doors at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 5pm/6pm ** jul 31 sun Olin & The Moon at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm * jul 31 sun Matt Adams, Ayla Nereo, Trails, Katie Clover at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** (new lineup) jul 31 sun films: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and Nosferatu at Cafe Cocomo, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 6pm til 10pm ** (The Creepy KOFY Movietime) jul 31 sun Metal Mother Aubergine, 755 Petaluma Avenue, Sebastopol ?/? ** jul 31 sun D.D. Lang And The Siss Boom Bang at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $102-$41 7:30pm # ** jul 31 sun Santa Cruz Teen Nightclub at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz ages 14-19 $10/$20 8pm jul 31 sun RX Bandits, Maps & Atlases, Zechs Marquise, Facing New York at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** jul 31 sun Real Estate, Thee Oh Sees, Fresh & Onlys, Woods, Sic Alps, Sun Araw, White Fence at Henry Miller Library, Big Sur a/a 1pm ** (sold out) (Woodsist Festival day 2) aug 1 mon Tally Hall, Speak, Casey Shea at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 1 mon Buffalo Killers, Greg Ashley Band, Strangers Family Band at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 6pm ** (early show) aug 1 mon Yemen Blues at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15-$50 8pm ** aug 1 mon Brandi Carlile at the El Rey Theatre, Chico 18+ (a/a with adult) $23.50 7pm/8pm ** aug 2 tue Matisyahu, Trevor Hall, John West at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** aug 2 tue Scattered Trees, The Alternate Routes (Bridgeport, CN), Halsted at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** aug 2 tue Audacity, Fuzz at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm *** aug 2 tue Real Estate, Dominant Legs, Melted Toys at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm ** aug 2 tue George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Kenny Wayne Shepherd at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $90-$35 7pm # *** aug 2 tue Sideshow Tragedy (Austin), Madison Lane (Santa Cruz), Jesse Moore (Austin) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 5pm ** aug 3 wed Dntel (L.A.), One AM Radio (L.A.), Geotic (L.A.) at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$18 8pm *** aug 3 wed This Is Hell (Long Island, N.Y.), Decoder, Endwell (Queens, N.Y.), Until Your Heart Stops at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 8pm *** @ aug 3 wed Midnite Snaxxx, Veronica (Denver) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 3 wed Styx, Yes, Kansas, The Greg Kihn Band at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $80-$18 4:30pm/5:30pm # *** aug 3 wed The Doobie Brothers at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a # *** aug 4 thr Exhumed, Macabre, Cephalic Carnage, Withered at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16 8pm *** @ aug 4 thr Tornado Rider, The Phenomenauts, Judgement Day at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** @ aug 4 thr Z Bug, Libertas at the Luggage Store Gallery, 1007 Market St., S.F. a/a 8pm $6-$10 sliding scale ** aug 4 thr Axxonn, En, Holly Herndon at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 4 thr A Decent Animal (record release), The Bitter Honeys at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 4 thr Gin Blossoms, Malea McGuinness at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm *** aug 4 thr The Doobie Brothers at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $90-$50 7:30pm # *** aug 4 thr Chineke at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** aug 4/5 The Wailers (thr: perform Exodus) (fri: perform Uprising), Revival Sound System at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 9pm ** aug 5 fri ska night at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a aug 5 fri Digitalism (live), Jack Beats, Caspa, Gesaffelstein at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 7pm # ** aug 5 fri Howlin' Rain, Skystone, The Myonics, The Hypnotic Collectors at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm ** aug 5 fri Adelitas, Broken Water at Thrillhouse Records a/a free ** aug 5 fri The Bastard Noise (L.A.), Landmine Marathon (AZ), Voetsek, Hosebeast (Concord) at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $10 8pm *** @ aug 5 fri Mustache Harbor, Private Idaho (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 9pm ** aug 5 fri K.M.F.D.M., Army Of The Universe, 16volt, Human Factors Lab at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # *** @ aug 5 fri New Monsoonageddon, New Monsoon, Sean Leahy & Friends, Kiyoshi Foster at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 5 fri Peter Frampton at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** aug 5 fri Mirah, Tara Jane O'Neil at Brightworks, 350 California Street #1500, S.F. a/a *** aug 5 fri Mr Big at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** aug 5 fri La Corde, Ggreen, Waldo Astoria at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** aug 5 fri Toby Keith, Eric Church, JT Hodges at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $91-$30 6pm/7:30pm # ** aug 5 fri Cash'd Out at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** aug 5 fri Dredg, Fair To Midland, Trophy Fire, Breva at the Ace Of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ aug 5 fri Draw From The Effect (Oroville), Thea Skotia, Escalon, My Bloodshed Kills at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7pm/8pm # *** @ aug 5 fri Y & T at the El Rey Theatre, 230 West 2nd St., Chico a/a $23 7pm/8pm *** aug 5/6/7 Pacific Cannabis Expo at Craneway Pavilion, 1414 Harbour Way South, Richmond 18+ aug 6 sat Yob, Dark Castle, Dispirit, Worm Ouroboros at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a 7:30pm *** @ aug 6 sat Informal Society (L.A.), The Runts (L.A.), Bum City Saints, Looking at My Enemy, Ill Content at Your House, Oakland a/a $8 8pm *** @ aug 6 sat J Davey at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $15/$20 8pm/9pm ** aug 6 sat Saint Vernon at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 6 sat Torche, Big Business, Thrones at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 9pm *** @ aug 6 sat Dredg at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** (postponed from May 6th) aug 6 sat Moenia at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 8pm/9pm # ** aug 6 sat Crystal Castles, Mistah Fab, Maus Haus, Battlehooch, Con Brio, The Blank Tapes, J Boogie's Dubtronic Science, Aaron Axlsen, Shawn Reynaldo, Richie Cunning at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $35 7pm # *** aug 6 sat Little Wings, Royal Baths, White Cloud, Sea Of Bees at the Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa at Potrero, S.F. a/a $10-$20 sliding scale ($50 vip) sliding scale 7pm/8pm ** aug 6 sat Bare Wires, Ghe Groggs, Outlaw, Nectarine Pie, The Love Dimenson, The Hypnotist Collectors, Rosa Grande, Moccretro, Poor Sons, Family Matters, The Lotus Moons, The Mrcy Hot Sprngs, The Tet Holiday, Jared Gonzalez at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $12 2pm *** (San Frandelic Summer Fest) aug 6 sat Wet Illustrated, Angora Debs, Dimples at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** aug 6 sat Sioux City Kid, Kill Moi, Tiny Television at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** aug 6 sat Mickey Hart Band at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** aug 6 sat Thought Vomit, Rocket House, Nuclear Tempest, Sanctuary Lost at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7pm/8pm *** @ aug 6 sat The Devil Makes Three at Petaluma Music Festival, Petaluma a/a ** aug 6 sat The Phenomenauts, Plan 9, Sugar Daddy's, Shitkickers, Trashkannon, Culo A Boca at the Avalon, Santa Clara a/a $12/$15 7pm/8pm *** @ aug 6 sat Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, Dennis DeYoung at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $100-$40 7:30pm # *** (music of Styx) aug 6 sat The Record Winter at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 6 sat Godstomper, Tolteca Extra, IThinkThere'sSomeDamage at Plainfield Station, 23944 Country Road 98, Woodland a/a $5 4pm ** aug 6 sat Steel Saviour, For All Ive Done, Silence Of The Grimm, Mortal Atrocity, Pythagora at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $10 7pm/8pm *** @ aug 7 sun Registered Sex Offenders at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a ** aug 7 sun RX Bandits, Zechs Marquise, The Hot Toddies at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # *** aug 7 sun Bowling For Soup, The Dollyrots, Sunderland at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 8:30pm/9pm ** @ aug 7 sun Kavarzee, Libertine Circle, Seven Waves Away, Feedbach, Neon Anyway, Astronomy Lounge, Handshake, Glorious Birds, Robby Redd W. Deuces at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $10/$12 5:30pm *** (battle of the bands - 30 minute sets) aug 7 sun Yob, Dark Castle at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 3pm ** aug 7 sun The Great AmeriCon, Valor & Vengeance, Gemini Syndrome at Cafe Cocomo, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 5pm/5:30pm *** @ aug 7 sun Hurd Ensemble, Gojogo at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 7 sun Think And Die Thinking Fest at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free ** aug 7 sun The Beach Boys at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $90-$35 7:30pm # *** aug 7 sun Crosby, Stills & Nash, Jackson Brown, Bonnie Raitt, The Doobie Brothers, Jason Mraz, Tom Morello, Kitaro, Sweet Honey In The Rock, Jonathan Wilson at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $100-$20 6pm/7:30pm # *** aug 7 sun Santa Cruz Teen Nightclub at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz ages 14-19 $10/$20 8pm aug 8 mon Jesse Malin & The St. Marks Social, Stryder Callison & The Jackwagons at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 8 mon Bowling For Soup, Dolly Rots, Sunderland at the Alley, 906 Victorian Way, Sparks, NV a/a ** aug 9 tue Tortured Genies, Roommate, Sunbeam Rd at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 9 tue Imelda May at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm ** aug 9 tue Gipsy Kings at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $150-$55 7:30pm # ** aug 9/10 Phish at Harveys Amphitheater, Lake Tahoe ?/? 6:30pm # ** (sold out) aug 10 mon Angora Debs, Mordecai (MT) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 10 mon Jesse Malin & The St. Marks Social at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 10 mon Awolnation, Wallpaper, Te New Regime at the Ace Of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** aug 10 mon M.G.M.T. at Henry Miller Library, Big Sur a/a *** (sold out) aug 11 thr Midnite at the New Parish, Oakland ?/? $25/$30 9pm/9:30pm *** aug 11 thr Jesse Malin & The St. Marks Social at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 11 thr Eels, The Submarines at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** aug 11 thr White Pee, Birch Cooper And Polly Darton at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 11 thr The Memorials, The Secret Secretaries, Niayh at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** aug 11 thr Waters, Gryphon Rower-Upjohn, Odetta Hartman, Chris Rubeo, Skylark at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7pm/8pm *** aug 11 thr Snoop Dogg at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $53/$59 ($350 vip) 7pm/8pm *** aug 11 thr Warped Tour at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Marysville a/a # *** @ aug 12 fri Story So Far, The American Scene at 924 Gilman Street, Berkley a/a ** @ aug 12 fri Eyehategod, Impaled, Laudanum, Voetsek, Badr Vogu, The Burial Tide at the Metro, Oakland a/a $17/$20 7pm/8pm # *** @ aug 12 fri High On Fire at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $20 9pm *** @ aug 12 fri We The Kings, The Summer Set, The Downtown Fiction, Hot Chelle Rae, Action Item at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 6:30pm # ** aug 12 fri The Damned Things at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7:30pm/8pm # ** aug 12 fri The Sadies, Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 12 fri Alma Desnuda at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $17 9pm ** aug 12 fri Vetiver at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** aug 12 fri Victory And Associates (record release) at Bricks and Mortar Music Hall, 1710 Mission St., S.F. 18+ ** aug 12 fri Trainwreck Riders, Pine Hill Haints, Pops at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm** aug 12 fri Moon Rockers, The Lumps, Joy at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 12 fri Califone at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9:30pm * aug 12 fri Rule 5, Handshake, Ghost And The City at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7pm/8pm *** aug 12 fri 40oz To Freedom (tribute) at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $13/$15 7:30pm/8:30pm ** aug 12 fri Katy Perry at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $48-$36.50 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** aug 12 fri Robert Cray Band at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ ** aug 12 fri Jill Scott, Anthony Hamilton, Mint Condition, dj Jazzy Jeff at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $115-$55 5:30pm/7pm # *** aug 12 fri This Charming Band (tribute) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** aug 12 fri Pat Travers (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), Rue The Night, Righteous Sire, Blacksheep at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $20 7pm/8pm # *** aug 12 fri Pop Fiction at the Ace Of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** aug 12 fri !!! at the Cellar Door, 101 W. Main Street, Visalia 21+ $10 9:30pm ** aug 12-14 Muse, Phish (2 sets), Arcade Fire, The Black Keys, Deadmau5, The Shins, M.G.M.T, Girl Talk, The Decemberists, John Fogerty, Erykah Badu, The Original Meters, Beirut, The Roots, Arctic Monkeys, Big Audio Dynamite, Sts9, Warren Haynes Band, Big Boi, Major Lazer, Little Dragon, Julieta Venegas, Sia, Ok Go, The Greyboy Allstars, Josh Ritter & The Roya City Band, Old 97S, Mavis Staples, !!!, Latyrx, Best Coast, Collie Buddz, Phantogram, Charles Bradley, foster The People, Lotus, Starfucker, Junip, Pajama Party, The Infamous Stringdusters, The Vaccines, Toro Y Moi, Vetiver, The Limousines, The Stone Foxes, The Joy Formidable, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Wye Oak, Ana Tijoux, Orgone, Lord Huron, Tamaryn, Grouplove, The Fresh & Onlys, Ximena Sarinana, Ty Segall, Sunbirds, Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers, Diego's Umbrella, Ghost Robot at Outside Lands Festival, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a $200 3-day ticket ($450 vip) noon # *** @ aug 13 sat Channel 3, Circle One, Disciples, Fukm, Crisis, You Die! at 924 Gilman a/a $10 7pm *** @ (Suzie Birthday) aug 13 sat Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys, Eilen Jewell, Zoe Muth And The Lost High Rollers at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 8pm ** aug 13 sat 3 Stoned Men, Natural Fonzie, Wiki Wiki Uke Band, Vanilla Whores, Slouching Stars, Resineators, Beardo, David Nudelman (solo), Rontiggs, We Could Be Friends at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $9.99 5pm *** (Rotfest) aug 13 sat The Hooks, Eastern Span, InterChords, Clash City Sirens (tribute) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9:30pm *** @ aug 13 sat Huey Lewis & The News at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $100-$45 7:30pm # ** aug 13 sat Michael Buble at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # ** aug 13 sat Chris Tucker, Dave Chappelle, Gabriel Iglesias, Jo Koy, Katt Williams, Rick Gutierrez at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $106-$35 7pm # *** (Wild 94.9 Comedy Jam) aug 13 sat Shinobu, the Albert Square, Four Tomorrow (Japan), Joyce Manor, Tiny Lungs, Ghost And The City at X Sports Bar, 20990 Homestead Road, Cupertino a/a $8 8pm ** aug 14 sun Shinobo, Joyce Manor, Four Tommorow (Japan), Tiny Lungs at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a ** @ aug 14 sun Adele, Wanda Jackson at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a 7pm # ** aug 14 sun Cosa Brava, Grex & Jack, 'O The Clock at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 14 sun Buck 65 at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 9pm ** aug 14 sun Young Offenders, Airfix Kits, Only The Messengers at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 3pm ** (early show) aug 14 sun Bare Wires, Liquor Store, Natural Child (Nashville, TN) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** (late show) aug 14 sun Sole & The Skyrider Band at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9:30pm * aug 14 sun Roommate, Syn Ack at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $8 8pm ** aug 14 sun Santa Cruz Teen Nightclub at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz ages 14-19 $10/$20 8pm aug 14 sun John Butler Trio, Mama Kin at Knitting Factory, Reno, NV a/a ** aug 15 mon Alpinist (Germany), Masakari at Your House, Oakland a/a $8 8pm ** @ aug 15 mon Midday Veil, Electric Bardo, Janina Angel Bath at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 6pm ** (early show) aug 15 mon Winter, Noothgrush, Trap Them, Black Breath, All Pigs Must Die, Acephalix at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $20 7pm *** @ aug 15 mon In Fear and Faith, Adestria, Chunk! No Captain Chunk, Ten After Two, Close To Home, A Loss For Words, Vanna, Sierra Skyline at Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ aug 16 tue The Word Alive, Secrets, A Night In Hollywood, It Starts With Alaska, Aviadora, Drown The Sea at the Metro, Oakland a/a $15 6pm *** @ aug 16 tue The Go Go's at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # *** aug 16 tue Heavy Hawaii, Bleached, Plateaus at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 16 tue Pentagram, Pelican, Early Graves, Masakari, Aeges, Alpinist, Baptists at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $20/$25 6:30pm *** @ aug 16 tue Holcombe Waller, Mia Doi Todd, Haley Bonar at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 16 tue The Milk Carton Kids, Andrew Belle at Cafe Du Nord, s.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm ** aug 16 tue Calexico at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $19/$21 7pm/8pm ** aug 16 tue Zed at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 7pm ** aug 16 tue Bomb The Music Industry, Hard Girls, The Sidekicks (Cleveland, OH), Dan Potthast at X Sports Bar, 20990 Homestead Road, Cupertino a/a $8 8pm ** aug 17 wed Amos Lee, Calexico at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** aug 17 wed Reckless Kelly, Randy Rogers Band, Micky And The Motorcars at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 8pm ** aug 17 wed Imagine Dragons at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 17 wed Richard Buckner, David Kilgour at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 17 wed Body Language (Brooklyn, N.Y.) at Hotel Vitale, 8 Mission Street, S.F. a/a * aug 17 wed The Mallard, Chase Frank, Burrows at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 17 wed Reggie Watts at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm and 10:30pm shows ** aug 17 wed Beware Of Safety (L.A.) at Kimo's, S.F. 21+ ** aug 17 wed The Emerald Hill (last show), Crash Bang Boom, Troy Curtis at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** aug 17 wed Bomb The Music Industry, Classics Of Love, The Sidekicks (Cleveland, OH), Dan Potthast at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10 8pm/8:30pm ** aug 17 wed Sade, John Legend at the Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a 7pm # ** aug 18 thr N'Dea Davenport, Funk Revival Orchestra at the New Parish, Oakland 21+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm ** aug 18 thr The Weepies (acoustic) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** aug 18 thr Plug In Stereo, Bird By Bird, DownDownDown, Weatherstar at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** aug 18 thr Blisses B, The Grownup Noise (Boston), Monte Mar (L.A.) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 18 thr U.S. Bombs, Johnny Madcap & The Distractions at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** @ aug 18 thr Cut Chemist, Edan, Mr. Lif at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm ** aug 18 thr Sanctuary Lost, Burn Pilot, The Dehlingers, Defying Truth, Waxwing at Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** @ aug 18 thr Daniel Tosh (two shows) at Center for the Performing arts, San Jose a/a $55/$45 6pm/7pm and 9:15pm/10pm shows # ** (seated) aug 18 thr Aimee Mann, Liz Phair at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $55-$35 7:30pm # ** aug 18 thr Spin Farm, Based On A True Story, Euphoria vSC at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $5 8pm/8:30pm ** aug 18 thr Calexico at Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** aug 18/19 Bell Biv Devoe at Yoshi's, 1330 Fillmore St., S.F. ?/? $35 8pm and 10pm shows ** aug 19 fri El Elle, Sisu, Bam! Bam! at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 19 fri Public Enemy at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # *** aug 19 fri Nick 13 (of Tiger Army), Audra Mae at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 19 fri My Peoples, Thrive! at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** aug 19 fri Sea Of Bees, Choe Makes Music, Rachel Fannan at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** aug 19 fri The Coup at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 9pm *** aug 19 fri Toad The Wet Sprocket at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ ** aug 19 fri Christopher Cross at Montalvo Arts Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 19 fri Lewis Black at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65-$35 8pm # ** aug 19 fri Parents France, Ghosts In The Aqueducts at SLG Art Boutiki, 577 S. Market Street, San Jose a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm ** aug 19 fri Culo a Boca, Seduce The Dead, Sea Wolves at the Pizza Factory, 926 South Main Street Salinas a/a ** aug 19 fri Conducting From The Grave, The Contortionist, Scale The Summit, Rings Of Saturn, Volumes, Structures at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $12/$14 7pm/8pm # *** @ (Slaughter Survivors Tour) aug 19 fri Mark (of Defyance), Gilligan Strange, Symantha Jacobs at Turkey Creek Golf Club, 1525 Highway 193, Lincoln a/a $5 7pm/8pm ** aug 19 fri Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town at Harveys Amphitheater, Lake Tahoe ?/? 7:30pm # ** aug 20 sat Black Fag, Turbonegra, The Grannies, Get Shot!, Go Time! at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm *** @ aug 20 sat Black America, Gutwrench, Seduce The Dead, Holiday Bowl, Nihilist Cunt, Chronic Demonik, Puking Butt-Holes, Grimer, Thug Life at Warm Water Cove, Bay end of 24th Street, S.F. a/a free *** @ aug 20 sat Dave Alvin & The Guilty Ones, Los Straitjackets at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 20 sat Ray Manzarek And Robby Krieger (of The Doors) with Dave Brock (vocals) at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # *** aug 20 sat Systematic, 3rdrail, Mudface at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $14 8:30pm *** aug 20 sat Z-Trip, De La Soul, Nosaj Thing, Daddy Kev at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** aug 20 sat God Is An Astronaut at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 20 sat Reyli at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** aug 20 sat Bill Maher at Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave., S.F. a/a 8pm # ** aug 20 sat Battlehooch, Mr. Free & The Satellite Freakout, Chris Thayer at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm ** aug 20 sat Toad The Wet Sprocket, A.L.O. at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $55-$35 7:30pm # *** aug 20 sat Monkey at Henfling's Firehouse Tavern, 9450 Highway 9, Ben Lomond 21+ ** aug 20 sat Conducting From The Grave, The Contortionist, Scale The Summit, Rings Of Saturn, Volumes, Structures at the Skatehouse, 867 Eloise Avenue, South Lake Tahoe a/a *** @ (Slaughter Survivors Tour) aug 20/21 Art & Soul Oakland, Downtown Oakland a/a $10/$15 ($5/$8 13-17 under 12 free) aug 20/21 The Be Good Tanyas at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 (9pm sat) (8pm sun) ** aug 21 sun Retox, Swann Danger, Grown Ups (Canada), B-Lines, Masks at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a *** @ aug 21 sun Fableway (Canada), Seduce The Dead at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** aug 21 sun Savoy at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** aug 21 sun T.F.D.I., Riley Etheridge, Jr at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm ** aug 21 sun Ganglians, Bright Archer, Cuckoo Chaos at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 21 sun Herb Alpert at Montalvo Arts Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 21 sun Goo Goo Dolls, Michelle Branch, Parachute at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85-$35 7:30pm # *** aug 21 sun Santa Cruz Teen Nightclub at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz ages 14-19 $10/$20 8pm aug 22 mon Obits, Disappears, Beaters at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 22 mon Mister Heavenly at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** aug 23 tue 100 Monkeys at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # ** aug 23 tue Emmure, Blessthefall, Born Of Osiris, In This Moment, Iwrestledabearonce, The Ghost Inside, Chelsea Grin, Motionless In White, Sleeping With Sirens, Attila, For All Those Sleeping at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 1pm # *** @ aug 23 tue Angelic Upstarts, Sydney Ducks at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** aug 23 tue Josh Groban at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $99/$79 7pm/8pm # ** aug 23 tue 311, Sublime With Rome at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $56-$21 5pm/6:30pm # *** aug 23 tue Garrison Kellor's A Prairie Home Companion at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$45 7:30pm # ** aug 23 tue Kottonmouth Kings, dj Bobby B, Kingspade, Johnny Richter, D-Loc, The Dirtball at Knitting Factory, Reno, NV a/a ** aug 23 tue Obits, Disappears at the Cellar Door, 101 W. Main Street, Visalia 21+ $5 9:30pm ** aug 24 wed Kottonmouth Kings, Kingspade, Johnny Richter, D-Loc, dj Bobby B at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $26 8pm ** aug 24 wed The Hundred Days, Art vs Science, Music For Animals at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 24 wed Vaz, Pygmy Shrews, Unstoppable Death Machine, Dead (Australia) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 24 wed Jeff Bridges at the Marine Center, San Rafael a/a # ** aug 24 wed Megafauna (Austin, TX), Plantain (San Jose) at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 6pm ** aug 24 wed Brian Wilson at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85-$35 7:30pm # *** aug 24 wed Cold, Undergone, Mukagee at the Avalon, Santa Clara a/a $15/$18 ** @ aug 24 wed Angelic Upstarts at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** aug 24 wed Josh Groban at the Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a 7pm # ** aug 24 wed Miranda Cosgrove, Shane Harper at Grand Sierra Resort, 2500 East 2nd Street, Reno NV a/a # ** aug 24/25 Motion City Soundtrack at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 ($50 2 day pass) 7pm/7:30pm # *** aug 25 thr Ben Harper at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** (KFOG) aug 25 thr Kreayshawn at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $20 9pm ** aug 25 thr White Mystery (Chicago), Burnt Ones, Mrs. Magician at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 25 thr Brian Wilson at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ *** aug 25 thr Sade, John Legend at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $179-$53 7pm/8pm # ** aug 25 thr Kottonmouth Kings, Kingspade, Johnny Richter, D-Loc, The Dirtball at Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** aug 25/26 Natalie Cole at Yoshi's, 1330 Fillmore Street, S.F. 21+ *** aug 26 fri mc Lars, Mighty Regis, Atom Age, Lucky Eejits, Kung Pow, Dun Bin Had, I.V., Joint Venture at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a *** @ (ska night) aug 26 fri Sergent Garcia, Rupa & The April Fishes at the New Parish, Oakland ?/? $25/$30 8pm/9pm ** aug 26 fri Still Time, Matt Masih & The Messengers, Lucas Ohio & The Shamblers at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $14/$16 9pm ** aug 26 fri Young Prisms, Grave Babies, Permanent Collection at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9:30pm ** aug 26 fri Bag Raiders, The Swiss, Muscles, Gloves, dj Aaron Axelsen at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $18 9pm ** aug 26 fri Joan Rivers at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm *** aug 26 fri Sugarland, Sara Bareilles at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $75-$25 6pm/7:30pm # ** aug 26 fri Jeff Bridges at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85-$45 7:30pm # ** aug 26 fri Tribal Seeds at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$18 8pm/9pm ** aug 26 fri The Dodos, The Luyas at Henry Miller Library, Big Sur a/a ** aug 26 fri Miranda Cosgrove, Shane Harper at Mondavi Center, Davis ?/? # ** aug 26 fri Montrose, The Scott Allen Project, Pointdexter at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $20/$25 7pm/8pm # *** aug 26 fri Y & T, End Of Days at Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** aug 26 fri Autumn Sky, The Kimberly Trip, Bad Connection at Turkey Creek Golf Club, 1525 Highway 193, Lincoln a/a $5 7pm/8pm ** aug 26 fri Kottonmouth Kings, dj Bobby B, Kingspade, Johnny Richter, D-Loc, The Dirtball at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $18 # ** aug 26/27 Sade, John Legend at the Arena, Oakland a/a a/a $176-$50 7pm/8pm # ** aug 27 sat La Banda Skalerora, Left Alone, Nino Zombies, Jokes For A Feeling, Tomorrows Men, Day Labor, Them Rude Boys, Chum at 924 Gilman, Berkeley a/a *** @ (ska night) aug 27 sat Miranda Cosgrove, Shane Harper at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 7pm # ** aug 27 sat Tribal Seeds, The Hold Up, Seedless at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** aug 27 sat Red Meat, Sweet Chariot, Easy Bay Grease, Farmer Dave Scher, Big Eagle, Gypsy Moonlight Band at the Great American Musci Hall, S.F. 6+ *** (Gram Parson Tribute Concert) aug 27 sat Johanna And The Dusty Floor, Bird Call (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Pat Parra at Bricks and Mortar Music Hall, 1710 Mission St., S.F. 18+ 8pm ** aug 27 sat Sergent Garcia, Rupa & The April Fishes, Locura at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25/$30 9pm ** aug 27 sat Air Supply at Montalvo Arts Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga a/a *** aug 27 sat Lauryn Hill, Nas, Cypress Hill, Black Star, Common, Raekwon And Ghostface, Mobb Deep, Genius/GZA, Immortal Technique, Slaughterhouse, Mac Miller, Currensy, Big K.R.I.T., Black Moon, Soulds Of Mischief, Killah Priest, Childish Gambino, Blu, Exile, Fashawn, Masta Killah, Random Axe, Freddie Gibbs, Roc Marciano, The RZA, Murs 3:16, Supernatural, Boy Jones at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $131-$56 10am/10:30am # *** (Rock the Bells) aug 27 sat Devo at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $90-$40 5:30pm/7:30pm # *** aug 27 sat Snail (Ken Kraft, Bob O'Neill, Donny Baldwin, Brett Bloomfield), The Spell at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $18/$23 7:30pm/8:30pm ** aug 27 sat Shortie, F1rst Class Citizen, Eightfourseven, Self Centered, Above The City, The Seeking & Mark Wears Clogs at Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** aug 27 sat Lynchmob at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $20/$22 7pm/8pm ** aug 27 sat John Vanderslice at the Cellar Door, 101 W. Main Street, Visalia 21+ $5 9:30pm ** aug 27/28 Natalie Cole at Yoshi's, 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland ?/? *** aug 28 sun Monkey, Boss 501, Franco Nero Pata De Pero, Strut at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a *** @ aug 28 sun Bird Call (Brooklyn, N.Y.) at Rasputin's Music, Berkeley a/a free 1pm * aug 28 sun Company Of Thieves at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** aug 28 sun SpaceKraft at Japantown Peace Plaza, S.F. a/a free noon til 4pm ** (Convergence Int'l Alternative Music & Arts Fest) aug 28 sun Moonhearts, Pangea, King Lollipop, Si Si Si at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 2pm ** (Total Trash Fest) aug 28 sun Mikal Cronin, Mouthbreathers, Cosmonauts at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** (Total Trash Fest) aug 28 sun Kenny G, Michael Bolton at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $125-$55 7:30pm # *** aug 28 sun Pat Travers Band (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), Lonero at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $18/$22 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 29 mon Bilal at the New Parish, Oakland 21+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm ** aug 30 tue The Butthole Surfers at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** @ aug 30 tue FpodBpod, Bryan John Appleby at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** aug 31 wed Dam-Funk, Master Blazter at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $15/$18 8pm/9pm ** aug 31 wed Ry Cooder, Los Cenzontles at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 31 wed film 'Hamac Caziim' (punk musicians from a Mexican indigenous tribe) at A.T.A., 992 Valencia St at 21st St., S.F. a/a $7 7pm (Convergence Int'l Alternative Music & Arts Fest) aug 31 wed Carbon Leaf, Chamberlin at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8pm ** aug 31 wed The Soviettes, The Slow Death, The Gateway District at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 1 thr Bare Wires at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 1 thr Ry Cooder, Los Cenzontles at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 2 thr Regan Youth, Broken Needle (L.A.), No Thanks, Hukaholix, The 132 at the Red Hat, Concord 21+ $8 9pm *** @ sep 1 thr Taylor Swift at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # ** sep 2 fri Steller Corpses, Savage Machine, Limnus at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a *** @ sep 2 fri The Frail, Young Digerati, Scissors For Lefty, Mister Loveless at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** sep 2 fri Mexican Punk Film Night at Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, 2868 Mission St., S.F. a/a $10 ($8 students/seniors) 7pm (Convergence Int'l Alternative Music & Arts Fest) sep 2 fri Japandroids, Bass Drum Of Death at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm ** sep 2 fri Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Keri Hilson, Far East Movement, Lloyd at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # *** sep 2 fri Gabriel Miller Phillips (N.Y.C.) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** sep 2 fri Montrose, Michael Lee Firkins at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm *** sep 2/3 Archers Of Loaf at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** sep 3 sat Reagan Youth, No Thanks, Zero Bull Shit, Gutwrench, Zero Progress, Guantanamo Dogpile at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm *** @ sep 3 sat Handsome Furs at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $17 9pm ** sep 3 sat Bring Me The Horizon, Parkway Drive, Architects, Deez Nuts, While She Sleeps at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** sep 3 sat R.T.X., Heavy Cream at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 9pm ** sep 3 sat You Am I at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $15 9:30pm ** sep 3 sat Zepparella (tributre) at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $18 8pm/9pm ** sep 3 sat Kaskade, Pretty Lights, Disco Biscuits, Booka Shade, Pete Tong, Steve Aoki, Nero, The Crystal Method, White Shadow, La Riots, Aeroplane, Jessie And The Toy Boys, Datsik, Holy Ghost!, Hercules And Love Affair, Le Castle Vania, Doorly, Chad Hugo, Marshall Barnes, The Eye at Shoreline Amphitheatre, One Amphitheatre Pkwy., Mountain View a/a $40+ # *** (Identity Electronic Music Festival) sep 3 sat Happy Body Slow Brain at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** sep 3 sat Taylor Swift, Need To Breath at the Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a 7pm # ** sep 4 sun mc Frontalot, Brandon Patton at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $12 8pm ** sep 4 sun The Bran Flakes, Planet Booty, The Glowing Stars, Teenage Sweater at Japantown Peace Plaza, S.F. a/a free noon til 5pm ** (Convergence Int'l Alternative Music & Arts Fest) sep 4 sun Bam Bam at the Li-Po Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** (Convergence Int'l Alternative Music & Arts Fest) sep 4 sun Super Melody (Austrailia), Darren Sylvester, Faux Pas at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 4 sun Kenny Loggins, Blue Sky Riders at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 7:30pm *** sep 4 sun Lionheart, Molotov Solution, I Declare War, Armor For The Broken, Every Hand Betrayed at the Boardwalk, Orangeville a/a $12/$14 7pm/7:30pm ** @ sep 4 sun 30 Seconds To Mars at Montbleu Resort, 55 Highway 50, Stateline NV 21+ $49.50 *** sep 5 mon The Sea And Cake at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** sep 5 mon Explosions In The Sky at Henry Miller Library, Big Sur a/a *** (sold out) sep 6 tue Groundation at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 6 tue Sick Of Sarah, Hunter Valentine, Vanity Theft (Dayton, OH) at Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ $10 7pm ** (Lady Killer Tour) sep 7 wed Givers at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a 8pm ** (was june 1st) sep 7 wed Molotov at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $37.50 7pm/8pm # *** sep 7 wed Hanson at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** sep 7 wed The Jim Jones Revue at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8pm ** sep 7 wed Black Whale (Seattle) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** sep 7 wed Chatham County Line at Cafe Du Nord S.F. 21+ $12 9:30pm * sep 7 wed mc Frontalot, Brandon Patton, Gnarboots at the Crepe Place, Santa Cruz a/a $12 8pm ** sep 8 thr Patrizio Buanne at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** (seated show) sep 8 thr Vreid, Kampfar, Passive Aggressive at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $12/$15 9pm ** @ sep 8 thr Ladybug Transistor, Red Pony Clock, Sea Lions at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** sep 8 thr The B-52's, The Human League, Men Without Hats at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85-$35 7:30pm # *** sep 8 thr Tears For Fears at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a # *** sep 9 fri The Kills at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8:30pm # *** sep 9 fri Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs, Brandi Carlile, Vusi Mahlasela at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a 7pm # ** (KFOG) sep 9 fri Red Meat, The B Stars at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** sep 9 fri Iris DeMent at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** (seated show) sep 9 fri Agnostic Front, The Mongoloids, Naysayer at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $15 9pm *** @ sep 9 fri Petty Theft at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** sep 9 fri Forrest Day at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** sep 9 fri The Reckless Kind, Otis Heat (Portland), Caldecott at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/10pm ** sep 9 fri Glitter Wizard, Gyspyhawk, Huntress at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** sep 9 fri Def Leppard, Heart, Evan Watson at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $29-$131 7:30pm # *** (was September 10th) sep 9 fri Tears For Fears at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$45 7:30pm # *** sep 9 fri Fleet Foxes, The Walkmen at Grand Sierra Resort, 2500 East 2nd Street, Reno NV a/a 8pm # *** sep 9 fri Brand New (Long Island, N.Y.) at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $24 7pm/8pm ** sep 10 sat Battalion Of Saints, Attitude Adjustment, Visual Discrimination Oppresed Logic, Sad Boy Sinister, Ill Content at 924 Gilman, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm *** @ sep 10 sat Fleet Foxes, The Walkmen at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a 8pm # *** sep 10 sat The Chop Tops, The Rocketz, The Strikers at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 9pm ** sep 10 sat Brand New at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** sep 10 sat PS I Love You at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm * sep 10 sat Tears For Fears at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm *** (sold out) sep 10 sat Daryl Hall & John Oats at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $100-$50 7:30pm # *** sep 10 sat Kings Of Leon, Band Of Horses at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $71-$31 5:30pm/7:30pm # *** sep 10 sat Fury 66 at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ ** sep 10 sat Sammy Hagar & The Wabos at Harveys Amphitheater, Lake Tahoe ?/? 7pm # *** sep 10 sat Queensryche at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $27.50 7:30pm/8:30pm # *** @ sep 10 sat cancelled: Dennis Coffey at the Independent, S.F. sep 11 sun Vibrators, Boats!, Emilys Army, Bobby Joe Ebola And The Children MacNuggits, Ol Cheeky Bastard at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a *** @ sep 11 sun The Talking Book, Fade To Black, Thrill Of The Pull, Bohemian Luv Jones at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $21 8pm *** (KUSF Deathstock) sep 11 sun Bostich & Fussible at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** sep 11 sun Willie Nelson And Family at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $125-$45 7:30pm # *** sep 11 sun Chop Tops, The Strikers, The Rocketz, Atomic Aces at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $10/$13 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 11 sun Queensryche at Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ sep 11 sun Fleet Foxes at Henry Miller Library, Big Sur a/a *** sep 12/13 Iggy And The Stooges at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** @ sep 13 tue Boyce Avenue at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm # ** sep 13 tue Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** sep 13 tue The Moondoggies, The Romany Rye at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm ** sep 13 tue Willie Nelson at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 7:30pm *** sep 13 tue Kesha, Lmfao, Spank Rock at U.C. Davis Pavillion, Davis a/a $39.50 # *** sep 13 tue The Bibrators, The Jetsinns, Avenue Saints at the Boardwalk, Orangeville a/a $12/$14 7pm/8pm ** sep 14 wed Kamelot, Alestorm, Blackguard, The Agonist at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $26 8pm *** sep 14 wed Kesha, Lmfao, Spank Rock at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # *** sep 14 wed Bob Log III, Mr. Free & The Satellite Freakout at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ** sep 14 wed Bruce Hornsby at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 7:30pm ** sep 14 wed The Psychedelic Furs, Tom Tom Club at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $55-$25 7:30pm # *** sep 14 wed Montrose, Michael Lee Firkins at the El Rey Theatre, Chico 18+ (a/a with adult) $23 7pm/8pm # *** sep 15 thr Chadwick Stokes at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $17 9pm ** sep 15 thr Hot Victory at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm * sep 15 thr Chicago at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm *** sep 15 thr Train, Maroon 5 at the Pavilion, Concord a/a # *** sep 15 thr Kenny Loggins at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $90-$40 7:30pm # *** sep 16 fri The Gourds, James McMurty at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $22 9pm ** sep 16 fri Blue October, Iamdynamite at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** sep 16 fri Mary Gauthier, Lori McKenna at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** (seated) sep 16 fri Th Mrcy Hot Springs at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm ** sep 16 fri Rascal Flatts, Sara Evans, Justin Moore at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # ** sep 16 fri Kittie, Dirge Within, Stepchild, Diamond Plate, Angerhead at the Avalon, Santa Calra a/a ** @ sep 16 fri U.F.O. at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $25/$30 7pm/8pm # *** sep 16/17 Thievery Corporation, AM & Shawn Lee (fri), Frank Mitchell Jr. (sat) at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** sep 16/17 Chicago at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $125-$45 7:30pm # *** sep 17 sat Dodsferd (Greece), Gravespawn, Nekcrium, Killgasm, Pale Chalice, Black Fucking Cancer at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a $13 8pm *** @ sep 17 sat Bassnectar, Dan Deacon, Big Gigantic at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a 7pm # *** sep 17 sat Demetri Martin at Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street, S.F. a/a $37.50 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** (seated) sep 17 sat Polkacide, Sassy, Carmichael, The Frijolitas Band at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 11am ** (Junipero Serra Elementary School's Polkapolloza Benefit) sep 17 sat Kitchen's Floor (Austraila), Fat History Month (Boston) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm ** sep 17 sat Peter Hook at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ $22 9pm ** sep 17 sat House Of Floyd (tribute) at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $21/$26 7:30pm/8:30pm ** sep 17 sat Rob Schneider at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm ** sep 17 sat U.F.O., Luv Planet at the Avalon, Santa Clara a/a *** sep 17 sat Kittie (London, Ontario, Canada), Chernobog, And Came Back Brutal at the Boardwalk, Orangeville a/a $15/$18 7pm/8pm *** sep 18 sun Grave, Blood Red Throne, Pathology, Gigan at Slim's, S.F. a/a $21 8pm *** @ sep 18 sun Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers, Shawn Colvin at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $90-$35 7:30pm # ** sep 19 mon Low at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** sep 19 mon Kevin Devine, The Features (Nashville), Glaciers at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 7pm/7:30pm ** sep 19 mon Barenaked Ladies at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $75-$40 5:30pm/7:30pm # ** sep 20 tue Laudanum, The Body (R.I.), Braveyoung (N.C.) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ *** @ sep 20 tue Ziggy Marley at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $70-$35 5:30pm/7:30pm # ** sep 21 wed James Blake at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** sep 21 wed Cataldo, Rin Tin Tiger at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 21 wed Don Henley at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $190-$60 7:30pm # *** sep 21 wed D.R.I. at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ sep 22 thr Bon Iver, Other Lives at the Greek Theatger, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a 7pm # ** sep 22 thr Colour Revolt at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** sep 22 thr Return To Forever, Zappa Plays Zappa at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $102.50-$65 7pm/8pm # ** sep 22 thr Boz Scaggs, Michael McDonald at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $125-$50 7:30pm # *** sep 22 thr Jim Messina at the El Rey Theatre, 230 West 2nd St., Chico 18+ (a/a with adult) $22.50 7pm/8pm ** sep 23 fri Marck Anthony at the Arena, Oakland a/a # *** sep 23 fri The Script, Hot Chelle Rae at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** sep 23 fri Two Door Cinema Club, Grouplove, The Lonely Forest at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** sep 23 fri James Vincent McMorrow, William Elliott Whitmore at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 9pm ** sep 23 fri Joseph Arthur at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 23 fri Bloody Hollies at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** sep 23 fri Pat Metheny at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm ** sep 23 fri Smokey Robinson at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $100-$50 7:30pm # *** sep 23/24 React Fest at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a *** @ sep 23/24 Two Gallants at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** sep 24 sat J.G.B. With Melvin Seals at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 24 sat B.B. King, Buddy Guy at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $125-$50 7:30pm # *** sep 24 sat Santana, George Lopez at Shoreline, One Amphitheatre Pkwy., Mountain View a/a # *** sep 24 sat Polar Bear Club, Fireworks, Balance & Composure at the Boardwalk, Orangevale a/a $13/$15 7pm/8pm # ** sep 24 sat Twin Shadow at Henry Miller Library, Big Sur a/a ** sep 25 sun D Generation, The Biters, Primma Donna, Flexx Bronco at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $15 9pm ** sep 25 sun D Generation at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $15 9pm ** @ sep 25 sun Folsom Street Fair, S.F. a/a free sep 25 sun Twin Shadow, Diamond Rings at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 25 sun Ladytron at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** sep 25 sun Santana, George Lopez at the Pavilion, Concord a/a # *** sep 25 sun Tony Bennett at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $155-$55 5:30pm/7:30pm # *** sep 25 sun Papa Roach, Buckcherry, Puddle Of Mudd, P.O.D., Red, Crossfade, Driven at the Pavilion, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a # *** (Rock Allegiance Tour) sep 25 sun Cinderella, Some Fear None at Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ sep 26 mon Arch Enemy, DevilDriver, Skeletonwitch, Chthonic at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # *** @ sep 26 mon B.B. King, Buddy Guy at Nob Hill Masonic Center, 1111 California Street, S.F. a/a *** sep 26 mon Kings Go Forth at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** sep 26 mon Duran Duran at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $150-$60 5:30pm/7:30pm # ** sep 27 tue TV On The Radio at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** sep 27 tue Braids, Pepper Rabbit (New Orleans), O Danagemen at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 27 tue Dr. John / Little Feat, The Blind Boys Of Alabama at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $85-$40 7:30pm # ** sep 28 wed Active Child, Chad Valley at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 28 wed John Prine at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $65-$38 7:30pm # ** sep 28 wed Do It To Julia (North Carolina) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm ** sep 29 thr Kaiser Chiefs at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** sep 29 thr Emmylou Harris at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $81-$41 7:30pm # ** sep 30 fri Merle Haggard at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm *** sep 30 fri DeVotchKa, Gomez at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $50-$30 7:30pm # ** sep 30 fri Saxon at the Avalon, Santa Clara a/a ** sep 30/oct 1 Tea Leaf Green, Big Light at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 9pm *** sep 30/oct 1/2 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass at Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a free oct 1 sat Dark Star Orchestra at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # ** oct 1 sat Royal Headache (Austraila) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** oct 1 sat Keith Urban, Jake Owen at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # *** oct 1 sat The Misfits at the Avalon, Santa Clara a/a *** @ oct 2 sun Queensryche at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7:30pm # *** @ oct 2 sun Espernza Spalding - Chamber Music Society at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 7:30pm ** oct 2 sun Merie Haggard, Kris Kristofferson at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$45 7:30pm # *** oct 2 sun Keith Urban, Jake Owen at the Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a 7:30pm # *** oct 4 tue Erasure at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** oct 4 tue Dum Dum Girls, Crocodiles, Colleen Green at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** oct 4 tue Omd at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $32.50/$45 8pm # ** oct 4 tue ZZ Top at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $150-$60 7:30pm # *** oct 5 wed Evergrey, Blackguard, Sabaton, PowerGlove, The Absence at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7pm # ** oct 5 wed Cant, Liam Finn at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** oct 5 wed Journey, Foreigner, Night Ranger at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $144-$34 5:30pm/7pm # *** oct 5 wed Blink-182, My Chemical Romance, Matt And Kim at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a # *** oct 5 wed Badfish (tribute), Scotty Don't, Arden Park Roots, Element Of Soul, Simple Creation at Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** oct 6 thr Peter Bjorn & John at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** oct 6 thr C.S.S. at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** oct 6 thr Electric Six, Kitten at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** oct 6 thr Badfish (tribute), Scotty Don't, Just Chill at the Avalon, Santa Clara a/a $20 7pm/8pm ** oct 7 fri Peter Bjorn & John at the New Parish, Oakland a/a $20/$25 8pm/9pm *** oct 7 fri Enrique Iglesias, Pitbull, Prince Royce at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # ** oct 7/8 Furthur (Phil Lesh, Bob Weir) at Monterey County Fiargrounds a/a $45 6pm/7pm # ** oct 8 sat Nuclear Rabbit, Pouch, Jokes For Feling, Jean Nucklar R. at 924 Gilman Street, Berkelely a/a 8pm *** oct 8 sat Pepper, The Expendables, Ballyhoo at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 7:30pm # *** oct 8 sat Peter Bjorn & John at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $20 9pm ** oct 8 sat Cymbals Eat Guitairs, Hooray For Earth at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/10pm ** oct 8 sat Hawthorne Heights at the Alley, 906 Victorian Way, Sparks, NV a/a $11 6pm/6:30pm ** oct 9 sun S.F. Indie Mart at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a 11am oct 9 sun The David Crowder Band, Gungor, Chris August and John Mark McMillan at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** oct 9 sun Yellowcard at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $25 8pm ** oct 9 sun Incubus, Young The Giant at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $100-$20 6pm/7:30pm # *** oct 11 tue Austrailan Pink Floyd Sow at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** oct 12 wed Billy Idol at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $95-$35 7:30pm # *** (new date - was oct 8th) oct 13 thr Enslaved, Ghost, Alcest at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $17 7:30pm ** @ oct 14 fri Bryan Ferry, Phenomental Handclap Band at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** oct 14 fri Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Into It Over It at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 8:30pm ** oct 15 sat All Or Nothing HC, The Nerv, New Earth Creeps, nihilist Cunt at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a *** @ oct 15 sat Journey, Foreigner, Night Ranger at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View a/a $144-$34 5:30pm/7pm # *** oct 16 sun Steven Wright at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm ** oct 17 mon The Musical Box at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** oct 18 tue Opeth, Katatonia at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** oct 18 tue Adrian Belew Power Trio, Stick Men at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** oct 18 tue Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm ** oct 19 wed Foo Fighters, Cage The Elephant, Mariachi El Bronx at the Arena, Oakland a/a $60 (ga pit) $60-$40 reserved 7pm # *** @ oct 19 wed Kd Lang at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # *** oct 19 wed Lindsey Buckingham at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** oct 19 wed The Miles Davis Experience at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 7:30pm ** oct 20 thr Foo Fighters, Cage The Elephant, Mariachi El Bronx at the Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy, Sacramento a/a $40-$50 7pm # *** oct 20 thr Mimosa at Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** oct 21 fri Roger Daltrey (performs the Who's Tommy) at the San Jose Civic, 135 San Carlos St., San Jose a/a # *** $ oct 22 sat Noothgrush, Dispirit, Atriarch (Portland), Agents Of Satan, Connoisseur, Human Anomaly at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm *** @ oct 22 sat Zed's Dead at Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a ** oct 25 tue Gold Panda at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 8pm ** oct 25 tue Lindsey Buckingham at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 7:30pm ** oct 26 wed Judas Priest at the Arena, Oakland a/a # *** oct 26 wed Firewind, Arsis, White Wizzard, Nightrage at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $17/$19 8pm *** oct 26 wed Hans-Joachim Roedellus, Xambuca at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $16 8:30pm ** oct 28 fri Jason Webley, Blackbird Raum at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $14 9pm ** oct 28 fri A.L.O. at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** oct 28 fri Jonny Lang at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm ** oct 28 fri Powerage (tribute), Rat Bastard (covers), 667 Neighbor Of The Beast (tribute) at Club Fox, 2223 Broadway, Redwood City 21+ 8pm ** oct 28 fri Rivals at the Avalon, Santa Clara a/a ** oct 29 fri The Damned (35th anniversary), Cute Lepers at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $30 9pm *** @ oct 29 fri Powerage (tribute), Rat Bastard (covers), 667 Neighbor Of The Beast (tribute) at Club Fox, 2223 Broadway, Redwood City 21+ 8pm ** nov 1 tue Jeff Beck at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ 8pm *** nov 4/5 Wild Flag at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** nov 5 sat City And Colour at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 8pm/9pm # ** nov 5/6 Mike Doughty And His Band Fantastic at the Independent, S.F. 21+ 9pm (sat) 8pm (sun) ** nov 6 sun David Berkeley at Museum of Art, San Jose a/a ** nov 12 sat Let Zeppelin 2 at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 9pm ** nov 12 sat They Might Be Giants at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # *** nov 18/19 Y & T at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $36/$41 8pm/9pm *** nov 19 sat Damage Inc. (tribute), Roses And Guns (tribute), Points North, Bad Boy Eddie at Club Fox, 2223 Broadway, Redwood City 21+ ** nov 19 sat At Risk (reunion), Heartsounds, Wolves And Thieves, Ecophagy at 418 Project, 418 Front Street, Santa Cruz a/a $10 6:30pm/7pm *** nov 21 mon Katy Perry, Jessie J, dj Skeet Skeet at the Arena, Oakland a/a # ** nov 25 fri Mayhem, Keep Of Kalessin, Hate, Abigail Williams at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** dec 5 mon The Sea & Cake at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** dec 10 sat Megan Slankard (acoustic) at the Swedish American Hall, S.F. a/a $15/$20 8pm ** dec 16 fri D.R.I. at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $17 8pm *** @ * 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 radio.maximumrocknroll.com Pirate Cat Radio 87.9FM www.piratecatradio.com KVHS-FM 90.5 The Edge www.kvhs.com mon Next Big Thing on UC Berkeley Radio KALX 90.7FM 6pm-7pm tue Dead Air with dj Vicious and dj Tanner on Berkeley Liberation Radio 104.1FM 6pm-8pm wed Wednesday Night Live on Radio KZSU 90.1FM 9pm-10pm sat KALX live on UC Berkeley Radio KALX 90.7FM 9pm-midnight sun Rampage Radio on S.F. State Radio 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-2am C L U B I N F O R M A T I O N ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16th Street Cafe, 2416 16th Street, Sacramento a/a Ace of Spades, 1417 R Street, Sacramento a/a Alley, 906 Victorian Way, Sparks, NV a/a Amoeba Music, 2455 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a 510-549-1125 Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F. a/a 415-831-1200 Annie's Social Club, 911 Folsom St. at 5th, S.F. 21+ 415-974-1585 Avalon Nightclub, 777 Lawrance Expressway, Santa Clara 21+ a/a 408-241-0777 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 Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ 831-423-7117 Boardwalk, 9426 Greenback Lane, Orangevale a/a 916-988-9247 Boom Boom Room, 1601 Fillmore, S.F. 21+ 415-673-8000 Bottom of the Hill, 1233 17th St., S.F. a/a 21+ 415-621-4455 Cafe Du Nord, Inc., 2170 Market Street, S.F. 21+ 415-861-5016 Cafe Cocomo, 650 Indiana at Mariposa, S.F. 21+ Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz a/a book 831-423-1338 831-423-1336 Cell Space, 2050 Bryant at 18th, S.F. a/a Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa 5+ 707-546-3600 Club Retro, 6521 Hazel Ave., Orangevale a/a Coda, 1710 Mission Street, S.F. 21+ 415-551-2632 Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz a/a DNA Lounge, 375 11th Street at Harrison, S.F. 21+ a/a 415-626-1409 Edinburgh Castle, 950 Geary, S.F. 21+ El Rey Theatre, 230 West 2nd St., Chico 18+ (a/a with adult) 530-342-2727 El Rincon, 2700 16th Street at Harrison, S.F. 21+ 18+ El Rio, 3158 Mission Street, S.F., 21+ 415-282-3325 Elbo Room, 647 Valencia near 17th St., S.F. 21+ 415-552-7788 Eli's Mile High Club, 3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland 21+ 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 ($2 yearly membership required) http://www.924gilman.org 5pm membership meetings 1st and 3rd sat. of each month George's, 842 Fourth St., San Rafael 21+ 415-457-1515 Great American Music Hall, 859 O'Farrell, S.F. ages 6+ 415-885-0750 Harlow's, 2708 J Street, Sacramento 21+ 916-441-4693 Hemlock, 1131 Polk at Post, S.F. 21+ 415-923-0923 Henfling's Firehouse Tavern, 9450 Highway 9, Ben Lomond 21+ 408-335-1642 Henry Miller Library, Highway One, Big Sur a/a Hotel Utah Saloon, 500 4th St. at Bryant, S.F. 21+ 415-546-6300 Independent, 628 Divisadero, S.F. 21+ 415-771-1420 Ironstone Vineyards, 1894 Six Mile Road, Murphys a/a 209-728-1251 Java Lounge, 2416 16th St., Sacramento a/a Johnny Foley's Irish House, 243 O'Farrell Street, S.F. 21+ 415-954-0777 Kimo's Bar, 1351 Polk at Pine, S.F. 21+ 415-885-4535 Kennel Club, 5821 Auburn Blvd., Sacramento 21+ 916-339-1675 Knitting Factory, 211 North Virginia Street, Reno, NV a/a 775-323-5648 Knockout, 3223 Mission St., S.F. 21+ 415-550-6994 Konocti Harbor, 8727 Doda Bay Road, Kelseyville a/a 800-660-LAKE Li-Po Lounge, 916 Grant Ave., S.F. 21+ Lounge Underground, 638 Wave St, Monterey 21+ 831-655-4419 Mama Buzz Cafe, 2318 Telegraph at 23rd., Oakland a/a 510-465-4073 Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd St. at Mission, S.F. 21+ 415-647-2888 Mystic Theater, 23 Petaluma Blvd., Petaluma a/a 18+ 21+ 707-765-2121 Metro, 630 3rd St. at M.L.K., Oakland a/a 510-763-1146 Mezzanine, 444 Jessie Street at Mint, S.F. 21+ 415-625-8880 Milk Bar, 1840 Haight Street, S.F. 21+ 415-387-6455 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 New Parish, 579 18th at San Pablo Avenue, Oakland 21+ 18+ a/a 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 Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a Parkside, 1600 17th St., S.F. 21+ 415-503-0393 Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington St., Petaluma a/a 707-762-3565 Pine Street Grill, 875 Rincon Ave., Livermore 21+ Pirate Cat Radio Cafe, 2781 21st Street, S.F. a/a Pissed Off Pete's, 4528 Mission Street, S.F. 21+ Plea for Peace Center, 630 E Weber Ave, Stockton a/a ($2 yearly membership) Rasputin's Music, 2401 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a 800-350-8700 Red Devil Lounge, 1695 Polk at Clay, S.F. 21+ 415-921-1695 Red Hat, 1860 Monument Blvd., Concord 21+ 925-685- 2122 Red House, 1667 Botelho Drive, Walnut Creek a/a 925-938-6900 Regency Ballroom, 1300 Van Ness Avenue, S.F. a/a Retox Lounge, 628 20th Street at 3rd, S.F. 21+ a/a 415-626-7386 Rickshaw Stop, 155 Fell St. at Van Ness, S.F. a/a Riptide Bar, 3639 Taraval St., S.F. 21+ 415-681-8433 Rockit Room, 406 Clement at 5th Avenue, S.F. 21+ 415-387-6343 Route 92, 2128 South El Camino Real, San Mateo 21+ Senator Theatre, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a 530-891-1809 Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley 21+ 510-548-1159 Shire Road Club, Sacramento (all shows cancelled - club closed) Shoreline Amphitheatre, One Amphitheatre Pkwy., Mountain View a/a Slim's, 333 11th St., S.F. ages 6+ 415-522-0333 Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck, Berkeley 21+ (sometimes a/a) 510-841-2082 Streetlight Records, 980 S. Bascom Ave., San Jose a/a Streetlight Records, 939 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz a/a Stork Club, 2330 Telegraph, Oakland 21+ 510-444-6174 Sub-Mission Art Space, 2183 Mission Street, S.F. a/a Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a 415-861-5016 Swingin' Door, 106 East 25th Avenue, San Mateo 21+ Terminal, 3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland a/a Thrillhouse Records, Mission at 30th, S.F. a/a 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 Vixens, 906 Victorian Avenue, Sparks NV a/a 21+ 775-358-6969 Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose 21+ 408-286-8636 X Bar, Homestead Lanes, 20990 Homestead Road, Cupertino a/a 408-255-5700 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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