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funk-punk-thrash-ska      Upcoming shows of interest     March  19, 2014

mar 19 wed Under 15 Seconds, Blue Alley Cats
       at Toot's Tavern, Crockett 21+ free 8pm ** (open mic night)
mar 19 wed Sam Roberts Band, Kris Orlowski
       at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15/$18 8pm/9pm **
mar 19 wed Me First And The Gimme Gimmes, La Plebe, The Joey Show, dj Big Nate
       at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $19 7pm/8pm *** @ (sold out)
mar 19 wed Jug Band Music, Quackery, The Manual for civilization
       at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $8 7pm **
mar 19 wed Thumpers at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ $10 8pm/9pm ^ **
mar 19 wed Yellow Ostrich, Pattern Is Movement
       at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm **
mar 19 wed Ana Tijoux, Como Asesinar A Felipes (Chile),
       Kumbia Queers (Argentina) at the Independent, S.F. 21+ **
mar 19 wed WatchOut! (Chile), Turner
       at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ free 6pm ** (early show)
mar 19 wed Hellbeard, Serial Hawk (Seattle), Sludgebucket
       at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** (late show)
mar 19 wed Spirit Caravan, Pilgrim, Waxy at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm **
mar 19 wed Six Mile Station at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm **
mar 19 wed Tycho at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz ?/? **
mar 20 thr Kumbia Queers (Argentina), San Cha With Daddies Plastik,
       Chucha Santamaria, dj Alex Gahan
       at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeely a/a $8 7pm/8pm *** @
mar 20 thr The Surgeon Generals, Tiger Honey Pot, The Vans
       at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm **
mar 20 thr Green Jelly, Mystic Knights Of The Cobra, Guantanamo Dogpile,
       Bobby Joe Ebola And The Children MacNuggits
       at Toot's Tavern, Crocette 21+ $10 8pm ***
mar 20 thr Tycho at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # **
mar 20 thr Bear's Den at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $12/$15 9pm **
mar 20 thr The Sword, Big Business (Seattle), O' Brother
       at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $21 7pm/8pm ** $
mar 20 thr Como Asesinar A Felipes (Chile), Raul Y Mexia, Mex. Dobwiser
       at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a **
mar 20 thr The Lonely Forest, Semi Precious Weapons, Breakdown Valentine, dj's
       at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 9pm **
mar 20 thr Love X Stereo, Rock n Roll Radio, Glen Check, No Brain,
       host Kero One, dj Relic
       at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ $20 9pm/9:30pm ^ ** (Korean Showcase)
mar 20 thr Disappearing People, Wreck & Reference, Hollow Sunshine,
       So Stressed at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm **
mar 20 thr Break Science at the Independent, S.F. 21+ **
mar 20 thr The Nubs, Atlantic Thrills (Providence, R.I.), Scraper
       at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm **
mar 20 thr Iron Chic (Long Island), The Shell Corporation, Civil War Rust
       at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $8 9:30pm/10pm ** @
mar 20 thr Skaters, Team Spirit at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. ?/? **
mar 21 thr Perfect Pussy, Wild Moth, Happy Diving
       at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 9pm ** @
mar 21 thr Behold The Desecration, Hazzard's Cure, Deathgrave
       at Caravan, 98 South Almaden Ave., San Jose 21+ free 10pm ** @
mar 20 thr Eoto at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz ?/? **
mar 20 thr Wailers (playing Legend)
       at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $22.50 6:30pm ***
mar 20 thr White Manna, Tacos (Tacoma), Splinter Cell
       at the Works Record Store, 210 C Street, Eureka a/a $4 8pm **
mar 21 fri FLESHIES, Iron Chic, Canadian Rifle, Jabber, Great Apes
       at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $7-$20 sliding scale 7pm/8pm *** @
       (Benefit for Mike Montano)
mar 21 fri Jackie Greene, The Mother Hips, Tumbleweed Wanderers
       at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $29.50 7pm # ***
mar 21 fri Sad Boy Sinister, Not A Part Of It (Eugene, OR), Wet N' Reckless
       at Ghost Town Barn, 33th Street, Oakland a/a ** @
mar 21 fri Rebirth Brass Band at the New Parish, Oakland 21+ $23/$25 8pm/9pm **
mar 21 fri Schnittmeister, Xposition, Chixar, dj Choco
       at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $20 7:30pm **
       (Benefit Typhoon Relief in the Philippines)
mar 21 fri Ogres, The Ballantynes, Te Scouse Gits,
       Larry And the Angriest Generation
       at Eli's Mile High Club, Okaland 21+ **
mar 21 fri Bring Me The Horizon, Of Mice & Men, Issues, LeftLive
       at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $25/$28 6pm/7pm # *** (sold out)
       (moved from the Regency Ballroom)
mar 21 fri The Sounds (Sweden), Blondfire, Strange Talk, dj's
       at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $25/$27 8pm9pm # ***
mar 21 fri Chelsea Handler at Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave., S.F.
       a/a $76/$55 6pm/7pm and 9:30pm/10:30pm # ** (two shows)
mar 21 fri Bart Davenport (record release), Danny James, Anna Hillburg
       at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $12/$15 9pm **
mar 21 fri Lacuna Coil, Kyng, Eve To Adam, Nothing More
       at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $21 7pm/8pm **
mar 21 fri Melvin Seals, Stu Allen, Greg Anton, Lebo & Robin Sylvester, Dgiin
       at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $26 8pm/9pm **
mar 21 fri Heavenly Beat, The Mary Onettes
       at the Neck of the Woods, S.F. 21+ **
mar 21 fri The Family Crest, Milagres
       at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ $9/$12 8pm/9pm ^ **
mar 21 fri Rykarda Parasol, The Tunnel, So What?
       at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm **
mar 21 fri Shake Before Us, The Arabs, Greg Hoy & The End
       at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm **
mar 21 fri Berlin, Ownership, dj Shindog
       at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ 8pm/9pm ***
mar 21 fri Ski Lodge, The Belle Game at the Milk Bar, S.F. 21+ **
mar 21 fri The Asteroid No. 4, Joel Gion & The Primary Colors,
       Daydream Machine, dj Jodie Artichoke
       at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $5/$8 9pm **
mar 21 fri Eoto at the Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ **
mar 21 fri Inner Edge, Hell Bender, Oden Sun
       at Chrome Lotus, 505 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa 21+ 9pm **
mar 21 fri Green Jelly, Brubaker, Bitter Loa, F.U.K.M.
       at Winter's Tavern, 1522 Francisco Blvd., Pacifica 21+ ***
mar 21 fri Speaker Box Riot, Drunken Starfighter, Yeshua & The Hightones,
        dj J-Padilla at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm **
mar 21 fri Hot Hands (FL) at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 4pm **
mar 21 fri Iration at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $19/$22 7:30pm/8:30pm **
mar 21 fri Memphis May Fire (Dallas), The Word Alive, A Skylit Drive,
       Hands Like Houses, Beartooth
       at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $17.50 5:30pm *** @
mar 21 fri Mickie Rat
       at On the Y, Sacramento 21+ $10 9pm ** (Trash Film Orgy Fundraiser)
mar 21 fri The Kin, Finish Ticket, Oh Honey, Stand Out State
       at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $12 7pm ***
mar 21/22  Galactic at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 8pm/9pm # ***
mar 21/22  The Wailers at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ***
mar 22 sat Boss 501, The Skunkadelics, La Noche Oskura, Skank Bank
       at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm/8pm *** @ (ska night)
mar 22 sat Catharsis (N.C.), Conquest For Death, Replica, Reivers
       at the Metro, Oakland a/a $12 7pm # *** @
mar 22 sat Creative Adult, Sabertooth Zombie, The Videos
       at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oaland a/a ** @
mar 22 sat St. Vincent, Noveller at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # **
mar 22 sat Mike Epps
       at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $64-$38 7pm/8pm # **
mar 22 sat The Purple Ones (tribute), The Killer Queens
       at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12/$15 9pm **
mar 22 sat Paranoid Drags, Hellfish, Barking Spiders, Spu,
       Sticky Ends (first show) at the Stork Club, Okalnd 21+ free 4pm ** @
mar 22 sat Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, The Bad Jones
       at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $20 7pm/8pm **
mar 22 sat 12th Planet, S.P.L., Two Fresh, dj Dials
       at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # **
mar 22 sat Lost In The Trees, Icy Demons
       at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $12/$15 8pm/9pm **
mar 22 sat Invsn, Wax Idols at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $13/$15 9pm **
mar 22 sat Weekend, Cities Aviv, Surf Club
       at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$14 9pm **
mar 22 sat Wakey!Wakey!, Jillette Johnson
       at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ $12 8pm/9pm ^ **
mar 22 sat Don Cat (12" release), Split Screens (7" release),
       Scary Little Friends
       at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9:30pm **
mar 22 sat Kids On A Crime Spree, Yea-Ming & The Rumours, Eternal Drag
       at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm **
mar 22 sat Great Apes, Hard Girls, Canadian Rifle, Acid Fast
       at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** @
mar 22 sat Fracas, Vktms, Rocketship Rocketship, Kick Puppy
       at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 3pm/4pm *** @
mar 22 sat Lecherous Gaze, Dirty Fences (Brooklyn), Buffalo Tooth
       at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm/10pm ** @
mar 22 sat The Lady Crooners at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm **
mar 22 sat Project 86, Mirrors, Moura, A Hero To Fall
       at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $12/$15 8pm *** @
mar 22 sat Rupert Boyd
       at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 1600 Santa Lucia Ave., San Bruno
       a/a 7pm **
mar 22 sat Tunah at Streetlight Records, San Jose a/a free 4pm **
mar 22 sat The Bang, The Inciters, The Ballantynes
       at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm **
mar 22 sat Jackie Greene at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $18/$22 8pm/9pm ***
mar 22 sat Sleep, Joe Preston
       at the Cocoanut Grove, 400 Beach St., Santa Cruz 18+ $30 8pm/9pm *** @
mar 22 sat Eoto at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $20 7:30pm **
mar 22 sat Heavenly Beat, The Mary Onettes
       at LowBrau, 1050 20th Street, Sacramento a/a **
mar 22 sat Kumandae at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $20 9pm **
mar 22 sat Milagres at Ampersand, Reno NV ?/? **
mar 23 sun Them Creatures, Bite, Edge City Ruins, Blank Spots,
       Instant Gratification, Oldneck at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley
       a/a $5-$20 sliding scale 4pm/5pm *** @ (Benefit Cln Sbr Pnx Documentary)
mar 23 sun High & Tight, The Quitters, The Connies
       at Fireside Lounge, Alameda 21+ $3 **
mar 23 sun Wanting, Dawen Wang at the Great American Music Hall, S.F.
       6+ $25 8pm ** (was at the Fillmore)
mar 23 sun The Orwells, Twin Peaks, Criminal Hygiene
       at Slim's, S.F. 6+  $14/$16 8pm **
mar 23 sun Broken Hope, Oceano, Fallujah, River Of Nihil, Kublai Khan,
       dj Rob Metal at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $13/$15 5:30pm # *** @
mar 23 sun Death, Audacity at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $22/$25 7pm/8pm *** @ (KFJC)
mar 23 sun S.F. Rock Project (playing Primus & Ween)
       at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $5 11am/noon **
mar 23 sun Maurice Tani & 77 El Deora at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 4pm **
mar 23 sun Astronautalis, Playdough at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $14 8pm **
mar 23 sun Toadies, Supersuckers, Battleme at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ***
mar 23 sun Religious Phase, Cloud Becomes Your Hand, Jordan Glenn
       at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm **
mar 23 sun Future Twin, Daydream Machine, dj Joel Gion
       at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 8pm/9pm **
mar 23 sun The Kin (N.Y.C.), Finish Ticket, Oh Honey
       at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm **
mar 23 sun Alesana, Get Scared, Farewell My Love, Hearts & Hands, Megosh,
       Mercedes at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $13 6pm ***
mar 24 mon My Happy Death, Seat Lodge, Safeword
       at Eli's Mile High Club, Okaland 21+ **
mar 24 mon Black Lips, The Coathangers
       at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $18 8pm ***
mar 24 mon Jeremy Messersmith
       at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ $10/$12 8pm/9pm ^ **
mar 24 mon Vampilla, Jungles From Red Bactera Vacuum, Zariganis, Happy
       at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** (Japan Night)
mar 24 mon Being As An Ocean, A Lot Like Birds, My Iron Lung, Idle Hands,
       This Wild Life at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $12 6:30pm ***
mar 24 mon Daydream Machine, Pets, Drive Thru Mystics
       at Luigi's Fun Garden, 1050 20th Street, Sacramento a/a **
mar 23/24/25 Kraftwerk at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** (sold out)
mar 25 tue Daniel Rossen at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $20/$22 8pm/9pm **
mar 25 tue Taking Back Sunday, The Used (UT), Tonight Alive, Sleepwave
       at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 7pm # *** $
mar 25 tue Small Black, Snowmine, Yalls
       at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8pm **
mar 25 tue High Cliffs, The Wave Commission, Yours
       at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ $5/$8 7pm/8pm ^ **
mar 25 tue Musk, Freak Vibe (Seattle), Burning Curtains, dj Tosh
       at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm/9:30pm **
mar 25 tue Will Weston, Animal Friend, Salet
       at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm **
mar 25 tue Kings Of Leon, Local Natives
       at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $66-$30 6:30pm/7:30pm # ***
mar 25 tue Black Lips, The Coathangers
       at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $15 7pm **
mar 25 tue Warm Soda at the Shanty, 213 3rd St., Eureka 21+ **
mar 26 wed Carcass, The Black Dahlia Murder, Repulsion, Gorguts, Noisem
       at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $28.50/$30 6pm/6:30pm # *** @
mar 26 wed G. Love & Special Sauce, Ethan Tucker
       at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # **
mar 26 wed Fanfarlo, Lilies On Mars
       at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $15/$17 8pm **
mar 26 wed Linda Perhacs at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $12/$20 9pm **
mar 26 wed Coo Coo Birds, Down Dirty Shake, Electric Shepherd,
       Magor Powerw & The Lo-Fi Symphony at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $11 8pm **
mar 26 wed Saintseneca, The Blank Tapes, Vikesh Kapoor
       at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm **
mar 26 wed Sidewalk Chalk, Jazz Mafia
       at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ $7/$10 8pm/9pm ^ **
mar 26 wed The Appleseed Cast
       at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm **
mar 26 wed The Ballantynes (Vancouver), Cocktails, The Shivas,
       Grandma's Boyfriend at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm **
mar 26 wed Neighborhood Brats, Elegy (record release), Provos
       at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm/9pm ** @
mar 26 wed Kari Kondabolu at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** (partially seated)
mar 26 wed Turn Me On Dead at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm **
mar 26 wed La Dispute, Panos Become Teeth, Mansiions
       at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $15 8pm/8:30pm **
mar 26 wed Moonshine Bandits, The Lacs, Dry County Drinkers
       at the Ace of Spades, Sacrametno a/a $15 6:30pm **
mar 26 wed Carnifex, I Declare War, Here Comes The Kraken, Assassins,
       Lorma Shore, Despite All The Misery
       at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $13 6pm *** @
mar 26/27  Lorde, Lo Fang at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** (sold out)
mar 27 thr Kakerlak, Unexamine, Obstacle Corpse at Terminal, Oakland a/a **
mar 27 thr Toubab Krewe, Mark Sexton Band
       at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $12/$15 8pm/9pm **
mar 27 thr Grit & Gold, The Parmesans, The St. Ides, Sons Of Midnight
       at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm **
mar 27 thr No Small Children at Eli's Mile High Club, Okaland 21+ **
mar 27 thr Big Tits, The Shivas, Warm Soda
       at the Night Light, Oakland 21+ $6 9pm **
mar 27 thr Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Speedy Ortiz
       at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $21 8pm/9pm ** $
mar 27 thr Sleepy Sun (record release) at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15/$18 9pm **
mar 27 thr Total Chaos, The Divvys, Rush & Attack
       at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9pm *** @
mar 27 thr London Grammar, Bipolar Sunshine
       at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** (sold out)
mar 27 thr Dan Sartain, Gravys Drop, The Shanghais
       at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm **
mar 27 thr Gang Of thieves, The Hectic Electic, Z'Amico, Puppet Radio
       at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 7:30pm *** @
mar 27 thr Animals As Leaders, After The Burial, Navene - K, Chon, Salythia
       at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $16 6:30pm ***
mar 27/28  Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Valerie June
       at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 8pm/9pm # **
mar 28 fri Dope Collective, Fresh Coast Connection, Los Arambula, Son vs. Sun,
       Little Kid Lost
       at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $8 7pm/7:20pm *** (hip hop night)
mar 28 fri Witchaven, Pillager, Blasphemous Creation, Dizastor, Archea,
       Hemotoxin, Total Badass at B.R.S., Richmond a/a 7pm *** @
mar 28 fri Penny Machine, Daisy World, Healers, Silver Shadows
       at the Purple House, 57th and Genoa, Oakland a/a donation 8:30pm **
mar 28 fri Witchaven, Sakrificer at Eli's Mile High Club, Okaland 21+ ** @
mar 28 fri Sailor Mouth, Vulgar Trade, Rumble Mother, Pale Ape
       at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** @
mar 28 fri The Moans, The Bastard Makers, Fukm, Bracktop Tragedy
       at Toot's Tavern, Crockette 21+ 8pm **
mar 28 fri Day Streaming, Jim Jefferies at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # **
mar 28 fri Robert Ellis, Wild Child at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $14 8pm/9pm **
mar 28 fri Blood Party, Fake Your Own Death, Once An Empire, Deep Dimension
       at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $8/$10 7:30pm/8pm # ***
mar 28 fri Animals As Leaders, After the Burial, Navene K, Chon
       at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** (Hawkwind cancelled)
mar 28 fri Trace Bundy, Sungha Junk at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $18/$22 8pm **
mar 28 fri OS Beaches (album release), The Love Dimension, the Risin' Son
       at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 9pm ***
mar 28 fri Rocket From The Crypt at the Indepenent, S.F. 21+ *** @ (sold out)
mar 28 fri Lydia Loveless, Kelly McFarling, Lucas Ohio
       at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm **
mar 28 fri Be Calm Honcho, No Body (Olympia), One F
       at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm **
mar 28 fri Exausted Pipes, Everyone Is Dirty, host Marcus Osborne
       at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ free 7pm/8pm **
mar 28 fri Rocket From The Crypt, Dan Sartain at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ***
mar 28 fri Jesse J, Brotha Moa aka King Namoa, Honest D, Obvi, L.B.Z.,
       Koruptson, Simon Sez, Pure Powers
       at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $12 7:30pm *** (hip hop)
mar 28 fri Mayday at Event Center, 290 S. 7th St., San Jose State
       a/a $188-$58 7pm/8pm # ***
mar 28 fri The She's, Trails And Ways at Cafe Stritch, San Jose a/a free 8pm **
mar 28 fri Count Five & Syndicate Of Sound
       at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm **
mar 28 fri Throwing Rocks, The Phoenix Twin (San Jose),
       BrokeNote UnderTone (Modesto), Time Will Decide (San Jose)
       at Johnny V's, 31 East Santa Clara St., San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** @
mar 28 fri Total Chasos, Avenue Saints, Sad Boy Sinister, The Left Hand,
       The Crunchees at On the Y, Sacramento 21+ $10 8pm *** @
mar 28 fri postponed:  Broad City Live (comedy)
       at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. (now Nov 25th)
mar 28/29  Widespread Panic
       at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** (fri sold out)
mar 28/29  Ozomatli, La Misa Negra
       at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $30/$35 8pm/9pm ***
mar 29 sat Potential Threat, Star Destroyer, Mystic Rage, Soulless Demise,
       Flesh Assembly at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $8 7pm/8pm *** @
mar 29 sat Beast Fiend, Lucabrazzi, Spu, High & Tight, Skank Bank,
       Dismembered Carnage at B.R.S., Richmond a/a $5 7pm/7:30pm *** @
       (Rhondapaloosa III - free skate contest)
mar 29 sat Noothgrush, Blown To Bits, Necrot, Darsombra (Baltimore)
       at MLK Cafe, 3860 MLK Jr. Blvd., Oakland a/a $7 7pm *** @
mar 29 sat Shitbrains (L.A.), No Fucks Given, Violent Opposition
       at Zombieland, 2831 Union Street, Oakland a/a ** @
mar 29 sat Carlton Melton, White Manna (Eureka), Hedersleben
       at the Starry Plough, Berkeley 21+ 8pm **
mar 29 sat The Asteroid No. 4, Joel Gion & The Primary Colors, Cool Ghouls
       at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm **
mar 29 sat Glitter Wizard, Dirty Fences (Brooklyn), Ovvl
       at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $8 8:30pm/9:30pm **
mar 29 sat Custard Pie (tribute), The Butlers
       at Toot's Tavern, Crockette 21+ $10 8pm **
mar 29 sat Zero Bull Shit, Cheapskate
       at Miscreants Clubhouse, Oakland ?/? *** @
mar 29 sat Robin Thicke, K. Michelle, dj Cassidy
       at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a # **
mar 29 sat Particle, Shakey Feelin'
        at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16 9pm ***
mar 29 sat Emancipator Ensemble, Slow Magic, Nym
       at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # **
mar 29 sat The Lonely Wild, Apache Relay, The Soil & The Sun
       at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $12 9pm **
mar 29 sat La Dispute, Pianos Become Teeth, Mansions
       at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 8pm ** $
mar 29 sat The Jezabels, Gold & Youth
       at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $16 9pm **
mar 29 sat Charlie And The Foxtrots, the Tropics, Rusty Maples, Manzanita Falls
       at the Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** (Slaughter And The Dogs canceleld)
mar 29 sat The Reefriders at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm **
mar 29 sat Wet Spots, California, C'est Dommage
       at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm *** $
mar 29 sat The Last Cry (U.K.), Strap On Halo, Dominion,
       dj Martin Oldgoth (U.K.), dj Augustine Strange, dj Xiola,
       at the Neck of the Woods, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm *** (Subkulture Magazine)
mar 29 sat film "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" with live shadow cast
       at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $12 11:30pm
mar 29 sat Best Guest, Avery Burke, Debbie Neigher, Yvette Young
       at San Pedro Square Market, San Jose a/a free 7pm **
mar 29 sat The Soft White Sixties
       at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 5pm **
mar 29 sat The Reverend Horton Heat at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ***
mar 29 sat Alterbeast, The Kennedy Veil, The Zenith Passage,
       Purification By Fire, Flub at On the Y, Sacramento 21+ $7 ** @
mar 29 sat Autumn Sky, Life In 24 Frames
       at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $10 7pm **
mar 29 sat Guttermouth at the Alley, 906 Victorian Way, Sparks, NV a/a *** @
mar 30 sun Deathtrap America, Sarchasm, Mfb, 3 Simple Words, Coffee Shop
       at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $8 4pm/5pm *** @
mar 30 sun The Ferments, Foreign Funeral, World Of Shit, Kushgrinder
       at B.R.S., Richmond a/a 8pm donation *** @
mar 30 sun Criminal Code, Vexx, Crimson Scarlet
       at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oaland a/a ** @
mar 30 sun Sludgebucket, Druid at Fireside Lounge, Alameda 21+ $3 **
mar 30 sun The Mavericks
       at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $35 7pm/8pm ** (sold out)
mar 30 sun Miniature Tigers, Total Slacker (Brooklyn), Flashlights
       at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$15 8pm ***
mar 30 sun Blue Diamond Fillups at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 11am/4pm **
mar 30 sun That 1 Guy at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ $12/$15 8pm/9pm ^ **
mar 30 sun Serpent Crown, Darsombra (Baltimore), Heavy Action
       at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm **
mar 30 sun Silver Shadows, Generation Loss, Michael And The Strange Land
       at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $6 8pm/9pm **
mar 30 sun FullSet at Studio 55 Marin, San Rafael a/a $17/$20 3pm **
mar 30 sun The Reverend Horton Heat, Nekromantix, Deke Dickerson,
       Infamous Swanks at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $20 6:30pm ***
mar 30 sun Rebelution, Common Kings
       at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm **
mar 30/31  +++ at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ***
mar 31 mon Go By Ocean, Midnight North at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ 9pm **
mar 31 mon Exmortus at the Catalyst Club, Santa Cruz ?/? 8:30pm ** @
apr  1 tue Snow Tha Product, Caskey
       at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $13/$15 9pm/9pm **
apr  1 tue Neil Finn at the Palace of Fine Arts, S.F. a/a # **
apr  1 tue Zucchero at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $40 7pm/8pm **
apr  1 tue Destruction, Krisium, Ex Mortus
       at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $20/$25 7pm/8pm # *** @
apr  1 tue Ume, One Hundred Percent
       at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm **
apr  1 tue White Hinterland, Pixel Memory
       at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ free 8pm/9pm ^ **
apr  1 tue Tyrone Wells at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ $20 8pm **
apr  1 tue Ally's Anatomy, Bad Friend, Point Of View
       at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm **
apr  1 tue Bad Sports (Denton, TX), Primitive Hearts, Dancer,
       dj Lightnin' Jeff G at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm/9:30pm **
apr  1 tue Sad Bastard Book Club, Egg Shen, Waning
       at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. ?/? $8 8:30pm **
apr  1 tue Echo Lights, I Am Animal, Every Move A Picture
       at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm **
apr  1/2   The War On Drugs at the Independent, S.F. 21+ **
apr  2 wed Bad Sports (Denton, TX), Midnite Snaxxx, Bad Vibes
       at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $7 7pm/7:30pm **
apr  2 wed Betty Who, Zak Waters, Cardiknox at Slim's, S.F. 6+ **
apr  2 wed Meklit Hdero at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ **
apr  2 wed Rin tin Tiger, Sheppard, Luke Sweeney
       at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8pm **
apr  2 wed Union Pacific, Lures, Balms at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm **
apr  2 wed The Chop Tops
       at Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Avenue, Mill Valley a/a **
apr  2/3   Aziz Ansari at Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave., S.F.
       a/a $48/$38 6pm/7pm and 9pm/10pm (wed) 6pm/7pm (thr) # **
apr  3 thr Fitz And The Tantrums, Bad Suns, Nightmare And The Cat
       at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # **
apr  3 thr Cyanic, Hazzard's Cure, Limbs
       at the Legionnaire Saloon, Oakland 21+ ** @
apr  3 thr B. Hamilton, Freddy & The Aztecs, Down & Outlaws,
       Eric Harvey (solo), Between Your Teeth
       at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** (Lenz Family Benefit)
apr  3 thr Delta Rae
       at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $20/$25 7pm/9pm **
apr  3 thr The Cult, dj Omar Perez at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ***
apr  3 thr Chuck Ragan & The Camaraderie, The White Buffalo, Jonny Two Bags
       at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ***
apr  3 thr Mr. Little Jeans, Silver Swans, dj's
       at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$14 9:30pm **
apr  3 thr I.L.A.M., Telli Prego, Big Vic, Heat, Patience, Allen Kass,
       dj O'Keefe, host Equipto
       at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ $8/$10 8pm/9pm ^ ***
apr  3 thr Obnox (Cleveland), Useless Eaters, G. Green
       at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm **
apr  3 thr RF7, Awesome, Reckless
       at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm/10pm *** @
apr  3 thr Emancipator Ensemble, Slow Magic, Nym
       at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 18+ $18/$22 8pm **
apr  3 thr Baths at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $15 8pm/8:30pm **
apr  4 fri Reid Saw A Ghost, The Animated Series, The Pleasure Routine,
       Troubador!, Guitar Wizards Of The Future, Paul & Caroline
       at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $8 7pm/7:30pm *** @
apr  4 fri Cunninl Ynguists, J-Live, Sadistik, Nemo Achida
       at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $15 9pm/9pm **
apr  4 fri Black Rose Phantoms, Memphis Murder Men, Hollywood Hotel,
       Them Creatures at John Patrick's, 1813 Park Street, Alameda 21+ $7 **
apr  4 fri Kid Ink, King Los, Bizzy Crook
       at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # **
apr  4 fri Chuck Ragan & The Camaraderies, The White Buffalo,
       Jonny Two Bags at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ***
apr  4 fri Planting Seeds, Audiodub, They Went Ghost,
       Jonathan Beast And The Bathroom Floors at the Slim's, S.F. 6+ ***
apr  4 fri First Church Of The Sacred Silversexual, Oinga Boinga
       at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $13 9pm **
apr  4 fri Annabella Lwin, The Hail Marys, Castles In Spain,
       The Unfortunate Bastard
       at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ $17/$20 8pm/9pm ^ ***
apr  4 fri City Tribe (record release), Bonnie & The Bang Bang, the Parmesans
       at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9:30pm **
apr  4 fri Odesza, D33j, Kodak at the Indepenent, S.F. 21+ **
apr  4 fri Blisses B, Bryn Loosley & The Back Pages, The Wooden Suns
       at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm **
apr  4 fri Luminescence, Daniel James, Demi-Tonic
       at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10/$12 8pm *** (EDM Dance)
apr  4 fri Spiral Arms at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ **
apr  4 fri Terravita, Robotic Pirate Monkey
       at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 18+ $15/$19 8:30pm/9pm **
apr  4 fri Rusty Zinn & His Band
       at the Crow's Nest, 2218 E. Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz 21+ $6 9pm *
apr  4 fri Yonder Mountain String Band
       at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $25 7pm **
apr  4 fri Barcelona, Makintosh Braun
       at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $10 7pm **
apr  4 fri Markus Schultz, KhoMha
       at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $25 8pm/8:30pm **
apr  5 sat Harrington Saints, Death March, Guantanamo Dogpile, Nihilist Cunt,
       Mfb, Wreck Department, Elk at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley
       a/a $10 7pm/7:15pm *** @ (Luna's Birthday)
apr  5 sat Assbackwards (Sacramento), System Assault (Sacramento),
       Khaos Assault (Yolo County), World Of Shit
       at Ghost Town Barn, 826 33th Street, Oakland a/a 6pm *** @
apr  5 sat Rodger Stella, R Jencks, Darksmith, Brent Lewiis Ensemble
       at Terminal, Oakland a/a **
apr  5 sat Yonder Mountain String Band, The Brothers Comatose
       at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $25 8pm # **
apr  5 sat Phutureprimitive, Sixis at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ 9pm **
apr  5 sat Big Head Todd & The Monsters, Hazel Miller, Ronnie Baker Brooks
       at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 8pm/9pm # ***
apr  5 sat Emmylou Harris at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ***
apr  5 sat Dan Croll, Panama Wedding
       at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ **
apr  5 sat From Indian Lakes, the American Scene, Belle Noire, Naive Thieves
       at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ $10/$12 8pm/9pm ^ ***
apr  5 sat Glitz, Nightmare Boyzzz, Primitive Hearts
       at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm **
apr  5 sat Rich Girls, Happy Fangs, Everyone Is Dirty
       at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ 9pm **
apr  5 sat Mane, Skate Laws, Mini And The Bear
       at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm **
apr  5 sat Mr. Chins Hot Sauce at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm **
apr  5 sat San Quinn And CL Cliff, Peach Street, Mnd, R.A. Dot, Realist House,
       Straight Forward Ent., Unlyke Most
       at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 8pm ***
apr  5 sat The Record Winter, Avery Burke, The Y Axes, Piranha Party
       at Homestead Lanes, Cupertino a/a $8 8pm **
apr  5 sat Ghost And The City, Field Medic
       at Cafe Stritch, San Jose a/a free 8pm **
apr  5 sat Cunninlynguists, J-Live, Sadistik, Nemo Achida
       at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $14/$18 8pm/9pm **
apr  5 sat K Theory at Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 18+ $12/$15 8:30pm/9pm **
apr  5 sat Kingdom Of Giants, Before You Fall, Awoken Shadows, With Wolves,
       Ellipsis, Dead In Seconds, Flub, Shorelines
       at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $10 4:30pm *** @
apr  5 sat canceleld:  Sullen Ray, Tarah Who!  at Streetlight Records, San Jose
apr  6 sun Gary Numan, Big Black Delta, Roman Remains
       at the Fillmore, S.F. $29.50 7pm/8pm # **
apr  6 sun Behemoth, Goatwhore, 1349, Inquisition
       at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $25/$27 5pm/6pm # *** @
apr  6 sun Secret Town, Moonshine Maybelline
       at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 11am/4pm **
apr  6 sun Soft Metals, Max + Mara, Intimatchine, dj Omar
       at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8pm **
apr  6 sun Pompeya, Waling Shapes
       at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ $8/$10 8pm/9pm ^ **
apr  6 sun Blue Diamond fillup's
       at Tupelo, 1337 Grant Ave., S.F. a/a (during show) free 4pm **
apr  6 sun ZZ Ward, Grizfolk at the Independent, S.F. 21+ **
apr  6 sun The Creepshow, Phenomenauts
       at the Brewhouse, 821 L Street, Modesto a/a *** @
apr  6 sun CunninLynguists, J Live, Sadistik, Nemo Achida, M-Theory
       at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $15 7pm **
apr  7 sun Chuck Ragan at the Alley, 906 Victorian Way, Sparks, NV a/a **
apr  7 mon Movits at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm **
apr  7 mon A Tribe Called Red
       at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $12/$15 8:30pm/9pm **
apr  8 tue Pet Shop Boys at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ***
apr  8 tue Slaughterhouse at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $25 9pm/9pm **
apr  8 tue Boy & Bear (Australia), Wildlife
       at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $13/$15 8pm/9pm **
apr  8 tue Rac, Ghost Beach, Joywave at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm # **
apr  8 tue A Tribe Called Red, World Hood
       at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $13 8pm **
apr  8 tue Dum Dum Girls, Blouse at the Independent, S.F. 21+ **
apr  8 tue Vulgar Trade, Berri Txarrak at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm **
apr  8 tue Hazzard's Cure, Cardinal Wyrm, Serpents Of Dawn, dj Hard Times
       at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm/9:30pm ** @
apr  8 tue Dinosaurs, Death Ray Charles, The Brankas
       at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm **
apr  8 tue Vandaveer (D.C.) at Studio 55 Marin, San Rafael a/a $20 8pm **
apr  8 tue ZZ Ward, Grizfolk
       at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $17.50 6:30pm **
apr  9 wed Turnpike Troubadours at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $15 7:30pm/8pm **
apr  9 wed Mike Posner at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $20 8:30pm ** (sold out)
apr  9 wed Katie Herzig at the Independent, S.F. 21+ **
apr  9 wed The Psychedelic Beans, Tender, Rotton Core
       at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm **
apr  9 wed The Breaks, Success (Seattle), The Business End
       at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm/9pm **
apr  9 wed Dum Dum Girls at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm **
apr  9 wed Future Islands
       at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$13 8:30pm/9pm **
apr  9 wed Bear Hands
       at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $9.47 7pm ** (Radio 94.7)
apr  9 wed Volbeat, Trivium, Digital Summer
       at Grand Sierra Casino, 2500 East 2nd Street, Reno NV a/a # **
apr  9 wed postponed:  Crowder, All Sons & Daughters, Capital Kings
       at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. (now November 4th)
apr  9/10  Haim at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # **
apr  9/10/11 Neutral Milk Hotel, Elf Power
       at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** (wed/thr sold out)
apr 10 thr Electrician, Golden Drugs, Wizard Apprentice
       at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm **
apr 10 thr Bastille at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # **
apr 10 thr Schoolboy Q, Isaiah Rashad, Vince Staples
       at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $30/$32 8pm and 11pm # **
apr 10 thr Mojo Green, Justin Ancheta Band
       at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ **
apr 10 thr French-Soler, Bear hands, dj's
       at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $13/$15 9:30pm **
apr 10 thr Leagues at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ $12/$15 8pm/9pm ^ **
apr 10 thr Beast Fiend, Raised By Zebras at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm **
apr 10 thr Rome at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ***
apr 10 thr The Business End, The Restless Sons, My Last Line, Success
       at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 8pm *** @
apr 10 thr Asking Alexandria, August Burns Red, We Came As Romans,
       Crown the Empire, Born Of Osiris
       at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $29.50 5:30pm/6:30pm *** @
apr 11 fri Bill Cosby
       at Civic Auditorium, 307 Church Street, Santa Cruz a/a # ***
apr 11 fri High On Fire, Lecherous Gaze, Moses, Roland
       at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $20 9pm *** @
apr 11 fri I Am The Avalanche, Diamond Youth, Turnover, Hear The Sirens
       at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $12 9pm ** @
apr 11 fri Goat, Holy Wave at Slim's, S.F. 6+ **
apr 11 fri Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # **
apr 11 fri La Femme (France) at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a # **
apr 11 fri 5 Seconds Of Summer at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # **
apr 11 fri Netsky at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # **
apr 11 fri Zach Deputy at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ $17/$20 8pm/9pm ^ **
apr 11 fri Foreverland (tribute) at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ 8pm/9pm **
apr 11 fri Younger Lovers, Quaaludes, Bad Daddies, Yi
       at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm **
apr 11 fri Classixx at the Independent, S.F. 21+ **
apr 11 fri Hot Lunch, Once And Future Band
       at the Make-Out room, S.F. 21+ $7 7pm/7:30pm **
apr 11 fri D.I., The Lincolns, No Brainer, Burnt Reynolds
       at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $12 7:30pm/8pm *** @
apr 11 fri Cheetah Chrome (Nashville), The Streetwalkin' Cheetahs
       at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ***
apr 11 fri Bombay Bicycle Club, Royal Canoe
       at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $20 7pm **
apr 11 fri Schoolboy Q at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $20 7:30pm/8:30pm **
apr 11 fri Asking Alexandria
       at Grand Sierra Resort, 2500 East 2nd Street, Reno NV a/a *** @
apr 11 fri cancelled:  Tiger Army at the Metro, Oakland
apr 11/12/13 Dark Star Orchestra
       at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $30 8pm/9pm ***
apr 12 sat Diana Krall at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # **
apr 12 sat Willie Nelson, Drive By Truckers, Shovels & Rope
       at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # ***
apr 12 sat Bill Cosby at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a # ***
apr 12 sat Zero Bull Shit, Sad Boy Sinister, Trouble Maker, Blank Spots
       at Toot's Tavern, Crockett 8pm *** @
apr 12 sat Caravan Palace, Rosin coven
       at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # **
apr 12 sat Chromeo, Tokimonsta at the Indepenednt, S.F. 21+ **
apr 12 sat Cruel Summer, Silver Shadows, Dissolve
       at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm **
apr 12 sat Stoic Violence, Replica, Ritual Control, Scalped
       at Bender's, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** @
apr 12 sat Cheetah Chrome (Nashville), The Streetwalkin' Cheetahs,
       Jack Killed Jill, The Vans at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm ***
apr 12 sat Mad Mama & The Bona Fide Few, Gone To Ground, Peligro!,
       Greg Hoy & The End at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 3pm/4pm **
apr 12 sat Stella Royale at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm **
apr 12 sat E-40, Andre Nickatina, dj Amen
       at the Phoenix Thetater, Petaluma a/a $35 8pm ***
apr 12 sat Jamies Elsewhere (cd release), Imagine This, Lonely Avenue
       at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $10 6:30pm **
apr 12 sat cancelled:  Tiger Army at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz
apr 13 sun Mindless Self Indulgence at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm **
apr 13 sun New Bums at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $12/$15 8pm/9pm **
apr 13 sun Ringworm, Death Before Dishonor, Relentless, Let It Burn
       at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** @
apr 13 sun Tesseract, Intronaut, Cloudkicker, dj Rob Metal
       at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $15/$18 6:30pm # *** @
apr 13 sun cancelled:  Tiger Army at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma
apr 13 sun The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Shockwave Riderz
       at Center for the Arts, 314 West Main Street, Grass Valley a/a ***
apr 14 mon Bryan Ferry, Dawn Landes at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # **
apr 14 mon The Toy Dolls (U.K.), Swingin' Utters
       at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $25/$27 7pm/8pm # **** $
apr 14 mon Ms Mr, Jagwqr Ma at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # **
apr 14 mon The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Shockwave Riderz
       at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ***
apr 14 mon Temples, Drowners at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ***
apr 14 mon Chance the Rapper at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # **
apr 14 mon John Newman at the Independent, S.F. 21+ **
apr 15 tue Blood Orange at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ **
apr 15 tue Megan Nicole at Slim's, S.F. 6+ **
apr 15 tue Laura Mvula at the Independent, S.F. 21+ **
apr 15 tue Apache, Glitz, Modern Kicks, dj Lacy Lust
       at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm/9:30pm **
apr 15 tue The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Shockwave Riderz
       at Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ***
apr 15 tue Dark Star Orchestra
       at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $27/$30 7pm/8pm ***
apr 15/16  The Knife at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** (sold out)
apr 16 wed White Lies at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $20/$23 8pm/9pm ***
apr 16 wed Switchfoot, The Royal Concept
       at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $22.50/$25 7pm/8pm # *** @
apr 16 wed Om at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ **
apr 16 wed Kataklysm, Aborted, The Zenith Passage, Aeniums, dj Rob Metal
       at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $15/$20 6:30pm/7pm # *** @
apr 16 wed Factory Floor at the Independent, S.F. 21+ **
apr 16 wed Marissa Anderson, Marielle at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm **
apr 16 wed The Royal Oui at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm **
apr 16 wed Churches
       at Grand Sierra Casino, 2500 East 2nd Street, Reno NV a/a ***
apr 17 thr Mobb Deep, dj Platurn
       at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $17/$20 8pm/9pm ***
apr 17 thr Burnt Ones at the Night Light, Oakland 21+ **
apr 17 thr The 1975 at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** $
apr 17 thr Dream Theater at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ***
apr 17 thr Bruce Cockburn
       at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** (seated show)
apr 17 thr Queens Of The Stone Age, Warpaing
       at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a # ***
apr 17 thr Peelander-Z at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $12/$15 8pm/8:30pm ***
apr 17 thr The Afghan Whigs (Cincinnati, OH) at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** $
apr 17 thr Sam Smith, dj's
       at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15/$17 9:30pm ** (sold out)
apr 17 thr Foxygen at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ***
apr 17 thr King Parrot, Vattnet Viskar at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** @
apr 17 thr Facts On Fire (record release - L.A.), The Divvys, Pogo Ono
       at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm/9pm **
apr 17/8  Empire Of The Sun
       at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** (thr sold out)
apr 18 fri Thou, Cloud Rat, Permanent Ruin, Negative Standards, Sutekh Hexen,
       Ritual Control at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $8 7pm/8pm *** @
apr 18 fri Disclosure, Claude VonStroke vs. Justin Martin, Kaytranada,
       Bishop Nehru at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # **
apr 18 fri Ghoul, cannabis Corpse, Final Conflict, Iron Reagan, Bat, Fucktard
       at the Metro, Oakland a/a # *** @
apr 18 fri Surfer Blood, French Cassettes
       at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $18/$20 9pm/9pm **
apr 18 fri Extra Action Marching Band at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $15 9pm **
apr 18 fri Motorhead, Graveyard at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** @ $
apr 18 fri Mogwal, Majeure at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # **
apr 18 fri Poor Man's Whiskey at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ **
apr 18 fri Hot For Teacher (tribute), Destroyer (tribute),
       Cheaper Trick (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. 6+ **
apr 18 fri Blood Sister, All YOur Sisters, That Ghost
       at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm **
apr 18 fri Bombus at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** @
apr 18 fri The Odd Numbers at Cafe Stritch, San Jose a/a free 8pm **
apr 18 fri Mobb Deep at Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $19/$23 8:30pm/9pm **
apr 18 fri Dance Gavin Dance, Capture The Crown, Bleach Blonde,
       Our Native Tongue, Defy The Odds, Palisades
       at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $15 6pm ***
apr 18/19  Nipsey Hussle, Deejay Sean G
       at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 21+ $20/$22 8pm/9pm **
apr 19 sat First Contact, Rockers Galore, Skank Bank
       at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7pm/8pm *** @
       (Rocky Horror Gilman Show)
apr 19 sat Broken Bells, Au Revoir Simone
       at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** (sold out)
apr 19 sat Municipal Waste, Negative Approach, Fucked Up, Impaled, The Shrine,
       Kicker, Conquest for Death at the Metro, Oakland a/a # *** @
apr 19 sat Verbal Abuse at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** @
apr 19 sat Ellie Goulding, Rudimental
       at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a # **
apr 19 sat D.I., Bum City Saints, Rockfight
       at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm *** @
apr 19 sat The Infamous Stringdusters at the Independent, S.F. 21+ **
apr 19 sat The Love Dimension, The Spiral Electric,
       The Verner Pantons (Portland), Dandelyons (Portland)
       at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm **
apr 19 sat Crackerjack Preacher at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm **
apr 19 sat Wonder Bread 5, The Spazmatics
       at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ 8pm/9pm **
apr 19 sat Vinyl at Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley 21+ **
apr 19 sat Thou, Cloud Rat at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 3pm **
apr 19 sat Collie Buddz at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz ?/? **
apr 19/20   Rufus Wainwright, Lucy Wainwright Roche
       at Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street, S.F. $49.50 7pm/8pm # ***
apr 19/20   Alex Grey & Allyson Grey, Mimosa, Star Slinger, Opiuo, Thriftworks,
       Andreilien, Kalya Scintilla, Love & Light, Insightful, KittyD,
       Tiger Fresh at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. 18+ $41-$132 7pm/8pm # **
apr 20 sun Brainoil, Deny the Cross, Connoisseur
       at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ *** @ (BBQ - art show)
apr 20 sun Bombay Bicycle Club, Royal Canoe
       at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ***
apr 20 sun Godflesh, Cut Hands, House Of Low Culture, dj BLK Rainbow
       at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $25/$28 8pm/8:30pm *** @
apr 20 sun Tim Snider, House Of Waters
       at the Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., S.F. a/a $15-$20 7:30pm **
apr 20 sun Moonalice at Slim's, S.F. 6+ **
apr 20 sun Collie Buddz at the Independent, S.F. 21+ **
apr 20 sun Sweat Lodge, Ghetto ghouls (Austin, TX), Asthma
       at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm **
apr 20/21  David Crosby at the Great American Music Hall, S.F.
       6+ $60 7pm/8pm *** (sold out - rescheduled from feb. 20/21)
apr 21 mon Oi Polloi, Wartorn, Vindictive, Dairy Queens, Blank Spots
       at the Metro, Oakland a/a $10/$12 7pm # *** @
apr 21 mon Daley at Slim's, S.F. 6+ **
apr 21 mon The Men, Gun Outfit, CCR Headcleaner
       at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8pm **
apr 21 mon The 1975 at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $18 6:30pm ***
apr 22 tue Shapeshifter at Slim's, S.F. 6+ **
apr 22 tue Hurray For The Riff Raff at the Independent, S.F. 21+ **
apr 22 tue Self Inflicted Wounds at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ 8:30pm/9:30pm *
apr 22 tue Dillinger Escape Plan, Trash Talk, Retox, Shining
       at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $15 6:30pm/7:30pm *** @
apr 23 wed Loundness at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $23 7pm/8pm **
apr 23 wed The Dillinger Escape Plan, Trash Talk, Retox, Shining
       at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $20 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** @
apr 23 wed Shlohmo at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ **
apr 23 wed Night Beats, Cosmonauts, Burnt Ones
       at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm **
apr 23 wed Deleted Scenes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm **
apr 23 wed Proxy (Montreal, Canada), Crimson Scarlet, Ruleta Rusa, Apriori
       at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm/9:30pm ** @
apr 23 wed Lisabi (Brazil), Temporary Girlfriend
       at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 8pm **
apr 24 thr Combichrist (Norway), William Control, New Years Day,
       King Loses Crown at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $19 7pm/7:30pm *** @
apr 24 thr Juana Molina at the Indepenednt, S.F. 21+ **
apr 24 thr Black Mambas, The Ladykillers (U.K.)
       at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm **
apr 24/25/26 The String Cheese Incident
       at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a $49.50 8pm # ***
apr 25 fri You Me At Six at the Metro, Oakland a/a # ***
apr 25 fri Latyrx, Le Vice at the New Parish, Oakland 18+ $20/$22 9pm/9pm **
apr 25 fri Get Shot, Cornelius Asbergers & The Bi-Curious Unicorns,
       Infirmities, Baja Sociedad at Toot's Taveren, Crockett 21+ **
apr 25 fri One More Time (tribute) at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $15/$20 9pm # **
apr 25 fri Johnny Hallyday
       at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** (Carla Bruni cancelled)
apr 25 fri The Soft White Sixties at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ***
apr 25 fri Pagiins, Sleeper/Agent, Holychild
       at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ **
apr 25 fri Trust (Toronto, Canada), Mozart's Sisterm Guardian, dj's
       at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $15/$17 9pm ** (sold out)
apr 25 fri Rupa & The April Fishes at the Independent, S.F. 21+ **
apr 25 fri Cruz, The Vitals, Down And Outlaws
       at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm  **
apr 25 fri Creepers, Burning Monk, Atomic Bomb Audition
       at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm **
apr 25 fri Pennywise, Teenage Bottlerocket
       at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $20/$22.50 8pm *** @
apr 25 fri The Jim Jones Revue at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm **
apr 25 fri Zoso (tribute) at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $18/$21 8pm/9pm **
apr 25 fri Drive-By Truckers, Shovels And Rope
       at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $28 7pm ***
apr 25 fri Drop City Yacht Club, Lil Bit, Richard The Rockstar, Hinnid P,
       Lingwiztiks at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a 6:30pm **
apr 25 fri Floater at the Senator Theater, Chico a/a $15 7pm/8pm **
apr 26 sat The National, Portugal. The Man
       at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # ***
apr 26 sat Ego Likeness, Pandemonaeon, Unwoman, Tempest And Nathaniel Johnstone
       at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $15/$20 8pm ** (Hexenfest)
apr 26 sat Flamin' Groovies, The Tyde, Light Fantastic
       at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ***
apr 26 sat Jose James at the Independent, S.F. 21+ **
apr 26 sat Disappearing People, Lorelle Meets The Obsolete, Male Gaze
       at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm **
apr 26 sat Get Dead, Bad Cop/Bad Cop (record release), Civil War Rust
       at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/10pm ** @
apr 26 sat Michael Ward With Dogs & Fishes
       at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm **
apr 26 sat Dulcie Taylor, Steve Key, John Roy Zat
       at Studio 55 Marin, San Rafael a/a $13/$15 8pm **
apr 26 sat Gavin DeGraw at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ **
apr 26 sat Monkey, Aloha Screwdriver
       at San Pedro Square Market, San Jose a/a free 7pm ** (ska)
apr 26 sat The Flesh Hammers, Rock And Roll Villain Society, Lucabrazzi
       at Caravan, 98 South Almaden Ave., San Jose 21+ 9pm **
apr 26 sat Arden Park Roods (cd release)
       at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $10 8:30pm **
apr 27 sun The Rumble Strippers, Rocketship Rocketship
       at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 11am/4pm **
apr 27 sun White Manna, Kikagaku Moyo (Japan)
       at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm **
apr 27 sun Julieta Venegas at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $32 7pm **
apr 28 mon Franz Ferdinand, Cate Le Bon
       at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** $
apr 28 mon The Wanted at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # **
apr 28 mon Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra
       at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ **
apr 28 mon Boy George at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # ***
apr 28 mon Tokyo Police Club at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ***
apr 28 mon Zyanose (Osaka, Japan), Frenzy (Portland), Absolut (Toronto),
       Provos at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** @
apr 29 tue Sarah Jarosz at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ **
apr 29 tue The Traditional Fools, Bleeding Rainbow, Generation Loss,
       Life Stinks at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm **
apr 29/30  Jason Isbell, Holly Williams
       at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # **
apr 30 wed Augustana, Twin Forks at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ **
apr 30 wed Justin Nozuka, Sanders Bohlke, Megan Bonnell at Slim's, S.F. 6+ **
apr 30 wed Breton, Kid Karate, dj's
       at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm **
apr 30 wed Higgins Waterproof Black Magic Band at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ***
may  1 thr Mastodon, Gojira, Kveletrak
       at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 7:30pm # *** @
may  1 thr Eric Hutchinson at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20 7pm/8pm # **
may  1 thr Diiv at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ **
may  1 thr Carletta Sue Kay, the Younger Lovers, Moon Honey, Queen Crescent
       at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm **
may  1 thr Fortunate Youth, True Press at the Independent, S.F. 21+ **
may  1 thr Mormon Crosses, N.213 Group Vision
       at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm **
may  1 thr Los Rakas, Fortunate Youth, True Press
       at the Independent, S.F. 21+ **
may  1 thr Armin Van Buuren
       at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $100-$40 6pm/7pm # **
may  1 thr Toad The Wet Sprocket, Tommy And The High Pilots
       at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $25/$30 7pm/8pm *** @
may  2 fri Zyanose, Frenzy, Negative Standards, Blazing Eye, Pig DNA
       at First Church of the Buzzard, 2601 Adeline, Oakland a/a $10 8pm ** @
may  2 fri Soundtrack at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 7pm # **
may  2 fri Macaulay Culkin at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 6pm/9pm *
may  2 fri Mono at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $15 8pm/9pm **
may  2 fri Manchester Orchestra (Atlanta), Balance And Composure,
       Kevin Devine + The Goddamm Band
       at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $20.50 7pm/8pm # ***
may  2 fri Bro Safari, Ultra Violet, Napsty
       at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # **
may  2 fri Grieves at Slim's, S.F. 6+ **
may  2 fri White Fang (Portland), Satan Wriders
       at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm *** @
may  2 fri I Break Horses at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ***
may  2 fri Rin Tin Tiger at Cafe Stritch, San Jose a/a free 8pm **
may  2 fri The Chop Tops at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm **
may  2 fri Picture Atlantic, The Huxtables, Cold Eskimo
       at the Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz a/a $8 8pm **
may  2 fri Fortunate Youth, True Press, Street Urchinz, Los Rakas
       at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $12 7pm ***
may  3 sat Survay Says! (N.J.), Be Like Max (NV), Skank Bank, Waterfly Spigot,
       Where The Sidewalk Ends at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 8pm *** @
may  3 sat Badr Vogu, Wilt, Dispara, Connoisseur, Abstracter
       at the First Church of the Buzzard, 2601 Adeline, Oakland a/a *** @
may  3 sat Iced Earth, Sabaton (Sweden), Revamp
       at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $26 6:30pm/7:30pm *** @
may  3 sat Orgone, Monophonics at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # **
may  3 sat La Misa Negra, dj Juan Data
       at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ $12/$15 8pm/9pm ^ **
may  3 sat Radioactivity, Suspicious Beasts
       at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm **
may  3 sat Refuge, Iron Assault, Infex, Hell Fire, Fog Of War
       at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm *** @
may  3 sat Ginarboots, Matthew Joseph Payne, Cartoon Violence
       at Art Boutiki, 557 S. Market Street, San Jose a/a $10 8pm **
may  3 sat Fortunate Youth, Los Rakas, True Press
       at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $14/$17 8:30pm/9pm *** @
may  5 mon Ingrid Michaelson, Storyman, The Alternate Routes
       at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 7:30pm # **
may  4 tue Michael Nesmith at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ **
may  4 tue Travis Hayes, Divided Heaven, Bobby Meader, Tendrils
       at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm **
may  4 tue Noothgrush, Atriarch, Wilt, Badr Vogu
       at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 3pm/3:30pm *** @
may  5 mon Nile at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $21 7pm/8pm **
may  5 mon Gza, Tel Cairo, Agustus ThElefant
       at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $15 7pm **
may  6 tue Childish Gambino at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** (sold out)
may  6 tue Under the Streetlamp, Gentleman's Rule
       at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # **
may  6 tue David Byrne, Alexis Taylor, Pat Mahoney, Kele Okereke,
       The Lijadu Sisters, Joshua Redman, Money Mark, Sinkane
       at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** (Music of William Onyeabor)
may  6 tue The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Fear Of Men, Ablebody
       at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ***
may  6 tue We Are Scientists
       at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $13/$16 8:30pm/9pm ***
may  7 wed The Flex (U.K.), Violent Reaction (U.K.), Dust Off, Torso
       at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oaland a/a *** @
may  7 wed Needtobreath, Foy Vance
       at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30.50 7pm/8pm # ***
may  7 wed Chiodos, Emarosa, Hands Like Houses, Our Last Night
       at Slim's, S.F. 6+ **
may  7 wed We Are Scientists at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ***
may  7 wed Morrissey, Kristeen Young
       at City National Civic, 135 San Carlos Street, San Jose a/a # *** $
may  7 wed The Horde And The Harem
       at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz a/a free 5pm **
may  8 thr Once And Future Band, Mwahaha at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm **
may  8 thr Lumerians at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ***
may  8 thr Visage, Inhalt, Metal Mother, dj's
       at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15/$17 9pm **
may  8 thr Survival Knife at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm **
may  8 thr Will Hoge, Matt Gage
       at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $15 7pm **
may  9 fri Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Zach Heckendorf
       at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** (KFOG)
may  9 fri Stephen "Ragga" Marley, Jo Mersa, Wayne Marshall
       at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # **
may  9 fri The Glitch Mob, Ana Sie, Penthouse Penthouse
       at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ***
may  9 fri Loop at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ **
may  9 fri Petty Theft (tribute)
       at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $12/$17 8:30pm/9pm **
may  9 fri Tig Notaro at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $20 7pm **
may 10 sat Tomes, No Business, Burning Monk, Hazzards Cure, Control
       at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $7 7pm/8pm *** @
may 10 sat Twenty One Pilots, Nonono, Hunter Hunted
       at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # **
may 10 sat Black Prairie, Tiburones at Slim's, S.F. 6+ **
may 10 sat Old 97's at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ***
may 10 sat City Tribe, Here Comes the Saviours, Your Cannons
       at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm **
may 10 sat Jim Brickman at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ **
may 10 sat Tim McGraw, Kip Moore, Cassadee Pope
       at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $70/$45/$30 5:30pm/7pm # ***
may 10 sat The Faction at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm **
may 11 sun Blessthefall, Silverstein, The Amity Affliction, Secrets, Heartist
       at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $16/$19 6pm/6:30pm # *** @
may 11 sun Korpiklaani, Turisas, Chthonic, Varg, Winterhymn
       at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 6pm/6:40pm ** (Paganfest)
may 11 sun Riff Raff at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # **
may 11 sun Eu's Arse (Italy), Wild Mohicans (Portland), Permanent Ruin,
       Apriori at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm ** @
may 11 sun Stephen Ragga Marley
       at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $40 6pm **
may 12 mon The Rockonigles, The Bottle Kids, Spider Garage, Wolfgang Vega
       at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 **
may 13 tue Holly Golightly And The Brokeoffs
       at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $15 8pm **
may 13 tue Broods at the Independent, S.F. 21+ **
may 14 wed Primal Fear (Germany), Zombie Holocaust, Hysteria, Archea,
       dj Rob Metal at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $20/$25 7pm/7:30pm # *** @
may 14 wed James Blunt at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # **
may 14 wed David Dondero, Apopka Darkroom
       at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm **
may 15 thr The Cockney Rejects (U.K.), Anti-Nowhere League
       at the DNA Lounge, S.F. a/a $18/$20 8pm/9pm # *** @
may 15 thr Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires
       at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # **
may 15 thr Maximo Park, Eternal Summers, dj Aaron Axelsen
       at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $18/$20 8:30pm **
may 15 thr Twin Trilogy, Roland at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm **
may 15 thr Connan Mockasin, Kirin J Callinan at the Independent, S.F. 21+ **
may 16 fri Ocletian (New Zealand), Gravehill (L.A.), Necrosic, Abnutivum,
       Plague Phalanx at the Metro, Oakland a/a $12 # *** @
may 16 fri The Earl Brothers, The New Thoreaus, Lonesome Lester T. Raww
       at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** (Hillbilly Show)
may 16 fri Zion I, 1-O.A.K., Mksmth, host Daghe at the Independent, S.F. 21+ **
may 16 fri Temptation at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm **
may 16 fri Upon This Dawning, The Browning, Adestria, Merchants, Phinehas,
       Dayseeker at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $10 6pm *** @
may 16/17  Lindsey Stirling, Dia Frampton at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # **
may 16/17  Tainted Love at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ 8pm/9pm **
may 17 sat Jeff Rosenstock, Foster Body, Just Friends
       at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oaland a/a **
may 17 sat Shadow Of the Torturer (OR), Backyard Mortuary (Australia)
       at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ 7pm ** @
may 17 sat Supermule, Three Times Bad, Naked Bootleggers at Slim's, S.F. 6+ **
may 17 sat Juan Wauters at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm **
may 18 sun The Skeptix (U.K.), Choking Susan (MI), Oppressed Logic, Fukm,
       Bad Angle at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 4pm/5pm *** @
may 18 sun Internal Rot (Australia, Permanent Ruin
       at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oaland a/a *** @
may 18 sun Iggy Azalea at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm **
may 18 sun Adam Widener, The Safes, Buttons
       at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm **
may 19 mon Nickel Creek, The Secret Sisters
       at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** (sold out)
may 19 mon Ben Folds
       at Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave., S.F. a/a 6:30pm # ***
may 19 mon The Cave Singers at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15 8pm **
may 20 tue Foals, Cage The Elephant, J. Roddy Walston & The Business
       at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 7:30pm # *** $
may 20 tue Christina Perri, Birdy at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # **
may 20 tue Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger
       at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ **
may 20 tue Damien Jurado at the Independent, S.F. 21+ **
may 20 tue Hallelujah the Hills at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm **
may 20 tue Tim McGraw at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a # ***
may 20 tue Hellogoodbye, Vacationer
       at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $15 6:30pm ***
may 21 wed Ledisi, Robert Glasper Experiment at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # **
may 21 wed Hellogoodbye, Vacationer
       at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ***
may 21 wed Brody Dalle at Slim's, S.F. 6+ **
may 21 wed Baths, Young Feathers at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ***
may 21 wed Lower (Denmark) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm **
may 21 wed Gregg Allman at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ **
may 21 wed Christina Perri, Birdy
       at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $20 7pm **
may 22 sun Lower, Wild Moth at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oaland a/a **
may 22 sun Band Of Skulls, Deap Vally
       at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ***
may 23 fri The Slackers, Monkey, Dan Potthast
       at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $15/$17 9pm ***
may 23 fri Suzanne Vega, Ari Hest
       at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** (seated show)
may 23 fri Protomartyr at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm **
may 23 fri Super Soul Bros at Cafe Stritch, San Jose a/a free 8pm **
may 23 fri Metalachi at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm **
may 23 fri The Green at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $15 7pm **
may 24 sat Metalachi, Bobby Joe Ebola & The Children MacNuggits
       at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12/$15 9pm **
may 24 fri Super Soul Bros, Slime Girls, Space Boyfriend
       at Cafe Stritch, San Jose a/a free 8pm **
may 24 sat Steel Pulse at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz ?/? **
may 24 sat Backstreet Boys
       at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Wheatland a/a # **
may 25 sun Backstreet Boys at Shoreline, Mountian View a/a # **
may 25 sun Phoenix Ash at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm **
may 25 sun Metalachi at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $12 7pm **
may 26 mon First Aid Kit at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ **
may 26 mon Potty Mouth at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm **
may 26 mon Chet Faker at the Independent, S.F. 21+ **
may 27 tue Elbo, John Grant at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # **
may 27 tue Die Antwoord at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 7pm/8pm # **
may 27 tue Rodriquez at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # **
may 27 tue Stu Larsen at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8pm **
may 27 tue Parquet Courts, CCR Headcleaner at the Independent, S.F. 21+ **
may 27 tue Brit Floyd (tribute)
       at Sacramento Memorial Auditorium, 16th & J St., Sacramento a/a 8pm # **
may 27 tue Reverend Horton Heat
       at the Alley, 906 Victorian Way, Sparks, NV a/a ***
may 28 wed Bruno Mars, Aloe Blacc
       at the Arena, Oakland a/a $40-$125 7pm/8pm # ***
may 28-31  Goapele at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ ***
may 29 thr Crystal Fighters at the Independent, S.F. 21+ **
may 30 fri Petty Theft (tribute) at Slim's, S.F. 6+ **
may 30 fri Goldroom, Gavin Turek, Kauf at the Independent, S.F. 21+ **
may 30/31/jun  1 The Cure, Outkast, Eric Church, Weezer, The Fray, LL Cool J,
       Heart, Sublime With Rome, Matt & Kim, Deerhunter, Matisyahu,
       Third Eye Blind, Barenaked Ladies, Blues Traveler, Smash Mouth,
       De La Soul, The Black Angels, Robert Earl Keen, Spin Doctors,
       Gin Blossoms, Ed Kowalcyck, Thee Oh Sees, Cracker, Howie Day,
       Robert Delong, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Empires,
       Camper Van Beethoven, Hurray For The Riff Raff, Delta Rae,
       Keep Shelly In Athens, Moon Taxi, Miner, Tea Leaf Green,
       Jon Batiste, James Otto, Ben Sollee, Moonalice, The Stone Foxes,
       Victory, the Soft White Sixties
       at BottleRock Music Festival, Napa a/a $249-$599 (3 day) # ***
may 31 sat Whitehorse, Negative Standards, Pneumatic Slaughter (Australia),
       Amarok, Your Enemy at the Metro Side Room, Oakland a/a $8 8pm # *** @
may 31 sat Pseudogod (Russia), Wrathprayer (Chile), Diabolical Messiah (Chile),
       Sacrocurse (Mexico), Apocryphon, Black Fucking Cancer
       at the Metro, Oakland a/a $20 6:30pm # *** @
may 31 sat The Revernd Horton Heat, Old Man Markley, Pinata Protest
       at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $20/$25 9pm ***
may 31 sat Luscious Jackson at the Independent, S.F. 21+ **
may 31 sat Barry Gibb at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $39-$181 6:30pm/7:30pm # **
may 31 sat Toby Keith, Colt Ford, Krystal Keith
       at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $89-$28 5:30pm/7pm # **
may 31 sat Awoken Shadows, Cherri Bomb, Oh, The Horror, A Hero To Fall,
       Chapters at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $10 6:30pm *** @
jun  1 sun Lionel Richie, Cee Lo Green
       at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $159-$34 6:30pm/7:30pm # ***
jun  1 sun Juan Gabriel at the Arena, Oakland a/a # **
jun  1/2   The Faint at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ***
jun  2 mon Tech N9ne, Freddie Gibbs, Kriss Kaliko, Jarren Benton,
       Psych Ward Druggies, Illuminati
       at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ***
jun  3 tue Margot And the Nuclear So And So's, Jake Bellows, Kate Myers
       at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ **
jun  3 tue James Taylor And His All-Star Band
       at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $159-$39 6pm/7pm # ***
jun  3 tue Lady Gaga
       at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $200-$35 6:30pm/7:30pm # ***
jun  4 wed Brit Floyd (tribute) at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # **
jun  4 wed Dar Williams at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ **
jun  5 thr Yandel at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $45 7pm/8pm # **
jun  6 fri Black Label Society, Devil You Know, Butcher Babies
       at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ***
jun  6 fri One Republic, The Script (Dublin), American Authors
       at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $81-$30 # ***
jun  6 fri Supersuckers at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ***
jun  7 sat One Republic, The Script (Dublin), American Authors
       at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $95-$35 6pm/7pm # ***
jun  7 sat Supersuckers, Dry County Drinkers
       at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $15 9pm ***
jun  8 sun Cormorant, Godhunter (AZ), Secrets Of Thes Sky, Abstracter, Bottom,
       Fogotten Gods at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $7 5pm/6pm ** @
jun  8 sun One Republic, The Script (Dublin), American Authors
       at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Wheatland a/a # ***
jun 10 tue Eels, Chelsea Wolfe
       at Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street, S.F. a/a $37.50 7pm/8pm # **
jun 10 tue Dimples, Dick Stusso at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 8:30pm **
jun 11 wed Paul Colins Beat, The Cry at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm ***
jun 12 thr Impulsive Machinations at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm **
jun 12 thr Electric Six, Yip Deceiver at the Independent, S.F. 21+ **
jun 13 fri Jamie Cullum, King at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 8pm/9pm 3 **
jun 13 fri Hayes Carll, Bob Schneider
       at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ **
jun 13 fri Dirty Dozen Brass Band at the Independent, S.F. 21+ **
jun 13 fri M.D.C. (acoustic), No Red Flags, Erin Cookman (acoustic)
       at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ 9pm ***
jun 13 fri Neon Trees, Nightmare And The Cat, Smallpools
       at Knitting Factory, 211 North Virginia Street, Reno, NV a/a ***
jun 14 sat The Rubinoos, The Bye Bye Blackbirds
       at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ **
jun 14 sat Metronomy (Devon, U.K.) at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ***
jun 14 sat The Notwist at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 9pm # **
jun 14 sat Sharp Objects, The Boars, Whoosie What's Its
       at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm **
jun 15 sun Lady Antebellum, David Nail at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a # ***
jun 17 tue Yann Tiersen at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # **
jun 18 wed The Milk Carton Kids
       at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $20 8pm/9pm **
jun 18 wed Luciano, Ikronik at the Independent, S.F. 21+ **
jun 18 wed Yann Tiersen at Rio Theater, 1205 Soquel, Santa Cruz a/a **
jun 20 fri The Menzingers at Slim's, S.F. 6+ **
jun 20 fri Lecherous Gaze, The Widows at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** @
jun 20 fri Thus The Buzz (presents The Wall)
       at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 8pm ***
jun 21 sat World Party at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ **
jun 21 sat A Lot Like Birds, A Skylit Drive, Air Dubai, Anberlin, Attila,
       Bad Rabbits, Beartooth, Beebs And Her Money Makers, Born Of Osiris,
       Bowling For Soup, Breathe Carolina, Chelsea Grin,
       Chunk! No Captain Chunk!, Courage My Love, Crown The Empire,
       Cute Is What We Aim For, Echosmith, Electronic, Every Time I Die,
       Falling In Reverse, For Today, I Fight Dragons, Ice Nine Kills, Issues,
       Less Than Jake, MC Chris, Mayday Parade, Mixtapes, Motionless In White,
       Neck Deep, Nit Grit, Plague Vendor, Real Friends, Secrets,
       Saves The Day, State Champs, Stray From The Path, Survive This!,
       Tear Out The Heart, Teenage Bottlerocket, Terror, The Color Morale,
       The Devil Wears Prada, The Ghost Inside, The Maine, The Protomen,
       The Ready Set, The Story So Far, The Word Alive, TheCityShakeUp,
       This Wild Life, Vanna, Volumes, We Are The In Crowd, We The Kings,
       Yellowcard
       at Warped Tour, Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $42.50 11am # *** @
jun 22 sun DigiTour
       at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $25/$28 3pm/4pm # ** (sold out)
jun 22 sun A Million Billion Dying Suns, Judson Claiborne
       at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ **
jun 22 sun Newsboys, Jeremy Camp, Tenth Avenue North, Kutless,
       Lincoln Brewster, Plumb & Colton Dixon
       at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $84-$22 2pm/3pm # ***
jun 25 wed Cultura Profetica
       at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** (was march 12th)
jun 25 wed Neil Gaiman at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # **
jun 26 thr Steve Winwood at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # **
jun 26 thr Southern Culture On The Skids
       at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ **
jun 26 thr Cultura Profetica at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $20 7pm **
jun 26 thr A Lot Like Birds, A Skylit Drive, Air Dubai, Anberlin, Attila,
       Bad Rabbits, Beartooth, Beebs And Her Money Makers, Born Of Osiris,
       Bowling For Soup, Breathe Carolina, Chelsea Grin,
       Chunk! No Captain Chunk!, Courage My Love, Crown The Empire,
       Cute Is What We Aim For, Echosmith, Electronic, Every Time I Die,
       Falling In Reverse, For Today, I Fight Dragons, Ice Nine Kills, Issues,
       Less Than Jake, MC Chris, Mayday Parade, Mixtapes, Motionless In White,
       Neck Deep, Nit Grit, Plague Vendor, Real Friends, Secrets,
       Saves The Day, State Champs, Stray From The Path, Survive This!,
       Tear Out The Heart, Teenage Bottlerocket, Terror, The Color Morale,
       The Devil Wears Prada, The Ghost Inside, The Maine, The Protomen,
       The Ready Set, The Story So Far, The Word Alive, TheCityShakeUp,
       This Wild Life, Vanna Volumes, We Are The In Crowd, We The Kings,
       Yellowcard at the Warped Tour, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Wheatland
       a/a 11am # *** @
jun 28 sat Ash Borer, Hell (OR), Gloam, Akatharsia
       at the Metro, Oakland a/a 7pm # ** @
jun 28 sat Dave Alvin And Phil Alvin, The Guilty Ones
       at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ **
jun 29/30 Sharon Van Etten at the Independent, S.F. 21+ **
jul  1 tue Queen (Brian May, Roger Taylor, Adam Lambert)
       at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $230-$40 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** $
jul  2 wed Ema at the Independent, S.F. 21+ **
jul  2 wed Kiss, Def Leppard at the Pavilion, Concord a/a # ***
jul  2 wed Cher at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # ***
jul  3 thr Kiss, Def Leppard
       at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Wheatland a/a # ***
jul  6 sun Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival
       at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a # *** @
jul  7 mon Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** (KALX)
jul  8 tue Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** (KALX)
jul 13 sun Ringo Starr
       at City National Civic, 135 San Carlos St., San Jose a/a # ***
jul 21 mon Tori Amos
       at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $45/$60 7pm/8pm # ***
jul 23 wed Motley Crue, Alice Cooper
       at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $25-$125 5:30pm/7pm # ***
jul 25 fri The Neighbourhood, Kitten, Born Casual
       at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # **
jul 25 fri Journey, Steve Miller Band
       at the Amphitheater, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Marysville a/a # ***
jul 25 fri Motley Crue, Alice Cooper
       at Reno Events Center, 300 N Center St., Reno, NV a/a 7pm # ***
jul 26 sat Journey, Steve Miller Band, Tower Of Power
       at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $151-$40 5pm/6:45pm # ***
jul 27 sun Santana at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $156-$32 7pm/8pm # ***
jul 29 tue Journey, Steve Miller Band, Tower Of Power
       at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $154/$40 5pm/6:45pm # ***
jul 29 tue Motley Crue, Alice Cooper
       at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Wheatland a/a # ***
jul 30 wed Arcade Fire
       at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $71-$31 6pm/7:30pm # *** @
jul 31 thr Chicago, REO Speedwagon at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $99-$30 # ***
jul 31 thr Dierks Bentley, Chris Young, Chase Rice, Jon Pardi
       at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $54-$30 5:30pm/7pm # ***
aug  2 sat Boston, The Doobie Brothers, John Kay & Steppenwolf
       at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $106-$31 5:30pm/7pm # *** (Bonebash)
aug  4 mon  Primitive Man (CO), Hexis (Denmark), Plague Widow, Augurs
       at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a 7pm *** @
aug  5 tue Primitive Man, Hexis, Negative Standards, Abstracter
       at the First Church of the Buzzard, 2601 Adeline, Oakland a/a *** @
aug  9 sat Mick Foley at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $25 8pm ***
aug  9 sat Miranda Lambert, Justin Moore, Thomas Rhett
       at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a # ***
aug  9 sat .38 Special
       at Thunder Valley Casino, 1200 Athens Avenue, Lincoln 18+ 7pm **
aug 11 mon Justin Timberlake
       at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $175-$50 7pm/8pm # ***
aug 15 fri Bruno Mars at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # ***
aug 17 sun Fall Out Boy, Paramore, New Politics
       at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $69-$29 6pm/7pm # ***
aug 21 thr Dirty Rotten Imbeciles, Angerhead, Iron Assault
       at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $20 7pm *** @
aug 22 fri Rascal Flatts, Sheryl Crow, Gloriana
       at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Wheatland a/a # ***
aug 22/23/24 Dave Matthews Band at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a # ***
aug 23 sat Rascal Flatts, Sheryl Crow, Gloriana
       at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a # ***
aug 24 sun Nine Ince Nails, Soundgarden, Death Grips
       at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $106-$36 # *** @
aug 26 tue Jack Johnson, Michael Kiwanuka
       at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # **
aug 28 thr Brand New at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** (sold out)
aug 28 thr Panic! At The Disco, Walk The Moon, Youngblood Hawke
       at the Event Center, 290 S 7th Street, San Jose State
       a/a $35 6:30pm/7:30pm # ***
sep  3 wed Enrique Bunbury at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $49.50 7pm/8pm # **
sep  6 sat Keith Urban, Jerrod Niemann, Brett Eldredge
       at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a # **
sep 13 sat Blake Shelton at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a # **
sep 16 tue Yanni at the Arena, Oakland a/a # **
sep 17 wed Ian Anderson (the Best of Jethro Tull)
       at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ***
sep 18 thr Linkin Park, Thirty Seconds To Mars, A.F.I.
       at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Rd., Wheatland a/a $108-$40 # *** @
sep 19 fri Linkin Park, Thirty Seconds To Mars, A.F.I.
       at the Pavilion, Concord a/a # *** @
sep 22 mon Katy Perry, Tegan And Sara at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # ***
sep 27 sat Jason Aldean, Florida Georgia Line, Tyler Farr
       at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a # **
sep 28 sun Sonata Arctica at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # **
oct 3/4/5  Hardley Strictly Bluegrass, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a free ***
oct 17 fri Luke Bryan, Lee Brice, Cole Swindell
       at the Pavilion, Concord a/a # **
oct 18 sat Luke Bryan, Lee Brice, Cole Swindell
       at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a # **
nov  4 tue Crowder (Waco, TX), All Sons & Daughters, Capital Kings
       at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $25/$28 7:30pm # ** (was april 9th)

	*    recommendable Shows		a/a  all ages
	$    will probably sell out		@    pit warning
	^    under 21 must pay more		#    no ins/outs

			Live Radio & TV Shows
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Berkeley Liberation Radio 104.1FM	www.berkeleyliberationradio.net
Maximum Rock'n'roll Radio		radio.maximumrocknroll.com
Pirate Cat Radio 87.9FM			www.piratecatradio.com
KVHS-FM 90.5 The Edge			www.kvhs.com

mon  Next Big Thing on UC Berkeley Radio KALX 90.7FM 6pm-7pm
tue  Dead Air with dj Vicious and dj Tanner
     on Berkeley Liberation Radio 104.1FM 6pm-8pm
wed  Wednesday Night Live on Stanford Radio KZSU 90.1FM 9pm-10pm
fri  Jesse Luscious on UC Berkeley Radio KALX 90.7FM 6am-9am
sat  KALX live on UC Berkeley Radio KALX 90.7FM 9pm-midnight
sun  dj Jesse Luscious at the Ruby Room, 132 14th St., Oakland 9pm-2am
sun  Rampage Radio on S.F. State Radio in exile KUSF 2am-8am
sun  NewHotBands on public access TV Comcast Ch 29 12:30pm
sun  Earwhacks with Paul and Che on Sacramento KRXQ 98.5FM 10pm-11:30pm
sun  Neonate with Punk Roge and Riot on UC Davis Radio KDVS 90.3FM 12am-2am

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1-2-3-4 Go! Records, 420 40th, Oakland a/a (shows over by 10pm)	510-985-0325
23 Club, 23 Visitacion Avenue, Brisbane a/a			415-467-7717
Ace of Spades, 1417 R Street, Sacramento a/a
Alley, 906 Victorian Way, Sparks, NV a/a
Amoeba Music, 2455 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a			510-549-1125
Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F. a/a				415-831-1200
Assembly Music Hall, 1000 K St., Sacramento a/a 18+ 21+		916-341-0176
Avalon Nightclub, 777 Lawrance Expressway, Santa Clara a/a 21+	408-241-0777
Bender's Bar And Grill, 806 South Van Ness Ave., S.F. 21+	415-824-1800
Bimbo's 365 Club, 1025 Columbus Avenue, S.F. 21+ 18+		415-474-0365
Blake's, 2367 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a 18+			510-848-0886
Blank Club, 44 South Almaden Avenue, San Jose 21+
Blue Lamp Lounge, 1400 Alhambra Blvd., Sacramento 21+		866-575-9405
Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+			831-423-7117
Boardwalk, 9426 Greenback Lane, Orangevale a/a			916-988-9247
Boom Boom Room, 1601 Fillmore, S.F. 21+				415-673-8000
Bottom of the Hill, 1233 17th St., S.F. a/a 21+			415-621-4455
Brick and Mortar Music Hall, 1710 Mission Street, S.F. 21+ 18+	415-371-1631
Cache Creek Casino Resort, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 21+
Cafe Du Nord, Inc., 2170 Market Street, S.F. 21+		415-861-5016
Cafe Cocomo, 650 Indiana at Mariposa, S.F. 21+
Cafe Stritch, 374 South First Street, San Jose a/a		408-280-6161
Caravan Lounge, 98 South Almaden Avenue, San Jose 21+		408-995-6220
Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz a/a book 831-423-1338	831-423-1336
Cell Space, 2050 Bryant at 18th, S.F. a/a
Chapel, 777 Valencia Street at 19th, S.F. a/a
DNA Lounge, 375 11th Street at Harrison, S.F. 21+ a/a		415-626-1409
Dosa Biryani, 250 E Java Drive, Sunnyvale a/a			408-400-0007
Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St. S.F. 21+				415-626-0880
El Rey Theatre, 230 West 2nd St., Chico 18+ (a/a with adult)	530-342-2727
El Rincon, 2700 16th Street at Harrison, S.F. 21+ 18+
El Rio, 3158 Mission Street, S.F., 21+				415-282-3325
Elbo Room, 647 Valencia near 17th St., S.F. 21+			415-552-7788
Eli's Mile High Club, 3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland 21+
Fillmore, 1805 Geary Blvd., S.F. a/a				415-346-6000
  leave soon after the last band for a free poster at the exit
Fireside Lounge, 1453 Webster Street, Alameda 21+		510-864-1244
Fox Theater, 1807 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland a/a
Gilman, 924 Gilman St. at 8th, Berkeley a/a book 510-524-8180
  ($2 yearly membership required) http://www.924gilman.org
  5pm membership meetings 1st and 3rd sat. of each month
George's, 842 Fourth St., San Rafael 21+			415-457-1515
Golden State Theater, 417 Alvarado St., Monterey a/a		831-372-4555
Great American Music Hall, 859 O'Farrell, S.F. ages 6+		415-885-0750
Harlow's, 2708 J Street, Sacramento 21+				916-441-4693
Hemlock, 1131 Polk at Post, S.F. 21+				415-923-0923
Henfling's Firehouse Tavern, 9450 Highway 9, Ben Lomond 21+	408-335-1642
Homestead Lanes, 20990 Homestead Road, Cupertino a/a		408-255-5700
Hotel Utah Saloon, 500 4th St. at Bryant, S.F. 21+		415-546-6300
Independent, 628 Divisadero, S.F. 21+				415-771-1420
Johnny Foley's Irish House, 243 O'Farrell Street, S.F. 21+	415-954-0777
Knitting Factory, 211 North Virginia Street, Reno, NV a/a	775-323-5648
Knockout, 3223 Mission St., S.F. 21+				415-550-6994
Konocti Harbor, 8727 Doda Bay Road, Kelseyville a/a		800-660-LAKE
Legionnaire Saloon, 2272 Telegraph Ave., Oakland 21+		510-891-8660
Li-Po Lounge, 916 Grant Ave., S.F. 21+
Lucky 13, 1301 Park St, Alameda 21+				510-523-2118
Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd St. at Mission, S.F. 21+		415-647-2888
Metro, 630 3rd St. at M.L.K., Oakland a/a			510-763-1146
Mezzanine, 444 Jessie Street at Mint, S.F. 21+			415-625-8880
Milk Bar, 1840 Haight Street, S.F. 21+				415-387-6455
Mountain Winery, 14831 Pierce Road, Saratoga a/a		408-741-2822
Monstros Pizza, 628 W. Sacramento Avenue, Chico a/a
Montalvo Arts Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga a/a		408-961-5800
Mystic Theater, 23 Petaluma Blvd., Petaluma a/a 18+ 21+		707-765-2121
Neck of the Woods, 406 Clement at 5th Avenue, S.F. 21+
New Parish, 579 18th at San Pablo Avenue, Oakland 21+ 18+ a/a
Nickel City, 1711 Branham Lane, San Jose a/a			408-448-3323
Night Light, 311 Broadway, Oakland 21+				510-433-0340
Masonic Center, 1111 California Street, S.F. a/a
Octopus Lounge, 180 Eureka Square, Pacifica 21+			650-355-7775
On the Y, 670 Fulton Ave., Sacramento 21+			916-487-3731
Old Ironsides, 1901 10th St., Sacramento 21+			916-443-9751
Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a
Parkside, 1600 17th St., S.F. 21+				415-503-0393
Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington St., Petaluma a/a		707-762-3565
Pine Street Grill, 875 Rincon Ave., Livermore 21+
Pioneer, 105 Pioneer Street, Santa Cruz a/a
Pirate Cat Radio Cafe, 2781 21st Street, S.F. a/a
Pissed Off Pete's, 4528 Mission Street, S.F. 21+
Plea for Peace Center, 630 E Weber Ave, Stockton a/a
       ($2 yearly membership)
Rasputin's Music, 2401 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a			800-350-8700
Red Devil Lounge, 1695 Polk at Clay, S.F. 21+			415-921-1695
Red Hat, 1860 Monument Blvd., Concord 21+			925-685- 2122
Red House, 1667 Botelho Drive, Walnut Creek a/a			925-938-6900
Regency Ballroom, 1300 Van Ness Avenue, S.F. a/a
Retox Lounge, 628 20th Street at 3rd, S.F. 21+ a/a		415-626-7386
Rickshaw Stop, 155 Fell St. at Van Ness, S.F. a/a
Riptide Bar, 3639 Taraval St., S.F. 21+				415-681-8433
Rock Shop, 30 N 3rd Street, San Jose a/a
       ($2 yearly membership)
Route 92, 2128 South El Camino Real, San Mateo 21+
San Pedro Square Market, 87 North San Pedro St., San Jose a/a
Senator Theatre, 517 Main Street, Chico a/a			530-891-1809
Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley 21+		510-548-1159
Shoreline Amphitheatre, One Amphitheatre Pkwy., Mountain View a/a
Slim's, 333 11th St., S.F. ages 6+				415-522-0333
Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck, Berkeley 21+ (sometimes a/a)	510-841-2082
Streetlight Records, 980 S. Bascom Ave., San Jose a/a
Streetlight Records, 939 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz a/a
Stork Club, 2330 Telegraph, Oakland 21+				510-444-6174
Stud Bar, 399 9th Street at Harrison, S.F. 21+			415-863-6623
Studio 55 Marin, 1455 East Francisco Blvd., San Rafael a/a
Sub-Mission Art Space, 2183 Mission Street, S.F. a/a
Swedish American Hall, 2170 Market Street, S.F. a/a		415-861-5016
Sweetwater Music Hall, 19 Corte Madera Avenue, Mill Valley a/a	415-388-1700
Swingin' Door, 106 East 25th Avenue, San Mateo 21+
Terminal, 3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland a/a
Thrillhouse Records, Mission at 30th, S.F. a/a
Transient Lounge, 400 E. Todd Road, Santa Rosa a/a
Toot's Tavern, 627 Second Avenue at Pomona, Crockett 21+	510-787-4840
Warfield, 982 Market St., S.F. a/a				415-775-7722
Winter's Tavern, 1522 Francisco Blvd., Pacifica 21+
Uptown, 1928 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland 21+			510-451-8100
Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third Street, Napa 16+ (12+ with an adult)
Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa at Potrero, S.F. a/a			415-505-8530
Vina Robles Amphitheater, 3800 Mill Road, Paso Robles a/a	805-227-4812
Vitus, 201 Broadway @ 2nd., Oakland 21+				510-452-1620
Vixens, 906 Victorian Avenue, Sparks NV a/a 21+			775-358-6969
Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose 21+		408-286-8636
Yoshi's, 1330 Fillmore Street, S.F. 21+
Yoshi's, 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland 21+			510-238-9200
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