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 June 15, 2014 jun 15 sun Sutekh Hexen (CO), Common Eider King Eider at Lobot Gallery, 1800 Campbell St., Oakland a/a ** @ jun 15 sun P.M.M.A. (Calgary), Reckless, 2084, Stinkward at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $5 7pm ** jun 15 sun No Red Flags, Fucktard, Bill Collins, Bobby Joe Ebola And The Children Macnuggits, Erin Cookman, Medicnal Anarchy at Toot's, 627 Second Ave., Crockett 21+ $10 4pm *** @ (M.D.C. cancelled) jun 15 sun Planets Live In Houses, Barrows, Yvette Young, Living With Giants at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 8pm ** jun 15 sun Dangerous Nonsense (Denver), This Or That, Pink Pile, KMart (L.A.) at the Night Light, Oakland 21+ $5 ** jun 15 sun Pmma (Calgary, Canada), Reckless, 2084, Stinkward at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** jun 15 sun Lucabrazzi, Vollmer at the Fireside Lounge, Alameda 21+ $3 ** jun 15 sun The Mountain Goats, Loamlands at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm *** (sold out) jun 15 sun Pelican, Tombs, Black Map at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $17 7pm/8pm ** jun 15 sun King Buzzo, Field at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $15 7pm/8pm ** jun 15 sun Dawn Of Midi, Big Scary, Polecat at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $16/$18 8pm/9pm ** jun 15 sun The GoldDiggers, The Chuckleberries at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 11am/4pm ** jun 15 sun record swap at the Hemlock, S.F. ?/? free 4pm jun 15 sun Cold Beat, Quaaludes, Mane, Pop Crimes (Winnepeg, Canada) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** jun 15 sun Brown Sabbath at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jun 15 sun Forrest Day, Dreamdate, Dublin at the Red Hat, Concord 21+ $9.95 9pm ** jun 15 sun Lady Antebellum, David Nail, Native Run at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $55-$30 5:30pm/7pm # *** jun 15 sun The Supervillians, The Skunkadelics, Abandon The Midwest at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $12/$15 7:30pm/8pm # ** jun 16 mon Ghost Foot (Louisiana), The Sweethearts, Worse at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** jun 16 mon Sage Francis, B. Dolan at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** jun 16 mon Tumbleweed Wanderers, Rainbow Girls at Lagunitas Brewing, 1280 N. McDowell Blvd., Petaluma ?/? free ** jun 16 mon Inanimate Existence, Eviscerate, Unmerciful at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $10 8pm/8:30pm # ** jun 16 mon Dog Party, Kepi Ghoulie, Pets, Shoujo Kitten at the Witch Room, Sacramento a/a $7 6:30pm ** (Lucy Giles Birthday) jun 17 tue Unmerciful (KS), Troglydite (KS), Torn The Fuck Apart, Infinite Waste at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $7 7pm ** @ jun 17 tue Lily & Madeleine, Shannon Hayden at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $12/$15 7pm/8pm ** jun 17 tue Robin Zander Band, Coo Coo Birds at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $26 7pm/8pm ** jun 17 tue Yann Tiersen, No (L.A.) at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** jun 17 tue Fea, Bam! Bam!, Sarchasm at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 17 tue Oh Rose, The Yellow Dress, Travis Vick at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** jun 17 tue Wild Eyes, Buffalo Tooth, Mondo Drag, dj Andre Torrez at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jun 17 tue Steve Carter Band, Anthony Whigham, Kinfolk, Darrly Rowe, variety show at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a 6pm *** jun 17 tue The Milk Carton Kids, Tom Brosseau at City Winery, 1030 Main Street, Napa a/a $25-$15 6pm/8pm ** jun 18 wed Still Suit, Priests (D.C.), Alientears at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oaland a/a $7 7pm ** jun 18 wed All The Apparatus (Portland), The Famous at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** jun 18 wed Harry And The Hitmen, B. Hamilton, Spaceburn at the Night Light, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** jun 18 wed The Milk Carton Kids, Tom Brosseau at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $20 8pm/9pm ** (sold out) jun 18 wed Frightwig, Chuck Dukowski Sextet, It's OK! at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 8pm/9pm ** jun 18 wed Luciano, Ikronik at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jun 18 wed The Gold Medalists, Farewell Typewriter, Goh Nakamura at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** jun 18 wed Some Ember, Redredred, dj Josh Cheon at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ 9pm ** (electronic) jun 18 wed Dinosaur, The Brankas, Spider Heart at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 18 wed Brett Eldredge at Alameda County Fair, 4501 Pleasanton Ave., Pleasanton a/a 8pm *** jun 18 wed David Brookings & The Average Lookings, Season Of The Crow, Blake Jones & The Trike Shop at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ free 9pm ** jun 18 wed Yann Tiersen at Rio Theater, 1205 Soquel, Santa Cruz a/a ** jun 18 wed Tommy & The High Pilots, Nerves, The Modern Life at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm # ** jun 18 wed Fea at the Witch Room, Sacramento a/a $8 7pm ** jun 19 thr Old Friends (L.A.), Drunk Dial, Cut Up, Fiscal Cliff at World Rage Center, 911 35th St. & Market, Emeryville a/a $5 8pm ** @ jun 19 thr Sister Grizzly, 100%, Modern Man, Grumbler at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** jun 19 thr Oinga Boinga, No Captains, Beerwine King at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** jun 19 thr The Rogers, Los Milagros, Chonk at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** jun 19 thr Tiki Lounge Lizards at Forbidden Island, 1304 Lincoln Avenue, Alameda 21+ free 8:30pm ** jun 19 thr Josh Rouse, Doug Paisley (Canada) at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm ** jun 19 thr Cowboy Junkies, Reformed Whores at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ 7pm/8pm ** (sold out) jun 19 thr MewithoutYou, The World Is A Beutiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die, Dark Rooms at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16/$18 7pm/8pm *** $ jun 19 thr White Arrows, The Wild Wild, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $12/$14 9pm *** jun 19 thr Barrows at the Brick and Mortar, S.F. 18+ ** jun 19 thr Jessica Lea Mayfield, Israel Nash at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jun 19 thr 10,000 Maniacs at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ $47-$69 8pm ** jun 19 thr The Business, The Attack, Rats In The Wall at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $13 9pm *** @ jun 19 thr Lecherous Gaze (lp release), Crimson Scarlet, Reckless at the Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St. S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm/9:30pm ** @ jun 19 thr Priests (D.C.), Baus, Alien Tears at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** jun 19 thr The Bar Feeders, Party Force at Zeitgeist, 199 Valencia and Duboce, S.F. 21+ donation 6pm/7pm ** @ (Benefit for Barry Ward) jun 19 thr Squid Kids, Dangermaker, Tremor Low at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm *8 jun 19 thr Eddie Money at Alameda County Fair, 4501 Pleasanton Ave., Pleasanton a/a 8pm *** jun 19 thr Kalin & Myles at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz a/a $20-$50 7pm/8pm # ** jun 19 thr Barrington Levy, Tarrus Riley, Morgan Heritage at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $29 7pm/8pm # ** jun 19 thr Boys Of Summer (tribute) at El Dorado Hills Town Center, 4364 Town Center Blvd., El Dorado Hills a/a free 6:30pm ** jun 20 fri Metal Mother, Moira Scar, Tyler Holmes With Daddies Plastik, Dark Beach, Ancient Wing, Demi And The Gods, dj Dick Wolf, dj Jiggles at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $8 7pm/7:30pm *** @ jun 20 fri King Woman, Mother Room (record release), Unconditional Arms, dj Griffin at Life Changing Ministries, 1629 8th St., Oakland a/a 9pm ** jun 20 fri Yogurt Brain, Monster Treasure (Stockton), The Blues, Cartoon People, The Bad Machine (San Pedro) at Casa Sandinista, 3120 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland a/a donation 8pm/8:30pm *** @ jun 20 fri Natt Nathanson, Gavin DeGraw, Mary Lambert at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # ** jun 20 fri Nerd Revolt, Purr Gato, Animal Friend at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** jun 20 fri The Other Band On Earth, Creature Baby, Antioquia at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** jun 20 fri Crutches (Sweden), Frustration (Seattle), Elegy, Drunk-Dial at the Nightlight, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm ** jun 20 fri The Menzingers, Lemuria, Pup, Cayetanna at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $17/$19 9pm *** @ jun 20 fri Joe Henry, Dan Wilson at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $22 8pm ** jun 20 fri Emily Wells, Li Xi, Miles the dj at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** jun 20 fri Dean Wareham, Hott Mt at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $20 8pm/9pm ** jun 20 fri La Plebe, Druglords Of The Avenues, The Widows (San Diego), Custom Fit (Santa Cruz) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm *** @ jun 20 fri Guantanamo Baywatch, Courtney & The Crushers, Bicycle Day at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** @ jun 20 fri Nvo at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jun 20 fri Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires, M. Lockwood Porter, Big Tits at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 20 fri Tommy & The High Pilots (Santa Barbara), Will Weston at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ $15 10:30pm ** jun 20 fri Two Sheds, James Finch Jr. (7" release), House Of Light at Amnesia, 853 Valencia at 20th, S.F. 21+ $7 6pm/7pm ** jun 20 fri Thus The Buzz (presents The Wall) at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 8pm *** jun 20 fri Bum City Saints at the Red Hat, Concord 21+ ** jun 20 fri Shaggy at Alameda County Fair, 4501 Pleasanton Ave., Pleasanton a/a 8pm ** jun 20 fri Them Slack Jawed Sons Of Bitches, Gillbillies at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 20 fri The Greg Kihn Band at the Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a free 6:30pm and 8:30pm *** jun 20 fri Uh Huh Her, dj Kim Anh at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$18 8:30pm/9pm # ** jun 20 fri Talib Kweli, dj Aspect, Odious at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/425 8pm/9pm # ** jun 20 fri Barrows at the Blue Fin, 685 Cannery Row, Monterey 21+ ** jun 20 fri Cobalt Cranes, Soft Science, Vision, Kittens Having Kittensp at the Witch Room, Sacramento 18+ $5 8pm ** jun 21 sat Emily's Army, California, Mfb, Skandalism, In Viridian at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 7:15pm/7:45pm *** @ jun 21 sat Generacion Suicida (L.A.), Provos, Torso, Silent Era at Lobot Gallery, 1800 Campbell St., Oakland a/a $8 8:30pm *** @ jun 21 sat Divination Of The Damned, RetConStruct, Torture Chamber, The King Must Die at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ free 4pm ** jun 21 sat ReExistence, My Heavy Memory Ill Content, Insanity at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** @ (Alex Raygoza Benefit) jun 21 sat World Party, Gabriel Kelley at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $26 9pm ** jun 21 sat Nightmares On Wax at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** jun 21 sat Rodney Crowell, Will Kimbrough at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $26 8pm ** jun 21 sat Run River North, Matrimony, Totoake at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $12/$15 8pm/9pm ** jun 21 sat Phone Sex Operators, Fleeting Trance at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $5 4pm ** (SF Bicycle Coalition Fundraiser) jun 21 sat Beso Negro, Cash For Gold (record release), I Am Animal, dj Ryan Lucero at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 21 sat Kafana Balkan, Fanfare Zambaleta, Elizabeth Strong, Foxglove Sweethearts, dj Zeljko at Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 21+ $15 9pm ** jun 21 sat Overwhelming Colorfast, Melissa Cruz, Oranger, Titan Ups, Slouching Stars at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9:30pm *** jun 21 sat Anuhea at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jun 21 sat Hoxton Mob, Swamp Angel, Rotten Core at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9pm ** (Save KUSF Benefit) jun 21 sat Scraper, Yi (lp release), Generation Loss, Quaaludes at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm/10pm ** jun 21 sat Chris James & The Showdowns at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** jun 21 sat Mobb, Bleedfreak, Ridgeway Space Station, Atlas at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 8pm *** @ jun 21 sat 10,000 Maniacs at City Winery, 1030 Main Street, Napa a/a $50-$40 6pm/8pm ** jun 21 sat Creedence Clearwater Revisitied at Alameda County Fair, 4501 Pleasanton Ave., Pleasanton a/a 8pm ** 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 $23.50 11am/11am # *** @ jun 21 sat Fitz & The Tantrums, Max Frost, The Wild Wild at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $23.50/$26 8pm/9pm # *** jun 21 sat Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 21+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm # ** jun 21 sat Warren G, Andre Truth, Playah K & Reign, Rae Rock, El Capitan, I80 Playaz, Gfn, Dtr at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $18 7pm ** jun 21 sat King Woman, Foie Gras, Mother Room at the Witch Room, Sacramento 18+ $6 8pm ** jun 21 sat Tainted Love at Harlow's, 2708 J Street, Sacramento 21+ ** jun 22 sun Heroes At Gunpoint, Spacewaster (Seattle), Bum City Saints, Bass Line Bums, Bloodshot And Dilated, World Of Shit at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $7 5/5:30pm *** @ jun 22 sun The Fifth Fire (L.A.), Religion Of Tomorrow (Whitehaven, UK) We Are Saviors, Toy Called God at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $7 7pm *** jun 22 sun The Infirmities, the Lucky Eejits at the Fireside Lounge, Alameda 21+ $3 ** jun 22 sun DigiTour at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $25/$28 3pm/4pm # ** (sold out) jun 22 sun Allah-Las, Dream Boys, Old Testament at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $14 8pm ** jun 22 sun The Defibulators, Misisipi Mike Wolf at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $12 7pm/8pm ** jun 22 sun Rust & Whiskey, Michelin Embers at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 11am/4pm ** jun 22 sun City Heat, Judson Claiborne, Lee Bob Watson & The Truth at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** jun 22 sun Astronauts Etc., James Riotto, Sama Dams at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** 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 22 sun La Unica Sonora Santanera (tribute) at Alameda County Fair, 4501 Pleasanton Ave., Pleasanton a/a 8pm ** jun 22 sun Jeff Dunham at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** jun 22 sun Sonny & The Sunsets, The Memories, Opus Orange at the Witch Room, Sacramento 18+ $8 8pm ** jun 23 mon Destroyers Of Light (TX), Sludgebucket, Vulturegeist, No Trust at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** @ jun 23 mon Tamar Braxton at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** jun 23 mon Planning For Burial (N.J.), Chasms, King Woman, Foie Gras, dj Nako at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $8 ($5 before 10pm) 9pm ** jun 23 mon Maxwell at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** jun 24 tue Crash Landings, Jeffrey Lilienthal And The Crooked Tails at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ free 6pm ** jun 24 tue Curse Of The Black Tongue at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** jun 24 tue Mystic Braves, Corners, Tropical Popsicle, Electric Magpie at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** jun 24 tue Owl John, Withered Hand at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 8pm/9pm ** jun 24 tue The Garden, Future Twin, Sweat Lodge at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 24 tue Hi Lo Ha, We Arsons, The Beehavers at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** jun 24 tue Greg Ashley, Disappearing People, Sexless, Turner, dj Tosh at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jun 24 tue Wussy, Joshua Cook & The Key Of Now, The Saint Ides at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $5/$7 9pm ** jun 24 tue Evolution (tribute) at Alameda County Fair, 4501 Pleasanton Ave., Pleasanton a/a 8pm ** jun 24 tue Jill Scott at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** jun 24 tue Ces Cru at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $17/$21 8:30pm/9pm # *** jun 25 wed Vision (L.A.), Cobalt Cranes (L.A.), The Saint Ides at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** jun 25 wed Butch Nasty And The Blackout Kids, Between Your Teeth, The Atom Age, Rackatees (Lawrence, KS) at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ 6pm ** @ jun 25 wed Cultura Profetica, McKlopedia, Pure Roots at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm $27.50/$30 # ** (was march 12th) jun 25 wed Neil Gaiman at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** jun 25 wed Tigers Jaw, Pity Sex, Wild Moth at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8pm/9pm ** @ (sold out) jun 25 wed Spanish Gold, Clear Plastic Masks, Yesway at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** jun 25 wed Van Aragon, The Wave Commission, Miles Hewitt at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** jun 25 wed Federico Aubele at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jun 25 wed Crutches (Malmo, Sweden), Frustrations (Seattle), Fractures at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm/9pm *** @ jun 25 wed Chuck Suck-It, dj Stand Up 69 at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ free 2pm/6pm ** jun 25 wed Paper Bird, The Americans at Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley a/a $10/$22 7pm ** jun 25 wed ConFunkShun at Alameda County Fair, 4501 Pleasanton Ave., Pleasanton a/a 8pm ** jun 25 wed Steve Winwood at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** jun 25 wed Wussy at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jun 26 thr Steve Winwood, Cris Jacobs at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** jun 26 thr Jonah Kozak, Moorea (Portland) at Acme House of Music, 444 Piedmont Ave, Oakland a/a free 8pm/8:30pm ** jun 26 thr Pamela Parker, BoomChick, Audrey Howard And The Special Guest Band at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9:30pm ** jun 26 thr The Everymen (N.J.), Windham Flats, The Videos, Dinners at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** jun 26 thr Southern Culture On The Skids, Aloha Screwdriver at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16 8pm ** jun 26 thr Cherry Glazerr, Meat Market, Big Tits, Never Young, Joel Jerome at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $12 8pm ** jun 26 thr Movement, dj Aaron Axelsen, dj Marco at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $13 9pm ** jun 26 thr Michael And The Strange Land, Vision, Cobalt Cranes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** jun 26 thr Paper Bird, Blisses B, The Americans at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 26 thr Veruca Salt at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jun 26 thr Curious Quail, The Soonest, host Marcus Osborne at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ free 7pm ** (hosted happy hour with rsvp) jun 26 thr Coco Jones at Alameda County Fair, 4501 Pleasanton Ave., Pleasanton a/a 8pm ** jun 26 thr Solstice, Hellwitch, Total Badass, Pyrotanic, Behold The Desecration at Johnny V's, 31 East Santa Clara St., San Jose 21+ *** jun 26 thr Buku, Mihkal at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 18+ $12/$15 8:30pm/9pm # ** jun 26 thr Cultura Profetica at Assembly Music Hall, Sacramento a/a $20 7pm ** jun 26 thr Young Widows, White Reaper at the Witch Room, Sacramento 18+ $10 9pm ** jun 26 thr The Division Men (Austin, TX), Hope Riot (El Paso, TX) at Old Ironsides, Sacramento 21+ ** 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 26 thr Petty Theft (tribute) at El Dorado Hills Town Center, 4364 Town Center Blvd., El Dorado Hills a/a free 6:30pm ** jun 26/27 Butch Whacks & The Glass Packs at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ ** jun 27 fri The Division Men (Austin, TX), Hope Riot (El Paso, TX), CJ Alegre, Dandelion Massacre, Coamb, I Kill Cameron, Diana Regan at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $2 8pm *** (acoustic show) jun 27 fri Skelethal (France), Warpvomit (Seattle), Ascended Dead (San Diego), Derogatory (L.A.), Rude at the Metro, Oakland a/a $10 7pm *** @ jun 27 fri Wander, Ghost Parade, Isles, Quiet Minds at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ 6pm ** jun 27 fri Ravagers (Baltimore), Flexx Bronco, Modern Kicks at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** @ jun 27 fri Who's Bad (tribute) at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** jun 27 fri Planet Booty, Midtown Social, Matt Haze at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $15 9pm ** jun 27 fri Bonnie & The Bang Bang, Battlehooch, Don Cat at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $12/$15 9pm ** jun 27 fri Lee Fields & The Expressions at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm ** jun 27 fri Magic Trick, Coctails (record release), Violent Change, Big Tits at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** jun 27 fri Bingo Players, Carnage, LA Riots, Heroes X Villains, Party Favor at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. 18+ 6pm # ** jun 27 fri Contempt, Elegy at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** @ jun 27 fri Fuck Buttons at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jun 27 fri Young Widows, White Reaper, Life Coach at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 27 fri Stag at Neck of the Woods Downstairs, S.F. 21+ $8/$10 8pm/9pm ** jun 27 fri Berner at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $25 8pm *** jun 27 fri Tha Bangles at City Winery, 1030 Main Street, Napa a/a $65-$55 6pm/8pm ** jun 27 fri Paul Rodriquez at Alameda County Fair, 4501 Pleasanton Ave., Pleasanton a/a 8pm ** jun 27 fri The Jonses (reunion), Richmond Sluts, Modern Kicks at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 8pm ** jun 27 fri Attitude Adjustment, Sad Boy Sinister, Civil Disgust, Let It Burn, Twat at Johnny V's, 31 East Santa Clara St., San Jose 21+ $6 *** @ jun 27 fri Blind Melon at the Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a free 6:30pm and 8:30pm ** jun 27 fri D-Lo at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $12/$15 8:30pm/9pm # ** jun 27 fri Mr. Hooper, The Klay, The Tipsy Hustlers, Ike Torres (poet), host The Poet Go at Old Ironsides, Sacramento 21+ $8 9pm ** jun 27/28 Rickie Lee Jones at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ $46 fri $48 sat 8pm *** jun 28 sat Day Labor, Liam And The Ladies (AZ), Sweet HayaH, Skank Bank, Legal Disaster at 924 Gilman St., Berkeley a/a $10 7pm/8pm *** @ (ska) jun 28 sat Ash Borer, Hell (OR), Gloam, Akatharsia at the Metro, Oakland a/a $12 7pm # ** @ jun 28 sat 7 Seconds, Channel 3, La Plebe at the Metro, Oakland a/a 7:30pm # *** @ jun 28 sat Devo at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** $ jun 28 sat The Golden Void, Hedersleben, Planes Of Satori, visuals by Scott Travis Johnston, lighting by Kelly Porter, vintage clothing and records at the Night Light, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** (Art Void II) jun 28 sat Lucabrazzi, Barking Spiders, Krysten Bean at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ free 4pm ** (early show) jun 28 sat United Defiance, Sga, Absolem, Heavy Action at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $7 9pm ** (late show) jun 28 sat The Streetwalkin' Cheetahs at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jun 28 sat Lozen, Qui at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ ** jun 28 sat Dave Alvin And Phil Alvin, The Guilty Ones, The Far West at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $22 8pm ** $ jun 28 sat Hard Girls, Summer Vacation, Shinobu, Leer at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8pm/9pm *** @ jun 28 sat King Khan & The Shrines, Red Mass at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 8pm/9pm ** jun 28 sat The Bangles, Rain Parade at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $31 8pm *** jun 28 sat Devil's Brigade, The Interrupters, The Bastard Makers at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $12 9pm/9:30pm ** @ jun 28 sat Inferno Of Joy, Roadside Memorial, Pharaohs at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jun 28 sat The Honey Wilders at the Riptide, S.F. 21+ free 9pm/9:30pm ** jun 28 sat The Joneses (reunion), Richmond Sluts, Modern Kicks at Neck of the Woods Upstairs, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm ** jun 28 sat Los Microwaves, Agender (Australia), Baus at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $7 3pm/4pm ** @ jun 28 sat Obvi, Vocab Slick, Lbz, Simon Sez, Native, Legacy9 at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $12 8pm *** (hip-hop) jun 28 sat Mystic Rage, Soulless Demise, Flesh Assembly, Feral Depravity at the Annex, 2554 Grant Avenue, San Lorenzo a/a ** jun 28 sat JT Hodges at Alameda County Fair, 4501 Pleasanton Ave., Pleasanton a/a 8pm ** jun 28 sat Warpvomit (Seattle), Hellhunter, Ascended Dead (San Diego) at San Jose Rock Shop, San Jose a/a $6 7pm *** @ jun 28 sat Strata at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jun 28 sat The Black Tigers, Russ Rankin, Dressed In Roses at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10 8:30pm/9pm # ** jun 28 sat Black Fork (20th anniversary) at Monstros Pizza, 628 W. Sacramento Ave., Chico a/a ** @ jun 28 sat Gregg Allman at Thunder Valley Casino, 1200 Athens Avenue, Lincoln 18+ *** jun 28/29 Moe (8pm sat only) at Sonoma County Fairgrounds, 1350 Bennett Valley Road, Santa Rosa 18+ $50 ($100 2 day pass) noon # ** (High Times Cannabis Cup) jun 29 sun Nudes, The Light, Pig DNA, Ten Thousand Leagues at Nerd Castle, 980 West MacArthur Blvd., Oakland a/a $6 8pm ** @ jun 29 sun The Jonesses, Glitz, Modern Kicks at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $10 6pm ** jun 29 sun The Silverhounds, Hollywood Hotel, The Chemtails at the Fireside Lounge, Alameda 21+ $3 ** jun 29 sun Owls, Into It. Over It. (solo), Victor Villarreal (solo) at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $15 8pm/9pm ** jun 29 sun Crying Time, Rich McCulley at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 11am/4pm ** jun 29 sun Asher Roth, Chuck Inglish at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16/$18 8pm ** jun 29 sun Ladytron (dj set), Lincoln Jesser at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $20/$25/$30 7pm ** jun 29 sun The White Barons, The Dickdusters, You Say Yes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 5:30pm ** (early show) jun 29 sun Rusty Maples at Neck of the Woods Upstairs, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm/9pm ** jun 29 sun Tesla at Alameda County Fair, 4501 Pleasanton Ave., Pleasanton a/a 8pm ** jun 29 sun Ash Border, Hell, Folivore, Gloam at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$13 8pm/8:30pm # ** jun 29/30 Sharon Van Etten, Jana Hunter at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jun 30 mon S.H.I.T (Toronto, Canada), Permanent Ruin, Stressors, Melting Point at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Oaland a/a $8 7pm *** @ jun 30 mon Touche Amore, Tigers Jaw, Dads at the Metro, Oakland a/a 7:30pm # *** jun 30 mon Future, Rico Love, Que at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** jun 30 mon Brendan James at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15/$18 7pm/8pm ** jun 30 mon The Winery Dogs (Brooklyn) at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ $36/$39 8pm ** jun 30 mon City Of Women, Agender at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm ** jun 30 mon The Wood Brothers at Lagunitas Brewing Company, 1280 N. McDowell Blvd., Petaluma ?/? ** jun 30 mon Clipping at the Witch Room, Sacramento 18+ $6 8pm ** jul 1 tue Crash Landings, Yellow Dot Music (acoustic) at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ free 6pm ** (early show) jul 1 tue Luminous Newts, Get Off The Stage, Amalgamation, The Cosmic Perspective at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** jul 1 tue Peter Murphy at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # *** jul 1 tue Hank Green, Driftless Pony Club, Harry And The Potters at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $18 8pm *** $ jul 1 tue Glass Animals, dj Aaron Axelsen at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $12/$14 8pm ** (sold out) jul 1 tue S.H.I.T. (Toronto, Canada), Needles, The Light, Provos, dj The Wizard at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9:30pm *** @ jul 1 tue Astr at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jul 1 tue Bristol To Memory, Dirty Pillows, The Albert Square at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $5 7pm ** @ jul 1 tue Little Galaxies, Sunbeam Rd., Crashing Hotels at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 1 tue Queen (Brian May, Roger Taylor, Adam Lambert) at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $130-$40 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** $ jul 1 tue Allen Stone at Lagunitas Brewing Company, 1280 N. McDowell Blvd., Petaluma ?/? ** jul 1 tue True 2 Crue at Alameda County Fair, 4501 Pleasanton Ave., Pleasanton a/a 8pm ** jul 1 tue Joan Baez & Indigo Girls at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** jul 1 tue Future, Que, Rico Love at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $27-$75 7pm *** jul 2 wed Marry Me, Butch Nasty & The Blackout Kids, Andalusia Rose at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm ** jul 2 wed Deafheaven, Wreck & Reference at the Great American Music Hal, S.F. 6+ $16 9pm *** jul 2 wed Be Calm Honcho (record release), The She's, Owl Paws at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** jul 2 wed Ema, Mas Ysa at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jul 2 wed Sea O'Brien & His Dirty Hands, New American Farmers at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** jul 2 wed Middlesleep, Halsted, Cazadero at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 2 wed Kiss, Def Leppard at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $175-$36 6pm/7pm # *** jul 2 wed Piranha Party at Farmers Market, E. Santa Clara & N. 14th, San Jose a/a free 4pm ** jul 2 wed Cher, Cyndi Lauper at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # *** jul 3 thr The Legendary Stardust Cowboy, The Dukes Of Hamburg, The Ogres at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** jul 3 thr Phox at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $12 8pm/9pm ** jul 3 thr Young & Sick at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jul 3 thr Male Gaze, Thunders (Chicago), Pat Thomas at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** jul 3 thr Sonny & The Sunsets at the Make-Out Room, S.F. 21+ ** jul 3 thr America at Alameda County Fair, 4501 Pleasanton Ave., Pleasanton a/a 8pm ** jul 3 thr Roar (AZ), Yulia at Cafe Stritch, San Jose a/a free 8pm ** jul 3 thr Nuevos Elegidos, Banda Corazon Solteco at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $10/$15 8:30pm/9pm # ** jul 3 thr Kiss, Def Leppard at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Wheatland a/a # *** jul 3-6 Widespread Panic, STS9, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Beats Antique, Trampled By Turtles, Lord Huron, The Del McCoury Band, The Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Lettuce, Punch Brothers, Greensky Bluegrass, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, Hard Working Americans, Darkwave, The Budos Band, Incidental Animals, The Polish Ambassador, Carolina Chocolate Drops, The Travelin' McCourys, Bill Frisell, Ernest Ranglin & Avila, Nahko And Medicine For The People, Stanley Jordan Trio, Bombino, The Mother Hips, Typhoon, Jonathan Wilson, Boombox, The Floozies, Dead Winter Carpenters, Dopapod, Shakey Graves, The Duhks, The California Honeydrops, Scott Law, Lebo & Bo Carper, Turkuaz, Avi Buffalo, Sturgill Simpson, Ashleigh Flynn & The Back Porch Majority, Moon Hooch, Hey Marseilles, Sierra Hull, Afrolicious, Steve Poltz, Heather Maloney + Darlingside, Scott Pemberton, RonKat Spearman's Katdelic, SambaDa, Steep Ravine, Hollow Wood, T Sisters, Wheeland Brothers, John Craigie, Living Folklore, Bug Family Band, Skerik at High Sierra Music Festival, Quincy a/a $223 adults/$111 teens (4 day pass) *** (camping) jul 4 fri Venetian Snares at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jul 4 fri Old Firm Casuals, Pressure Point, Roadside Bombs at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 5pm ** (early show) jul 4 fri Thunderroads (Japan) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 10pm ** (late show) jul 4 fri Middlesleep, Halsted, Cazadero at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 4 fri Chrome Eagle, Dirty Denim, The Yes-Go's, dj Longshot, tricycle races, arm wrstling, bbq at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ free 1pm ** jul 4 fri The Tubes at the Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a free 6:30pm and 8:30pm *** jul 5 sat Thee Oh Sees, Off!, Milk N' Cookies, Reigning Sound, Nobunny, Phantom Surfers, The Bananas, The Trashies, Terry Malts, White Fang at Mosswood Park, 3612 Webster St., Oakland $35 ($50 2 day pass) noon # *** @ (Burger Boogaloo day 1) jul 5 sat The Fresh & Onlys, Cold Beat, Devon Williams at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 8pm/9pm ** jul 5 sat Religious Girls, The Surgeon Generals, Rich Girls, Taxes at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** jul 5 sat Gareth Emery, Morgan Page, 3Lau, Ummet Ozcan, Tony Junior, Christina Noveli, Arty at Festival Pavilion, 2 Marina Blvd, Fort Mason, S.F. 18+ $40-$90 4pm ** jul 5 sat Kiwi Time, Vela Eyes, Fever Charm, The Trims at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** jul 5 sat S. Carey at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jul 5 sat Balms, Couches, No Maps at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 5 sat Black Pussy, Mothership at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** jul 5 sat Building 429 at Alameda County Fair, 4501 Pleasanton Ave., Pleasanton a/a 8pm ** jul 5 sat Killer Queens (tribute) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jul 5 sat The Redlight District, Desmadre, Eat The Sun at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $7 8:30pm/9pm # ** jul 5/6 Fillmore Street Jazzfest, Filmore Street, S.F. a/a free 10am-6pm *** jul 6 sun Ronnie Spector, Shannon & The Clams, The Muffs, Juan Wauters, La Sera, Chad & The Meatbodies, Danny James, Summer Twins at Mosswood Park, 3612 Webster St., Oakland $35 ($50 2 day pass) noon # *** @ (Burger Boogaloo day 2) jul 6 sun Parlor Tricks at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a 11am/4pm ** jul 6 sun Night Ranger at Alameda County Fair, 4501 Pleasanton Ave., Pleasanton a/a 8pm *** jul 6 sun Avenged Sevenfold, Korn, Asking Alexandria, Trivium, Cannibal Corpse, Body Count (with Ice-T), Suicide Silence, Emmure, Miss May I, Mushroomhead, Veil Of Maya, Upon A Burning Body, Texas Hippie Coalition, Darkest Hour, Ill Nino, Wretched, Islander, King 810, Erimha at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $86-$20 1pm/1pm # *** @ (Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival) jul 6 sun Man With A Mission at the Alley, 906 Victorian Way, Sparks, NV a/a ** jul 7 mon Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** (KALX) jul 7 mon Cloud Nothings, Metz, The Wytches at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $20 8pm ** jul 7 mon Amen Dunes, Axxa/Abraxas, Vaniish at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** jul 8 tue Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** (KALX) jul 8 tue Mac DeMarco, Calvin Love, Holy Shit at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ 8pm ** (sold out) jul 8 tue Chevelle at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $32.50 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** jul 8 tue Man With A Mission (Japan), Growwler, Chuckleberries at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 8 tue David Mayfield Parade at Lagunitas Brewing Company, 1280 N. McDowell Blvd., Petaluma ?/? ** jul 8 tue Richard Thompson at City Winery, 1030 Main Street, Napa a/a $35-$45 6pm/8pm ** jul 8/9 Steely Dan at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** jul 9 wed Attik Door, Ron Dre, Moxie Kids, Bristol To Memory at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** jul 9 wed Mkto at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 6pm/7pm # ** jul 9 wed Peter Matthew Bauer at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 9 wed Swahili (Portland), Li Xi, Disappearing People at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** jul 9 wed Chris Botti at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $120-$45 6pm/7:30pm ** jul 9 wed Picture Atlantic at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jul 9 wed Chris Issak at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a *** jul 9 wed cancelled: Beach Fossils at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 8pm ** jul 10 thr Behexen (Finland), Ritual Combat (L.A.), Black Fucking Cancer, Lluvia, Akatharsia at the Metro, Oakland a/a $15/$20 7pm *** @ jul 10 thr Pep Love, A Plus, Amplive, Locksmith at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $20 7pm ** jul 10 thr Reefriders at Forbidden Island, 1304 Lincoln Avenue, Alameda 21+ free 8:30pm ** jul 10 thr Flotsam & Jetsam, Exmortus, Hatchet at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16/$21 8pm ** jul 10 thr Waters, Cathedrals at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $12 8pm/9pm *** $ (Live 105) jul 10 thr Robert Francis & The Night Tide, Vikesh Kapoor at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jul 10 thr Skyscraper Mori, Safeword, Identical Homes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** jul 10 thr Lecherous Gaze, Hot Lunch, Mondo Drag at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ 47 8pm/9pm ** @ jul 10 thr Steely Dan at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $207-$34 7pm/8pm # *** jul 10 thr Boyz II Men at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** jul 10 thr Through The Roots, Hirie, Hi Roots at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $12/$15 7pm/8pm # ** jul 10 thr Miss Lonely Hearts (cd release), McCoy Tyler Band, Travis Upright at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm # ** jul 10 thr Unauthorized Rolling Stones (tribute) at El Dorado Hills Town Center, 4364 Town Center Blvd., El Dorado Hills a/a free 6:30pm ** jul 11 fri War Master, Pillager, Cannibal, Druid, Archea at the Road House, 18th and Castro, West Oakland a/a donation 6pm *** @ jul 11 fri Troublemaker, P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S. (Portland), Ruleta Rusa, Stay Scared at Eli's Mile High Club, S.F. 21+ $7 8pm/9pm ** @ jul 11 fri New Order at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a # *** jul 11 fri The Antlers (Brooklyn), Yellow Ostrich at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $21 9pm *** $ jul 11 fri Before The Brave, Travis Hayes (record release), Trebuchet, Christian Le Hutson (Nashville) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 11 fri Overland, Space Monkey Gangstas, The Whoa, Ben Benkert & Muppetmen at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $14 9pm ** jul 11 fri Cynic, Lesser Key at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # ** jul 11 fri Lia Rose, We Became Owls (album release) at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $12/$15 8pm/9pm ** jul 11 fri Ookay, Tropkillaz at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** jul 11 fri Wehrmacht, Raptor at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $15 9pm ** @ jul 11 fri Pure Bliss, Civil Union (New Zealand), Michael Beach at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** jul 11 fri Blue Sky Black Death, Real Magic at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jul 11 fri Lindsay Lou And the Flatbellys at Studio 55 Marin, San Rafael a/a $14-$17 8pm ** jul 11 fri Price Tribute Band, John Payne And The Hurt at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $15/$20 8pm *** jul 11 fri This Charming Band (tribute) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jul 11 fri Macy Gray at the Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a free 6:30pm and 8:30pm *** jul 11 fri Bleeding Through, Scars Of Tomorrow, Lionheart, Moria at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$18 6pm/6pm # *** @ jul 11 fri The Haunted Windchimes (Pueblo, CO), The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit, The Mountain Men, The Once and Future Band, Life Coach, Three Leafs at Yosemite Music Festival, Mariposa County Fairgrounds a/a $20 ($40 both days) 3pm *** (camping on site) jul 12 sat 45 Grave, Roadside Memorial, Altar De Fey, Crimson Scarlet, Anti-Social, Funeral Kings at the Metro, Oakland a/a $15/$20 7pm *** @ jul 12 sat Wye Oak, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, Nick Waterhouse, Blackbird Blackbird, White Fence, Yalls, Tony Molina, A Million Billion Dying Suns, The Tambo Rays, Bill Baird at Potrero Del Sol Park, 25th Street at Utah, S.F. a/a $25/$30 noon ** jul 12 sat Waterstrider, Guy Fox, Yassou Benedict at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $14 9pm ** jul 12 sat The Sam Chase, Foxtails Brigade, The Crux at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $15 9pm ** jul 12 sat Xavier Rudd, Ash Grunwald at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # ** jul 12 sat The Young Turks at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** jul 12 sat Sonny & The Sunsets at the Chapel, S.F. a/a ** jul 12 sat Victory, Pressure Point, Assault & Battery at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $12 9pm *** @ jul 12 sat Odd Owl, The Senators, Cave Clove, Lauren O'Connell at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm/8:30pm ** jul 12 sat U.S. Air Guitar Championships Semifinals at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** jul 12 sat See Minus, Lozen, Qui, Grayceon at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** jul 12 sat Razor, Rob G, Da Liva, Mac Purp, Sub 4, Dboy $hif, Mind Over Matter, Lazy Boy Scratch Off, Chrys Yup, Lop at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $15/$20 8pm *** jul 12 sat Nwa Resurrection, Cali Bear Gang, Weddojanson, Diamond Dez at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $18 7pm ** jul 12 sat New Tomorrow, Fatso Jetson, Yawning Man, The Atomic Sherpas, Brett Michael Wise, The Easy Leaves, Bootstrap Circus, The Jespersons, Green Machine, The Mountain Men at Yosemite Music Festival, Mariposa County Fairgrounds a/a $20 10am *** (camping on site) jul 12/13 Disgorge (San Diego), Cerebral Incubation (Las Vegas), Embryonic Devourment (Ukiah), Inanimate Existence, Stages Of Decomposition (L.A.), Splattered, Parasitic Ejaculation (Santa Cruz), Embodied Torment (Sacramento), Abhorration (Redondo Beach), Crypt Infection (Ventura), Impaled Offering (Albuqueruqe, N.M.), Colpolscopy (Oxnard), Shattered Eyes (Mexico), Logistic Slaughter (Livermore), Viral, Accidentally Murdered (Stockton), Deceive (L.A.), Dismembered Carnage (Concord), Incisus (Manteca), Litany (Antioch), Asterion (Salinas), Cerebral Engorgement, Iniquitous Deeds (Walnut Creek), Leprous Divinity at the Red House, 1667 Botelho Drive, Walnut Creek a/a sat 1pm sun noon *** @ (Bay Area Death Fest) jul 13 sun Bastard Feast, Plague Widow at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $8 6pm ** @ jul 13 sun MattyB at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 4pm # ** jul 13 sun Wuv, Dennis, Bad History Month, Dust From 1000 Years at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** jul 13 sun Western Justice, West Coast Wildfire at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 11am/4pm ** jul 13 sun Whiskey Shivers, Misisipi Mike And The Midnight Gamblers, The Up & Down at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** jul 13 sun Magic Man, Night Terrors Of 192, Prides at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jul 13 sun Ringo Starr at City National Civic, 135 San Carlos St., San Jose a/a # *** jul 13 sun the Turtles at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** jul 13 sun Fountain Of Bile, A Thousands Shall Fall, Vampirates, Teraton at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $7 8:30pm/9pm # ** jul 14 mon Martha Wainwright (Canada) at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ $22/$26 8pm ** jul 14 mon J. Roddy Walston & The Business at Lagunitas Brewing Company, 1280 N. McDowell Blvd., Petaluma ?/? ** jul 14 mon Tiny Ruins at Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St., Santa Rosa a/a ** jul 15 tue Tiny Ruins, Dim Peaks at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** jul 15 tue Dwarves, The Queers, Masked Intruder, The Atom Age at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $20 8pm/9pm *** @ $ jul 15 tue A Sunny Day In Glasgow, Cruel Summer, Switfumz, Roses at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** jul 15 tue Filter, Helmet, Local H at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 7:30pm/8pm *** @ jul 15 tue Martha Wainwright (Canada) at City Winery, 1030 Main Street, Napa a/a $20-$30 6pm/8pm ** jul 15 tue Boz Scaggs, Los Lobos at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** jul 16 wed Jessica Hermandez & The Deltas, Hungry Skinny, The Tropics at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $12 8pm/9pm ** jul 16 wed The Polyphonic Spree at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** jul 16 wed OK Go at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $22 7:30pm/8pm *** jul 16 wed Grimace And The Fakers, The Quiet Men, Turtle Rising at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 16 wed Kenny Loggins at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $125-$35 6pm/7:30pm # *** jul 16 wed Pat Metheny Unity Group at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** jul 16 wed Craft Spells at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $10/$12 8pm/8:30pm # ** jul 16 wed Wynonna & The Big Noise at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a ** jul 16 wed Mkto at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $17 7pm ** jul 17 thr Backtrack, Expire, Harm's Way, Bitter End, Suburban Scum, Downpresser, Iron Mind, Will To Die at the Metro, Oakland a/a $20 5:30pm/6pm # *** @ jul 17 thr Prelude To A Pistol at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** jul 17 thr The Mitch Polzak Show at Forbidden Island, 1304 Lincoln Avenue, Alameda 21+ free 8:30pm ** jul 17 thr Andy Grammer, Andrew Ripp, Brendan James at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $20 8pm ** jul 17 thr Wolves In The Throne Room at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 8pm ** jul 17 thr Morbid Angel, Dying Fetus & The Faceless, Thy Art Is Murder, Goatwhore, Origin, Decrepit Birth, Within The Ruins, Fallujah at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $29.50/$32 2pm # *** @ jul 17 thr Craft Spells at the Chapel, S.F. a/a ** jul 17 thr Damien Dempsey, The Shams at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $25 8pm/9pm ** jul 17 thr Gas Rag (Chicago), Suicideas (Barcelona, Spain), Blazing Eye (L.A.), Scalped at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $8 8:30pm ** @ jul 17 thr Sporting Life, J. Kick & Rent Control, Y-Axes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** jul 17 thr Colbie Caillat at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** jul 17 thr The English Beat, The Holdup, Finish Ticket at St. James Park, San Jose a/a $10/$20 4:45pm/5:15pm ** (Live 105) jul 17 thr Li Xi, Everyone Is Dirty at Cafe Stritch, 374 South 1st Street, San Jose a/a free 9pm ** jul 17 thr The Native Sibling, Hurricane Roses at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $10/$12 8pm/8:30pm # ** jul 18 fri Slightly Stoppid, NoFX, Stephen Marley at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a 5:30pm # *** @ jul 18 fri Seis Pistos at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ ** jul 18 fri The Foreign Exchange at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $26/$31 9pm ** jul 18 fri Zongo Junction (album release), Afrolicious, Brass Magic at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $17 8pm/9pm ** jul 18 fri Zed, Parachute On Fire, Time Spent Driving at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** jul 18 fri The Field, Blu Farm at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $18/$22 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 18 fri Minipop at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 18 fri The Faultliners at Studio 55 Marin, San Rafael a/a $13-$15 8pm ** jul 18 fri Jimmy Clif at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $75-$35 6pm/7:30pm # *** jul 18 fri Jewel at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** jul 18 fri Strangelove (tribute) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jul 18 fri The Fixx at the Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a free 6:30pm and 8:30pm *** jul 18 fri Wolves In The Throne Room at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$17 8pm/8:30pm # *** jul 18 fri Sir Mix-A-Lot at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$20 8pm/9pm # *** jul 18/19 The English Beat at City Winery, 1030 Main Street, Napa a/a $50-$40 6pm/8pm *** jul 19 sat Mfb, Lime Girls, Subanist, Icko Sicko, Smiling Vagrants, Gabriela Santi, the Invisible Sundial, Alisa at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $8 5:30pm *** @ jul 19 sat The Zoopy Show at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 19 sat Vastum, Old Skin (Seattle), Lycus at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $8 7pm *** @ jul 19 sat Jimmy Cliff at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $39.50 8pm/9m # *** jul 19 sat The Aquabats, Koo Koo Kanga Roo at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** jul 19 sat Radical Something, Solwave, Louder Space at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16/$18 9pm ** jul 19 sat Joe Bataan, Dakila, Lil Brown Brother at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $45/$50 8pm ** jul 19 sat Strangelove (tribute), Temptation (tribute) at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 8pm/9pm ** jul 19 sat Magik Markers, Jackie O. Motherfucker at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** jul 19 sat Yung Lean & Sadboys at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jul 19 sat Black Fork (20th anniversary), Kicker, Wet Spots at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm *** @ jul 19 sat Jason Cruz And Howl, the Darlings, The Pullmen, The Famous at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 19 sat The Rikk Agnew Band at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jul 19 sat Shwayze, Bmbc at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $12/$15 8pm/9pm # ** jul 19 sat The Polyphonic Spree at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm # ** jul 19 sat Blood On The Dance Floor, Millionaires, Haley Rose, Lonely Avenue, Internet Friends, Zach Van Dyck at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $15 6pm *** jul 19 sat Prylosis, Zed (San Jose), Madison Ave, ForNeveR (1st show) at the Back 9, 7925 Arcadia Drive, Citurs Heights a/a free 7pm/8pm ** jul 20 sun Body Of Light, Some Ember, Window at the Night Light, Oakland 21+ ** jul 20 sun The Grief counselors, Dick And Jane at the Fireside Lounge, Alameda 21+ $3 ** jul 20 sun May'n (Japan) at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $46/$51 8pm *** jul 20 sun Blue Diamond Fillups at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a 11am/4pm ** jul 20 sun Rich Robinson at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $22/$25 7pm/8pm ** jul 20 sun Floating Goat, Venomous Maximus (TX), Hornss at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 6pm ** (early show) jul 20 sun Kenny Loggins at the Uptown Theater, Napa 21+ *** jul 20 sun The Go Go's, Patty Smyth And Scandal, Martha Davis And The Motels, Cutting Crew, Naked Eyes at Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $50-$120 5:30pm # *** jul 21 mon Tori Amos at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $45/$60 7pm/8pm # *** jul 21 mon The Hold Steady, Cheap Girls at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $30 8pm ** jul 21 mon The Chain Gang Of 1974, Empires, The Frail at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 21 mon Goo Goo Dolls & Daughtry, Plain White T's at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** jul 22 tue Old Man Wizard, Blackwulf, Pale Ape at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ $7 7pm ** jul 22 tue Say Anything, The Front Bottoms, The So So Glos, You Blew It! at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 7pm # *** jul 22 tue White Lung, Was Idols at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm ** jul 22 tue Ben Watt With Bernard Butler at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $22/$25 7pm/8pm ** jul 22 tue The Gallery, Honor By August, Alexis Keegan (L.A.) at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 22 tue Midnite at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jul 22 tue Lyle Lovett And His Large Band at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** jul 23 wed Man Or Astro-Man? at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** jul 23 wed Forgotten Gods, Old Man Wizard, Blackwulf at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** jul 23 wed Motley Crue, Alice Cooper at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $25-$125 5:30pm/7pm # *** jul 23 wed Chris Isaak at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** jul 23 wed Rittz at the Catayst, Santa Cruz 16+ $22/$25 7pm/8pm # ** jul 23 wed Roach Gigz, Philthy Rich, Kid Swag at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $25 7pm *** jul 24 thr Loren Davidson at Forbidden Island, 1304 Lincoln Avenue, Alameda 21+ free 8:30pm ** jul 24 thr Claudio Simonetti's Goblin, Hate Eternal, Stolen Babies at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $42.50/$50 8pm # *** @ jul 24 thr The Cache Valley Drifters at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $20/$23 7pm/8pm ** jul 24 thr Erica Sunshine Lee, The Go Ahead, Lou Evans at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jul 24 thr Kitten at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 7:30pm/8:30pm ** jul 24 thr Annie Girl And The Flight, Split Screens, Perhapsy at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** jul 24 thr The Dustbowl Revival at Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley a/a $12/$15 7pm ** jul 24 thr Toni Braxton at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** jul 24 thr Jason Cruz & Howl, The Pullmen, The Darings at the Catayst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $8/$10 8:30pm/9pm # ** jul 24 thr Moonshine Bandits, Dry Country Drinkdrs at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $16 6:30pm ** jul 25 fri Beach Bums, Free Drunk, Sector 7-G, Midnite Snaxxx, Party Bus, Her at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $5 6:30pm/7pm *** @ jul 25 fri Julianne Hough And Derek Hough at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** jul 25 fri Scissors For Lefty, Anaura (cd release), Rio Rio at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9:30pm ** jul 25 fri Seedless, Da Mainland, Hirie, Animo at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $13/$16 9pm ** jul 25 fri Matt Alber, Lou Jane at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** jul 25 fri Life Stinks, Bad Daddies, Quaaludes, Violence Creeps, Hank Wood And The Hammerheads, Blazing Eyes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 6pm ** jul 25 fri Patchy Sanders, Sound Of Sirens at Studio 55 Marin, San Rafael a/a $15-$18 8pm ** jul 25 fri Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, Rick Springfield at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** jul 25 fri Gregg Rolie (from Santana) at the Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a free 6:30pm and 8:30pm ** jul 25 fri Taj He Spitz, Lil Blood, Lil Rue, Ant Dog at the Catayst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$25 8:30pm/9pm # ** jul 25 fri Journey, Steve Miller Band at the Amphitheater, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Marysville a/a # *** jul 25 fri Anthrax at Thunder Valley Casino, 1200 Athens Avenue, Lincoln 18+ # *** jul 25 fri Motley Crue, Alice Cooper at Reno Events Center, 300 N Center St., Reno, NV a/a 7pm # *** jul 25/26 The Neighbourhood, 100s, White Arrows at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # ** (fri sold out) jul 26 sat Druglords Of The Avenues, Death March, Nihilist Cunt, Self-Inflicted Wounds, Los Creepers, Baja Sociedad at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $10 6:30pm/7pm *** @ (Jeff Armstrong's Birthday day 1) jul 26 sat Victoria And The Vaudevillians, Sorrow Church at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** jul 26 sat The Purple Ones (tribute), The Goldenhearts at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16/$20 9pm ** jul 26 sat The Dustbowl Revival, Quinn Deveaux, Conspiracy Of Venus at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $16/$18 9pm ** jul 26 sat Johnathan Rice at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 8pm/9pm ** jul 26 sat Soulfly at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # *** jul 26 sat Matt Pryor, What's Eating Gilbert, The Josh Berwanger Band at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8pm/9pm ** jul 26 sat M.O.T.O., Sharp Objects, The Boars at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** jul 26 sat Stu Tails, Dewey & The Peoples, Among Criminals at Neck of the Woods, S.F. 21+ $5/$7 9pm/9:30pm ** jul 26 sat Voodoo Glow Skulls, La Plebe, Monkey at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm *** @ jul 26 sat D-Lo, Philthy Rich, Kidd Swagg at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $22 8pm *** jul 26 sat Petty Theft (4pm), Fast Times 80's, Bohemian Highway at First & B Streets, Benicia a/a $10 11am ** (Waterfront Fest) jul 26 sat Margaret The King at San Pedro Square Market, San Jose a/a free ** jul 26 sat Journey, Steve Miller Band, Tower Of Power at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $151-$40 5pm/6:45pm # *** jul 26 sat Don McLean, Judy Collins at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** jul 26 sat The Holdup at the Catayst, Santa Cruz 16+ $16/$20 7pm/8pm # *** jul 26 sat Tainted Love at Harlow's, 2708 J Street, Sacramento 21+ ** jul 27 sun Voodoo Glow Skulls, Left Alone, Jokes For Feelings, The Skunkadelics at 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley a/a $12 4:30pm/5pm *** @ (Jeff Armstrong's Birthday day 2) jul 27 sun Petty Theft (3:30pm - tribute) at Park Street Art & Wine Faire, Alameda a/a free 10am ** jul 27 sun Up Your Alley Fair, S.F. jul 27 sun The Clientele, the Tyde, Matt Kivel at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $17 7pm/8pm ** jul 27 sun Alabaster And The Original Bastards, Colonel Jimmy at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 11am/4pm ** jul 27 sun Sea Of Bones at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** jul 27 sun Sly & Robbie at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jul 27 sun Tortilla Soup, The Kevin Russell Band, House Of Floyd at First & B Streets, Benicia a/a $10 11am ** (Waterfront Fest) jul 27 sun Santana at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $156-$32 7pm/8pm # *** jul 27 sun Bret Michaels at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** jul 28 mon Andrew Jackson Jihad, Hard Girls, Dogbreth at Slim's, S.F. 6+ $16 8pm ** jul 28 mon Undergang (Denmark), Vastum, Trepanation (Seattle), Astraes Pestis (Seattle) at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm *** @ jul 28 mon Castle, Slough Feg at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** @ jul 28 mon Foreigner at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** jul 28 mon Kevin Gates, Chevy Woods at the Catayst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$18 8:30pm/9pm # ** jul 29 tue Dub Thompson, All Your Sisters at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 29 tue Hundred Waters at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** jul 29 tue Journey, Steve Miller Band, Tower Of Power at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $154/$40 5pm/6:45pm # *** jul 29 tue Andrew Jackson Jihad, Hard Girls, Dogbreth at Rio Theater, 1205 Soquel, Santa Cruz a/a $12/$15 7:30pm ** jul 29 tue Motley Crue, Alice Cooper at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Wheatland a/a # *** jul 29 tue cancelled: Brasil, Sealion at the Hemlock, S.F. jul 30 wed Stooges Brass Band at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $18/$20 8pm/9pm ** jul 30 wed The Budos Band at the Independent, S.F .21+ $25 7:30pm/8pm ** jul 30 wed Free Salamander Exhibit, Dead Rider, Faun Fables at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 30 wed Arcade Fire at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $71-$31 6pm/7:30pm # *** @ jul 30 wed An Atomic Whirl at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** jul 30 wed Journey at Outdoor Arena, Harveys, Lake Tahoe ?/? *** jul 31 thr Skinny Douglas at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $10 9pm ** (hip-hop) jul 31 thr Jay Brannan, Terra Naomi at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $14 8:30pm/9pm ** jul 31 thr Miniature Tigers, Holychild, The Griswolds at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $15/$17 8pm *** jul 31 thr Adam Widener, Those Howlings (Austin, TX), Jet Trash at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** jul 31 thr Chicago, REO Speedwagon at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $99-$30 # *** jul 31 thr Prince Royce at the Event Center, 290 S 7th Street, San Jose State a/a # ** jul 31 thr Dierks Bentley, Chris Young, Chase Rice, Jon Pardi at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $54-$30 5:30pm/7pm # *** jul 31 thr Taj Mahal Trio, John Hiatt & The Combo at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $95-$40 6pm/7:30pm ** jul 31 thr Xlu Xlu, Circuit Des Yeux at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz ?/? *** jul 31 thr Mania (tribute) at El Dorado Hills Town Center, 4364 Town Center Blvd., El Dorado Hills a/a free 6:30pm ** aug 1 fri Undergang (Denmark), Necrot, Scolex at Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland 21+ 7pm *** @ aug 1 fri Real Estate at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/10pm # *** aug 1 fri Foxy Shazam at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** aug 1 fri Sila, Native Elements at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $17/$20 8pm/9pm ** aug 1 fri Papa Bear And The Easy Love, Michael Mowgli And Friends, Rachel Lark, Trevor Bahson, Michael James, Patchy Sanders at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 1 fri Xlu Xlu, Circuit Des Yeux, Father Murphy (Italy) at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/9:30pm *** aug 1 fri Omar Souleyman at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** aug 1 fri Soft Bombs, The Moore Bros., The Rabbles at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 1 fri Petty Theft (tribute), Tainted Love at Bimbo's 365 Club, S.F. 21+ ** aug 1 fri The Beach Boys at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 1 fri Y&T at the Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a free 6:30pm and 8:30pm *** aug 1 fri Mike Stud, Cody Brazil at the Catayst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $14-$50 8:30pm/9pm # ** aug 2 sat New Edition, Joe & The World Famous Rick And Russ Show at the Arena, Oakland a/a # ** aug 2 sat Zepparella at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** aug 2 sat Echo & The Bunnymen at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** aug 2 sat Ceremony at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $12 8pm *** aug 2 sat The Loudmouths, Slouching Stars, Society Dog, Exploding Castro Cigars, We Could Be Friends, Raging Malcontents, Off The Grid (Hilo HI), Uke Band, Peddlers, David Nudelman (solo) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 6pm *** @ (Rotfest) aug 2 sat Real Estate at Gundlach Bundschu Winery, 2000 Denmark St., Sonoma a/a $40 6pm/7:30pm *** aug 2 sat Boston, The Doobie Brothers, John Kay & Steppenwolf at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $106-$31 5:30pm/7pm # *** (Bonebash) aug 2 sat Austin Mahone, The Vamps, Fifth Harmony, Shawn Mendes at Event Center, 290 S. 7th St., San Jose State a/a # *** aug 2 sat Andrew Bird & The Hands Of Glory at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 2 sat Dead Souls (tribute) at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** aug 2 sat Gentleman And The evolution at the Catayst, Santa Cruz 16+ $28/$32 8pm/9pm # ** aug 2 sat The Beach Boys at the Silver Legacy Casino, 407 N. Virginia Street, Reno NV 18+ 8pm *** aug 2 sat Xlu Xlu, Circuit Des Yeux at Jambalaya, 915 H Street, Arcata 21+ *** aug 3 sun Axwell at the Craneway Pavilion, 1414 Harbour Way, Richmond a/a $30/$50 7pm/8pm # ** aug 3 sun Scale the Summit, Glass Cloud, Erra, Monuments, Reflections at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $15 8pm ** aug 3 sun Third World, See-I at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** aug 3 sun Sweet Ghosts, The Human Condition at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** aug 3 sun Creedence Clearwater Revisited, Robert Randolph & The Family Band at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 3 sun Real Estate at the Catayst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $22/$25 8pm/9pm # *** aug 3 sun Boston at Outdoor Arena, Harveys, Lake Tahoe ?/? *** aug 4 mon Primitive Man (CO), Hexis (Denmark), Plague Widow, Augurs at Sub-Mission Gallery, S.F. a/a 7pm *** @ aug 4 mon Hurry Up Shotgun, Songs For Snakes, Skinaffect at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** @ aug 4 mon Bad Suns, Kiev at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** aug 4 mon Foxygen at Lagunitas Brewing Company, 1280 N. McDowell Blvd., Petaluma ?/? ** aug 4 mon Nickel Creek at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 5 tue Primitive Man, Hexis, Negative Standards, Abstracter at the First Church of the Buzzard, 2601 Adeline, Oakland a/a *** @ aug 5 tue Our Last Night, Set If Off, Heartist at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8pm/8:30pm *** @ aug 5 tue Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Stagnant Pools at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** aug 5 tue Michael McDonald, Toto at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 5/6 Beyonce, Jay Z at S.F. Giants Ball Park, S.F. a/a $256-$41 6pm/8pm # *** (tue sold out) aug 6 wed The Good Life, Big Harp, You Are Plural at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 7pm/8pm ** aug 6 wed Emerson Hart & Tony Lucca at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ $22/$24 8pm ** aug 6 wed !Aparato! at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** aug 6 wed Tony Bennett at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a *** aug 7 thr Glen Hansard at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** aug 7 thr Wild Cub at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 7 thr RX Bandits, The Dear Hunter, From Indian Lakes at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # *** aug 7 thr Coo Coo Birds, The Singles, Wag at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm *** aug 7 thr Ian Fays, Happy Otherwise at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** aug 7 thr Drenge at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 7 thr New Monsoon at City Winery, 1030 Main Street, Napa a/a $30-$20 6pm/8pm ** aug 7 thr Sarah Brightman at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 7 thr Foxygen at Gundlach Bundschu Winery, 2000 Denmark St., Sonoma a/a $37.50 6pm/7:30pm *** aug 7 thr Cash Prophets (tribute) at El Dorado Hills Town Center, 4364 Town Center Blvd., El Dorado Hills a/a free 6:30pm ** aug 8 fri Crocodiles at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $12/$15 8pm/9pm *** aug 8 fri Smith Westerns, Wampire, Social Studies at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ ** aug 8 fri Absinthe Rose at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $9 7pm ** aug 8 fri Early Graves, Theories, Bedrucken at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm *** @ aug 8 fri Joan Rivers at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a $35-$75 5:30pm # *** aug 8 fri Starship at the Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a free 6:30pm and 8:30pm ** aug 8 fri Juicy J, Project pat at the Catayst, Santa Cruz 16+ $35/$39.50 8pm/9pm # *** aug 8 fri Miranda Lambert, Justin Moore, Thomas Rhett, Jukebox Mafia at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Wheatland a/a $54-$30 6pm/7:30pm # *** aug 8 fri Aerosmith, Slash, Myles Kennedy And the Conspirators at Harveys, Stateline NV ?/? # *** aug 8-11 Kanye West, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Killers, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Arctic Monkeys, Tiesto, Death Cab For Cutie, Disclosure, The Flaming Lips, Ray LaMontagne, Spoon, Atmosphere, Cut Copy, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Tegan & Sara, Duck Sauce, Haim, Chromeo, Ben Howard, Lykke Li, Chvrches, Paolo Nutini, Capital Cities, Kacey Musgraves, Local Natives, Jenny Lewis, Grouplove, John Butler Trio, Tycho, The Kooks, Sbtrkt, Nicki Bluhm And The Gramblers, Boys Noize, Phosphorescent, Run The Jewels, Deer Tick, Holy Ghost!, Warpaint, Flume, Lucius, Typhoon, Dum Dum Girls, The Soul Rebels, Gold Panda, Christopher Owens, Greensky Bluegrass, Bleachers, Big Freedia, Jagwar Ma, Woods, Watsky, Nahko And Medicine For The People, Valerie June, Mikal Cronin, Imelda May, Vance Joy, The Brothers Comatose, Gardens & Villa, Jonathan Wilson, Tumbleweed Wanderers, Givers, Aer, Courtney Barnett, Bear Hands, Finish Ticket, The Districts, RayLand Baxter, Night Terrors Of 1927, Trails And Ways, Nocona at Outside Lands, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a $255/$275 # *** (sold out) aug 9 sat Milo Greene, Wild Belle at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a ** aug 9 sat Big Sam's funky Nation at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $18/$20 8pm/9pm ** aug 9 sat Ex-Cult, Zig Zags at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ ** @ aug 9 sat Forrest Day at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 9 sat Mick Foley at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $25 8pm *** (seated) aug 9 sat Miranda Lambert, Justin Moore, Thomas Rhett, Jukebox Mafia at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a # *** aug 9 sat Amos Lee Amy Helm & The Handsome Strangers at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 9 sat .38 Special, Creedence Clearwater Revisited at Thunder Valley Casino, 1200 Athens Avenue, Lincoln 18+ 7pm ** aug 9/10 Railroad Earth, Zappa Plays Zappa, Rodney Crowell, Animal Liberation Orchestra, James McMurtry Band, Dead Winter Carpenters, New Monsoon at Mountain Sol, Roaring Camp Meadows, Felton a/a noon *** aug 10 sun Us The Duo at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** aug 10 sun King Tuff, The Men at the Brick & Mortar, S.F. 18+ ** aug 10 sun Apogee Sound Club, Violence Creeps, Nerve Beats, Tyrants at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm *** @ aug 10 sun Ex-Cult, Zig Zags at Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth St., Santa Rosa a/a ** @ aug 10 sun Aaron Neville And Dr. John & The Nite Trippers, The New Orleans Suspects at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 10 sun Unauthorized Rolling Stones (tribute), Petty Theft (tribute), Foreverland (tribute) at Hamburger & Hops Music Fest, 100 Aptos Creek Road, Aptos a/a 11am ** aug 11 mon Basement, Cloakroom, Creative Adult, Fell To Low at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$14 7pm/7:30pm *** @ aug 11 mon Justin Timberlake at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $200-$50 7pm/8pm # *** aug 11 mon Smash Mouth, Sugar Ray, Blues Traveler, Uncle Kracker at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 11 mon I Declare War, Oceano, The Last Ten Seconds Of Life, Barrier at the Catayst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $12/$15 6pm/6pm # *** aug 11 mon Ex-Cult, Zig Zags at the Shanty. 213 3rd St., Eureka 21+ ** @ aug 12 tue Wimps (Seattle) at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 8:30pm ** aug 12 tue ZZ Top & Jeff Beck at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 12 tue Usnea, Forn, Augurs, Abstracter at the Witch Haus, Santa Cruz a/a 7pm ** @ aug 13 wed Della Mae, The Easy Leaves (duo) at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15/$17 7pm/8pm ** aug 13 wed Fka Twigs at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $15 8pm/9pm ** aug 13 wed Aerosmith, Slash, Myles Kennedy And the Conspirators at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $225-$49 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** aug 13 wed Lila Downs at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $75-$35 6pm/7:30pm ** aug 13 wed Deep Purple at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 14 thr Sara Bareilles at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # ** aug 14 thr Paul McCartney at Candlestic Park, S.F. a/a 8pm # **** $ aug 14 thr The Life And Times, Wildlife, Together We Can Rule The Galazy at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 14 thr Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a ** aug 15 fri Impaled, Sourvein (VA), Bloody Phoenix (L.A.), Splatter House (Portland), Bell Witch (Seattle), Endless Demise (L.A.), Megaton Leviathan (Portland), Strong Intention (MD), Harassor (L.A.), Age Of Collapse (San Diego), Pig Life (San Diego), Angst (L.A.), Negative Standards, Augurs, Connoisseur, Enemigo at the Metro, Oakland a/a $20 6:45pm/7pm # *** @ (Deadfest) aug 15 fri Counting Crows, Toad The Wet Sproket, Daniel & The Lion at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley a/a $85-$39.50 7pm # *** aug 15 fri The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit, The Weary Boys at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 15 fri MC Lars, Mr. Kind (ep release), Rivvrs (record release) at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 15 fri The Mighty Mighty Bosstones at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $30 8pm/9pm # *** @ aug 15 fri Spray Paints (Austin), CCR Headcleaner at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $8 9pm ** aug 15 fri Some Fear None, Shotgun Harlot, Pushing The Sun at Vinnie's Bar, 2045 Mount Diablo Street, Concord 21+ ** aug 15 fri Bruno Mars at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # *** aug 15 fri Wanda Jackson at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** aug 15 fri Eddie Money at the Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a free 6:30pm and 8:30pm *** aug 15 fri Marty O'Reily And the Old Soul Orchestra, Carolyn Sills Combo at the Catayst, Santa Cruz 21+ $15/$18 8pm/8:30pm # ** aug 15 fri ZZ Top, Jeff Beck at Ironstone Vineyards, Murphys a/a $153-$48 7pm # *** aug 15/16 Brownout, The Nibblers, Jelly Bread, Stymie, Afrofunk Experience, Big Sticky Mess, Drop Theory, Funk Revival Orchestra, GravyBrain, Groovincible, High Beamz, Idea Team, Indian From Pluto, Mark Sexton, Mission Players, Mojo Green, Moksha, Swamp Zen, Sway, Tracorum, Zuhg at Forthe Funk of It Festival, Belden a/a *** (camping) aug 16 sat Excruciating Terror (L.A.), Noothgrush, Mass Grave (Canada), Gehenna, Night Nurse (Portland), Transient (Portland), Raw Nerves (Portland), Usnea (Portland), Forn, Communion Of Theives (TX),Bio Crisis (Mexico), Theories (Seattle), Wake (Canada), War Fair? (AZ), Biocidio (AZ), Dead Issue (L.A.), Final Draft (L.A.), Diatribe (San Diego), Funerary (AZ), Green Terror Marron Berry (L.A.), Godstomper (Campbell), Your Enemy, Dead Pressure (San Jose), Plauge Widow (Sacramento), Tomxhanks (Sacramento), Ordstro, Feind (Fresno), No Fucks Given, Volatile Substance, Monte (San Jose) at the Metro, Oakland a/a $20 4pm # **** @ (Deadfest) aug 16 sat Lila Downs at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $38 8pm/9pm # ** aug 16 sat Stu Allen And Mars Hotel, The Fall Risk at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** aug 16 sat Lynyrd Skynyrd at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** aug 16 sat Night Riots at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 16 sat Silent Pictures at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 16 sat Kool & The Gang, En Vogue at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 16/17/18 Built To Spill, Slam Dunk, The Warm Hair at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** aug 17 sun M. Lockwood Porter, Feeding Frenzy at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 11am/4pm ** aug 17 sun Reckless Kelly, Micky & The Motorcars, Cody Canada & The Departed at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ 8pm ** aug 17 sun Bell Witch (Seattle), Badr Vogu, Ephemeros (Portland), Larvae at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $8 4pm *** @ aug 17 sun Modern Kicks, Dirty Denim, Dirty Eyes at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** aug 17 sun Fall Out Boy, Paramore, New Politics at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $69-$29 6pm/7pm # *** aug 17 sun Lynyrd Skynyrd at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 18 mon Man Man, Landlady at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $20 8pm/9pm ** aug 19 tue The Dirty Heads, Pepper at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $29.50/$32 7pm/8pm # ** aug 19 tue Fucked Up, Tijuana Panthers at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** @ aug 19 tue Amanda X at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** aug 19 tue Yes at City National Civic, 135 San Carlos St., San Jose a/a # *** aug 20 wed Boris, Marriages at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 7:30pm/8pm *** aug 20 wed Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Galactic at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 20 wed The Murder City Devils at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm *** aug 20 wed Man Man at Catayst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $16/$18 8pm/8:30pm # ** aug 20 wed Dirty Rotten Imbeciles at Lost on Main, Chico, 319 Main Street, Chico 21+ *** @ aug 21 thr Bell Witch (Seattle), Ephemeros (Portland), Lycus, Gloam at the Night Light, Oakland 21+ $8 7pm *** @ aug 21 thr Rixton at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** aug 21 thr Joanna Gruesome, Manatee, dj's at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $12/$14 9:30pm ** aug 21 thr Hawthorne Heights, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ $19/$23 8pm *** aug 21 thr Ride The Blinds, the Richmond Sluts, Hot Lunch at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 21 thr Dirty Rotten Imbeciles, Angerhead, Iron Assault at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $20 7pm *** @ aug 21 thr Boris, Marriages at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $16/$17 8pm/8:30pm # *** aug 21 thr Journey Unauthorized (tribute) at El Dorado Hills Town Center, 4364 Town Center Blvd., El Dorado Hills a/a free 6:30pm ** aug 21/22 Murder City Devils, Deep Creep (thr), Constant Lovers (fri), Corey J. Brewer at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** aug 22 fri Dirty Rotten Imbeciles, Hatriot, Blind Illusion, Angerhead, Cultural Warfare, The King Must Die at the Metro, Oakland a/a $25 6:30pm/7pm # *** @ aug 22 fri Little Dragon at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** (sold out - see oct 24th) aug 22 fri B.B. King at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # *** aug 22 fri Patrizio (Italy) at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $38/$40 8pm/9pm ** aug 22 fri Cocktails, Zodiac Death Valley, O Presidente at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 22 fri Dave Koz & Friends, Mindi Abair, Gerald Albright & Richard Elliot at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $125-$40 6pm/7:30pm ** aug 22 fri Wiz Khalifa, Tyga, Rich Homie Quan, Iamsu, Mack Wilds, dj Drama at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $79-$29 5pm/6pm # ** aug 22 fri Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 22 fri Great White at the Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a free 6:30pm and 8:30pm *** aug 22 fri Fiji at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $23/$28 8pm/9pm # ** 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 Campus a/a 7pm # *** aug 23 sat Peresephone's Bees, Fredo Ortiz, Brigid Dawson, Karina Denike at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $18/$20 8pm/9pm ** aug 23 sat Keyshia Cole at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $29.50 8pm/9pm # ** aug 23 sat Jack White at Civic Center, 99 Grove Street, S.F. a/a # *** aug 23 sat Charmless, Half Blast, Lucky Jesus at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 23 sat Sylvan Esso, Dana Buoy at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 23 sat Rascal Flatts, Sheryl Crow, Gloriana at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $76-$28 6pm/7:30pm # *** aug 23 sat B.B. King, The Blind Boys Of Alabama at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 23 sat The Spit Muffins at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ 9pm ** aug 23 sat Y&T, Restrayned, Force Of Habit at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a $22 7pm *** aug 23/24 Beck, The National, The Naked And Famous, Phantogram, Best Coast, Dawes, Cults, Cocorosie, Blind Pilot, Lake Street Dive, Tokyo Police Club, Geographer, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Midlake, How To Dress Well, San Fermin, The Men, Lo-Fang, Miniature Tigers, Midi Matilda, Speedy Ortiz, Sleepy Sun, The Stepkids, Mimicking Birds, Quilt, Mr Little Jeans, The Lonely Wild, The Family Crest, Doe Eye, Cool Ghouls, Survival Guide, Liars, Future Islands, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Tanlines, Connan Mockasin, vauderville, carnival, marketplace at County Fair & Event Center, 2004 Fairground Road, Monterey a/a $160 (2 day) # *** (First City Festival) aug 24 sun The Tough Brothers at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 11am/4pm ** aug 24 sun Ancient Altar at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 8:30pm ** aug 24 sun Nine Ince Nails, Soundgarden, Death Grips at Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View a/a $106-$36 6pm/7pm # *** @ aug 24 sun Brian Regan at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 24 sun Dirty Rotten Imbeciles, Ghoul, Evol, Total Badass at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $20/$24 8pm/8pm # *** @ aug 25 mon Slint at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a # *** aug 25 mon Earth Wind & Fire at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 26 tue Jack Johnson, Michael Kiwanuka at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # ** aug 26 tue Apocryphon, Connoisseur, Infinite Waste at the Elbo Room, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** @ (Jesika Christ Benefit) aug 26 tue The Rosebuds at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$15 7:30pm/8pm ** aug 26 tue Frampton's Guitar Circus at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** aug 26 tue Presidents Of The United States Of America, July Talk at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $22/$25 7pm/8pm # *** aug 26 tue Dropdead, Godstomper, Full Of Hell, Noisem at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $22/$25 8:30pm/9pm # *** @ aug 26 tue Earth Wind & Fire at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a *** aug 27 wed The Presidents Of The United States Of America at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** aug 27 wed Gipsy Kings, Ole' Noys at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 27 wed The Beach Boys at Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore a/a 8:15pm *** aug 28 thr Brand New, Joyce Manor, Broncho at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** (sold out) aug 28 thr David Gray (U.K.) at Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakland a/a $90-$40 7pm/8pm # ** 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 # *** aug 28 thr Matisyahu, Ozomatli, Makua Rothman at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 28 thr Super Huey (tribute) at El Dorado Hills Town Center, 4364 Town Center Blvd., El Dorado Hills a/a free 6:30pm ** aug 29 fri Whiplash at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** aug 29 fri Rat Columns, Cold Beat, Yi at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ** aug 29 fri Mission Of Burma at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** $ aug 29 fri The Fab Four (tribute) at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 29 fri Papa Doo Run Run at the Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz a/a free 6:30pm and 8:30pm ** aug 29 fri J-Boog, Groundation at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $30/$35 8pm/9pm # *** aug 30 sat Strand Of Oaks at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** aug 30 sat Dog Party at San Pedro Square Market, San Jose a/a free ** aug 30 sat Tom Bailey, Howard Jones, Midge Ure, Katrina at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** aug 31 sun The Highway Poets at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 11am/4pm ** aug 31 sun Pookie & The Poodles, The Gooch Palms (Austrailia), Elvis Christ at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm ** aug 31 sun Bombino at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $22/$25 8:30pm/9pm ** aug 31 sun Babyface, Blackstreet, Jagged Edge, 112, Dru Hill & Next at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $134-$31 4pm/5pm # ** (KBLX) aug 31 sun The Offspring, Bad Religion, Pennywise, The Vandals, Stiff Little Fingers at Shoreline Parking Lot, Mountian View a/a $26 2:30pm/3:30pm # *** @ sep 2 tue Elvis Costello & The Imposters at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** sep 3 wed Enrique Bunbury at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $49.50 7pm/8pm # ** sep 3 wed Kins at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10 8pm ** sep 3 wed Bear In Heaven at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm *** sep 3 wed Joey Cape, Chris Cresswell, Brian Wahlstrom at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 8pm ** sep 4 thr Skynnyn Lynnyrd Band (tribute) at El Dorado Hills Town Center, 4364 Town Center Blvd., El Dorado Hills a/a free 6:30pm ** sep 5 fri Senses Fail, No Bragging Rights, Knuckle Puck at Slim's, S.F. 6+ 8pm *** sep 5 fri Tribal Seeds, New Kingston, The Expanders at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # ** sep 5 fri Luce, The Ponies, New American Farmers, Melissa Phillips And James DePrato at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 5 fri Film School, Hot Fog (record release), Ad Hawk, Peace Creep, dj Foodcourt at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm ** sep 5 fri The California Honeydrops at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$19 8pm/9pm # ** sep 6 sat Feed Me at the Warfield, S.F. a/a # ** sep 6 sat The Bruce Lee Band at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/412 8:30pm/9pm *** @ sep 6 sat Keith Urban, Jerrod Niemann, Brett Eldredge at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $60-$30 # ** sep 6 sat Huey Lewis And The News at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** sep 7 sun Coheed And Cambria, Thank You Scientist at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** sep 7 sun Marc Anthony at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $234-$39 6pm/7pm # *** sep 7/8 Dita Von Teese at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a ** sep 8 mon Shakey Graves at Lagunitas Brewing Company, 1280 N. McDowell Blvd., Petaluma ?/? ** sep 8/9 Swans, Carla Bozulich at the Independent, S.F. 21+ *** sep 11 thr Passenger at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** sep 11 thr Chicago at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** sep 12 fri Owen Pallett at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 12 fri Porter Robinson at Civic Center, 99 Grove St., S.F. a/a # ** (EDM) sep 12 fri Il Sogno Del Marinaio, Lite, Apogee Sound Club at Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/412 8:30pm/9pm *** @ sep 12 fri Wanda Sykes at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $95-$35 6pm/7:30pm ** sep 13 sat Greg Brown at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 13 sat Blake Shelton, The Band Perry, Dan + Shay, Neal McCoy at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a $59/$29.25 5:30pm/7pm # *** sep 13 sat Weezer, The Offspring, Limpbizkit, Awolnation, Chevelle, Bad Religion, pepper, Black Label Society, Hellyeah, Memphis May Fire, Fuel, Dead Sara, Nothing More, The Last Internationale, Butcher Babies, Emmure, Sleepwave, Anti-Mortem (OK), Eyes Set To Kill, Viza, Dig The Kid Anti-Mortem at Discovery Park, 1600 Garden Hwy., Sacramento a/a $59.50 11am **** @ (Aftershock Festival day 1) sep 14 sun R5 at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $32.50/$35 5:30pm/6:30pm # ** $ sep 14 sun Ben Harper at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** sep 14 sun Black Label Society, Butcher Babies, Anti-Mortem at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $29/$33 7pm/8pm ** @ sep 14 sun Roberto Carlos at Event Center, 290 S. 7th St., San Jose State a/a # ** sep 14 sun Rob Zombie, Godsmack, Five Finger Death Punch, Rise Against, See Ther, Mastodon, Pennywise, Theory Of A Deadman, Buckcherry, Of Mice & Men, We Came As Romans, Black Stone Cherry, Kyng, Otherwise, Lacuna Coil, Redlight King, We Are harlot, Burn Halo, Crossfaith, New Medicine, Cilver at Discovery Park, 1600 Garden Hwy., Sacramento a/a $59.50 11am **** @ (Aftershock Festival day 2) sep 16 tue Yanni at the Arena, Oakland a/a # ** sep 16 tue James McMurtry at Lagunitas Brewing Company, 1280 N. McDowell Blvd., Petaluma ?/? ** sep 16 tue Heart at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # *** sep 16 tue Rob Zombie at City National Civic, 135 San Carlos Street, San Jose a/a # *** sep 16 tue Drake, Lil Wayne at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a # ** sep 17 wed Ian Anderson (the Best of Jethro Tull) at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a 8pm # *** sep 17 wed Drake, Lil Wayne at the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Road, Wheatland a/a # ** sep 18 thr the Vibrators, Point Of View at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm *** @ sep 18 thr Natalie Cole at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga a/a $125-$40 6pm/7:30pm *** sep 18 thr Martina McBride at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** sep 18 thr Sole & dj Pain 1, Open Mike Eagle at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $10/$14 8:30pm/9pm # ** 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 18/19/20 The Airborne Toxic Event at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm (thr) 8pm/9pm (fri/sat) # *** sep 19 fri Dillon Francis, Diplo, Fatboy Slim, Strfkr at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # ** sep 19 fri Monarchy at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. 18+ $15/$17 9:30pm *** sep 19 fri Kaiser Chiefs, Howler at the Regency Ball Room, S.F. a/a $27/$30 8pm/9pm # *** sep 19 fri Linkin Park, Thirty Seconds To Mars, A.F.I. at the Pavilion, Concord a/a 6:30pm # *** @ sep 19 fri Crosby Stills and Nash at City National Civic, 135 San Carlos Street, San Jose a/a # *** sep 20 sat Old Crow Medicine Show at Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $37.50 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** sep 20 sat Son Lux, Helado Negro at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** sep 21 sun Folsom Street Fair, S.F. sep 21 sun Gerry & The Pacemakers, Chad & Jeremy, Billy J. Kramer, Mike Pender's Searchers, Denny Laine at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** sep 21/22 Train at Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $55 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** sep 22 mon Australian Pink Floyd Show at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $35/$55 8pm # ** sep 22/23 Katy Perry, Tegan And Sara at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # *** sep 23 tue George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Trampled Under Foot at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $38.59 7pm/8pm # *** sep 23 tue Kopecky Family Band at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12 7:30pm/8pm ** sep 23 tue Little Mix at National Civic, 135 San Carlos St., San Jose a/a $60-$40 6pm/7pm # ** sep 23 tue Temples, Wampire, Fever The Ghost at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $20 8pm/8:30pm # ** sep 24 wed Temples, Wampire at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** sep 25 thr Within Temptation, Amaranthe at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** sep 25 thr Zac Brown Band at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $88.50-$38.50 6pm/7pm # ** sep 26 fri Bob Mould at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 8pm/9pm # *** sep 26 fri A Day To Remember, Bring Me The Horizon, Chlodos at Event Center, 290 S. 7th St., San Jose State a/a $38.50 5:30pm/6:30pm # *** @ sep 26 fri Patti LaBelle, Lyfe Jennings at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** sep 26 fri Amon Amarth, Sabaton, Skeletonwitch at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $25/$29 7pm/8pm # *** @ sep 26 Aaron Carter at Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $15-$65 8:30pm/9pm # ** sep 27 sat The Orwells, Skaters at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** sep 27 sat Nerf Herder at the Bottom of the Hil, S.F. a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/9:30pm *** @ sep 27 sat Jason Aldean, Florida Georgia Line, Tyler Farr at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a # ** sep 27 sat Dana Carvey, Dennis Miller, Kevin Nealon at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** (comedy) sep 27 sat Andre Nickatina at the Catalyst, Santa Cruz 16+ $23/$28 8pm/9pm # ** sep 27 sat Amon Amarth, Sabaton, Skeletonwitch at the Ace of Spades, Sacramento a/a *** @ sep 28 sun Sam Smith at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** (sold out) sep 28 sun Sonata Arctica at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a 8pm # ** sep 28 sun Aaron Carter at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** sep 28 sun Slim Cessna's Auto Club at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** sep 28 sun Boney James, Jazz Attack, Jason Bodlovich Group at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** sep 28 sun The Orwells, Skaters at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$18 7pm/8pm # ** sep 30 tue Pixies, Royal Blood at Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $60/$50 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** oct 1 wed Kings Of Leon, Young The Giant at the Pavilion, Concord a/a $66-$30 6pm/7pm # *** oct 1 wed Elton John at the Arena, 1 Sports Arena Pkwy, Sacramento a/a $30-$160 7pm/8pm # *** oct 2 thr Lorde, Majical Cloudz at the Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley Campus a/a # ** oct 2 thr Savoy, Bright Lights at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** oct 2 thr Leo Kottke at City Winery, 1030 Main Street, Napa a/a $40-$30 6pm/8pm *** oct 2 thr Elton John at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # *** oct 3 fri Stromae at the Mezzanine, S.F. 21+ ** oct 3 fri Larry The Cable Guy at the Mountain Winery, Saratoga a/a # ** oct 3/4 King Crimson at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $55-$125 8pm *** oct 3/4/5 Hardley Strictly Bluegrass, Golden Gate Park, S.F. a/a free *** oct 5 sun The War On Drugs at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # *** oct 5 sun Bombay Bicycle Club, Milo Greene at the Warfield, S.F. a/a 3 *** oct 6 mon Kasabian at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** oct 7 tue Carbon Leaf (Richmond, VA) at Yoshi's, S.F. 21+ $24/$29 8pm ** oct 8 wed Lily Allen at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # ** oct 8 wed The Pretty Reckless, Adelitas Way at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # *** oct 9 thr GusGus, Kiko King & Creativemaze at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ $22 8pm/9pm ** oct 9 thr Ghost Parade, Rags & Ribbons, Kiven at the Bottom of the Hil, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9:30pm ** oct 9 thr Sondre Lerche at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 10 fri Shonen Knife (Japan), Death Valley Girls, Great Apes at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 8:30pm/9:30pm *** @ oct 10 fri Fink at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** oct 11 sat Pomplamoose at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9m # ** oct 11 sat Eddie & The Hot Rods, Dime Runner, The Richmond Sluts, Bad Coyotes at thee Parkside, S.F. 21+ $12 9pm *** oct 13 mon Turquoise Jeep at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $15 7pm/8pm ** oct 14 tue Enrique Iglesias, Pitbull at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a # ** oct 14 tue Turquoise Jeep at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $17/$20 8:30pm/9pm # ** oct 14/15 Of Montreal, Pillar Point at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** oct 15 wed La Ley at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $45 7pm/8pm # ** oct 16 thr The Horrors, Moon Duo at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # ** oct 17 fri Hozler, James Bay at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** oct 17 fri Daryl Hall & John Oates at Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $65/$55 7pm/8pm # *** oct 17 fri Cherub, Ghost Beach, Gibbz at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $19.50 8pm/9pm # ** oct 17 fri Hozier at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** oct 17 fri Luke Bryan, Lee Brice, Cole Swindell at the Pavilion, Concord a/a # ** oct 18 sat Atoms For Peace (9:25pm), Phantogram, Little Dragon, Holy Ghost!, Major Lazer, dj Falcon, Disclosure, Poolside, Danny Brown, Robert DeLong, Adult, Antwon, Giraffage (noon) at the Treasure Island Festival, S.F. Bay a/a $85-$275 # *** (day 1) oct 18 sat Megan Slankard at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** oct 18 sat Luke Bryan, Lee Brice, Cole Swindell at Shoreline, Mountain View a/a # ** oct 19 sun Beck (9:20pm), Sleigh Bells, Animal Collective, Japandroids, James Blake, Real Estate, Strfkr, Haim, Lord Huron, Cayucas, Palma Violets, IO Echo, Deep Sea Driver (noon) at the Treasure Island Festival, S.F. Bay a/a $85-$275 # *** (day 2) oct 19 sun Kodaline, Birds Of Tokyo at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 6pm/7pm # *** oct 19 sun The Slackers at Slim's, S.F. 6+ ** oct 19 sun Sinkane, Helado Negro at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15/$18 7:30pm/8pm ** oct 22 wed Mineral, Into It. Over It. at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** oct 23 thr Trampled By Turtles, Elephant Revival at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** oct 23 thr The Afghan Whigs at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $35 7pm/8pm # *** oct 23 thr Mineral at the Bottom of the Hil, S.F. a/a $20 8pm/9pm ** @ oct 24 fri Little Dragon at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** oct 24 fri Bonobo (dj set), Dark Sky (dj set) at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** oct 24-27 Railroad Earth (3 nights), Meter Men, Leftover Salmon, A.L.O., Jeff Austin Band, The Motet, Poor Man's Whiskey, Jelly Bread, Robert Walter's 20th Congress, Shook Twins, MerryGold, The Nibblers The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit, Front Country, Achilles Wheel, at El Dorado Fairgrounds, Placerville a/a $25-$190 # *** (camping) (Hangtown Halloween Ball) oct 25 sat Rachael Yamagata at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** oct 25 sat Cherub, Ghost Beach, Gibbz at the Catalyst Atrium, Santa Cruz 16+ $15/$17 8pm/9pm # ** oct 27 mon The Janoskians at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 6:30pm/7:30pm # ** oct 30 thr Yelle at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** oct 31 Freeman at the Independent, S.F. 21+ ** nov 1 sat Erasure at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** nov 1 sat Boy & Bear, Reuben And The Dark at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $20/$22 8pm/9pm # ** nov 3 mon The Black Keys, Jake Bugg at the Arena, Oakland a/a $80-$40 7pm/8pm # *** nov 3 mon Black Veil Brides at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $26.50/$29 6pm # *** $ nov 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) nov 4 tue The Black Keys, Jake Bugg at the Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy., Sacramento a/a # *** nov 6 tue The Matches at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ *** $ nov 7/8 The Matches at Slim's, S.F. 6+ *** $ (sat sold out) nov 10 tue Arch Enemy, Kreator, Huntress at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a $25/$27 6pm/6:30pm # *** @ nov 11 tue Nils Frahm at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** nov 11 tue Mac Demarco at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ** nov 12/13 Boyce Avenue at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $25 6pm/7pm # ** nov 13 thr First Aid Kit at the Fox Theater, Oakland a/a # *** nov 15 sat J Mascis at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $20 8:30pm/9pm ** nov 18 tue Jordan Knight & Nick Carter at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** nov 18 tue Gruff Rhys at the Chapel, S.F. a/a $14 7pm/8pm ** nov 18 tue The 1975 at Masonic Center, S.F. a/a $35 6:30pm/7:30pm # *** nov 22 sat Justin Timberlake at the Arena, Oakland a/a # *** nov 24 mon Fleetwood Mac at the Arena, 1 Sports Pkwy., Sacramento a/a # *** nov 25 tue Fleetwood Mac at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $200-$50 7pm/8pm # *** nov 29 sat A John Waters Christmas at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. 6+ ** dec 3 wed Fleetwood Mac at the Arena, Oakland a/a $200-$50 7pm/8pm # *** dec 4 thr Suicide Girls at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. 18+ $25/$27 8pm # *** dec 7/8 Steve Hackett: Genesis Extended at the Regency Ballroom, S.F. a/a # ** dec 18 thr MythBusters at City National Civic, San Jose a/a *** (tv show) dec 29/30/31 Snow Globe Music Festival at Bijou Park, Lake Tahoe Community College Campus, CA a/a $109-$134 * recommendable Shows a/a all ages $ will probably sell out @ pit warning ^ under 21 must pay more # no ins/outs Live Radio & TV Shows --------------------- Radio Shows ----------- Berkeley Liberation Radio 104.1FM www.berkeleyliberationradio.net Maximum Rock'n'roll Radio radio.maximumrocknroll.com Pirate Cat Radio 87.9FM www.piratecatradio.com KVHS-FM 90.5 The Edge www.kvhs.com San Francisco Community Radio www.savekusf.org mon Next Big Thing on UC Berkeley Radio KALX 90.7FM 6pm-7pm tue Dead Air with dj Vicious and dj Tanner on Berkeley Liberation Radio 104.1FM 6pm-8pm wed Wednesday Night Live on Stanford Radio KZSU 90.1FM 9pm-10pm fri Jesse Luscious on UC Berkeley Radio KALX 90.7FM 6am-9am sat KALX live on UC Berkeley Radio KALX 90.7FM 9pm-midnight sun dj Jesse Luscious at the Ruby Room, 132 14th St., Oakland 9pm-2am sun Rampage Radio on S.F. State Radio in exile KUSF 2am-8am sun NewHotBands on public access TV Comcast Ch 29 12:30pm sun Earwhacks with Paul and Che on Sacramento KRXQ 98.5FM 10pm-11:30pm sun Neonate with Punk Roge and Riot on UC Davis Radio KDVS 90.3FM 12am-2am C L U B I N F O R M A T I O N ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, 420 40th, Oakland a/a (shows over by 10pm) 510-985-0325 23 Club, 23 Visitacion Avenue, Brisbane a/a 415-467-7717 Ace of Spades, 1417 R Street, Sacramento a/a Alley, 906 Victorian Way, Sparks, NV a/a Amoeba Music, 2455 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a 510-549-1125 Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F. a/a 415-831-1200 Assembly Music Hall, 1000 K St., Sacramento a/a 18+ 21+ 916-341-0176 Avalon Nightclub, 777 Lawrance Expressway, Santa Clara a/a 21+ 408-241-0777 Bender's Bar And Grill, 806 South Van Ness Ave., S.F. 21+ 415-824-1800 Bimbo's 365 Club, 1025 Columbus Avenue, S.F. 21+ 18+ 415-474-0365 Blake's, 2367 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a 18+ 510-848-0886 Blank Club, 44 South Almaden Avenue, San Jose 21+ Blue Lamp Lounge, 1400 Alhambra Blvd., Sacramento 21+ 866-575-9405 Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz 21+ 831-423-7117 Boardwalk, 9426 Greenback Lane, Orangevale a/a 916-988-9247 Boom Boom Room, 1601 Fillmore, S.F. 21+ 415-673-8000 Bottom of the Hill, 1233 17th St., S.F. a/a 21+ 415-621-4455 Brick and Mortar Music Hall, 1710 Mission Street, S.F. 21+ 18+ 415-371-1631 Cache Creek Casino Resort, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks 21+ Cafe Du Nord, Inc., 2170 Market Street, S.F. 21+ 415-861-5016 Cafe Cocomo, 650 Indiana at Mariposa, S.F. 21+ Cafe Stritch, 374 South First Street, San Jose a/a 408-280-6161 Caravan Lounge, 98 South Almaden Avenue, San Jose 21+ 408-995-6220 Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz a/a book 831-423-1338 831-423-1336 Cell Space, 2050 Bryant at 18th, S.F. a/a Chapel, 777 Valencia Street at 19th, S.F. a/a 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 Tupelo, 1337 Grant Ave., S.F. a/a (during sun shows) 415-981-9177 Warfield, 982 Market St., S.F. a/a 415-775-7722 Witch Room, 1815 19th Street, Sacramento a/a 18+ 916-508-0213 Winter's Tavern, 1522 Francisco Blvd., Pacifica 21+ Uptown, 1928 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland 21+ 510-451-8100 Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third Street, Napa 16+ (12+ with an adult) Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa at Potrero, S.F. a/a 415-505-8530 Vina Robles Amphitheater, 3800 Mill Road, Paso Robles a/a 805-227-4812 Vitus, 201 Broadway @ 2nd., Oakland 21+ 510-452-1620 Vixens, 906 Victorian Avenue, Sparks NV a/a 21+ 775-358-6969 Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose 21+ 408-286-8636 Yoshi's, 1330 Fillmore Street, S.F. 21+ Yoshi's, 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland 21+ 510-238-9200 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please feel free to pass The List on to friends. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The List is e-mailed out each week normally on Friday afternoon. 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