KZSU's Lively List of Live Music Happenings
Last change: 04 July 2009
This list has entries from Steve Koepke's The
List, plus some other shows entered by your friends at KZSU. It's
generated automatically.
Also check these other calendars.
If you have any corrections or additions, please contact Steve K.
himself. His address is around here somewhere.
Non-local events from The List
Where are all these places anyway?
Saturday, July 4th
El Rio S.F.
Birdmonster, Two Sheds, Low Red Land, Finn Riggins, D Numbers, Birds & Batteries, Writer, Murray The Thief
Notes: rated ** 21+, $8, 1:30pm/2pm (BBQ - early show)
El Rio S.F.
Lidtoker, Worm Ouroboros, Aerial Ruin
Notes: rated ** 21+, $7, 9pm/10pm, pit warning (late show - no Ludicra)
Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose
Tried And True (video filming), Madtown Mulligan, Factory Minds, Step Up
Notes: rated ** 21+, $5 (free before 4pm), 3pm, pit warning
the Hemlock, S.F .21+
Cerebral Ballzy
Notes: rated * free, 6pm (early show)
the Hemlock, S.F.
Heavy Hindenburg (tribute), The Wicked Mercies
Notes: rated ** 21+, $6, 9:30pm (late show)
thee Parkside, S.F.
Didimao, Entropy Density, Hetocide, Santa Sangre
Notes: rated ** 21+, $5, 9pm
all ages events for this beautiful Saturday
924 Gilman Street
Street Venodrs, IV, F.T.B., Maxwell Smart, Point Of View, Cheers To Doerr
Notes: rated *** a/a, 7:30pm, pit warning (free BBQ - Ska Nite)
Marcus Books, S.F.
Groove 8 (N.C.)
Notes: a/a, free, 11am and 3pm show s
the Gingerbread House, 1151 South 7th at Keyes, San Jose
The Unit Breed (Portland), Ugly Winner, Sleeptalks, Circumvolve
Notes: rated ** a/a, free
the Red Hot Compound, someplace, Oakland
Everything Must Go, You Die, Kill Kops, mc Meat Hook & The Vital Organs, Cycloptopus, Drowsy Holler, Sub Light Blues Band, Mykee Ramen (solo), The Can-Cannibals
Notes: rated ** a/a, 1pm
the Smile Factory, 888 E. Santa Clara St., San Jose
Hatred Surge (TX), Mammoth Grinder (TX), Los Fracasos, Flat Out
Notes: rated ** a/a, 7pm, $5
the Works Gallery, 451 South First St., San Jose
Matsuri, Deers!, Ordstro, John Cota
Notes: rated ** a/a, 8pm, pit warning
Sunday, July 5th
Annie's Social Club, S.F.
Instant Asshole, Gutwrench, Seduce The Dead (Santa Cruz), Hukaholix, Street Justice, Short Attention Span
Notes: rated *** 21+, $6, 4pm/5pm, pit warning
the Hemlock, S.F.
Reverend Beat Man, Shannon & The Clams, Mindless Things
Notes: rated ** 21+, $6, 9pm
all ages events for this memorable Sunday
924 Gilman Street
Dr. Know (Oxnard), Verbal Abuse, Ram Jam, The Speed Wobbles, Chix Pack
Notes: rated *** a/a, $5, 5pm, pit warning (BBQ - half pipe - hockey)
Blake's Berkeley
This Time Next Year, Hear The Sirens, First To Leave, Second To Last
Notes: rated ** a/a, $10 ($8 if 21+), 6:30pm
Marcus Books, S.F.
Groove 8 (N.C.)
Notes: a/a, free, 11am and 3pm show s
Streetlight Records, San Jose
The Unit Breed (Portland)
Notes: rated ** a/a, free, 3pm
Monday, July 6th
the Hemlock, S.F.
David Dondero, Milk Milk Lemonade
Notes: rated ** 21+, $6, 7pm (early show)
all ages events for this ponderous Monday
S.F. at Thrillhouse Records, Mission at 30th, S.F.
meeting to creat an all ages show space
Notes: a/a, 8:30pm
Tuesday, July 7th
Cafe du Nord S.F.
Miniature Tigers, Farewell Typewriter
Notes: rated ** 18+, $10, 8pm
Elbo Room S.F.
The British (U.K.), The Absolute (L.A.)
Notes: rated ** 21+, $6, 9pm
Starry Plough Berkeley
Dear Indugu
Notes: rated * 21+, free, 8pm
the Independent, S.F.
Dirty Projectors, What's Up
Notes: rated ** 21+, $15, 7:30pm/8pm
the Knockout, S.F.
Hightower, The F-cking Wrath (Ventura), Young Livers (Gainsville, FL), Gang Of Forty (tribute)
Notes: rated ** 21+, free, 8pm/9pm
the Uptown, Oakland
Jonathan Mann (two sets)
Notes: rated ** 21+, free, 9pm
thee Parkside, S.F.
The Buttercream Gang, The Globes, Don't Tell Sophie, Moller
Notes: rated ** 21+, $6, 9pm
all ages events for this predictable Tuesday
Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F.
The Five Deadly Venoms
Notes: rated * a/a, free, 6pm
Blake's Berkeley
The Mitchell Experiment, The Audiophiles, Emily Stein, Dripsound
Notes: rated ** a/a, $10 ($8 if 21+), 7pm
Fillmore S.F.
Duran Duran
Notes: rated ** a/a, $75, 8pm/9pm, no ins/outs, soldout likely
Great American Music Hall S.F.
Reverend Horton Heat, Nekromantix
Notes: rated *** a/a
Wednesday, July 8th
Elbo Room S.F.
Murder Of Lilies, The Dont's, Boy In Static
Notes: rated ** 21+, $6, 9pm
Kimo's, S.F.
Cervantes, The Inversions, Mystery Inventions
Notes: rated ** 21+, $6
the Blank Club, San Jose
Ugly Winner, Worker Bee, Doctor Nurse
Notes: rated ** 21+, free, 9pm
the Hemlock, S.F.
Three Day Stubble, Death Sentence: Panda!, Merchants Of The New Bizarre
Notes: rated ** 21+, $9, 9pm
the Independent, S.F.
Patterson Hood & The Screwtopians
Notes: rated ** 21+, $20, 8:30pm/9pm
the Punch Line, 444 Battery Street, S.F.
Pete Correale (comedy)
Notes: rated * 18+
the Uptown, Oakland
Black Chords, Ken Flagg, Ghost Echoes
Notes: rated ** 21+, free, 9pm
thee Parkside, S.F.
Buzzer, The Greatest Hits (Seattle), Pretty Vanilla (Vancouver BC)
Notes: rated ** 21+, $7, 8pm
all ages events for this furry Wednesday
Bottom of the Hill S.F.
Ace Enders & A Million Different People, Person L, The Gay Blades, The Dangerous Summer
Notes: rated ** a/a, $12, 7pm/7:30pm
Cafe du Nord S.F.
Nightmare Of You, Plushgun, Magic, Brian Bonz, Magic
Notes: rated ** a/a, $10/$12, 8pm
Fillmore S.F.
Robin Trower
Notes: rated ** a/a, $36.50, 7pm/8pm, no ins/outs (postponed from may 20th)
the Rickshaw Stop, S.F.
The City Walls (cd release), Jonathan & Ben (acoustic), Jaymes Reunion
Notes: rated ** a/a, $10, 7:30pm/8pm
Thursday, July 9th
Cafe du Nord S.F.
Chuck Ragan, Chi McClean
Notes: rated ** 21+, $10/$12, 9pm
Popscene, 330 Ritch Street, S.F.
Owl City
Notes: rated ** 18+, $10, 10pm
Stork Club Oakland
Apache, The Greatest Hits, Sir Lord Von Raven, Pretty Vanilla
Notes: rated ** 21+, $7, 9pm/9:30pm
the Hemlock, S.F.
Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound, Weird Owl, Pumice (New Zealand)
Notes: rated ** 21+, $6, 9pm
the Independent, S.F.
Surprise Me Mr. Davis
Notes: rated ** 21+, $15, 7:30pm/8pm
the Knockout, S.F.
Nervous Tics, The Spurts, Scurvy And The Pox
Notes: rated ** 21+
thee Parkside, S.F.
The Bluebelles, Work Party, The Hooks, Youth Gone Wild
Notes: rated ** 21+, free, 9pm, pit warning
all ages events for this hot Thursday
Bottom of the Hill S.F.
The Rural Alberta Advantage
Notes: rated * a/a, $10, 8:30pm/9pm
Fillmore S.F.
Old 97's, Rhett Miller (solo), Murry Hammond (solo)
Notes: rated ** a/a, $25, 8pm/9pm, no ins/outs
Great American Music Hall S.F.
Montana Slim String Band, Head For The Hills, Buxter Hoot'n
Notes: rated ** a/a
Slim's S.F.
Pro-Pain, Sworn Enemy, Mantic Ritual
Notes: rated ** a/a
the Arena, Oakland
Rise Against, RANCID, Billy Talent
Notes: rated *** a/a, $35, 6:30pm/7:30pm, no ins/outs, pit warning
Friday, July 10th
Blake's Berkeley
Stagnant, Stereo Freakout, Paradise, Serenity Now
Notes: rated ** 18+, $10, 9pm
Caravan, 98 South Almaden Ave., San Jose
Nihlotep, Vestarian, Condemned To Live
Notes: rated ** 21+, free, 8pm
Kimo's, S.F.
Death Valley High, Ghost Next Door, The Disciples
Notes: rated ** 21+, $7
the Blank Club, San Jose
Wallpaper, Hot Tub, Little Red Radio
Notes: rated ** 21+, $8, 9pm
the El Rincon, S.F.
Buttholes Urfers (tribute), San Francisco Sound, Farticus
Notes: rated ** 21+
the Hemlock, S.F.
Ty Segall, Nodzzz, Charlie & The Moonhearts
Notes: rated ** 21+, $7, 9pm
the Independent, S.F.
Cracker
Notes: rated ** 21+, $20/$22, 8:30pm/9pm
the Knockout, S.F.
Trust, Efft, Jeepster
Notes: rated ** 21+, $7, 9pm (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival)
the Mezzanine, S.F.
Adam Free land, Syd Gris, Melyss, Dex Stakker
Notes: rated ** 21+, $13/$20, 10pm
the Red Devil Lounge, S.F.
Wonder Bread 5
Notes: rated ** 21+, $10, 9pm
the Uptown, Oakland
Angry Samoans (L.A.), Everything Must Go, The Grannies
Notes: rated *** 21+, $10, 9pm, pit warning
all ages events for this cold Friday
924 Gilman Street
Born/Dead, Dead Fall, Dios Mio (WS), Highlife, Raw Nerves (Portland), Pigeon Religion (NM)
Notes: rated *** a/a, 8pm, pit warning
Fillmore S.F.
Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Voodoo Glow Skulls, The Impalers
Notes: rated *** a/a, $30, 8pm/9pm, no ins/outs, pit warning, soldout likely
Great American Music Hall S.F.
Bag Of Toys
Notes: rated ** a/a, $14, 9pm
Nickel City, San Jose
Dave Smallen, Dizzy Balloon, The Maxies (Greenland), The Relay Company
Notes: rated ** a/a, $10, 7pm
Slim's S.F.
Stung (tribute), Damn Handsome & The Birthday Suits, Pine & Battery
Notes: rated ** a/a
Sub-Mission Art Space, S.F.
Uproar (UK), The Pogo, Tve, Dope Charge, Ruidos
Notes: rated ** a/a, 8pm, pit warning
thee Parkside, S.F.
Archgoat (Finland), Manticore, Obeisance, Ritual Combat, dj Rob Metal
Notes: rated *** a/a, $12/$15, 9pm, pit warning
Saturday, July 11th
Blake's Berkeley
The Crymuscles, Forro Fiando, Paulo Presotto
Notes: rated ** 18+, $10, 9pm
El Rio S.F.
Hank IV, A-Frames + Climax Golden Twins, The Fresh & Onlys
Notes: rated ** 21+, $7, 9:30pm
the Blank Club, San Jose
The Angry Samoans (L.A.), Forgotten, Shootin' Lucy
Notes: rated *** 21+, $10, 9pm, pit warning
the Command Center, 2630 Union Street, Oakland
The Phenomenauts, The Re-Volts, The Blammos
Notes: rated *** 18+, $10, 9:30pm, pit warning
the Hemlock, S.F.
Indian Jewelry, Psychic Ills, The Late Young
Notes: rated ** 21+, $8, 9:30pm
the Independent, S.F.
Bray (cd release), Rubber Side Down
Notes: rated ** 21+, $12/$15, 8:30pm/9pm
the Red Devil Lounge, S.F.
Utz! & The Shuttlecocks
Notes: rated ** 21+, $12, 9pm
the Rocket Room, S.F.
Level 12, Park Lane, The Backup Razor
Notes: rated ** 21+, 8pm
the Uptown, Oakland
The Staret, Normandie, The Struts
Notes: rated ** 21+, $10, 9pm
all ages events for this purient Saturday
924 Gilman Street
Saviours, Skeleton Witch, Trap Them, Unrestrained (Portland), Parsite Skies (WA)
Notes: rated *** a/a, 8pm, pit warning
Bottom of the Hill S.F.
Oneida, Wooden Shjips, Jonas Reinhardt
Notes: rated ** a/a, $10, 8:30pm/10pm
Great American Music Hall S.F.
Luce, The Gun & Doll Show, Pollux
Notes: rated ** a/a
Nickel City, San Jose
Bomb The Music Industry, Classics Of Love, In The Red, Laura Stevenson and The Cans, Comradery
Notes: rated *** a/a, $10, 7pm
Rooz Cafe, 1918 Park Blvd., Oakland
Make Me, White Clouds, Blank Tapes, Colossal Yes, The Splinters, Ghost In The City, Dashing Suns, Double U
Notes: rated ** a/a, $10, 1pm (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival)
Slim's S.F.
Sex With No Hands, dj Nat Rock
Notes: rated ** a/a (Neverland: A Tribute to The King of Pop)
the Arena, Oakland
Adam Lambert, Danny Gokey, Allison Iraheta, Anoop Desai, Kris Allen, Lil Rounds, Matt Giraud, Megan Joy, Michael Sarver, Scott MacIntyre
Notes: rated ** a/a, no ins/outs (American Idols Live)
the Greek Theatre, U.C. Berkeley
Death Cab For Cutie, Andrew Bird, Ra Ra Riot
Notes: rated *** a/a, $42.50, 7pm, no ins/outs, soldout likely
Sunday, July 12th
Kimo's, S.F.
Daikon, The Maxies (Greenland), Delta
Notes: rated ** 21+, $5
Stork Club Oakland
Static Mind-Fi, The New Dysfunctions, Siddhartha, The Happy Clams, Bunny Numpkins And The Kill Blow-Up Reaction, Bitesize, Harlan Hollander, David & Joanna, dj Mole, dj Tidbit, Kelsey On Accordion
Notes: rated ** 21+, $7, 5pm (Festival of Drums)
the Hemlock, S.F.
Personal & The Pizzas, Coconut Coolouts (Seattle), Impediments Imagine 'The' Band
Notes: rated ** 21+, $7, 9pm
the Independent, S.F.
Big Sam's Funky Nation
Notes: rated ** 21+, $15, 7:30pm/8pm
all ages events for this hot Sunday
21 Grand, 416 25th St., Oakland
Djun Djun Drum Heroes, Zoo, Ryder Cooley
Notes: rated * a/a, $7, 8pm (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival)
924 Gilman Street
Angry Samoans (L.A), GG Elvis And The TCP Band, Shooting Lucy, Trouble Maker, Bum City Saints, Jesse Morris And The Man Cougars
Notes: rated *** a/a, $10, 4:30pm, pit warning
Bottom of the Hill S.F.
Bomb The Music Industry, Laura Stevenson And The Cans
Notes: rated ** a/a, $8, 7:30pm/8pm
Fillmore S.F.
Joe And Chico DeBarge
Notes: rated ** a/a, $35, 8pm/9pm, no ins/outs
Sub/Mission, S.F.
In The Red, Wolves And Thieves (record release), Bastards Of Young, Anchor Down, For The Win
Notes: rated ** a/a, $7, 8pm, pit warning
the Lab, 2948 Sixteenth Street at Capp, S.F.
Foot Village, Death Sentence: Panda!, Gowns, Lucky Dragons, Kit, Tits, The Urxed, Former Ghosts
Notes: rated ** a/a, $8, 5pm
thee Parkside, S.F.
Skeletonwitch, Saviours, Trap Them, At Our Heels, dj Rob Metal
Notes: rated *** a/a, $10/$12, 8pm, pit warning
Monday, July 13th
Cafe du Nord S.F.
The Datsuns, The Chelsea Smiles, Perfect Machines
Notes: rated ** 21+, $12, 9pm
Elbo Room S.F.
In The Dust, Snakeflower 2, Vows
Notes: rated ** 21+, $5, 9pm
all ages events for this hot Monday
Bottom of the Hill S.F.
The Veils, Other Girls
Notes: rated ** a/a, $10/$12, 8:30pm/9pm
Great American Music Hall S.F.
Tortoise
Notes: rated ** a/a
Rooz Cafe, 1918 Park Blvd., Oakland
Flexions, Young Savage
Notes: rated * a/a (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival)
Slim's S.F.
Wolves In The Throne Room, Mins
Notes: rated ** a/a k
Tuesday, July 14th
Cafe du Nord S.F.
Natalie Portman's Shaved Head, Hey Champ, The Frail
Notes: rated * 21+, $10/$12, 9:30pm (was july 1st)
Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose
The Iron Maidens
Notes: rated ** 21+, $12/$15
the Hemlock, S.F.
High Castle
Notes: rated ** 21+, $5, 9pm
the Independent, S.F.
Blond Redhead
Notes: rated ** 21+, $27, 7:30pm/8pm
the Knockout, S.F.
Pins Of Light, Iron Witch, Pigs
Notes: rated ** 21+, free, 9pm/10pm, pit warning
the Uptown, Oakland
Jonathan Mann (two sets)
Notes: rated ** 21+, free, 9pm
all ages events for this sunny Tuesday
Center for the Performing Arts, San Jose
Tori Amos
Notes: rated *** a/a, $56/$40, no ins/outs
Fillmore S.F.
Nat & Alex Wolff
Notes: rated ** a/a, $25, 6pm/7pm, no ins/outs
Nickel City Arcade, 1711 Branham Lane, San Jose
Azure Ray
Notes: rated ** a/a, $15, 7pm
thee Parkside, S.F.
Abigail Williams, Goatwhore, Daath, Abysmal Dawn, S.W.W.A.A.T.S. dj Rob Metal
Notes: rated ** a/a, $13/$15, 8pm, pit warning
Wednesday, July 15th
Argus Lounge, 3187 Mission St., S.F.
The Double U, Top Critters, The Why Because
Notes: rated ** 21+, $5, 9pm (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival)
Cafe du Nord S.F.
Laura Veirs, The Old Believers, Cataldo
Notes: rated ** 21+, $12, 8:30pm
El Rio S.F.
Collosal Yes, The Love Dimension, 123 Picnic, Nick Jaina
Notes: rated ** 21+ (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival)
Elbo Room S.F.
Lazer Sword, Savoy, dj Dials
Notes: rated ** 21+, $8/$10, 9pm
Kimo's, S.F.
Healing Curse, Thriller, Them Kills, Bleeding Kansas
Notes: rated ** 21+, $6
the Blank Club, San Jose
Girl In A Coma (TX), Miss Derringer, Pterodactyl
Notes: rated *** 21+, $5, 9pm
the Hemlock, S.F.
So Many Dynamos, Cast Spells, Never Knows Best
Notes: rated ** 21+, $8, 9pm
the Independent, S.F.
Blond Redhead
Notes: rated ** 21+, $27, 7:30pm/8pm
the Knockout, S.F.
The Aerosols, Dreamdate, My First Earthquake, Sonny & The Sunsets
Notes: rated ** 21+, $7, 9pm (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival)
the Red Devil Lounge, S.F.
Dilana, Costa Nova
Notes: rated ** 21+, $13/$15, 8pm
the Uptown, Oakland
Light Machine, Kid With Katana, Black Eagle Trust
Notes: rated ** 21+, free, 9pm
all ages events for this portentous Wednesday
Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F.
Pink Mountain
Notes: rated ** a/a, free, 6pm
Great American Music Hall S.F.
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, Tiny Television (cd release), Four Year Bender
Notes: rated ** a/a
Slim's S.F.
Eric Hutchinson
Notes: rated ** a/a
Thursday, July 16th
Argus Lounge, 3187 Mission St., S.F.
Brandon Nickell, Al Qaeda, Horseflesh, Weird Habit
Notes: rated ** 21+, $5, 9pm (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival)
Bottom of the Hill S.F.
Girl In A Coma (TX), Miss Derringer, Angela Chase
Notes: rated *** 18+, $10, 8:30pm/9pm
Cafe du Nord S.F.
The Lumerians, Graveyard (Sweden), Citadelle
Notes: rated ** 21+, $10/$12, 9pm (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival)
DNA Lounge S.F.
Jim Rose Circus Vs. Jake The Snake Roberts, Sinn BoHdi, Bebe The Circus Queen
Notes: rated *** 21+, $20, 8pm/9pm
Kimo's, S.F.
Schande, Excuses For Skipping
Notes: rated ** 21+, $7, 9pm (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival)
the Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St. S.F.
The Oh Sees, Meth Teeth (Portland), Buzzerk, Ty Segall
Notes: rated ** 21+ (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival)
the Hemlock, S.F.
Pink Mountain, Eyes
Notes: rated ** 21+, $6, 9pm
the Independent, S.F.
A-Trak, Rye Rye, Treasre Fingers
Notes: rated ** 21+, $15/$17, 8:30pm/9pm
all ages events for this noisy Thursday
924 Gilman Street
Paul Baribeau, The Boy Who Could Fly, Try The Pie
Notes: rated ** a/a, $7, 7pm (cafe nite)
Great American Music Hall S.F.
Azure Ray
Notes: rated ** a/a
Friday, July 17th
Annie's Social Club, S.F.
The Hex Dispensers (Austin), Young Offenders, Outdoorsmen, Complaints
Notes: rated *** 21+, $8, 8:30pm/9:30pm, pit warning
Blake's Berkeley
Agent Orange, Jack Killed Jill, Gutwrench
Notes: rated *** 18+, 8pm, pit warning
Cafe du Nord S.F.
Flipper, Toiling Midgets, Savage Republic
Notes: rated *** 21+, $16, 9pm, pit warning (KFJC)
Elbo Room S.F.
The Zeros, FLESHIES, The Hooks
Notes: rated *** 21+, $10/$13, 9:30pm, pit warning
Kimo's, S.F.
Casey & Brian (7" release), Unicorn Basement, Kitten Forever, Elle Nino
Notes: rated ** 21+, $7, 9pm (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival)
the Blank Club, San Jose
Voodoo Glow Skulls, Monkey, Dustonious Maximus
Notes: rated *** 21+, $10/$12, 9pm, pit warning
the Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St. S.F.
Carla Bozulich/Evangelista, Oaxacan, Brandon Nickell, Limousine, Brandon Nickell, Braden Diotte, Art Lessing & The Flower Vato
Notes: rated ** 21+, $10, 8pm (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival)
the Hemlock, S.F.
Pterodactyl (Brooklyn), Bridez, Funblood
Notes: rated * 21+, $8, 9pm
the Independent, S.F.
Cultura Profetica, Bayonics, Loco Bloco, dj Walt Digz
Notes: rated ** 21+, $22.50, 8:30pm/9pm
the Mezzanine, S.F.
Great Northern, Edward Sharpeand The Magnetic Zeros, Eulogies, City Light, dj Aaron Axelsen, dj Miles The Intern
Notes: rated *** 21+, $10, 8:30pm (Live 105's Emerging Artist Series)
the Red Devil Lounge, S.F.
Lord T And Eloise, Kalrissian, The Feed
Notes: rated ** 21+, $8/$10, 9pm
the Uptown, Oakland
Johnny Hootroc, The Tabaltix, Memphis Murdermen
Notes: rated ** 21+, $10, 9pm
all ages events for this decaffinated Friday
924 Gilman Street
Sabertooth Zombie, Time For Living, These Days, Crucified, Grace Alley
Notes: rated *** a/a, $7, 8pm, pit warning
Bottom of the Hill S.F.
Men
Notes: rated ** a/a, $10, 8:30pm/10pm
Great American Music Hall S.F.
Cage
Notes: rated ** a/a
Nickel City, San Jose
Chixdiggit! (Canada), Kepi Ghoulie, Public Display Of Aggression, Head (WA), Stunt Monkey (reunion)
Notes: rated ** a/a, $10, 7pm
Slim's S.F.
Brand New
Notes: rated *** a/a, soldout likely
Yer Hauz, Oakland
Desolation (last show), Abrupt, Acts Of Sedition, Population Reduction, Acephalix
Notes: rated *** a/a, 8pm, pit warning
the Oakland Metro, Oakland
Inkblots, Con Of Man, Dezu, Los Valenberg, Sagaval, Tierra & Fuego, Qodice
Notes: rated ** a/a, $15, 8:30pm, pit warning (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival)
the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F.
Infected Mushroom
Notes: rated ** a/a
Saturday, July 18th
Bottom of the Hill S.F.
Three Mile Pilot, Optiganally Yours
Notes: rated ** 18+, $10/$12, 8:30pm/10pm (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival)
Britannia Arms, 1087 S. De Anza Blvd., San Jose
Fast Times
Notes: rated * 21+, free, 9:30pm
Cafe du Nord S.F.
Peter Holsapple & Chris Stamey
Notes: rated ** 21+, $18, 8pm
Cafe du Nord S.F.
Unagi (record release), Melina Jones, Orukusaki, Gigio, Linkletterz, Substitute Teachers, dj Animal
Notes: rated ** 21+, $10, 10pm
El Rio S.F.
Stormcrow, Born/Dead (last U.S. show), Laudanum, T.V. Evangelists
Notes: rated *** 21+, $7, 9pm/10pm, pit warning (Will Kisner's Farewell Party)
Stork Club Okland
The Hex Dispensers (Austin), Primitivas, Sharp Objects
Notes: rated ** 21+, $8, 9pm/9:30pm, pit warning
the Blank Club, San Jose
Boy Kicks Girl, H.B.A., I.N.F.M.
Notes: rated ** 21+, $10, 9pm
the Blue Macaw, 2565 Mission Street, S.F.
Juan Son (Mexico), Nacotheque, Pop Noir, dJ Fancy Guey
Notes: rated ** 21+, $15/$20, 9pm (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival)
the Hemlock, S.F.
Urinals, Brilliant Colors, Rank/Xerox
Notes: rated ** 21+, $7, 9pm
the Independent, S.F.
Vieux Farka Toure
Notes: rated ** 21+, $20, 8:30pm/9pm
the Uptown, Oakland
The Bayliens, Hopipitshard, Dlabrie, Dub Esq
Notes: rated ** 21+, $10, 9pm
thee Parkside, S.F.
Chixdiggit, Kepi Ghoulie, Head (Seattle), The Pleasure Kills
Notes: rated ** 21+, $10, 9pm
all ages events for this cold Saturday
924 Gilman Street
Mika Miko, Audacity, Street Eaters, Boats!
Notes: rated *** a/a, 8pm, pit warning
Flowershop, 1947 Mission Street, S.F.
Acts Of Sedition, Lifetime Problems, Maladie (Mexico), Bokanovsky (France), Trembling Hands
Notes: rated *** a/a, $5, 8pm, pit warning
Jerry Garcia Amphitheater, McLaren Park, S.F.
Dead Meadow (L.A.), Kelley Stoltz, Persephone's Bees, The Rubies, Bart Davenport, Xoel Lopez (Spain), Leopold & His Fiction, Devon Williams (L.A.), The Moore Brothers, Coatsie & Mellows, Brian Glaze & The Night Shift, dj Neil Martinson, dj Vikki V., art
Notes: rated *** a/a, free, 11:30am (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival)
Slim's S.F.
Arc Angels
Notes: rated ** a/a
Sunday, July 19th
Bambuddah Lounge, Phoenix Hotel, 601 Eddy, S.F.
Craig Ventresco, Xoel Lopez (Spain), dj Neil Martinson, dj Vikki V.
Notes: rated ** 21+, free, 3pm (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival)
Kimo's, S.F.
Fauna Valetta, Branden Daniel & Everybody Gets Laid (Seattle), Brandendaniel, The Old Stoic, Mode
Notes: rated ** 21+ (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival)
the Hemlock, S.F.
I Love My Label, Skimpy Portions
Notes: rated ** 21+, $5, 6pm (early show)
the Hemlock, S.F.
Trespassers William, The Theater Fire, Robert Gomez
Notes: rated ** 21+, $6, 9pm (late show)
the Independent, S.F.
Pato Banton
Notes: rated *** 21+, $18/$20, 8:30pm/9pm
all ages events for this portentous Sunday
2914 East 7th Street, East Oakland
Crucial Cause (Fairfield), T.V. Evangilists, C.O.P. (L.A.), Gross Negligence, Duck And Cover
Notes: rated *** a/a, 3pm, pit warning
924 Gilman Street
Kepi The band, The Sweethearts (TX), The Dogs, Danger Death Ray (OR), The Pillowfights, Tuckandroll (OR)
Notes: rated *** a/a, $8, 4pm, pit warning
Blake's Berkeley
The Atom Age, The Bugs, The Secretions, Friday-Night (reunion)
Notes: rated *** a/a, $10 ($8 if 21+), 7pm, pit warning
Bottom of the Hill S.F.
Judgement Day, Triclops!, The Definite Articles
Notes: rated *** a/a, $10/$12, 8:30pm/9pm, pit warning (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival)
DNA Lounge S.F.
Extortion, The Passive Aggressives, many more
Notes: rated ** a/a, $10, 5pm, pit warning (battle of the bands)
Slim's S.F.
Toadies
Notes: rated ** a/a
Streetlight Records, San Jose
Talk Jonny
Notes: rated ** a/a, free, 4pm
Monday, July 20th
Cafe du Nord S.F.
Miranda Lee Richards (L.A.), Emily Jane White, Helene Renaut, Chloe Makes Music
Notes: rated ** 21+, $10/$12, 8pm (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival)
Elbo Room S.F.
Balthrop, Alabama, Ne'er Do Evers (N.Y.), Spencey Dude And The Doodles, Ded Pigeons (San Diego)
Notes: rated ** 21+, $6, 9pm
the Hemlock, S.F.
William Hooker
Notes: rated * 21+, $10, 7pm
all ages events for this joyus Monday
Slim's S.F.
Blue Oyster Cult, The CoverGrrlz
Notes: rated *** a/a, $30, 8pm (107.7 The Bone - was in march)
Tuesday, July 21st
Argus Lounge, 3187 Mission St., S.F.
Inca Ore, The Sarees, Ora Cogan, Black Bow
Notes: rated ** 21+, $5, 9pm (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival)
Cafe du Nord S.F.
Birds & Batteries, Sam Flaxx Keener, Sean Smith & The Present Moment, Chris Lacey
Notes: rated ** 21+, $10/$12, 8pm (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival)
the Hemlock, S.F.
Made In Mexico, Shakes Gown, Dark Lingo
Notes: rated ** 21+, $7, 9pm
the Independent, S.F.
Gregg Allman
Notes: rated ** 21+, $45, 7:30pm/8pm
the Knockout, S.F.
Hot Lunch, Paula Frazer, Casual Fog (Nevada City), Jeff Ramuno
Notes: rated ** 21+, $7, 9pm (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival)
all ages events for this slanderous Tuesday
Bottom of the Hill S.F.
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone, Concern
Notes: rated ** a/a, $10, 8:30pm/9pm
Fillmore S.F.
Indigo Girls, Common Rotation
Notes: rated *** a/a, $38.50, 7pm/8pm, no ins/outs
Slim's S.F.
August Burns Red, Bless The Fall, Enter Shikari, Iwrestledabearonce
Notes: rated *** a/a
the Rickshaw Stop, S.F.
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart (N.Y.C.), Girls, The Champagne Socialists (L.A.)
Notes: rated ** a/a, $12, 7:30pm
Wednesday, July 22nd
Argus Lounge, 3187 Mission St., S.F.
Shy Grape, The Slaves, Kwisp, Temptation, NVH
Notes: rated ** 21+, $5, 9pm (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival)
El Rio S.F.
3 Leafs, Long Legged Woman, Jaws, Sex Worker, dj Tristes Tropiques
Notes: rated ** 21+, $5, 9pm (Mission Creek Music & Arts Festival)
the Blank Club, San Jose
Gem Tops, Your Cannons, Amonie
Notes: rated ** 21+, free, 9pm
the Hemlock, S.F.
The Everyday Visuals, Pierre de Reeder
Notes: rated ** 21+, $7, 9pm
the Independent, S.F.
Gregg Allman
Notes: rated ** 21+, $45, 7:30pm/8pm
the Knockout, S.F.
Warpaint (L.A.), Xoel Lopez, White Music, Moonrats (L.A.)
Notes: rated ** 21+, $7, 9pm (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival)
all ages events for this lovely Wednesday
Cafe du Nord S.F.
La Roux, Io Echo
Notes: rated ** a/a, $12/$15, 8pm
the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F.
Clutch, Baroness, Lionize
Notes: rated *** a/a
Thursday, July 23rd
Argus Lounge, 3187 Mission St., S.F.
kkn, Jason Grier, Kid Alice
Notes: rated ** 21+, $5, 9pm (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival)
Bottom of the Hill S.F.
The Handsome Family, Daniel Knox
Notes: rated * 21+, $12, 8:30pm/9pm
Cafe du Nord S.F.
Geographer, The Old-Fashioned Way, White Clouds, 100 Swans
Notes: rated ** 21+, $10, 8:30pm
the Blue Macaw, 2565 Mission Street, S.F.
The Cuban Cowboys, The Grave Brothers Deluxe, Carne Cruda
Notes: rated ** 21+, $10, 8:30pm (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival)
the Hemlock, S.F.
Sic Alps, Linda Hagood, Tom Greenwood, Dragging An Ox Through Water
Notes: rated ** 21+, $7, 9pm (Mission Creek Music & Arts Festival)
the Independent, S.F.
William Fitzsimmons
Notes: rated ** 21+, $15, 7:30pm/8pm
the Knockout, S.F.
The Botticellis, Gravid Wives, Family Trea
Notes: rated ** 21+, $7, 9pm (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival)
the Mezzanine, S.F.
Eclectic Method, dj Adrian, dj Mysterious D
Notes: rated ** 21+, $17 ($12 S.F.F.S. members), 7pm/7:30pm
the Red Devil Lounge, S.F.
Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad
Notes: rated ** 21+, $12/$15, 8pm
all ages events for this predictable Thursday
Fillmore S.F.
De La Soul
Notes: rated *** a/a, $29.50, 8pm/9pm, no ins/outs
Great American Music Hall S.F.
The Weakerthans
Notes: rated ** a/a
Red Vic, 1665 Haight Street, S.F.
The Dead Westerns, Maggie Morris, Mr. Turkey, David, Dirt Porch
Notes: rated ** a/a, $2, 7pm
Slim's S.F.
Solid State Logic, Punchface
Notes: rated ** a/a
the Poverty Shack, 818 Pine Street, Oakland
Rayos X (L.A.), Tuberculosis (L.A.), Brainkiller (MA), The Free Radicals (Portland)
Notes: rated ** a/a, $5, 7pm, pit warning
the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F.
Poison The Well, Madball, Bane, Terror, War Of Agers, The Ghost Inside, Death Before Dishonor, Trapped Under Ice, This Is Hell, Crime In Stereo, Vision Of Disorder
Notes: rated *** a/a, $10, 3pm, pit warning
Friday, July 24th
Amnesia 853Valencia , S.F.
Thorny Brocky, Ramon And Jessica, Joni Davis & Dawn McCarthy, Poor Sweet Creatures
Notes: rated ** 21+, $7, 9pm
Annie's Social Club, S.F.
Master, Dreaming Dead, Pathology
Notes: rated ** 21+, $10, 8pm/9pm
Argus Lounge, 3187 Mission St., S.F.
The Drums, Wendy Farina & Bianca Sparta, William Winant Trio, Weasel Walter, Moe! Staiano, Jason Gonzales
Notes: rated ** 21+, $5, 9pm (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival)
El Rio S.F.
Hunx & His Punx, Icy Lytes, Myles
Notes: rated ** 21+, $7, 10pm (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival)
Kimo's, S.F.
Glitter Wizard, Bare Wires, Metal Shakespeare Company
Notes: rated ** 21+, 9pm
Stork Club Oakland
Mans Red Fire, The Solid, Cycloptopus, 66Seven
Notes: rated ** 21+, $7, 9pm/9:30pm
the Blank Club, San Jose
Three Mile Pilot, Optiganally Yours
Notes: rated ** 21+, $15, 9pm
the Hemlock, S.F.
Go Going Gone Girls, The Barbary Coasters, Howlies
Notes: rated ** 21+, $7, 9:30pm
the Independent, S.F.
The New Deal
Notes: rated ** 21+, $23, 8:30pm/9pm
the Knockout, S.F.
Hard Place (L.A.), Harry Merry (Netherlands), Agent Ribbons (Sacramento), Franklin's Mint
Notes: rated ** 21+, $7, 9pm (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival)
the Red Devil Lounge, S.F.
Lumaya
Notes: rated * 21+, $8/$10, 9pm
the Uptown, Oakland
Wayne Hancock, Lil' Anne & The Tune Wranglers, Cassidy Crowley & The Buckshot Boys
Notes: rated ** 21+, $12/$15, 9pm
all ages events for this fine-grained Friday
924 Gilman Street
Bodies, Forgotten, Boils, Evacuate, Unit 6 (FL), Decent Criminal
Notes: rated *** a/a, 8pm, pit warning
Adobe Book Shop, 3166 16th St., S.F.
Shimomitsu, Softserv
Notes: rated * a/a, free (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival)
Bottom of the Hill S.F.
Jay Brannan, Terra Naomi
Notes: rated ** a/a, $12/$14, 8:30pm/9pm
Shoreline Amphitheatre MountainView
Slightly Stoopid, Snoop Dogg, Stephen Marley
Notes: rated *** a/a, $37.50/$25.50, 5pm/6pm, no ins/outs
Slim's S.F.
Bedouin Soundclash
Notes: rated ** a/a
Terminal, 3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland
Big City Orcheastre, 15 Degrees Below Zero, Noisepsalm, Eli Keszler, Ashley Paul
Notes: rated ** a/a, 9pm
the Fox Theater, Oakland
Of Montreal, Jon Brion
Notes: rated ** a/a, 8pm, no ins/outs
the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F.
Asher Roth, Kid Cudi, B.O.B., 88 Keys
Notes: rated ** a/a
the Smile Factory, Behind 888 E. Santa Clara St. San Jose
Brain Killer (Boston), Tuberculosis (L.A.), Rayos X (L.A.)
Notes: rated *** a/a, $5, 7pm, pit warning
Saturday, July 25th
Bay Area 51, 1667 Jerrold Ave. at 3rd St., S.F.
T.I.T.S., Kit, The Amazements, White Pee
Notes: rated ** 21+, $10, 9pm (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival)
Bottom of the Hill S.F.
Maus Haus, Rainbow Arabia, Pierre Le Robot
Notes: rated ** 18+, $10, 9:30pm (Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival)
Cafe du Nord S.F.
Sex With No Hands, Super Adventure Club, Griddle
Notes: rated ** 21+, $10/$12, 9:30pm
Caravan, 98 South Almaden Ave., San Jose
Black Chords, Perfect Machines, Talky Tina
Notes: rated ** 21+, 9pm
Stork Club Oakland
Halcyonaire, Y La Bamba, Mirror Fauna
Notes: rated * 21+, $5, 9pm
the Hemlock, S.F.
Rabbles, The Reaction, The Toques
Notes: rated ** 21+, $6, 9:30pm
the Independent, S.F.
Luciano
Notes: rated ** 21+, $25, 8:30pm/9pm
the Knockout, S.F.
Texas Thieves, Fracas, East Bay Chasers
Notes: rated ** 21+, $7, 9pm/10pm, pit warning
the Mezzanine, S.F.
The Glitch Mob, Daddy Kev, Ana Sia, Eskmo
Notes: rated ** 21+, $22.50, 8:30pm/9pm
thee Parkside, S.F.
The Filthy Thieving Bastards, Joe Buck Yourself (Murray, KY), Lightnin' Woodcock & The Bad MotherF-ckers
Notes: rated ** 21+, $10, 9pm
all ages events for this speedy Saturday
925 High Street, Oakland
Liquid Pain, Assassin Empire, Warscythe, Vietus Mortuus, Cyanic, Pillager, Condemned To Live, Passive Agressive, Embers, Zombie Holocaust
Notes: rated *** a/a, $8, 2:30pm, pit warning (Oakland Grimefest)
Great American Music Hall S.F.
Rebirth Brass Band, Hackensaw Boys (fri), Extra Action Marching Band (sat), dj Concerned
Notes: rated ** a/a
Slim's S.F.
Blowoff, dj Bob Mould, dj Rich Morel
Notes: rated ** a/a
the Fox Theater, Oakland
Har Mar Superstar
Notes: rated ** a/a, no ins/outs
the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F.
Vamps (Japan)
Notes: rated ** a/a
Sunday, July 26th
the Blank Club, San Jose
Wayne Hancock
Notes: rated ** 21+, $10, 8pm
the Hemlock, S.F.
Shrouded Strangers, Miss Massive Snowflake
Notes: rated ** 21+, $5, 9pm
thee Parkside, S.F.
Mika Miko, Ty Segall, Audacity, dj JOhnathon Toubin (N.Y.)
Notes: rated ** 21+, $6, 8pm
all ages events for this hot Sunday
Cafe du Nord S.F.
Band Of Skulls
Notes: rated ** a/a, $10, 8pm
Folsom, S.F.
Up Your Alley Street Fair, Dore Alley
Notes: a/a, 11am-6pm (leather/sex themed street party)
Your House, Oakland
Suspended (Albuquerque, N.M.), Manias (Albuquerque, N.M.), Strains Of The Apocalypse, Neurotoxicity, Pillager, Mrsa
Notes: rated *** a/a, $6, 7pm, pit warning
Monday, July 27th
Cafe du Nord S.F.
Floating Action, Generationals, Jake Mann And The Upper Hand
Notes: rated ** a/a, $10, 8pm
Great American Music Hall S.F.
Spinnerette
Notes: rated ** a/a
Nickel City, San Jose
Mika Miko, Judgement Day, Audacity
Notes: rated ** a/a, $10, 7pm
Slim's S.F.
Lacuna Coil, Kill Hannah, Seventh Void, Dommin
Notes: rated ** a/a
the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F.
Glasvegas, Ida Maria
Notes: rated ** a/a
Tuesday, July 28th
Cafe du Nord S.F.
Rocher Rocha & The Goldenhearts, Otis, Alex Statan
Notes: rated ** 21+, $10, 8pm
the Hemlock, S.F.
Lazarus, Tiny Vipers, Jakob Olausson
Notes: rated ** 21+, $6, 9pm
the Uptown, Oakland
Jonathan Mann (two sets)
Notes: rated ** 21+, free, 9pm
all ages events for this emancipated Tuesday
Fillmore S.F.
Jarvis Cocker
Notes: rated ** a/a, $32.50, 8pm/9pm, no ins/outs
Great American Music Hall S.F.
Mekons
Notes: rated *** a/a, pit warning
Streetlight Records, 980 S. Bascom Ave., San Jose
Stencil, Skeletons With Flesh On Them
Notes: rated ** a/a, free, 4pm
Wednesday, July 29th
Bottom of the Hill S.F.
Magnolia Electric Company, The Donkeys
Notes: rated ** 21+, $12, 8:30pm/9pm
Stork Club Oakland
The Saucy Jacks, Thee Fine Lines, Tiny Vipers, Lazarus
Notes: rated ** 21+, $7, 9pm/9:30pm
the Hemlock, S.F.
Mark Matos & Os Beaches, Frank Fairfield, Mira Cook, Nate Grace (Austin)
Notes: rated ** 21+, $7, 9pm
the Independent, S.F.
Etienne De Crecy (dj set)
Notes: rated * 21+, $15, 8:30pm/9pm
the Uptown, Oakland
The Mitchell Experiment, Vir, Pierats
Notes: rated ** 21+, free, 9pm
all ages events for this warm Wednesday
the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F.
Kottonmouth Kings, Swollen Members, Big B
Notes: rated ** a/a
Thursday, July 30th
the Hemlock, S.F.
TV Ghost, Photobooth
Notes: rated * 21+, $7, 9pm
the Independent, S.F.
Freddie McGregor, Laden And Chino
Notes: rated ** 21+, $23/$25, 8:30pm/9pm
the Rickshaw Stop, S.F.
Lord Loves A Working Man, The Struts, The Hi-Nobles, The Devil-ettes
Notes: rated ** 21+, $10, 8pm
thee Parkside, S.F.
Black Cobra, Giant Squid, Grayceon, Cormorant
Notes: rated ** 21+, $8, 9pm
all ages events for this jittery Thursday
Fillmore S.F.
Gomez
Notes: rated *** a/a, $27.50, 8pm/9pm, no ins/outs
Smile Factory, Behind 888 E. Santa Clara St. San Jose
In Disgust, Coke Bust (D.C.), Sick Fix (D.C.), Cruiser (OR), Futur Skullz
Notes: rated *** a/a, $5, 7pm, pit warning
Sub-Mission, S.F.
Title Fight, Mother Of Mercy, Foundation, Foreign Nature, Wolves & Thieves
Notes: rated ** a/a
Warfield S.F.
N.E.R.D., The Clips
Notes: rated ** a/a, no ins/outs
Friday, July 31st
Blake's Berkeley
Matthew Hansen
Notes: rated * 18+, $10, 9pm
Cafe du Nord S.F.
Trashcan Sinatras
Notes: rated ** 21+, $17/$20, 9pm
Eli's, 3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland
The Attracted
Notes: rated * 21+, $7, 9pm/9:30pm (acoustic nite)
Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose
Bison B.C. (Canada), Lazarus A.D. (WI), Woe Of Tyrants, Silent Sinner, Psychomatic
Notes: rated *** 21+, pit warning
the Blank Club, San Jose
Suicidal Barfly, Crash Kings, Soft White Sixties
Notes: rated ** 21+, $8, 9pm
the Hemlock, S.F.
Castanets, Warmer Milks, Lake Millions
Notes: rated ** 21+, $8, 9:30pm
the Independent, S.F.
Cross Canadian Ragweed, Band Of Heathens
Notes: rated ** 21+, $15, 8:30pm/9pm
the Red Devil Lounge, S.F.
Zigaboo Modeliste
Notes: rated ** 21+, $10/$12, 9pm
the Uptown, Oakland
The Mumlers, Colossal Yes, Painted Cakes
Notes: rated ** 21+, $8, 9pm
all ages events for this memorable Friday
Bottom of the Hill S.F.
Classics Of Love, Toys That Kill, Ready The Jet, For.The.Win
Notes: rated *** a/a, $10, 8:30pm/9pm, pit warning (Food Drive For The Homeless)
Fillmore S.F.
Gomez
Notes: rated *** a/a, $27.50, 8pm/9pm, no ins/outs
Great American Music Hall S.F.
Stan Ridgway & The Voodoo Band
Notes: rated ** a/a (seated show)
Slim's S.F.
The Lou Dog Trio (tribute), Little Bitches (tribute), Audiodub
Notes: rated ** a/a
the Big Yellow House, 2174 Coronet Drive, San Jose
The Ego Trippers, Michael Chaffin, The Spanish Gamble, The Monterey Jacks
Notes: rated ** a/a, $4, 6pm
the Oakland Metro, Oakland
Sadus, Scarecrow, Concrete Coffin, Tryannosaurus Christ, Crushdown
Notes: rated *** a/a, $10/$12, 7:30pm, pit warning
the Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa at Potrero, S.F.
French Miami, Adam Stephens, Odawas, Or The Whale
Notes: rated ** a/a, 8pm (The Bay Bridged Fundraiser)
Saturday, August 1st
Cafe du Nord S.F.
The Heavenly States, French Miami, Railcars, 60 Watt Kid, Anderson Congress, Vitiligo
Notes: rated ** 21+, $10/$12, 7:30pm (Deli Magazine Dorkfest)
the Hemlock, S.F.
Natural Fonzie, Wig Torture, Three Stoned Men, The Pirate Band, The Clap Band
Notes: rated ** 21+, $7, 6pm
the Independent, S.F.
Colin Hay
Notes: rated ** 21+, $31, 8:30pm/9pm
all ages events for this fine-grained Saturday
924 Gilman Street
Dead To Me, Rational Anthem (FL), Turkish Techno
Notes: rated *** a/a, $7, 8pm, pit warning
Great American Music Hall S.F.
The Script, Angel Taylor
Notes: rated ** a/a
Nickel City, San Jose
The Mumlers, Shellshag (N.Y.), Screaming Females (N.J.), Doctor Nurse, Ghost And The City
Notes: rated ** a/a, $10, 7pm, pit warning
Slim's S.F.
Stellastarr
Notes: rated ** a/a
thee Parkside, S.F.
Gutwrench, Hukaholix, Build Them To Break
Notes: rated ** a/a, free, 3pm, pit warning
Sunday, August 2nd
Bottom of the Hill S.F.
Spot 1019, Catheads
Notes: rated ** 21+, $8, 1pm/2pm
Cafe du Nord S.F.
Foxtail Somersault, Astral, Space Waves
Notes: rated ** 21+, $10, 8pm
the Hemlock, S.F.
Japandroids, Abe Vigoda
Notes: rated ** 21+, $7, 9pm
thee Parkside, S.F.
Devils Own, Ian Shaul
Notes: rated ** ?/?
all ages events for this predictable Sunday
1-2-3-4 Go! Records, 423 40th Street, Oakland
Screaming Females, Shellshag
Notes: rated ** a/a, free, 3pm
Great American Music Hall S.F.
Deerhoof
Notes: rated *** a/a
Your House, Oakland
Doomsiren (TX), Elk, Stormcrow, In Disgust
Notes: rated ** a/a, 7pm, pit warning
the Fox Theater, Oakland
Sonic Youth, Awesome Color
Notes: rated *** a/a, $35.50, 8pm, no ins/outs, soldout likely
Monday, August 3rd
Cafe du Nord S.F.
Bowerbirds, Megafaun, Dame Satan
Notes: rated ** 21+, $12, 7:30pm
the Hemlock, S.F.
Iron Age, Mammoth Grinder, Foreign Nature, Secret People
Notes: rated ** 21+, $5, 7pm
the Independent, S.F.
Dezarie
Notes: rated ** 21+, $23/$25, 8:30pm/9pm
the Knockout, S.F.
Dean Dirg (Essen, Germany), Autistic Youth (Portland), Ruidos, Bad Coyotes
Notes: rated *** 21+, $6, 8pm/9pm, pit warning
all ages events for this jittery Monday
the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F.
Reel Big Fish, The English Beat, The Supervillains
Notes: rated *** a/a, pit warning
Tuesday, August 4th
Cafe du Nord S.F.
Elizabeth And The Catapult
Notes: rated ** 21+, $10, 8pm
the Knockout, S.F.
Dalton, Farticus, thirtythreeandathird (Arcata)
Notes: rated ** 21+, free, 9pm/10pm, pit warning
all ages events for this emancipated Tuesday
Great American Music Hall S.F.
John Doe & The Sadies
Notes: rated ** a/a
Wednesday, August 5th
the Blank Club, San Jose
Roxy Epoxy & The Rebound, Action Design, Like Me's
Notes: rated ** 21+, $5, 9pm
the Hemlock, S.F.
Softserve, Sabertooth Cavity & The Free Pop Arkestra
Notes: rated ** 21+, $5, 9pm
the Uptown, Oakland
Deeper, Zombie Defense League, Bigelows Treehouse
Notes: rated ** 21+, free, 9pm
all ages events for this thick Wednesday
Great American Music Hall S.F.
Rebelution, Iration, Tribal Seeds
Notes: rated ** a/a
Shoreline Amphitheatre MountainView
Phish
Notes: rated ** a/a, $49.50, 5:30pm/7pm, no ins/outs
Slim's S.F.
Jesse Winchester
Notes: rated ** a/a
Thursday, August 6th
Cafe du Nord S.F.
Kelley Stoltz, The Dry Spells (album release), Jessica Pratt
Notes: rated ** 21+, $10, 9pm
the Hemlock, S.F.
Zodiac Death Valley, In the Dust, Hott Daxx
Notes: rated ** 21+, $6, 9pm
the Independent, S.F.
Michael Rose
Notes: rated ** 21+, $27, 8:30pm/9pm
the Red Devil Lounge, S.F.
The Blasters
Notes: rated ** 21+, $18/$20, 8pm
the Uptown, Oakland
Roxy Epoxy & The Rebounds, The Action Design
Notes: rated ** 21+, $10, 9pm
all ages events for this lousy Thursday
Bottom of the Hill S.F.
The Briggs
Notes: rated ** a/a, $10/$12, 8:30pm/9pm
Fillmore S.F.
cancelled: Honor Society
Great American Music Hall S.F.
The Infamous Stringdusters
Notes: rated ** a/a
Slim's S.F.
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Monty Are I
Notes: rated ** a/a
Friday, August 7th
the Blank Club, San Jose
Melvins
Notes: rated *** 21+, $15, 9pm, pit warning
the Hemlock, S.F.
Floating Goat, Lozen, Canyon Canyon
Notes: rated ** 21+, $7, 9pm
the Uptown, Oakland
Bart Davenport, Sam Flax Keener, dj The Duke Of Windsor
Notes: rated ** 21+, free, 6pm/9pm
all ages events for this beautiful Friday
Fillmore S.F.
Lucha Vavoom
Notes: rated ** a/a, $32.50, 8pm/9pm, no ins/outs
Great American Music Hall S.F.
The Gris Gris
Notes: rated ** a/a
Slim's S.F.
Stomacher, Via Coma
Notes: rated ** a/a
Terminal, 3957 San Leandro Street, Oakland
Pulse Emitter, Grasslung, Brown, A Story Of Rats, Squim
Notes: rated ** a/a, 9pm
the Fox Theater, Oakland
Underworld, Damian Lazarus
Notes: rated ** a/a, $43.50, 8pm, no ins/outs
Saturday, August 8th
the El Rincon, S.F.
Jesse Brewster, Dear Indugu, Eloy Cipriano, Kali, dj Dr. Spook, dj Sausee, art
Notes: rated ** 18+, $8, 8pm (ND Fest)
the Hemlock, S.F.
Frustrations (Detroit)
Notes: rated ** 21+, $5, 6pm
the Hemlock, S.F.
Barbara Manning & The Sleaze Tax, Woog Riots
Notes: rated ** 21+, $7, 9pm (late show)
the Independent, S.F.
Sunno))), The Accused
Notes: rated *** 21+, $16/$18, 8:30pm/9pm
the Uptown, Oakland
James Intveld, Red Meat, Kit & The Branded Men
Notes: rated ** 21+, $12, 9pm
thee Parkside, S.F.
Free X, My Parde, The Lllness
Notes: rated ** ?/?
all ages events for this sparkling Saturday
924 Gilman Street
Triclops!, Psyched To Die (N.J.), Deep Sleep (MD), Broken Patterns
Notes: rated *** a/a, $7, 8pm, pit warning
Cafe du Nord S.F.
Paul Green's School of Rock West Coast All-Stars
Notes: rated ** a/a, $8/$10, 2pm
Fillmore S.F.
Los Amigos Invisibles
Notes: rated ** a/a, $25, 8pm/9pm, no ins/outs
Slim's S.F.
Led Zepagain
Notes: rated ** a/a
Your House, Oakland
N.I.B.U.R.U. (Houston), Dissent (Houston), I Will Kill You F-cker, Honduran (Portland), Strains Of The Apocalypse
Notes: rated *** a/a, $6, 8pm, pit warning
the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F.
Leela James, Bilal, Anthony David (solo)
Notes: rated ** a/a
Sunday, August 9th
Blake's Berkeley
Cryophonik, dj Tasty Cheasty, dj Spire, dj Gate One, C. Kay
Notes: rated ** 18+, $8, 9pm
Cafe du Nord S.F.
Agent Ribbons, Foxtails Brigade, Garrett Pierce, Devotionals
Notes: rated ** 21+, $10, 8pm
the Hemlock, S.F.
Tecumseh, Oaxacan, Barn Owl, Squim
Notes: rated ** 21+, $7, 9pm
thee Parkside, S.F.
Reduce To Ruin, Richard March
Notes: rated ** ?/?
all ages events for this light Sunday
McLaren Hall, 2130 Fulton St., U.S.F.
KUSF Rock 'n' Swap
Notes: a/a, $3 ($20 6am early entry), 10am
Monday, August 10th
Bottom of the Hill S.F.
Casiokids, The Wave Pictures, Slow Club
Notes: rated ** a/a, $10/$12, 8:30pm/9pm
Event Center, San Jose State
Heaven And Hell, Coheed And Cambria
Notes: rated ** a/a
Tuesday, August 11th
the Hemlock, S.F.
Caroline Weeks, Lewis & Clarke, Corridor
Notes: rated * 21+
all ages events for this sunny Tuesday
Bottom of the Hill S.F.
Cobra Skulls, The Copyrights, Rockfight
Notes: rated ** a/a, $8, 8:30pm
Wednesday, August 12th
the Hemlock, S.F.
Casual Fog (solo), Neil Morgan, Aaron Ross
Notes: rated ** 21+, $6, 9pm
the Independent, S.F.
Better Than Ezra
Notes: rated *** 21+, $25, 7:30pm/8pm
the Red Devil Lounge, S.F.
Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players
Notes: rated * 21+, $10, 8pm
all ages events for this nondescript Wednesday
San Francisco is Doomed Fest at many venues, S.F.
-16 50 Million, Shellshag, Bananas, Underground Railroad To Candyland, Screaming Females
Notes: rated *** a/a, pit warning (Thrillouse Records) (Benefit Maximum Rock n Roll and a new S.F. all age venue)
Slim's S.F.
Barcelona, Meese
Notes: rated ** a/a
Sub-Mission Art Space, S.F.
Limp Wrist
Notes: rated *** a/a, 8pm, pit warning (MR&R/Thrillhouse S.F. is Doomed fest)
Thursday, August 13th
the Hemlock, S.F.
Raised By Robots, M. Bison, Buttercream Gang
Notes: rated ** 21+, $6, 9pm
the Independent, S.F.
Gregory Isaacs
Notes: rated ** 21+, $28
the Knockout, S.F.
Never Healed, Skin Like Iron, Young Offenders, Airfix Kits
Notes: rated ** 21+, 8pm (MR&R/Thrillhouse S.F. is Doomed fest)
the Red Devil Lounge, S.F.
Dramarama
Notes: rated ** 21+, $18/$20, 8pm
Friday, August 14th
Amnesia 853Valencia at 20th , S.F.
Windsurf, Tussle, Jonas Reinhardt, dj's
Notes: rated ** 21+, 9pm (was aug 8th)
Blake's Berkeley
3RD Rail
Notes: rated ** 18+, $10, 9pm
Kimo's, S.F.
Flood, Pigs
Notes: rated ** 21+, 8pm, pit warning (MR&R/Thrillhouse S.F. is Doomed fest)
Voodoo Lounge, San Jose
The Iron Maidens
Notes: rated ** 21+, $12/$15
the Blank Club, San Jose
This Charming Band
Notes: rated ** 21+, $10, 9pm
the Hemlock, S.F.
Dalmacio Von Diamond And The Enochian Keys, New Thrill Parade, Al Qaeda (with Mike Watt), Droughter
Notes: rated ** 21+
the Mezzanine, S.F.
Mark Farina, Metro Area, dj Fluid, Rob G, J-Boogie, The Whooligan, Al Velilla
Notes: rated ** 21+, $15/$20, 10pm (Om records)
all ages events for this light Friday
924 Gilman Street
ArnoCorps, Thor, Dagobah (UK), Savage Machiine
Notes: rated *** a/a, $10, 7pm, pit warning
Sub-Mission Art Space, S.F.
Bananas, Underground Railroad To Candyland, Shang-A-Lang, Jonesin
Notes: rated *** a/a, 8pm, pit warning (MR&R/Thrillhouse S.F. is Doomed fest)
the Oakland Metro, Oakland
Mystic Knights Of The Cobra, Soft White Sixties, Pocos Perro Locos, Nosebleed Academy, The Moonlight Orchestra
Notes: rated *** a/a, $10, 8pm
the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F.
Down, Melvins
Notes: rated *** a/a, pit warning
Saturday, August 15th
Annie's Social Club, S.F.
The Iron Maidens, Oreo, Sticks And Stones
Notes: rated ** 21+, $12/$15, 8:30pm/9pm
Bottom of the Hill S.F.
The Octopus Project
Notes: rated * 21+, $12, 8:30pm/10pm
Cafe du Nord S.F.
The Fighting Supaks, Paleface, Ledbetter And His Best Best
Notes: rated ** 21+, $10/$12, 9pm
the Blank Club, San Jose
Beerijuana
Notes: rated ** 21+, $8, 9pm
the Hemlock, S.F.
Leopold & His Fiction, Spyrals, Candy Apple
Notes: rated ** 21+, $6, 9pm
the Independent, S.F.
N.A.S.A.
Notes: rated ** 21+, $18, 8:30pm/9pm
the Uptown, Oakland
Dead Souls (tribute), Spellbound (tribute), The Reptile House (tribute)
Notes: rated ** 21+, $8, 9pm (Benefit for East Bay Innovations)
all ages events for this jilted Saturday
Fillmore S.F.
Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, Eric Krasno, Chapter 2
Notes: rated *** a/a, $25, 8pm/9pm, no ins/outs
Great American Music Hall S.F.
Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers
Notes: rated ** a/a
Slim's S.F.
Wild Child (tribute)
Notes: rated ** a/a
the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F.
Bo Burnham
Notes: rated ** a/a
thee Parkside, S.F.
50 Million, Shellshag, Screaming Females, Reaction
Notes: rated ** a/a, 8pm, pit warning (MR&R/Thrillhouse S.F. is Doomed fest)
Sunday, August 16th
Cafe du Nord S.F.
Loop! Station, Jill Tracy, Nicki Jaine
Notes: rated ** 21+, $10, 8pm
the Hemlock, S.F.
Half Handed Cloud, Red Pony Clock, Boat
Notes: rated ** 21+, $6, 9pm
the Mezzanine, S.F.
Method Man, Redman, Ghostface Killah
Notes: rated *** 21+, $35, 7pm/8pm
thee Parkside, S.F.
Grooming The Crow, Lariats Of Fire
Notes: rated ** ?/?
all ages events for this aromatic Sunday
Bottom of the Hill S.F.
Crime
Notes: rated *** a/a, 8pm, pit warning (MR&R/Thrillhouse S.F. is Doomed fest)
Slim's S.F.
Quantic And His Combo Barbaro
Notes: rated ** a/a
Tuesday, August 18th
the Hemlock, S.F.
Scrabbel, Pregnant, Imra
Notes: rated ** 21+, $6, 9pm
all ages events for this jittery Tuesday
Bottom of the Hill S.F.
Pissed Jeans, Mi Ami
Notes: rated ** a/a, 9pm
Great American Music Hall S.F.
Emiliana Torrini
Notes: rated * a/a
the Shark Tank, San Jose
GREEN DAY, Franz Ferdinand
Notes: rated *** a/a, $49.50/$25, 6:30pm/7:30pm, no ins/outs, pit warning
Wednesday, August 19th
Cafe du Nord S.F.
Mother Mother
Notes: rated ** 21+, $10, 8:30pm
the Hemlock, S.F.
Stone Foxes, The Lonely H
Notes: rated * 21+
all ages events for this joyus Wednesday
the Rickshaw Stop, S.F.
Crocodiles, Pens, Graffiti Island
Notes: rated ** a/a, $10/$12, 8pm
Thursday, August 20th
Cafe du Nord S.F.
Strip Mall Architecture, The Love X Nowhere, Silian Rail
Notes: rated ** 21+, $10, 9pm
the Hemlock, S.F.
When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth
Notes: rated ** 21+
Friday, August 21st
the Hemlock, S.F.
Leyna Noel, Royalchord
Notes: rated * 21+
the Independent, S.F.
Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson
Notes: rated ** 21+, $25, 8:30pm/9pm
all ages events for this thick Friday
Fillmore S.F.
Tracy Chapman
Notes: rated *** a/a, $50, 8pm/9pm, no ins/outs
Great American Music Hall S.F.
Aphrodesia, dj Jeremiah
Notes: rated ** a/a
Nickel City, San Jose
When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth (TX), Dirty Pillows, Matsuri
Notes: rated ** a/a, $10, 7pm, pit warning
Slim's S.F.
Set Your Goals, Four Year Strong, Polar Bear Club, Fireworks
Notes: rated *** a/a, $15, 8pm
the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F.
Beres Hammond, Harmony House Singers, Culture, Lenya Wilks
Notes: rated ** a/a
Saturday, August 22nd
the Hemlock, S.F.
T.I.T.S., Plastic Crimewave, Wicked Wicked Ways
Notes: rated ** 21+, $7, 9:30pm
the Independent, S.F.
Jedi Mind Tricks
Notes: rated ** 21+, $15/$17, 8:30pm/9pm
the Uptown, Oakland
Grand Lake, Guidance Counselor, The Super Cutes
Notes: rated ** 21+, $8, 9pm
thee Parkside, S.F.
New Hope For The Dead, Ovsrdrive A.D., Hot Heresy
Notes: rated ** ?/?
thee Parkside, S.F.
The Ex-Boyfriends, My First Earthquake, Vitamin Party
Notes: rated ** 21+, $7, 9pm
all ages events for this sucky Saturday
Great American Music Hall S.F.
Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca
Notes: rated ** a/a
Slim's S.F.
Forbidden
Notes: rated *** a/a, pit warning
Sunday, August 23rd
the Hemlock, S.F.
Boy Gorilla
Notes: rated * 21+, $6, 9:30pm
the Independent, S.F.
Six Organs Of Admittance
Notes: rated ** 21+, $12, 7:30pm/8pm
thee Parkside, S.F.
The Sacred Profanities
Notes: rated ** ?/?
all ages events for this predictable Sunday
Fillmore S.F.
The Matches
Notes: rated *** a/a, $20, 8pm/9pm, no ins/outs
Warfield S.F.
The Cult
Notes: rated *** a/a, no ins/outs
Tuesday, August 25th
Voodoo Lounge, San Jose
Deadbolt
Notes: rated ** 21+, $12
the Hemlock, S.F.
Box Elders
Notes: rated * 21+, $5, 6pm (early show)
the Independent, S.F.
Fruit Bats, Death Vessel
Notes: rated ** 21+, $12/$14, 7:30pm/8pm
Wednesday, August 26th
all ages events for this emaciated Wednesday
Fillmore S.F.
Dredg, RX Bandits, As Tall As Lions
Notes: rated *** a/a, $20, 6:30pm/7:30pm, no ins/outs
Thursday, August 27th
the Hemlock, S.F.
The Rats, The Back CC's
Notes: rated ** 21+
the Red Devil Lounge, S.F.
Sex Type Thing
Notes: rated ** 21+, $7/$10, 9pm
Friday, August 28th
the Hemlock, S.F.
Mayyors, Lamps, Christmas Island, Wounded Lion
Notes: rated ** 21+
the Uptown, Oakland
Turbonegra (tribute), Death Valley High, Distance From Shelter, Loudness Of The Brethren
Notes: rated ** 21+, $8, 9pm
all ages events for this rainy Friday
Outside Lands Music Festival, Golden Gate Park, S.F.
Pearl Jam, Incubus, Thievery Corporation, Tom Jones, Silversun Pickups, The National, Q-Tip, Built To Spill, Midnite, Kinky, Tea Leaf Green, Autolux, The Dodos, Los Campesinos, Akron/Family, The Duke Spirit, Zee Avi, Blind Pilot, Sambada, West Indian Girl
Notes: rated *** a/a ($595-$200 3-day ticket / $89.50 single day), 1pm, no ins/outs, pit warning
thee Parkside, S.F.
Have Heart, Ceremony, Cruel Hand, Shipwreck
Notes: rated ** a/a, $12, 9pm
Saturday, August 29th
the Blank Club, San Jose
Chop Tops
Notes: rated ** 21+, $10, 9pm
the Hemlock, S.F.
Mt. Vicious, Ifihadahifi, Pegataur
Notes: rated ** 21+
the Uptown, Oakland
Death Angel
Notes: rated *** 21+, $15, 9pm, pit warning
thee Parkside, S.F.
Short Fuse, Deadringer, Tyrannosauruschr
Notes: rated ** ?/?
all ages events for this cold Saturday
Slim's S.F.
Jason Webley, Stefanko Iancu, Mark Growden, Geoff Berner, Eric Stern
Notes: rated ** a/a (Monsters of Accordion)
the Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa at Potrero, S.F.
Big B And His Snakeoil Saviors
Notes: rated * a/a, $10, 8:30pm/10pm
Sunday, August 30th
the Hemlock, S.F.
Space Waves, Dreamtiger, Heavy Water Experiments
Notes: rated ** 21+
thee Parkside, S.F.
Harkenbacks
Notes: rated ** ?/?
all ages events for this free Sunday
Great American Music Hall S.F.
The Minus 5, The Baseball Project, Steve Wynn
Notes: rated ** a/a
Nickel City, San Jose
O Pioneers!!! (TX), Shinobu
Notes: rated ** a/a, $10, 7pm
the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F.
George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic
Notes: rated *** a/a
Monday, August 31st
Streetlight Records, San Jose
Smile Brigade
Notes: rated ** a/a, free, 4pm
Tuesday, September 1st
the Hemlock, S.F.
DeatHat, Peculiar Pretzelmen, Corpus Callosum
Notes: rated ** 21+
all ages events for this jittery Tuesday
Slim's S.F.
Tinted Windows
Notes: rated ** a/a
Wednesday, September 2nd
Fillmore S.F.
Mitchel Musso
Notes: rated ** a/a, $20, 7pm/8pm, no ins/outs
Warfield S.F.
Al Green
Notes: rated ** a/a, no ins/outs
the Shark Tank, San Jose
AC/DC, The Answer
Notes: rated *** a/a, $92.50, 8pm, no ins/outs
Thursday, September 3rd
Annie's Social Club, S.F.
Jucifer, Grayceon
Notes: rated ** 21+, $8/$10, 8pm
Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose
Otep, Mudface, Ru36, Mystic Rage
Notes: rated *** 21+, pit warning
the Uptown, Oakland
Deadbolt, The Chop Tops, The Hellbillys, Switchblade Riot, dj Wednzdai
Notes: rated *** 21+, $12, 8pm (East Bay Psycho-Fest)
Friday, September 4th
Davies Symphony Hall, S.F.
Kathy Griffin
the Hemlock, S.F.
Devon Williams, Outrageous Cherry, Thee Makeout Party
Notes: rated ** 21+
the Uptown, Oakland
Wallpaper
Notes: rated * 21+, free, 6pm/9pm
all ages events for this drizzly Friday
Bottom of the Hill S.F.
Punchface, Triple Cobra
Notes: rated ** a/a, $10, 8:30pm/9pm
the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F.
The Neville Brothers, Dr. John
Notes: rated ** a/a
Saturday, September 5th
the Independent, S.F.
Stockholm Syndrome
Notes: rated *** 21+, $23/$25, 9pm
the Uptown, Oakland
Jucifer, Nobunny
Notes: rated ** 21+, $10, 9pm
all ages events for this portentous Saturday
Great American Music Hall S.F.
The Tubes
Notes: rated ** a/a
Slim's S.F.
Wire Train, Translator
Notes: rated ** a/a
Sunday, September 6th
the Blank Club, San Jose
Jucifer, Amonie
Notes: rated ** 21+, $8, 9pm
the Independent, S.F.
Stockholm Syndrome
Notes: rated *** 21+, $23/$25, 9pm
Monday, September 7th
all ages events for this memorable Monday
Slim's S.F.
Davy Knowles & Back Door Slam
Notes: rated ** a/a
Tuesday, September 8th
Cafe du Nord S.F.
Sea Wolf
Notes: rated ** 21+, $12, 9:30pm
Wednesday, September 9th
the Independent, S.F.
Soulsavers
Notes: rated ** 21+, $18, 7:30pm/8pm
all ages events for this bright Wednesday
Slim's S.F.
Obituary, Goatwhore, Krisiun, The Berzerker
Notes: rated *** a/a, pit warning
Thursday, September 10th
the Independent, S.F.
Perpetual Groove
Notes: rated ** 21+
all ages events for this jittery Thursday
the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F.
Maximo Park
Notes: rated ** a/a
Friday, September 11th
the Blank Club, San Jose
Mumlers, Kelley Stoltz, Botticellis
Notes: rated ** 21+, $8, 9pm
the Uptown, Oakland
The Hooks
Notes: rated ** 21+, $10, 9pm
all ages events for this portentous Friday
the Fox Theater, Oakland
Flogging Molly, Hepcat
Notes: rated *** a/a, $29.50, 7pm/8pm, no ins/outs (Live 105)
Saturday, September 12th
the Hemlock, S.F.
Glitter Wizard, The Groggs, Dirty Cupcakes
Notes: rated ** 21+
all ages events for this neverending Saturday
Slim's S.F.
Southern Culture On The Skids, Los Straitjackets
Notes: rated *** a/a
Streetlight Records, San Jose
Levator
Notes: rated ** a/a, free, 4pm
the Fox Theater, Oakland
Paolo Nutini
Notes: rated ** a/a, $25, 8pm, no ins/outs
Sunday, September 13th
Bottom of the Hill S.F.
The Honorary Title, Good Old War, Cory Branan
Notes: rated ** ?/?, $12, 8pm
Tuesday, September 15th
the Blank Club, San Jose
Southern Culture On The Skids, Los Straightjackets
Notes: rated ** 21+, $15/$17, 8pm
all ages events for this sunny Tuesday
Slim's S.F.
Bad Brains, Trouble Andrew
Notes: rated ** a/a
the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F.
Sugar Ray, Aimee Allen, Dirty Heads
Notes: rated ** a/a
Wednesday, September 16th
the Hemlock, S.F.
Oh My God, We Is Shore Dedicated, Wave Array
Notes: rated ** 21+
all ages events for this bright Wednesday
Slim's S.F.
Bad Brains, Trouble Andrew
Notes: rated ** a/a
Thursday, September 17th
the Uptown, Oakland
Pansy Division, The Avengers, The Paul Collins Beat
Notes: rated *** 21+, $12, 9pm, pit warning
all ages events for this unpredicatble Thursday
the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F.
The Psychedelic Furs, Happy Mondays
Notes: rated ** a/a
Friday, September 18th
the Independent, S.F.
Frightened Rabbit, The Twilight Sad
Notes: rated ** 21+, $15, 8:30pm/9pm
the Uptown, Oakland
White Witch Canyon, 3rdrail
Notes: rated * 21+, $10, 9pm
all ages events for this neverending Friday
Civic Auditorium, 408 South Almaden Blvd., San Jose
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Notes: rated ** a/a, no ins/outs
Slim's S.F.
Mestizo, Caravanserai, Vortex Tribe
Notes: rated ** a/a
Warfield S.F.
Porcupine Tree, That 1 Guy
Notes: rated ** a/a, no ins/outs
Saturday, September 19th
the Hemlock, S.F.
Wildildlife
Notes: rated * 21+
the Independent, S.F.
Little Boots
Notes: rated * 21+, $15/$17, 8:30pm/9pm
the Uptown, Oakland
The Dave Rude Band
Notes: rated ** 21+, $10, 9pm
all ages events for this ponderous Saturday
Great American Music Hall S.F.
Dirty Three
Notes: rated ** a/a
Slim's S.F.
Meat Puppets, Dead Confederate
Notes: rated *** a/a, pit warning
the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F.
Dragonforce, Sonata Arctica, Taking Dawn
Notes: rated ** a/a, pit warning
Sunday, September 20th
Fillmore S.F.
Gaslight Anthem, Murder By Death
Notes: rated ** a/a, $20, 7pm/8pm, no ins/outs
Monday, September 21st
Fillmore S.F.
The Get Up Kids
Notes: rated *** a/a, no ins/outs
Tuesday, September 22nd
Warfield S.F.
Pet Shop Boys, Pandemonium
Notes: rated *** a/a, no ins/outs
Wednesday, September 23rd
Warfield S.F.
Pet Shop Boys, Pandemonium
Notes: rated *** a/a, no ins/outs
the Fox Theater, Oakland
Rodrigo Y Gabriela
Notes: rated ** a/a, $35.50, 8pm, no ins/outs
Thursday, September 24th
Great American Music Hall S.F.
Jerry Jeff Walker, Django Walker
Notes: rated *** a/a (seated show)
the Fox Theater, Oakland
Bon Iver
Notes: rated ** a/a, $22.50, 8pm, no ins/outs
the Rickshaw Stop, S.F.
John Brown's Body, The Black Seeds
Notes: rated ** a/a, $15/$17, 9pm
Friday, September 25th
Great American Music Hall S.F.
The Radiators
Notes: rated ** a/a
Shoreline Amphitheatre MountainView
Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley, Jimmy Wayne
Notes: rated ** a/a, no ins/outs
Sunday, September 27th
the Independent, S.F.
Blitzen Trapper
Notes: rated * 21+
all ages events for this decaffinated Sunday
Slim's S.F.
Edguy, Luna Mortis
Notes: rated ** a/a
Thursday, October 1st
the Uptown, Oakland
Ziggy Love, Midline Errors
Notes: rated ** 21+, $5, 9pm
Friday, October 2nd
all ages events for this hazy Friday
Slim's S.F.
Asobi Seksu, Loney Dear
Notes: rated ** a/a
Saturday, October 3rd
the Independent, S.F.
The Horrors
Notes: rated ** 21+, $18/$20, 8:30pm/9pm
all ages events for this cold Saturday
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Golden Gate Park, S.F.
/4 Hayes Carll, Doc Watson & David Holt, Lyle Lovett And His Large Band, Jorma Kaukonen, Allen Toussaint, Okkervil River, Abalone Dots, Barefoot Nellies, Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys, The Wronglers, The Knitters, Dar Williams, Marley's Ghost, ODC/Dance, Mavis Staples, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Emmylou Harris, Steve Martin With The Steep Canyon Rangers, Dry Branch Fire Squad, Steve Earle & The Bluegrass Dukes, Richie Havens, Allison Moorer, Gillian Welch, Marianne Faithfull, Marshall Crenshaw, Boz Scaggs And The Blue Velvet Band, John Prine, Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women, Hazel Dickens, Elizabeth Cook, Kimmie Rhodes, Tom Morello, Austin Lounge Lizards, The Aboriginal Country & Western Songbook, The Tim O'Brien Band, The Flatlanders, Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Butch Hancock, Rodney Crowell, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, The Brothers Comatose, Kevin Welch, Kieran Kane & Fats Kaplin, Elvis Perkins In Dearland, Mike Farris & The Roseland Rhythm Revue, Moonalice, Reckless Kelly, Pamela Rose, The Fireants, Nick Lowe, Billy Bragg, Laurie Lewis, The Duhks, Buddy Miller, World Party, Billy Joe Shaver, Marty Stuart, Charlie Haden, Amadou & Mariam, Robert Earl Keen, Booker T. & The DBTs, Neko Case, Old Crow Medicine Show, Earl Scruggs, Robyn Hitchcock, Aimee Mann, The Chieftains, Dr. Dog, The Del McCoury Band, Eliza Gilkyson, Malo, MC Hammer, Rosie Flores With Jon Langford And The Pine Valley Cosmonauts, Todd Snider, Red Wine, Old 97's, Little Feat, The Claire Lynch Band, Darrell Scott Band, Guy Clark, Verlon Thompson
Notes: rated *** a/a, 10am, free
Monday, October 5th
the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F.
Fever Ray
Notes: rated ** a/a
Tuesday, October 6th
the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F.
Stratovarius, Pagan's Mind
Notes: rated ** a/a, 8pm
Friday, October 9th
Fillmore S.F.
Mutemath
Notes: rated ** a/a, $24.50, 8pm/9pm, no ins/outs
the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F.
Children Of Bodom, Skeletonwitch, Austrian Death Machine
Notes: rated *** a/a, pit warning
Saturday, October 10th
Warfield S.F.
Kenny Rogers
Notes: rated *** $55/$48, 8pm, no ins/outs (was apr 16th)
Monday, October 12th
Great American Music Hall S.F.
Mono
Notes: rated ** a/a
Slim's S.F.
Nomeansno, Triclops!, The Pack, A.D.
Notes: rated *** a/a, pit warning
Tuesday, October 13th
Fillmore S.F.
Sunny Day Real Estate
Notes: rated *** a/a, $27.50, 7pm/8pm, no ins/outs
Wednesday, October 14th
the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F.
The Pogues
Notes: rated *** a/a
Thursday, October 15th
the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F.
K.M.F.D.M., Angel Spit, Legion Within
Notes: rated *** a/a, pit warning
Friday, October 16th
the Fox Theater, Oakland
Snow Patrol, Plain White T's
Notes: rated *** a/a, $35, 8pm, no ins/outs (KFOG)
the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F.
Butthole Surfers
Notes: rated *** a/a, 8pm/9pm, pit warning
Saturday, October 17th
Fillmore S.F.
The Jesus Lizard
Notes: rated *** a/a, $25, 8pm/9pm, no ins/outs, pit warning, soldout likely
Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Ave., S.F.
Mike Birbiglia
Notes: rated ** a/a, $35/$27.50, 7pm/8pm
Monday, October 19th
Slim's S.F.
Owl City, The Scenic Aesthetic, Brooke Waggoner
Notes: rated ** a/a
Tuesday, October 20th
Bottom of the Hill S.F.
Strike Anywhere, Polar Bear Club, Crime In Stereo, Ruiner
Notes: rated *** a/a, $12, 8pm
Saturday, October 31st
the Uptown, Oakland
Mystic Knights Of The Cobra
Notes: rated ** 21+, $10, 9pm
Sunday, November 1st
the Independent, S.F.
UFO
Notes: rated *** 21+
Monday, November 2nd
all ages events for this sucky Monday
Fillmore S.F.
The Airborne Toxic Event
Notes: rated ** a/a, $21, 7pm/8pm, no ins/outs
Saturday, November 21st
the Regency Grand Ballroom, S.F.
Jaguares
Notes: rated ** a/a
Saturday, July 4th
Cache Creek Casino Resort, 14455 Highway 16, Brooks
Hal Ketchum
Notes: rated ** 18+
the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz
Reverend Beat-Man, Thee Merry Widows, SC Beatdown, Riff Raff, The End
Notes: rated ** 21+, $10, 6pm (burlesque, car show)
all ages events for this grinding Saturday
Boardwalk Orangevale
Doey Rock, Trigga Tre Mak, Anam8tion, Gezi, The Realists, Black Science, Ill Effect, Indestre, 2-4-1
Notes: rated ** a/a, $10/$12, 8pm/8:30pm
Dreamland, Hayward
October Embrace Her, Bury The Victim, Sense Of Dementia, Before The End
Notes: rated ** a/a, $5, 7:30pm, pit warning
Sunday, July 5th
the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights
The Scowndrolls, Dogfood, Playground Patriots, 2 Hot 3 Fast, Not Your Style
Notes: rated ** a/a, 6pm
the Rivershack, 7220 Hwy 49, Coloma
Abandon Theory
Notes: rated * a/a
Monday, July 6th
Route 92, San Mateo
Nihlotep, Vesterian, Times Of Desperation
Notes: rated ** 21+, free
Tuesday, July 7th
Blue Lamp Lounge, Sacramento
Reverend Beat-Man (Switzerland), Delaney Davidson
Notes: rated * 21+, $8, 9pm
the Mystic Theater, Petaluma
Surprise Me Mr. Davis, Marco Benevento, Big Light
Notes: rated ** 18+, $15, 7:30pm/8:30pm
the the Headquarters, 528 Sinclair St., Reno NV
The Unit Breed (Portland), Panic Opera
Notes: rated ** ?/?
all ages events for this heavy Tuesday
the Empire Theatre, 1825 Pacific Avenue, Stockton
Ace Enders, Person L, The Gay Blades, The Dangerous Summer
Notes: rated ** a/a, $12, 6:30pm
Wednesday, July 8th
Henfling's Firehouse Tavern, Ben Lomond
Vaginal Discharge, Kha'nos, Cyanic, Party Gremlins
Notes: rated ** 21+, 8pm
Reno Events Center, 300 N Center St., Reno, NV
Rise Against, RANCID, Billy Talent
Notes: rated *** no ins/outs, pit warning
Ugly's, 7691 Auburn Blvd., Citrus Heights
Sundowner Motel
Notes: rated * 21+
Thursday, July 9th
the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights
Akbar, Lucky Beltran
Notes: rated ** 21+, 8pm
the Red Hat, 1860 Monument Blvd., Concord
The Ms. Fits, Hukaholix, Corrupt Absolute, Bullet 66
Notes: rated ** 21+, $5, 9pm, pit warning
Friday, July 10th
Henfling's Firehouse Tavern, 9450 Highway 9, Ben Lomond
B-Cups, Groovy Judy, Culo A Boca
Notes: rated ** 21+, $7, 9pm
the Catalyst, Santa Cruz
Blvd, Mimosa
Notes: rated ** 16+, $10/$12, 8:30pm/9pm
the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights
SynSystem, ShadowBox Theory, Flawless Design
Notes: rated ** 21+, 8pm
all ages events for this vibrating Friday
Boardwalk Orangevale
Copeland, Sherwood, Anchor & Braille, Meese
Notes: rated ** a/a, $15, 8pm
Dreamland, Hayward
Law Abiding Citizens, Good Neighbor Policy, Nihilist C-nt, Five Fingers Of Death, JWard
Notes: rated *** a/a, $5, 7:30pm, pit warning
Marco's Cafe, Coloma
Abandon Theory
Notes: rated * a/a
Phoenix Theater Petaluma
Battle of the Bands
Notes: rated ** a/a, $8, 7:30pm/8pm
Water Works Park, 151 N. Boulder Dr., Redding
Fast Times
Notes: rated * a/a, 7pm
Saturday, July 11th
PJ's Roadhouse, Placerville
cancelled: Abandon Theory
Notes: 21+
the Blue Lamp, Sacramento
Call Me Ishmael, The inversions
Notes: rated ** 21+, 9pm
the Catalyst, Santa Cruz
Robin Trower, Corby Yates
Notes: rated *** 21+, $33/$39, 6:30pm/7:30pm (show 1)
the Catalyst, Santa Cruz
Alien Cowboys, Boom Boom Stereo
Notes: rated ** 21+, free, 9pm (show 2)
the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights
Terra Ferno, Soul Distortion, Descendant
Notes: rated ** 21+, 8pm
the Mystic Theater, Petaluma
The Feud, Stiff Dead Cat
Notes: rated ** 21+, $15, 8pm/9pm
all ages events for this hot Saturday
Boardwalk Orangevale
Guttermouth
Notes: rated *** a/a, $15, 8pm/8:30pm, pit warning
Club Retro, Orangevale
Haste The Day, The Chariot, Project 86, Oh, Sleeper, Before Their Eyes, Gwen Stacy, AGraceful, For Today, A Plea For Purging, Corpus Christi
Notes: rated *** a/a, $18 ($25 vip), 4:30pm, pit warning
Dreamland, Hayward
Verbal Abuse, Violation, Disciples, Decent Criminals, Bum City Saints, Snag
Notes: rated *** a/a, $5, 7:30pm, pit warning
Java Lounge, 2416 16th St., Sacramento
Final Summation, In The Red, Bastards Of Young, Anchor Down, For The Win
Notes: rated ** a/a, $7, 6pm, pit warning
Phoenix Theater Petaluma
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Smoov-E
Notes: rated ** a/a, $30, 7:30pm/8pm
Plea For Peace Center, 630 E Weber Ave, Stockton
Hudson Criminal, All Teeth, Excuse The Blood, S.Y.F.
Notes: rated ** a/a, 7pm
the Evil Dead Shed, Concord
Born/Dead, Abrupt, Zero Bull Sh-t, Whores Of War, Dolph Lundgren
Notes: rated *** a/a, $5, 6pm, pit warning
Sunday, July 12th
Grand Sierra Resort, 2500 East 2nd Street, Reno NV
Death Cab For Cutie
Notes: rated *** ?/?
all ages events for this marvelous Sunday
Club Retro, Orangevale
Bidwell, Goodnight Sunrise, The Real You, Hero's Last Mission
Notes: rated ** a/a, $10, 6:30pm, pit warning
the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights
Zuhg, The Yellow Dot Acoustic
Notes: rated * a/a, 6pm
the New Oasis, 2100 Victorian Ave., Sparks, NV
Haste The Day, The Chariot, Sleeping Giant, Project 86, Oh Sleeper, Gwen Stacy, Agraceful, For Today, A Plea For Purging, Corpus Christi
Notes: rated *** a/a, no ins/outs, pit warning, soldout likely
Monday, July 13th
Lost on Main, Chico, 319 Main Street, Chico
Girl In A Coma (TX), Miss Derringer, Joybook, Truckers Wife
Notes: rated *** 21+, 9pm
Route 92, San Mateo
Repaid In Blood
Notes: rated ** 21+, free
all ages events for this aromatic Monday
Hero's Sports Lounge & Pizza Co., 821 L St, Modesto
The Real You, Goodnight Sunrise, Bidwell, The Kinzie Affair
Notes: rated ** a/a, $8, 7pm
Tuesday, July 14th
the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights
Girl In A Coma (TX), Miss Derringer
Notes: rated *** 21+, 8pm
all ages events for this aromatic Tuesday
the New Oasis, 2100 Victorian Ave., Sparks, NV
Jim Rose Circus Vs. Jake The Snake Roberts
Notes: rated *** a/a, no ins/outs
Wednesday, July 15th
Henfling's Firehouse Tavern, Ben Lomond
Ocean Burial, Unconventional Thought Process, Take The Suffering
Notes: rated ** 21+, 8pm
the Catalyst, Santa Cruz
Mystic Roots, Top Shelf, Natural Incense
Notes: rated ** 16+, $8/$10, 7:30pm/8pm
the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights
Voodoo Glow Skulls, Monkey
Notes: rated ** 21+, 8pm, pit warning
Thursday, July 16th
the Catalyst, Santa Cruz
Eric Hutchinson, Anya Marina
Notes: rated ** 16+, $10/$12, 7:30pm/8:30pm
the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights
Indian Jewelry, Psychic Ills
Notes: rated * 21+, 8pm
all ages events for this furry Thursday
Boardwalk Orangevale
A Static Lullaby, Vanna, Asking Alexandria, Motionless In White, Tides Of Man
Notes: rated ** a/a, $12/$14, 7pm/7:30pm
Friday, July 17th
Brookdale Inn And Spa, Brookdale
Graveyard
Notes: rated ** ?/?
Duffys, 337 Main Street, Chico
24 Satellites (cd release), The Amblers
Notes: rated ** 21+, 9:30pm
Marilyn's on K, 908 K Street at 9th, Sacramento
Abandon Theory, Las Pesadillas, The Dirty Feet
Notes: rated ** 21+
the Pioneer Saloon, 2925 A Woodside Road, Woodside
Bad Touch, Culo A Boca, Sinvida
Notes: rated ** 21+, $5, 9pm
all ages events for this speedy Friday
Dreamland, Hayward
Abriel, Antagony, 7 Eat 9, Prelude To Ruin, Through The Fiasco
Notes: rated *** a/a, $5, 7:30pm, pit warning
Saturday, July 18th
Chris' Club, 656 Benicia Rd., Vallejo
Self-Centered, Park Lane, Dead City Sunday, The Stalking Distance, One Dying Secret, Butcher
Notes: rated ** 21+, $5, 8pm, pit warning
the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights
Sexciety, I Wish We Were Robots, Of Ashes, Bloodprint
Notes: rated ** 21+, 8pm
all ages events for this neverending Saturday
159 El Dorado, Hayward
M.A.B., Pillager, It, Nato, Generic Kids, Rudo, Horse Flesh, Driven By Pigs, Endless Attack, P.O.S.
Notes: rated ** a/a, $3, 1pm, pit warning
Club Retro, Orangevale
Josiah James, Consider The Thief, The Glorious Fall, Carcerys Vale, Sleepwell, From Indian Lakes, Hello Sailor, Batten Down Your Heart, To Save A Hero
Notes: rated *** a/a, $10/$14 ($20 vip), 3:30pm, pit warning
Dreamland, Hayward
Maya Over Eyes, Break Free, Betrayal, Murder Death Kill, Mark These Words
Notes: rated ** a/a, $10, 7:30pm, pit warning
Streetlight Records, 939 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz
Cry For Tomorrow
Notes: rated ** a/a, free, 4pm
Vet's Hall, 189 Pine Street, Valley Springs
Falling To Pieces, The Venting Machine
Notes: rated ** a/a, $10, 8pm, pit warning
Yer Mom's Haus, Chico
Fistifuks, Semi-Evolved Simians, Zabaleen, Gruk
Notes: rated ** a/a, 7pm
the Golden Gecko Gardens, 4665 Marshall Rd., Garden Valley
Abandon Theory
Notes: rated * a/a
the Pheonix Theater, Petaluma
the habit project (created by actors 10 to 17 years old from interviews with addicts, behavioral psychologists, environmentalists, philosophers, martial artists)
Notes: rated ** a/a, $10, 8pm
Sunday, July 19th
Grand Sierra Resort, 2500 East 2nd Street, Reno NV
J Boogie
Notes: rated ** ?/?
Sugartown Festival, Pomona Street at 2nd, Crockett
The Zydeco Flames, Da Island Way, The Very Bad Boys, Monsters Are Not Myths, Blue Sky, Last One Picked, Crunchy Frog
Notes: rated ** free, 11am/1pm
the Mystic Theater, Petaluma
Arc Angels
Notes: rated ** 21+, $25, 7pm/8pm
all ages events for this jittery Sunday
Streetlight Records, 939 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz
The Littlest Viking
Notes: rated ** a/a, free, 4pm
the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights
F.B.S., Unisef, Snot Cocks, Left Handed
Notes: rated ** a/a, 6pm
Monday, July 20th
Lost on Main, Chico, 319 Main Street, Chico
Joe Buck Yourself (Murray, KY), The Donikers, Cheatin Hearts
Notes: rated ** 21+, 8:30pm
Press Club 2030P Street at 21st , Sacramento
Judgement Day
Notes: rated ** 21+
Route 92, San Mateo
Children Of The Damned, Brocas Helm
Notes: rated ** 21+, free
all ages events for this splendiferous Monday
Boardwalk Orangevale
The Secretions, Rat Damage (Sacramento), Greenback
Notes: rated *** a/a, 8pm, pit warning
Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz
Talk Jonny
Notes: rated ** a/a, free, 4pm
Tuesday, July 21st
Bombay's, 1730 California Street, Redding
Joe Buck Yourself (Murray, KY), Rabid Badgers, Poop, Truckers Wife
Notes: rated ** 21+, 9pm
all ages events for this amorous Tuesday
Streetlight Records, 939 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz
Francis Harold & The Holograms
Notes: rated ** a/a, free, 4pm
the Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz
Judgement Day
Notes: rated ** a/a
Wednesday, July 22nd
Henfling's Tavern, Ben Lomond
Lucabrazzi, Helm
Notes: rated ** 21+, 8pm
Thursday, July 23rd
the Catalyst, Santa Cruz
Music For Animals, Wendy Darling
Notes: rated ** 16+, $10/$12, 8:30pm/9pm
the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights
The Boils (PA), Excuse The Blood
Notes: rated ** 21+, 8pm
the Mystic Theater, Petaluma
The Donnas, Sticks & Stones, Luv Planet
Notes: rated *** 21+, $20, 7pm/8pm
all ages events for this aromatic Thursday
Boardwalk Orangevale
Carnifex, Impending Doom, Miss May I, Conducting From The Grave, Molotov Solution
Notes: rated ** a/a, $12/$14, 6:30pm/7pm
Club Retro, Orangevale
Tre Burt And A Big Gust Of Wind, The Tease, Perfect Example, Michaelryan McCauley
Notes: rated ** a/a, $9/$12, 6:30pm
Modesto Virtual, 947 10th St., Modesto
Drop Dead, Gorgeous, He Is Legend, Before Their Eyes, Eyes Set To Kill, Watchout! There's Ghosts
Notes: rated ** a/a, $14, 6pm
Friday, July 24th
Brookdale Inn And Spa, Brookdale
Agent Orange, D.I., Total Chaos
Notes: rated *** ?/?, pit warning, soldout likely
Duffys, 337 Main Street, Chico
Surrogate (cd release), The Shimmies, Zach Zeller (solo acoustic)
Notes: rated ** 21+, 9:30pm
Reno Events Center, 300 N Center St., Reno, NV
Il Divo
Notes: rated ** no ins/outs
the Catalyst, Santa Cruz
Gillian Welch
Notes: rated ** 21+, $25/$28, 7pm/8pm
the Mystic Theater, Petaluma
Luciano, Lumanation
Notes: rated ** 21+, $22/$25, 8pm/9pm
all ages events for this rainy Friday
Boardwalk Orangevale
Drop Dead, Gorgeous, He Is Legend, Before Their Eyes, Watch Out! There's Ghosts, Eyes Set To Kill
Notes: rated ** a/a, $15, 8pm/8:30pm
Club Retro, Orangevale
Abandon Kansas, Paper Mache
Notes: rated ** a/a, $10, 6:30pm
Dreamland, Hayward
Space Monkey Gangsters, Point Of Vier, The Benefits, Poor AJ, Agent Deadlies
Notes: rated ** a/a, $5, 7:30pm, pit warning
Modesto Virtual, 947 10th St., Modesto
Emery, Maylene And Sons Of Disaster, Closure In Moscow, Secret & Whisper, Kiros
Notes: rated ** a/a, $14, 6pm
Phoenix Theater Petaluma
Shock G3 Trio, Syncere & H-Nut, Taeda Boy, G-Saleem
Notes: rated *** a/a, 7:30pm/8pm
Saturday, July 25th
Reno Events Center, 300 N Center St., Reno, NV
Journey, Heart
Notes: rated *** no ins/outs
the Catalyst, Santa Cruz
Hottub
Notes: rated ** 16+, $10/$12, 8:30pm/9pm
the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights
Damage, Silent Treatment (cd release), Grey Atlas, Split Self, Unmata
Notes: rated ** 21+, 8pm
the Kennel Club, 5821 Auburn Blvd., Sacramento
Fear, Agent Orange, D.I., Total Chaos
Notes: rated *** 21+, pit warning, soldout likely
all ages events for this free Saturday
Boardwalk Orangevale
Falling To Pieces, After The Flesh, I Dekay, 12 Gauge Facelift, Otis
Notes: rated ** a/a, 8pm, pit warning
Club Retro, Orangevale
The Stalking Distance, Fair Game, S.T.D., The Battle Of Midway, Brand New Lions
Notes: rated ** a/a, $8/$10, 6:30pm, pit warning
Dreamland, Hayward
Destroy All Operating Systems, I Shot The Sheriff, The American Dream, Red Fall
Notes: rated ** a/a, $10, 7:30pm, pit warning
Phoenix Theater Petaluma
Surrendered, Uncut Faith, Your Pain My Victory, Second to Last, A Storybook Romance, Dilemachine/Covenant (lobby)
Notes: rated *** a/a, $8, 7:30pm/8pm (Broken.FM Benefit)
the New Oasis, 2100 Victorian Ave., Sparks, NV
Lacuna Coil, Kill Hannah, Seventh Void, Dommin
Notes: rated ** a/a, no ins/outs
the Senator Theatre, 517 Main Street, Chico
Poison The Well, Madball, Bane, Terror, War Of Agers, The Ghost Inside, Death Before Dishonor, Trapped Under Ice, This Is Hell, Crime In Stereo
Notes: rated *** a/a, $10, pit warning
Sunday, July 26th
the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights
2Me
Notes: rated * a/a, 6pm
the Marin Civic Center, San Rafael
California World Guitar Show
Notes: a/a
the New Oasis, 2100 Victorian Ave., Sparks, NV
Fear, Agent Orange, D.I., Total Chaos
Notes: rated *** a/a, no ins/outs, pit warning, soldout likely
the Senator Theatre, 517 Main Street, Chico
Kill Hannah, Lacuna Coil, Seventh Void, Dommin
Notes: rated ** a/a, pit warning
Monday, July 27th
Route 92, San Mateo
Zombie Death Stench
Notes: rated ** 21+, free
Wednesday, July 29th
Harrah's Lake Tahoe, 15 Hwy 50, Stateline, NV
Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert, Lady Antebellum
Notes: rated ** 21+
Last Day Saloon, 120 5th St., Santa Rosa
Trapt, Since October (FL), Divide The Day, Inept
Notes: rated ** 21+, 8pm/8:30pm, pit warning
Thursday, July 30th
the Catalyst, Santa Cruz
Chris Pureka, Lucy Walsh
Notes: rated ** 16+, $3/$5, 8:30pm/9pm
all ages events for this heavy Thursday
Club Retro, Orangevale
The Squires, Don't Make Me Destroy You, The Walter Bere Band
Notes: rated ** a/a, $9/$12, 6:30pm, pit warning
Friday, July 31st
the Catalyst, Santa Cruz
Stellar Corpses
Notes: rated ** 16+, $10/$12, 8:30pm/9pm
the Mystic Theater, Petaluma
The Mermen
Notes: rated ** 21+, $12/$15, 8pm/9pm
all ages events for this hot Friday
B.R.S., Richmond
In Disgust, Coke Bust (MD), Sick Fix (MD), Infernal Stronghold (Philladelphia), Voetsek
Notes: rated *** a/a, $6, pit warning (Ami LawLess 43rd Birthday)
Dreamland, Hayward
Radio Active Cosmic Cereal, Tofu, Chubby Chubbies, Cold Cuts
Notes: rated ** a/a, $5, 7:30pm, pit warning
Phoenix Theater Petaluma
Ensnared, Pasnuta & The Maximals, Decent Criminal, Construct X
Notes: rated *** a/a, $8, 7:30pm/8pm
Saturday, August 1st
the Capitol Club, 525 Main Street, Quincy
Abandon Theory
Notes: rated *
the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights
Social Unrest
Notes: rated ** 21+, 8pm, pit warning
the Mystic Theater, Petaluma
Malo, La Ventana
Notes: rated ** 21+, $22/$25, 7pm/8pm
all ages events for this emaciated Saturday
the Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Rd., Marysville
Judas Priest, Whitesnake, Tesla, Since October (FL)
Notes: rated *** a/a, 3:30pm, no ins/outs, pit warning
Sunday, August 2nd
the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights
Eleonora, I Am Empire, Death Valley High, My Love, My Love
Notes: rated ** a/a, 6pm
Monday, August 3rd
the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz
Entragian, Super Happy Story Time Land, Kha'nos, Winston Smith
Notes: rated ** 21+, 8pm
Thursday, August 6th
the Mystic Theater, Petaluma
Johnny Winter, Hillside Fire
Notes: rated ** 21+, $27/$30, 7pm/8pm
Friday, August 7th
Main Street Brewery, 101 Main Street, Roseville
Abandon Theory
Notes: rated * 21+
the Catalyst, Santa Cruz
Johnny Winter
Notes: rated ** 21+, $21/$24, 7:30pm/8:30pm (show 1)
the Catalyst, Santa Cruz
James Intveld
Notes: rated ** 21+, $10/$12, 8:30pm/9pm (show 2)
the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights
With A Bullet
Notes: rated ** 21+, 8pm
all ages events for this neverending Friday
the Senator Theatre, 517 Main Street, Chico
Pat Green
Notes: rated ** a/a
Saturday, August 8th
Duffys, 337 Main Street, Chico
Omarr Escoffie (solo acoustic)
Notes: rated ** 21+, 9:30pm
the Catalyst, Santa Cruz
The Pack, The Cataracs, Dizzy Balloon, Pep Love Of Hieroglyphics, The Holdup, The Skaflaws
Notes: rated ** 16+, $12/$15, 8pm/9pm (show 1)
the Catalyst, Santa Cruz
Lukas Nelson & The Promise Of The Real
Notes: rated ** 16+, $10/$12, 8:30pm/9pm (show 2)
the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights
The Nickel Slots, Drinking At Your Funeral
Notes: rated ** 21+, 8pm
all ages events for this lovely Saturday
Mountain Winery, Saratoga
Ziggy Marley, 311, The Expendables
Notes: rated *** a/a, 12:30pm (early show)
Sunday, August 9th
the Red Hat, 1860 Monument Blvd., Concord
Banda Newsense, Decrats (L.A.), Society's Low, Slow Children (L.A.)
Notes: rated ** 21+, $5, 5pm (BBQ) (Benefit STAND! against domestic violence)
all ages events for this beautiful Sunday
the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights
Beneath The Rapture, Bloodshot Pizza, Tag Your Dead, Vesuvious
Notes: rated ** a/a, 6pm
Friday, August 14th
Boardwalk Orangevale
Aroarah, American Radio, Automatic Static, Save And Continue, Red Velvet Kiss
Notes: rated ** a/a, $10, 8pm/8:30pm
Phoenix Theater Petaluma
Mental Conflict, Body Or Brain, Nana de Carlo, Waters
Notes: rated *** a/a, $8, 7:30pm/8pm, pit warning
the New Oasis, 2100 Victorian Ave., Sparks, NV
Hatebreed, Chimaira, Toxic Holocaust, Winds Of Plague, Dying Fetus
Notes: rated *** a/a, no ins/outs, pit warning, soldout likely
Saturday, August 15th
John Ascuaga's Nugget Casino, Sparks, NV
Alan Parsons Live Project
Notes: rated ** 18+
Lost on Main, Chico, 319 Main Street, Chico
F.M.A.M., The Donnikers, Hellzapoppin (sideshow revue)
Notes: rated ** 21+, 9:30pm (Benefit for the Chico Elementary Music Program)
the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights
Fair Game
Notes: rated * 21+, 8pm
all ages events for this amorous Saturday
Boardwalk Orangevale
E-40, Potluck, Big Co, Alias John Brown
Notes: rated *** a/a, $35/$40, 8pm/8:30pm
Club Retro, Orangevale
Coolfield
Notes: rated ** a/a, $8/$10, 6:30pm
Dreamland, Hayward
The Zygoats
Notes: rated * a/a, 7:30pm
Phoenix Theater Petaluma
The Disciples, Holy Rolemodel, The B-Cups, Nontoxic, Entangled
Notes: rated *** a/a, $8, 7:30pm/8pm, pit warning
the Senator Theatre, 517 Main St., Chico
Hatebreed, Chimaira, Toxic Holocaust, Winds Of Plague, Dying Fetus
Notes: rated *** a/a, $19/$22, 5:30pm, pit warning, soldout likely
Sunday, August 16th
the Catalyst, Santa Cruz
Hatebreed, Chimaira, Winds Of Plague, Dying Fetus, Toxic Holocaust
Notes: rated *** 16+, $19/$21, 6pm/7pm, pit warning, soldout likely
the Mystic Theater, Petaluma
Gregory Isaacs, Midnight Sun
Notes: rated ** 21+, $25, 8pm/9pm
all ages events for this aromatic Sunday
the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights
Lessons In Failure, Our Hometown Disaster, Vomit
Notes: rated ** a/a, 6pm
Monday, August 17th
the Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz
Thor, ArnoCorps
Notes: rated *** 21+, pit warning
the Catalyst, Santa Cruz
Xavier Rudd, Jeremy Fisher
Notes: rated ** 16+, $20/$25, 7pm/8pm
Wednesday, August 19th
the Catalyst, Santa Cruz
Trevor Hall
Notes: rated ** 16+, $8/$10, 8:30pm/9pm
the Mystic Theater, Petaluma
Xavier Rudd, Jeremy Fisher
Notes: rated ** 21+, $20, 7:30pm/8:30pm
Thursday, August 20th
the Catalyst, Santa Cruz
The Pyrx Band, Playz, Chris Rene
Notes: rated ** 16+, $8/$10, 8:30pm/9pm
all ages events for this joyus Thursday
Boardwalk Orangevale
Jeffree Star, Artist Vs. Poet, Watch Out! There's Ghosts, Let's Get It, The Divine
Notes: rated *** a/a, $12/$14, 8pm/8:30pm
Warped Tour, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View
3oh!3, A Day To Remember, A Skylit Drive, Aiden, Alana Grace, Alexisonfire, All Time Low, Attack Attack, Bayside, Big D And The Kids Table, Black Tide, Breathe Carolina, BrokenCyde, Cash Cash, Channel 3, Chiodos, Dirty Heads, D.O.A., Dr Madd Vibe Experiment, Early States, Escape The Fate, Every Avenue, Fear, Fishbone, Forever The Sickest Kids, Gallows, H.D.R., Hit The Lights, I Set My Friends On Fire, In This Moment, InnerPartySystem, Left Alone, Less Than Jake, Longway, LoveHateHero, Madina Lake, Meg and Dia, Midori Audioclique, Millionaires, NoFX, P.O.S., Saosin, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Senses Fail, Shad, Shooter Jennings, Silverstein, Sing It Loud, Single File, Streetlight Manifesto, TAT, The A.K.A.s, The Adicts, The Architects, The Devil Wears Prada, The Maine, The Reverend Peytons Big Damn Band, The Truth, The White Tie Affair, Thelonious Monster, There For Tomorrow, Therefore I Am, This Providence, Thrice, Total Chaos, TV/TV, UK Subs, Underoath, Valencia, VersaEmerge, Virgin Pancakes, We The Kings, Westbound Train, YB, You Me At Six
Notes: rated *** a/a, $26.75, 10:30am/11am, no ins/outs, pit warning (only one main stage - bands on main stage play 40 minuits each)
Friday, August 21st
the Catalyst, Santa Cruz
Slacktone, The Concaves, The Restless Kings
Notes: rated ** 16+, $8/$10, 8:30pm/9pm
all ages events for this cold Friday
Amphitheatre, 2677 Forty Mile Rd., Marysville
3oh!3, A Day To Remember, A Skylit Drive, Aiden, Alana Grace, Alexisonfire, All Time Low, Attack Attack, Bayside, Big D And The Kids Table, Black Tide, Breathe Carolina, BrokenCyde, Cash Cash, Channel 3, Chiodos, Dirty Heads, D.O.A., Dr Madd Vibe Experiment, Early States, Escape The Fate, Every Avenue, Fishbone, Forever The Sickest Kids, Gallows, H.D.R., Hit The Lights, I Set My Friends On Fire, In This Moment, InnerPartySystem, K Sera, Left Alone, Less Than Jake, Longway, LoveHateHero, Madina Lake, Meg and Dia, Millionaires, NoFX, P.O.S., Saosin, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Senses Fail, Shad, Shooter Jennings, Silverstein, Sing It Loud, Single File, Streetlight Manifesto, Tat, The A.K.A.s, The Adicts, The Architects, The Devil Wears Prada, The Maine, The Reverend Peytons Big Damn Band, The Truth, The White Tie Affair, Thelonious Monster, There For Tomorrow, Therefore I Am, This Providence, Thrice, Total Chaos, TV/TV, UK Subs, Underoath, Valencia, VersaEmerge, Virgin Pancakes, We The Kings, Westbound Train, Y.B., You Me At Six
Notes: rated *** a/a, no ins/outs, pit warning (Warped Tour)
Phoenix Theater Petaluma
Forrest Day, Dizzy Balloon
Notes: rated ** a/a, $10, 7:30pm/8pm
Saturday, August 22nd
Pine Street Grill, 875 Rincon Ave., Livermore
Falling To Pieces, Kicking K8
Notes: rated ** 21+, 8pm, pit warning
all ages events for this decaffinated Saturday
B.R.S., Richmond
Beowulf (L.A), Pyschosomatic, Killing California (L.A), Super Buick (PA)
Notes: rated *** a/a, 7pm, pit warning
Sunday, August 23rd
the Empire Theater, 1825 Pacific Avenue, Stockton
Hellogoodbye, Fun., Limbeck, My Favorite Highway
Notes: rated ** a/a, $15, 7pm
Monday, August 24th
Arco Arena 1Sports Pkwy , Sacramento
GREEN DAY
Notes: rated *** a/a, no ins/outs, pit warning
Wednesday, August 26th
Reno Events Center, 300 N Center St., Reno, NV
Mudvayne, Black Label Society, Static-X, Suicide Silence, Dope, Bury Your Dead, Hellzapoppin
Notes: rated *** no ins/outs, pit warning (Pedal To The Metal Tour)
Thursday, August 27th
all ages events for this hesitating Thursday
Boardwalk Orangevale
Hellogoodbye, Fun., Limbeck, My Favorite Highway
Notes: rated ** a/a, $15, 8pm
Friday, August 28th
Grand Sierra Resort, 2500 East 2nd Street, Reno NV
Blondie
Notes: rated *** ?/?
all ages events for this aromatic Friday
Club Retro, Orangevale
Showbread, Goodnight Caulfield, Bomb The Hill
Notes: rated ** a/a, $10/$12, 6:30pm, pit warning
Phoenix Theater Petaluma
The Phenomenauts
Notes: rated ** a/a, $10, 7:30pm/8pm, pit warning
Saturday, August 29th
Phoenix Theater Petaluma
David Allan Coe, Hardly Likely
Notes: rated *** 21+, $25, 7:30pm/8pm (bar show)
all ages events for this heavy Saturday
Club Retro, Orangevale
The Phenomenauts, The Revolts
Notes: rated ** a/a, $10, 6:30pm, pit warning
Golden State Theatre, Monterey
Brian Regan
Notes: rated ** a/a, $43.50, 7pm/8pm
Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz
Smoke
Notes: rated ** a/a, free, 4pm
the Eureka Theater, 612 F Street, Eureka
Ween
Notes: rated *** a/a, $37
Friday, September 4th
the Mystic Theater, Petaluma
Chuck Mead
Notes: rated ** 21+, $18/$20, 7:30pm/8:30pm
all ages events for this hectic Friday
Phoenix Theater Petaluma
Deerhoof
Notes: rated *** a/a, $12, 7:30pm/8pm
Saturday, September 5th
the Mystic Theater, Petaluma
Israel Vibrations
Notes: rated ** 21+, $22/$25, 8pm/9pm
all ages events for this rainy Saturday
Phoenix Theater Petaluma
Kid Dynamo, Ground Round, Caffeine, Blindspot, The Invalids, Schoolbox, Mickey & The Bigmouths, Twine, Milkfat, The Catnips
Notes: rated *** a/a, $10, 4:30pm/5pm, pit warning (BBQ - Nostalgia Fest)
Friday, September 11th
Club Retro, Orangevale
Mozart Season, The Subtle Way, A Lot Like Vegas
Notes: rated ** a/a, $10/$12, 6:30pm, pit warning
Sunday, September 13th
Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz
Levator
Notes: rated ** a/a, free, 4pm
Monday, September 14th
Boardwalk Orangevale
The Honorary Title, Good Old War, Cory Branan
Notes: rated ** a/a, $14, 7:30pm
Wednesday, September 16th
the Catalyst, Santa Cruz
Sugar Ray
Notes: rated *** 21+, $20/$25, 7pm/8pm
Thursday, September 17th
the Catalyst, Santa Cruz
Steel Pulse
Notes: rated *** 16+, $26/$30, 7pm/8pm
the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights
Noisepsalm
Notes: rated ** 21+, 8pm
Friday, September 18th
the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights
Travis Chance (Solo)
Notes: rated * 21+, 8pm
the Mystic Theater, Petaluma
Marshall Tucker Band
Notes: rated *** 21+, $35, 7:30pm/8:30pm
Saturday, September 19th
the Arcata Theater Lounge, 1036 G Street, Arcata
The underlings (Eugene), Nipplepotamus, Splinter Cell
Notes: rated ** 18+, $5, 9pm
Thursday, September 24th
all ages events for this aromatic Thursday
Club Retro, Orangevale
Karate High School, Blood On The Dance Floor, Electric Valentine, Metroid, Greenlight District
Notes: rated ** a/a, $11/$9, pit warning
Friday, September 25th
Earthdance Festival, Laytonville
-27 STS9
Notes: rated ** a/a
Sunday, September 27th
the Mystic Theater, Petaluma
The Average White Band
Notes: rated *** 21+, $22/$25, 7pm/8pm
Thursday, October 8th
all ages events for this fine-ground Thursday
Empire Events Center, 1417 R Street, Sacramento
Mutemath
Notes: rated ** a/a, 7pm, no ins/outs
Saturday, October 10th
the Alibi, 744 9th St., Arcata
Smashed Glass, Splinter Cell
Notes: rated ** 21+, $5, 10:30pm (Benefit for Humboldt Council of the Blind)
Saturday, October 17th
Harlow's, 2708 J St., Sacramento
NoMeansNo, Victims Family, Kai Kln, Zu (Italy)
Notes: rated *** 21+, $15, 9pm, pit warning, soldout likely
Monday, October 19th
the Mystic Theater, Petaluma
Joan Osborne, The Holmes Brothers, Paul Thorn
Notes: rated *** 21+, $35, 7pm/8pm
Wednesday, October 21st
the Catalyst, Santa Cruz
UFO
Notes: rated *** 21+, $22/$26, 7pm/8pm
Thursday, October 29th
Fat Cat, 930 11th Street, Modesto
UFO
Notes: rated *** 21+
Saturday, October 31st
the Little Fox, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City
Damage Inc. (tribute), Paradise City (tribute), Children Of The Damned (tribute), Strangers In The Night (tribute)
Notes: rated ** 21+, 8pm
Friday, November 20th
the Mystic Theater, Petaluma
Y & T
Notes: rated *** 21+, $35, 7pm/8pm
Saturday, November 21st
the Mystic Theater, Petaluma
Y & T
Notes: rated *** 21+, $35, 7pm/8pm
Saturday, November 28th
the Catalyst, Santa Cruz
Igor & Red Elvises
Notes: rated ** 21+, $16/$20, 8:30pm/9pm
the Mystic Theater, Petaluma
Roy Rogers And The Delta Rhythm Kings (cd release)
Notes: rated ** 21+, $20, 7pm/8pm
Thursday, December 3rd
the Mystic Theater, Petaluma
Richard Thompson
Notes: rated ** 18+, $30, 7:30pm/8:30pm
Thursday, December 31st
the Mystic Theater, Petaluma
Tommy Castro
Notes: rated ** 21+, $50/$60, 7pm/8pm
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