May 12 mon Efterklang (Copenhagen), Slaraffenland, Winterbirds
at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8:30pm/9pm **

May 12 mon Tyrone Wells, Jason Reeves
at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 8pm *

May 12 mon Harptallica (tribute - Baton Rouge), Saturn Returns, Dominique Banuelos & Starblood 7
at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm **

May 13 tue Vetiver
at Amoeba Music, 2455 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a 6pm free *

May 13 tue Cloud Cult, Kid Dakota, Love Is Chemicals
at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $10 8:30pm/9pm **

May 13 tue Kate Nash, Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players
at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 7pm/8pm # **

May 13 tue Jean Marie, Vic Wong's Panique
at the Climate Theater, 285 9th Street @ Folsom, S.F. a/a $10-$15 sliding scale 8pm *

May 13 tue R3turn To Mono, Fun Machine, Anon Day, Excuses For Skipping
at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10 8:30pm **

May 13 tue Geographer, Indian Valley Line, Mosshead
at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm **

May 13 tue The Corruptors, Shootin' Lucy, Frankenstein L.I.V.S.
at the Knockout, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm/10pm **

May 13 tue Carneyball Johnson & Nive (Greenland)
at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $5 9:30pm *

May 13 tue Axton Kincaid (acoustic)
at Club Wazeima, 543 Divisadero, S.F. ?/? free 8pm

May 13 tue Makana
at the Palms, Davis ?/? *

May 13 tue Eisley, The Myriad, Vedera
at Empire Events Center, 1417 R St., Sacramento a/a $15/$18 7:30pm **

May 13/14/16/17/18 Phil Lesh & Friends
at the Warfield, S.F. a/a $45 (6pm/7pm tue/wed) (7pm/8pm (fri-sat-sun) # **

May 14 wed The Swith, Shannon And The clam, Magnanimous, Foxes
at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm **

May 14 wed Fleas And Lice (Groningen, Holland), Mouth Sewn Shut (7" release - Boston), Inhaste (Seattle), Stormcrow
at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a $8 8:30pm/9pm *** @

May 14 wed Port O'Brien (cd release), Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin Girls
at the Rickshaw Stop, S.F. a/a $10/$12 8pm **

May 14 wed The Dodos
at Amoeba Music, 1855 Haight, S.F. a/a 6pm *

May 14 wed Fontanelle, Ruby Howl, Gilded Rooks
at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm *

May 14 wed South, The Silver State, Ki: Theory, Johnny Lloyd Rollins
at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $13/$15 7:30pm/8pm **

May 14 wed Magnus Hitch, Monsters Are Not Myths
at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 8pm **

May 14 wed Toy Soldiers, Buttercream Gang, Dead Westerns
at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm**

May 14 wed Railcars, Static Mind-FI, Sleepy Boy Moe
at the Hotel Utah, S.F. 21+ $6 9pm **

May 14 wed Radar Brothers, Le Switch, Petracovich
at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm **

May 14 wed Laughing Dead
at Grant & Green, S.F. 21+ 9pm *

May 14 wed Falls Protocol, Case In Theory, Silver Griffin, Explosion Sauce
at Voodoo Lounge, 14 South Second Street, San Jose 21+ **

May 14 wed East Bay Shitbirds, The Crutch, Kick Start Devils, The Singularity
at the Blue Lagoon, Sacramento 21+ **

May 14/15 Crowded House, Don McGlashan
at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $45 7pm/8pm # **

May 14/15 Foreigner
at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, 15 Hwy 50, Stateline, NV 21+ $60 7:30pm **

May 15 thr Port O'Brien
at Rasputin's Music, 2401 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a free 5pm *

May 15 thr The Carrots
at Amoeba Music, 2455 Telegraph, Berkeley a/a 6pm free *

May 15 thr The Family Curse, Jealousy, Brides
at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm **

May 15 thr Sprayzer, dj Kirin Rider, dj Sam FM
at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ free 9pm *

May 15 thr The Proclaimers, Jeremy Fisher
at Slim's, S.F. a/a $18 8pm **

May 15 thr The Attachments, Boat (Seattle), Social Studies
at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. ?/? $8 8:30pm/9pm ** (KALX)

May 15 thr The Saurus, Ostrich Head, Richie Cunning, Rob Rush
at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $7/$10 8pm **

May 15 thr Langhorne Slim & The War Eagles, Ferraby Lionheart, Willoughby
at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $12/$14 7:30pm/8pm **

May 15 thr The Marshall Tucker Band
at Fat Cat, 930 11th Street, Modesto 21+ **

May 15 thr Hey Willpower, Invisible Cities, School For The Dead
at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $7 9:30pm **

May 15 thr Electric Dude, Ihabial, South Of Sunshine
at the
at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $5 9pm **

May 15/16 Hot Tuna
at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a **

May 16 fri Sabertooth Zombie, Murder Practice, Seize The Night, Skin Like Iron (7" record release), Grace Alley (7" record release), Crucified
at 924 Gilman a/a $7 7:30pm *** @

May 16 fri Chris Murray Combo, Monkey, Justifi, Coup De Ska
at Blake's, Berkeley 18+ $12 ($10 if 21+) ^ **

May 16 fri Army, David Morrison, Tuff Lion, Luv Fyah
at Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley 21+ $12 *

May 16 fri The Show Is The Rainbow, Snowsuit, Fetish
at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 9pm **

May 16 fri Kofy Brown, A Band Called Pain
at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $8 9pm **

May 16 fri Murder By Death, Dios, Gasoline Heart
at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12/$13 8:30pm/10pm **

May 16 fri James Frey, Josh Kilmer-Purcell, Stephen Elliott
at Slim's, S.F. a/a free **

May 16 fri The Dirtbombs, Dan Sartain, Terrible Twos
at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $15 8:30pm/9pm **

May 16 fri This Charming Band (tribute), Ghost Of Curtis (tribute)
at Cafe Du Nord, S.F. 21+ $10/$12 9:30pm **

May 16 fri The Grannies, East Bay Chasers, Texas Thieves, Barbie And The Hookers (L.A.), U.S. Kings
at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $8 8pm/8:30pm *** @

May 16 fri The Chesebals, Erasure-Esque
at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $10 9pm ***

May 16 fri Barbary Coasters, Allen Oldies Band (TX)
at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm **

May 16 fri Anthem Midnight, Monstrous, Strictly Commercial, Sputnik, With Friends Like These
at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $8 7:30pm/8pm ***

May 16 fri Marshall Tucker Band, Moonalice
at Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $30 7pm/8pm **

May 16 fri Juanes
at the Shark Tank, San Jose a/a $85/$60/$40 8pm # * (seated show)

May 16 fri La Plebe, Whiskey Avengers, Cobra Skulls
at the Blank Club, San Jose 21+ $10 9pm ** @

May 16 fri Evening Episode, Pets, Willoughby
at Java Lounge, Sacramento a/a $7 **

May 16 fri Cynic
at Best, The Action Design, Allinday, Junta Deville
at the Fire Escape Bar, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 9pm **

May 16 fri The Melodramatics, M.M.F.M.
at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9:30pm *

May 17 sat xBxRx, Triclops!, Surrender, rock poster art show with: Paul Imagine, Chuck Sperry, Chris Shaw, John Seabury, Lil Tuffy, Mauz, David d'Andrea, D. King Gallery
at 924 Gilman a/a $7 8pm *** @

May 17 sat New Earth Creeps, Self Inflicted, Embrace The Kill, Santhai, Ancient Forrest, Maggot Colony
at Your House, Oakland a/a $6 8pm *** @

May 17 sat Built For The Sea, Overview, Silian Rail, The Hundred Days
at the Great American Music Hall, S.F. a/a **

May 17 sat Razor Blade Honey
at Brainwash, 1122 Folsom St., S.F. a/a *

May 17 sat Fluorescent Grey, Kush Arora, Anon Day, Spukkin Faceship, 666 Gangstaz, Scuzi, Brian English, Robotanist
at 382 Baysore Blvd., S.F. a/a $8 10pm ** (noise/electric)

May 17 sat Echo Of Bullets, Power Struggle, Say Bok Gwai, P+ (Watsonville)
at the Retox Lounge, S.F. 21+ $5 8pm/8:30pm ** @

May 17 sat The Show Is The Rainbow, Cryptacize, The Pope Of Yes
at the Hemlock, S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm **

May 17 sat Bryan Adams (solo)
at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $25 8:30pm/9pm ***

May 17 sat The Bar Feeders, The Dick Dusters, The White Barons
at Annie's Social Club, S.F. 21+ $10-$20 sliding scale 9pm ** @ (Benefit for Steve K from Ziegiest)

May 17 sat Kemo Sabe, The Whoreshoes, Axton Kincaid, Bob Harp, Pirate Radio
at the EL Rio, S.F. 21+ 3pm * (early show - Benefit S.F. Food Bank)

May 17 sat La Plebe, Trainwreck Riders, The Fucking Buckaroos
at the El Rio, S.F. 21+ $7 9pm/10pm ** @ (late show)

May 17 sat Castles In Spain (10pm)
at 12 Galaxies, S.F. a/a $20 ($15 with flyer) *

May 17 sat The Frail, Mario Muse, BaconMonkey, Six, dj Aaron, dj Omar
at the DNA Lounge, S.F. 21+ **

May 17 sat Wire Graffiti, Bettie Black, The Obsessors
at Beale Street Bar & Grill, 133 Beale St., S.F. 21+ $6 9:30pm **

May 17 sat Burn The Ruin, Athens, X-Ray Cat, In The Eyes Of A Mistress, Amongst The Betrayed
at Marine Youth Center, 1115 3rd Street, San Rafael a/a 7:30pm ** @

May 17 sat Gomorran Social Aid & Pleasure Club, Bluebellies, Or The Whale
at the Phoenix Theater, Petaluma a/a $10 7:30pm/8pm ***

May 17 sat Charlie Wilson, Brenton Wood, Malo, Lisa-Lisa
at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountian View a/a $60/$35/$10 4:30pm/6pm # ** (KISS Old School Fiesta)

May 17 sat Godstomper, Mental Stagnation, Iguanadon, Fatal Impulse, No Thanks
at Java Lounge, Sacramento a/a $7 **

May 17 sat Posiden, Coldcokt
at the
at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights 21+ $8 9pm **

May 17 sat Diamate
at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 9pm *

May 17 sat Abandon Theory
at Caspar Inn, 14957 Caspar Rd., Caspar 21+ *

May 17 sat The Extra Action Marching Band, Apple Pie Hopes, Mikchael Musika
at the Uptown, Oakland 21+ $12 9pm **

May 17 sat The Chop, Man/Miracle, Plasterkatz
at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 8pm **

May 17 sat The Kills
at Slim's, S.F. a/a $16 9pm **

May 17 sat Blowfly, AntIseen, Hammerlock
at the Bottom of the Hill, S.F. a/a $12 8:30pm/10pm ** @

May 17 sat Bassnectar, Zion I, Heavyweight Dub Champion, Apostle, Seasunz, Beats Antique
at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $22.50 8pm/9pm # **

May 17 sat Drunken Public, Bad Hand, The Atom Age
at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 3pm til 8pm **

May 17 sat Papa Doo Run Run
at Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ $30 8pm/9pm **

May 18 sun Raw Power (Italy)
at the Stork Club, Oakland 21+ $5 ** @

May 18 sun Whoa Nellies, The Lovin 44's
at thee Parkside, S.F. a/a free 5pm til 8pm *

May 18 sun Dresden Dolls, Vermillion Lies
at the Fillmore, S.F. a/a $27.50 7:30pm/8:30pm # **

May 18 sun Two Seconds, Little Teeth, Tinkture, Vomica, Thee Out Mods
at the Bottom of the hill, S.F. a/a $8 8pm **

May 18 sun El Perro Del Mar, Lykke Li
at Bimbo's 365 Club, 1025 Columbus Avenue, S.F. 21+ **

May 18 sun French Kicks, The Weather Underground
at the Independent, S.F. 21+ $14 7:30pm/8pm **

May 18 sun The Smithereens
at the Red Devil Lounge, S.F. 21+ $30 8pm ***

May 18 sun Zephyrs, Backlash, Say Bok Gwai, Punchface
at Walnut Park, Petaluma Blvd. and D Street, Petaluma a/a donation 4pm ** (Benefit for American Civil Liberties Union)

May 18 sun Izabella, 35R, Kanvus, Brothers Comatose, The Jug Dealers
at Mystic Theater, Petaluma 21+ ($5 or 5 cans of food) 6pm/7pm ** (battle of the bands)

May 18 sun Crypt Orchid, Red Terrror, L.S.D.A., Escapement
at Java Lounge, Sacramento a/a $5 **

May 18 sun Dismal Lapse, ForkTung, Mind Furnace, Lethal Injection
at the Fire Escape, Citrus Heights a/a $7 ($5 if 21+) 4pm **

May 18 sun Blowfly, Antiseen, The Show Is The Rainbow, Dr. Becky Sagers Phd, Gorgeous Armada
at Nick's Night Club, Chico 21+ 6pm **