Listing By Date

Jan 20 - Jan 26

• Mon Jan 20
  • Fox Theater, Oakland Elbow a/a $39.50 7pm/8pm ***
  • Holy Diver, Sacramento Los Kung-Fu Monkeys, Monkey, Hans Gruber And The Die Hards, Holophonics, Joker's Republic, Life Of The Afterparty a/a $14 6pm *** @
  • Jack London Elbo Room, Oakland Advertisers (N.Y.C.), Sabertooth Rockers 21+ $10 9pm ***
  • New Parish, Oakland Lil Boii Kantu, Ph4de a/a $15/$20 7:30pm/8pm **
  • Swedish American Hall, S.F. Leif Vollebekk 21+ $15/$18 7pm **
• Tue Jan 21
  • Amado's, S.F. Robert Lloyd, Brad Brooks 21+ $20 7:30pm/8pm ** (John Wesley Harding tribute)
  • August Hall, S.F. Patrick Watson, Brad Barr a/a $25 7:30pm/8:30pm ***
  • Bottom of the Hill, S.F. Stony Sugarskull (Berlin, Germany, Margalee, Bells Rang 21+ $10 8:30pm/9pm **
  • Fillmore, S.F. Earthgang, Mick Jenkins a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ***
  • Fox Theater, Oakland King Princess a/a $55-$39.50 7pm/8pm # ** (sold out)
  • Golden Bull, Oakland Left At London, Valentine, Quisol, Pritty XIII 21+ $10 8pm **
  • Ivy Room, Albany Invincible Vacuum Cleaner Co, Jacob Aranda 21+ $8/$10 8pm **
  • KUSF Basement Office, 2130 Fulton Street, S.F. Discovery, Lockheed a/a free 8pm ** @
  • Senator Theater, Chico YBN Cordae a/a $20/$25 7:30pm/8:30pm ***
  • Shark Tank, San Jose Seventeen (Korea) a/a $175-$55 6:30pm/7:30pm # ***
  • Starline Social Club, Oakland Fog Lake 21+ $12/$14 8pm **
  • Thee Parkside, S.F. Los Kung-Fu Monkeys (Tijuana, MX), Monkey (San Jose), Hans Gruber And The Die Hards (Austin, TX), Holophonics (Denton, Tx), Joker's Republic (N.J.) 21+ $8/$10 6:30pm/7pm *** @ (SKA Parade) (blu-ray release for "Pick It Up: Ska In The 90's")
• Wed Jan 22
  • Chapel, S.F. Bonny Light Horeseman, Johanna Samuels a/a $18/$22 8:30pm **
  • DNA Lounge, S.F. Blackmoon a/a $10/$12 8pm/8:30pm **
  • DNA Lounge, S.F. Blackmoon a/a $10/$12 8pm/8:30pm **
  • Great American Music Hall, S.F. Poppy, Vowws 6+ $25 7pm/8pm ***
  • Rickshaw Stop, S.F. Maverick Sabre, Reece, dj Aaron Axelsen a/a $20/$22 8pm ***
  • Ritz, San Jose Wailers 21+ $30/$34 7pm **
  • Senator Theater, Chico Infamous String Dusters a/a $20 7pm/8pm ***
  • Starline Social Club, Oakland La Neve 21+ $8/$10 9pm **
  • Tamarack, 1501 Harrison Street, Oakland Discovery, Prism, Mentor a/a $5 8pm ** @
• Thu Jan 23
  • Amoeba Music, S.F. Cursive a/a free 6pm ***
  • Aqus Cafe, 189 H Street, Petaluma Adrian West Duo a/a 7pm til 9pm **
  • Brick and Mortar, S.F. Riff Raff 18+ $20 ($65 vip) 8pm/9pm ***
  • Cafe du Nord, S.F. Zola, Emily Afton 21+ $12/$15 7:30pm **
  • Cornerstone, Berkeley Alborosie, Shengen Clan, Arise Roots a/a $29 7:30pm/8:30pm **
  • Eagle, S.F. Goat Rhythm (Ventura), Butt Problems, Necroveck 21+ $8 9pm/9:30pm *** @
  • Fillmore, S.F. Randy Houser a/a $27.50 7pm/8pm # ***
  • Golden Bull, Oakland Cindy, Billie Gale, Dear Banshee (record release) 21+ $8 8pm **
  • Holy Diver, Sacramento Bleed The Sky, Skinlab, Arise In Chaos, So This Is Suffering, Cemetery Legacy a/a $13 6pm/6:30pm *** @
  • Ivy Room, Albany Tet Holiday, Breathing Room, Customers 21+ $7/$10 8:30pm ***
  • Jack London Elbo Room, Oakland Shivas (Portland), Dreaming Ghosts, Banzai Cliff 21+ $10/$13 9pm ***
  • New Parish, Oakland La Ronda Bogota, Barrio Manouche, host Gina Madrid a/a $20/$25 (under 21 plus $5) 8:30pm/9pm ^ **
  • Poet Winter Wind, Birdo & Patriot, 320 Cedar Street, Santa Cruz 21+ free 8pm *** @
  • Rickshaw Stop, S.F. Society Of Rockets (album release), Noelle And The Deserters, Ugly a/a $10 8pm ***
  • Ritz, San Jose Reverend Horton Heat, Buttertones, Paladins, Deke Dickerson 21+ $30 8pm ***
  • Slim's, S.F. Cursive (Omaha, Nebraska), Cloud Nothings, Criteria 6+ $25 7pm/8pm ***
  • Warfield, S.F. Thrice, Mewithoutyou, Drug Church, Holy Fawn a/a 28.50/$34/$40 6pm/7pm # ***
• Fri Jan 24
  • 924 Gilman St., Berkeley Hawak, Saliva Tribe, Kanta Kanta, Manifesto, Obsolete Sun a/a 8pm *** @ (Benefit for Liyang Network)
  • Amado's, S.F. Cruz Contreras 21+ $12/$15 7:30pm/8pm **
  • Bottom of the Hill, S.F. Bribes, Travis Hayes, Ferocious Few 21+ $12 8pm/8:30pm **
  • Brick and Mortar, S.F. Marteen a/a $15 7pm/8pm ***
  • Caravan Lounge, San Jose Aseptic, Goat Rhythm (Ventura), Anthracnose 21+ *** @
  • Curio Bar, S.F. William Cenote ?/? free 8pm **
  • DNA Lounge, S.F. Qiensave, Cuevo Perez (45 rpm release), Imparcial a/a $10 8:30pm ***
  • Fillmore, S.F. Infamous Stringdusters, Easy Leaves a/a $26.50 7pm/8pm # ***
  • Golden Bull, Oakland Field Day, Love Songs, Paper Dolls 21+ $20/$25 8pm/9pm *** @
  • Great American Music Hall, S.F. Morgan Heritage (Jamaica), Jemere Morgan 6+ $25/$30 7pm/8pm *** (was incorrectly listed as at the Senator Theater, Chico)
  • Holy Diver, Sacramento Los Stellarians, Strata a/a $27 7pm **
  • Independent, S.F. Soul Rebels 21+ $23/$25 8:30pm/9pm ***
  • Ivy Room, Albany Agent Orange 21+ $18 9pm *** @ (was jan 19th)
  • Jack London Elbo Room, Oakland SambaDa (two sets) 21+ $10/$15 9pm **
  • Masonic, S.F. Jacquees, Broods, Alma a/a $39.50-$29.50 7pm/8pm ***
  • New Parish, Oakland Almost (Clearwater, FL), All Get Out, Ghost Atlas, Rowdy a/a (under 21 plus $5) 7pm/7:30pm ^ **
  • Phoenix Theater, Petaluma Haiti Babil, Capolow, MallyBo, dj Millions a/a $25 8pm ***
  • Rickshaw Stop, S.F. French Cassettes, Zelma Stone a/a ***
  • Rickshaw Stop, S.F. French Cassettes, Zelma Stone, Fast Times, dj Honeycomb Brown a/a $10 8pm ***
• Sat Jan 25
  • 924 Gilman Street, Berkeley Escape Agency, Nam The Giver, Babygotbacktyalk, Blue Indeed, Maggie Gently a/a $10 7pm ***
  • Amado's, S.F. Peter Case 21+ $20/$22 7:30pm/8pm **
  • Amoeba Music, S.F. Soul Rebels a/a free 1pm **
  • Bender's, S.F. Kehoe International, Flexx Bronco, Swaggerlies (Seattle) 21+ $5 9pm/10pm ***
  • Bottom of the Hill, S.F. Y Axes, Moondrops, Sleeps a/a $12/$14 8:30pm/9pm ***
  • Cornerstone, Berkeley Koo Koo Kanga Roo, Kepi Choulie a/a $15 ($40 vip) 6pm/6:30pm ***
  • El Rio, S.F. Kicker, Aninoko, Nopes, Slutzville (Grass Valley) 21+ $10 9pm/9:30pm *** @
  • Eli's Mile High Club, Oakland Molten, Goat Rhythm (Ventura), Astral Butcher 21+ free 9pm *** @
  • Fillmore, S.F. Big Head Todd & The Monsters, JD Simo a/a $35 7pm/8pm # ***
  • First Lutheran Church, 600 Homer Avenue, Palo Alto Andrew York a/a 7pm ***
  • Fox Theater, Oakland Michael Kiwanuka a/a $33 7pm/8pm # *** (sold out)
  • Gale's Central Club, 106 Petaluma Blvd N. at Western, Petaluma Cheapskate, Party Force, Relapse, Chicken Thieves 21+ free 9pm *** @
  • Golden Bull, Oakland Canadensis (Eugene, OR), Fyrhtu, Souls And Cities 21+ $8 4pm/4:30pm til 7pm **
  • Golden Bull, Oakland Thunderbleed, Bye Bye Blackbirds, Not Yetis 21+ $8 8pm ***
  • Great American Music Hall, S.F. Neverland Express With Caleb Johnson (performing Bat Out of Hell) 6+ $45/$35 8pm/9pm **
  • Independent, S.F. White Buffalo, L.A. Edwards 21+ $23/$25 8:30pm/9pm ***
  • Ivy Room, Albany LSD & The Search For God, Stevenson Ranch Davidians 21+ $12 8pm/9pm **
  • Jack London Elbo Room, Oakland Alpaca (Shanghai, China), Astra Cult, Crimson Eye, Three Towers 21+ $10 8pm/8:30pm *** (metal)
  • Knockout, S.F. Godz Of Rock (hard rock covers), Hendrixian (tribute) 21+ 4pm/4:30pm til 8pm **
  • New Parish, Oakland Soul Rebels a/a $23/$25 (under 21 plus $5) 8:30pm/9pm **
  • Palace of Fine Arts, S.F. Simon Sinek (speaker) a/a $100-$40 7pm/8pm **
  • Pro Arts Gallery, 150 Frank H Ogawa Plaza, Oakland Sutekh Hexen, Drowse (Portland, OR), Folian (Portland, OR), Shifting Harbor (Eugene, OR) a/a $7-$15 8:30pm/9pm ***
  • Rickshaw Stop, S.F. San Junipero a/a **
  • Ritz, San Jose Los Stellarians 21+ $26.50/$30 8pm **
  • Sudwerk Brewery, 2001 2nd St., Davis Adrian West Band a/a 5:30pm til 7:30pm **
  • Thee Parkside, S.F. Inciters, Scream Queens Gorelesque, Infamous Swanks 21+ $12/$15 8pm/8:30 ***
  • UC Theater, Berkeley Motion City Soundtrack (Minneapolis, MN), Mom Jeans, Elder Brother a/a $32.50 7pm/8pm # **
  • Warfield, S.F. Trippie Redd a/a $57.50-$42.50 7pm/8pm # **
• Sun Jan 26
  • Ace of Spades, Sacramento Reverend Horton Heat, Deke Dickerson, Buttertones, Paladins a/a $26.50 6:30pm ***
  • Bottom of the Hill, S.F. Elizabeth Moen 21+ $12 7:30pm/8pm **
  • Cornerstone, Berkeley English Beat a/a 8:30pm ***
  • Fillmore, S.F. Sons Of Apollo, Tony MacAlpine, Schiermann a/a $25 7pm/8pm # ***
  • Golden Bull, Oakland Crying Time, Bear Flag Trio 21+ free 7pm **
  • Ivy Room, Albany Cornbread Willie 21+ $10 4pm **
  • Ivy Room, Albany Stony Sugarskull (Berlin) 21+ $10 8:30pm **
  • Jack London Elbo Room, Oakland Envenomist, Hive Mind, Cruor Incendia, Crawl Of Time 21+ $10 8pm ***
  • Rickshaw Stop, S.F. Blank Tapes, Love Dimension, Baybs a/a $10 8pm ***
  • Ritz, San Jose Ugwa (live wrestling) 21+ $10 5pm **
  • Thee Parkside, S.F. Glass Beach Dog, Dogleg 21+ $12/$14 7:30pm/8pm **