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What’s going on around town when the sun goes down. THE SPACE COWBOYS’ BALL S E P T E M B E R 5 : S A N M AT E O MASONIC LODGE, 2144 BUENA V I S TA AV E . , S T E . B , A L A M E D A P E E R S . O R G / S PA C E . H T M L
Billed as a “science fiction shindig for a rip-roaring, swashbuckling evening of music, dancing and optional role-playing at our serene tribute to our favorite outer space western,” we’re wholly confused and thoroughly intrigued. How can you not attend something like this? $15 advance tickets.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
YEAH YEAH YEAHS SEPTEMBER 9-10, FOX THEATRE, OAKLAND WWW.THEFOXOAKLAND.COM
We can’t get their new single “Heads Will Roll” out of our, well, heads. It makes us want to dance ‘till we’re dead, as it were. And while we’re huge fans of all the Yeah Yeah Yeahs previous albums, there’s just something amazing about the danceheavy It’s Blitz!. Off with your head!
THE MUMLERS
IT MIGHT GET LOUD
SEPTEMBER 11, THE BLANK CLUB, SAN JOSE WWW.THEBLANKCLUB.COM
AUGUST 28: GUILD THEATER (MENLO PARK); CAMERA 12 (SAN JOSE); SEPT. 11: OSIO PLAZA THEATER (MONTEREY); SEPT. 18: NICKELODEON FOUR (SANTA CRUZ) WWW.ITMIGHTGETLOUDMOVIE.COM
This is the CD release party for one of our favorite South Bay bands. If you’re not there, then you don’t matter to us. Just kidding. But seriously, be there.
If you want your arses blown away, go see a screening of this epic rock documentary, directed by Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth). The film features three generations of guitar behemoths – Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page, U2’s The Edge and The White Stripes’ Jack White – sharing their personal stories of how they came to be gods of the six string. Spoiler alert: in order to achieve legendary guitar stardom, a deal with Satan himself is required. Introduction to Lucifer not included in screening of film.
DREDG SEPTEMBER 18, THE BLANK CLUB, SAN JOSE WWW.THEBLANKCLUB.COM
Another one of our favorite South Bay bands, and perhaps the most internationally known. These guys are huge in Spain and Italy, where fans continuously comment on an interview with the band that we featured on our blog. And why not? Their much-anticipated new album The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion is a masterpiece in experimental rock. They’re used to playing bigger theatres, so this should be a mind-blowing, facemelting exploration into live music bliss.
HEADLINERS HEROES OF WOODSTOCK
August 26, Mountain Winery, Saratoga www.livenation.com
FLOGGING MOLLY
September 2, HP Pavilion, San Jose www.hppsj.com
September 11, Fox Theatre, Oakland www.thefoxoakland.com
SHERYL CROW September 2-3, Mountain Winery, Saratoga www.livenation.com
DAVID ALLAN COE
DEF LEPPARD / POISON / CHEAP TRICK
August 26-27, Voodoo Lounge, San Jose www.voodooloungesj.com
September 2, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View www.livenation.com
THE PRETENDERS
MEW
August 29, Mountain Winery, Saratoga www.livenation.com
September 4, The Independent, San Francisco www.theindependentsf.com
THE CHOP TOPS
DAVID COOK
August 29, The Blank Club, San Jose www.theblankclub.com
September 8, The Fillmore, San Francisco www.livenation.com
CALEXICO
YEAH YEAH YEAHS
August 29, The Independent, San Francisco www.theindependentsf.com
September 9-10, Fox Theatre, Oakland www.thefoxoakland.com
NICKLEBACK
GIPSY KINGS
September 1, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View www.livenation.com
September 11-12, Mountain Winery, Saratoga www.livenation.com
THE MUMLERS
NIGH T L IFE
FEATURING JEFFERSON STARSHIP, TEN YEARS AFTER, CANNED HEAT, BIG BROTHER & THE HOLDING COMPANY HOSTED BY COUNTRY JOE MCDONALD
AC/DC
September 11, The Blank Club, San Jose www.theblankclub.com
THE KILLERS September 12, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View www.livenation.com
COMING SOON Alice in Chains, Wynonna, James Taylor, Manic Street Preachers, Meat Puppets, Bad Brains, Billy Bragg, Gillian Welch, Dark Star Orchestra, Bon Iver, Kylie Minogue, Miley Cyrus, Meat Puppets, Bad Brains, James Taylor, Bob Dylan, Echo & The Bunnymen, Pixies, Pepper, and many more…
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