Things To Do In San Diego: April 21-22, 2010

Once again I've taken some heat for my work over at SoundDiego.com. I will not apologize for the show recommendations that I make for that site. One of the reasons I'm drawn to the site is because it reaches a different audience than sddialedin.com and every other music rag or blog in town. Where I will pimp the shows I love here, over there I attempt to be a little diverse, hoping that people who would otherwise spend a night on the couch watching bad sitcoms might actually be inspired to check out music in San Diego. So yeah. Marcy Playground is playing tonight. I will be gushing over the radness of Avi Buffalo at the Casbah. Sometimes that's the way it goes. When I first heard about Avi, he was working with Beck, and some dude passed me some demos as I worked merch at the Casbah. We brought him down to North Park Music Thing last year. Barely out of high school, he landed a record deal on Sub Pop which will be released April 27. See the band tonight and you can say you saw them when.

Wednesday April 21, 2010:

• Japandroids, Avi Buffalo, Meseta @ Casbah
• Pat Metheny @ Spreckels Theatre
• Marcy Playground, Faking Genius, Monday's Alibi, Universal Trap @ Brick by Brick
• The Growlers, Space Nature, Heavy Glow, Longstay @ Beauty Bar
• Monterey Jazz Festival On Tour: Johnathan Blake, Kenny Barron, Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Kurt Elling, Regina Carter, Russell Malon @ Balboa Theatre
• Nena Anderson Jazz Trio @ Bar Pink
• John Brown's Body, Toubab Krewe, Stickfigure @ Belly Up
• Jennifer Knapp, Pawnshop Kings @ Anthology
• Overkill, Vader, God Dethroned, Warbringer, Evile, Woe of Tyrants @ House of Blues
• Normandie Wilson, Adams and Eves, Miss Eriks Davies @ Tin Can Ale House
• El Monte Slim @ Riviera Supper Club
• Joey Ryan, Mariana Bell, Kenneth Pattengale @ Lestat's
• Disconnected w/ DJ Barnesey @ Radio Room
• Platypus Egg, Tore Back, Illintention @ Soda Bar
• Live Wednesday's: Veronica May & The To Do List, Lindsay White, Coles Whalen, Rhythm and the Method @ U-31
• Psydecar, The Optimators @ Winston's
• The Soul Persuaders @ Humphreys Backstage Live
• Knight Vision @ Club Kadan
• Lady Dottie and The Diamonds @ Gallaghers
• Wednesday Night Shakedown @ Henry's Pub
• Gilbert Castellanos @ Super El Camino
• Hector's Revenge, Beneath Langston, Authentic Sellout @ O'Connell's
• Northstar @ Coyote Bar
• 145th Street @ Patrick's ll
• Burnett's Bliss @ Cafe La Maze
• Hot Rod Lincoln @ Valley View Casino
• Frankie-Dee & The Funk-Natra Band @ The Kraken
• Seth Pettersen & The Undertow @ Hensley's Flying Elephant
• Mother Mary Mood @ The Skybox Sports Grill
• Ves, Three MInute Storm, Todash @ Second Wind Navajo
• Problumz, ric-Nutt, Ise-B, Tish-Babe @ Dreamstreet Live
• Laguna @ McP's Irish Pub
• The Blues Wizards @ Tiki House
• Sharon Hazel Township @ Portugalia
• Sleepwalking with DJs Jeff Graves, Melissa & Andrea @ Whistle Stop
• Mr. Gnome @ X1FM Open Door Sessions @ 7pm
• Victoria Vox, Peter Bolland @ Dizzy's
• David Allan Coe, Sickstring Outlaws, Zombie Cartel @ Ramona Mainstage Nightclub
• Jesse Lamonaca @ Hennessey's PB
• Diversion Sound, Heart Pharmacy, Bedpost Buzzards @ The Stage Saloon
• The Pheromones, Demise O @ Whiskey Girl
• Rock Paper Tiger, Schitzophonics @ 710 Beach Club
• Christopher Dale, Laura Kuebel @ Postcards American Bistro @ Handlery Hotel
• Lisa Sanders @ Bamboo Lounge
• Ambassadors of Rock: Battle of the Bands @ Hard Rock Cafe
• Soup @ Onyx Room

Thursday April 22, 2010:

• Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich & Fussible, Revulab, Mr. Mustard @ Casbah
• Nanci Griffith, Ashleigh Flynn @ Belly Up
• HIM, Drive A @ House of Blues
• Josh Damigo @ W Hotel
• Archons, Nine Worlds, Phantom Ratio @ Soda Bar
• Patrick Norton Band, Zapf Dingbats, Jon Ji @ Tin Can Ale House
• Killola, Sick of Sarah @ Bar Pink
• River City, Evangenitals, Little Hurricane @ Winston's
• Ulta Violent Lights @ Ruby Room (early show)
• Red Hands, Dot @ Ruby Room
• Black Hondo @ Riviera Supper Club
• Roswell That Ends Well, The Attack @ Brick by Brick
• Gregory Page, Kelsea Rae Little @ Java Joe's @ Cafe Libertalia
• Rob Deez & Friends Present: Valhalla Hill, Tony Kevin Jr @ Twigg's
• All Things Rad @ El Dorado
• Earl Thomas @ Anthology
• Lewd Acts, Weatherbox, Blessure Grave @ Che Cafe
• Chi McClean, Hohn Helix, Steelwells @ Lestat's
• The Mashtis, Neon Cough, Pelican Sam, Samhears @ Radio Room
• Fire Corner @ Club Kadan
• Bozzani Brothers, DJ Swoll @ Coyote Bar & Grill
• Karl Marx Band @ Humphreys Backstage Live
• Natives of The New Dawn @ 710 Beach Club
• Sandy, Burnett, John Guillano, Marty Waak @ Cafe La Maze
• The Flock of 80's @ Henry's Pub
• Jefferson Jay @ Portugalia
• Papa's Garage @ Patrick's II
• The Ratbirds, Yttrium, Tokyo Swatt, Heather Green @ Dreamstreet Live
• Firefly @ Valley View Casino
• The Blues Wizards @ Tiki House
• Deverb, Despirte the Wolves, Flowerthief, Goodwick @ Boar Cross'n
• Sophia Elizabeth @ Stage Saloon
• Toreback, Platypus Egg, DMF, The Yucks @ Second Wind Santee
• Natural Incense @ Gallagher's
• Jackson & Jesus @ McP's Irish Pub
• Joe Rathburn @ Folkey Monkey
• Kilgore Trout @ Queen Bee's
• Travis Campbell @ The Wit's End
• Karaoke @ O'Connell's
• L.E.D. Presents: Sidney Samson, Brazzabelle
• LA's Gladstone High School Jazz Band @ Dizzy's
• E Reece @ USD @ noon
• Justin James @ Hennessey's PB
• Ricky Small, The Talls @ Hennessey's Carlsbad
• Stealing Love Jones @ Bare Back Grill
• Justin James Band @ UCSD @ noon
• Sander Van Doorn, Cowboy Mike @ Fluxx