Things To Do In San Diego: Monday, November 9-Thursday, November 12, 2015

I don't know about you, but I had an incredible weekend. On Thursday night, Of Montreal played an amazing show at the Irenic and then I caught singer-songwriter David Ramirez at Soda Bar. It was the first Friday in ages that I didn't have to be anywhere specific and Nova was with us, so we had dinner at Phil's BBQ and then walked around Old Town and then did an evening tour at the Whaley House, which would've been fine if the docent didn't taunt Nova with, "How will you sleep tonight?". At her bedtime, I went to Leon Bridges which was a pretty incredible performance, but then came back home after because North Park on Friday night feels like the Gaslamp. On Saturday we went to the Mesa Rim Rock Climbing Gym grand opening which was awesome. It was busy so we never got harnesses, but Nova and Johanna got a kids one to share and Jo climbed all the way to the top of the 55' wall. Nova went off with my sister for an overnight so that Darren and I could go to the San Diego Brewer's Guild Beer Festival at the Port Pavilion. We got a nice afternoon nap in after that, and then I went to Soda Bar for Gill Landry and Stelth Ulvan and then Sunday was just kind of a catch-up-on-work day as Nova spent time with her mom and then we went to the Irenic for Jordan Krimston's surprise 18th birthday party. This week there are a ton of shows, including the San Diego Music Thing which is definitely something I'm looking forward to. Monday through Thursday archives are after the jump.

Monday, November 9, 2015:

• The Sloths, The Bassics, Gargoyles @ Casbah
• 4th Annual Rob Machado Benefit Concert feat. Matt Nathanson, Brett Dennen,Andrew Wessen (of GroupLove) and Timmy Curran @ Belly Up
• The Nightowls, Rebecca Jade and the Cold Fact @ Soda Bar
• Santa Ana Knights, Purple 7 Greg Rekus, Todd Allen, I'd Die For Lo-Fi @ Tower Bar
• Wreckord Mania @ Bar Pink
• Pat Downling @ Croce's Park West
• Trivia @ Whistle Stop
• Trivia with Shantih @ The Bancroft
• Mic Check Mondays @ Gallagher's
• Velvet Cafe @ Alexander's (30th & Upas)
• Metal Mondays @ Brick By Brick
• Missy Anderson @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Wheels of the Industry @ Live Wire
• Open Mic @ Lestat's
• Electric Waste Band @ Winston's
• Acoustic Night/Industry Night @ Henry's Pub
• Karaoke @ Til Two Club
• Karaoke @ Coyote Bar & Grill
• Industry Night with @ U-31
• Trivia Night @ Whistle Stop
• Industry & Local night with DJ RoyAle & Friends @ 710 Beach Club

Tuesday, November 10, 2015:

• HEALTH, Pictureplane @ Casbah
• Tiki Tuesday with Citizens!, High Waisted @ Bar Pink
• The Menzingers, mewithoutyou @ The Observatory North Park
• Mother Falcon, Ben Sollee @ Soda Bar
• The Fall of Troy, Kylesa, Powwers @ The Irenic
• Spectres, They Feed At Night, Crime Desire, Subtle Control @ Tower Bar
• Quilt, Widowspeak @ The Hideout
• Radio Halloran presents: Shark Week, Le Ra, Subtropics @ The Merrow
• Moon Taxi, Mating Ritual, Inspired and the Sleep @ Belly Up
• Tatsuya Nakatani & Michael Doneda with Mark Dresser, The Stephanie Richards Ensemble with Jeff Kaiser @ The Loft, UCSD
• Collective Soul, Magnets & Ghosts @ House of Blues
• Karaoke @ Kensington Club
• Mercedes Moore @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Louis Valenzuela Duo @ Croce's Park West
• Comedy Night @ Til Two
• Rad! Karaoke! @ U-31
• Karaoke @ Riviera Supper Club
• Open Mic Hosted by Gaby Aparicio @ Java Joe's
• Think n Drink Trivia @ Winston's (6pm)
• Gooding @ Winston's
• Videodrome @ Whistle Stop
• Karaoke @ Riviera Supper Club
• Train of Thought @ Queen Bee's
• Comedy Night @ Lestat's
• Rockabilly Tuesdays with Big City Dawgs @ Henry's Pub
• High Tech Tuesdays @ Kava Lounge
• 710 Country Night @ 710 Beach Club

Wednesday, November 11, 2015:

• Andra Day @ Casbah (SOLD OUT)
• Shook Twins, The Lovebirds, John Craigie @ Soda Bar
• Kid Wilderness, Justin Froese, Tyson Motsenbocker @ Belly Up
• The Underachievers Forevermore Express Tour with Pouya and the Buffet Boys, Kirk Knight, Bodega Boyz & G.R.A.M.Z. @ The Observatory North Park
• CANCELED: Desaparecidos, The So So Glos, Digital Leather @ Belly Up
• Raheem Devaughn & Leela James present The Love n' Soul Experience with V Bozeman @ Music Box
• Taurus Authority @ Bar Pink
• Singled Out, Step For Change, Coolside, Drug Control, Vacant Youth, Instinct @ Che Cafe
• Tops, Banta, The Gloomies @ The Hideout
• Badi Assad @ University of San Diego Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice
• Brian Marquis, Onward, Etc @ House of Blues
• SSDD (Steal Shit Do Drugs), Teenage Burritos, Nail Polish @ Tower Bar
• Twin Blades @ Lestat's
• Gio & Diamond @ Croce's Park West
• Notorious4Comedy @ Java Joe's
• Tropical Wednesdays with Mo Lyon @ U-31
• Karaoke with Cici @ The Bancroft
• Tropical Wednesday with DJ Mo Lyon @ U-31
• Gilbert Castellanos Young Lions Series & Jazz Jam @ Panama 66
• Open Mic with Jefferson Jay @ Winston's (6-9pm)
• Club Kingston Presents: Ital Vibes with DJ Carlos Culture @ Winston's
• Evidence Band @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Johnny Deadly Trio @ Tio Leo's
• Lizzie Shipton & The Village Squares @ 710 Beach Club
• Open Mic/Open Jam @ 710 Beach Club
• Fiction International Party @ Whistle Stop (5pm)
• Los & Lonely with DJ Jon Blaj @ Whistle Stop
• A.O.K. Musik @ Henry's Pub

Thursday, November 12, 2015:

• SDMT: AA Bondy, Sonny Boy Thorn, Old Tiger, Grampa Drew @ The Hideout
• SDMT: Soulside, Creative Adult, KATA, Keepers, Wildhoney, Records with Roger @ Casbah
• SDMT: Viet Cong, Mrs. Magician, Gateway Drugs @ The Irenic
• SDMT: Yo La Tengo, Blitzen Trapper @ The Observatory North Park
• SDMT: The Briefs, Widows, The Touchies, Diamond Lakes @ Soda Bar
• SDMT: Opoetik, DJ E3, Leon St. Heron, Generik & Aneken, The Concrete Project, Sound Collage @ The Merrow
• Recommended Dosage with Kabbs and Elephant Stone @ Whistle Stop
• Grown Folks Music with The Husky Boy All Stars @ Bar Pink
• Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin, The Guilty Ones, Dead Rock West@ Belly Up
• Wyatt Blair, Runson Willis III, Other Bodies, San Pedro El Cortez @ Music Box
• Beach Goons, Bad Bikini, The Grinning Ghosts, Kan-Kan, Switch Blade Dad's @ Che Cafe
• Levi Dean, Whitney Lockhart @ Sycamore Den
• Pasadena, The Bumpin Uglies, Hazmat @ Winston's
• Ice Nine Kills, Wage War, My Enemies & I, The White Noise, Amaya Lights @ Soma
• Creations @ Woody's Burgers
• Godsmack, Red Sun Rising @ Open Air Theatre
• The Israel Philharmonic @ San Diego Civic Theatre
• Tony P, John Anthony, Elisia Savoca @ Lestat's
• Gregory Page and His Accompanists @ Java Joe's
• DarkWaveGarden @ The Bancroft
• Markus Schulz @ Omnia
• Steph Johnson & Rob Thorsen @ Croce's Park West
• Jerome Dawson @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Open Jam Session @ Winston's (6-9pm)
• Beneath Oblivion, Amarok, Chrch, Griever, Garth Algar @ Til-Two Club
• Blue Largo @ Tio Leo's
• Rock Out Karaoke @ Tin Roof
• Progress @ Kava Lounge
• Charlie Rae @ Boar Cross'n