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| Pinegrove at Observatory (Taken 4.5.22) |
Another week and a lengthy list of amazing shows to catch. These didn't take quite so long as I'm learning to shut off all other stimuli as I work through them, and the bonus that it's Easter week means some venues are just offering fewer shows. And while that may seem like a bad thing, it actually can help in decision making, without the tough choices when there are half a dozen or more amazing shows all falling on the same night. Some music news, this week's shows, and a little COVID ranty rant from me. All after the jump.
COVID-19 is still with us and while fewer and further between, we are still seeing shows cancel because someone in the touring party tested positive and must isolate. Even scarier are the ones who either don't test and don't know or do feel sick and still play, with or without even bothering to test. I came across this thread lamenting that the burden of the pandemic is falling on bands to decide what is safe and what isn't. And I noticed this new notice on a local venue's page:
XXX will no longer require proof of vaccination/negative test results for shows announced after April 5, 2022 unless otherwise requested by the artist. Please review each show’s ticketing page for vaccination requirements; show-specific policies are included in the event description.
After seeing that stupid superspreader event among politicians in DC, where over 60 (and counting) politicians tested positive after a night of indoor shmoozing, I've been thinking about this a lot as it relates to touring bands. So since nobody is asking, I'll tell you what I would do-- and I know this is not without significant cost or discomfort to many-- but in my invisible fantasyland where venues and bands were given ample grants and assistance:
If I ran a venue:
- Require up-to-date proof of vaccines for all staff, artists, and patrons. No 'testing-out' of this requirement.
- Recommend at-home tests prior to attending shows; provide on site at cheap/low cost not as a requirement to get into the venue, but for peace of mind of patrons.
- Require masks among all staff.
- Require masks among patrons when not actively eating or drinking, and provide outdoor spaces for those activities to happen more safely when masks must come off.
- Aside to masking: simple signage that high-filtration masks OVER THE MOUTH AND NOSE are the only ones that matter. Anything else is theatre.
- Have indoor CO2 monitors that anyone can see, with guides to reading them and how CO2 concentration is an important proxy for air exchange.
- Have visible air filtration, like Corsi-Rosenthal boxes or HEPA air cleaners, properly ratioed to square footage and occupancy.
- All fans/HVAC/HEPA running from load-in to load-out.
If I was in a touring band:
- High filtration masks on always up until showtime.
- Masks back on after show, especially for meet and greets/photo ops.
- Travel with stage filtration. Corsi-Rosenthal boxes cost less than $100 to make and take up about as much space as a box of merch or a small amp.
- Insist venues run full HVAC/AC/Fans from load-in to load-out
- Test band and crew daily.
- Only play venues/cities/states where vaccine/testing protocols are still enforced.
I hope we don't see new surges. But it is spring break, Coachella is around the corner, and everyone is feeling loosy goosey and ready to rage. Let it be the party that rages and not the virus.
Stay safe out there.
Music News:
- San Diego Music Awards is Tuesday, April 19 at Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay
- Single Tickets for Select Performance at The Rady Shell are On Sale Now
- Swami John Reis on His First Proper Solo Album Ride the Wild Night. After co-founding Drive Like Jehu, Hot Snakes, and other influential groups over the past few decades, Reis discusses the acoustic world of his first solo venture. - FLOOD (4.12.22)
- Eddie Vedder, Stevie Nicks, Pink to headline October’s sixth edition of Vedder’s Ohana Festival in Dana Point - Pacific San Diego (4.11.22)
- Streaming Drives Music Industry Resurgence - Statista (4.8.22)
- Padres Home Opener is this Thursday, April 14, 2022.
- Outside Lands has announced their 14th iteration of the festival will take place August 5-7, 2022 at Golden Gate Park. "Eager Beaver" presale tickets (before any bands have been announced) go on sale Wednesday, April 13 at 10am.
- Eager Beaver pre-sale tickets have limited availability and are known to sell out quickly! Eager Beaver 3-Day GA tickets are $359 plus fees and 3-Day VIP tickets are $799 plus fees.
- New Show Announcements:
- May 31, 2022 - Still Corners @ Music Box
- June 2, 2022 - Wingtip @ Casbah
- July 2, 2022 - 411 @ Casbah
- July 17, 2022 - Subhumans @ Casbah
- July 23, 2022 - Chubby and the Gang @ Soda Bar
- August 15, 2022 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss @ The Rady Shell @ Jacobs Park
- September 7, 2022 - Lany @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
- September 21, 2022 - Pitbull @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
- September 24-25, 2022 - San Diego Spirits Festival @ Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in La Jolla
- September 30-October 2, 2022 - OHANA Festival @ Dana Point
- October 2, 2022- The King Khan & BBQ Show @ Casbah
- October 20, 2022 - 10,000 Maniacs - 40th Anniversary Tour @ Belly Up
Wednesday, April 13, 2022:
- SDMA Showcase: Signal for Pilot, Avenue Army, The Petty Saints, Bloodstone, Crhymes @ Casbah
- Soul Shack Records Takeover: Record Show | Vendors | Vinyl DJ Sets by DJs Sweetchuck, Domino, Jake Najor, Jaba One, King Genysus of City Soul Collective @ Soda Bar
- Mother Grundy, Bruin, Shrubravo, Josue Vasquez @ Music Box
- Aoife O'Donovan @ The Loft, UCSD
- Cuco @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay
- D.O.A., The Death Set, The Yucks, War Fever @ Brick by Brick
- San Diego Gulls vs Ontario Reign | Rescheduled @ Pechanga Arena
- MEUTE, Marquessa @ Belly Up (SOLD OUT)
- An Evening with guitarist Pierre Bensusan @ Dizzy's
- Gilbert Castellanos Young Lions Series & Jazz Jam @ Copley Auditorium, Panama 66
- Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience @ Wyland Center, Del Mar Fairgrounds
- An Intimate Evening with Daniel J Parc @ Tio Leo's
- Open Mic with Whit @ Pour House
- Passafire @ Winston's
- Alex Kova @ Fast Times
- Karaoke @ Rosie O'Grady's
- Blues Jam @ Navajo Live
- Open Blues Jam @ Bancroft Bar
- Trivia Wednesdays @ Quartyard
- Open Mic @ 710 Beach Club
- An Evening with Spiritualized @ Belly Up (SOLD OUT)
- Drug Church, One Step Closer, Soul Blind, LURK @ Casbah
- Idles, Automatic @ SOMA
- Ministry, Helmet, Front Line Assembly: The Industrial Strength Tour @ House of Blues
- Pulse Code, Ces Cadaveres - Un Hombre Solo, DJ Sets by Andi (Synthecide), G-S-E-D, Vaughn Avakian @ Whistle Stop
- Napalm Death, Deaf Club @ Soda Bar
- SDMA Blues Celebration @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
- Padres Opening Day @ Petco Park
- East Village Block Party/Opening Day @ Quartyard
- Rauw Alejandro @ Pechanga Arena
- Dizzy Spellz @ The Loft
- The Veer Union, 2 Shadows, Madzilla, Reaction Phase @ Brick by Brick
- The Cedar Shakers, Sutton James (full band), The Mad Har Hucksters @ Til-Two Club
- Tony Jaw Presents Karaoke Madness Tournament @ Ken Club
- The Roi Bars Band and Friends @ The Holding Company
- Victoria Robertson @ Plaza Bar, Westgate Hotel
- Leonard Patton - Live Vox & Strings @ The Jazz Lounge
- Moonshine Thursdays @ Moonshine Beach
- Opening Day with JT Harker @ Moonshine Flats
- Banshee Tree, Shakedown String Band @ Winston's
- Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience @ Wyland Center, Del Mar Fairgrounds
- Six Demon Bag <> DJ Norm Rocwell & Friends @ Park & Rec
- Aztec Open Mic @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
- Lyrical Exchange Open Mic @ Queen Bee's
- DJ Tomas & DJ Will Video DJ @ Mr. Peabody's
- Open Mic @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
- Open Jam with Jeff Ousley @ Navajo Live
- Gino and THe Lone Gun Men @ Tio Leo's
- Karaoke @ 710 Beach Club
- Karaoke @ The Luau
- Yard Act @ Casbah
- Kate Clover, DFMK, The Inflorescence @ Soda Bar
- The Alan Parsons Live Project @ The Magnolia
- SDMA Nominee Showcase with Suede Radio, Chunky Hustle Brass Band, Casey Hensley, Euphoria Brass Band, Imagery Machine @ The Holding Company
- Beatles vs Stones - An Evening With @ Belly Up
- TechN9ne: Asin9ne Tour, Joey Cool, X Raided, ¡Mayday! @ SOMA
- Boostive + Surfer Girl @ Beach House
- Moxi & Loon, Band Of Gringos, Loose Grooves, Taryn Donath @ Pour House
- Sprung Monkey, Urethane, Doah's Daydream, Authentic $ellout @ Music Box
- Haunt, Screamer, Traveler, Saber @ Brick By Brick
- San Diego Seals vs Panther City Lacrosse Club @ Pechanga Arena
- F!#KIN IN THE BUSHES @ Whistle Stop
- Bee Gees Gold @ Balboa Theatre
- Club Nothing presents NOX NOVACULA @ Ken Club
- Jason Hanna & The Swinging Bananas @ Panama 66
- Pseudo Happy Hour @ Belly Up (Happy Hour 5pm)
- DJ Miggs @ Tower Bar
- Whiskey and Burlap @ Grand Ole BBQ & Asado
- Paving the Way for Black Creatives: Art Gallery @ The Loft, UCSD
- Three Lane @ Moonshine Beach
- Cassie B Project @ Moonshine Flats
- Joe Wood @ The Rabbit Hole (9pm)
- Shayna @ The Rabbit Hole (6-9pm)
- Gilbert Castellanos @ Plaza Bar, Westgate Hotel
- Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience @ Wyland Center, Del Mar Fairgrounds
- Puro Feeling @ Park & Rec
- 3 CAR GARAGE @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (8pm)
- Asteroids, Silverchaired @ Navajo Live
- Leonard Patton - Live Vox & Strings @ The Jazz Lounge
- Studio 13 Presents feat. Mexican Slum Rats, The Skitzoids, Homeview, Violet Seas, Night Channels, Snare Noise @ Queen Bee's
- Nattali Rize @ Winston's
- Laugh Outside with Alex Stone, Sarah Hershberger, Neil Singh @ Quartyard
- Sorry It's Chocolate Pride @ Oak Ballroom, Viejas Casino
- Empowered Art Society's - Art Show @ The Merrow (5pm)
- Love Hangover @ Til-Two Club
- MANIAC BLVCK + NEW LIFE present: Drums of the Sun & Lavelle Dupree @ SPIN
- Soul Persuaders @ Tio Leo's
- West of 5 @ Fast Times
- Chickenbone Slim @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (5pm)
- Tower 7 @ Mr. Peabody's
Saturday, April 16, 2022:
- Baby Bushka @ Casbah
- The Stone Foxes, Dead Feather Moon, Brand New Trash @ Soda Bar
- The HU, The Haunt @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay
- Billy Strings @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre, SDSU
- Sons of Kemet, Melanie Charles @ Belly Up
- SDMA Showcase with Dewey Defeats Truman, Lords of the Satellite, Nights Like Thieves, Subsurfer, King Whisker @ 710 Beach Club
- Sitting on Stacy, The Aquadolls, Buddha Trixie, Hoity-Toity, Cardboard Boxer @ SOMA
- Trixie Mattel & Katya @ Balboa Theatre 80s vs. 90s vs. Y2K w/ DJs Gabe Vega & Friends @ Whistle Stop
- San Diego Gulls vs Ontario Reign @ Pechanga Arena
- Joshua White spotlights Herbie Hancock @ Dizzy's
- Forever Grey, Bootblacks, Closed Tear @ Ken Club
- Secret Fun Club, Missing Limbs, Olmecs @ Tower Bar
- The Gravities @ Rabbit Hole
- GIselle @ Panama 66
- Happy Birthday, Mr. Shakespeare! @ Copley Plaza, The Old Globe (11am-1:30pm)
- Iya Terra, Eli-Mac, Cydeways @ Music Box
- The Platters @ Live & Up Close, Sycuan Casino
- The Tighten Ups @ Pour House (5-8pm)
- An Indie Psych Easter Service w/Calm Down, openers TBA @ Pour House (9pm)
- Bonneville 7 @ Grand Ole BBQ & Asado
- Jacob Collier - DJESSE World Tour Spring 2022, Eddie Benjamin @ House of Blues
- Babylon: DJ Jinx Mirage, DJ Clifford G @ The Merrow
- Wise Monkey Orchestra Live, IOTA @ The Holding Company
- Cassie B Project @ Moonshine Beach
- Houston Bernard @ Moonshine Flats
- The Let Down @ The Bancroft
- ETERNAL NIGHT – goth, industrial, ebm @ Til-Two Club
- LP Classics @ Mr. Peabody's
- Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience @ Wyland Center, Del Mar Fairgrounds
- Succumb, Diabolic Oath, Insineratehymn, Vindictive Amputation, Scourge @ Brick By Brick
- Holly Hofman @ Plaza Bar, Westgate Hotel
- Cuffin DJ Sets @ Park & Rec
- Cappy Kelly, KNG MKR @ Winston's (9:30pm)
- Hymie Scott Memorial @ Winston's (4-7pm)
- TECHNICHE X OVERDRIVE featuring The Queens of San Diego Techno: Ciara B, TokeOneToka, Luna Michelle @ SPIN
- The B Sections @ Fast Times
- Band Overboard @ Tio Leo's
- Viva Santana @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (9pm)
- Bastard Sons of the Serious Guise @ Navajo Live
- Pup, Sheer Mag @ Casbah (SOLD OUT)
- Wednesday, Sands, Prom @ Soda Bar
- Mad Hat Hucksters @ Panama 66
- The Bella Lux Presents Le Cirque du Lux @ Belly Up (seated show, Sold Out)
- Googoosh: Twentyone The World Tour @ Balboa Theatre
- Tongue & Groove @ Winston's (4pm)
- Karaoke "Jose Sinatra hosts O.B.-o-ke - San Diego's Best Karaoke" @ Winston's (8pm)
- Archspire, Entheos, Inferi, Vulvodynia @ Bancroft Bar
- Bunnies, Bubbly, & Easter Brunch @ Lafayette Hotel
- Karaoke @ The Merrow
- Padres vs Atlanta Braves @ Petco Park
- Jazz Jam @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
- Live Music @ Sycamore Den (6-8pm)
- Erika Davies Quartet @ Grand Ole BBQ & Asado
- Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience @ Wyland Center, Del Mar Fairgrounds
- Salsa Sundays @ Queen Bee's (All Ages)
- Rob Thorsen @ Plaza Bar, Westgate Hotel (11am-1pm)
- Easter Jazz Brunch @ Humphrey's Backstage Live (10am-2pm)
- Anthony Ortega Jazz Quartet @ Mr. Peabody's
- Karoake @ 710 Beach Club
- Pup, Pinkshift @ Casbah (SOLD OUT)
- Scott H. Biram, J.D. Pinkus @ Soda Bar
- The Warning: Mayday Tour 2022, Devora @ House of Blues
- WeAreJackStrong, Puttin on the Fritz @ Navajo Live
- Electric Waste Band @ Winston's
- Bark at the Park @ Petco Park
- Blue Monday with DJ Camilla Robina, DJ Heather Hardcore @ The Merrow
- Trivia Night w/Kyle @ Pour House
- Monday Blues Jam @ Aztec Brewery, Vista
- Blue Largo @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
- Open Mic with Jay Cain @ Mr. Peabody's
- Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience @ Wyland Center, Del Mar Fairgrounds
- Karaoke @ The Holding Company
- San Diego Stonecutters present Simpsons Trivia 420 Edition @ Tower Bar (6-9pm)
- Caliente Mondays Salsa y Bachata @ Tio Leo's
- Karaoke @ The Holding Company
- Writer's Round @ Park & Rec
- David Foster - Hitman Tour @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
- Line Dancing Lessons @ Moonshine Beach
- Mic'd Up at Moonshine @ Moonshine Flats
- Bancroft Bingo Night @ The Bancroft
Tuesday, April 19, 2022:
- TWRP, Rich Aucoin @ Casbah (SOLD OUT)
- Girl Talk @ House of Blues (SOLD OUT)
- Pound, Tardigrade, Fermentor @ Soda Bar
- Hasan Minhaj: The Kind's Jester @ Civic Theatre
- SDMA Celebration with Rebecca Jade @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
- Rockin' Aces @ Tio Leo's
- Comedy Open Mic Night @ Rabbit Hole
- Reggae Tuesdaze Presents - SYNRGY Album Release & Brian's Bday Party w DJ Tina Turntables @ The Holding Company
- Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience @ Wyland Center, Del Mar Fairgrounds
- Blues Berry Jam @ Queen Bee's
- Trivia Night @ 710 Beach Club
- Karaoke @ The Merrow
- Karaoke @ Aztec Brewing Company, Vista
- Punk Rock Tuesday @ Winston's
- Karaoke @ Bancroft Bar
- Terrible Tuesday All Vinyl DJ Night wtih DJ Lexicon Devil @ Pour House
- Karaoke @ Peabody's
- Trivia Night @ Park & Rec
- Karaoke with Christine @ Navajo Live
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