Jeff's Weekly Pick: Transfer @ Beauty Bar April 7, 2010

What are trends for if you can't buck them every once in a while. Even though this weekly addition has been relatively short lived, until now all recommendations have been for out of town touring bands/artists. There are always great shows happening around San Diego every week, some featuring touring artists from all points of the map. However, most of the live local music events offer the concert goers the chance to primarily see local artists in a variety of venues both large and small.
I noticed one of San Diego's favorite locals, Transfer, was headlining a show this Wednesday @ The Beauty Bar in City Heights. The venue is a great place to watch a show, due to its intimacy and the room technically being outdoors. (covered by a canvas canopy). This gives the patrons the option of hanging in the bar area or stepping "outside" into the show area. If you haven't had the opportunity to see Transfer, this is a band that is ready to break out of our cozy market at any time. Other projects aside , the members are at their best in this ensemble. Having recently returned from a successful trip to Austin for SXSW, shows are a mix of fan favorites as well as songs from their recently released effort, Future Selves. Their live set combines both intensity and what I view as a growing confidence that comes from touring and maturity. Don't miss this show, it will well be worth your time.

Scanners and The Lyon Crowns set the stage.

Watch a video of Deerskin below, from a live X1FM session.

It's All About Family

Perhaps I haven't been the best blogger of late. With Twitter, I've gotten a bit lazy about posting photos and reviews of shows, though I'm still out just about every night of the week. But today is not only Easter Sunday but marks the 40th anniversary of my parents' marriage and while this site has steered to being about music in San Diego, it is still mine. When Bart Mendoza recently called me out for not posting about my personal life, it struck a nerve. And this weekend, with family and friends coming out to celebrate my parents, I realized Nadia hasn't received the blog love that Johanna got for being my first niece. So, whether you celebrate Easter or Passover or pagan rituals, I am spending the weekend enjoying my family and at six months, my little nubbin Nadia brings me true joy every time I am with her.

Things To Do In San Diego: April 1-4, 2010

There's a lot going on for most of the weekend, then it's slim pickins for Easter Sunday, which is just fine by me as I'll be honoring my parents as the celebrate 40 years of marriage and we've got a boatload of family coming to town to celebrate. That is a long freaking time to be with someone. Anyway, the full weekend listings are after the jump, just click 'keep on reading'.

Thursday April 1, 2010:

• The Hot Moon, Manuok, The Flying Objects (DJ set) @ Soda Bar
• The Wedding Present, Ringo Deathstar @ Casbah
• 91X Presents Alkaline Trio, Cursive, The Dear & Departed @ House of Blues
• Hyena (cd release) @ El Dorado
• The Howls, The Heavy Guilt, Heavy Glow @ Belly Up
• Aaron Swanton, Spencer Rabin, Randy Hernandez @ Tin Can Ale House
• The Bloodflowers, Lord Howler @ Bar Pink
• Serengeti Rocks, the Beautiful View, Bella Novela, Gun Runner @ Ruby Room
• Action Andy & The Hightones, Thee Burrito Brothers @ Ken Club
• Gregory Page @ Folkey Monkey
• Candye Kane, Skip Heller @ Croce's
• BeauSoleil Avec Michael Doucet @ Anthology
• The Wagon, Help I'm Alive @ Winston's
• Hot Butter, a movie-themed dance party, by JC DiStefano @ Beauty Bar
• The Buzzbombs @ Hotel Indigo
• Carl Durant, Laura Cortese, Lisa Olson @ Lestat's
• Red Hand Dot, Desert Heir @ Radio Room
• The Bayou Brothers @ House of Blues Voodoo Stage
• Generations Party with DJ Artistic @ U-31
• Fire Corner @ Club Kadan
• Blues Brokers @ Coyote Bar & Grill
• Ruby and The Red Hots @ Humphreys Backstage Live
• Drop The Line, Vega, Salter & Diaz @ Voyeur
• Natives of The New Dawn @ 710 Beach Club
• Pass The Axe, Civet, The Bomb Pops @ Brick by Brick
• Sandy, Burnett, John Guillano, Marty Waak @ Cafe La Maze
• The Flock of 80's @ Henry's Pub
• Jefferson Jay @ Portugalia
• Jeff Moore's Witchdoctors @ Patrick's II
• Random Gibberish and all kinds of comedy hijinks @ Dreamstreet Live
• Firefly @ Valley View Casino
• Reggae Jam @ RT Longboard's Grill
• Carlos Blues Experience @ Tiki House
• Mad Traffic, The Good Bites, Neotoledo @ Boar Cross'n
• Sunday Girl @ Stage Saloon
• Three Fifths Human, Bedpost Buzzards @ Second Wind Navajo
• Kahilofa @ Gallagher's
• Cowboy Jack @ Hennessey's Carlsbad
• Spring Fling hosted by VH1's Real & Chance @ Belo

Friday, April 2, 2010:

• The Silent Comedy, Doll and the Kicks, Links @ Casbah
• Lights On, The Death Eaters, The Franks@ Soda Bar (Late show, 9pm)
• Echo Revolution, Secret Apollo, Gravitorium @ Beauty Bar
• Off With Their Heads, Tiltwheel, Sunnyside @ Ken Club
• Illuminauts (7" release), The Paddle Boat @ Whistle Stop
• Faust Fest feat. Christmas Island, Rat City Riot @ Tower Bar
• A Scribe Amidst The Lions, Day of Anomie, Satanic Puppeteer Orchestra @ Radio Room
• High Tide, Cover Me Badd's .38 Specials Education, School of Rock, Too Cool For Karaoke @ Queen Bee's
• 40 oz to Freedom, Mike Pinto, High Tide @ Belly Up
• Happy Hour with Atomic Groove @ Belly Up (5:30pm)
• Pauhana, Vera's Veil @ Ruby Room
• Harpco & guests @ Soda Bar (Early show, free)
• Feel The Noise Presents a Daft Punk Tribute with Ron DMC, Nathan Black, Mike Delgado, Gabe Vega, Pleasure Victim @ U-31
• DJ Artistic @ Bar Pink
• Motion to Server, Scales, FKENAL @ Tin Can Ale House
• Carlos Olmeda @ Java Joe's at Cafe Libertalia
• Terror, Ignite, Hour By The Wolf, Piece By Piece, Roman Burial @ Epicentre
• Royal Krown, Rodeo Drive, Roosevelt, Lizardfish @ O'Connell's
• The Burnville Band @ House of Blues (Voodoo Stage)
• DJ Dan, Turbo Teen, Dskotek @ House of Blues
• Ari Herstand, Jordan Reimer, Nicole Vaughn @ Lestat's
• Da Limelight Boiz, Double Dragon, Submission, Diego Style Music, Chase Dreams ent. D-Stats @ Brick By Brick
• The Shape of Future Frames, Dj Steven Suiter @ Wit's End
• U-Melt, Quactus @ Winston's
• Jet West, Boom Culture, On The Line @ 710 Beach Club
• Pierce The Veil, Of Mice and Men, Casino Madrid @ Soma
• Benefit for Partners In Health (Haiti Relief) feat. Trash Axis, Eskera, Divergent, Nuclear Tomorrow @ Che Cafe
• Sun God Fest DJ Battle @ The Loft, UCSD
• Summerset, Chubby Dice, Callow, January Lights @ Dreamstreet
• Charlie Chavez & His Afrotruko @ Dizzy's (San Diego Wine & Culinary Center)
• Mike Moran @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge (5-7 pm)
• Rockola @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge
• Tizer @ Anthology (Early Show 7:30pm)
• KPRi Homegrown Friday with Sheila Sondergard @ Anthology (Late Show 10 pm)
• Notas Antiguas @ Cabo Cantina
• Trent Cantrelle, Tara Brooks @ Voyeur
• Otep, Bury Your Dead, Through The Eyes of the Dead, Destrophy, Loot-n-Rock, Drownswerve, Fight The Shark @ Ramona Mainstage
• Rhythm Jacks @ Patricks II (5 pm)
• 145th Street @ Patricks II (9pm)
• Scarlet Furies, Coyote Gulch @ Tio Leo's
• NOMADS @ Portugalia

Saturday, April 3, 2010:

• Gram Rabbit, Blackout Party, Black Hondo @ Casbah
• Super Diamond, Wayward Sons @ Belly Up
• Apes Of Wrath, The Softlightes, The Kabbs @ Ken Club
• Rats Eyes, The Grids, The Strychnines @ Tower Bar
• Spencer Fox benefit featuring The Swing Kids, The Beautiful Beats, DJ Shiny Boots, Suction @ Belly Up (4:15 pm)
• Lanterns, Da Bears, D/Wolves @ Tin Can Ale House
• The Goddamn Gallows, The Strikers, Hands Down South, Jody Wayne Wood Band @ Radio Room
• The Hodad's Hootenanny feat. The Screamin Yeehaws, Downspell, DPI, The Bordertown Skanks, Black Sheep Reunion, Subjector, Gross Negligence @ Winston's
• The Dabbers, Captain Ahab, Tik///Tik@ Soda Bar
• DJ Cindy, Gregg Belson, Andy Cobb, Monster Mike (Heavy Wax SD) @ Beauty Bar
• May*Star's Fashion Whore @ Ruby Room
• Northern Town @ Wit's End
• Rick Ortiz presents The Best of Tributes feat. Van Roth (Van Halen tribute), Liquid Blue (Women of Rock tribute), Alice and the Cooper Gang (Alice Cooper), Wild Rumour (Classic Rock tribute), Help (Beatles) @ House of Blues
• Black Eyed Peas @ San Diego Sports Arena
• Dance Party with DJs Groundfloor, Kid Wonder, the Office Twins @ U-31
• Rock N Roll Stew feat. DJs Mikey Face and Angie @ Bar Pink
• March Radness Tour feat. Vivera, Alessa Is Red, Oh! Vanquished Foe, Loren Battle, Rocky Loves Emily @ Epicentre
• Gregory Page CD Release @ Java Joe's at Cafe Libertalia
• Cellphish (LA), Bankers Hill, Roadside Affair, Dying To Wake @ O'Connell's
• Jonathan Tyler, the Northern Lights @ House of Blues (Voodoo Stage)
• The Eleonor England Show @ Lestat's
• Blow Me Down, Opus Dai, Bluebloodred, Monkeys In Space, The Elephant Project, Hector's Revenge @ Brick By Brick
• Stranger, 3rd Burrough Meets Superunloader, Labour Of Love @ 710 Beach Club
• One Nation Under A Groove @ Whistle Stop
• Pierce The Veil, Jesse Barrera (of My American Heart) @ Soma
• Sun God Festival Battle of the Bands @ The Loft, UCSD
• Scour, Method Rising, Dive Bomber, Warring States of Mind, Bedlam's Edge @ Dreamstreet
• Gilbert Castellanos New Latin Jazz Quintet @ Dizzy's (San Diego Wine & Culinary Center)
• Songwriter Guild Contest Finals @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge (3pm)
• Dennis Jones @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge
• Free Comedy Show feat. Darryl Doc Carter, Honest John, Iva La Shawn, Jarmann @ 4th & B
• The Perfect Age of Rock n Roll Blues Band @ Anthology (Early Show 7:30pm, Late Show 9:30 pm)
• Von Swayze @ Cabo Cantina
• Dada Life, Rifat Ziadeh, Florence & Normandie @ Voyeur
• Montage presents The DJ Boys, DJ Michael Paul, DJ John Joseph @ Spin
• The Red Elvises @ Tio Leo's
• Social Spit @ Chico Club
• Audio Invasion Drum n Bass Night feat. APX One, MK Ultra, Ble3k & Crossbred with MC Agez, Dr. Greenthumb, 1979, Destroyer & Gloworm and more @ Ramona Mainstage
• The Mighty Regis @ Gallagher's
• Kirtan, Dave Stinger @ Worldbeat Center
• Missy Anderson @ Patricks II

Sunday, April 4, 2010 (Happy 40th Anniversary, Mom & Dad!):

• The Dabbers, a Punch & Judy puppet show, Mission: Valley, Myth, DJ Nightrocker @ Casbah
• The Church @ Anthology (Early Show 7:30pm)
• Patty Griffin, Scott Miller @ Belly Up
• Dave Booda presents singer/songwriter night @ Ruby Room
• Karaoke with Daryl Johnson @ Soda Bar
• Tribe of Kings/Reggae Vibes @ U-31
• psycho candy with DJs Barnessey & Marcus X @ Radio Room
• Happy Ron's Open Mic @ Java Joe's at Cafe Libertalia
• As The Sun Sets Fire @ O'Connell's
• Jose Sinatra's OB-O-ke @ Winston's
• Boom Snap @ 710 Beach Club
• Too Many Creeps DJs feat Mario O & friends @ Whistle Stop
• Blue Frog @ Patricks II
• Boxcar Bandits, Plow @ Dreamstreet
• Elliott Lawrence, Stelita @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge Brunch, 10a-2p
• Willovealot @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge
• Danny DeCarlo @ Cabo Cantina (1-4pm)

Introducing Park 2 Park Shuttle

As a frequent SDMTS user, it's at times difficult to plan a night out because my bus route (the 11) stops running relatively early in the night, and weekend service has been cut drastically. It's those times when Taxi Rob and Hutch come in handy, but I'm really happy about the new Park 2 Park shuttle that is going to add a new option to the mix.

(press release)

On April 22, 2010, the Park-2-Park Shuttle Service will hit the streets to connect the communities of North Park, South Park, Normal Heights and University Heights. You can enjoy a climate-controlled, 36-seat, comfortable transportation as you visit area restaurants, bars, friends, art studios, music shows and more. Passes went on sale today! Pick one up for $5 (day) or $10 (weekend) at the following locations:

North Park

Filter – 4096 30th Street
Lefty’s Chicago Pizzeria – 3448 30th Street
Zensei Sushi – 3396 30th Street
Pigment – 3827 30th Street (located across from the North Park Parking Garage)

South Park

Grant’s Marketplace – 2953 Beech Street
Rebecca’s Coffeehouse – 3015 Juniper Street

University Heights
The Lafayette Hotel – 2223 El Cajon Blvd

Normal Heights
Lestat’s Coffee House – 3343 Adams Avenue

For complete details on the Park-2-Park Shuttle Service including shuttle stops, weekend promotions, specials and more information, please visit http://www.sdpark2park.com.

Things To Do In San Diego: March 30-April 1, 2010

Tuesday March 30, 2010:

• The Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt, The Shakes @ The Loft
• Red Octopus, Kata, Hing, Schmaltz @ Casbah
• The Neal Schon Band (of Journey) with Miles Schon & John Varn @ Belly Up
• Paper Forest, Skeletal System, Neat Beats @ Tin Can Ale House
• This Providence, The Audition, Anarbor, The Bigger Lights, Artist VS Poet @ Soma
• The Neverout @ Riviera Supper Club
• Green Decade Presents: W/Off Track, Sunday Girl, Field Trip @ Radio Room
• Anthology House Band @ Anthology
• Sexy Crimes, The Bertos, tba @ Soda Bar
• Faking Genius @ Winston's
• 4 Way Street @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Too Cool For Karaoke @ Ruby Room
• Live Music Showcase: Diversion Sound @ O'Connell's
• The Stilettos @ Henry's Pub
• Darkwave Garden @ Club Kadan
• Comedy Night with Mal Hall @ Lestat's
• SO3 @ True North
• Karling Abbeygate @ Point Loma Sports Pub & Grill
• Doug Allen, Suzzy Bongo @ The Kraken
• Karaoke @ Ken Club
• Karaoke @ Cafe La Maze
• Karaoke @ Coyote Bar & Grill
• 3rd Degree Blues @ Patrick's ll
• Friends Chill @ Whistle Stop
• Jim Moore @ McP's Irish Pub
• Allegra Sings @ Tiki House

Wednesday March 31, 2010:

• The Flatliners, Broadway Calls, Cobra Skulls, Longway @ Casbah
• Dynamite Walls, Italian Japanese, The Drowning Men @ Hard Rock Cafe
• Commune Wednesday feat. Buddy Akai, DJ Peso, trunk show by n.om @ Bar Pink
• Leyva, Los Hollywood, Skyline Union, Dying to Wake, Bebpost Buzzards, Tori Roze @ 4th & B
• Brad Mehldau @ The Neuroscience Institute
• Vaginals, Spurm, Butts, The Natives @ Soda Bar
• ROCK 105.3 and 101 KGB Present Steel Panther, 6One9 @ House of Blues
• 52nd Street Band @ Anthology
• "7 Golden Apples", DJ Veep Reekins @ Tin Can Ale House
• Ellamae, Lucy Schwartz, Sistah Speak, Perfect Blue @ Beauty Bar
• Aaron Bowen, Alan Land, Matt Turk @ Lestat's
• Chad Cavanaugh, Scott West, Rob Deez @ Ruby Room
• Pyrate Punx Presents: Dean Dirg @ Radio Room
• Live Wednesdays Presents: The Makepeace Brothers, Dawn Mitschele @ U-31
• Abe West, Loving Kind @ 710 Beach Club
• Labour of Love, Safety Orange @ 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
• Knockout Bell, The Walking, Albatross, DJ Gonzo @ O'Connell's
• Scott Carter and New Breed @ Coyote Bar
• Len Rainey's Midnight Players @ Patrick's ll
• Kaos Tom, Downspell, Vaude Villians, Interim Divine, Her Bed of Thorns @ Dreamstreet
• Burnett's Bliss @ Cafe La Maze
• Hot Rod Lincoln @ Valley View Casino
• Tommy Price @ McP's Irish Pub
• Cat Family, Colin Clyne, John Fullwood Acoustic, Little Hurricane, Keane Freeman @ Onyx Room
• Rusty Jones, Christopher Dale @ Postcards American Bistro @ Handlery Hotel
• Nena Anderson @ Firehouse American Eatery
• Wes Davis @ E Street Cafe (Encinitas)
• Karaoke @ The Loft
• Tori Roze and The Hot Mess @ Portugalia
• Jesse Lamonaca @ Gilly's
• Hazmatt @ The Saloon (Encinitas)
• 3 Spoke Wheel @ The Stage Saloon
• Frankie-Dee & The Funk-Natra Band @ The Kraken
• Spring Break Concert Special with B.O.B. @ On Broadway (18+)

Thursday April 1, 2010:

• Manuok, Hot Moon, The Flying Objects @ Soda Bar
• The Wedding Present, Ringo Deathstar @ Casbah
• 91X Presents Alkaline Trio, Cursive, The Dear & Departed @ House of Blues
• Hyena (cd release) @ El Dorado
• The Howls, The Heavy Guilt, Heavy Glow @ Belly Up
• Aaron Swanton, Spencer Rabin @ Tin Can Ale House
• The Bloodflowers, Lord Howler @ Bar Pink
• Serengeti Rocks, the Beautiful View, Bella Novela, Gun Runner @ Ruby Room
• Action Andy & The Hightones, Thee Burrito Brothers @ Ken Club
• Gregory Page @ Folkey Monkey
• BeauSoleil Avec Michael Doucet @ Anthology
• The Wagon, Help I'm Alive @ Winston's
• Hot Butter, a movie-themed dance party, by JC DiStefano @ Beauty Bar
• The Buzzbombs @ Hotel Indigo
• Carl Durant, Laura Cortese, Lisa Olson @ Lestat's
• Red Hand Dot, Desert Heir @ Radio Room
• The Bayou Brothers @ House of Blues Voodoo Stage
• Generations Party with DJ Artistic @ U-31
• Fire Corner @ Club Kadan
• Blues Brokers @ Coyote Bar & Grill
• Ruby and The Red Hots @ Humphreys Backstage Live
• Drop The Line, Vega, Salter & Diaz @ Voyeur
• Natives of The New Dawn @ 710 Beach Club
• Pass The Axe, Civet, The Bomb Pops @ Brick by Brick
• Sandy, Burnett, John Guillano, Marty Waak @ Cafe La Maze
• The Flock of 80's @ Henry's Pub
• Jefferson Jay @ Portugalia
• Jeff Moore's Witchdoctors @ Patrick's II
• Random Gibberish and all kinds of comedy hijinks @ Dreamstreet Live
• Firefly @ Valley View Casino
• Reggae Jam @ RT Longboard's Grill
• Carlos Blues Experience @ Tiki House
• Mad Traffic, The Good Bites, Neotoledo @ Boar Cross'n
• Sunday Girl @ Stage Saloon
• Three Fifths Human, Bedpost Buzzards @ Second Wind Navajo
• Kahilofa @ Gallagher's
• Cowboy Jack @ Hennessey's Carlsbad
• Spring Fling hosted by VH1's Real & Chance @ Belo

Happy Dum Dum Day!

Dum Dum Girls' Sub Pop debut I Will Be is out today. You can check it out and buy here.

Here's the video for "Jail La La" with a cameo of Brandon.

Dum Dum Girls - Jail La La from Sub Pop Records on Vimeo.

See the Dum Dum Girls at the Casbah on April 17 with Love Is All. Buy tickets here.

Catch Brandon a week later when Crocodiles perform on April 24. Tickets available here.

Things To Do In San Diego: March 29, 2010

Monday March 29, 2010:

• Anti-Monday League Presents: Field Music, Lualta, Metrofique @ Casbah
• The Coathangers, Sunday Times, Ronnie No Good and The Youngbloods @ Soda Bar
• Overheard & Famous In San Diego (Jay Allen Sanford Comic Strip Art Gallery Opening Reception) feat. Cathryn Beeks, True Stories (with Bart Mendoza & Wendy Bailey), Collage Menage and more @ Ruby Room
• Blood Stained Reality, The Roosters, Ad Seg, Eternal Unborn, Spreading Evictions @ Radio Room
• Copeland, Deas Vail, I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody's Business, Person L @ Porter's Pub
• The Styletones @ Bar Pink
• Blackout Party @ Riviera Supper Club
• Vanja James, Gregory Page, Bill Cardinal @ Island Sports & Spirits (Coronado)
• Lady Dottie and The Diamonds @ U-31
• Nathan James Trio @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Club MAW @ Henry's Pub
• Open Mic @ Lestat's
• "Teenage Wasteland" w/ DJs Lord Hammer and Muchacho D-Hey @ Tin Can Ale House
• Doug Allen, Suzy Bongo @ The Kraken
• Jinx King @ Patrick's II
• Electric Waste Band, Drunk Poet's Society @ Winston's
• Pro-Invitational Blues Jam Hosted By Mystery Train @ O'Connell's
• Ron Bell @ Cafe La Maze
• Karaoke @ Coyote Bar & Grill
• Musical Pursuit @ Whistle Stop
• The Goomies @ Queen Bee's
• The Andrew Russell Band @ Java Jones

Jeff's Weekly Pick: Field Music @ The Casbah March 29, 2010

Every time I hear the band name Field Music the first thought that comes to mind is field recordings. This could not be farther from the truth, but the British band's melodies are in full force on their aggressive 20 song release Field Music (Measure). It appeared the band was either finished or on hiatus, so it was a welcome sight to know they are back in full force. The core member brothers David and Peter Brewis remain while Andrew Moore has left the group. There is a lot of variation in their latest release, and watching them perform live should be quite a treat. I can't think of a better way to start the week. Go to Middletown and watch indie music of the highest calibre.

Lualta and Metrofique set the stage.

Watch a video of Them That Do Nothing below

Things To Do In San Diego: March 27-28, 2010

Saturday, March 27, 2010:

• Air, AM @ 4th & B
• CKY, Year Long Disaster, Warner Drive @ Casbah
• The Dabbers, The Hot Moon, Sunday Times @ Tin Can Ale House
• Indiefest @ North Park
• Thee Cormans, Chango Rey and His Broken Heart Beat @ Tower Bar
• An Evening with Tainted Love @ Belly Up (Sold Out)
• Opium Bride, Sound Of Victory, Good Sir, With Every Breath, Another Day Away @ Epicentre
• House Junkie @ Beauty Bar
• Four Minutes Til Midnight, Flight From Above, Cat Party, hosted by Nappy Roots @ Ruby Room
• Pato Banton & The Now Generation, High Tide, J.A.A.M, Kwest @ Brick By Brick
• Reverend Mothers, Sidro Punks, La Corde @ Soda Bar
• Indiefest Official Afterparty: Rhythm & The Method, Runhoney, Heavy Guilt @ U-31
• Red Hot and Cool with DJs Charlie Rock & Trevor Young @ Bar Pink
• Student of the Drum @ Radio Room
• Dawn Mitschele @ Java Joe's at Cafe Libertalia
• Indiefest Film Festival @ Queen Bee's
• Lenny "Fuzzy" Rankins @ House of Blues Voodoo Stage
• Rebelution, B Foundation, Stranger @ House of Blues
• John Hull, of Mice and Them, Ramekaga @ Lestat's
• The Carlos Blues Experience @ Winston's (4-7pm)
• Afro Classics, 3rd Borough, Destructo Bunny, Ellaydee @ Winston's
• Ease Up, Acoma @ 710 Beach Club
• South Park Walkabout/DJ Claire's Happy Hour @ Whistle Stop (5pm)
• Booty Bassment @ Whistle Stop
• Mike Pinto, The Lifters, The Skains, Sherm The Band @ Soma
• Trudgers, Mikura Suzuki, Blessure Grave, Dazzle Ships, The Endless Bummer @ Che Cafe
• Unified Division, Three Fifths Man, Psychotropico, Mouthfull @ Dreamstreet
• Milan Zlatkovich @ Dizzy's (San Diego Wine & Culinary Center)
• Gino Matteo @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge (5-7pm)
• Rising Star @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge (9pm)
• Los Sindicate @ Hensley's Flying Elephant
• Sons of Champlin @ Anthology (Early Show 7:30pm, Late Show 9:30 pm)
• Gershwin to Bernstein: All American Jacobs' Masterworks Concert @ Copley Symphony Hall
• Montage presents Kimberly S. , DJ Luis Perez @ Spin
• The Disco Pimps @ Stage Saloon
• Dead By Wednesday @ Ramona Mainstage
• Robert Dubac's The Second Coming @ Poway Center for Performing Arts
• Stranger & Friends @ Worldbeat Center

Sunday, March 28, 2010:

• The Local 94/9 Presents Fever Sleeves, Helen Earth Band, The Tall Ships, Greg Gibson @ Casbah (Free show, doors at 7, free food from Lucha Libre)
• Acid Girls (DJ Set) @ The Office
• JEFF the Brotherhood, Splinters @ Bar Pink
• Salsa Sunday @ Belly Up
• BLUSD Matinee with The Smookin' Knights @ Belly Up (4:15pm)
• What What Now, God, The Bertos @ Beauty Bar
• Isolation feat DJs Bryan Pollard and Am Bones@ Ruby Room
• Hammerfall, Havok @ House of Blues
• Bitter Black Charlie @ Stage Saloon
• Karaoke with Darryl @ Soda Bar
• Tribe of Kings/Reggae Vibes @ U-31
• Class In Session @ Radio Room
• Happy Ron's Open Mic @ Java Joe's at Cafe Libertalia
• The Robin Henkel Band @ Lestat's
• Hugh Cornwell @ Brick By Brick
• Psychotropico @ Winston's (4-7pm)
• Jose Sinatra's OB-O-ke @ Winston's
• Too Many Creeps DJs feat Mario O & friends @ Whistle Stop
• MZ Chief, Ricky G, Pearl @ Dreamstreet
• Jose Serrano @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge Brunch (10a-2p)
• Vertice Williams @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge (8p)
• The Pirates of Penzance @ Birch North Park Theatre
• Gershwin to Bernstein: All American Jacobs' Masterworks Concert @ Copley Symphony Hall

Video: Small Black & Washed Out

Thursday night, Sezio.org threw a helluva show at Sushi Art in downtown. It was packed with people and since the show was all ages, it was great to see a lot of kids made it out to the show, not just because there aren't a lot of all age spaces in San Diego, but because their energy electrified the show. I was up front and bartered with a kid to let me in front of him to film, and though the kids were bringing back the pogo and slam dancing (without it getting into the more aggressive moshing), I was somehow protected from any serious bumping. There was some crowd surfing, too, but everyone was just enjoying themselves instead of posturing and elbowing to the front which really took me back to how shows were for me when I was younger.

The show started with Pictureplane, but I didn't get any video of him. Small Black followed up, so I got most of their set, then Washed Out did some songs alone before being joined by all the crew of Small Black for the majority of the set.

I haven't had the chance to label any of the videos from the night, but here's the playlist...if you wanna help title them, just leave comments and I'll update the YouTube page. Click the right and left arrows on the video to see more.

Things To Do In San Diego: March 25-26, 2010

Thursday March 25, 2010:

• The Paper Chase, Kiss Kiss, Street of Little Girls @ Casbah
• Small Black, Washed Out, Pictureplane @ Sushi Performance & Visual Arts
• Thursday Night Thing: Yacht, Bobby Birdman @ Museum of Contemporary Art Downtown ($10)
• Devendra Banhart and the Grogs, Dorothy and the Originals @ Belly Up
• Big Sam's Funky Nation, Skirt Alert @ Winston's
• The Palominos, The Young Republic, Rip Carson & The Carcin-O-Genics, The Rockabillion Trio @ Dreamstreet Live
• Patrick Dennis and Friends @ Riviera Supper Club
• Miss Erika Davies @ Wit's End
• Eclipse 79, Oh Air Night, Bayside Bridge Club @ Tin Can Ale House
• Swimming With Dolphins, We Are The In Crowd, He Is The Painter, Summer Circus @ Epicentre
• Weatherbox, Italian Japanese @ Bar Pink
• Dying to Wake, Arms Entwined @ Ruby Room
• Otis Heat, Starcrossed, The Morning on Fire @ Soda Bar
• Bitter Sober, Atomic Three, Boptones @ Ken Club
• The Ratbirds, Revolt Revolt, Mojo @ Radio Room
• All Things Rad! Presents Legends of San Diego @ El Dorado
• Shelle Blue @ House of Blues Voodoo Stage
• Monette Marino @ Anthology
• Matt Hensley & Friends @ Hensley's Flying Elephant
• Hot Butter, DJ JC DiStefano @ Beauty Bar
• Alyssa Jacey, Laura Roppe, Lindsey Yung @ Lestat's
• Rob Deez @ Java Joe's @ Cafe Libertalia
• Generations Party with DJ Artistic & Cros 1 @ U-31
• Fire Corner @ Club Kadan
• Boneyard, DJ Swoll @ Coyote Bar & Grill
• Sean Carney & Phil Berkowitz @ Humphreys Backstage Live
• Buddy Akai, Vega, Salter & Diaz @ Voyeur
• Natives of The New Dawn @ 710 Beach Club
• Billie Myers, Esjay, My Elisian, Joal B @ Brick by Brick
• Sandy, Burnett, John Guillano, Marty Waak @ Cafe La Maze
• The Flock of 80's @ Henry's Pub
• Jefferson Jay @ Portugalia
• Burnsville Blues @ Patrick's II
• Wallace Roney Quintet @ Dizzy's (San Diego Wine & Culinary Center)
• The Fabulous Pelicans @ Valley View Casino
• The Pheromones @ RT Longboard's Grill
• The Bartones @ Tiki House
• Red Hot Chili @ Second Wind Navajo
• Despite the Wolves, In Silence, Jameson, Medius @ Second Wind Santee
• Gallery drive, Sojourn, Heavenly Host, Progress @ Boar Cross'n
• Karaoke @ O'Connell's
• Nektar @ Stage Saloon
• Bredren @ Gallagher's
• Harmony Road @ McP's Irish Pub
• John Hull, Mal Hall @ The Bitter End
• Mad Traffic @ Queen Bee's
• Hazmatt, Foo U @ Onyx Room
• Mykill Milers, Evidence, DJ Rhettmatic, DJ Bobo @ Rhythm Lounge

Friday, March 26, 2010:

• The Morning Benders, Surfer Blood @ M-Theory In-Store (All ages, Free, 5pm)
• Surfer Blood, Turbo Fruits, Lanterns @ Bar Pink
• The Donkeys, Space Nature @ Tin Can Ale House
• The Morning Benders, We Barbarians, Miniature Tigers @ Casbah
• Eric Himan @ Bourbon Street (7-9pm)
• Art Fag Records Presents Pearl Harbour & guests @ Whistle Stop
• The Fleshies, Stoned At Heart, Street Eaters, Tubers @ Soda Bar
• Heart Full Hearts, Tumbledown, The Brandy Alexander Band@ Radio Room
• Rockstar/The AP Tour: Never Shout Never, Hey Monday, The Cab, Every Avenue, The Summer Set @ House of Blues
• Chango Rey & His Broken Heartbeat @ Ken Club
• Boogie Nights with Danger Kitty, DJ Tommy Coxx @ Belly Up
• Evidence (Dilated Peoples), Anti Citizens, Trust 1, DJs Myson King, Domino, Pound & Cleancut @ Brick By Brick
• PostCrush, The Attack!!, Rodeo Drive, day of Anomie, DJ Aro @ Beauty Bar
• Posso The DJ, DJ Hoff (Spank Rock DJ), Adam Salter, Mr. Biggs, Kimbo @ Super El Camino
• Feel The Noise Electro Dance w/DJs Gabe Vega & guests @ U-31
• Sara Petite, Lisa Sanders, Cindy Lee Berryhill @ Java Joe's at Cafe Libertalia
• West of Memphis @ House of Blues Voodoo Stage
• Joey Ryan, Gregory Page, Laura Jansen @ Lestat's
• Greensky Bluegrass, Rana Santacruz @ Winston's
• Polynesian Underground Presents Fortunate Youth @ 710 Beach Club
• Defamation League @ Gallagher's
• Jonny Craig, Tides of Man, Romance on a Rocketship, Eye Alaska, Modsun @ Soma
• Caspian, Arms and Sleepers, Beware of Safety @ Che Cafe
• The Shamey Jays, Welcome To Nothing, Neotoledo, St Elias @ Dreamstreet
• Chirgilchin @ Dizzy's (San Diego Wine & Culinary Center)
• Gino Matteo @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge (5-7pm)
• Chris Duarte @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge (9:30pm)
• Paddy's Pig @ Hensley's Flying Elephant
• Andre Nikatana @ 4th & B
• Anthology House Motown Band @ Anthology (Early Show 7:30pm, Late Show 9:30 pm)
• The Pirates of Penzance @ Birch North Park Theatre
• Indiefest Industry Mixer @ Queen Bee's
• Eyes Out, Bedford Grove, K Sera, A Likely Story, Kilgore Trout, Since Forever @ Epicentre
• "Glamour and Glow" feat. Pornscore, Kray-Z-K, Dirty Dee, Jonny Quest, Casey Carlson @ Spin
• Gershwin to Bernstein: All American Jacobs' Masterworks Concert @ Copley Symphony Hall (2pm)
• Dirty Birdz @ Stage Saloon
• Jay Ungar & Molly Mason Family Band @ San Dieguito United Methodist Church
• Locura @ Worldbeat Center

Video: Yacht "Afterlife"

There's a lot going on tonight...Sezio has their show with Washed Out, Small Black and Pictureplane. Casbah has a great show with The Paper Chase, Kiss Kiss and Street of Little Girls, and down at the Museum of Contemporary Art in downtown, Yacht will be performing with Bobby Birdman. Unlike past TNT events, this one is $10, but if Yacht is your thing, you won't mind the nominal cover.

"Afterlife" is the second single off their album See Mystery Lights. They're touring with a full band which should certainly make for a more dynamic show.

YACHT - The Afterlife from Jona Bechtolt on Vimeo.

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros Return to the Belly Up

The last time Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros were at the Belly Up, the show sold out and the show was absolutely incredible. Now with even more touring and some radio airplay, they're back and this time around the show will likely sell out even faster than before.

The show is April 15 at the Belly Up. Tickets go onsale Friday, but if you dig around twitter via @BellyUpTavern, @FM949sd, or @LegitRadio among others, you'll find the link to pre-sale tickets.

Here are my videos from the last time around. Ambien anyone?

Things To Do In San Diego: March 23-24, 2010

Tuesday March 23, 2010:

• Cymbals Eat Guitars, Bear In Heaven, Freelance Whales @ Casbah
• Judy Collins @ Acoustic Music San Diego
• Kerretta, Kata, Street of Little Girls @ Soda Bar
• Boomsnake, Y La Bamba, Wampire, White Fang @ Che Cafe
• Guns Fever, Chango Rey & His Broken Heart Beat, DJs Rob Moran Dan Sant @ Tin Can Ale House
• Brawley @ Riviera Supper Club
• The Loneliest Monk, Roosevelt @ Radio Room
• Schitzophonic, Carolina Story, Morning on Fire, Whiskey King Coalition @ Beauty Bar
• Tiki Tuesday featuring Craig Prior @ Bar Pink
• Anthology House Band @ Anthology
• The Photo Atlas, The Rouge @ Winston's
• Jesse Davis @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Too Cool For Karaoke @ Ruby Room
• The Stilettos @ Henry's Pub
• Rocafornia @ Onyx Room
• Darkwave Garden @ Club Kadan
• Comedy Night with Mal Hall @ Lestat's
• Doug Allen, Suzzy Bongo @ The Kraken
• " li Camino<>
• Karaoke @ Ken Club
• Karaoke @ Cafe La Maze
• Karaoke @ Coyote Bar & Grill
• Soul to Soul @ Patrick's ll
• Friends Chill @ Whistle Stop
• 2 Guys Will Move U @ McP's Irish Pub
• Three Minute Storm @ Stage Saloon

Wednesday March 24, 2010:

• Tobacco, The Hood Internet, Nice Nice @ Casbah
• Casbah Presents: Hank Williams III, Assjack, Kyle Turley @ 4th & B
• Latent Print Show: Greg Gibson, Rodney Hubbard, Brenda Xu, Art, Readings, Tape Deck Mountain Video Premiere and more! @ Whistle Stop
• Swim Party, Tartufi, Writer @ Che Cafe
• The Paddle Boat, Man/Miracle, Chairs Missing @ Tin Can Ale House
• Pierced Arrows, Lullabye Arkestra, Kerretta @ Bar Pink
• Family Portrait, Owl Eyes, Watch it Sparkle @ Soda Bar
• Ellamae, Bitter Sober, Lauren de Rose, DJ Cotapop! @ Beauty Bar
• Melly Frances and The Distilled Spirits @ Riviera Supper Club
• United Nations of Comedy -2 with Aida Rodriguez, Mal Hall, Byron Bowers, Kevin Shea @Belly Up
• Kreator, Kataklysm, Lazarus A.D.@ House of Blues
• U-Nam @ Anthology
• NSD Presents: Monday's Alibi, The Unruly Bangs, Punchcard @ 710 Beach Club
• Greg Holden, ian Axel, The Paper Raincoats @ Lestat's
• My Life In Black and White, more tba @ Ruby Room
• Narrows, Dead Ghosts @ Radio Room
• Live Wednesdays Presents Circa Now, Shaimus @ U-31
• Shoreline Rootz @ 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
• Leather Nun, friends @ O'Connell's
• Northstar @ Coyote Bar
• Chris James, Patrick Rynn @ Patrick's ll
• 3 Minute Parking @ Dreamstreet Live
• Burnett's Bliss @ Cafe La Maze
• Gregory Michael @ Hensley's Flying Elephant
• Firefly @ Valley View Casino
• Laguna @ McP's Irish Pub
• 3 Degrees Off Center, The Fallen Stars, Neon Cough @ Onyx Room
• Jordan Reimer, Christopher Dale, Jakob Martin @ Postcards American Bistro @ Handlery Hotel
• Daphne Denniston @ Sunshine Brooks Theater (Oceanside)
• Jesse Lamonaca @ Hennessey's PB
• Carson White & The Rancho Rats @ O'Connell's
• Rose Funeral, Wretched, And Hell Followed With, Imbalanced, Murder on The Dance Floor, As They Burn Alive @ Ramona Mainstage Nightclub
• Culture Shock @ California Center For The Arts

Do I Have Any Influence?

I wrote the title of this post hours ago, but now it's staring me in the face. I would love to believe that you went and saw such-and-such band because I told you to, or you missed a show and regretted it because I was there and had video and now you can only wish that you had been there. Whatever the case, I try to do what I do and I try to have fun. Ultimately, I go out to shows and write about my life as I live it.

I love Facebook and I loved Myspace in its prime and I write this silly blog and I tweet and I hope that you read any or all of my shit and are encouraged to get out and support live music in San Diego. While little tasks keep me going, my future is completely unknown and I really have no idea what I'm doing or where I'm going. Fuck, I don't know if I'll make rent next month.

What I do know is that I'm up for this relatively arbitrary title of "Best In Comunity and Nightlife" for these InfluenceSD awards. Naturally, that's my next step from being a featured rider with SDMTS, right?

Frankly, it's almost as funny as me having to wear a tiara during an entire week of high school and argue with the rest of the homecoming nominated girls that brown was indeed a color and they could fight over red and blue and green, but I wanted brown, thank you very much, and furthermore, if you're gonna make me wear heels and dresses and get me out of my typical outfit of jeans and a hoodie then I was gonna set my own boundaries. And somehow that week I still had fun.

So there. I'm nominated for this award or title or something rather... And I'm flattered beyond words, but I'm me, and I never created this site with a goal in mind. These days I have hopes and dreams of being self-sustainable...because in this economy who can't be...so while I'll spew the typical "it's an honor just to be nominated"....It would be cool if my so called "influence" actually translated to a thumbs up, or votes, or maybe even meant something in my employment future.

All of that said, today is the last day to vote. All you have to do is click the arrow next to SDDIALEDIN and you're done. And I will thank you. And I will wear a tiara if you want me to. Even if you don't vote, you're here now, you're reading this, and I thank you. You keep me going. Are you hiring?

What You Missed: The Asteroids Galaxy Tour

Plenty of you were at the Casbah on Sunday night to represent and saw an amazing show from The Asteroids Galaxy Tour. For those of you not present, I give you these videos. And for once I was actually somewhat pleased with my photos, so I'm gonna post those, too. Because I can.



I also took a bunch of pictures, so if you wanna check them out, click 'keep on reading'.

Do Not Miss: Freelance Whales

Ever since I saw Freelance Whales open for Fanfarlo in the fall, I've been following their every move (literally...they use twitter a lot). I bought their CD back then, before it was picked up by Frenchkiss Records. The label release of Weathervanes is April 13, but you can find a video for Generator 2nd Floor video, as well as two song downloads on Stereogum.

And naturally, I recorded some of their show at the Casbah back then. click the right/left arrows to navigate the playlist.



The band is opening for Cymbals Eat Guitars and Bear In Heaven on Tuesday night at the Casbah. The show is only $8, and tickets were selling quickly last time I checked so if you want to go, don't wait until the night of the show or it might be too late. They're lined up for a tour with the Shout Out Louds and OK Go, Sasquatch, and they'll probably be thrust into the indie festival abyss.

Things To Do In San Diego: March 22, 2010

Lots to look forward to this week, but I have to say I'm really stoked for Freelance Whales at the Casbah on Tuesday. If you missed them opening in December for Fanfarlo, do yourself a favor and catch this band. They're on first which means if you're not at the Casbah by 9, you'll probably miss them. Listings for Tuesday-Thursday are after the jump.

Monday March 22, 2010:

• Anti-Monday League Presents: Acid Mothers Temple, Over-Gain Optimal Death @ Casbah
• Judy Collins @ Acoustic Music San Diego (sold out)
• Neon Trees @ 710 Beach Club
• Vivid Sekt, OK?, Bog People, Waco Fuck, Secret Sekt @ Che Cafe
• Ape Machine, The Kabbs, Roxy Jones, Earl's Son, Melted Cassettes @ Soda Bar
• Tim Raldo & The Filthy Fuks, Diatribe, Underground Alliance, The Lugers, It Was A Firefight @ Radio Room
• Paper Forest @ The Tree House
• The Styletones @ Bar Pink
• Blackout Party @ Riviera Supper Club
• Lady Dottie and The Diamonds @ U-31
• Bayou Brothers @ Patrick's II
• Michele Lundeen @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Goldie Wilson, more @ Ruby Room
• The Danny Green Trio @ Athenaeum Music & Arts Library
• Club MAW @ Henry's Pub
• Open Mic @ Lestat's
• "Teenage Wasteland" w/ DJs Lord Hammer and Muchacho D-Hey @ Tin Can Ale House
• Doug Allen, Suzy Bongo @ The Kraken
• Electric Waste Band, Drunk Poet's Society @ Winston's
• Pro-Invitational Blues Jam Hosted By Mystery Train @ O'Connell's
• Ron Bell @ Cafe La Maze
• Karaoke @ Coyote Bar & Grill

Video: Republic of Letters "Stories"

It was a rainy Saturday just a few weeks ago when Republic of Letters invited friends and fans out to participate in the filming of their music video. The $1 beers at the Ruby Room for the event certainly helped. I wasn't there until the last few takes, but it was a fun afternoon, regardless. I wanted to be more of "the crowd" than have any cameos, kinda ducking away from any camera, so you won't actually see me in any shots, but I was there and happy to be a part of it.

Jeff's Weekly Pick: Surfer Blood @ Bar Pink March 26, 2010

When one starts naming their favorite band of the week, the usual suspects tend to reside in indie hotbeds such as Brooklyn, or Austin, or the Pacific Northwest. Enter the unassuming lads from West Palm Beach, Surfer Blood.These guys are on quite a roll of late, while constant touring and radio play are fueling the fires making them a must see live act.
Last Thanksgiving eve I had the pleasure of witnessing their live set at The Casbah and it was nothing short of amazing. In fact, due to some unforeseen van issues, the band barely made their set time. Things like this do happen, so it was on with the short yet blistering show. Songs were from their full length, Astrocoast. Heck, these guys hardly look old enough to down a beer or ten.
Touring in every nook and cranny from coast to coast brings Surfer Blood back to our fair city, this time to North Park's Bar Pink. A friendly word of advice: arrive early since weekends tend to bring out the best (and sometimes the worst) of the many patrons at the small establishment. I am working up a sweat just writing about their upcoming show. For those under 21, you can watch an in-store performance with The Morning Benders earlier in the evening at M-Theory Records.

Turbo Fruits and Lanterns set the stage.

Watch a vide of Swim below.