Casbah Adds Second Drive Like Jehu Show - SOLD OUT!

Yesterday, we had a big Casbah announcement with Drive Like Jehu on April 7. We didn't send a newsletter or alert the media, we relied on a few simple Facebook post and tweets and a little post on my site- which I did on the sly while sitting in a festival meeting. The show sold out in about an hour and of course, we always take some heat because obviously there are more people who want to go to a show than can actually fit in the Casbah. So I'm here to tell you there's a second show, on April 14. This is the same night as Father John Misty at The Observatory North Park (which itself is very close to selling out) and Built To Spill at The Irenic (also very close to selling out). Again, there's a two ticket limit.

Drive Like Jehu at The Casbah

April 14, 2014

Tickets on sale at noon

SOLD OUT!!

BUY TICKETS NOW 

Things To Do In San Diego: February 20-22, 2015

I have to say that for the last few weeks (months?) I've been feeling out of sorts. I don't deal with health issues well, and with illness bouncing around my house and  my dad being near death at Christmas, I didn't know how much more I could take. Throw in new owners of the theatre and trying to find my place in all of it, plus managing my actual day to day work between Casbah, SoundDiego and The Festival of Arts in North Park and my role at The Observatory, and I've just been spent. This week, however, I feel like I'm getting a grip. My dad looks better than he has in a decade, my uncle is in town, Casbah has been selling out every weekend, and I'm working things out in all the other pieces, inserting myself where I'm of use, and backing off where I'm not. It kinda works for me. So this weekend is busy- I'll be at Surfer Blood, then merching for Lucinda Williams on Saturday and Cursive on Sunday, and I have a whole bunch of work to do in between. But that's a good thing. Busy is what I do best.

Friday through Sunday archives are after the jump.

Upcoming Shows at the Observatory North Park

all show after the jump.

SOLD OUT: DRIVE LIKE JEHU is coming to The Casbah!

Drive Like Jehu has confirmed a show at the Casbah and tickets go went on sale today at NOON. Like, NOW.

Drive Like Jehu

at The Casbah

April 7, 2015

$30

GET TICKETS HERE!  SOLD OUT!
LIMIT TWO TICKETS PER HOUSEHOLD

In case you missed it, here's all the stuff from the band's performance at the Balboa Park Organ Pavilion

Things To Do In San Diego: February 18-19, 2015

When I started doing these listings 8 or so years ago, it was an attempt to organize my own life. I still enjoy getting a glimpse of music week to week so I can know where I have to be and fill in the in-between with where I want to be. But this week I totally failed. I did my listings late on Sunday night after getting home from 91X &FM 94/9 and I usually schedule them to publish at 6am on Monday morning. Well, last night, I was leaving the Merrow after Big Bad Buffalo played, and was going to go to the Casbah. But then I ran into my friend Tim, who told me the people I was hoping to see at Casbah weren't there. My Lyft was 0 minutes away and I had to decide where to go with a quickness, so I fire up sddialedin.com to see my listings and they weren't there! Nothing was posted! How could you guys not tell me (or ask me) where my listings were? It's super challenging to publish from my phone, but eventually I sorted it out. Please don't let that happen again. If you don't see listings here, let me know.  Wednesday & Thursday archives after the jump.

Things To Do In San Diego: February 16-17, 2015

So I've been laying low, but I hope everyone had a great weekend. To be honest, it was nice just having some time home with Darren and alone time while he worked, and I caught up on the week of email and feel pretty great going into this week. Huge thanks to Tim Pyles for letting me drop in on Loudspeaker and to TJ who let me drop in on The Local 94/9, and hopefully you got your submissions in to the Festival of Arts in North Park. This week has a whole lot going on and I'm hoping I get back to 100% so I can get back out and enjoy it. Tuesday through Sunday listings are after the jump.

Last Call for Band Submissions to Festival of Arts in North Park!

The Festival of Arts in North Park is returning on May 16, 2015. The free annual  festival is growing more and more every year. I'm coordinating the music scope of things to some extent, and we will once again be a multiple stage event. There are a super limited number of slots available between three stages, and between Dang and myself and a few other people, we are busy scouting and pulling from our databases to look at the best and brightest San Diego has to offer. However, to be fair, we obviously can't know every band in the region, so we're accepting submissions. The form is super basic and easy, and if you can't meet the minimum requirement of having music online to listen to, frankly you're not what we're looking for. This festival draws in excess of 30,000 people annually and we want bands on our stages who can keep the attention of all those eyeballs and earholes. TODAY IS THE FINAL DAY FOR OPEN SUBMISSIONS.

On a side note, I'm also not looking for any personal pleas. Do not text me, email me, call me, Facebook me to win favor for your band. Just submit the form. As the cliche goes, don't call us, we'll call you.

People always want to know what we're looking for, so keep in mind:

• This is a family friendly event, keep it clean (visually, lyrically)
• We are NOT looking for cover bands
• Bands with cross-demographic appeal (meaning my 7 year old niece might be as interested as my 64 year old mom)
• Reputation matters (in this small town, if you're a dick, we know about it)
• If you can't draw in a club or venue, you need more experience before you're festival ready 
• The three stages we're booking are typically indie, rock, pop, garage, punk. Acoustic acts should contact Alma at Queen Bee's. 
• The Festival of Arts in North Park is free community event to raise money for  North Park Main Street, which is a non-profit organization that benefits North Park in innumerable ways. If you're looking for a big payday, this isn't the event for you. 

Things To Do In San Diego: February 12-15, 2015

There is nothing worse than being ill. I have a too many friends with chronic illness and I just can't imagine because I've essentially been in bed for four days with the stomach thing that is going around,just after Darren and Nova both recovered from that cough/cold thing. Not glamorous at all. And you think, "well, at least I can get work done while I'm in bed," but when you're sick, you just kinda lay in misery, maybe zone in and out of Netflix until looking at your laptop lulls you back to sleep, but work is impossible with a cloudy brain. I literally slept 22 hours on Tuesday, when I was at my worst. I'm finally able to eat and so I believe I'm on the mend and can hopefully be back to normal by the weekend. But I'm probably too sick to make it to Barbarian tonight, so will you all please go show support on my behalf? Thursday through Sunday archives are after the jump.

Upcoming Casbah Shows (With Ticket Links)

Since I have to keep a running list of all of these shows anyway, I might as well keep sharing this quick link cheat sheet with you. Casbah had a lot of shows added this week, both at the venue itself and around town. Spoon, Lord Huron and Little Dragon are all coming to the Observatory. LD doesn't go on sale till next week but I hear the password for presale is NABUMA. Doldrums and Moon King are returning with a show at Soda Bar, Jeremy Enigk is playing The Irenic, and my girl crush Courtney Barnett is coming back to the Casbah, and even Eleanor Friedberger is doing a show at Whistle Stop. My advice to you- buy tickets ahead of time. I don't "have the hook up" and certainly can't help your third cousin twice removed who only heard about the show after it was sold out. After the jump.

Upcoming Shows At The Observatory North Park

Upcoming shows at The Observatory North Park:

2/13 Hepcat, Big Sandy and His Fly-rite Boys

2/14 Logic: Under Pressure World Tour

2/16 Riff Raff, Chanel West Coast

2/19 Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde Live

2/21 Lucinda Williams, The Kenneth Brian Band

2/22 El Tri

2/24 Brett Dennen: Solo Acoustic

2/25 Cold War Kids, Eliot Moss (SOLD OUT)

3/5 A$AP Ferg

3/7 Nahko and Medicine For The People

3/14 Jackie Greene, Lauren Shera

3/19 Trampled By Turtles, Honeyhoney

3/24 Talib Kweli & Immortal Technique

3/27 Young Thug & Travis Scott, Rodeo Hi Tunes

3/29 IAMSU!

4/1 Punch Brothers, Gabriel Kahae

4/2 TV On The Radio (SOLD OUT)

4/8 Kimbra, Mikky Ekko

4/11 The Underachievers

4/12 MOS DEF aka Yasiin Bey

4/13 St. Lucia & RAC, Coasts

4/14 Father John Misty, King Tuff

4/15 Toro Y Moi, Mattson 2

4/16 Clean Bandit

4/17 Belle & Sebastian (SOLD OUT)

4/18 Marina & The Diamonds (SOLD OUT)

4/20 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

4/23 Tribal Seeds, Leilani Wolfgram

4/24 Tribal Seeds, Hirie, True Press

4/25 Tribal Seeds, Fortunate Youth, Aloha Radio

4/30 The Decemberists (SOLD OUT)

5/1 Matt & Kim

5/9 The Growlers

5/11 South-West Kings Tour: RITTZ and KXNG CROOKED

5/14 Lord Huron

5/16 Stick Figure, Ballyhoo!

5/18 Little Dragon

5/28 Neutral Milk Hotel, The Minders (SOLD OUT)

6/1 Spoon

6/21 Misfits

Things To Do In San Diego: February 9-11, 2015

I don't know about you, but I had a lovely weekend. Darren and I had an awesome date night on Friday, hitting up Venice Pizza, The Hideout, Modern Times, Aziz Ansari at Valley View Casino Center, and Generationals at Casbah. On Saturday I worked at the Earthless show and then Sunday was a work day so I could get these listings done for you. This week has a lot going on between the school holiday for Nova, trainings and meetings, shows at Casbah and The Observatory, and the final week we're accepting submissions for The North Park Festival of Arts. I'm exhausted already. Monday through Wednesday archives are after the jump.

San Diego Harbor Gets Artsy: Nuestros Silencios (Our Silences)

Last week I saw a post by Steve Poltz about this art installation at Ruocco Park (the big grass park just north of Seaport Village at 585 Harbor Lane) and I had to drop by and see it for myself. The art is by Mexican sculptor Jose Rivelino and  will remain on display until March 15. It features 10 bronze statues and a giant box with miniature versions of the statues inside. It is definitely a sight to behold on our beautiful bayfront. Read more about it from The Port, The U-T or just go see it for yourself.

Things to Do In San Diego: February 6-8, 2015

It shaped up to be a pretty great week. Bob's memorial, while sad, was also quite celebratory and the warmth and goodness he exuded was apparent at the Casbah on Wednesday night and will stay with us always. Darren, Nova and I braved the beach, though sunny in La Mesa did not translate to sunny on the coast. Still it was peaceful on the mostly empty beach at low tide. This weekend has a lot of fun stuff going on. I'll be at Aziz Ansari (Thank you, FM 94/9!) and Generationals tonight, then trying to make myself useful at The Observatory on Saturday. Maybe I can snag some last minute tickets to Avett Brothers on Sunday, but if not, I'm sure it will be a fabulous and sunny Sunday to enjoy with my love. Saturday and Sunday listings are after the jump.

Friday, February 6, 2015:

• School of Rock Presents: Tribute to The Mars Volta @ Irenic
• Aziz Ansari @ Valley View Casino Center
• Generationals, Rose Quartz @ Casbah (SOLD OUT)
• First Friday w/ DJ Artistic @ Bar Pink
• Big Smo, Haden Carpenter @ Brick By Brick
• Sara Petite, Paul Kamanski, Trevor McSpadden @ Java Joes
• Juan Gabriel @ Viejas Arena
• Bondurant, Lion and the Lady, Bad Romantics @The Merrow
• Teagan Taylor Band @ Croces Park West
• Gayle Skidmore @ The Wine Lover
• Charlie Rock @ El Dorado
• The Broken Stems, Midnight Satellites, Soul Ablaze, Brothers Burns and J Phatt, Lyrical Groove, The Liquorsmiths @ House of Blues
• Washington, Light Years Ahead, Logan Wolf, ANgel Guts, D Young @ Epicentre
• Body Of Light, Some Ember, The Din @ The Hideout
• Escape The Fate @ House Of Blues
• KODO Drummers of Japan @ Balboa Theatre
• The Reflectors, Poprx @ Humphreys
• Clint Westwood @ Tin Roof
• Becca Richardson, Jordan Booth, Ilya Shotov @ Lestats
• Eminence Ensemble and the Higgs @ 710 Beach Club
• Magic Giant, Hills Like Elephants, G Burns jug Band @ Soda Bar
• Hip Hop Vs Punk Rock: Tenshun, Babelfishh, Batlords, Idols Plague, DJS Unite, Mr Henshaw, Pelengue, Sesh @ Tower Bar
• Thomas Gold @ Bassmnt
• Pat Kelley @ 98 Bottles
• Eelke Klejin @ Bang Bang
• Pierce Fulton @ FLUXX
• Leon's Old School karaoke @ Tio Leos
• Bacon Bits @ U31
• The Routine w/ AJ Froman @ Winston's

Saturday, February 7, 2015:

• School of Rock Presents: Tribute to Women Who Rock @ Irenic
• Earthless, Arctic, Loom, Operation Mindblow Light Show @ Casbah (SOLD OUT)
• Vinyl Junkies Record Swap @ Casbah (11am)
• Excel, Rotting Out, Xibalba, Nomads @ Soda Bar (SOLD OUT)
• Leftover Crack, Blackbird Raum, Homesick ABortions, Juicy Karkass @ Observatory North Park
• Patrick Berrogan, Charlie Arbelaez Quartet @ Croces Park West
• Willie Psycho and Luicidal, Revolut-Chix, Gunslingers @ Brick By Brick
• Blown Speaker Gospel, Cult Vegas @ Bancroft Bar
• Adam Salter @ El Dorado
• The Savage Young, Zombie Surf Camp, Young Wants @ Epicentre
• Aempire, Sinflood @ The Hideout
• Hello, From Montauk, Strangelove @ House Of Blues
• West of 5, Rising STar @ Humphreys
• Lisa Sanders @ Java Joes
• KI, Moe and Tom @ Lestats
• Fast Heart Mar, Sixth Son @ Across The Street at Mueller College
• Royal Southern Brotherhood, Mother Grundy, Triple Deez @ Ramona Mainstage
• Rl Grime @ Soma
• Trash Axis Healers Man vs Man The Thiefs Lineage @ Tower Bar
• Detroit Underground @ Tio Leos
• Lee Churchill @ U31
• Making Movies, Rhythm and the Method, Marujah @ 710 Beach Club
• People on Vacation @ Porter's Pub
• Myon & Shane 54, Kevin Wild
• Burning Down, Naive Melodies @ Winstons

Upcoming Shows at The Observatory North Park

Upcoming shows at The Observatory North Park:

2/7 Leftover Crack, Blackbird Raum, Homesick Abortions, Juicy Karkass

2/10 Migos

2/12 Juicy J

2/13 Hepcat, Big Sandy and His Fly-rite Boys

2/14 Logic: Under Pressure World Tour

2/16 Riff Raff, Chanel West Coast

2/19 Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde Live

2/21 Lucinda Williams, The Kenneth Brian Band

2/22 El Tri

2/24 Brett Dennen: Solo Acoustic

2/25 Cold War Kids, Eliot Moss (SOLD OUT)

3/7 Nahko and Medicine For The People

3/14 Jackie Greene

3/19 Trampled By Turtles, Honeyhoney

3/24 Talib Kweli & Immortal Technique

3/27 Young Thug & Travis Scott, Rodeo Hi Tunes

3/29 IAMSU!

4/1 Punch Brothers, Gabriel Kahae

4/2 TV On The Radio (SOLD OUT)

4/8 Kimbra, Mikky Ekko

4/11 The Underachievers

4/12 MOS DEF aka Yasiin Bey

4/13 St. Lucia & RAC, Coasts

4/14 Father John Misty, King Tuff

4/15 Toro Y Moi, Mattson 2

4/16 Clean Bandit

4/17 Belle & Sebastian (SOLD OUT)

4/18 Marina & The Diamonds

4/20 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

4/23 Tribal Seeds, Leilani Wolfgram

4/24 Tribal Seeds, Hirie, True Press

4/25 Tribal Seeds, Fortunate Youth, Aloha Radio

4/30 The Decemberists (SOLD OUT)

5/1 Matt & Kim

5/9 The Growlers

5/11 South-West Kings Tour: RITTZ and KXNG CROOKED

5/16 Stick Figure, Ballyhoo!

5/28 Neutral Milk Hotel, The Minders (SOLD OUT)

6/21 Misfits

Upcoming Casbah Shows

Casbah is keeping all of us very busy, and since I have to organize all this stuff for other purposes anyway, I figured I'd post all of our upcoming shows. This is everything on the books till May.

Thu Feb 05 - Hanni El Khatib, Shady Francos, The Kabbs @ The Casbah
Fri Feb 06 - Generationals, Rose Quartz @ The Casbah (SOLD OUT)
Sat Feb 07 - Earthless, Arctic, Loom, Operation Mindblow Light Show @ The Casbah
Sat Feb 07 - VINYL JUNKIES RECORD SWAP @ The Casbah
Sun Feb 08 - Mustard Plug, The Toasters, Oceanside Sound System @ The Casbah
Mon Feb 09 - Botanica Chango, Hail Hail, Chateau @ The Casbah
Tue Feb 10 - Retox, Whores, Ghetto Blaster, The Long and Short of It @ The Casbah
Wed Feb 11 - Eric Andre, Byron Bowers, Neil Hamburger, Ever Mainard, Dynasty Handbag @ The Casbah
Wed Feb 11 - Jessica Lea Mayfield @ Soda Bar
Thu Feb 12 - Barbarian, Fever the Ghost, Idyll Wild, Mystery Cave @ The Casbah
Fri Feb 13 - The Stone Foxes, Shake Before Us, Coo Coo Birds @ The Casbah
Fri Feb 13 - Saints of Valory, Jessarae @ Soda Bar
Fri Feb 13 - Hepcat, Big Sandy & His Flyrite Boys @ The Observatory North Park
Sat Feb 14 - LOGIC: Under Pressure World Tour sponsored by Monster Energy Outbreak @ The Observatory North Park
Sat Feb 14 - The Dodos, Springtime Carnivore @ The Casbah
Sun Feb 15 - Swami John Reis & The Blind Shake, Creepxotica, Secret Samurai, Alvino & The Dwells @ The Casbah
Mon Feb 16 - The Midnight Pine, Rio Peligroso, Listening to Rocks @ The Casbah
Tue Feb 17 - Eddie Spaghetti, O, Grampa Drew @ The Casbah
Wed Feb 18 - The Young Wild, Rusty Maples @ The Casbah
Thu Feb 19 - Scott H. Biram, Jesse Dayton, Ypsitucky @ The Casbah
Fri Feb 20 - Surfer Blood, Talk in Tongues @ The Casbah
Sat Feb 21 - Wild Child, Desert Noises, Goodnight, Texas @ The Casbah
Sat Feb 21 - Lucinda Williams, The Kenneth Brian Band @ The Observatory North Park
Sun Feb 22 - Cursive, Beach Slang, Twinsmith @ The Casbah (SOLD OUT)
Sun Feb 22 - Jim Adkins, Reubens Accomplice (acoustic) @ Bar Pink
Mon Feb 23 - Body Language, Sego @ The Casbah
Tue Feb 24 - Hip Hop Beat Battle, DJ Artistic @ The Casbah
Wed Feb 25 - Cold War Kids, Eliot Moss @ The Observatory North Park (SOLD OUT)
Thu Feb 26 - That 1 Guy @ The Casbah
Thu Feb 26 - Deap Vally, Muscle Beech, Wild Wild Wets @ The Belly Up
Fri Feb 27 - Zepperella, Hell's Belles @ Brick By Brick
Fri Feb 27 - Metalachi, Madly @ The Casbah
Sat Feb 28 - The Church @ The Casbah (SOLD OUT)
Sat Feb 28 - Six Organs of Admittance @ Soda Bar
Sat Feb 28 - Craft Spells, The Bilinda Butchers @ The Hideout
Wed Mar 04 - Swervedriver, Gateway Drugs @ The Casbah
Wed Mar 04 - Broods @ The Irenic
Thu Mar 05 - JMSN, Rochelle Jordan, Gilbere Forte @ The Casbah
Sat Mar 07 - Agent Orange, Death Eyes, Sculpins, Records with Roger @ The Casbah
Sun Mar 08 - The Districts, Pine Barons @ The Casbah
Tue Mar 10 - Howlin' Rain, The Blank Tapes @ The Casbah
Wed Mar 11 - A Place to Bury Strangers, Creepoid, Witness 9, DJ Mario Orduno @ The Casbah
Thu Mar 12 - Geographer, Wild Ones @ The Casbah
Wed Mar 11 - Electric Six, Avan Lava @ Soda Bar
Thu Mar 12 - The Dreaming, Die So Fluid @ The Hideout
Fri Mar 13 - 2:54, Honeyblood @ The Hideout
Fri Mar 13 - Carl Barat and the Jackals @ The Casbah
Fri Mar 13 - Twin Shadow @ The Belly Up
Sat Mar 14 - Dengue Fever, California Bleeding @ The Casbah
Thu Mar 19 - This Will Destroy You, Cymbals Eat Guitars @ The Casbah
Fri Mar 20 - Tim Barry, Jenny Owen Youngs, Cory Branan @ The Casbah
Sat Mar 21 - Mrs. Henry, Schitzophonics, The Paragraphs, Erik Canzona and the Narrows @ The Casbah
Sun Mar 22 - Matthew E. White, Wilsen @ The Casbah
Mon Mar 23 - The Last Bison, Neulore @ The Casbah
Wed Mar 25 - Rubblebucket, Vacationer @ The Casbah
Wed Mar 25 - Broken Water, Yonatan Gat @ The Hideout
Thu Mar 26 - Weedeater, King Parrot @ The Casbah
Thu Mar 26 - JEFF The Brotherhood, Bully @ Soda Bar
Fri Mar 27 - Broncho, Jacco Gardner, Ultimate Painting @ The Casbah
Sat Mar 28 - The Loons, Misunderstood with Glenn Campbell, Schitzophonics @ The Casbah
Sun Mar 29 - Tsu Shi Ma Mire, QUORUM, The Fin @ The Casbah
Tue Mar 31 - Shlohmo @ The Casbah
Wed Apr 01 - Punch Brothers @ The Observatory North Park
Thu Apr 02 - TV on the Radio @ The Observatory North Park (SOLD OUT)
Fri Apr 03 - Disappears @ The Casbah
Sat Apr 04 - His Name is Alive @ The Casbah
Fri Apr 10 - Hills Like Elephants, Wild Wild Wets, Schitzophonics, Gloomsday @ The Casbah
Fri Apr 10 - Andrew Jackson Jihad, The Smith Street Band, Jeff Rosenstock, Chumped @ The Irenic
Fri Apr 10 - Peelander-Z @ Soda Bar
Sat Apr 11 - Elliott Brood @ The Casbah
Mon Apr 13 - St. Lucia, RAC @ The Observatory North Park
Tue Apr 14 - Father John Misty, King Tuff @ The Observatory North Park
Tue Apr 14 - Built to Spill @ The Irenic
Wed Apr 15 - Toro y Moi, The Mattson 2 @ The Observatory North Park
Wed Apr 15 - Lights, Saint Motel @ The Irenic
Thu Apr 16 - Ratatat @ House Of Blues
Thu Apr 16 - Clean Bandit @ The Observatory North Park
Fri Apr 17 - Belle and Sebastian, Perfume Genius @ The Observatory North Park (SOLD OUT)
Fri Apr 17 - The Cribs @ The Casbah
Sat Apr 18 - Marina and the Diamonds @ The Observatory North Park
Sat Apr 18 - Buck-O-Nine, Kemuri, Don Potthast @ The Casbah
Sun Apr 19 - Rodrigo Amarante @ The Casbah
Wed Apr 22 - Young Fathers @ The Casbah
Fri Apr 24 - Matt Pond PA, Young Buffalo @ The Casbah
Sun Apr 26 - Waxahatchee, Girlpool @ The Casbah
Thu Apr 30 - The Decemberists, Lucius @ The Observatory North Park (SOLD OUT)
Fri May 01 - The Soft Moon, Skull Katalog @ The Casbah
Fri May 01 - Matt and Kim @ The Observatory North Park
Sat May 02 - Kodak to Graph, Obeson @ The Casbah
Thu May 07 - The Mowgli's, Fences, Hippo Campus @ The Casbah
Sun May 10 - The Sonics, Barrence Whitfield and the Savages, Beehive & The Barracudas @ The Belly Up
Mon May 11 - Elvis Perkins @ The Irenic
Fri May 15 - Two Gallants, Blank Range @ Soda Bar
Mon May 18 - Acid Mothers Temple @ Soda Bar
Mon May 18 - San Fermin @ The Casbah 
Thu May 28 - Neutral Milk Hotel, The Minders @ The Observatory North Park (SOLD OUT)

Things To Do In San Diego: February 2-5, 2015

January is now behind us and things are about to get a whole lot busier. We have some big things at the Casbah this week with the release party for Sean's book (postponed) and Bob's memorial, and I picked up another project that will occupy a lot of time and The Observatory North Park has 11 shows this month...so yeah. No wonder I was so lazy and besides the SoundDiego party and the von Trapps at Spreckels Organ Pavilion, it was a weekend full of time at home. Listings for Tuesday through Thursday are after the jump.

Monday, February 2, 2015:

• Jukebox The Ghost, Twin Forks, Secret Someones @ Soda Bar
• Pleasure Fix, The Slashes, The Bassics @ Casbah
• Charley Hoffman Foundation Benefit with Kelley James @ Belly Up
• Belly Up presents Todd Snider, Reed Foehl @ Carlsbad Village Theatre (Sold Out)
• Monday Night Mass with Husky Boy All Stars @ Bar Pink
• Beard Bros Cards Against Humanity & Jam Night @ The Hideout
• Jen Shyu - Solo Rites: Seven Breaths w/ special guest Mark Dresser @ The Loft UCSD
• Melody Monday @ Wine Lover
• Alexandre Tharaud @ La Jolla Athenaeum (Chamber Concert)
• Nina Francis @ Croce's Park West
• Velvet Cafe @ Alexander's (30th & Upas)
• Open Mic @ The Merrow
• Metal Mondays @ Brick By Brick
• Missy Andersen @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
• Wheels of the Industry @ Live Wire
• Open Mic @ Lestat's
• Electric Waste Band @ Winston's
• Industry Intermission @ The Office
• Acoustic Night/Industry Night @ Henry's Pub
• Karaoke @ Til Two Club
• Karaoke @ Coyote Bar & Grill
• Industry Night with DJ Fishfonics @ U-31
• Trivia Night @ Whistle Stop

Museum Month Is In Effect: Half Price Museums in February

This February, Macy's Museum Month, presented by the San Diego Museum Council, gives locals and visitors a chance to discover what's new at 45 area museums. Pick up a free Macy's Museum Month Pass at any local Macy's store to enjoy half-off admission to all participating museums throughout February. Discover San Diego's rich arts, culture, science, and nature destinations.

For the first time, download a Macy's Museum Month pass online at www.sandiegomuseumcouncil.org. This special online coupon will only be available February 1-8 (passes will be available at Macy's stores all month long). Or, pick up your Museum Month passes at any of Macy's 15 locations in the San Diego area, including Temecula and Imperial Valley. Each pass also features an exclusive $10 coupon off any purchase of $30 or more at Macy's. The fun kicks off February 1, 2015!

(from San Diego Museum Council Newsletter)

ICYMI: SoundDiego Live at the Casbah

In case you missed SoundDiego TV on Saturday night, or if you just want to relive Friday night's fun with We Are Scientists at the Casbah, here's the clip that aired.

Things To Do In San Diego: January 30-February 1, 2015:

This actually turned out to be a pretty great week, despite poor Darren being so sick. I'm starting to scout for the North Park Festival of Arts, so I'm making a greater effort to check out newer local acts when I can. (DON'T SEND E-MAILS- there's a submission form on the website!!) Monday and Wednesday were both good local nights at the Casbah. This week, I also spent a lot of time with Nova in an attempt to give D a chance to rest, so we got a visit in with my parents and my nieces. I also caught Murder For Two at the Old Globe with Tim Pyles, Weyes Blood at the Hideout, and Crash Kings at the Soda Bar. Today I'm going to the Zoo with the second graders at Nova's school, am working at The Irenic for Brooke Fraser, then heading to Casbah for the SoundDiego party with We Are Scientists. Not a bad way to kick off the weekend. Here's to hoping Darren is up for a bike ride on Sunday when the streets of San Diego are completely empty for at least four hours or so.

Saturday and Sunday listings are after the jump.

Friday, January 30, 2015:

• SoundDiego presents: We Are Scientists, Schitzophonics, Nicky Venus @ Casbah
• Casbah Presents: Brooke Fraser, Dark Wave @ Irenic
• CHATEAU, Speaker In Reverse @ Whistle Stop
• ASCE Presents: Jhameel, Island Boy @ The Loft
• Paul Wall @ Porter's Pub UCSD
• John Williams @ Copley Symphony Hall
• Buddie Roots, Monty @ Bancroft Bar
• Nothing, Tony Molina, Witness 9 @ Soda Bar
• DJ Grand Masta Rats @ Bar Pink
• Philm, Godhammered, Alchemy @ Brick By Brick 
• Township Rebellion, The Grind, Punkture @ The Merrow
• Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin w/ The Guilty Ones, Jonah Tolchin @ Belly Up
• Agua Dulce @ Croce's Park West
• Nora Germain @ Dizzys
• Chris Clarke @ San Diego Folk Heritage
• Kid Wonder @ El Dorado
• Nothingful @ Low Gallery
• Happy Traum @ Templar's Hall in Old Poway Park
• The Indys, Me Gusta, Turtle Turnip, Bandidos, Sean Hiatus @ Epicentre
• DJ Brett Bodley @ Fluxx
• Crizzly and K Theory @ Somewhere Loud
• Cot Damn w/ DJ Dimitri VS Bitch Please (Heavy Hawaii members) @ The Hideout
• Badfish (Sublime Tribute), Shrub @ House Of Blues
• Ruby and the Red Hots, Beta Maxx @ Humphrey's Backstage
• Atomic Groove @ Belly Up (5:00 PM)
• DJ Beatnick @ Rooftop 600
• Mike Keneally, Jeff Berkley, Jamie Shadowlight @ Java Joes
• Brian Lopez, Nick Crook, Sarah Leo @ Lestats
• Thicker Than Thieves, Rakastep, Perro Bravo @ 710 Beach Club
• Darlington, Dan Padilla, Idols Plague, Fantasy Arcade @ Til Two Club
• The Distractions @ Tio Leos
• Craig Suede @ Wine Lover
• SUBDVSN, Bang Pow, Taurus Authority @ Winstons
• Dimond Saint, KMLN, Launchpad Infinity, arkon @ Spin Nightclub

Upcoming Shows at The Observatory North Park

Upcoming shows at The Observatory North Park:


1/31 Wale: SIMPLE Mobile Simply Nothing Tour, Audio Push

2/7 Leftover Crack, Blackbird Raum, Homesick Abortions, Juicy Karkass

2/10 Migos

2/12 Juicy J

2/13 Hepcat, Big Sandy and His Fly-rite Boys

2/14 Logic: Under Pressure World Tour

2/16 Riff Raff, Chanel West Coast
2/21 Lucinda Williams, The Kenneth Brian Band

2/22 El Tri

2/24 Brett Dennen: Solo Acoustic

2/25 Cold War Kids, Eliot Moss (SOLD OUT)

3/7 Nahko and Medicine For The People

3/19 Trampled By Turtles, Honeyhoney

3/24 Talib Kweli & Immortal Technique

3/27 Young Thug & Travis Scott
3/29 IAMSU!

4/1 Punch Brothers, Gabriel Kahae

4/2 TV On The Radio (SOLD OUT)

4/14 Father John Misty, King Tuff

4/15 Toro Y Moi, Mattson 2

4/16 Clean Bandit

4/17 Belle & Sebastian (SOLD OUT)

4/18 Marina & The Diamonds

4/20 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

4/23 Tribal Seeds, Leilani Wolfgram

4/24 Tribal Seeds, Hirie, True Press

4/25 Tribal Seeds, Fortunate Youth, Aloha Radio

4/30 The Decemberists (SOLD OUT)

5/1 Matt & Kim

5/9 The Growlers

5/16 Stick Figure, Ballyhoo!

5/28 Neutral Milk Hotel, The Minders (SOLD OUT)

6/21 Misfits