Sounds Like San Diego: April 29

By Rosemary Bystrak

| Friday, Apr 29, 2011 | Updated 3:38 PM PDT

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Tonight is a grab bag of music variety in San Diego, which is just the way I like it. Casbah will be rocking with Dengue Fever, as Chomm Nimol sings in both English and Khmer, the language native to her Cambodian home. The band dark, dark, dark will bring some quiet "chamber folk" to the loft, and San Diegans Cuckoo Chaos and Shapes of Future Frames are joined by Gardens and Villa, who apparently were the talk of the night the last time they played. Maybe you should just ignore me and pick your show of the night by the crazy names these bands come up with, like Why Are We Building Such a Big Ship? Or, Combover Collective. Maybe someone needs to introduce Lonely Mattress Salesman to the Tuggs. I haven't quite made up my mind about where I'll end up, but San Diego doesn't really ever let me down.

Friday, April 29:

Dengue Fever, Maus Haus, DJ Claire @ Casbah
dark, dark, dark, y La Bamba, Why Are We Building Such a Big Ship? @ The Loft, UCSD
Cuckoo Chaos, Gardens and Villa, Shapes of Future Frames @ Soda Bar
Maceo Parker, Steph Johnson @ Belly Up (9 p.m.) -- read our preview here
The Tuggs @ Bar Pink
Steve Harris and the Hi-Stax, Midnight Jogger @ Whistle Stop
Jason and the Punknecks, the Strikers, Toothless George, Old Devil @ The Shakedown
Volar Records presents Destruction Unit, Tar Halos @ Tin Can
Eddie and the Hot Rods, Primadonna, the Heartaches @ Eleven
Sonica (tribute to Soda Stereo, Gustavo Cerati), DJs Heber V, La Shante Selektor Dante, BEX @ Til Two Club
Lonely Mattress Salesman, Canyon Sets, Lessons From Zeke @ Ruby Room
Feel the Noise Electro Dance, with DJs Gabe Vega & Friends @ U-31
Revolt Tour 2011, featuring Hollywood Undead, 10 Years, New Medicine @ House of Blues
Groove International presents Butcher Babies @ House of Blues
Atomic Groove @ Belly Up (happy hour, 6:30 p.m.)
Serani, Ding Dong, Bugle, Razz and Biggy @ Sound Wave
Ben Bartel, John Helix, Will Shine @ Lestat's
Almost New; Albatraz, featuring Rock; Certified Entertainment, featuring Micky Taelor @ Brick By Brick
Superunloader, NIAYH @ Winston's
Thicker Than Thieves @ 710 Beach Club
Curt Owen, James Morris, Little Lamb, Audreal and Kevin, Roxanne Reed and more @ Epicentre
Adestria, Secrets, City Delivered, A Shattered Hope, Eyes Like the Sea @ Soma
El Lado Romantico de Gilberto Castellanos @ Dizzy's (San Diego Wine and Culinary Center)
Fabulous Ultratones @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge (5-7p.m.)
Sirens Crush @ Humphreys Backstage Lounge (9 p.m.)
Green Jackets (CD release) @ Hensley's Flying Elephant
The Sidekicks Duo @ Donovan's Circle of Fifths
Beat Battle Hip-Hop Dubstep @ Kava Lounge
DJ Quik @ 4th & B
Scorch Muffin @ South Park Abbey
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy @ Anthology (7:30 p.m.)
Radio Latina Fiesta Latina Live, featuring Charlie Chavez Afrotruko Orchestra @ Anthology (9:30 p.m.)
Dianne Reeves Sings Sarah Vaughan @ Birch North Park Theatre
Destructo Bunny @ Gallagher's
Missy Anderson @ The Marble Room
Starkillers, Yusef @ Voyeur
Zenbu Fridays with DJ Leif @ Zenbu Cardiff
Combover Collective, Saul Q, Kid Wonder @ El Dorado
Chase and Status DJ Set @ Spin
Fluxx*adelic with DJ Spryte @ Fluxx
Agent Orange, VinDiCtiVe BiTcHs, Big Vinnie @ Ramona Mainstage
San Diego presents Faust @ Civic Theatre
Carmen @ Spreckels Theatre

Rosemary Bystrak writes about the San Diego music scene, events, and general musings about life in San Diego onSan Diego: Dialed In. She does social media for the Casbah, books at West Coast Tavern West Coast Tavern, and is trying her hand at band management. Follow her updates on Twitter or contact her directly.