Sounds Like San Diego: December 16

By Rosemary Bystrak

| Friday, Dec 16, 2011 | Updated 7:42 AM PDT

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San Diego's own As I Lay Dying headlines Soma tonight. In celebration of the band's 10 year anniversary, it released a new EP, Decas, which reached No. 2 on the iTunes Rock chart. A 17-date national tour wraps tomorrow in Vegas, but tonight's homecoming will certainly be one of the best of the tour. Over at the Casbah, Mr. Tube and the Flying Objects headline a dance party that's certain to get the crowd moving, and at Soda Bar, Cuckoo Chaos return home and appear with Jamuel Saxon and Tourism, who are debuting and feature Dustin Illingsworth of Kite Flying Society.

Friday, Dec. 16:

As I Lay Dying, Of Mice & Men, the Ghost Inside, Iwrestledabearonce, Adestria, Sylosis @ Soma
Freddie Dillinger presenta Listen Up! Un Gran Baile con Mr. Tube & the Flying Objects , Rafter, Smile Now Cry Later , DJ Claire @ Casbah
Cuckoo Chaos, Jamuel Saxon, Tourism @ Soda Bar
Unwritten Law, the Black Pacific (featuring Jim Lindeberg, former lead singer of Pennywise) @ Belly Up
Lessons From Zeke, Sheila Sondergard, Jesse Nova & the County @ The Griffin
The Styletones @ Bar Pink
Dan Padilla, Low Culture, Turkish Techno, The Bertos @ Tower Bar
F---ing in the Bushes with Rob Moran @ Whistle Stop
The Bloodflowers, Hopeless Jack & the Handsome Devil @ The Shakedown
Pilots, Animal Eyes (Portland), Hotel St. George, Hills Like Elephants @ Tin Can
Prima Donna, Billy Bones, the Last Years @ Til Two Club
Xmas Chaos X Toys for Tots benefit show, with One Inch Punch (last show), Empire State, the Suicide Chords, the Overall, Sacrifice the Queen @ Ruby Room
One I Red (CD release), Bella Novela, East of Sweden @ Eleven
Feel the Noise Electro Dance, with DJs Gabe Vega & Friends @ U-31
Paulina, Lexi Pulido, the Pennant @ Lestat's
Extreme Cream, with Mike Keneally & Kofi Baker, Brett Ellis Band @ Brick By Brick
Happy Hour with Atomic Groove @ Belly Up (5:30 p.m.)
Oakhurst, Rusty Junk Ramblers @ Winston's
Subliminal Trip, Reeform @ 710 Beach Club
321 Stereo (CD release), Misc. Ailments @ The Stage -- read our preview here
DJ John@ Humphreys Backstage Lounge (5-7 p.m.)
ULTRA (former members of Makai) @ Humphreys Backstage Lounge (9 p.m.)
Gamblers Mark @ Flying Elephant
Stranger, Tribal Theory, Revival @ Soundwave
Gary Morris: One Man, One Guitar, One Night @ Birch North Park Theatre
Euphoria Brass Band, DJ R2 @ Gallagher's
Missy Andersen @ Marble Room
Funkagenda, Rifat Ziadeh @ Voyeur
Zenbu Fridays with DJ Leif @ Zenbu Cardiff
Pajama Jammy Jam, featuring Jay Dread, Saul Q, Kid Wonder, Jason Waterfalls, Virus @ El Dorado
Occupy Trance @ Spin
Sweet Shoppe with DJ Skribble @ Fluxx

Rosemary Bystrak writes about the San Diego music scene, events and general musings about life in San Diego on San Diego: Dialed In. Follow her updates on Twitter or contact her directly.