Sounds Like San Diego: Feb. 2

By Rosemary Bystrak

| Tuesday, Feb 2, 2010 | Updated 11:45 AM PDT

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Rosemary Bystrak

The Soft Pack return to San Diego for a CD release party at the Tower Bar in City Heights.

When the Muslims moved to L.A. and changed their name to the Soft Pack, music bloggers and indie press praised the band as the Second Coming, while San Diego scenesters who knew the boys from basement parties took it personally. "L.A.? You can change your name, but we knew you when ..." was a prevailing attitude. Well, the boys are back and just as sweet and down-to-earth as ever, and have proved that they will always be San Diegans by playing at one of their favorites dives, the Tower Bar in City Heights, celebrating the CD release of their self-titled album on Kemado Records.

Tuesday, Feb. 2:

The Soft Pack, Beaters @ Tower Bar
The Dave Rawlings Machine, Gillian Welch @ Belly Up
AZP Presents - Dan Padilla, The Anchor, Sunnyside, Breaker Breaker One Niner @ Casbah
Melly Frances and the Distilled Spirits, Megan Slankard, Greg Gibson @ Tin Can Ale House
Manic Attracts, Bare Wires, Spirit Photography, Timecopz @ Soda Bar
Songwriters Showcase Competition @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
Neon Cough, the Duke Wants Me Dead @ Radio Room
Anthology House Band @ Anthology
The Stilettos @ Henry's Pub
Sticky Funk, guests @ Winston's
Reason to Rebel, Musty Wig, Theory of Flight @ O'Connell's
Doug Allen, Suzy Bongo @ the Kraken
Louder With the Lights On @ RT's Longboard Grill

Rosemary Bystrak covers the San Diego music scene and events, and sometimes whatever creeps into her head on her site San Diego: Dialed In. Check it for even more listings. Follow her updates at twitter.com/sddialedin or submit your music listings.