Sounds Like San Diego: February 21

By Rosemary Bystrak

| Tuesday, Feb 21, 2012 | Updated 1:34 PM PDT

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Today is Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday, a traditional day of revelry before the beginning of Lent. While there are Mardi Gras-specific events, including the annual block party in the Gaslamp Quarter, my job is to continue to tell you about live music. If masks and beads and hurricanes aren't your thing, you probably already know that Tuesday night is a solid night of rock & roll, with Built to Spill performing a free show at the Hard Rock Hotel (with RSVP), Gomez returning with a show at the Belly Up, and my favorite troublemakers, Surfer Blood, performing at UCSD's Porter's Pub. Personally I love all three, and since the shows are scattered across the county, I know I will probably have to pick just one, but the decision won't come easy.

Tuesday, Feb. 21:

Filter Magazine and the Hard Rock Hotel present Built to Spill @ Hard Rock Hotel 207
Gomez, Hey Rosetta! @ Belly Up
ASCE presents Surfer Blood, Wild Ones, Dead Meat @ Porter's Pub
Buck 65, Kristoff Krane, Illuminauts @ Casbah
Pickwick, Stevie & the Hi-Staxx, the Very @ The Griffin
Ape Machine, Family Wagon, Honey @ Soda Bar
Great Power, S.L.F.M., Kelsea Rae Little @ Tin Can
Tiki Tuesday, featuring DJ Bongo Tony @ Bar Pink
Mardi Gras Party, with DJ K. Reed, Adam Shenk, Special Powers, Tori Roze & the Hot Mess, Melly Frances & the Distilled Spirits @ House of Blues
Everything Is Terrible! presents DoggiewoggiezPoochiewoochiez @ Che Cafe
West Side Inflection @ Riviera Supper Club
Darkwave Garden @ Club Kadan
Chameleon Talent Group presents Mardi Gras Fundraiser with DJ Josh the Bear @ Ruby Room
Black Market III @ Humphreys Backstage Live
Train of Thought @ Queen Bee's
Comedy Night @ Lestat's
Local Brews Local Grooves @ House of Blues Delta Stage
The River Bottom Rockers @ Winston's
Trent Hancock @ Tiki House
Tomcat Courtney @ La Gran Tapa
Mardi Gras w/ The Bayou Brothers @ Patrick's Gaslamp Pub
Yeah Buddy Tuesdays w/ The Prey, tba @ Eleven
Friends Chill @ Whistle Stop
Tommy Price & The Stilettos @ Henry's Pub
Doug Allen @ The Kraken
Tripp Sprague @ Croce's
Rick Remender @ McP's Irish Pub
Mardi Gras with Madame LeRoux @ Marble Room
Quintinn @ Davina's Cabo Grill
Gino & the Lone Gunmen @ Pounders Pub

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.

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