Sounds Like San Diego: February 22

By Rosemary Bystrak

| Friday, Feb 22, 2013 | Updated 7:36 AM PDT

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It is very easy to look at Friday's listings and see the absence of major touring acts and think that it must be a dead night in the city. But the reality is that, when the big guys are away, the hometown kids stay home and play. Anywhere you look, there are solid local shows and a few touring acts thrown in for good measure. Midnight Rivals perform at Whistle Stop while River City headline at Tin Can. Out-of-towners Venice perform at the intimacy of AMSD while hip-hop legend KRS One performs at Winston's. A few weeks ago I gushed about Ugly Boogie as the next big San Diego band and Friday they headline at the Casbah, while Tim Raldo has dropped his unprintable band for a show at the Tower Bar. It's actually a great night for music -- you just have to know where to look.

Friday, Feb. 22:

Ugly Boogie, Lexington Field, Zozo Fiasco, the County Fair @ Casbah
Midnight Rivals, Shake Before Us, Friends (from Lucy's Fur Coat, Rocket FT Crypt, Louis XIV), Fam Royal DJs @ Whistle Stop Bar
KRS One @ Winston's
River City, the Far Country, Gary Hankins @ The Tin Can
Venice @ AMSD
Tribute to George Harrison with Fred Benedetti, Regina Benedetti, Julia Benedetti and Jeff Pekarek @ Dizzy's
Dead Ghosts, Bhorelord, Tactical Ffever @ The Void
Tim Raldo, Systematic Abuse, Blood Stained Reality, Dirtbag, D.E.A. @ The Tower Bar
Coda Reactor, Loosenutts, Oddballs, the Natives @ Fying Elephant
Takahashi, the Beautiful View, the Yawmen, Shark Blood @ Soda Bar
King Schascha, Pool Party, Lion Path & Soulective @ 710 Beach Club
Invasora 99.7 presents Ramon Ayala @ House of Blues
Bonkers!, EDM Dance Party @ Bar Pink
Atomic Groove Parent's Nite Out (5:30 p.m.) @ Belly Up
Leftover Salmon (9:00 p.m.) @ Belly Up
Daemos, Symbolic, Snap Wire, Short Fuse (SF) @ Brick By Brick
Tiny Moving Parts, Tough Stuff, Colossal Rex @ The Ché Café (7 p.m.)
Kiss the Concrete presents I, Omega, Corelia, Immoral, A Truth Betrayed, Seeker, Bearstate, Cherish Your Blessings, Fly By NIght @ Epicentre
Cuties For A Cause: the Amalgamated, 2,000 Tons of TNT and Burlesque by Donna De Muerta and Lilly Holiday @ Ruby Room
DJ Jam @ Fluxx
Chi Club, DJ RM with DJ Sammi B @ Gallagher's
Sister Speak (5:00 p.m.) @ Humphreys Backstage
Rockola (9:00 p.m.) @ Humphreys Backstage
Aaron Bowen, Deno Marquee, Okapi Sun @ Lestat's
The Bayou Brothers @ Marble Room
Scarlett Avenue (CD release), I Am the Conquerer, Ramona's Flowers, Save The Bear, Parliament of Owls, Zip Zap @ Soma
Air Supply @ Sycuan
RIPS Entertainment presents Sounddrug, Wine, Chris Hopkins @ The Griffin
Sybarite5 @ The Loft (UCSD)
Taboo, Miki Vale & Niomiesoulfly @ Til-Two Club
The Red Elvises @ Tio Leo's
Makai @ The V Lounge
Blende with Brazzabelle @ Voyeur

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.