Sounds Like San Diego: February 9

By Rosemary Bystrak

| Wednesday, Feb 9, 2011 | Updated 12:15 AM PDT

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The Builders and the Butchers return to the Casbah for their first show in San Diego in more than a year.

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I've been trying to take it easy the past couple nights. Despite the fact that the scene doesn't stop, I've got family in town, and well, priorities are priorities. That changes tonight when Murder By Death and the Builders and the Butchers return to the Casbah. I love Murder By Death, and the deep-baritone vocals of singer/guitarist Adam Turla always resurrect the ghosts of the old country with a modern spin. But the truth is I insanely love the Builders and the Butchers. You think you know what you're gonna get, especially when you see their giant box of percussive instruments for the crowd to play during their set -- or at the very least during the finale -- but the truth is that every show is better than the last, or maybe our brains can't really adequately recall just how much fun we have at each show. Whichever it is, I'll be there, right up front, joining the cacophony of noise that comes from the stage time after time. Check out this video from one of their past performances at the Casbah.

Wednesday, Feb. 9:

Murder By Death, the Builders and the Butchers, Damion Suomi and the Minor Prophets @ Casbah
Chasing Kings, Hotel St. George @ Bar Pink
Bushwalla, Dawn Mitschele, Alysse Fischer @ Belly Up
Baby Birds Don't Drink Milk, Paper Forest, Kelsea Rae Little @ Soda Bar
Jesse LaMonaca @ Hennessey's PB
Plain White T's, Parachute, MIGGS @ House of Blues
Birds of Paradise, Conceptus @ Tin Can
L.E.D. presents Skrillex, Tommy Lee and DJ Aero, Juggernaut @ Voyeur (18-plus; sold out)
Gregory Porter @ Anthology
Lady Dottie and the Diamonds @ Gallagher's
Old Tiger @ Riviera Supper Club
Spinn Cycle, presented by the Infusion Project and No Sucker DJs @ Ruby Room
Wreck Shop Wednesdays @ The Office
A Night of Belly Dancers and Music @ Lestat's
Matt Suarez @ Lyman Saville Theater @ San Diego City College
Dub Dorado presents Special Guest, Mr. Biggs, Headshake, Austin Speed @ El Dorado
The Soul Persuaders @ Humphreys Backstage Live
Club Kingston presents High Roots @ Winston's
Blue Largo @ Patrick's II
Acoustic Fooks @ Dublin Square
Safety Orange @ Hennessey's Gaslamp
Joe Rathburn @ The Sunset Temple
Shelle Blue @ Coyote Bar & Grill
Gilbert Castellanos with the New Latin Jazz Quintet @ El Camino
Wednesday Night Shakedown @ Henry's Pub
Robin Wilbaks @ Stage Saloon
Jeff Moore and the Witch Doctors @ The Kraken
Jim Fitz @ Kava Lounge
Fuzzy @ Croce's
Laguna @ McP's Irish Pub & Grill
Firehouse Swing Night @ Queen Bee's
Melissa Eisler @ Portugalia
Sister Speak @ PB Bar & Grill

Rosemary Bystrak writes about the San Diego music scene, events, and sometimes whatever creeps into her head on her music blog San Diego: Dialed In. Check it for even more listings. She also provides social media content for the Casbah. Follow her updates at twitter.com/sddialedin or submit your music listings.