Take your time while scrolling through Friday's shows because there are some doozies and, if you time your night right, you might be able to hop around and catch a couple of great shows (after you watch the Olympic opening ceremonies, of course).
Kicking off the list, Strange Vine returns from Fresno for a show at the Ken Club with the Beautiful View and Radio Silent. Strange Vine have been pounding the pavement and touring frequently and this is a great chance to see them.
Down at the Casbah, Mr. Tube & the Flying Objects perform, and since Pall Jenkins is suggesting the end of Black Heart Procession to focus on Three Mile Pilot, this might also be the last time to see Mr. Tube for a while.
Strange Vine, the Beautiful View, Radio Silent @ Ken Club
Mr. Tube & the Flying Objects, the Creepy Creeps, the Amandas, Ted Washington, DJ Claire @ Casbah
Dead Feather Moon, the Young Evils, Bunny Gang @ The Griffin
36 Hours of the Summer Salon Series featuring the Yes Men, Katherine Brook, Jacob Turnbloom, Stephanie Lie, the Third Party, Century of the Self, the Nervous Wreckords and much more @ San Diego Museum of Art
Forever 27 Club with Strange Days, Crosstown Traffic, Casey Hensley, Blue Moonies, DJ Man Cat @ Belly Up
Behind the Wagon, Bloody Mary Bastards, Santos @ Soda Bar
"Maybe It's A Trap" art by Charles Berquist, music by Little Deadman @ UNIV Concept Shop (7-10 p.m., 1053 S. Coast Hwy 101 Ste. A, Encinitas)
Double Break Afterparty with Brent Weinbach, Barfth, Cyboman, Jessica <3 Ciocci @ Tin Can
Tori Roze presents the Janks, Lyrical Groove, Charlie Morgan Co., Pan Am @ Ruby Room
Eleven 2nd Anniversary Rockfest with Happy Body Slow, Brain (Taking Back Sunday), Misc. Ailments, Weatherbox, Tons, Wine @ Eleven
Prizehog, the Lumps, Shaking Pyramid, Damballas Toybox @ Tower Bar
Feel the Noise Electro Dance with DJs Gabe Vega & Friends @ Kitty Diamond
DJ Chris Cutz @ U-31
So Cal World Music Festival Pre-Party feauring Spam/Traveling Band, Arden Park Roots, Sincere the Major, Bad Apples, Irusalem, Royal Emporor Sound @ Queen Bee's
Relient K, Hellogoodbye, William Beckett & House Heroes @ House of Blues
The Gregory Page Show @ Lestat's
The Debonaires, the Amalgamated, Shocks of Mighty, 2000 Tons of TNT, Left Coasters @ Brick By Brick
The Devastators, Bad Neighborz @ Winston's
Ease Up, Zen Robbi, Garrett Lee Robinson @ 710 Beach Club
Local Showcase with Mariscal, Sledding With Tigers, Emily Rajcic, AJ Peacox, Nicky B @ Epicentre
Attack Attack!, We Came As Romans, the Acacia Strain, Woe Is Me, Oceano, Abandon All Ships, Impending Doon, In Fear And Faith, Texas In July, Secrets, Like Moths To Flames, For All Those Sleeping, Close To Home, Volumes, Glass Cloud, At the Skylines, Hands Like Houses @ Soma
Lewd Acts, Griever, Fed to the Wolves, Good Grief @ Che Cafe
Dizzy's presents Daniel Jackson, Chuck McPheron, Henry Franklin, Dorothy Annette, Trevor Orr @ McCrea Music Company