Thanks for the 'Memory'

By Rosemary Bystrak

| Thursday, Mar 24, 2011 | Updated 2:15 PM PDT

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The last time Nathaniel Rateliff played San Diego, I asked him to repeat his name three times before I finally just had him write it down. The club was loud and he was quite soft-spoken. He was opening for Laura Marling, and when he got onstage, the bar came to complete silence. His voice is absolutely magical. Deep and crisp, and while his music is modern, there's a throwback twist that makes you feel like you're seeing him in an old western saloon in Virginia City during the gold rush. Pearly Gate Music opens, which is the solo project by Zack Tillman, brother of J. Tillman. He threw a bit of a tantrum the last time he was in San Diego, but we'll assume he was just having a bad day, because his debut on Barsuk Records is really good, and I'd hate for you to miss good music just because of a little grudge.

Wednesday, July 28:

Nathaniel Rateliff, Pearly Gate Music @ Bar Pink
Black Mamba, Aunt Dracula, D/Wolves @ Tin Can
Swingin' Utters, Cute Lepers, Hard Fall Hearts @ Casbah
Kelsea, the Smart Brothers @ Lestat's
Commune Wednesdays, featuring the Kabbs, DJ Tomas Bohan and Ace, art by Eric Wixon, head-crazed trun show @ Whistle Stop
Normandie Wilson, the Preteens, the Endless Bummer, DJ Mawkus @ Soda Bar
Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo @ Humphreys Concerts by the Bay
Skelpin @ U-31
Rachelle Ferrell @ Anthology
Level 42, Earful @ Belly Up
Rock 105.3 and 101 KGB present: Steel Panther @ House of Blues -- part of the SoundDiego LIVE
Gyptian, Judah Eskender Tafari, Tribe of Kings Soundsystem @ 4th & B
The Devil Wears Prada, Miss May I, Your Demise @ Soma
Comadre, Glasses, Maladie, Rogue State, Sleepwalk @ Che Cafe
The Band Perry @ Dreamcatcher @ Viejas Casino
Zuhg, the Squirming Coils @ Winston's
Some Kind of Nightmare, Foreign Film, Audio Out @ O'Connell's
Metro @ Humphreys Backstage Live
Lady Dottie and The Diamonds @ Gallaghers
Open Source Music Night @ Ruby Room
Throwback Suburbia, Hypnotic Odyssey, Adam Bones @ Beauty Bar
El Monte Slim @ Riviera Supper Club
Len Rainey's Midnight Players @ Patrick's ll
MC Idol @ Dreamstreet Live
Ice Box, Wendy Bailey and True Stories @ Second Wind Santee
Jeff Moore and the Witchdoctors @ The Kraken
Gilbert Castellanos with the New Latin Jazz Quintet @ El Camino
The Flounders @ Tiki House
June's Not Faking, Citizen Band @ The Stage Saloon
Dana Ralston, Shoreline Rootz @ The Saloon (Encinitas)
Fuzzy @ Croce's

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. Follow her updates at twitter.com/sddialedin or submit your music listings.