Hooray for Friday nights jam-packed with great music. Clap Your Hands, Say Yeah are on a 10-year anniversary tour, but that show is sold out, so you'll have to look elsewhere if you didn't snag tickets. A rare and no doubt awesome night is in store for anyone who ventures to the Ould Sod for the early '90s San Diego band the Macananys, while our own Tim Pyles hosts Mary Jane's Underground on a new night at the Hard Rock Hotel. Birdy Bardot have been the talk of the town since the band's recent debut, so catch them at the Balboa. If a big show is what you seek, Ingrid Michaelson returns to Humphrey's, and our mota-loving friends of Marujah celebrate their CD release at the Ken Club.
Friday, June 12:
- Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Teen Men @ Casbah (sold out)
- The MacAnanys @ Ould Sod
- Chica Diabla, Killer Party @ Mary Jane's Underground, Hard Rock Hotel (free, complimentary drinks with RSVP)
- Birdy Bardot, Mittens @ The Balboa
- Terry Fator @ Grandstand Stage, San Diego County Fair, Del Mar Fairgrounds
- Damage Inc @ Rock On Concert Series, San Diego County Fair, Del Mar Fairgrounds
- Ray Wylie Hubbard @ The Irenic
- Ingrid Michaelson, Jukebox the Ghost, Greg Holden @ Humphrey's By the Bay
- Marujah (CD release), Radios Silent, Mario Esteban & the Blessed Hellhounds @ Ken Club
- Goatwhore, Ringworm, Black Breath, Theories @ Soda Bar
- A Tribute to James Brown (hosted by Stevie Harris) @ Bar Pink
- King Sunny Ade & His African Beats, with Encinitas West African Dance featuring Dijan Tie @ Belly Up
- Atomic Groove @ Belly Up (5 p.m.)
- Anuhea, Etana @ Observatory North Park
- Los Hermanos Arango @ Dizzy's
- Meridian, Genessee Ave, the Indys Are Coming, Cosmic @ Epicentre
- Marianne Trudel Trifolia Trio @ La Jolla Athenaeum
- Super Groupie, Sandollar, the People's Groove, Wes James, Suede Arrow, Noise Makerz @ SOMA
- Geyser House (EP release), Ditches, Cardielles @ Whistle Stop
- Tom Russell @ AMSD Concerts
- Screaming for Silence, Fused By Defiance, Quor, Pissed Regardless @ Brick By Brick
- The Bridge, the Obsessives, Big Bad Buffalo @ Lestat's
- Sara Petite @ Java Joe's
- Steel Panther @ House of Blues
- Groove International Signature Series @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
- Good Morning Coffee, Hobart Ocean, Mike Wojniak, Aquarium, Plastik Deer @ The Merrow
- Joey Harris @ Tio Leo's
- The Kinky Fingers, Deathblow, Broyruhyahs @ The Bancroft
- DJ Bacon Bits @ U-31
- Robert Dove Quartet @ Croce's Park West
- Detroit Underground @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
- Beekeeper, Dirty Dishes, Nikki & the Mongoloid @ Tower Bar
- Detroit Underground @ Tio Leo's
- (S.O.A.P.), featuring Bang Pow, Digital Lizards @ Winston's
- Raw Power, Deathwish, Systematic Abuse, Out of Tune, Nerve Control @ Til-Two Club
- Marrakesh, Gazzo @ Fluxx
- Shift K3y @ Bang Bang
- Ghastly @ Bassmnt
- Junior theDISCOpunk @ Henry's Pub
- West of Five, DJ RM @ Gallagher's Irish Pub
- Club Musae @ Boar Cross'n
- Matt Heinecke @ 710 Beach Club (5-8 p.m.)
- Motley 2, the Pleasure Victims @ 710 Beach Club
- Fort Knox 5, Nigel Lief, Michi Mynx, Gina Calderoni, Datphat, Russ Imperio, Brohlson @ Spin
Rosemary Bystrak is the publicist for the Casbah and 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.
