This is a first for me. I have to admit that I haven't crossed the border in quite some time, but tonight I'm recommending that anyone brave enough to head south should go to Tijuana's Black Box (not to be confused with the Golden Hill recording studio of the same name) and welcome Nortec Collective's Bostich + Fussible back home. Though they aren't bringing home a Grammy, they're still worth celebrating, and our border region is one big happy community when you get over that whole frontera thing -- take a trip with me to Tijuana tonight. The Collective tears it up on this side of the border; just imagine what they do in their own neighborhood.
Johnny Wadd and the Stiff Sheets, the Racket, Johnny Deadly and the Rattle Rockers@ The Shakedown
Ronni Nogood and the Youngbloods, Cosmonauts, Lovely Bad Things, Hit Machine @ Tin Can
Orlando, Los Hollywood, Beatmo @ Til Two Club
The Displaced, the Mashtis, Bellanovela @ Eleven
The Slighted, Death Hymn Number 9, Chango Rey and his Reymen, Los Sweepers @ Tower Bar
Java Joe presents Miss Erika Davies, the Forget Me Nots @ Ideal Hotel (546 3rd Ave.)
Feel the Noise Electro Dance with JWLS, DJs Gabe Vega, Kid Wonder @ U-31
Summer Mencher, Scott West, the Great Tortilla Heist, Patrick Lanzetta, Wendy Bailey, Shrewd Lucy, Jesse Johnson, Emersen, Michael Tiernan, Lee Coulter, Barbara Nesbitt, The Devsatators, the Shrill, S03 @ House of Blues
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 on Twitter or submit your music listings.