Though I'll be working for Urge Overkill -- which I suspect will be a great show, since it's been many years since they've been through San Diego -- I've got to endorse two other great shows tonight. The first is a free show brought to you by Vice Magazine over at Til Two Club. Remember when the Muslims used to play basement house parties and cram people in to the Tower Bar? Well, their relationships in the local scene have stayed strong and loyal, and tonight the Soft Pack will be taking over with the curating of a show with a VERY SECRET GUEST. If you can't read between the lines on that one, I can't really help you. You have to RSVP to the show, so don't miss your opportunity to see our boys in the small confines of the Til Two Club.
The other set I would love for you to check out is Josh Damigo's monthly Friends With Benefits show. It's moved from Lestat's to Mueller College on Park Boulevard. Josh will be joined by the young and talented Tess Dunn, who, at 16, has written some incredibly moving lyrics as she struggles for life every day battling cystic fibrosis. Your support for this beautiful talent is highly encouraged.
Saturday, May 14:
- Vice Magazine/VitaminWater Uncapped presents the Soft Pack, Dunes, Ale Mania, Devon Williams @ Til Two Club
- Josh Damigo’s Friends with Benefits night, featuring Josh Damigo, Tess Dunn @ Mueller College
- Urge Overkill, Astronaut Academy @ Casbah
- Karl Strauss Beach to Brewery, featuring Stranger, the Blackout Party, Little Deadman, Cuckoo Chaos @ Karl Strauss Brewery (5985 Santa Fe St., San Diego)
- Thunder Road, the Pettybreakers @ Belly Up
- Colin Clyne, Patric Petrie, David Lally @ Hensley's Flying Elephant
- The Milk Crates, featuring DJ Mikey Face and Angie @ Bar Pink
- Sea World presents Viva La Musica with Belanova @ Sea World
- The Western Set, the Lonesome Heroes, Patrick Norton, Chris Hall @ Tin Can
- Roxy Blue and the Handful @ Eleven (6 p.m.)
- Just Like Jenna, Someday Assassin, Unwynd, Vanja James @ Eleven
- Ill Repute, Shattered Badge, Subjector @ The Shakedown
- Booty Bassment with Dmitri and Rob @ Whistle Stop
- Fat Man’s Misery, Bad Craziness, Megan and the Misfits, DJ Touch @ Ruby Room
- Dawn Mitschele @ W Hotel
- Martian Horses, Black Carl, Taming the Fox @ Soda Bar
- Death Hymn #9, Spider Fever, Deadly Finns, Los Sweepers, Thee Strychnine DJs @ Tower Bar
- Live Music Showcase @ O'Connell's
- Groove International presents Stitched Up Heart @ House of Blues
- Almost New, It Comes to This, Dying to Wake, Simple Mantra, Jon Lall @ Brick By Brick
- Ocean Beats Festival, featuring Freq Nasty, Salva, Epcot, Austin Speed & CRMNL @ Winston's
- Diabolical Slaughter (farewell show), Ruines of Abaddon, Fury Never Fades, Perdition, Helsott, Mad World @ Soma
- Runnin’ the Circle B-Boy event @ Epicentre
- Pueblo Estrella presents Pearl Aday, Rosie Flores @ Queen Bee’s
- John Foltz @ Marble Room
- Clay Davis Duo @ Donovan's Circle of Fifths
- SD Songwriter’s Guild @ Humphreys Backstage Lounge (2-7p.m.)
- Viva Santana @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge
- Ramshackle @ El Cajon Grand
- Loudness, Viva Halen, Back 2 Black @ 4th & B
- Marlena Shaw @ Birch North Park Theatre
- Dragon Lounge with DJs Kombat, Animate, Knottyboy, Arkon, Mr. Ruxpin @ Kava Lounge
- Lady Dottie and the Diamonds, DJ Chelu @ Gallaher's
- Cassian, Groundfloor @ El Dorado
- Justin Martin, Worthy, Bareback DJs @ Voyeur
- Fluxx*adelic with Sid Vicious and Nico DeLargo @ Fluxx
- Extreme Midget Wrestling @ Ramona Mainstage
- San Diego Opera presents Carmen @ Civic Theatre
Rosemary Bystrak writes about the San Diego music scene, events, and general musings about life in San Diego onSan Diego: Dialed In. She does social media for the Casbah, books at West Coast Tavern West Coast Tavern, and is trying her hand at band management. Follow her updates on Twitter or contact her directly.
