Full disclosure: As a San Diego music blogger, I am involved with the Rumble. Every month a band is chosen to headline a mini-tour that starts in Seattle, hits Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, then finishes off in Las Vegas. The idea is to provide a tour for an up-and-coming band that might not otherwise have the means to tour, all the while bringing free shows to various cities, presenting bands on the verge of something fresh and new. Tonight at Bar Pink, you can catch the Rumble, featuring the Ferocious Few, a band that brings the heart and noise of a band larger than one would expect from a duo.
Saturday, May 8:
- The Rumble, featuring the Kabbs, the Ferocious Few, Little Deadman, DJ Cory Casey @ Bar Pink
- Gator By the Bay @ Spanish Landing Park
- Karl Strauss Beach to Brewery, featuring the Silent Comedy, Writer, Stranger, the Howls @ Karl Strauss (5985 Santa Fe St. in San Diego)
- Viva la Musica, featuring Banda el Recodo de Cruz Lizarraga @ Shamu Stadium @ Sea World (free with park admission)
- Rooftop Rock Show, featuring Circa Now, Scarlet Symphony @ 10th Avenue Theatre Rooftop (930 10th Ave.)
- Cate Le Bon @ the Loft, UCSD
- The Long and Short of It, Boyscout, Death Eaters, Drug Wars @ Casbah
- The Styletones, Help I'm Alive @ Winston's
- Dennis Quaid and the Sharks, the Grass Heat @ Belly Up
- Hyena, Shark Attack, DJ Gabe Vega @ Beauty Bar
- Ikah Love and the El Camino House Band, DJ Claire @ Super El Camino
- That Time of the Month, hosted by Lauren De Rose, featuring the Dirty Legs, Revenge Club, S----ing Glitter, Musical Charis @ Ruby Room
- Mike Pope and the Big Decisions, Meaghan Maples and the Whole Shebang, DJs JC DiStefano and Ben Bentley@ Soda Bar
- Pyrate Punx Presents Litmus Green, SMD, AD SEG @ Radio Room
- Berkley Hart @ Java Joe's @ Cafe Libertalia
- John Miller and the Payback, Meld @ O'Connell's (early show, 8 p.m.)
- Ranking Joe, Roots Covenant, TRC Sound System, Reefah @ O'Connell's (late show, 10 p.m.)
- Chali 2na, Vokab Company @ Sound Wave
- One Hot Minute, Lindbergh Skies, Misc. Ailments, Broken Column, Come on Come On @ Epicentre
- Blackberry Smoke @ House of Blues (free)
- Lights (the Ultimate Tribute to Journey), Monsters of Rock @ House of Blues
- Lisa Sanders, David Baron @ Lestat's
- Seven Train, Street Legal, 760 @ Brick By Brick
- Jet West, Fayuka, Dirty Modelo @ 710 Beach Club
- Forever Ends Now (tape release), As They Burn Alive, Fear Is My Fate, Colossal, Days of Struggle, XGroundwarX @ Soma
- Paul Seaforth @ Dizzy's (San Diego Wine and Culinary Center)
- Viva Santana @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge (9:30 p.m.)
- Social Green @ Hensley's Flying Elephant
- Sean Healy presents Too Short, Greedy Ent., the Gooneez, Black Resume, Double Dragon, GMAN, Mob Nasty @ 4th & B
- Strunz and Farah @ Anthology (Early Show 7:30 p.m.; late show 9:30 p.m.)
- Dave Alvin @ Acoustic Music San Diego (sold out)
- Electrixx @ Voyeur
- Her Bed of Thorns, Open Wound, Cribwall Prison, GFI, Caustic Felon, Sight Unseen @ Ramona Mainstage
Sunday, May 9:
- Gator By The Bay @ Spanish Landing Park
- ¡Olé! Festival feat. Lupe Fiasco, Shiny Toy Guns @ Jenny Craig Pavillion, USD (Public, $25. Proceeds benefit Invisible Children)
- Viva La Musica feat. Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan @ Shamu Stadium, Sea World (free with park admission)
- The 18th Sea Chantey Festival feat. 11:00 The Jackstraws, 11:30 One Shot Bob & Shipmates, 2:00 Gilman Carver, 2:50 Westlin Weavers, 1:20 Ken Graydon, 1:50 Gilman Carver, 2:20 Bill Dempsey, 2:50 Ken Graydon, 3:40 Westlin Weavers, 4:10 The Jackstraws, 4:40 Finale (All Hands) @ SD Maritime Museum, onboard the Star of India
- Felix da Housecat @ Intervention, Hard Rock hotel
- Red Sparowes, Fang Island, Kata @ Casbah
- Marcia Ball, Solid Ray Roods @ Belly Up
- Argosy, Drown Swerve, Fuck Lordz, Squirelley Arts @ O'Connell's
- Enanitos Verdes @ House of Blues
- Courtney Marie Andrews, Asher Deaver, Pioneers of Prime Time TV @ Lestat's
- Floater @ Brick By Brick
- The Twelves, Grum, Brady Spear @ Voyeur
- Rasta Nation Posse @ Dreamstreet
- Stelita @ Humphrey's Backstage Mother's Day Brunch, (10am- 2pm)
- Jose Serrano @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge (3-6 pm)
- Darryl Williams @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge (8 pm-12 mid)
- Anthology House Band @ Anthology (Mother's Day Brunch 11am- 2pm)
- "Luscious Noise" feat members of the San Diego Symphony @ Anthology (7:30 pm)
- Bert Lams & Tom Giresgraber, Peter Pupping, Jeff Basille @ Acoustic Music San Diego
Rosemary Bystrak writes about the San Diego music scene, events, and sometimes whatever creeps into her head on her music blogSan Diego: Dialed In. Check it for even more listings. Follow her updates at twitter.com/sddialedin or submit your music listings.
