Sounds Like San Diego: Nov. 19

Lucius bring the sweet '60s to the Belly Up

Music is amazing, but it can also be heartbreaking. I have plenty of friends who, if given the chance, would be in multiple places at the same time tonight, but pulling a multi-show night is complicated. So tonight, pick one and be stoked that we have so many amazing choices. The lovely and talented Lucius are returning for their fourth time to San Diego, and their performance gets better each time. They'll be at the Belly Up with the Cactus Blossoms. Meanwhile, at Poway Center for the Arts, Neko Case, whose solo career is as prolific as her band the New Pornographers, will impress and mesmerize as she always does. Then, there's the sold out Gogol Bordello show at the Observatory, Slow Club and Red Pony Clock are at Soda Bar and Moon Hooch will wow at Music Box. This is the kind of night I'd expect in summer, so get out and enjoy it before the holidays suck the touring life out of your favorite artists.

Saturday, Nov. 19:

  • Lucius, the Cactus Blossoms @ Belly Up
  • Neko Case, Eric Bachmann, Jon Rauhouse @ Poway Center for the Arts
  • Moon Hooch, Honeycomb @ Music Box
  • Night Beats, Mystery Lights, Warbly Jets @ Casbah
  • Gogol Bordello @ Observatory North Park (SOLD OUT)
  • Slow Club, Red Pony Clock @ Soda Bar
  • Lukas Graham, Hein Cooper @ House of Blues
  • Josh Damigo, Trish Naval @ Lestat's
  • The Phantoms, Fanny & the Atta Boys @ Black Cat Bar
  • Iration, Through the Roots @ Del Mar Racetrack
  • Neon Beat: Best & Worst of the '80s @ Bar Pink
  • Jason Lee & the R.I.P. Tides, Fake Tides @ Til-Two Club
  • Studio 54 Disco Inferno w/ DJ Claire @ Whistle Stop (5 p.m.)
  • '80s vs. '90s w/ DJs Saul & Gabe @ Whistle Stop
  • Geoff Muldaur & Jim Kweskin @ AMSD, Sweetwater Union High School
  • Through Being Cool: Emo Night @ Blonde
  • Shell Shock, DJ Chelu @ The Holding Company 1502
  • Groove International @ Voodoo Room, House of Blues
  • Vanishing Life, Super Unison, No Sympathy @ The Hideout
  • Diego El Cigala, Master of Flamenco @ Jacob's Music Center at Symphony Hall 
  • Will Daley @ Brick15
  • Black Mambo @ Dizzy's
  • Shane Secor @ The Bancroft
  • With Age, Refuse, Taliband, Head Change, the Dangerfield, Ignant Benches @ Soma
  • Beat Street @ Quartyard
  • Midnight Circus @ The Irenic
  • The Paper Hearts, Transistor, the Ex Gentlemen, Dead on the Wire @ Tower Bar
  • The Floozies @ Winston's (9 p.m.)
  • The Experiments, Making Incredible Time, the Filthy Casuals @ Winston's (6 p.m.)
  • Crematorium, Thanatology, Bonebreaker, Orphic Eye, Tower Guard @ Brick by Brick
  • Noelle & Gonzalo, Golden Hour @ Java Joe's
  • The Sound of Music @ San Diego Civic Theatre
  • La Traviata @ California Center for the Arts Escondido
  • Headstone, King Bloom, Frontside, Andy's Room, Old Notes, Generally Speaking @ Che Cafe
  • Hell on Heels: The Naked Lady Buffet Variety Show @ The Merrow
  • Skanks Roots Project, Boostive @ 710 Beach Club
  • Chad & Rosie @ Tin Roof
  • West Side Story Sing-a-long: Cinema @ The Balboa
  • Kicks @ V Lounge, Viejas Entertainment
  • Adam Salter @ El Dorado
  • The Red Elvises @ Tio Leo's
  • Michele Lundeen @ Humphreys Backstage Live (5 p.m.)
  • Funk's Most Wanted @ Humphreys Backstage Live (9 p.m.)
  • Twista & Chachi @ Fluxx
  • Gladiator @ Bassmnt
  • Vice @ Omnia
  • Mat.Joe @ Bang Bang
  • Dragon Lounge Reunion @ Kava Lounge
  • Rockstar Saturdays @ Henry's

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.

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