Sounds Like San Diego: September 24

One thing that I love about getting to write about music in San Diego is that there's always new bands and I'm constantly discovering new gems. There are bands like The Heavy Guilt who have been around, but for whatever reason slipped through my radar. I first saw the band just a couple weeks ago when they set up an amp outside of the Soda Bar to promote their show there the following night. They were nominated for a music award and I don't know why I'd never seen them before, but their songwriting and unique percussion really resonated with me and I've now seen them a couple times and love them. They're just one of many amazing shows tonight around town, including a dance party at the Casbah, some blues at the Belly Up with the Easy Star All-Stars, some great pop at Eleven, along with great shows at the Beauty Bar, Tin Can, and the Ken Club. Just don't party too hard because there's a lot of great stuff happening on Saturday that should not be missed.

Friday, September 24:

  • Carlsbad Music Festival/Village Music Walk @ Carlsbad Village (5:45-9:30 pm, free)
  • Easy Star All-Stars, Cas Haley, DJ Emmanuel @ Belly Up
  • BLOWOFF feat. DJs Bob Mould & Rich Morel @ Casbah
  • The Heavy Guilt, Shady Maples @ Portugalia
  • Centerlight Pop, Hotel St. George @ Eleven
  • The Fremonts @ Whistle Stop
  • Fool's Gold, Hosannas, Mattson 2 @ Soda Bar
  • Bonkers feat live remixes by Junior & Atari @ Bar Pink
  • San Deviants, Back Alley Hooligans @ The Shakedown
  • The Woggles, Creepy Creeps @ Tower Bar
  • Hipster Hop feat. Lucy Ryder, Satanic Puppeteer Orchestra, Ocelot Robots; DJ sets from Shark Attack, Erik Diaz, DJ Mazz @ Onyx Room
  • Artfag Recording presents Frankie and the Outs, Hunx and His Punx, Colleen Green @ Tin Can
  • Longstay, Incomplete Neighbor, Napoleon Complex, Vibeout #3 @ Beauty Bar
  • Thee Skank Bastards, The Fink Bombs, Secret Samarai @ Ken Club
  • Feel The Noise w/DJs Gabe Vega, Havok, Saul Q, Hosted by Trevor Dean @ U-31
  • The Memphis Murder Men, Pass The Axe, The Watchmen, Hands Down South, Best Evers @ O'Connell's
  • Ryan Star @ Anthology (Late Show 10 pm)
  • The Dan Band @ House of Blues
  • Denard Clendenin and The Brothers Blood Blues Band @ Worldbeat Center
  • Tribal Theory, Hazmatt, Tribe of Kings Soundsystem @ Soundwave
  • Carl Durant, Scott Mathiasen @ Lestat's
  • Yukmouth Live, The Dough Nation, Submission, I-Rocc, No Face, Beat Shop, The Committee, SL500 and more @ Brick By Brick
  • The Screamin Yeehaws, Compton SF, Jonny Castle @ Winston's
  • The Farmers @ Tio Leo's (Morena Blvd)
  • The Great Commission, Betrayal, Parallels, Colossal, World of Pain, Kenova, Endure The Fall, Oh Vanquished Foe @ Epicentre
  • So Long Davey, Mr. Fahrenheit, Stereo Summer, The Years Best, The New Nostalgic, The New Lead Detectives @ Soma
  • A Book About Elephants, The Endless Bummer, Agatha, Falling Trees, The Cookie Dough Extracts, Go Home Elaine, live DJs @ Che Cafe (6 pm)
  • The Weener Pigs @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge (6-8pm)
  • Atomic Groove @ Humphrey's Backstage Lounge (9:30 pm)
  • Margaret Cho @ Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay
  • Old Man Markley @ Hensley's Flying Elephant
  • Berlin, Dirty Leslie @ 4th & B
  • Sandollar, DJR2 @ Gallagher's
  • Down To The Bone @ Anthology (Early Show 7:30pm)
  • Christine Lavin @ AMSD (Acoustic Music San Diego)
  • Reid Speed, Osal8, B2B, Reactivity, Ghost MD and more @ Spin
  • DRI, Unloaded, One Theory, Birth A.D., Mutants of War, Tormentor @ Ramona Mainstage

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 at twitter.com/sddialedin or submit your music listings.

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