Much like the Father John Misty show of a few weeks ago, I have been waiting for Thursday's show with the Decemberists since the day it was announced. I absolutely love the band, and with some health issues affecting them, it was unclear after their last roll through town if they would be able to tour again or if they'd splinter off. Of course, this show has long been sold out, but I wanted to highlight that if you do have tickets, you do not want to miss Lucius. The Berklee-educated ladies are amazing talents and haven't been to San Diego since their sold-out Casbah show in February of last year. If you didn't snag tickets, fret not, because there are still other great shows around. At the Casbah, you can catch William Doyle, who records music as East India Youth and is garnering buzz all over the indie-webs. Joined by Kathryn Calder of the New Pornographers, this is a great chill way to spend your night. Meanwhile, the Bright Light Social Hour and Talk In Tongues join forces at the Hideout, Soda Bar gets sludgy with Inter Arma, and my dear friend Matt Strachota brings his project, Trailduster, for a night of free music at Sycamore Den.
Thursday, April 30:
- The Decemberists, Lucius @ Observatory North Park (sold out)
- East India Youth, Kathryn Calder (of New Pornographers) @ Casbah
- The Bright Light Social Hour, Talk in Tongues @ The Hideout
- Inter Arma, Yautja, Kata @ Soda Bar
- Matthew Strachota & Trailduster, Shawn Rohlf & the 7th Day Buskers @ Sycamore Den
- Sounds of Satellites, Red Sweater Lullaby, Mainsail, Fighting Friction Coastbound @ Epicentre
- Max & the Moon, Beginners, Nicky Venus @ House of Blues, Voodoo Room
- Sosupersam @ Hard Rock Hotel, Club 207
- The Chili Banditos, Blue Halas @ Brick By Brick
- Shawn Welch, PoDunk Nowhere, Andrew Marks @ Lestat's
- Little Red Lung, Spero, Old Tiger @ The Merrow
- Bacon Bits @ U-31
- Peter Sprague Quartet @ Croce's Park West
- City Lights @ Humphrey's Backstage Live
- Open Jam @ Winston's (6-9 p.m.)
- Danny and the Tramp @ Winston's
- Myson King @ The Office
- Flipside Burners @ Tio Leo's
- Justin Martin @ Bang Bang
- David Lucky @ 98 Bottles
- Strictly Skunk, TRC Soundsystem @ Gallagher's Irish Pub
- The O.S.S. @ Boar Cross'n
- Michael Shenker, Gundriver, Points North, Taz Taylor Band @ Ramona Mainstage
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.
