I'm a little beside myself today. I haven't done an interview for our TV show in quite some time and it was sprung on me last minute that I'll be interviewing Chris Carrabba of Dashboard Confessional. Long lumped into the emo-era of the late '90s and early aughts, Dashboard Confessional have stood the test of time where many others did not, and these days you'll find as many tributes to emo as you will to, say, '80s or '90s bands. DC had taken a hiatus, and Carrabba toured solo under his given name (and in Twin Forks) but now the band is back and ready to ultimately hear their songs sung back to them by a roomful of fans tonight at House of Blues. I will try to quash the fan girl and play it cool. Meanwhile, around town, Metalachi return to the Casbah, Java Joe's celebrates their soft opening at their new location in Old Town, master DJ Z-Trip descends upon Music Box, and Birdy Bardot plays Soda Bar.
Friday, Feb. 3:
- Dashboard Confessional, Vinyl Theatre, This Wild Life @ House of Blues
- Metalachi, Spitfire Torpedo @ Casbah
- Java Joe's Soft Opening, with Berkley Hart, Dave Easton, Robin Henkel, David Beldock, Peggy Watson, Marcus Alcantarilla, Angela Patua, Jimmie Lunsford, John Tafolla, Oh Ridge, Bart Mendoza, Kenny Eng, Rob Deez, Ben Varela, Shawn Rohlf, Sven-Erik Seaholm, Brothers Burn, Nina Francis, John Katchur, Courtney Preis, Nathan Welden, Ricky Ruis, Joel Rafael, Patric Petrie, Tim Foley, Israel Maldonado,and special guests @ Java Joe's (now in Old Town)
- Z-Trip @ Music Box
- Birdy Bardot, Imagery Machine, the Strawberry Moons @ Soda Bar
- Betamaxx, High Tide Society @ Belly Up
- DJ Artistic @ Bar Pink
- Jake La Botz, Fanny & the Atta Boys, the Hotshot Drifters @ Ken Club
- Heavy Hawaii, Smokescreens @ Whistle Stop
- Michelle Cann and Zahari Metchkov @ La Jolla Athenaeum
- Goose & Mavrk, Memo Rex & Sam Wild, Bidi Cobra @ Blonde
- Lowell Levinger (Banana from the Youngbloods) @ Brick 15
- Clay Colton Band @ Belly Up (5 p.m.)
- Wendell Brunious with the Jazz bands from Correia Middle School & Mission Bay High School @ Dizzy's
- Sacri Monti, Petyr, Volcano @ Til-Two Club
- Rough Cutt, Uncle Junkie, Snew, Rattz @ Brick By Brick
- Killing the Messenger, Don Vedda, Slncr, Ascensions, Everything Undone, Shadow Nerve @ SOMA
- The Fooks! @ The Holding Company 1502
- Robin Henkel @ House of Blues (free)
- Little Heroine, Family Thief, Wander @ Lestat's
- Hip Hop vs. Punk Rock, with Secret Fun Club, Stuntdouble & Tenshun, Parker Meriden, Cruz Radical @ Tower Bar
- Jovias, Matchbox Twenty Too (Matchbox 20 tribute), Steal Dawn (Journey tribute) @ The Merrow
- Natalie Stovall & the Drive @ Moonshine Flats
- Little Heroine, Wander, Family Thief @ The Bancroft
- Roman Watchdogs, Los Shadows, Avenue Army, Fake Tides @ 710 Beach Club
- DJ XP @ U-31
- DJ Beatnick & DJ DelaChapelle @ The Office
- Blue Largo @ Humphreys Backstage Live (5 p.m.)
- Detroit Underground @ Humphreys Backstage Live (9 p.m.)
- DJ Nico Nightingale @ V Lounge, Viejas Casino
- Deejay Al @ Fluxx
- DJs Qstn & Charlie Rock @ El Dorado
- Hotel Garuda, Wingtip @ Bang Bang
- Matoma @ Omnia
- Goodtimes @ Henry's Pub
- Archetype with Britton ~ Machino ~ Jon E Thin @ Kava Lounge
- Club Musae @ Boar Cross'n
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.
