Even if you're not into old skate punk in the ways of Guttermouth, or you've already caught your fill of English Beat, or you don't have tickets to the sold-out Tennis show at Tin Can, the beauty of San Diego is that you have a lot of other choices. Maybe you love Lady Dottie but haven't yet checked out Donovan's Circle of Fifths? Or maybe you want to hear some old-timey guitar picking by the Wood Brothers? Or maybe you just want to chill out in the bar of the House of Blues and check out the Burnsville Blues Band? Do something a little uncomfortable. Do something outside of your norm. Trust me, you'll thank me for it.
Saturday, Feb. 5:
- Guttermouth, Los Kung Foo Monkeys, Authentic Sellout @ Casbah
- English Beat, the Lifters @ Belly Up
- Tennis, Lord Huron, Air Waves @ Tin Can (sold out) -- read Chris Maroulakos' preview
- The Wood Brothers, Carsie Blanton @ Anthology (early show 7:30 p.m.)
- Beat Kitchen with Question Mark and Charlie Rock @ Til Two Club
- Dead Feather Moon, Con Brio, Lost Abbey Beer Night @ Eleven
- Phantom Rockers, the Strikers, the Gore Horseman @ The Shakedown
- Blues Jam @ South Park Abbey
- Jail Weddings, the Burning of Rome, Taming the Fox @ Soda Bar
- Polynesian Underground presents J Boog@ Sound Wave
- Privatized Air, Maxwell Jones, Hoyny @ O'Connell's
- The Burnsville Band @ House of Blues (Salvation Alley, free)
- Lady Dottie and the Diamonds @ Donovan's Circle of Fifths
- Josiah Leming, Meg and Bryan @ Lestat's
- Calamitous Intent, My Elysian, Under the Stone, In Every Breath @ Brick By Brick
- Acoustic Booze @ Winston's (6 p.m.)
- Wise Monkey, Toto Mundo @ Winston's
- Bullet Proof Buddah, Subsurfer, Divided By Design @ 710 Beach Club
- Greenskull, Abaddon, Within the Swarm, Fury Never Fades, Lord of War, Con @ Soma
- Alistair Fraser, Natalie Haas @ San Diego United Methodist (7:30 p.m.)
- Goodnight Caulfield, Stereo Summer,Goodnight Sunrise, Desolace, Scarlett Avenue, Austin Carlson @ Epicentre
- Tha Committee, Bomb Squad, High Degree, AOD, Youngstars, Miss Justine, Cashflow, Hater Proof West @ Queen Bee's
- Fred Benedetti and George Svobeda @ Dizzy's (Culy Warehouse, 338 7th Ave)
- Ross Winters and Buds @ Belly Up (4 p.m.)
- Fish and the Seaweeds @ Donovans Circle of Fifths (5:30- 8:30 p.m.)
- First Friday Gomango Kids Concert @ Humphreys Backstage Lounge (2-4 p.m.)
- Detroit Underground @ Humphreys Backstage Lounge (9 p.m.)
- SDGLN presents Kristine W @ Anthology (late show, 9:30 p.m.)
- Club Ascension with Robin Roth, Tom King, LadyNoir, ChadO, live art by Billy Martinez @ Kava Lounge -- check out Robin's Weekend Dance Picks
- Stone Senses @ Gallaher's
- The Amalgamated, the Optimators @ Portugalia
- John Foltz @ The Marble Room
- Safety Orange @ El Cajon Grand
- Cheers 2 Charity Fundraiser, featuring Blanc Noire @ El Dorado (6:30-9:30 p.m.)
- Sammy Bananas, Adam Salter @ El Dorado
- Manufactured Superstars, Rifat Ziadeh @ Voyeur
- Broken Beat @ Kadan
- Jet Set with Sid Vicious @ Fluxx
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.
