Oh, glorious Saturday night, where have you been all week? Tonight you can certainly enjoy some awesome music. In fact, there are so many great shows it is challenging to choose: Brick By Brick offers a solid lineup of whisky swilling rock while the Observatory North Park goes steampunk tonight with Steam Powered Giraffe. Big Head Todd & the Monsters bring their college rock sound to Belly Up and Loons throwback to the psychedelic '60s at Bar Pink. You can be sure old Casbah friends will be remembering Bob Bennett (read our tribute to "Uncle Bob") tonight as the Cadillac Tramps return to the Casbah and Hideout hosts Helms Alee, which should be your "indie cred show of the week." Finally, things get dirty as Behind the Wagon rock out at Soda Bar, which could possibly kick off a whiskey shortage in City Heights.
Saturday, Jan. 24:
- Behind the Wagon, Jake Loban & the Bender Band, Greg Griffin @ Soda Bar
- Helms Alee, Marriages @ The Hideout
- Cadillac Tramps, No More Saints, Screamin’ Yeehaws @ Casbah
- The Loons, Schitzophonics, Gone Baby Gone @ Bar Pink
- Big Head Todd & the Monsters @ Belly Up
- Steam Powered Giraffe @ The Observatory North Park
- Cardboard Truckers, Boondock Brothers, Country Rockin Rebels, and Future Age @ Brick By Brick
- The O.S.S. @ Boar Cross’n
- Mozart Marathon @ LJ Athenaeum
- Jesse Cook @ California Center for the Arts
- Nina Francis (noon), Gilbert Castellanos & the Park West @ Croces Park West
- Reflex @ Fluxx
- Lexington Field, Adam Henry @ Rosie O'Grady's
- Viva Santana @ Humphrey’s Backstage
- Prayers, the Slashes, Sleeping Ghost @ 98 Bottles
- Mason James, Alanna Clarke, Christine Parker @ Lestat’s
- Felix Cavaliere's Rascals @ Poway Center for the Performing Arts
- Danny Green Trio (CD release) @ The Loft
- The Ben Miller Band, Crow Moses @ The Merrow
- Eric Johnson, Mike Stern, Points North @ Ramona MainStage
- Billy Candler Presents: Olliver Trolley, Ocelot, Arson Academy, Alexa Villa @ 710 Beach Club
- I Am the Conqueror, Riboflavin, Chrysalis, Anton Jon @ SOMA
- Tower and Stone @ The Tower Bar
- The Reflectors @ Tio Leo’s
- Glen David Andrews Band with Beau Sasser’s Escape Plan @ Winston's
- ATB @ Bassmnt
- Posso, Erick Diaz @ Bang Bang
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.
