This is a first for me. I have to admit that I haven't crossed the border in quite some time, but tonight I'm recommending that anyone brave enough to head south should go to Tijuana's Black Box (not to be confused with the Golden Hill recording studio of the same name) and welcome Nortec Collective's Bostich + Fussible back home. Though they aren't bringing home a Grammy, they're still worth celebrating, and our border region is one big happy community when you get over that whole frontera thing -- take a trip with me to Tijuana tonight. The Collective tears it up on this side of the border; just imagine what they do in their own neighborhood.
Friday, March 4:
- Nortec Collective: Bostich + Fussible Homecoming @ Black Box (Tijuana, Revo & 6ta)
- Diamond Rings, PS, I Love You, TV Girl @ Casbah
- Common Sense, Safety Orange @ Belly Up
- Birds and Batteries, River City, Gun Runner @ Soda Bar
- Little Fowl, the Heart Beat Trail @ Whistle Stop
- DJ Artistic @ Bar Pink
- Johnny Wadd and the Stiff Sheets, the Racket, Johnny Deadly and the Rattle Rockers@ The Shakedown
- Ronni Nogood and the Youngbloods, Cosmonauts, Lovely Bad Things, Hit Machine @ Tin Can
- Orlando, Los Hollywood, Beatmo @ Til Two Club
- The Displaced, the Mashtis, Bellanovela @ Eleven
- The Slighted, Death Hymn Number 9, Chango Rey and his Reymen, Los Sweepers @ Tower Bar
- Java Joe presents Miss Erika Davies, the Forget Me Nots @ Ideal Hotel (546 3rd Ave.)
- Feel the Noise Electro Dance with JWLS, DJs Gabe Vega, Kid Wonder @ U-31
- Summer Mencher, Scott West, the Great Tortilla Heist, Patrick Lanzetta, Wendy Bailey, Shrewd Lucy, Jesse Johnson, Emersen, Michael Tiernan, Lee Coulter, Barbara Nesbitt, The Devsatators, the Shrill, S03 @ House of Blues
- The Gregory Page Show @ Lestat's
- Malevolent Creation, Fill Blown Chaos, the Abscence, Havok @ Brick By Brick
- Sashamon @ Winston's
- Primitive Noyes, Holy Tigress, Neat Beats, Phen Swan @ Evolution (2965 5th Ave., 5-10 p.m.)
- Barfly's Music Series, featuring the Styletones @ RT's Longboards
- Joker Face, Andora @ 710 Beach Club
- Her You and I, the Review, the Dannie Marie Band, the Bitter Coast, Burnout Kids @ Epicentre
- Moving Mountains, Into It Over It, Helen Earth Band, Misc. Ailments, Collage @ Soma
- Mikan Zlatkovich and Rosemary Watson @ Dizzy's (San Diego Wine and Culinary Center)
- Chet and the Committee @ Humphreys Backstage Lounge (5-7 p.m.)
- Savoy Brown featuring Kim Simmonds @ Humphreys Backstage Lounge (9:30 p.m.)
- Unity, Family and Support, Yukmouth, Tash and the Jacka @ 4th & B
- The Gravity @ Belly Up (happy hour, 5:30 p.m.)
- Clay Davis Trio @ The Marble Room
- Junior theDISCOpunk @ AC Lounge
- Que Onda Boogie Revival, featuring Profile, Iron Mike, Kanye Asada @ Super El Camino
- Fusion, featuring DJs Calypso, INRG, Randy Vission, Mike Primal @ Kava Lounge
- Sebastien Leger, Anthony Ross @ Voyeur
- Zenbu Fridays with DJ Leif @ Zenbu Cardiff
- A Totallly '90s with Saul Q & Jay Dread @ El Dorado
- Moonshake with Mark E Quark @ Kadan
- Kraddy @ Spin
- Jet Set with DJ Scooter @ 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 on Twitter or submit your music listings.
