I don't know about you, but I am so ready for the weekend. There are so many great shows, and kicking things off, there are some sweet-sounding options for Friday. At the Soda Bar, the Jealous Sound and Weatherbox lead a solid night of music, and Dan Deacon performs an all-ages show over at the Irenic, where he will certainly encourage fan participation and collaboration. I'll be heading to the Casbah to catch Bowerbirds and Strand of Oaks, since musically I tend to have quieter folk-pop leanings that these bands will surely satisfy. Our friends in the Beautiful View are over at Eleven and fan-favorite tribute band Super Diamond perform at the Belly Up, so whatever your genre, there's plenty to choose from tonight.
Friday, Oct. 19:
- Bowerbirds, Strand of Oaks @ Casbah
- Dan Deacon, Height With Friends, Chester Endersby Gwazda, Alan Resnick @ The Irenic
- The Jealous Sound, Weatherbox, Day Trader, Cardboard Lamb @ Soda Bar
- Oliver Trolley, the Darrows, Sunny Rude, the Injuns @ 710 Beach Club
- The Beautiful View, Mergence, Jackson Price @ Eleven
- Yasin Bey AKA Mos Def @ 4th and B
- Paul Brown & Jackiem Joyner (7:30 p.m.) @ Anthology
- Way Cool Jr. (9:30 p.m.) @ Anthology
- Styletones @ Bar Pink
- Atomic Groove (5:30 p.m.) @ Belly Up
- Super Diamond with Wag Halen (9:00 p.m.) @ Belly Up
- Rev, Pulse Liberation, Tower XVI, Absence of Heroes, Bristol to Memory @ Brick By Brick
- The Benedetti Trio @ Dizzy’s (San Diego Jet Ski Rentals 4275 Mission Bay Drive)
- Immoral @ Epicentre
- DJ Scooter @ Fluxx
- Sung Mojo @ Elephant Bar
- The Wagon, DJ RM @ Gallaghers
- Name in Lights Competition Round 1 @ House of Blues
- BreakThru Entertainment Presents @ House of Blues
- Patti Zlaket (5:00 p.m.) @ Humphrey’s Backstage
- Rockola (9:00 p.m.) @ Humphrey’s Backstage
- The Script @ Humphrey’s
- The Benz Brothers, Color, Privet @ Lestat’s
- Mercedes Moore Band @ Marble Room
- Raise the Guns, Pyrrhic, Aim to Kill, Beheading the King, Blood Dancer, All But Broken Opening @ Soma
- The Sax Pack @ Sycuan Resort
- Shake Before Us, the New Kinetics, Warm Soda @ Tower Bar
- Building A Better Spaceship, Roger!, Noel Jordan, Rider 91 @ Tin Can Alehouse
- The Ballad Mongers @ Tio Leo’s Lounge
- DJ Fabian and Ayla Simone @ U31
- The Smokin’ Cobras @ The V Lounge (Viejas)
- Off the Cuff with DJ Artistic @ Dreamcatcher (Viejas)
- Inna Vision and Bambu Station @ Winstons
Rosemary Bystrak 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.