It's finally Friday night, and I'm heading out to Las Vegas to welcome Transfer back after an extensive European tour. The band is appearing for four nights at the new Cosmopolitan Hotel, so if you're heading to Sin City, be sure to check them out at their free shows. I'm hoping to bump elbows with Brandon Flowers, if I'm lucky. While I'm gone, your San Diego music scene has plenty to offer, with great touring bands like Miniature Tigers and Pepper Rabbit at the Casbah, Ha Ha Tonka and Hoots & Hellmouth at Soda Bar, or you can catch any host of bands at our dozens of other great venues around town. Have a drink for me, and I'll catch you on the flip-side.
Friday, March 25:
- Miniature Tigers, Pepper Rabbit, Cuckoo Chaos @ Casbah
- Ha Ha Tonka, Hoots & Hellmouth, Centerlight Pop @ Soda Bar
- Wild Child (live recreation of a Doors concert), Pressed Rat and Warthog (tribute to Cream) @ Belly Up
- Bonkers! Dance Party Hosted by Junior & Vaughn@ Bar Pink
- Schitzophonics, Bella Novella, the Tuggs @ Eleven
- Midnight Rivals, the Darrows @ Whistle Stop
- Bangladesh, Duzheknew, Cousins, SeanceInTheSun @ Tin Can
- Bill Cardinal and the Canyon Band @ The Ould Sod
- Sweet Cheeks, NohNoh, eLan, DJ Pound and Mawkus @ Til-Two Club
- She Rides, In the Red, Midnight Eagle @ The Shakedown
- Eskera, the Drop Outs, the Faithless Saints, Red Devil Squadron, Backalley Hooligans @ Ruby Room
- Without Papers, Nekter, En Young, TRC Sound System @ O'Connell's
- Kyle Sorrell, Brad Wray @ Tiki House
- The AP Tour, featuring Black Veil Brides, I See Stars, Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows, VersaEmerge, Conditions @ House of Blues
- The Pennant, Jessica Bell, Josiah Leming @ Lestat's
- The Green, with Kevin Kinsella @ Winston's
- Fusse, Blue in the face, Grand Tarantula @ Epicentre
- Baja Bugs @ Riviera Supper Club
- Despite the Wolves, Silence Betrayed, Canobliss, Life Withheld, Awaiting Samsara, Aghori @ Soma
- The Kiefer Shackelford Trio @ Dizzy's (San Diego Wine and Culinary Center)
- Julie Feeney @ AMSD (Acoustic Music San Diego)
- Plato @ Humphreys Backstage Lounge (early show)
- Rising Star @ Humphreys Backstage Lounge (late show)
- Dub Smugglers, with DJG, Austin Speed, Swandive, Crmnl @ Kava Lounge
- Oceanside Sound System @ Hensley's Flying Elephant
- BCMG presents Sussie 4 (DJ set) @ 4th & B
- The Debonaires, the Expanders, the Rivivers, the Amalgamated, Ottly Mercer, the Lawless One @ Brick By Brick
- Poncho Sanchez @ Anthology (7:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m.)
- Fresh Sound: Consume @ The Loft
- Northern Tigers @ Tower Bar
- Feel the Noise, with DJ Gabe Vega and Teen Wolf @ U-31
- 145th Street @ Patrick's ll
- Leperkhanz, DJ R2 @ Gallagher's
- Zzymzzy Quartet @ Claire de Lune
- John Foltz @ The Marble Room
- Anthony Attalla, Crowdkillers @ Voyeur
- Yavaz @ Croce's
- NSD presents live local bands @ Queen Bee's
- Anson With hevy Rotation, Subliminal Trip, the Green Almighty @ 710 Beach Club
- Soul Flexin' presents Charlie Rock and Grandmasta Rats @ El Dorado
- North County Takeover, with Rock the Discotech, Solesdios, Reinman @ Spin
- The Replacements, DJ Gary B @ Coyote Bar & Grill
- Mystique @ McP's Irish Pub
- Clay Colton Band @ Valley View Casino
- Soul of the River @ Portugalia
- No Limit @ V lounge Viejas Casino
- Serious Guise, American Honey @ Dirk's Niteclub
Rosemary Bystrak writes about the San Diego music scene, events, and general musings about life in San Diego onSan Diego: Dialed In. She does social media for the Casbah, books at West Coast Tavern West Coast Tavern, and is trying her hand at band management. Follow her updates on Twitter or contact her directly.
