May I just take a minute to say I cannot believe it is already November! We're still experiencing hot and dry days here in San Diego, but it's almost time to break out the scarves and gloves, and bundle up as the foggy nights set in. Along with San Diego Beer Week, there's certainly reason to get out of the house as there are some pretty great shows all over town. Kevin Devine returns to San Diego with a show at Soda Bar, while Schitzophonics will slay the Casbah. Mellowhigh is at Porter's Pub for the kids, and Tourist entertains at Bang Bang. Of course, I'm a fan of the Tillman family, so I will no doubt be enjoying the cheeky, sexy, and sassy jams of Father John Misty at the House of Blues. It's not often a comedian opens a concert, but for this show it seems to totally make sense. Lots of good stuff coming your way on Friday and throughout the weekend.
Friday, Nov. 1:
- Casbah presents Father John Misty, Kate Berlant @ House of Blues
- Soda Bar & Invisible Children present Kevin Devine & the Goddamn Band, Now Now, Spero, Harrison Hudson @ Soda Bar
- Schitzophonics, Shake Before Us, Flaggs, Chinese Rocks @ Casbah
- Casbah presents Mellowhigh, featuring Hodgy Beats, Domo Genesis and Left Brain of Odd Future; Odessa Kane; DJ Artistic @ Porter's Pub
- Tourist @ Bang Bang
- Le Castle Vania @ Bassmnt
- Ottly Mercer, the Shifters, 2000 Tons of TNT @ Tin Can
- Really Idol, DJ Joe Mama @ Seven Grand
- Condemned, Servile Conceptions, Seraphic Disgust, Infernal Conjuration @ The Griffin
- Hip Hop vs. Punk: First Power Crew vs. Dirty Dishes/Man Vs Man vs. Nikki & the Mongoloid @ The Tower Bar
- Jennifer Knapp @ MissionGathering (3090 Polk, 7:30 p.m.)
- Dia de Los Muertos Panteon Fronterizo, featuring Ramon Amezcua (Bostich/Nortec), Mariachi Diamante @ San Ysidro Civic Center (free, 4-9 p.m.)
- Taste Machine @ Riviera
- Mark Hall (5 p.m.), Harriet & the Tubmans, Takahashi @ 710 Beach Club
- First Friday with NoSuckerDjs @ Bar Pink
- Atomic Groove @ Belly Up (5:30 p.m.)
- Cowboy Mouth, the Cringe @ Belly Up
- The Joshua White Quartet, featuring Ben Schachter, Mackenzie Leighton and Dan Schnelle @ 98 Bottles
- The Day After, with the Strikefits, the Ramones, Mommy's Little Nutstache, Batface @ Brick By Brick
- Evan Ziporyn @ Bread & Salt (Barrio Logan)
- Retaliate, Lies, MethxBreath, Exile @ Ché Café
- DJ Craig Smoove @ Fluxx
- Caliber (5 p.m.), Len Rainey (9 p.m.) @ Humphreys Backstage
- Melissa Polinar, Nathan Angelo @ Lestat's
- Brent Curtis @ Marble Room
- The Word Alive, I See Stars, Crown the Empire, Get Scared, Dayshell, Palisades @ SOMA
- Jay Idol @ Voyeur
- Space Jazz tour, with Michal Menert and Mux Mool @ Winston's
- Custard Pie @ Mr. Peabody's
- Poncho Sanchez @ Jacob Center for Community Innovation
- Brothers Gow @ Mothers Saloon
- The Routine @ PB Cantina
- Hazmatt @ Surf & Saddle
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.
