The last time I caught Interpol live, I was waiting for that big line..."How are things on the West Coast?" and it was almost like they were taunting us and then, wouldn't you know it, they never played it. Annoying. I'm giving them another chance to redeem themselves when they play tonight at SDSU's Open Air Theatre. And even if they don't play it, with the Kills and Sunflower Bean opening the show, it should come as no surprise that it is already sold out. Fret not, because you still have some great choices this Friday, like Yoke Lore, who play Soda Bar, or Roky Erickson, who returns to the Casbah. Joe Jack Talcum of Dead Milkmen returns for an early show at Bar Pink and he's super awesome and funny and will play all your requests, and classic rockers America are at Humphreys for all the boomers. It's going to be a good night.
Friday, Oct. 5:
- Interpol, the Kills, Sunflower Bean @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre, SDSU (SOLD OUT)
- Yoke Lore, Bay Ledges @ Soda Bar
- Roky Erickson, Death Valley Girls, DJ Mikey Turi and Andrew McGranhan @ Casbah
- Joe Jack Talcum, Coolzey, Year of the Dead Bird @ Bar Pink (8 p.m.)
- Rock & Roll Avalanche (ft. Don Felder formerly of the Eagles), Aloe Blacc @ Belly Up
- America, Formerly Alien @ Humphreys Concerts by the Bay
- San Diego Music Hall of Fame Inaugural Induction @ OB Playhouse
- First Friday Hip-Hop with DJ Artistic and Friends @ Bar Pink ($5)
- Jon Pardi @ The Events Center, Harrah's Resort SoCal
- Ready for the World @ Sycuan Casino
- Sisster, Tesuque Revolt, Buo, Semisweet @ The Merrow
- Botanist, Exhausted Prayer, Birth Water, Nyctophile @ The Che Cafe
- Counterparts, Being As an Ocean, Have Mercy, Varials, Upon the Water @ SOMA
- Lorraine Castellanos @ Panama 66
- Paul MCP, Uglyhead, Set Fire to a Luxury Car, Tira Muli @ Black Cat Bar
- Satan, Nukem, Call of the Wild, Manic @ Brick by Brick
- Front Country, MohaviSoul @ Winston's
- Canaan Cox @ Moonshine Beach
- Mark Mackay @ Moonshine Flats
- The Resinators @ De Oro Mine Co
- Led Kaapana & Mike Kaawa @ AMSD Concert, Sweetwater High Theatre
- Scarlett Bazaar: Art Show and Concert @ Queen Bee's
- Mainsail, Avenue Army, Infinite Signal @ Midnight Jack
- Tosca @ California Center for the Arts, Escondido
- Rock en Espanol with Zenith @ Border X Brewing
- Hip-Hop vs. Punk Rock ft. Slow Code, Bosswitch, Syfe & Alowe, the Parker Meridien @ Tower Bar
- The Hughes Bros, All the Way Dope, the Martyrs of Mayhem @ Bancroft Bar
- Jenny & the Tramps @ Seven Grand
- Van Goat, the Soulside Players @ 710 Beach Club
- Janice & Nathan @ Martini's Above Fourth
- Seepeoples, the Worst, Fishing For Chips @ The Salty Frog
- Nite Moves with DJs Beatnick & Ayla Simone @ The Office
- All-Vinyl Happy Hour ft. Monsieur Turbeau @ The Office (6 p.m.)
- Rick Estrin & the Nightcats @ Ramona Mainstage
- Bump City Brass @ Tio Leo's
- R: Tyme @ Humphreys Backstage Live (9 p.m.)
- The New Normal @ Navajo Live
- Matroda @ Bang Bang
- We Are Your Friends: Indie Dance Party @ Blonde
- Genius Loci Fest San Diego Fundraiser @ Spin
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.
