Hello from Napa! I’m currently on my way back to the airport to get home in time to catch P!nk tonight in San Diego after a wonderful weekend of music and food. I also will be taking a road trip up to LA to catch one of The Struts residencies at The Roxy. That will be a blast for sure. Hopefully, I can keep up with my busy schedule for the week. Here’s what else is going on…

 

Monday: P!nk @ Valley View Casino Center at 7pm

Tuesday: Lauren Ruth Ward @ Soda Bar at 9pm
AND: Xavier Rudd @ Belly Up at 8pm – SOLD OUT
AND: The Color Monday, The Great Silver Sun, The Spiritual Motels @ The Merrow at 9pm

Wednesday: John Mayall @ Music Box at 8pm
AND: Xavier Rudd @ Belly Up at 8pm – SOLD OUT

Thursday: Company of Thieves @ House of Blues Voodoo Room at 8pm
AND: Lead Pony @ Soda Bar at 9pm
AND: Low Volts, Stephen El Rey Sextet @ Bar Pink at 8pm
AND: Lord Huron @ House of Blues at 8pm – SOLD OUT

Friday: WYO @ Soda Bar at 9pm
AND: Greg Laswell, Tolan Shaw @ Belly Up at 9pm
AND: Lord Huron @ House of Blues at 8pm – SOLD OUT
AND: Logan Henderson @ House of Blues Voodoo Room at 8pm

Saturday: Ray LaMontagne @ Cal Coast Credit Open Air Theatre at 7:30pm
AND: Dr. Dog @ Observatory North Park at 8pm
AND: Alex Lahey @ Soda Bar at 9pm
AND: Sugarland @ Del Mar Fair at 7pm
AND: Curtis Harding @ Casbah at 9:30pm

Sunday:

 

Keep in Mind:

June 6th- The Kooks @ Observatory North Park
June 8th- Hanson @ Del Mar Fair
June 8th- She Wants Revenge at Music Box
June 12th- JD McPherson @ Belly Up
June 13th- The Calling @ Belly Up
June 14th- Barenaked Ladies @ Del Mar Fair
June 22nd- Warped Tour (The Last One Ever!) @ SDCCU Parking Lot
June 23rd- Trampled By Turtles @ Humphreys
June 23rd- Armors @ Space
June 24th- Shakey Grave @ Observatory North Park
June 25th- Violent Femmes @ Humphreys
June 27th- The Fray @ Del Mar Fair
June 29th- The Milk Carton Kids @ Belly Up
June 30th- Magic Giant, Young Rising Sons @ Belly Up
June 30th- Switchfoot Broam feat: Switchfoot, Colony House, Sure Sure @ Moonlight Beach
July 10th Counting Crows, LIVE @ Mattress Firm Amphitheatre
July 17th- Chris Isaak @ Humphreys
July 19th- Paramore, Foster The People @ Mattress Firm Amphitheatre
July 20th- Big Bad Voodoo Daddy @ Humphreys
July 21st- Thirty Seconds to Mars @ Mattress Firm Amphitheatre
August 3rd- Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons @ Humphreys
August 11th- Weezer/Pixies @ Mattress Firm Amphitheatre
August 16th- Brandi Carlile @ Humphreys
August 21st- Jack White @ Viejas Arena
August 31st- Evanescence & Lindsey Stirling @ Mattress Firm Amphitheatre
September 1st- The Smashing Pumpkins @ Viejas Arena
September 5th- Leon Bridges @ Cal Coast Credit Open Air Theatre
September 14th-16th- Kaaboo @ Del Mar Fairgrounds
October 17th- System of a Down @ Valley View Casino Center
October 27th- BØRNS @ Observatory North Park
October 30th- BØRNS @ Observatory North Park

 

I had a very busy but extremely fun weekend filled with out of town friends, a birthday karaoke party, and Emo Night Brooklyn. I’m still recovering and I have to hurry before I head out of town for Bottlerock this weekend in Napa. I’ll probably be keeping a low profile for the part of the week I’m here. I still have so much to do before I go!

 

Monday: Trevor Hall @ Observatory North Park at 7pm

Tuesday: The Head and The Heart, Grouplove @ Cal Coast Credit Open Air Theatre at 8pm
AND: The Wonder Years @ House of Blues at 7pm
AND: Geographer @ Casbah at 9:30pm

Wednesday: Smallpools, Great Good Fine Ok, Half The Animal  @ House of Blues at 7pm
AND: Flora Cash, Cardinal Moon @ Music Box at 8pm – POSTPONED
AND: Evan Diamond Goldberg @ Tin Roof at 9pm

Thursday: Colouring @ Soda Bar at 9:30pm
AND: Phantogram @ Cal Coast Credit Union Amphitheater at 7pm
AND: Lanco @ House of Blues at 8pm
AND: Brevet @ House of Blues Voodoo Room at 8pm
AND: Sam Hell @ Sycamore Den at 9pm
AND: Rufus Wainwright @ Belly Up at 8pm – SOLD OUT

Friday: Hawthrone Heights @ House of Blues at 7pm
AND: Jesse Dayton, The Johnny Deadly Trio, Stephen El Rey @ Casbah at 9:30pm
AND: Cash’d Out, Nancarrow @ Belly Up at 9pm – SOLD OUT

Saturday: Kimbra, Son Lux @ Belly Up at 9pm – SOLD OUT
AND: The Posies @ Soda Bar at 9pm
AND: Alex Ashley @ Lestats at 8pm
AND: Lady Dottie & The Diamonds @ Park & Rec at 10pm

Sunday: Jackson Price Band @ Sycamore Den at 8pm

 

Keep in Mind:

May 28th- Pink @ Valley View Casino Center
May 29th- SUR @Casbah
June 6th- The Kooks @ Observatory North Park
June 8th- She Wants Revenge at Music Box
June 12th- JD McPherson @ Belly Up
June 13th- The Calling @ Belly Up
June 22nd- Warped Tour (The Last One Ever!) @ SDCCU Parking Lot
June 23rd- Trampled By Turtles @ Humphreys
June 23rd- Armors @ Space
June 24th- Shakey Grave @ Observatory North Park
June 25th- Violent Femmes @ Humphreys
June 29th- The Milk Carton Kids @ Belly Up
June 30th- Magic Giant, Young Rising Sons @ Belly Up
July 10th Counting Crows, LIVE @ Mattress Firm Amphitheatre
July 17th- Chris Isaak @ Humphreys
July 19th- Paramore, Foster The People @ Mattress Firm Amphitheatre
July 20th- Big Bad Voodoo Daddy @ Humphreys
July 21st- Thirty Seconds to Mars @ Mattress Firm Amphitheatre
August 3rd- Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons @ Humphreys
August 11th- Weezer/Pixies @ Mattress Firm Amphitheatre
August 16th- Brandi Carlile @ Humphreys
August 21st- Jack White @ Viejas Arena
August 31st- Evanescence & Lindsey Stirling @ Mattress Firm Amphitheatre
September 1st- The Smashing Pumpkins @ Viejas Arena
September 5th- Leon Bridges @ Cal Coast Credit Open Air Theatre
September 14th-16th- Kaaboo @ Del Mar Fairgrounds
October 17th- System of a Down @ Valley View Casino Center
October 27th- BØRNS @ Observatory North Park
October 30th- BØRNS @ Observatory North Park

 

It’s been a fun weekend complete with a visit from my other musical half and a baseball game but I’ve been in cleaning mode and I’m wishing I lived in a place where laundry did itself and put itself away. Oh well. I’m really excited for what’s left of May… We have Emo Nite with special guest William Beckett this week and next week I’m heading up to Napa for Bottlerock! Wheeeee!!!

 

Monday: Red Wanting Blue @ House of Blues at 8pm
AND: Nada Surf @ Belly Up at 9pm

Tuesday: Trapdoor Social, Sweet Myths @ The Merrow at 8pm
AND: Ezra Furman @ Casbah at 9:30pm
AND: Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite @ Belly Up at 8pm – SOLD OUT

Wednesday: Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite @ Belly Up at 8pm – SOLD OUT
AND: Evan Diamond Goldberg @ Tin Roof at 8pm
AND: Shay & The Hustle @ Bar Pink at 8pm
AND: TrashCan Sinatras @ Casbah at 9:30pm – SOLD OUT

Thursday: Karina Frost & The Banduvloons @ The Merrow at 7pm
AND: Pedro the Lion @ Belly Up at 8pm
AND: Con Brio, The Sextones @ Casbah at 9pm
AND: Lord Howler @ Bar Pink at 8pm

Friday: Emo Nite Brooklyn feat. William Beckett @ House of Blues at 8:30pm
AND: Horse Feathers, Dead Horses @ Casbah at 9:30pm
AND: Stephen El Rey @ Bar Pink at 8pm
AND: Cults @ Soda Bar 7pm/10pm
AND: Vaud and The Villians, Stripes & Lines @ Belly Up at 9pm
AND: Coriander @ Tin Roof at 9:30pm

Saturday: MGMT @ San Diego Civic Theatre at 7pm
AND: Mating Ritual @ Soda Bar at 9pm
AND: Brothers Comatose, Coby Lee Books @ Belly Up at 9pm
AND: Hollyn @ House of Blues at 7pm
AND: Gregory Page @ Lestats at 8:30pm
AND: Coriander @ Tin Roof at 10pm

Sunday: The Lighthouse And The Whaler @ Soda Bar at 8:30pm
AND: Horsefly, Cherry Road @ Bar Pink at 8pm
AND: Pond @ Casbah at 9:30pm – SOLD OUT

 

Keep in Mind:

May 22nd- The Head and The Heart @ Cal Coast Credit Open Air Theatre
May 25th- Hawthrone Heights @ House of Blues
May 28th- Pink @ Valley View Casino Center
May 29th- SUR @Casbah
June 6th- The Kooks @ Observatory North Park
June 12th- JD McPherson @ Belly Up
June 13th- The Calling @ Belly Up
June 22nd- Warped Tour (The Last One Ever!) @ SDCCU Parking Lot
June 23rd- Trampled By Turtles @ Humphreys
June 23rd- Armors @ Space
June 25th- Violent Femmes @ Humphreys
July 17th- Chris Isaak @ Humphreys
July 19th- Paramore, Foster The People @ Mattress Firm Amphitheatre
July 20th- Big Bad Voodoo Daddy @ Humphreys
July 21st- Thirty Seconds to Mars @ Mattress Firm Amphitheatre
August 11th- Weezer/Pixies @ Mattress Firm Amphitheatre
August 16th- Brandi Carlile @ Humphreys
August 31st- Evanescence & Lindsey Stirling @ Mattress Firm Amphitheatre
October 17th- System of a Down @ Valley View Casino Center

I’ve been living vicariously through others photo posts of Coachella. I’m not really sad I’m not there because I don’t miss the heat and dust but it’s been nice to view from afar. I had no shows this week but I did spend a day doing a cross-country clinic on my horse. We had a good time but I think I’m still recovering. Hopefully, I can get into something this week but May is going to be absolutely crazy for me so I might have to rest up until then…

 

Monday: Marian Hill, Michl @ Observatory North Park at 8pm
AND: Well Well Well, The Havnauts @ Soda Bar at 9pm

Tuesday: Emo Nite San Diego @ Casbah at 9pm
AND: Coast Modern @ House of Blues at 8pm
AND: Corey Gray @ Tin Roof at 8pm

Wednesday: Jukebox The Ghost @ Music Box at 8pm
AND: Futurebirds @ Soda Bar at 9pm
AND: Less Than Jake @ Belly Up at 8pm

Thursday: Coffee Shop Arena Rock @ Tin Roof at 8pm
AND: SYML @ Music Box at 8pm
AND: 5 Seconds of Summer @ House of Blues at 8pm
AND: Cody Jinks @ Observatory North Park at 8pm
AND: Bart & The Bedazzled, Soft Lions @ Bar Pink at 9pm
AND: Coriander @ Tin Roof at 5pm

Friday: Keifer Sutherland @ Music Box at Music Box at 9pm
AND: Suicide Machines @ Soda Bar at 9pm – SOLD OUT
AND: Coriander @ Tin Roof at 9:30pm

Saturday: Adams Ave Unplugged feat: Creature & The Woods, Daniel Crawford & The Unkind Ravens, Gregory Page, Nina Francis, Sara Petite Band, Robin Henkel, Stephen El Rey and more @ Various Adams Ave Locations at 2pm
AND: Sum 41 @ House of Blues at 7pm
AND: The Verigolds @ Music Box at 8pm
AND: The Sherlocks @ Casbah at 9pm
AND: Lady Dottie & The Diamonds @ Park & Rec at 10pm
AND: Coriander @ Tin Roof at 10pm

Sunday: Thursday @ Soda Bar at 6:45/9:45 – SOLD OUT
AND: Creature & The Woods @ Pour House at 8pm

 

Keep in Mind:

May 1st- Mainland @ Soda Bar
May 2nd- Arctic Monkeys @ Observatory North Park
May 3rd- Arctic Monkeys @ Observatory North Park
May 4th- The Fratellis @ Observatory North Park
May 4th- Tyson Motsenbocker @ House of Blues
May 5th- Bishop Briggs @ Observatory North Park
May 8th- K. Flay @ Observatory North Park
May 12th- Rainbow Kitten Surprise @ Observatory North Park
May 13th- Franz Ferdinand @ Observatory North Park
May 13th- Andrew McMahon @ Humphreys
May 14th- Red Wanting Blue @ House of Blues
May 18th- Emo Nite Brooklyn @ House of Blues
May 19th- MGMT @ San Diego Civic Theatre
May 22nd- The Head and The Heart @ Cal Coast Credit Open Air Theatre
May 25th- Hawthrone Heights @ House of Blues
May 28th- Pink @ Valley View Casino Center
June 6th- The Kooks @ Observatory North Park
June 12th- JD McPherson @ Belly Up
June 13th- The Calling @ Belly Up
June 22nd- Warped Tour (The Last One Ever!) @ SDCCU Parking Lot
June 23rd- Trampled By Turtles @ Humphreys
June 25th- Violent Femmes @ Humphreys
July 17th- Chris Isaak @ Humphreys
July 19th- Paramore, Foster The People @ Mattress Firm Amphitheatre
July 20th- Big Bad Voodoo Daddy @ Humphreys
July 21st- Thirty Seconds to Mars @ Mattress Firm Amphitheatre
August 11th- Weezer/Pixies @ Mattress Firm Amphitheatre
August 16th- Brandi Carlile @ Humphreys
August 31st- Evanescence & Lindsey Stirling @ Mattress Firm Amphitheatre
October 17th- System of a Down @ Valley View Casino Canter

 

It’s been a rather exhausting week for me. It started with jury duty, which meant a few super early (for me) mornings and ended with a few long days at the barn and a lot of cleaning and laundry. It’s probably best that April is a slow month for me because May is going to be jam-packed, between Bottlerock, Pink, The Struts, and a Carney reunion, I’m going to be very tired. But let’s focus on where we are right now…

 

Monday: Jungle @ Observatory North Park at 8pm
AND: Ryley Walker @ Soda Bar at 9pm

Tuesday: Corey Gray at Tin Roof at 8pm
AND: Hey Ocean! @ Soda Bar at 9pm

Wednesday: Dashboard Confessional @ House of Blues at 6:30pm
AND: Alvvays @ Music Box at 9pm

Thursday: alt-J @ Humphreys at 7:30pm – SOLD OUT
AND: HAIM @ Observatory North Park at 8pm – SOLD OUT
AND: Jessie Ware @ Belly Up at 8pm
AND: Evan Diamond Goldberg @ Tin Roof at 9pm
AND: Jake Najor & The Moment of Truth, Johnny Tarr Quartet @ Whistlestop at 9pm

Friday: Brian Karscig, Dead Feather Moon @ Casbah at 9pm
AND: Sundrop Electric, Little Heroine @ The Merrow at 9pm
AND: Birdy Bardot, Creature Canyon @ Soda Bar at 9pm
AND: Coachella Weekend Two @ Empire Polo Fields

Saturday: Unwritten Law @ Observatory North Park at 8pm
AND: The Moondoggies @ Soda Bar at 9pm
AND: Coachella Weekend Two @ Empire Polo Fields

Sunday: Los Lonely Boys @ Belly Up at 8pm – SOLD OUT
AND: Coachella Weekend Two @ Empire Polo Fields

 

Keep in Mind:

May 4th- The Fratellis @ Observatory North Park
May 5th- Bishop Briggs @ Observatory North Park
May 8th- K. Flay @ Observatory North Park
May 12th- Rainbow Kitten Surprise @ Observatory North Park
May 13th- Franz Ferdinand @ Observatory North Park
May 13th- Andrew McMahon @ Humphreys
May 14th- Red Wanting Blue @ House of Blues
May 19th- MGMT @ San Diego Civic Theatre
May 22nd- The Head and The Heart @ Cal Coast Credit Open Air Theatre
May 25th- Hawthrone Heights @ House of Blues
May 28th- Pink @ Valley View Casino Center
June 6th- The Kooks @ Observatory North Park
June 12th- JD McPherson @ Belly Up
June 22nd- Warped Tour (The Last One Ever!) @ SDCCU Parking Lot
June 23rd- Trampled By Turtles @ Humphreys
June 25th- Violent Femmes @ Humphreys
July 17th- Chris Isaak @ Humphreys
July 20th- Big Bad Voodoo Daddy @ Humphreys
July 21st- Thirty Seconds to Mars @ Mattress Firm Amphitheatre
August 11th- Weezer/Pixies @ Mattress Firm Amphitheatre
August 16th- Brandi Carlile @ Humphreys