It’s been a crazy busy week full of fun for me and it looks like it’s not letting off till after Wednesday. A few of my adventures were music related including my first time at NAMM on Saturday. It was so fun to experience and a lot to take in but I got to stare at some pretty drums which made me very happy. I had no idea there was so much out there in the music world. It was quite impressive and somewhat overwhelming, all at the same time.

The fun doesn’t stop this week either with a trip up to LA to catch the first Dear Boy performance of 2014 and back up to Anaheim on Wednesday to see one of my bucket list artists, Pink. As for San Diego…

 

Monday: Hit Dog Hollar @ Casbah at 9pm

Tuesday: The Beautiful View, Midnight Pine @ Casbah at 9pm
AND: The Lonely Wild @ Soda Bar at 10pm

Wednesday: Robert DeLong @ Griffin at 8pm
AND: North Mississippi Allstars @ Belly Up at 8pm

Thursday: Mayer Hawthorne @ House of Blues at 8pm
AND: The Burning of Rome @ Casbah at 9pm
AND: Little Dove @ Bar Pink at 9pm
AND: The Wood Brothers, Amy Helm & The Handsome Strangers @ Belly Up at 8pm
AND: The Blasters, Nena Anderson & The Mules @ Soda Bar at 9:30pm

Friday: Rocket From the Crypt, Styletones @ Casbah at 9pm- SOLD OUT
AND: Frankie Rose @ Soda Bar at 11pm
AND: MXPX, Allister @ The Irenic at 7:30pm
AND: Josh Damigo, Breanda Xu, Tolan Shaw @ Lestats at 8:30pm

Saturday: Ash @ Casbah at 9pm
AND: Lukas Nelson and P.O.T.R., Aloha Radio @ Belly Up at 9pm
AND: Futurebirds @ Griffin at 9pm

Sunday: Yuck @ Casbah at 9pm

 

Keep in Mind:
February 3rd- Switchfoot @ Casbah
February 8th- Citizen Cope @ Balboa Theatre
February 8th- An Evening with Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo
February 9th- Young the Giant @ Soma
February 10th- St. Lucia @  The Casbah
February 11th- Chappo @ Casbah
February 13th- Augustines @ Soda Bar
February 15th- Imagine Dragons, Naked and Famous, Nico Vega @ Valley View Casino Center
February 17th- New Politics @ House of Blues
February 21st- Sunset Sessions @ Belly Up
February 22nd- Sunset Sessions @ Belly Up
February 25th- Kodaline, LP @ Casbah
February 27th- Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. @ Casbah
March 4th- The Wild Feathers, Jamestown Revival @ Belly Up
March 5th- Gary Numan, Big Black Delta @ Belly Up
March 6th- The Tragic Thrills @ Casbah
March 11th-16- SXSW
March 15th- We Are The In Crowd, William Beckett @ Soma
March 19th- St. Vincent @ House of Blues
March 22nd- Kings of Leon, Local Natives @ Sleep Train Amiptheatre
March 27th- The Kin @ Soda Bar
April 14th- Cage the Elephant @ Belly Up
April 17th- Bombay Bicycle Club @ Belly Up
April 26th- Shakey Graves @ Soda Bar
May 9th- Cherry Poppin’ Daddies @ Syucan Casino
May 15th- Journey and Steve Miller Band @ Sleep Train Amphitheatre
June 2nd- One Republic, The Script @ Sleep Train Ampitheatre
June 2nd- Lady Gaga @ Viejas Arena
June 22nd- The Milk Carton Kids @ Belly Up

Last week was kind of a blur of awesome for me. I went up to LA and met up with some other Maniacs to hear the new single “Sleeping With A Friend” from Neon Trees courtesy of Tyler Glen himself. There was some stickering, postering, signing, chatting, and hugging. It was pretty awesome. Another awesome thing was getting out to Soda Bar and watching Strange Vine and Brothers Weiss play while enjoying the company of friends.

Speaking of company of friends, I fully expect to see the usual suspects this Sunday for the first night of The Silent Comedy’s two night stint at the Casbah. There’s some other great shows this week such as Janelle Monae at the House of Blues, The Lonely Wild with Low Volts and The Palace Ballroom at Soda Bar, and a whole mess of fun on Thursday night with Vonda Shepard and more. It’s a good week for shows.

Monday: Janelle Monae @ House of Blues at 8pm
AND: Cody Canada and The Departed @ Griffin at 9pm
AND: Pinback @ Casbah at 11pm- SOLD OUT

Tuesday: The Lonely Wild, Low Volts, The Palace Ballroom @ Soda Bar at 8:30pm
AND: Pinback @ Casbah at 10pm

Wednesday: Switchfoot @ Casbah at 9pm- SOLD OUT
AND: Martha Davis and the Motels, Allison Iraheta, Halo Circus @ Belly Up at 8pm

Thursday: Vonda Shepard @ Belly Up at 8pm
AND: Miner, Fighting with Irons @ Griffin at 9pm
AND: Falling in Reverse, Escape the Fate @ Soma at 7pm
AND: Grand Tarantula @ Hard Rock Hotel at 9pm

Friday: Wild Ones @ Whistlestop at 9pm
AND: Johnette Napolitano @ Griffin at 9pm

Saturday: Maria Taylor @ Soda Bar at 10pm
AND: Wayward Sons @ Belly Up at 9pm

Sunday: The Silent Comedy, The Heavy Guilt, Deadly Birds @ The Casbah at 9pm
AND: Austin Jenckes, Cody Beebe and The Crooks, Jesse LaMonaca @ Soda Bar at 8:30pm
AND: Volcano Choir @ House of Blues at 8pm
AND: Charley Hoffman Foundation presents Kelley James and special acoustic performance by Ed Roland from Collective Soul @ Belly Up at 6pm

 

Keep in Mind:
January 20th- The Silent Comedy @ The Casbah
January 21st- 3 Doors Down (Acoustic) @ House of Blues
January 23rd- White Buffalo @ Belly Up
January 24th- Ozomatli @ Belly Up
January 25th- Ozomatli @ Belly Up
January 27th- Hit Dog Hollar @ Casbah
January 30th- Mayer Hawthorne @ House of Blues
January 30th- The Burning of Rome @ Casbah
February 2nd- Yuck @ Casbah
February 8th- Citizen Cope @ Balboa Theatre
February 8th- An Evening with Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo
February 9th- Young the Giant @ Soma
February 10th- St. Lucia @  The Casbah
February 11th- Chappo @ Casbah
February 13th- Augustines @ Soda Bar
February 15th- Imagine Dragons, Naked and Famous @ Valley View Casino Center
February 17th- New Politics @ House of Blues
February 21st- Sunset Sessions @ Belly Up
February 22nd- Sunset Sessions @ Belly Up
February 25th- Kodaline, LP @ Casbah
February 27th- Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. @ Casbah
March 4th- The Wild Feathers, Jamestown Revival @ Belly Up
March 5th- Gary Numan, Big Black Delta @ Belly Up
March 6th- The Tragic Thrills @ Casbah
March 11th-16- SXSW
March 15th- We Are The In Crowd, William Beckett @ Soma
March 19th- St. Vincent @ House of Blues
May 9th- Cherry Poppin’ Daddies @ Syucan Casino
May 15th- Journey and Steve Miller Band @ Sleep Train Amphitheatre
June 2nd- One Republic, The Script @ Sleep Train Ampitheatre
June 2nd- Lady Gaga @ Viejas Arena
June 22nd- The Milk Carton Kids @ Belly Up

Happy New Year! I’ve been listening to the weather reports and seen some pictures from back east and it really makes me appreciate the weather over here. It’s currently 62 degrees, sunny, and without a cloud in the sky. It’s a tough life over here. It’s also another slow week for music here but if you’re itching for a show, Tuesday is your best bet with 5 shows that night!
Monday: Ed Ghost Tucker @ Casbah at 10pm

Tuesday: Flaggs, Mrs. Henry @ Griffin at 8:45pm
AND: James Durbin @ Belly Up at 8pm
AND: The Lonely Wild, Heavy Guilt @ Soda Bar at 9:30pm
AND: Three Mile Pilot, Little White Teeth @ Casbah at 9pm
AND: Mattson 2 @ El Dorado at 9pm

Wednesday: Ummmmm

Thursday: Sea Wolf @ Luce Loft at 7:30pm-SOLD OUT
AND: Mason James @ Lestats at 9pm

Friday: Jonny Lang @ Belly Up at 9pm-SOLD OUT
AND: Brothers Weiss @ Soda Bar at 9:30pm
AND: Scott Allen Knost @ Lestats at 9pm

Saturday: Lee Coulter @ Lestats at 9pm

Sunday: David Lindley @ Belly Up at 8pm
AND: Tennis @ Soda Bar at 10pm

 

Keep in Mind:
January 13th- Janelle Monae @ House of Blues
January 15th- Switchfoot @ Casbah
January 16th- Vonda Shepard @ Belly Up
January 16th- Falling in Reverse, Escape the Fate @ Soma
January 16th- Miner, Fighting with Irons @ Griffin at 9pm
January 19th- The Silent Comedy @ The Casbah
January 20th- The Silent Comedy @ The Casbah
January 21st- 3 Doors Down (Acoustic) @ House of Blues
January 23rd- White Buffalo @ Belly Up
January 24th- Ozomatli @ Belly Up
January 25th- Ozomatli @ Belly Up
January 30th- Mayer Hawthorne @ House of Blues
February 2nd- Yuck @ Casbah
February 8th- Citizen Cope @ Balboa Theatre
February 8th- An Evening with Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo
February 9th- Young the Giant @ Soma
February 10th- St. Lucia @  The Casbah
February 13th- Augustines @ Soda Bar
February 15th- Imagine Dragons, Naked and Famous @ Valley View Casino Center
February 17th- New Politics @ House of Blues
February 21st- Sunset Sessions @ Belly Up
February 22nd- Sunset Sessions @ Belly Up
February 25th- Kodaline, LP @ Casbah
February 27th- Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. @ Casbah
March 4th- The Wild Feathers, Jamestown Revival @ Belly Up
March 5th- Gary Numan, Big Black Delta @ Belly Up
March 11th-16- SXSW
March 15th- We Are The In Crowd, William Beckett @ Soma
March 19th- St. Vincent @ House of Blues
May 9th- Cherry Poppin’ Daddies @ Syucan Casino
May 15th- Journey and Steve Miller Band @ Sleep Train Amphitheatre
June 2nd- One Republic, The Script @ Sleep Train Ampitheatre
June 2nd- Lady Gaga @ Viejas Arena
June 22nd- The Milk Carton Kids @ Belly Up

Another calendar post, another week goes by. Only this time, we head into a brand spanking new year filled with new hope, new promises, new music, new bands, and all kinds of newness. If you want to hang on to some of 2013 or see some of Kristen’s musical highlights you should journey here. Although 2013 was a much better year for me personally than 2012, I’m ready to see what 2014 has in store for me. Also, I can’t wait to see what awesome shows await my presence. That sounds kind of pretentious. Scratch that.

The point is, have a safe a Happy New Years and let’s kick some ass in 2014!

 

Monday: Donovan Frankenreiter, Mattson 2 @ Belly Up at 8pm
AND: Shake Before Us, The Little Richards @ Casbah at 9pm
AND: Sundrop Electric @ Griffin at 8:45pm (Free Show)
AND: Plane Without a Pilot @ Soda Bar at 11pm

Tuesday: Transfer, Blackout Party, Dead Feather Moon, Low Volts @ Lafayette Hotel at 9pm- SOLD OUT
AND: Scarlet Symphony, Hills Like Elephants @ Soda Bar at 9:30pm
AND: Dirty Birds @ Gallagher’s Pub at 9pm
AND: Terraplane Sun, Jackson Price, The Paragraphs @ Casbah at 9pm

Wednesday: Recovery Mode: Activate!

Thursday: Matthew Sweet @ Belly Up at 8pm

Friday: Blacktop Royalty, Young Romans, Steff and The Articles @ Griffin at 9pm

Saturday: Neveready @ Griffin at 9pm
AND: Griever @ Tin Can Alehouse at 9:30pm

Sunday: Ummmmm.

 

Keep in Mind:
January 7th- James Durbin @ Belly Up
January 7th- The Lonely Wild @ Soda Bar
January 7th- Flaggs, Mrs. Henry @ Griffin
January 9th- Sea Wolf @ Luce Loft
JAnuary 13th- Janelle Monae @ House of Blues
January 15th- Switchfoot @ Casbah
January 16th- Vonda Shepard @ Belly Up
January 16th- Falling in Reerse, Escape the Fate @ Soma
January 19th- The Silent Comedy @ The Casbah
January 20th- The Silent Comedy @ The Casbah
January 21st- 3 Doors Down (Acoustic) @ House of Blues
January 23rd- White Buffalo @ Belly Up
January 24th- Ozomatli @ Belly Up
January 25th- Ozomatli @ Belly Up
January 30th- Mayer Hawthorne @ House of Blues
February 2nd- Yuck @ Casbah
February 8th- Citizen Cope @ Balboa Theatre
February 8th- An Evening with Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo
February 9th- Young the Giant @ Soma
February 10th- St. Lucia @  The Casbah
February 13th- Augustines @ Soda Bar
February 15th- Imagine Dragons, Naked and Famous @ Valley View Casino Center
February 17th- New Politics @ House of Blues
February 21st- Sunset Sessions @ Belly Up
February 22nd- Sunset Sessions @ Belly Up
February 25th- Kodaline, LP @ Casbah
February 27th- Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. @ Casbah
March 4th- The Wild Feathers, Jamestown Revival @ Belly Up
March 5th- Gary Numan, Big Black Delta @ Belly Up
March 11th-16- SXSW
March 15th- We Are The In Crowd, William Beckett @ Soma
March 19th- St. Vincent
May 9th- Cherry Poppin’ Daddies @ Syucan Casino
May 15th- Journey and Steve Miller Band @ Sleep Train Amphitheatre
June 2nd- One Republic, The Script @ Sleep Train Ampitheatre
June 2nd- Lady Gaga @ Viejas Arena
June 22nd- The Milk Carton Kids @ Belly Up

Since it’s the Christmas holiday this week, shows are on the light side. However, if you are itching to get out and get away from family, Saturday night is the night to get out of the house. I guess it’s good that it’s a light show week. I still have shopping and wrapping to do. Ahhhhh!

 

Monday: Deck B @ Soda Bar at 11pm

Tuesday: Happy Christmas Eve!

Wednesday: Happy Christmas!

Thursday: Saint Diego @ Casbah at 10pm

Friday: Mrs. Magician (Final Show) @ Soda Bar at 11pm
AND: Gregory Page Show @ Lestats at 8:30pm

Saturday: Get Back Loretta, The Heavy Guilt, The Palace Ballroom @ Casbah
AND: Sad Robot @ Bar Pink at 9pm
AND: Cuckoo Chaos (Final Show), Snuffaluffagus @ Soda Bar at 10pm
AND: Donovan Frankenreiter @ Belly Up at 9pm
AND: Josh Damigo @ Lestats at 9pm

Sunday: Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven @ Belly Up at 8pm
AND: The Rebound @ Lestats at 8:30pm

 

Keep in Mind:
December 30th- Donovan Frankenreiter @ Belly Up
December 31st- Scarlet Symphony @ Soda Bar
December 31st- Terraplane Sun @ Casbah
January 9th- Sea Wolf @ Luce Loft
January 16th- Vonda Shepard @ Belly Up
January 19th- The Silent Comedy @ The Casbah
January 20th- The Silent Comedy @ The Casbah
January 23rd- White Buffalo @ Belly Up
February 9th- Young the Giant @ Soma
February 10th- St. Lucia @  The Casbah
February 13th- Augustines @ Soda Bar
February 15th- Imagine Dragons, Naked and Famous @ Valley View Casino Center
February 17th- New Politics @ House of Blues
February 21st- Sunset Sessions @ Belly Up
February 22nd- Sunset Sessions @ Belly Up
February 25th- Kodaline, LP @ Casbah

You know, I always try to write this blurb the night before and I inevitably end up deleting it and starting over. Don’t ask me why but one day I will learn to just write it the same morning I post it.

I had a great week last week seeing as how it was my last day of classes and I’m finally free to actually make it out to a show and not be dead tired. This week we have the likes of Tristan Prettyman at the Belly Up, Deadly Birds at the Griffin, Venice at the Belly Up, and a few other little gems this week. Let’s go dance!

 

Monday: Tristan Prettyman @ Belly Up at 8pm
AND: Northamericans @ Griffin at 8:45pm
AND: Trips @ Soda Bar at 10:30pm

Tuesday: The Fixtures, Nicky Venus @  Griffin at 8:45pm

Wednesday: Poliça @ Belly Up at 9pm
AND: Ashley Raines and the New West Revue, Eric Himan @ Lestats at 8:30pm

Thursday: Venice @ Belly Up at 8pm
AND: The Foundation of Jerry Olea and the 805 Drifters @ Griffin at 9pm
AND: Paul Freeman, Tim Moyer @ Lestats at 9pm
AND: The Beautiful View @ Bar Pink at 9pm
AND: MNDR, Little Hurricane @ 207 Hard Rock at 10pm

Friday: Little Galaxies @ Lestats at 9pm

Saturday: Deadly Birds, Leanna May and the Matadors @ Griffin at 9pm
AND: Samantha Aiken @ Lestats at 8:30pm

Sunday: The Tilt @ Belly Up at 8pm
AND: Mason James @ Lestats at 8pm
AND: Cobra Skulls @ Soda Bar at 11:30pm

 

Keep in Mind:
December 28th- Donovan Frankenreiter @ Belly Up
December 28th- Get Back Loretta, The Heavy Guilt, The Palace Ballroom @ Casbah
December 29th- Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven @ Belly Up
December 30th- Donovan Frankenreiter @ Belly Up
December 31st- Scarlet Symphony @ Soda Bar
December 31st- Terraplane Sun @ Casbah
January 9th- Sea Wolf @ Luce Loft
January 16th- Vonda Shepard @ Belly Up
January 19th- The Silent Comedy @ The Casbah
January 20th- The Silent Comedy @ The Casbah
January 23rd- White Buffalo @ Belly Up
February 9th- Young the Giant @ Soma
February 10th- St. Lucia @  The Casbah
February 13th- Augustines @ Soda Bar
February 15th- Imagine Dragons, Naked and Famous @ Valley View Casino Center
February 17th- New Politics @ House of Blues
February 21st- Sunset Sessions @ Belly Up
February 22nd- Sunset Sessions @ Belly Up
February 25th- Kodaline, LP @ Casbah

Yesterday was my last day of dancing at the MiraCosta College dance show. It was a really fun experience but I’m glad it’s over so I can get back to my main squeeze, live music shows! I was really bummed to miss out on some choice shows last week but this week is looking mighty busy as well. This week we have Transfer at the Belly Up, The Mowgli’s at the Griffin, Ivan & Alyosha at the Soda Bar, Kopecky Family Band at the House of Blues, and Third Eye Blind also at the House of Blues just to name a few. There’s a whole slew of stuff to see this week!

 

Monday: Sundrop Electric, Love and the Skull @ Casbah at 9pm
AND: Tommy and the Hi Pilots @ Griffin at 8:30pm
AND: Dinosaur Bones @ Soda Bar at 9pm

Tuesday: Third Eye Blind @ House of Blues at 8pm
AND: Ed Kowalczyk (formerly of Live) @ Belly Up at 8pm
AND: Shy Girls @ Soda Bar at 9pm

Wednesday: Lissie, Kopecky Family Band @ House of Blues at 7:30pm
AND: The Royal Concept, American Authors, Misterwives @ House of Blues at 8pm
AND: Rainbow Jackson, Deadly Birds, The Heavy Guilt @ Soda Bar at 8:30pm

Thursday: The Mowgli’s, Blondfire @ Griffin at 9pm
AND: Elizabeth Kill, The Filthy Violets @ Tin Can Alehouse at 9:30pm

Friday: Transfer @ Belly Up at 9pm
AND: Ivan & Alyosha, Leanna May and the Matadors, Ed Ghost Tucker @ Soda Bar at 9:30pm
AND: Katie Leigh and the Infantry, Trouble in the Wind @ Lestats at 8:30pm

Saturday: The Burning of Rome @ Soda Bar at 9:30pm

Sunday: Best of Friends @ House of Blues Sidestage at 7pm
AND: K. Flay @ House of Blues at 8pm
AND: California Honeydrops @ Griffin at 9pm
AND: Old Man Markley, Shake Before Us @ Belly Up at 9pm

 

Keep in Mind:
December 16th- Tristan Prettyman @ Belly Up
December 21st- Deadly Birds @ Griffin
December 28th- Donovan Frankenreiter @ Belly Up
December 28th- Get Back Loretta, The Heavy Guilt, The Palace Ballroom
December 29th- Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven @ Belly Up
December 30th- Donovan Frankenreiter @ Belly Up
December 31st- Scarlet Symphony @ Soda Bar
January 9th- Sea Wolf @ Luce Loft
January 16th- Vonda Shepard @ Belly Up
January 19th- The Silent Comedy @ The Casbah
January 20th- The Silent Comedy @ The Casbah
January 23rd- White Buffalo @ Belly Up
February 9th- Young the Giant @ Soma
February 10th- St. Lucia @  The Casbah
February 15th- Imagine Dragons, Naked and Famous @ Valley View Casino Center
February 17th- New Politics @ House of Blues
February 21st- Sunset Sessions @ Belly Up
February 22nd- Sunset Sessions @ Belly Up
February 25th- Kodaline, LP @ Casbah