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Amanda’s SD Concert Calendar 4/23-4/29

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I hope everyone who journeyed to Coachella this past weekend had an enjoyable time. I myself stayed home but got to see The Hives on Tuesday night. A show I won’t forget anytime soon. Now that Coachella is said and done, you can expect a slower week music wise excluding Saturday. Never fear, I’m sure it will pick up again soon.
Monday: Recover from Coachella (Or whatever you did this weekend)

Tuesday: Mattson 2 @ Casbah @930 $7
AND: The Paragraphs @ Griffin @9
AND: Best Coast and The Kabbs @ Hard Rock Hotel @10

Wednesday: Girl In A Coma @ Casbah @930 $12/$14
SND: Please Please Me @ Lestats @8

Thursday: Joe Pug @ Casbah @9 $10/$12
AND: Maren Parusel and Hills Like Elephants @ Bar Pink @9
AND: SoundDiego Live feat. Republic of Letters and The Heavy Guilt @ Hard Rock Hotel @8 RSVP Here

Friday: Low Volts @ Riviera Supper Club @10
AND: Skyline Union @ Griffin @9 $12/$15
AND: Incubus @ Harrah’s Rincon Casino @9

Saturday: Little Hurricane, River City, and Maxim Ludwig and The Santa Fe Seven @ Casbah @9 Sold Out
AND: The White Buffalo and Dead Feather Moon @ Belly Up @830 $12/$14
AND: Joel Eckles @ Lestats @8
AND: Ingrid Michaelson @ House Of Blues @730 $20-$42.50
AND: Bright Light Social Hour and Maren Parusel @ Soda Bar @9 $8/$10
AND: Jamuel Saxon @ Griffin @9 $5
AND: Griffin House @ Anthology @930 $10/$17

Sunday: Rest Up!
Keep in Mind:
May 2nd- Say Anything @ House of Blues
May 2nd- Sara Watkins @ Anthology
May 3rd- Middle Class Rut with Grand Tarantula @ House of Blues
May 4th- Thrice @ House of Blues
May 4th- Deer Tick @ Casbah
May 5th- Portugal. The Man @ 4th and B
May 5th- Transfer, The Howls, Balck Hondo @ Casbah
May 8th- Jay Nash @ Anthology/
May 11th- Augustana @ House of Blues @730
May 12th- Delta Spirit @ Belly Up
May 13th- Delta Spirit @ Belly Up
May 13th-Rufus Wainwright @ Humphrey’s
May 15th- The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus @ Soma @630
May 18th- Clap Your Hands Say Yeah @ Casbah
May 19th- Milo Greene @ Casbah
May 22nd- Hugh Laurie @ Belly Up
May 24th- Toad and the Wet Sprocket @ Anthology
May 25th- The Cult with Against Me! @ Humphreys
May 25th- The Beach Boys with Foster the People @ Cricket Wireless
May 30th- Horse Feathers @ Casbah @9 $12/$14
May 30th- Gillian Welch @ Humphrey’s
June 3rd- Mogwai @ Belly Up
June 3rd- X-Fest feat. Jane’s Addiction, Garbage, Angels and Airwaves, P.O.D., Neon Trees, Grouplove, Eve 6, Of Monsters and Men
June 9th- Wayward Sons @ Belly Up
June 11th- Pinback @ Casbah
June 13th- The Temper Trap wtih The Crocodiles @ House of Blues
June 14th- Motion City Soundtrack and The Henry Clay People @ Casbah
June 27th- Warped Tour @ Cricket Wireless
July 29th- Tenacious D @ SDSU Open Air Theater

 

Musical Tastes (On a Date)

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Every once in awhile, I go cruising through the interwebs all day and happen upon something rather golden. This time, I was going perusing through a particular site I like to visit on occasion called The Frisky (I have my girly moments, alright?) and came across this article about musical tastes on a date. Well, it wasn’t so much an article as a list from another site called How About We… and includes bands like Nirvana, The Ramones, The Pixies, Led Zeppelin, The White Stripes, Best Coast, Tool, Oasis, Prince, The Strokes and the like.

I’ve pulled some rather choice excerpts but you can view the full list here and part 2 here

 

David Bowie: You’re selective, but slutty.

The Arcade Fire: You spend the first third of relationship in a romantic frenzy and the last two trying to justify it.

AC/DC: If you’re a woman, you’re the kind of person who lets a guy move in with you after three dates because he’s temporarily homeless. If you’re a guy, you’re temporarily homeless.

LCD Soundsystem: You’re not the type to let your strong sense of irony ruin your good time.

Belle and Sebastian: If you hook up, it’s gonna get weird.

R.E.M.: You’ve got a big heart.

The Mountain Goats: You’re very serious about your feelings.

Van Morrison: You’re a romantic. Possibly with a slight drinking problem.

Nirvana: You’re angry and hurt.

Radiohead: You’re angry and hurt. But you’re open to getting some professional help.

Bob Dylan: You’re an asshole, but you don’t know it.

The Clash: You’re willing to work for it, but you’re kind of pissed that you have to.

The Cure: You fall in love WAY too easily.

Best Coast: You fall in love way too easily, but only for, like, a week.

Guns N Roses: You’re going to have to sex in the bathroom and regret it.

Joan Jett: You’re going to have sex in the bathroom and not regret it.

Leonard Cohen: You’re the kind of person that people get obsessed with for years. Too bad you’re too depressed to appreciate it.

Depeche Mode: You’re screwed up, but you know it, which actually does help.

Gogol Bordello: You sweat a lot and you have a nice smile.

Coldplay: Missionary position only. But lots of kissing and eye contact.

Paul Simon: You’re sincerely insightful about your relationship issues, but in the end you decide that it’s not your fault.

Green Day: You get upset over nothing all the time, but bounce back quickly.

Prince: You’re a little weird, but you make up for it by being a total sex machine.

U2: You’re very loving, but prone to fits of irritating self-righteousness.

Lady Gaga: You’re sort of obnoxious, but people can’t help but like you.

I can’t really pick just one from the lists. I have some R.E.M. with some Van Morrison and Depeche Mode thrown in. What about you?

Kristen’s LA Concert Calendar: 2/21-2/27

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Just got back from a crazy evening of awesomeness and feeling grateful for so many things: My friends for kicking me out the door and keeping me company all night, The Viper Room simply for being there, Duke’s for having some fairly amazing cuisine, my new friends for sharing some fun stories and being crazy cool, and most importantly, Dead Sara, my new band love that blew my MIND. At this very moment I am grateful for simply existing. See…this is how I get when I’m on a music high. I need to go to bed!

But first, this week’s choice music selections:

Monday: Joe Firstman at The Hotel Cafe (9:30)
ALSO: Tony Lucca at Saint Rocke (9pm)
ALSO: Automatique at The Viper Room (10:15)
ALSO: Everest at The Echo (10pm)
ALSO: Songwriters in the Round at Room 5 (9pm)

Tuesday: Dead Sara and Sick of Sarah at The Roxy (8pm)
ALSO: Satellite and Jonathan Clark at Molly Malone’s (8pm)
ALSO: Shawn Hlookoff at The Central in Santa Monica (9pm)
ALSO: Tom Petty Tribute night at Room 5 featuring Chris Pierce, Joel Eckels, John Elliot, Justine Bennett, Shane Alexander, Brother Sal, etc. (8pm)
ALSO: Joseph Arthur at Bootleg (9:45)

Weds: Semi Precious Weapons at On The Rox (10pm)
ALSO: Anna Nalick at The Hotel Cafe (10pm)
ALSO: Armada at The Viper Room (8:50)
ALSO: Watkins Family Hour at Largo (8:30)
ALSO: Linkin Park at The Staples Center (7pm)
ALSO: Satellite at The Central (9pm)

Thursday: Purple Melon at The Roxy (10pm)
ALSO: Holly Conlan at The Hotel Cafe (9pm)
ALSO: Best Coast at The Music Box (8pm)

Friday:  The 88 and Keaton Simons at The Hotel Cafe (9:30,10:30)
ALSO: Warner Drive at The Roxy (10pm)
ALSO: Lovers Drugs at The Good Hurt (midnight)

Saturday: We Barbarians, Kitten, and Young the Giant at The Roxy (8pm)
ALSO: Alexi Murdoch at The Bootleg Theater (10pm)
ALSO: The Shakers at The Viper Room (11pm)
ALSO: David & Devine at The Hotel Cafe (9pm)
ALSO: Stone Temple Pilots at Fox Theater (7pm)
ALSO: Local Natives at Walt Disney Music Hall (8pm)
ALSO: Josh Ritter and Scott Hutchinson (Frightened Rabbit) at The Music Box (8pm)

Sunday: Jordan Cook at The Viper Room (10pm)
ALSO: The Shakers at O’Briens (9pm)

To Keep in Mind:
March 1st: Biffy Clyro at The Troubadour
March 1st: Queen Caveat and The Silent Comedy at Saint Rocke
March 3rd: Civil Twilight at The Troubadour
March 4th: After Midnight Project at The Roxy
March 7th: The Silent Comedy at The Echo
March 8th: Vertical Horizon at The Roxy
March 8th: Queen Caveat at The Mint
March 9th: Jay Nash at Saint Rocke
March 17th: Alkaline Trio and Dead Country at The Mayan
March 21st: Joe Firstman at The Hotel Cafe
March 22nd: War on Drugs at The Troubadour
March 26th: Lady Danville at The Troubadour
May 27th: The Script at Club Nokia
September 22-24: Hotel Carolina

~ Kristen

Amanda’s SD Show Calendar 1/17-1/23

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I just awoke from a rather awesome nap. I still feel like my body has zero energy but I feel somewhat refreshed. I’ve realized that this time next week, Kristen and I will be back east. Technically in New York on this day but we are starting in Philly. It’s rather hard to think about packing for snow with sweaters and boots when it was around 85 degrees today. I’m sure I’ll manage.

Be sure to go out this weekend for me since I’ll be in Philly come Friday 🙂

Monday: Taylor Locke and The Roughs @ The Soda Bar @9 $7

Tuesday: The Album Leaf and Little White Teeth @ The Casbah @9 $17 adv/$20 day of
AND: The Paragraphs @ The Soda Bar @9 $3

Wednesday: White Apple Tree @ The Casbah @9 $7
AND: Buckcherry @ 4th & B
AND: Old 97’s and Langhorn Slim @ The Belly Up @8 $23 adv/$25 day of

Thursday: Nervous Wreckords @ Bar Eleven @9 $8
AND: Jamuel Saxon and Lesands @ The Casbah @9 $8
AND: Tori Roze and The Hot Mess @ Tin Can Alehouse @930 $5

Friday: Transfer and New Mexico @ The Casbah $14 adv/$15 day of @830
AND: Of Sons and Ghosts @ The Soda Bar @9 $5
AND: Wavves and Best Coast @ Soma
AND: One I Red @ The Ruby Room @9
AND: Ozomatli @ The Belly Up @9 $30

Saturday: Dashboard Confessional @ House of Blues $22.50
AND: Ozomatli @ The Belly Up @9 $30

Sunday: Guster @ House of Blues SD @7$22.50 adv/$25 day of

*Due to Lestats website being down, I was unable to find any shows on the site. You can try again here later. Hopefully it will be back up soon.

Keep in Mind:

January 24th- Dynamite Walls @ The Casbah @9 $8 adv/$10 day of
January 28th- Wendy Bailey and the True Stories @ Bar Eleven
January 29th- Crocodiles @ The Casbah @10 $10
January 29th- Endoxi @ Queen Bee’s
January 29th- Underoath, Thursday, A Skylit Drive, Animals as Leaders @ Soma @7 $20
January 30th- Endoxi @ Hennesseys
February 2nd- Interpol @ RIMAC Arena @8 $31.50
February 6th- The Silent Comedy and Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses @ 730 $20
February 12th- The Pretty Reckless @ Soma @7 $12
February 13th- The Decemberists @730 $30 adv/$32.50 day of
February 20th- Linkin Park @ Viejas Arena