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Amanda’s SD Concert Calendar 2/20-2/26

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Um, what happened to February? I know we just had our V-day playlists out but the month is nearly over! At least we’ve got some great shows coming up this week including Get Back Loretta at The Casbah, Scars on 45 at Anthology, and The Nervous Wreckords at Anthology! So much more! Read below…

Monday: Get Back Loretta and Wendy Bailey and True Stories @ Casbah @9 $5
AND: Sunset Sessions New Music Adventure: The Empty Pockets, Clark Graham, Dawn Mitschele, The Brothers of Brazil, The Makepeace Brothers @ Belly Up @8 $12

Tuesday: Family Wagon @ Soda Bar @9 $5

Wednesday: Anya Marina @ Casbah @930

Thursday: Ra Ra Riot @ Belly Up @8 $18
AND: Scars on 45 @ Anthology @730
AND: Old Tiger @ Riviera Supper Club @9
AND: Hyena and Jamuel Saxon @ Casbah @9 $8/$10
AND: Hot Chelle Rae w/Electric Touch @ House of Blues @7 $15/$17

Friday: The Soft Pack @ Casbah @9
AND: A Scribe Amidst The Lions @ Ruby Room @9 $10
AND: Low Volts @ Mountain High Resort
AND: Lyon Crowns @ Griffin @930 $5

Saturday: The Nervous Wreckords, Midnight Rivals, and Grand Tarantula @ Anthology @930 $12
AND: Blackout Party @ Riviera Supper Club @10
AND: Mat Kearney @ House of Blues @730 $20-$40
AND: Jake Newton @ Lestats @8
AND: Cash’d Out @ Belly Up @9 $16/$18

Sunday: Cursive @ Casbah @9
AND: America @ Belly Up @8 $69/$74
AND: The Flowerthief @ Ruby Room @8 $5

Keep in Mind:
February 27th- Foxy Shazaam @ 710 Beach Club
February 28th- He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister @ Casbah @9 $8/$10
February 29th- The Kooks @ House of Blues
March 2nd- The Burning of Rome @ Ruby Room
March 3rd- Jackie Greene @ Belly Up @9
March 3rd- Alkaline Trio @ House of Blues
March 6th- Ivan and Alyosha @ Soda Bar
March 6th- Flogging Molly @ House of Blues
March 8th- William Fitzsimmons @ Anthology @7
March 8th- The Silent Comedy and Dead Feather Moon @ Belly Up
March 8th- Maren Parusel, Italian Japanese, and Low Volts @ Casbah
March 9th- The Stone Foxes @ Casbah @9
March 10th- The Heavy Guilt and The Beautiful View @ Casbah
March 11th- Crocodiles @ Casbah @9 $12
March 11th- Fierce Creatures @ Tin Can Alehouse
March 13th-18th- SXSW!
March 18th- Puscifer @ California Center for the Arts Escondido
March 20th- Ani DeFranco @ House of Blues
March 21st- Cults @ Belly Up @9
March 22nd- Cartel @ Soma
March 23rd- The Ting Tings @ House of Blues
March 30th- Into It Over It @ Soma
March 31st- Henry Rollins @ SD Women’s Club $27.50
April 4th0- Hunter Hayes @ House of Blues
April 7th- Transfer and The Blackout Party @ Belly Up
April 13th- Coachella Weekend 1
April 15th- Rise Against @ Viejas Arena
April 16th- Elvis Costello @ Humphreys
April 20th- Coachella Weekend 2
May 2nd- Say Anything @ House of Blues
June 3rd- Mogwai @ Belly Up

Valentine’s Day Playlist: Cycles of Love: Tragic Love

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Something’s wrong. You’re love didn’t stand the test of time like you thought it would. Now you’re spending your time with someone you don’t love. Well, I suppose you could still love them but they no longer love you. Either way, the love well has run dry and that’s nothing short of a tragedy. I should also note, there are far too many sad love songs which is why Marissa and I picked our own playlists. There’s just so much heartbreak out there.

Tragic Love

Amanda’s Picks
Local Music: Grown So Cold- Get Back Loretta

Nothing quite like a love that’s fizzled out which is exactly what this song is about. There is a haunting hope about escaping this cold love but lost love is still a tragedy.

Top 40: You Oughta Know- Alanis Morissette

Nothing quite like a woman scorned. I can tell you even if the breakup wasn’t bad, being replaced by someone else hurts. Sometimes we just like to think you’re thinking of us when you’re with the new one. Makes us feel better about us.

Alternative Radio: Pictures of You- The Cure

I suppose this song could have a creepy connotation associated with it, but all I hear is a song about a sad guy looking at pictures of his lost love. To think that he sees this pictures and believes her to be there is even more saddenning.

Soundtrack: Iris- City of Angels

I think this is widely accepted as one of the saddest love songs ever for a movie. While I haven’t seen the movie, the song itself is just haunting to me with phrases like, “when everything’s made to be broken, I just want you to know who I am” and “I’d give up forever to touch you.” I need a tissue.



Misc.: Bang Bang- Nancy Sinatra

If you have a special someone who is shooting you down (fake or otherwise) then that’s a relationship you should exit stage left from. Don’t let your baby shoot you down.


Marissa’s Picks

Local Music: Lie To Me – Kevin Martin

Haunting. Chilling.  Beautiful.  Kevin Martin wrote a song about deceit and trust that slices through to that tingling part of your part that will always sting when you’ve been wronged.

Top 40: You Don’t Bring Me Flowers – Barbara Streisand & Neil Diamond

A love gone cold, a love gone forgotten, a truly tragic waste of love.

Alternative Radio: I Could Spit On A Stranger – Pavement

“However you feel, Whatever it takes…” Stephen Malkmus, you fuck my shit up.(eloquent I know).



Soundtrack: “The Winner Takes It All” – Mamma Mia

Meryl Streep’s performance of ABBA’s classic break up song, “The Winner Takes It All” is stirring to say the least.  Revealing and raw even in the context of a fairly cheesy film.  The metaphor of the game that is love comes to a head, leaving the loser with nothing.

Misc : Sleeper – One Man Army

One Man Army tricks you into to thinking this might be a love song, but by the end of the first verse you are left to your own devices and there’s no telling what you’ll get yourself into.

Time to get over that break up hump. We’ve got you covered if you come back tomorrow.

Amanda’s SD Concert Calendar 12/26-1/1

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It’s a fresh new Monday fresh from Christmas. I hope everyone had a lovely time filled with family, friends, and good times. I also hope you got everything you wanted and nothing you didn’t (but if not, there is always Amazon or Craigslist)!

Can you believe New Years is on Saturday? Where did the year go? Well, I’ll be posting some musical highlights from my year later this week. Speaking of New Years, the only place you should be is at the Lafayette Hotel for the Silent Comedy/Transfer show which features The Creepy Creeps, Low Volts and The Heavy Guilt. It’s going to be a crazy good time!!

Since it’s still a holiday week, shows are rather light but we still got some good stuff!

 

Monday: Relax

Tuesday: Cracker @ Belly Up @8 $20/$22
AND: Thieves of the American Dream @ Soda Bar @830 $5
AND: The Filthy Violets @ Casbah @9 $5
AND: Lillian Lefranc & The Proper Villans @ Ruby Room @9 $2

Wednesday: Shrewd Lucy @ Ruby Room @9 $5

Thursday: The Bruises @ Soda Bar @830 $5
AND: Christian Taylor and Scott Mathiasen @ Ruby Room @9  $5

Friday: Get Back Loretta and The Burning of Rome @ Casbah @930 $10
AND: Wendy Bailey CD Release Show @ Bar Pink @ 9
AND: Josh Damigo B-Day Bash @ Lestats @8

Saturday: The Silent Comedy and Transfer w/The Creepy Creeps, The Heavy Guilt, Low Volts, and more! @ Mississippi Room $25-$40
AND: Euphoria: NYE at The Ivy w/ Hyena @8
AND: River City and The Western Set @ Tin Can Alehouse @930 $5

Sunday: Recover

 

Keep in Mind:

January 6th- The Nervous Wreckords, Blackout Party, Grand Tarantula, and The Heavy Guilt @ Casbah $8/$10
January 7th- A Scribe Amidst the Lions and The Flowerthief @ Casbah $8/$10
January 11th- Milk Carton Kids @ Anthology
January 12th- Zane Carney @ Lestats @8 $10
January 13th- Everest and Midnight Rivals @ Casbah $13/$15
January 22nd- Wilco and With Denim @ House of Blues
February 3rd- Mute Math @ 4th & B
February 10th- Young the Giant @ Soma
February 23rd- Ra Ra Riot @ Belly Up @8 $18

Amanda’s SD Show Calendar 5/30-6/5

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Happy Memorial Day! I hope you all are outside enjoying the beautiful sunshine outside! I heard it was a chilly weekend but it’s nice and sunny today! I bet the beaches are packed too!

Buuuuut, we have some fun shows for this week(end)!

 

Monday: Ryan Blue @ Tin Can Alehouse  @9 $4

Tuesday: One I Red @ Tin Can Alehouse @9 $5
AND: Transfer, The Parlotones and The Daylights @ The Troubadour @8 $12 (I know this is LA but it should be fun!)

Wednesday: Cage the Elephant and Manchester Orchestra @ Soma @ 630 $20
AND: Parade of Lights @ Silverlake Lounge @ 9 (Yes it’s LA again but we love them so!)

Thursday: The Parlotones and The Daylights @ Belly Up @9 $12 adv/$14 day of
AND: Ghost Town Deputies @ Eleven @9 $6
AND: Jamie Drake @ Lestats @9

Friday: Fierce Creatures @ Eleven @ 9 $6
AND: Inspired Flight and Illuminauts @ Casbah $12 adv/$14 day of
AND: Tapedeck Mountain @ Soda Bar @9 $5

Saturday: Fiesta Del Sol w/Dead Feather Moon, The Heavy Guilt, Common Sense and More @ 9am-9pm @ Solana Beach
AND: The Howls, Get Back Loretta, and Skyline Union @ Soda Bar
AND: Echo Revolution and The New Assembly @ Eleven @9 $6
AND: Diego Garcia @ Anthology @930 $10-$17
AND: The New Kinetics @ Tin Can Alehouse @9 $5

Sunday: 94/9 Independence Jam w/Cold War Kids, Peter Bjorn and John, Lykki Li, The Soft Pack, The Silent Comedy, Crocodiles, Band of Skulls, Everest, Low Volts, Surfer Blood, and Heavy Hawaii
AND: Fiesta Del Sol w/Bushwalla, Wild Child, Bedouin Soundclash, and more @ 9am-9pm @ Solana Beach  

 

Keep in Mind:

June 8th- Adele @ Humphrey’s
June 9th- Mother Mother @ Soda Bar
June 10th- X @ 4th and B
June 11th- Airborne Toxic Event @ House of Blues
June 11th- Bruno Mars and Janelle Monae @ Del Mar Fair
June 17th- Switchfoot @ Del Mar Fair
June 19th- Panic! at the Disco @ House of Blues
June 19th- Hellogoodbye @ Soma @7 $15 adv
June 22nd- Neon Trees @ Del Mar Fair
July 5th- Eddie Vedder @ Copley Symphony Hall
July 6th- Foster the People @ House of Blues $17.50
July 26th- Cold Cave and Austra @ Casbah $12 adv/$14 day of
July 26th- A Perfect Circle @ SDSU Open Air Theater
July 27th- Indigo Girls @ Humphrey’s
July 29th- Yuck @ Casbah
August 9th- Vans Warped Tour
August 16th- Death Cab for Cutie @ RIMAC Arena
September 4th- Kings of Leon with Band of Horses @ Cricket Wireless
October 15th- Honda Civic Tour w/ Blink 182, My Chemical Romance, and Matt and Kim @ Cricket Wireless

 

Amanda’s (Late) SD Show Calendar 3/29-4/3

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I realize this is coming at you much later than it should be. Although, I suppose I could have just forgotten all together. Point being, I had a very busy weekend and I forgot that I wasn’t going to have time yesterday to put out my calendar like usual. Sunday was my day of rest and it kind of just bit me in the ass. Ha ha. I’m hoping you all just looked at the Keep in Mind section from last week…

Thankfully (maybe only for me) this is a rather light week of music. Although Saturday looks to be rather busy…

 

Tuesday: Fitz and the Tantrums @ Belly Up -SOLD OUT but maybe you can get lucky

Wednesday: Maren Parusel and The Baseball Project @ Casbah $13 adv/$15 day of

Thursday: Uh Huh Her @ Belly Up @9 $16 adv/$18 day of
AND: Trevor Davis CD Release @ Anthology @7 $10-21

Friday: Pretty Too Bad CD Release @ Casbah @ 8 $8
AND: Orgone @ Belly Up @9 $12 adv/$14 day of
AND: Modern Rifles @ Soda Bar @9 $5

Saturday: Black Heart Procession @ Casbah @5 $10 adv/$12 day of
AND: Little Hurricane and Get Back Loretta @ Casbah @ 9
AND: She Wants Revenge @ Belly Up @930 $20 adv/$22 day of
AND: The Donkeys @ Soda Bar @9 $8 adv/$10 day of

Sunday: A Rocket to the Moon, Valencia, and Anarbor @ Soma @630 $13 adv.
AND: Wendy Bailey and Echo Revolution @ Soda Bar @9 $5

 

Keep in Mind:

April 4th- The Sounds and White Apple Tree @ Belly Up
April 8th- Rise Against w/Bad Religion @ RIMAC Arena- UCSD
April 9th- Pete Yorn @ House of Blues
April 14th- Billy Clyro @ Belly Up
April 14th- Brandon Flowers @ House of Blues SD
April 14th- Chris Robinson Brotherhood @ Casbah
April 16th- Ellie Goulding and the Knocks @ Casbah
April 28th- Chris Robinson Brotherhood @ Casbah
May 2nd- TV on the Radio @ 4th & B
May 3rd- James Blunt @ Humphreys
May 6th- Ghostland Observatory @ 4th & B
May 6th- Chris Cornell @ Humphreys
May 6th- Fleet Foxes @ Spreckles Theater
May 11th- Bayside and Silverstein @ Soma @6 $18
May 12th- Chris Robinson Brotherhood @ Casbah
May 13th- Pinback @ Belly Up
May 16th- Black Angels @ Belly Up
June 1st- Cage the Elephant and Manchester Orchestra @ Soma @ 630 $20
June 11th- Airborne Toxic Event @ House of Blues

Amanda’s SD Show Calendar 3/14-3/21

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Hey folks! This post is coming to you from the backseat of Kristen’s car. We are currently in New Mexico and on our way to SXSW. If you aren’t familiar with SXSW, don’t worry because we will be posting video from our experience daily (fingers crossed) and hopefully get to chat with some bands as well!

But I digress. Despite a lot of fantastic local music being in Austin this week, there are still some great bands to see in San Diego this week. Also, you get an extra day of my calendar this week due to SXSW.

 

Monday: Little White Teeth @ Tin Can Alehouse @930 $8
AND: Cave Singers @ Casbah @9 $12

Tuesday: The Black Heart Procession, Maren Parusel, and The Hot Moon @ Soda Bar @9 $10

Wednesday: The Paragraphs @ Bar Pink @10
AND: The Midwinters @ Soda Bar @9 $5
AND: Tapes ‘N Tapes @ Casbah @9 $15
AND: Abbey Road- A Beatles Tribute @ Belly Up @8 $12 adv/$14 day of

Thursday: Tyler Hilton and Josh Damigo @ Lestats @9
AND: 80s vs. 90s with Zoo2 (U2 Tribute Band) @ Belly Up @ 9 $10 adv. $12 day of

Friday: Get Back Loretta @ Soda Bar $7
AND: A Scribe Amidst the Lions and The Howls @ Casbah @9 $8
AND: Jackson Price @ Lestats @9
AND: Stepping Feet- Dave Matthews Tribute @ Belly Up @9 $12 adv/$14 day of

Saturday: An Evening with Tainted Love @ Belly Up @9 $17 adv/$19 day of

Sunday: Devo @ Belly Up @8 $89 adv/$94 day of

Monday: Tapedeck Mountain @ Casbah @9 $8 adv/$10 day of

 

Keep in Mind:

March 22nd- Girl Talk @ Soma
March 23rd- The Appleseed Cast @ Casbah
March 24th- Fierce Creatures and Kevin Martin @ Ruby Room
March 25th- Hoots and Hellmouth @ Soda Bar
March 26th- Endoxi @ Belly Up
March 29th- Fitz and the Tantrums @ Belly Up- Sold Out!
April 2nd- Little Hurricane @ Casbah
April 3rd- A Rocket to the Moon, Valencia, and Anarbor @ Soma @630 $13 adv.
April 4th- The Sounds @ Belly Up
April 8th- Rise Against w/Bad Religion @ RIMAC Arena- UCSD
April 9th- Pete Yorn @ House of Blues
April 14th- Billy Clyro @ Belly Up
April 14th- Brandon Flowers @ House of Blues SD
May 2nd- TV on the Radio @ 4th & B
May 3rd- James Blunt @ Humphreys
May 6th- Ghostland Observatory @ 4th & B
May 6th- Chris Cornell @ Humphreys
May 6th- Fleet Foxes @ Spreckles Theater
June 11th- Airborne Toxic Event @ House of Blues

 

Now where was I… SD Calendar 2/8-2/13

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Well now that I have all that awesomeness out of the way and I have a minute to myself, here is the calendar for the rest of the week in San Diego!

Tuesday: The New Assembly @ House of Blues SD @7
AND: Jared Lee @ Casbah @9 $14
AND: Lanterns @ Soda Bar @9 $5

Wednesday: Murder By Death @ Casbah @9 $15
AND: Chasing Kings @ Bar Pink @930
AND: Plain White T’s and Parachute @ House of Blues SD @730 $17.50

Thursday: Cee Lo Green and The Nervous Wreckords @ Fluxx @9
AND: Chris Velan @ Lestats @9
AND: Maren Parusel @ Bar Pink @930

Friday: The Howls, Tapedeck Mountain and Film School @ Casbah @9 $8 (this is FM94/9s About the Music Series and $1 of each ticket will go to the About the Music Fund which keeps music in schools. Yeah!)
AND: New Assembly @ Ruby Room @9
AND: Eleonor England Black Valentine @ Lestats @9

Saturday: One I Red @ Eleven @9 $6
AND: The Loons @ Soda Bar @9 $5
AND: The Pretty Reckless @ Soma @7 $12
AND: Maniac @ House of Blues Salvation Alley Stage @730
AND: Josh Damigo Night @ Lestats @9

Sunday: The Decemberists @730 $30 adv/$32.50 day of
AND: Get Back Loretta @ Casbah @9 $8
AND: Jackie Green @ Belly Up @8 $14 adv/$16 day of

Keep in Mind:
February 15th- Everest @ Casbah $8 (beginning of their residency!)
February 16th- Stone Sour @ House of Blues
February 20th- Linkin Park @ Viejas Arena
February 22nd- Everest @ Casbah
March 1st- Everest @ Casbah
March 3rd- The Silent Comedy @ The Casbah
March 3rd- Circa Survive and Thrice @ Soma @7 $20
March 8th- Everest @ Casbah
March 12th- San Diego IndieFest
March 13th- San Diego IndieFest