Amanda’s SD Concert Calendar 10/15-10/21

It getting closer to Halloween! I hope you all have somewhere awesome to be. I don’t really have plans this year which makes me sad because any excuse to dress up like a pirate wench, I take it! Ha ha. Plus, I enjoy crazy makeup. Speaking of crazy, this awesome month of music continues full force in San Diego from Allen Stone, to The Script, to Rocktoberfest. Hot damn!

 

Monday: Tim Easton @ Soda Bar @830 $8

Tuesday: Bombay Bicycle Club @ House of Blues @7 $22.50

Wednesday: Allen Stone @ Belly Up @830 $16.50
AND: Tony Lucca @ Anthology @730 $10-$23
AND: The Whigs and Family Wagon @ Griffin @9 $12/$15
AND: ZZ Ward @ Soda Bar @830 $10

Thursday: Terraplane Sun @ Belly Up @9 $8/$10
AND: Cold Cave @ Casbah @9 $12
AND: Belmont Lights @ Griffin @830 $5
AND: Exitmusic @ Soda Bar @9 $10

Friday: The Script @ Humphreys @730 $49.30
AND: Snow Patrol @ Harrahs Rincon @9 $45-$70
AND: The Jealous Sound and Weatherbox @ Soda Bar @830 $12/$14
AND: The Beautiful View and Jackson Price @ Eleven @9 $5
AND: Silent Lune @ Griffin @830 $5

Saturday: Rocktober Fest feat: Transfer, The Silent Comedy, Hyena, Blackout Party, Mrs. Magician, and Family Wagon @ West Coast Tavern @3
AND: Woods @ Soda Bar @830 $12
AND: Frightened Rabbit @ Irenic @730 $20

Sunday: Ume and Helmet @ Belly Up @8 $18/$20
AND: Crystal Castles @ Soma @7 $30 adv.
AND: Heavy Hawaii @ Soda Bar @845 $7

 

Keep in Mind:
October 23rd- Crocodiles @ Casbah
October 24th- Matt and Kim and Oberhofer @ House of Blues
October 26th- Two Door Cinema Club @ Soma
October 26th- Everlast and The Short Eyes
October 26th- The Blackout Party @ Casbah
October 27th- Two Door Cinema Club
October 27th- The Tree Ring @ Birch North Park Theater
October 31st- Grace Potter and The Nocturnals @ House of Blues
November 1st- NEEDTOBREATHE @ Humphreys
November 6th- Delta Spirit @ House of Blues
November 7th- Brandi Carlile @ House of Blues
November 7th- Carina Round and Rosi Golan @ Anthology @730
November 7th- Marc Broussard @ Anthology @930
November 11th- Blue October and Barcelona @ Belly Up
November 11th- Minus the Bear and Girl in a Coma @ House of Blues
November 14th- Walk the Moon @ House of Blues
November 16th- The Mother Hips @ Belly Up
November 19th- The Deftones @ House of Blues
November 20th- The Faint @ House of Blues
November 21st- Rachel Yamagata @ Anthology
November 23rd- Mayday Parade and The Maine @ Soma
December 1st- Milo Greene
December 2nd- Yellowcard @ House of Blues
December 3rd- Hot Snakes @ Casbah
December 5th- Chris Robinson @ Belly Up
December 6th- Chris Robinson @ Belly Up
December 8th- Chris Isaak @ Belly Up
December 9th- Chris Isaak @ Belly Up
December 31st- Dirty Sweet @ Griffin
January 13th- Keane and Youngblood Hawke @ House of Blues
January 21st- Muse @ Valley View Casino Center
February 12th- Ed Sheeran @ Spreckles

Amanda’s SD Concert Calendar 8/27-9/2

Happy Monday! And what a happy Monday this is for me. Mainly because I’m no longer having to be wary about how much water or ginger ale I drink. Yeah, I had a really bad case of food poisoning yesterday. But it’s a bright new shiny day!

 

Monday: Rest

Tuesday: Oliver Trolley @ House of Blues @7 -Sold Out
AND: Concrete Blonde @ Belly Up @8 $28/$30

Wednesday: Blackout Party @ Casbah @930 $8/$10
AND: The Old 97’s, Those Darlins and Rhett Miller @ Belly Up @9 $20/$22

Thursday: Little Hurricane and Dead Feather Moon @ Belly Up @9 $15/$17
AND: Lillian LeFranc and The Proper Villans @ Ruby Room @8 $6

Friday: M83 and Hyena @ Soma @7 $25

Saturday: So Cal Music Fesival feat: Cold War Kids, Transfer, Burning of Rome, The Howls, Family Wagon, Neon Hitch, and more @ East Village San Diego (9th and G) @2
AND: Belmont Lights @ Lestats @8

Sunday: Atlas Genius @ Griffin

 

Keep in Mind:
September 4th- Gotye @ Greek Theater
September 4th- Slash, Foxy Shazam @ House of Blues
September 6th- Blaqk Audio @ Casbah
September 7th- Dave Matthews Band @ Cricket
September 8th- The Heavy and The Brothers Grim @ Casbah
September 10th- Linkin Park and Incubus @ Cricket
September 14th- The Walkmen and Milo Greene @ House of Blues
September 14th-15- San Diego Music Thing
September 16th- She Wants Revenge @ Belly Up
September 22nd- Owl City @ House of Blues
September 24th- Amanda Palmer @ House of Blues
September 24th- Alanis Morissette
September 29th- The Lumineers @ House of Blues
September 30th- The Shins @ SDSU Open Air Theater
October 2nd- Ed Sheeran @ House of Blues
October 3rd- The Head and The Heart @ Spreckles Theater
October 3rd- Grouplove @ Humphreys
October 4th- The Black Keys @ Valley View Casino Center
October 4th- Florence + The Machine @ Cricket Wireless
October 5th- Kimbra @ House of Blues
October 5th- The Milk Carton Kids @ Anthology
October 6th- Dr. Dog @ 4th and B
October 9th- Imagine Dragons and AWOLNATION @ House of Blues
October 13th- Weezer @ Harrahs
October 14th- The Raveonettes @ Belly Up
October 16th- Bombay Bicycle Club @ House of Blues
October 17th- Allen Stone @ Belly Up
October 19th- The Script @ Humphreys
October 23rd- Crocodiles @ Casbah
October 24th- Matt and Kim @ House of Blues
October 26th- Two Door Cinema Club @ Soma
October 27th- Two Door Cinema Club
November 1st- NEEDTOBREATHE @ Humphreys
November 23rd- Mayday Parade and The Maine @ Soma
December 2nd- Yellowcard @ House of Blues

Amanda’s SD Concert Calendar 6/25-7/1

You know, I actually started this post yesterday but got so caught up in the loveliness of a true Sunday of that it obviously didn’t get completed. I plan on attending the fair this week (finally!) and riding some rides and maybe eat some horrible food. Warped Tour finally makes it to town this week. If you go, make sure you check out LMN favorite Dead Sara. They will blow your mind. Get Back Loretta play this week and we also have the cd release for The Nervous Wreckords. Must attend!

 

Monday: Cathryn Beeks Homegrown Showcase @ Anthology @6 $5

Tuesday: Mattson 2 @ El Dorado @9
AND: Stephen Ray  @ Griffin @7

Wednesday: Warped Tour @ Cricket Wireless @1130
AND: Lisa Marie Presley and Terraplane Sun @ Belly Up @730 $20/$22
AND: Dashboard Confessional @ San Diego Fair
AND: Wendy Bailey @ Riviera Supper Club @9

Thursday: Get Back Loretta @ Casbah @930 $8/$10
AND: The Royalty and Filthy Violets @ Eleven @9 $5
AND: The Bloodflowers @ Ruby Room @9 $6

Friday: KC and The Sunshine Band @ Del Mar Fairgrounds
AND: Patrick Norton and Those Damn Gunslingers @ Eleven @9 $5
AND: The Soft Pack and Heavy Hawaii @ Belly Up @830 $13/$15
AND: Old Tiger @ Griffin @9

Saturday: The Nervous Wreckords and Maren Parusel @ Casbah @9 $10
AND: Stripes and Lines and Republic of Letters @ Belly Up @830 $12/$14
AND: Train @ Del Mar Fairgrounds @7
AND: Hyena @ El Dorado @9 free with rsvp before 10:30
AND: LA Showcase @ Lestats @8

Sunday: Hyena @ El Dorado @9 $10

 

Keep in Mind:
July 4th- The Bloodflowers @ Eleven
July 5th- The Tilt @ Belly Up
July 7th- Dead Feather Moon @ Belly Up
July 8th- The Brothers Grim @ El Dorado
July 18th- AJ Croce @ Anthology
July 18th- Truth and Salvage Co. @ Griffin
July 19th- Low Volts @ El Dorado
July 22nd- Alberta Cross @ Casbah
July 29th- Tenacious D @ SDSU Open Air Theater
July 29th- Steve Poltz @ Belly Up
July 31st- Neon Trees @ House of Blues
August 2nd- Murder By Death and Cory Chisel and The Wandering Sons @ Casbah
August 4th- Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
August 5-7- Brian McKnight @ Anthology
August 10th- Jack White @ Shrine Auditorium
August 11th- Saint Motel and Italian Japanese @ Casbah
August 13th- Franz Ferdinand @ House of Blues
August 15th- Fun @ SDSU Open Air Theater
August 15th- Alabama Shakes @ Fox Theater
August 15th- The Dunwells @ Birch Aquarium @ Scripps
August 18th- The Silent Comedy and Stripes and Lines @ Belly Up
August 21st- Civil Twilight @ Belly Up
August 22nd- Civil Twilight @ Belly Up
August 30th- Little Hurricane @ Belly Up
September 4th- Gotye @ Greek Theater
October 2nd- Ed Sheeran @ House of Blues
October 3rd- The Head and The Heart @ Spreckles Theater
October 4th- The Black Keys @ Valley View Casino Center
October 4th- Florence + The Machine @ Cricket Wireless
October 5th- Kimbra @ House of Blues
October 6th- Dr. Dog @ 4th and B
October 9th- Imagine Dragons and AWOLNATION @ House of Blues
October 14th- The Raveonettes @ Belly Up
October 16th- Bombay Bicycle Club @ House of Blues
October 17th- Allen Stone @ Belly Up

Amanda’s SD Concert Calendar 4/30-5/6

Thwarted by a rather long Monday morning meeting. Apologies for getting this up so late. But can you believe May is already upon us? So is summer and more festivals. Ah, good times. Anyways, we’ve got some fun shows this week that should tickle your fancy.

Monday: George Sarah @ Soda Bar @830 $6
AND: Ivan and Aloysha @ The Loft @ UCSD @9
AND: Cage the Elephant @ Barleymash

Tuesday: Rita Wilson @730 $10-$44
AND: Kelsea Rae Little @ Casbah @9 $8

Wednesday: Say Anything @ House of Blues @7 $16.50-$30
AND: Sara Watkins @ Anthology @7 $10-$33
AND: Father John Misty @ Casbah @9 $12

Thursday: Middle Class Rut with Grand Tarantula @ House of Blues @730 $15/$17
AND: Italian Japanese and The Filthy Violets @ El Dorado @9 $5
AND: Tennis @ Casbah @9 $12/$14

Friday:  The Heavy Guilt and The New Kinetics @ Griffin @9 $6/$8
AND: Thrice @ House of Blues @7 Sold Out
AND:  Deer Tick @ Casbah @9 $18/$20

Saturday: Portugal. The Man, The Lonely Forest, Hyena @ 4th and B @8
AND: Transfer, The Howls, Balck Hondo @ Casbah @9 $15
AND: Lee Coulter @ Lestats @830
AND: Adventure Gallery and Hills Like Elephants @ Soda Bar @9 $5

Sunday: Lovedrug and Lakes @ Soda Bar @830 $10
AND: Allo Darlin’ and Red Pony Clock @ Casbah @9 $8
Keep in Mind:
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

Amanda’s SD Concert Calendar 4/2-4/8

Happy Monday! Anyone have any April Fool’s jokes played on them? Or perhaps you played one on someone else? Either way, I holed up in my pjs and have been on a Big Bang Theory marathon. It’s been gloomy. I’m allowed.

We have a fresh batch of shows this week so let’s get to it.

Monday: Heartless Bastards @ Belly Up @830 $16
AND: Patrick Norton @ Tin Can Alehouse @9 $5
AND: Marcus Foster @ Casbah @9 $12

Tuesday: Sleigh Bells @ 4th and B

Wednesday: The Royalty @ Soda Bar @9 $5
AND: Hunter Hayes @ House of Blues @7

Thursday: The Howls and Low Volts @ El Dorado @930
AND: Greg Ginn and The Royal We @ Soda Bar @9 $7

Friday: Vokab Company, The Holdup, and The Burning of Rome @ Belly Up @830 $15
AND: Lady Sinatra, Indians, and The Short Eyes @ Griffin @9 $10
AND: Hot Snakes @ Casbah @9

Saturday: CityBeat Beer Fest w/Nico Vega, Hyena, and Heavy Guilt @Lafayette Hotel @2
AND: Transfer and The Blackout Party @ Belly Up
AND: New Kinetics @ Eleven @9 $6
AND: Rubblebucket and The Heavy Guilt @ Casbah @9 $10
AND: River City and Dustbowl Revival @ Bar Pink @9
AND: Heavy Hawaii @ Soda Bar @9 $7

Sunday: Easter!
Keep in Mind:
April 13th- Coachella Weekend 1
April 14th- The Rapture @ The Irenic
April 15th- Rise Against @ Viejas Arena
April 16th- Elvis Costello @ Humphreys
April 17th- The Hives @ Belly Up
April 17th- Yuck and The Makeup Sex @ Casbah
April 18th- Band of Skulls and We Are Augustines @ Griffin
April 20th- Coachella Weekend 2
April 28th- Little hurricane @ Casbah
May 2nd- Say Anything @ House of Blues
May 2nd- Sara Watkins @ Anthology
May 4th- Thrice @ House of Blues
May 4th- Deer Tick @ Casbah
May 5th- Portugal. The Man @ 4th and B
May 8th- Jay Nash @ Anthology
May 12th- Delta Spirit @ Belly Up
May 15th- The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus @ Soma @630
May 22nd- Hugh Laurie @ Belly Up
May 24th- Toad and the Wet Sprocket @ Anthology
May 30th- Horse Feathers @ Casbah @9 $12/$14
June 3rd- Mogwai @ Belly Up

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

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

Amanda’s SD Concert Calendar 1/9-1/15

As it is the second week of the new year, I fully expect everyone (myself included) to be completely rested up and out and about for some really great shows this week! I don’t venture out as often as those of you might think but I’m feeling a change in the air. My highlights for this week include The Milk Carton Kids at Anthology, Zane Carney at Lestats, Fierce Creatures at Tin Can Alehouse, and Transfer and The Silent Comedy at Casbah. Whew, that’s a lot. And this month is just getting warmed up…

 

Monday: Be productive!
AND: The Silent Comedy @ Detroit Bar @9

Tuesday: Mattson 2 @ El Dorado
AND: Finding Francis, NO, and Tyson Motsenbocker @ Casbah @9 $5

Wednesday: Milk Carton Kids @ Anthology @7 $10/$15
AND: Olin and The Moon, Maxim Ludwig and the Sante Fe Seven, and Hills Like Elephants @ Casbah @9 $8

Thursday: Zane Carney @ Lestats @8 $10
AND: Lady Dottie and The Diamonds and The Beautiful View @ Casbah @9 $8/$10
AND: Sister Hazel @ Belly Up @9 $18
AND: Ghostline @ Soda Bar @830 $5

Friday: Fierce Creatures @ Tin Can Alehouse @930
AND: Mattson 2 @ Lestats @8
AND: The Dirt Daubers @ Soda Bar @830 $8/$10

Saturday: Everest and Midnight Rivals @ Casbah $13/$15
AND: Dead Feather Moon @ Griffin @9 $8/$10
AND: The Bloody Hollies and The Lyon Crowns @ Soda Bar @830 $7
AND: Josh Damigo @ Lestats @8
AND: Jackson Price @ Ruby Room @9 $7

Sunday: Transfer, The Silent Comedy and Hyena @ Casbah @9 $15
AND: The Heavy Guilt @ Bar Pink @9
AND: Gayle Skidmore @ Tin Can Alehouse @930 $5

 

Keep in Mind:

January 16th- The Silent Comedy, Transfer, and Dead Feather Moon @ Casbah @9 $15
January 18th- Olin and the Moon @ The Casbah @9 $8
January 20th- Dashboard Confessional @ House of Blues
January 22nd- Wilco and With Denim @ House of Blues
January 26th- Nico Vega and The Filthy Violets @ Casbah @9 $8/$10
January 27th- Jesse LaMonaca and The Dime Novels, and Family Wagon @ Casbah @9 $8/$10
February 2nd- The Burning of Rome @ Soda Bar
February 3rd- Mute Math @ 4th & B
February 4th- Where’s the Band Tour @ House of Blues
February 7th- Dr. Dog w/Purling Hiss @Belly Up @9 $18/$20
February 10th- Young the Giant @ Soma
February 11th- You Me At Six @ Soma @6 $12
February 19th- Craig Finn @ Casbah @9 $12
February 23rd- Ra Ra Riot @ Belly Up @8 $18
February 23rd- Hot Chelle Rae w/Electric Touch @ House of Blues
February 23rd- Scars on 45 @ Anthology @730
February 24th- The Soft Pack @ Casbah @9
February 25h- Mat Kearney @ House of Blues
February 26th- Cursive @ Casbah @9
February 29th- Red Hot Chili Peppers @ Valley View Casino Center
March 3rd- Jackie Greene @ Belly Up @9
March 6th- Flogging Molly @ House of Blues
March 8th- William Fitzsimmons @ Anthology @7
March 9th- The Stone Foxes @ Casbah @9
March 11th- Crocodiles @ Casbah @9 $12
March 21st- Cults @ Belly Up @9
April 15th- Rise Against @ Viejas Arena