There’s nothing like the bliss that comes from seeing a band you love take the stage and kick some ass. What’s rough to deal with is the comedown from the show high and the subsequent withdrawals that begin to take place. Such has been my Monday after last week which was filled with Semi Precious Weapons kicking ass at the Belly Up and Neon Trees and The Active Set rocking out at a high school stadium in Murrieta. Bliss! We have some great bands in town this week like Cyndi Lauper at Humphreys, Dead Feather Moon and The Tilt at the Del Mar Rock On stage, and Free Energy at the Casbah on Sunday. More below!

Monday:  The Steelwells, Nena Anderson and the Mules, Ed Ghost Tucker, Luke Williams Band @ Casbah at 9pm

Tuesday:  REO Speedwagon @ Del Mar Fair Grandstand Stage at 7:30pm
AND: Bad Veins, Harriet @ Casbah at 9pm
AND: The Paragraphs @ Griffin at 8:45 

Wednesday: Cyndi Lauper @ Humphreys by the Bay at 7pm
AND: Said the Whale @ The Casbah at 9pm
AND: Megan Combs @ Lestats at 9pm
AND: Casey Abrams @ Griffin at 8:30pm

Thursday: Belly Up Music Festival feat: The Tilt, Dead Feather Moon @ Del Mar Rock on stage at 3pm
AND: Cold Cave @ The Void at 9pm
AND: Animal Steel @ Soda Bar at 8:30pm

Friday: Switchfoot @ Del Mar Fair Grandstand Stage at 7:30pm
AND: The Front Bottoms, Weatherbox @ House of Blues at 7:30pm
AND: The Gregory Page Show @ Lestats at 8:30pm
AND: The Bloodflowers @ Tin Can Alehouse at 9pm
AND: Small Black @ Soda Bar at 9pm

Saturday: The Burning of Rome, The Howls, Ed Ghost Tucker @ Soda Bar at 8:30pm

Sunday: Free Energy @ Casbah at 9pm
AND: They Might Be Giants @ Belly Up at 8pm
AND: A Mayfield Affair @ Lestats at 8:30pm

Keep in Mind: 

June 19th- Warped Tour @ Sleep Train Amphitheater 
June 19th- Family Wagon, The Hollerin @ Casbah 
June 20th- Sea Wolf and Savior Adore @ Belly Up 
June 20th- A Fine Surprise @ The Griffin
June 20th- Martina Mc Bride @ Del Mar Fair 
June 21st- She and Him @ SDSU Open Air Theater 
June 22nd- Wildcat! Wildcat! @ Casbah 
June 27th- Belly Up Music Festival feat: The Stone Foxes @ Del Mar Rock on stage
July 2nd- Summerland Tour feat: Everclear, Live, Filter, Sponge 
July 2nd- Adam Lambert @ Del Mar Fair
July 3rd- Joan Jett and The Blackhearts @ Del Mar Fair 
July 7th- Sugar Ray, Smash Mouth, Gin Blossoms @ Humphreys by the Bay 
July 10th- Portugal. The Man @ House of Blues 
July 11th- Say Anything, Eisley, I the Mighty @ House of Blues 
July 19th- B52’s @ Del Mar Racetrack
July 21st- The Postal Service @ SDSU Open Air Theater 
July 24th- Matchbox Twenty and The Goo Goo Dolls @ Valley View Casino Center 
July 25th- The Cult @ House of Blues 
July 25th- Saint Motel @ Soda Bar
July 26th- The 1975 @ Casbah
July 26th- Fitz and the Tantrums @ Del Mar Racetrack  
July 28th- Peter Murphy @ Belly Up 
August 5th- The Heavy, The Silent Comedy @ Belly Up 
August 8th- Foals @ House of Blues
August 15th- Cold War Kids @ House of Blues
August 17th- Weezer @ Del Mar Race Track 
September 6th- Dave Matthews Band @ Cricket Wireless 
September 20th- X-Fest feat: Blink 182, 30 Seconds to Mars, The Offspring Silversun Pickups, Fitz and the Tantrums, Atlas Genius, Capital Cities, New Politics 
September 20th- Young Dubliners @ Belly Up 
September 22nd- Depeche Mode @ Sleep Train Amiptheatre 
September 22nd- Fall Out Boy @ Valley View Casino Center 
October 2nd- Jake Bugg @ House of Blues 
October 4th- Phillip Phillips @ Sleep Train Amiptheatre
October 8th- Pet Shop Boys @ Copley Symphony Hall 
October 8th- Conor Oberst @ Belly Up  
October 10th- Phoenix @ RIMAC Arena @ UCSD 
October 31st- Two Door Cinema Club @ Humphrey’s