These are the things I'd do
Our guide to this week's live music
By Troy Johnson
For websites listed below, MS=www.myspace.com. These are bands we especially dig, not full listings. For those, please see "Concerts and Clubs". Also, ticket price is not taken into account--you know better than us if you can afford it.
WEDNESDAY
PLAN A: The Sess, Zerox, The Bayonettes @ The Zombie Lounge. Their guitars are playing dirty blues, stopping and starting like Beefheart, all while vocalist Jeremy Rojas is caught up in some Brill Building ooh-la-la trip--it all makes The Sess one of San Diego's must-see bands. They're joined by female-fronted Canadian simple-punk outfit The Bayonettes and San Diego's real good lo-fi punk throwbacks, Zerox. MS/thesess, MS/thebayonettesfromtoronto, MS/zerroxx. PLAN B: Steve Poltz, Cindy Lee Berryhill @ Belly Up. Two icons of San Diego folk from the last two decades: Poltz, the once-manic, now-mellowed comedy-songsmith, and Berryhill, the biting, somewhat political one who's been credited as the original "anti-folk" artist. MS/stevepoltz, MS/mscindyleeberryhill. PLAN C: Bang Lime @ Beauty Bar. If you're into the newest Arctic Monkeys-style buzz bands, you might want to check this could-be from Oakland. MS/banglime. GUITAR-HERO PLAN: Cyrus Fell Down @ O'Connells (MS/cyrusfelldown).
THURSDAY
PLAN A: Great Northern, The Comas, Truckee Brothers @ Belly Up. Remember early Smashing Pumpkins? That gooey, pleasantly distorted alt-rock? It's back with L.A.'s Great Northern and NYC's The Comas--two up-and-comers who add keys and females to the template. San Diego's superior roots-glam band, The Truckee Brothers, open. MS/greatnorthern, MS/thecomas, MS/truckeebrothers. PLAN B: Transfer, Dirty Sweet, Ryan Ferguson @ 'Canes. Three of San Diego's top bands--post-mountaineering epic rock (Transfer), classic Southern beard-rock (Dirty Sweet) and Green Day-esque pop (Ferguson, ex-No Knife). MS/transferband, MS/dirtysweetmusic, MS/ryanferguson. PLAN C: Pelican @ The Casbah. Much like Isis or San Diego's own Earthless, these guys play droning, instrumental metal that complements a painful out-of-body experience. MS/pelican. BACKUP PLAN: The Adolescents @ Soma (MS/theadaolescents).
FRIDAY
PLAN A: Scarlet Symphony, Dirty Kings, Roses on Her Grave, Operator X @ O'Connells. A solid, mostly local bill at an unexpected venue. Scarlet Symphony is a lot of spaz, with strong melodies beneath the noise. Dirty Kings are some sideburns-and-faux-NASCAR rock from L.A. Roses on Her Grave is some sturdy male-female blues-rock, and Operator X is an older band thankfully revived--some exciting agro-industrial by Joey Guevera (Lady Dottie,
Published: 08/08/2007
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