Groove: March concert calendar
Top performers coming to San Diego this month include Steven Tyler, Boys II Men and Sir-Mix-A-Lot.
3.2: Margo Price
The Nashville-based Price released her second album, All American Made, last October on Jack White’s Third Man Records. It cracked the top ten on Billboard’s Independent and Folk Albums charts, and features appearances from Willie Nelson and The McCrary Sisters.
@ Belly Up, bellyup.com
Margo Price.
3.3: Gogol Bordello
Produced by frontman Eugene Hütz, the New York-based gypsy punks released their seventh studio album, Seekers and Finders, last summer.
@ Observatory North Park, observatorysd.com
Gogol Bordello.
3.3: Earthless
The veteran San Diego instrumental/psych trio releases new album Black Heaven this month. Also on the bill are Japanese rockers Kikagaku Moyo and Phil Pirrone’s JJUUJJUU.
@ Casbah, casbahmusic.com
Earthless.
3.3: Steven Tyler
Fresh from his time machine Super Bowl ad, the Aerosmith singer and TV personality makes a stop in Temecula to play with The Loving Mary Band. This date also coincides with the grand opening of Pechanga’s new, $300million tower hotel and spa.
@ Pechanga, pechanga.com
Steven Tyler.
3.4: Stone Temple Pilots
After holding online auditions for a new singer, the San Diego rockers that featured both Scott Weiland and Chester Bennington in that position hired two-time X Factor contestant Jeff Gutt for the job. The band releases its second self-titled album in a row (and first since 2010) this month.
@ Observatory North Park, observatorysd.com
Stone Temple Pilots.
3.4: Ex-Cult
The Memphis garage punks, led by Ty Segall collaborator Chris Shaw, released their last album in 2016.
@ Soda Bar, sodabarmusic.com
Ex-Cult.
3.4: Boyz II Men
The Motownphilly new jack swingers were here last year with NKOTB – right around the same time that a section of Philadelphia’s Broad Street was renamed in their honor.
@ Pechanga, pechanga.com
Boyz II Men.
3.5, 6: 311
The SoCal-by-way-of-Nebraska funk-rock quintet released their 12th studio album, Mosaic, last year. It debuted at number six on the Billboard Top 200 chart.
@ House of Blues, houseofblues.com/sandiego
311.
3.6: The Psychedelic Furs
People love the Furs! The band hasn’t released an album in nearly 30 years, but that hasn’t stopped the founding Butler brothers – singer Richard and bassist Tim – from continuing to sell out shows like this one.
@ Belly Up, bellyup.com
The Psychedelic Furs.
3.7: Hot Snakes
San Diego rock godfather Swami John Reis and longtime collaborator Rick Froberg get the band together once again. This time it comes with the first Hot Snakes studio album in 14 years. The 10-song Jericho Sirens drops this month.
@ Casbah, casbahmusic.com
Hot Snakes.
3.8: Protomartyr
The Detroit-based post punkers released their critically acclaimed fourth album, Relatives in Descent, last September.
@ Space, spacebarsd.com
Protomartyr.
3.8: Antibalas
The Brooklyn-based afrobeat ensemble is currently on its Where The Gods Are In Peace album release tour. It’s the band’s sixth full-length record and first in five years.
@ Belly Up, bellyup.com
Antibalas.
3.9: Talib Kweli
The veteran MC released his latest album, Radio Silence, last November. It features appearances from Anderson .Paak, Rick Ross, Robert Glasper and more.
@ Music Box, musicboxsd.com
Talib Kweli.
3.10: Billie Eilish
The 16-year-old L.A.-based singer is signed to Interscope Records and released her debut EP, Don’t Smile At Me, in August.
@ Music Box, musicboxsd.com
Billie Eilish.
3.10, 11: G. Love & Special Sauce
After taking a few years to do his solo thing, G. Love has spent the last few back with Special Sauce (Jeffery Clemens and Jim Prescott). While the trio released a Christmas album two-and-a-half months ago, they’ll probably stick to songs from their eight-album catalog for this show.
@ Belly Up, bellyup.com
G. Love and Special Sauce.
3.14: Flogging Molly
Last year, the Celtic punk septet released Life Is Good, their sixth studio album - and first since 2011’s Speed of Darkness.
@ Observatory North Park, observatorysd.com
Flogging Molly.
3.14: Oh Sees
Bandleader John Dwyer has been playing mellower tunes of late with duo OCS. But it’s back to the best live show on the planet, as well as recently edited moniker Oh Sees (from Thee Oh Sees), for this stop in Solana Beach.
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Oh Sees.
3.16: Los Lobos Acoustic
The venerable L.A. roots rockers unplug for this special show in Poway.
@ Poway Center for the Arts, powaycenter.com
Los Lobos Acoustic.
3.17: Blockhead & Yppah
New York DJ, producer, and beat-maker Tony Simon (aka Blockhead) self-released his seventh solo studio album, Funeral Balloons, last September. Ninja Tune electro-composer Joe Corrales Jr. (aka Yppah) is also on the bill.
@ Soda Bar, sodabarmusic.com
Blockhead & Yppah.
3.19: SDMAs
The 27th annual celebration of local artists returns to House of Blues for a night that will include performances from P.O.D., Trouble In The Wind, Sure Fire Soul Ensemble, and more.
@ House of Blues, houseofblues.com/sandiego
San Diego Music Awards.
3.21: Lucy Dacus
After dropping one of 2016’s best albums with her 9-song Matador Records debut, No Burden, Dacus hits the road in support of her sophomore effort, Historian, out this month.
@ Casbah, casbahmusic.com
Lucy Dacus.
3.21, 22: Queens of the Stone Age
It’s back-to-back sold-out nights of sweaty rock mayhem as Josh Homme leads QOTSA into San Diego for a double-dip of debauchery. BRONCHO opens both shows.
@ Observatory North Park, observatorysd.com
Queens of the Stone Age.
3.22, 23: Phillip Phillips
The American Idol Season 11 winner released his third album, Collateral, in January.
@ Belly Up, bellyup.com
Phillip Phillips.
3.23: RJD2
Ohio-based DJ and hip-hop producer RJD2 released his new album, Tendrils, last month. It’s the second full-length release for his instrumental side project, The Insane Warrior.
@ Music Box, musicboxsd.com
RJD2.
3.23: Tribal Theory
The San Diego Music Award-winning “urban reggae” trio released their latest single, Part Time Lovers, last year.
@ House of Blues, houseofblues.com/sandiego
Tribal Theory.
3.24: Durand Jones & The Indications
This month, the Indiana-based soul singer and his rock-solid backing band are set to release a deluxe edition of their 2016 self-titled debut. It features 10 new live tracks that were recorded in Boston and Bloomington, Ind.
@ Soda Bar, sodabarmusic.com
Durand Jones & The Indications.
3.24: Sir Mix-A-Lot
Who knew that you could parlay a song about big booties into a 30-year career? Obviously Seattle producer/rapper Anthony Ray (aka Sir Mix-a-lot) does.
@ Music Box, musicboxsd.com
Sir-Mix-A-Lot.
3.25: Rhett Miller
The Old 97s frontman hasn’t released a solo record in a few years, but that doesn’t mean the alt-country crooner’s show in the cozy confines of Soda Bar won’t be a knockout.
@ Soda Bar, sodabarmusic.com
Rhett Miller.
3.28: George Clinton
The captain of the Parliament Funkadelic spaceship heads off into space on a solo mission. Climb aboard!
@ House of Blues, houseofblues.com/sandiego
George Clinton.
3.29: J Boog
Compton-raised, Hawaii-based reggae singer J Boog returns to San Diego after appearing on I-Octane’s single Pretty Loud last month.
@ House of Blues, houseofblues.com/sandiego
J Boog.
3.31: Roy Wood$
Canadian R&B singer Denzel Spencer (aka Roy Wood$) is signed to Drake’s OVO label. Fellow OVO artists PARTYNXTDOOR and dvsn appeared on Spencer’s 2017 debut album, Say Less.
@ Observatory North Park, observatorysd.com
Roy Woods.
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