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Club Crawler

8pm, Monday, May 21

Plants & Animals

Casbah, Little Italy

With River City.

Wednesday, May 16

The Dum Dum Girls

Belly Up, Solana Beach

Indie pop.

8:30pm, Wednesday, May 16

Big Shot Reub & the Reloaders, Trickbag, Melly Frances & the Distilled Spirit

Griffin, Linda Vista

Featuring the tasty blues/rock/Latin licks of guitarist-vocalist Reuben Vigil.

Thursday, May 19

The Beach Fossils

Irenic, North Park

Tropical/pop/jungle.

Saturday, May 19

The Dandy Warhols

Belly Up, Solana Beach

Rock/post punk.

9pm, Sunday, May 20

Spiritualized

Belly Up, Solana Beach

With Nikki Lane.

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