These are the things I'd do

For websites listed below, MS=www.myspace.com. These are bands we especially dig, not full listings. For those, please see "Concerts and Clubs."

WEDNESDAY

PLAN A: Mice Parade, Tom Brosseau @ The Casbah. NYC's Mice Parade is one of the best of the "post-rock" bands-heavily syncopated, semi-electronic atmosphere with Adam Pierce's lullaby voice. Former San Diegan Tom Brosseau is a vocal treasure-a warbly crooner who sounds like his manhood has been freshly cleaved. MS/lasttenhomes, MS/tombrosseau. PLAN B: The Watkins Family @ Belly Up. More San Diego ex-pats-Sara and Sean Watkins, the young folkies who turned bluegrass on its ass with Nickel Creek-doing a sort of backwoods gospel hour with friends. MS/watkinsfamilyhour. PLAN C: Long Live Logos, Matt Hopper @ Lestat's. San Diego's Long Live Logos is a snappy little pop group worth a look-like a jazzier Strokes. Alaska's Matt Hopper is a talented rock-folker. MS/longlivelogos, MS/matthopper.

THURSDAY

PLAN A: Los Lobos, Dusty Rhodes @ Belly Up. Los Lobos play in San Diego every new moon, it seems, and every time it's worthy. Opener Dusty Rhodes is something to be truly excited about-their music is almost exactly like their name, and it's really, truly good. MS/loslobos, MS/dustyrhodes. PLAN B: Delta Spirit @ The Casbah. After in-house discussions with a few labels (including Columbia), San Diego's Delta Spirit has chosen to keep its sweaty soul-rock indie for now. Fresh from recording their debut, they try out the new songs live. MS/deltaspirit. PLAN C: Unwritten Law @ House of Blues. Scott Russo may have fired half his band and sucker-punched the other half, but he's still one of San Diego's best songwriters and frontmen. Best show for action-sports-loving punks. MS/unwrittenlaw.

FRIDAY

PLAN A: "Planet of the Drums" @ Brick by Brick. Best electronica show in town this week. The collective of Dieselboy, Dara, AK1200 and MC J Messinian brings a pyrotechnic drum 'n' bass show-with Diesel as the fiery instigator, Dara as the mellow dubman, AK1200's jungle bit and Messinian hyping the crowd. The genre's elite. MS/humanimprint, MS/kosheendara, MS/daveak1200, MS/messinian. PLAN B: The Sess, Zerox @ Scolari's Office. Two of San Diego's better bands. The Sess are a bit of a mix between Pavement's lopsided pop hooks and Captain Beefheart's rambling, stop-start dissonance. Zerox is yelpy, tinny punk rock with a mealy-mouthed faux-Brit on vocals. MS/thesess, MS/zeroxx. PLAN C: Unsane, 400 Blows, Mouth of the Architect @ The Casbah. To be honest, Unsane's made some bad music. But the NYC icons have also made some fantastic, brutal noise-rock and paved the road for clattering sound assassins to come. Impressive openers L.A.'s 400 Blows add violence to Bleach-era Nirvana, and Ohio's Mouth of the Architect do impressive, slow hardcore in the vein of Isis. MS/unsane, MS/400blows, MS/mouthofthearchitect.

SATURDAY

PLAN A: Scarub, Bashed Bros @ Honey Bee Hive. Although one of the lesser-known members of L.A./Oakland hip-hop collective The Living Legends, Scarub's a sexed-up talent with a big jones for old-school funk. Bay Area's Bash Bros (MCs Piseas and The L.E.F.T.) are more big-banging types with hoarse-throated tag teams-a duo on the rise. MS/scarubiscool, MS/thebashbroth ers. PLAN B: The Raveonettes, Midnight Movies @ The Casbah. A perfect pairing. Sweden's Velvet Underground descendents, The Raveonettes, are playing as a duo-just frontpeople Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo. Equally moody L.A. band Midnight Movies brings a little more cinematic noir to the night. MS/theraveonettes, MS/mid nightmovies. PLAN C: Weatherbox, The Lanterns, The Narrator, The End of the World @ Che Café. Two of San Diego's better indie bands (Weatherbox and the Lanterns) pair up with Chicago's Narrator and NYC's The End of the World. Solid all-around bill, but the one to really watch is The Narrator, with a dry, wry vocalist and punchy post-punk anthems waiting to happen. MS/weather box, MS/wearelanterns, MS/the narrator, MS/theendoftheworld.

SUNDAY

PLAN A: "94/9 Independence Jam" @ Devore Stadium (Southwestern College). One of our "do not miss" shows of the year. Headliners Interpol, Kings of Leon and Spoon are worth the $40 alone. Then add the best thing to happen to ska since its death (The Aggrolites) and a local stage that includes all the cream of our local crop (Grand Ole Party, Transfer, Mr. Tube). Be there. www.fm949 sd.com. PLAN B: Mason Jennings, Dustin Kensrue @ House of Blues. Much like Jack Johnson, Mason Jennings just has one of those voices-a killer, lilting croon that'll make you appreciate folk music again. Thrice frontman Kensrue is surprisingly good, much more country than his main emo band suggests. MS/masonjennings, MS/dustinkensrue. PLAN C: Robin Henkel @ Dizzy's. Henkel is underappreciated-this is the CD-release for the newest from one of San Diego's best blues guitarists. MS/robinhenkel.

MONDAY

PLAN A: Nope @ Not Tonight. Just no. Not doing it. Don't even call me.

TUESDAY

PLAN A: The Vultures, The Muslims @ The Casbah. Simply two of San Diego's best throwbacks to the better side of the 1960s. With the cool wafting through the rock cavern like Lou Reed's unborn ghost and accompanying transvestite spook, one might expect Andy Warhol to show up and talk about quarter-hours of fame and Marilyn Monroe. Either that, or you'll just dig the music. MS/officialvultures, MS/themuslims. PLAN B: Ben Folds, Rocco Deluca, John Mayer @ Coors Amphitheatre. Am I really suggesting you see Mayer? I dunno. Folds digs him (see our feature on Page 27). And I at least want to see firsthand why every dude's girlfriend wants to put her mouth all over him. I'm still betting I'll think he's a mammalian cure for narcolepsy, but I'm goin'. Rocco Deluca's a pretty soulful white kid from L.A.-people are claiming his "next hero" status, although he sounds like a pussy to me. MS/benfolds, MS/john mayer, MS/roccodeluca. PLAN C: Kid Theodore @ The Jumping Turtle. If you live in North County, drop in for these guys-a talented indie-folk band out from the old-school wet-blanket hub of Salt Lake City. MS/theodoremusic.

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