Events This Weekend: Andrew Bird, Murder By Death, The Toasters…

• Andrew Bird | Friday, February 20 | 8:00 pm | $32.50 | The Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA – Map | We advocate any song-style that composes the description of a sociopath in such a way that we want to have take our ’72 Super Beetle for a drive to the park, have a picnic, and roll around in poppies and marigolds. For ticket information, call (415) 346-6000.
• Murder by Death | Friday, February 20 | 8:30 pm | $15 | The Troubador, West Hollywood, CA – Map | The overall sound of this band is very “Ghost Riders in the Sky” as recorded by Johnny Cash. Ingenious. The Builders and the Butchers and Fake Problems will precede. Click here for tickets.
• Kelli Rudick | Saturday, February 21 | 9:00 pm | $15 | Joe’s Pub, New York, NY – Map | The Brooklyn-based instrumentalist’s work is rather heavy-with-mood-centric, with a definite skill at assisting and carrying a theme – which makes sense considering her compositions have been featured in the television series The L Word, as well as other independent films. For tickets, call (212) 967-7555.

• The Toasters | Sunday, February 22 | 6:30 pm | $15 | Highline Ballroom, New York, NY – Map | The Manhattan-”born” ska band will be headlining an evening of fellow ska and rocksteady acts – including the New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble, West Bound Train, and Hub City Stompers – as part of the Skasplash concert series. Click here for tickets.
• Deicide | Sunday, February 22 | $25 | 7:30 pm | The Key Club, West Hollywood, CA – Map | Deicide’s new album, “Till Death Do Us Part”, is the focal point of the death metal band’s current tour. Apparently they’ve come back just in time to shake the nerves of starchy WASPs in the greater WEHO area – with Vital Remains, Order of Ennead, Adrift, and Letum Acensus playing throughout the evening. Click here for tickets.

Photo by Cameron Wittig