Deadbolt

Deadbolt are playing Casbah on Saturday, December 5, 2026, with the show starting at 8 PM. It's a San Diego band playing one of the city's most established rooms, and they're the only act on the bill.

If you haven't come across them before, the sound is a bit of a puzzle. They pull from surf rock, goth, psychobilly and blues, and they pair that mix with lyrics that are unusually offbeat. It's a strange combination of styles that doesn't quite fit into any one box, and that's exactly where they live. The band has their own name for it: voodoobilly.

That term does a fair bit of the heavy lifting. The surf rock brings the reverb and the beachy twang; the goth adds a dark, moody edge; the psychobilly gives it that fast, rockabilly energy; and the blues holds the whole thing together. When you throw in the offbeat lyrics, you get something that sounds like it belongs in a midnight movie. It's a sound that's hard to pin down but easy to recognize once you've heard it.

Since they're a local band, this is one of those nights where you can catch a San Diego act in their own backyard. The show is on Saturday, December 5, at Casbah, 2501 Kettner Blvd, San Diego, CA 92101, with the music starting at 8 PM.