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Worthy's Cause
By Dorian Hargrove, Published July 1, 2009
“Worthy Gubbins is like odds and ends, rubbish, maybe like a lucky rabbit’s foot or a favorite ring,” writes guitarist and vocalist Tyler Stolnack in an email. He’s defining the sound and feel of his four-piece ...
Record Release Round-Up
By Jay Allen Sanford, Published July 1, 2009
The debut album from headbangers Wolves of Eden features guest guitarist Anthony LoCoco of Deeper Purple, “a longtime friend and mentor and the best damn shredder in San Diego,” according to guitarist Jason Getzel. Rough ...
Tower Bar Beat-Down
By Larry Harmon, Published July 1, 2009
Nearly two weeks after being attacked by a group of men loitering near the Tower Bar at around 1:50 a.m., the victim who sustained the worst injuries said he’s recovering, and the suspect accused of ...
Pay the DJ
By Ken Leighton, Published July 1, 2009
SDSU recently remitted $3000 to a former student who claimed that KCR, the on-campus radio station, damaged his chances to get a job in radio. ... More Comments (5)
Border-Crossing Cyber Sessions
By Dorian Hargrove, Published June 24, 2009
With two of the six members of Spanish alt-rock band Marquez! living in Jalisco, Mexico, three living in San Diego, and one living in Tijuana, ... More Post a comment
The Red Wing and the Rock Star
By David Stampone, Published June 24, 2009
Which former San Diego County resident looms largest in popular music? Zappa? Waits? Jewel? A case can be made for Eddie Vedder, who went from ... More Post a comment
Unfair Fair?
By Ken Leighton, Published June 24, 2009
The theme for this year’s Del Mar Fair is “Music Mania.” Chris Behar of reggae band High Tide thinks that’s false advertising. “The fair is ... More Post a comment
Puttin' on the Hits
By Barbarella , Published June 24, 2009
Canes Bar & Grill in Mission Beach has been an obstacle in Randy Wood’s attempt to revive his success of the 1980s. At least, that ... More Comments (4)
Family Banding
By Josh Board, Published June 17, 2009
Mid-May, after a show at Canes, Rhythm and the Method lead singer Rhythm Turner was saying goodbye to her girlfriend when she was attacked. Her ... More Comments (2)
Clay Pigeon Flies Solo
By Jay Allen Sanford, Published June 17, 2009
“I’ve always considered my career in the defense industry to be my plan A,” says rapper Jimmy Powers, who by day is an administrative security ... More Comment (1)
Swift Serenade
By Josh Board, Published June 17, 2009
Luke Walton, an 18-year-old Carlsbad resident and recent graduate of La Costa Canyon High, is getting popular because of a song he sort of wrote, ... More Comment (1)
Eyeless as a Calling Card?
By Jay Allen Sanford, Published June 17, 2009
“I call it a Sludge Opera because the music is thick and lugubrious,” says one-man band Zsa Zsa Gabor (real name Samuel Lopez) of his ... More Post a comment
Chillin' with the Shins
By Dorian Hargrove, Published June 10, 2009
Delta Spirit’s next full-length, set to come out in 2010, will be titled Natalie Portman Says This Album Will Change Your Life, riffing on a ... More Comment (1)
Guevara with a Guitar
By Ken Leighton, Published June 10, 2009
It’s awkward when Joaquin McWhinney’s students recognize him as Quino, lead singer of Big Mountain, the local reggae band that had a top-ten hit 15 ... More Post a comment
Homegrown Gooseflesh
By Jay Allen Sanford, Published June 10, 2009
“I was just given the history of the Homegrown brand yesterday by Jeff Berkley,” says Cathryn Beeks, new host of Saturday night’s Homegrown Hour on ... More Comments (3)
Free-for-All
By Jay Allen Sanford, Published June 10, 2009
“When I did a short tour of New York City a couple of years ago, this guy at Verve Records told me that I’m going ... More Comments (5)
Scoreboard!
By Ken Leighton, Published June 3, 2009
Goodnight Caulfield, a local pop/rock quartet with limited exposure outside of all-ages venues and coffeehouses, has signed on with Variety Artists, the same agency that ... More Post a comment
Adam's Run
By Josh Board, Published June 3, 2009
I’ve had two Thanksgiving dinners with Eber Lambert, father of American Idol Adam. Last November, before we all sat down to eat, Eber was doing ... More Comments (2)
Come to the Cabaret
By Jay Allen Sanford, Published June 3, 2009
“San Diego stands poised to rival such musically friendly cities as Austin, Texas,” says Rafter drummer Andy Robillard, who recently took over booking the Ruby ... More Post a comment
Communication Breakdown
By Dorian Hargrove, Published June 3, 2009
After two years of playing drums for alternative rockers Demasiado, Wade Youman has decided to move on. “There were some creative issues with me and ... More Post a comment
Punk Rock High School
By Jay Allen Sanford, Published May 27, 2009
“The script was written based on the high school scene in coastal North County San Diego,” says Fabulous Rudies singer Tom Voris, music director for ... More Post a comment
Record Release Roundup
By Jay Allen Sanford, Published May 27, 2009
Joey Harris and the Mentals are promoting their new ten-track self-titled album with a June 14 release show at Brick by Brick. “Mojo Nixon and ... More Comment (1)
French Fries and Gravy
By Bart Mendoza, Published May 27, 2009
On May 29 and 30, the Casbah will host the Ché Underground Reunion, a gathering of bands and fans who frequented UCSD’s student-run co-op Ché ... More Comment (1)
Fishing for Fans
By Dorian Hargrove, Published May 27, 2009
Last year, math-rock trio Swim Party sent a few of their songs and a brief bio to producers at Fuel TV’s action sports show, The ... More Post a comment
Cyber Skullduggery
By Jay Allen Sanford, Published May 20, 2009
“Is it really out of line to post your songs for sale on another band’s MySpace page?” posits rock trio New Day Mile. “Yes it ... More Comment (1)
Swift Rider
By Jay Allen Sanford, Published May 20, 2009
Before Taylor Swift appears at the Sports Arena on Sunday, May 24, her personal tour bus must be stocked with a bag of Tostitos tortilla ... More Post a comment
Karma Can Be Ironic
By Jay Allen Sanford, Published May 20, 2009
“I spent the night in jail after spending the day feeding the homeless,” says Joel D. Mutch, aka Point Blank, of hip-hop trio Even Keel. ... More Comment (1)
Busker in a Red Dress
By Dorian Hargrove, Published May 20, 2009
When acoustic songster and mustache enthusiast Dagart decided to play 30 shows in 30 days at various locations around Southern California, he chose real-time social ... More Comment (1)
The Gig Is Legit
By Jay Allen Sanford, Published May 13, 2009
“It was our first gig outside of San Diego,” says Guava Belly singer-guitarist Dan Hammer of the band’s April 22 set at the Roxy in ... More Post a comment
Bugs in Your Chin Wig
By Jay Allen Sanford, Published May 13, 2009
“I wrote the song when he was on that Rock Star Supernova show,” says “Dangerous Dave” Swain of local punk-rock trio the Bugs. Swain’s talking ... More Post a comment
Stand Still, Laddie
By Ken Leighton, Published May 13, 2009
A multi-deejay event called Klub Therapy debuts Friday night at the 8Teen Arts and Cultural Center in North Park. It is one of the first ... More Post a comment
Tick, Tick, Tick...
By Ken Leighton, Published May 13, 2009
San Diego just lost another all-ages music venue. Sergeant Glenn Giannantonio of the San Diego Sheriff’s Department says that an April 18 show at the ... More Comments (22)
Shop Class Philanthropists
By Dorian Hargrove, Published May 6, 2009
Industrial-arts programs were important to Bob Taylor and Greg Deering when they were growing up in San Diego. It was during woodshop classes they made ... More Post a comment
If I'm Any Judge
By Barnaby Monk, Published May 6, 2009
I judged a battle of the bands last Tuesday night at the Hard Rock Café, home to Mojo’s leathers and Madonna’s bulletproof bra. The event ... More Post a comment
Worst of the Worst
By Ken Leighton, Published May 6, 2009
Will an unruly punk show end live music at the Jumping Turtle? Sheriff’s deputy Sgt. Glenn Antonio said every patrol car assigned to San Marcos ... More Comments (9)
Talk Dirty to Me
By Jay Allen Sanford, Published May 6, 2009
“Every gig we’re surprised by someone who looks like a vocal outcast but who burns the mike,” says Pickford’s Party drummer Eric Ganci, whose band ... More Post a comment
Mixed-Media Leucadia
By Dorian Hargrove, Published April 29, 2009
Matt Curreri of the Exfriends has been looking for a venue where he can play weekly shows, like the dive bar on Manhattan’s Lower East ... More Post a comment
The Anti-Coachella Fest?
By Chris Woo, Published April 29, 2009
Slab City lies at the southeast corner of the Salton Sea, where the Anza-Borrego Desert becomes the Colorado Desert. The “slabs” are what’s left from ... More Post a comment
Raising the Red Flag
By Bart Mendoza, Published April 29, 2009
Eighties electronic duo Red Flag performed for the first time in San Diego since 2002 on April 22 at the House of Blues. Originally a ... More Post a comment
Kiss My ASCAP
By Ken Leighton, Published April 29, 2009
From 1994 to 2004, guitarist Ryan Ruiz and bassist Steve Van Wyk played in Surf Report, a band known for retooling metal songs (“Ace of ... More Post a comment
Hulu Knows Who I Am
By Dorian Hargrove, Published April 22, 2009
When independent filmmaker Tray White contacted Matt Resovich last year through MySpace to do the score for Impaler (a documentary on self-proclaimed satanic vampire Jonathon ... More Post a comment
More Ink for Psychedelic Horse(expletive)
By Jay Allen Sanford, Published April 22, 2009
Wavves — the local duo brainstormed by former Music Trader manager Nathan Williams — are being called lo-fi poseurs by Columbus, Ohio, garage band Psychedelic ... More Post a comment
Train of Thought
By Ken Leighton, Published April 22, 2009
Eric Woodard, aka Dizzy Order, has been rapping locally for 15 years. He used to freestyle at underground shows based in Encanto in the mid ... More Post a comment
Record Release Roundup
By Jay Allen Sanford, Published April 22, 2009
Irradio will play a free release party for their album I Am the Horn on Sunday, April 26, at the Casbah. “All attendees can expect ... More Comments (4)
Here Comes a Face Melter
By Jay Allen Sanford, Published April 15, 2009
Ever since the Kadan on 30th Street in University Heights started hosting Guitar Hero competitions in January 2007, the video game has been bringing out ... More Comments (2)
We're Not From L.A., We Just Live There
By Dorian Hargrove, Published April 15, 2009
A few days after playing Austin’s SXSW festival, members of the Soft Pack (formerly the Muslims) were driving to a gig in Philadelphia when a ... More Post a comment
Long Hair Can't Cover My Red Neck
By Ken Leighton, Published April 15, 2009
Outlaw country legend David Allan Coe could sell between 1000 and 2000 tickets if he were to play in San Diego. But, he won’t, says ... More Comment (1)
Fooled Around and Felt Surreal
By Bart Mendoza, Published April 15, 2009
On May 14, 1976, Bay Area blues group the Elvin Bishop Band, with 25-year-old Johnny Vernazza on guitar, recorded their concert at downtown’s Civic Theatre. ... More Post a comment
You Say Mercado, He Says Macaco
By Dorian Hargrove, Published April 8, 2009
Scott Mercado didn’t know what to expect for Manuok’s first European Tour. Not long into it, the band — consisting of Mercado, Andrew Trecha, Geoff ... More Post a comment
Slab City's Edge
By Larry Harmon, Published April 8, 2009
When MTV2 started airing episodes of VBS.tv — Vice magazine’s video documentary series — it did more than introduce fans of From G’s to Gents ... More Post a comment
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