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Legendary Mighty Raw Tones Experience and Revue

The Legendary Mighty Raw Tones Experience and Revue has been playing San Diego for over ... More

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Summer Brighton

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Brandon Rice

All That We Live For
Mellow music with a cool chill.

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Gayle Skidmore — Paper Box
Vanja James — Beautiful Mess
Vera's Veil — Deliver
Young Mass — Never a Touchdown
Last Stand — Contraband
Pillbox Remedy — Go On, Take the Scissors and Run
Spud Davenport — Diary
BlueFrog — Baby Come Back Home
Charms — Yesterday's Boys
Mac Attack — The New Sensitive Me
Stained Glass Saints — Pipe Dream
Elaine Faye — Sometimes
Antar Blue — S'pin a Long Time Comin'
Shrewd Lucy — Morning Sky
Kavena — Sedative
Jon Goodhue — Sunlight Hits Your Eyes
Tiltwheel — I Spent My Spring Break in Vancouver and All I Got Was This Dumb Song
Antar Blue — How Did I Get Here?
Jesse LaMonaca — Until The Stars Came Out
Cathryn Beeks Ordeal — Keep Walking
Gari Geiselman — Wonder
Liquid Blue — Pretend
Antar Blue — This is a Mean Little Town
Howls — Black Gold
Even Keel — Why

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“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 ... More Post a comment

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Anti-Nowhere

Thursday 2Reggae’s dancehall duke Junior Reid makes his home nearest the genre’s roots in Kingston, Jamaica. Recording and touring since he was 15 years old, the 44-year-old former Black Uhuru vocalist doesn’t spend much time ... More Comment (1)

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Cowboy Bebop and Gypsy Crawl

“I guess I’ve always been an outsider,” says multiinstrumentalist-songwriter Jon Ji. “The hippies called me a punk, the punkers called me a hippie, the Confederates a rebel…and the girls an angel, the devil, and a ... More Comment (1)

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Nautical Disaster, Jimmy Powers vs. Verbz, and Aepnia

Artist: Nautical DisasterSong: “Your Lying Stars” (from the CD Interceptor)Heard by: Lucas Blankartz, North ParkI thought it was a pretty decent song. It started out really bass-heavy and sounded very spacey and dark. It sounds ... More Comments (2)

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Sicarus

Despite a silly album cover — skulls and crossbones, text surrounded by flames — Sicarus isn’t as schlocky a metal band as one might think. Contrary to what their art conveys, the three tracks on ... More Comments (4)

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Heart Pounder

Back in November of ’97, I was doing a live broadcast from Nashville. It was the day before the Country Music Awards. It is a crazy and massively fun, long day — a cattle-call of ... More Post a comment

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Summer Chamber Music Festival
Fourth annual festival promises "the sounds of Beethoven and Bach." Festival musicians range in age ...
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