Duke Cunningham Can't Have Gun
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Brett Uddenberg
A San Diego native and hip-hop connoisseur, Brett Uddenberg also covers the music scene as a contributor for URB Magazine. You can read more of his work at Dead Music and follow him @BrettUddenberg to stay abreast of what's new and important in the realms of hip-hop, electronica, indie rock, folk and beyond.
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Brett Uddenberg's Stories
Soda Bar Serves One-Man Bands
Following a compelling backstory as long as the song itself, Floridian emcee Bleubird launched into “Giehe 1977,” which chronicles a small Italian village and the home in which his great uncle was shot by Nazis. ...
Serengeti's Kenny Dennis EP
Serengeti has followed up one of 2011's most moving records, Family and Friends, with the absurdist tale of Kenny Dennis. Written from the perspective of Serengeti's 45-year-old alter ego, a bratwurst-gorging, sports-crazed Chicagoan, the Kenny ...
Girls Beguile at the Birch
Following a loose, impressive opening set from Unknown Mortal Orchestra, San Francisco's Girls plugged in at the sold-out Birch North Park Theatre, a venue that has operated as everything from movie theater to playhouse to ...
Brett Uddenberg's Blog Entries
JT's: Just in Case
My last memory of JT’s Pub & Grill prior to Friday night was pissing off a large group of drunken Steelers fans during a playoff game by blaring the cheesiest country music imaginable from the ...
Soda Bar Serves Nerdy Art Rap
Los Angeles-based alt-rapper Busdriver commanded the Soda Bar’s minute stage like a chameleon, blending with shifting sounds and patterns. “I’m just here to hold your hand when you die,” he proclaimed over the jittery flute ...
Sage Francis En Route to Save Solana Beach
Rhode Island’s Sage Francis emerged from the turn of the century indie rap boom and backpacker movement as the godfather of confessional hip-hop. Set against a genre historically predisposed toward image over reality, Sage favored ...
Doomtree's Low-Hanging Boom Bap
The seven-headed beast Doomtree roared through a sold-out Casbah and brought their nuanced, inspirational boom bap along for the ride. Through a setlist consisting largely of No Kings material and a canvas of war drums, ...
Pterodactyl Spills Out at Tin Can Ale House
Fifth Avenue sat quiet just prior to midnight, as the haunting wail of Kera & the Lesbians owned the little rectangle of a venue that is Tin Can Ale House. Hailing from Escondido, the band ...
Astronautalis Splashes Down at Casbah
By the time Astronautalis finished a six-minute freestyle that weaved together a fable about Louisiana BBQ, an invincible dog, and harpoons, any residual doubters in the Casbah were definitively silenced. This Minneapolis-based wordsmith, consistently one ...
