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Gunther's Grass serving up vintage stash on new full-length

Never in the Future that Dawned Earlier On showcases medieval European hurdy-gurdy and the Lao/Northeast Thai mouth organ khaen

Never in the Future that Dawned Earlier On, a new collection of songs from experimental, minimalist art rockers Gunther's Grass, ...

Beggars choose to start a busy year with 2-CD O.B. acid melt

Local Lotushouse label building their high mountain temple with a deluge of discs

"This 2-CD set was recorded over four three day sessions in Ocean Beach, in the Upper Chamber of the High ...

North Park bar has had enough Beatles, going gay for Morrissey

Bar Pink hosting Pony Death Ride's release party for Not a Foal, Not Yet a Horse Jan. 15

"We had no idea that this year is the 50th anniversary of Beatlemania, but we're really lucky it turned out ...

Mike Gao: Beta World Peace

Future beat technician Mike Gao releases second full-length album.

Mike Gao's sophomore LP dropped yesterday via L.A. label Huh What & Where. Elaborating on textures from his April, 2011 ...

Megan Combs album release party Dec. 1 at Lestats

In March, Encinitas songstress Megan Combs began recording a new full-length, Home is Where the Heart is, with local reggae ...

Jeff Kaiser, Phil Skaller : Endless Pie

Wicked trumpet meets prepared piano in this intense and hilarious pairing of twisted minds.

Trumpet + piano duos are a relatively rare commodity in jazz — and this collaboration between Jeff Kaiser and Phil ...

Gabe Lehner: The Swift Death of Dysfunction

Inspired Flight musician Gabe Lehner releases solo album.

Gabe Lehner took time aside from the indie rock hip hop jams of Inspired Flight to record an album of ...

Celebration Day

I am 45 years of age, 32 of which the Songs Remains the Same. Yes, I have been a Led ...

The madwoman of San Blas wharf dies

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/sep/20/31879/ Rebeca Méndez Jiménez, whose love story inspired the celebrated song from the group Maná "En el muelle de San ...

Manuok Confronts Ghosts and Change on Traps

Band photo by Sheri Tennison Berg The theme of Manuok’s newest album is “ghosts, change, and traps,” says multi-instrumentalist and ...

Astra Kelly Trading Rock For Torch Songs On New Concept Album

When Astra Kelly debuts songs from her new concept album Parlor Songs: Love and Heartbreak at House of Blues on ...

Pathology Calls the Time Of Great Purification Their "Most Technical Album"

The heavy metalheads of Pathology say their upcoming full-length The Time Of Great Purification (due September 25) will be "definitely ...

Mike Keneally Takes XTC For New Full-Length (Drops July 24)

Fresh on the heels of his Comic-Con performance with cartoon band Dethklok, on the deck of the USS Midway, Mike ...

Diane Moser: "WDMO" just out on Planet Arts

Former San Diegan Diane Moser, a pianist and composer of the highest order, has just released a disc that's been ...

River City/Drew Andrews Double Album Release Party

Alt-Country sextet River City is celebrating the release of their debut full length album, The Flood & The Gavel, tomorrow ...

Liquid Geometry Label Debut: Mastah Syphe Bullrider EP

For the past year-and-a-half, forward-thinking electronic music collective Liquid Geometry has been playing a huge role in cultivating San Diego’s ...

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