Staff Blog Entries

Rock Out Karaoke ending 4-year residency in Pacific Beach

No more live band karaoke at 710 Beach Club "as the club works on going a new direction"

"This Thursday [March 7], we’ll be celebrating our four-year stay at the 710 Beach Club with a big ol’ freakin’ ...

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 ...

Weiland booted from Stone Temple Pilots (again)

Slipknot and Velvet Revolver aren't saying nice things about him either...

“Stone Temple Pilots have announced they have officially terminated Scott Weiland,” according to a statement issued from the band’s management. ...

RIP early Beatles collaborator Tony Sheridan: His San Diego ties

Backed by the Beatles on their first vinyl appearance and recorded with local troubadour

Tony Sheridan passed away on February 16 at the age of 72. It was Sheridan for whom the Fab Four ...

How did San Diego go from two dozen drive-in theaters to only two?

Hint: The murder of a future SD Mayor's brother had a lot to do with it

The Reader's Don Bauder has an excellent new story about former San Diego Mayor Maureen O'Connor's recent legal tribulations: "Mayor ...

Williams and Pope, aka Wavves, lean on demons to battle fear of heights

New full-length Afraid of Heights due March 26, single available now

A new single, “Demon to Lean On,” off the upcoming Wavves full-length Afraid of Heights — recorded with producer John ...

Sea Chanteys with famous former neighbors Tom Waits, Frank Zappa

Waits/Keith Richards jam and Zappa track on Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/03/39496/ The Tom Waits and Keith Richards jam “Shenandoah,” off the upcoming compilation Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea ...

Either/Or - Sounds Like San Diego or Roni Lee & Jennifer Batten?

Local-centric legends at the Museum, or local chick rocker w/Michael Jackson's guitarist?

Two different events to consider tonight: Sounds Like San Diego at the Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad is a ...

Savannah Philyaw "ready to jump into the pool" Feb. 1 w/ Normal Heights concert

Young singer/songwriter's debut EP sports local all-star lineup (Cantrell, Berkley, Hart, Caplinger, Moore, etc)

“I don’t actually have a band,” says singer/songwriter Savannah Philyaw. “I’m occasionally accompanied by friends of mine; violinists, drummers, guitarists, ...

"Lost" 1968 Andy Warhol film San Diego Surf to screen in La Jolla

West coast premier March 16 at Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/28/39108/ ­Andy Warhol filmed San Diego Surf on the shores of La Jolla in May 1968, though it was only ...

Pachyderm prog rock courtesy of Elephants of Scotland

Rush-loving quartet drops impressive debut full-length

So you think you’d like Rush more, if only that singer didn’t keep whipping out his “chipmunk in a blender” ...

Tonight's turf in Del Mar will be blue(grass)

Claire Lynch Band playing Del Mar Powerhouse

Two-time International Bluegrass Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year Claire Lynch has become a creative force in acoustic music ...

Michael Tiernan & Lee Coulter still ducking “real jobs”

Diatonic duo dishes on pimped-out Hollywood hotel rooms and loving their ladies

Lee Coulter is about to embark on a 55-city tour, but locals can catch him tonight with his frequent brother-from-another-mother ...

Yes playing Temecula March 8 with local tribute band frontman at the mic

3 complete albums to be performed:The Yes Album, Close to the Edge, Going For the One

In summer 2012, singer Jon Davison of mostly-local Yes tribute band Roundabout was tapped by the actual Yes, to tour ...

New name: Chula Vista Cricket/Coors Amphitheatre riding the Sleep Train

Another name change for the 20,000 seat concert venue

Mattress sellers Sleep Train have closed a deal with Live Nation to rename Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre (formerly Coors Amphitheatre) the ...

Hargo trading SoCal turf for Indian surf after Jan. 18 Normal Heights show

Retro-world rocker promises to post "Turban-cam" reports for Reader readers

"I kept it mellow during the holidays, kind of recharging my batteries for what is sure to be the busiest ...

Simeon Flick logging "10,000 hours towards mastery in isolation"

Obsessively DIY singer/songwriter swears "I will never subject you to a Kickstarter campaign"

"When I first arrived in San Diego almost twelve years ago, I could only record and put out demos on ...

Get well soon, Jeffrey Joe! Mira Mesa troubador hospitalized

"He's awake and alert but breathing tubes are still in," according to friends.

Mira Mesa blues singer/guitarist Jeffrey Joe Morin is in the hospital, "mending from some heart complications" according to his Facebook ...

Floydian flying pig will land in Ocean Beach on Jan. 18

Pink Floyd Experience to debut new national stage show at Winstons

"There will be no other west coast appearances, so this is a Winstons exclusive" says Tom Quinn of the Pink ...