Se Vende accident, Gunther’s Grass drone, Planet B collaboration, Unwritten Law hum, Jack Tempchin AI

“We are a crusty pop punk band from San Diego, [and] we have a new vinyl called Happy Accidents coming out on San Diego’s own Paper Street Cuts label on December 2,” reports Se Vende, which runs its own DIY venue called The Print Shop where they operate a screen printing business. According to guitarist Jonny Cuz, “The lyrics come from depression, happiness, confusion, anxiety, acceptance, and even a song about sleep paralysis.”

Chilean-born Marcelo Radulovich cofounded Gunther’s Grass in 2005 to bring together ancient drone-based instruments from across the world. A new album called UR dropped November 4. “Hard to describe the sound or genre, though experimental would work,” says Radulovich. “The participants are Chris Adler on khan and piano, Scott Walton – who lives in France – on contrabass and piano, and me on hurdy gurdy and electronics. It is another one of these long-distance collaborations, no actual playing together, full of creative approaches, playing and sound.”

Planet B features Justin Pearson (the Locust, Head Wound City) with frequent collaborator Gabe Serbian (Dead Cross, Zu) and Luke Henshaw (Sonido de la Frontera, First Power Crew). They teamed up with dark dance duo Adult. for a split seven-inch single, “Glass in the Trash” b/w “Release Me,” with a vinyl variant edition limited to 250 copies. The Swamp green vinyl is available from Three One G and the neon orange edition is being released by Ersatz Audio.

Unwritten Law released a short film consisting of two music videos for the tracks “Magnetic” and “The Hum,” off their seventh studio album The Hum, their first new full-length in ten years. The film stars Tyler Posey (Teen Wolf) and model Tehya Elam, who escape from a dystopian future by entering The Hum, an alternate reality where the world is still what it used to be. The band appears January 20 at Observatory North Park.

Before writing songs for the Eagles and others, Jack Tempchin lived in Banker’s Hill and performed at a Mission Beach watering hole called the Heritage. Tempchin is promoting a Halloween-themed music video called “Ghost Car” that he produced using AI software, featuring a hitchhiker flying through space with James Dean driving and Marilyn Monroe riding shotgun. He appears at the Magnolia on November 26 as part of a Last Waltz tribute with locals Mrs. Henry.