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Live Five: Leavers, Sande Lollis, Jayo Felony, Fenix TX, Moondaddy
Brit-underground, dream pop, hip-hop, skate punk, and a farewell concert in Little Italy, Normal Heights, OB
The Daggers in action in Thrashin'
September 3
Originally known as Daggers 86 (their name taken from the denim-vest-loving skate gang in the 1986 film Thrashin’), the Brit-pop inspired members of Leavers would get together during the Covid lockdown in bassist Alex Brewins' backyard and have acoustic jams to “hammer out some ideas,” according to guitarist John Mattos (Stewardess, Warsaw, Dreams Made Flesh), who co-founded the band with guitarist Ryan Allen (Powerballs, Cedar Fire). Around that time, they decided to rebrand as Leavers. “It just kind of made sense to sort of break it off and change our name,” Allen explains. “That was kind of just John and my thing and now we’re an actual band, not just two dudes in a living room.” Their recent single “Fear and Loathing in the Grand Ballroom” precedes a new full-length due later this year called Cherries. The Little Italy show also includes local dark ghost-punk band Hauntu, whose debut EP I earned them a 2025 San Diego Music Awards nomination for Best Indie/Alternative, and two-piece indie-underground rock act Participant.
Leavers
Sande Lollis at Normal Heights United Methodist Church
September 4
Local icon Sande Lollis first earned notice with East County Americana band Enter the Blue Sky. In 2017, she won the West Coast Country Music Association competition for Best Female Vocalist of the Year and Best Female Entertainer of the Year, earning a slot the following year at the national competition at Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Over the past two decades, she has uploaded nearly a hundred performance videos to her Youtube channel, many of them taped locally, but now she’s relocating to the east coast. “Last year, after losing my mom, I inherited her house in Tennessee,” she explains. “That turn of events set in motion a decision I never imagined making...this city has held so much of my music life, my friends, my collaborators, the rooms where songs were born, the unexpected harmonies, the late-night conversations that turned into melodies. It’s where I learned how to stand inside my own voice, and where so many of you first stood with me. Now I’m packing up that life and stepping into something new, carrying both sadness and excitement at the same time.” Her farewell-to-San Diego concert includes singer-guitarist Jeff Berkley (Berkley Hart), bassist Jason Littlefield (Archtones), multi-instrumentalist Shawn Rohlf (7th Day Buskers), drummer Danny Campbell (Fish & the Seaweeds), and singer-songwriters Cathryn Beeks (CalAmity) and Bonnie Nicholls.
Sande Lollis at Big Rock Studios
Jayo Felony at The Holding Company
September 5
Southeast San Diego rapper James Savage, aka Jayo Felony, is a former member of the Rollin 40s Neighborhood, a Crip gang stretching from the neighborhoods of Chollas View to Mount Hope. He has also gone by the names Peer Pressure, One Shot Kill, Bullet Loco, and Uno. In 1994, Felony was signed to Jam Master Jay Records, releasing his debut full-length Take a Ride. A follow-up dropped in 1998 on the Def Jam label, Whatcha Gonna Do?, featuring guest rappers Method Man, DMX, Mack 10, WC, Redman, Kokane, Ice Cube, E-40, and 8 Ball & MJG. He went on to also collaborate with Snoop Dogg, Daz Dillinger, and Kurupt, and he co-founded the Rifleman. His most recent full-length Rap Is Bac dropped last October, along with a collaborative single and video with local Mexican-American rapper Lil Rob for their track “Black & Brown.” Felony’s upcoming OB show Everybody’s Compromised is being billed as “A night of real music, real people, [and] real connections” featuring live performances and networking opportunities. Hosted by Slink Johnson (aka Black Jesus), acts slated to appear include Don Elway, Green Eyes, 2DNK, Bando Jonez, Hoodie From Da Hood, DJ Jams, and Soul Spittaz.
Jayo Felony
September 5
With two of the members currently living in San Diego county, pop-punk band Fenix TX was originally based in Texas and known as Riverfenix. Their debut 1997 album Drive Thru resulted in Mark Hoppus managing the band while still playing with Blink-182. Both groups toured together until Fenix TX split in 2002, though a few brief reunions ensued. After Blink-182 announced its reformation in 2009, the classic Fenix TX lineup reunited as well. One of the original members, Adam Lewis, passed away from cancer in 2024, prompting the band to prepare previously unreleased material to release in memory of Lewis and for the benefit of his family. Last year, they reissued their 1996 EP G.B.O.H., which originally came out while they were still known as Riverfenix, and their Big Fish EP dropped in March. It includes four rare or previously unreleased recordings from 1999: “Damn For Real?,” “Abbazabba You My Only Friend,” “Mountain Dewd,” and a demo of “Phoebe Cates.” Among the opening bands is local progressive reggae-rock act Reason to Rebel, known for their politically aware and socially conscious songwriting, along with 30 Foot Fall and Fieldrush.
Fenix TX
September 8
Moondaddy is a dream pop project founded in 2020 by singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Cara Potiker. Their debut Poet Lies landed them a tour slot on DeVotchKa’s sold-out West Coast tour, plus they opened for Cryogeyser and Peel Dream Magazine, and played a sold-out 2700-person show opening for Beabadoobie at Soma Mainstage. The band’s sophomore full-length Dove Tapes dropped last Halloween, recorded in full analog at Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas with Manuel Calderon (Animal Collective, Portugal. The Man, Beach House) at the helm. The tracks were then mastered directly from tape to lacquer, an approach they picked up on their 2024 EP Lightwave Lightwave. Their most recent single “Passenger” dropped in January, preceding a full-length expected later this year. The bill includes Mark Crozer, Omo Cloud, and Rebecca Sykes.
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Live Five: Leavers, Sande Lollis, Jayo Felony, Fenix TX, Moondaddy
Brit-underground, dream pop, hip-hop, skate punk, and a farewell concert in Little Italy, Normal Heights, OB
Live Five: Leavers, Sande Lollis, Jayo Felony, Fenix TX, Moondaddy
Brit-underground, dream pop, hip-hop, skate punk, and a farewell concert in Little Italy, Normal Heights, OB
The Daggers in action in Thrashin'
September 3
Originally known as Daggers 86 (their name taken from the denim-vest-loving skate gang in the 1986 film Thrashin’), the Brit-pop inspired members of Leavers would get together during the Covid lockdown in bassist Alex Brewins' backyard and have acoustic jams to “hammer out some ideas,” according to guitarist John Mattos (Stewardess, Warsaw, Dreams Made Flesh), who co-founded the band with guitarist Ryan Allen (Powerballs, Cedar Fire). Around that time, they decided to rebrand as Leavers. “It just kind of made sense to sort of break it off and change our name,” Allen explains. “That was kind of just John and my thing and now we’re an actual band, not just two dudes in a living room.” Their recent single “Fear and Loathing in the Grand Ballroom” precedes a new full-length due later this year called Cherries. The Little Italy show also includes local dark ghost-punk band Hauntu, whose debut EP I earned them a 2025 San Diego Music Awards nomination for Best Indie/Alternative, and two-piece indie-underground rock act Participant.
Leavers
Sande Lollis at Normal Heights United Methodist Church
September 4
Local icon Sande Lollis first earned notice with East County Americana band Enter the Blue Sky. In 2017, she won the West Coast Country Music Association competition for Best Female Vocalist of the Year and Best Female Entertainer of the Year, earning a slot the following year at the national competition at Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Over the past two decades, she has uploaded nearly a hundred performance videos to her Youtube channel, many of them taped locally, but now she’s relocating to the east coast. “Last year, after losing my mom, I inherited her house in Tennessee,” she explains. “That turn of events set in motion a decision I never imagined making...this city has held so much of my music life, my friends, my collaborators, the rooms where songs were born, the unexpected harmonies, the late-night conversations that turned into melodies. It’s where I learned how to stand inside my own voice, and where so many of you first stood with me. Now I’m packing up that life and stepping into something new, carrying both sadness and excitement at the same time.” Her farewell-to-San Diego concert includes singer-guitarist Jeff Berkley (Berkley Hart), bassist Jason Littlefield (Archtones), multi-instrumentalist Shawn Rohlf (7th Day Buskers), drummer Danny Campbell (Fish & the Seaweeds), and singer-songwriters Cathryn Beeks (CalAmity) and Bonnie Nicholls.
Sande Lollis at Big Rock Studios
Jayo Felony at The Holding Company
September 5
Southeast San Diego rapper James Savage, aka Jayo Felony, is a former member of the Rollin 40s Neighborhood, a Crip gang stretching from the neighborhoods of Chollas View to Mount Hope. He has also gone by the names Peer Pressure, One Shot Kill, Bullet Loco, and Uno. In 1994, Felony was signed to Jam Master Jay Records, releasing his debut full-length Take a Ride. A follow-up dropped in 1998 on the Def Jam label, Whatcha Gonna Do?, featuring guest rappers Method Man, DMX, Mack 10, WC, Redman, Kokane, Ice Cube, E-40, and 8 Ball & MJG. He went on to also collaborate with Snoop Dogg, Daz Dillinger, and Kurupt, and he co-founded the Rifleman. His most recent full-length Rap Is Bac dropped last October, along with a collaborative single and video with local Mexican-American rapper Lil Rob for their track “Black & Brown.” Felony’s upcoming OB show Everybody’s Compromised is being billed as “A night of real music, real people, [and] real connections” featuring live performances and networking opportunities. Hosted by Slink Johnson (aka Black Jesus), acts slated to appear include Don Elway, Green Eyes, 2DNK, Bando Jonez, Hoodie From Da Hood, DJ Jams, and Soul Spittaz.
Jayo Felony
September 5
With two of the members currently living in San Diego county, pop-punk band Fenix TX was originally based in Texas and known as Riverfenix. Their debut 1997 album Drive Thru resulted in Mark Hoppus managing the band while still playing with Blink-182. Both groups toured together until Fenix TX split in 2002, though a few brief reunions ensued. After Blink-182 announced its reformation in 2009, the classic Fenix TX lineup reunited as well. One of the original members, Adam Lewis, passed away from cancer in 2024, prompting the band to prepare previously unreleased material to release in memory of Lewis and for the benefit of his family. Last year, they reissued their 1996 EP G.B.O.H., which originally came out while they were still known as Riverfenix, and their Big Fish EP dropped in March. It includes four rare or previously unreleased recordings from 1999: “Damn For Real?,” “Abbazabba You My Only Friend,” “Mountain Dewd,” and a demo of “Phoebe Cates.” Among the opening bands is local progressive reggae-rock act Reason to Rebel, known for their politically aware and socially conscious songwriting, along with 30 Foot Fall and Fieldrush.
Fenix TX
September 8
Moondaddy is a dream pop project founded in 2020 by singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Cara Potiker. Their debut Poet Lies landed them a tour slot on DeVotchKa’s sold-out West Coast tour, plus they opened for Cryogeyser and Peel Dream Magazine, and played a sold-out 2700-person show opening for Beabadoobie at Soma Mainstage. The band’s sophomore full-length Dove Tapes dropped last Halloween, recorded in full analog at Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas with Manuel Calderon (Animal Collective, Portugal. The Man, Beach House) at the helm. The tracks were then mastered directly from tape to lacquer, an approach they picked up on their 2024 EP Lightwave Lightwave. Their most recent single “Passenger” dropped in January, preceding a full-length expected later this year. The bill includes Mark Crozer, Omo Cloud, and Rebecca Sykes.
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