Blurt: San Diego Music News
Jose Anguiana was raised in Little Italy and first discovered rap when he was around five years old. Born in 1980, he had been introduced to the genre by the likes of Run-DMC, The Fat …
The arrival of another creepy season calls for a new edition of Scarlet Moon’s Halloween videogame music mix. For its fourth volume since 2022, compilation series founder Jayson Napolitano called up some returning composers to …
“Being a big Maiden fan since hearing their debut album, I’d like to say there was a connection and inside story, but you’ll have to defer to Tony for more on that,” says Dany Musser …
Every day, a plethora of peculiar characters weave their way through the sandy streets of Ocean Beach. OB is, of course, known for drawing artists, musicians, spiritual enthusiasts, and folks who are otherwise curious about …
She started out busking on the streets in OB; now Doah Lee now fronts the genre-breaking island grunge band Doah’s Daydream. Born in Seoul, raised in Hawaii, and now rooted in San Diego, she moved …
Rachel Hall grew up in Mobile, Alabama in a family that loved '90s country music: Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Randy Travis. She started playing alto saxophone in fifth grade in order to avoid having to …
Rafael Pondé moved from Brazil to Ocean Beach to play reggae in 2022. He spent a year living — and meditating — in a minivan. His music — meditational reggae, heavy on the metaphysics — …
This year, everything happened all at once for Super Sometimes (formerly known as New Aesthetic): a new name, new record label, and a new album drop. It’s arguable that pop-punk popularity has always come and …
By 2019, local roots rockers Ypsitucky had been playing around town for about five years and were looking forward to recording and releasing an album. Now, six years later, that wish is finally coming true. …
“Brian [Thoryk] had this smirk on his face and told me he needed to talk to me after a Skullbusters practice,” Victim drummer Junior Solis tells me. “Then he says, ‘We’re doing the Victim reunion.’ …
Cheyenne Benton’s 2023 debut album Beautiful Chaos was described in promotional material as “bubblegum angst.” Her song “Drinkin’ About U” was nominated Best R&B, Funk, or Soul Song at the 2023 San Diego Music Awards. …
“I’ve got lots of honey-holes I’ve been cultivating through the years, so I come across interesting things you don’t see every day,” says Alfred Howard of the collection that fills The Reverie Room, his recently …
PunchCard’s Chris Vanoli left the Bay Area and moved to San Diego in the mid-2000s. He was following the lead of his brother Mike, who had made the same transition about a year prior. Chris …
“He did ask that we record the album naked, which was a strange request,” says Chris Cote, regarding the recent sessions with his band SUNBENDR at Tom DeLonge’s home studio. This reporter took “naked” to …
Shaggy — government name Orville Richard Burrell — hits the stage any way he wants, as befits a man who’s slung discs like griddlecakes and rocked crowds in the five and even six digits. (He …
“We just wanted our music back,” says Justin Pearson (Swing Kids, The Locust, Deaf Club). Founded in 2008, Pearson’s band All Leather originally released their debut EP Hung Like a Horse through Los Angeles-based Dim Mak …