The problem with Rosarito's whale
Sharks like the fat, orcas like the liver
Mike Madriaga 3:29 p.m., Sept. 16
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RIP Eddie Money - local guitar hero Greg Douglass remembers
"We cut a killer track..."
"We cut a killer track..."
SSI release Resurrectionem Ex-Mortuis on Shepard Fairey’s Obey Records
Fairey will also help with prizes planned for a remix competition SSI is doing with software company Native Instruments
Electronic rockers Sonic Solutions Inc features two Encinitas brothers from an earlier band called Physics, John Goff (drummer and bagpiper for Crash Worship) and Will Goff, who plays guitar and keyboards. When Physics split, Jason ...
The Mountain Goats’ John Darnelle embraces fantasy with In League with Dragons
“Wizards grow more practiced in their craft as they age”
In League with Dragons, the new LP by the Mountain Goats, began its life as a concept album. John Darnielle, the band’s chief architect of songcraft, had grand plans for a fantasy rock opera that ...
As I Lay Dying dropped from Resurrection Fest
And other music news from Pathology, Schizophonics, Chon, Deaf Club, and the Swedish Models
Spanish organizers of the 2019 Resurrection Fest have dropped the reunited As I Lay Dying due to negative backlash over singer Tim Lambesis’ conviction and imprisonment for trying to hire an undercover police officer to ...
Lil Nas X’s Old Town Road to San Diego
“Rap is very far from new to country”
Some San Diego hip-hop fans I spoke to said they didn’t like “Old Town Road” when it first dropped on local airwaves and the club scene — but what was it like for our country ...
Los Texmaniacs joined by Cesar Rosas of Los Lobos for local gig
“We’re expecting a large crowd” at Adams Avenue Street Fair says Steve Kader
“I love exposing people to all types of music,” explains Steve Kader, the talent buyer for the Adams Avenue Street Fair, a gig he’s held for the past 15 years after logging seven with 4th ...
Bleached and sober
The natural high of newfound sobriety is evident all over their latest album
Don’t You Think You’ve Had Enough is a fitting title for the new Bleached album. The release marks the first time the Clavin sisters (Jennifer and Jessie) have written and recorded an album completely sober. ...
Record Release Roundup: Jordan Krimston ready to Turn the Page
Big Bad Buffalo & Miss New Buddha vet going solo in September
Jordan Krimston is a vet of bands like Big Bad Buffalo (whose 2012 debut self-titled three-song EP was released while Krimston was still in high school), Band Argument (an analog-digital hybrid), Weatherbox, and Miss New ...
A Snapshot of Curtis Taylor
“I’m very much in a transitional time right now”
“I’ve got a nice crew with me and I’m excited we we’re able to put this album together,” says trumpeter Curtis Taylor about Snapshot, his latest record that dropped last month. Snapshot was recorded live ...
Dennis Sheridan and the record that wrote itself
It’s a sparse album that serves as a sort of grab-bag of his songs from the past 14 years.
Ryan Jubela owns Masters Kitchen and Cocktail in Oceanside. Earlier this year, he asked Dennis Sheridan if he wanted to play an acoustic gig at his restaurant. Sheridan took the offer as a challenge. He ...
RIP Billy Bacon of Forbidden Pigs
Founding singer/songwriter/bassist/frontman had just moved to Nebraska
William Seth Russell, aka Forbidden Pigs founder, singer/songwriter, bassist and frontman Billy Bacon, passed away Tuesday evening, August 20. "Last time I spoke with him, he was planning on selling his place in Texas and ...
