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Huge Shark drops debut, Mark Langford interprets poems, Alvino & the Dwells split EP, Flogging Molly declines retakes, Lil Maru raps downtown

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Blair Gun debuts, VirgoTwins stream, LP & the Vinyl travels, Blink 182 cancels, Tom Waits celebrates

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Steve Poltz fest, Allison Adams Tucker EP, Laurie Beebe Lewis gig, Spice Pistols tour, Jason Mraz video

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Tell us lies Dallas McLaughlin, go down under Schizophonics, play it again David J, RIP Dane Terry and Otis Barthoulameu

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Huge Shark drops debut, Mark Langford interprets poems, Alvino & the Dwells split EP, Flogging Molly declines retakes, Lil Maru raps downtown

On April 3, Huge Shark — the musical project of Valerie Polichar -—will drop a debut full-length called Everything, mastered by Grammy-nominated Joe Lambert (The National, The Black Crowes). Over ...

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Blair Gun debuts, VirgoTwins stream, LP & the Vinyl travels, Blink 182 cancels, Tom Waits celebrates

Blair Gun’s debut album Blaspheme Queen was just released, along with a video for “Bennet.” According to singer-guitarist Joedin Morelock, “‘Bennet’ is about a man that I met online. After ...

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Steve Poltz fest, Allison Adams Tucker EP, Laurie Beebe Lewis gig, Spice Pistols tour, Jason Mraz video

Steve Poltz’s second annual BaHOOTenzie! Song School and Folk Fest will be staged in conjunction with the Joshua Tree Music Festival on May 2-4 (Song School) and May 5-6 (Folk ...

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Tell us lies Dallas McLaughlin, go down under Schizophonics, play it again David J, RIP Dane Terry and Otis Barthoulameu

Dallas McLaughlin was known as Dr. Cliff Mixtable when he was in the local rap spoof Bad Credit, who toured with the Aquabats, a ska band that dressed like superheroes ...

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Falling Doves tour, Alicia Previn single, Nathan Hubbard CD, Ass Pocket Whiskey Fellas video, Almost Monday gig

Technicolor Dreams, the new album from Christopher Leyva’s band Falling Doves, was mixed and recorded at London’s famed Abbey Road studio by producer Chris Bolster. A promotional tour kicks off this week; Leyva is calling ...

February 23, 2023

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Miniaturized cycles, MohaviSoul performs, Cardiac Kidz reissues, Crocodiles inundates, Tolan Shaw reproduces

Miniaturized includes members of Rocket from the Crypt, Hot Snakes, Pinback, Earthless, Buckfast Superbee, No Knife, and others. Their new single “The Most,” precedes a self-titled debut album due March 31. “’The Most’ comes from ...

February 16, 2023

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February 9, 2023

Nena Anderson pays tribute, Quatro gets down, Nickel Creek comes back, Silent Comedy makes movie, Jonny Tarr drops album

The Belly Up hosts a February 14 tribute to Dolly Parton curated by Nena Anderson and featuring Brawley, with proceeds to benefit the Keep A Breast Foundation. Prizes will be awarded for the best Dolly ...

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February 2, 2023

Solo Jared Mattson, schizophrenic Reverend Stickman, festive Stick Figure, opener Nukem, floater Flogging Molly

Jared Mattson (The Mattson 2) releases his debut solo full-length Peanut on March 31 via Chaz Bear’s Carpark imprint Company Records, preceded by a single and music video for “Please Come Here.” “I wrote the ...

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January 26, 2023

Sun Room single, Allison Adams Tucker video, Burt Bacharach collection, Keni Yarbro cover, Israel Maldonado performance

Sun Room was founded in 2020 by Long Beach transplant Luke Asgian, while attending Point Loma Nazarene University. Their music has been heard on the Netflix program Outerbanks. An upcoming EP called Outta Their Minds ...

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January 19, 2023

Carry the Stone covers, Mike Keneally recruits, Dead Cross offshoots, The Trebels reunite, Jewel & Julio Iglesias Jr collaborate

On Thursday, January 19, the Music Box hosts Carry the Stone: An All-Star Tribute to the Music of Pink Floyd. The core band features locals Josh Taylor and Sam Hunt (guitars and vocals), Josh Weinstein ...

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January 12, 2023

Daring Greatly headlines bill, Blazing Jane drops album, Locals Only play BU, Hutchins Consort goes rock, Stanley Drucker says goodbye

Nominated for Best Rock Artist at the 2022 San Diego Music Awards, Canadian transplants Daring Greatly will headline a packed Music Box bill on Thursday, January 12 in Little Italy. Co-headliner Ash Easton released her ...

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January 5, 2023

Cinematic surf from The Tourmaliners, all-star assist for Triton, misc models with Hocus, cartoon cover on Spice Pistols, and Calamity’s continuing adventures

The Tourmalines were founded by Deven Berryhill, son of Bob Berryhill, of the ‘60s surf rock group the Surfaris. The new Tourmaliners CD on local Pacific Records, Surfidia, continues the band’s exploration of cinematic surf ...

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Swinging Cobby Brzeski, cynical Spud Davenport, single Julia Sage, substitute Derek Engemann, solo Adam Lambert

Originally from Naples, Florida, jazz singer Cobby Brzeski graduated magna cum laude in 2018 from the Berklee College of Music. She writes, performs, and records original 1940s-inspired swing music. She recently released her debut album ...

December 29, 2022

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Berkley Hart’s Holiday, Barefoot Hockey Goalie’s Clairemont, Jonny Tarr’s Chicago, Casbah’s Exile on Kettner, and Christmas With Pacific Records

Jeff Berkley and Calman Hart, collectively known as Berkley Hart, have earned a following for their multi-performer theme concert productions, such as Oh Berkley, where Hart Thou (covering music from one particular film). The duo ...

December 22, 2022

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December 15, 2022

Lindsay White’s anxiety, Seawall Prophet’s ledge, Josh Weinstein’s reality, Joshua Taylor’s solo, Gilbert Castellanos’ 1st release in a decade

Lindsay White says her new single “No Stopping It” is about dealing with anxiety. “After my daughter was born, the coping mechanisms morphed into something called dermatillomania, or skin-picking,” she says. “Sometimes it’s frustrating to ...

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Huge Shark drops debut, Mark Langford interprets poems, Alvino & the Dwells split EP, Flogging Molly declines retakes, Lil Maru raps downtown

Blair Gun debuts, VirgoTwins stream, LP & the Vinyl travels, Blink 182 cancels, Tom Waits celebrates

Steve Poltz fest, Allison Adams Tucker EP, Laurie Beebe Lewis gig, Spice Pistols tour, Jason Mraz video

Tell us lies Dallas McLaughlin, go down under Schizophonics, play it again David J, RIP Dane Terry and Otis Barthoulameu

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