Music News
On Tuesday, August 27, I other several other members of the local media gathered at The Jacobs Music Center for a tour of the refurbished house. Many burning questions were answered. I wanted to know …
Video:GONZO: Chelsea Grin at the Observatory in North Park. “I scanned the pit from the front row.”Bloody axes scattered the hallways at my day job last week. Layoffs were going down. Over 70 people were …
Video:BLURT: Play "Name That Tune" with The Beard and the BirdJon Hasz met his future wife, Cathryn (Cat) Curry Hasz, at a music store in Ramona when they were both still in high school. “She …
Video:LIVE FIVE: Rock, jazz, and local round-robins in Little Italy, Mira Mesa, Normal Heights, and La JollaPleasure Pill at Music BoxAug 29Influenced by Britpop music and mod fashion, Pleasure Pill features frontman Jonah Paz (JINX!), …
On September 29, the San Diego Symphony will celebrate the grand reopening of the Jacobs Music Center with a singular event titled, A Day of Music. The event, scheduled to start at 11:00 a.m., will …
Video:LIVE FIVE: Jazz, rock, reggae, and an EP release in Escondido, San Carlos, Little Italy, Chula Vista, Solana BeachEuphoria Brass Band at California Center For the Arts, EscondidoAug 23Created in 2011, Euphoria Brass Band is …
Video:GONZO REPORT: Gonzo Report: Playing truth or dare with Rogues of Chaos“If I need one of those, either the spawn of Satan has been born or there’s a dead fucking doctor.” That’s what I tell …
Through The Roots singer (and San Diego native) Evan Hawkins confesses to having seen a few hinky things on the road — sometimes his doing, sometimes not. “On Halloween in 2018, we dressed up like …
In the past, the only way I have been able to deal with this time of year is to resign myself to the fact that the weather will be gross until about Halloween. This year …
Video:LIVE FIVE: From national tours to North Park, San Carlos, City Heights, OB, and Solana BeachCults at Observatory North ParkAug 16National headliners Cults features Ryan Mattos, aka Brian Oblivion (who once fronted a Slayer cover …
Greg Jacobs met John Reis when they both worked at Cargo Records in the early ‘90s. Jacobs had previously worked for the legendary Los Angeles-based label SST and its subsidiary, Cruz Records in the late …
As The Olympics continue with a heavy dose of track, let’s look at distance-specific pieces of classical music. We will look at sprints, middle distance, and, of course, the marathon.Almost every tenor knows the aria …
Video:LIVE FIVE: Record releases, jazz, alt-country & orchestral maneuvers in Little Italy, Ramona, Rancho Bernardo, downtownThe Loons album release at the CasbahAug 9“We play psychotic beat music, tapping into the most exciting elements of mid-to-late …
“There’s a lot going on in ‘Take Five’ that you miss until you try to play it,” saxophonist and teacher Dave Good tells me. He’s speaking of the jazz standard popularized by the Dave Brubeck …
Local art-punks King Whisker filmed a video for their new single “Utopia” in late spring. The song is a commentary on how the world and life can be simultaneously beautiful and brutal. To hammer home …