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"We lost Tim [Lowman] very suddenly, early this morning," posted 91X Loundspeaker co-host Timothy Joseph on Facebook on Sunday, December 28. He and Lou Niles dedicated the evening's program to Lowman, well-known from popular local acts such …
B-Side Players at The Lafayette Hotel: Lou Lou’s Jungle RoomDecember 26“We now represent the Brown Majority,” says Karlos Paez, the dreadlocked frontman of Latin funk band B-Side Players, who helped launch the group in 1994. …
Daniel Cervantes is a San Diego-born guitarist for bands such as Mrs. Henry, Howlin’ Rain, and Chest Fever. A singer-songwriter, record producer, and label owner, he's also a solo recording artist known as Dude Cervantes. …
A band that didn’t exist, but needed to exist — for the sake of a book. A book that demanded songs, plus a band to sing and play them. But let’s back up a bit; …
Christian Taylor at CannonballDecember 11Singer Christian Taylor is known for his raspy, soulful voice. The grandson of the Ventures drummer Mel Taylor and Las Vegas musician Mary Kaye, he’s also a track and field athlete …
A one-day mini-festival at Moonshine Beach, featuring six bands and an electronic light show. Sounds daunting, doesn’t it? But for Chubbs Dandelón, manager of Boostive and one of the masterminds of the upcoming Soul Shakedown …
I get a good view of the costumed crowd attending this Halloween shindig at the Casbah from the entrance, where doorman Alfredo Tellez and I go full film nerd in a discussion instigated by my …
He filmed a 300-pound transvestite eating dog manure. He made a movie about a guy with a singing asshole. He filmed two folks having sex — with a chicken in between them. So perhaps you …
San Diego Symphony Orchestra music director Rafael Payare finished his slate of Fall concerts this last weekend. I attended the Friday, November 14th, concert at The Jacobs Music Center. It was announced that he has …
Alt-folk singer-songwriter Anna May moved to San Diego at the tail end of 2024. Her roots are in the northeast, but she has also called Durango, the Bay area, and Nashville her home. Small surprise, …
Rocket from the Crypt (RFTC) is so synonymous with Halloween performances that they should receive a royalty check every time someone carves a pumpkin into a jack-o-lantern. The final show of their initial run was …
Let the word go out to friend and foe alike: San Diego’s rappin’ Kahlee, currently repping his new cut “Big Deal” across streaming platforms, exaggerated, just a teensy tad, his prowess at juggling. Regarding his …
Author & Punisher at the CasbahNovember 13Tristan Shone’s industrial drone-doom one-man band Author & Punisher takes experimental electronic machines and processors and uses his inventions to create a sonic melding of man and machine. The …
A dim, grey light filtered through the early morning mists as The Glacier Express chugged away from the station at St. Moritz. As the train climbed higher, the peak of the Matterhorn pushed its way …
"Ubiquitous" and "elusive" are two words that come to mind when I think of Bill Murray. Or maybe I mean the two qualities that I admire about him, however difficult it may seem to square …