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I arrived in New York City on the afternoon of Tuesday, December 6. My daughter and I checked into the hotel and walked over to The Metropolitan Opera to buy her a student ticket and …
“We were just hired by a soccer magazine-slash-media-outlet to write metal songs for the World Cup series,” says Beekeeper drummer Dylan Marks (who has also served as a music instructor at Music Speaks Studio). “The …
When Full Contact Rock-N-Roll owner Davit Buck tells me that KISS guitarist Ace Frehley once came into the store and asked if they carried any albums by his former band, I could feel my inner …
Nefarious Creatures — a band of four San Diego-bred horror-lovin’ fiends — had the will, the music, and the over-arching deep concept for their debut EP Fables For the Wicked. What they didn’t quite have …
It’s December and the Depressed Disney Dad at Christmas when his ex has the kids is rousing himself to make his annual rounds of self-loathing. The Depressed Disney Dad is the Jungian shadow of the …
“As a child, I loved hearing my grandad sing songs from The Sound of Music while strumming his old cracked ukulele,” says Jesse Daniel Edwards. “I grew up in Julian and currently live in Nashville, …
I step into the frigid November air, bundled up in sweaters, gloves, and a knit cap, rushing to meet the Uber that is to escort me to down the hill to East Village. It’s my …
Some bands can count their lineup shifts on one finger, like ZZ Top or R.E.M. (one each). Then there’s San Diego skamaniacs The Amalgamated. “About ten years ago,” explains guitarist/singer Reggie Costa, “I made a …
The best concert I’ve been to in a while happened on Friday, November 18 at The California Center for the Arts Escondido. Rafael Payare proved, yet again, that the San Diego Symphony is a force …
Missy Alcazar took up classical piano at an early age, and was considered a child prodigy. Her teacher permitted her to practice only “the greats” — composers such as Bach and Chopin. But by elementary …
Chest Fever (members of Mrs. Henry) will be performing The Last Waltz, an ode to The Band’s iconic 1976 concert performance, on November 26 at The Magnolia in El Cajon. Also appearing will be Scarlet …
On October 28, there was a punk rock revival at the San Diego House of Blues, with Total Chaos opening for Black Flag. This article about that show may not be for the faint of …
The San Diego Symphony concert on Friday, November 11, at The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park, featured a boat horn. For whatever reason, a boat was crisscrossing the harbor blowing its horn at very regular …
"The Locust is pleased to present the official video for our remix of Danny Elfman’s song Cruel Compensation," announced Three One G label honcho (and Locust co-founder) Justin Pearson. "The remix was the last recording …
I’m officially a concert junkie. Since attending my first one (Led Zeppelin in August 1970 at the Sports Arena), I’ve witnessed more than 1000 shows. Once I started writing about music 13 years ago, this …