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She started out busking on the streets in OB; now Doah Lee now fronts the genre-breaking island grunge band Doah’s Daydream. Born in Seoul, raised in Hawaii, and now rooted in San Diego, she moved …
Jesse Ray Smith Record Release at Sunshine Brooks TheatreOctober 10Jesse Ray Smith plays Americana with strong influences of soul, classic rock, heartland folk, and a touch of country. He cites influences such as Chris Stapleton, …
The San Diego Symphony’s 2025-2026 Jacobs Masterworks Series started with a triumph on Friday, October 3 at The Jacobs Music Center. San Diego Symphony Music Director Rafael Payare conducted an all-French concert that set a …
The man with lemur hands is being mindful about touching anything. It’s not because his hands are actually lemurian; it's because he’s just exited the men’s room at the Tower Bar, which is bereft of …
Rachel Hall grew up in Mobile, Alabama in a family that loved '90s country music: Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Randy Travis. She started playing alto saxophone in fifth grade in order to avoid having to …
The Touchies at the Tower BarOctober 2The Touchies (slang for cuddling with your special someone) are a beat pop/punk band, founded by Stanze Touchie (formerly of Happy Endings and Of Worlds Long Dead) on lead …
October is nigh, and that means many things. Halloween is the new start of the holiday season, so we can begin looking forward to the holidays. The weather will relax, though there will be no …
Husker Du is one of the few highly successful punk acts of the 1980s that never reunited for a tour. Any chance of the original members coming together ended after their drummer/vocalist Grant Hart passed …
Rafael Pondé moved from Brazil to Ocean Beach to play reggae in 2022. He spent a year living — and meditating — in a minivan. His music — meditational reggae, heavy on the metaphysics — …
Mercedes Moore at Tio Leo’sSeptember 25Winner of the 2024 San Diego Music Award for Best Jazz Artist and nine time SDMA nominee for Best Blues Artist, Mercedes Moore brings a blend of '50s/60's swingin' soul, …
Technically, the dog days of summer run from July 3 through August 11. The term comes from ancient Greece. The star Sirius rises with the sun between these dates, adding to the heat, or so …
The Fearless Freaks is a 2005 documentary about the long-running Oklahoma City-based alternative rock act The Flaming Lips. When the film came out, the band was already 22 years into its run, but they were …
This year, everything happened all at once for Super Sometimes (formerly known as New Aesthetic): a new name, new record label, and a new album drop. It’s arguable that pop-punk popularity has always come and …
Secret Fun Club at Soda BarSeptember 18Originally featuring members of Some Girls and Dead Ghosts, the Secret Fun Club began as an experimental bass and drum noise group that uses old-tube electronics and modern computer sound …
I am currently trapped in the throes of a fantasy football fever. I never thought this would be the case, but as it turns out, I'm a micromanager. I have been poring over stats and …