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Wavves at Observatory North ParkJuly 24Wavves started out as a one-man band brainstormed by Nathan Williams, a former Music Trader manager whose debut lo-fi album as Wavves was recorded on a laptop computer in his …
As July proceeds, you may begin to detect a certain festivity in the air — a summer festivity, if you will. It could be because the 39th La Jolla Music Society SummerFest is about to start cranking …
“See?” says my wife Shelley, “you can pee here too!” She’s not talking to me; she's talking to her friend Chrissy’s Shih Tzu puppy, while watching a large yellow dog pause his stroll along Newport …
A lot of people may know about The Rightovers without exactly knowing about The Rightovers. That's because a release by Conceptus, the 2010s Chris Tomorrow project that morphed into The Rightovers, can be seen on …
Gregory Page at Vision A Center For Spiritual LivingJuly 17Gregory Page has performed everywhere from London’s 02 Arena to countless international music festivals, headlining as well as opening for Bob Dylan, Leon Russell, Judy Collins, …
There is a new classical music festival coming to San Diego County July 18-20. The Tramonto Music Festival was established by the City of Encinitas to offer audiences access to exceptional classical music experiences. Tramonto …
One night after the summer solstice, I made a Shaolin pilgrimage to Pechanga Arena, there to join the throngs celebrating the legacy of Wu-Tang Clan at the sixth stop of their "Final Chamber" tour. Blacks, …
Slightly Stoopid’s ties with Sublime reach all the way back to the Ocean Beach band's beginning: they were discovered by Sublime frontman Bradley Nowell and signed to Skunk Records in 1995. Shortly after, they released …
Homeless Sexuals at Kensington ClubJuly 11Full Contact Rock & Roll presents a night of Irish folk punk rock, as well as a Bad Religion tribute band named Baked Religion. Headliners Downs Family mixes traditional Irish …
“You’re thinking of ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit,’ I get them mixed up a lot too,” guitarist Mike Keneally responds when I suggest “Dust in the Wind” by Kansas was written for trust fund hippies who …
Le Chateau at Soda BarJuly 3Dark electronic pop band Le Chateau features Frank Green and Erik Visnyak of Hotel St. George, alongside Laura Levenhagen (Twin Ritual). For this City Heights show, the band returns to …
There is just one concert remaining in the 2025 San Diego Mainly Mozart Festival. On Saturday, June 28, the All-Star Festival Orchestra will perform a program that includes Mozart’s “Overture” to Cosi fan Tutte, Beethoven's Triple Concerto, and …
Local bands Pleasure Pill and Benches spent two weeks performing together on a tour that stretched from the Pacific Northwest to the mountain states before returning to southern California for a performance at Little Italy’s …
Spirit of the Light, new from KBong & Johnny Cosmic, unfolds as an album’s worth of reggae inspiration. No doctrinaire preaching the necessity of adhering to the strictures of Rastafarian “livity,” but a bright and …
David Shyde at CannonballJune 26“Each project is a harmonious blend of melody and form, weaving together my musical intuition with a keen eye for design,” says singer-guitarist David Shyde, who blends Brazilian bossa nova with …