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Che Underground web archive gets untangled

“I really thought I’d build a simple archive and hoped that a few of the old crowd would turn up to participate, but within a year, we’d located most everyone ...

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Plunderbund shoots new video at Slab City and Fiesta Island

Based in La Jolla, Plunderbund (defined in the dictionary as “a league of commercial, political, or financial interests that exploits the public”) is a power trio playing alternative and power ...

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Gary Wilson’s Tormented new album

Gary Wilson’s new album is Tormented. Which is not to say that Gary Wilson himself — notorious denizen of San Diego’s weirder side — is necessarily tormented. Although he came ...

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SPG turns RPG into BFD

Local costumed band Steam Powered Giraffe just released a somewhat astonishing record that could prove to be their breakthrough. If it's not their Sgt. Pepper, it's at least their Rubber ...

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Smokelines bring fiery lyrics

“Smokelines is the product of our regional, cultural, and musical differences,” says San Diego-born Skylar Blaze Star, one half of a new musical duo with New Yorker Faith Gara. “We’ve combined my west coast sunset ...

November 5, 2020

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Ryan Bowers’ posthumous collaboration with Crhymes

Based in southeast San Diego, Cesar “Crhymes” Tellez first made his mark with Sicko Records and DagoSD.com, as well as hosting a Friday night Imperial Beach event called Club DagoSD and collaborating with Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. ...

October 22, 2020

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October 8, 2020

Look Out!: Andy Rasmussen compiles San Diego music from 1958-1973

“It was years in the making, a true labor of love,” says Andy Rasmussen of the new compilation CD he curated, Look Out! The San Diego Scene 1958-1973 – Rock & Roll, Garage, Psych, and ...

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September 24, 2020

Jackslacks releases Billy Bacon tribute EP When Pigs Fly

A founding member of Forbidden Pigs, Flipside Burners, and Hot Rod Lincoln, Americana/roots rocker Chris Giorgio took his stage name Jackslacks from the 1957 Sparkletones hit “Black Slacks.” He embarked on a solo career in ...

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September 17, 2020

The evolution of Belle and the Dragon’s “Trees” video

Belle and the Dragon’s new video “Trees,” shot in Barrio Logan, evolved from the confluence of two situations: An inability to emulate John Travolta’s swagger; and a lust for the perfect vegan taco. “Originally I ...

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September 10, 2020

Stevie Salas’ excellent adventure scoring Bill and Ted’s

“With the new Bill and Ted movie coming out, I’m getting a lot of messages from people,” says San Diego-bred guitarist Stevie Salas, who was only 23 when he played all the guitars and wrote ...

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September 3, 2020

Tate Sanderson is “Back In Encinitas”

Encinitas to the core, that’s what Tate Sanderson is. He was raised in the North County beach community and has returned to live there. He pays homage to his hometown roots with “Back In Encinitas.” ...

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August 20, 2020

Road stories from Tyson Motsenbocker

Tyson Motsenbocker’s worried about the virus, and who isn’t? But he’s looking forward to playing shows when he can, showcasing his new album Someday I’ll Make It All Up To You. He was kind enough ...

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Pepper covers Sublime for The House That Bradley Built comp

Reggae trio Pepper’s version of Sublime’s “Work That We Do” is the lead single off a new compilation, The House That Bradley Built, due September 4 and featuring never-released acoustic covers from the catalogue of ...

August 13, 2020

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Stones tribute Jumping Jack Flash has a Spinal Tap moment

Playing Keith Richards for a living isn’t always a rock star trip, as Young Hutchinson, from Stones tribute band Jumping Jack Flash, can attest. A county fair stopped the Flash mid-set — for the sake ...

July 23, 2020

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July 16, 2020

Alfred Howard collaborates with friends to stream new songs

“We’re documentarians, and this year seems important,” says bandleader and record label honcho Alfred Howard, who launched a new 2020-themed streaming site, Alfred Howard Writes With Friends. “A pandemic, a social justice movement, a heated ...

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June 25, 2020

Helix High’s Mike Benge teams students with pro-bands

Trombonist Mike Benge has been a director of music at Helix High school for ten years, and the 40-year-old musician was also hyper busy leading the San Diego Latin Jazz Collective and touring with the ...

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Che Underground web archive gets untangled

Plunderbund shoots new video at Slab City and Fiesta Island

Gary Wilson’s Tormented new album

SPG turns RPG into BFD

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