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The Electric Healing Sound's Debut Video - "Tangled Up"

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Noisy minimalist SD/TJ rockers The Electric Healing Sound recently posted their debut music video, which features the track “Tangled Up.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnJBnFVWSTo “We take advantage of the San Diego-Tijuana thing,” guitarist/vox Ricky Soltero told The Reader last July. “Up here we …

The Wild, The Innocent, The TV Girl Shuffle

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Poppy chillwave-ish outfit TV Girl blew up last year when, within a week of posting the track online, “If You Want It” had garnered attention from Pitchfork, the UK's Guardian, and a BBC podcast. The song sampled Todd Rundgren’s 1973 …

May Star's Kitty Diamond Dust Grand Opening at ex-Flame

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After nearly seven years of curating Fashion Whore (largely at the Ruby Room) in addition to Club Pop and other parties, May Star is dropping her usual dance/mode nights to initiate a new monthly event at the under-construction Kitty Diamond. …

Family Matters: Esoteric Future Beat Collective's Debut Showcase

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For a little over a year now, some of San Diego’s most innovative electronic music producers have been getting together for regular under-the-radar hob nobs at the Kava Lounge to share formative sounds with fellow musicians. Tonight, the invite-only assembly, …

Cinco de Slapo Featuring S.P.E.C.T.R.E.

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“In 2010, my first year at Burning Man, I danced myself to the medic's tent,” says Ninja Bunniez Entertainment promoter Hopper, who partially credits sporadic alcohol consumption for her crippling dehydration after seven days in the Black Rock desert. “Pinch …

Hunt & Gather Celebrates Three Years of Vintage Rarities

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North Park vintage boutique Hunt & Gather celebrates three years in business (two at the previous University Heights location) with an in-store party and musical selections from Blackass, Mikey Lion, Jon Doss, and Lee Reynolds, who curates the shop with …

Shred the Gnar Records: DIY Party Punks Band Together

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“Shred the Gnar Records is a group effort of Sculpins, Last Years, HoodRat, and Mr.Nobody born out of partying, close friends, and punk rock debauchery,” writes Sculpins bass/vox Branden Parish. “A band of brothers in bands. We are gonna try …

El Zonkey Show: Celebrate Cinco de Mayo Like (or at Least with) a Mexican

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For the past year-and-a-half or so, Enrique Limón, author of CityBeat’s deviant The Enrique Experience column, has been extending his ken of quirky pop culture to include south-of-the-border dispatches via his oft hilarious blog, El Zonkey Show. Rooted in Limón's …

The Bare Essentials: Burlesque Workshop with Catherine D'lish

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Don the glitter and glam of modern burlesque performance with a workshop from strip tease starlet Catherine D'lish. “Whether you are a seasoned performer or are just toying with the notion of being sexy, this workshop will help you with …

Xbox, Dubstep, and Bikini Babes at Cafe HAPA

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G.I. Joe cartoons, a modded Xbox, dubstep, Maxim magazines, and bikini babes making sandwiches and laughing at all of your stupid jokes. It may sound like a thirteen-year-old’s vision of the afterlife, but, for just under two months now, Café …

Victory Theater Opens Fun House, Music Monthlies

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It was a sad day for clowns when, last July, antiquated zoning regulations forced Technomania Circus to shut down their backyard performance space in Barrio Logan after seven years of operation. Determined to continue juggling regular productions, the group leased …

Pre-order Mrs. Magician's Fools Paradise 7-inch

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Halfway through a two-month U.S. tour with dates joined by Cults and Hot Snakes, vintage surf rockers Mrs. Magician (Reader contributor Dave Good called their songs “likeable period pieces culled from the rich musical bone-yards of the late ’70s”) recently …

San Diego Veteran Writers Take The Stage With Tim O’Brien

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(From a press release dated 4/23/2012) As part of Grossmont Community College’s 16th Annual Literary Arts Festival, Tim O’Brien will be reading and signing books on Thursday, May 03, 2:00 - 3:15 p.m., Griffin Gate (Building 60.) O’Brien is best …

DUDES Release Swag-Rock #Rarities

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On Friday, April 20, self-proclaimed “swag-rock” quartet DUDES posted a collection of unreleased songs and recorded conversations on Bandcamp under the title #RARE. #RARE by DUDES “#RARE is a collection of song islands and candid skits birthed in my room,” …

Hills Like Elephants Music Video Debuts on CMJ

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Three weeks after being released, Hills Like Elephants’ debut album, The Endless Charade, broke the CMJ Top 200 Chart at #191 and premiered its “Invisible Ink" music video on CMJ's blog. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK4VNTAp2Ck Directed by Eric Casas from the Visualists. As …

Liquid Geometry Label Debut: Mastah Syphe Bullrider EP

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For the past year-and-a-half, forward-thinking electronic music collective Liquid Geometry has been playing a huge role in cultivating San Diego’s beat scene with a monthly showcase at the Kava Lounge curating local and out-of-town luminaries including Free the Robots, Freddy …

Latin Jams, Organic Cuisine, and Craft Beverages: LoCura Release Party at Conscious Playground

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Bay Area reggae and Latin groove outfit LoCura will be celebrating the release of their second album, Semilla Caminante, at the inaugural production by local multimedia, performance, and gourmet organic cuisine collective Conscious Playground. “Semilla Caminante means ‘traveling seed,’” says …

Slap My Glitch Up: Wyatt Purp and Wala

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“In 2010, my first year at Burning Man, I danced myself to the medic's tent,” says Ninja Bunniez Entertainment promoter Hopper, who partially credits sporadic alcohol consumption for her crippling dehydration after seven days in the Black Rock desert. “Pinch …

Monsterpussy Gives Birth to Freak Sauce at Makeout Weird

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San Diego’s experimental scene has an ebb and flow, says Bobby Bray, co-curator of the Makeout Weird experimental/dance/punk monthly at Whistle Stop. "Right now, there are a lot of freaks moving in, and the ones that have been here are …

Maren Parusel Walks a Tightrope

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San Diego via Tübingen, Germany pop songwriter Maren Parusel layers reverb-drenched guitar hooks with an assortment of vintage synths on her sophomore album, Tightrope Walker, which is set to be released June 19 on Requiemme Records/BMG Chrysalis. Parusel’s revamped synth-driven …

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