Backstage at Humphrey’s with Yes
On August 4, local duo Scott West and Alex DePue opened up for prog rock legends Yes at Humphrey's Concerts by the Bay. DePue, who’s been touring and recording with Steve Vai since 2007, landed the Vai gig via a …
Best and Worst Gigs Ever: the New Kinetics
We've been asking local bands with new albums on the horizon to tell us about their best and worst gigs ever. Based in North Park, the New Kinetics started up in 2010, founded by singer Birdy Bardot and guitarist/keyboardist Brian …
Elvis Presley in San Diego: The Inside Stories (RIP 8-16-77)
Research into Elvis Presley’s first California concerts over the first week of April, 1956, has yielded new material about the San Diego dates, including unpublished photos of the rock icon backstage at the long-gone San Diego Arena at Eighth and …
Earthworm Book/CD Presentation: Music, Dance, Build a Wormbox - Tuesday Aug. 16
“I wrote a song which became a children’s book,” says New Archaic singer/violinist Alicia Previn, who will be performing “The Earthworm Song” at an August 16 party for the Earthworm Book, at Escondido’s Stone Brewery. “The project took form because …
Locally Produced Hollies Documentary Gets BigScreen Debut Sept. 22
David Peck's local Reelin' In The Years Productions maintains an archive of over 10,000 filmed musical performances, as well as representing others with footage to license for broadcast or video releases. VH1 probably couldn't make shows like I Love the …
La Paloma Debuts Local Steve White Documentary Tonight, Aug. 14
The documentary film Steve White: Painting The World With Music will debut tonight, August 14, at the La Paloma Theater in Encinitas, screening at 9:00pm. The film spotlights local musician Steve White, who passed away in April. The singer-songwriter was …
Giant Puppet Parade Coming to Downtown Sunday Sept. 4
San Diego’s Space 4 Art, the San Diego Guild of Puppetry, and ArtReach will present the inaugural Art Fun Giant Puppet Parade starting at 11 a.m. on Sunday September 4. The activities begin at the Hilton Hotel Indigo room and …
Tickets Onsale Today For Inaugural Little Italy StreetBeat Fest, October 1
Music takes to the streets of Little Italy this October! Club Anthology, in partnership with KPRI 102.1, announces the inaugural StreetBeat San Diego, a music and arts festival. The one of a kind event will be held in Anthology’s front …
Reunited Penetrators and Manual Scan at Casbah Saturday, August 13
Having just picked up their Lifetime Achievement Award at the San Diego Music Awards on August 8, temporarily reunited local legends the Penetrators will play the Casbah on Saturday, August 13, before frontman Gary Heffern returns overseas to his current …
Unwritten Law Fight, Shakeup...Breakup?
Bassist Pat Kim and guitarist Steve Morris have left Unwritten Law after a physical altercation with frontman Scott Russo. According to statements given to Alternative Press by Morris on behalf of the departing duo, the incident began with an argument …
Weekly CityBeat Paper Losing/Gaining Columns/Columnists
“Next week, on Aug. 17, four days shy of our ninth anniversary, we’ll present a new cover logo, a new look throughout the paper and some changes in content,” according to Dave Rolland at San Diego CityBeat. In his column …
Blink 182 May Have Just Bootlegged Your Bootleg!
Blink 182 are bootlegging the bootleggers. Their new video for "Up All Night," uploaded to YouTube on August 2, is built from snippets of unauthorized YouTube vids which have used blink music in the past. The band calls it "The …
Local Music Site TakeLessons Gets $6M from Crosslink Capital
Local firm TakeLessons has announced that Crosslink Capital (the largest investor in the Pandora go-to music site) has invested $6 million in the company. Headquartered in San Diego, TakeLessons is a full-service music and voice lessons provider. With lessons taught …
ABCs of Rock Concert & Artshow with Geezer & School of Rock on August 13
On August 13, The ABCs of Rock: A benefit for Rock School Fund will feature the local senior citizens of Geezer (which began as a Weezer tribute), performing with their adopted "grandkids," aka the San Diego School of Rock House …
Candye Kane Booted From Blues Fest Over Porn Past
Candye Kane has been booted off the bill for October's Shelby Blues & BBQ festival in Pelham, Alabama. According to Kane, event organizers cited her sexual orientation and her past as a sex worker as the reason for canceling her …
Local Lab Catches Pop Duo’s Criminal Love in 3D
Memphis, Tennessee teen pop duo Memphis High is the latest band to have one of its videos converted to 3D by local PassmoreLab, which has been carving out a rock video niche by working with Slash, Plain White T’s, Osaka …
The Who’s Tommy Is Selling Out
The reviews are in for The Who's Tommy at the Lyceum Stage, which began on July 16 and will run through August 14. The new production of the Tony Award-winning stage version of the classic rock album is a certified …
Quasi Recordings Local Band Compilation
"Quasi Recordings is going to be launching a Kickstarter campaign on July 31 to raise money to press some limited editions of the latest Quasi EP, Picture Head," label head Matt Rhea tells the Reader. Several locals have funded albums …
David J's Black Dahlia Stage Play Debuts September 8
On left: Bauhaus The Chanteuse and the Devil’s Muse, a new play with live music written and directed by local celeb David J (Bauhaus, Love & Rockets), will debut at the Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles on September 8 and …
Locally Shot Transvestite Documentary on DVD
"We finished our sixth film, all shot in San Diego," says Scumbag Movies co-owner Leia Gadow. "We're doing a limited DVD release, available through our website [http://www.scumbagmovies.com] with four different covers, each hand silk screened by the filmmakers." The documentary, …