Anchor ads are not supported on this page.

4S Ranch Allied Gardens Alpine Baja Balboa Park Bankers Hill Barrio Logan Bay Ho Bay Park Black Mountain Ranch Blossom Valley Bonita Bonsall Borrego Springs Boulevard Campo Cardiff-by-the-Sea Carlsbad Carmel Mountain Carmel Valley Chollas View Chula Vista City College City Heights Clairemont College Area Coronado CSU San Marcos Cuyamaca College Del Cerro Del Mar Descanso Downtown San Diego Eastlake East Village El Cajon Emerald Hills Encanto Encinitas Escondido Fallbrook Fletcher Hills Golden Hill Grant Hill Grantville Grossmont College Guatay Harbor Island Hillcrest Imperial Beach Imperial Valley Jacumba Jamacha-Lomita Jamul Julian Kearny Mesa Kensington La Jolla Lakeside La Mesa Lemon Grove Leucadia Liberty Station Lincoln Acres Lincoln Park Linda Vista Little Italy Logan Heights Mesa College Midway District MiraCosta College Miramar Miramar College Mira Mesa Mission Beach Mission Hills Mission Valley Mountain View Mount Hope Mount Laguna National City Nestor Normal Heights North Park Oak Park Ocean Beach Oceanside Old Town Otay Mesa Pacific Beach Pala Palomar College Palomar Mountain Paradise Hills Pauma Valley Pine Valley Point Loma Point Loma Nazarene Potrero Poway Rainbow Ramona Rancho Bernardo Rancho Penasquitos Rancho San Diego Rancho Santa Fe Rolando San Carlos San Marcos San Onofre Santa Ysabel Santee San Ysidro Scripps Ranch SDSU Serra Mesa Shelltown Shelter Island Sherman Heights Skyline Solana Beach Sorrento Valley Southcrest South Park Southwestern College Spring Valley Stockton Talmadge Temecula Tierrasanta Tijuana UCSD University City University Heights USD Valencia Park Valley Center Vista Warner Springs

Youth Group Version of Experimental

Artist: Marcelo Radulovich

Song: “Turn on the Phone” (from the CD Mercurio)

Heard By: Tracey McDonough, Point Loma

Sponsored
Sponsored

Marcelo Radulovich — you need to choose a sound because you are going all over the place. You’re not experimental. I feel like it’s the “youth group” version of experimental. I understand that you have a computer, but you just need to lay off on the effects. You have way too much shit going on. You need to make it more heartfelt. You need to take out all the salsa/Santana influences because it just makes you sound really bad. The synthesizer was used really poorly. I feel like if he had some sort of focus it would be all right but instead he just did a mish-mash. They lyrics were poor; they seemed like they were trying to be very motivating in a “church” sort of way. It was religious in nature.

Artist: Autotonic

Song: “Coincidental Confidence” (from their self-titled EP)

Heard By: Kristi Pinterich, New York City

I thought it was all right. It was a lot of genres mixed into one song. It started off kind of like cookie-cutter rock. His vocals reminded me of Jack White and then all of a sudden it was, like, oh my god! Jack White meets Puddle of Mudd/Metallica! It just kept switching back and forth. The lyrics were catchy — very “rhyming” — something about “dying” and “trying.” I could see it being popular. It’s very San Diego. It was bass, guitar, drums, and vocals. Nothing really stood out. There wasn’t, like, a flute in the background…maybe that would’ve been nice. I think it’d be a really good song for cruising down the freeway and going way too fast.

Artist: Arm the Angels

Song: “Last Goodbye” (from the CD Haunt this Town)

Heard By: Danny West, Point Loma

I’m going to start off by saying I was glad that it was only three minutes long. It was nothing that really caught my ear. I’ve heard this same sort of song a hundred times at least on 91X or any alternative radio station. They can play their instruments, I’ll give them that. I don’t really listen to My Chemical Romance, but I sat through a video one time because it looked cool and they kind of reminded me of that. I could see tons of 15-year-old girls rockin’ out to this. They could definitely make it. That’s what the market is all about right now. I could see a gathering of high school misfits listening to that song in a garage and smoking weed for the first time.

The latest copy of the Reader

Here's something you might be interested in.
Submit a free classified
or view all
Previous article

Too $hort & DJ Symphony, Peppermint Beach Club, Holidays at the Zoo

Events December 19-December 21, 2024

Artist: Marcelo Radulovich

Song: “Turn on the Phone” (from the CD Mercurio)

Heard By: Tracey McDonough, Point Loma

Sponsored
Sponsored

Marcelo Radulovich — you need to choose a sound because you are going all over the place. You’re not experimental. I feel like it’s the “youth group” version of experimental. I understand that you have a computer, but you just need to lay off on the effects. You have way too much shit going on. You need to make it more heartfelt. You need to take out all the salsa/Santana influences because it just makes you sound really bad. The synthesizer was used really poorly. I feel like if he had some sort of focus it would be all right but instead he just did a mish-mash. They lyrics were poor; they seemed like they were trying to be very motivating in a “church” sort of way. It was religious in nature.

Artist: Autotonic

Song: “Coincidental Confidence” (from their self-titled EP)

Heard By: Kristi Pinterich, New York City

I thought it was all right. It was a lot of genres mixed into one song. It started off kind of like cookie-cutter rock. His vocals reminded me of Jack White and then all of a sudden it was, like, oh my god! Jack White meets Puddle of Mudd/Metallica! It just kept switching back and forth. The lyrics were catchy — very “rhyming” — something about “dying” and “trying.” I could see it being popular. It’s very San Diego. It was bass, guitar, drums, and vocals. Nothing really stood out. There wasn’t, like, a flute in the background…maybe that would’ve been nice. I think it’d be a really good song for cruising down the freeway and going way too fast.

Artist: Arm the Angels

Song: “Last Goodbye” (from the CD Haunt this Town)

Heard By: Danny West, Point Loma

I’m going to start off by saying I was glad that it was only three minutes long. It was nothing that really caught my ear. I’ve heard this same sort of song a hundred times at least on 91X or any alternative radio station. They can play their instruments, I’ll give them that. I don’t really listen to My Chemical Romance, but I sat through a video one time because it looked cool and they kind of reminded me of that. I could see tons of 15-year-old girls rockin’ out to this. They could definitely make it. That’s what the market is all about right now. I could see a gathering of high school misfits listening to that song in a garage and smoking weed for the first time.

Comments
Sponsored

The latest copy of the Reader

Here's something you might be interested in.
Submit a free classified
or view all
Previous article

Big kited bluefin on the Red Rooster III

Lake fishing heating up as the weather cools
Next Article

Born & Raised offers a less decadent Holiday Punch

Cognac serves to lighten the mood
Comments
Ask a Hipster — Advice you didn't know you needed Big Screen — Movie commentary Blurt — Music's inside track Booze News — San Diego spirits Classical Music — Immortal beauty Classifieds — Free and easy Cover Stories — Front-page features Drinks All Around — Bartenders' drink recipes Excerpts — Literary and spiritual excerpts Feast! — Food & drink reviews Feature Stories — Local news & stories Fishing Report — What’s getting hooked from ship and shore From the Archives — Spotlight on the past Golden Dreams — Talk of the town The Gonzo Report — Making the musical scene, or at least reporting from it Letters — Our inbox Movies@Home — Local movie buffs share favorites Movie Reviews — Our critics' picks and pans Musician Interviews — Up close with local artists Neighborhood News from Stringers — Hyperlocal news News Ticker — News & politics Obermeyer — San Diego politics illustrated Outdoors — Weekly changes in flora and fauna Overheard in San Diego — Eavesdropping illustrated Poetry — The old and the new Reader Travel — Travel section built by travelers Reading — The hunt for intellectuals Roam-O-Rama — SoCal's best hiking/biking trails San Diego Beer — Inside San Diego suds SD on the QT — Almost factual news Sheep and Goats — Places of worship Special Issues — The best of Street Style — San Diego streets have style Surf Diego — Real stories from those braving the waves Theater — On stage in San Diego this week Tin Fork — Silver spoon alternative Under the Radar — Matt Potter's undercover work Unforgettable — Long-ago San Diego Unreal Estate — San Diego's priciest pads Your Week — Daily event picks
4S Ranch Allied Gardens Alpine Baja Balboa Park Bankers Hill Barrio Logan Bay Ho Bay Park Black Mountain Ranch Blossom Valley Bonita Bonsall Borrego Springs Boulevard Campo Cardiff-by-the-Sea Carlsbad Carmel Mountain Carmel Valley Chollas View Chula Vista City College City Heights Clairemont College Area Coronado CSU San Marcos Cuyamaca College Del Cerro Del Mar Descanso Downtown San Diego Eastlake East Village El Cajon Emerald Hills Encanto Encinitas Escondido Fallbrook Fletcher Hills Golden Hill Grant Hill Grantville Grossmont College Guatay Harbor Island Hillcrest Imperial Beach Imperial Valley Jacumba Jamacha-Lomita Jamul Julian Kearny Mesa Kensington La Jolla Lakeside La Mesa Lemon Grove Leucadia Liberty Station Lincoln Acres Lincoln Park Linda Vista Little Italy Logan Heights Mesa College Midway District MiraCosta College Miramar Miramar College Mira Mesa Mission Beach Mission Hills Mission Valley Mountain View Mount Hope Mount Laguna National City Nestor Normal Heights North Park Oak Park Ocean Beach Oceanside Old Town Otay Mesa Pacific Beach Pala Palomar College Palomar Mountain Paradise Hills Pauma Valley Pine Valley Point Loma Point Loma Nazarene Potrero Poway Rainbow Ramona Rancho Bernardo Rancho Penasquitos Rancho San Diego Rancho Santa Fe Rolando San Carlos San Marcos San Onofre Santa Ysabel Santee San Ysidro Scripps Ranch SDSU Serra Mesa Shelltown Shelter Island Sherman Heights Skyline Solana Beach Sorrento Valley Southcrest South Park Southwestern College Spring Valley Stockton Talmadge Temecula Tierrasanta Tijuana UCSD University City University Heights USD Valencia Park Valley Center Vista Warner Springs
Close

Anchor ads are not supported on this page.

This Week’s Reader This Week’s Reader