Here's something you might be interested in.
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
Civil Unrest, Misc. Ailments, and Sir Splendid
Artist: Civil Unrest
Song: “Delusion of Truth” (from the CD Ravaging the Purity)
Heard by: Mike Adams, South Bay
It’s pretty good; I’d like to hear more of them. It’s close to generic metal, but it’s better than that. It’s something I’d listen to more often than not. Believe it or not, they reminded me of Dethklok. They’re a metal band that have a cartoon on Adult Swim. The drummer was really good. It sounded like he was using a double [bass] pedal. The guitarist was amazing. I couldn’t hear the bass too well, but that’s to be expected. The vocals kept a confident tone, and he didn’t lose what he was trying to do. I’d say this band has about a 60 to 70 percent chance of being successful. I’d probably be working on my car listening to this music.
Artist: Misc. Ailments
Song: “Brand New Day” (from the CD Neural Vandalism)
Heard by: Mike Pond, Normal Heights
I don’t feel any way about it, really. I wouldn’t pay for it. It reminded me a little bit of Boilermaker, a band I saw in high school in the mid- to late ’90s. It sounded like them and Linkin Park. They were trying to be tough and sensitive at the same time. I didn’t like the sound on the vocals. They seemed like they’ve played together for a long time. It was clean. I’m not into that style of music, though; I like a more dirty sound. A song has to get you right away, and it just didn’t do anything for me. It was only one song, but if that’s their sound, I’ve moved on from that. I’d give them a generous three out of ten.
Artist: Sir Splendid
Song: “Hardcore Carnivore” (from the CD Diamond Dreams)
Heard by: Hypnos, North Park
It reminded me of the heyday of Gothic. It kind of reminded me of Fields of Nephilim. I wished I had discovered them first. It was excellent. I like the harmonics with the bass guitar. The vocals were spooky. There were male vocals and female vocals. I would watch them live. I’d describe the mood of the song as mellow. I’d be leaning back in my La-Z-Boy rocker smoking a cigarette or maybe a blunt to that song. I was grooving on that song. I’d give it a ten out of ten.
Here's something you might be interested in.
Civil Unrest, Misc. Ailments, and Sir Splendid
Civil Unrest, Misc. Ailments, and Sir Splendid
Artist: Civil Unrest
Song: “Delusion of Truth” (from the CD Ravaging the Purity)
Heard by: Mike Adams, South Bay
It’s pretty good; I’d like to hear more of them. It’s close to generic metal, but it’s better than that. It’s something I’d listen to more often than not. Believe it or not, they reminded me of Dethklok. They’re a metal band that have a cartoon on Adult Swim. The drummer was really good. It sounded like he was using a double [bass] pedal. The guitarist was amazing. I couldn’t hear the bass too well, but that’s to be expected. The vocals kept a confident tone, and he didn’t lose what he was trying to do. I’d say this band has about a 60 to 70 percent chance of being successful. I’d probably be working on my car listening to this music.
Artist: Misc. Ailments
Song: “Brand New Day” (from the CD Neural Vandalism)
Heard by: Mike Pond, Normal Heights
I don’t feel any way about it, really. I wouldn’t pay for it. It reminded me a little bit of Boilermaker, a band I saw in high school in the mid- to late ’90s. It sounded like them and Linkin Park. They were trying to be tough and sensitive at the same time. I didn’t like the sound on the vocals. They seemed like they’ve played together for a long time. It was clean. I’m not into that style of music, though; I like a more dirty sound. A song has to get you right away, and it just didn’t do anything for me. It was only one song, but if that’s their sound, I’ve moved on from that. I’d give them a generous three out of ten.
Artist: Sir Splendid
Song: “Hardcore Carnivore” (from the CD Diamond Dreams)
Heard by: Hypnos, North Park
It reminded me of the heyday of Gothic. It kind of reminded me of Fields of Nephilim. I wished I had discovered them first. It was excellent. I like the harmonics with the bass guitar. The vocals were spooky. There were male vocals and female vocals. I would watch them live. I’d describe the mood of the song as mellow. I’d be leaning back in my La-Z-Boy rocker smoking a cigarette or maybe a blunt to that song. I was grooving on that song. I’d give it a ten out of ten.