“I don’t often notice my surroundings, but I like wood,” says my daughter as we take a seat at the bar inside Part Time Lover. “It makes it feel like a place where people actually …

Video:LIVE FIVE: Record releases, jazz, alt-country & orchestral maneuvers in Little Italy, Ramona, Rancho Bernardo, downtownThe Loons album release at the CasbahAug 9“We play psychotic beat music, tapping into the most exciting elements of mid-to-late …

It was a crisp Sunday morning in the golden hills surrounding San Diego. Wispy white clouds hung low, cooling the earth. Soon, the scorching summer sun would burn it all away, and the hills would …

“There’s a lot going on in ‘Take Five’ that you miss until you try to play it,” saxophonist and teacher Dave Good tells me. He’s speaking of the jazz standard popularized by the Dave Brubeck …

Local art-punks King Whisker filmed a video for their new single “Utopia” in late spring. The song is a commentary on how the world and life can be simultaneously beautiful and brutal. To hammer home …