Blurt: San Diego Music News
San Diego’s Sandi King grew up the daughter of a trumpeter, the late Ron King, but she knew from a very early age what her own instrument would be: herself. “You couldn’t keep me from …
Jerry Flack’s lifelong devotion to music was sealed at an early age. “I was three or four and my father’s band was practicing in the living room, and they were playing ‘Day Tripper’ by The …
It was a bright and sunny day when a pop music revolution took place on a hallowed stage in Southern California. Local singer Zach Goode, who has taken over frontman duties for ‘90s alt-rock icons …
Video:BLURT: Play "Name That Tune" with The Beard and the BirdJon Hasz met his future wife, Cathryn (Cat) Curry Hasz, at a music store in Ramona when they were both still in high school. “She …
Through The Roots singer (and San Diego native) Evan Hawkins confesses to having seen a few hinky things on the road — sometimes his doing, sometimes not. “On Halloween in 2018, we dressed up like …
Greg Jacobs met John Reis when they both worked at Cargo Records in the early ‘90s. Jacobs had previously worked for the legendary Los Angeles-based label SST and its subsidiary, Cruz Records in the late …
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 …
Hanging with the Koehler kids Ask Peach Cooler’s singer Paige Koehler what memories she treasures most about her band’s video shoots, and she’ll tell you: chicken, both actual and ersatz. “When we shot [the video …
Angels and humans, reggaefied: The two songs on the new Manganista single run less than four minutes each. “Human Being” dismisses the human condition with its sarcastic and sad refrain of “I just work here,” …
“Well, this just took a dark turn — yikes!” That’s Jakob Nowell, the guitarist, singer, songwriter, and frontman for Sublime — and the son of the band’s late, lamented lead singer Bradley Nowell — when …
Everybody has to start somewhere, in music as well as anything else. Eli-Mac, from La Mesa by way of the Philippines and Hawai’i, got going with the King of Rock and Roll and an old-time …
Before starting his San Diego life in 2009, while he was still living in New York City, Josh Weinstein released a new album every three years. But nearly 15 years passed before he released his …
It’s been fifteen years since Adam Jones made his debut at The Blarney Stone Pub in Clairemont. “One evening back in 2009, when I stopped in for a weekend nightcap, I heard another band covering …
Tourmaline is a legendary surf spot nestled between Windansea and North Pacific Beach; longboarders flock to it for its mellow break. So if you’re familiar with San Diego surfing culture, you’d probably think that a …
Peak Covid-19 was a tough time for Rob “Roob” Blackwell. “I, like many people, started struggling with pretty significant mental health issues during the lockdown,” Blackwell explains. “I have always had major depressive disorder, and …
The Belly Up’s 50th Anniversary celebration starts up this July with a series of specially curated events. Current venue president Chris Goldsmith’s tenure at the venue stretches back (on and off) to 1988. Naturally, he’s …