Blurt: San Diego Music News
Ethan van Thillo was a longtime violinist who basically abandoned the instrument after he had finished college. At that point, he devoted all his time to being a father and running the Media Arts Center …
Matelotage (French for “seamanship”) was, according to Wikipedia, “an agreement amongst pairs of European sailors, in particular buccaneers, in the 17th and early 18th century. As part of this economic partnership, matelots would agree to …
Brian Warren’s band <a href="http://www.sandiegoreader.com/bands/weatherbox/">Weatherbox</a> toured with Say Anything circa 2008; Warren recalls playing in rooms in front of 2000 people. Last month, Say Anything played the two-day When We Were Young festival in Las …
The new video from San Diego’s <a href="http://www.sandiegoreader.com/bands/embers/">Embers</a>, “scratch my name,” features an eye-popping pink Mercedes G-Wagon (a rental, no less) getting jacked, scratched, cruised all over creation, and danced on, with dog shit and …
I often ask musicians about their best, worst, and weirdest experiences while performing in and around San Diego. In the case of classically-trained soprano and mezzo-soprano <a href="http://www.sandiegoreader.com/bands/victoria-robertson/">Victoria Robertson</a>, these three categories melded in one …
“I got to tattoo Speedo” — aka <a href="http://www.sandiegoreader.com/bands/rocket-crypt/">Rocket From the Crypt</a> guitarist John Reis — “in Milan, Italy in 2018, backstage at a Hot Snakes concert,” says Italian artist Mayo Maggiore, aka Crapman. “And then …
“We wanted to be called Brock Samson,” says <a href="http://www.sandiegoreader.com/bands/doc-hammer/">Doc Hammer</a> guitarist Clayton Word, “but the band wasn’t heavy enough to accommodate such an epic killing machine as our avatar,” As fans of the animated …
<a href="http://www.sandiegoreader.com/bands/jefferson-jay">Jefferson Jay</a> may be best known for gigging around town, hosting open-mic nights and throwing occasional 24-hour live music events. But he also created the San Diego Music Hall Of Fame (SDMHOF) back in …
These days, <a href="http://www.sandiegoreader.com/bands/mike-keneally/">Mike Keneally </a> calls Arizona home. But he gigged in and around San Diego from the mid-’80s until just last year, so he’s got plenty of local stories: good, bad, and yes, …
“When I was really young, I was the singer kid,” says <a href="http://www.undertherugmusic.com/">Under The Rug</a> singer/guitarist Casey Dayan. “There’s a funny home movie of me in some diapers when I was around three years old, …
"Ever since I was a little bitty boy, a race car had to be my toy. Got a club card at the age of eleven. Now I'm in racing heaven." Local Reelin' in the Years has …
A strong fantasy life, to offset painful reality. A protagonist escaping into elaborate fantasy because he sadly lacks footing, let alone any happiness, in reality. “That’s a nice description of the Marshmallow Man,” allows <a …
<a href="http://www.sandiegoreader.com/bands/marcelo-radulovich/">Marcelo Radulovich</a>, who is back with a new studio project called Western West, has had homes in Chile, Costa Rica, Fresno, San Diego, Los Angeles, and Holland, more or less in that order. Asked …
“I’m an equal fan of <a href="http://www.sandiegoreader.com/bands/ratt/">Ratt</a> and <a href="http://www.sandiegoreader.com/bands/cattle-decapitation/">Cattle Decapitation</a>,” says Bobby Ferry. “Bottom line, this city has produced some of the best metal music ever made.” The founder/guitarist/vocalist for <a href="http://www.sandiegoreader.com/bands/-16-/">-(16)-</a> fronts a …
The Songwriter Sanctuary Series is an intimate monthly concert series featuring San Diego songwriters, produced in partnership with Normal Heights United Church, which formerly hosted the ambitious Acoustic Music San Diego concert series. Upcoming EventSongwriter …
Jonah Paz started playing in his first local punk band in 2013, when he was 13 years old. By the time Covid reared its ugly head in 2020, he had cycled through a myriad of …