Blurt: San Diego Music News
Matt Casper was bandless for around eight years before <a href="http://www.sandiegoreader.com/bands/manthers/">Manthers </a> came together. It was an unusual gap for a gentleman known for fronting a lot of groups. “I’ve cobbled together so many things …
The song “Not a Phase,” which opens <a href="http://www.sandiegoreader.com/bands/strike-twelve/">Strike Twelve’s </a> new album Last Band Standing, furiously (but humorously) roasts the question of when this punk-with-pop trio out of Temecula is going to grow up …
Indie pop singer-songwriter Tamar Berk grew up playing piano and started writing songs on guitar as a teenager. While living in Chicago, she played in regional bands — like her first, power pop group Starball, …
Gideon Prior, guitarist and singer with the progressive alt-rock band A Lens To the Sun, grew up in Los Angeles, until a quest for his Ph.D in electrical engineering took him in another direction. “I …
David McHank of Styrofoam Records is an artist whose 30-year career includes illustrating posters and album covers, as well as venturing into animated shorts around a decade ago. Mike Molina is a videographer for Robles …
Singer-guitarist Rick Froberg “passed away suddenly last night [June 30] from natural causes,” posted longtime bandmate John Reis, who also said “His art made life better.” “The only thing he loved more than art and …
Singer/guitarists Kevin Ring and Bart Mendoza co-founded Manual Scan back in 1981, and have gigged together in The Shambles as well. But the way Ring tells it, the earlier appellation has been a little busier …
Not imposters — unposers San Diego’s Clance & Imes take their name from the two psychologist researchers who coined the term “imposter syndrome” in a 1978 paper: Pauline Rose Clance and Suzanne Ament Imes. But …
Back when he was younger, Trevor Ginsberg played violin for a short spell — but strings didn’t stick like his love of singing. He started off in choirs, and eventually became a member of the …
“I’ve always associated letters, numbers, flavors, scents, and sounds with colors,” says artist Jennifer Mann. “I never knew there was a term for this, synesthesia, until a few years ago. For me, ‘A’ is red, …
“This year’s Beatles Fair will be a special pop-up in collaboration with The Cavern Club in Liverpool for their 66th anniversary,” says Creative Director Christopher Leyva, regarding the event happening June 3 at Queen Bee’s …
The upright bass is in some ways the most essential instrument in a jazz ensemble. The trouble is that there just aren’t enough bass players to go around, and the really good ones end up …
Problems in Modern Puppetry Performance : When SDSU English department grad and tech geek Michael Buchmiller turned himself into Professor B. Miller of the Satanic Puppeteer Orchestra, he knew he’d face challenges in the songwriting, …
There are plenty of stories about drummers who got their start while still in their teens or even earlier. But not many involve someone with the talent and potential of Young Lions Jazz Conservatory phenom …
Evan Hawkins’ first exposure to reggae music came courtesy of his mom, who listened to Bob Marley and UB40. Then, when he was a teenager in the mid-2000s, a friend started bringing him to see …
Don’t get him wrong, San Diego native Bill Perrine has no insurmountable beef with his hometown. He’s happy to rock out at the Casbah, or to stick his head into Nate’s Garden Grill or the …