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Tape Deck Mountain announces new album, releases single Always Lie
San Diego shoegaze project relocates to Queens and takes barista gig to fund sophomore LP
Tape Deck Mountain recently announced the pending release of their sophomore album, Sway, which is due out later this year on core member Travis Trevisan's nineteen98 imprint. The first single, Always Lie, premiered on music blog Pitchfork a couple of …
Music is Art: an audio/visual collaboration between local beat label and an Amsterdam art gallery
Liquid Geometry teams up with producer Pluto Dash and 4816/asa Gallery in Holland to blur the lines between art and music
Experimental beat collective Liquid Geometry is expanding their focus on the visual arts with the recent debut of their Music is Art Project. "This project is 100% aimed [at] blurring the lines that separate different mediums of art and creation, …
Steph Johnson Trio: Jazz Live June 11
Johnson's life has been a whirlwind of gigs, rehearsals and practice lately.
KSDS Jazz 88 kicks off their summer "Jazz Live" concert series with a premier performance on June 11, by the Steph Johnson Trio, closely on the heels of Johnson's latest CD -release Nature Girl. Johnson has been on a tear …
Teagan Taylor: "Hello"
This is a striking pop-vocal effort, beautifully recorded.
Imperial Beach musician Teagan Taylor has a brand-new CD about to drop, Hello, which might come as a surprise to those who only know her as a solid, mainstream trumpeter and occasional vocalist. Indeed, Hello is first and foremost, a …
Roni Ben-Hur live at The Studio, June 2
The experience of this trio kept things grooving.
Israel born, NYC based guitarist Roni Ben-Hur came to San Diego June 2, for an Athenaeum Jazz production at The Studio on Park Ave, joined by fellow NY heavyweights Santi Debriano on bass and Duduka Da Fonseca on drums. Ben-Hur …
Summertime impressions
Daphnis et Chloe brings back memories of waking on a summer morning.
As we turn toward summer I always turn toward impressionism. The music that immediately comes to mind is the Daphnis et Chloe Suite No. 2 by Ravel. There is something about the opening Sunrise that recalls waking up on a …
Videolog: Cathryn Beeks caught crawling El Cajon Blvd dive bars
Homegrown Hour video series takes a drive thru the dives
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jun/02/46744/ "The Live Dive Drive is the Homegrown Hour crew and guests bar hopping in a limo, visiting live music venues," says Listen Local honcho Cathryn Beeks. "This first episode features six live dive venues on El Cajon Boulevard, interviews …
Stay Strange kicks off June residency at The Void
Exploring that hard-hitting place where hip hop and noise music meet, Stay Strange hosts 10shun, Bruisecaster, and Randy Chiurazzi in City Heights.
Outsider art and music night Stay Strange is kicking off a special bi-weekly June residency at The Void (3519 El Cajon Blvd. – City Heights) on Sunday, June 2 with a new matinee series that aims to bridge the gap …
Fundraiser for Brokers bassist, Emo, set for June 1 at Larry's Beach Club
A fundraiser will be held at Larry's Beach House for Brokers bassist Emory "Emo" Moe. The event will feature Joey Harris & The Mentals, Roni Lee, Sam Jamz, The Decades and more.
On June 1, members of the area’s music community will come together at Larry’s Beach Club, in Oceanside, for “Have A Heart,” a fundraising concert to help bassist Emory “Emo” Moe of classic rock cover band, The Brokers. Money raised …
Festival de Musica & Arte Pacifico: the sights and sounds of Mexicali's underground
Pacifico Booking presents over 20 bands and artists representing the experimental underbelly of Baja's capital.
On Friday, June 7, Mexicali culture-movers Pacifico Booking present their first installment of Festival de Musica & Arte Pacifico at Palo Verde Anthro & Bar (Boulevard Benito Juarez and Avenida Magisterio next to the Home Depot). This all-ages event showcases …
Levy, Zlatkovich & Sprague live at Dizzy's
Sprague used ethnic percussion-loops and guitar synthesizer to negate the lack of bass and drums, making for a thrilling three-way conversation.
Tenor saxophonist Brian Levy, with guitarist Peter Sprague and pianist Mikan Zlatkovich combined for a knockout concert of modern jazz at its finest May 25, dispelling the notion that a rhythm section is absolutely necessary for potent music making. They …
Heroic enough: San Diego Symphony (2 of 2)
The symphony that started it all ends it for the symphony this year.
The absolute last piece of music for the San Diego Symphony season was Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3: Eroica. This may have been the final piece this year but it is the piece of music that started it all. The Eroica …
Passengers perform Parameters at Space 4 Art
Vibraphonist Nathan Hubbard enlists an ensemble from San Diego and Tijuana to perform conceptual series
For the last several years, vibraphonist Nathan Hubbard has been presenting concerts under the moniker Passengers, usually as a five piece group playing “post-post-post-minimalist/rock/etc.” For Hubbard, this was a move away from the multi-section compositions of his groups Return To …
Lightning strikes twice: SD Music TV robbed again
"We are really beyond words at this point."
"Why is San Diego Music TV being targeted again?" Megan Erickson reports that the offices of San Diego Music TV were robbed again, this time during the Memorial Day weekend. "Yes, we have security and cameras," she emails, "but these …
Season finale at San Diego Symphony (1 of 2)
The Masterworks Season came to a conclusion last weekend at San Diego Symphony.
The final concert of the Masterworks Series at The San Diego Symphony started with Smetana’s overture to The Bartered Bride. This was the most satisfying piece in the concert. The energy in the orchestra was good and the music itself …
Buenasolasfest brings Baja's finest to the beach
Outdoor festival on the coastline of Ensenada features Maniquí Lazer, Fax, Letters From Readers, The Electric Healing Sound, Celofán, and more.
On Saturday, June 15, Buenasolasfest is bringing a full day of Baja jams to Anfiteatro de Viento at Colectivo Gastronómico – km 104 on Highway 1, just north of Ensenada in El Sauzal. Topping the bill is Mexicali’s recently reunited …
Strange Stage Stories from San Diego Musicians: John Bowe (52nd Street), Louis Brazier (Lestat's booker), Lou Curtis (folk hero), Clay Colton (Damaged Goods) and Jarrod Lucas (The Phantoms, The Dragons)
Strange Stage Stories from San Diego Musicians: John Bowe (52nd Street), Louis Brazier (Lestat's booker), Lou Curtis (Folk Arts Founder), Clay Colton (Damaged Goods) and Jarrod Lucas (The Phantoms, The Dragons) relate odd and interesting moments that have happened while performing...
John Bowe / 52nd Street: “I think the most embarrassing thing to happen on stage was one night at Humphrey's. We had been making some changes to Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl" for a couple of weeks in practice. We were …
Sixties hitmaker Mark Lindsay (Paul Revere & The Raiders) makes surprise appearance at Ugly Things Magazines 30th Anniversary Celebration
This past weekends Ugly Things Magazines 30th Anniversary Celebration at the Casbah delivered the goods for fans of sixties inspired music, complete with a surprise appearance from sixties icon and former Paul Revere & The Raiders front man, Mark Lindsay.
Sunday, May 26, the closing night of Ugly Things Magazine's 30th Anniversary celebration at the Casbah, was capped off by the surprise appearance of former Paul Revere and the Raiders frontman, Mark Lindsay, who jumped on stage toward the end …
Johnny Vernazza's all-star solo album drops June 1 on Shelter Island
Elvin Bishop guitarist celebrating 50 years in the music biz at Kona Kai Resort & Marina
"I joined San Francisco’s Local 6 in 1963 with a note from my mom," says guitar god Johnny Vernazza. Born in San Francisco and raised in Daly City, California, he spent the 1970s touring with a gospel band and recorded …