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Joe Garrison & Night People live at 98 Bottles
The underground composer surfaced with a red-hot nonet to interpret some very original music.
Composer and pianist Joe Garrison brought the rich 9 piece ensemble he calls Night People into 98 Bottles on March 7, for an evening of creative, swinging original material featuring some of San Diego's best instrumental soloists. Garrison himself is …
Metropolitan Opera HD Parsifal
Why won't my schedule let me see this monstrous tour de force from the Met?
I so wanted to go see the Metropolitan Opera HD broadcast of Parsifal on Saturday March 2nd. The performance is live from the Met and is shown in movie theaters across North America. The show started at 9:00 am and …
Strangle Guido
An obscure but rewarding opera by Austrian composer Alexander von Zemlinsky.
While I have failed to keep my New Year’s resolution of listening to a new piece of music everyday, I have bumped into some quality pieces in the attempt. Recently an Austrian composer named Alexander von Zemlinsky has been occupying …
ARC Trio: March 9, at Villa Musica
Creative music returns to Villa Musica with Helzer, Grinnell and Hubbard.
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/06/41253/ On Saturday, March 9, the San Diego Center for the Arts presents the ARC Trio, featuring pianist Rick Helzer, bassist Justin Grinnell and drummer Nathan Hubbard. The concert which begins at 8 pm, will be held at Villa Musica, …
4th annual San Diego Experimental Guitar show debuts as two-night extravaganza
Featuring strange sounds from Scott Nielsen, Bart Stull, Clint Davis, Demetrius Antuna, Rafter, and an interactive installation at Space 4 Art by Wages.
Now approaching its fourth annual installment, the San Diego Experimental Guitar show is expanding into a two-day affair with the addition of a sound art show the night before the big event. “Each year I experiment with new ideas that …
Calder Quartet at UCSD
The Calder Quartet does TedxTalks and tries to keep the quartet fresh.
The Calder Quartet came together at USC and stayed together through grad school at the Colburn Conservatory and the Juilliard School. The quartet has a strong connection to the traditional form of string quartet but keep themselves firmly rooted in …
Rock Out Karaoke ending 4-year residency in Pacific Beach
No more live band karaoke at 710 Beach Club "as the club works on going a new direction"
"This Thursday [March 7], we’ll be celebrating our four-year stay at the 710 Beach Club with a big ol’ freakin’ party," says guitarist John Ruzicka of live sing-a-long band Rock Out Karaoke. "It’s also with mixed emotions that we announce …
Mahanthappa's Gamak: Jazz at the Studio
Blending Indian music with funk, rock and other elements, Mahanthappa, Fiucynski, Moutin and Weiss threw down on March 3.
Alto saxophone master Rudresh Mahanthappa delivered two blazing sets of hard to categorize music on March 3, fronting a magnificent group including electric guitarist David Fiucynski, bassist Francois Moutin and drummer Dan Weiss in an Athenaeum Jazz at the Studio …
Gunther's Grass serving up vintage stash on new full-length
Never in the Future that Dawned Earlier On showcases medieval European hurdy-gurdy and the Lao/Northeast Thai mouth organ khaen
Never in the Future that Dawned Earlier On, a new collection of songs from experimental, minimalist art rockers Gunther's Grass, has just been released on Marcelo Radulovich's local Titicacaman label. "The stuff was recorded in 2005 and 2006 at my …
Beggars choose to start a busy year with 2-CD O.B. acid melt
Local Lotushouse label building their high mountain temple with a deluge of discs
"This 2-CD set was recorded over four three day sessions in Ocean Beach, in the Upper Chamber of the High Mountain Tempel Oceanic Lodge, and on Mt. Washington in L.A.," says Eric Nielsen, co-founder of existentialist tripmeisters Beggars with fellow …
Jason Robinson: Tiresian Rapture @ Dizzy's
The saxophonist scorched the Pacific Beach venue with Rob Thorsen, Duncan Moore, Ian Tordella and Joey Carano.
The March 1 performance by former San Diegan Jason Robinson at the New Dizzy's represented everything I love about jazz, and through the strength of his imagination, also brought out the best in four local players whose work I thought …
Bonkfest: Tiny Telephones, Secret Fun Club, East of Sweden, Mike Delgado at The Void
A benefit for musician Nathan "Bonk" Joyner, who is recovering from life-threatening injuries after being struck by car in Hillcrest.
Walking home from work last September, multi-instrumentalist Nathan “Bonk” Joyner (All Leather, Some Girls, Hot Nerds, Ese' & Zain) was hit by a car while crossing Washington Street at Cleveland in Hillcrest. His girlfriend and bandmate Alia Jyawook (Hot Nerds, …
Rudresh Mahanthappa & Gamak live in University Heights, March 3
Mahanthappa has an instantly identifiable sound, and his band is full of ringers.
Sunday, March 3, figures to be a noteworthy day in the San Diego jazz-concert landscape for 2013. Daniel Atkinson, the jazz-program-coordinator for Athenaeum Jazz brings alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa to Jazz at the Studio, located at 4441 Park Blvd. in …
Retox to release YPLL via Epitaph Records
Thrash/punk outfit featuring members of Festival of Dead Deer and The Locust to drop new LP May 7.
Having recently returned from a West Coast tour with Tomahawk, pissed-off thrash punk quartet Retox announced the release of their new album, YPLL, via Epitaph Records on May 7 (preorder). Vice plugged the release with a video for "Congratulations, You …
Weiland booted from Stone Temple Pilots (again)
Slipknot and Velvet Revolver aren't saying nice things about him either...
“Stone Temple Pilots have announced they have officially terminated Scott Weiland,” according to a statement issued from the band’s management. Stone Temple Pilots came together when Scott Weiland met New Jersey-born bass player Robert DeLeo at a 1986 Black Flag …
Puns are spontaneously on schedule in Balboa Park
A concert update with a few options in Balboa Park this weekend.
There is cutthroat competition going on Thursday, February the 28th at 6:30 pm. It’s all going down at the at the Mingei International Museum. The Mingei has long been known for it’s iconography and death matches. In reality, the competition …
Jason Robinson at the New Dizzy's
Robinson is one of the most exciting saxophone players I've ever heard.
Fire-breathing former San Diego saxophonist Jason Robinson returns for a must-see concert on March 1, leading a core trio of bassist Rob Thorsen and drummer Duncan Moore, expanding to include special guest guitarist Joey Carano and saxophonist Ian Tordella. Robinson …
Steve on... Redd Kross guitarist breaks it down
It’s not often that you can chat with a 45-year-old who can relate tales about hanging out with the likes of Black Flag and The Descendents when both of those bands were in their infancy. That’s because Steve McDonald was …
The Void: Vampire Slayer, Late Nite Howl, Marcelo Radulovich, and Monsterpussy
An eclectic, transborder lineup fills The Void in City Heights
A few days ago, I posted a blog heralding the return of resurrected Mexicali dance/noise punk icons Maniqui Lazer to San Diego on Wednesday, March 6 at The Office. Core member Valentin Torres aka Vampire Slayer will be in town …
Musica da influenza
Feeling like crap? Here's some music for flu season.
While most of my body continues to function properly and efficiently, I have been forced to turn my attention to music for influenza. I’m not admitting to any dis-ease but there are moments when I want to curl up in …