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Dub Dorado vs. Trill: Them Lost Boys & Whiskey Pete
Feature beats, bass, trap, juke, and dubstep at El Dorado, downtown.
Tonight at El Dorado Cocktail Lounge (1030 Broadway – Downtown), long-standing dubstep monthly Dub Dorado will join forces with future beat showcase Trill for a night of big bass and trap featuring Switchblade Recordings artists Them Lost Boys and Whiskey …
Savannah Philyaw "ready to jump into the pool" Feb. 1 w/ Normal Heights concert
Young singer/songwriter's debut EP sports local all-star lineup (Cantrell, Berkley, Hart, Caplinger, Moore, etc)
“I don’t actually have a band,” says singer/songwriter Savannah Philyaw. “I’m occasionally accompanied by friends of mine; violinists, drummers, guitarists, etc. I always have a great time when other musicians play shows with me, though. It’s just difficult to find …
Vibraphone Summit at the new Dizzy's
Tim McMahon, Anthony Smith and Pat Burke each brought their own personality to the instrument.
The new Dizzy's hosted the Vibraphone Summit last Sunday, bringing three top exponents to share their music with an all-star rhythm section. Tim McMahon, alongside Anthony Smith, with Pat Burke, manned the mallets, while guitarist Peter Sprague, bassist Rob Thorsen, …
Pachyderm prog rock courtesy of Elephants of Scotland
Rush-loving quartet drops impressive debut full-length
So you think you’d like Rush more, if only that singer didn’t keep whipping out his “chipmunk in a blender” shriek. And you’d probably listen to more Marillion and Yes, if only the album covers didn’t all look like Chevy …
Karen Marguth: swinging in P.B.
Marguth has all the tools, and she knows how to use them.
Fresno vocalist Karen Marguth breezed into the new Dizzy's on Sunday, January 27th, fronting a kind of California-All-Star group featuring LA woodwind specialist Nate Ketner, San Francisco bassist Sam Rocha, Fresno drummer Nathan Guzman and San Diegan Jason Wanner, for …
The painted man speaks
Under a layer of body paint, there's a lot going on in the nomad-ish mind of Dive Bomber front man Kris Keyes
On Facebook today guitarist Catfish Comstock posts this: "First Time EVER! Dive Bomber is #4 on Reverbnation San Diego Rock Charts and #10 in San Diego for all genres! " Dive Bomber is a San Diego hard rock band fronted …
Tijuana: Moonshake returns to La Sexta at La Mi-Ja de La Mezcalera
Funky tech house space groove super night crosses south again.
Following over a decade of chess, day drinking, and some of the best electronic music nights in town, BeHe dive Kadan closed their doors at the end of August. Official MOONSHAKE Wrap-Up Video at Kadans (R.I.P.) from Trevor Dean on …
Tonight's turf in Del Mar will be blue(grass)
Claire Lynch Band playing Del Mar Powerhouse
Two-time International Bluegrass Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year Claire Lynch has become a creative force in acoustic music and at the forefront of women who have expanded the bluegrass genre. She has twice earned Grammy nominations and was …
Daniel Jackson at the new Dizzy's
The tenor master featured a solid trio and a slew of guest musicians.
Local tenor saxophone giant Daniel Jackson, in a packed-to-the-rafters concert at the new Dizzy's, continued to demonstrate the salient features of his musicianship that have endeared him to so many. Leading an all-star group of pianist Joshua White, bassist Marshall …
Hills Like Elephants write Note to Self
Indie soul quintet drops new single for Lost Ark Studio compilation.
Hills Like Elephants released a new single a few days ago titled “Note to Self,” adding a post-punk edge to their soulful “Motown with drum machines” sound. Produced by Mike Butler at vintage-ready Lost Ark Studio in Pacific Beach, “Note …
I remember when Costello sang his first Tonio at San Diego Opera.
Which is the better story, finding Babe Ruth's rookie card at a yard sale for a dime or hearing Stephen Costello sing his first Tonio?
Having a conversation with Stephen Costello isn’t like having a conversation with an opera singer even though his speaking voice is well placed. He speaks more like a dude you’d grab a burger with at Hodad’s. However, make no mistake, …
Bebop all night long: it's Kyle Myers
"I went to jazz camp at Stanford, and there's a 12-year-old kicking my ass."
Nobody calls them Young Lions any more but Kyle Myers, from Rancho Penasquitos, could have been one -- that good. And although I don't think alto sax man Christopher Hollyday was officially dubbed a Young Lion either, he surely could …
EDEA: DUDES split EP with H | p s
Dream-fi versus beach-fi
San Diego’s premier amorphous swag rock outfit DUDES recently released a split EP, titled EDEA (Ailanthus Recordings), with DUDE Ryan Solomon’s “internet homie” Chaz Bell, also known as H | p s. “Most of the DUDES songs are b-sides from …
Kamau Kenyatta at The Loft
Saxophonist/composer/pianist Kenyatta featuring a burning group with special guests in a mesmerizing set.
UCSD's The Loft presented an all too unique opportunity to catch some of San Diego's less visible but no less vital jazz musicians last night with a performance by the Kamau Kenyatta Group, featuring drum pro Richard Sellers, bassist Antar …
And now: it's Daniel Jackson time
Daniel Jackson week gets underway Thursday night in downtown San Diego
The name of Daniel Jackson rests at the top of many San Diegan's lists of hometown straight-ahead jazz tenor sax heroes. But, as I have written before, Jackson kills it as a piano player. He kills it. "I hope whenever …
Conclusion of Yves Abel interview at San Diego Opera
Maestro Abel holds forth on risking it all and leadership.
Continuing the conversation with Yves Abel. San Diego Reader: We've seen conductors who have been very positive but haven’t always maintained a high standard. You appear to be able to stay positive and keep a high standard. Yves Abel: I’m …
Desert Daze music festival heads to Mecca
Moon Block Party follows last year's 11-day blowout with overnight festival near Salton Sea.
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/22/38879/ Pilots representing San Diego at last year's Desert Daze music festival. Last year’s inaugural Desert Daze was an eleven-day psychedelic bonanza held in the town of Desert Hot Springs, about 30 miles from the dual weekend festivities of Coachella …
Michael Tiernan & Lee Coulter still ducking “real jobs”
Diatonic duo dishes on pimped-out Hollywood hotel rooms and loving their ladies
Lee Coulter is about to embark on a 55-city tour, but locals can catch him tonight with his frequent brother-from-another-mother Michael Tiernan, performing a 7:30 set at the Belly Up. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/22/38810/ The pair first met up in 2004, while Tiernan …
Smokin' in the East Village: the Erik Deutsch Band
Fusing the rhythms of rock with the improvisational skills of jazz, Deutsch even brought a very special surprise guest to ice the cake.
The power of music to revive long dormant memories and bring them into laser focus, as well as its celebratory ritual ties with the universal concept of motion we call groove burned brightly in a knockout Fresh Sound (by Bonnie …