AltWeeklies Wire
The Music Industry's Festival Warsnew
San Diego's Street Scene is part of the industry's newest turf battle.
San Diego CityBeat |
Troy Johnson |
09-19-2007 |
Music
Joan as Police Woman Plays Ominous Indie-jazznew
Real Life puts Joan Wasser somewhere between Norah Jones and Feist -- and somewhere, there in the middle, are a few million album sales and a parcel of indie cred.
San Diego CityBeat |
Troy Johnson |
09-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Joan as Police Woman, Real Life
Okkervil River Trots Out More Song-novelsnew
What especially salvages Stage Names is that frontman Will Schef doesn't pretend he can't be bought or is unwilling to let the machine take control from time to time.
San Diego CityBeat |
Troy Johnson |
08-22-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Okkervil River, The Stage Names
Superswoonnew
Zap Mama has to be seen to be believed in.
San Diego CityBeat |
Troy Johnson |
08-15-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Zap Mama
Heard Mentalitynew
Animal Collective charms and confuses it natural predators.
San Diego CityBeat |
Troy Johnson |
03-10-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Animal Collective
Transfer Abidesnew
San Diego's slow-burners are casually moving to the top.
San Diego CityBeat |
Troy Johnson |
02-22-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Faded Signal, Transfer
Clapping for Realnew
Examining a technological cure for the rock 'n' roll encore.
San Diego CityBeat |
Troy Johnson |
02-07-2006 |
Concerts
Tags: concerts
The Rap Star the Khmer Rouge Spawnednew
Twenty-two years after his parents snuck him out of Cambodia and away from the
Khmer Rouge, 23-year-old Long Beach resident Prach Ly is Cambodia's
first rap star -- thanks to bootlegging, good beats and the horror stories
of his elders.
San Diego CityBeat |
Troy Johnson |
06-14-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dalama: The Lost Chapter, Prach Ly
