AltWeeklies Wire
For These Local Magpies, the Music Was Just the Beginningnew
Transfer’s rock ’n’ roll dreams may have not immediately come true, but the company they started may help others realize theirs.
San Diego CityBeat |
AnnaMaria Stephens |
03-18-2009 |
Music
San Diego's Most Upbeat Local-Music Booster Shares His Thoughtsnew
Tim Pyles is perhaps the most ubiquitous figure in San Diego music. By all accounts, he’s an overwhelmingly positive guy — the Ned Flanders of local music, if you will. Just be careful not to lend him your car.
San Diego CityBeat |
Todd Kroviak |
03-04-2009 |
Music
Tags: local music, Tim Pyles
The Great Demo Review 2009new
We received more new-music submissions than ever this year, but that didn't keep us from reviewing every one of them.
San Diego CityBeat |
San Diego CityBeat |
03-04-2009 |
Music
Tags: San Diego, Great Demo Review
Exit the 36 Chambers: Choose Your Own Wu-Tang Clan Adventurenew
Something happened on the way to becoming untouchable hip-hop legends. At best, they've reached an artistic cul de sac with their last album, 2007's 8 Diagrams. At worst, they're irrelevant. To find out why, you'll have to choose your own adventure.
San Diego CityBeat |
Nathan Dinsdale |
12-03-2008 |
Music
Terrin Durfey Battles to Play Another Daynew
Durfey, who fronted beloved San Diego indie-rock bands Boilermaker and Jade Shader and more recently played in Pinback's touring band, was first diagnosed with cancer in 1998, and the cancer continues to spread to the point where doctors have given up.
San Diego CityBeat |
AnnaMaria Stephens |
10-15-2008 |
Music
How One Ohio City Got Revenge with the Crappiest Music Sub-genre Evernew
Music authorities and health officials alike are concerned that the shitgaze (named for it's resemblance to shoegaze and because, well, it sounds shitty) may be a new low for even the most snobbish indie-rock fans.
San Diego CityBeat |
Seth Combs |
06-11-2008 |
Music
San Diego's Piano Crooners Sing Memoriesnew
These local musicians have extraordinary stories to tell and share a passion for performing, even in less than glamorous venues.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kinsee Morlan |
06-04-2008 |
Music
Reasons Why Robert Smith Just Might be the Rodney Dangerfield of Rocknew
Even within The Cure's seemingly bread-and-butter demographic (the Goth community), reverence is reserved for bands like Joy Division and Bauhaus while The Cure is often relegated to condescending comments like, “Fisher Price: My first Goth band.”
San Diego CityBeat |
Seth Combs |
05-28-2008 |
Music
Cat Power vs. Elf Power: Let the Battle Begin!new
In this corner: A feisty creature who overcame onstage freakouts and alcoholism to let herself be seduced and emboldened by soul music! And in the other corner: A six-strong troupe of lo-fi lovers whose musical stylings seem to have sprung from a lysergic sugar cube in a fairy forest!
San Diego CityBeat |
AnnaMaria Stephens |
04-16-2008 |
Music
San Diego's Class of 2007new
These musicians had the Best. Year. Ever. Includes As I Lay Dying, Grand Ole Party, The Muslims, and more.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dryw Keltz |
12-26-2007 |
Music
San Diego Kids Learn How to Become Real Guitar Heroesnew
San Diego is the home of one of the newest branches of The Paul Green School of Rock Music, a national brand that started in Philadelphia in 1998 and helped inspire School of Rock, the 2003 Jack Black movie.
San Diego CityBeat |
Adam Gimbel |
12-12-2007 |
Music
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
Nick Reynolds to Receive Lifetime Acheivement Awardnew
Reynolds of the Kingston Trio, whose contributions to American folk music are lovingly remembered by a healthy contingent of fans, will receive the award at the San Diego Music Awards on Sept. 17.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kia Momtazi |
09-12-2007 |
Music
Tags: The Kingston Trio
Crate Digging in San Diego's Golden Hillnew
Because of the high housing turnover, Golden Hill has become a hotbed of garage sales. The trend has inspired my mission: to wade into this diverse swath of humanity and—armed with only my wits and $10—bring home some killer tunes.
San Diego CityBeat |
Cullen Hendrix |
08-30-2007 |
Music
Chevrolet is Not the New Commercial Radionew
Shilling for soul-crushing multinationals is totally antithetical to underground music's DIY code, right? But Of Montreal and many more of today's best indie bands are willing to think outside the box if you've got a suitcase full of cash.
San Diego CityBeat |
Jed Gottlieb |
08-15-2007 |
Music
