AltWeeklies Wire
After Nearly Two Decades, Stereolab Still Crafts the Prettiest Punknew
Over the course of nine albums, Stereolab has culled from major reference points like '60s lounge-pop and '70s krautrock. For Chemical Chords, the band's latest album and first proper full-length since 2004, Tim Gane turned to Detroit.
San Diego CityBeat |
AnnaMaria Stephens |
10-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
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
Is Yung Lyricist the Future of San Diego Hip-Hop?new
In a San Diego scene that has all too often focused on blunts, balling and bitches, Yung clearly represents that new breed of MC like Kanye West, Common and Lupe Fiasco with emphasis on issues of the heart rather than hos.
San Diego CityBeat |
Seth Combs |
10-08-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Santogold is Showing Up Everywhere Right Nownew
You probably are digging her music -- but just don't know it -- when you're playing FIFA 08 and NHL 08, or watching Entourage, Grey's Anatomy and Gossip Girl (dude, I can't believe you watch Gossip Girl!), or when you’re glazing over during halftime of the Chargers game and those Bud Light Lime commercials come on.
San Diego CityBeat |
Nathan Dinsdale |
10-08-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Santogold
Bjork Who? Mugison Brings His Nordic Eclecticism Statesidenew
Born Orn Elias Guomundsson (there's a sexy rock-star name), the singer-songwriter was re-named in a karaoke bar while visiting his father in Malaysia.
San Diego CityBeat |
Scott McDonald |
10-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mugiboogie, Mugison
Nick Lowe Doesn't Party Like He Used Tonew
The "Jesus of Cool" is fine with being almost famous.
San Diego CityBeat |
Scott McDonald |
10-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Nick Lowe
Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip are as Screwy as They Soundnew
Before this album arrived on my doorstep, what little I'd heard through tinny laptop speakers sounded like a nitrous-oxide Streets.
San Diego CityBeat |
David Tow |
09-24-2008 |
Reviews
Flogging Molly's Matt Hensley Finds the End of the Rainbownew
A year and a half ago, Flogging Molly accordionist Matt Hensley felt like he had to make a choice: fatherhood or the band.
San Diego CityBeat |
AnnaMaria Stephens |
09-24-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Float, Flogging Molly
Guitar Legend Mundell Lowe Looks Back, Moves Forwardnew
Mundell Lowe returned recently to the log cabin on the farm in southern Mississippi where he grew up, only to find the house is now a pile of logs. The man who owns the property is selling them off for six bucks apiece.
San Diego CityBeat |
D.A. Kolodenko |
09-10-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: guitarists, Mundell Lowe
One of the Best in the Metal Game: As I Lay Dyingnew
Forget pop-punk and beach-bunny troubadours -- these North County headbangers are becoming the biggest metal band in the land
San Diego CityBeat |
Seth Combs |
09-10-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Donkeys Keep It Tight with a Loose Groovenew
Their cosmic, country-tinged pop exudes starry-eyed wonderment. They're less Gories, more Gram Parsons and much more fitting for a coastal drive than a basement-party soundtrack.
San Diego CityBeat |
Todd Kroviak |
09-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Donkeys
Alejandro Escovedo Creates the Album of His Careernew
Born in Texas but raised mostly in Southern California, Escovedo's new tour in support of Real Animal is all at once a homecoming, a rebirth and the live debut of his most widely hailed—and conceptually bold—solo work.
San Diego CityBeat |
Will K. Shilling |
09-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Alejandro Escovedo, Real Animal
San Diego's The Sess is Probably Too Good to Lastnew
What's most impressive about The Sess is their ability to scare you. Their live shows conjure that tingling sensation you felt in the space between your navel and crotch when you saw your first wild concert without adult supervision.
San Diego CityBeat |
Seth Combs |
08-27-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Sess
Beachwood Sparks Reunite and Reignite Indie Rocknew
Call it bad timing. Beachwood Sparks signed to Sub Pop long after groups like Nirvana and Mudhoney had established the Seattle record label as an industry standard-bearer, but they were still a couple years ahead of the next wave of Sub Pop stars, like The Shins and The Postal Service.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dryw Keltz |
08-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sub Pop, Beachwood Sparks
An Old Punk's Guide to the 2008 Vans Warped Tournew
The Warped Tour is back for its 14th year, and with it comes the annual query, "What's so punk about the Warped Tour anyway?" It's a loaded question.
San Diego CityBeat |
Jim Ruland |
08-13-2008 |
Concerts
