AltWeeklies Wire
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
Morcheeba Throws Caution to the Windnew
Dive Deep -- the band's latest release and their first with more than one vocalist -- is a long-awaited return to the its original vision.
San Diego CityBeat |
Scott McDonald |
04-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
American History Xnew
The L.A. icons mark the spot when punk broke in Southern California.
San Diego CityBeat |
Jim Ruland |
04-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Wiggles are Bigger Than Jesusnew
Folks who don't have kids or who haven't yet gone down The Wiggles' road with their offspring often have a hard time understanding the band's appeal. But for those of us with Wiggles-crazed children, the answer is obvious -- this is your child's first rock band.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
03-26-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Wiggles
New Album Good Start to Busy Year for Joseph Arthurnew
Joseph Arthur has no problem being prolific, and this EP is the first of four that will precede the August release of the full-length All You Need is Nothing.
San Diego CityBeat |
Richie Lauridsen |
03-26-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Could We Survive, Joseph Arthur
The Matches' New Album Lacks Focusnew
By including ingredients from every corner of the musical spectrum, it seems as if too many ideas turned this from a prospective masterpiece into a collection of leftovers.
San Diego CityBeat |
Richie Lauridsen |
03-26-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: A Band in Hope, The Matches
BYOP's Latest Focuses on Driving Rhythmsnew
While Be Your Own Pet's first album had enough guitar freak-outs and general strangeness to explain Thurston Moore's interest, Get Awkward strips down a lot of the art-rock frills and focuses on driving rhythms, hooks and Jemina Pearl's vocals.
San Diego CityBeat |
Cullen Hendrix |
03-26-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Be Your Own Pet, get awkward
What Happened to the Presidents of Yesterday?new
Amid the clamor of primary politicking, The Presidents of the United States of America are staying true to tradition by releasing yet another album in an election year. Impressive for a band that claims this is all just a coincidence and its name is actually an ironic commentary on its lack of political stands (which is totally, like, this huge political stand, right?).
San Diego CityBeat |
Kyle Andrews |
03-26-2008 |
Reviews
Natural Selectionnew
Jose Gonzalez brings songwriting down to a science.
San Diego CityBeat |
AnnaMarie Stephens |
03-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: In Our Nature, Jose Gonzalez
Rock the Casbahnew
The Muslims are taking San Diego (and your next house party) by storm.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dryw Keltz |
03-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Muslims
The Raveonettes Take on the Sexiest of the Seven Deadly Sinsnew
The band's latest album is dark, dangerous and unyieldingly sexy with a title that contains no traces of subtlety.
San Diego CityBeat |
AnnaMaria Stephens |
02-27-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Lust Lust Lust, The Raveonettes
Farrar and Awaynew
Making a case for Jay Farrar's inclusion among the alt-country elite.
San Diego CityBeat |
Paul Saitowitz |
02-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jay Farrar
Thinking Man's Rocknew
British Sea Power compels listeners with a balance of intellect and absurdity.
San Diego CityBeat |
Todd Kroviak |
02-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Chapped Lipsnew
Nudity, corrupt cops and 12 shows in three days is par for The Black Lips' course.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dryw Keltz |
02-13-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Black Lips, Good Bad Not Evil
Dub Traffik Control, Declassifiednew
The following is a dossier on the genesis and evolution of, and activities undertaken by, Dub Traffik Control, a notorious underground live dub project based in San Diego but with known desires to take over the world.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kinsee Morlan |
02-13-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dub Traffik Control
