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Americana singer/songwriter, Kathryn Cloward, released her second double album “Ripple Love” and “Secret Keeper”, just two years after her double debut album in 2015. I have been a huge fan of the southern California vocalist from the first time I saw her headline at San Diego famed, Belly Up Tavern, in January of this year […]
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Dirty Heads Send Smoke Rings Into the San Diego Sky
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Jared Watson and Dustin Bushnell created something incredibly unique in 2006, and ever since I first heard the song “Lay Me Down” on the radio, I knew I loved their sound. That song is a modern day Bonnie and Clyde story featuring a chorus sung by Rome from Sublime, but the music captures the brain […]
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Grammy Award Winning Eric Marienthal (And Friends) Giving High Hopes
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HIGH HOPES is a non-profit charitable organization that helps brain-injured adults often recover from traumatic injuries that leave them unable to talk or walk. This was the 19th Annual Eric Marienthal and Friends Benefit Concert held in an outdoor amphitheater setting overlooking picturesque Newport Bay as the sun set behind the stage. The evening began […]
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Recently, I had the pleasure of seeing Ministry live at San Diego’s House of Blues. There was only one opening band HO99O9, pronounced “Horror” and they started the party right. HO99O9 are Hip-hop for people who don’t normally listen to much hip-hop. The band was more hardcore, thrash and speed metal sounding but without any […]
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Los Angeles based, Pullman Standard returned to their San Diego roots the first weekend of July 2017. First celebrating the release of their newest album, “Diamonds Hearts”, at The Rabbit Hole, on famed Adams Avenue, amid San Diego’s Art and Music District, on July 1st and then treated fans and new friends to an encore […]
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Upright Man Debuts Unique Style in Self Titled Debut Album
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Indie Rock has an interesting connotation to most people, and the term has different definitions depending on whom you talk to. If you talk to the three men behind Upright Man, you would probably get a different answer from each of them as well. Aidan Dolan (Guitar/Vox), Nick Katz (Bass/Vox), and Max Yassky (Percussion) have […]
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Flotsam and Jetsam Hit The Brick
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If you are looking for a great time with some great bands then look no further than Brick by Brick in San Diego. Saturday night was the place to be. This was the night Flotsam and Jetsam hit the stage with supporting acts DVT, Warpath and CAGE. All three bands played hard and heavy. I […]
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Images - 19th Annual Eric Marienthal and Friends Benefit Concert
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Pulllman Standard Releases Long Awaited "Diamond Hearts"
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It was warmer than to be expected, or maybe that was just the pangs of excitement for this party. The Pullman Standard CD Release party was about to begin. Bodies were busily setting up on the back patio while Jillian Calkins was doing a quick sound check. This young lady stood there, with that beautiful […]
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Mindi Abair and The Boneshakers - EastWest Sessions
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Two time Grammy nominated, Mindi Abair, and her band, The Boneshakers, stepped onto the Wine Stage at the, 34th annual, Temecula Valley Wine and Balloon Festival, and proceeded to bring a little bit of heaven on Earth! The very celebrated saxophonist and vocalist, has a long standing history in the music industry, in ways of #1 […]