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Amit Winkler - Love Again
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Isreal’s popular music is as diverse as any other country’s would be, with a mixture of Hebrew and English, Religious and Secular, and a melding of tradition and experimentation. Out of this melting pot of artistry a gem arose and captured the hearts of Israeli audiences. Amit “Winky” Winkler has been working hard, although she […]
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Incubus in Support of 8
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When Incubus came out on stage the crowd welcomed the band with cheering, whistling and applauding. Incubus is very well-known and a talented band. Starting out with the song “Glitterbomb” Brandon Boyd the singer jumped right in with full guns blazing, from his very first word he sang to the last note of the […]
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8th Annual San Diego Rock n Roll Reunion and Benefit Concert
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San Diego’s Brick by Brick was host to the 8th annual San Diego Rock n Roll Reunion and Benefit Concert and historically, this event brings the best of the best in local music. This year was no different. Every summer San Diego’s music community comes together to support two beautiful sisters that unexpectedly lost their father […]
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Matchbox 20 - Almost Studio Perfect
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Mattress Firm Amphitheatre is a 20,500 seat Amphitheatre located in Chula Vista, California. It is one of the larger concert venues in the San Diego area. I had “media access” tickets so I could review the show; however, I purchased Two tickets in the 4th row up front because I knew this was going to […]
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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 […]