Entertainment venues usually stay in their own lane — concerts for music halls, standup at comedy clubs. But there are some venues that branch out, as in the case of San Diego’s Belly Up Tavern. Positioned a stone’s throw away from the shoreline in Solana Beach, the Belly Up has played host to countless musical […]
A decade and a half hiatus is a lengthy amount of time. What has emo-meets-pop rock band The Cab been doing this whole time? Turns out a lot of learning when it comes to relationships. Resurfacing not only to the studio, but to the road, The Cab champions heartache with the Back From The Dead […]
The world is overrun by information; it’s coming in on all sides. The television, the Internet, social media, and podcasts — we’re bombarded by news. The problem is, it’s getting harder and harder to recognize what’s opinion and what’s fact. Biases and beliefs don’t add up to truths. And Miami-based reggae band Jacuzzi Fuzz knows […]
What’s more enigmatic than the mind of Les Claypool? The mind of Les Claypool when he’s hanging out with Sean Ono Lennon. Formally The Claypool Lennon Delirium, the two eccentric masterminds have released three studio albums and one EP together — with the latest LP being everything we’ve waited so long for. Entitled The Great […]
I was born in 1989. I missed the 70s (and, let’s face it, the entire 80s) completely. I’ve heard both decades were a wild time, though, especially from my mother who never quite left the party. But that’s another story. What I’m trying to say is, experiencing the 70s for me entails watching the likes […]
If there ever was a city to kick off a world tour right, it’s in San Diego; we’re laidback, we’re low-maintenance, and we simply love live music when it comes to town. Too many times San Diego gets passed over for large names, sitting in the southern shadows of Los Angeles. This wasn’t the case […]
There are nights of hip hop. Then there are nights of hip hop legends. Stacking three industry-changing names on a bill together is unprecedented — and a show you simply can’t miss. I knew this when I saw that Cypress Hill was bringing the High & Outside – Above the Zone Tour to San Diego’s […]
Whenever Saxsquatch comes to town, you know you’re in for a wild night. There’s only one show where you can see a 7-foot-tall saxophone-wielding Bigfoot bring down the house with his mad deejay skills — all while wearing reflector sunglasses. In preparation for such an event, I got as furry as possible. Over-the-boot fuzzy blue […]
What’s better than a world-class indie rock and dance fest in May? A world-class indie rock and dance fest moved over to the summertime. That’s right — Just Like Heaven Fest is returning to Pasadena’s Rose Bowl… but just a bit later in the year than before. With Goldenvoice staying silent through the winter months, […]
Tacoma-based singer-songwriter Kye Alfred Hillig returns with chilling tales of separation and sorrow in his ninth studio album, The All-Night Costume Company — all wrapped in an indie-meets-Americana blanket. Following his 2022 In All Colors Singing Back (an album that stretches a whopping 102 minutes), Hillig brings a more concise concept album to the table, […]
The Sound in Del Mar is always a fun venue; it’s spacious, accommodating, a little bougey with the food offerings including bao buns and street tacos. But I’ve never seen The Sound so packed as I did this past Saturday night for St. Paul & The Broken Bones! Attracting an older crowd, at least the […]
A quarter century has passed since the Coen brothers’ blockbuster O Brother, Where Art Thou? hit theaters — and, like the epic itself, the soundtrack stays timeless. Certified 8x Platinum in 2007 and named the #1 soundtrack of the decade by Billboard, it seems the world still can’t get enough of The Soggy Bottom Boys, […]
Aww, to slow down… To take in the present. To tune out the chaotic world around us. To experience each sensation as it comes, one at a time. In the modern world, we are programmed — even praised — to consume, to multitask. Dutch novelist and visual artist Bette A. says it’s dire time to […]
It’s widely undisputed that B.B. King was truly a king — of the blues, that is. His work redefined the genre in his time, string-bending and staccato picking his solos in such a style that influenced so many artists since. It helps that he was born and raised in the Mississippi Delta… Home of the […]
Let me preface that I’m a not a basshead. Nor am I a candy kid. I’m not a categorical anything, let alone a ‘raver’… my Spotify listed my listening age as 78 for 2025. I like a bit of everything, so when I saw INZO was coming to The Sound in Del Mar, I was […]
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