
The supergroup brought the rock to San Diego
Categories: interviews, photos, reviews, san diego, video | Tags: adrenaline mob, Avenged Sevenfold, black sabbath, Disturbed, led zeppelin, Rainbow, Sonic Stomp, Symphony X, van halen
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The Soundgarden singer played for nearly three hours
Categories: downloads, photos, reviews, san diego | Tags: chris cornell, Craig Wedren, eddie vedder, john lennon, led zeppelin, lynyrd skynyrd, michael jackson, Shudder to Think, soundgarden, Temple of the Dog, the beatles, tom waits
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Sultry singer Noelle Scaggs lists her top 10 driving tunes
Categories: interviews, san diego, video | Tags: Adele, Alice Russell, beyonce, Fitz & The Tantrums, fleet foxes, grace jones, Guilty Simpson, J-Dilla, James Brown, joni mitchell, Josh Carter, led zeppelin, leona lewis, madlib, Noelle Scaggs, One Republic, Phantogram, poetic memory, Quantic Soul Orchestra, radiohead, Ryan Tedder, Sarah Barthel, thom yorke, timbaland, Will "Quantic" Holland, will holland
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The local favorites share their 5 favorite wake-up songs.
Categories: downloads, interviews, san diego | Tags: led zeppelin, sam cooke, Sonny and Cher, SoundDiego, Tashena Burroughs Photography, The Darkness, The Smart Brothers, the strokes, van morrison
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The Old In Out’s Christopher James Carrol lets us pick his brain.
Categories: interviews, san diego | Tags: alan moore, black heart procession, Buddy Rich, Christopher James Carrol, Cobra, Dillinger Escape Plan, Ennio Morricone, Erika Davies, Faith No More, Fantômas, Gen Patton Vs The Executioners, Jane's Addiction, Jerry Goldsmith, John Zorn, King Crimson, led zeppelin, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Mario Bava, Masada, Mike Patton, Mondo Cane, Mr. Bungle, Muse, nirvana, Peeping Tom, Peter Gabriel, pink floyd, Shapes of Future Frames, Storm Thorgerson, The Doors, The Locust, The Mars Volta, The Old In Out, the powerchords, Them Crooked Vultures, Tomahawk
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Cougar, Madison Wisconsin’s all-foxy-grandma-instrumental-post-rock band, just released their sophomore effort, Patriot. Along with it came two starkly different—yet excellent—singles,”Stay Famous” (MP3) and “Foil Épée Sabre” (MP3, EP only). “Stay Famous” plays with old-school indie dynamics, while “Sabre”, a meandering folky piece, may or may not have something to do with fencing. You can check out [...]
Categories: downloads, interviews | Tags: Aaron Sleator, Aphex Twin, Autechre, Bach, Boards of Canada, Bun E. Carlos, Cheap Trick, Coltrane Quartet, Cougar, D'Angelo, Dan Venne, David Henzie-Skogen, Debussy, elvis costello, Ennio Morricone, Four Tet, Fugazi, Guns 'N Roses, Hank Williams, jimi hendrix, Joe Jackson, John Coltrane, John Frusciante, Ken Boothe, King Tubby, led zeppelin, Liszt, Mahavishnu Orchestra, mastodon, Metallica, Miles Davis, nas, Ravel, Rebirth Brass Band, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Return To Forever, Rick Neilsen, Robin Zander, Squarepusher, Stone Temple Pilots, Sun Ra, Timbalada, Todd Hill, Tom Petersson, tortoise, Trent Johnson, Wes Montgomery
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L.A.-based Kissing Cousins, an “all female sepulchral counter-pop” band led by Heather Bray Heywood, began with a few modest EPs. Since then, they’ve had a song featured on Nip/Tuck and recorded a full-length album, Pillar of Salt. Kissing Cousins recorded Pillar live to tape—a rarity in today’s mostly digital landscape—with the help of Richard Swift. [...]
Categories: downloads, interviews | Tags: heart, Heather Bray Heywood, jimi hendrix, Kissing Cousins, led zeppelin, nirvana, pj harvey, portishead, starflyer 59, the beatles, The Mandrell Sisters, white stripes, wilco
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The 19-year-old narrator of Matthew Specktor’s novel That Summertime Sound has two options: return home to L.A. and a family that hardly notices him; or travel to the Heart of the Heart of the Country—Columbus, Ohio—and come of age. The novel is set against the Columbus music scene of the 1980s, and Specktor is looking to [...]
Categories: downloads, interviews | Tags: 13th Floor Elevators, Aerosmith, authors, Curtis Mayfield, Don DeLillo, Donnie Hathaway, Funkadelic, Geoff Dyer, Hecuba, Henry James, Iggy Pop, led zeppelin, matthew specktor, Parliament, Richard & Mimi Farina, ringo starr, Spacemen 3, the beatles, The Go-Betweens, the velvet underground, Thomas Pynchon, vladimir nabokov
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