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When Los Angeles four-piece Dawes released North Hills, the band’s 2009 debut album, its members were barely in their twenties, and at least one was still in high school. Continue reading…
Video: Metronomy – “Everything Goes My Way”
British electronic group Metronomy are coming to San Diego next week. The four-piece band is touring in support of its third album, The English Riviera, released earlier this year. For a taste of Metronomy’s catchy melodies and ambling beats, check out the above video for “Everything Goes My Way,” directed by Alexander Orlando Smith. (SPOILER ALERT: The song will be stuck in your head all day.)
Once you’re done with that, go buy tickets to their October 18 show at Voyeur.
The Future is Now
Viva Voce‘s songs seem to come from another world. The gleaming guitars, the purred vocals, the churning sexuality — it’s all so hypnotic and ethereal that’s it’s hard to believe such fantastic music was created by mere mortals. Continue reading…
Poetic Memory: Science Fiction (List)
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For the past three years, Santa Maria transplants Science Fiction have been gracing their adopted home of San Diego with a funky, sauntering brand of jazz.
Comprised of brothers Aaron and Allen de la Rosa on guitars, Antonio Bravo on drums, and Jacob Miranda on bass, the talented troupe excels at both improv and composition, layering catchy fretwork over danceable bass lines and percussion. The band applies those sonic layers only to tear them down, then rebuild them in unexpected and refreshing ways. Because of this, Science Fiction’s live shows are captivating events that always leave you wanting more.
When the band joins Paris-based experimentalists The Kandinsky Effect at the Office tonight (September 28), you’ll have a chance to see for yourself. In the meantime, Science Fiction were kind enough to send us their Poetic Memory. With influences ranging from George Benson to 8-bit Nintendo, it’s a revealing look at what makes this quartet tick. Check it out below…
Live Review: Bright Eyes at Soma, September 21, 2011
I was fifteen when Bright Eyes released 2005’s I’m Wide Awake its Morning, and the band’s albums helped guide me through my tumultuous teenage years. At Soma on September 21, as kids too young to remember life before the MP3 lined up to buy vinyl and CD’s, it felt like high school all over again. Continue reading…