By Aidan Meehan and Will Jernigan Escape From Wonderland October 27, 2012 NOS Event Center San Bernardino, CA In only its second year, Insomniac Events brought nearly 50,000 people to their Halloween-themed festival Escape From Wonderland, which has sold out both its years of occurrence. After attending, we can […]
Read moreBy Aidan Meehan Bombay Bicycle Club House of Blues San Diego October 17 When most people hear the terms “indie pop”, or as the British call the genre “twee pop”, images of crooning melodies, melancholy lyrics and a slow gentle performance are evoked. While this may hold true for […]
Read moreBy Aidan Meehan Escape From Wonderland October 27, 2012 NOS Events Center San Bernadino, CA Insomniac Events is hosting the Halloween themed festival of the Wonderland festival circuit “Escape From Wonderland” in San Bernardino on Saturday, October 27th, Escape from Wonderland. Insomniac is widely regarded as one […]
Read moreBy Alina Calva To the excitement of much of the campus community, Imagine Dragons was the feature band to rock the USD campus. Imagine Dragons started humbly out of Las Vegas and rocketed to fame with the release of their hit single “It’s Time.” Many fans eagerly awaited the release […]
Read moreBy Drew Parrish Big Gigantic with GRiZ House of Blues, San Diego October 4, 2012 I walked out of the House of Blues around midnight unable to hear properly, exhausted, dripping in sweat, and utterly refreshed. The music I had just experienced rejuvenated my relationship with electronic dance music; […]
Read moreby Eden Frost The Shins Open Air Theatre at SDSU September 30th 2012 With their electronic rhythm and hypnotizing light show of purples and blues, opening act Washed Out put the crowd in a bit of a mellow trance before The Shins on Sunday at the Open Air Theatre at […]
Read moreBy Aiden Meehan Nocturnal Wonderland September 21-22 Nos Event Center – San Bernardino, CA Insomniac Events have been steadily increasing the scale of the Alice in Wonderland-themed series of festivals to reach a larger market. From September 21-22, some of the world’s premiere DJs and electronic music producers came to […]
Read moreBy Juan Barragan Matisyahu Humphreys by the Bay September 19, 2012 Southern Californians are known for their love of reggae music, and many new and upcoming reggae artists have been able to become successful by garnering a huge amount of SoCal followers. Typically, these artists are born in California, but […]
Read moreBy Spencer Gallardo IDentity Festival Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre August 18 Identity Festival San Diego On Saturday, August 18, 2012, San Diego once again hosted Identity Festival at the sold out Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre in Chula Vista. According to its Twitter bio, Identity Festival – or simply “ID Fest” – is […]
Read moreBy Kayleen Fulton Yann Tiersen & Piano Chat Belly Up May 15, 2012 Yann Tiersen’s music hit me like a ton of bricks the first time that I heard it. No surprise here – I first heard his stuff on the Amelie soundtrack. My sister had just seen the […]
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