By Tom Roth The Knux The Griffin 1310 Morena Boulevard San Diego, CA March 27, 2012 In autumn 2009, New Orleans native and LA based fraternal duo, The Knux, graced San Diego’s now-defunct outdoor music festival Street Scene with a raucous performance of tracks from their debut album, Remind Me […]
Read moreBy Tom Roth Lady Antebellum: Own the Night 2012 World Tour with Darius Rucker and Thompson Square Saturday, March 24, 2012 Cricket Wireless Amphitheater The year is 2007. The location is a truck stop diner in rural Wisconsin. About fifteen lonely patrons are hunched over their breakfasts and a band from […]
Read moreBy Matt Hose Bela Fleck & The Flecktones The Anthology 1337 India Street, San Diego, CA 92101 March 13 & March 14 at 7:30 pm and 9:30 pm All Ages Can the return of an original band member after twenty years raise a band to its former glory? With the 2011 […]
Read moreBy Sarah Jorgensen Punch Brothers El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles March 10, 2012 Punch Brothers bassist Paul Kowert hit the nail on the head in my interview with him when he said that seeing the band live was like hearing “the record on caffeine.” This energetic bluegrass and folk […]
Read moreBy Sarah Jorgensen In preparation for the Punch Brothers’ show at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles this Saturday, USD Radio Editor Sarah Jorgensen spoke with bassist Paul Kowert about the bluegrass-tinged folk band’s newest album, Who’s Feeling Young Now?, the band’s live experience, and Radiohead. You can still […]
Read moreBy Tyler Sivero The Kooks House of Blues San Diego February 29, 2012 Over the years The Kooks have continued to maintain their status as an essential band to anyone who follows the music scene. Their alternative, indie rock style of music varies from fast pace rock, acoustic sing-a-longs to […]
Read moreBy Sarah Jorgensen I do not often find myself seriously attracted to electronic music – to me it seems to lack depth. Mister Lies’ tracks are the complete opposite. His tracks are simply sublime in their construction, yet perfectly subtle in the very best way through his use of haunting […]
Read moreO’Brother Soda Bar, 3615 El Cajon Blvd. San Diego, CA 92104 Sunday, March 4, 8:30 PM After being together for more than 14 years, O’Brother just dropped their first full album last November. The band will bring the hard-rock sounds of this album, Garden Window, to San Diego on March […]
Read moreBy Juan Barragan Recently, USD Radio’s Juan Barragan spoke with Colton Place, Bryce Klemer, and Ryan Naglich, three of the members of Pacific Dub. Pacific Dub, or PDub, is a Reggae-Rock band hailing from the surf capital of the United States, Huntington Beach, California, and they talked about their current […]
Read moreBen Union Soda Bar February 26, 2012 Get down to the Soda Bar in San Diego this Sunday in order to melt your face with the band Ben Union. Out of Seattle, the band is releasing their second album titled The Blessed Union: Volume 1. Come out to watch Ben […]
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