By Marisa Dodge Coachella 2012 Weekend 1: April 13-15 Florence Welch and her band Florence + the Machine’s 2012 Coachella show was a universal success. How appropriate that the sky was clear of clouds for the first of the three nights of the festival allowing the stars to shine, truly […]
Read moreBy Matt Hose From their hometown of Miami, hip-hop/jazz-fusion band ArtOfficial is booking it cross-country for a west coast tour, ending at the 710 Beach Club in San Diego on April 14. USD Radio Contributor Matt Hose spoke with Newsense, one of the bands two MC’s, about their new album, […]
Read moreBy Tom Roth Goldfish Get Busy Living Goldfish Music 2010 Search “Die Antwoord” on Google’s trend-tracking portal, Trends, and you’ll quickly find that the South African dance duo – with invites to Letterman and billboards around New York – are a hot topic in the United States. Run a similar […]
Read moreBy 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 […]
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