Category: USD Radio

  By Marisa Dodge The Rapture The Glass House Pomona, CA Friday, October 7, 2011 Founded in New York City, The Rapture is dance-punk band that integrates influences from assorted genres consisting of post-punk, disco, rock, electronica, and acid house. On Friday Oct. 7, The Rapture filled The Glass House […]

  By Kevin Terrell Neighborhoods Blink-182 Interscope Released September 27, 2011 Blink-182? The guys that ran naked through L.A. for fun and closed out the 1999 MTV VMAs in a blaze of sparklers and dancing migets? Yeah, they’re back to together and touring in support of their new album Neighborhoods, […]

By Sarah Pacitti Portugal. The Man House of Blues September 30, 2011 “Bring It On, Man!” On Friday night, September 30, the House of Blues in downtown San Diego added another win to the list, as Portugal. The Man tore up the stage and hyped up the crowd to such […]

  By Kathryn Zambon Tiësto Valley View Casino Center October 2, 2011  Late Sunday night, DJ Tiësto blew the minds of fans that traveled from all over the world to join in on the College Invasion tour. Nineteen-year-old Porter Robinson opened for Tiësto and got the crowd ready to party […]

By Sarah Jorgensen TV On The Radio San Diego State University Open Air Theatre September 24, 2011 I have been waiting years to see TV On The Radio play live. Ever since their acclaimed album Return to Cookie Mountain dropped in 2006, I’ve been eager to see them. I savored […]

  By Marisa Marlowe “The reason we exist is because music doesn’t have any border and it can bring a lot of people together; we want to break borders between people.  It does not matter what you have, what you think, where you are from, we are all the same.  […]

By Alex Floro If the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear Oakland, CA is “where the youngsters get hyphy”, let us help you out. Coming out of “The Town” is up and coming rapper RGLND (pronounced RAG-LAND). Departing from the stereotypical Bay sound that had been popularized nationally […]

By Michael Lu Cole World: The Sideline Story J. Cole Sony Music Entertainment Release Date: September 27, 2011 After a four-year string of mixtapes and notable guest appearances with Reflection Eternal and Wale, J. Cole’s highly anticipated debut, Cole World: The Sideline Story, has finally arrived. Ever since becoming the […]

  By Tyler Sivero The Kooks Bird’s Surf Shed September 18, 2011 Last weekend I was driving on the freeway when I heard that The Kooks would be playing a free show in San Diego on Sunday, Sept. 18. When I heard the announcement I actually found it hard to […]

  By Ryan Coghill A.A. Bondy September 28 Casbah  As the electro scene continues to dominate concert and club choices, it is easy to forget there are still musicians standing on a stage, all alone, with nothing but a guitar and vocal chords. A change of pace is often nice, […]