USD Radio’s Chuck Cartwright checks out NME’s “Best Live Act”, Biffy Clyro. The band headlined an installment of the FM 94.9 “About the Music” concert series at The Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach on 4/14. By: Chuck Cartwright From the very first note that came from Simon Neil’s guitar, […]
Read moreTom “Wonderboy” Roth is studying in Dubai, contributing concert and album reviews to USD Radio. Denver-based rap group Air Dubai was too appropriate not to review. Read on for his take on their latest album, Wonder Age. By: Tom “Wonderboy” Roth When Flobots updated their social media outlets with the […]
Read moreFive Minutes with The Hood Internet’s Steve Reidell: USD Radio caught up with The Hood Internet’s Steve Reidell before his performance at UCSD’s The Loft on February 22nd. Who would have thought Dead Prez worked well with Grizzly Bear, or Rusko and Soulja Boy… even DMX and The XX? By: […]
Read moreUSD Radio is proud to endorse and support The Better Bookstore. As a business started locally by USD alumni, The Better Bookstore has been providing students with better deals on textbooks for the last two and a half years. Priding itself on being a student advocacy group, The Better […]
Read moreNight Two of Dubai’s Chill Out Festival kept true to the form of the first night. The opening acts laid out smooth beats conducive to head nodding and splaying out on the sand to soak up rays until DJ Aim wrapped up his 5:30 set. Next on the stage was […]
Read moreThe 5th Annual Chill Out Festival at the Atlantis Resort celebrates jazz, R ‘n B, and soft rock in an intimate beach venue on Dubai’s Palm Island, from April 8th to 9th, 2011. Chill Out Festival in Dubai is at once two nights of mellow music and an immense, high-energy […]
Read moreFor those of us who procrastinated, NoChella weekend is upon us. This is sad for a number of reasons, though the good news is we can take advantage of Record Store Day! Record Store Day takes place once a year, on the third Saturday in April. It is a day […]
Read moreProtest The Hero recently released their new album Scurrilous, which has been receiving much critical acclaim a a departure from their previous work, and are now on their U.S. tour. I had the chance to sit down with frontman Rody Walker before their show at SOMA and chat with him […]
Read moreReview of The Belle Brigade’s performance opening for G. Love at The House of Blues in downtown San Diego from Friday, April 8th, 2011. By: Chuck Cartwright It’s not hard to overhear folks lamenting the state of popular music while strolling on virtually any college campus across the country. The […]
Read moreThe Evolution of G. Love: Justin Marini sits down with Garrett Dutton, better known as the venerable G. Love prior to his 4/8 performance at the House of Blues in downtown San Diego. By: Justin Marini When an artist creates an album that is a “departure” from their regular style, […]
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