By Tyler Sivero FUN., Walk The Moon Sala Marco Aldany, Madrid, Spain October 21, 2012 Recently, I had the pleasure of being able to attend a sold out show for FUN. with Walk The Moon as the opener. As if this isn’t a feat in itself, I was able […]
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 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 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 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 […]
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 […]
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