San Diego Unseen: An Urban Portrait
Nasheed Al’Uqdah, who performed as Cutthroat, was shot in the Lincoln Park neighborhood early in the morning on Saturday, April 30, his brother Dahryan tells CityBeat. (Police did not respond to a voicemail message by press time.)
Al’Uqdah was about to go on a European tour and was talking with Sony about a possible record deal, Dahryan says.
“When this happened, it really ignited the whole city,” Dahryan says, noting that there’s been a spate of shootings in the area during the past month. “Everybody was amazed. Pretty devastated. Like, ‘Man, that shouldn’t have happened to him.’”
There have been several peace rallies during the past two weeks; another is planned for Thursday, May 19 (details will be available at DagoSD.com). “Every rally’s getting bigger and bigger,” Dahryan says. “We’re trying to hit every neighborhood.”
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When he isn’t playing in his bands Lights On and The Stereotypes, songwriter Tim Hines stays up late, gets really stoned and writes stripped-down pop songs for a new project called Tropical Popsicle. Hines’ casual solo effort is expanding into a full band, with Ryan Hand (Sunday Times) on drums, Kyle Whatley (The KABBs) on guitar / organ and Chase Elliott (The KABBs, Trap Gold) on bass. “It’s really simplistic, and I kind of want it to be sort of archaic. I kind of want it to be really loose and not technical,” Hines says, describing the music as “caveman-like.” They’ll celebrate the release of their debut 7-inch, which comes out on Volar Records, with Ale Mania and Lenguas Largas at Soda Bar on Thursday, June 2.
Pop-rockers Republic of Letters will celebrate the release of their debut full-length, Stories, at Queen Bee’s on Saturday, May 21. Kevin Martin of Get Back Loretta will also celebrate the release of his debut single.
