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Tuesday, March 22,2011
Music

Buzz city

Traveling to South by Southwest with Maren Parusel

By Peter Holslin

Hordes of beer-soaked festival-goers clogged Sixth Street last Saturday as artists performed in every bar along the main drag in Austin, Texas—it was a typically insane night at South by Southwest.

Wednesday, March 16,2011
Music

Sir Mash-a-Lot

Girl Talk’s sample plundering has grown into a full-blown sensation

By Reyan Ali

Last December, Girl Talk mastermind Gregg Gillis received a prestigious tribute. In honor of his one-man mashup project, his hometown of Pittsburgh, Penn., officially declared Dec. 7 “Gregg Gillis Day.”

Tuesday, March 15,2011
Music

Grow in the dark

Esben and the Witch and the return of goth-rock

By Seth Combs

Whether you noticed or not, goth-rock has made an impressive return despite the genre being often shunned by critics and musicians. Consider the elements of the genre—heavy keyboards, tribal drumming, introspective lyrics and dense guitars.

Wednesday, March 9,2011
Music

Middle-aged man

In his latest ‘opera,’ Mike Watt mines the works of Hieronymus Bosch

By Jim Ruland

When you hear the name Mike Watt, you probably think of the Minutemen, the experimental ’80s hardcore band.

Wednesday, March 9,2011
Music

A personal touch

Yann Tiersen might be known for Amélie, but he’s no soundtrack writer

By AnnaMaria Stephens

Yann Tiersen’s name may be synonymous with the hit 2001 French film Amélie, but don’t go suggesting he wrote the score.

Wednesday, February 23,2011
Music

A chapter closes

Jesse LaMonaca’s spiritual migration took him around the world

By Shae Moseley

Jesse LaMonaca and his band, The Dime Novels, are packed in a corner of the trendy Mexican restaurant-bar La Puerta in the Gaslamp Quarter. It’s Friday night, and they’re doing what so many bands are doing at this hour: singing for their supper.

Wednesday, February 23,2011
Music

Moving in

Touring-band residencies are a growing trend in San Diego, but are they worthwhile?

By Peter Holslin

One recent Tuesday at The Casbah, Los Angeles roots-rockers Everest delivered a blistering set to a packed house.

Wednesday, February 16,2011
Music

Brand-new day

When it comes to her music, math-rock pathbreaker Marnie Stern craves evolution

By Sammi Skolmoski

Marnie stern shares a roof with her two harshest critics. One is Fig, a 7-year-old Morkie. During band practice in their apartment in the Upper East Side of New York City, she hides under blankets.

Wednesday, February 16,2011
Music

Endangered species

San Diego record stores struggle for survival

By Seth Combs

Barely a minute into a conversation with Lou Russell and you can hear melancholy in his voice. When asked to describe the state of Lou’s Records, the iconic Leucadia record store that Russell’s owned and operated for more than three decades, he uses words and phrases like “descent,” “decline” and “downward slope.”
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Wednesday, February 9,2011
Music

Personal politics

On 1977, Ana Tijoux raps about her life as a French-Chilean transplant

By Quan Vu