Fashion Whore's still going strong

Despite six years at the same location and Saturday night’s models looking like extras from a Fischerspooner concert, Fashion Whore is still going strong at The Ruby Room. Attendance was a bit sp

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Peter Wolf Crier is boringly fantastic

Minnesota folk duo just wants its music to speak for itself

For Peter Wolf Crier, no angle could be more important than whether the listener wants to listen to their music.

Halloween weekend in the Gaslamp

On any given weekend, walking around the Gaslamp after last call makes for some great people watching. Often resembling some kind pre-walk-of-shame ritual, you’re pretty much guaranteed to see pl

Rob Crow’s back

Pinback member delivers a clever and spirited solo album

There’s just nothing particularly polarizing about the guy; the closest he’s ever gotten to offensiveness is naming his tongue-in-cheek metal side-project Goblin Cock.

Spin jumps on the dubstep bandwagon

Sorry, that’s not Paul Wall and, no, he’s not dating Scary Spice. It’s just a guy who thinks mouth grills are still cool and a go-go dancer who’s a wee bit past her prime (pilates

San Diego bands grapple with national buzz shortage

Some leave for a shot at the big time; others stay and make the best of it

It’s a dispiriting thing to see one of San Diego’s best bands or artists pack up and leave for a more buzz-friendly city like L.A. or Austin, only to blow up once they get there. I

Big Freedia, ‘Queen Diva’ of bounce music, gives it her all

New Orleans hip-hop artist wants you to practice in front of a mirror and then shake your booty at her show

For the uninitiated, this might just sound like some uninhibited, unadulterated fun. But for Freedia, bounce—and all the popping, locking, vibrating and wiggling that comes with it—is a core part of New Orleans culture. Indeed, it’s part of history.

The luck of the Irish

McFadden’s Restaurant and Saloon

I was just thinking the other day, God, I miss Moose McGillycuddy’s. I wish Downtown had another faux-Irish, corporate chain pub, ’cause there certainly aren’t enough already. And behol

The Album Leaf in the Mississippi Ballroom

Indie-electro band puts on an engrossing show at a venue built for jazz bands

Once LaValle took the stage a little before midnight, joined by a cast of new and old bandmates, the crowd seemed a little restless. Luckily, they stuck around for LaValle’s 13-song set.

Psychic Dancehall, 'Dreamers' (Art Fag)

Husband-and-wife duo makes the lo-fi equivalent of PDA and pet names

Recorded primarily in a San Diego apartment during a rainy winter, Dreamers has roots in both Phil Spector’s “wall of sound” and late-’70s no-wave, but repeated listens reveal an array of influences.