Mrs. Magician
Mrs. Magician captivated spectators at their sold out show at Soda Bar.
Normally it isn’t until the second band gets on that Soda Bar starts to fill up, but by the time openers Goldettes took to the stage, the venue was already half-... Read More...
Lots of shows this week for San Diego! Some of our favorites: Frankie Cosmos at Irenic, Kaleo at SDSU, and Spotlights at Soda Bar.
Tuesday, August 29
Kaleo - Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre at SDSU
Kaleo is one of Iceland's best musical im... Read More...
Naïveté (pronounced nah-ee-vuh-tey) is a brand new indie-chillwave duo formed from the volcanic ashes of local darlings Garden Echo.
The project consists of long time friends and collaborators Sara Swanson and Andrew Moberly. We at ListenSD are ve... Read More...
We got to chat with Chevelle Wiseman of Guantanamo Baywatch about the band's new album Desert Center, their influences, and the making of their video, "Video."
Guantanamo Baywatch (Left to Right: Chris Scott (drums), Chevelle Wiseman (bass), and Ja... Read More...
the creepy creeps
If our days are truly numbered, The Creepy Creeps are ready.
They showed up dressed as shape shifting lizards of the apocalypse, and openers The Bassics broke the tilt of the world's axis, while Jello Biafra became a sp... Read More...
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Rock N' Roll Happy Hour at the House of Blues Restaurant & Bar is INSANE in the Hurricane!
We arrived at the House of Blues for dinner hungry and happy that the Rock N' Roll Happy Hour was in full effect! We decided to sit on t... Read More...
In 2004, then 25-year-old composer/violinist Matt McBane launched Carlsbad Music Festival. That first genre-jumping line-up consisted of everything from classical ensembles to free-form jazz bands, all squeezed into one venue—the Carlsbad's Schulma... Read More...
Somehow, most of our favorite San Diego concerts this week land on Thursday. Will you go to Young The Giant, Rancid, Guantanamo Baywatch, or...? You can't go wrong--they're all so good!
Thursday, August 24
Guantanamo Baywatch, Exasperation, Dark Th... Read More...
Royal Blood
This past Tuesday, I plunged into The Observatory North Park and found myself in a a crowd of weeknight warriors waiting eagerly for Royal Blood.
This Jimmy Page-approved British duo arrived on the shores of America to combine and conq... Read More...
Incubus
Incubus reminded us how vital they have been in shaping modern rock with a set list that covered 25 years of music.
After timeless alt underdogs Jimmy Eat World kicked off the proceedings with a muscular master class ... Read More...
Nikki Krause - CorePower DJ of the Month
We chatted with Nikki Krause, our CorePower musician of the month on her love of music, advice for future yogi DJs and her event at The One Love Movement this Saturday 8/19!
Where did you take you... Read More...