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Pharlee Announce Self-Titled Debut out April 5 on Tee Pee
Pharlee have members of Joy and Harsh Toke and Arctic and probably eight or 15 other bands like it’s no big deal. At least for someone observing from the other side of the continent, that would seem...
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Radio Moscow Announce Summer European Tour Dates
San Diego classic heavy rockers Radio Moscow were in Europe this past week to make stops at the Bordeaux Psych Fest and a few other shows surrounding it. Neat. Well, while they were there, they went...
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Sacri Monti Announce European Tour; Waiting Room for the Magic Hour out July 5
San Diego bringers-of-vibe Sacri Monti announced their new album, Waiting Room for the Magic Hour a couple months ago and noted a July 5 release for it when they put up the cover art (below; it’s the...
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Sacri Monti Confirm July 5 Release for Waiting Room for the Magic Hour;...
I’m sitting across the kitchen table from The Patient Mrs. just now and she’s telling me about some dude she’s acquainted with in some tertiary way who has a condition whereby he passes something like...
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Quarterly Review: Torche, Spillage, Pharlee, Dali’s Llama, Speedealer, Mt....
We meet again. The Summer 2019 Quarterly Review. It’s four in the morning and I’m getting ready to start the day. I haven’t even managed to pour myself coffee yet, which even as I type it out feels...
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Quarterly Review: Tia Carrera, Inter Arma, Volcano, Wet Cactus, Duskwood,...
Day four. I should’ve known we’d hit a snag at some point in the week, but it happened yesterday afternoon when Windows decided I desperately needed some update or other and then crapped the bed in...
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Sacri Monti, Waiting Room for the Magic Hour: Beautiful Demons
It’s been a sneakily long four years since San Diego’s Sacri Monti loosed their 2015 self-titled debut (review here) through Tee Pee Records, and perhaps it’s because they’ve toured steadily — going...
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Monarch Premiere “Counterpart” Video; Beyond the Blue Sky out Aug. 9
The kind of sunshine that the rest of the world imagines only exists in Southern California plays a significant role in the listening experience of Monarch‘s second album, Beyond the Blue Sky. The...
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Nebula Drag to Release Blud Sept. 27
When I finally dug into it — because I’m late to the party, always — I was genuinely into Nebula Drag‘s 2016 self-titled debut (review here), and you know what? I kind of dig the track they’ve shared...
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Friday Full-Length: Earthless, Sonic Prayer Jam
Earthless, Sonic Prayer Jam (2005/2012) You can’t really talk about Earthless without talking about the live experience — about watching Isaiah Mitchell, Mike Eginton and Mario Rubalcaba wail on...
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Streaming Interview: Parker Griggs of Radio Moscow Discusses New Project El...
Not much is known at this point about El Perro. Pages on Thee Facebooks and Instagram went up on Wednesday afternoon and there’s a short teaser on the latter with a floating logo and a righteous riff,...
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Quarterly Review: We Lost the Sea, Nebula Drag, Nothing is Real, Lotus Thief,...
Yesterday was marked by a decisive lack of productivity. I got there, don’t get me wrong, but it took friggin’ forever to make it happen. I’m obviously hoping for a different result today and...
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Sacri Monti Announce UK & European Tour Dates with More to Come
So I guess Sacri Monti just kind of live in Europe now? Don’t get me wrong, I get the appeal. But the ostensibly San Diego-based band have kept their focus when it comes to touring decidedly on the...
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Great Electric Quest to Release Live at Freak Valley March 27
I’m not usually the type to go in on a release on the basis of one song, but let’s face it, Great Electric Quest covering Deep Purple‘s “Highway Star” could hardly be more appropriate. And they nail...
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Monarch Announce First-Ever European Tour
San Diego classic heavy rock pastoralists Monarch were already announced as taking part in Desertfest London and Esbjerg Fuzztival, so a tour was suspected, but it’s nice to have confirmation that,...
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Album Review: Birth, Born
Whoever sent the text, or — if they were feeling old-fashioned as they might’ve been in the spirit of the classic prog sought in the music, placed the land-line call from a bright orange rotary phone...
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El Perro Announce August European Tour Dates
Cali-based dirt boogie rockers El Perro have been out and about since even before the arrival of their 2022 debut album, Hair Of… (review here), and they’re set to take the show abroad for the first...
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Video Interview: Conor Riley of Birth on Born, Tour Plans & More
I don’t even know how much oh-my-stars-style hyperbole has been foisted upon San Diego’s Birth for their debut album, Born (review here), which was released last month, but I’m fairly sure the point...
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Mezzoa Stream “Dunes of Mars”; New Album Out Sept. 2
I’m not sure who the masked figure playing bass above with San Diego’s Mezzoa is, so you’ll pardon me if I just go ahead and credit it as being none other than California governor and...
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El Perro Midwestern Tour Starts This Week; Playing Monolith on the Mesa and More
Fresh off a festival-inclusive European run to support their 2022 debut album, Hair Of… (review here), El Perro will set out in two days’ time on a tour through frontman Parker Griggs‘ old stomping...
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