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Off the Beaten Track with Mary Leary offers music reviews and musings about David Lowery: The Palace Guards (429 Records), Emily Arin: Patch of Land (CDBY), Aurelio: Laru Beya (Next Ambiance), Daniel Martin Moore: In The Cool of the Day (Sub Pop) and Birdsong at Morning: Annals of my Glass House (Blue Gentian Records).
Having fun with some media perfect for the end of October: Edith Massey ordering punks off the grass, an amazing DVD ‘zine from Vancouver, a Viper Records Halloween compilation… & cyber candy corn.
San Diego band Jet West has taken an awesome musical journey. From house-parties and two-man acoustic gigs to a brand new full-length album, this band has big things in store for them.
Dedicated to the late Peter Stabile, this installment shows how Kelley Stoltz can help provide a new lease on life. Also featured are The Magnificent Brotherhood, Patti Smith, Dead Gumbies, and The Syndicate of Sound.
Regaee Rock bands come to Mission Bay and the Sound Wave. Passafire and Tomorrows Bad Seeds hit San Diego with a musical force won’t soon be forgotten.
This installment finds Mary offering Dead Confederate a ride, unearths one of the best tracks from the Savoy Brown vaults, and picks the tracks most eligible for download from the four-album, mostly-British This Is The Blues compilation. With occasional chuckles.
If you have nothing to so this weekend and feel like incorporating a little culture into your life, check out the La Jolla Summerfest 2010 starting Aug. 6 through the 27th. La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest is a nationally-recognized Chamber music festival featuring more than 70 world-class artists and ensembles performing concerts.
Since 1998 we’ve watched the pop star Christina Aguilera transform herself from girl next door, to a proclaimed dirty girl, pin-up girl, to a electric pop seductress. Once again Aguilera has surprised us, but not in the shocking overly dramatic way she usually does. The singer has released her new single “You Lost Me,” and this time shes taken a must softer approach.
Some of the more notable acts hitting San Diego – & some other locales – this summer are thrown under a microscope, with live footage providing evidence of exemplary talent. This edition features Lyle Lovett, Dan Sartain, and Mice Parade.
Mary delivers the lowdown on Stones in Exile, then cherry-picks a bunch of new SubPop. San Francisco popster of all trades Sonny Smith makes an appearance to round off this edition of music reviews.
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