Great Article on John "Speedo" Reis

From last month, but it's a great read about Reis and his impact on the San Diego music scene.

He goes by four names – John, Speedo, Swami and Slasher. (Slasher!)

He named his kid Tiger.

He owns a bar. And a record label.

And most important, he pretty much put San Diego on the underground musical map.

Link

New Calexico song available for free.

Two Silver Tree MP3
Supposedly a new album is coming out in September and this is one of the songs. I like it much better than a lot of what was on Garden Ruin, which was a big disappointment for me.

Lucero

I recently was turned on to these guys and I am digging them. If you like the alt-country or punk country stuff, they'll be right up your alley.

They're a band that has been tagged as alt-country and punk country. They're a band that has written plenty of songs about girls and guitars, and about life, love, drinking, and life, love, and drinking while on the road. They expanded their lyrical palette on 2005's critically acclaimed Nobody's Darlings and in 2006 they re-released the hard-to-find home-recorded gem, The Attic Tapes.

But on Rebels, Rogues & Sworn Brothers, Lucero prove themselves to be something much simpler than that: a tried n true American rock n roll band.

Tom Waits Show Review

Times Online

Sounds as though he put on a helluva show. Too bad he isn't coming to the west coast on this tour.

During the two-hour performance that followed, Waits wove a spell as intricate and engaging as that of any performer I can remember seeing on a musical stage.

My top 5 Clash songs

In no particular order:

Night Marchers Album Review

Pitchfork has a review of See You In Magic. I pretty much agree with it, it's a good, but not great album.

Try the Google Search above.

Supposedly it will give results that are geared towards the music we have on the site. Who knows, but if it works, that'd be cool. I also added a video player. It has a bunch of ads, but so far I've browsed the videos and it has shown Swinging Utters and Youth Brigade - not too shabby.

San Diego Street Scene Lineup

Quite a few bands I'd like to check out. September 19th and 20th in Downtown San Diego:

The 2008 STREET SCENE line-up is as follows: Beck, The Black Crowes, Justice, STS9 (Sound Tribe Sector 9), Michael Franti & Spearhead, The National, Spoon, TV on The Radio, Atmosphere, Cat Power, Hot Chip, Tegan and Sara, The New Pornographers, X, Vampire Weekend, The Hives, Cold War Kids, Ghostland Observatory, Spiritualized, Antibalas, Man Man, The Mother Hips, Tokyo Police Club, DeVotchKa, The Night Marchers, Nortec Collective presents Bostich + Fussible, Does it Offend You, Yeah?, Del The Funky Homosapien, Eagles of Death Metal, Foals, The Muslims, Dengue Fever, MGMT, Sea Wolf, West Indian Girl and Chester French.

Speedo Speaks

Where the hell is everybody???

C'mon, let's get this thing going again!

The Sound LA - 100.3

I just stumbled upon this station one day when I forgot my iPod and couldn't find anything on the radio. It isn't the best station ever by any means, but it is definitely different from the usual suspects we have to listen to these days. The first time I listened I heard Death Cab for Cutie followed by Fleetwood Mac. I've also heard Vampire Weekend followed by Neil Young. Quite the mix - here's a snapshot of a playlist from their website:

1:02pm - Hope by Jack Johnson
1:06pm - Under The Milky Way by The Church
1:11pm - Old Man Down The Road by John Fogerty
1:14pm - You're All I Have by Snow Patrol
1:19pm - Runaway Train by Soul Asylum
1:23pm - You're All I've Got Tonight by Cars
1:27pm - Come On Get Higher by Matt Nathanson
1:31pm - Lightning Crashes by Live
1:36pm - Lost In The Supermarket by The Clash
1:40pm - Won't Let Me Go by Amos Lee
1:44pm - Is This Love by Bob Marley And The Wailers
1:48pm - No Myth by Michael Penn
1:52pm - Better Now by Collective Soul
1:58pm - One Sweet Love by Sara Bareilles

The only real problem I have with them so far is that I saw they played Linkin Park, and Linkin Park is a horrible, horrible band.