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More than two dozen Los Angeles bands (not to mention worker bees from all tentacles of the music industry) will converge on San Diego next weekend for the San Diego Music Thing , a mini-South by Southwest that offers two-plus days of club shows and workshops. Highlights include sets by Linda Perry's Deep Dark Robot and Exene Cervenka, as well indie darlings such as Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. (pictured), Abe Vigoda and Crystal Antlers. Telekinesis plays the opening party on Thursday, Sept. 8, before the festival gets into full swing Sept. 9-10. Some of the L.A. artists [...]

There's a buzz around town. No . . . I'm not talking about the contact high one gets when hanging around the back alley's of Pacific Beach . . . though, I suppose that could count. No, no, no! I'm talking about the inaugural performance from San Diego's latest reggae fusion, world soul, funkified R&B outfit called Zig Zag Jones . I've seen many a band's first performances in my time, but never have I seen a place so packed as I did on Friday night, January 21 st at Longboard 's in Pacific Beach. Holy spit [...]

New jam from our boy Jeans Wilder that you can catch on his Nice Trash LP dropping over at the ever magical and tasteful dream label Atelier Ciseaux and La Station Radar . Preorder the LP and oogle a photo of Jeans gettin' all besty coasty in bed right here . Jeans Wilder plays day one of FMLY Fest at Bacchus. Another new jam below.

In a lot of ways, I look at my youth . . . my days in high school, that is, as a very blessed time. Sure, I went through my various growing pains like any adolescent, but I was fortunate to have a soundtrack to accompany me through some of those tougher times. I was even more fortunate to have that soundtrack come from a home grown place. In the late 80's/early 90's, sleepy coast town San Diego was home to a vibrant, eclectic, and passionate group of musicians. It was a time when genre borders were crossed with nary [...]

Once a group of thunderstorms has come together under the right atmospheric conditions for a long enough time, they may organize into a tropical depression ( via ) After hotboxing the van until the snow outside melted from the sidewalk, the atmospheric conditions are right for this plume of grunge, electronic, nu-gaze, and a hint of 90s emo to bring the waft across lower Manhattan. Tropical Depression revive the fleeting details in an afterthought, the moments that an ego tries so valiantly to suppress. Or it's just a name that fits really well [...]

• Tropical Depression - Miniature Mountains

Wavves is a kid from San Diego, California named Nathan Williams. He is a fan of the Beach Boys , Beat Happening and the Wipers. He is known for his fuzzy "beach punk" sounds that have been carried out through his tunes. His new album Wavvves is set to be released on February 3, 2009 and you can pre-order it below. Post from: The Galley Boys Wavves :: "Wavvves"