T.S.O.L. Jack Grisham’s AN AMERICAN DEMON

[New Books] AN AMERICAN DEMON by Jack Grisham, T.S.O.L.

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Mentors onstage, devil’s music

Mentors last night at Shakedown Bar on Midway Drive. For more info see previous post. Video by Reviewer Rob.

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Mentors and Screamin YeeHaws tonight

Mentors and Screaming Yeehaws tonight at Shakedown Bar, Midway Drive. Dy

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Shakedown Bar

Marking territory for rock’n-roll I was pleased to meet the crowd at The Shakedown Bar, on Midway Drive, which is now and suddenly one of San Diego’s best new bars for local rockers and touring hardcore bands. It just opened up in September, 2010. They’ve been getting great bands in there since the beginning and things haven’t been the same […]

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Hydrodynamica and Loft 9 with Richard Kenvin

[Innovation] Hydrodynamica and Loft 9 Presents San Diego surf historian, art gallery proprietor, writer and filmmaker Richard Kenvin of Hydrodynamica and Loft 9 Gallery turned 50 recently and Reviewer Magazine got incredibly candid photos of the party… Old Man Hands played. Click HERE or on the photo of Kenvin below for an awesome flash photo gallery. Richard Kenvin by Reviewer […]

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The HICKOIDS are BACK!

The Hickoids Kicking It With the Twits Saustex Media, 2011 Reviewed by Kent Manthie Austin, TX’s Hickoids are back, after their country-ish turn on Waltz A-Cross-Dress Texas. Country isn’t the only label to slap on these guys because that would 1) it would be bad for their image – what self-respecting artist(s) would want to be known as a “serious” […]

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Ladies & Gentlemen: Radiohead’s back in the building!

Radiohead The King of Limbs Independent Release, 2011 Reviewed by Kent Manthie Radiohead’s back and they’re still not playing nice with record labels. With their just finished new CD, The King of Limbs, just like their previous and brilliant album, In Rainbows, they put it up on their website, selling it for a song, compared to those ripoff record store […]

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CD review: Life Like by Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc Life Like Polyvinyl Records 2011 www.polyvinylrecords.com www.joanfrc.com Reviewed by Kent Manthie It’s been 14 years so far and still the brilliant revolving-door- “collective” known as Joan of Arc are still making awe-inspiring CDs. The new one, entitled Life Like is a bit more cohesive, with a more stable lineup situation and a not disjointed recording process. It […]

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