Saturday: TEDxAmericasFinestCity

Love TED Talks?  TEDxAmericasFinestCity, an independently organized TEDx event is coming to San Diego on Saturday, October 6, at the San Diego Public Market.   The event will feature a great variety of guest speakers, a demo area showcasing amazing local and global organizations, and live performances by Hathaways and the PGK Dance Project.  Some of the things you will see at the demo area include a robot that throws frisbees; mobile technology that demonstrates the impact that San Diego's environment has on it's citizens; an antioxidant level reading; music education lesson and much more.  You can click here to get information on all of this years speakers.

So make sure to get your tickets here to join the conversation regarding americas finest city. Even better, use the promo code TEDXAFCEB1 for a substantial discount.  The ticket includes healthy and delicious snacks, lunch, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages and all speakers performances and exhibits

Doors open at 9 am, show starts at 10:30 am and goes to 6 pm, see you there.

Marina & the Diamonds and Charli XCX tonight @ House of Blues

For those of you lucky enough to have tickets to tonights Marina & the Diamonds show with Charli XCX tonight at the House of Blues are in for a treat.  What you may not know is that Marina & the Diamonds and Charli XCX recently collaborated together on a new track.  Here it is to get you in the mood for tonights show, and for people who do not have tickets enjoy the music and buy tickets earlier next time.





Or download the song here

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I am happy to announce the creation of Cognitive Frequencies, a new monthly EDM / Future Music and art event at The AC Lounge in Normal Heights.  The inaugural event happens tonight with Painful Pleasures at 9:00 pm, followed by Datphat, urBn:LgNd and Panda Grass.  That is right, the order in the flyer is the order of the performers which does not always happen these days.

The people behind Cognitive Frequencies goal is "Future Music, Future Minds, Spreading unconditional Love to the World and Beyond one beat at at time".  This is a free event, and the people behind Cognitive Frequencies remind you to tip the bartenders, and come with great vibes, wear your dancing threads and get ready for a unique time.  More info can be found here and I hope to see everyone tomorrow night.

Please Donate, Only a Couple of Days Left

Donate Here

I am not going to lie I cannot wait until I get to shave this thing off of my face, I will have it for a couple of more days.  I will not lie, I did receive more complements then I thought I would however my moustache will become a Wyclef Jean song if I reach my goal.  When I decided to do Movember I thought that maybe I could raise 100 dollars for prostate and testicular cancer research.  With only two days left I am almost to that goal.  Right now I have raised 95 dollars and if I could raise over 100 I will be thrilled and will do it again next year.  So please donate, if 5 readers donate one dollar each I will make the hundred dollar mark.  I want to take this time again to thank the following for donating:

Douglas Kinner

Sheila Sondergard 

Anonymous for donating without giving your identity I want to give you an extra special thank you

Amanda

Britney

Byron

Mitch

Utz

April

Jessie

Geo

Chandler

And thank you who contribute in the next couple of days and again you can DONATE HERE

Donate to Movember

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It's November, that means Movember! time to grow out that moustache and or donate to the cause.  For those of you that do not know what Movember is, it is a time for people to grow out their moustache's in the month of November to raise vital awareness and funds for men's health, specifically prostate and testicular cancer (you can sign up here).  Last year in 2011, Movember had over 854,000 join the cause worldwide raising 126.3 million US dollars.  I hope this year matches or beats that amount.

This is my first year doing Movember as I generally look terrible with a moustache, but my face can take a month of punishment for a good cause. Per the rules I clean shaved on November first and the current picture is from November 7th, I will put up a weekly picture so you can see the progress.  As of right now  I have raised 5 dollars,  I am glad I raised something (thank you Douglas Kiner) but I believe that I can raise much more.  I ask the sddialedin readers and community to contribute.  I don't care if you give five dollars or five hundred dollars anything helps.  To make a contribution just follow this link and I appreciative your support and I will continue to grow this moustache (hopefully into a Ron Swanson).  In addition, by contributing to my Movember page you are also contributing to team 91X.

Again you can donate here, thank you

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Now that the election is over it is time to celebrate (or cure your sadness) with some great dance music.  Tonight Wednesday, November 7 at The Kava Lounge The Good Vibe Production presents Acoustic Minds, J*Labs, urBn:LgNd and Phunky Brewster with Live Painting by Ashley Bowers.  This is a night for the ladies as all artists performing include female members.  Acoustic Minds is a Portland based project composed of identical twins Jenni and Amanda Price who have been working on music together since the age of 3.  Their new project is a 5 piece band who take a live instrument approach to electronic, drum n bass, down tempo and dub step.  J*Labs will bring an original set with hopefully the same amount of energy that she brought to Electric Daisy Carnival, and local favorite urBn:LgNd will be closing the night out with a heavily UK influenced set.  Doors are at 9:00 pm and the event goes until 2:00 am.

Terraplane Sun Ticket Giveaway

Last week we previewed the Terraplane Sun show happening tomorrow Thursday, October 18, at The Belly Up in Solana Beach with Del Sol Project and Loose Snakes.  Now if you are lucky you can win a pair of tickets to the show.  We are doing this unconventionally, all you have to do is leave your name and email address in the comment section below by 3:00 pm October 18 and we will use a random number generator to select the winner.  Make sure to look at your email to see if you won and good luck.  If you do not win you can still purchase tickets here .

Night & Day Street Fest

Tomorrow Saturday October 13, from 4:00 pm to midnight is the Inaugural Night & Day Street Festival on 14th and L (festival map).  If you do not have tickets good news, there are still some tickets available, and better news, use the promo code: sddialed at checkout and save five dollars a ticket.  That means you get 9 bands for $20, you can purchase tickets here.

What you need to know about the Night & Day Street Fest:
Food trucks, vendors and craft beer will be onsite
Drink tickets are $5
This festival is 21+ so make sure to bring a valid form of identification
There are no in-and-out privileges
Dogs will not be allowed
No outside food or beverages
Shirts and shoes are required for entrance
If any disorderly conduct is witnessed or reported the participant will be escorted off the property

Set Times:
Main Stage:
G. Love 10:00
Donavon Frankenreiter 8:00
Pato Banton 6:30
The Mattson 2 5:00

14th+Imperial Stage
The Styletones 10:30
Everest 9:00
The Nervous Wreckords 7:30
Low Volts 6:00
The Legacy Pack 4:30

Next Week Terraplane Sun @ Belly Up

Terraplane Sun are releasing a new EP entitled Friends and are celebrating the release at the Belly Up Thursday, October 18, with Del Sol Project and Loose Snakes.  The new release Friends produced by Dave Trumfio (Wilco, My Morning Jacket) features dance provoking crowd favorite "Get Me Golden," (listen below) which you may recognize from national television ads including 21 Jump Street, What To Expect When You're Expecting and MTV's Teen Wolf.  Terraplane Sun fine tuned the EP by having a residency at the Satellite in Los Angeles/Echo Park where they showed off their great psych-blues rock intensity.  The relationship between the band and the crowd fuels Terraplane Sun's performances, an energy that cannot be replicated in any other medium.  Get Your Tickets Early Here.

Grouplove and Alt-J @ Humphreys Concerts By the Bay tomorrow, October 3, 2012

Tomorrow, October 3rd Grouplove make their return to San Diego at Humphreys Concerts By the Bay, show time 7:30 pm (tickets), with Alt-J as support.  If you were lucky enough to see Grouplove on the 91x Halloween Boo's Cruise or at Porter's Pub then you know the type of high energy the LA based quintet bring to their live shows.  If you were not able to attend  those shows make sure you do not miss Grouplove at one of San Diego's best outdoor concert venues.  Grouplove is touring their critically acclaimed debut album "Never Trust A Happy Song" a solid album including hit songs Tongue Tied, Itchin On A Photograph and my favorites Colours and Lovely Cup.  To learn more about Grouplove below is a recent in studio performance by Grouplove performed for YouTube including a Q&A.

Make sure to get to the show early to check out Alt-J who just released their debut album titled "An Awesome Wave" recorded with the great producer Charlie Andrew.  "An Awesome Wave" is a diverse alt-pop album which has received great reviews from NME, BBC, The New York Times, and Brooklyn Vegan.  I am excited to see how their electronic/psychedelic/pop/folk sound translates from album to live concert.  Click the link and give a listen to Alt-J's An Awesome Wave before checking them out before Grouplove.              
                                                                                                                            Photo by Jory Cordy

Again make sure to get your tickets in advance here

 

The Bright Side Presents Pool Side Pow Wow

Black Owl and El Dorado are teaming up to bring the Bright Side and they are presenting the Pool Side Pow  Wow tomorrow (Sunday, August 26), at The Lafayette Hotel. The event includes live bands Barbarian, Chase and The Burns (formerly Bully) and DJ's Saul Q, Jeremiah Zimmerman (The Silent Comedy) and Camron Zibaie spinning classic rock, oldies, and rock and roll. The event goes from 1pm to 5:30pm and costs $10.


El Dorado + Dirty Sugar + BLK OWL presents The Dark Side & The Bright Side Video! from mac nguyen on Vimeo.

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Tonight Ocean Beats is moving away from their normal Ocean Beach Winston's location to bring the Bass to The Ruby Room in Hillcrest. Ocean Beats really packed the bill tonight, Girl Unit and SALVA alone are enough talent to draw a headlining crowd, the fact that they are playing together with great local support including URBN:LGND is going to make tonight a night to remember.

Girl Unit from the UK has a knack for making amazing sound spheres by combining vocal hooks with elements of R&B, Hip-Hop and electronic music.  Girl Unit's single Wut is known in the electronic community to be one of the best singles of 2010-2011 and he has shown he has a lot more in him with his great new Club Rez EP.

Salva is a San Francisco native now living in LA coming to San Diego fresh from the festival turned water park Lollapalooza and one of the most talked about DJ's at this years Lightning in a Bottle festival.

Make sure to get to the Ruby Room early as URBN:LGND is first on, even though she is listed as third on in the poster she is actually first on.  She gets on at 9:00 and if you RSVP on facebook it is only $10 to get in before 10:30.

The Set Times are:
9:00-10:30 URBN:LGND
10:30-11:30 Austin Speen and CRMNL
11:30-12:40  Girl Unit
12:40-1:40 Salva

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Comic-Con weekend brings many attractions and new artistic medium debuts to our fair city, and ELEV8 wants you to celebrate Comic-Con with Gladkill making his San Diego debut along with a great lineup this Saturday at Winstons in Ocean Beach.  Gladkill has already proved himself as a great producer by playing some of the countries biggest festivals including Coachella, Lighting in a bottle and burning man.  Gladkill is part of the music collective Headtron, which includes other great artists like Stephan Jacobs, Gold Rush and Sugarpill.  Gladkill has great melodic lines and live he will bring smashing club banger.  Also on the bill is are some great local artists including Squama MKUltra, and Labels.  Squama, who is a good lead in playing some great future bass and glitch.  Squama has already made a name for himself playing with greats including Nero, Chase & Status,The Gaslamp Killer, Freddy Todd, 12th Planet, Kastle and many others.

If you are feeling ambitious and want to check out two shows, or cant make it to Ocean Beach then make sure to head to The Kava Lounge for Dragon Lounge with headliner Ruff Hauser, more info after the break.

Crystal Fighters Tonight @ Porters Pub

Tonight, Wednesday June 6 at Porter's Pub performing are one of my favorite new bands from the UK Crystal Fighters.  Crystal Fighters released Star of Love in the US on April 24th after receiving great reviews across the seas by publications such as BBC Radio1, NME, and The Guardian.  The album is based off an unfinished opera discovered within the diary of original singer Laure's grandfather in his Basque country home, also where the album was conceived and recording  Their innovative style is a melding of techno, punk, electronic and dubstep with Basque country folklore and native Spanish instruments.  Show is at 8:00pm 15 dollars at the door or you can save a dollar and buy your tickets here.

Listen to their new single before and make sure to come to the show tonight  Crystal Fighters - Earth Island

SD@140bpm recommends: I Love This City

A great event has just been announced for all of the EDM fans happening Sunday, May 27, of Memorial Day Weekend at Cricket Wireless Amphitheater. LED in association with Live Nation have teamed up to create the I Love This City Music Festival.  Tickets prices range from $25 - $75 dollars with the prices cheaper the earlier that they are purchased.  The $75 ticket gets you access to the pit on the main stage as well as private bathrooms and private bar. The cheapest early bird tickets go on sale today Friday the 13th at 10:00am and can be purchased through live nation here.  The lineup includes some of the biggest EDM acts on the planet including: SKRILLEX, A-Trak, The Crystal Method (DJ set), Dirtyloud, 12th Planet, The Twelves, Cookie Monsta, Brodinski, Nadia Ali, Lucky Date, MiMOSA, JDevil(Jonathan Davis of Korn), SOFI, Jaguar Skills, AC Slater, TJR, Flinch, The M Machine, No Body, and Deth Hertz on multiple stages.  SAVE MONEY and get your tickets today before the price goes up.

For full press release, keep on reading.

Win Tickets to Sleigh Bells @ 4th&B Tuesday Night

Photo by Pooneh Ghana

A couple of months ago we showed you some original Sleigh Bells art work to announce the band's latest release, Reign of Terror. Now they are coming back to  San Diego (21+) and I recommend you get your tickets soon (sorry).  If you feel like gambling we are giving away a pair of tickets to see Sleigh "F" Bells and if you win congratulations  you are welcome, enjoy.

Seriously please follow the DIRECTIONS or you may not be a winner.

Here's how to win. Since FACEBOOK made us switch to timeline, LIKE san diego:dialed in on Facebook, and leave a comment in which you mention (1) you want Sleigh Bells tickets (2) anything else. You can tell me why you love or hate the new timeline, advice on how to customize Facebook with cool tricks, why you love Sleigh Bells, or 4th&B, or Goldenvoice (supplier of the tickets for giveaway), whatever. Let's face it, it's hard to pick a "random" winner, so the better the post, the more likes your comment will get, and the higher consideration you'll get for tickets, but I'll try to make it as random as possible. *You must be 21+, you must be available to attend the show on Tuesday night, tickets are non-transferable. I'll pick a name on Monday evening at 6pm. If I message you and don't hear back within an hour, I'll pick someone else. If you don't have Facebook notifications on your mobile device, I dunno what to tell you.

Check out Sleigh Bells' performance on SNL after the jump.

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Tonight, Friday, March 23, at Winstons in Ocean Beach is going to go off with the sounds of Marty Party.  Marty Party is gaining strength in the EDM scene and has toured with acts like Glitch Mob, Bassnectar, Skrillex and more.  Marty Party also plays with Ooah of Glitch Mob in his side project PANTy RAiD, and with Minnesota in his side project Deathstar.  Marty Party has an original style that crosses dubstep, hip hop, and big bass bangers.  Every show is original and Marty Party calls his shows "Purple Opera"- that is a seamless voyage through an original music collection taking the audience on a roller coaster ride of dance and emotion that hit the audience with intense bass, huge beats and emotional melodies. His music is frequently featured in iTunes, Addictech and Beatport charts and the live performance will have everyone in the crowd going nuts, make sure to be here tonight!