Trampled by Turtles Ticket Giveaway

Photo by Dave Carrol, Trampled by Turtles's banjo player second from left

Trampled by Turtles are playing The Belly Up Monday, May 21, 2012.  You can purchase tickets here, or you can test your luck and try to win a pair from your friends at San Diego Dialed In.  Trampled by Turtles blend together new grass, blue grass, puck, and rock to bring together a unique sound and have songs that are slow and sweet and songs that make you get up and start foot stompin.  What ever genre they are in does not matter as they bring it in their live performances.   Trampled by Turtles just released their sixth album, Stars and Satellites, make sure to pick it up before the show or buy a copy at the show.  I will see you Monday night at The Belly up and give Trampled by Turtles a warm welcome to San Diego coming from frigid Duluth Minnesota.

The show is on it's way to selling out, but I have two pairs of tickets to give away, so to enter, like sd:dialed in on Facebook and leave a comment with a hashtag #trampled. I'll choose a winner later tonight.

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Every Thursday night there is a new EDM dance party focusing on Bass Music at The Stage Bar in the heart of the Gaslamp.  Bass Tribe brings progressive futuristic bass music from underground local and national talent.  Bass Tribe brings the feel and energy of a festival environment.  The Stage Bar has a great sound system to make sure that the audience can experience the real low waves that rattle the audience.  The light system brings lazers that are hypnotic and go well with the overall festival vibe.

The best part is that there is no cover so fans of the Bass music scene have a place downtown that will not break the bank.  They also have $5 tall boys which is a decent price for downtown.  This Thursday, May 17th, will be the third installment of Bass Tribe and the crowd at the events are growing rapidly.  (The poster says that the event happens March but I assure you that this event is happening this Thursday, they care more about the music then getting the poster dates right.)

Make sure to get there by 10:30 as Painful Plea5ures is the first act on.  This is Painful Plea5ures debut show and will be bringing a live production set that once the world experiences it he will be a headliner in no time.  I know I say often you do not want to miss this but trust me you do not want to miss Painful Plea5ures.

Coachella 2013 Advance Sale Announcement

UPDATE ADVANCE TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT FOR BOTH WEEKENDS,  General ticket sales will happen early next year.

Yes Coachella just happened not to long ago and yes April 2013 seems like a long way away, but it is already time to buy some tickets to next years show.  Coachella 2013 will be held again over two consecutive weekends.  Advance Passes go on sale beginning this Thursday, May 17th 2012 10:00am PDT and will continue to be on sale until May 24th, 2012 10:00 pm PDT, unless they sell out before that.  Considering how fast tickets have been selling for Coachella in recent years I would not wait to purchase these advance tickets.  Tickets this year will be $349 and the advance tickets are the only tickets that can be bought on a payment plan. more information can be found after the break.

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Saturday, May 12, 2012 at Kava is an event so massive that it took two big San Diego EDM promoters to put it on. Elev8 and Dragon Lounge bring some of the best national and local underground EDM artists at the Kava Gallery and the Kava Lounge.  In the Kava Gallery artists include Stephan Jacobs, Nico Luminous, Osal8, Arkon, and Squama.  Anyone who was lucky enough to see Stephan Jacobs play U31 a while back knows that this is going to be one hell of a party, but it gets better.  In the Kava lounge artists include Stiletto, Miss Brisk, Geneveve, Asteya  and urBn:LgNd.  Come early to enjoy this massive lineup and grab a tipsy gypsy or any of the great drinks that Kava has to offer.  Make sure not to miss Stephan Jacobs a great multi genre producer from LA and Nico Luminous who is a producer, MC, beatboxer, DJ, and multi instrumentalist who mixes them all together live to produce some innovative hip hop, future dub, and bass

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Tonight Friday April 20th make sure to check out Glitch Slap: Four, Two, Oooh!!! w/ Wyatt Purp, Misk, Wala, and urBn:LgNd. The event takes place- not in the main bar at "Kava Lounge"- instead the event is hosted right next door at Kava's Center for the Arts.  The larger space is great for the amazing art exhibits that will be on display including: S E A N D I E T R I C H presenting art, illustrations comics, live painting and whiskey; VIsUaLs by Owns One; and Circus Mafia Presents special guest STRYDER THE JESTER.  


In addition this is a great lineup for underground electronic dance music.  The headliner Wyatt Purp is a bass music outlaw from Boomstone, Arizona, whose crunkadelic bangers will heat up the dance floor. More 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!

Bela Fleck & The Flecktones Original Lineup Coming to San Diego

Bela Fleck & The Flecktones are playing four-yes,  four!!- shows this Tuesday and Wednesday at Anthology.  They are performing with the original lineup which includes Bela Fleck, Victor Wooten, Roy "Future Man" Wooten and Howard Levy.  Individually they are some of the best musicians for their respective instruments.  Bela Fleck is one of the best banjo players ever (if you google best banjo player his wiki page is the first result), Victor Wooten in my mind and many others is the best bass player in the world, and Future Man created his own instrument which incorporates both guitar and drums. For the past decade Jeff Coffin has been the fourth member on saxophone, however this is the original line up with Howard Levy mixing things up by playing piano and harmonica.  Together they push each other to create an unbelievable fusion of bluegrass and jazz.  Tickets are going fast and some of the seating is sold out so make sure to get your tickets asap.

Drawing with Chase...Sleigh Bells

Sleigh Bells released their newest album, Reign of Terror last Tuesday, February 21, and in honor of their new album, their appearance on Saturday Night Live, The Spin Magazine cover, and everything else that is blowing them up right now, I present you with the never before released drawing that Sleigh Bells Derek E. Miller and Alexis Krauss made for me when I was interviewing for audio current during their last tour.  Enjoy.

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For those of you who have a minimal understanding of Dubstep and want to know more regarding the origins of the genre need to check out the documentary Bassweight.  The documentary gives great insight to the early days of Dubstep, with its origins in South London, its growth in popularity, and how it became popular in the United States.  One of the main reasons that the sound jumped across the pond is because of American Dubstep artist Joe Nice.  In the early days of Dubstep, Joe Nice hosted a Dubstep night in New York which featured a lot of the original and up and coming DJ/Producers from London and around the world.  Tonight you can catch Joe Nice at Dub Dorado and witness one of the early pioneers of the Dubstep movement in person.  Make sure to be at Dub Dorado tonight at El Dorado $5 free before 10:30 with RSVP.

Limited Edition Los Campesinos! release

Los Campesinos!, the great seven piece Cardiff band with the same last name “Campesinos!,” have released a special musical offer that usually is only available to subscribers and not the general public.  Part of the Heat Rash subscriber’s series the newest edition issue 3 is entitled Footnotes, and is intended to be a great companion piece to their latest album Hello Sadness. The issue includes a detailed track by track guide to the lyrics of their new album as well as a very transparent look into the bands recording process.  Footnotes also includes a seven inch and two digital downloads that are previously unreleased.  This package is available at the Los Campesinos! blog and the prices are in GBP.  In addition see Los Campesinos! this Sunday, February 12^th at The Casbah (tickets here). 

Enjoy the video for “By your hand” my favorite song off their new album Hello Sadness and make sure to catch them at The Casbah.

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There are some great shows to see this Saturday, February 11:

First start the night out right at the Kava Lounge.  The amazing promoters of Dragon Lounge bring San Diego another great lineup of dubstep, future jungle, breaks, drum and bass, future garage, and glitch. MACRODOT from Arizona is headlining and will be closing out the night with his chilled up futuristic new age glitch.

Be sure to get to the Kava Lounge before 10 pm this Saturday night, not only admission free before 10 but you will also be able to see the Kava Lounge debut of local producer/DJ urBn:LgNd.  She will be warming up the dance floor with her sexy slammin garage/dubby tracks to get the party started and the bass a-thumpin.

After you start your night out at the Kava Lounge head down to Winstons in Ocean Beach to continue the dance party.  Freddy Todd is gracing our fair city with his presence.  One of the hottest producers out there right now who mixes dub electronica and hip hop perfectly into some pounding bass and great melodies that combine to be great music to hit the floor and bring the party.  This is one that you do not want to miss.