Cymbals Eat Guitars comes to San Diego
Indie-rock fans are in for a treat as three of New York City’s hottest new independent bands make their way to San Diego next week. Staten Island quartet Cymbals Eat Guitars will be performing with Brooklyn’s Bear In Heaven, along with Queens’ quintet Freelance Whales at 8:30 p.m. next Tuesday at The Casbah.
Famed rocker hits House of Blues soon with his band The Destroyers
George Thorogood and The Destroyers will be performing at 9:30 p.m. this Sunday at House of Blues with opening act Surf Asylum. Through the years, Thorogood has earned his status as a blues-rock legend best known for his hit song “Bad to the Bone,” as well as his covers of “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer,” Bo Diddley’s “Who Do You Love?” and Hank Williams’ “Move It On Over.”
It started with one woman and now it has been transformed into a global movement. In the past 12 years the V-Day movement has grown rapidly among communities all around the world and it continues to inspire many more to be a part of it every year. It is a crusade dedicated to end violence against women and girls, including rape, battery, incest, female genital mutilation and sexual slavery.
A child’s imagination is often one of the most secretive, inventive places on earth. We wonder what happens when that child grows up. Do they lose that creative spirit or try to channel it into a productive lifestyle?
Join John Mayer and guests for an all-ages charity event, aimed at helping worthy causes
John Mayer’s music reveals a down-to-earth man aware of the happenings in his own life as well as the rest of the world. His third Annual Holiday Revue is exemplary of his philanthropic spirit as the John Mayer Trio prepares to perform at San Diego’s Copley Symphony Hall in downtown San Diego.
Those in the mood for some funky hip-hop beats this holiday season, go celebrate New Year’s Day with Oakland rap artist Del the Funky Homosapien. Del (Teren Delvon Jones) is an acclaimed hip-hop artist and producer who released his first record in 1991. He is the cousin of Ice Cube, and the frontman and mastermind behind the Oakland hip-hop collective Hieroglyphics.
Tim Draut, Staff Writer
With more than 30 years of musical success and 65 million album sales worldwide, veteran rock ‘n’ roll band Foreigner is going on tour this winter to support its latest album “Can’t Slow Down.” This is Foreigner’s first studio album to feature lead singer Kelly Hansen.
The revolutionary alternative rock band Sonic Youth will be ringing in the New Year with several select performances in Arizona and California. The band defined the ‘80s and ‘90s with monumental albums such as “Daydream Nation” and “Goo.” Even though the band has been around for decades, it continues to produce new music, as is apparent on its latest album “The Eternal,” which was released in the summer.
“Yeah Ghost” takes Zero 7 in a new direction with its sound and members. This album debuted new singers Eska Mtungwazi and Martha Tilston, who both add their soulful and fresh voices to the music. Mtungwazi’s songwriting was also a great addition to the album.
“The Nutcracker” ballet has been a wonderful Christmas tradition for more than a century. San Diego Ballet is performing “The Nutcracker” for its 20th anniversary season at the Mandeville Auditorium. The ballet is accompanied by the San Diego Children’s Choir and is directed and choreographed by Robin Sherertz-Morgan and Javier Velasco of San Diego Ballet
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