VOLUME 6 | ISSUE 3 | March, 2021
Local Music Notes • Legendary Spanish mod rockers Agentes Secretos have their 1985 album, Todo Para Ti, reissued by Cambaya/Hurrah/SNAP! Records in honor of it’s 30th Anniversary. The album’s original fourteen songs include a cover of the Tell-Tale Hearts song “Crawling Back To Me,” with the new memorablila packed booklet including a quote from TTH frontman Ray Brandes. The reissue adds three demos and a remake.
Song Contest. • Death Eyes, featuring the late Alberto Jurado, have a new limited-edition album due soon, Death Eyes Live at Bar Pink. Out via Pink Pachyderm Records on pink vinyl. • Rock heroes, The Dragons album, Live at the Casbah, is being reissued by Sweet Ohm
fan group and it celebrates the team’s 4 pillars: Independent, Authentic, Inclusive, and Optimistic.” Next up is “Tutu” (April 2) “an upbeat celebration of life.” • Matt Rhea and the Central Processing Unit have a new video out, a cover of Desmond Dekker’s “Problems.” The band’s name is also the name of both a new recording studio and label based in La Mesa.
Ramalama Records, on red or yellow vinyl. The updated version will include an eight-page comic book with liner notes and photos.
• Percussionist / comedian / actor Catherine Barnes debuts her second one-woman musical, Yes? No? Maybe So? on March 20. Streaming live from the Whitefire Theatre in Sherman Oaks, CA, the musical comedy about consent was written and performed by Barnes, though it includes an unlikely cover song, Charlie Daniels “The Devil Went Down To Georgia.” “I wasn’t sure how this would sound with vibraphone and marimba, but in my humble opinion, it sounds great,” Barnes said good naturedly. Her previous play, Queen Mab and the International Man of Mystery, won several awards including “Best Show with Original Music” at the 2019 Tucson Fringe Festival. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/whitefiretheatre/492493
• Hip-hop empresario Black Hesher (aka Van Bates of label Cult Muzic) is the new host of the “Live From The Hive” radio show broadcast weekly from Queen Bee’s Arts & Cultural Center on KNSJ 89.1 FM. In addition to new music from J. Andrew and the San Diablo All-Stars Cult Muzic has just released a limited edition run of Black Hesher skateboards. • Multiple SDMA “Best Singer-Songwriter” winner Colin Clyne’s song “Where The Ships Go to Die,” took home the trophies for both “Best Male” songwriter and “Overall Winner” in the 2020 Blues & Roots Radio International
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• Fast Mart Heart aka Martin Stamper’s new album, CoronaCoaster Blues, mixes originals with banjo played covers of tunes such as The White Stripes “Seven Nation Army” and Louis Armstrong’s immortal “What A Wonderful World.”
• Powerpop / Indie rock combo Super Buffet have a digital single, “Jaunty” and “Tall Boy Can Girl” released by Big Stir Records on May 14. Featuring Pete Bayard on vocals and bass, Chris Silva and Jon Norwood on guitar, Brendan Ruff on drums, and Marie Haddad on keys. Both songs are on the forthcoming album “Self Styled Super Buffet” due in July. • Switchfoot is taking part in “The World’s Greatest Floating Music Festival – The Rock Boat XXI” sailing from Miami November 7-12. Others set to perform include Sister Hazel, We The Kings and Andrew MacMahon • A new Ike & Tina Turner collection is out via BGO Records, compiling two of their 1970’s albums, Come Together and Nuff Said. The late Ike Turner is a former North County resident. • New and upcoming singles: Normandie Wilson returns with with electro-pop tune “Paradise,” singer-songwriter Nisha Catron with a dance track, “Azure Blue,” Side Hustle with Lauren Leigh + Abe Majors, Steve Ebner and Jordan Morita with a cover of Sting’s “Englishman in New York,” Sweet Imperfections (led by singer songwriter Bri Schillings) with socially conscious / uplifting ballad, “Gently not Judgingly,” The Dreamcoats “Chill With You” • New and upcoming albums include: rapper J. Andrew and his debut, Collapse, The Normal Gray with a self titled debut, rapper Rob Stone with Bonafide, hard rockers Monarch with a new disc Future Shock due April 16.
• Also just out is Nickel Creek’s Live from the Fox Theater. Recorded live in Oakland, CA., circa 2014, the album’s vinyl pressing sold out in pre-orders! • Marklyn Retzer has two: “(I.A.I.O) We Are San Diego” (March 26), “which is a fan anthem for the San Diego Loyal soccer team, anticipating their second season which starts in May. It’s based around a chant that I brought to the
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