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PLAN A: Austin Peralta, Dr. Strangeloop, Natasha Kmeto, HMS Collective w/ Bill Wesley, McGutter, AbJo @ Kava Lounge. Endless Planets, the new record by jazz pianist Austin Peralta, is being put out on Brainfeeder, a record label that usually releases electronic music. Even Brainfeeder head Flying Lotus thinks that sounds weird, but as he notes in a press release, it was just too good to pass up. A veteran pianist and composer who'd played with Chick Corea before he was old enough to buy beer, Peralta writes beautifully constructed compositions that are as mesmerizing as they are experimental.PLAN B: Murs, Tabi Bonney, Whole Wheat Bread, Ab-Soul, DJ Foundation @ House of Blues. If you can't make it to the Paid Dues Festival, the hip-hop blowout going down in San Bernardino in April, this solid lineup of underground hip-hoppers— including Murs, the most popular member of Living Legends—is the next best thing.PLAN C: Arbouretum, Endless Boogie, The Babies, The Lumps @ Tin Can Ale House. Don't miss The Babies, a Woods / Vivian Girls side project that just released a solid debut of jangly folk-rock.
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OTHER COOL STUFF:
Cosmic Dan @ AC Lounge. Big Sam's Funky Nation @ Anthology.
Brawley @ Bar Pink.
The Expendables, B Foundation, The Holdup @ Belly Up.
Brian Levy, Kevin Kanner, Mikan Zlatkovich & Hamilton Price @ Dizzy's.
Profile & Irons @ El Dorado.
Roy Rapid & The Rhythm Rock Trio, Johnny Deadly and the Rattlerockers @ Eleven.
Kid Capri, Technician the DJ @ Hard Rock Hotel.
Brad Perry, Danny Langdon, Jann Klose @ LEstat's.
Exit Through the Gift Shop (film screening) @ The Loft at UCSD.
Future You, Uniform Victor, Martian Horses, Plane Without a Pilot @ Ruby Room.
Otro, Jesus Christ vs. The World, DJ Blackie @ Shakedown Bar.
Tyler Beach Project, Mad Traffic, Nods to Nothing, Napolean Complex, Supergroupie @ SOMA.
The Bloodflowers, Heavy Glow, The Mulhollands @ Soda Bar.
The Melismatics, The Unruly Bangs @ Til-Two Club.
“Generations Party” w/ DJ Artistic @ U-31.
AC Slater, Sound of Stereo @ Voyeur.
Monochromacy, The Natives, DJs Heabnasty, Monsterpussy @ Whistle Stop.
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OTHER COOL STUFF:
Cosmic Dan @ AC Lounge. Big Sam's Funky Nation @ Anthology.
Brawley @ Bar Pink.
The Expendables, B Foundation, The Holdup @ Belly Up.
Brian Levy, Kevin Kanner, Mikan Zlatkovich & Hamilton Price @ Dizzy's.
Profile & Irons @ El Dorado.
Roy Rapid & The Rhythm Rock Trio, Johnny Deadly and the Rattlerockers @ Eleven.
Kid Capri, Technician the DJ @ Hard Rock Hotel.
Brad Perry, Danny Langdon, Jann Klose @ LEstat's.
Exit Through the Gift Shop (film screening) @ The Loft at UCSD.
Future You, Uniform Victor, Martian Horses, Plane Without a Pilot @ Ruby Room.
Otro, Jesus Christ vs. The World, DJ Blackie @ Shakedown Bar.
Tyler Beach Project, Mad Traffic, Nods to Nothing, Napolean Complex, Supergroupie @ SOMA.
The Bloodflowers, Heavy Glow, The Mulhollands @ Soda Bar.
The Melismatics, The Unruly Bangs @ Til-Two Club.
“Generations Party” w/ DJ Artistic @ U-31.
AC Slater, Sound of Stereo @ Voyeur.
Monochromacy, The Natives, DJs Heabnasty, Monsterpussy @ Whistle Stop.