Dustin Lothspeich

The 10th annual Record Store Day goes big across San Diego on Saturday, April 22, with in-store performances galore and special events.

Great music takes center stage during the annual Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival on June 2-4.

Mariachi El Bronx have been announced as special guests at Live Wire’s 25th anniversary show at Observatory North Park, featuring headliners Rocket From the Crypt. Get tickets now!

When it comes to beers and bands, few cities in the world have scenes as awesome as San Diego — so let’s pair ’em up.

Local music needs advocates — and to that end, few work harder in San Diego than Lou Niles. Check out the 91x Loudspeaker co-host’s numerous endeavors.

San Diego record shops get in on Record Store Day’s Black Friday event on Nov. 24 by offering exclusive titles, limited-edition vinyl, big sales, and more.

The 1,145-seat East County Performing Arts Center is slated to re-open in 2019 for at least 50 events a year.

Listen in to the SoundDiego premiere of “Home for Home” — the debut EP from San Diego “nu stargaze” experimental duo Vakoum.

Where is my mind: Body Song, a new project featuring two former Cuckoo Chaos/Deadphones members, go playfully insane in their debut video for “I’m Not Crazy (You Are).”

The 11th annual Record Store Day goes big across San Diego on Saturday, April 21, with special events.

Daniel Wand, frontman for Capsize — quite possibly the biggest local band you’ve never heard of — talks with Dustin Lothspeich about the San Diego music scene, taco shops and Warped Tour.

Hear the exclusive premiere of “Dark West,” the debut album from Dani Bell & the Tarantist — another Al Howard-helmed project.

Big Bad Buffalo’s Jordan Krimston talks about his baby — Bummerfest — before the all-day, all-ages art and music festival touches down at the Irenic on Saturday, May 9.

The Balboa Bar & Grill changes course with a move that will impact the local music scene.

On Thursday morning, the Rolling Stones announced a 2020 North American tour — which kicks off right here in San Diego!

Paint the town pink: Our next free SoundDiego LIVE takes over Bar Pink in March with three great bands, host Alysha Nett and our VIP craft-beer happy hour partner, Wild Barrel Brewing!

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On Episode 14 of the SoundDiego Podcast, the B-Side Players’ Karlos Paez explains why Carlos Santana owes him a favor, which vintage piece of clothing he’s resold for $5,000 a pop, and why he’s lost bandmates to Slightly Stoopid, Lenny Kravitz and others.

On Episode 15 of the SoundDiego Podcast, San Diego mashup star Elise Trouw explains how she graduated from playing video games to sold-out stages, shares onstage horror stories about her tour with Incubus and why she wants her fake I.D. back from Mavericks in PB.

On EP7 of the SoundDiego Podcast, acclaimed San Diego rapper Choosey joins us to talk about his hit collaboration with Aloe Blacc, all-time dream lowrider, the profound influence of Tupac — and more.