The Owl Mag

PICTURE THIS: Nada Surf, The Soft Pack, Cuckoo Chaos, Republic of Letters @ 4th and B, San Diego 1/28/12

Posted on 31 January 2012. Tags: Cuckoo Chaos, Nada Surf, Republic of Letters, The Soft Pack

Last Saturday in San Diego, a wonderful thing happened for local music. Three bands who have been around for quite some time got the chance to open up for Nada Surf. Continue Reading

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FREE TICKETS: Mutemath @ 4th and B, San Diego 2/3/12

Posted on 31 January 2012. Tags: 4th and B, free tickets, MuteMath, San Diego

We're giving away a pair of tickets to Mutemath in San Diego this Friday. Simply caption this photo for your chance to win! Continue Reading

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Coachella 2012 Day 1 Playlist

Posted on 30 January 2012. Tags: Afrojack, Amon Tobin, Arctic Monkeys, Atari Teenage Riot, Breakbot, Cat Power, Coachella 2012, Datsick, Dawes, Death Grips, Explosions in the Sky, Feed Me, Frank Ocean, Girls, givers, James Alesso, Jimmy Cliff and Tim Armstrong, M. Ward, M83, Madeon, Madness, Mazzy Star, Neon Indian, Otherlives, Pulp, Refused, SebastiAn, swedish house mafia, The Black Angels, The Black Keys, The Horrors, The Rapture, Yuck

This April nearly 80,000 people will land near Indio, California once again for a sold out Coachella. To get you prepared and pumped we've made this playlist. Continue Reading

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HEAR THIS: Damien Jurado

Posted on 27 January 2012. Tags: Damien Jurado, David Bazan, Maraqopa, Museum of Flight, Pedro the Lion, Rocky Votalato

Set to release his 12th album Maraqopa on February 12th, Damien Jurado is one of those lasting songwriters that just won't stop making great records. Continue Reading

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OUT ON A LIMB: GLEE Runs Out of Ideas, Starts Ripping Off Artists

Posted on 08 December 2011. Tags: Cyndi Lauper, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, glee, Greg Laswell

GLEE can't come up with any new ideas, so they start ripping off other artists' covers of songs, namely Greg Laswells cover of Cyndi Laupers "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun." Continue Reading

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LIVE REVIEW: KPRI Holiday Soiree with Fitz and the Tantrums + Mayer Hawthorne @ Balboa Theater, SD 11/30/11

Posted on 02 December 2011. Tags: Fitz & The Tantrums, KPRI, Mayer Hawtho, San Diego, The Head and the Heart

A night consisting of Fitz and the Tantrums, Mayer Hawthorne, and The Head and The Heart is enough to raise anyone's owl feathers. But not mine. Continue Reading

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SF CALL TO ARMS: Said The Whale Needs Some Music Gear

Posted on 30 November 2011. Tags: Said The Whale, The Weakerthans

Said the Whale is opening up for fellow Canadian music brethren in arms The Weakerthans and need some gear! Continue Reading

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FREELOADER FRIDAY: Since You’re Tired of All Those “Thankful For” Facebook Posts

Posted on 11 November 2011. Tags: Cate Le Bon, Digitalism, Field Music, Holmes, Housse de Racket, Lost Lander, Parenthetical Girls, Rebecca Zapen, Scout, Sea Lions, Silverclub, Thurlow, White Denim

We're only 11 days into November and we can't stand to look at Facebook anymore. We get it, you're thankful. Now thank us for giving you these free tunes. Continue Reading

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PICTURE THIS: Little Red at Soda Bar, San Diego 11/7/11

Posted on 09 November 2011. Tags: Little Red, San Diego, Soda Bar

Little Red from Australia isn't the live show you want to see if you like holding your beer and swaying. They're for dancing. Continue Reading

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FREELOADER FRIDAY: The Halloween Edition 2011

Posted on 28 October 2011. Tags: Alert New London, Austra, Ben Lear, Black Taxi, Chairlift, Eight Bit Tigers, Grimes, Guards, Male Bonding, The Beets, Treefight for Sunlight, With Lions

Just another week sludging through the depths of email hell only to bring you the finest free MP3s that we can find. Continue Reading

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FREELOADER FRIDAY: The Bees, Big Deal, The Loom, Princess Chelsea, Pikachunes and more

Posted on 14 October 2011. Tags: A Band of Bees, Big Deal, Comasoft, Emil and Friends, Local Hero, Low Roar, Pikachune, Princess Chelsea, Priory, The Bees, The Loom, With Lions

Something new, something borrowed, something that's gonna cost you absolutely nothing to consume. Good music lives on. Continue Reading

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FREELOADER FRIDAY: Juan Maclean, Gold Leaves, Radical Dads, Mannequin Men, and more

Posted on 07 October 2011. Tags: David Lynch, Gold Leaves, Lord Huron, Mannequin Men, Radical Dads, Tall Tales & the Silver Lining, the strange boys

You've almost made it to happy hour this week and you should congratulate yourself by downloading all these MP3s we thought were awesome. Continue Reading

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FREELOADER FRIDAY: New MP3s — The Almost Fall But We Wish It Wasn’t Edition

Posted on 30 September 2011. Tags: Brandt Brauer Frick Ensemble, Gross Magic, John Steel Singers, san cisco, Vanish Valley, Zoe Boekbinder

You know when we have to change our clocks and the sun goes down at 4pm? Yeah, that time of year sucks. Here's some upbeat and poppy free MP3s so you don't get down in the dumps. Continue Reading

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FREELOADER FRIDAY: 15 Free and Legal MP3s to Kickstart Your Weekend

Posted on 23 September 2011. Tags: Alligator Indian, AM and Shawn Lee, Coast Jumper, Fionn Regan, Firesuite, Holiday Shores, library voices, Said The Whale, Shimmering Stars, Still Corners, White Denim, Y Luv

Discover some new music today and download hella music. Or "lots" if you're from anywhere but Northern California. Continue Reading

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HIGH SCHOOL REUNION: Dustin Shey (1994-1998)

Posted on 22 September 2011. Tags: Dave Matthews Band, Live, Notorious B.I.G., Pearl Jam, Seven Mary Three, tupac

1994 through 1998 was filled with the most awesome alternative music ever. Throw in a dash of rap via an East coast vs. West coast rap war, and you have yourself a classic playlist from Dustin Shey. Continue Reading

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Author | Dustin Shey