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Interview with Roy Silverstein of Rarefied Recording

Coming up in a little under a month on Saturday, December 13, 2014, Handmade Holiday is a fundraiser held in the courtyard of the new San Diego Central Library (330 Park Boulevard) between 9:30am-4pm. They’ll be featuring over 30 local artists, designers, and vendors “to get a jumpstart on the holiday shopping.”

But why are we talking about it? Because of the afternoon entertainment!

Starting at noon, four local musicians — hand-picked by Villains friend Roy Silverstein of North Park’s Rarefied Recording — will hit the auditorium stage.

The four artists are lounge singer and pianist Normandie Wilson, banjo-and-ukulele shoegrass band Kalashnikov My Wife, indie rockers The Gift Machine, and solo artist Erik Canzona of The Heavy Guilt.

Below, you can read a little about Roy’s thought process in choosing these musicians and his thoughts on the music and art communities.

(And if you want to read more about the musicians, I’ll be posting interviews from each on the Handmade Holiday blog in the coming weeks.)

Click to read the interview below.

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Beta Lion, Mariel, and The Voveri @ The Tin Can (10/25/2014)

Beta Lion‘s first show since they released their Written in Sand, Mariel‘s first show since before the summer, and The Voveri‘s first show EVER? It was a series of firsts at the Tin Can last Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014.

To those of you who showed up, THANK YOU!! Not only did you help us hit capacity, you brought so much energy and excitement into the room!

Check out these photos grabbed from Shane Doherty, Mark Fulinara, and Instagram friends.

Crowd during The Voveri

The crowd during The Voveri. Photos by Mark Fulinara.

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Announcing the Villaintine’s Day release and tour

Villaintines Day compilation 2014 coverIt’s that time of year again! Villains and friends are coming together to release the annual Villaintine’s Day compilation on February 14th.

Everything about the record exemplifies the independent, autonomous nature of us villains, from the recording of the songs to the DIY nature of the CD sleeve covers. This year, we’ll have tracks from Sullen Ray, Beta Lion, Katey Sullivan, Privet, and more!

And for the first time ever, we’ll have a Villaintine’s release party – nay, a three-DAY party, starting in San Diego at The Griffin. The party starts on Villaintine’s Day, February 14th.

14th: MUSCLE BEECH, Privet, Sullen Ray, Mariel @ The Griffin (1310 Morena Blvd, San Diego)

15th: ANDREW SAKS, Tarah Who?, Sullen Ray, Mariel @ The Dragon Room (The Golden China, 760 S. Seaward Avenue, Ventura)

16th: TARAH WHO?, Sullen Ray, Mariel @ The Down & Out (501 South Spring Street, Los Angeles)

And check out our site calendar. From there you can copy events to your own Google calendar or export to iCal!