Here they are, nine necessary know-abouts for the week ahead. It’s the dog-days B9:
- If you’re a fan of the sitcom, then you really should familiarize yourself with the 19th century’s undisputed master of the form.
- The highlight of the second and final weekend of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music might very well be composer Bora Yoon’s spatial experiment composed with the architecture of the Civic in mind.
- A truck-stop cowboy hat, a singing voice as deep as the Mariana Trench and a talent for blistering guitar on a monstrosity of his own design, it all reduces down to one amazing entertainer: Are you hip to Junior Brown?
- Technically, the T stands for Tietjen, but for the T Sisters, it could stand for “Transcendent harmonies.”
- “What a piece of work is man!” sayeth Hamlet, and he wasn’t even referring to America circa 2024!
- OK, not the most comforting stage name, but the artist known as Drugdealer is all about the sweet acoustic Laurel Canyon sound, 50 years after the fact.
- The Cabrillo Fest reaches its climax with a closing concert Sunday that culminates in an outdoor mariachi party!
- Former Bandcamp phenom Alex G has grown up, and now past 30 is hitting his stride as a lo-fi artist of vision. The Catalyst is eager to welcome him.
- You’ve seen his face a hundred times, but actor/comedian Paul Scheer wants us all to know he had a traumatic upbringing, and he’s strong enough to laugh about it.