Who is Eddie Shoebang?

The comments left by Citybeat editor Dave Rolland (and independent confirmation by the man, himself, Nathan Dinsdale) have cleared up an error of assumption on my part: Eddie Shoebang is not Nathan Dinsdale.
Who is Eddie Shoebang? It’s a pseudonym, a nom de plume. Dave’s comments suggest that Eddie and Nathan had a working relationship in [...]

Really?

PLAN A: The Prayers, The Muslims, The Atoms, The Vultures, The Sess, The Sundelles @ The Casbah. One of the best all-local lineups you’ll see all year. If someone asked a San Diego music scene regular, “Which San Diego bands should I check out?” their answer would look exactly like this bill. We’ve described [...]

Dirtbag and Dialed In: colonizing an alt-weekly near you

OK, first I jumped on board with writing features for Citybeat. Now Rosey at SDDialedin is ready to take over the Local’s Only gossip section. What’s going on here?
Expect lots of coverage of the Dynamite Walls

“Who broke up with who?” “Well, it was kind of a mutual thing…”

From Local’s Only:
Local rock band Vinyl Radio has split. Keyboardist Andrew Bernhardt made the decision to concentrate on fronting his own band, The Swedish Models. No word at press time if a farewell show will happen, but the other band members aren’t itching to jump back into another band. “It’s just too disheartening to [...]