The San Diego Music Awards, which were originally slated to take place at the House of Blues on March 23 and were re-imagined and rescheduled for July 6 as a livestreaming event, kick off on Monday night.

On Episode 17 of the SoundDiego Podcast, Nine Inch Nails’ Ilan Rubin gives us the inside scoop on Tom DeLonge’s UFO obsession, Trent Reznor’s no-nonsense professionalism and why Led Zeppelin is the greatest band of all time.

It’s been a week of wide-ranging emotions for Grammy award-winning bass player Kevin Cooper who saw friends and strangers come together on his behalf in what can only be described as “social media justice”.

Just weeks ago, members of San Diego’s Voices of Our City Choir were on top of the world after their audition aired on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent.’ But after stealing America’s hearts, the choir members are now heartbroken after the death of their beloved choir co-founder, Nina Deering.

How about some dream collaborations between San Diego musicians, vibing off collabs like the ones the Redwoods collective’s Al Howard has had over the years, or the magic of seeing couples sheltering in place — like Low Volts and Dani Bell — putting out beautiful songs. Here’s Round 2 of our COVID collabs.

The world hasn’t seen many live events since the coronavirus outbreak. Soon San Diego will have a big one again, in a slightly modified way. On June 7 Petco Park will host a pair of live drive-in concerts at the Lexus Premiere Parking Lot (the one directly across Trevor Hoffman Way from the ballpark). called Feed The Need and...

On Episode 16 of the SoundDiego Podcast, Voice of San Diego’s Scott Lewis drops in to play some Padres walk-up song trivia, talk about live music in a post-pandemic world — and explains why he can’t stop listening to Nine Inch Nails.

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.

Legendary goth rockers Bauhaus — featuring local David J — postpone 2020 tour.