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Low Volts celebrates album release with an end-of-the-world party at The Casbah<\/strong><\/p>\n

Por Logan Broyles | Reportero SDUN<\/strong><\/p>\n

After his debut record \u201cTwist Shake Grind Break\u201d earned him a couple San Diego Music Awards (SDMA) and some serious buzz, Los Angeles-native Tim Lowman of Low Volts had to pull out all the stops for his follow-up.<\/p>\n

Low Volts\u2019 first full-length album, titled \u201cOH MY STARS,\u201d will hits stores on Tuesday, Dec. 11, and copies will be available at the album release party held at The Casbah on the Maya-predicted last day of existence, also known as Dec. 21.<\/p>\n

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Low Volts\u2019 \u2018OH MY STARS\u2019 will be available Tuesday, Dec. 11. (Photo by Ian Kasnoff)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Clearly Lowman is not worried about the Maya calendar\u2019s doom ruining his party, or maybe he just loves The Casbah so much that he decided to go out the best way he knew how: while rocking his guitar on stage.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s the end of the Mayan calendar, which some say is the end of the world,\u201d Lowman said. \u201cWhy not go down at The Casbah?\u201d<\/p>\n

The one-man act continues to evolve, with Lowman playing bass, keyboard, and electric and acoustic guitar all at the same time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’d say the new album is more rock \u2018n’ roll than the blues-ier debut record,\u201d he said. \u201cThere’s still a ton of low and heavy slide-guitar, but it’s done in a more progressive way.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOH MY STARS\u201d tells the story of a growing musician that is not afraid to mix things up, drink too much or pour his soul out on tracks that focus on love, loss and stabbing himself in the heart to solve his relationship woes.<\/p>\n

The album is clearly the creation of someone that has a deep respect and connection to the legends of rock and roll\u2019s past. Throughout the album, there are traces of everything from Buddy Holly to Bruce Springsteen on tracks \u201cCan\u2019t Deny\u201d and \u201cCrippled Cat,\u201d and Lowman does his best impression of Elvis on the more raw and soulful track, \u201cBloody Knuckles and a Hickey.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI really just write what comes to me,\u201d he said. \u201cThe only guidelines I used were: one, can I pull this off on stage as a one-man act, and two, does it maintain a timeless, authentic sound?\u201d<\/p>\n

Lowman is a firm believer in not tinkering with a proven method. For the first record he played all of the instruments and incorporated only a few overdubs, using the most basic and raw sounds he could think of, like chains and garbage cans for drums.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m still so proud of the debut record that I didn’t want to change the format too much,\u201d he said. \u201cI had Mike Butler produce, engineer and mix \u2026 just like the first record, and I wrote, sang and played every instrument on both records.\u201d<\/p>\n

The simplicity makes it easier for him to translate his music to the stage, since Lowman essentially plays every single instrument. During live shows he is occasionally joined by some female friends to play tambourine, or just rattle some chains to add to the junkyard style that Lowman is going for with his music.<\/p>\n

Lowman anticipates \u201cepic performances\u201d by his party\u2019s opening acts Dirty Sirens, L.A.-based electro-rave duo Restavrant and local rockers Grand Tarantula.<\/p>\n

Serra High School alum and former members of the band Hot Like A Robot, Grand Tarantula won Best New Artist at the 2010 SDMA\u2019s with the release of their debut album \u201cI\u2019m Not Gonna Let You Go.\u201d The band will soon be heading back to the studio to put together their second record, and will use the Dec. 21 show to test new material.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe’re just getting into the studio to record for a new release, set for spring 2013,\u201d said Jordan Clark, lead singer of Grand Tarantula. \u201cWe\u2019re really exited for people to hear our new material. We’ll be playing a couple new songs at the show.\u201d<\/p>\n

Buy advance tickets to the album release party, and Lowman will sign a copy of the \u201cOH MY STARS\u201d for you at the show. Tickets are $10 in advance, and $12 at the door. The Casbah is located at 2501 Kettner Blvd. For more information and tickets visit casbahmusic.com or call 619-232-4355.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Low Volts celebrates album release with an end-of-the-world party at The Casbah By Logan Broyles | SDUN Reporter After his debut record \u201cTwist Shake Grind Break\u201d earned him a couple San Diego Music Awards (SDMA) and some serious buzz, Los Angeles-native Tim Lowman of Low Volts had to pull out all the stops for his […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":726,"featured_media":245605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11555","_seopress_titles_title":"Second time\u2019s a charm","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11549,11547,11551,11555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-245604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-entertainment","category-features","category-news","category-uptown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}