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Return of Mr. Blackshirt

now playing in New Jersey

About Me

Return of Mr Blackshirt plays fuzzy, hook-filled indie rock that is surprisingly devoid of black shirts. They play fun tunes that will keep a tap in your toe and a grin on your face. - sdmusicmatters
Rock your body right - SD CityBeat

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/31/2004
Band Website: returnofmrblackshirt.com
Band Members: M-Y-K
Influences: The Weakerthans, Guided by Voices, Neil Young, The Promise Ring, R.E.M., New Pornographers, Placebo, Pavement, Smashing Pumpkins, Supergrass, Built To Spill, Morphine, Cake, Elliott Smith, Stereolab, Flaming Lips, Trail of Dead, Weezer, Wilco, Elvis Costello, Superdrag, The Kinks, Replacements, Cheap Trick, The Beatles, Sloan, Jets To Brazil, Hayden, Descendents/All, Soul Asylum, Matthew Sweet, Texas is the Reason, Mike Patton, Jason Falkner, Ben Folds, Archers of Loaf, The Lemonheads...
Sounds Like: A mix of power pop and indie rock with strong melodies and hooky guitars.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Roll credits...

....until the next showing.For those of you who I haven't had the chance to tell in person, Return of Mr Blackshirt will be relocating it's base of operations (me + all of my equipment) to New Jersey ...
Posted by Return of Mr. Blackshirt on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:03:00 PST

E.P.ology

     I think E.P.'s are wonderful vehicles of brevity, a little window into the imaginative soul of a band or artist. If it's received favorably everyone wins, and if it'...
Posted by Return of Mr. Blackshirt on Fri, 14 Jul 2006 01:33:00 PST

In the meantime......

In the absence of any upcoming shows while we here at camp Blackshirt reinvent ourselves and regroup, you can still see some great local music by supporting any one of these fine San Diego outfits whi...
Posted by Return of Mr. Blackshirt on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 10:48:00 PST

CityBeat review

We'd like to thank CityBeat and Will Fresch for taking the time to listen to and review our "Listen for Instruments" E.P. in their latest San Diego demo review issue: A pop-influenced rock sound remi...
Posted by Return of Mr. Blackshirt on Thu, 06 Apr 2006 09:47:00 PST

Listen Local SD Showcase

We'd like to thank Cathryn Beeks and everyone who participated in the Listen Local SD showcase at The Jumping Turtle last week. Tuesday night never felt so right! Check out Cathryn's website...
Posted by Return of Mr. Blackshirt on Sat, 01 Apr 2006 10:36:00 PST