This week’s additions to the Local Music Database

Every week, we add around a dozen acts, new and old, to the Readers Local Music Database, which currently features over 3,700 band pages along with related discographies, MP2s, videos, links to Reader articles, and more. These are the newest additions.

Fronted by singer David Martin and featuring former members of Chanauk, Weight of the Sun was founded late last year. Citing influences like Faith No More, Intronaut, Deftones, Glassjaw, Pelican, ISIS, Palms, Russian Circles, and Baroness, they plan to release their debut full-length in March.

Formed in late 2012 from the ashes of an original rock band named Julian and fronted by a Danzig-esque singer named Karthik, S.M.C. performs mostly covers of Ronnie James Dio-related material (early Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Elf), as well as music by Ozzy Osbourne and some original songs.

Having been together around six months now, JuJu Satori includes former members of the Radiators (Barry Hill), the Dinettes (Sue Delguidice), Grilled Funkshop (Chad Allbritton), and the Steve Poltz band (Daniel Johnsen).

As for newly-added older bands, the Sleepwalkers have been playing authentic Americana roots rock since 1992. They specialize in original American music styles ranging from blues, country, Tex-Mex, Cumbias, and their own brand of roots rock. In 1999 they released their first album Can't Stop Rockin' on Relampago-go Records, which earned them positive national reviews, and a nomination for Best Americana album in the San Diego Music Awards. Their songs "Dead of Night" and "Vas A Ver!" was included in the 2007 movie Ofrenda Desnuda, directed by International Film Award winner Guillerma Von Son.

In 2008, they covered a song by Bart Mendoza, "Days & Maybe's" (re-titled "No Me Cueste"), which was included on Forty One Sixty: The Songs of the Shambles. Having earned six SDMA nominations for Best Americana/Roots band, the Sleepwalkers were mostly active from 1992 to 2002, until reforming last year. Theyll play La Mesas Riviera Supper Club & Turquoise Room in on January 25 and February 8.

MohaviSoul is an Americana-soul-bluegrass band featuring Randy Hanson and Dan Sankey, augmented by other players 'pending the city they're playing in. Their debut CD Every Second established their sound, which grew more folky as of their second full-length Blue Diesel, released late last year. "The CD is named after a song I wrote, which is a very tongue-in-cheek double story about love and something else," says Hanson. You can catch them on January 26 at Southpaw (East Village), and March 8 at Wynola Pizza Express in Julian.

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This week’s additions to the Local Music Database