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Pastor Wayne on Stage at the Long Beach Gospel Fest
For those who weren't already aware: Christians actually do like to party. And in Southern California, their festivals are some of the biggest summer events around. Case-in point: the 5th annual ...
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LA psych rock band Froth play this year's Viva! Pomona Festival
Viva! Pomona fest is back, one of the more exciting music festivals that locals and music fans from surrounding cities have come to appreciate as a yearly jaunt to discover new music ...
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What's better than new music? New music for free!
Wilco?surprised fans by releasing their ninth studio album as a free download yesterday. The new album, titled Star Wars, contains 11 songs and is (obviously) named after George Lucas' space movie f...
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Save up those small bills and grab your coolest reusable tote bag: OC Zinefest is coming to town! What started off in 2014 as a temperature check for DIY print culture in Orange County has quickly turned into a staple in the Southern California zine ...
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Ant-Man
Today, Marvel Studios' latest release Ant-Man crawls into theaters. Fans are hoping the Paul Rudd lead superhero flick features as much action as the Marvel brand and humor as its crowd-pleasing star are known for. While Ant-Man may not be...
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Friday, July 17
Sublime with Rome
Irvine Meadows Amphitheater
Following the surprising success of their debut, you could forgive Sublime With Rome's lead singer for being overly e...
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Las Robertas, from Costa Rica, are one of many artists representing the new wave of Latino indie music at Viva! Pomona
By: Ivan Fernandez
Rene Contreras is no stranger to adversity. For the fourth year in a row, the short, skinny, curly-haired Chi...
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Ready to Woogie?
Lightning In a Bottle fans rejoice! This weekend, The Do Lab is making a triumphant return to Oak Canyon Park with a funky little festival dedicated to those who love to get their woogie on.
Woogie Weekend, a three-day extravaga...
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L7
At some point, all famous female rock bands of the past several decades have endured a similar barrage of insults: not being able to play their instruments, being dramatic, have too much sex appeal (or not enough) or being feminist man haters. ...
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DJ Droops inside the Observatory
The swell of hoots, hollers and raised hands rolls through the Observatory as a local rap duo rile up the crowd an hour or so before headliner Snow Tha Product is scheduled to perform. The vibe in the Santa Ana ven...
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Mike Vallely
Mike Vallely is self-admittedly hard to pin down--and with good reason. Between his duties singing with Black Flag, skateboarding, acting, hosting a podcast, running his own company and having a family, there aren't enough hours each ...
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Aside from masterfully laying down a track, what do The Bloody Beetroots, Borgore, A-Trak, Diplo, Bassnectar and Redman have in common? Jake Charles Osher, better known as Jayceeoh. With over 10 million streams on Soundcloud alone, the LA producer an...
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Diamond Dave in all his glory
Van Halen
Irvine Meadows Amphitheater
7/14/15
By now, longtime Van Halen fans are accustomed to expecting shenanigans to happen between the band members. Throughout the band's tumultuous 40-year career, there's bee...
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LADY BIM x the Yurt, hand-painted, bamboo/hemp knit.
Every 29 1/2 days the moon rises and sets alongside the sun. This lunation, or inception of a lunar cycle, is only visible to the human eye during a solar eclipse. Yet the spiritual significanc...
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Four of the six bands playing the first show of the Orange County Rock n' Roots Series (from left to right): Ralph Licea (Black Salt Tone), Alex Barnett (Aloha Radio), Lauren Mulderrig (Aloha Radio), Mighty (Special Blend, kneeling), Joshua Black (Bl...
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Morris Day
Morris Day and The Time
Twilight Concert Series
Santa Monica Pier
7/9/15
"A feeling just came over me. I'm feeling sexy right now. I want to share that sexiness with each and every one of you" said Morris Day on Thursday night as he he...
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When Eric Emm and Jesse Cohen first joined forces in 2008, they probably never imagined their collaborative project would go beyond their producing a track for the former's band, Professor Murder. Though there wasn't a firm plan in place when they st...
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We had a good thing going, iTunes, but you've changed.
By: Andy Hermann
I loved you, iTunes. I loved you, and you betrayed me. You and your evil, malformed henchman, the iCloud, have trashed my 20,000-track music library and I don't know what to d...
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When Kc Wayland was deployed to the Middle East in 2003, he adjusted to hostile territory, dealt with satellite transmissions between Iraq and the Pentagon, and recorded footage for a future documentary.
Amidst all of his multi-tasking, he was also...
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RIP Steamers
For 20 years, Steamers in Downtown Fullerton has been the kind of place you visit every month or you forgot even existed. The long and narrow venue that's not quite a restaurant or a bar has welcomed aging big bands, college folk acts...