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2011 Stories by LILLEDESHAN BOSE

• OC Music Awards Acquired by PR Agency

  published November 3, 2011

  ACE AGENCY ACQUIRES OC MUSIC AWARDSOn Oct. 31, the ACE Agency announced it had acquired the OC... More >>

• Skream Headlines Smog 5th Anniversary Lineup

  published Nov 02, 2011

  Dubstep purveyor SMOG is holding its fifth anniversary at Galaxy Theatre, and it's just announced that UK dubstep originator Skream is headlining the event. In five years SMOG has gone from dubst... More >>

• Mike Tunney is Detroit Bar's New Talent Buyer

  published Nov 01, 2011

  Maybe you've been wondering what's up with Detroit Bar; since its former co-owner and talent buyer Jon Reiser bought the Galaxy Theatre and opened the Constellation Room within, the Costa Mesa ve... More >>

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  Free Ticket Tuesday: Black Lips and High On Fire at the Galaxy Theatre

  published Nov 01, 2011

  rIf you know anything about Black Lips, you'd know that they're completely out of control live s a rule. And if you don'tr We've decided to let you experience the mayhem for yourself; we're giving awa... More >>

• LISTEN: Guided By Voices Release Three 7" Singles--Check Out Two New Songs

  published Nov 01, 2011

  Remember that new Guided By Voices album we were talking aboutr The one that will be out in January, made up of 21 new songs, made like the 1990s seminal albums Bee Thousand and Alien Lanesr Well, Let... More >>

• OC Music Awards Acquired by PR Firm

  published Oct 31, 2011

  Today the ACE Agency announced it acquired the OC Music Awards. The Santa Ana PR/events company is taking over from producer Luke Allen (who owns rehearsal studio Gemini Studios) and his father, OC Mu... More >>

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  Six Must-Sees at Long Beach Comic & Horror Con This Weekend

  published Oct 28, 2011

  For the first time in its three years of being held over Halloween weekend, the Long Beach Comic Con is officially dubs itself Horror Con as well. While the main draw is still, of course, comics, ther... More >>

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  Avenged Sevenfold to Headline X1039's Very Merry Xmas Party

  published Oct 28, 2011

  rAvenged Sevenfold will headline X1039's Very Merry Xmas Party on Dec.17 at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario. The Huntington Beach locals will be supported by Hollywood Undead, Asking Alexa... More >>

• Five Best Parts of Battles' 'My Machines' Video

  published Oct 28, 2011

  1. Well, there's the actual dude falling down the up escalator for, like, a full three minutes and 10 seconds.2. Then there's Gary Numan singing deadpan throughout most of it.3. And Battles squished ... More >>

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  Miss the '90sr You Don't Have To; Five Bands That Relive Your Youth

  published Oct 28, 2011

  There's a reason old people are curmudgeonly at rock shows: It's because they've heard it all before, new music sucks, it's boring, yada yada yada. But no, really, when someone over 30 tells you a new... More >>

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  Juggalos: An Emerging Threat, According to the FBI

  published Oct 28, 2011

  There's a real threat here, folks, and it's just been validated by the FBI, who call Juggalos "a loosely-organized hybrid gang" in the 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment. Previous to this report, we... More >>

• Copper Door to Host Music Starting November

  published Oct 27, 2011

  Starting November, about 50 craft beers isn't the only thing Santa Ana's Copper Door bar  will have. They're also going to have regular live entertainment!According to a press release, Tuesday ni... More >>

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  'I Want to Hold Your (Dead) Hand'--10 Best Songs About Necrophilia

  published Oct 26, 2011

  Sex, drugs and violence are fodder for all kinds of music, but there's a special class of artist that can wax poetic about the idea of corpse-fucking. From the Misfits to Tyler, the Creator, here are ... More >>

• Apocalipstick Mean Business. And Fun

  published October 27, 2011

  For the past five years, Irvine-based pop-punk band Apocalipstick have been, as they put it, "stealing hearts and breaking them along the way"... More >>

• Manny Pacquiao Comic Book Now on Kindle

  published Oct 26, 2011

  You know you've made it when you have a comic book version of your life, ala Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber. Philippine boxer (and wannabe balladeer) Manny Pacquiao's comic biography, Winning In & Ou... More >>

• Moby Gets to DJ at a KCRW Halloween Event Instead of Monster Massive

  published October 27, 2011

  MOBY: FROM MASSIVE TO KCRWYou remember how Monster Massive got canceled a mere two weeks before the event... More >>

• Dinosaur Jr. Playing at Segerstrom with Live Henry Rollins Interview Beforehand!

  published Oct 25, 2011

  Never has a four-sentence announcement instilled so much joy in our hearts. Today we got word that Dinosaur Jr. are performing The Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa on Dec. 12, performing t... More >>

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  Young the Giant Talk Homecoming, New Album and Two Dates at the Galaxy Theatre

  published Oct 25, 2011

  After touring with Incubus, playing the VMAs and all kinds of globe trotting, Irvine's most recent big band is coming back to OC to play two dates at the Galaxy Theatre. When we last talked to frontm... More >>

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  Frances Bean Cobain: Is She Engaged to the Rambles' Isaiah Silvar (And He Kinda Looks Like Kurt Cobain)

  published Oct 24, 2011

  Is Frances Bean Cobain engaged to local band The Rambles' Isaiah Silvar According to various sources around town--and Facebook--yes. Sources say that the two, who have been dating for more than a year... More >>

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  Free Ticket Tuesday Friday: Win 5 Pairs of Tickets to Tiger Army's Annual Halloween Shows

  published Oct 21, 2011

  Yep, it's that time of the year again: orange candy litters grocery stores, Disney's Haunted House turns into Jack Skellington's abode, Halloween stores sell enough costumes to turn the year's profit... More >>

• [VIDEO] 'Portlandia': See What's Coming in January

  published Oct 21, 2011

  Yay! Our favorite metafictive show, Portlandia, is back in January. And because we've already shown you a list of the five best cameos in the comedy series created by and starring Fred Armisen (SNL) ... More >>

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  Moby Fans, Rejoice! He's Still Deejaying at KCRW's Halloween Party

  published Oct 21, 2011

  You remember how Monster Massive got canceled a mere two weeks before the event was going to be held because it didn't have a venuer Well, Moby got over it. He's now deejaying at Masquerade: A Hallowe... More >>

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  Songhammer Wants to Create a Big Bang at BlizzCon

  published Oct 21, 2011

  We don't know why the guys in this photo look like they're members of Tool, but we do know that Songhammer is what happened when buddies Ben Stewart and Dustin Miller decided to write music for the pe... More >>

• Michael Franti on Occupy Wall Street, His New Album and Fostering Compassion Everywhere

  published Oct 20, 2011

  A few weeks ago we caught up with socially conscious hip-hop/reggae artist Michael Franti days after he played at Occupy Wall Street. Spearhead's frontman and driving force has been an activist for ... More >>

• 10 Signs You're a Hipster Parent

  published Oct 20, 2011

  You know how it goes: "First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes baby in a baby carriage!" It's the same for everyone--even embittered hipsters who view love ironically fall prey to evolution ... More >>