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December 15, 2011
Metalachi Love Boobs
The Espinoza brothers blend metal, hair metal and mariachi
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December 15, 2011
Gary Tovar Has His Goldenvoice
The iconic concert production company birthed Coachella, helped punk-rock luminaries early in their careers—and isn't done yet
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December 15, 2011
Black Star: We Break Down Mos Def and Talib Kweli's Brilliance
Hip-hop's history might be strewn with many more notable groups than duos, but time and time again, a couple of guys are able to come together and blow everyone to smithereens. So many great twofers have existed in rap: Eric B. & Rakim, Outkast, Blackalicious, Atmosphere, and Gang Starr. ... More >>
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December 15, 2011
Madonna Confirms New Single, Three-Album Deal with Interscope
Madonna, trying to fit in with her daughter's friendsMadonna's new album -- her first in five years -- will be released in late March. The first single from the record, "Gimme All Your Luvin'," which features Nicki Minaj, will be released the last week of January in anticipation of her Superb ... More >>
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December 17, 2011
Secret's Out: Some Members of Black Flag Will Be Playing GV30 Sunday
Kinda?We promised you "surprise guests" in this week's cover story on Goldenvoice's 30th anniversary shows--and Black Flag has let the cat out of the bag on Facebook.
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December 19, 2011
Aaron Neville At The Luckman Fine Arts Complex Last Saturday Night
Chris MolinaAaron NevilleLuckman Fine Arts Complex, Los Angeles Dec. 17, 2011 Multi-Grammy award winner Aaron Neville had the collective audience at the Luckman Fine Arts Center in Los Angeles swooning last Saturday night. The New Orleans soul singer took the stage with an energy that ne ... More >>
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December 22, 2011
Top 10 Most Annoying Songs Of 2011
As I mentioned once before, there's a shitload of really, really bad and annoying music out there. The music released in 2011 is no exception (No hate to Kreayshawn, but "Gucci Gucci," anyone?). Whether it's overexposure, repetition, or just a terrible melody, each of the songs below are some of ... More >>
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December 23, 2011
New Documetary Film Inspired by Woody Guthrie's Forgotten Christmas Song
pbs.orgSixty years ago, folk balladeer Woody Guthrie penned "1913 Massacre," a solemn song about a Christmas Eve tragedy in Michigan. The recording, much like the labor history behind it, is not as well known as it deserves to be. Hoping to bring both to greater attention, filmmakers inspired by ... More >>
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December 26, 2011
Van Halen to Tour in 2012 With David Lee Roth
The somewhat original bandUnless you were awake at 12:30 am PST or a part of their mailing list, then you'd be surprised to know that rock icons Van Halen announced they are going on tour in 2012, with tickets on-sale January 10. What happens from here no one knows since there aren't any dates or ... More >>
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December 15, 2011
Reel Big Fish
Fox Pomona
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December 27, 2011
Five Of Van Halen's Not-So-Memorable Moments Since 1996
The new new new Van HalenAs we posted yesterday, Van Halen is going to be touring in 2012, with tickets going on sale Jan. 10. The mysterious announcement didn't say when and where they'll be touring, but this is just the latest in a string of odd behavior from Van Halen since they fired Sammy Ha ... More >>
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December 30, 2011
10 Great Gay Bars in Orange County (and Long Beach)
Flickr user -marlith-A while back, we received instructions from the suits to put together a set of lists of the ten best in several categories. As Gustavo explained, this is meant to make our already awesome Best Of applications even more awesome...er.One of the categories was gay bars, and w ... More >>
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December 29, 2011
Kreayshawn
The Observatory
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January 5, 2012
Top Five White Trash Rap Anthems
YelawolfAs Eminem's protege, the Alabama-raised Yelawolf is the latest rapper to tap into a niche you could politely call white trash rap. His debut album on Shady Records, Radioactive, openly embraces his less-than-classy roots, with brags about his body being totally tatted up, rocking "dirty a ... More >>
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December 22, 2011
Stuffed and Unstrung
Irvine Barclay Theatre
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January 9, 2012
Five Local Bands Who Should Be Huge in 2012
Mary Bell/OC WeeklyYoung The Giant wins the prize for the breakout band of Orange County in 2011. Turn on an alt-rock station, google the word "young," and ask Morrissey who his favorite new band is and you'll have your answer--2011 belonged to Young the Giant. "Cough Syrup" was probably only sec ... More >>
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January 9, 2012
Damizza On Being in the Music Biz and His New Book, Guilty by Association
Damion Young, aka Damizza, has done it all. He started in radio when he was 12 and his drive, passion, and ambition launched one of the most interesting and diverse careers in the music industry. He's worked with legendary greats like Michael and Janet Jackson, Dr. Dre, Mariah Carey, Tupac, Bigg ... More >>
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January 5, 2012
Atomic Punks; Motley Inc.
Damion Young, aka Damizza, has done it all. He started in radio when he was 12 and his drive, passion, and ambition launched one of the most interesting and diverse careers in the music industry. He's worked with legendary greats like Michael and Janet Jackson, Dr. Dre, Mariah Carey, Tupac, Bigg ... More >>
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January 13, 2012
NOFX at the House of Blues Last Night
Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklyNOFX January 12, 2011 House of Blues Anaheim Over the years I have come to see NOFX perform at several different venues: The Marquee Theater in Tempe, Emo's in Austin (pre Cokie the Clown pissing in a tequila bottle incident), Sunset House of Blues, The Grove in Anaheim, ... More >>
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January 5, 2012
The Cab
House of Blues
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January 18, 2012
Remember Wu-Tang Clan's Terrible Video Game? We Do
In order to broach the subject of musicians appearing in video games, we're legally obligated to mention Rock Band and Guitar Hero in the first sentence, so there. Putting aside those big franchises, several other games have featured musicians in increasingly unusual capacities. Both The Beatl ... More >>
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January 19, 2012
Tom DeLonge Pays Tribute
The Blink-182 and Angels and Airwaves guitarist honors his muse and producer
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January 19, 2012
Kaba Modern Created a Dance Dance Revolution
Popping and locking with UC Irvine's dance crew and the movement it helped to create
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January 12, 2012
Collaborators
Irvine Barclay Theatre
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January 12, 2012
Wu Tang Clan
City National Grove of Anaheim
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January 19, 2012
American Head Charge
Juke Joint
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January 19, 2012
Mexican Institute of Sound
Segerstrom Center
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January 26, 2012
Love Lou Reed, or Leave Him
The Velvet Underground front man is a bitch to interview, but he's still Lou Reed
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January 26, 2012
Wanted: Richard Nixon Library Director
Tim Naftali left last month as the first director of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum since the National Archives in 2005-06 took over the tapes, documents and most of the facilities from the private foundation that dedicated the Yorba Linda tourist trap 15 years before. You'll n ... More >>
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January 19, 2012
Full Metal Jacket
Regency South Coast Village
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January 19, 2012
Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour
Honda Center
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January 19, 2012
Styx
City National Grove of Anaheim
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January 26, 2012
Polyphonic
Detroit Bar
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January 31, 2012
Rancid, NOFX, Pennywise, the Adicts and the Briefs Announced for the 14th Annual Punk Rock Bowling and Music Festival
The 14th Annual Punk Rock Bowling and Music Festival just announced the first five bands of this year's line up: Rancid, NOFX, Pennywise, the Adicts and the Briefs are performing! Touted as the biggest punk rock party of the year, the festival takes place on Memorial Day weekend, on May 25 to&n ... More >>
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January 31, 2012
Thrice Gets OC Impact Award; Rodney on the ROQ Awarded Lifetime Achievement from OC Music Awards
Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklyEvery year the OC Music Awards names two outstanding achievement honors--the Orange Country Impact and Lifetime Achievement. According to a statement from the award-giving body, "The Orange County Impact Award honors a renowned local band or artist for their impact on the ... More >>
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February 2, 2012
Mandie and Ruby Have a Message for You
[Locals Only] The Fullerton duo want to expand, sing and win!
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February 2, 2012
Matt Pryor Ditches His Band
The Get Up Kids singer gets ready for the annual Where's the Band? tour
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February 2, 2012
Eight Worst Hip Hop Collaborations
T-Pain and Taylor SwiftLast week, Cypress Hill released their single "Roll It, Light It" with dubstep sensation Rusko, and it wasn't pretty. This is not what hip-hop needed. With rap trending on a horrible downward spiral, we thought it would be a good time to name our eight worst hip ... More >>
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February 2, 2012
Four Best Madonna Feuds--Ever!
On Sunday, Madonna, the aging goddess of pop music (okay, we kid) will be embarking to where many of her younger counterparts have already performed: the Super Bowl Half-Time Show. The 53-year-old has made no qualms about being nervous about the mega show, telling Jay Leno that it's "the most ... More >>
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February 3, 2012
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Add Another LA Date
Sweet! Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band added another show to their LA stop. Now they're also performing on Friday, April 27 at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. The tour supports Springsteen's 17th studio album, Wrecking Ball, out on March 6, and tickets go on sale at all Ticketmast ... More >>
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February 3, 2012
Lady Gaga Fans Paying People To Trash Madonna (PLUS: Watch the Video for 'Give Me All Your Luvin')
What is this? Young people have no respect, and I can't believe any of this is condoned by Lady Gaga. But The Lady Gaga Project (Where Little Monsters come together to help Mother Monster with her music and causes) will pay 5 to 10 cents per page hit to disparage Madonna's latest set, MDNA, on di ... More >>
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February 7, 2012
Happy Birthday J Dilla! Commemorate With A Must-Hear Soundtrack
Had he not passed away on Feb. 10, 2006, beloved hip-hop producer J Dilla would have turned 38 years young today. Not the household name of say a Dr. Dre, Timbaland or Jermaine Dupri, the man born James Dewitt Yancey was -- and remains -- an underground hip-hop icon thanks to work with De La Soul ... More >>
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February 8, 2012
[UPDATED: City Invited Feds to Raid Clubs Last October] Bizarre Costa Mesa Pot Shenanigans Behind Tonight's City Council Protest
Update, Feb. 8 11:45 a.m: According to the Orange County Register, the city of Costa Mesa invited the DEA to raid medical marijuana dispensaries operating in the city as early as last October. In a story published yesterday and updated this morning, the Register says it has obtained an Oct. 26 le ... More >>
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February 7, 2012
Chi Cheng, Deftones Bassist, Showing Signs of Emerging From Three Year Coma
Bassist Chi Cheng of the Deftones was involved in a high-speed car accident in Santa Barbara in November 2008. Cheng, who was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash, was ejected from his vehicle and consequently fell into a coma. Now, three years and two months later, Cheng is finally s ... More >>
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February 8, 2012
Must-Hear J Dilla Track No. 2: 'Reckless Driving'
Had he not passed away on Feb. 10, 2006, beloved hip-hop producer J Dilla would have turned 38 years young yesterday. In honor of J Dilla's birthday, his passing (Dilla suffered from thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, although is official cause of death is cardiac arrest) and his awesomeness, ... More >>
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February 9, 2012
Must-Hear J Dilla Track No. 3: 'Mash'
Had he not passed away on Feb. 10, 2006, beloved hip-hop producer J Dilla would have turned 38 years young Tuesday. In honor of J Dilla's birthday, his passing (Dilla suffered from thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, although is official cause of death is cardiac arrest) and his awesomeness, w ... More >>
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December 29, 2011
Lonesome Traveler
Laguna Playhouse
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February 2, 2012
Where's the Band?
Yost Theater
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February 2, 2012
Lorrie Morgan
Cerritos Center
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February 13, 2012
3hree Things: Random Thoughts About The 2012 Grammys
Watch out for 3hree Things (usually) every Tuesday, where Riley Breckenridge, drummer of Orange County's favorite local alt-rock band Thrice, gives his take on life in Southern California as an OC native. Because a column that usually runs on Tuesdays should run on a Monday. Because the ... More >>
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