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Coachella By The Minute: Weekend 1
Friday, April 13 4:35 p.m. Coachanimal spotted in near the Outdoor Theater wearing a rainbow-colored fur cape and a pink, sparkly, full-body banana hammock unitard. Comfort means different things to different people at Coachella. (Niyaz Pirani) 5:02 Rolling into the parking lot and within a minute I roll past a girl in a sparkly […]
Stereo Brewing Company’s Passion For Records is Always on Tap
As I sit with Rick Smets in the taproom of Stereo Brewing in Placentia on a late Friday afternoon, a series of precursory warnings get thrown my way from the regulars at the end of the bar: “Don’t bring up Tool.” “No Dave Matthews either. And he hates Beastie Boys.” “Alice in Chains and Soundgarden […]
Coachella Sets The Standard Of Security In High Risk Festival Environment
It’s 90 degrees, and you’re waiting in line, except it’s more of a swarm of sweaty people herding toward the entrance, trying to get into Coachella. The wind stirs up dust, which blows in your eyes, sticks to your skin and coats your hair. A person passes out in line because of the heat. The […]
See It or Skip It: How to Spend Your Time Wisely at Coachella 2018
With over 200 acts taking the stage throughout the two weekends of Coachella 2018, there are names you won’t think twice about passing on to maximize your festival experience but those inevitable slots of uncertainty bring stress and anxiety to what should be a carefree weekend in the desert. We’ve compiled a list to ease […]
The Tanning of Coachella: Beyoncé, Blackness, and the Collision of Cultures
In 2011, music executive and advertising guru Steve Stoute, released his book The Tanning of America: How Hip-Hop Created a Culture That Rewrote the Rules of the New Economy. Stoute analyzed how Black culture permeated mainstream America, going as far as proposing its swell helped Barack Obama get elected. Stoute and his readership may be […]
11 LGBT Punk and Metal Artists Who Made An Impact
If there’s at least one positive thing we’ve learned in the ongoing chaotic aftermath of the Trump administration, it’s that as a modern civilized society, we can’t take things like diversity and inclusion for granted. When it comes to musical genres like punk rock and heavy metal, one should keep in mind that there have […]
This OC Couple Has a Coachella Love Story For the Ages
Love is to Coachella what LA smog is to sunsets. By 7:15 p.m. on Saturday at the Indio festival, eros covers the sky like a blanket, painting the clouds a pink and purple hue over the booming sounds the Outdoor and Coachella stages. A cocktail of David Byrne and Tyler the Creator swirls in the […]
The Buttertones Revive Coachella’s Past Without Melting Under Its Pressure
The Buttertones are having the best Coachella of their lives. Sure, most of the members in the band don’t have anything to compare it to. But when your first experience going to the biggest festival in the country is as a performer during a night time slot, the bar is already set pretty high. While […]
Don the Beachcomber Officially Closes April 15
It’s finally time to say aloha to Don the Beachcomber. After a two year fight to keep the historic building that once housed the legendary Sam’s Seafood and the home of tiki culture in OC for the last 10 years, owner Delia Wu Snyder just announced that the restaurant and lounge is officially closing Sunday, […]
The Best Concerts in OC, April 13-19
Friday, Apr. 13 Kate Nash, Miya Folick 8 p.m., $22, The Observatory, 3503 S. Harbor Blvd., Santa Ana, (714) 957-0600, www.observatoryoc.com. All ages. Rob Leines, The American Vagrants, Ruen Rivera, 8 p.m., $5, The Wayfarer. 843 W. 19th St., Costa Mesa (949) 764-0039, www.wayfarercm.com. 21+. In This Moment 6 p.m., $29, House of Blues Anaheim, […]
Chelsea Cutler’s Rise From Soccer Player to Soundcloud Star Was Only the Beginning
Chelsea Cutler is far from your average 21-year-old. You may have discovered the Westport native, jersey-wearing enthusiast, on Spotify’s “New Music Friday” playlist, or in your basic indie electronic music search; but with a light voice backed with power, you probably stuck around to hear a few more tunes. Long gone are the days where Cutler […]
Los Angeles Azules Bring the Cumbia Heat to Coachella
With Coachella quickly approaching this weekend, most festival goers are excited to see the typical headliners like Beyonce, The Weeknd, and Eminem. However, no group stands out more from typical this year than the legendary backyard dance troubadours like Los Angeles Azules. By far the most seasoned act on the Coachella stage, Los Angeles Azules are […]
How the Coachella 2018 Set Times Conflict and Compliment Each Other
Damn, Coachella. Not only do you knowingly keep us in suspense every year as we wait for the moment to start planning every hour of our festival experience, but now you make us skip dinner to salivate over your newly released festival set times for 2018. Whether it leaves you filled with joy or aching […]
The Spirit of Long Beach Folk Revial Finds Rebirth at the Red Leprechaun
Walking around the 2017 Long Beach Folk Revival Festival was a blissful, if slightly surreal, experience. The craft boutiques that had long since been corporatized at other festivals felt once again local, the stages had an openness to them, and the blankets and folding chairs that dominated Rainbow Lagoon Park indicated a small festival where […]
Coachella 2018 Comes Correct With the Rock, Despite What the Haters Say
Dissonant groans among music fans shriek toward a fever pitch annually, in the earliest days of the year grâce à the unveiling of Coachella’s polarizing line up. Lately though, the complaints have taken on somewhat of a theme; the festivals distance from the “Rock ’N Roll” acts that brought the desert event to prominence from […]
Sabroso Craft Beer, Taco & Music Festival Kicks Off Spring in SoCal
The 95.5 KLOS Sabroso Craft Beer, Taco & Music Festival returned to Doheny State Beach in Dana Point this past Saturday, bringing craft beer, mouthwatering tacos, and live entertainment oceanfront, a crowd of over 8,000 who enjoyed a punk rock fueled spring awakening. As the first stop of the festival series (now in its fifth […]
Skull & Roses Festival Returns to Ventura to Celebrate the Grateful Dead
This weekend, the spirit of the Grateful Dead returned to the Ventura County Fairgrounds. Though the Dead had played there multiple times back in the day, this weekend marked the second year the venue held the Skull & Roses Festival, featuring an eclectic variety of Grateful Dead tribute bands. The 20 bands that performed from […]
Long Beach Producer Cavalier Continues the Evolution of G-Funk on His Debut Innate
The city of Long Beach has given the world many great things, not least of which being the G-Funk sound. Pioneered by Long Beach natives Daz Dillinger, Warren G, The Dove Shack, and DJ Battlecat, and popularized by Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, Tha Dogg Pound, and ultimately Tupac Shakur and Dr. Dre, G-Funk articulated the […]
Alice Bag’s Blueprint Teaches the Power of Activism With Attitude
Whenever Alice Bag takes the stage, class is in session. Whether she’s playing in the belly of a dive bar or a large theater, the punk icon from East LA and former schoolteacher looks into a crowd of fans young and old and knows they’ll absorb chaos from the pit as well as the wisdom […]
The Skull & Roses Festival Returns For a New Wave of Deadheads
The Skull & Roses festival has returned for another year of providing young and old Deadheads with the music and the community that they love. Last year, Chris Mitrovich founded and organized the festival at the Ventura County Fairgrounds as a hub for the burgeoning new wave of Grateful Dead fans to come together in […]
The Best Concerts in OC April 6-12
Friday, Apr. 6 Thicker Than Thieves, Rebel Shakedown, Low Budget, 9 p.m., $10-$12, The Wayfarer. 843 W. 19th St., Costa Mesa (949) 764-0039, www.wayfarercm.com. 21+. Crowder–American Prodigal Tour, 6 p.m., $25, House of Blues Anaheim, 400 W. Disney Way, Anaheim (714) 778-2583, www.houseofblues.com/anaheim. All ages. SOB X RBE, 8 p.m., $20, The Observatory, 3503 S. […]
