DIGITAL JOURNALIST
Lee Koch is playing two shows at The Merc in Temecula this weekend. (Nicole Koch/Contributed Photo)
Temecula singer-songwriter Lee Koch is taking listeners through the story of his forthcoming album with two special hometown shows at The Merc at the Old Town Temecula Community Theater on Saturday, Dec. 8.
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Aaron Richards performs during the 2011 Temecula Music Fest at the The Vault in Temecula. (2011/File Photo)
The Band Wars series has been so successful at Temecula all-ages venue The Vault that the band battle is going on year-round.
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Nat King Cole Trio (AP Photo)
On the fourth day of December, I decided to finally take this a little more seriously. My dad’s all-time favorite Christmas song is “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)” by Nat King Cole.
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Suicide Silence has set up a memorial fund for the daughter of late singer Mitch Lucker. (Suicide Silence/Contributed Image)
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Pacific today for the Suicide Silence tribute show to singer Mitch Lucker at the Fox Theater in Pomona on Dec. 21.
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Gram Rabbit (Contributed Image)
On the third day of December my holiday music gave to me, Gram Rabbit out in Joshua Tree.
The eclectic desert band has a fantastic song called “California Christmas,” which is for all of us who wear flip-flops while we pick out a Christmas tree.
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Riverside’s No Bragging Rights has released a new video (Contributed Image)
Riverside’s No Bragging Rights released new album “Cycles” in October and now the band’s newest video aims to bring some awareness to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder suffered by veterans.
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Richard Marx has the best Twitter ever. (Contributed Image)
If you didn’t see my admission of being a Wham! aficionado yesterday, I’m spending part of this month using Audio Files to highlight my favorite holiday (yes, not just Christmas) songs.
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Wham! The other outtakes from the “Last Christmas” single are even more disturbing. (Contributed Image)
Happy Dec. 1. I love Wham! I own “Make It Big” on cassette and CD. I once forced my friend to dress up like George Michael from the “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” video for a Halloween video for PE.com. (Yes, I played the part of Andrew Ridgeley. And we had “Choose Life” shirts that I made.)
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Alien Ant Farm will have a special show in Riverside for the holidays. (Contributed Image)
On Saturday, Dec. 8, Alien Ant Farm will join the Riverside City College Studio Orchestra at the Landis Performing Arts Center for “Here Comes SANTa,” a mix of Alien Ant Farm classics and holiday music.
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RAWArtists invade Pomona on Thursday, Dec. 6.
Fontana’s Anterluz is one of the musical artists on the show. Evan Palmer, Lost Frontiers, DJ Lady P and Zephyris are the musical artists on the bill.
There will also be visual artists and fashion designers showing off their work.
7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, Luna Lounge and Nightclub, 3220 W. Temple Ave., Pomona, $10 in advance, $15 at the door, 21 and up only.
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