DIGITAL JOURNALIST
Metalcore band Suicide Silence will honor late singer Mitch Lucker with a tribute concert in Pomona on Dec. 21. (2011/File Photo)
Suicide Silence made a special appearance at California Metalfest VI in San Bernardino on Saturday, Nov. 24 to honor the memory of late singer Mitch Lucker, who died Nov. 1 after a Halloween motorcycle accident in Huntington Beach.
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The Paper Crowns recently released the album “See You Tonight.” (Mod Photography/Contributed Image)
Let’s settle into this rainy Friday evening with some incredibly talented local musicians.
Nicole Pond and Spiro Nicolopoulos are the crux of The Paper Crowns, a folk-inspired combo whose songs range from bluesy to rootsy Americana to rock. Both are incredibly talented as songwriters (you might remember Nicolopoulos from the dearly departed Rolling Reunion) and they recently put out their album “See You Tonight.”
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Bjork entertains the crowd during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio. (2007/File Photo)
The very first Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival I covered back in 2007 had an eclectic mix of headliners–the newly reunited Rage Against the Machine, arena staples Red Hot Chili Peppers and the mistress of eccentricity, Bjork.
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La Vice has released its music video.
2012 continues to blow my mind when it comes to local music.
La Vice, which isn’t exactly local but features Riverside native Chris Qualls (of Electric Valentine, A Kiss Could Be Deadly) released its debut EP earlier in November.
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Late Night Revival will release its debut album on Dec. 20. (Contributed Image)
Riverside’s Late Night Revival is almost ready to release a new album, but the band has just put out a video for the new single “Angel & Me.”
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Huell Howser signs autographs before filming a segment for his PBS show “California’s Gold” in front of the renovated train depot in Perris. (2009/File Photo)
Huell Howser is retiring, and, well, that’s amazing.
Kim Dea and Kelley Deal perform with The Breeders at the 2008 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio. (2008/File Photo)
I want to rock out with two female-fronted ’90s bands tonight.
Up first, Veruca Salt, a band named after a character in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.”
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The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (Contributed Image)
I love the Mighty Mighty Bosstones. I saw them something like seven times before they split and then I went to one of their first reunion shows at the Avalon in Los Angeles a few years back. One of my college friends actually flew in for about 36 hours just to see that show.
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John Taylor, left, performs with Duran Duran at the 2011 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. (2011/File Photo)
One category that always makes it onto my Christmas list is music biographies/autobiographies.
There are a few out this year that I’m interested in, but none moreso than John Taylor’s “In the Pleasure Groove: Love, Death, and Duran Duran.”
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Psychedelic Furs (File Photo)
Few things make life better than watching “Weekend at Bernie’s.” Like “The Godfather,” it is a film that I will cancel plans to watch.
In fact, I love the movie so much that two friends and I dressed up as the cast for Halloween a couple of years ago.
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