DIGITAL JOURNALIST
Who needs a TARDIS? You can time travel by going to Coachella. (2008/File Photo)
Who needs Doctor Who’s TARDIS when you can go to the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and time travel while getting a tan instead? Here are 4 bands playing the festival that will take you back in time without having to take a Delorean to the Empire Polo Club in Indio April 12-14 or April 19-21.
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Mourners sign a guest book at a vigil for Edward “Larry” Robinson on Sunday, March 24, 2013, at Pete’s Music and Guitar Shop in Temecula.(Javier Cabrera/Staff Photo)
Folk musician Larry Robinson died Saturday after he was bound and beaten in a robbery of Pete’s Music in Old Town Temecula on Friday, March 22.
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Larry Robinson performs in 2008. (Peter Surowski/Staff Photo)
UPDATE: Reporter John Asbury was at the vigil on Sunday night. Here’s his story about the vigil. I also just added another post with some videos of Larry Robinson performing.
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Riverside’s Summer Twins are headed to Japan. (Joy Newell/Contributed Photo)
The Riverside band Summer Twins is headed to Japan.
Sisters Chelsea and Justine Brown, who started the band, will be on a Japanese tour (with photographer Joy Newell).
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Fans gather for the Stagecoach Country Music Festival. (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)
As we head into festival season, with the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival kicking off its first weekend in three weeks (April 12-14), one of the things folks who love the Coachellas and sister event the Stagecoach Country Music Festival have been keeping an eye on is the future of Goldenvoice in Indio, specifically at the Empire Polo Club.
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Tickets go on sale for the Mayhem Festival today (Friday, March 22). Rob Zombie is headlining the show, which comes to San Manuel Amphitheater in Devore on June 29.
BLOG: Get all of the details on who is playing Mayhem 2013.
Here’s the bonus for picking up tickets early–the fest is running a $20 ticket deal from noon on March 22 through Monday, March 25, while supplies last. That gets you a lawn spot for one of the shows. You can get them at www.livenation.com.
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My Double, My Brother plays Riverside on Friday, March 22. (Contributed Image)
My Double, My Brother, which is a favorite of the staff at Back to the Grind in Riverside, is returning to the downtown coffeehouse for a show on Friday, March 22.
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The Evens are playing Coachella 2013 and also playing Riverside. (The Evens/Contributed Image)
The Evens, the Washington, D.C.-based indie rock band playing the 2013 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, will also perform a show in Riverside before the fest.
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Ocean Hands is competing in the Hard Rock Rising competition. (Contributed Image)
Ocean Hands is repping Temecula/Murrieta in the current stage of the Hard Rock Rising competition.
The band is a finalist in the San Diego battle of the bands. If they advance from their next performance round, which happens at the Hard Rock Café in San Diego on March 27, they will be in the global voting process.
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Global Inheritance has been bringing the TRASHed project to the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival for 9 years.
More than 100 bins have been designed for 2013 and if you’re not into going on a TRASHed scavenger hunt at the Empire Polo Club, you can check out all of the bins on exhibit in Los Angeles.
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