DIGITAL JOURNALIST
The sadly defunct Bay Area band Beulah. (Hayley Murphy/Contributed Image)
This week marks my sixth anniversary of moving to California and like a total cliche, there were two California-related songs I played a lot on my drive out from Maryland.
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Mitch Lucker, center, singer for Riverside’s Suicide Silence, died Thursday, Nov. 1 from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash. Suicide Silence is raising money for Lucker’s daughter’s education.
In the aftermath of the untimely death of Suicide Silence singer Mitch Lucker, who died Nov. 1 after a Halloween motorcycle accident in Huntington Beach, the band has made a statement about the Monster Outbreak Tour, which was to include Suicide Silence and have a date at California Metalfest VI in San Bernardino on Saturday, Nov. 24.
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Today’s Audio Files features two new releases.
Our first new release is by Riverside new wave band The New Division. The band released the “Night Escape” EP today via The New Division Bandcamp page.
The New Division has a new EP coming out and a collaboration with Keep Shelly in Athens. (Colson Knight/Contributed Image)
Jon Bon Jovi (AP Photo)
I need to send a little love and strength out into the world today.
A dear friend of mine back home is undergoing three surgeries between today and tomorrow. She is a real-life Wonder Woman who has knocked down cancer every time it’s come her way and I know she’ll kick more butt this week.
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Will John Reis (shown here at Coachella 2009 with The Night Marchers) be back on the stage with Rocket from the Crypt at Coachella 2013? (Vanessa Franko/2009)
I really really really want Rocket from the Crypt to get back together in 2013.
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Styx (2010/File Photo)
I’ve got too much (clap clap) time on my hands. Actually, that’s a total lie–this week has been really busy with regular music news, plus helping out on election night. However, I can’t get that Styx song out of my head.
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Paul Westerberg (AP/File Photo)
For yesterday’s Audio Files I mentioned my love of Big Star and also mentioned how Paul Westerberg and The Replacements name-checked the band and named a song after its leader in “Alex Chilton.”
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The Posies (Christine Taylor/Contributed Image)
One of my biggest regrets in life is not seeing Big Star before the passing of Alex Chilton. I was all set to see them for the first time at the South By Southwest conference in Austin, Texas, in 2010 when Chilton passed away days before the band’s performance.
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Gaz Coombes of Supergrass (File Photo)
Shake off that election hangover whether you are celebrating victory or drowning the sorrows of defeat with some dancing today.
First, I present Supergrass. “Alright” is poppy fun, which you also might remember from the movie “Clueless,” and the band’s album “I Should Coco” is still a classic of the ’90s.
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Suicide Silence has set up a memorial fund for the daughter of late singer Mitch Lucker. (Contributed Image)
Suicide Silence has created a fund for Kenadee Lucker, the daughter of singer Mitch Lucker. Lucker, who grew up in Riverside, died Nov. 1 after a motorcycle crash on Halloween night in Huntington Beach.
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