Category Archives: Music

INLAND: Noa James and Curtiss King join Murs on tour

Noa James

Noa James (Contributed Image)

Two Inland rappers are heading on the road this winter for the Road to Paid Dues tour.

Noa James and Curtiss King, who have been putting out some of the best music to come out of the region year after year with Black Cloud Music, will be joining Murs on the tour, which goes around the U.S. and ends at the Paid Dues Independent Hip-Hop Festival in San Bernardino in March.
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COACHELLA 2013 LINEUP: Did organizers hint at Rolling Stones performance?

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival just posted a new photo on the Coachella Facebook page of a spherical object in front of the Santa Rosa Mountains out in Indio.

Here’s my question–is it a round stone, perhaps rolling, on the Empire Polo Club field? Is it a hint that The Rolling Stones headlining rumors may be real? Is it Goldenvoice just having fun with all of the anticipation?
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AUDIO FILES: Listen to Semisonic, Death Cab for Cutie

Death Cab for Cutie (Contributed Image)


I loved 2012, here’s hoping 2013 even better for all of us. Thanks for reading the Audio File this year!

Here are some songs about the New Year that I enjoy. Also, I promise you that the Semisonic song is not “Closing Time.” It’s “This Will Be My Year,” another great song off “Feeling Strangely Fine,” which I feel deserved more attention than just to be labeled as an album of a one-hit-wonder. Dan Wilson is an incredible songwriter and I love Semisonic.
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COACHELLA 2013: Lineup predictions include Alex Clare, Lucero, more

The 2011 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, shot from the Ferris wheel. (2011/File Photo)

Here’s my final Coachella 2013 lineup predictions post of 2012.

I did a quick search for bands playing San Francisco from mid-late April and came up with four more Coachella Festival predictions: Alex Clare, Lucero, Beach House and Alabama Shakes.
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