Category Archives: Music

AUDIO FILES: Listen to Wham!

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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POMONA: RAWArtists show scheduled for Dec. 6

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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SUICIDE SILENCE: Band announces Mitch Lucker memorial concert

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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AUDIO FILES: Listen to The Paper Crowns

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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COACHELLA 2013: Will Bjork play Indio in April?

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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