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Truth Under Attack will perform at The Vault in Temecula on Aug. 9. (Truth Under Attack Facebook/Contributed Image)
The “… It Feels Good to Be a Gangstour” is coming to Temecula on Friday, Aug. 9 with Truth Under Attack and Chin Up Rocky.
The show will be at The Vault and also include Magnolia, Welcome to Now, Go for Gold, Fly By Night and Dip.
6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9, 41607 Enterprise Circle N. Temecula, $10, all ages.
Visit www.thevaultconcerts.com for more information.
Swiss Alps is from Redlands. (Swiss Alps Facebook/Contributed Image)
It’s time for some new music! Check out the latest in our series of PE Live videos with Redlands’ Swiss Alps that we filmed at Hangar 24 Brewery a couple of weeks ago.
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Check out the band performing the song “Runner” below. Let the video play to see more performances from Inland artists.
We release new PE Live videos every Thursday and we have more than 70 in our master playlist, too.
Lead singer Kip Wirtzfeld of The Debonaires performs during Summer Street Jam in downtown Riverside on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013. (DAVID BAUMAN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
The Summer Street Jam returned to Riverside on Saturday, Aug. 3 with performances by The Aggrolites, The Debonaires, Tribal Lust and the Horny Natives and The Pac Men.
The free concert event attracted fans along University Avenue between Lemon and Orange Streets.
Check out David Bauman’s photos from the show.
Did you go to the Street Jam? What did you think?
Swiss Alps perform at Hangar 24 Brewery in Redlands. (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)
Happy weekend! Let’s get the music going with another video from the latest in our weekly PE Live series.
We recently filmed at Hangar 24 Brewery in Redlands with local indie rock band Swiss Alps. The band started as a solo project, but has evolved into a full band.
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Check out the band performing the song “Chris” below. Let the video play to see more performances from Inland artists.
We release new PE Live videos every Thursday and we have more than 70 in our master playlist, too.
Social Distortion performs on the Coachella Stage during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio, Calif., on Sunday, April 14, 2013. (Rodrigo Pena/Freelance Photographer)
Hipsters all over freaked out with happiness when the ever-elusive Neutral Milk Hotel said they would be returning to the stage for a major reunion tour and earlier this week, the band announced a batch of tour dates for 2014.
While it doesn’t have the 2014 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival listed, I think it’s highly likely we’ll see Neutral Milk Hotel at the Empire Polo Club in Indio.
Here’s why:
1. The last announced U.S. tour date is Texas in February. That leaves the spring for the West Coast. Plus, the other international dates announced are booked for after Coachella 2014.
2. Reclusive singer Jeff Mangum performed at Coachella 2012, with an intimate set on the Outdoor Theater stage (no photos allowed for that performance–even the video screens were off) that was very well-received.
3. Coachella LOVES reunions. Other than The Replacements, who make their return to the stage at RiotFest, this is the other major reunion that is actually happening so far that fits the Coachella bill.
What do you think? Will Neutral Milk Hotel be at Coachella 2014? Who do you think will play?
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Now, here’s some Neutral Milk Hotel to ease you into the weekend.
Jeff and Ryan Burian, who grew up in Hemet, are members of the band Beisbol. (Contributed Image)
Brothers Ryan and Jeff Burian are in the fantastic indie rock band Beisbol, which they formed in their hometown of Hemet. (I did a write up on Beisbol when they came to town a couple of months ago.)
The band, which is now based in Portland, Ore., released a new album, “Lo-Fi Cocaine,” earlier this year and the group has released a video for the single “Nothing Strange.” The video was filmed in Hemet.
The clip features their friend Roman Murray and was directed by Emilee Booher.
From the press release:
“We truly wanted a video that represented us and the song, so filming in Hemet, CA and having our best friend as the main character really gave us that opportunity,” explained Ryan and Jeff. “Hemet is where we are from and where all of our first musical experiences happened. Emilee sort of blew our minds capturing where we came from and doing it with all our hometown friends made it all the better.”
Here it is! Are you in the video? Do you know anyone in the video?
Béisbol – Nothing Strange from Emilee Booher on Vimeo.
New PE Live videos are released with artists every Thursday at PE.com. (Staff Illustration)
More indie rock needs a trumpet. Cue Redlands’ Swiss Alps.
The band, started by Nick Espalin, whose first musical instrument was the trumpet, recently played Hangar 24 Brewery’s patio in Redlands. We were on hand to talk to the band and film some of their songs.
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Check out “Lion’s Den” below. Let it play to watch other performances from Swiss Alps.
We release new PE Live videos every Thursday and we have more than 70 in our master playlist, too, including everyone from Summer Twins to Curtiss King.
Eva and the Vagabond Tales. (Hannah Maisel Photography/Contributed Image )
Riverside’s Eva and the Vagabond Tales are headed to the Hip Kitty to share their Eastern European-inspired folk music.
The free show will feature both new and old songs from the band.
They have been working on mixing their new CD and recently returned from traveling around the U.S.
7-9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8, Hip Kitty, 502 W. First St., Claremont, free, 21 and older only.
Visit www.facebook.com/thevagabondtales for more information.
Check out the song “Ladder to the Stars”
Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker will return to Pappy & Harriet’s for their 9th annual campout. (Jason Thrasher/Contributed Image)
One of the annual events that has become the stuff of legend at Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace every September is the Cracker/Camper Van Beethoven Campout.
The weekend of shows, which will celebrate its ninth year Sept. 12 through 14, started out as a birthday celebration for birthdays of former Redlands residents Johnny Hickman, guitarist for Cracker, and David Lowery, frontman for Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven.
Every year there are side projects and surprises from the members of the band, as well as some of their longtime friends they grew up and played with in the Inland Empire, including one of my favorites, The Dangers, and the project of another Redlands native, Davey Faragher.
Here’s the tentative lineup:
Thursday, Sept. 12
Hickman-Dalton Gang
Roger Clyne and the Peace Makers
Cracker Duo
Friday, Sept. 13
Camper Van Beethoven
Gram Rabbit
The Dangers
Victor Krummenacher Band
Saturday, Sept. 14
Cracker
Jack[expletive] (Davey Faragher’s country ensemble that I can’t post the name of because I value having a job.)
Leland Sundries
Jonathan Segel
A three-day pass is $68 and is available via the Pitch-A-Tent online store as well as on site at Pappy & Harriet’s. The show is all ages and kids 12 and younger get in for free.
CVB is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. Member Victor Krummenacher is a Riverside native, too. The band released its first album in nearly a decade, “La Costa Perdida,” in January.
Fun fact: Lowery is a lecturer at the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business.
Another fun fact: Both bands are part of a forthcoming documentary, “Get Off This – The story behind Cracker & Camper Van Beethoven”
Check out a trailer for the documentary, with some sightings of Redlands AND Pioneertown!
DJ Alf Alpha performs at Tachevah at the Spa Resort Casino in Palm Springs on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. (Vanessa Franko/Staff Writer)
Splash House, the three-pool party happening Aug. 10 and 11 in Palm Springs, has announced more performers, including the Coachella Valley’s own Alf Alpha (a Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival veteran to boot).
In addition to Alf Alpha, Charlie Tadman, Dirty Dave, Danny Love, Hoff, DJ Metric, Lee K, Mossberg and Mystery Skulls have been added to the bill.
A wristband will get you into the three pools, plus select after parties. Right now, the tickets are $99 for a two-day general admission pass and $55 for an individual day’s general admission pass. You have to be 21 or older to attend the event.
You can purchase them at the Splash House website at www.splashhouse.com.
Here’s Alf Alpha performing at Tachevah in April.