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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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Neon Trees performs at the Troubadour in Los Angeles in April 2012. (Charlotte Bray/Freelance Photographer)
Times Square will get some Murrieta love tonight on “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.”
Neon Trees, whose singer, Tyler Glenn, and guitarist, Chris Allen, hail from Murrieta, will be one of the acts on the show.
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Assuming We Survive (Contributed Image)
A crop of Inland bands will rock out with a show at The Glass House in Pomona on Friday, Jan. 4.
Rancho Cucamonga’s Assuming We Survive tops the bill of A Mid-Winter Night’s Scream at the all ages venue with sets from Cromwell, Implants, I, Omega and Hammers And Hearts.
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Big Papa and the TCB. (Contributed Image)
Revered Redlands-based blues outfit Big Papa and the TCB is working on a new record and is seeking help from its fans to raise money to put it out.
Big Papa and the TCB is expecting to release new album “Six Pack of Blues,” in early 2013 and is raising money to put out physical copies via Kickstarter.
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John Corbett will play Lake Alice Trading Co. on Jan. 12. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Riverside is getting a little more Hollywood on Saturday, Jan. 12, when John Corbett returns to Lake Alice Trading Co. to perform with his band.
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Justice plays Coachella 2012. (File Photo)
Goldenvoice held two successful concert cruises under the S.S. Coachella moniker in the last couple of weeks, setting sail for the Bahamas and Jamaica and packed with music. I wrote a little bit about the Inland artists who kept the ship rocking a little while back, but I think the S.S. Coachella can lead us to clues about who might be on the lineup of the 2013 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. The twin Coachellas will return April 12-14 and April 19-21, 2013 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio. (Want more Coachella goodness? I tag all of my Coachella prediction posts Coachellaology.)
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Summer Twins (Joy Newell/Contributed Photo)
This is the final reveal of my favorite local releases of 2012. You can see all of the artists at the Local Favorites link. There’s also a story in The Press-Enterprise featuring all of the artists, and the more-than-honorable mentions today, Dec. 28.
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The New Division (Colson Knight/Contributed Image)
Today I’m revealing the final two releases on my Local Favorites list for 2012. You can see the entire list at the Local Favorites link or you can pick up a copy of The Press-Enterprise today, Dec. 28.
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Borrowed Bones (Linda Emord/Contributed Image)
It’s time for another album on my Local Favorites of 2012 list. For the past week I’ve been revealing my favorite albums and EPs from Inland Empire-based artists. You can see the rest at the Local Favorites link or pick up a copy of The Press-Enterprise on Friday, Dec. 28.
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Strike Twelve (Contributed Image)
I’ve been revealing my favorite albums and EPs from Inland Empire-based artists all week long on the Local Favorites list. I’ve been revealing them randomly (I don’t believe in rankings). You can see the rest at theLocal Favorites link or pick up a copy of The Press-Enterprise on Friday, Dec. 28.
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