DIGITAL JOURNALIST
The Carpenters (AP/File Photo)
Does anyone else out there have a Carpenters Christmas album? It’s beautiful and so sad at the same time. RIP Karen Carpenter, RIP.
Here’s “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.”
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Will Aesop Rock be on the Coachella 2013 lineup? (Contributed Image)
Los Angeles rapper Murs may have leaked Aesop Rock as a performer for the 2013 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival during his video announcement for the 2013 Paid Dues lineup on Thursday.
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Karen O, lead singer from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs performs at Coachella 2009. (2009/File Photo)
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs have just announced a Glass House show for Friday, Jan. 11.
Tickets are $30 and there is a four-ticket limit. Tickets for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs at the Glass House go on sale Friday, Dec. 21 at noon via TicketFly.
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De La Soul will appear at the Paid Dues Independent Hip-Hop Festival in March 2013. (Contributed Image)
Los Angeles hip-hop icon Murs announced the details for the 2013 Paid Dues Independent Hip-Hop Festival lineup on Thursday, Dec. 20 on a live video stream.
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New Way On (Contributed Image)
If the Mayans are right, you can celebrate your last night on Earth with a rock show in Riverside Friday with the “End of the World” show.
It’s chock full of established and up-and-coming Riverside bands.
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The Kinks (Contributed Image)
Put tonight’s entry on the depressing Christmas songs list, but it has a great guitar riff. It’s The Kinks‘ “Father Christmas,” touching on materialism, classism, economic woes and beating up Santa Claus raising money for those less fortunate outside a department store. But did I mention that it has a great guitar riff?
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The Sleeping Sea King has a toy drive and concert in Riverside that will benefit kids in Loma Linda. (Contributed Image)
The Sleeping Sea King is throwing a concert at Romano’s Concert Lounge that will benefit “Totally Kids” specialty children’s healthcare in Loma Linda.
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Phora will perform at Big Cheese in Riverside this weekend.
Big Cheese Pizza and Brewery Co. will be the site of an all-ages hip-hop show featuring Inland and O.C. artists on Saturday, Dec. 22.
Phora, an up-and-coming teen from from Anaheim, will be the headliner.
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Jenni Rivera performs at San Manuel Casino in Highland on March 10, 2011. (File Photo)
My colleague David Olson is at the Gibson Amphitheatre today to cover the memorial for Banda queen and reality star Jenni Rivera.
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Another year, another wish for Daft Punk to return to the Coachella stage. (Contributed Image)
Good morning. The Coachella 2013 hype is growing ever louder and NME over in England has a report that Daft Punk, The Rolling Stones, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Phoenix are playing the 2013 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
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