Alien Ant Farm put together a once-in-a-lifetime kind of show Saturday, Dec. 8, and I was lucky enough to be in the audience at the Landis Performing Arts Center on the Riverside City College campus.
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RIVERSIDE: Video interview with Alien Ant Farm’s Tye Zamora
I’m about to head out to Riverside City College in just a little bit to see “Here Comes sANTa,” the collaboration between Alien Ant Farm and the RCC Studio Orchestra.
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AUDIO FILES: Listen to The LeeVees, Guster
Tonight is the first night of Hanukkah and it’s only appropriate to feature a Hanukkah song for today’s Audio Files. The LeeVees put out a great album, 2005’s “Hanukkah Rocks,” which brought some much-needed power pop love to the holiday. Here’s my favorite song off the album, titled “How Do You Spell Channukkahh?”
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SUICIDE SILENCE: Band reveals vocalists for Mitch Lucker tribute
Riverside metal band Suicide Silence has announced the first wave of guest vocalists that will perform with the group on Friday, Dec. 21 at a tribute concert in honor of singer Mitch Lucker at the Fox Theater in Pomona.
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RIVERSIDE: Lara Landon on Jars of Clay charity compilation
Lara Landon, a Riverside native who now lives in Nashville, is on a new Christmas compilation album with Christian music heavyweights Jars of Clay for the band’s charity “Blood: Water Mission,” which has provided water and access to HIV/AIDS education, treatment and support in sub-Saharan Africa.
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AUDIO FILES: Listen to Run-DMC
The first Christmas album I ever bought was the original “A Very Special Christmas.” I remember getting it when it came out on cassette back in 1987 when I went Christmas shopping with my grandmother. I was supposed to be shopping for others, so I ended up with a lecture about why it’s better to give than to receive when I got home.
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HOLIDAY MUSIC: Large tours, Inland acts book seasonal shows
Want to support some local music this holiday season? A lot of bands are doing special shows for the occasion.
Check out my column this week, which features local bands playing holiday shows, including Borrowed Bones, MT Robison and The Messengers, Suspicious Activities, Audigraffiti, Pococurante, MANNTIS, Knock-Out, Hit the Switch, The Robbery, The Sleeping Sea King, The Paper Crowns and so many more.
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REDLANDS: All Marbles plays Hangar 24
Redlands combo All Marbles will play at Hangar 24 in Redlands on Wednesday, Dec. 12 from 6-9 p.m.
The show is free and open to all ages (but you can only sample Hangar 24’s wares if you’re at least 21 years old).
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REVIEW: Garbage, Imagine Dragons at San Manuel
Garbage singer Shirley Manson told the capacity crowd at San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino in Highland on Thursday night that she and her bandmates were disappointed when they came to the venue and saw that it was filled with thousands of seats.
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SAN MANUEL: Live Tweeting at Garbage, Imagine Dragons
I’m at San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino tonight for Garbage and Imagine Dragons.