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AUDIO FILES: Listen to Divide the Day, Grieve for Tomorrow

Divide the Day is playing the Vans Warped Tour on Friday, June 21. (Contributed Image)

Divide the Day is playing the Vans Warped Tour on Friday, June 21. (Travis D Photo/Contributed Image)

The Vans Warped Tour visits Pomona in just two days. Yesterday I posted about Assuming We Survive and the Chase Walker Band and today’s spotlight is on two other Inland artists performing this week at the Pomona Fairplex–Divide the Day and Grieve for Tomorrow.

Divide the Day has signed with two major record labels in recent years and has had their music on national television, like “WWE Smackdown.”

The Inland band is playing Warped on Friday, June 21.

Visit www.dividetheday.net for more information.

Also, Grieve For Tomorrow is playing Warped on Thursday June 20. They were one of the contestants in X103.9’s Localpalooza last year and also were hand selected to play Warped.

I can’t resist their cover of Haddaway’s “What Is Love?”

Log on to www.grieve4tomorrow.com for more on the band.

Vans Warped Tour, 11 a.m. June 20 and 21, Pomona Fairplex, $35 for a one-day pass, $69 for a two-day pass, all ages. Visit www.vanswarpedtour.com for more information.

Take a look to see the other local artists on the Warped Tour this week.

AUDIO FILES: Listen to Assuming We Survive, Chase Walker Band

Assuming We Survive performs at X1039’s Localpalooza at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012. (2012/File Photo)

The Vans Warped Tour is coming to Pomona Thursday, June 20 and Friday, June 21 and we have a bunch of locals on the bill.

Here’s a look at two of the artists: Assuming We Survive and the Chase Walker Band.

Assuming We Survive has had a busy year. The Rancho Cucamonga band just released the new EP “Get Busy Living” for the summer that has some notable guest stars—Dan Arnold from A Static Lullaby and Tyson Stevens from Scary Kids Scaring Kids. This is the band’s second year in a row playing Warped. They will be on the Ernie Ball stage on Friday, June 21.

Visit www.assumingwesurvive.com for more on the band.
Here’s the title track from the new EP:

The Chase Walker Band will also be at Warped this week. Led by Riverside bluesman Walker, the band will play Warped on Thursday, June 20. Walker, who is in his teens, is an incredibly gifted guitarist. The Chase Walker Band will also be playing the Irvine Lake Blues Festival in August, as well as Yucaipa’s July 4th celebration and the Norco Fair.

You have to hear his take on Jeff Beck’s “Blues Deluxe.”

Visit the Chase Walker Band’s website for more information.

Vans Warped Tour, 11 a.m. June 20 and 21, Pomona Fairplex, $35 for a one-day pass, $69 for a two-day pass, all ages. Visit www.vanswarpedtour.com for more information.

Take a look to see the other local artists on the Warped Tour this week.

MUSIC: Irvine Lake Blues Fest features Inland Artists

Jay Gordon will perform at the 2013 Irvine Lake Blues Fest. (Contributed Image)

The Irvine Lake Blues Festival returns on Aug. 23 and 24.

Jay Gordon, of Riverside, is among the artists performing at the Irvine Lake Blues Fest this summer. He is also one of the organizers behind the 16th annual festival, which is a fundraiser for the Blues Hall of Fame.

There is a blues jam on Aug.23 and two stages of performances on Aug. 24.

The performers include the Deacon Jones Blues Band, Atomic Road Kings, 44’s, Jay Gordon and Blues Venom, Mighty Mojo Prophets, Darrell Mansfield, Mike Reilly Band, New Blues Revolution, the Anonymous Band, Chase Walker Band, Dave Widow and the Line Up, Jumping Jack Benny, Black Cat Mojo, The Blues Savants with Junior Watson and Papa J and Friends.

Tickets just went on sale for the show. General admission is $20 in advance and gets you in both days. Parking is $10. A VIP pass, which does include parking, is $100.

Visit www.irvinelakebluesfestival.com for more information.

HEMET: Beisbol plays a home series

Jeff and Ryan Burian, who grew up in Hemet, are members of the band Beisbol. (Contributed Image)

If you picked up The Press-Enterprise today, June 14, you might have seen my interview with Ryan Burian from the band Béisbol.

He and his brother Jeff grew up in Hemet, where Ryan went to Hemet High, Jeff was at West Valley, Hemet and San Jacinto.

Béisbol has two shows in the area this weekend–at The Dial in Murrieta on Saturday and at Alaythia Music in Hemet on Sunday. One of the guys playing with them in their live band is Bryan Stone, who was a member of beloved Hemet band A Billion Ernies.

Béisbol is about to release debut album “Lo-Fi Cocaine” on June 25th. I’ve heard the record and it’s hooks are certainly addictive. There’s a wide range of influences on the record, from what the brothers Burian dub “Whitney Houston bass lines” to some Steely Dan and classic rock overtones as well.

I talked with about Béisbol “Lo-Fi Cocaine” in the column this week, too.

Check out their song “That Feeling,” which is available as a free download.

Visit www.beisbolinternet.com for more on the band.

Here are details on the shows this weekend:

7 p.m. Saturday, June 15, The Dial, 41679 Date St., Suite B, Murrieta, $5 before the first band, $7 after, all ages.

8 p.m. Sunday, June 16, Alaythia Music, 121 N. Harvard St., Hemet, 951-925-6200, all ages.

PE LIVE: Watch Ant Dolla

Ant Dolla performs on the set of PE Live. (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)

Check it out, Ant Dolla, who is also known as Anthony Dollar, stopped by for his second time at PE Live.

He performed some rhymes off his new album, “Speakabomb,” as well as freestyle.

RIVERSIDE: Bonsai celebrates vinyl release with show

Bonsai will perform at Kim’s to celebrate their new release. (Contributed Image)

There’s something about a punk band kicking it old school and nothing is more punk than a split 7-inch single.

It just so happens that Riverside’s Bonsai is celebrating the release of itsplit with Gentlemen Prefer Blood on Saturday, June 15, at Kim’s Sports Bar and Grill in Riverside.

The $5 cover nets you the limited edition vinyl, too.

In addition to Bonsai and Gentlemen Prefer Blood, French Exit, Divided Heaven and New Way On are also on the bill.

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RIVERSIDE: El Robo celebrates record label debut

El Robo, formerly known as The Robbery, will host a celebration for their label at Pixels Bar in Riverside. (Contributed Image)

El Robo, formerly known as The Robbery, will be having a show to celebrate its record label 211 Records on Saturday, June 15.

The event will be at Pixels Bar in Riverside and is free.

The name change happened because there’s an East Coast-based band using the name The Robbery and they already had music on iTunes.

El Robo means The Robbery in Spanish and the members had been calling it that themselves internally.

Here’s an interview I did with El Robo, when they were still known as The Robbery, a couple of months ago before a big show.

9 p.m. Saturday, June 15, Pixels, 3535 University Ave., Riverside, free, 21 and older only.

Visit www.elrobomusic.com for more information on the band.

CORRECTION: The El Robo website has been updated to www.elrobomusic.com.

POMONA: Glassjaw, Hanni El Khatib scheduled for Glass House

Hanni El Khatib performs at the 2013 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. He will perform at the Glass House in Pomona in October.

The Glass House in Pomona has some pretty big on-sales happening this week.

Up first, Glassjaw will be at the Glass House on July 26.The New York post-hardcore band has a big grassroots fanbase.

The band is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Tickets go on sale via Ticketfly on Thursday, June 13 at noon. They’re $25 apiece.
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MURRIETA: Neon Trees get intimate at homecoming show

Chris Allen, left, and Tyler Glenn perform in their hometown of Murrieta with their band Neon Trees at a special show at Vista Murrieta High School on June 8, 2013. (Frank Bellino/Staff Photographer)

Hours before Neon Trees took the stage at Vista Murrieta High School for a special show on Saturday, June 8, I found myself outside the gates of the stadium, talking to Tamara Cella of New York City.

The Murrieta concert, which was also a fundraiser for the school’s extracurricular activities, was Cella’s 94th time seeing the band. She told me that the night would be different from all other 93 times she saw the band.

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MURRIETA: The New Division gets nostalgic

The New Division perform during a fundraiser show for school activities at Vista Murrieta High School in Murrieta, June 8, 2013. Guitarist Brock Woolsey, on the left, is a Vista Murrieta alum. (Frank Bellino/Staff Photographer)

There is a line of thousands of people waiting to enter the gates of the stadium at Vista Murrieta High School to see Neon Trees perform tonight.

But before the band takes the stage there are two openers–The Active Set, out of Los Angeles–and The New Division, a new wave inspired band that hails from Riverside.

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