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PE LIVE: 5 artists to listen to Labor Day weekend

New PE Live videos are released with artists every Thursday at PE.com. (Staff Illustration)

PE Live features Inland artists giving exclusive interviews and performances (Staff Illustration)

Need some music while you study for a fantasy football draft? Want to impress friends with the best underground music for your barbecue? We’ve got you covered.

Spend your holiday weekend with PE Live. We have more than 80 videos of performances and interviews with the best in local music.

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Below you can see some of the great artists we’ve had on PE Live so far. Let the videos play for more music and interviews.


If you don’t know ColeSlaw, you should. Matt Coleman and Chad Villarreal talk about the project and how ColeSlaw came to be.

Check out the bluesy rock of Redlands’ The Great Late and the track “Hopeless Bitter Ghoul.”

The Paper Crowns bring energy, fun and lots of love to their Americana. Witness it yourself with “Glory Glory” below.

Derrick Sanderlin’s voice will give you goosebumps. I promise.

Science Fiction Theater crafts beautiful songs. They also bring really fun instruments to PE Live shoots.

PE LIVE: Watch The Paper Crowns perform ‘Tehachapi’

The Paper Crowns perform on PE Live. (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)

The Paper Crowns perform on PE Live. (Vanessa Franko/Staff Photo)

Since the PE Live video series keeps growing, I wanted to take a look back at some of the music that has come out of our video sessions and focus on individual songs.

I have been a fan of The Paper Crowns ever since Spiro Nicolopoulos sent me the new music he was working on with Nicole Pond after his former band, Rolling Reunion, called it quits. Their voices were made to sing together.

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I loved their 2012 release “See You Tonight” and with the addition of Dan Hazard on the upright bass and Jarrod Van Keuren on accordion and piano, The Paper Crowns continue to grow. I really like the versatility of the group.

Here’s the rambling train of awesome that is “Tehachapi.” Let the video play and you’ll see the other songs from the PE Live session with the band.

Catch them Saturday, June 29 at The Vault Martini Bar in Redlands.

They will start playing at 9:30 p.m. The Vault is at 14 E. Vine St. and is open to guests 21 and older.

Click below to learn more about The Paper Crowns and see more of the videos from PE Live.

INLAND: The New Danger plays Redlands, Riverside and more

The New Danger has three shows happening this weekend throughout the Inland Empire.

The duo, which started in 2009 and describes itself as “black hoodie blues,” will release debut album “The Shoelace Express” in June and also has a new single called “California Burning.”

On Friday, April 19, the duo will be at Cal State San Bernardino for the “Best of the Bands” competition and on Saturday, April 20, the band is at The Vault Martini Bar in Redlands with Coleslaw and The Paper Crowns. Finally, on Sunday, The New Danger appears at Worthington’s Tavern in Riverside.
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LOCAL FAVORITES 2012: The Paper Crowns

The Paper Crowns recently released the album “See You Tonight.” (Mod Photography/Contributed Image)

I’ve been naming my favorite local releases of 2012 and this morning I decided we should start with the bright sounds of The Paper Crowns. You can see all of the releases I’ve revealed so far at the Local Favorites link. I’m revealing them in random order. If you want to see the full list and the more-than-honorable mentions, pick up a copy of The Press-Enterprise on Friday, Dec 28.
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