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Cougrzz Rock!
MEMBERS: Grace Richardson (lead vocals), Roseann Aldrete (lead guitar), Shelly Cory (keyboards), Jeannette Jacques (bass guitar) and Chrissy Marquez (vocals/percussion). CITIES OF ORIGIN: Corona....
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Divine Message
Photos by Max Epstein Sounds of Satellites, appropriately enough, looks to the heavens for inspiration Sounds of Satellites is an Orange County rock band fronted by Chance Espinoza, and this band’s...
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Tangerine Smile
Members: Patrick Wall (guitar, vocals), Lauren Quon (piano). City of Origin: Pomona. Kindred Spirits: Patrick Wall: The Avett Brothers, Kevin Devine, Brand New, The Frames, Glen Hansard, Damien Rice....
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Shock and Ska
Buck-O-Nine has come a long way from writing songs in their underwear Experiencing a Buck-O-Nine show these days is about the same as it’s always been over the past two decades or so since this popular...
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Castle Pines
MEMBERS: Jesse Briseño (bass), Nick Barrientos (lead guitar), Sterling Fairfield (drums) and Leandro Barrientos (vocals/rhythm guitar).CITY OF ORIGIN: Corona. KINDRED SPIRITS: “Wilco, Radiohead, Arcade...
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Noise of Rumors
MEMBERS: Cyn Electric (vocals/rhythm guitar), Joey Raum (drums) and Danny Balboa (lead guitar). CITIES OF ORIGIN: “We’re from Ontario and Rancho. Our drummer is from Maryland, but moved to Montclair a...
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Brotherly Love
Every Time I Die explores Ex Lives in the IE There’s a common music business stereotype that if brothers play together in a rock band, there is usually some serious sibling conflict. However, Every...
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For Poppy
Reunions and Rememberings at The Glass House Sadly, Poppy DaSilva will never meet her dad. The baby girl, who was born Feb. 7, lost her father before her big debut. Her father, longtime Chain Reaction...
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Mad n Mack
MEMBERS: Madison Marie (vocals), Mackenzie Paige (vocals), Dylan Roy (drums), John Minn (guitar), Nick Hall (guitar) and Jaime Martinez (bass.) CITY OF ORIGIN: Rancho Cucamonga KINDRED SPIRITS: “Our...
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Keep Calm and Carry On
20+ Years of bringing Ska to the Masses If you’re into Ska music, then you know of Madness, The Specials, and later No Doubt and Sublime as being the bands to help push Ska to the mainstream....
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Write Our World
MEMBERS: Ezra Echt (vocals), James Osyris (lead guitar), Thinzar Pyre (rhythm guitar), Eddy Medrano (bass) and Garrick William (Drums). CITIES OF ORIGIN: Pomona, Walnut, Upland, Colton and San...
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Skin Tones
Young buck rapper Kid Ink gets ready to drop bars for UCR’s Heat Music Festival Ever since he moved to the majors earlier this year, rapper Kid Ink may have to change his name to just Ink—hip-hop...
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Going Home with Pride
The Ghost Inside pushes forward with passionate vigilance By For Jonathan Vigil, vocalist with L.A. metalcore meteors The Ghost Inside, headlining Pomona’s Glass House on March 8 feels like a...
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Quitapenas
MEMBERS: John D (Accordion, Percussion, Ukulele), Dany Choco Gomez (Guitar, Vocals, Ukulele), Toto Chavez (Sax, Vocals, Percussion, Ukulele), Oskar Rivas (Bass, Guitarron, backup vocals), Mark Villela...
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The Story We Don’t See
Pop-punk band The Story So Far opens up about live performances, hard work and adventure. As they return with a sophomore album and a likely packed show at Pomona’s Glass House on March 16, maturing...
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Curtiss King
CITY OF ORIGIN: San Bernardino KINDERED SPIRITS: “It’s a tie between three, I’d say. Because my introduction to music wasn’t necessarily through hip-hop. It was really through R&B: Sade, Erykah...
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Swaying and Smiling
Leftover Cuties are lighting up the IE with its bright and vibrant sound. It’s not often that a band is able to imbue its music with its surroundings in such a way that the group’s songs take your...
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The Rare
MEMBERS: Nicho Searls (vocals/guitar), Myke Akers (bass) and Patrick Brown (drums). CITIES OF ORIGIN: Apple Valley and Orange County KINDRED SPIRITS: “That’s a hard question because we pull from so...
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A Date with Daedelus
We get some one-on-one time with the electro-rock star just before he mesmerizes the masses at The Glass House When Alfred Weisberg-Roberts, who performs under the name Daedelus, plays live, he doesn’t...
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Ultra Gash Inferno
MEMBERS: Ultra Gash Inferno CITIES OF ORIGIN: Palm Springs. KINDERED SPIRITS: Franz Liszt, George Frideric Handel and Richard Wagner. RECENT RELEASES: Mental/Physical (Feb. 2013) WEBSITES:...
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