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Nate Jackson ​There's two ways you can describe a vibrant, ground-breaking band. You can try piecing together the components of their sound, or you just talk about the way they make you feel. The first op...

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Steph Calvert Are you into Munnys, Dunnys, Bunnys, Qees, Bees, Gwins, Skullys, and Bullys? (Ok, I made a few of those up) If you love vinyl toys, then you need to drive up to DesignerCon this Saturday...

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​Get out those heavy coats cuz it'll definitely be reigning blood when Slayer, Megadeth and Testament hit the Long Beach Arena Jan. 22 as part of the American Carnage Tour.In my 30 years on this p...

Ryan Ritchie ​Get out those heavy coats cuz it'll definitely be reigning blood when Slayer, Megadeth and Testament hit the Long Beach Arena Jan. 22 as part of the American Carnage Tour.In my 30 years on this p...

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Brandon Ferguson ​Last Night: A Fine Frenzy, Landon Pigg, Among the Oak & Ash at the House of Blues Anaheim; Nov. 18, 2009Better Than: Watching any one of a bevvy of vacuous female piano torch singers in today...

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Welcome to Road Sores, Heard Mentality's latest feature, where bands on tour will guest blog about life on the road, photos, videos, what that smell is coming from the corner of the van, what they...

Vickie Chang Welcome to Road Sores, Heard Mentality's latest feature, where bands on tour will guest blog about life on the road, photos, videos, what that smell is coming from the corner of the van, what they...

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​ Just a few miles from his hometown of Long Beach, Snoop Dogg and DJ Quik made a stop at the Grove of Anaheim last night--believe us, we're still coughing from all the pot smoke we were envelope...

Vickie Chang ​ Just a few miles from his hometown of Long Beach, Snoop Dogg and DJ Quik made a stop at the Grove of Anaheim last night--believe us, we're still coughing from all the pot smoke we were envelope...

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​Yorba Linda metalcore band Atreyu is one of a handful of bands selected as part of Taco Bell's Feed the Beat marketing campaign. I perused the website and basically 100 bands from across the nati...

Ryan Ritchie ​Yorba Linda metalcore band Atreyu is one of a handful of bands selected as part of Taco Bell's Feed the Beat marketing campaign. I perused the website and basically 100 bands from across the nati...

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So last week we took a look at some delicious turkey crafts on Etsy--in keeping with the Thanksgiving feast theme, let's take a look at some mouthwatering cranberries. ​ These delicate cr...

Steph Calvert So last week we took a look at some delicious turkey crafts on Etsy--in keeping with the Thanksgiving feast theme, let's take a look at some mouthwatering cranberries. ​ These delicate cr...

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Nate Jackson It's always good to see artists get credit where credit is due. And in the case of LMNO, it's definitely past due. Luckily, with the release of his latest album Devilish Dandruff with Holy Sh...

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Nate Jackson ​When you walk through the foyer of the Fox Theater Pomona, with all it's sprawling murals, high columns and 1930s ballroom grandeur, you know there's only one thing that comes to mind: trian...

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It's Wednesday, aka Hump Day, and I'm not allowed to post any videos of people humping (although I suspect the hits would go through the roof if I did), so here's a little ditty to help get us all...

Ryan Ritchie It's Wednesday, aka Hump Day, and I'm not allowed to post any videos of people humping (although I suspect the hits would go through the roof if I did), so here's a little ditty to help get us all...

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Hey, newsflash: Americans? Completely different from the rest of the world. And even our choices of video game boxart paints a vivid picture of the uniqueness of our culture. Whether you want to c...

Peter Mai Hey, newsflash: Americans? Completely different from the rest of the world. And even our choices of video game boxart paints a vivid picture of the uniqueness of our culture. Whether you want to c...

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Spencer Kornhaber ​When you think about lacrosse, you probably think about in-your-face Top 40 hip-pop.  "What an of-these-times sport, really the symbol of my plugged-in, brand-conscious and fiercely/collecti...

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​The S-N-double O-P is hitting the Grove of Anaheim tomorrow as part of the "How the West Was One" tour (which also includes performances by DJ Quik and Nipsey Hussle.) You know I'd be all over th...

Ryan Ritchie ​The S-N-double O-P is hitting the Grove of Anaheim tomorrow as part of the "How the West Was One" tour (which also includes performances by DJ Quik and Nipsey Hussle.) You know I'd be all over th...

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​The cover of this album kinda says it all. 50 Cent's empire is crumbling. Some would say it's been a long process beginning around about 2007. You can almost time it with the public's growing dis...

Nate Jackson ​The cover of this album kinda says it all. 50 Cent's empire is crumbling. Some would say it's been a long process beginning around about 2007. You can almost time it with the public's growing dis...

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