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Kobayashi with Dexter Holland. Click here to see more photos from the event.

Yesterday afternoon, Dexter Holland's Gringo Bandito hot sauce hosted a taco throwdown challenge at Fred's Mexican Café in downtown Huntington Beach. Competitive eaters chowed down on stacks and stacks of tacos for a $5,000 prize--the occasion also marked competitive-eating legend Takeru Kobayashi 's return to American competitions. Who went home a winner? Click here to see more photos and find out. More >>

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​Comic-Con's come and gone this year, but what kind of alt publication would we be if we didn't give your our annual 25 hottest girls in costume this year? By the way, we heard Adrianne Curry was made to cover up her awesome Aeon Flux costume under threat of getting kicked out for sluttiness...check that out after the jump as well.More >>

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Arctic Monkeys performed at the Fox Theater Pomona on June 2, 2011. Click here to see more images!

​We've pulled together the very best concert shots from June 2011 for your viewing pleasure. After the jump: Awesome pictures from Peter Bjorn & John, Weenie Roast (Bad Religion, Foo Fighters, Strokes and more), Youth of Today, the Tubes, Dusty Rhodes & the Riverband, Buzzcocks, U2, Florence & the Machine and much, much more.More >>

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Plagued by controversy, Electric Daisy Carnival surged onwards--and Las Vegas was its next stop. 80,000 ravers from all over the country hit  EDC at the Las Vegas Speedway with Bass Nectar, Empire of the Sun, Benny Benassi, David Guetta, AfroJack and MSTRKRFT over the weekend. And on the following pages? EDC's 25 hottest gals. Yay.

Also, check out our slideshows!

• Electric Daisy Carnival - Day 1
• Electric Daisy Carnival - Day 2
• Click here to see our photos from Electric Daisy Carnival 2010 
• LA Weekly's 60 Most Memorable Moments of Electric Daisy Carnival 
• Dallas Observer's 2011 Electric Daisy Carnival slideshow

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Robyn, Coachella 2011. Click here to see more.

​We've got images from day one up, including a repeat appearance by a certain Danny DeVito. Aw. Click here to see the slideshow.

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Dahlia DeLust does her thing.

​The members of the Orange County Underground Burlesque Society are retiring their pasties: The show is now on hiatus, leaving its home at the Hunger Artists Theatre in Fullerton for the time being. Their farewell performance featured performances by Kate Fox (whom also acted as hostess), Bella Hottee, Dahlia DeLust, Trixi A La Mode, Lance McFly, Viki Volta and Joe Smash as their bodyguard. See the full slideshow here.

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Them hips.

​We've got an amazing slideshow here of Shakira performing at the Honda Center. Click here to see it.

And after the jump? Shakira surprised/freaked out fans when she put on an unannounced performance in the parking lot of the Honda Center. We have video!  More >>

Get that hatchet gear out: Photos a plenty of juggalos and Juggalettes at Sunday night's Grove of Anaheim Insane Clown Posse show. What's scarier than an Insane Clown Posse fan? An entire venue of them. See? 

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​Scroll through these photos of the most dedicated fans in the world--face paint, Faygo, talks of Shangri-Lai, Anabelle Lotus (sorry) and all. Whoop, whoop. (P.S. If for some reason you're looking for live photos of the show, just click here.)
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KCRW might be based all the way in Santa Monica, but the noted public radio station still considers Orange County an important part of their market--thus events like the KCRW Summer Nights dance party that went down this past Saturday at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. KCRW music director/Morning Becomes Eclectic host Jason Bentley DJed, along with fellow KCRW host Jeremy Sole. Andrew Youssef was there taking some pictures, check those here.

Jeremy Sole recently started a new DJ night called "Branches" (funk, soul, afrobeat) every third Tuesday at the Continental Room in Fullerton, and as things turn out, tomorrow is the third Tuesday of the month! So check that out if you're craving more KCRW goodness, or read my two-part Q&A with Bentley from June. And hey, while you're at, might as well look at a couple of more slideshows from the weekend, like the D23 Expo or the Boston Buddies Tea Party (dogs!).