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Slideshow: The Iron Maidens rock the Slidebar

September 4th, 2012, 10:33 am by

The Iron Maidens, the all-female tribute to metal band Iron Maiden, performed at the Slidebar Rock-N-Roll Kitchen on Saturday night.

Click here for more photos from the Iron Maidens performance.

Next at Slidebar: Sex Slaves, Sept. 5; The Ataris, Sept. 6; Wild Roses, Sept. 8; The Witch Was Right, Sept. 11. All shows are free and 21-and-up only.

Photos by Alexander Avina, for OrangeCounty.com

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Slideshow: Funkagenda parties hard at Yost Theater

August 31st, 2012, 7:13 am by

Techno and house DJ Funkagenda performed at Yost Theater in Santa Ana Thursday night and packed the venue with hard-partying fans.

Click here for more photos from Funkagenda’s set.

Next at Yost Theater: Cazzette, Aug. 31; Sandro Silva, Sept. 1; Labor Day Party with Minaya & Vikus, Sept. 2; Digitalism, Sept. 5. Swedish Egil, Sept. 6.

Photos by Alexander Avina, for OrangeCounty.com

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Music News: Pacific Festival moves to Newport Dunes

August 27th, 2012, 11:13 am by

The annual Pacific Festival has moved to a new home at the Newport Dunes Resort & Marina in Newport Beach. The day-long event will kick-off at Noon on Sunday, Sept. 2.

Click here for photos from Pacific Festival 2011 at Oak Canyon Ranch.

The line-up is stellar, though no where near as strong as it was last year which saw performances by Snoop Dogg, Steve Aoki, Ghostland Observatory, the Growlers, Calvin Harris, Cut Copy, !!! and Black Lips (the full line-up can be found here).

This years highlights include: Mayer Hawthorne, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Le Blorr, Snakebit Drifters and DJ sets by Yacht, Tropicool, Kedd Cook, Cassette and more.

Tickets are $55-$125 and available here. 18-and-up only. The Pacific Festival will donate $1 for every ticket sold to the Surfrider Foundation.

Photos by Jenavieve Belair, for OrangeCounty.com

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Slideshow: Dean Mason’s Birthday Bash at the Yost Theater

August 26th, 2012, 3:56 pm by

DJ Dean Mason celebrated his birthday with a special bash at the Yost Theater in Santa Ana Saturday night.

Click here for more photos from Dean Mason’s Birthday Bash.

Next at the Yost Theater: Speakeasy 307, Aug. 28; Havoc Thursdays with Funkagenda, Aug. 30; Radio City Fridays featuring Cazzette, Aug. 31; Yost Saturdays with Sandro Sliva, Sept. 1.

Photos by Alexander Avina, for OrangeCounty.com

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Slideshow: SOBECA Summer Sound Series concludes in Costa Mesa

August 26th, 2012, 3:55 pm by

The SOBECA (South On Bristol, Entertainment, Culture, Arts) Summer Sounds Series concluded on Saturday with activities at both the CAMP and the LAB in Costa Mesa as well as live performances by Sarah Nicole Wallace, Diamond Carter, Shaun Canon, Chris Ryan and more.

Click here for more photos of the SOBECA Summer Sounds Series.

The SOBECA Summer Sounds Series also featured several activities and promotions to support local arts charities like Sweet Relief Musicians Fund and Music Saves Lives.

More from the SOBECA Summer Sounds Series:

Slideshow: SOBECA Summer Sounds Series at the CAMP Aug. 5
Slideshow: SOBECA Summer Sounds Series at the LAB July 1

Photos by David Hall, for OrangeCounty.com

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Music News: The Offspring sets Palladium gig with Neon Trees and Dead Sara, Joss Stone at Wiltern

August 25th, 2012, 9:38 am by

It’s almost like the Sunset Strip Music Festival in miniature.

Didn’t get to see the Offspring play the conclusion of that West Hollywood takeover last weekend? No problem: You’ll be able to see Huntington Beach’s favorite punk rockers at the other end of Sunset Boulevard on Oct. 5 when they headline the Hollywood Palladium, with Neon Trees and another SSMF alum, Dead Sara, set to open. Tickets, $37.50, go on sale Saturday, Aug. 25, at 10 a.m.

English soul star Joss Stone never seems to be too far from Los Angeles, but on Oct. 24 she’ll play her biggest local show in a while, at the Wiltern, behind her just- released re-re-re-introduction, The Soul Sessions Volume 2. Tickets, $30-$45, are on sale Friday at 10 a.m.

Following his solo and festival appearances in spring, M. Ward is back in full-blown mode to headline Oct. 21 at the Orpheum Theatre, $30, on sale Saturday at 10 a.m.

More choice stuff has been added to the Observatory’s calendar, including Freelance Whales with Geographer on Oct. 14, $15; Barcelona rock band Jarabe de Palo, Oct. 2, $22; long-running punk groups Guttermouth and the Queers on Oct. 3, $15; two surefire hip-hop sell-outs, Yelawolf on Oct. 6, $20, and A$AP Rocky on Oct. 27, $28.50; and metal bands Municipal Waste and Napalm Death, Nov. 14, $16.

Most of those go on sale Friday at 10 a.m., as do two new ones in the venue’s Constellation Room: Chris August, Sept. 26, $15; and David Bazan Band playing Pedro the Lion’s third album Control, Dec. 8, $15.

Get more music news and reviews on the Soundcheck Blog.

Photo by David Hall, for the Orange County Register

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Review: The Doors steal sloppy Sunset Strip Music Festival from Marilyn Manson, the Offspring

August 19th, 2012, 3:13 pm by

The big-bash conclusion of the annual Sunset Strip Music Festival, held for the fifth time Saturday in West Hollywood, always benefits from the most authentic setting of just about any single-day blast in Southern California: a sealed-off stretch of Sunset Boulevard, from the Whisky a Go Go at the east end to the Key Club (once the site of Gazzarri’s) up a slight incline toward the west.

Click here for more photos from the Sunset Strip Music Festival.

The deeply influential history of that part of L.A. wasn’t lost on an awestruck Kevin “Noodles” Wasserman, guitarist for veteran Huntington Beach punk rock band the Offspring, penultimate main-stage performer this time and the most visible act amid a sizable O.C. contingency at SSMF 2012, including afternoon turns from the Bolts and Midnight Hour.

“We used to drive up here from Orange County to see the Ramones play the Palladium (several miles to the east) or to see the Clash play the Whisky and the Roxy,” Noodles recalled shortly into the group’s solid 75-minute turn as the sun finally set.

Read more on the Sunset Strip Music Festival on the Soundcheck Blog.

Photos by Armando Brown, for the Orange County Register

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Music News: Don the Beachcomber hosts 2nd Annual Tiki Highway

August 16th, 2012, 4:22 pm by

Don the Beachcomber in Huntington Beach is hosting the 2nd Annual Tiki Highway event on Sunday, Aug. 26 featuring car, motorcycle, bicycle and art shows, hula dancers, drink specials and live tiki carving.

Click here for photos from the first annual Tiki Highway event.

There will be live performances by the Chop Tops, the Tequila Worms, Jason Lee & the RIP Tides, the generators, Fully Fullwood, Judy Luck, Cece Larue, Murrugun the Mystic and more.

There will be a classic car coast cruise from 9 a.m.-11 a.m. which ends at Don the Beachcomber. The main event is open to all ages from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Admission is free, but proceeds from the event will go to the National Veterans Foundation.

Click here to see a video from Tiki Highway 2011.

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Review: Kiss outshines Mötley Crüe in Irvine

August 15th, 2012, 12:01 pm by

Over the past few years Kiss has been hit-or-miss live, but Tuesday night at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine, the makeup-wearing quartet more than made up for its last headlining gig, a terrible, poorly planned 2010 set at the Epicenter festival in Fontana that had zero impact after a tremendous return from Eminem.

This time the band, in full-on garb, came out with gusto, kicking off an all-killer-no-filler 13-song set with “Detroit Rock City.” The capacity crowd, which included hundreds of costumed fans sporting various Kiss looks, roared along to each track.

Click here for more photos from Kiss and Mötley Crüe in Irvine.

As usual, bassist Gene Simmons and guitarist Paul Stanley, the mainstays of the long-running group, gave everyone quite the show, the former often whipping out his slithery tongue while demon stomping across the stage in gigantic, thigh-high boots, the latter strutting around, fluffing up his hair and shaking his behind toward the screaming 20-something (yes, 20-something) women in the front row. Simmons is 62, Stanley turned 60 in January, and still young ladies try to do everything they can to get backstage – even in Irvine.

Kiss’ production remains pure spectacle, from their kabuki get-ups to the many massive fiery explosions, plus risers that hoist the band into the air and jumbo screens that ensure even fans in the furthest corners of the lawn had a decent view.

Read more on Kiss and Mötley Crüe’s performance on the Soundcheck Blog.

Photos by Kelly A. Swift, for the Orange County Register

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Music News: The End of Summer Ska Splash comes to House of Blues Anaheim

August 14th, 2012, 4:12 pm by

Though it’s about 1,000 degrees still outside, the summer is rapidly coming to an end. Why not celebrate the final weeks with an End of Summer Ska Splash headlined by local favorites Starpool on Friday, Aug. 24 at House of Blues Anaheim. My Super Hero, HB Surround Sound, Defunked and Stupid Flanders will also perform.

Doors are at 7 p.m. and tickets are $12.50-$15.

Photo taken of Starpool at Chain Reaction in July by Alexander Avina, for OrangeCounty.com.

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