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SolArt Radio Episode #54

From the Latin Alternative ladies of Santa Ana: NEW MUSIC by Enjambre, Los Romanticos de Zacatecas and Yellow Red Sparks, also Curanderos, Gepe, Andrea Balency (Gepe Cover) and interview + Music with local band Familiar Haunts! A week before Mexican presidential elections, if you’re Mexican, remember to vote this July 1st 2012, and do it [...]

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Local Record Review: Four Steps in Corsets by Yellow Red Sparks

The pure poetry of singer-songwriter Josh Hanson is accentuated by tightly interwoven arrangements on Four Steps in Corsets, the debut EP from OC’s premiere indie folk-rockers Yellow Red Sparks. Released by ORG Music, the reflective, melancholic tone of heartache throughout the album makes for a compelling listen. A trio of accomplished musicians with Goldy (drums/vocals) [...]

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TriTone Festival a Big Test for Southern California’s Latin Alternative Scene

The TriTone Latin Music and Arts Festival is coming to Chino this October and boasts an impressive lineup sure to get local Latin Alternative music lovers hyped! Described as the largest gathering of its kind in the United States, the three-day weekend event hopes to tap into a scene on the verge of explosion. “Our [...]

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Local OC Forum Planned on Deporter-in-Chief’s New Immigration Policy

After DREAM activists courageously staged sit-ins at Obama for America campaign offices in multiple cities, the President announced earlier this month on June 15 a policy change affecting undocumented youth. Not an executive order as Know Nothings whine, the move nevertheless pressured the Deporter-in-Chief from below and gained concessions in the run-up to an election [...]

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OC Human Relations Commission Avoids ‘One Fell Swoop’ Slash

The draconian and ideological $200,000 slash proposed by Supervisor Shawn Nelson to the county-contracted core budget of the Orange County Human Relations Commission won’t be enacted. The Board of Supervisors met earlier today after postponing-taking action last week and came to a negotiated compromise. Commandeered by Supervisor Pat Bates, the commission will take an agreed-upon [...]

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