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Punk is still alive. The pit brings everyone together

Dear Mosh-Pit, The stories I have about you are endless. I could go on for hours and days talking about the amount of adrenaline and excitement you make me feel. I saw

August 29, 2023

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From house to home: DJ Illegal Alienz

Zeke arrived in the United States when he was 12 years old. It took him a year to learn English, with the help of his uncle, who made sure they spoke only

June 4, 2023

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La Santa hosted comedy rock band Green Jellÿ, and other local punk bands

The crowd jumped, moshed, danced and pushed each other to the incredible rhythm of Beach Waste, Melted Bodies, Shock Therapy and the show’s star, Green Jellÿ. What all these four bands have

May 10, 2023

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Damon Albarn brings the Gorillaz to Hollywood

Damon Albarn brought the Gorillaz to Coachella 2023 for both weekends. In between his festival performances in front of 125,000 people, I sat in a crowd of less than 100 and watched

May 1, 2023

Mariachi Arcoiris brings intersectionality to SAC

Mariachi Arcoiris, the world’s first LGBTQ+ mariachi, broke cultural norms as they performed at Santa Ana College’s Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration on Oct. 5. Under the intense heat, the crowd of about 70

October 12, 2022

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Inside the practice room with the SAC Concert Band

The metronome is set. click. click. click. The tuba makes a bombastic entrance from the back of the room, and the clarinets playfully follow, like Little Red Riding Hood skipping merrily through

May 17, 2022

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Mom Jeans’ latest is a throwback to early ‘00s pop-punk

Just before guitarist and vocalist, Eric Butler could get through the first chorus, a youthful remembrance of getting kicked and punched from moshing at pop-punk shows shot through my veins like a

March 31, 2022

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Here is your new Winter Break playlist

When it comes to music there are many styles to shape it in and there are many genres of music for those with different tastes. If fast and loud is not your

December 8, 2021

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Local record stores running strong amid pandemic

When the Coronavirus pandemic hit, most businesses were forced to shut down to help slow the spread. While record stores were among those that were forced to shut down, many have surprisingly

April 28, 2021

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Live Music In the Time of COVID

Without the obnoxious fans yelling, “I love you” every five seconds or the flash of cell phones going off, viewing a virtual music festival through my laptop was a memorable and exhilarating

November 7, 2020

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