By Noe Gutierrez Chris Thomas is committed to his community and helping younger generations learn about team work, ethics and basketball skills through his Indio Warriors Youth Basketball program. In a way, Thomas is the mild-mannered philanthropist Bruce Wayne. While the...
By Noe Gutierrez It’s 111° in Cathedral City, when the last member of the PSSSTOLS strolls into the basement where the rest of the band awaits. A quick hello to his fellow members, he straps on his guitar and drinks some wine. Joel counts it in and the music begins. This...
By Lisa Morgan There isn’t a band around that hasn’t had to face the drama of personnel changes. Bands are very much like families. They work together to create something really cool, and when it works, there’s nothing better. But like family members, people move or...
By Lisa Morgan Exhausted as I was from putting in the miles at Stagecoach 2013, absolutely nothing was going to keep me from seeing the local line up of bad asses playing FOR FREE at The Hood Bar, Palm Desert, Saturday night. The lineup of Spankshaft, Jokes for Feelings and...
By Lisa Morgan - “We are currently OBSESSED with Radio Free Joshua Tree. We love being able to catch the vibes of Joshua Tree and the High Desert when we don’t have the means to physically travel there. This free online radio station sets the stage sonically….so we can...
Boycott Radio sound like a punk band, but don’t let the label fool you. These twenty-somethings are making harmonic ripples in the Coachella Valley. With Chris Long on guitar and vocals, Dan Wheat on bass and vocals and Sonny McEachran on drums, Boycott Radio are looking to...
By Lisa Morgan - There seems to be a huge influx of truly talented musicians coming up in our arts-conducive Coachella Valley. This music should not only be supported by those of us who are blessed to be the recipients of such gifts, but it also needs to be...
Thursday, April 4th, 7pm @ The Hood Bar By Lisa Morgan What do you get when you put the son of a Greek goose herder, a Chinese acrobat and the grandson of a Russian migrant farmworker in one room with a drummer? Pictures from Eden, that’s what! At least that’s how...
With Ted Russell Camp @ Pappy and Harriett’s, Thursday, April 4th at 7:30 pm By Lisa Morgan You may have first seen Vanessa Olivarez on the second season of American Idol. Her vocal skills and personality got her into the televised finals only to be controversially...
by Noe Gutierrez Formed in early 2010, In The Name Of the Dead are; Robert Wood on left handed bass, John Camacho on drums, Michael Mondragon on vocals, Chris Reyes on guitar and Luis Diaz on lead and rhythm guitar. With the introductions out of the way, we can now talk about...
