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Old School
After an 18-hour day producing music for Kanye West and other A-listers, hip-hop producer Hit-Boy still calls the IE home Hit-Boy, born Chauncey Hollis, looks like he just woke up. The producer-rapper...
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The Biggest Tour
Asking Alexandria risks it all to ascend to the top of the bill Asking Alexandria’s appearance as a top headliner at California Metalfest, scheduled for Nov. 24 at the NOS Event Center in San...
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Bath Salts: The New Hard Drug or Just Something for the Youngsters?
The Bath Salts craze seems strangely familiar Bath salts? Bath salts? If it’s a fair proposition that 95 percent of drug stories in the mainstream media are utter crap—Reefer Madness springs to...
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Holiday Gift Guide
They say The End is coming—so here are a few ideas to make your Doomsday gift-giving a bit more meaningful Exactly when or how is where it becomes a little hazy. No doubt you’ve heard that the Mayans...
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The Plot Thickens
Is a federal case against four homegrown “terrorists” actually based on compelling evidence—or just a bunch hearsay and Facebook “likes?” An underground jihadi e-zine made for a Western audience,...
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The Beat Goes On
NIGHTCLUB ISSUE: Join us as we visit the Ghosts of Nightclub Past . . . and Present! Back in the early ’80s, Fullerton band Berlin rode the alternative radio success train onboard a synth-pop single...
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Ring Leader
A kinder, gentler Mike Tyson turns his storied life into a one-man show There are two types of performers that a smart ass is better off not heckling: comedians and ear-biting boxing champs....
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A Cask of Laughs
Beer Geek Radio talks brews and, well, more brews It’s two days before Christmas and Brad Grider and Steven Isaak are rolling a large canvas suitcase full of audio equipment through a dark parking lot...
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Strictly Bidness
Funny Man? Dramatic Actor? Black Doug? Mike Epps says he’s ready to show Hollywood who he really is Comedy may have saved Mike Epps’ life. Sure, many performers believe comedy rescued them from the...
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As the Snow Flies
The Coolest Destinations for Wintry Wanderings! The Inland Empire isn’t exactly known for its vacation destinations like, say, Los Angeles or Laguna Beach, but that’s not to say we don’t have our share...
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Taking Flight
UCR’s ARTSblock Embraces Your Inner Astronaut with “Free Enterprise” This year, companies like XCOR Aerospace, Inc., Space X, and Virgin Atlantic will make ground-breaking history: private citizens...
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From the Heart
Indie rock sibling duo Tegan and Sara goes electro and yearns for the ’90s Ironically, the very trepidation that may have reined in indie rock duo Tegan and Sara over its 18-year career is propelling...
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Eat Me
Sex Issue: Exploring the connection between love, sex and food There is a very close relationship between love, sex and food. Very sensory-driven experiences, having sex and eating food and sweets are...
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Blues Blood
Rising rock act Rival Sons—featuring Fontana’s own Jay Buchanan—is going places Remember the name Rival Sons because this is one of the hottest bands out there right now. At least according to iconic...
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“Pardon Me While I Grab My Boobs”
Kevin Smith on carpetbagging, landing planes and his last slot Kevin Smith is about to hang up the director’s chair, but his days of bitch-slapping celebrities have just hit their prime. Smith is the...
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Hot Stuff
UCR’s Heat Music Festival marks its seventh year staying true to students’ tastes and delivering the hip-hop and EDM goods How much anticipation is there for the 2013 Heat Music Festival at UC...
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From Darkness into Light
Flogging Molly on Politics, their Amazing Success and their Green 17 Tour Detroit got under Dave King’s skin. The Flogging Molly frontman’s adopted hometown looked like a natural disaster roared...
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Spirited Spirits
Our Guide to the Best Bars in the IE It’s always so difficult to decide where to go when you want to go out. So many choices! IE is steppin’ up its game, and trying to compete with OC and LA for great...
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Engine Block Party
The Hot Rod Homecoming comes turbocharged with 65 years of hopped-up history Automotive customization comes in myriad forms these days, from sleek ‘n’ low hot-hatch Hondas, Acuras and Toyotas replete...
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Imagined Possibilities Spring to Life
Finding More than Just Translation at First Street Gallery in Claremont Nearly a century ago, on the downtown streets of Omaha, a pair of kindred radios was delivered by night to the most esteemed...
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