June Events Calender
WAHOO’S JOINS OC MUSIC AWARDS!
OC Music Awards is excited to welcome Orange County’s own Wahoo’s Fish Taco as a partner! Wahoo’s is famous for their amazing eats and exceptional service, but they are also and always have been huge supporters of local music.
2010 KROQ WEENIE ROAST | BEST WORLD WINNER THE DIRTY HEADS PERFORMING
The persistently sold out KROQ Weenie Roast rolls into our back yard for the 18th year in a row this Saturday June 5. Bands you have heard on the radio will be performing on two stages with a good mix of up and comers alongside very established acts like, Devo, Hole, STP and Sublime With Rome.
Best World Winner The Dirty Heads will kick off the evening portion of the show on the Main stage at 5:15, picking up where the Temper Trap, Passion Pit and Deftones among others, left off on the Bud Light Side Stage.
OC’S TAZY PHYLLIPZ BRINGS SKA TO THE 2010 VANS WARPED TOUR!
In celebration of the history and impact ska has had on music culture since its humble beginnings in Jamaica - Tazy Phyllipz, along with his brother Albino Brown, have organized an all star ska reunion tour. Partnering with the Vans Warped Tour they will host 6 hours of ska on the Kia Kevin Says’ Stage at four of the CA. Warped Tour dates!
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT | MISSISSIPPI MAN
In April 2009, Mississippi Man released their debut EP, Snake Oil Salesman, with a show at the much-missed eVocal venue in Costa Mesa. It’s been an eventful sixteen months since-the band’s gone on tour, steadily increased their profile throughout Southern California, seen publicity in places like LA Record and surprised a lot of onlookers with a nomination for Best Blues at this year’s OC Music Awards.
ALBUM REVIEW | DUSTY RHODES AND THE RIVER BAND
Artist: Dusty Rhodes and the River Band
2010 Best Live Band Winner
What was supposed to be the soundtrack to a film the band were putting together has now become a collection of old and new songs, raw and revitalized. Once the movie reached a sudden roadblock, Dusty Rhodes and the River Band knew they couldn’t stop the music.
SONG REVIEW | “(THEY STOLE TODAY BUT THEY WON’T TAKE AWAY) TOMORROW”
Artist: Venus Infers
If you follow local music closely, you’ve probably already formed an opinion on Huntington Beach’s Venus Infers. Their music-bombastic and intentionally epic-stands in contrast to the contemplative, coffee house rock prominent in much of Southern California. Their style-leather jackets and rock star posturing-is a far cry from the unassuming, humble stage presence you’ll see at most local venues. And guess what? It’s working, as seen by the three OC Music Awards Venus Infers scored in 2009, high-profile opening gigs for Chris Cornell and Peter Murphy and song placement on shows like The Real World.