January 24, 2012. 9:00 PM - 11:00 PM 645 S. State College BLVD., Fullerton, CA 92831 Don’t park in front!   White Murder’s Facebook bio: “WHITE MURDER made their first stab at a beer-soaked show in San Pedro last June, where slashing Siamese twin singers Hannah Blumenfeld and ...

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Next Thursday, January 19th, New Jersey based math rock gurus The Dillinger Escape Plan will be playing their last show slated in the US until the release of their newest LP, Option Paralysis, at Slidebar Rock-N-Roll Kitchen. According to a recent Blabbermouth article, the band will be joining ...

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Rapper 2Mex of the underground hip hop group The Visionaries paid a visit to the Slidebar Thursday and enlightened the crowd with his complex rap schemes. Here are some highlights of his performance in photos:

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Local musicians cover all types of genres, and in this century being an audiophile comes at the click of a mouse. Fullertonian, Paulino Aldana, has played previously as a guitarist for a couple bands, but an influence in electronic dance music pushed him in a new direction. Now he spends most of his musical creativity on mixing together tracks with disco and house samples.

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Elan Stouffer began making music at his parents house in Inglewood when he was 16. I remember checking out some of his beats when he first got a hold of his MPC. Everything was played on-the-fly, and it seemed to focus and improve his abilities of using improvisation and syncopated beats. He still u...

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This Friday an all-ages show at Burger Records features Devon Williams as they begin their tour California. Two shows will also take place along the pacific coast as they play in Oregon and Washington. Their new LP/CD “Euphoria” was released today via Slumberland Records. The bands soun...

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Dj’s have made an impact on how live musicians interpret a genre. Those who might disagree need look no further than the Breakestra. The name is in fact a reference to the break beats that started the hip-hop movement in the South Bronx during the 1970’s. This eight piece band led by Bass player Mil...

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  The success of a show can be measured in different ways. From the business standpoint, success can be objectively measured by the bottom line,  but bands can only go off of audience reaction. Nonetheless, there was no confusion of the success that the Mumlers and Afghan Hounds had perfo...

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Kris Roe from the Ataris played an acoustic set for a packed house at Slidebar on Saturday night. The adoring crowd sang along while Roe dominated the stage. The lead singer/rythm guitarist has been touring the country doing acoustic shows while the band records their latest CD, “The Graveyard of th...

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For Becky Holt, performing is still like “playing pretend, getting dressed up and dancing around singing into a microphone.” When she was younger, she would dress up in cowboy boots, run around the house and pretend she was Patsy Cline or Tanya Tucker.

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