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Living just a few miles outside the Coachella non-compete zone definitely has its advantages. Bands ranging from The Cure to Japandroids to the Postal Service have had gigs in our city during the festival's two weekend gap in April. This year, the Coachella offshoot I was most looking forward to was the intimate headlining gig from Waxahachee - the indie rock outlet founded by former P.S. Eliot frontwoman Katie Crutchfield - at the Eagle Hall. ...

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SquidHat Records is gearing up to release Desert Rats with Baseball Bats 2, the followup to last year’s varied collection of Vegas punk rock. We’ve already premiered The Civilians and Child Endangerment entries, and today we’re happy to bring you another sampling of what the sequel has to offer with “Five Finger Death Punch,” a new track from Vegas punk rockers Battle Born. ...

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