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Best of Coachella Valley 2017-2018: Readers' Picks
At long last … here are the results of the fourth annual Best of Coachella Valley readers' poll!
From all of us here at the Coachella Valley Independent , we’d like to thank the many, many readers who vo...
Best of Coachella Valley 2017-2018: Staff Picks
Best Local Album
Thr3 Strykes, CMNCTN-BRKDWN
When I interviewed them last year, the members of Thr3 Strykes told me that putting together the album that would become CMNCTN-BRKDWN was a proving to be diffi...
Best Local Band 2017-2018: After a National Tour and a Successful Crowd-Funding Campaign, The Flusters Are Again the 'Independent' Readers' Pick
It would be nigh impossible to find a band more deserving of being voted Best Local Band by the readers of this fine publication than The Flusters.
The “California dreamsurf quartet” ended 2016 by rele...
Best Local Musician 2017-2018: He's Seen It All—After 45 years in the Biz, John Stanley King Is Voted the Best by 'Independent' Readers
John Stanley King is a man of many talents, covering multiple genres of music.
The brother of local musician and famed music producer Ronnie King is widely known after performing for decades at venues ...
Best of Coachella Valley 2016-2017: Readers' Picks
Here are the results of the third annual Best of Coachella Valley readers' poll!
An all-time-high number of people voted in both rounds this year—and the slate of winners and finalists represent all pa...
Best of Coachella Valley 2016-2017: Staff Picks
Best Tearjerker
Dezart Performs’ Production of The Outgoing Tide
I went to see the final performance of The Outgoing Tide— Dezart Performs’ 2015-2016 season-closing play—back in May with my friend Robert. ...
Best of Coachella Valley Legacy Award: Palm Springs Native DJ Day—aka Damien Beebe—Has Wowed Audiences Around the World
Various local DJs and EDM artists have come and gone in recent years—and all the while, DJ Day has continuously been turning in fantastic performances both locally and around the world.
Palm Springs na...
The Best Local Band 2016-2017: East Valley Represent! 'Independent' Readers Vote for Venus and the Traps the Year's Best Local Band
When I called to let the members of Venus and the Traps know that our readers had voted for them as the 2016-2017 Best Local Band, they were surprised, to say the least.
The East Valley-based band beat...
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