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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 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...
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...
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 ...
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 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. ...
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...
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...