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Brandon E. Roos on November 5, 2014
As is the casefor so many young men and women, Tyson Amir’s college experience was a time of self-discovery and reassessment. It was during Amir’s freshman year at San Jose State University that the emcee and vocal half of local hip-hop duo Tyson onBEATS finally found his creative voice—littered among the glistening…
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Brandon E. Roos on September 9, 2014
A year and a half ago, veteran Bay Area musician Carlos Elizalde nearly called it quits. For more than two decades the lead singer of Ruckatan had been playing in local bands—including The Yardies, Mirage, Bautista, Cantera and La Ventana—but he had hit a roadblock that seemed insurmountable.
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In their inaugural shindig, food truck maestros Moveable Feast took to St. James Park to finish their summer of food with the final event in their trifecta: the Electronic Sriracha Festival. Adding to the buzz of the Bacon Festival of America and the Taco Festival of Innovation, Moveable Feast took an off-the-wall…
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The San Jose Downtown Association took a risk last year when they restored the storied, and briefly shuttered, Music in the Park—bringing back the once-free summer concert series as an annual ticketed affair.
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Lacquered wooden bins shine deep brown in the fluorescent light and a new sign hangs above what will soon be the counter of Needle to the Groove Records, but at the moment, the space is still a work in progress.
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Coachella’s expansion to two weekends doesn’t really prove that more listeners than ever crave a weekend in a remote town at the mercy of desert weather, so much as it affirms the dominance of festivals in the summer’s musical landscape. The Bay Area and its more temperate climes is a principal stop…
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Shredding on a makeshift stage near San Jose State’s campus village last week, Super Soul Bros. turned some heads as they ran through their repertoire of funk, soul and jazz tunes—mined from video game soundtracks.
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San Jose State professor Aaron Lington’s tribute to trumpeter Donald Byrd last week launched a new cycle for Blackbird Tavern’s Thursday series, The Residency.
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San Jose based DJ/production collective BVMO latest release, The Resume, is an eight-song free release that includes one original and remixes that cover a variety of electronic styles. It’s is a testament to the group’s versatility not just as party-rocking DJ’s but as producers as well.
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