San Jose Bike Party was back in action on Friday with a Robot themed ride. Continue reading »
Fresh after the release of double album Reflektor, Arcade Fire announced plans for a North American tour today that include a date at Shoreline Amphitheatre and a suspicious gap during the scheduled dates for Coachella 2014. Continue reading »
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Jennifer Wadsworth on November 13, 2013
When the club boom shook San Jose in the early 2000s, new venues opened downtown, but live music fell by the wayside, with DJs the focus at the new clubs. David Nevin, 32, who opened the music repair and rock & roll venue The Rock Shop five years ago, wants to help bring live music back with a new SoFA District venue in a space that has a long history hosting live music. Continue reading »
Before the White Stripes and the Black Keys, there was a time in indie-rock when two-piece rock bands were an anomaly. And now with backing tracks and loop pedals, most rock duos these days can create a sound that suggests a bigger outfit. Not so with Portland’s Quasi. When the duo started 20 years ago, not only was their pared-down lineup rare, but they very consciously worked within the constraints of having only two people in the band. Continue reading »
Miley Cyrus continues her campaign for world domination with just-released dates for her Bangerz world tour. Continue reading »
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Brandon E. Roos on November 6, 2013
One of the biggest Bay Area hip-hop stories of 2013 doesn’t have much to do with music. On his last day at the station, KMEL DJ Chuy Gomez was invited for a meeting with the station’s general manager and the program director. Continue reading »
Sacramento math rock duo Hella earned a devoted, cult fanbase for its loose, but highly technical and mostly instrumental tunes. Yet in 2007, the pair behind Hella, guitarist Spencer Seim and drummer Zach Hill, surprised fans by changing up their duo’s intimate dynamic. Hella temporarily expanded into a five-piece ensemble, complete with a lead vocalist, Aaron Ross. Continue reading »
“I’m trying to bring the older bands back. I dig that music and I like the old punk sound,” says Charles Cordova of the ’80s punk band Anti-Social. “A lot of today’s music is just screaming and yelling. People think that’s punk. To me that’s noise. With punk bands, I like to hear the message, hear what they’re all about.” Continue reading »
Probably the only person who would think that Lou Reed dying is funny would be Lou Reed himself. Best known for fairly humorless songs about mainlining heroin and shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather, the guy had a wicked wit. Continue reading »
