LIVE 105 has been on the forefront of the EDM movement for years, promoting it even back when it was still a niche genre. In recent years at the BDF festival, the Subsonic Tent—an extension of Aaron Axelsen’s electronic music show—has become a bigger part of the festival, encompassing a bulk of…
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The organizers behind the annual Rock the Bells Festival at Shoreline Amphitheatre are making big moves for their 10-year anniversary with the announcement that Eazy E and Ol’ Dirty Bastard will perform in hologram form this year.
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Aaron Carnes on May 15, 2013
Since 1994, LIVE 105′s BFD festival has been a staple for exposing new artists to the Bay Area. The Killers, Imagine Dragons, MGMT and Foster the People all played the festival before they were well known. Even AFI performed—on the local-band stage—well before they hit the national spotlight.
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San Jose chanteuse Anya Kvitka is back with a new video for her track “Maybe.” Be the first to see it here.
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Carlos Olin Montalvo on May 14, 2013
Daft Punk delivers its first official album, Random Access Memories, in eight years after the Grammy award-winning electronic duo fanned the flames with endless teasers suggesting a return to music.
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Michael S. Gant on May 9, 2013
Mick Jagger knows how to personalize a show. In between cries of “San Ho-zay!” and a nod to the Sharks, Jagger recalled playing the San Jose Civic Auditorium all the way back in 1965. Either he has an amazing memory, or a good patter researcher.
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The buzz around San Jose yesterday reached a peak when the Rolling Stones hit the stage at HP Pavilion for the final Bay Area stop of their “50 Years and Counting” tour.
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Brandon Roos on May 8, 2013
In the months since Seattle hip-hop duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis released their debut album, The Heist, last October, their rapid rise to pop stardom has been fueled primarily by the sleeper success of their single “Thrift Shop.”
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The party was at Stanford over the weekend as hundreds of people turned out for Blackfest, the annual party headlined this year by Atlanta rapper future also featuring several dance crews.
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It’s official. South Bay locals Curious Quail have won the last remaining spot on Live 105’s Soundcheck local band stage at BFD 2013. They will share the stage with nine other bay area bands, three of which are also from the South Bay—Picture Atlantic, Anya and the Getdown, and the Trims. Not…
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