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Aaron Carnes on January 12, 2022
Kayla Renelle will always remember something her brother asked her about Voluntary Hazing, her 12-piece ska band. “You have talented musicians,” he began. “Some are classically trained. So why are you playing ska?”
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Grace Stetson on January 12, 2022
Everyone deserves a sweet treat—and the chocolatey goodness of Willy Wonka hits just the right spot. Opening this Tuesday, the Center for Performing Arts hosts the new musical Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, a wacky journey of delights through Wonka’s illustrious factory. Performances will include hit Broadway songs from the original film…
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Mike Huguenor on January 12, 2022
Not many bands land their biggest hit on their ninth album, but REO Speedwagon proved the rare exception with 1980’s Hi Infidelity. Released at the tail end of the year, it became the biggest selling rock record of 1981, landing the band a #1 hit in the arena-sized power ballad “Keep On…
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Jay Edgar on January 12, 2022
As self-described proprietors of “disgusting music from Tokyo,” Kruelty have perfected a righteous combination of heavy hardcore and death doom, possibly the most “skull t-shirt” combination of four words one could put together. The band is definitely heavy as hell, with sinister growling vocals over bluesy chord progressions and a relentless double…
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Kyle Martin on January 12, 2022
In a night full of emotion and celebration, Hawaiian legends Keola Beamer and Henry Kapono bring good times, crisp vocals and legendary island music to Saratoga’s Montalvo Arts Center. The two Oahu natives sing love ballads, play classic slack key hits and have long been heavy hitters in the Hawaiian music scene.…
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Mike Huguenor on January 12, 2022
This Saturday, Community School of Art and Music honor MLK’s birthday with a free online event: Bay Area jazz bassist Marcus Shelby performing selections from his 2011 album Soul of the Movement: Meditations on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The album interweaves originals like “Memphis (I Am a Man)” with spirituals like…
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Grace Stetson on January 12, 2022
“People think the Earth is flat again,” Chris Porter begins one bit, before quickly losing his patience. “Have you ever seen a lunar eclipse? Has it ever just been a line across the moon?” This weekend, the Kansas-born comedian, best known as a finalist on season 4 of NBC’s Last Comic Standing,…
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Elliott Sky Case on January 12, 2022
Nothing warms the soul quite like the blistering riffs of heavy metal, and Uproar Brewing Co. promises to live up to its name when it ushers in the weekend with a full roster of rockers. Experimental metal outfit Gürschach (pronounced grr-shock) have been shredding across the Bay since 2015, and celebrate the…
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Alec Adams on January 12, 2022
This writer is utterly devastated to realize that early 2010s music has now come around for its time in the nostalgia spotlight. The once forward-thinking jams of MGMT, STRFKR, Foster the People and alt-J now bring listeners back to a simpler time, when one could dance with friends and do crazy things…
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Alec Adams on January 12, 2022
Jack Harlow isn’t afraid to ask bold questions of his listeners, such as in his song “WHATS POPPIN,” which dares to ask—what is popping? The answer of course is “Jack Harlow’s career,” as the man has been on a meteoric rise to the top of the rap game since his 2020 debut…
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