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Stephen Perez on March 22, 2018
It’s been a year since Needle to the Groove hosted Egyptian Lover and Peanut Butter Wolf at The Ritz. This weekend, the local record shop is doing it again. Renowned producer and recording artist Prince Paul will be on stage, spinning complex alternative beats with a traditional hip-hop twist. Known for collaborations…
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Jaleny Reyes on March 22, 2018
San Jose is now home to a new mural, Sophie Holding the World Together. The 7-year-old Los Angeles native Sophie Cruz is a daughter of immigrant parents from Oaxaca, Mexico. She made headlines in 2015 after crossing a police barrier during Pope Francis’ visit to Washington, D.C. Last year, she gave a…
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Stephen Perez on March 22, 2018
Two West Coast hip-hop legends are touching down in San Jose. Vallejo native Mac Mall worked alongside thizz-generation icons like Mac Dre to help put the Bay Area on the map. Joining him is contemporary AP.9. The Oakland rapper and Mob Figaz member just dropped a new album last month. Titled 94th…
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Stephen Perez on March 22, 2018
Still hot off the success of their 2015 single “Until You were Gone” — made in collaboration with The Chainsmokers and Emily Warren—Chad Cisneros and Dave Reed of Austin EDM duo Tritonal have been staying busy. The pair have dropped two singles this year, including last month’s “Out of My Mind,” which…
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Stephen Perez on March 22, 2018
Ni! The newly rebranded 3Below Theatres & Lounge invites patrons to enjoy the classic comedy that inspired a subsequent broadway musical: Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Lifelong Fans of the legendary comedy troupe are encouraged to come in full costume and quote the movie word-for-word. The event will include a pre-show…
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Stephen Perez on March 22, 2018
Seminal SoCal punks T.S.O.L.—or True Sounds of Liberty—are back with a new record: The Trigger Complex, their first studio album in more than a decade. Since 1978, the Long Beach band have blended fast-paced bass riffs with grungy surf-guitar melodies. As early proponents of American hardcore, T.S.O.L. are known for bringing a…
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Bill Kopp on March 22, 2018
Michael Schenker is quite likely the most famous and acclaimed German-born guitarist in the history of rock. Picking up the guitar early, by his teens Schenker joined older brother Rudolf in Scorpions, playing on that band’s debut album. His long and winding career subsequently found him handling lead guitar duties for UFO,…
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Kristin Lam on March 21, 2018
It’s a little more than a week until her performance at the Montalvo Arts Center, and Nicole Lizée is still looking to recruit one final band member: a cricket. The insect has been chirping incessantly since she took up residency at Montalvo as a participant in the center’s Lucas Arts Program.
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Back in 2015, L.A. psych rockers Together Pangea almost played San Jose. That October, they were booked to headline a night of C2SV at then-recently-opened Cafe Stritch. Up until the last second, that was the plan. Then something more important happened.
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Stephen Perez on March 9, 2018
After a spectacular performance last year, renowned classical guitarist Jerome Mouffe returns to the Community School of Music and Arts as part of their Community Concert Series, sponsored by classical radio station KDFC. Mouffe is currently on faculty at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston where he was the first…
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