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Matei Predescu on November 6, 2019
Since its inception in the 1970s, NJPW has dominated the professional wrestling scene in Japan, achieving a level of popularity comparable to America’s favorite Spandex-and-glitter slugfest, the WWE. NJWP’s accompanying trading card game, Kings of Pro Wrestling, has helped transport the franchise to international audiences. New Japan makes its debut in the…
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Matei Predescu on November 6, 2019
Hip-hop producers Ali Shaheed Muhammed (of A Tribe Called Quest) and Adrian Younge are the dynamic duo behind The Midnight Hour, a retro-futuristic project fusing black music across genres and contexts. Drawing upon jazz, rap, funk and R&B, Muhammed and Younge use a live rhythm section and orchestra to create music that…
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Metro Staff on November 6, 2019
For a group as ostensibly anarchic as Brockhampton sometimes seems, this LA-based “boy band” has demonstrated some serious discipline. Much like Odd Future did in the early 2010s, this sprawling collective of rappers, singers, producers, video editors and marketing strategists created, grew and spread their brand by leveraging the power of social…
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Kenny Ngo on November 6, 2019
The Dutch house music duo of Willem van Hanegem and Ward van der Harst, blend uplifting and melodic elements of trance music with the raw intensity of electro and progressive house. Their genre-blurring sound has carried them to the top of the international house music scene. From early hits such as the…
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Matei Predescu on November 6, 2019
Producer and record label auteur Chris Manak, aka Peanut Butter Wolf, is returning to San Jose for his second homecoming appearance this year. The founder of the taste-making Stones Throw Records, an LA-based indie label that was once home to alternative hip-hop OGs like MF Doom, J Dilla and Madlib, headlined the…
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Aaron Carnes on November 6, 2019
Earlier this year, Missouri rock trio Radkey released the No Strange Cats EP. It’s the group’s most diverse record, with each song sounding like it belongs on its own album—there’s hardcore (“Spiders”), classic rock (“Junes”) and emo-pop (“St. Elwood”).
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Metro Staff on October 30, 2019
Anyone can let off a little steam singing in the shower. Close friends become closer while harmonizing around the campfire. But the point of karaoke is to participate in a very public kind of catharsis—sharing one’s inner rock star with perfect strangers. That’s why Steve Hays, a.k.a. DJ Purple, makes a point…
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Metro Staff on October 30, 2019
The Cadillac Three is a trio of childhood friends with a knack for pairing sentimental lyrics and twangy licks with an undeniable country cool. Singer-guitarist Jaren Johnston, drummer Neil Mason and lap-steel player Kelby Ray released their last full-length, Legacy, back in 2017, but it seems they may be preparing a new…
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Wallace Baine on October 30, 2019
It must be a mixed bag to land a gig as a late-night TV bandleader. On one hand, it’s an elite club, a sweet paycheck and a chance to connect with a potentially huge audience. On the other, you’re never allowed to show what you can really do. Fans of Late Night…
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Jeffrey Edalatpour on October 30, 2019
Men wrapped in blue second skins, like The Watchmen’s Doctor Manhattan, will soon be looking at San Jose audiences with their disconcerting wide-eyed stares. Mere words don’t seem up to the task of describing the Blue Man Group’s latest Speechless Tour, but you can’t mime in print. First, a disclaimer for introverts.…
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