After a three-year run at Pagoda Lounge, Universal Grammar promoter Tommy Aguilar announced online this week he is parting ways with the Fairmont hotel nightclub.
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The anthem of punk rock is based on the Bunny Hop. To prove it, Iggy and the Stooges guitarist James Williamson deconstructed “Search and Destroy” during a talk Saturday at the C2SV tech and music conference, breaking down chord by chord the 1973 hit off their album “Raw Power” while the audience…
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The Event Center at San Jose State welcomed Bassnectar back to the stage over the weekend for a return to his old stomping ground.
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Brandon Roos on September 23, 2013
“I didn’t really set out to make a concept album,” says producer and emcee Curtis Cross, better known as Black Milk, about his upcoming release No Poison No Paradise. “That wasn’t my original plan, but the first four or five records I made felt like they were all telling a story.”
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San Jose’s own Anya Kvitka is back with a new video, “One Less,” featuring a more uptempo and pop sound than some of her more recent releases.
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C2SV Music Festival + Technology Conference straddles Silicon Valley’s technical right brain and artsy left brain, bringing both together for four days packed with conversations about technology and more than 50 bands, ranging from local acts to internationally recognized headliners.
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Richard Faulk on September 17, 2013
Boots Riley—activist, Marxist revolutionary and writer-producer for Oakland’s hip-hop outfit The Coup—recalls the first record he bought: The Message 12-inch by Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five. Quite appropriate. And quite accidental.
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Carlos Olin Montalvo on September 16, 2013
As Bassnectar, Lorin Ashton produces in an amorphous style with signature bass drops, rhythmic tempo ranges and a genre-bending blend of dubstep, hip-hop and metal, inspired in part by his formative years in San Jose‘s heavy metal scene.
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Rock the Bells Festival revives two of hip hop’s most iconic rappers this weekend with virtual performances by the late Eazy E with Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and Ol’ Dirty Bastard with Wu-Tang Clan.
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In Just 10 years, Rock the Bells has grown into hip-hop’s answer to Coachella, complete with a two-day lineup and virtual performances from iconic rappers Ol’ Dirty Bastard and Eazy E this weekend at Shoreline Amphitheatre.
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