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Mike Huguenor, Diana San Juan, Benjamin Seipak, Vincente Serna on January 18, 2017
Join Rey Res, Cutso, Containher and many more great local musical acts at the San Jose Museum of Art for Soundscaping SJMA. The pioneer of the “ratchet” sound and architect of some of the biggest hip-hop hits of the last several years, DJ Mustard comes to Pure Lounge this Friday. And over…
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For some creatives, San Jose can feel both claustrophobic and incestuous—like some backwater city in the middle of nowhere—and also impossibly sprawling, like any other faceless suburb. Not for Jafar Green. “It’s like a small town disguised as a big city,” the San Jose native says. “That’s what I kinda like about…
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Judging by the years-long gaps in Klank’s discography, one might presume that the San Jose-based industrial metal band prefers to take its time in the studio. But the truth is, until the tracking of the band’s forthcoming full-length album—Rise, their sixth—the guys from Klank were quite impatient.
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Diana San Juan, Vicente Serna, Benjamin Siepak on January 11, 2017
Over the past year and a half, San Jose’s SoFA District has been steadily upping its live music game. More recently, the resurgent South First Street Area has overhauled two of its dance clubs with Aura and Avery. This weekend, Aura presents rising R&B singer Adrian Marcel, who releases his debut album,…
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Her fingers fly up and down the guitar frets. Both hands strike at chords, hammering on and pulling off, hitting notes high and low, occasionally triggering a shimmering harmonic and allowing it to ring. Leaning in close, the careful observer notices that the pinkie finger on her left hand flares out at…
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The pair of musicians behind Watsonville-based instrumental “jazz-noise” duo Aurora Beam first bonded over their favorite records back in senior year of high school. Drummer Shane Luevano and guitarist Mario Sanchez swapped playlists while working in a video production class they were both taking.
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David Bowie died a year ago this week—on his 69th birthday. Celebrate the legacy of this pop legend at The Caravan’s Bowie Ball or yuck it up with “This American Life” contributor and comedian Kurt Braunohler at Rooster T. Feathers. Check out new artwork from one of the South Bay’s most prolific…
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This year started with a punch to the gut, as legendary singer-songwriter-supernova David Bowie was taken from us. Then Prince died. Then Leonard Cohen gave up the ghost. Finally—as if playing the part of the unrepentant Grinch on its way out—2016 took George Michael from us on Christmas Day. But let’s not…
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What a year. It’d be easy to wallow and drip tears into an IPA, wail a sad song into a shot of whiskey, lament those we’ve lost and wring our hands in dread of what’s to come. Or we could drink a warm glass of shut-the-hell-up and put on a happy face.…
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Back in August, Seattle-based band La Luz headlined The Ritz, but they weren’t the main attraction. That’s not to throw shade at the indie rock quartet, who play an infectious brand of lo-fi surf-psych. It’s just hard to compete with Will Sprott in this town.
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