Two of the biggest nineties relics went 3D this weekend: the melodramatic blockbuster Titanic, and rapper Tupac Shakur, whose hologram appeared onstage with Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg to close out the festivities at Coachella—leaving everyone who witnessed the resurrection of Makaveli scratching their heads.
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To constellate The Alchemist’s universe, you’ll have to weave a fabric of disparity: Entourage’s Scott Caan, son of venerable actor James Caan. Queens, NY-based thug chroniclers Mobb Deep. Weed rap. Cypress Hill. Beverly Hills. Milli Vanilli. Marshall Mathers. Somehow the idiosyncratic producer, DJ and hesitant rapper still finds time to cull samples…
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If you’re a comedian, anger management is a career hazard. Some of the best comics have stayed in the blistering red – guys like Louis CK, George Carlin, and Bill Hicks made names for themselves as masters of the rant. Bill Burr is no different. In June, we hope and pray that…
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Los Angeles-based producer Myndset has remixed everyone from Deadmau5 to Drake, and shared a stage with electro pioneers Steve Angello, Congorock, and Cedric Gervais. He spins at Los Gatos Bar & Grill on Thursday, April 5th. And over at SanJose.com, you can enter to win your very own private party, complete with…
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Roach Gigz’s scrubby, pestilent moniker betrays him. Unpolished and more than a little wily, the twenty-three year old rapper doesn’t immediately jump out as the figurehead for an entire movement—until you remember that he’s from the Bay Area, a place that finds its heroes amongst the hardscrabble.
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Tyga, the Compton rapper and youngest signee to Lil Wayne’s Young Money crew, will make an appearance in San Jose this Saturday at Fiesta Nightclub.
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Mike Huguenor is the former frontman of Shinobu, the now defunct San Jose indie rock band with a range self-described as “simplistic to annoying.” Within the scene however, they’re considered “unsung punk rock heroes.” But if you take a look at Huguenor’s output since the band’s dispersal, it’s obvious that he’s worked…
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Somewhere in between Coachella and Burning Man, there’s Lightning in a Bottle. Over Memorial Day weekend from May 24th – 28th, the hills of southern California will host an eclectic gathering of electronic musicians, performance artists, and a whole caravan of the wonderfully weird.
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Just before performing “Peso” late Friday evening at Avalon Nightclub, A$AP Rocky stood and watched as the packed room chanted his name as if it were their dying words—and he smiled, frozen, turning his back to gather himself and for perhaps the first time, to acknowledge the possibility that he is greater…
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On November 10, 1891, Arthur Rimbaud died. On November 10, 2011, on the 130th anniversary of the hapless French poet’s death, Drake’s album “Take Care” was leaked. And for the last four months, he’s unknowingly embarked on a tour to resurrect Rimbaud’s central thesis of maddening love – in packed arenas across…
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