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Tad Malone on October 31, 2018
Local prog rock trio Divided by Seven celebrate the release of their new album, The Only Constant, at the Art Boutiki in San Jose. Mixing elements of alternative metal with tricky rhythms and melodic leads, the group recalls the work of late-’90s and turn-of-the-millennium hard rock acts, like Finger Eleven, Alice in…
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Wallace Baine on October 18, 2018
Kevin Caducci, one half of the North Bay country-music duo the Easy Leaves, was on an entirely different musical path when one day years ago he stepped into a roadside bar somewhere in rural northwest Pennsylvania.
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Nick Veronin on August 15, 2018
Founded in 2007, Starover Blue grew out of San Jose State’s music department, where core members Kendall Sallay and Dirk Milotz met. The pair have been making music together for more than a decade now. They return to San Jose this week to debut their new single, “Anemone,” a shimmery dream pop…
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Kaylee Lawler on July 26, 2018
There is nothing quite like the scratchy sound of a vinyl record to get the creative juices flowing. Well… beer and wine also help with that. DJ and founder of the all-girl Chulita Vinyl Club Claudina Saenz collects records like they were 45 rpm memories. She deploys them strategically to provide her…
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Mike Huguenor on June 28, 2018
Spiller might have started in Eugene, Oregon, but the band is made up of members from San Jose, Maui, Lake Tahoe and Hong Kong. A band of transplants and nomads, Spiller’s sound is equally nomadic and exploratory, including elements of ’90s indie rock like Karate and Tortoise, swelling choruses of radio emo…
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Nick Veronin on May 31, 2018
South Bay-based Dogcatcher will be celebrating the release of their new single, “SRM.” The song—alternatively called “Stark Raving Mad”—tells the story of the band’s own Andrew Heine, an Iraq War veteran who spent time after his return living out of his car and selling paintings to support himself. The track also features…
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Nick Veronin on May 23, 2018
Music production duo Aivi Tran and Steven “Surasshu” Velema bill themselves as an “organic girl” and a “machine boy.” Together they compose tunes that meld blippy electronic beats, glistening synths and live piano. The result is reminiscent of the music that soundtracked some of the best RPGs of the last 30 years—from…
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Jaleny Reyes on March 8, 2018
Philadelphia natives De Tierra Caliente, will light up the night with hot Latin rhythms as part of their national tour. Formed in 2014, the quintet’s members have origins in the U.S., Puerto Rico and Colombia. Over the last four years they have released two albums and played hundreds of shows throughout the…
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Avi Salem on February 22, 2018
The 7th Street Big Band describes itself as providing “a crash of sass in critical mass.” Indeed, that was the vision that bandleader and drummer Gabby Horlick had in 2013 when she first set out to assemble what would be one of San Jose’s liveliest, funkiest big bands.
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Yousif Kassab on February 9, 2018
South Bay pop rock fixture David Brookings is getting the band back together. After playing a number of local shows on his own, Brookings is taking the stage with his backing band—The Average Lookings—for the first time in more than half a year. The show comes on the heels of the band’s…
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