The summer festival season is great for catching legacy acts and buzzy bands enjoying their moment of critical acclaim, but festivals are just a small part of the yearly musical cycle. Much of the lifeblood of music takes place outside of festival—in clubs, bars, DIY venues and occasionally even the SAP Center.…
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Nick Veronin on August 9, 2018
As awesome as the San Jose Jazz Summer Fest is sure to be, many locals will surely be heading to San Francisco this weekend for the annual Outside Lands event. This year certainly boasts a litany of great acts, including The Weeknd, Florence + The Machine, Janet Jackson, Future, Portugal. The Man…
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In the 32nd year of his life, Future stands at the vanguard of hip-hop. After a couple false starts and niche-satisfying mixtapes, the gritty Atlantan just charted three No. 1 albums. They lack front-to-back polish, but in the Internet era, prolificacy, innovation and viral slappers—all strengths of his—count most. The aptly named…
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The party was at Stanford over the weekend as hundreds of people turned out for Blackfest, the annual party headlined this year by Atlanta rapper future also featuring several dance crews.
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Interesting things are happening at “the farm.” Following the announcement last week that indie rock darlings MGMT will perform at Stanford, it was announced today that rapper Future will make an on-campus appearance for Blackfest.
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