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John Flynn on June 8, 2016
“First of all, there’s no such fucking thing as high art anymore,” says Joowan Kim, leader of the Ensemble Mik Nawooj—a group that melds hip-hop and classical music to create singular and postmodern songs. Kim, who began pioneering this hybrid sound in his final years at the Berklee School of Music, says…
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Prince Sole may have already hit radio waves with two songs from his latest mixtape, but he hasn’t gone national yet. Just don’t tell that to a very young fan of his. “It’s funny—every time my girl’s daughter hears a Drake record on the radio, she thinks it’s me,” Sole jokes while…
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For most bands, it takes years of gigging and building a local following before they’re ready to embark on their first tour. Berkeley’s psychedelic indie-folk band Big Tree went about this whole process in reverse order. For five years they jumped around from location to location, doing a lot of touring in-between,…
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When Dan Vado first got word he would have to close his comic shop and local music venue SLG Art Boutiki on Market Street in San Jose, he figured he’d just move all the graphic novels to his garage and continue to run the publishing part of his business, Slave Labor Graphics.
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Brandon Roos on March 12, 2013
Celebrated local venue and comic-book shop SLG Art Boutiki will throw two nights of packed programming before its South Market Street location closes for good to make way for a new residential development.
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Dan Vado, owner of comics and local music hub SLG Art Boutiki, announce that his shop and local music venue will move from its longtime home in the SoFA District to a new location near the Alameda, across from Mexico Lindo, next to Freebirds.
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Dan Vado, owner of San Jose comic book hub and live music venue SLG Art Boutiki, announced this week that the business must relocate to make way for a new apartment building.
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Aaron Carnes on November 15, 2012
People like to throw the word ‚”eclectic‚” around to describe many a band, but in the case of locals Contra Ville, I can think of no better word. Apparently, neither can they. Their new album, to be released at their show on Nov. 17 at SLG Art Boutiki, is called Electric Eclectic,…
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Aaron Carnes on January 4, 2012
Before they broke up a decade ago, bizarro Bay Area folk duo Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggits were getting regular national airplay on Dr. Demento’s show by shocking people with funny and politically incorrect lyrics. But it wasn’t their scene; they really just wanted to hang out with the punks.…
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