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Estefany Gonzalez on July 26, 2018
Prior to signing with Atlantic Records, booking concerts nationwide and gaining millions of followers on social media, Bay Area native Claudia Alexandra Feliciano spent the first 10 years of her life in San Jose.
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Nick Veronin on July 11, 2018
The Biblical story of Jonah and the Whale is an allegory about forgiveness and mercy. The overarching narrative of Denver duo In the Whale is power, wrath and good old-fashioned rock & roll. Guitarist Nate Valdez and drummer Eric Riley craft bare-bones hard rock songs about living fast and free. Their 2016…
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Yousif Kassab on July 6, 2018
Fresh off the release of his newest single “Crazy4luvinU,” Synth-pop balladeer Katzù Oso is making the trek north from his home base in LA. With only a handful of singles under his belt, the guy’s still relatively new to the game. Still, his dextrous use of shimmery synth melodies and simple, syncopated…
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Nick Veronin on June 28, 2018
Formed in 1995, San Jose-bred Monkey earned a strong local following with an upbeat two-tone sound. Their prestige on the local scene led to them winning a Bay Area Music award—or Bammy—back in 1999. Despite ska’s waning popularity in the years following, the band kept true to its original vision, and they…
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Dominoe Ibarra & Nick Veronin on June 20, 2018
It’s easy enough to read meaning into the name of Beto Martinez’s band. The 10 members of Austin-based Brownout clearly draw upon their Latin roots—blending funk and rock music with a south-of-the-border flair. But the inspiration for the band’s name was also quite literal.
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Avi Salem on June 15, 2018
Formed by singer-songwriter and frontman Will Sprott in 2005, the Mumlers are one of the few San Jose-based bands to have achieved success in the larger indie folk scene but have also stayed true to their hometown roots. After a months-long hiatus, the Mumlers are back in support of a worthy cause:…
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Wallace Baine on June 14, 2018
Santa Cruz-based singer and songwriter Marty O’Reilly is often thought of as a folk and Americana act, but make no mistake: in his heart, he’s channeling the blues. Possessed of an otherwordly old-soul singing voice, O’Reilly and his band, the Old Soul Orchestra, have been charming Bay Area audiences for years with…
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Wallace Baine on June 7, 2018
Kirk Joseph is easy to spot on stage with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. He’s the guy under the biggest horn, the one you probably think is a tuba. In fact, Joseph is one of the jazz world’s most accomplished sousaphone players.
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Mike Huguenor on June 1, 2018
A dream tour for anyone who likes heavy music but doesn’t care for the machismo, Power Trip and Sheer Mag are for the people. While the metal genre can be a little cliquey and alienating, the Texas thrashers in Power Trip are refreshingly fun and inclusive—and they still tear through riffs like…
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Nick Veronin on May 23, 2018
Rising British songwriter and performer Bruno Major melds alternative sensibilities with contemporary blue-eyed soul. Major recently finished a U.K. arena tour with Sam Smith and is now striking out on his own for a string of dates in smaller rooms around the U.S. His latest release—the full-length A Song for Every Moon—features…
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