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Matei Predescu on July 17, 2019
Since 2012, Western Standard Time has paid tribute to Jamaician ska originators—like the Skatalites—through the lens of big band. This West Coast all-star band is composed of established jazz heavyweights currently working the LA scene. Many of them are internationally acclaimed Grammy-winners. The band features world-famous ska musicians, such as Angelo Moore…
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Matei Predescu on July 11, 2019
It’s been 40 years since legendary Bay Area punk pioneers Flipper kicked off their highly individualistic career—garnering praise from critics around the country and influencing future rock legends as diverse as Kurt Cobain, Moby and The Melvins. Veterans of the old school San Francisco rock scene, these post-punk trendsetters are celebrating their…
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Kael Austria on July 3, 2019
Scout Gillett, one third of New York indie trio Shadow Year, is stepping out on her own. Incorporating dreamy chord progressions and otherworldly vocals into her music, the Brooklyn singer and songwriter’s blissful punk ballads recall Sharon Van Etten, Blondie and Cat Power. In February, Gillett released her first single, “Signal,” featuring…
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Metro Staff on June 26, 2019
The local high schools have already thrown their promenade dances—now it’s time for the grownups to get down. This Satori-presented event invites the 21+ crowd to don their ’80s and ’90s best and dance to new wave selections from DJ Bit and DJ 2Nite. While there’s sure to be plenty of goth,…
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Mike Huguenor on June 20, 2019
Set aside what you think you know about ska music and put on “How it Feels” by The Slackers. The first track on 2010’s The Great Rocksteady Single, “How it Feels” showcases what the band had been doing so well for 19 years at that point and continues to do today: write…
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Conor Agnew on June 5, 2019
The Trims have been playing melancholic post-punk with pop ambitions for nearly a decade now, and if you’ve ever seen one of their high energy live performances, you know they’ve got the chops. While frontman Gabe Maciel’s confessional poetry has always been concerned with loss, regret and heartbreak, sonically the band’s latest…
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Nick Veronin on May 29, 2019
It may be hard to remember, but there was a time before Kanye went all Kanye—back before Quavo, Offset and Takeoff jacked the Migos flow from Three 6 Mafia and emcees were more focused on pouring Cristal than pouring up fours. This Friday, the Echo Flex party celebrates the trilling high hats…
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Nick Veronin on May 29, 2019
Maryland-raised Jermaine Fowler didn’t grow up in a baby-proofed household. As a kid, he’d open windows during rainstorms to play pirate-ship with his brother, and as a teenager he parlayed his wild imagination into a comedy career. Known for producing and starring in the sitcom Superior Donuts, this Eddie Murphy-inspired comic uses…
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Erika Rasmussen on May 23, 2019
Anamaría—sometimes Ana, sometimes Anita—Tijoux Merino was born in Lille, France to a Chilean family. Politically exiled during the Pinochet dictatorship, her social-worker mother regularly brought her daughter to the office in France. It was there that Tijoux fell in love with hip-hop and picked up anti-colonialist philosophies. After moving back to Chile,…
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Nick Veronin on May 8, 2019
On their last record, The World We Built, the Wild Reeds blended plainspoken folk lyricism, lo-fi surf guitars and tasty spoonfuls of alt-country twang. Currently on tour behind their latest LP, Cheers, this women-led band is showing off some new tricks. While their ramshackle indie sensibilities remain, they’ve put some bounce in…
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