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Alec Adams on December 29, 2021
It’s important to start off the new year with the right tone, and that means starting off emo. Since the release of their 2018 debut, awakebutstillinbed (aka absib) has been San Jose’s #1 representative in the emo ecosystem, bringing the world their frantic and compelling combination of pained vocals and harrowing guitar…
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Jay Edgar on December 15, 2021
Over the course of the pandemic, San Jose emerged as the new capital of hardcore punk, with bands generating buzz for their cult live performances and dropping critically acclaimed records left and right. Sunami is perhaps the most-hyped of these acts, their second-ever live performance this last June in a San Jose…
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Alec Adams on November 10, 2021
The word is officially out—the South Bay is at the center of an exciting moment in hardcore music. People are hungry for the sound, and our bands are out there representing us in moshpits and DIY venues throughout the nation. Hometown heroes Spy are back with a stacked lineup of touring and…
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Mike Huguenor on July 7, 2021
Every heavy music fan should know Zulu. On their incredible 2020 EP, My People… Hold On, the LA act mix hardcore with spirituals and performance art, and center the experience of African American women. “As a Black woman, I stand at the intersection of racism and sexism,” Aleisia Miller testifies over hypnotic…
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Matei Predescu on September 4, 2019
Music promotion organization Heavy San Jose is putting together bowling, brews and heavy metal in a weekend showcase of over 20 rock bands from across the West Coast. San Jose classics like Infinite Sleep and Dolores will be appearing alongside stoner metal shredders Hippie Death Cult and Holy Grove, both natives of…
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Matei Predescu on July 24, 2019
Over the past few years, Outer-Space Entertainment has drawn together many of the South Bay’s rock outfits for various live events. The artist management and booking organization returns to Cupertino’s nightlife bastion, The X-Bar, with a showcase of homegrown artists like San Jose alternative rock quintet Living Among Giants and prog-metal rockers…
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Estefany Gonzalez on October 18, 2018
Munich is far away and plane tickets are expensive. Fortunately for local punk rock fans unable to make it out to Deutchland for the world’s largest beer festival, the X-Bar is throwing an Oktoberfest of its own. Punktoberfest boasts two stages and 10 bands, along with $2 PBRs and $2 slices of…
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Nick Veronin on April 26, 2018
Up and coming local singer-songwriter Zoey Campbell blends resonant vocals with spare but affecting arrangements on her self-released three-song demo—now streaming at soundcloud.com/zoeyalise. It’s a promising collection of mellow, soulful indie-folk, which belies her youth (the San Jose native is just 19) and hints at a strong debut yet to come. On…
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Monkey may very well be San Jose’s longest running, consistently-active band. The band emerged in 1995, but unlike a lot of Monkey’s contemporaries, it never mixed punk rock and ska. Monkey always stuck strictly to the traditional more R&B-based sounds of ska’s first wave.
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AARON CARNES on July 2, 2012
San Francesca has undergone a lot of changes lately. First there was that whole name switch—remember when they were called Le Verita? Now they’ve added a drummer to their lineup, which has evolved their sound.
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