The 2012 Live at the Pagoda Winter Music Series begins Friday, with singer Muhsinah and DJ House Shoes.
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It’s time to make this clear once and for all: Ricky Reed is not a joke. Ricky Reed is not a clown. Most importantly, Ricky Reed is not an act. “Ricky Reed is real.”
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Andre Nickatina and Dru Down, two of the best rappers to come out of the Bay Area during the 1990s golden era, are bringing 20 year’s worth of drug, sex and hood rhymes to Agenda’s three-day weekend bash on Sunday night.
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Sometimes Tuesdays are downright terrible. That’s how DJ Clint Westwood remembers them being in downtown San Jose last spring. “The Sharks were losing the playoffs,” he says. “All of downtown was in a lull.”
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If you’re like me, and have listened to a total of 12 minutes of FM radio since the advent of Pandora, here is a reason to tune back in: Live 105’s Wobble Wednesdays, hosted by Menace and Dallas. It features two glorious hours of the fast-rising dubstep genre, characterized by its quivering…
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More economic turmoil, mass protests, natural disasters—2011 was far from a rosy year, but Silicon Valley’s party people still managed to get out and forget about the world’s problems, at least for a few hours.
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Young musicians are often warned that if they leave home for a place like Nashville, it’ll change them. The thing is, sometimes it’s for the better. Take Shane Dwight, for instance. Born in San Jose and raised in Morgan Hill, he made his name as a blues machine.
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2011 was a big year for Campbell’s Limousines. The electropop duo’s debut record, Get Sharp, was released by Dangerbird Records (home to Fitz and the Tantrums, Silversun Pickups, Ben Lee and others), they spent the summer playing festivals like Outside Lands and BFD, and, in an ironic twist, MTV played the video…
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The two MCs behind Calicove are talking about the aftermath of their last party. It was just last week, in fact, after they played a show. “We took the party back to our studio in Santa Clara, and we continued to party through the night,” says Douglas “DJ” Williams Jr., who goes…
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The Usuals has been the command center for Anya and the Get Down over the last few months as the young South Bay singer-songwriter has kickstarted her solo career.
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