Life Size Models is going all in. The San Jose-based group’s forthcoming EP, Home Made, is meant to show fans that the band are taking things seriously. “We want to make this a career,” frontman and singer Chris Seymour says. It shows. The polished five-song set has shades of The Strokes, Clap…
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I was at the Almaden ——— when you entered—already a soaking wet, sweaty disgusting mess—and then decided it was free food grazing time in the produce area. The kicker was that you put all your pits and chewed food back as if “hidden” amongst all the other food. Did you think no…
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Yousif Kassab on September 6, 2017
The Empress of Soul brings her silky contralto voice back to the Bay Area for one night. Considering the seven-time Grammy winner’s extensive repertoire of standards and original material, a fantastic show is assured. Fans can expect to hear classics, like her 1973 No. 1 hit, “Midnight Train to Georgia,” as well…
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A decade ago, rapper, Blu, and producer, Exile, caught lightning and bottled it on Below the Heavens. Over Exile’s soul-sampling, boom-bap beats, Blu packed tracks with intricate storytelling and unpretentiously profound insights. The album has rightfully endured as a stellar example of the era’s style, and this summer, the pair are capitalizing…
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Camille Miller on September 1, 2017
Before gaining his cult star status in the West, Omar Souleyman—whose high-speed Arabic dance music is transforming the world music terrain—was a sought-out wedding singer with over 500 live albums to his name. After civil war broke out in his native Syria in 2011, Souleyman fled to Turkey where he wrote songs…
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Brooks Nielsen has always viewed himself as a bit of an outsider. A core member and frontman of SoCal weirdo surf punks The Growlers, Brooks grew up riding waves in the small Orange County town of Dana Point. Even then, Nielsen was resistant to join up with the surfers. “For a long…
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I was at the register PAYING for my beer when I noticed you walk inside with a hoody on, perhaps to hide you identity. You worked your way to the back and quickly grabbed an 18-pack. What you failed to noticed was the OG employee restocking the fridge. As you made a…
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Camille Miller on August 31, 2017
San Jose-based music and party-promotion collective Sonido Clash takes it up a notch this weekend during its second annual music festival, featuring live bands, an outdoor DJ stage, poetry, cumbia dance lessons, food vendors and workshops for the whole family. Performing artists include Cuco—a young Chicano experimenting with old-school romántica tunes, “cholo…
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Camille Miller on August 31, 2017
Chris Stapleton has been riding high on the country music charts for a while now. His debut solo album, Traveller, made headlines in 2015 and became the top-selling country album the following year—catalyzing his breakthrough from cult favorite to award-winning star. But the big-bearded, long-haired American singer-songwriter is in no way a…
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Yousif Kassab on August 30, 2017
Plenty have heard the trippy, left-field production of Nosaj Thing. Yet, as is the case with so many beatmakers, his behind-the-scenes work has often remained in the shadow of the larger stars it has helped propel into the limelight.
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