Fans of Ben Henderson might be surprised to learn that the soft-spoken graphic artist and musician has a soft spot for one of the most critically derided sub-genres of the past 20 years: rap-rock. “There was a lot of potential there,” Henderson says with a wry smile, though it doesn’t seem like he’s…
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Camille Miller on July 19, 2017
Casual fans will know Blues Traveler for the Gramming-winning hit “Run-Around,” but hardcore devotees know that the band is about much more than their 1994 chart-topper. The Travelers started as a high school jam band in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1987, scored big with their fourth LP, Four, and then faded from…
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This weekend’s Freestyle Explosion at the Shark Tank should draw plenty of old-school DJs and b-boys. After all, songs like Stevie B’s “Spring Love” and “Party Your Body” were an integral part of breakdancing culture and 1980s house parties. “I grew up with freestyle music,” Cutso of San Jose-based DJ crew The…
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Camille Miller on July 14, 2017
After a six-year hiatus, Audiotistic Bay Area is back and bringing high-caliber names from EDM and hip-hop to Shoreline. The genre-fluid event has featured some of the biggest names on the circuit, like Crystal Castles, Major Lazer and Flux Pavilion, and 2017’s is no less impressive. The festival will be headlined by…
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This Sunday marks the relaunch of the SoFA District’s monthly free art event SoFA Sundays. From noon to four, visitors can visit the nearby galleries, enjoy some live music and even catch a matinee.
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Payje Redmond on July 13, 2017
The Goo Goo Dolls will kick off their Long Way Home summer tour at Shoreline on Friday night. Best remembered for a pair of multiplatinum albums in the mid-’90s, the New York-based band have been making music since the late-’80s and continue penning new songs. Last year saw the release of their…
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Back in my hometown, all I wanted was a beer. I was glad to seeing familiar faces and looked forward catching up. But you decided I needed an in-your-face lecture on what’s wrong with America. I’ve known and considered you a friend for more than 40 years, but the “conversation” grew old…
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Andy Liszt takes a winding, loopy path to answering an admittedly abstruse inquiry into the philosophical intent of his music. That’s fine. His rambling approach fits neatly within confines of the not-so-neat piles of feedback and swirls of delay he and his bandmates conjure up as LSD and the Search for God.
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Yousif Kassab on July 12, 2017
Los Angeles surf rockers La Luz bring their reverb-drenched sound to San Jose for a night of California worship, as they show off what goes into their self-proclaimed surf noir sound. Their mix of plucky guitarwork, sweeping vocal harmonies and overall fuzziness has been known to inspire both crowd surfing and soul-train…
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Yousif Kassab on July 10, 2017
Strong feminine voices in hip-hop have been few and far between, but where they have popped up they’ve elevated the genre. “Let Me Watch,” MF DOOM’s greatest bout of storytelling across his entire career succeeds because the events are fleshed out by Apani B breaking it off with him and telling her side…
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