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Mike Huguenor on October 6, 2021
Will she be loved? If Maroon 5 has any say in the matter, yes, she will. Since 2002’s Songs About Jane, the pro-love pop juggernauts led by The Voice and Proactiv infomercial star Adam Levine have had a never-ending run of pop hits, from the shimmying “This Love,” to the ubiquitous rooster…
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Jay Edgar on October 6, 2021
Perhaps best known for their terrific movie scores (including the iconic soundtrack for Minority Report), the Kronos Quartet’s constantly-changing membership have spanned four decades and over 900 commissioned works across a plethora of genres. Documentarian Sam Green (The Weather Underground) collaborated with the group to create a new kind of biographical piece:…
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Mike Huguenor & Katie Lauer on September 29, 2021
Though the official Oktoberfest in Munich, Bavaria has been canceled this year due to COVID concerns, one of the traditional sounds of the world-renowned festival will still be audible all throughout Germany’s third largest city: the tweeting of birds.
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Mike Huguenor on September 29, 2021
San Jose hardcore moves fast. Two thousand people came to see Sunami play their second show. Three years after releasing their first album, Gulch have already announced their final tour. And Spy—a very new band with no music videos and only a four-song, seven-minute EP to their name—has somehow amassed over 17,000…
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Grace Stetson on September 29, 2021
Though the leaves are turning and the weather is getting a little chillier, summer vibes still abound across the Bay. This Saturday, two-time Grammy Award-winning singer Colbie Caillat brings her light and summery touch to the Mountain Winery. The concert will be a great opportunity for listeners of all ages to indulge…
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Katie Lauer on September 29, 2021
Fans will have less than 24 hours to soak in the new Brandi Carlile album In These Silent Days before the singer-songwriter takes the stage on Friday, but if lead single “Right on Time” is any proof, it’ll be another country-pop-rock powerhouse of cathartic high notes and comforting lows. A virtuoso at…
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Alec Adams on September 29, 2021
iskwē’s star continues to rise as a singer-songwriter, though she’s been on her grind diligently since 2013. In the same way her Cree heritage and Western upbringing defy neat categorization, her music chooses to blend two worlds together in inventive fashion. Often described as electro-pop, her 2021 release The Stars shows her…
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Alec Adams on September 22, 2021
For one brief evening this Sunday, Mr. Worldwide becomes Mr. Mountain View. It’s hard to remember the last time Pitbull wasn’t blowing up our radio stations with dance anthems. “Timber” is already stuck in my head just thinking about this show, that song pretty much was the entire year 2012 for me.…
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Mike Huguenor on September 22, 2021
In celebration of its 25th year, the Mission Chamber Orchestra of San Jose has made all performances in its 2021-22 season free. The season highlights the works of women and composers of color, and in addition to the standard Beethoven (here represented in his “first large-scale groundbreaking work,” the “Eroica” symphony), the…
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Mike Huguenor on September 22, 2021
The rise of Filipino singer Arnel Pineda is one of the most inspiring underdog stories in rock. Since the early ‘80s, the musician had entertained locals around the Philippines and Hong Kong in a variety of popular bands—though his immense vocal talents went overlooked by the rest of the world. That is,…
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