Jason Stollsteimer was never known to be a tortured artist. His old band, the Von Bondies, were a fun rock & roll band, part of the early 2000s garage-rock revival alongside the Strokes and the White Stripes. But toward the end of the decade, as they fizzled out, he focused on a…
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San Jose’s the English Language are in love the year 1967. It almost goes without saying. Yet it’s an important point to make when discussing their new album, This is Science / Rock & Roll because while their self-titled debut is has more than a couple moves taken from the summer of…
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Kentucky-based Musician J.D. Wilkes has found a true muse: the South. It inspires him whether he’s touring the country with his unhinged country-punk group the Shack Shakers, directing a documentary about the music and mythology of the American South, writing a book that comprehensively catalogs all the barn dances and jamborees in…
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San Jose Jazz confirmed the lineup this afternoon for its Winter Fest concert series, arriving February 28 to March 2.
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The Coachella 2014 lineup is out with OutKast, Arcade Fire and Muse headlining the two-weekend festival in Indio this year, April 11-13 and April 18-20.
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Food. Wine. Amour. France is known for many things, but folk music is not one of them. However, when French native Morgan Manifacier started playing guitar at the age of 14, it was American folk music that he wanted to play. He particularly felt a connection to American songwriters like Bob Dylan,…
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For more than 15 years, Orange County ska band Suburban Legends have choreographed energetic, dance-filled shows in any location imaginable, from bars to punk festivals. Tonight they stop in San Jose at the Back Bar along with pop-punk band, The Maxies.
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The Clash sang about the plight of the working class, Bikini Kill advocated for women’s rights, Minor Threat gave a voice to straight-edge kids and Earth Crisis were staunch environmentalists. There has always been a segment of punk rock dedicated to advancing progressive political ideologies.
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Local pop-punk band Stickup Kid made headlines when they were given a last-second gig opening up for Green Day at SXSW this year. But the reality is, these guys have been out in the Bay Area punk scene for years, DIY touring and self-releasing albums when they were just out of high…
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YEAR-END LISTS typically hew to the comfy round number 10. And although Top 10 has a ring to it, Silicon Valley’s melting pot of musical talent fused genres, collaborated, innovated and turned out so many great LPs and EPs this year that it became a nearly impossible task to narrow it down…
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