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Kyle Martin on August 25, 2021
Dutch DJ Full Crate was way ahead of the Crate Challenge, mixing crates of styles together into a perfectly balanced, lowkey vibe that’s easy to sway to and never falls down. This is the kind of music that can be a getaway to peace from your troubles, or a lesson in how…
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Mike Huguenor on August 18, 2021
Freestyle music is an undeniable part of the culture of San Jose, long soundtracking dance nights and lowrider cruises alike (between the golden oldies). At the new Q102.1’s “Freestyle Explosion,” many of the late ‘80s genre’s biggest and boldest names come together under one roof, artists like Expose (“Point of No Return”),…
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Jay Edgar on August 18, 2021
Perhaps best known for the mid-aughts mega club hit “Changes” featuring the consummate British dance singer Laura V, Chris Lake has proven adept at churning out absolute club bangers and elevating up-and-coming musical talent. Spinning a breezy, highly accessible vision of house music, Lake has several charting club hits and a Grammy-nominated…
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Mike Huguenor on August 18, 2021
As he famously declared in “93 Til Infinity:” “A-Plus is famous.” And though it’s Opio who kicks off that track, its Plus’ verse that knocks it into the stratosphere. The founding Souls of Mischief rapper and longtime Hieroglyphics member always finds a way to turn up the heat when he hops on…
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Grace Stetson on August 18, 2021
The ‘90s really started over 30 years ago—now, take a chill pill and get ready to get jiggy with it. This Thursday, the guys behind the Emo Night Tour bring the best of the ‘90s back, and with jams from the Beastie Boys to TLC, Green Day and Fatboy Slim, people will…
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Mike Huguenor on August 11, 2021
These days, Brandon Coleman has exactly one thing on his mind: “Trying to influence the music industry to produce more original music instead of just the status quo,” says the keyboardist/vocalist/arranger.
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Mike Huguenor on August 11, 2021
Last week, after more than a year and a half of delays, Bay Area screamo band Hawak released their debut full length nước. In Vietnamese, the word means “water.” Simultaneously, it also means “country”—a duality with particular significance for the band.
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Jay Edgar on August 11, 2021
Get ready for an eclectic double bill. Vetiver, indie folk project of San Francisco’s Andy Cabic, plays lush, seventies-esque Americana that straddles the line between bright pop and introspective melancholy. Performing with several acoustic guitarists, Cabic’s songwriting makes the old school into a melodic beauty. Similarly, guitarist David James, alongside reed player…
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Kyle Martin on August 11, 2021
Southeast Stockton’s Young Slo-Be will have the 408 streets turning up on Saturday for the release of his new album Slo-Be Bryant 3 at San Jose’s LvL Up Arcade. The third entry in Slo’s trap mixtape series, Bryant 3 is the latest exciting release to come out of Stockton’s poppin’ young hip…
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Mike Huguenor on August 11, 2021
Us millennials have endured a lot in our lifetime: 9/11, Columbine, endless war, the financial collapse, Fred Durst. Long before the pandemic, we were already in need of some healthy nostalgia to set our hearts at ease. After 2020, let’s just say we need it more than ever. Luckily, the Emo Night…
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