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Aaron Carnes on May 23, 2012
It took years of hard work and gigging in the Bay Area before freak-metal outfit—and unlikely rock stars—Primus blew up in the ’90s. Spazzy, weirdo bass player/frontman Les Claypool started the band in the early ’80s with guitarist Todd Huth. In 1988, literally months before Primus released their first album, Suck on…
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Beau Dowling on May 22, 2012
Sometimes it’s difficult for a band to find their target audience. Rich Ajlouny and Anthony Gullicksen of San Jose’s Stock Foto found it in the place they least expected: Santana Row.
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San Jose jazz/fusion drummer Wally Schnalle is celebrating the release of his latest album Friday at the Theatre on San Pedro Square. The album, Wally Schnalle Live at Yoshi’s, is a top-notch example of up-tempo jazz fusion recorded in Oakland.
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One of the biggest hip-hop shows of the weekend arrived at an unlikely venue yesterday as Bay Area rap legend E-40 headlined Stanford’s BlackFest with one of L.A.’s hottest new MCs, Kendrick Lamar.
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While Spin Master J—the nom de scratch for 22-year-old South Bay DJ Jerry Huizar—was in Fahrenheit’s Wheels of Steel battle last year, he told me he saw his sets as 20 minutes to tell the audience a story.
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Andrew Gilbert on May 18, 2012
Whether one’s proclivities run toward Afro-Caribbean grooves, straight-ahead swing, rockin’ fusion or sultry singers, there’s a wealth of jazz talent on tap in the South Bay this summer. Best of all, there’s no shortage of free concerts, with just about every city in the valley offering a free outdoor concert series. Here…
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San Jose rapper Antwon has been getting a lot of attention lately. In February, he released his video “Helicopter,” which has becoming the subject of many blogs. The video mixes footage from Steve McQueen’s 1968 car chase flick Bullitt with shots of Antwon and his crew wandering around train tracks, drinking malt…
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Stanford is known for their labs, clinics, sports teams and ubiquitous sweatshirts—not hip-hop. And certainly not two huge West Coast rappers, the legendary E-40 and rookie-of-the-year lyricist, Kendrick Lamar. Bother perform at the university Sunday, May 20.
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Hip Hop has always entwined itself with other art forms, be it dance or visual art, both considered key elements of hip-hop culture. Local promoter Jonathan Reniery hopes to give people a taste of at his monthly free party Natural Selections, which arrives at South First Billiards this Saturday. The show features…
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It’s not easy being the frontman of a Celtic punk band. Shane MacGowan of the Pogues was once so drunk he knocked himself out falling down in the middle of the street—and his teeth actually looked better afterward. Al Barr of the Dropkick Murphys is going to have to sing “I’m Shipping…
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