Back at the beginning of the year, Chris Pounders landed an unusual gig. The frontman for the South Bay alt-rock band Pounders also does a bit of acting on the side, and his unusual look got him an appearance in the video for the title track to David Lynch’s album Crazy Clown…
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The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio has become the most influential music festival in the country, but it wasn’t always like that.
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The Barfly on April 5, 2012
It was a dark and stormy night. The road, slick with rain, reflected back the light from my headlights as I traveled down a lonely stretch of Coleman Avenue. It was the perfect night to stay home, yet there I was, driving to Bluz By-You, eager to escape the dreary Santa Clara…
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Like the Black Keys if they weren’t basically a pop band, or John Spencer Blues Explosion without the retro obsessions, Hot Snakes were what rock and roll sounds like stripped down to its bubbling primal ooze.
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There’s something about the Antioxidants. The first time you might notice it is on the song “There’s Something About Katie,” which is the hidden track on their debut album, Niles Canyon. This is a song with dragons eating mermaids, pirates raping dragons, brawling penguins and a “giant-ass donkey.” It’s funny as hell,…
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Moombahton and moombahsoul are the hottest new trends in dance music, and the San Francisco DJ known as J Boogie—real name Justin Boland—has a theory as to why. To him, 108 to 115 beats per minute has been a lost tempo in EDM for too long. “It’s not super fast, it’s not…
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SLG Art Boutiki & Gallery is holding strong with weekly shows in its hybrid arts-retail-performance space on South Market Street in San Jose. MetroActive photographer Jessica Shirley-Donnelly was there Friday to catch Fierce Creatures, Fever Charm, Tumbleweed Wanderers and Forrest Day for Radioactive SJ.
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Los Angeles-based producer Myndset has remixed everyone from Deadmau5 to Drake, and shared a stage with electro pioneers Steve Angello, Congorock, and Cedric Gervais. He spins at Los Gatos Bar & Grill on Thursday, April 5th. And over at SanJose.com, you can enter to win your very own private party, complete with…
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Adrian Younge loves movie music. He collects soundtracks, especially those from the late 60s and early 70s. So it makes sense that the Wax-Poetics-signed Younge is best known as a musician for his work on movies, namely as composer on the 2009 cult favorite Black Dynamite, which lovingly (and hilariously) satirized just…
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Metro Newspaper’s Best of 2012 issue hit new stands today, highlighting a variety of local talent selected online by readers. From cutting-edge DJs, to old-school blues and cover bands, this is the best of Silicon Valley.
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