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Elliott Sky Case on July 21, 2021
Audience members at Art Boutiki this Saturday will find themselves transported to another realm by Starover Blue’s ethereal tapestry of sound. Founding members of the Portland-based band met at SJSU, where vocalist Kendall Sallay studied operatic performance—a background made clear through her gossamer soprano. With dreamlike synth melodies, mellow folk guitar and…
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Mike Huguenor on July 14, 2021
For the lovesick, forlorn, heartbroken and unrequited, there is no music more powerful than mariachi. And in the Bay, there are few mariachi groups as renowned as the intergenerational Mariachi Nueva Generacion. At Frost Theatre, the local ensemble backs up two incredible vocalists in Graciela Beltran and Lupita Infante. A quickly rising…
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Mike Huguenor on July 14, 2021
Long a favorite of Bay Area blues fans, the mighty Tia Carroll comes to Poor House Bistro after releasing an album considered to be her proper American debut: You Gotta Have It! Consisting of both originals and original takes on classics, like the Staples Sisters’ “Why Am I Treated So Bad?” You…
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Jay Edgar on July 14, 2021
Been itching for some old school Bay Area thrash metal? 40ish years in, the scene pioneered by acts like Exodus, Testament, and yes, Metallica, lives on in bands like Phantom Witch. Razor-sharp riffs layer on top of drummer/bandleader Q Minor’s pounding double-kick bass drums and crashing cymbals, providing the perfect stage for…
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Mike Huguenor on July 14, 2021
Don’t call it the fourth wave. Though it truly never went away, in 2021 ska music is back thanks to a long-awaited critical reappraisal and a generation of new artists and listeners. Here in San Jose, Monkey are an absolute legacy of skankable rhythms and melodies, the Asian Man Records alum having…
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Mike Huguenor on July 14, 2021
Pianist Dahveed Behroozi brings an expansive set of influences to the keys. Trained in both jazz and classical, he picks up from the work of masters like Charles Mingus and Keith Jarrett in finding the genres’ overlapping lines. Mixed in, there are elements of fusion, latin-jazz and minimalism, resulting in a style…
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Mike Huguenor on July 7, 2021
In a unique online singing competition from San Jose Musical Theatre, “Uptown at the Apollo” presents ten exceptional Bay Area vocalists performing songs made famous at Harlem’s Apollo Theater. But there’s a twist. At the end, one of these talented singers will be declared the winner and walk away with a cool…
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The word “turbo” is in Turbo Entertainment for good reason. These guys go hard. The local DJ collective take chunky slabs of trap, house, dubstep and dancehall and blend them all into a neon slurry of bass drops and sizzling hi-hats. At Hacienda, they’ll be lighting up the floor all night along…
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Mike Huguenor on July 7, 2021
Ever since 2016, when JVNA burst onto the EDM scene with a stirring and emotional cover of “Dearly Beloved” from PS2 classic Kingdom Hearts, the LA producer has been blurring the lines between dance music, video game culture and pure emotional outpouring. You don’t have to be a gamer to get caught…
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Mike Huguenor on July 7, 2021
Every heavy music fan should know Zulu. On their incredible 2020 EP, My People… Hold On, the LA act mix hardcore with spirituals and performance art, and center the experience of African American women. “As a Black woman, I stand at the intersection of racism and sexism,” Aleisia Miller testifies over hypnotic…
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