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Wallace Baine on January 15, 2020
Eddie Vedder gets a lot of the credit for the absolutely sublime soundtrack to Sean Penn’s 2007 film Into the Wild. But the gorgeous and expansive guitar work that made the film transcendent comes by way of Kaki King. Her ringing acoustic guitar is capable of transporting and enchanting listeners, whether they’re…
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Metro Staff on January 15, 2020
The Bay Area’s independent music community will remember the life and work of Murray Bowles. A longtime South Bay denizen, Bowles died at his Sacramento home in early December. The late Bowles was known well in the Bay Area, and his photos were celebrated around the world. The musician and photographer played…
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Kenny Ngo on January 15, 2020
Bobby McKeon, better known by his stage name, 4B, has attracted the attention of some of the biggest names in EDM with his aggressive Jersey club aesthetic. He first grabbed the national spotlight with his 2015 track, “Pop Dat.” The energetic collaboration with Aazar went on to become one of the most…
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Metro Staff on January 15, 2020
Celebrated pianist Mona Golabek memorializes her mother, Lisa Jura, in this internationally acclaimed, one-woman show and musical performance. Created and directed by a TheatreWorks regular Hershey Felder The Pianist of Willesden Lane features performances of Bach, Beethoven and Rachmaninoff fused with lively storytelling as it tracks Jura’s escape from Nazi-occupied Austria to…
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In our neighborhood, where it’s not uncommon for three generations to shack up in one of the ‘70s-era duplexes that line the street, parking is at a premium. Every adult in each house has a car, which means about four vehicles per unit. Inevitably, those cars fill up the curbsides. But hey,…
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It was New Year’s Eve when our text-versations finally took a turn for the flirtatious. I was thrilled, and we made plans for a date when you finally returned from your family trip to the East Coast. We talked about going out for dinner and “finishing what we started” the last time…
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Matei Predescu on January 8, 2020
Progressive, sludge, metal, alternative—labels like these don’t quite stick to Tool. Perhaps that’s because there hasn’t really been another band like these pessimistic LA weirdos… like… ever. They’ve earned Grammys, criss-crossed the globe on international tours and even cracked Billboard’s decidedly pop-centric Hot 100 chart. Tool’s approach to songwriting, rhythm and multimedia…
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Matei Predescu on January 8, 2020
This local Latinx hardcore band pairs driving, bass-heavy intensity with militant lyricism, which takes aim squarely at socioeconomic inequality, racial injustice and structural violence. Songs like “STS” and “No Compromise” from their 2018 project, Disruptor, condemn creeping fascism and decry societal decay with potent verses that are as formally poetic as they…
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Matei Predescu on January 8, 2020
This Dutch duo of electro house DJs has been a potent force on the international house and dance music scene since their rise to fame in 2011—following the Tiësto-backed release of their club-banger “Mush Mush.” Comprised of Marlon Flohr and Ralph Van Hilst, the duo flows in perfect equilibrium: Flohr, the DJ…
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Matei Predescu on January 8, 2020
Hailing from San Jose, Stickup Kid draws inspiration from other energetic Bay Area pop-punk crews like Green Day. It’s no surprise, then, that they were signed to Oakland’s Adeline Records, founded by the Billie Joe Armstrong, before the record label folded in 2017. Stickup Kid has been gigging since the 2009 release…
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