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Metro Staff on January 8, 2020
In the wake of Elon Musk’s meme-worthy cyber truck unveiling, this year’s Silicon Valley Auto Show is sure to be buzzing with both futuristic wheels and good old-fashioned, gas-guzzling muscle. All the name brands will be there—Bentley, Lamborghini, Maserati, Rolls Royce—along with the most dazzling examples of bleeding-edge technologies including electric vehicles…
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Bill Kopp on January 8, 2020
Pat Travers was part of a wave of late-’70s guitar heroes—artists who, in the wake of Peter Frampton’s runaway success, seemed poised to break out in a major way. But just as things got rolling for Travers, a combination of changing fashions, the corporatization of rock radio and plain bad luck blunted…
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I understand that you love one another, but I see the both of you kissing each other like y’all are about to have sex. It has been going on for quite a while and I am tired of seeing it. The both of you catch the same train as I do, and…
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Metro Staff on December 30, 2019
Two rising women of country music come to San Jose to kick off 2020. The KRTY-hosted night begins with dance lessons from 7:30pm to 8:30pm. That’s followed by a set from Stephanie Quayle. “If I Was a Cowboy,” the most recent single from the Bozeman, Montana native, bucks back at the tired…
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Wallace Baine on December 30, 2019
Scotland-born singer and songwriter KT Tunstall might get lost in the avalanche of awesome spawn-of-Patti-Smith/PJ Harvey female rockers of the 2010s. But she’s matured and flourished since her chart emergence back in 2004, mixing her obvious ear for the pop hook with lean arrangements and a serious plunge into artistic expression. She…
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Metro Staff on December 30, 2019
A bit of a throwback to the indie rock of the mid-aughts, Wayfairy blends acoustic instruments—such as banjo, fiddle, accordion and washboard—with a punk sensibility and activist message. The Oakland-based band brings its radical vision of peace, love and the abolishment of private property to San Jose’s DIY-tastic Playback Studios. Also on…
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Metro Staff on December 30, 2019
Over the course of seven full-length records, San Jose skate punks Jonny Manak and the Depressives have built a reputation for living fast, playing fast and skating fast. None of that’s really changed—except for the fact that frontman and bandleader Manak has put down the bottle and picked up his skateboard. You…
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Metro Staff on December 30, 2019
Along with orange sauce and Sleep, Duster is one of San Jose’s true cultural exports. Labelmates with Modest Mouse and Built to Spill, Duster’s Stratosphere is a belatedly beloved indie rock classic. Slow, spacey and minimal, they found their sound and then proceeded to knock it out of the park. While the…
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It’s a holiday party at my house. My buddy, Pete, says you’re a good dude whose entire family is back East. No need to worry about being alone during the most joyous time of year because any friend of Pete’s is a friend of mine. Get to know us and our families,…
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Mike Huguenor on December 18, 2019
Some people come to the Bay Area for a job. Others come for love. Falyn Walsh had a different reason. “I was really into East Bay punk,” she says. “I came to start a band.”
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