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Metro Staff on December 18, 2019
After all the gifts are unwrapped and the hot toddies are kicking in, sometimes you just need to get out of the house and get down. While plenty of watering holes will be closed, the Continental will have a wide-open dance floor. The eighth installment of this annual James Brown tribute is…
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Metro Staff on December 18, 2019
The Limos will always have a spot in the hometown hall of fame, and not only because they’ve put out a number of truly great songs. The guys also throw awesome parties. And given that this is the 10th annual installment of the alt-electronic duo’s XXXMas, it’s sure to be extra lit.…
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Mike Huguenor on December 18, 2019
Reggae fans have it good in the South Bay. Between San Jose and Santa Cruz, some true legends of the Jamaican music scene have been flowing in and out of our little slab of Babylon for years. This week, Tiki Pete continues the tradition by hosting legendary Jamaican vocal group The Itals.…
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Metro Staff on December 18, 2019
Bay Area O.G. Andre Nickatina returns to San Jose with more tales from the Fillmore. Dre Dog first burst onto the Bay Area’s underground rap scene in the early ’90s, spinning dark and lurching tales about San Francisco street life over off-kilter and woozy beats. In other words, the guy has been…
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Mike Huguenor on December 18, 2019
If you know just one thing about Curtis Salgado, let it be this: He was the inspiration for The Blues Brothers. If you know two things about Curtis Salgado, let the second one be this: he was not the inspiration for Blues Brothers 2000. In contemporary blues, artists don’t get much more…
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Nothing worse than that feeling of missing the last BART home. But my being a little bit tipsy and zoned out on my cell phone got me into this mess. So, I ascend from the station to let the cold wind sober me up enough to snap out of it. I hail…
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Wallace Baine on December 11, 2019
Singer and songwriter Sara Bareilles is the musical talent behind this winning theatrical production that is still running both on Broadway and in London’s West End theater district. It tells the story of Jenna, a waitress and supernaturally talented pie-maker who is also pregnant and stuck in a bad marriage. Her salvation…
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Mike Huguenor on December 11, 2019
As one of the few venues in town promoting young, up-and-coming bands on the DIY scene, 3F Gallery deserves a hand. This weekend, the gallery hosts a stacked show featuring Laundry, an Oregon-based band reminiscent of Crumb, Alvvays and Diners. The Eugene outfit released its tender and dreamy Affirmation EP earlier this…
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Wallace Baine on December 11, 2019
For many people this time of year, coming together with neighbors and singing sacred music in a beautiful place is an impulse not to be ignored. For the 15th straight year, Elena Sharkova and the Symphony Silicon Valley Chorale will be answering the call. In the holiday glow of the lovely old…
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Kenny Ngo on December 11, 2019
After years of spinning up remixes and nabbing choice production credits—remember Major Lazer’s ridonkulous 2013 banger, “Bubble Butt?”—Los Angeles DJ Valentino Khan finally has an EP of his own. Khan released House Party on Diplo’s Mad Decent label over the summer. The collection blends trap, dubstep, moombahton and hardstyle together into an…
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