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Erika Rasmussen on May 2, 2019
For the past six years, comic books and live music have lived in harmony at Dan Vado’s venue. Vado, who founded Slave Labor Graphics in 1986, opened his combination comics shop and performance hall in 2014. To celebrate six years on Race Street, Sacramento band The Gold Souls will bring their seductive…
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Metro Staff on May 2, 2019
The imagery accompanying the new collaboration between San Jose’s own Turbo Sonidero and Persian-British selector Arrabalero recalls the Afro-Futuristic album art of George Clinton. Call it Aztlán-Futurism. Grupo Jejeje fuses electronic textures with the global diaspora of Cumbia music—which originated in Columbia but has gone on to influence some of the world’s…
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Metro Staff on May 2, 2019
Ask Charles Yan where he comes from and he’ll tell you it all goes back to China’s Cultural Revolution. Yan—better known by his stage name, Chow Mane—grew up the son of political refugees in Salinas and the South Bay. He dropped his excellent debut EP, Mooncakes, in 2017. This month he followed…
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Bill Kopp on May 1, 2019
In the history of popular music, Tony Bennett stands tall. His professional singing career can be said to have started at age 13 when he began working as a singing waiter in Queens, but it was only after serving in WWII that he landed a recording contract.
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I was filming the joyous celebration of thousands of fellow Sharks fans leaving the Tank after the incredible comeback Stanley Cup Playoffs Round 1 Game 7 OT win. There were so many of us that we spilled off the sidewalk into the bike lane on Santa Clara Street. Cars and vehicles were…
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Mike Huguenor on April 25, 2019
That a band like Sales played Coachella this year is pretty remarkable.
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Erika Rasmussen on April 24, 2019
Kenny Sebastian is a modern day Renaissance man. A talented painter and musician hailing from Bangalore, Sebastian pays the bills with his standup comedy. He’s taken his act all over the world with six standup comedy specials and made millions laugh on YouTube. His live vlog show, Chai Time with Kenny, brings…
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Nick Veronin on April 24, 2019
For the better part of a century Tom Jones has kept his mojo running strong. A cultural icon, Jones is responsible for some of the biggest pop hits of the past 50 years—including “It’s Not Unusual,” “She’s A Lady” and “What’s New Pussycat.” The later of these took on new life after…
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One lone strand of stubble emanated from his upper lip, like a monolith in an open field. It caught my eye as soon as I walked in to the interview. My inner voice is having to scream, “Stop staring at it! Keep eye contact!” It’s difficult concentrate on his questions when I…
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Mike Huguenor on April 17, 2019
About three minutes into “Only Acting,” the lead single from Kero Kero Bonito’s 2018 album Time ‘n’ Place, the whole thing falls apart. Like a CD player trying to read a scratched disc, the track skips on a fragment. A moment later it shuts down, pulling everything into silence. Then comes the…
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