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Metro Staff on March 20, 2019
Born in Bosnia, the EDM producer and DJ Salvatore Ganacci (neé Emir Kobilić) made a name for himself spinning up dancehall and moombahton house tracks in his adopted home, Sweden. As with most promising beat-makers in the island bass archipelago, he is on Diplo’s radar and has collaborated with Jillionaire of Major…
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Hey, I get it. We all have our kinks. But the kinkiest kinksters are generally pretty well versed in the art of consent. I assumed you’d be, too, considering how you’re considered a mentor to many others in the bondage-role-playing scene you talk so much about. So it came as something of…
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Nick Veronin on March 13, 2019
Like so many great parties, Electric Feels got its start in Los Angeles. As you might guess from the night’s name—borrowed from one of MGMT’s biggest jams—DJs will be spinning all the electronically infused hits that kept you tuned into Live 105 for the first half of the 2000s: the bouncy spasticity…
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Nick Veronin on March 13, 2019
Adriel Favela y Javier Rosas are two of Mexico’s rising stars within the narcocorrido genre. Just like American gangster rap—and heavy metal before that—the music, which centers around stories of cartel life, has drawn plenty of hand-wringing from the authorities. It’s also spawned real-life violence. Back in 2015, Rosas was the victim…
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Bill Kopp on March 13, 2019
Depending on who you ask, Blue Öyster Cult is either best-known their 1976 smash hit “Don’t Fear the Reaper” or for a 2000 Saturday Night Live sketch poking fun at the prominence of one of the track’s most prominent rhythmic elements.
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Nick Veronin on March 13, 2019
Fresh off the release of her new single, “Wait For It,” Los Angeles-based singer and songwriter SiairaShawn comes to The Continental’s weekly Universal Grammar-hosted party, The Changing Same. With an ultra smooth and spacey sound, SiairaShawn taps into everything that’s so good about the new generation of Odd Future-adjacent SoCal future R&B…
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It was a beautiful warm afternoon, and you were a tall man crossing State Street in Los Altos. As I was two cars back, I could only see your face, which had a very peculiar, almost sheepish expression. Then as you reached the curb, I saw that you were holding the hand…
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Metro Staff on March 6, 2019
Those who are a part of this city’s nightlife scene know that San Jose is a lot like a small town. People watch out for each other. So when news of Robbie Matthews’ untimely death reached Rachel Warner of The Caravan, one of Matthews’ favourite watering holes, she knew what she had…
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Mike Huguenor on March 6, 2019
Dubstep began in England as a contemplative alternative to the more hard-edged styles of British club music, but by the time Skrillex came around, it was all car commercials, LA skylines and vodka tent pop-ups. Though they aren’t exactly Burial, Canadian DJs Adventure Club keep dubstep leaning back toward its early days,…
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Mike Huguenor on March 6, 2019
If you think about it, Santana Row is the perfect spot to relive the ’80s. The whole shopping center has the McMansion look of Tony Montana’s Miami hideout, replete with bull market prices and Reagan-era extravagances. But this Friday, tucked away in Ozumo’s lounge is a quieter, more entertaining take on the…
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