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Nick Veronin on January 16, 2019
The South Bay’s very own Jackie Gage has been working the live jazz circuit hard for years. A few years back she relocated to New York in order to really be in the thick of things. But Gage has never forgotten where she came from. This weekend, the vocalist plays a special…
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Nick Veronin on January 16, 2019
The San Jose Chamber Music Society presents its first concert of the year—a pair of piano quartets by Mozart and Brahms, plus a string trio by Ernst von Dohnanyi featuring Escher Quartet members and acclaimed local pianist Jon Nakamatsu. In 1997, the St. Francis High School graduate took home the gold medal…
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Nick Veronin on January 16, 2019
A little bit of alt-country, a little bit of rock & roll, Justin Hambly & The Heavy Hand come to this Willow Glen watering hole from the misty Santa Cruz Mountains. Featuring twangy leads, a jangly, rhythmic swagger, and wide-open choruses, Hambly and his solid crew of players keep the frills to…
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Nick Veronin on January 16, 2019
Joseph Chung and Joseph Abella, better known as ARMNHMR, have been hard on the grind the past few years. It would seem that the Los Angeles-based production and DJ duo has been spending more time on stage and aboard airplanes than kicking back in their sunny hometown. Chung and Abella come to…
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Like so many great musical acts, Brazilian vocal group Ordinarius resist classification. But if there is a common thread running through their catalog, it is that they seek to put a distinctly Brazilian spin on everything they touch. Using mostly the human voice, the sextet has interpreted North American pop and instrumental…
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I couldn’t ignore it any longer. The low-tire-pressure light was haunting me. To pay attention with a light drizzle coming down, I had to stop. I drove to the gas station and there you were, hood up, putting water in your muscle car while it was spewing steam. I patiently waited until…
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Local community worker and photographer Abraham Menor celebrates the release of Digging Sound Collect—a book of photography focused on vinyl collectors, producers and DJs. Stemming from Menor’s own love of wax, it is a passion project about a passionate pursuit. The photographs capture vinyl junkies digging through dusty crates, in the recording…
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Mike Huguenor on January 9, 2019
Joan and the Rivers is one of San Jose’s most prolific and business-savvy punk bands. Instead of brooding in the studio for years, the local trio has kept the music coming in steady bursts. In 2018 they dropped three short EPs to satiate fans. Lost somewhere between the garage and the bar,…
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Tad Malone on January 9, 2019
Originally hailing from Cleveland, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony found success through a mix of raw talent and a heavy-hitting West Coast connection—Eazy-E. The founding member of N.W.A. put them on his own Ruthless Records, releasing their Creepin on ah Come Up EP in 1994. That was followed by the iconic E. 1999 Eternal, which…
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Nick Veronin on January 9, 2019
The short bio on El Guapo’s Facebook page goes a long way toward explaining the band’s aesthetic: “We were sent here by the gods of rock to destroy cities and melt faces.” Indeed. Formerly known as The Red Phantom, this San Jose experimental metal outfit deals out spastic bursts of heavy guitars…
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