It’s been over two decades since the release of Alanis Morissette’s 16-time platinum-selling hit Jagged Little Pill, but it remains the worldwide leader for a debut album, marking its place in music history. The Canadian-born singer-songwriter has continued to produce a steady stream of angsty alt-rock hits that have garnered both Grammy…
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When my hubby offered to have you, his older brother, stay at our place for the summer, I tried to ignore the fact that you expected it without even bothering to ask. Like, you assumed we’d have to say yes because we’re family. Whatever. But when we told you how much utilities…
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Julia Baum on September 26, 2018
Lighting up a joint is now legal in some form in 30 states, but posting your smoke sesh could still get you kicked off social media. As draconian as it sounds, that’s what some users on Instagram and other platforms say has happened to them. Seattle-based photographer Bess Byers, who has more than…
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Yousif Kassab on September 20, 2018
Few things strike a chord like being confronted with something that is at once vaguely familiar and undeniably new. When executed well, this potent combination has the power to evoke a sense of powerful nostalgia while simultaneously conjuring a sense of rejuvenation. It’s within this emotional lexicon that beatmakers like Madlib, Knxwledge…
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Nick Veronin on September 20, 2018
Just as sounds of bicycles roaming the streets of downtown San Jose begin to mellow, the SoFA District is poised to come alive with the sound of music. This year’s Viva Calle runs until 3pm, but the fall edition of the SoFA Street Fair keeps rocking with free live music until 9pm.…
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Wallace Baine on September 20, 2018
The great family norteño band from San Jose known as Los Tigres Del Norte are combining forces with Mexican superstar Alejandro Fernandez on a groundbreaking tour called Rompiendo Fronteras (Breaking Borders). Los Tigres is among the most popular Latino bands in the world with a real-world focus on struggle and pride in…
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Spanning borders and electronic subgenres, Boombox Cartel—the production duo of Jorge Medina and Americo Garcia—got its start in Monterrey, Mexico. Over the course of their time working together, Medina and Garcia bounded between electro, dubstep, trap and hip-hop. Now based out of Los Angeles, Garcia is the sole face of Boombox Cartel.…
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Wallace Baine on September 20, 2018
It’s been more than 16 years since Norah Jones briefly took over the world with her slinky and sleepy jazz-pop album Come Away With Me. Since then, pianist and vocalist—and daughter of sitar great Ravi Shankar—has released a half dozen albums and built a dazzling career not only as a solo artist…
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Mike Huguenor on September 19, 2018
It’s hard to imagine the last 20 years of music without the era-defining The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. Winning five Grammy awards the year it was released, the first solo album by the ex-Fugees singer laid the groundwork for pan-African American albums like Kamasi Washington’s The Epic and Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp…
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I arrived at the wedding reception battling nausea from a bout of food poisoning. So I tried to find my footing by leaning against the wall on the patio, nursing a water while chatting with a couple of guests. That’s when you locked eyes with me and barreled through a sea of…
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