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Yousif Kassab on May 2, 2018
Some of Silicon Valley’s most talented percussionists will be pounding on very big drums this weekend as a part of the Stanford Taiko Spring Concert. The university’s 18-piece resident taiko ensemble has prepared a brand new show to celebrate the season. Titled “Wavebreak,” the concert will feature new arrangements from the group’s…
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Yousif Kassab on May 2, 2018
Somewhere around 2010, young musicians all over the country rediscovered the power of pairing emotionally vulnerable lyrics with jangly, guitar-driven hooks. Joyce Manor soon emerged as a top talent in this so-called emo revival. Their 2016 effort, Cody, saw the band push their frenetic sound in new directions—with an acoustic track, a…
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Nick Veronin on May 2, 2018
The South Bay’s face doesn’t stand a chance. Symphonic metal quintet Kamelot is riding into town like a legion of time-space-bending valkyrie—dealing out punishing, pinch-harmonic-punctuated guitar solos and double-bass runs that ripple like thunder across a post-apocalyptic hellscape. The group released its 12th studio album, The Shadow Theory, on April 6. On…
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A decade and a half before EDM producers like Calvin Harris, Diplo and the late Avicii became the new rock stars, electronic music brushed fleetingly up against the mainstream. Groups like Basement Jaxx, Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers and The Prodigy uploaded their bombastic tunes to American airwaves in the mid- to…
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Dear Neighbor: The sun was rising after a long night. I was watching over my girls at the Motel 6 downtown. As you pulled into the parking lot I recognized your custom license plate. You hopped out of the car and took a few looks around, but you didn’t see me behind…
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Nick Veronin on April 26, 2018
Judging solely by the music, one doesn’t immediately get the impression that Casey Wickstrom has just found his way through a long, dark night of the soul. Wickstrom’s bouncy guitar work and light, breathy vocals recall the work of other acoustic noodlers, like Dave Matthews and Ben Harper. However, as his fingers…
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Nick Veronin on April 26, 2018
Up and coming local singer-songwriter Zoey Campbell blends resonant vocals with spare but affecting arrangements on her self-released three-song demo—now streaming at soundcloud.com/zoeyalise. It’s a promising collection of mellow, soulful indie-folk, which belies her youth (the San Jose native is just 19) and hints at a strong debut yet to come. On…
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Wallace Baine on April 25, 2018
For the better part of two decades, singer and songwriter Allen Clapp wrote his songs, made his records and toured with his band The Orange Peels from the vantage point of the Eichler home he shared with his wife, Jill, in Sunnyvale.
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I’ve seen you … and others like you … driving like you couldn’t care less about the rules of the road or basic common courtesy. You’re the cowboy I saw in the black BMW cutting diagonally across all three lanes as you entered 280 south just to get to the far left…
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Salvatore Maxwell on April 20, 2018
Get ready to roast a fatty. One of the biggest burners in the rap game closes out the 4/20 weekend at the SJSU. Tha Doggfather comes to town riding high on his 420 Wellness Retreat tour. Snoop, who needs no introduction, is sure to play the hits along with new material from…
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