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Mike Huguenor on March 29, 2018
The Bay Area has brought some truly brutal music into the world, and San Jose’s Deathgrave carry on that tradition with their mix of grindcore, death metal and good old punk rock. Or, in their own words, “a crude and absurd form of Hell.” “Nimrod,” the opening track from a recent split…
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Salvatore Maxwell on March 29, 2018
Get ready to feel the weight of your years—then dance it all away. BackBar SoFa is taking it way back with a celebration of hip-hop and R&B’s hottest hits from the ’90s and early ’00s. There will be four guest DJs breaking it down on the ones and twos, and photographers will…
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Salvatore Maxwell on March 29, 2018
From producing hits in his bedroom to taking the EDM world by storm, Paris Blohm, a Los Angeles native, is making a stop in the South Bay to show off his dancefloor bangers. Blohm’s work has been released on multiple platforms—from SoundCloud to Apple Music. After being noticed and later signed by…
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Mike Huguenor on March 29, 2018
Nothing says a fun night out on the town like the words “dying fetus.” Luckily, Dying Fetus the band is there to deliver. As one of the early founders of tech-death (technical death metal), Dying Fetus blaze through death metal riffs with tightrope precision, turning on a dime into sudden and disgustingly…
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Avi Salem on March 29, 2018
Since their formation in 1995, Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO have adhered diligently to a single mantra: “Do whatever you want, don’t do whatever you don’t want.” The band’s stratospheric scope of work—a mix of psychedelic rock, layered instrumentals and avant-garde electronica—has occupied a prominent place in the experimental…
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I saw you as the rain came down harder and smeared our March for Our Lives posters and turned their paint and markers into watercolor signs of protest and truth. I saw you shield your daughter by digging out her hood from her jacket and pulled it onto her head. You didn’t…
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Stephen Perez on March 22, 2018
Few protest bands have captured the world’s attention like these neon-colored Russkies. After being arrested for staging an unauthorized performance at the Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in 2012, the group has been fighting a worldwide media war with the Putin administration that continues to this day. Just last month, two…
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Stephen Perez on March 22, 2018
It’s been a year since Needle to the Groove hosted Egyptian Lover and Peanut Butter Wolf at The Ritz. This weekend, the local record shop is doing it again. Renowned producer and recording artist Prince Paul will be on stage, spinning complex alternative beats with a traditional hip-hop twist. Known for collaborations…
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Stephen Perez on March 22, 2018
Two West Coast hip-hop legends are touching down in San Jose. Vallejo native Mac Mall worked alongside thizz-generation icons like Mac Dre to help put the Bay Area on the map. Joining him is contemporary AP.9. The Oakland rapper and Mob Figaz member just dropped a new album last month. Titled 94th…
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Stephen Perez on March 22, 2018
Still hot off the success of their 2015 single “Until You were Gone” — made in collaboration with The Chainsmokers and Emily Warren—Chad Cisneros and Dave Reed of Austin EDM duo Tritonal have been staying busy. The pair have dropped two singles this year, including last month’s “Out of My Mind,” which…
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