Music & Nightlife
Motorhead
Cult icon and head of the world’s loudest band, Lemmy brings Motorhead to the San Jose State Event Center Thursday
read moreKreayshawn
Bay Area Performer Kreayshawn spoofs the very idea of 15 minutes of fame at Studio 8 this weekend
read moreChris Pounders Films With David Lynch, Advances in Battle of the Bands
The vocalist and guitarist of San Jose pop-punk band Pounders—which won a round of the Battle of the Bands at 9 Lives in Gilroy last week, and will compete in the semi-finals in March—has had his hawk for a few years now.
read moreTalib Kweli comes to Pagoda
Doing the unexpected is nothing new for Talib Kweli and Res, the duo behind alternative R&B/hip hop group Idle Warship, which comes to Pagoda Lounge in San Jose on Saturday.
read moreDibiase Guests at Treatment Club Night
SoCal producer prodigy Dibiase remembers when L.A. became a beat mecca in 2005. Flipping his own first beats as a teenager growing up in Watts, he wasn’t too long out of high school when he started getting invited to events like Sketchbook.
read moreJohn Doe Brings Punk Idealism to Redwood City
John Doe performs at Club Fox in Redwood City on Thursday, Feb. 2.
read moreWilco
A lot of rock stars want to be outlaws, but their heroes are tragic cowboys; Wilco's Jeff Tweedy was almost one of those country-rock train wrecks.
read moreDan P and the Bricks
Third-wave ska legends Dan Potthast of MU330 and Slow Gherkin thought they had put skanking behind them years ago. But it all came back to them in 2009, when Potthast joined up with four ex-Gherkin members and his fellow MU330 bandmate Matt Knobbe to form Dan P and the Bricks
read moreContra Ville
San Jose's Contra Ville embraces the mismatch of styles known as jazz/indie/rock.
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Maceo Parker
Maceo Parker has played with some of the most iconic and eccentric personalities in music history
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Language Arts Crew
The crew's kicks off its new album this Saturday at the Blank Club in San Jose.
read moreHidden Shane
Morgan Hill's Shane Dwight returns from Nashville for NYE with his best and most personal album yet
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94.7 Wild Jam
If you're looking to get game-day conditioning for New Year's Eve, 94.9's Wild Jam live show has proved to be an adequate annual training ground
read moreKottonmouth Kings
Stoner-rap-rockers Kottonmouth Kings have switched gears completely, putting out all their music on their own label
read moreHop and Roll
Please Do Not Fight positions their holiday Rock Hop as the local alternative to Not So Silent Night
read moreGift Therapy
Ah, Nevermind. Although the Pixies’ Trompe le Monde, the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ BloodSugarSexMagik and A Tribe Called Quest’s The Low End Theory were all released on the same day in 1991 as Nirvana’s breakthrough album, only Nevermind received the 20th-anniversary box-set treatment this year.
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