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L.A. Guns Returns to Downtown San Jose’s Rock Scene
The remains of the Sunset Strip from 1988 surfaced last week at the Ritz for a small rock show that triggered a thousand mystical viewpoints of the ever-evolving South First Area in downtown San Jose.
From the perspective...
Mike Hugenor Chronicles Asian Man Records and South Bay Punk
Elvis Is Dead, I’m Still Alive: The Story of Asian Man Records comes out this month. It’s a colorful rundown of local music history, lovingly written by Mike Hugenor after compiling hundreds of hours of interviews with...
Renée Elise Goldsberry at Stanford
Goldsberry is also a three-time Emmy Award nominee. Her current live dates are characterized as “a nondenominational spiritual journey.”
Rob Brezsny’s Free Will Astrology for May 13-19, 2026
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
When naturalist John Muir wanted to experience a storm, he climbed to the top of a 100-foot Douglas fir and rode...
Cinco de Mayo in San Jose: Parades, Festivals and Citywide Celebrations
San Jose is the Bay Area’s Cinco de Mayo capitol, with community-wide celebrations and red, white and green flags everywhere. While the date commemorates Mexico’s 1862...
Gavin Newsom’s Mixed Record on Cannabis and His Political Balancing Act
Many are asking: What is the deal with Gavin Newsom? Since Donald Trump returned to office, the governor has gained a lot of new fans across...
Børns in Menlo Park
Børns is the self-chosen name of edge surfer, androgynous fashion maven, and singer songwriter, Garrett Borns. With an artistic expression rooted in performers like Bowie and...
Show Me the Body in San Jose
The band independently released its debut EP in 2014. The band boasts three albums, two mixtapes, six EPs, 20 singles and a 2023 live album.
Ron Taylor in San Jose
Ron Taylor has a relaxed delivery, but the writing underneath it is tight, which lets him build from everyday irritation into something bigger without sounding like...
Giselle in San Jose
Reincarnated set pieces from Santa Cruz are given a second life in Hammer Theatre for New Ballet’s fresh interpretation of the classical Giselle story. New Ballet...
Leftover Salmon in Menlo Park
They play a mix of bluegrass, rock, country, and folk in a style that has since become affectionately known as Jamgrass.
Leftover Crack in San Jose
Formed out of the ashes of New York ska/crust punks Choking Victim in 1998, Leftӧver Crack tore into the scene with two phenomenal albums.