Mike Huguenor

Asian Man bands hit the road in a shining moment during the valley’s pre-digital musical heyday. Now the algo-generation rediscovers it.

No other genre of music has achieved the glorious highs of tropicalia. The 1960s Brazilian psychedelic movement effortlessly combined freaky American and British rock music with sun-bleached bossa nova for a sound entirely its own—and Os Mutantes were one of the leading charges.

Though the Bay’s hip hop glory often goes to Oakland and Richmond, some of the region’s best rappers remain hidden among the many winding streets and avenues of San Jose. Over the last decade, San Jose’s Dox Black has dropped ten albums of inspired, nimble hip hop, combining a conscious and life-affirming perspective with some serious bars.

Taking influence from razor sharp pop-rock like the Stokes and the 1975, Cartoon Hearts are the newest project from local musician Jay Chiorean (Rove,...

Each year, for the span of two weeks, the city of San Jose becomes an unlikely hub for international filmmakers, actors, producers and cineastes,...

Cimafunk never got to break the news of his Grammy nomination to his family. They all found out before he could tell them. “I was...

Tiffany Haddish has played a character named “Trina” at least three times on film, once alongside Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key in Keanu and...

On Friday night, Music in the Park returned to San Jose’s Plaza de Cesar Chavez with a diverse range of rockers.  Following a moving land...