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Comics, Live Music Hub SLG Art Boutiki Announces Relocation Plans
Dan Vado, owner of San Jose comic book hub and live music venue SLG Art Boutiki, announced this week that the business must relocate to make way for a new apartment building.
Continue reading »Shopping Guide: Five Local Music Gifts
Music is always a good Christmas gift, but as record stores continue to disappear, it’s getting harder to find options outside of iTunes download cards. Bands are still making physical albums these days—CDs, vinyl records, and the latest retro trend, cassette tapes. San Jose has lots of bands that have put out…
Continue reading »Petals and Peacocks: Loud and Fun Clothing From San Jose
One of San Jose’s up-and-coming women’s clothing lines started out as a fake brand. Petals and Peacocks began as a senior project for Victoria Velasquez, at the time a student of fashion marketing and management at the Art Institute of California in Sunnyvale. She practically begged the dean to let her display…
Continue reading »Election Memes Take Over Social Media
To complement poll tallies, victory speeches and election hangovers, a new wave of Internet memes took over social media sites on election day. Here are a few of our favorites.
Continue reading »Curious Quail Mixes Styles With ‘Instant Gratification’
There’s such a thing as being a diverse band—then there’s Curious Quail, whose members don’t seem to know what kind of music they play.
Continue reading »Joseph Demaree Brings Art, Music to South First Fridays
Joseph Demaree, a San Jose native who balances his time between painting, music and live performances as his alter ego Captain Nowhere, returns for South First Friday for his first major showing in San Jose in the last few years.
Continue reading »Photos: Mayer Hawthorne at Pagoda Lounge
R&B crooner Mayer Hawthorne returned to his DJ roots for a full house at Pagoda Lounge on Friday for the two-year anniversary of Live at the Pagoda.
Continue reading »San Jose Rock Shop Unveils All-Ages Venue This Weekend
Uunderage Music Fans will have another option to see live music starting this weekend with the debut of the San Jose Rock Shop’s new all-ages performance space.
Continue reading »San Jose guitarist Maxx Cabello Jr. Preps Double Album, Blank Club Show
Trying to pin down Maxx Cabello Jr.’s sound is no easy task. Even he can’t do it. So when he decided to start working recently on his album Love and War, he saw no other way to capture all his different styles than to make a double album with 32 songs.
Continue reading »Why Madonna Still Matters
Madonna IS, for better or worse, regarded (both high and low) as the Queen of Pop, and, contrary to popular belief, the title does mimic the sound her veiny arms make when stuffed in cheerleading garb, flailing left to right. One gets the very real sense when looking at Madonna in 2k12…
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