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Rising Denver band set to play Shoreline on Aug. 1
THE FRAY plays Saturday (Aug. 1) at 7pm at Shoreline Amphitheatre, 1 Amphitheatre Dr., Mountain View, Tickets are $20–$79. (800.745.3000) More
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Santa Clara County Fairgrounds opens a new arena for concert on Aug. 2 with A Flock of Seagulls, Tommy Tutone and more
IN THE Silicon Valley, it seems like everything is either really big or really small. Take music venues. We have the HP Pavilion, Shoreline and others; for small, just walk downtown on a Saturday night, and you can hear bands playing at many of our intimate watering holes. These places bring in huge stars and those just starting out but not those in between. So it was nice to hear that the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds is opening a new arena venue that seats 5,500 people. In combination with the newly renovated San Jose Civic, this gives us two midsize venues for fans who like it “just right.” More
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Guest composers flock to Santa Cruz for annual salute to cutting-edge classical music
ONE OF TODAY’S most talked-about composers makes his debut appearance at this summer’s Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in Santa Cruz. Osvaldo Golijov joins nine other composers in residence who will gather to witness their own works spread across six orchestral programs—one more than last year’s five. Free events and open rehearsals start Aug. 2; concert performances will be staged between Aug. 7 and 16. More
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Crüe Fest 2 reminds us why heavy metal will endure
IN THE EARLY ’90s, a rock band from San Jose resurrected a timeless heavy-metal formula: slow, detuned guitar riffs plunged into darkness alongside ghostly vocal howls, all set to a painfully lumbering drum beat. Sound familiar? It should— this was the blueprint used by the high priests of heavy metal themselves, Black Sabbath, circa 1968. Only this time, a South Bay power-trio called Sleep, led by guitarist Matt Pike, was creating music even slower and heavier. More
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San Jose band debuts new video on July 29 at VooDoo Lounge
AFTER capturing the hearts and minds of their hometown and the music world at large with the left-field pop of their fantastically arranged debut album, Thickets & Stitches, what was left for the Mumlers to take on? I know what you’re thinking: zombies. And you’re right. Enter Jesse Erickson, who directed the new video for “Coffin Factory,” the first single off the San Jose band’s sophomore disc, Don’t Throw Me Away. The video will premiere tonight at the VooDoo Lounge. “We made a whole zombie movie,” says Will Sprott, singer and songwriter for the Mumlers. “I’m pretty excited about it.” More
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Gwen Stefani returns to the band for a Saturday show at Shoreline
NO DOUBT , PARAMORE and the SOUNDS play Saturday (July 25) at 7:30pm at Shoreline Amphitheatre, 1 Amphitheatre Pkwy., Mountain View. Tickets are $25–$90. (408.998.TIXS) More
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The South Bay's Limousines speed up their career
I THINK of logging on to Facebook,” says Eric Victorino, “and I get this vision in my head that Scrabble-playing zombies are poking me, and they want me to join their cause.” More
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A peek behind the curtain at the renovated San Jose Civic
A SMALL makeshift office cubicle sits at stage right in the San Jose Civic Auditorium, where a stoked Kevyn Clark is showing me a homemade computer slideshow of entertainers who have graced the stage at San Jose’s historic venue. More
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Russo brings his jazz trio to Santana Row's Flavors of Jazz series on Tuesday, July 21
THE MARK RUSSO TRIO performs Tuesday (July 21), 6:30–8:30pm, at Amber India Restaurant, 377 Santana Row, San Jose. Admission is free. More
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The otherworldly blues rockers place Montalvo on Friday, July 17
THE COWBOY JUNKIES and SON VOLT perform Friday (July 17) at 7:30pm at Montalvo Arts Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga. Tickets are $45–$55. (408.998.8457) More
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