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Wallace Baine on February 26, 2020
Miranda Lambert became a country-music superstar with her hit 2007 album Crazy Ex-Girlfriend—which showcased her great songs and her irresistibly combustible Texas bad-girl image. By 2019, Lambert was ready for a career pivot; it came in the form of her latest album, Wildcard, a collection of exuberant and upbeat songs that break…
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Metro Staff on January 30, 2020
South Korea has always had a major footprint here. Kias and Hyundais are ubiquitous. Park Chan-wook’s Vengeance Trilogy and Bong Joon-ho’s Snowpiercer—and his 2020 Academy Award Best Picture nominee Parasite—are popular and critically acclaimed. It’s unclear if bangs-sporting boy bands will ever be an American export again. But we’re happy to allow…
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Matei Predescu on January 8, 2020
Progressive, sludge, metal, alternative—labels like these don’t quite stick to Tool. Perhaps that’s because there hasn’t really been another band like these pessimistic LA weirdos… like… ever. They’ve earned Grammys, criss-crossed the globe on international tours and even cracked Billboard’s decidedly pop-centric Hot 100 chart. Tool’s approach to songwriting, rhythm and multimedia…
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This year’s Not So Silent Night—Alt 105.3’s long-running winter music festival—is headlined by two of alternative rock’s most reliable draws: Mumford & Sons and Twenty-One Pilots. Direct support comes in the form of Jack White’s other band, The Raconteurs, along with The 1975 and Mumford’s female-fronted mirror image, Of Monsters & Men.…
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Nick Veronin on November 20, 2019
He sees you when you’re sleeping… He knows when you’re awake… Every year, a bearded, immortal elf makes a list, checks it twice and then descends from the icy wastes of the Arctic Circle to break into every single home in Christendom. It doesn’t get much more metal than that. Founded in…
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C.J. Prusi on September 11, 2019
It’s sure to be a wild night when Colombian singer and songwriter Maluma brings his 11:11 world tour to the SAP Center. Maluma’s 2016 single “El Perdedor” is just one of several of his videos that have tallied more than a billion views on YouTube. Part of the new school of Latin…
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C.J. Prusi on September 11, 2019
The rap gods have smiled on San Jose. This weekend’s Kings of the West extravaganza brings a completely stacked lineup—including Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, The Game, E-40 and Warren G—to the Shark Tank. These hip-hop heroes come to town as part of a broader series of concerts celebrating the SAP Center’s 25-year…
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Matei Predescu on July 11, 2019
Even without the acclaimed biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, the music of Queen is strong enough to stand on its own. Through a combination of boundary-pushing production and raw talent, the British prog-pop-rockers filled arenas with adoring fans during their heyday. Original members Roger Taylor and Brian May continue to pack stadiums with the…
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Kael Austria on July 3, 2019
With 60 gold and platinum discs and over 100 million albums sold, Sir Paul McCartney is arguably the most successful songwriter in history. Since The Beatles split in 1970, he has released many beloved albums as a solo artist and with his band, Wings—and engaged in some notable collaborations with the likes…
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Bill Kopp on June 20, 2019
Serving up a hefty helping of nostalgia, Jeff Lynne’s ELO is currently on a major American tour. An international phenomenon of the 1970s, Electric Light Orchestra landed 15 of its singles on Billboard’s Top 40 in the United States.
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